Chapter 313 The rule of man is not as good as the system
Chapter 313: Rule by people is not as good as the system
Lord Li took over the Garrison Department, inspected the camp soldiers, and the guards were imprisoned. These events did not cause much commotion outside. However, the news that Lord Li intended to use the Garrison Department soldiers to investigate smuggled salt spread like wildfire, and became a
A hot topic before tea and after dinner, for Yangzhou people, this is the most worthy of attention.
Then another rumor also emerged. Since Mr. Li wants to use soldiers to arrest smuggling, will he use soldiers to arrest people, search and even confiscate homes when handling cases? After all, it took almost two months to catch a few salt dealers.
He couldn't be brought to justice either. Mr. Li was probably dissatisfied with the government officials' inability to do things well.
This conjecture is boring and funny, but it is not funny to the six salt merchants who were put on the list by Mr. Li to pursue them. It would be unimaginable that Mr. Li really wanted to use all his troops to conduct house searches.
All the soldiers in the camp were recruited from other places. They knew that sooner or later they would leave Yangzhou and return to their hometown, and they didn't care about the consequences. They usually didn't have any involvement, so they must have done it without any scruples, and they were even more sinister than the government officials.
June 30th was the penultimate day before Mr. Li announced the deadline for the six salt merchants to surrender themselves.
Jiangdu County Qianliang Master Zhou Jiexi walked into the second hall of the back office worriedly, only to see the proprietor chatting and laughing with the newly hired master Hu Zhenru, telling anecdotes about local celebrities.
This Mr. Hu is the former magistrate's chief minister, and was officially invited by Li You to be the fourth master. He has lived in Yangzhou for a long time and is familiar with people, so he is responsible for communication. For example, if any gentry or country official in the county celebrates his birthday, it will be an important reminder.
When the county magistrate went to celebrate his birthday, a light-weight person would go there on his behalf, or when the literati held a meeting, the county magistrate went to show up to socialize, and he would also be responsible for dealing with other yamen.
Don't underestimate this work. This is how official reputation spreads, and many of the achievements of local officials also require the support of local gentry. It is worthwhile to arrange a special master for this purpose.
"I've met the proprietor." Mr. Zhou saluted and said, "It's already half a year old, and the county's salt class this year has not yet been settled. The proprietor must not be careless!"
"There's still half a year, don't worry, we'll see what happens." Li You said casually. Of course, what he wanted to rely on was the investigation of smuggled salt.
However, when it comes to major matters involving the camp, especially the relocation and formation, Mr. Li, who is in charge of the Garrison Department of the Mansion, may not have complete autonomy. However, he has already submitted the application for using the camp to investigate illegal salt to the Admiral Military Affairs Governor's Yamen. The reason
It's also very sufficient.
Presumably the governor's yamen will not stop it, because as long as the government's garrison department has a share of income, the governor's yamen will also get a share of the tribute, which is a happy thing for everyone.
For Master Li, the relationship between the Department of Defense and the county government is a left-hand and right-hand relationship. After checking the private salt, it is completely feasible to dig out some money from it and hand it over to the county government as a salt class.
Master Xing Master Cui Zhenfei also walked in with a stack of documents, handed them to Li County, and said: "There are still no outstanding cases in the petitions received yesterday. The comments have been drafted. Please review them and sign them. The ones that need to be tried in court can be
Scheduled for tomorrow."
He also reminded Li Youdao: "Tomorrow is the last day for the salt merchants to surrender. If there is no movement, the proprietor should make plans early."
Li You was confident about this, "Now that my official's momentum is getting stronger, and I have already spread the word about using barracks to search, I can't help but think that they are not afraid. According to my expectation, those salt merchants probably have only two options, or they can do it today or tomorrow."
Send someone to the county government to test the limelight, or ask the county's highly respected old gentry to come forward to change the situation. If you wait patiently in the past two days, you will definitely get something. I don't want to pretend to be sick."
Cui Zhenfei applauded the horse and said: "The proprietor has far-reaching wisdom and it is difficult for us to deal with the unexpected!"
"Don't say these useless things!" Li You scolded with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhang San, the gate officer, leading the execution room clerk in hurriedly, "Report to the lord! The government has sent people to ask for documents on Qiu Li's case of defrauding the treasury and suspected of forcing Jiang Zhixian to death."
