Zhang Fei really never expected that the deal between Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi would be so cliche. There was nothing new at all. It was just the most traditional bundle of interests.
Although Wang Anshi did this, it was really possible that he was preparing to attack Xixia in the future. The court was indeed full of doves, including Fu Bi and Han Qi, who did not agree with starting a war in a short period of time because they had experienced wars and knew
How much impact will the war have on the country? At the same time, they believe that the Song Dynasty currently has no qualifications to launch a war.
It is almost impossible to obtain the unanimous consent of the prime ministers. There is nothing wrong with saving some money privately for emergencies.
However, Zhang Fei believes that Wang Anshi must have had some small thoughts and used this kind of interest bundle to make the emperor prefer the New Deal.
But if this kind of thing were to be known, it would be very troublesome. If this matter was confirmed, it would have a huge impact on both the emperor and the New Deal.
Because this phenomenon is very bad.
Even in a feudal society, one cannot arbitrarily transfer all the country's money to the emperor. This is no different from corruption and bribery.
Therefore, at the beginning of the case, Zhao Xu did not even tell Zhang Fei about it, including whether to let the procuratorate take over the case.
Things cannot be hidden.
However, as the Yushitai requested to investigate the internal treasury, Zhao Xu could not calm down. In addition, the struggle between the two factions became more and more intense, and he could not control himself, so he quickly called Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei couldn't help rubbing his forehead with a headache, "Your Majesty, things may not be that simple."
Zhao Xu quickly asked: "Why did you say that?"
Zhang Fei glanced at Zhao Xu and said: "If your Majesty stands with Academician Wang and punishes those censors, I can guarantee that they will use our procuratorate to continue the prosecution, and may raise this issue.
This matter has reached this point, and they have no way out."
If they lose, not to mention the conservatives, the Yushitai will not be able to accept it. They will definitely try every means to stop the emperor. You don't have to guess, they will definitely use the public prosecutor's law.
When Zhao Xu heard this, he immediately frowned and felt a chill on his back, "Yes! They can also prosecute from the procuratorate."
If that's the case, then the public prosecutor's office will really suffer.
Therefore, Zhang Fei is also very anxious now.
If we continue like this, we may lose everything.
Zhao Xu also became anxious. He didn't want to really abandon the public security law for the sake of the New Deal, and asked: "Do you have any way to deal with it?"
Zhang Fei frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Your Majesty, what exactly do you think?"
As far as this matter is concerned, he is not clear about Zhao Xu's attitude, because so far, Zhao Xu has not favored Wang Anshi, and there must be a reason for this.
Zhao Xu had a worried look on his face. After a while, he sighed, "To tell you the truth, at first, I wanted to stop Yushitai from investigating the case, but I also believe that this is not groundless, so I also hope that Yushitai will
Taiwan can investigate clearly and find out what is going on.
The results of the subsequent Yushitai investigation also made me very worried. Southeast Sixth Road is the financial center of the country and cannot be tolerated. If Xue Xiang really does evil there and makes the people's livelihood miserable, I will not protect him."
It can be seen that the Yushitai's method was still effective, and it successfully aroused the emperor's inner worry, and he also wanted to know the truth of the matter.
One of the very key reasons is that Zhao Xu did give Xue Xiang great power, including the power to appoint and remove some officials.
Now Yushitai has come up with some evidence to prove that Xue Xiang is nepotistic and rejects dissidents, which of course makes him a little worried.
It's just that he also benefited from it, so he is now in a dilemma.
Zhang Fei didn't have much of a clue at the moment, so he said: "Your Majesty, I want to understand the specific circumstances of the Yushitai interrogation before I can think of a solution."
He is a lawyer by training, and he is not very good at making fantasies. Political struggle is not what he is good at. He must see the information before he can think of a solution.
Zhao Xu said nothing and agreed immediately.
On the same day, he asked someone to copy a copy of the interrogation record of the Yushitai, and then ordered Li Bao to secretly send it to Zhang Fei.
These are all confidential and cannot be leaked.
Third watch time.
Inside Zhang Fei's bedroom, there was a rare bright candlelight.
The couple seemed to have returned to the time when they first met, working tirelessly through the interrogation materials at the Yushitai.
After all, there were more than a hundred witnesses, and the table was full.
Xu Zhiqian was really excited and immersed in it, unable to extricate herself. She had long forgotten about her newborn son.
"If what is written above is true, then... then Wen Gong and the others are right. There are still many problems with this method, especially the tendency to breed corruption. This is really the same as what Mr. Su said at the beginning.
This method sounds reasonable, but when implemented, it is difficult to supervise."
Xu Zhiqian pouted slightly. She had always been very supportive of Wang Anshi and believed in the New Deal. However, these confessions made her have some doubts about the method.
