This is really one problem after another!
The officials of Hezhong Prefecture have not yet come out of the shadow of the Tax Commissioner, and then their neighbor does this again. This makes many officials of Hezhong Prefecture feel that since the arrival of the police, procuratorate and courts, being an official has become more and more tiring. They live in fear and are not as free and unrestrained as before.
After leaving the imperial court, Yuan Jiang and the others did not return to their homes, but went to the government office to discuss countermeasures.
Cao Yi said: "If this matter is to be judged, it must be the fault of the Jingzhao government. But once the imperial court makes such a judgment, it will definitely attract more people to come to Hezhong Prefecture to appeal. Officials from other prefectures will definitely bear a grudge against our Hezhong Prefecture."
Wei Yingfang nodded repeatedly, "It's a pity that Magistrate Lu is unwilling to bring those people back to Jingzhao Prefecture."
In fact, he still hopes to restrict the development of the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, at least until the court comes up with the results.
Han Jiang naturally knew what they meant, but he actually also hoped that the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs could be upheld, because he knew very well that the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs had made an indelible contribution to the success of Hezhong Prefecture. However, the conservatives in the court were aggressive and believed that this was all the credit of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. If they succeeded, the new policy might fail.
Therefore, Han Jiang and his men planned to take all the credit for themselves. They felt somewhat guilty, so they wanted to secretly help Zhang Fei. They said, "If the people were still in Jingzhao Prefecture, Governor Lu might send them back and give them justice. However, those people have already set foot in Hezhong Prefecture and are protected by the Royal Police. The procuratorate there also knows about this. Even if Zhang San is willing, Governor Lu dare not. If someone uses this matter to impeach Governor Lu, the matter could be a big deal or a small one!"
Cai Yanqing nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
If you put yourself in his shoes, he wouldn't dare to do this either. Although this kind of thing is too normal and everyone knows it, the law does not allow it. The key point is that the matter has already been exposed and it has become such a big deal. Taking the person back by force is extremely risky.
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Han Jiang looked at Yuan Jiang again, "Brother Houzhi, what do you think?"
Yuan Jiang stroked his beard and said, "Now that Governor Lu doesn't want to get involved, why should we take the initiative to intervene? It will only bring us trouble."
At this point, he suddenly looked at Wei Yingfang and the others, "You are all in a difficult situation now, unable to protect yourselves, and you still have the mood to worry about others."
Wei Yingfang was startled, "What do you mean, Master Yuan?"
Yuan Jiang said: "Have you forgotten that the procuratorate only said that it would not pursue those illegal tax evasion behaviors for the time being, but did not say that it would never pursue them, unless the government improves the system to prevent such phenomena from happening again."
Oops! I almost forgot about this.
Wei Yingfang and the others reacted immediately, but they had no idea what to do, so they couldn't help but look at Yuan Jiang.
Cai Yanqing also asked: "Does Scholar Yuan have any countermeasures?"
Yuan Jiang pretended to think for a while, then said, "If we want to put an end to this phenomenon, we have to relax the liquor monopoly system."
"ah?"
Everyone was shocked.
If you relax this policy, will you still collect liquor tax?
Han Jiang asked, "Could it be that Brother Houzhi used the tax bureau to collect taxes on this wine from the total revenue?"
“We only collect part of it here.”
"Part of it."
"Um."
Yuan Jiang nodded and said, "I plan to use the new policy to replace the purchase system. In simple terms, I plan to use the Changping Division to cooperate with several major wine companies in Hezhong Prefecture and invest the extra money from the seedlings into winemaking to earn more profits."
At this point, he asked them again, "What do you think?"
The officials agreed without much hesitation.
In their view, this method is to transfer the financial resources of liquor tax to the new policy. In the past, no one would agree to this. But it is different now. The public security, procuratorate, courts and tax department are the top enemies. They all hope to use the new policy to get rid of the public security, procuratorate and courts and add political achievements to the new policy. This is in everyone's interest.
