On September 5, the sixth year of Xianping, Dali Temple in Tianjing New City welcomed a group of special guests. Officials from various places who had left during the anti-tax movement returned to Tianjing New City and paid a collective visit to Hua Jieyu. In the court hall, all the guests
After the Duke stopped his crusade against Yang Peng, the local officials in the Tianjing New City area returned to Tianjing New City one by one. But they did not come to visit Hua Jieyu immediately at that time, but were waiting to see the direction of the court. Anyway, they were avoiding the wind and waves.
I have been hiding for several months, and I don’t care how many more days I have to hide.
Until Hua Jieyu issued an announcement about Dali Temple, these civil servants could not sit still and came to visit Hua Jieyu one after another. In the second hall of Dali Temple, officials from various states and counties in the Tianjing New City area gathered together, but Hua Jieyu was silent.
Shan Lai Chi never showed up. Twenty magistrates of counties and two prefectures were a little flustered, whispering to each other in low voices.
"If we leave with our seals, will the King of Yan bear grudge against us?" "No. After all, we are civil servants and have our own difficulties. Will the King of Yan be considerate of us?" "I don't think so, Hua Jie.
The words have been delayed..." "King Yan's announcement swept across Cangzhou and Shandong. If King Yan is dissatisfied with us, please publish an article on the announcement..."
The officials were anxious and uneasy when they saw a guard walking into the second hall and shouting loudly: "The ministers of Dali Temple are here!" The civil servants looked at each other, and finally Cangzhou Zhizhou took the lead, and the twenty-two local heads
The official knelt on the ground to greet Hua Jieyu.
According to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, civil servants do not have the tradition of kneeling to military attachés. Even if the civil servant is a fifth-grade magistrate or a seventh-grade county magistrate, even such a low-level official has his own set of civil servants in front of high-ranking military attachés.
His style is such that he will not kneel down and worship.
But when it comes to Hua Jieyu, there is no need to talk about the style of civil servants. Hua Jieyu's Dali Temple kills civil servants just like killing chickens and dogs. He has already killed more than a dozen civil servants directly and indirectly. In Hebei
On this three-thirds of an acre of land, which civil servant would dare to show off in front of Hua Jieyu? Who can have trouble with his own head?
What's even more frightening is that as soon as the announcement of Hua Jieyu in Dali Temple was released, it controlled the public opinion in Hebei. Now teahouses in various prefectures and counties in Yanjing have followed suit and hired newspaper-reading boys to chant Hua Jieyu in Dali Temple.
Announcements, ordinary people in the market understand world events through announcements every day, and their emotions and thoughts are greatly guided by Hua Jieyu's announcements.
Hua Jieyu already has powerful Jinyiwei spies on his staff, who are well aware of the dirty things done by civil servants in Hebei and Shandong. Now that he controls the public opinion in Tianjing New City, if he wants to smear anyone in the future, he only needs to publish the scandals about civil servants.
In the newspaper, the future of this civil servant is completely over. When the time comes, will you sue Hua Jieyu for slander? What Hua Jieyu published is the truth! Where can you go to reason?
These gentlemen who were born in Jinshi all know that public opinion is terrible. Now let alone kneel down to Hua Jieyu, even if they are asked to kowtow to Hua Jieyu and beg for mercy, they can do it. When Hua Jieyu walked into the second hall, he saw on the ground
Already kneeling, only dozens of black gauze hats were seen. Hua Jieyu sneered, sat on the main seat with a swagger, and said lightly: "Everyone, get up."
The county magistrates and prefecture magistrates got up from the ground, took out gift lists one after another, and gave gifts to Hua Jieyu to calm down her anger. Hua Jieyu looked at the gift lists, and there were hundreds of taels of wealth on them. These local officials could not take action.
It's not generous to say that. Seeing the civil servants finish delivering the gift lists, Cangzhou Zhizhou took the lead and said: "I came to your uncle's house this time to apologize to the ministers of Dali Temple."
