As the poem goes: Talented people emerge in every generation, and each leads the country for hundreds of years.
Can Ouyang Xiu’s death mark the complete end of an era?
If we look at it from the surface, in fact, with the accession of Emperor Shenzong to the throne and Han Qi's departure from the capital, it was already a sign that the era of the Four Gentlemen of the Qingli Period was coming to an end.
But that’s not actually the case.
The current ideological and ideological struggles in the court, as well as various overt and covert struggles, are all influenced by those who experienced the era of the Four Gentlemen.
Although they were not in the court, their ideas had always influenced the situation in the court, whether they were conservatives or reformists.
If Fan Zhongyan had not started the reform, there might not have been Wang Anshi's reform.
The two actually have a very close relationship.
The conservatives led by Sima Guang actually inherited the ideas of the New Deal of the Qingli Period.
This may seem contradictory, since both the reformists and conservatives come from the same faction, but in fact this is only a logical consequence.
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Because Sima Guang and his group did not oppose reform, but they wanted to inherit Fan Zhongyan's reform ideas, which was to save money, that is, to streamline the number of officials and prescribe the right medicine.
However, they believed that the time was not yet ripe and that if they reformed now, the results would be the same as during the Qingli period. Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Ouyang Xiu all thought so. They saw no hope of success and the results would be counterproductive.
They themselves believed that the New Policies of the Qingli Period not only failed to improve the government, but instead made the country worse.
Their main focus now is recuperation, both internally and externally.
Wait until the time is right to carry out reforms.
They are that kind of wait party.
Not to mention, the Four Gentlemen of the Qingli Period had many disciples, such as Su Shi and Su Zhe, whose political ideas were very similar to those of Ouyang Xiu.
Even on the issue of East Flow and North Flow, they all belong to Ouyang Xiu's North Flow faction.
However, their era has ended, not because of their deaths, but because of the emergence of public security, procuratorial and judicial organs.
The ideas and systems of public security, procuratorial and judicial organs did not exist during the Qingli period.
The current social changes are unprecedented.
For example, taxes.
This year, Tokyo Bianliang is fully implementing the new tax system, which is to apply the design of exemption tax to the total tax.
Compared to the previous implementation of the exemption law, the opposition this time was much smaller, because the Tax Commissioner was mainly targeting the extra income of the powerful, and they did not have many reasons to oppose. They did not stop it the first time, and they would be even less able to stop it now.
But that doesn't mean they will be willing to pay taxes.
They are also trying to avoid taxes in various ways.
In fact, it's not just the rich, ordinary people are the same as well. This is human nature.
After two months of hard work, all taxes have been collected, and now it’s time to get excited and see who will be picked for spot checks.
It was already winter, and in the early morning, the biting cold wind was getting stronger, like a knife, tearing a small hole in people's faces. The pain was self-evident. But in order to make a living, the people still carried their loads and went into the city to do business in the cold wind.
In front of the market.
A peddler who was registering his donkey cart was suddenly stopped by two men in gray and white uniforms.
This moment attracted a lot of attention.
Because only Tokyo tax police wear gray and white uniforms, and there is a huge word embroidered in the middle of the uniform - tax.
It's that straightforward.
Everyone cast congratulations looks at the peddler.
"He Huan from Hexia Village in the southern suburbs?"
A tax police officer asked.
"Yes, it's me." The peddler said tremblingly.
Another tax police officer flipped through his notebook and nodded to his companion, "Yes, it's him."
At the same time, take out a piece of paper and give it to your companion.
The tax officer took the paper and said to the peddler, "According to our tax department, you resold a batch of medicinal herbs worth 60 strings of cash in June this year, but you did not indicate this on the tax bill. We must punish you according to the law. This is the tax and fine you need to pay."
As he said that, he handed over the ticket.
“Ouch!”
The peddler immediately looked aggrieved. "Two tax officers, this is unfair... I... I really forgot. I will make up for it. I will make up for it right away. Please don't fine me."
The tax officer said expressionlessly, "Sorry! I only have the power to issue you a ticket. If you are dissatisfied, you can go to Erbi to file a complaint. If you think our tax department did something wrong, you can also file a complaint with the procuratorate."
