Chapter 551: The First Battle of the Three Redundancies (4)
"Mr. Su Xiao is gone?"
Not long after Su Che left, Xu Zhiqian came over.
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zhiqian asked: "Has he decided to report to the imperial court to disarm?"
"Um."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "He has received the accounts provided by the Transportation Department. There are millions of dollars missing in the accounts. He has enough reasons to report to the court and propose disarmament."
Xu Zhiqian frowned and said, "He didn't see anything, did he?"
Zhang Fei said: "Maybe he is a little suspicious. After all, he knows about my relationship with Bachelor Wang, but he definitely can't figure out my entire plan."
"I know this too."
Xu Zhiqian said worriedly: "Your plan is so complicated, I feel a little worried."
"It just seems complicated."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The process will become very simple and crude by then, with one group supporting it and the other opposing it, and then the officials will finally choose to share the benefits, everyone will get what they need, and everyone will be happy."
Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and smiled: "Is it as simple as you said?"
Zhang Fei shrugged and said, "Human nature is like this, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Xu Zhiqian asked again: "Then what should we do next?"
Zhang Fei said: "Our work has been finished a long time ago. Now we just need to stay out of it, build the imperial palace, and watch the changes. The battlefield is no longer here."
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In fact, what Su Zhe wanted was not the evidence in the hands of the soldiers. That evidence could only prove that many soldiers were in arrears and had their military pay deducted.
However, Su Che's purpose was to disarm, and this evidence alone was not convincing. What he wanted was evidence that the court was indeed unable to pay full military pay.
Then again, the imperial court has always known about this, because everyone knows about the current fiscal deficit. There is no national debt these days, and it cannot be issued if it cannot be issued.
Then we can only play the role of officials. In fact, such deductions, arrears, and many means of making money are also tacitly approved by the court.
This is why those officials are so confident.
You give me this little money and ask me to support so many people. How can I afford to support them if I don't do some evil things?
Su Che wanted to make a big fuss about this, then remove this fig leaf and force the court to make changes.
Of course, he is not a reckless man!
He still has a certain degree of certainty.
It was because he could also see that Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi's ambition was to expand their territory and fight wars, but the conservatives in the DPRK were worried about this and even resolutely opposed it.
In this atmosphere, disarmament was obviously a clear signal to curb the emperor's ambitions.
He just wants to take advantage of this to achieve the goal of disarmament.
After discussing with Zhang Fei, Su Zhe immediately packed up all the evidence, as well as his situation and solutions to the northwest army, and secretly sent them to the capital.
Who is the recipient?
Of course it's Sima Guang.
Sima Guang was the person Su Che trusted most in the capital.
After all, Sima Guang's moral character lies there.
At least it's impossible to betray him.
This is the most critical.
And what is Sima Guang's idea of governing the country, which is to reduce expenditures.
So disarmament is very much in line with Sima Guang's ideas, but Sima Guang really integrated the ancestral rituals into his bones.
When I saw this letter, my head was filled with confusion.
Are you playing this big?
So, he quickly went to find Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo to discuss countermeasures.
"Sure enough, the public prosecutor and the law will not be able to live in peace if they are here!"
After Fu Bi saw it, he couldn't help but sigh.
Although the letter is talking about disarmament, it is not difficult to see from the background that the public security organs are walking on thin ice there.
There are hundreds of cases of eucalyptus like Chen Guang all over the country. Why is there such a big fuss? Isn't it because the local government in Hezhong Prefecture is targeting the public security organs.
Sima Guang also knew it clearly, and sighed: "The matter has come to this, how should we deal with it now?"
Wen Yanbo immediately said: "I think what Ziyou said in the letter is very reasonable. Redundant troops are harmful to the country but not beneficial. It looks like there are many soldiers but the generals are vast, but in fact they are just a mob, which will collapse at the first touch.
We are not good at fighting. It is because of the widespread occurrence of Chen Guang phenomenon that the soldiers lost their determination to protect their homes and country. Even if they went to the battlefield, they would abandon their helmets and armor and cannot be reused.
And in times of non-war, it also drags down the finances. Sixty-seven percent of today's finances are spent on military expenditures. This burden is indirectly passed on to the people, so that the people abandon their land and flee, making the finances even worse.
This disease has been accumulating for a long time and should be treated in time!"
On the point of disarmament, his attitude has always been relatively decisive. In recent years, he has always recommended disarmament. Carrying the mountain of Sanruan to carry out reforms is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. This is also one of the reasons why he opposes Wang Anshi.
If you don't even finish reducing expenditures, you go directly to increase revenue, which is putting the cart before the horse.
And Su Zhe's letter really suited his meaning.
The key point is that disarmament is the least resistant of the three redundancies.
Sima Guang was worried again and said: "Even so, if we trace the root cause, it still lies in the annexation of land, and the inability to manage industry and commerce, so that the people have no way to find a livelihood, so they can only enlist in the army to survive.
If the army is dismantled, I am afraid that they will have nowhere to survive, and they will gather as thieves and cause trouble to the world, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
In addition, this situation is still born out of the struggle between the government and the public security organs, and there will be people who will cause trouble, and the consequences will be disastrous!"
