Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 240 0235 [Pressing step by step]

"After the ban on the Municipal Affairs, another source of income for the general judge was cut off. It is estimated that Li Daochong has already lost his temper." Zhang Tong said with a smile.

Li Bao said: "It's too cheap for these corrupt officials to just cut off their money. What's more, the general judge is also in charge of taxes, and can make money by extorting miscellaneous taxes."

Zhang Tong shook his head and said, "Jinzhou is too poor, and there are not many miscellaneous taxes. Once the exploitation is too heavy, it will inevitably lead to civil unrest."

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, there's no need to talk about this matter. The township soldiers have been recruited and have practiced for a few days. Qian Chen will take them to patrol the counties. You two will follow, in case someone jumps over the wall in a hurry. In case of resistance , can be killed on the spot!"

"Yes!" The two took orders.

At this moment, a subordinate official ran over in a panic: "Prefect, Li Dapan led people to rush in, we can't stop it!"

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "There's no need to stop him, just let him in."

Cutting off one's fortune is like killing one's parents, and Li Daochong has been driven mad.

"Snapped!"

Li Daochong rushed to Huangtang with his people, and suddenly took out a document: "Zhu Taishou, who gave you the right to intervene in the affairs of Changping Division? Jinzhou Changping is affiliated to Jingxian Road Changping. Jingxian Road Changping, It belongs directly to the center. Even the transfer envoys can't manage ordinary affairs. What do you count as a state-knowledge?"

Zhu Ming unhurriedly opened the document and asked back: "To lend money to merchants, a Shiyi Division or Shiyiwu must be established. This yamen was only established at the border or above Wangzhou in the past. Is Jinzhou Wangzhou? No! The Shiyi Division It has been canceled long ago, and even Cai Xiang did not restore it. It is unreasonable and unfounded for you to set up this yamen in Jinzhou."

"I didn't set it up. Jinzhou Changping Sishi Yiwu existed as early as 20 years ago!" Li Daochong argued.

Zhu Ming sneered: "The setting has long been in compliance with the regulations? It's their own business that the previous magistrates don't care. Since I came to Jinzhou to be an official, I have to take care of this kind of thing!"

Li Daochong patted the table continuously and said, "Where do you get the power to manage ordinary affairs?"

Zhu Ming asked: "Are the merchants of Jinzhou the people of Jinzhou? Since they are the people of Jinzhou, if they are violated, how can they know the state have no right to intervene?"

After repeating the same sentence over and over again, Li Daochong kicked the table angrily: "I can't tell you clearly! I will definitely impeach you for exceeding your authority and acting recklessly!"

"Then you go to impeach, why are you losing your temper here?" Zhu Ming didn't care.

The local official positions in the Song Dynasty were extremely complicated, with layers of constraints and mutual restraints. For one matter, multiple departments often had jurisdiction.

It is naturally difficult for officials who are timid and have a lot of worries to do things.

But if it is a strong person like Zhu Ming who has no taboos and is also the chief officer, he can really suppress all the subordinates without temper.

"Bring envoy Wu!" Zhu Ming shouted.

The subordinate officials immediately went to ask the secretary-general.

Wu Mao was working outside and ran quickly when he was summoned.

Zhu Ming said: "Wu Branch Envoy, tell Li Dapan about the affairs of the city."

Wu Mao said as he recited the article: "King Shu set up the capital Tijushi Yisi back then, which belonged to the Sansi and Taifu Temple successively. This yamen and the local Shiyiwu have long been abolished. Since then, they have not been restored, so they There are market transactions, but they are also managed by the Changping Yamen. There is no way to follow the Jinzhou City transactions, and there is no order to do it, so it should be banned!"

Li Daochong didn't take Wu Mao seriously before, so now he couldn't help but take a second look: "What are you? How dare you contradict me face to face!"

"I'm the investigation envoy of Jinzhou, assisting the prefect to act as state affairs." Wu Mao held his head high, feeling a sense of joy in his heart.

Zhu Ming ordered in front of Li Daochong: "Jinzhou Yiwu is an illegal and private yamen, and there is not even a single official in Liu. Order Wang Jia, a right-knowledgeable guest, to take the officials in front of the yamen to clear the city of Yiwu. Seize the affairs. One should confiscate all account books and property, and one should dismiss all officials!"

"How dare you!" Li Dao Chong roared angrily.

