Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 196 0191 [Playing with Zhizhou]

The country gentry surrounded Ju Ming and returned to the city. On the surface they were respectful, but in their hearts they were more fearful.

This feeling of panic comes from Ju Ming's low profile, saying sorry to the squires in public, saying that he can't help them reduce taxes.

With such an attitude, Zhizhou seems to have become the protector of the landlord, and he has to say sorry to the landlord if he fails to protect him.

But in the blink of an eye, the biggest tycoon in this county was captured!
Respectfully sending Zhizhou into the hotel, the gentry immediately whispered and went back to discuss in groups.

They were eager to know what Ju Ming was going to do.

At night, when Zhu Ming had already fallen asleep, Cao Yuangui and Wang Tian visited together.

Zhu Ming invited them in, and asked casually, "Why didn't the master Geng Dingchen come?"

Wang Tian said: "This person is close to the Sun family. The prefect arrested the Sun brothers. He is no longer from our group."

"How close?" Zhu Ming asked.

Cao Yuangui said: "Geng Dingchen married his niece to the son of Sun Zongzhen, the head of the capital. Sun Zongzhen's uncle Wang Keshu is not only a doctor in the official department, but also Cai Gongxiang's party. The lower officials want to remind the prefect that they have offended Cai Gongxiang by arresting the Sun brothers. .”

Zhu Ming suddenly smiled and said, "Your words, do you think clearly and want to follow me?"

Cao Yuangui said: "Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, and Jinshi has been an official for more than ten years. After 30 years, he has only exchanged for one county magistrate. Such a waste of time is only because of the treacherous party in the court, and the talented and virtuous people are depressed. I would like to attach the eunuch's tail and fight with those treacherous parties!"

"How do you know I'm going against the traitor party?" Zhu Ming asked.

Cao Yuangui said: "The prefect heard that the uncle of the brothers of the Sun family is Cai Dang, but he treated him calmly without changing his face. He must have already known it well."

Zhu Ming asked Wang Tian again: "Where is your Excellency?"

Wang Tian said: "I would like to follow the prefect and sweep away the demon atmosphere in the court!"

These two guys are crazy about getting promoted, even if they know that the enemy is Cai Jing, they have to bite the bullet and put all their eggs in one basket.

"Sit down and talk," Zhu Ming called the maid to watch tea, and asked casually, "Master Geng got married to the Sun family, and climbed up to Cai Dang with twists and turns. Why don't you follow the Sun family's path?"

Cao Yuangui seemed to have been greatly insulted, and his voice raised a bit: "Although my Shanyin (Shaoxing) Cao family has not been an official for generations, it has been an official since the Taizu Dynasty. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, my Cao family has There are four Jinshi, even if the highest is only a criminal envoy, how can he be regarded as a scholarly family. What is his grandson family worth? There are only various officials in his ancestors, not even a Jinshi officer. He is also worthy of marrying my Cao family ?”

Wang Tian said: "Brothers of the Sun family are rude and rude. Before the magistrate of Cao County arrived, I was already the magistrate of Lei Ze County. Some people stopped the car to complain, so I arrested a servant of the Sun family, and the brothers of the Sun family held a grand banquet." Humiliation. And... Threatened that if I don't release him immediately, I will be out of office!"

"So, you let him go?" Zhu Ming asked with a smile.

Old Wang Tian blushed and acquiesced to the matter.

Zhu Ming said: "Brothers of the Sun family bullied the market and Yurou Township, this case will be tried by you."

Wang Tie couldn't help but show a dark look, obviously wanting to avenge his private revenge, and took the opportunity to punish the Sun family to death.

Cao Yuangui reminded: "The Sun family is very powerful, and this case must be appealed to the Supervisory Court and the State Court. In particular, Jin Tao, the manager who joined the army, was bought by the Sun family a long time ago. Whenever a case involving the Sun family is involved, he must personally review and amend the sentence." Not guilty."

Wang Tian also said: "If the prefect wants to make a difference, he must straighten out the state government. Otherwise, even the Sun family can only be arrested and not sentenced."

For a prison in a state, the final review power is in the hands of Si LiJianJun.