The key point is that Yuan Jiang made it clear that the government will cooperate with several major liquor companies, and these major liquor companies certainly have their own interests, and they also believe that this will not hinder their actual interests.
Of course, they could never have imagined that this was another plan of Zhang Fei and Yuan Jiang, because in everyone's eyes, Zhang Fei was simply the spokesperson for the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, and he would definitely be in direct opposition to the new policies. How could he possibly provide advice for the new policies everywhere? This is also the reason why they have never seen through the conspiracy between Zhang Fei and Yuan Jiang.
Even if they were given the chance to start over again.
However, this also made them really have no time to care about the people of Jingzhao Prefecture. In fact, Yuan Jiang was right. Lu Gongru himself was unwilling to take this responsibility. Why were they worrying about it? The key point was that they hadn't even wiped the shit off their own butts.
Over there, Ma Xiaoyi had already escorted the people of Jingzhao Prefecture to the outskirts of Hezhong Prefecture. In order not to affect the public security in the city, he placed them in a very interesting place.
This place is the newly built prison.
This place is actually still under construction, but many houses have been built.
The people of Jingzhao Prefecture never imagined that they would be put in prison as soon as they arrived. The key point is that this newly built prison is quite different from the prisons they knew.
It's quite safe to live here.
After learning about this, Fan Zhen immediately rushed here with his law school students to provide them with legal aid. Almost at the same time, Su Che also rushed here with a group of law school students.
"Ziyou, why are you in such a hurry to send someone here? Don't you trust me?" Fan Zhen met Su Che shortly after arriving and said with pretended dissatisfaction.
"How dare I! How dare I!" Su Che hurriedly bowed and said, "Don't blame me, old sir. This is Su Che's duty."
"hehe!"
Governor Fan smiled and said, "Of course I know this, but from what I can see right now, this isn't a big case. I've just asked a lot of people, and most of them are here because of the extinct land tax. Our Legal Aid Department can make arrangements for it, and your procuratorate doesn't need to spend too much energy on this."
If it were that simple, it would be fine. If our procuratorate did not come forward, how could they be afraid? Su Zhe smiled and said, "That being said, the power involved is not something the Legal Aid Department can handle. Only when our procuratorate is in charge can we justify and bring those murderers to justice."
Fan Zhen thought about it and agreed. If they really wanted to sue, they would have to summon the relevant officials of Jingzhao Prefecture. However, their Legal Aid Department was somewhat powerless to do so, while the Procuratorate had the absolute power to do so, and it was more legitimate. Suddenly he looked at Su Zhe, "Bring him to justice?"
Su Zhe frowned slightly, "What do you think, Mr. Fan?"
Fan Zhen shook his head and sighed: "It takes time for the ice to freeze three feet thick. This is going to be difficult to handle!"
At this point, he changed the subject and said, "But it's my duty, so I shouldn't think too much about it. I just want to have a clear conscience."
Su Che bowed and said, "Thank you Mr. Fan for your guidance."
Fan Zhen smiled and said, "The disciple is better than the master. I'm afraid you have already come up with a plan to deal with it."
Su Che just shook his head with a wry smile, thinking, I am just acting according to the circumstances.
"Drive"
I saw a horse-drawn carriage galloping to the junction of Hezhong Prefecture and Huayin County.
"Whoa!"
The coachman slowly stopped the carriage, and an attendant rode up on horseback. He immediately dismounted and came to the door of the carriage, "Master! We have reached the ferry."
But when an old man got off the car, it must be none other than Lu Gongru.
With such a big thing happening, he must rush back to Jingzhao Prefecture immediately to take charge of the situation.
"Have the ships been arranged?" Lu Gongru asked as they walked.
“Everything has been arranged!”
"Um."
Knowing that everything was ready, Lu Gongru immediately quickened his pace and came to the river. When he was about to get on the boat, he suddenly stopped and recalled one thing in his mind, that is, the letters written to him by his brother Lu Gongzhu.
"No! No!"
Lu Gongru suddenly muttered to himself.
Seeing this, the attendant beside him couldn't help but say, "Master, you."