Seeing that his plea for mercy was fruitless, the peddler could only take the ticket. In anger, he asked again, "Two tax officers, are you having a hard time too?"
The tax officer looked at him suspiciously.
The peddler said, "They don't even let us small fish and shrimps go."
The tax officer nodded and said, "Yes."
Among the people watching on the side, a few of them rolled their eyes with guilt.
In the past, the tax commissioner specialized in investigating wealthy businessmen and powerful people, and rarely checked the taxes of ordinary people. Many ordinary people were lucky enough to get away with it.
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General Police Station.
Early in the morning, Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi sat in the headquarters and drank hot wine.
"Brother, I heard that the third brother is involved in a lawsuit. Shall we go and take a look?" Ma Xiaoyi put down his wine glass and winked at Cao Dongdong.
“No!”
"Why?"
"Shall we go watch those tax police show off their power?"
Cao Dongdong snorted, "Recently, the tax police have been attacking everywhere, and the people no longer look at us royal police. If we want to be powerful, the tax police are more powerful. We still have to find a way to get in there, but it's much more interesting."
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Ma Xiaoyi said: "I have already said this, I wonder if my brother has any way to transfer us there?"
Cao Dongdong said, "If my brother had a solution, would he have to sit here and sigh? Eh? Tax police?"
"What tax police?"
Ma Xiaoyi was surprised.
Cao Dongdong pointed towards the gate.
Ma Xiaoyi looked back and saw a Royal Policeman talking to one or two tax policemen.
Cao Dongdong yelled at the top of his voice: "Liu Er, what's the matter?"
A royal policeman named Liu Er immediately led the two tax police into the hall.
"Yanei, they said that someone in our police station is evading taxes." Liu Erdao.
Cao Dongdong stood up suddenly and said, "Impossible, how could anyone in our police station evade taxes?"
As he said this, he looked at Ma Xiaoyi.
Ma Xiaoyi said, "Brother, why are you looking at me? My money was calculated by the Bian Jing Law Firm, so there will be no mistakes."
The tax police officer asked, "Excuse me, Deputy Superintendent Cao, is there a person named Fu Shichun in your police station?"
"Koharu?"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi exclaimed at the same time.
But then the two of them started rolling their eyes.
"Hurry, hurry, go call Xiaochun over. This time we're going to have a good show. Hahahaha!"
"I didn't expect Xiaochun to be this kind of person. He even evaded taxes."
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The two of them laughed immediately.
After a while, Fu Shichun walked in angrily, "Who is it? Who said I evaded taxes? Do I, Fu Shichun, care about that little money? How can you ruin my reputation? It's unreasonable."
A circle of Royal Police officers watched from the door.
Cao Dongdong immediately added fuel to the fire: "Xiaochun, they are just two little tax policemen."
Then he excitedly said to the two tax policemen, "He is Fu Shichun."
Fu Shichun said to the two tax policemen, "Did you make a mistake?"
The two tax police officers looked at each other, and one of them said, "We are just following orders to enforce the law. If Fu Zhubu feels there is a problem, he can file a complaint."
Another person said, "According to our investigation, Fu Zhubu bet 100 guan on Qiyun Society's 2-1 in the finals of the Football League in the first half of this year, and won a total of 350 guan. I wonder if this is true?"
Fu Shichun was immediately dumbfounded, "This... do I have to pay taxes for this too?"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi immediately turned their heads to look at Fu Shichun.
"Xiaochun, you traitor, you didn't buy my guard horse, but bought the one from Qiyun Society." Cao Dongdong said with a ferocious look.
Ma Xiaoyi said, "Brother Xiaochun, it's fine if you buy, but you won the money but you didn't treat us. I remember that day when we went to Piaoxianglou, it was me who paid for it."
"Stop making trouble for now."
Fu Shichun was now in a state of panic, and said, "Let me finish this matter first."
Then he asked the tax officer, "Do we have to pay tax even for this kind of money?"
The tax officer said: "If you don't have to pay taxes on your winnings, there will definitely be a lot of people who use this to evade taxes."
"I really don't know." Fu Shichun's pale face had turned red.
He is a very proud person, but he had just returned and didn't know that gambling on football also requires paying taxes. Now that he has been investigated by the police, it is really embarrassing.
