"Going crazy with killing?"
Zhang Fei held his heart and asked, "How many people were killed?"
".?"
If Li Bao hadn't been afraid of being sued, he would have really wanted to do it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Sanlang, you're joking. I don't have tens of thousands of people, so I can't kill them all, but I can still have hundreds of people."
Zhang Fei said "oh" calmly.
Li Bao was slightly embarrassed. "Sanlang, hundreds of lives were found during the tax inspection. This is no small matter."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "No matter whether it's a small matter or a big one, I always say the same thing. As long as the killing is done according to the law, it's fine. If you kill indiscriminately, you will have to bear the consequences yourself."
Li Bao said hurriedly: "It is definitely in accordance with the law, and this law is not small."
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "What method?"
Li Bao asked, "How to plot treason?"
...
...
Zhang Fei couldn't help but frown and asked, "Is it such a big deal?"
Li Bao sighed, "There is no way. Sanlang doesn't know how arrogant the local gentry are. The money they spent dealing with the tax commissioner is much more than the taxes they have to pay! This tells us that it is impossible to collect taxes in Qizhou."
Zhang Fei asked: "What exactly happened?"
Li Bao said, "Didn't I tell you last time that our tax commissioner was ambushed in Qizhou and suffered heavy losses, with dozens of lives lost?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I also said that they must pay with blood."
Li Bao nodded and said, "The culprit is called Wu Tian, nicknamed Hua Hua Tai Sui. He is a very famous bandit in Qizhou. He has connections with many local gentry and even knows many people in the government. We wanted to use him as an example to warn others, but we didn't expect him to be betrayed by a spy.
Later, Feng Laoqi devised a plan, which was to first treat the weak as the enemy and focus the tax inspection on the gentry. In this way, the gentry would definitely support Wu Tian to deal with our tax commissioner. Our tax commissioner could secretly collect these evidences and at the same time spend a lot of money to bribe Wu Tian's second in command, Xiao Yanluo Luo Erchun.
After everything is arranged, we will capture the old lover of Hua Hua Tai Sui. Wu Tian is very lustful and greedy.
The key point is that her old lover is the largest brothel owner in Qizhou. Not only is he loved by Wu Tian, but he also helps Wu Tian make a lot of money.
Once she is caught, Wu Tian will be anxious, and we will use Luo Erchun to force Wu Tian to rescue her, and the location is a secret military camp of the Imperial City Department.
Sure enough, Wu Tian came to rescue us with more than 300 people, but they were caught by us in one fell swoop. This was no longer an ordinary robbery, but a crime of treason.
Then all those related to it will be implicated, including many wealthy people in Qizhou, and our tax commissioner can use this as an excuse to teach those wealthy people a lesson."
Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "Is Lao Qi so cruel? I didn't realize it before."
Li Bao said: "In fact, Lao Qi is usually quite gentle, but this time it may be because he was the one who recruited the spy. Although we all know that this has nothing to do with him, he may not think so. In order to prove his innocence, he set up such a plan."
"I see."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "Did we suffer heavy losses in this battle?"
Li Bao said: "Don't worry, Sanlang, those people are just a mob and can't stand a single blow."
The armed forces of the Commissioner of Taxation are all the elite among the elite. They would not be justified if they did not fight for their lives because the bonus is so high. In addition, there is a reward for catching Wu Tian and other murderers.
That battle was a crushing victory!
A lot of people were indeed killed because everyone wanted to get the kill.
Li Bao added: "But this case is very big, and the Qizhou Public Security Bureau may not be able to handle it. Moreover, the Public Security Bureau is also threatened by local bandits. It is said that Chief Prosecutor Su was beaten up."
Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "Is this true?"
Li Bao nodded, "It's just a superficial wound."
“Luckily I didn’t go!”
Zhang Fei quickly patted his chest to calm himself.
"Um?"
"Ahem. My brother Zizhan has such a miserable life!"
After Zhang Fei sighed, he said to Li Bao: "I still say the same thing, as long as we can ensure that there is enough evidence, it doesn't matter."
Qizhou.
But hundreds of Royal Police came to the vicinity of a large farm and blocked all access inside and outside. The police station seals were posted everywhere, as if they wanted to seal off the entire farm.
This was actually extremely rare in ancient times. In the past, when yamen runners came to the door, there were only a dozen or so at most. It was not like today, when hundreds of royal police would be dispatched at any time. It was not for the sake of pomp, but because they were afraid of being attacked.