"It shouldn't be fake."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "The uniform transmission method has been implemented on Southeast Sixth Road for so many years without problems. If more than a hundred victims cannot be found, then this policy was thought up by gods. It's just that
How many people do they represent? Only in this way can we determine the success or failure of this policy."
Xu Zhiqian said: "What they experienced was not that they were oppressed by officials because of special things, but because of policies. If what they said is true, then there must be many people who have the same situation as them.
encounter."
Zhang Fei nodded, did not deny this, and suddenly asked: "That's right! Will the interrogation at Yushitai help the witnesses and polish their confessions?"
Xu Zhiqian pondered for a moment, "There will be some changes, but they will only be limited to transcribing some lengthy spoken words into concise sentences, but it will not change the meaning at all, and it will not cause ambiguity."
After that, she looked at Zhang Fei and asked: "What? Do you want to start with the confession? It is impossible for the Yushitai to make such a mistake, especially in the face of this kind of case, let alone Zeng Xianggong and
The Privy Councilor is watching."
"Not really."
Zhang Fei handed a piece of information in his hand to Xu Zhiqian, "Look at this person's identity and confession."
Xu Zhiqian took it and looked at it carefully, "What's the problem?"
Zhang Fei said: "Take a closer look."
Xu Zhiqian read it from the beginning again and shook her head, "I still don't understand what you are talking about."
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes, "Are you stupid for giving birth to a child?"
Not only was Xu Zhiqian not annoyed, she burst out laughing, and then gave Zhang Fei a hard look, "If it's true, it's your fault too!"
Zhang Fei hurriedly laughed and said seriously: "This person is a fruit farmer, but if you look at his answers, they are very organized. If Yushitai had not polished and sorted them out, it would not look like he was a fruit farmer at all.
answer."
Xu Zhiqian said: "But not every farmer is honest and honest and doesn't know how to speak. These are just oral confessions, and we don't ask him to write anything."
"What about these people?"
Zhang Fei placed several more documents in front of Xu Zhiqian.
After reading them one by one, Xu Zhiqian said, "Yes! Their answers were all clear and concise, but this is inconsistent with their identities."
At this point, she asked again: "Could it be that they specially selected some smart people to come to the capital to complain?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "It's possible, let me teach you some more by the way."
Xu Zhiqian said: "But if these are all facts, it doesn't matter even if someone teaches you."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "That depends on what our purpose is."
Xu Zhiqian asked: "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei said: "If we want to appeal for those corrupt officials, these really don't matter, but if we want to safeguard the New Deal, we can make a fuss about this."
Xu Zhiqian blinked her beautiful eyes, "You mean to dig out the purpose of those who taught them behind the scenes, so as to question the true purpose of their complaint."
"exactly."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I believe those people are definitely not out of good intentions."
Xu Zhiqian said: "But first, do you want to think about how to transfer this case to the public prosecutor's office?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I have already thought about this step. The question now is how to fight this lawsuit."
I added in my mind that I also wanted to clean up the emperor's account. Really, I told him tens of thousands of times that he was professional, professional, and even money laundering was not left to professionals, but
It’s really fatal!
...
The Ordinance Department of the Second Government was established.
"Jiefu."
Zeng Gongliang sighed softly: "If those people tell the truth, it will be very detrimental to you, and I can't stop Wen Yanguo."
Although he supported Wang Anshi's reform, he was very cautious and would not easily take sides or let himself get involved.
Then Chen Shengzhi was even more cunning and didn't even come, because he knew that Zeng Gongliang was more cautious than him.
At present, officials from North Korea and China are exerting great pressure on him.
Wang Anshi said very patiently: "Prime Minister Zeng, even if what those people said is all true, I can guarantee that this is by no means the whole story.
Let alone the New Deal, even if we just talk about criminal cases, it would not be difficult to find a hundred corrupt officials in Southeast Sixth Road.
Their purpose is not to enrich the people and strengthen the country, nor to suggest that I reform the New Deal, but to target me, Wang Jiefu, and the New Deal, with the intention of driving me out of the government.
Therefore, they wasted the money and food that the imperial court saved by Gu Yinjun's defeat, and the benefits that Gu Jun's defeat brought to the people of Jiangnan. Is this really fair?"
It has to be said that Wang Anshi's eloquence is also first-rate. He does not deny those words of the people, but he questions the true purpose of Yushitai.
Zeng Gongliang seemed a little hesitant and stroked his beard, "Even so, the difficulty now is how to solve this case. I can't always stop Wen Yanguo."
Wang Anshi said: "But it is impossible to interrogate more than a hundred people for only a few days."
Zeng Gongliang said: "But it can't be delayed for too long."
Wang Anshi nodded, knowing in his heart that Zeng Gongliang would never get himself involved for him.
As soon as Zeng Gongliang left, Deng Wan arrived with his hind legs.