This must have been mentioned by Cao Dongdong last year!
"Sorry! We are also following orders to enforce the law."
The tax officer said, and then handed over a ticket. "If Fu Zhubu has no objection, you will have to pay the tax on time, as well as the fine. If you have any objection, you can file an appeal."
"Appeal."
Ma Xiaoyi was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and said: "Brother Xiaochun, we can't tolerate this."
"Get lost."
Fu Shichun took the ticket and said to the two tax police officers, "Can you please not come to the police station next time and talk to me alone?"
The tax officer said hurriedly: "Sorry, we have to complete the task on time."
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Royal Court.
No matter how cold the wind is, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of Tokyo citizens to watch the trial, especially the Commissioner of Taxation. All the gossip for the next year depends on this month.
The young chief judge, Lu Jiawen, was sitting there with a high spirit. Zhao Pin had tried all the previous major cases personally, and now it was finally his turn.
Sitting in the dock was the owner of Ren store, Ren Youfu.
This was a wealthy man in the capital, and Zhang Fei also came personally. Xu Zhiqian sat next to him, and there were more than twenty young people sitting behind him, all of whom were students of the Imperial College.
This is their best opportunity to learn, and it is their only chance, because after the New Year, Qi Ji, Wang Gong and others will have to go south, and they will all have to take over.
Just in time for this intensive tax period, it will be able to help them clarify the work of the procuratorate as soon as possible.
After giving Fang Erbi a lengthy explanation, Zhang Fei slowly stood up and looked around, "Why did the tax commissioner pay attention to Ren's store? It's because he found that in the eastern section of Ma Xing Street, where Ren's store is located, there are two stores of the same size as Ren's store, including He Le Lou.
Take Helelou as an example. Rendian and Helelou each own 1,500 foot shops, and purchase 200,000 kilograms of koji from Quyuan every year. In addition, the Meishou wine of Rendian and the Xianlao wine of Helelou consume almost the same amount of koji, one kilogram of koji is needed to brew 25 liters.
At the same time, they also traded in salt, tea, sugar, etc. However, the amount of tax they paid differed by a full 5,000 strings of cash, which is almost impossible.
Chen Le stood up immediately and said to Fang Erbi, "Every shop has different business. Prosecutor Zhang's office and Li's bookstore are both located in Lushi Lane, but the tax amount differs by 10,000 strings of cash."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "The number of people employed by the Bian Jing Law Firm is 120 times that of the Li Family Bookstore. If the tax amount was the same as that of the Li Family Bookstore, the firm would have closed down long ago."
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Lu Jiawen knocked the gavel and said, "This is not the first time for the defense to appear in court. You should know the rules. After the prosecutor has finished speaking, I will let you plead your case. This is not a market."
"Feel sorry."
Chen Le sat down depressed.
Zhang Fei continued, "So the tax commissioner followed this clue to investigate, and when they carefully checked the accounts of Rendian, they found that Rendian purchased 500 coins per stone of rice for brewing wine every year, but as everyone knows, the market price of grain last year was around 400 coins.
According to the brewing technology of Rendian, it takes about one dou of rice to brew one dou of wine, and one jin of wine yeast can brew 25 liters of wine, which means that 200,000 jin of wine yeast can brew 5 million liters of wine, consuming 50,000 dan of grain. One dan of grain costs 100 coins more, so the report can be reduced by 5,000 guan. "
Ren Youfu, who was in the dock, said excitedly: "The price of grain has gone up and down. There are many grains that cost 500 wen. What makes you say that I underreported it?"
Zhang Fei said, "Because the account book of the Meng family grain store shows that you purchased grain from the store at a price of 300 coins. Are you saying that the Meng family lied about their income?"
The distinguished guests sitting inside all glanced at the man in the corner. This man was the owner of the Meng family grain shop and the cousin of Meng Gansheng, the director of the Criminal Court.
There aren't many powerful people sitting here today, they are all wealthy businessmen, including Fan Yong.
Because there were many things going on in the court, the dignitaries had no time to take care of this place. If they didn't come, the merchants would naturally be able to come in and watch the trial.
Ren Youfu fell silent immediately.
If he is not wrong, then the Meng family is wrong, and that would be a big drama.