It also shows what the current situation is here. It is really not easy to be a Royal Policeman.
This also attracted many people from the surrounding areas to come and watch.
"What are you looking at? Go and do your own thing. Stand away from me, do you hear me?"
But the Royal Police directly drew their weapons to intimidate the people who wanted to come forward to take a look.
"What? Is it illegal to take a look?"
A scoundrel challenged.
The Royal Police ignored him and instead observed the surroundings very carefully with weapons in hand.
The dog that bites doesn’t bark!
After seeing this, the ruffian didn't dare to come forward.
Inside the farm, there were bursts of crying and shouting, and it was these cries that attracted the surrounding people.
"It's unfair! We are wronged! How could we have the courage to rebel?"
"Hey everyone, come and see, the Royal Police killed someone! Killed someone!"
"You guys really don't know what's good for you. When my uncle goes to the emperor to file a complaint, none of you will be able to escape. None of you will be able to escape."
I saw more than 20 people tied up and kneeling in the yard crying and shouting. The royal police and tax police standing around were whispering to each other and didn't pay any attention to them.
I saw two middle-aged men standing in the yard talking in low voices.
"How about it?"
"We have obtained the evidence. They are dead this time."
"That's good. If you can't get the evidence, our police station will also be implicated by your tax police."
"Don't worry! If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't dare let you come over."
"Assholes! You policemen are so blind that you dare to stop me."
Suddenly, I heard a scolding coming from the door.
A fat man kneeling on the ground, upon hearing this voice, suddenly showed joy on his face, "Uncle, save me! Uncle, save me!"
Immediately, a policeman came over and stood in front of the two middle-aged men. "Captain Liu, there is an old man outside who claims to be Luo Hai's uncle."
Before Chief Inspector Liu could speak, the man next to him asked, "But what about Xu Zhizhong?"
"Yes."
"Let him in. Our tax commissioner is planning to look for him as well."
"yes."
After a while, a white-haired old man came into the courtyard. Seeing the scene inside, he was shocked and asked, "What are you doing?"
The fat man named Luo Hai was about to stand up when he saw the old man, but two Royal Police officers immediately stepped forward and pinned him to the ground. "Ahem! Uncle, save me, uncle!"
Xu Zhizhong said, "You policemen are so bold. How dare you do this to my Xu family? When my great-grandfather and the great-grandfather conquered the world, you were not even born yet. Just wait. I will go to His Majesty and file a complaint against you."
At this time, the middle-aged man wearing a uniform different from the police uniform walked directly in front of Xu Zhizhong.
"What do you want to do?"
Xu Zhizhong glared at the man angrily.
The middle-aged man said, "I am Li Xin, the chief of the taxation department, and you are Xu Zhizhong."
Xu Zhizhong was furious and said, "How dare you, a mere tax officer, call me by my real name?"
Li Xin directly took out a tax bill and said, "You are suspected of tax evasion. Wait at home and our tax police will come to your door."
"you."
Xu Zhizhong just felt it was unbelievable, as if he was saying, you guys have ended up checking taxes on me.
At this time, Officer Liu came forward and said, "Mr. Xu, since you are here, please cooperate with our Royal Police to record a statement."
"Why do you do that?" Xu Zhizhong asked in shock and anger.
Is the Zhao family's world gone?
Officer Liu pointed at Luo Hai who was pinned to the ground and asked, "Is Luo Hai your nephew?"
"Yes."
"Very good! He is now suspected of treason, tax evasion, murder, and a host of other crimes."
"Plotting a rebellion?"
Xu Zhizhong opened his mouth and stared blankly at Officer Liu.
Department of Taxation.
"Are you here to collect taxes or to confiscate our property and exterminate our family?"
"Prosecutor Su, the other party was the first to attack, and we were forced to kill him. We have evidence for this."
"Don't give me evidence now."
Su Shi, with a pair of panda eyes, roared: "You, the tax commissioner, don't think that I, Su Shi, am foolish and ignorant. This is all your conspiracy. You took advantage of the rebellion of the bandit Wu Tian to convict all the gentry in Qizhou of treason in order to force them to pay taxes. But this is not the fairness and justice that the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs pursue. You are a government office, how can you use such despicable means? What's the difference between this and their hiring someone to attack this prosecutor? If you are caught, your tax commissioner may be destroyed."
Qizhou tax collector Cao Junchen said aggrievedly: "We arrested people only because we had concrete evidence."
Su Shi, who always loves to argue with others, met his match this time and was about to cry, "Can't you say something else?"