"When the ministers were collecting taxes from the gentry in Hebei, we were afraid of the verbal and written criticism from the civil servants all over the world, so we did not dare to assist the ministers in collecting taxes, so we left one by one with our seals. Such an approach was really courageous and reckless. Now the King of Yan is collecting taxes
We have successfully completed the taxation matter and won a great victory. We have come to confess our sins to the temple officials and ask them to forgive me for staying away from the incident."
After hearing what Cangzhou Zhizhou said, Hua Jieyu said nothing. Cui Changwu, who was sitting on the left of Hua Jieyu, smiled and said: "What you said seems to be that you support King Yan's tax collection." Cangzhou Zhizhou said seriously: "Cui Du
Tou Mingjian, minister Mingjian, we fully support the King of Yan in collecting taxes from the gentry in Hebei, blocking the channels for tax evasion, revitalizing the country's finances, and benefiting the country and the people. Now that King Yan's tax collection has been completed, we will
They are all rejoicing and celebrating together, how can there be any resistance at all?"
Hua Jieyu was speechless after hearing such shameless words from the prefect. These civil servants were overwhelmed by the wind. Now that Hua Jieyu has collected the taxes, all the officials in the court have also shut up and do not dare to attack King Yan again.
These civil servants immediately said that they all supported tax collection. If King Yan failed, they would naturally oppose tax collection.
Hua Jieyu was too lazy to talk nonsense with these civil servants and knocked on the table. Cui Changwu sat on the left side of Hua Jieyu and said loudly: "Since you have come to the General Military Mansion, I will save Hua Jieyu and send people to inform you one by one. King Yan has
Important news is announced, please listen carefully!"
The civil servants were stunned, not knowing what big event Hua Jieyu was going to announce, and they all became nervous. Cui Changwu said loudly: "From now on, King Yan will set up 'Dali Temple Courts' in all states and counties to serve the people of each county."
It is used for litigation. In Hejian Prefecture, Baodi County of Shuntian Prefecture, and Luanzhou of Yongping Prefecture, the "Dali Temple Intermediate Court" is set up for those who are still dissatisfied after the lawsuit in various states and counties to continue to appeal. In Tianjing New City, the "Dali Temple High Court" is set up
The court' is for those who are still dissatisfied with the judgment of the intermediate court to appeal and give the final decision."
"From now on, if the judgments of the magistrates' yamen in various prefectures and counties are different from the rulings of the Dali Temple Court, the Dali Temple Court shall prevail!" After hearing Cui Changwu's words, the faces of the local supervisors paled. Their taxation rights have been taken away by Yan.
King Yan deprived them of their judicial power, and King Yan will now deprive them of their judicial power. Although King Yan did not directly say that he would not allow people to go to the Yamen to litigate, but since everything is subject to the Dali Temple Court, who would go to the Yamen to argue?
Naturally, they all went directly to the Dali Temple court, which had the final say.
Without taxation and without the power to judge lawsuits, what do they have left as magistrates of states and counties? King Yan wants to completely evacuate them. The so-called magistrates destroy families and county magistrates! The power of judging lawsuits is the greatest among local officials.
Power. Without the power to judge lawsuits, how can they make money with their own hands? Who will honor them? What else will they do in the future? Just focus on construction and water conservancy? King Yan wants to change them from parent officials to people with no power.
Empty shelf?
The faces of the local officials present turned red and white, and they were very ugly. This time, King Yan hit these civil officials with a stick again. The local officials went to boycott Li Zhi's taxation, and Yang Peng
Retaliating against local officials like this? Moreover, the power to judge lawsuits is different from collecting taxes from the gentry. The latter is a declaration of war on the scholars of the world. Behind the gentry in Hebei and Shanxi are the scholars of the world. The former is just a struggle for power. Although the world is big,
No one will stand up to help the officials in Tianjing New City and challenge the powerful Yang Peng.
Without the power to adjudicate lawsuits, the number of people who send money to local officials will be greatly reduced in the future. If the income of local officials is reduced, the money that local officials send to higher authorities will also be reduced. This will affect the performance of local officials.