Zhang Fei will be looking forward to this very much.
Ren Youfu didn't dare let the Meng family take the blame.
Zhang Fei asked Lu Jia again: "Judge, the evidence we provided is sufficient to prove that Ren Store did not hesitate to falsify accounts in order to evade taxes. However, the tax department has only found the tip of the iceberg so far. Therefore, we apply to seal up Ren Store and conduct a thorough investigation."
"Please spare my life, President!"
When Ren Youfu heard about the closure of the store, he panicked. "I confess, I confess everything. Please don't close my store. I will lose a lot of money if I don't do business for a day. I hope the judge will show mercy, show mercy!"
Chen Le also stood up quickly. "My client is willing to cooperate with the tax department's investigation and will not dare to hide anything. There is no need to close the store. Besides, Ren's store has dozens of bartenders and is related to more than a thousand foot shops. Please consider the interests of these people."
Lu Jiawen pretended to be hesitant, glanced at Zhang Fei, nodded and said, "Okay! For the sake of those dozens of bartenders and a thousand foot shops, I will give you another chance. You must fully cooperate with the tax department's investigation. If you conceal anything, I will order your shop to be closed until the matter is cleared up."
"Thank you, Mr. Judge. Thank you, Mr. Judge."
Ren Youfu almost fell to his knees. For a restaurant of their size, being closed for a day would be very serious. If the tax commissioner investigated for a month, he would have to close his shop.
Many people in the VIP seats were wiping their sweat. You have to know that it is winter now!
However, restaurant tycoons like Fan Yong shook their heads in regret.
This is not even blocked.
Really.
Rendian is a big piece of fat meat!
"Done! Call it a day!"
Zhang Fei threw the copy away and winked at Xu Zhiqian who was standing beside him.
Xu Zhiqian glared at him. There were more than twenty people sitting behind him. In such occasions, she hated it most when Zhang Fei played tricks. If someone saw it, Zhang Fei would be fine, but she would be scolded.
Zhang Fei looked back at He Zhizhong and other students, and saw that they were all excited. He couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Have you read the Art of War?"
All the students nodded at the same time.
Zhang Fei said: "This court is like a battlefield. The best strategy is to attack the enemy's plans. We don't need to find too much evidence. We just need to scare them and they will confess everything."
"Thank you for your guidance, Prosecutor Zhang. We will always keep it in mind."
The students nodded in unison.
Zhang Fei said, "Hurry up and get ready! Next time, learn from Prosecutor Zhou."
"yes!"
Although the next class was handed over to Zhou Zheng, Zhang Fei could not leave. He had to stay here to supervise and explain to these students.
He then walked to the presiding judge's seat and saw that Lu Jiawen was already preparing the documents for the next lawsuit. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Judge Lu, you're working so hard, and you're going to have two trials in a row."
Lu Jia asked, "Thanks to Prosecutor Zhang, I have been able to rest for a while recently."
"What does this have to do with me? If I could appoint a judge to try a case, wouldn't I be invincible?"
Zhang Fei laughed and asked, "By the way, will you go to the southeast?"
"Of course."
Lu Jia asked unhappily, "What's the point of staying in the capital?"
At this point, he whispered, "Prosecutor Zhang, let's talk about the facts. Apart from being younger than Judge Qi, what else am I inferior to? I really don't know why you don't let me be the chief judge of Yangzhou."
He is now full of resentment. He is the oldest court president in the capital, but now he is not allowed to try major cases. The key is to go to the Southeast Six Road, where he is not the boss. He is very unhappy about this.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "According to what you said, why shouldn't I be the chief judge? It's just because of my age."
Lu Jiawen's expression changed, and he snorted, "When it comes to boasting, our court president is really no match for your Erbi."
"Ha ha!"
Zhang Fei laughed a few times.
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At the same time, the court was also holding an annual meeting, earlier than usual, because what Zhao Xu wanted to do could not be resolved in one meeting.
At this important meeting, the emperor finally determined the direction of reform.
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The rumors are true.
Wang Gui, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, was specially invited to attend this meeting, and at this meeting, he formally proposed to reform the official system.
