Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 239 0234 [various choices]

On the day when the trial ended, more than 20 people wanted to sue, and Liu Shiren helped them write complaints for free.

"Why are there no common people suing my government officials?" Zhu Ming was slightly disappointed after reading the complaint.

Liu Shiren speculated: "Perhaps the first, second and third-class officials of the state government don't need to make injustice cases at all, and they can get enough money."

Ju Ming couldn't help laughing: "It must be so."

In Zhu Ming's state government, the left and right Yamen are the heads of all the officials, just like the county government's Yasi.

There are also left and right Zhike, who is the head of all the officials, and belongs to the second-class officials like the Yamen.

Then there are the left and right fans, who are the third-class officials.

If the above guys collude secretly, they will be able to isolate the state government from inside and outside, and turn Zhizhou into blind and deaf.It can also obey the law and violate it, deliberately distorting the decree of Zhizhou.

Back at the back house of the state government office, Zheng Yuanyi waited for a long time, and when she saw Zhu Ming coming, she immediately asked the cook to cook.

"Sir, Fan Zhun, the governor of the right, is asking to see you."

"Let him in."

Zhu Ming was hungry and hadn't even eaten yet, when the No. [-] official of the state government quietly came to ask to see him while it was dark.

"The villain pays homage to the prefect!"

This guy not only knelt down to salute, but also called himself a "little man".Such a posture is tantamount to complete obedience, and Zhizhou will do whatever he says.

Ju Ming nodded in satisfaction: "Sit down and talk."

Fan Zhun stood up cautiously, not daring to look at Zheng Yuanyi, his buttocks were hanging on the corner of the bench.

Zhu Ming asked, "How many years have you been a Youdu Yaya?"

"It has been eight years since I reported to the prefect." Fan Zhun replied anxiously.

"Eight years are overdue." Zhu Ming said.

In order to prevent subordinate officials from controlling the government, the senior officials of the state government have term limits.The first-class official can serve up to five years; the second-class official can serve up to six years; the third-class official can serve up to seven years.

But in actual operation, it is often overdue to hold the post.

Fan Zhun lowered his eyebrows, waiting for Zhizhou's next words.

Zhu Ming asked, "How many years have you been working in Zuo Du Ya Ya?"

Fan Zhun was overjoyed: "Seven years."

Zhu Ming pretended to say: "How can you not abide by the rules and become an official beyond the time limit? How about this, Zuo Du Ya Ya temporarily resigned, I will recommend him to be an official. You transfer from You Du Ya Ya to Zuo Du Ya Ya. In this way , both of you can be promoted, and neither of you will be overdue as officials."

"The prefect is wise!" Fan Zhun happily knelt down again.

He did belong to the promotion, from the second in command to the first in command.

But the top leader was directly slapped.Zhu Ming verbally said that he would recommend him to be an official, but in fact he could have been suppressed and made to wait forever in his life.

Moreover, Ju Ming did not break the rules in the slightest by acting in accordance with the law.

Zhu Ming said: "There is an official named Guo Wenzhong, who is calm and experienced, and may be able to replace you as the right governor. What do you think?"

Fan Zhun understood that Ju Ming was setting up his confidants, and he still came to contain him.But he didn't care, as long as he could be the top official of the state, he cupped his hands and said, "The eunuch has sharp eyes, Guo Wenzhong is really suitable."

But Zhu Ming shook his head: "It's not my sharp eyes, but yours. You recommended Guo Wenzhong, and I approved it after a test."

Fan Zhun quickly said: "It is indeed recommended by the villain."

Zhu Ming asked again: "Left and right intellectuals, can there be dereliction of duty and illegal actions?"

Fan Zhun took the opportunity to kill someone with a knife, intending to get rid of someone who had a personal grievance with him: "Mei Kan, Zuo Zhike, seems to be corrupt."

"Since it's just corruption and not breaking the law, let him continue to do it," Zhu Ming said, "Transfer You Zhike to the Tongjuan Office. There is a Wang Jia who is capable of doing things, and let him take over as You Zhike."

What the hell?

Fan Zhun was dumbfounded.

He planned to get rid of his enemy, but Zhu Ming got rid of his confidant.