Promotion. When all the officials heard Hua Jieyu's words, they all looked ugly and fell silent.
The officials wanted to resist, but they were afraid of Hua Jieyu's methods and did not dare to speak. Cui Changwu looked around at the local officials and said with a smile: "You guys seem to be in trouble?" After a long silence, Wu Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Nanpi County, jumped out.
He stood up with a flick of his sleeves, stretched his neck and shouted: "Lord Hua Jieyu, destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents. Even the King of Yan cannot go too far!"
After hearing what Wu Zhiyuan said, several county magistrates who had good relations with him quickly grabbed him. They pressed Wu Zhiyuan back on the chair, begged for mercy and said: "Second minister, please calm down, minister, please calm down. Wu Zhiyuan was impulsive, not
Really opposed to King Yan’s court.”
"Uncle, Wu Zhiyuan also supports King Yan's court! He made a mistake at the moment!" Wu Zhiyuan pushed away several other magistrates who were holding him down and said loudly: "I can't stand this cowardice! Take it first!
My taxes are being robbed of my rights, so why should I be the county magistrate?” He shouted loudly to Hua Jieyu: “I don’t allow the court to be located in Nanpi County!”
Hua Jieyu looked at Wu Zhiyuan coldly, and said calmly: "Wu Zhiyuan, do you know what you are talking about?" Wu Zhiyuan said loudly: "Hua Jieyu, if you take my life, I am getting old, and the worst is that I will be killed by you.
Oh! Scholars all over the world will still spread my reputation for resisting Hua Jieyu!" After hearing Wu Zhiyuan's words, Hua Jieyu said coldly: "Want a reputation?" With a smile, Hua Jieyu said: "Tomorrow
Read the announcement!”
After Hua Jieyu said this, he stopped talking to these local officials and left the second hall with his hands behind his back. Cui Changwu looked at the magistrates who were looking at each other, and the magistrates followed Hua Jieyu and walked out.
In the hall, all the officials looked at Wu Zhiyuan, as if looking at a prisoner sentenced to death. Wu Zhiyuan's face was red and white, and he was speechless.####
The next day, in a teahouse in Nanpi County, a newspaper reader read loudly among the crowds of several floors: "The headline on the front page! Wu Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Nanpi County, accepted more than 20,000 taels from the gentry in three years to help him evade taxes.
.The magistrate of this county is being bribed? When the onlookers Nanpi County tea drinkers heard such explosive news, they all pricked up their ears and listened carefully. "Wu Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Nanpi County, has been serving as magistrate of Nanpi County for three years, and he has devoted himself to
Making money. During his three years in office, he collected more than 20,000 taels in bribes. The amount was huge and shocking."
"From last May to May this year, the county magistrate Wu Zhiyuan collected 7,200 taels from thirty-eight gentry families, including the Liang family in Gouziwei, the Xue family in Xuejia village, and the Wang family in Guoheling, in an attempt to exempt all these gentry from paying land tax. However, Yan
The king rectified the tax system and after checking for deficiencies, all thirty-eight gentry families paid taxes in full. Wu Zhiyuan had no choice but to return all the 7,200 taels of silver!" When the people listening to the newspaper heard such amazing news, a
He was stunned and speechless for a long time.
The announcement from Dali Temple is too powerful. Such dirty things published in Renzhi County will make Wu Zhiyuan unable to be an official. Although there were basically few good officials in the Song Dynasty, nine out of ten were corrupt officials.
But all the officials in the Song Dynasty have a reputation. On the surface, all of them are Jinshi and are sanctimonious. When they stand up and speak, they are full of benevolence, justice and morality, and they are all models of scholars.
If private matters are exposed like this, wouldn't it mean that he will become a scum of the scholarly community? Not to mention that King Yan wants to deal with him, under the fierce public opinion, I am afraid that the gentry must first clean up the family, exclude the scholar, and boycott Wuzhi for the sake of the reputation of the scholar.