The purpose was to solve the problems of redundant officials and efficiency, and the method was to gradually restore the system of three provinces and six ministries based on the "Six Codes of Tang Dynasty".
You should know that Wang Anshi and Sima Guang did not agree with this proposal, and they both held the same view that the system of three provinces and six ministries was not suitable for the current situation of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Xu also took a step back and chose to recover gradually instead of demanding it all at once.
But even so, it is enough to show that the emperor wanted to step to the front and directly participate in government affairs, rather than formulating and promulgating policies through Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.
No longer listen to them.
In addition, it was determined at the meeting that the first phase would be to divide the contents of the reforms of recent years into six ministries.
The Taifu Temple, Sinong Temple, Fayunsi, Tijuchangpingsi, and the super-business agency which has just been named the Great Song Grain Agency, are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue.
But there is a very crucial issue here, that is, the Taxation Commissioner was originally under the name of the Ministry of Revenue, because the Ministry of Revenue had no power at that time. Although it was nominally under the Council of State Affairs, it was actually directly under the emperor.
But this time the Taxation Bureau was assigned to the Three Departments. The reason was to ensure that there would be no problems with taxation. Currently, the Three Departments are in charge of the world's finances. If the Taxation Bureau was left in the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue was formally under the Council of Political Affairs, it would be very inconvenient to manage.
The Dushui, Jiangzuo, Shaofu, and military equipment were all transferred to the Ministry of Works. At the same time, the River and Water Conservancy Department and the Farmland Water Conservancy Department were abolished, and their powers were all transferred to the Ministry of Works, including the newly established Xiangbing Construction Corps.
The police station is under the Ministry of War.
At the same time, the East and West Courts of the Judicial Review were abolished, and their powers were transferred to the Ministry of Personnel.
The Imperial College, the Ministry of Law, and the Ministry of Reporting were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.
In the enterprise law, only the Grain Bureau is under the Ministry of Revenue.
Judicial reforms, as well as the work of the Court of Justice and the Supreme Court in judicial administration, were all transferred to the Ministry of Justice. At the same time, the Ministry's judicial power, including the power to review cases, was abolished.
The Censorate and the Court of Remonstrance were merged.
This is because with the existence of the Procuratorate, there is no need for them to supervise each other, and at the same time, there is a strong supervisory organization to check and balance the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs.
As for the changes in the public security, procuratorial and judicial aspects, a three-level imperial court was set up in the central government, adopting a one-five-one model. The third-level imperial court was equivalent to the judicial authority of Kaifeng Prefecture before, and it was in charge of the judicial power of the entire capital area. There was a chief judge, of course.
There are five secondary imperial courts in the middle, which govern the entire country.
There is only one Supreme Court, and Sima Guang’s suggestion is adopted. Once the case reaches the Supreme Court, the Privy Council and the Council of State will each recommend a president from the second-level imperial court.
As for the promotion system of the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate, it is stipulated that the Ministry of Justice shall recommend and the Legislative Council shall evaluate. Firstly, this is to ensure the separation of politics and law. If the Ministry of Personnel controls the promotion of court presidents, then it is still controlled by the Political Affairs Hall.
Secondly, according to the current system, the imperial court's judgments or precedents must be approved by the Legislative Council. In fact, this system is because of Zhang Fei. The law of the legal system is implemented first and then written. Simply put, the Legislative Council formulated relevant laws based on Zhang Fei's precedents, which later became a system. It is also very reasonable for the Legislative Council to examine the president of the court.
The Ministry of Justice is in charge of judicial administration, so of course it is more appropriate for the Ministry to make this personnel arrangement.
As for the Legislative Council, it was originally a temporary institution. Now that politics and law are separated and the Legislative Council is gradually gaining real power, it must be regulated and a permanent Legislative Council President must be appointed. Therefore, it was decided that it would be composed of court presidents, police chiefs, prosecutors general and students of the Imperial College who were rotated to the capital, and would be presided over by the Legislative Council President, and the Minister of Justice and the Chief Censor would temporarily serve as Vice Presidents of the Legislative Council.
The purpose of involving the Ministry of Justice and the Chief Censor is to ensure that the executive has some intervention in legislation.
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After the meeting, no one was satisfied except the emperor.