This sweet jujube was followed by another stick, which made Fan Zhun a little dazed, fearful and afraid to play tricks, and quickly said: "The eunuch's arrangement is proper, and the villain admires it."

Zhu Ming added another sentence: "Since you said that he was corrupt, you should find out and beat the board."

Want to beat your enemy again?

Fan Zhun didn't feel happy at all, he just felt his scalp tingling, he shrank his neck and said, "It's all up to the eunuch to deal with it."

In the Song Dynasty, corruption and breaking the law were separated.

For example, taking advantage of one's position, collecting gray income, or even embezzling taxes, this can only be regarded as corruption, fines and slaps on the board will be the end of it.The real crime is to break the law, such as helping bad people to seize land, accepting bribes and judging cases indiscriminately, etc.

It can be seen that the Song court intentionally condoned officials to engage in gray income.Because the "Song Xingtong" basically followed the Tang law, and Tang law's corruption and perverting the law were counted together, but the Song Dynasty made laws but deliberately separated them.

If it's not connivance, what is it?
The next day, Fan Zhun swaggered into the office, and said to the servants who followed him, "Move my belongings there."

Zuo Duya looked at Cun Zhuang in surprise and asked, "What are you doing?"

Fan Zhun said triumphantly: "Congratulations to Duab, the prefect is going to recommend you to be an official, maybe one day you will be an official. Please step aside. From now on, this is my seat."

The head of the official staff of the state government is of course qualified to be an official. He only needs to be recommended by the prefect and approved by the superior.

But Xiang Cunzhuang didn't think there was such a good thing, he was not related to Zhizhou, and he never expressed his submission.How could it be possible to recommend him to be an official?
"Please, this desk belongs to me." Fan Zhun held a stack of official documents and gently placed them on Xiang Cunzhuang's desk.

At this moment, an official document was sent from the official case: Jinzhou Zuo Du Ya Xiang Cunzhuang, overdue as an official, should be resigned.Nian worked in his office for many years, and made a lot of contributions. The magistrate recommended him to be an official, and immediately resigned and returned home, waiting for the approval of his superiors.

Xiang Cunzhuang felt that the sky was falling, he thought he had a lot of seniority, and the state government had many confidantes, so he didn't give in quickly, and wanted to wrestle with Zhizhou.

Who would have thought that he would be dismissed just because he didn't know what to do? Who the hell should he reason with?

Xiang Cunzhuang could only vent his anger on Fan Zhun: "You are ungrateful, if I hadn't promoted you, you would have been a first-class official in the state government? I regard you as my confidant, but you stabbed me in the back!"

Fan Zhun smiled and said: "Xiang Duab...oh, it's Brother Xiang. Brother Xiang can't say that. I went to see the prefect last night, but I wanted to say something nice to Brother Xiang. I said that Brother Xiang has worked hard, and Zuo Dubu I have been in office for seven years, two years overdue, and I should seek an official position. The eunuch thinks so, and strongly recommends Brother Xiang to be an official. Brother Xiang will go home and wait for a good job. It is not easy for an official to be an official. Just wait three to five years."

"Pickling bird man, I'll kill you!" Xiang Cunzhuang was furious, picked up the inkstone and threw it out.

The distance was too close, Fan Zhun couldn't dodge it, and his forehead was hit with blood profusely.

"Blood……"

Fan Zhun touched it, then covered his forehead and shouted angrily: "Drag this guy out!"

But on the other side of the Yaqian officials, Mei Kan, Zuozhi guest, who is the head of the officials, is being escorted by the criminal officials to beat the board.He was convicted of corruption, not only was spanked, but also fined fifty guan.

After finishing the board, Mei Kan limped and was supported by his subordinates. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fan Zhun, you sued me for being tricky, I have written down this account!"

Fan Zhun, who had just bandaged his forehead, could only smile wryly when he heard this, and most of his excitement about being promoted disappeared in an instant.

That eunuch is really capable of torturing subordinate officials, and his enemies will be watching him no matter what he does in the future.

Guo Wenzhong and Wang Jia came to work happily.

The former became the second-in-command of the state government officials, and the latter became the second-in-command of the state government officials.For them, this has been skyrocketing.