If Si Li joins the army and is determined to sing a different tune, Zhizhou has no right to intervene in the trial of the case. He can only ask the Criminal Division to send someone to investigate, or directly impeach him for malfeasance.

Zhu Ming didn't go directly to the city of Puzhou to take office, but stayed in Lei Ze County because of the Yaoling incident, and because the city was too complicated.Or the relationship in the county is simpler, it can be straightened out easily, and a breakthrough may be found.

Zhu Ming asked, "How much do you know about Puzhou Tongjuan and Zhucao?"

Cao Yuangui said: "The name of the general judge is Tian Ruyong, and he belongs to the party of the prime minister Zheng Juzhong. He is also proud of this, and he has publicly flaunted it many times, saying that he is a close friend with Zheng Juzhong's second son, Zheng Yinian."

Wang Tian sneered and said: "He just put money on his face. I heard people say that Tian Ruyong used to be a student of the imperial court, and his family had a lot of money. He often went to Tokyo to have fun. He spent a lot of money to buy a singer. Give it to Zheng Yinian, so he passed the Imperial College Examination, and got a fellow Jinshi background. The singer he offered was sold by Zheng Yinian long ago."

Cao Yuangui said: "You also heard people say this, it's hard to tell the truth from the fake."

"There must be a reason for the rumour." Wang Tian insisted on his own judgment.

Zhu Ming was too lazy to listen to this kind of gossip, and asked, "Would you like to join the army as a recorder?"

Cao Yuangui said: "The recorder who joined the army is called Huang Guinian. I only know that he is from Fujian, but I don't know his details."

Wang Tian laughed at himself: "It must be one of my generation. I was a Jinshi ten years ago, but now I am only a recorder and joins the army (the level is equivalent to that of the county magistrate)."

These two don't know the details of Huang Guinian, but Zhu Ming knows it!
The prototype of Huang Yaoshi, the lord of Peach Blossom Island, the big fan who impeached Qin Hui four times... He ran to Peach Blossom Island to live in seclusion in his later years because he offended Qin Hui.

After repeated inquiries, Zhu Ming had a general understanding of Puzhou.

Tongpan Tian Ruyong is a member of Zheng Juzhong. Although he is also a traitor, he is a political enemy of the Cai party.

The recorder joined the army in the yellow tortoise year, with no background, and it was difficult to get promoted.During the Jingkang period, this person was a staunch main fighter, and later impeached Qin Hui four times, so he must have a very upright personality.

Sihu joins the army, Guo Mao, who is Tian Ruyong's henchman.

Si Li joins the army, Jin Tao, and clings to Cai Dang's relatives, not even Cai Dang, he probably has no background but wants to climb up.

As for the judiciary joining the army and training deputy envoys, they can be completely ignored.

Judiciary has been deprived of his duty to join the army, and he is only responsible for providing legal reference when adjudicating cases.

The deputy envoy of regiment training is roughly equivalent to the minister of personnel and military affairs. Su Shi is often demoted to this position (the envoy of regiment training is a false title, and is usually assigned by the nobles of the clan).

Zhu Ming suddenly said, "I would like to share the tax in Fangtian, what advice do you two have?"

Wang Tian asked, "Real Fangtian or fake Fangtian?"

Ju Ming smiled: "What is true and what is false?"

Wang Tian said: "King Shu (Wang Anshi) is the real Fangtian, and Cai Jing is the fake Fangtian. The real Fangtian will take a long time, at least one year. If there are too many dissidents among the people, it may take two or three years. Even five or eight years. At the beginning of King Shu’s reform, it took more than ten years, and the tax was only distributed in the square fields on the fifth road in the north. As for the fake square fields, they can be released in a year and a half. That’s what Cai Jing did. .”

Wang Anshi equalized the tax on Fangtian, and the results of Fangtian must be publicized. If there is too much controversy, it must be reviewed to prevent subordinates from colluding with gentry and occupying civilian land.Especially for the ownership of reclaimed land, the confirmation time is extremely long.

Zhu Ming said: "I want Zhen Fangtian, please cooperate."