As soon as he said that, Lu Gongru raised his hand to interrupt him, "I've been fooled, I've been fooled. With his style of doing things, how could he allow me to take those people back? This might make those people hate him, and it would also make the people of Hezhong Prefecture question the public security, the procuratorate and the courts. So, he knew that under such circumstances, I would never take those people back, so he said that. In other words, he has already thought about how to deal with this matter. So how will he deal with it? Will he publicly try the case as usual, and then use compensation to give those people justice? If so, why did he play this trick with me?"
He blinked, stood there blankly for a long time, and suddenly laughed, "You little brat, you are playing a trick of retreating to advance with me, damn it, I almost fell for your trick. Brother is right, this kid is more cunning than a fox, always seeking personal gain under the banner of fairness and justice, and making people suffer. I should have thought of it long ago, why would this kid not want to see the public security, procuratorate and court go to Jingzhao Prefecture. But how should I deal with it? Should I pretend not to know, or!"
After a while, he suddenly turned around and walked towards the carriage, "I'm not going back."
"ah?"
The attendant was startled and immediately followed, "Master, where are we going first?"
Lu Gongru said, "Let's stay at the nearby post station for now."
"Master, this post station is messy, it's better!"
"No, I'll just stay at the post station."
After Lu Gongru finished speaking, he got on the carriage, sat inside, and said with a smile: "Although this kid is hateful, what he did is what I want, so why not give him a hand?
"Brother is right. Dealing with this guy, something that should be fun can become very uncomfortable. It is exactly the same as what is written in the letter. When the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs go to Jingzhao Prefecture, I will also learn from the prefect Cai and not pay attention to what is happening outside the window."
"What?"
Zhang Fei glanced at the big dog, "You said that Magistrate Lu stayed at the post station near the ferry and did not return to Jingzhao Prefecture."
The big dog nodded, "Yes."
Zhang Fei couldn't help thinking, it seems that he has already noticed my intention, but which side will he stand on? No, he has no choice. There is no shortage of evidence now. Our public security, procuratorial and judicial organs have the absolute initiative. If he wants to keep things quiet, he will only get himself into trouble. If he wants to go against me, no, he supports Sima Xueshi and will definitely put the overall situation first.
Just then, Li Si came to the door, "Third brother, Mr. Su Xiao and Mr. Fan are here."
"I'll be right back."
Zhang Fei stood up and whispered to Da Gou, "Send someone to keep a close eye on Prefect Lu."
The big dog chuckled and said, "He lives in the post station. It's hard for us not to monitor him."
Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Don't get carried away."
After saying this, he returned to the imperial court.
Fan Zhen and Su Che came here today, of course, for the refugees from Jingzhao Prefecture. They have already obtained evidence from those people.
"Wow, I didn't expect they had all the evidence! There are tax bills and land deeds."
Zhang Fei couldn't help but look at Fan Zhen and Su Zhe again, "This shouldn't be what you two asked them to prepare before, right?"
The law states that the tax should be equal to the amount of land on the title deed. However, the land tax stated on the tax note is twice the amount of the land on the title deed.
Based on this point alone, this lawsuit is bound to have an advantage.
Su Che did not say anything, but there was a hint of suspicion in his eyes, thinking, wasn't this arranged by him?
"Of course not. It's only been a few days. Even if we wanted to, we wouldn't have enough time." Fan Zhen shook his head and said, "To be honest with Judge Zhang, I was also curious about this. They seemed to be well prepared, so I asked the people. According to what they said, someone from Hezhong Prefecture told them. This makes sense. After all, the two places are separated by a river. Many scholars in Hezhong Prefecture are proud of the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems and talk about them outside."
"I see."
Zhang Fei nodded and continued, "Based on these evidences alone, it is enough to file a lawsuit, but this is only one-sided, and the other party is the government. Our imperial court must be cautious. We should be in the investigation stage now. How about this, Chief Prosecutor Su, you first summon the relevant officials in the name of the procuratorate to come here for investigation. After confirming the confessions of both parties, the imperial court will decide whether to open a trial."