"Ms. Wang, the officials haven't made a decision yet. Do you believe their words?" Deng Wan asked with deep concern.
Wang Anshi was silent for a while and said: "The official family will be affected to some extent, but the official family will never be easily deceived by them. The food in the granary of the capital is not fake.
Xue Xiang worked hard to replenish the national treasury and improve finances. If the officials punish Xue Xiang just because of what a few people said, then who would dare to share the worries of the officials in the future.
I will go to the officials tonight to persuade them and let them make a decision as soon as possible."
His tone was filled with this worry, but the emperor did not fall directly to him. Especially at the beginning, it did make him a little unhappy to have Wen Yanbo come to preside over the case.
Compared with the past, this support is obviously much lighter.
Deng Wan pondered for a while, "Ms. Wang, I have a plan here, which may be able to dispel the officials' doubts and at the same time cause internal strife on the other side."
Wang Anshi asked hurriedly: "What are your plans? Tell me quickly."
Deng Wan said: "The judicial reform was carried out by Sima Xianggong and was famous for its fairness and justice. In the past, they wanted to hand over every case to the public prosecutor and the court instead of to the Yushitai. But in this case, they advocated
It will be judged by the Yushitai.
We can use this as a reason to conclude that the reason why they did not dare to let the public prosecutor and the judiciary try the case was because they wanted to escape from prison in Luozhi and frame the case."
Wang Anshi thought for a while, then suddenly frowned and said, "But what if they agree to hand over the case to the public prosecutor?"
"impossible!"
Deng Wan said: "First of all, the Yushitai will not agree. If the trial is halfway through, it will be handed over to the Public Security Bureau. This shows that the Yushitai is not fair and they want to be inferior to the Public Security Bureau.
Secondly, the Public Security Bureau only hears specific cases, but they obviously want to use this to attack Xianggong Wang, and most of them think that Zhang San will favor Wang Xianggong.
Finally, there are a small number of them who support the Public Security Bureau, such as Fu Gong, Mr. Zhao, Chief Prosecutor Xu, etc. As long as we say this, these people will definitely recommend handing over to the Public Security Bureau, which will inevitably divide them.
As long as there is a dispute between them, Wang Xianggong will go to persuade the officials and the matter will be successful."
Wang Anshi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly, "This is a good plan, this is a good plan, just do what you say."
"A lower official will never disappoint Mr. Wang."
Since Lu Huiqing was away, Deng Wan came here very frequently. After all, there was going to be a big personnel change soon, and he also hoped to seize this opportunity and get a chance for promotion.
...
After getting Wang Anshi's nod, Deng Wan immediately organized his troops and began to use the other party's intention to avoid the public prosecutor's office to impeach Yushitai and frame Zhongliang.
This move really caught the conservatives off guard.
Because everyone knows that the vast majority of the reformists hate the public prosecutors and the law, and they joined the reformists because of the public prosecutors and the law, so Wen Yanbo did not expect that the other party would find such a reason to attack them.
He was immediately sternly refuted.
Anyone who intends to avoid the public prosecutor's office is talking nonsense. For cases like this regarding government corruption, and they were first investigated by the Yushitai, they should be handed over to the Yushitai.
Having said that, why should we hand it over to the public prosecutor?
Deng Wan and the others also argued with reason. To put it this way, many cases in the past should not have been handed over to the public prosecutor, but should have been handed over to the Yushitai. Why didn't you say this before?
If you want to make people convinced, you should hand it over to the public prosecutors and public courts for trial. The Yushitai is secretive and shady. Who knows if there is something fishy in it, but we just don't accept it.
Not to mention, this reason really gave Zeng Gongliang and the others a chance to delay. Zeng Gongliang used this to persuade Wen Yanbo, either, to hand it over to the public prosecutor, or we should try it again in public.
At the same time, it really triggered a controversy within the conservatives. Some people in the conservatives really agree with the public security system.
They felt that the Public Security Bureau was implemented so well and handled many complex cases, which was convincing. At the same time, internal friction was avoided, and it was better to leave it to the Public Security Bureau for trial than Yushitai.
When the Taiwan admonishment officials heard this, they were not happy. What do you mean, my Yushitai is not as good as the public prosecutor?
If anyone says that, they will think that the other person is on Wang Anshi's side.
This has made the conservatives very unhappy!
The prime ministers had to step forward to solve internal problems.
Political Hall.
"Since the other party is not convinced, then it is better to leave it to the public prosecutor and the law to try it and make them convinced. It is not a problem to delay it like this!"
Zhao Pinyan said.
"If we do this, where will the censorship platform be located?"
Wen Yanbo immediately refuted: "Even if I agree, other officials from Taijian will not agree."
Zhao Pin looked directly at Sima Guang, "Jun Shi, don't you have anything to say?"
If you initiate the judicial reform and you don't support it, then the public security system will become a joke.
