Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 182
In a hall of Xinye Yamen, Wang Ruohai set up a criminal hall to interrogate Zhang Jun.Wang Xiaolie borrowed ten soldiers to separate the two sides.

Entering the hall, Zhang Jun clasped his hands and sang a fat promise: "Trouble with punishment."

Wang Ruohai said: "I am appointed by the imperial court to be punished. If someone files a complaint at the criminal department, it should be tried. This one is Ge Xiong from Luoshan County. He sued the Xinyang Army and relied on force to take money from the people. thing?"

Zhang Jundao: "I was ordered by Zhizhi to guard the Xinyang Army, with three hundred soldiers under my command. After I arrived at the Xinyang Army, I recruited another six hundred soldiers. The punishment was raised, and money was needed to raise soldiers. Where did the money come from? Of course, it was from the local people." Come in your hand. There are hundreds of state troops in the world, how can it be different?"

Wang Ruohai was stunned for a moment.Yes, at this time, what can the generals guarding the place do?Where is this not the case?It is already very good that Zhang Jun did not bring a life lawsuit.In many places, after the rise of the army, the place is dilapidated, who can I turn to for reasoning?Even if it is reported to the court, the court will not respond.It's really embarrassing for me to raise my sentence and try this case.

Coughing, Wang Ruohai said: "The royal system is different from other places after all. Every state capital has regulations, and the governance of the place must follow the regulations. Obviously, in the Xinyang Army, the control has been done too well."

Zhang Jun said with a smile: "Yesterday's observation has already told me that what I did in the Xinyang Army may be inappropriate. The case is to be punished. If a man does what he does, he will do it, and I will not shirk it."

Ge Xiong was listening, not daring to speak.Originally, I thought that if I filed a complaint with the Judiciary, the punishment would be arrested in a hurry, and the case would be won by myself.Now that I hear it, it seems that I am suing myself, but it is of no use?

Wang Ruohai didn't say much, took the pleadings and confronted Zhang Jun one by one.Zhang Jun didn't shirk, he would admit to everything he did.Occasional discrepancies in some details do not affect the entire case.

After everything was tried, Wang Ruohai said: "A case should be tried by the officials, and the prosecutors should choose the law. Now is an extraordinary period, how can it be so complete? The most important thing is not to treat the people badly. This case is like this Let’s go. Zhang Tongzhi, you have violated the order of the military envoy and caused local turmoil. After all, the control is a member of the army, and how to punish it depends on the envoy. But the loss of the people cannot be ignored.”

After finishing speaking, Wang Ruohai asked Ge Xiong's family about the loss, which was about five hundred guan.The money Zhang Jun took was not into his own pocket, but was used to support the army, so it is not easy for Zhang Jun to compensate.Take the number of eleven and ask Zhang Jun to pay the Ge family fifty guan.

Zhang Jundao: "For punishment, fifty guan is my monthly salary. If I compensate this family, am I drinking the northwest wind?"

Wang Ruohai said: "That's a matter in your army, and it will be decided by the system envoy. But in the criminal prosecution department, you have to pay the fifty pennies."

Zhang Junyi cupped his hands: "That's it, this case is over! Don't worry about the punishment, I will send someone to bring the money later!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Chang went out of the hall without looking back.

Wang Ruohai said to Ge Xiong below: "After you take the money, go back to Luoshan. After this case, the warehouse will be returned to your family, and the land will not trouble you again. The family will live a good life."

Ge Xiong said: "My father suffered a lot in order to be arrested and entered the Yamen, so he left. What about this matter?"

Wang Ruohai said: "My condolences are changing. What can the common people do when they are suffering a little bit during the extraordinary period?"

Where is Ge Xiong willing to obey?I went to Dengzhou to sue after suffering so much, not for fifty pennies, but to ask my father for an explanation.How could I know that watching Wang Ruohai was in a hurry at the beginning, but it ended like this.

Wang Ruohai didn't say much, Zhang Jun took fifty pennies and handed it over to Ge Xiong, and the case was over.

What else can I do?Zhang Jun leads the soldiers, so what's wrong with raising some money from the local government?If he didn't put it in his pocket, he was already a rare good official at this time.Wang Ruohai had nothing to do in Dengzhou for a long time, so he was a little hasty when receiving the certificate.

Entering Wang Xiaohun's official hall, Zhang Jun said: "I didn't expect that Wang Tixing sentenced me to pay fifty guan to go out! God is sorry, I don't have a penny in my own pocket except for salary in the Xinyang Army. Fifty guan, yes My monthly salary!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is the best. To be honest, Wang Ti's punishment is not like this. I originally wanted to fine you three months' salary! If you do something wrong, you will be punished. If you can't demote your official, you can only be fined." money."

Zhang Jundao: "The money collected in the Xinyang Army has been used to support the army, how can I be fined?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "At first, I didn't advocate punishing officials' salaries. But now, the official position is uncertain, and there is no point in demoting an official. The best way is to fine money. Don't feel wronged. You don't know how many families you have made in the Xinyang Army. The family is ruined. How about raising the army? There is no such thing in other state armies, and they can support the army as well!"

Seeing Wang Xiaolie's stern attitude, Zhang Juncai kept silent.It's just that my heart hurts, fifty guan is a lot of money.

For his subordinates, Wang Xiaolie's attitude is that money is enough, but he is absolutely not allowed to use his power to make money.Anyone who dares to commit a crime must be severely punished.This is a red line, and Wang Xiaolie made it very clear to every subordinate.If you dislike the low treatment of officials, you don't have to do it.

Later generations thought that the salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were very high, but not every official was actually high.Generally speaking, the salaries of middle and senior officials are high, while the income of low-level officials is still very low.Of course, compared with the Ming and Qing Dynasties of later generations, the income of officials in the Song Dynasty was incomparable to them.

Officials are of course the elite class, and their income is too low to match their status.Officials have powers, and if their normal income is low, they will get it back from other places.As far as the country is concerned, if the official finances are sufficient, it is better to let the normal income of officials be high.Using power to make money will inevitably bring chaos to the economy and cause harm to the people.

This principle is actually very simple, and there should be no barriers to understanding.But in the previous life, due to various reasons, the salary of officials was not high, but there were various preferential treatment.In the eyes of many people, they feel that the salaries of officials should not be high.There are even some people who will compare the salaries of officials from various countries to vent their strange ideas.

Officials in European and American countries are different from China's unification habit. They should have developed from the previous autonomous towns.Officials themselves have property, and being an official has the nature of serving the citizens. It doesn't matter whether the salary is high or not.Of course, being a civil servant is a kind of job, which is different from the usual officials.After entering the modern society, officials in European and American countries can use their powers to benefit their own industries, which is another matter.

The government wants elites to come in and become officials, so what if they don't give money?Give treatment?For a family member?They are all unreliable.A magistrate should be one of the highest-income people in his own state, and the same is true for magistrates.The prime minister of a country should be one of the highest earners in the country, otherwise, why should they do it?After doing it, why don't you use your authority to make money for yourself?Of course, this refers to working income.

If the authority and income are in line with each other, if it cannot be done, strict supervision and rewards and punishments will be out of the question.

The generals under Wang Xiaolie, such as Cao Zhiyan, Xie Linong, Yu Huan, Yang Shen, etc., are now basically full on January [-]th.Niu Gao and Shao Ling are slightly taller, at sixty per month.This income is an absolute high-income group in this era.Wang Xiaolie was willing to give so much money to be able to strictly demand them.

(End of this chapter)