"Why don't I dare?" Zhu Ming stood up to confront him, and shouted, "Do it immediately!"

"Yes." Wu Mao took the order to retreat.

Not long after, there was noise outside, and Wang Jia summoned a large number of Yaqian officials to set off.

Li Daochong finally panicked and stopped making noise here, and ran out to stop him himself.

"Please step aside, Li Dapan." Wang Jia said.

Li Daochong took a few followers and blocked the gate of the state government: "Who dares to mess around?"

Wang Jia said neither humble nor overbearing: "We are also obeying orders, if there is any dissatisfaction with the judgment, please go and talk to the prefect."

The two sides froze there like this, and more and more officials came to watch the fun.Even the people passing by stood far away from the gate of the state government, looking at the back of the judge and whispering.

Li Daochong was embarrassed that he confronted a group of yamen officials with his dignity as a judge.

The longer you stand against each other, the more you lose!
After thinking about it carefully, Li Daochong said: "You wait here to stop me, this sentence has other important matters."

This guy left by himself, leaving only a few relatives to block the door, planning to go back to the Tong Judgment Hall to call more subordinate officials to support the scene.

Yang Pu, who had been observing secretly, rushed over to report the news. Zhu Ming hurried out, pointed at those followers and scolded, "Where did the unscrupulous people come to block the state government office, and they were all arrested and beaten in prison!"

"Yes!"

Wang Jia didn't dare to do anything to Tong San, now that Tong San is gone, there is nothing to worry about.

Under the watchful eyes of many officials, a group of subordinate officials of the state government actually rushed towards Tongpan.There were so many of them, it was difficult for those relatives to escape, and they were quickly pressed to the ground and tied up.

hiss!
All the officials took a deep breath, the one detained by Zhu Ming before was only the official of Hengkou.

But at this moment, they dared to detain Tong San's personal entourage, and the two chief officials of Jinzhou completely turned their faces.

Moreover, the general judgment was completely defeated, and Zhizhou was completely victorious!
Zhizhou not only has bigger officials, but also does things with reason and evidence.The reason for the detention of Tong Juan's relatives is that these people blocked the state government office.Jinzhou Yiwu was seized because it was an illegal private institution.

The high position and weight return the teacher to be famous, what can the general judge use to fight?
What happened today has ruined Li Daochong's prestige and embarrassment, and the subordinate officials have decided to report to Zhizhou.

"Follow me!"

Wang Jia sent several Yaqian officials to escort those relatives to the prison, and led more officials to rush to Shi Yiwu.

At the same time, there were some petty officials who secretly reported to merchants.

Ever since Zhu Ming revealed the news of the rectification of the Changping Division, the merchants have been dubious and have been paying attention to the situation of the state government at any time.

When Wang Jia led his people to Shi Yiwu, the merchants who were nearby also arrived.

Jinzhou Yiwu, for merchants, is no different from a Shura market.

This thing was created by Wang Anshi, but even Wang Anli, Wang Anshi's younger brother, said that the market change law would lead to poverty for the people.

In the second year of Yuanfeng, the New Party finally admitted the failure of the Market Change Law, because the merchants suffered terribly, and the price was raised to harm the people, but the court did not increase its income.So, where did everyone lose their money?
Of course the officials were corrupted!

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was always a lack of money circulation in the market, and merchants had difficulty in financing, and the annual interest rate of loans was often over 100%.However, Wang Anshi set the annual interest rate of the funds lent by Shiyiwu at 20%, which on the surface is a policy of benefiting the people.

However, due to the insufficient principal of Shiyiwu, it is impossible to give out so much cash.Therefore, businessmen who want to borrow money must first bribe officials, and then give priority to obtaining low-interest loans.

This is not a big deal. Officials are not satisfied with only lending a little in order to achieve political achievements by implementing the Market Change Law.Immediately, other contents of the Market Exchange Law were distorted, and forced buying and selling began in the market. Many profitable businesses had to be bought and sold through the intermediary of the Market Exchange.

A large number of goods are often seized, forcing merchants to pay rent, or even directly apportioned.Then take the deposit rent given by the businessman, and then go to loan to the businessman to brush up his political performance.In this way, the government can earn 20% interest for nothing without paying a penny of the principal, and can also obtain rapid promotion in political performance.

Those earned interest also inexplicably disappeared out of thin air.