Cao Junchen bowed his head and said, "But the higher-ups have told us that when dealing with the police, procuratorate and courts, we only need to emphasize evidence and not talk about anything else."
".?"
"you?"
Su Shi waved his sleeves and said, "I am too lazy to argue with a man like you."
After saying that, he turned and left.
But Su Shi did not return to the procuratorate, but went directly to the imperial court.
"Evidence! Evidence! I don't know if evidence is important, but if they keep fighting like this, they will resort to extreme means sooner or later. What use will the public security, procuratorate and courts be?"
When Su Shi saw Wang Anguo, he complained.
He believes that the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs hope that everyone will fight within the rules and mainly use wisdom. However, when you get used to taking up weapons, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs will appear weak.
Wang Anguo asked Su Shi: "Didn't your procuratorate find any clues?"
The Taxation Department is also supervised by the public security, procuratorate and courts as long as they can find relevant evidence.
Su Shi waved his hand and said, "No need to check. I, Su Shi, can see through their activities at a glance."
Wang Anguo said: "But if you can't find it, it will be difficult for us to do anything."
"If we could find out, would I have to complain here? Now we haven't even found the murderer who attacked me." Su Shi said depressedly, "It's true that evidence makes us successful or unsuccessful. If there is no evidence, we can only stare blankly."
Their procuratorate has only been here for a short time, while the Taxation Bureau has been secretly developing in Qizhou three years ago. The strength is not equal.
Wang Anguo sighed, "This case involves a wide range of people, and it involves some descendants of founding heroes. They have already sent people to the capital to file a complaint. We in Qizhou are unable to try the case, so why not transfer it to the capital for trial?"
Su Shi looked at Wang Anguo helplessly, stamped his feet fiercely, and said sadly: "What sin have I, Su Shi, committed! We are both prosecutors, but Ziyou has risen rapidly in the northwest, while I, Su Shi, have encountered many setbacks and nothing has ever gone my way."
Qingzhou.
"Judge Qian."
Fan Chunren hurried into the room and asked, "Have you heard about the Qizhou rebellion case?"
Qian Yi nodded and said, "I just learned about it as well. I have already sent someone to invite the tax collector to come over."
Fan Chunren said: "From what we know so far, this is most likely a trap set by the Taxation Commissioner."
Qian Yi said with a worried look on his face: "The methods of this tax commissioner are becoming more and more vicious. I am afraid that if this continues, the entire Jingdong East Road will be in turmoil!"
The two were chatting.
Qian Yi hurriedly ordered someone to invite him in.
When he saw Wu Daliang, Fan Chunren asked, "Tax Commissioner Wu, have you heard about what happened in Qizhou?"
Wu Daliang said, "I've heard a little bit about it."
Qian Yi asked, "Did you just hear a little about it?"
Wu Daliang nodded.
Fan Chunren said, "Tax Commissioner, Judge Qian and I are well aware of the difficulty of collecting taxes. It is inevitable that you have used some violent means legally, but the Qizhou case is not just about violence. It also involves frame-ups and conspiracies. This is not the right way. If this continues, the reputation of the Tax Commissioner will be ruined, and it will be even more difficult to go to other places."
Wu Daliang said, "I don't quite understand what Chief Prosecutor Fan means by this. First of all, whether there is a crime or not is the final decision of the Imperial Court, not our tax commissioner. If the public security, procuratorate or court believes that there is a frame-up, they should investigate it instead of asking me.
Secondly, the Commissioner of Taxation never cares about his own reputation, because he has only one task, which is to collect taxes legally. As long as you pay taxes, they can curse you no matter how they curse you.
Finally, we, the tax commissioner, were invited to clean up the mess. If the officials could collect more taxes, the government wouldn’t have sent us here.”
After hearing these words, Fan Chunren was speechless.
You say that I framed someone, but the power to judge is not in our hands. If you think there is a conspiracy here, you can just not make a judgment.
As for the promotion of the Taxation Department?
hehe!
It’s because of the government’s incompetence that we have the Commissioner of Taxation, and we are the ones who have to clean up the mess!
Qian Yi said: "We are also thinking about your tax commissioner."
"Thank you!"
".!"
With this attitude, it was really impossible to continue the conversation. After Wu Daliang left, Qian Yi said to Fan Chunren: "This case involves treason. I'm afraid we can't try it. We have to hand it over to the court for trial."