Just listening to it, this arrangement seems to make sense and can improve efficiency. However, in the eyes of executors such as Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, this makes things more complicated and the future is full of uncertainty.
Because both the new policies and judicial reforms have actually achieved vertical integration and become very efficient.
But now, everything is disrupted.
Can it improve efficiency?
It’s really hard to say!
For example, the business law was previously under the jurisdiction of the Regulations Office of the Two Prefectures, but now it has been split into two, with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites each in charge of a part.
The Ministry of Rites also had to rely on the financial support of the Ministry of Revenue and the Three Departments.
For example, the public security, procuratorate and courts used to be under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court, but now they have been transferred to the Ministry of Justice after judicial reform. However, the Ministry of Justice, the public security, procuratorate and courts have become parallel again.
But they all knew very well in their hearts that the emperor just thought they were too well integrated. If this continued, he would have no say in anything related to the emperor.
They can only take one step at a time.
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Wang Anshi went to the imperial court with a depressed heart, but saw a fierce quarrel inside, while Zhang Fei was chatting and laughing with a group of wealthy businessmen in the corridor.
After a moment, the businessman also noticed Wang Anshi's arrival, so he winked at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei looked back and quickly came over, "Why is Master Wang here?"
"Just happened to be passing by."
Wang Anshi thought for a moment and then said, "That's right, I have something to ask you too."
Zhang Fei asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?"
Wang Anshi said, "The government has decided to reform the system. You have given advice on the previous Ministry of Grain and Grain Administration, but now the situation has changed. For example, the Ministry of Grain and Grain Administration is under the Ministry of Revenue, but the Transportation Administration is still under the Three Departments. We have to adjust our plan."
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There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his words, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Zhang Fei glanced back and said, "But I'm very busy now."
Wang Anshi said unhappily, "He's busy chatting with those wealthy businessmen."
“......!”
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly.
Wang Anshi asked again: "What do you think?"
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and suddenly asked, "Master Wang, do you know what I was talking about with those businessmen just now?"
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in knowing."
"It's a very interesting thing." Zhang Fei said.
Wang Anshi immediately asked, "What?"
Zhang Fei said, "They are all hinting that it's not that they don't want to pay taxes, but because they are wealthy businessmen, and they have to go to the government to do business, which costs a lot of money. But they have to pay another tax here, and they think it's unfair. In the tax lawsuit just now about Rendian, Rendian actually took part of the taxes for the Meng family."
Wang Anshi snorted, "That's what they deserve. Who forced them to take care of things?"
He has always been disdainful of these big profiteers.
Zhang Fei said: "But if you don't go and make arrangements, this business won't work. So I think that now Mr. Wang can shift the focus of the new policy to this."
Wang Anshi frowned, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei asked, "Does Scholar Wang know the situation in Hezhong Prefecture?"
Wang Anshi nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "The success of Hezhong Prefecture lies in the policies of the New Deal, which activated private commerce and increased the number of people paying taxes, and then the tax bureau collected the money."
Wang Anshi asked, "You mean, reform around this taxation?"
"Exactly."
Zhang Fei said: "For example, the Farmland and Irrigation Law, Wang Xue Shi can explain that it means that if the people grow more crops and pay more taxes, the national treasury will be richer, right?
For example, regarding the liquor monopoly system, Mr. Wang should know that after the reform of the liquor monopoly system in Hezhong Prefecture, the liquor tax has been rising, and the corruption therein has been visibly reduced. The key is that it is no longer monopolized by corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen.
This is all because we now have the Commissioner of Taxation.
As long as Wang Xueshi focuses on taxation, even if he only has the Ministry of Revenue, he can issue many policies that affect the whole country."
Wang Anshi blinked his eyes, and couldn't help but frown as he pondered, thinking, this guy is quite reasonable. I didn't dare to start with taxes before because there was no tax commissioner. If I made any move, it would become excessive taxes and I would be impeached. But now I have a tax commissioner, and the public security, procuratorate and courts, so I can start with taxes and use this as an excuse to continue to promote my new policy.
After a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "That makes sense. Let's go, let's find a place and have a good talk."
Zhang Fei said awkwardly: "I still have to train new people."
He pointed at the young man who was sitting in the back helping out.
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