Jinzhou is located in a remote place, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The Market Change Law, which had been abolished long ago, was revived 20 years ago, and it has continued to exploit merchants to this day.

Seeing that Wang Jia led people to seal up Shi Yiwu, and Dai Chengsi, who had witnessed the whole process of the prefect's trial that day, said to the merchants around him: "The prefect Zhu is really a capable minister!"

The merchant shook his head: "I'm afraid that Governor Zhu will not be an official in Jinzhou for long."

"It's good to be able to stay for a year, it's an insult to us!" Dai Chengsi had already hated Shi Yiwu deeply.

This guy has passed the Juren exam more than once, and he is also a Jinzhou merchant.Although there are only a few thousand guan left in his family property, he is also a prominent figure in Jinzhou.

Wang Jia is still sealing this place, and Guo Wenzhong has brought people over to post a notice.

Dai Chengsi hurried over to check it, and was even more excited after reading it.

The content of the notice is:
First, Jinzhou Yiwu is an illegal private organization and should be banned.Jinzhou merchants can repay the loan and interest in advance, and the interest is calculated on a monthly basis, and the interest for the remaining months of this year will not be paid.Those who are willing to repay the loan in advance, go to the state government to pay the money, and the money obtained will be filled into the state government treasury.

Second, all the officials of Yiwu in Jinzhou City have been dismissed, and they are not allowed to cause trouble again.The Yaren (official intermediary) of Shiyiwu will also be dismissed, and they will no longer interfere in commercial activities, and they will no longer interfere with the market to buy and sell by force.Offenders will be punished!
Dai Chengsi discussed with the merchants and said: "All guilds in Jinzhou should offer the umbrella of the people to the prefect!"

Presenting the Ten Thousand Peoples Umbrella is just one of them. The commercial guilds can take this opportunity to reach a consensus.From now on, everyone will advance together and retreat together. Even if Taishou Zhu leaves Jinzhou and the government wants to reset the city affairs, the leaders should unite to resist.

The basis for the boycott is the notice that Ju Ming posted today!
Li Daochong finally rushed to the scene with the officials from the Judgment Office.

However, he didn't know whether to go to the prison to get his entourage back, or to prevent the state government officials from sealing up Shi Yi Wu.If there is a quarrel and I lose again, how can I have any face left?

This prefect Zhu is unreasonable... No, he is too reasonable.There is a legal basis for everything he does, and he uses chicken feathers as arrows, and does not save face for the judge at all.

As a general judge, Li Daochong is neither rational nor prestige. Even the officials know the state. What is he fighting against Zhu Ming now?
After thinking about it, Li Daochong rode his horse to the Si Li Yuan, roaring for his attendant.

The Siyuan immediately released them, but those personal followers were all beaten up.Although there is no danger of life, it is enough to lie in bed for ten days and half a month. Who dared them to block the state office?
Song Ning, who joined the army as a recorder, got into too much trouble with Li Daochong, and it was too late to change his family, so he came to discuss in private: "President Li, you can't sit still, the surname Zhu has only been in Jinzhou for more than a month, and he has already caused so much trouble." matter. Who knows what he will do next?"

Li Daochong said impatiently: "What can I do? He is the prefect, and he is the chief official. The first rank of officials crushes people to death, not to mention that he is still the court official and knows the state!"

Song Ning said: "The judge should write a letter to Cai Xiang quickly, and transfer this surnamed Zhu away as soon as possible, otherwise Jinzhou will be out of office."

"I have already written a letter, and I wrote two letters back and forth. It will take time to send it to the capital." Li Daochong was devastated.

Song Ning thought about it and came up with a bad idea: "He sealed up the city's affairs and dismissed many officials. He also issued an official document ordering counties to ban private columns (illegal toll stations) and dismissed many officials. These officials did not Wouldn’t it be resentful to lose their livelihood? Let them go to the state government to make trouble!”

"What's the use of making trouble?" Li Daochong said, "The surname Zhu is tough. If he catches every trouble, he will still be afraid of those dismissed petty officials?"

Song Ning said: "Whether it's useful or not, let's talk about it after making a fuss. You have to cause him some trouble."

Li Daochong also had no choice but to agree to the matter.

Toads don't bite, they can always disgust people, and those dismissed officials are toads.

(Thanks to the leader of Yanwo students for the reward, ^_^!)
(End of this chapter)