Far away. The tea patrons in the tea house were about to listen carefully, but suddenly they heard a commotion outside. On the street, it seemed that a group of green men came over and wanted to cause trouble in the tea house.
The county magistrate colluded with Qingpi leader to destroy the teahouse in the county town? So that the news of his taking bribes could not spread? The tea guests were nervous, but when they saw the Qingpi leader walking to the door of the teahouse, they all stopped. They seemed to be
The enemy was seen in the teahouse and dispersed with a bang. The tea patrons took a closer look and found that at an unknown time, five soldiers from the Huben Division of the Dali Temple in Tianjing New City had been sitting at a table at the entrance of the teahouse.
Wearing Tianjing New City military uniforms, they sat there leisurely and contentedly, as if they were enjoying green tea in the teahouse, as if they didn't even see Qingpi outside.
One of the soldiers in Tianjing New City can fight three Qingpi, and with a sword in his hand, he can fight five. With five soldiers sitting here, how can one Qingpi dare to come up and make trouble? Qingpi dispersed, and the tea guests who listened to the news looked at each other.
, and then looked at the young man reading the newspaper. The young man licked his lips and read again: ""Wu Zhiyuan snatched a civilian girl as a concubine fourteen years ago, his face was outrageous"
"Fourteen years ago, when Wu Zhiyuan was the county magistrate of Yongxiu County, Jiangxi, he coveted the beauty of a woman from a private family and used despicable means to bankrupt the woman, eventually forcing the husband of the woman to sell his wife to pay off his debts. Wu Zhiyuan was already young at the time, but he was still shameless and shameless.
He bought a twenty-three-year-old folk girl as a concubine for ten liang." Hearing this explosive news, all the tea drinkers in Nanpi County turned red and were very excited. The news spread, and the magistrate of Wuzhiyuan was
It’s impossible! After listening to the newspaper reader’s ode, everyone turned to look at the two scholars in the teahouse.
The two scholars were wearing square scarves and cocoon silk straight skirts. They were obviously the sons of the gentry, and they were sitting in the teahouse drinking tea. The two scholars passed the county examination in the hands of Wu Zhiyuan, and Wu Zhiyuan was considered theirs.
Master. When they heard the news about Wu Zhiyuan, the two of them turned red and felt awkward sitting there.
When everyone looked at the two of them, they were so embarrassed that they covered their faces with their sleeves, threw down a few coins and escaped from the teahouse. The teagoers felt very happy when they saw the two "students" of Wu Zhiyuan in such a mess.
He laughed. The person who read the announcement also shook his head, smiled, and continued reading.
Today's Dali Temple announcement seemed to be printed for Wu Zhiyuan, with a long article attacking Wu Zhiyuan. There were also dirty things about Wu Zhiyuan below, and the newspaper reader read them one by one.
""Wu Zhiyuan Zhidao borrowed a lawsuit to extort Xu Rongyi, a silk and satin merchant, from five hundred gold in one year"..." "Wu Zhiyuan Nanpi served as an official for three years and spent 1,193 taels at Cuiyulou, a brothel in Cangzhou Aicheng.
"..." While the newspaper reader was reading, a shouting sound suddenly came from outside the teahouse. Everyone turned around and saw a dozen government servants dragging Wu Zhiyuan's flag and carrying Wu Zhiyuan's sedan quickly.
Run to the county government office.
The flag that was supposed to be held high was crooked and dragged on the ground, like a burden. The government servant who was supposed to be holding the water and fire sticks in a arrogant manner looked like a bereaved dog, extremely embarrassed. Behind the sedan, dozens of people from the county were
Scholars and Tong Sheng chased Wu Zhiyuan's sedan with large rocks and threw them, shouting loudly:
"Smash Wu Zhiyuan to death!" "Beat him to death!" "Beat this scumbag to death."
In the Song Dynasty, dirty things could be done, but they could not be spoken out. Wu Zhiyuan was the leader of the Nanpi scholars. His dirty deeds were exposed, and the Nanpi scholars were all ashamed. The young and energetic
Scholars and children rolled up their sleeves and began to attack Wu Zhiyuan and clean up the family.