Su Zhe nodded, "It should be so."
In terms of procedure, now that the procuratorate has taken over the case, it should first summon those officials for investigation and then formally file a lawsuit.
Fan Zhen suddenly asked, "What if they don't come?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Fan, you forgot that even if you don't come, you can still be sentenced directly. The loss is theirs, not ours."
Fan Zhen was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "Yes! Yes! I almost forgot about this method."
This method is very cruel. Officials could have used official duties as an excuse to drag it on. If there was no verdict, the royal court would not be able to arrest people. But if there was a verdict, that would be another matter. You would not be a suspect but a criminal. This is terrible!
The Hezhong Prefecture government suffered this loss last time.
However, just as the subpoena from the procuratorate was sent out, someone from Jingzhao Prefecture came. The two places are adjacent, and Jingzhao Prefecture received the news of such a big thing very quickly. The person who came was Guo Gang, the county lieutenant of Lantian County, but he was in disguise and came to Hezhong Prefecture, because officials had to follow procedures when passing through the border.
As soon as he crossed the river, he learned that Lu Gongru was at a nearby post station, so Guo Gang rushed over immediately.
"Prefect Lu, why are you here?"
After paying his respects, Guo Gang asked curiously again.
Lu Gongru said, "I wanted to go back, but when I got here, I learned that you had already arrived, so I waited for you here."
Guo Gang immediately cried out: "Prefect Lu, we are really wronged!"
Before he could finish, Lü Gongru said, "I know, so I have no intention of blaming you."
After hearing this, Guo Gang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but confusion flashed in his eyes, so he asked in a low voice: "I heard that the imperial court was planning to return those people to Prefect Lu?"
Lu Gongru nodded and thought, it seems that he has already met with the officials of Hezhong Prefecture.
Guo Gang asked, "Why not Governor Lu?"
Lu Gongru said: "Because this is not allowed by the rules. If I take them back, I might be impeached. The current situation in the court is unclear, and I don't know if this is a trap, so don't blame me for being selfish."
"I dare not! I have no intention of offending you. If I have offended you, I hope that Governor Lu will forgive me." Guo Gang hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, then said, "Then what should we do now?"
Lu Gongru said: "Currently, the Legal Aid Department and the Procuratorate have launched an investigation into this case. Half an hour ago, I heard that the Procuratorate had sent a subpoena to the relevant officials, asking them to come to the Procuratorate for investigation."
Guo Gang said angrily: "Why did the Hezhong Prefecture Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate and Court send a subpoena to our Jingzhao Prefecture officials?"
Lu Gongru said: "The imperial court is the imperial court of Hezhong Prefecture, but the chief judge is the chief judge of Shaanxi Road. The same is true for the procuratorate, so they have the right to do so."
Guo Gang knew that he was deliberately testing Lu Gongru, so he asked cautiously, "If we ignore them, what can they do?"
Lu Gongru said: "I have also thought about this, and the officials of Hezhong Prefecture have tried it before. Although there will be no problem if we ignore the imperial court, as long as there is enough evidence, the imperial court can still make a judgment, even if one party is not present.
I just said that the Imperial Court has the right to judge any case in Shaanxi Road. Once the Imperial Court makes a judgment, the other party is guilty and must accept punishment. We will be the only ones to suffer!"
Guo Gang asked anxiously, "What should we do?"
Lu Gongru said, "Tell them to come without worry. If it's just because of the extinct land tax, I can guarantee that they will be fine. Because in this kind of situation, everyone is helpless. The most the imperial court can do is to help the people get some justice, but it will never punish those officials for this."
Logically speaking, Guo Gang should be very happy that Lu Gongru gave such a guarantee, but he was a little hesitant.
Lu Gongru looked at him and suddenly frowned and said, "Are you hiding something else from me?"
"Ah? No, not at all. How dare I?" Guo Gang said hurriedly.
"Really?"
“No, no.”
Guo Gang shook his head.
"It's better if there is nothing." Lu Gongru said, "If there is anything else, then I can't protect you."
"yes."