Fan Chunren nodded. This was a major case that the local public security, procuratorate, and courts would definitely not be able to make a judgment. The emperor had to review it personally. Even if they made a judgment, it would definitely have to be handed over to the capital for review.
Fan Chunren added: "We should also discuss this with the police station and ask them to keep a closer eye on it so that this kind of thing doesn't happen in Qingzhou."
At present, the capital city is still unaware of this matter. Everyone is still discussing the adultery case in Liuyun Temple, and the final results of the case are being announced one after another.
First, Liu Qin was acquitted, even though she was already dead. As for Miaokong, since Liu Qing did not report him, his adultery charge was also dropped, but he was convicted of the crime of not testifying against his lover, and his sentence was commuted from three years to six months, but he was still not given a caning.
The charge of not testifying is based on the severity of the case. After all, this case is not a big one. Six months is already the maximum penalty, and issues of etiquette and law are also taken into consideration.
If he wasn't a monk, he would probably just be beaten with a few sticks.
Secondly, the imperial court issued a detailed explanation of the trial of this case, which was actually telling the people that the Xiangfu County Imperial Court had not made a wrong judgment and Qi Hui would continue to serve as the chief judge of Xiangfu County.
In fact, there were doubts among the people because someone was instigating it, but the public security, procuratorate and courts all supported Qi Hui.
But Qi Hui still wanted to retire. It was not for the sake of revenge, but because he felt ashamed to sit in the imperial court of Xiangfu County anymore. He had a very good relationship with Sima Guang, and there was no stain on his life, especially when it came to investigating cases.
In the end, it was Zhao Xu who came forward to persuade him personally, saying that if he stayed in the imperial court of Xiangfu County for another half a year, the court would transfer him to be the president of a court somewhere else. If he was transferred now, it would affect the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems.
With the persuasion of Sima Guang and others, Qi Hui finally agreed to stay in Xiangfu County.
The Beijing Procuratorate is naturally the biggest beneficiary.
Before this, the Procuratorate had always been unknown. People were more afraid of the police station, the royal court and the tax commissioner, and the Procuratorate's presence was very weak.
But nowadays, no one dares to underestimate the procuratorate. Even for such a small matter, the procuratorate will correct it for you. Can the procuratorate let go of other things?
Lushi Lane.
Two years ago, the largest tavern in Lushi Lane was officially renamed Erbi Tavern, which was specifically used to entertain Erbi. Because of Zhang Fei's arrival, Erbi's income increased greatly and he became the main consumer in Lushi Lane.
At this time, there was a lot of sighing in the Erbi Tavern.
"Now that Zhang San has gone to the procuratorate, our life at Erbi will be difficult!"
"Who says it's not true? We are no match for Zhang San. From now on, the government will sue us one by one."
"That's not the case. Although we can't beat Zhang San, we can help reduce the sentences of those suspects. They still have to ask us for help."
"But then again, we are all trying to learn how Zhang San handles lawsuits, but it always feels like something is missing. What's going on?"
The people at the table were chatting when they heard someone say, "That's because you haven't read enough."
Several Erbi turned around and stood up immediately, "Greetings, Chief Li."
Li Guozhong said with a smile: "The reason why Zhang San can win every time is because of his research and understanding of the law. You are trying to take shortcuts, but no matter how good you are at taking shortcuts, the judge will ultimately look at the laws and regulations. Naturally, you are a little worse. If you really want to beat Zhang San, you have to study the law!"
"What Mr. Li said makes sense. It is indeed the case."
Bian Jing Law Firm.
"Master Wang, why did you ask me to come here?"
Zhang Fei looked at Wang Anshi in confusion.
Wang Anshi mysteriously took out a copy of the document and gave it to Zhang Fei, "Help me take a look."
"oh!"
Zhang Fei picked up the copy and looked at it, then said depressedly, "Master Wang, I can't comment on your article. I may not even understand it."
Wang Anshi said with a bit of embarrassment: "I wrote this in your style."
Zhang Fei immediately understood, and after a closer look, he realized that it was about promoting the business law. After reading it, he shook his head and said, "It's a little off."
Wang Anshi immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei said: "If Wang Xue Shi wants to use this case to promote this business method, first of all, you can't write the article yourself, because if you write it, it will be self-promotion, so someone else has to write it.
Secondly, it cannot be so direct, otherwise, it would be obvious at first glance that it is promoting the Enterprise Law, which would be too purposeful and would cause disgust.
