wrong!
This seems to be a little different from what was expected.
Wei Yingfang and his colleagues had originally planned to let the public security, procuratorate and courts fight against the new law, but they never expected that Yuan Jiang would go straight to cooperate with the police station.
This guy really has no bottom line!
After Cao Dongdong and Fu Shichun left, Wei Yingfang winked at He Chunlin.
He Chunlin understood what he meant and immediately said, "Master Yuan, this police station has a close relationship with the imperial court and cannot be trusted. This move is tantamount to inviting a tiger to drive away a wolf."
The conflict between the Transportation Bureau and the Imperial Court is public, and the two sides have fought several times. He Chunlin naturally does not need to be shy about it. The public security, procuratorate, and courts are also our enemies!
Yuan Jiang snorted, "Even if this is to lure the tiger to drive away the wolf, they are forcing me to do this. If the Qingmiao Law cannot be enforced, then I will have to pack up and leave immediately. They want to drive the Royal Police out of the village, so I will send the Royal Police in and let them fight."
After hearing this, He Chunlin glanced at Wei Yingfang and said no more.
For Yuan Jiang, the Qingmiao Law is of utmost importance and cannot be lost. Those gentry are trying to dig out his lifeblood, so what does he care about the public security, procuratorate and courts? He will have to use all the tricks.
The key point is that this can also provoke conflicts between the public security, procuratorate and courts and the local gentry.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
So when he came out of the house, He Chunlin said directly: "I have to say that Master Yuan's move is really brilliant."
Wei Yingfang frowned and said, "It seems that Mr. Liang should be urged to appeal quickly. If this continues, the police station will get a big advantage for nothing."
He also realized that the police department was always hiding behind the scenes and making a lot of money, which made him very unhappy.
And they are all afraid of the police station. After all, the Royal Police are the ones who hold the knives!
Cao Yi said: "It seems that they have not yet reached a consensus among themselves. Some old masters believe that the imperial court has no right to interfere with their clan law. Going to the imperial court to appeal is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house, which indirectly gives the imperial court the right to control the clan law."
Wei Yingfang said excitedly: "Are they planning to appeal to the court? This fool knows that they established this clan law to target the Qingmiao Law. Will the court give them a good result
Also, they are suing the government, and winning or losing only proves whether the government has the right to do so. In any case, the imperial court cannot control the clan law. "
Cao Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Those old scholars have always had their own opinions. At present, they still hope to use public opinion to force the government to make concessions. However, if Master Yuan does this, it will also break their fantasy. Let's wait a little longer. They have no other choice."
Wei Yingfang shook his head helplessly.
Those gentry originally had their own conflicts, and now they are just banding together for warmth. One can imagine their execution ability, and it is impossible for them to attack wherever they are directed.
... ...
Royal Court.
"What do you want from me?"
Zhang Fei looked at Li Min and Qiu Zhengwen curiously.
Li Min said hurriedly: "Actually, I have something I want to discuss with Judge Zhang."
Zhang Fei asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Min seemed to find it difficult to speak. "It's just that... our shop is almost finished, and the Legal Aid Department has nothing to do recently, so..."
Zhang Fei asked uncertainly, "Do you want to leave the Legal Aid Department?"
Li Min nodded.
He originally opened a wine shop here, not here to do charity.
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "Of course, thank you for your recent contribution to the Legal Aid Department. I hope you will perform well in court in the future."
Li Min saw that Zhang Fei agreed so readily and didn't seem to mind, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Judge Zhang, for your care along the way. Li Min will continue to work hard."
He had wanted to leave a long time ago, but was afraid of offending Zhang Fei, so he kept dragging his feet.
Zhang Fei nodded with a smile.
After Li Min left, Qiu Zhengwen said, "Third brother, I think Li Min might be involved in a big lawsuit."
Zhang Fei asked: "What do you mean?"
Qiu Zhengwen said: "When I talked to him before, he originally planned to leave the Legal Aid Department next year, but two days ago, he suddenly asked to return to the store. I guess he must have received a big deal."
"I see."
Zhang Fei just smiled and nodded, then asked, "By the way! How is our store doing?"
Qiu Zhengwen said: "We have already recruited all these people, but the villagers don't like us very much recently."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "The situation will improve next year, so you have to quickly train a successor in the Legal Aid Department, and you have to go back to the store next year."
Qiu Zhengwen's face lit up, "Yes, I understand."
In fact, he didn't want to stay in the Legal Aid Department and serve the people because it was too hard.
"Zhang San! Zhang San!"
Suddenly, he heard two shouts. Zhang Fei turned his head and saw Cao Dongdong and Fu Shichun walking towards this side. They were the only ones who didn't inform others and just barged in as if they were home.
Zhang Fei asked Qiu Zhengwen to go back first, and then asked the two people: "How is it?"
Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "As expected of Zhang Da Erbi, he is really as good as a god. Master Yuan really supports us in sending more police officers to the branch office and even said that he would allocate money to us."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "This is not difficult to guess. The current situation is so chaotic that the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Fu Shichun smiled and said, "But you made a brilliant move by asking us to withdraw most of the auxiliary police. If we go back again this time, those gentry will definitely put all the blame on the government."
Zhang Fei shrugged and said, "I was just playing along."