Cao Yuangui couldn't help asking: "Which party does the prefect belong to?"

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "I am the emperor's party, Tanhualang hand-picked by the government. Besides, I offended Cai Jing last year. If the two of you are afraid, just pretend you didn't say anything tonight."

He offended Cai Jing last year, but this year he can become a court official and know the state?

Cao Yuangui and Wang Tian's eyes lit up, there was something wrong.

Cai Jingdu is 70 years old, how many years can he still dance?It must be more promising to follow the young Ju Ming.

Cao Yuangui said: "If you want to equalize the tax in Fangtian, you have to beat the mountain to shake the tiger. The brothers of the Sun family must be severely punished, take the opportunity to rectify the subordinates, and scare the gentry. Only when the subordinates are controlled and the powerful are beaten, can Fang feel at ease. field."

Wang Tian said: "Equal taxation in Fangtian will offend the gentry to the death. It is not enough to be tough, but some benefits must be given. It is easier to do things when one is hard and the other is soft."

"I plan to abolish the horse administration," Zhu Ming said. "There was a decree before the imperial court that the prefectures in Jingdong take back the pastures of the horse supervisors and still recruit tenants to raise horses. This has never been done in Puzhou. I want to do it." It's done. The imperial court doesn't care what the locality does, as long as there is enough horse quota. At that time, let the gentry in all counties apportion some horse money to subsidize the interests of the horse farmers on the grassland. It can not only pay the imperial court, but also let Squires and horse breeders profit."

Cao Yuangui shook his head repeatedly when he heard this: "The grassland in Puzhou has long been occupied by the Li family. The Li family is the most prominent family in Puzhou. Not only are there people in the court, but there are countless subordinates in the state government and county government. The land of the grassland , can’t be taken back.”

"As long as you can do it, there is no land in the world that you can't take back." Zhu Ming sneered.

Wang Tian only felt his scalp tingling, this f*ck was too reckless, and he even regretted taking refuge in Zhu Ming.

If you offend the Li family in Puzhou, you can't do anything. It is estimated that half of the subordinate officials in Puzhou Prefecture and Juancheng County will be picked.If the subordinate officials do not do things because they are obedient to others, or deliberately make trouble when they do things, then no government orders will be implemented.

Zhu Ming said: "Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged subordinates are plentiful."

Cao Yuangui persuaded: "Prefect, the Li family really can't move. The subordinates controlled by the Li family only need to be obedient and do things at ordinary times. If they make trouble during the period of the two taxes, they will not even be able to collect taxes. If the tax amount is insufficient, the court will punish them!" "

"You don't need to worry about this." Ju Ming came to gain experience.

What experience?
Of course, it is the experience of governing the local area, and the experience of fighting against tyrants.

Even if it fails, it is nothing more than demotion.

If you can't even treat a local big family, how can you govern the world in the future?

He restarted Wang Anshi's Fangtian average tax law, not only to make the life of the people at the bottom better, but also to accumulate experience in this area.

Chatting until midnight, Cao Yuangui and Wang Tian said goodbye.

On the way out of the hotel, Cao Yuangui was worried: "This prefect, I'm afraid he will mess things up. He doesn't know anything about governing the country."

Wang Tian said: "If he is not as good as the weak crown official Zhizhou, what if he messed up? Let's demote him together. Cai Jing is already 70 years old, how many more years can he live? Once Cai Jing falls, the prefect will be promoted. The prefect will be promoted. Now, we can also be promoted. Quan should play with him, the important thing is not to get things done, but how to show our loyalty."

"This statement is reasonable." Cao Yuangui agreed very much.

The two don't think that Ju Ming can succeed, and there will definitely be problems with the two taxes next year.

But they don't care, the promotion is too slow step by step, and they can't let go if they hug one thigh.Zhu Zhizhou likes to make troubles, so he accompanied Zhizhou to make troubles, anyway, it's just like this.

Wang Tian didn't bother to think about next year's events. Zhizhou asked him to try the case of the Sun family brothers. He took the opportunity to avenge his humiliation first, and at least it would make his heart ache.

(End of this chapter)