This needs to be written in several parts. One part will first tell about Liu Qing's experience. Another part will tell about the previous articles that slandered Liu Qing and redress his injustice.
In these articles, we add the livelihood issues of scholars to attract everyone's attention, and finally guide the career law. "
Wang Anshi suddenly understood and nodded, "That makes sense! That makes sense! You are really good at propaganda."
Zhang Fei asked, "Master Wang seems to be very concerned about this matter."
Wang Anshi was startled, and said seriously: "It just so happens that I am planning to carry out reforms in education and the imperial examinations. This career law coincides with my education reform.
After the setbacks of the Qingmiao System in the eastern part of Jingdong Road, and the problems of the Junshu System in the six southeastern routes, I found that many officials only knew how to write articles and talk about the teachings of sages, but they knew nothing about subjects such as law, mathematics, and agronomy.
This has greatly hindered the implementation of my new law. If I want the new law to continue to be implemented, I must cultivate talents in this field. Otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape the result of the death of the leader and the collapse of the government!"
If the saying that "this man's death and his policies ceased" refers to Zhao Xu, then it is true. In history, after Zhao Xu's death, the conservatives led by Sima Guang began to counterattack and vowed to erase all policies related to Wang Anshi, whether externally or internally.
However, Wang Anshi was also far-sighted. He had been quietly laying the foundation for his new policy, which was education reform.
He knew very well that his financial management ideas were not recognized by mainstream values nowadays. People still advocated Sima Guang's ideas more: he who wins the hearts of the people will win the world. Relying solely on power will not last long.
The only way to change mainstream values is through education.
In fact, he had already quietly implemented it in the Mathematical Academy of the Imperial College, which was to promote students based on their academic performance.
This seems to be necessary, but in fact he deliberately ignored the moral judgment.
Whoever has good grades can move up.
But this was not enough. He also wanted to change the allocation of talents in the court. He encouraged students to learn a skill, such as mathematics, law, medicine, etc., to diversify knowledge and thus strike a blow against the conservative base.
His reforms are known in history as the "New Learning of Xining."
This is a very critical step that will provide a steady stream of talent for the future.
But unfortunately, this method did not last long.
However, Zhang Fei accidentally proposed the career law, which coincided with Wang Anshi's strategy and could also solve the burden of the court, which made him extremely excited.
It's just that he didn't say it out loud, because if you say this kind of thing out loud, there will be a lot of resistance, so he wants to use the business method to build a plank road in the open while secretly marching through Chencang.
Interestingly, this coincides with Zhang Fei's idea. He also wants to leverage the current basic foundation of education to obtain more talents for the judiciary, and at the same time strive for more talents for all walks of life. After all, the standard of success for the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs lies in a strong country and a prosperous people. If this cannot be achieved, there is no success.
"I see."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "How about this, I will go back to my wife and write a few drafts, and then Master Wang will find more people to polish it and change the style of the article so that people will think that it is not the work of one person."
Wang Anshi said, "It would be great if you could help, but there is no need to find more people. I can do it alone."
Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "Master Wang can write in many different styles?"
Wang Anshi laughed and said, "If it's the style of a great man, I can't do it myself, but for your level of writing, I can just look at other people's writings and imitate them."
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Mr. Wang's literary attainments are truly admirable."
Wang Anshi laughed and said, "What kind of literary accomplishment is this? It's just imitating other people's writings. It's nothing special, it's just practice. You are just lazy."
Zhang Fei said: "I was busy."
Wang Anshi thought for a moment and said, "That's true. You do have a lot of things to take care of now. But it's useless to write well. Look at Sima Pifu. He has a lot of knowledge, but he is useless. He is not as good as you."
Zhang Fei laughed dryly and didn't answer.
Suddenly, I heard a burst of very quick footsteps, and saw Lu Huiqing walking straight into the house.
Wang Anshi could not help but frown and said, "Ji Fu, when did you become so ignorant of etiquette?"
Lu Huiqing didn't care about anything else and went straight to Wang Anshi and whispered a few words in his ear.
After saying this, the master and the disciple looked at Zhang Fei at the same time.
Zhang Fei touched his face and asked, "Why are you two looking at me like this?"
Wang Anshi asked, "Does what happened in Qizhou have anything to do with you?"
Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Um?"
Both of them looked in disbelief.
Zhang Fei was confused, "What's going on?"
Wang Anshi said, "There is a rebellion in Qizhou."
"ah?"
Zhang Fei was horrified. "Rebellion? I didn't rebel. Please don't wrongly accuse me!"
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