And with the eunuchs covering them, even their top leaders have to give them some face.

Secretary-General Wu Mao stood far away, watching the farce the whole time.

The coward secretly sighed, admiring Zhizhou's methods.Suddenly, I felt that there was nothing to be afraid of. Zhizhou even ruled the subordinates submissively, so what is the difficulty in dealing with traitors?
The general judge Li Dao rushed to Ren Ren for more than a year, and he still hasn't straightened out the subordinate officials in the general judge hall.Those subordinate officials are obedient on the surface, but they are obedient in all kinds of ways, and at the same time they take advantage of the decrees of the general judgment.

"I have to learn." Wu Mao muttered.

At the same time, Wu Mao also thought clearly.

Ju Ming and his son's family members are on the verge of prosperity, and Zhu Ming has extraordinary means. Given time, he will surely ascend to the court to pay homage to the prime minister.As long as I follow Zhu Ming, even if I am demoted for a while, I will be able to ascend to heaven in the future.

What's more, doing things with Zhu Ming does not violate morality, and one can be a good official.

Until now, Wu Mao had just made up his mind, and he took the initiative to report to his work: "The prefect, the official case and the criminal case, have completed the removal, replacement and punishment of subordinate officials. What other orders does the prefect have?"

Zhu Ming said: "You divide these complaints into two, send one to the state court, and send the other to the judiciary, and order them to try the case as soon as possible. All cases must be cross-reviewed, and they will be handed over to me for review after the trial is completed. "

"Yes!" Wu Mao took the complaint and went to write the official document.

Because of the case of the Zeng family, many officials were dealt with by the Si Liyuan and the State Court.The vacated positions were filled by subordinate officials recommended by Qian Chen, Wang Jia, Guo Wenzhong and others, which was regarded as a major shake-up in Jinzhou's judicial system.

Having controlled the state government and the judiciary, Zhu Ming has basically controlled the local government and completely suppressed many officials.

Judging Li Daochong was extremely uncomfortable, and Ju Ming ignored the anonymous letter he sent someone to vote.Nowadays, people are asked to make real-name reports, but no one dares to do so, because false accusations are punishable by imprisonment.Reporting the real case is tantamount to handing Zhu Ming a knife.

What made him even more uncomfortable was still to come. Zhu Ming struck while the iron was hot and summoned the gentry and merchants inside and outside the city.

One is to encourage reclamation, the other is to discuss water conservancy, and the third is to encourage business.

After talking for a long time, Zhu Ming found that there were many problems, and the gentry and merchants were afraid to speak out, so he asked them to write down various suggestions anonymously.

There are mainly two kinds of suggestions from the people: one is to complain that the tax is too heavy, and the other is to complain that the new law is harmful to the people.

The tax is too heavy, and Zhu Ming needs to study how to cope with the court and maintain the government. There is no regulation on how much to reduce the tax.

But if the new law harms the people, it can be stopped immediately.

Jinzhou Changping Division, with Tong San concurrently serving as the chief officer of the division, is an institution directly under the Changping Division of Jingxi South Road.The way to make money, in addition to gold mines and iron mines, is to squeeze merchants through the market exchange method.

The government selects some rich merchants who are capable of repaying, and forces the Changping Division to pay for loans.

Wang Anshi's Market Change Law was originally intended to curb commercial mergers and monopolies, crack down on those big businessmen, and support small and medium-sized businessmen.

Things have changed a long time ago. Changping Division has forced usurious loans to small and medium-sized merchants, forcing countless merchants to go bankrupt for decades.Jinzhou merchants are also in a miserable situation. They have been put on loan sharks for decades, resulting in the wealth of the richest man in Jinzhou only being more than 1 yuan.

The profits from doing business every year are basically used to repay government debts, and sometimes they even have to pay back money.

Zhu Ming called Wu Mao: "The official document is issued to all the merchants in the county, so that they don't have to pay attention to Jinzhou Changping Division. Changping Division's actions are distorting the new law of King Shu (Wang Anshi). I want to rectify King Shu's name and law!"

Preventing the common people from panning for gold during the busy farming season has already cut off one of Li Daochong's sources of income.

Now, he wants to cut off his second source of income!

(End of this chapter)