The children and teenagers playing on the street saw how interesting this scene was, and they also picked up stones to hit Wu Zhiyuan's sedan. The stones kept flying towards Wu Zhiyuan's sedan. The bearers carrying Wu Zhiyuan ran very fast, as if they had lost a battle.
The defeated army fled towards the county government office.
Zhao Lijing is a farmer from Datian Township, Jinghai County. In the third year of his reign, because he was bullied by the government officials, the amount of land tax he paid increased every year. In the end, he had to pay a dou of nine liters of land tax per mu of land every year. At that time, he
He was oppressed by the government officials and became very poor. He could not even eat a bite of meat during the Chinese New Year, so he took his land and donated it to the home of Master Yuan from his hometown.
Mr. Yuan was a scholar and had friendship with the household officials in the county government, so he did not need to pay land tax. After Zhao Lijing brought the land to Mr. Yuan, the land became Mr. Yuan's private property, but it was still given to Zhao Lijing.
Intensive farming. Zhao Lizing pays one bushel and four liters of land per mu of land every year to Mr. Yuan.
At that time, Master Yuan and Zhao Lizing were very happy. Zhao Lizing signed the land deed and gave the land to Master Yuan.
Although the land no longer belongs to Zhao Lizing, at least five liters of grain will be handed over for each mu of land. Zhao Lizing's 23 acres of dry land can save one stone and one bucket of grain a year. This stone of grain can save Zhao Lizing.
During the Chinese New Year, Li Jing's family of three made new clothes and had a bite of meat.
The most important thing is that Mr. Yuan is true to his word, and he has agreed not to increase the land rent from Zhao Lizing in the future. Compared with those greedy government servants who keep increasing the land tax, this stable land rent is extremely precious. Bring the land and donate it.
Mr. Yuan is not the only one who owns Zhao Lizing. Mr. Yuan charges very low rents to the farmers who donate their land. The farmers follow suit and come to invest one by one.
More and more farmers in Datian Township donated their land to Mr. Yuan's family, and the amount of farmland they had to pay land tax was less. Those small farmers who did not donate their land to the gentry had to pay heavier land tax, so more people donated their land and paid taxes.
There is less land, forming a vicious cycle.
In the past few years, at least two hundred powerless farmers in Datian Township have donated their fields to Master Yuan's home. Master Yuan has more and more fields, and he has gradually become the richest man in Datian Township.
However, in the first year of Xianping, things changed. In the first year of Xianping, Yang Peng of Tianjing New City reformed the tax system, equalized the land tax, and collected taxes from the gentry. Master Yuan, who was originally exempt from tax, also had to collect taxes. Although Master Yuan reviewed the situation,
The increased land tax was not added to the land rent, and no additional land rent was collected from the farmers who contributed. However, the tax collectors in Tianjing New City were honest and fair, and only collected a land tax of seven liters per mu of land per year. Therefore, the land tax of the homesteaders was
, only half of Master Yuan’s land rent.
Zhao Lijing couldn't help but think about it. If he left the Yuan family with the donated land, he could save one stone and five buckets of land rent every year!
In fact, many farmers who donated their land to the Yuan family had the idea of leaving the Yuan family after hearing about King Yan's tax system. But when they originally donated their land to the Yuan family, they wrote the land deed and gave the land to Yuan.
Now the land deed is in the hands of Mr. Yuan. If you don't pay the land rent, you will be punished if you go to the government.
But who is Zhao Lizing? How flexible is his brain? He asked around and learned that King Yan's policy has always been to protect small farmers. In September, Zhao Lizing heard again that Xing Guobo had set up a "Dali" in Jinghai County
"Temple Court" specializes in handling various lawsuits. Moreover, this Dali Temple Court is more powerful than the county magistrate - if the outcome of a lawsuit decided by the Dali Temple Court is different from that of the county magistrate, the Dali Temple court shall prevail.