"But it's agreed."
Cao Dongdong said: "We can't be so cowardly any longer. If those rogues dare to cause trouble again, we will arrest them if we see them."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "As long as you Royal Police abide by the code of conduct, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, the blame will be put on the government."
Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "That's fine. I'm really suffocating with this breath."
"But you also have your own mission, which is to use this to deploy everything in one fell swoop. You can't treat it as a temporary office."
Zhang Fei said: "Since we have the support of the government, we don't need to build a government office. That would be too slow. Let Master Yuan directly hand over some of the government's properties to the police station, so that we can quickly deploy troops in place."
Cao Dongdong said: "Don't worry, I have asked Xiao Ma to prepare it."
... ... .
As the saying goes, you have a plan, but I have a ladder.
The government, which was crushed by the literati in public opinion, immediately issued an administrative order, requiring the police station to send additional police force to the branch offices to ensure that their patriarchal system could not be enforced.
And within three days, all branch properties will be in place.
At present, the police station has no shortage of staff. Six royal police officers and thirty-six auxiliary police officers, including a chief and five civilian staff, were immediately dispatched to each branch.
All this was completed within seven days, which shows that once the money is in place, everything can be done quickly.
Before they had even established their foothold, the Royal Police began to publicize that the clan law had no right to restrict interest rates and that everything was subject to the law. The clan law could not easily punish those who lent money at less than 5% interest.
I wish I could stretch my face over here so you can hit me!
When the gentry saw this situation, they felt something was wrong.
According to the old system, clan law and legal system were in parallel most of the time, and the royal police represented the legal system. If it was only within the city, then everything would be easy to say and everyone could have a clear division of labor, just like before.
But the police station had a flag hung outside its door, and the gentry could not ensure that the villagers would not go to the Royal Police.
So if it is a violation of the clan system but not the law, does the clan system still have the power to punish
As for the interest, there is definitely no interest. The Royal Police said directly, if you dare to fine, I will arrest you.
They really didn't expect Yuan Jiang to be so cruel and use force directly.
If this is not stopped, the impact on the clan system will be quite huge.
Those gentry did not expect that Yuan Jiang would be so cruel and use force directly.
Those ruffians in the village would not dare to harass them.
The reason they dared to commit fraud before was because the government had ordered the Royal Police to not be responsible for taxation, and everyone thought that the Royal Police had no reason to stay here.
But this time the Royal Police are executing orders from the government, so they don’t have so many worries. After all, they have a boss protecting them, so you can give it a try.
The gentry also hurriedly warned everyone not to cause trouble. Originally, they were the party in the right in this matter, but they must not make a fuss and end up becoming the impolite party.
Because even if a conflict occurs, the court will not blame the royal police. If anyone is to be blamed, it will be the government. The royal police will definitely not back down.
However, there is no need to go this far to deal with the government.
The opinions of the gentry were quickly unified. They still had the same grand plan, which was to use judicial reform to fight against the new law, shift the conflict among themselves, and let them kill each other.
... ...
Procuratorate.
"Attorney General, Attorney General, news just came from the Imperial Court that the twenty-eight townships of Hezhong Prefecture have formally filed a complaint with the Imperial Court against the government for abusing its power, exploiting the people, and amassing wealth."
A prosecutor named Li Hui ran into the house in a panic and reported to Su Che.
"What?"
Su Zhe exclaimed, "They went to appeal on their own?"
Li Hui shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet."
Chen Qi said with mixed feelings: "It seems that they don't trust our procuratorate."
Initially, Su Che planned to have the procuratorate prosecute directly, but after talking with Zhang Fei, he also thought that he had to investigate step by step. However, he did not give up. He expected that the gentry would come to him. If the gentry came to the procuratorate for help, then no matter what his claim was, the procuratorate would enforce the law impartially.
Moreover, unlike Zhang Fei, the local gentry also knew about his advocacy of the Qingmiao Law.
Little did I know that there is no procuratorate at all.
Su Che couldn't help but sigh, "After so many lawsuits, they still don't understand that there is a huge difference between having an informant or not. In such a complicated lawsuit, if the government hired an informant, they would be in great danger!"
Then he added, "I'll go to the Imperial Court to get some information."
But just as he walked out of the door, he saw an old man with white hair and beard, wearing a green shirt and with extraordinary demeanor entering the yard.
When they saw each other, both of them looked happy.
Su Che walked over quickly and bowed, "Su Che greets Scholar Fan."
The old man's name was Fan Zhen, also a famous historian in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was known as one of the Three Fans together with Fan Zuyu and Fan Chong.
"No need to be so polite."
Fan Zhen waved his hand and said, "I have retired from the court now. I am just an earpiece in the folk."
"Ear...ear pen?"
Su Che was stunned immediately.
This was a direct fall from a Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to an envoy.
Brother, what are you going through
"Yes."
Fan Zhen bowed and said, "Therefore, I have to respectfully address you as Chief Prosecutor Su."
"I dare not! I dare not!"
Su Che was extremely terrified, and suddenly thought of something, "Could it be... Could it be that Master Fan was the one who filed a lawsuit against the government on behalf of the 28 townships of Hezhong Prefecture?"
Fan Zhenfu laughed out loud, "That's exactly me."