Fu Bi also looked at Sima Guang.
Sima Guang glanced at Zhao Pin in embarrassment, remained silent for a while, and then said: "I also feel that this case is not suitable for the public prosecutor's office to hear, because the public prosecutor's office can only determine whether the officials involved have violated the law, but cannot pursue the culprits. They can ask those petty officials to take responsibility, and if the Yushitai comes to judge, they can trace the source and get rid of it once and for all."
He believed that since it was not handed over to the Public Security Bureau at first, and if it was handed over now, it would create more problems and cause more dissatisfaction among people. He had no choice but to go to the end, because there would be no problem if the Yushitai was tried.
Zhao Pindao: "We can also discuss the responsibility of the shipping agent with the officials after the case is heard by the public prosecutor and the law."
Judicial conviction first, then discussing administrative accountability, and calculating separately.
Wen Yanbo said: "Why bother?"
Seeing that Wen Yanbo's attitude was so resolute, and seeing that Fu Bi and the others were silent, Zhao Pin couldn't say anything more.
...
However, Yushitai was not a vegetarian. They knew very well that in order to convict Xue Xiang, the key was to impress the emperor.
They also have a trump card for this.
The imperial censors all submitted memorials one after another and provided corresponding evidence, begging the emperor for permission to investigate the accounts of the internal treasury.
It can be seen that they knew about the dealings between some shipping companies and the emperor.
Once this matter is exposed, the Shipping Department will be despised by all officials, and you will be just the emperor's minions.
Zhao Xu saw that something was wrong and quickly summoned Zhang Fei into the palace.
"Your Majesty, I have already thought of a countermeasure."
"Yeah?"
Zhao Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Tell me, do you have any good ideas?"
Zhang Fei said: "A few days ago, remember I mentioned that even if His Majesty supports Bachelor Wang, they may still prosecute through the Procuratorate."
Zhao Xu nodded, "If they do this, our plan may fail!"
Zhang Fei said: "Has your Majesty ever thought about it the other way around?"
"Think about it the other way around?"
Zhao Xu didn't know why.
Zhang Fei nodded, "Assuming that His Majesty supports Yushitai's verdict, Scholar Wang can also prosecute Yushitai through the Procuratorate."
Zhao Xu blinked, "But I know Mr. Wen. If he wasn't sure of it, he wouldn't be so determined. Is it possible that you can still win this lawsuit?"
"For now, I can only say there is a chance."
Zhang Fei said: "But your Majesty needs to send someone immediately to the south of the Yangtze River to find out who is supporting these hundreds of people to come to Beijing to complain, and what is the purpose behind it. According to the confession at the Yushitai, the background of these witnesses There must be someone, and as long as I find these people, I can keep Bachelor Wang and the shipping envoy."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Xu nodded and said: "But that money...?"
Zhang Fei said: "I also have a plan to deal with this. Doesn't your Majesty still have more than one million coins on the Xihe side?"
After Zhao Xu heard this, his brain felt dizzy.
You...what do you want to do?
Zhang Fei said: "If the other party comes up with evidence, then we can settle this account on Xihe's side. There is something wrong with the accounts there, but they can't find it. Now that we include this account,
It just makes up for these problems and can even do some more calculations.
When they know that all this money was used to open the Xihe River, and His Majesty also invested hundreds of thousands of coins in it, this will definitely make them speechless."
Zhao Xu's heart was bleeding. He had to vomit out all the meat he had swallowed in his stomach. He was unwilling to do so!
Zhang Fei persuaded: "Your Majesty, even if you don't do this today, your Majesty will definitely invest this money in the war tomorrow. And if you do this now, it can also reduce the financial burden of Northwest China and lay the foundation for the future elimination of Xixia."
"That's what you said. This money has to be used somewhere."
Zhao Xu sighed, with a hint of sobs in his tone, and asked again: "But I also want to know the specific situation of Southeast Sixth Road, and I don't want them to mess around there."
Zhang Fei said: "To solve this problem, the best way is to hold a hearing."
"good!"
Zhao Xu immediately said: "This hearing is great! During the hearing, I can clearly know how the policy is implemented."
Zhang Fei said: "The most critical thing now is the issue of time. We still have some people there, but it will take at least a month to notify them immediately to investigate. Your Majesty has to delay for a while longer. If it is not possible, then follow up
Academician Wang explained everything, let the Yushitai judge first, and wait for them to attack the shipping envoy and Academician Wang."
Zhao Xu suddenly remembered something, "How can I convince you, sir?"
Wang Anshi was sentenced to lose, and Wang Anshi was not allowed to explode on the spot.
Zhao Xu also felt a little guilty!
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I can only tell the truth and inform Wang Xueshi about the account. If they sue from the procuratorate and expose the matter, it will be very detrimental to His Majesty."