Mr. Yuan had connections with the county government, but not with Uncle Xing Guo. When Zhao Lijing heard the news about the "Dali Temple Court", he was almost certain to win the lawsuit and donated his money to the Yuan family.
The fields were back in his own hands.
On September 15, Zhao Lijing took his wife and son to the court to beat a drum to file a lawsuit. Like the county government, Hua Jieyu's court had a big drum outside, and those who wanted to file a lawsuit beat the drum to express their grievances.
The court will convene. The judge of the court convened the hearing. After listening to Zhao Lizing's statement in court, he sent a summons to summon the landowner Yuan Xiucai. The judge carefully checked the land deed and found that the land deed for the twenty-three acres of land was indeed
There was no transaction amount. The fields were presented to Yuan Xiucai by Zhao Lizing in the first year of Zhidao. Although Yuan Xiucai hesitated, he admitted that the fields were given to him free of charge and were still rented by Zhao Lizing after they were given to him.
, it can be seen that these fields are indeed dedicated fields.
Now that King Yan has lowered the land tax for small farmers, Zhao Lizing wants to take back the land he donated to the Yuan family.
This was a difficult case. The judge looked at Yuan Xiucai, who was sitting on a chair in the middle of the courtroom, and said loudly: "Judge, Zhao Lijing did give me this field. I am now the owner of the field.
Zhao Lijing now sees that the King of Yan has equalized the land tax, and wants to go back on his word and want to return the land. This is a violation of the land contract written in black and white, and he is taking advantage of the east and taking advantage of the west. "
In Hua Jieyu's court, the plaintiff and defendant had chairs to sit on, but it was not Yuan Xiucai's privilege. The judge felt that what Yuan Xiucai said was reasonable, and looked at Zhao Lizing again. Zhao Lizing's family of three sat on the chairs, crying.
Tears flowed freely. Zhao Lijing said loudly: "Judge, I pay one dou and four liters of land rent to Yuan Xiucai every year, which is not a small amount. It shows how ruthlessly my family was exploited by the government servants. If King Yan knew the misery of my family, he would
Will they definitely help ordinary people like me? Speaking of which, if I, Zhao Lizing, give my own land to others, isn’t it just a last resort when someone is forced to have no food to eat? Who is willing to give away his own land to others? Zhao Lijing
What Li Jing did was to survive under the oppression of the government, and he fell into the trap jointly set by Yuan Xiucai and the government officials!"
"Now that the King of Yan is protecting small farmers who are doing light corvee and paying little tax, then I, Zhao Lizing, should enjoy King Yan's new policies like other common people. How can I still pay a high amount of land rent to Yuan Xiucai in vain?" Isn't this Zhao Lizing?
Like an ordinary poor man, he is quite good at talking. After listening to his statement, the judge felt that what he said was reasonable. The original government led animals and cannibals, so how can we blame the common people for joining a wealthy family to evade taxes and taxes?
Although Zhao Lizing's case is only a small case of 23 acres of dry land, it is of great significance. You must know that there may be tens of thousands of small farmers in Jinghai County who donated money to large households, let alone the entire Tianjin. And Zhao Lizing
Once the verdict is announced in the case, the whole of Hebei may be regarded as a model.
Zhao Lizing's case directly determines the future of the people who have donated their land in Hebei and Shandong. The judges in the court have all been trained by Dali Temple and know that such a high-impact lawsuit cannot be pronounced casually. The judge asked Zhao Lizing and Yuan Xiucai to go back and wait.
After announcing the verdict, I sorted out the information, wrote down the various situations of Zhao Lijing and Yuan Xiucai, and sent them to Tianjing New City for Hua Jieyu to make a ruling.
On September 17, the case was sent to Hua Jieyu. Hua Jieyu got up in the morning and went to deal with the official documents and saw the information sent by the Jinghai County judge. Cui Changwu had already read the materials in advance, shook his head and said, "Si Chen, this
The case is of great importance and must be decided by Mr. Hua personally."
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.