Cui Zhenfei scolded: "Don't you have a heart? Are you using this to report? Of course you won't give it! According to our Ming Dynasty laws, unfinished cases by the county government cannot be reported. There is no rule that the government government takes over halfway!"
After being reprimanded, the clerk said anxiously: "I just learned that the six fugitive salt merchants involved in this case have surrendered to the government office, so the government office came to ask for relevant documents."
Damn it! Li You didn't expect those turtles in the jar to have such a trick. This is a disgrace to him!
They did not dare to come to the county government office to surrender, but they went to the government office to surrender. No matter what, the county government office was a local government office. They did not expect that the government government office would blatantly trample on industry rules and accept cases that were already being handled by the county government office.
Cui Zhenfei was also about to cry. He had just finished praising the proprietor for all his plans when he made such a big accident. It seemed as if he was deliberately being sarcastic. Was God playing a trick on him? He asked Li You cautiously: "About the proprietor of the case file.
look…"
"No." Li You squeezed out two words through his teeth.
If you don't give it, you won't give it. But if the government office accepts the surrender of six salt merchants and declares that the six people have nothing to do with the case, Mr. Li has no way at all, and there is no channel to overturn the verdict. The boss is the boss, how can the county government veto it?
What's the point of the government office?
Yes, according to the ancestral legal system, one level of management is responsible for the next level, and appeals and acceptances are not allowed beyond the level. The government office should not act this way.
But you must know that although the country has the rule of law, it is also ruled by people. Some systems are used as excuses when the government does not want to take action. For example, the government can refuse the six salt merchants to surrender under the guise of not being able to accept the case beyond the level.
But if the government government wants to make a difference, these paper systems lose their binding force. Just like this time, the government government did not give face to the county government and directly accepted the surrender of six salt merchants and started the trial in a grand manner.
Please note that this is not illegal and chaotic, this is called diligent administration, caring for the people, and being serious and responsible.
When it comes to the rule of man, if Mr. Li and Magistrate Luo were to challenge each other, Mr. Li would definitely win strongly despite being a subordinate. No matter his background, brain, talent, or physical ability, Mr. Li would have the upper hand in all aspects, unless the rules were more complicated than eight-legged essay and calligraphy.
.The results of several confrontations between Li You and Fu Zun also proved this point.
But compared to the county government and the government government, the county government is at an absolute disadvantage, even if Li You's county government office is ten times more powerful than the government government office. As the saying goes, a higher level of Taoist officials will crush people to death. This is the situation.
This means that the rule of law is not as good as the rule of men, and the rule of men is not as good as the system. If we look at the imperial court, it means that powerful ministers can monopolize power and disrupt the law, but they cannot seek to usurp the throne. The emperor is still the emperor no matter how vain he is.
County Honorable Li thought for a long time before he said: "As the saying goes, it is unfortunate that in three lives, the magistrate will be attached to Guo, or if he did evil in his previous life, the magistrate will be attached to Guo. I have never really realized it until today. Magistrate Luo finally learned to be smart."
The tone of these words was unpredictable. Zhou Jiexi and Hu Zhenru had only been following for a short period of time, and they did not dare to speak casually until they understood the mood of the proprietor. Only Cui Zhenfei boldly asked: "Are you just going to swallow your anger?"
Mr. Li chuckled a few times and asked, "Am I a person who gives up easily?"
In addition to the prefect who was confused in Li You's eyes, the salt merchants were also very ungrateful. Li You was just using them to show off their prestige to others and to establish his own prestige as a newcomer in Yangzhou City, but he didn't necessarily know what would happen.
The most you can do is ask them to lose some money, and the smart people should take the initiative to cooperate and that will be the end of it.
As a result, the matter has been delayed again and again until now. Although he earned back the garrison department from the court, it has now evolved into this situation. It involves issues of face and reputation, which makes him unable to stop and has no choice but to shoot.
However, from the perspective of salt merchants, it is normal for them to be frightened by Mr. Li and not dare to enter the county government office. They would rather go to the government office where they are more familiar with people. But Li Youcong was wandering around the public gate, and there was another arrester.
Father, so he doesn't think the county government is so scary, and he can't understand the mentality of ordinary people who are afraid of entering the government office, especially when the county magistrate clearly wants to fix you.