Guo Gang nodded, "Then I'll go back first."
Lu Gongru nodded and said, "Tell them to come to Hezhong Prefecture for investigation as soon as possible. Don't do anything stupid, or you will regret it later."
"I understand. I'll take my leave."
"You go ahead."
After Guo Gang left the house, Lu Gongru smiled and shook his head, muttering to himself: "The water at the source is turbid, so the river is also difficult to be clear."
Tokyo Bianliang.
Palace.
"well."
Wang Anshi put down the secret letter in his hand, his face full of regret, he sighed deeply, and said with emotion: "I, Wang Anshi, have really learned the way of the saint in vain!"
Lu Huiqing beside him was stunned and asked, "Master, why are you saying that?"
Wang Anshi shook his head and sighed, "I, Wang Anshi, have repeatedly judged others with my own mean character. Isn't it a waste of my learning from the saints?"
Lu Huiqing asked in confusion: "Teacher, what exactly did Han Xueshi write in the letter?"
"Read it yourself." Wang Anshi handed the letter to Lu Huiqing.
Lu Huiqing took it and read it. It was a handwritten letter from Han Jiang, describing the financial situation of Hezhong Prefecture and how the new policy played a decisive role in it. Although it looked like a simple work report, it was actually telling Wang Anshi that they would be invincible.
However, Han Jiang also specifically wrote about Zhang Fei, saying that Zhang Fei fully supported this and even offered advice and suggestions, transferring some of the credit to the new policy.
After reading it, Lu Huiqing guessed what Wang Anshi was referring to, "My dear teacher, are you referring to Zhang San?"
Wang Anshi nodded, and then said in confusion: "In fact, as a teacher, I can trust people when I employ them, but I don't know why I always have doubts about Zhang San's behavior."
At that time, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs showed their great power and were praised by the court, which overshadowed the new policy. This made Wang Anshi very unhappy, so he created a confrontation between Hezhong Prefecture and Jingdong East Road.
The key point was that Zhang Fei had written him a letter, persuading him to wait for the public security, procuratorate and courts to go to Jingdong East Road together, which made Wang Anshi a little unhappy. So at that time, Wang Anshi actually regarded Zhang Fei as an opponent, because he knew very well that Zhang Fei made an indispensable contribution to the success of the public security, procuratorate and courts.
He hasn't written to Zhang Fei recently, and at the same time he secretly asked Han Jiang to keep an eye on him.
Lu Huiqing immediately said, "In fact, this is not the fault of Master. The public security, procuratorial and judicial organs are all created by Zhang San, and he has a close relationship with Sima Xueshi. Now the situation in the court has changed, and his behavior is full of weirdness. It is natural for Master to be suspicious of him."
Wang Anshi said: "But the facts prove that Zhang San is devoted to me.
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I am really ashamed of him!"
Lu Huiqing didn't know what to say, so she just said, "Then we must not let Zhang San down."
"Don't worry, I won't be soft-hearted." Wang Anshi nodded and said, "Go and prepare. I will make Sima Guang so angry that he will jump up and down. He certainly didn't expect that I don't want to compete with him, but to kill him all."
"The student is leaving first."
Lu Huiqing nodded.
"Go ahead!"
Wang Anshi nodded.
After Lu Huiqing left, Wang Anshi couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "It's really strange. Zhang San has helped me time and time again, but why can't I trust him like I trust Ji Fu?"
Within two days, Zhang Fei's secret letter arrived.
This time, Wang Anshi opened the letter with real excitement.
The first half of the letter talked about the same thing as Han Jiang, also describing how much growth the new policy had brought to the finances, but it was more detailed and more reasonable than what Han Jiang said. After all, the promotion of the Ministry of Revenue was Zhang Fei's design, so he naturally knew it best.
He devoted himself to the cause so much that Wang Anshi almost shed tears.
move!
So touched!
But when Wang Anshi read the second half, his expression gradually became solemn, even a little nervous, and his hands holding the letter began to tremble, "Conspiracy? Is this the conspiracy of Sima Xiaoer?"
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