He is actually in favor of disarmament, but he has a lot to consider. The key is that he has a good brain. The reason why so many people join the army is because land annexation is serious and the scale of industry and commerce cannot support so many people.
To cure the disease of redundant troops, we must first cure land annexation.
If the imperial court does not have enough land, how will the laid-off soldiers be resettled?
So many people suddenly lost their livelihoods, and the consequences were dire.
Sima Guang was very conflicted on the issue of disarmament. It can be understood that he advocated disarmament but opposed it.
Fu Bi stroked his beard and said: "If it is implemented properly, it will not cause too serious consequences. At present, our government stipulates that you can retire after sixty-one years old. If it is reduced to fifty years old, some people can be laid off.
In addition, many people actually do not want to be soldiers. They can freely choose to stay or leave, and some people can be laid off.
Neither of these two parts will cause unrest. Based on this, and then lay off some of the soldiers who are eating and drinking in the camp, the risk can be minimized."
"What Mr. Fu said makes sense!"
Wen Yanbo nodded and said to Sima Guang: "Jun Shi, the key is that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The last lawsuit in Suizhou made many officials in the court feel dissatisfied, and many knowledgeable people thought that the official
He deliberately indulged the imperial court, and his purpose was to start a war.
If we propose disarmament at this time, we will definitely be able to win the support of many people and reunite people's hearts."
Sima Guang looked slightly moved, and then said: "But this also involves a dispute between the public prosecutor and the local government. I'm afraid..."
Wen Yanbo became anxious and said: "Jun Shi! This should be stopped without interruption, but it will be disrupted. If you don't do this, what will the procuratorate do?"
Fu Bi hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Ziyou wrote very clearly in the letter that this matter originated from the Procuratorate and has nothing to do with the imperial court or the police station. If there is any responsibility, it will be shouldered by their Procuratorate.
Those who oppose the public prosecution and law in the DPRK are mostly against the Imperial Court. The Procuratorate was originally established to supervise the Imperial Court. If the Procuratorate is lost, the Imperial Court will be dominated by one family. This is what they don’t want to see. We can just go there.
Convince them."
Sima Guang was immediately speechless.
yes!
He also has to consider the prosecutor's office.
When things have reached this point, it is difficult to retreat.
After Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo's persuasion, Sima Guang was finally convinced by them.
At this point, he didn't have much choice.
If the court fails to do anything, the procuratorate can only file a lawsuit with the imperial court. Will the court make up for it? If it does, it will definitely not have the money to do so. So what should we do?
It’s still a dead end!
After the three people gathered together, Sima Guang submitted Su Che's memorial to the emperor and expressed his support for Su Che's suggestion, which was to support disarmament.
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The Ordinance Department of the Second Government was established.
Lu Huiqing quickly came to Wang Anshi's house and reported: "My mentor, Bachelor Sima has already reported to the officials and requested disarmament."
"good!"
Wang Anshi was overjoyed when he heard this. He slapped the table and said: "This old fox has taken the bait. You should immediately ask someone to file a petition to oppose this matter. Remember, there are two points first. The first is national defense. The second is how to arrange those who have been laid off."
soldiers. In addition, we will file a memorial to attack the procuratorate for interfering in military affairs."
"Students know."
Wang Anshi's operation is tantamount to a guiding light.
Originally, after Sima Guang and Su Zhe's disarmament plan was presented, there was considerable opposition in the DPRK and China. Many officials had secretly known about it. They were originally hoping that the military pay would go to the capital, and then they would use it to attack the public prosecutor and the judiciary.
This is a dispute between administration and justice.
But they never expected that Su Che would directly report to the court and suggest that the imperial court should disarm, instead of going to the imperial court to appeal.
This caught them by surprise.
As a result, things have become extremely complicated, because many ministers who oppose public security, prosecution and law also support disarmament, as well as the peace-promoting and war-promoting factions. They are also considering how to do it in a way that is more consistent with their own views.
However, the reformists headed by Chen Shengzhi and Han Jiang petitioned against disarmament, which made everything clear again. There was no need to think so much and just choose sides.
The reason is that at present, the young seedling method will not be produced, and the official method and the uniform method are becoming popular all over the country. Behind the scenes, the struggle between innovation and conservatism is inextricable.
At present, the reformists have the upper hand, because the emperor supports Wang Anshi, and many conservative officials have been transferred out of the capital by Wang Anshi.
This also made the struggle between the two parties more intense.
At this moment, the flags of both sides are extremely clear.
What you, Wang Anshi, support, I must oppose.
Vice versa, if you, Sima Guang, support it, I, Wang Anshi, will definitely oppose it.
In addition, Wang Anshi was obviously the main war faction, and he made money just to fight the war, while Sima Guang was the peace faction, so the peace faction did not need to consider it, and just stood on Sima Guang's side.
After all, Hezhong Mansion is just a mansion. No matter how entangled the interests within it are, they cannot be compared with the overall situation of the world.
The two sides began to argue fiercely.
As long as we enter the cycle of party struggle, all issues will depend on victory or defeat, rather than the essence of the problem.
Disarmament becomes a fortress.
The reformists became defensive and firmly stated that they could not disarm, while the conservatives became offensive and insisted on disarmament.