Chapter 561: The First Battle of Three Redundancies (14)
There is no perfect system in this world, but the construction of any system is like building a house. Only when the foundation is thick can the house be strong.
Especially the construction of the legal system, this must not be rushed.
Any hasty regulation may cause permanent damage to the country.
In late summer and early autumn, cicadas shed their cicadas and stop chirping.
Butterflies flying in the air turned into slowly falling leaves.
Everything seems quiet, beautiful and comfortable. Everything is so poetic and picturesque.
After several fierce battles in the summer, the imperial court finally gained a firm foothold in Hezhong Mansion, and the public security and judicial system gradually got on the right track.
Official duties also followed and became extremely busy.
The four little kings also changed from being sad at the beginning to being fully devoted at this time. The breath of law permeated every corner of the imperial court along with the fragrance of paper and ink.
Zhang Fei, who had just come out of the small lake, was currently wrapped in a coat and sitting in the pavilion, carefully examining the papers handed over by Cai Bian and others.
He ordered Cai Bian and others to read it first and write down their thoughts on the verdict, and then submit it to them.
This is also their homework.
"What do you think of their verdict?"
Xu Zhiqian asked with a hint of gossip.
But Zhang Fei's answer is self-depressing.
"I just passed you!"
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Xu Zhiqian curled her lips and said, "What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Fei glanced at her and said with a smile: "Before, they were similar to you. They often ignored objective regulations and only made judgments based on their own subjective right and wrong. They completely followed their own feelings. This time they have made some progress."
Xu Zhiqian said: "Have I not made any progress?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Being more charming and charming, does that count as progress?"
Xu Zhiqian immediately gave him a look, "Slick tongue."
After a pause, he asked again: "By the way! There seems to be no news from the Transportation Department for a long time, and I don't know how it is progressing?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Those are all big things, and we can't rush them."
Xu Zhiqian said: "Precisely because this is a big deal and you are involved in this plan, aren't you going to help?"
Zhang Fei frowned slightly, put down the paper in his hand, and said with emotion: "If it were before, I would probably find a way to help."
"Are you seventy or eighty now?" Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but find it funny when she saw his old-fashioned look.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Although I am not seventy or eighty years old, the things I have experienced are things that many old people have never experienced. Since I became an official, I have discovered that everything has two sides, but you can still say it is perfect and perfect.
But the result may be exactly the opposite of what you imagine.
As the ancients said, if you listen to both, you will be enlightened, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark. There is no absolutely correct voice in this world. I can only provide them with some technical support, but how to do it specifically, they will definitely consider more than me.
meticulous."
Xu Zhiqian thought for a while, "Are you referring to Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Sima?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "They have inspired me a lot, so I still try my best to do what I am good at."
He picked up another piece of paper and shook it.
Although he has a broader vision and more advanced policies, the battle between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang made him understand that what you think is perfect may not be perfect, but may be full of loopholes.
On non-judicial policies, he only comes up with some ideas, but he generally does not intervene in how to implement them. He only provides judicial checks and balances to ensure that reforms will not break this bottom line.
Xu Zhiqian nodded and asked: "Then when do you plan to hold the court?"
Zhang Fei said: "Now is the busy time for farming. We will wait until the autumn harvest to hold court hearings and try to handle all these cases before the cold winter comes."
At this moment, Li Si came over and said, "Third brother, Bachelor Sima has sent a letter."
Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian's hearts trembled at the same time.
Why did Sima Guang suddenly send a message?
Could it be.
Li Si handed over another small square wooden box.
Isn't there a hidden weapon hidden inside? Zhang Fei carefully opened the wooden box, but saw a letter inside. After opening it, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Xu Zhiqian hurriedly asked: "What did the letter say?"
Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Sima probably didn't see through it. He was praising me in the letter."
With that said, he handed the letter to Xu Zhiqian, then picked up the small wooden box, looked at it for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's really particular to put a wooden box in a wooden box when sending a letter."
After hearing this, Xu Zhiqian frowned slightly, "Is there just a letter in it?"
Zhang Fei nodded and knocked inside again, "There is no secret box, there should be only one letter. I don't expect Bachelor Sima to give me a gift. I might as well find a way to pick up the surplus grain from the sky."
Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but murmured: "But the correspondence between literati is not so particular! What's more, Bachelor Sima is famous for his simplicity!"
Zhang Fei said: "This wooden box looks very cheap and rough. It is not as good as the wooden box delivered by Bailunlou. It is very in line with the style of Bachelor Sima."
Xu Zhiqian put down the letter and said, "Show it to me."
Zhang Fei immediately handed the wooden box to Xu Zhiqian.
Xu Zhiqian looked at it carefully and said, "It seems that Bachelor Sima has seen through your plan."
Zhang Fei looked shocked, "How do you say this?"
Xu Zhiqian pointed to the carvings on the wooden box, "Look, what is this?"
Zhang Fei took a closer look and saw, "There is an open window."
Xu Zhiqian smiled and said: "Scholar Sima is insinuating that you are so versatile."
Zhang Fei said: "Really or not? What does this have to do with the Eight-faced Linglong? Shouldn't I be given a Jade Linglong?"
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes and said: "I asked you to read more books but you didn't listen. The Eight Sided Linglong is from "Fu De Peng Zulou Farewell to Yang Dezong Returning to Xuzhou" by Lu Lun, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Four houses with eight windows are bright, and the exquisite works are as beautiful as the Qing Dynasty. It means
The windows are bright and spacious. Although there are no four houses and eight windows in this pattern, if you look carefully at the windows, which have four panels and eight pages, and the paint is very bright, the meaning is very obvious."
"So that's what happened."
Zhang Fei suddenly understood, and immediately asked: "Then what does he mean?"
Xu Zhiqian glanced at the letter again and said: "The content of this letter is to praise you for establishing a foothold in Hezhong Mansion so quickly. In other words, he also knows that the public prosecutor and the law are the biggest beneficiaries of this matter. I think
I just want to mock you and imply that he knows your entire plan."
"It's his style."
Zhang Fei felt relieved a little. In fact, he also thought that he would see through Sima Guang. After all, those people were not easy to mess with. However, this was not the first time he had done this. He was not very afraid. As long as he could hide it from others, it would be fine.
, suddenly said: "Who asked you to read so many books? Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to understand it. That would piss him off, do you believe it?"
"Shameless."
Xu Zhiqian spat and looked at him with deep contempt.
"Who said that."
Zhang Fei snorted: "It's rude to not reciprocate, so I have to write a letter to ridicule him."
Xu Zhiqian was immediately frightened and said: "It's better to skip your writing skills."
"Aren't you here?" Zhang Fei said: "Can you help me think about it, what poems, articles, or gifts can be used to metaphorize constipation. The toilet? This expression may not be clear. How about putting a lid on it?"
"????"
Indeed, as Zhang Fei said, this was not the first time he had done this. Sima Guang was angry, but he would not abandon Zhang Fei because of this. Before Zhang Fei set out, he was very worried. Zhang Fei could
He also knew that it was not easy to gain a foothold so quickly.
The key is that if the Public Security Bureau has no authority, it will not be able to contain the new law, and the Youth Law will definitely be passed.
But Sima Guang didn't want to pretend to be in the dark, so he had to make some sarcastic remarks about Zhang Fei.
At this time, Sima Guang had no intention of thinking about Zhang Fei anymore. Yuan Jiang's memorial had just been approved, and Wang Shao and Guo Kui's memorials came one after another non-stop.
If things like military affairs are to be changed, they must be the highest decision-making of the imperial court.
And what Wang Shao wants to use this time is the ancestral method, that is, the garrison method.
This can be said to be one of the core contents of the military system of the Northern Song Dynasty.
"This time, that time."
This time Wang Anshi did not let Lu Huiqing take the lead. After Sima Guang expressed his worries, he immediately stood up and said, "The garrison law was established at the beginning of the founding of the country. At that time, domestic stability should be given priority and the ills of the previous dynasty should be eradicated.
Therefore, more garrison laws were implemented, but now the country has stabilized, and the biggest threat comes from foreign enemies.
The new garrison method has sharply reduced the combat effectiveness of our army and caused great internal friction. It is really not suitable for the current situation, and the court should make timely adjustments.
And if we want to get rid of the disaster of redundant troops, we must disarmament, but hasty disarmament may be taken advantage of by the enemy. This requires improving the combat effectiveness of our army, and then we must change the garrison method. Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of our army will be reduced.
It cannot be improved, and disarmament is out of the question.
The disadvantages of this are already very clear in Wang Jinglue’s memorial.”
This time, facing Wang Anshi's strength, Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi remained silent.
This is really true.
The garrison law is entirely internal, but now there are continuous wars on the border, we are attacked on both sides, and our combat effectiveness is worrying, which has indirectly affected the country's finances, administration, and even people's livelihoods.
It can be said to be the source of all evil.
Zhao Xu nodded and asked, "I wonder what you can do to get rid of this shortcoming?"
Wang Anshi immediately said: "First of all, reduce the organization of our army. The former four-level organization of Xiang, Army, and Battalion of the Forbidden Army will be changed to the three-level organization of Generals, Troops, and Teams. This will enable the generals to know their troops, and the soldiers to know their troops."
Secondly, they can also eliminate the weak ones in the process of merging military camps.
Secondly, each general can have two positions: chief and deputy, and select experienced generals to specialize in training soldiers. Their respective prefectures and counties cannot interfere in military affairs.
Finally, they should be rewarded with etiquette and justice, and should not make them unhappy. Therefore, the tattoo system should be abolished, soldiers should be given more respect, and military pay and rewards should be ensured to be sufficient and paid out in a timely manner."
He spoke eloquently, and it was obvious that he had already thought about it, but it had nothing to do with Zhang Fei, who knew nothing about disarmament.
This is a very important method in Wang Anshi's reform, that is, the art of war. Originally, this was followed by the method of protecting armor and the method of protecting horses, which was a set of strategies to strengthen the army. However, now the police station and the method of protecting armor and protecting horses are
There was a conflict, so he decided not to talk about it for the time being and see if the police station could meet his requirements.
Sima Guang questioned: "In this case, how to prevent local generals from taking power?"
Wang Anshi said eagerly: "How can it be so easy to monopolize power? The Jiedu envoys of the Tang Dynasty were able to separate one party from another, because they held the three major powers of finance, military affairs and administration.
And we just return the military affairs to the generals. Administration cannot interfere with military affairs, but military affairs cannot interfere with administration. At the same time, the finance is still in the hands of the three departments. If the military can be paid adequately, how can the soldiers follow those generals in their rebellion? Don't forget it.
, According to Yuan Xueshi’s reform plan, the families of soldiers went to Tiju Changping Division to receive military pay.
Military pay no longer enters the military camp. Soldiers only need to obey military orders. If the general wants to deduct the soldiers' military pay, they also need to explain to the Changping Division that the soldiers do not need to rely on the general to survive. At the same time, there is a military imperial court to check and balance it. The benefits are far-reaching.
It outweighs the harm.”
Fu Bi nodded slightly.
In fact, he was opposed to this, because the root of this idea has many similarities with the military and political reforms envisioned by him and Fan Zhongyan during the Qingli period.
In addition, it is now a two-pronged approach. Although the power of the general has been improved, it is limited to military affairs. The power of the Transportation Department, which is in charge of finance, has become more powerful. There is also a military imperial court in charge of military law. This seems to be better.
limits.
Wen Yanbo said: "What Wang Xuesi said makes sense, and the garrison method is to end inward. Since Wang Xuesi's method is to focus on the outside, then we can first implement this method in the northwest, and then implement this method in the north. After all, the emphasis is on foreign enemies there, and the south should not be moved.
This can also stabilize the rear."
He also agreed, but he also felt that stability should be sought in the midst of change. The granary was in the south, where there was no room for chaos, and the key public security law had not yet fully established itself.
Compared with Song Renzong, Zhao Xu was obviously more courageous. He even wanted to strengthen his army more than Wang Anshi. In fact, it was also because of this that they "fell in love at first sight" and their final demands were completely the same.
Immediately he made a decision: "According to what Duke Wen said, it will be implemented in the northwest and north for the time being. This matter will be fully delegated to the Ordinance Department of the Second Government."
Wang Anshi cupped his hands and said, "I accept your order."