Chapter 1,479 Disadvantages

Yi Yingge, Han Zhen, Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu, Su You, Zhang Dun, Wang Shao, Han Wei, Xing Shu, the privy councilors of the three provinces, and the big shots in Beijing all performed together.

This idea originated from Lu Gong's work. Su You thought it was a good idea and expressed his support, and the Empress Dowager followed suit.

Cai Que was firmly opposed to this proposal and had never organized such a meeting.

But now he was building a tomb in the valley, and Han Zhen became the highest-ranking person in the government, so he presided over the meeting.

Let’s first report on the major events in the court: “Wang Yansou, the supervisory censor, came to Shu and said that the greatest harm to the people today can only be caused by three or five things.”

"If the young crops are really the foundation of the poor people, they must be stopped; but the recent orders have only reduced the remaining leniency."

"The harm done to Baojia was caused by the promotion of officials from the top to the bottom of the department and forced them to do so. However, the recent command has banned Dongjiao, but the lawsuit still exists."

"These are all evil deeds, and they are not just a show-off. They are simply exposing the deepest evils in order to comply with His Majesty's holy will. I would like to pay attention to them and eliminate them with all my strength."

The Empress Dowager asked: "How did the privy councils of the three provinces discuss together?"

Han Zhen stopped talking, with a sense of self-consciousness as a puppet, and Sima Guang continued: "After everyone discussed it, they thought that both the Green Miao method and the Baojia method can be eliminated."

Zhang Dun immediately resisted: "But it's not a sudden elimination, we have to see the effect step by step!"

Lu Gongzhu said: "The privy minister first listens to the minister's performance. Even if there is a performance in the private hall, there must be rules."

Seeing that Zhang Dun was silent, Sima Guang spoke again: "It is the virtue of the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty to reduce or reduce the surplus. Now, if you protect the horse and avoid doing it all, the world will be happy, but it is not as good as the root. Wang Yansou said The sparseness is actually the main point."

"Lü Gong wrote, Su You thought that the implementation should be slowed down, starting with the abolition of the official quota limit; Zhang Dun thought that the unscrupulous law should be retained until it can replace the green seedlings; but the minister thought that the green seedling law had hundreds of harms and no benefit, so it could be stopped in time Of."

"About Baojia, everyone agreed. Now that Xixia has been destroyed, the Liao people are observing the rituals, and the country is safe. The Western Army has a huge army of 400,000, and there is no need to retain so many."

"I request you to set up an yamen to be responsible for the state army under the name of the governor of each state. Restore the pre-Tang Dynasty military system. A state is limited to 700. The court will issue a salary and use the Western Army, Nanyang, and Beiyang soldiers who are accustomed to fighting. , no longer under the jurisdiction of the state capital."

After talking about Su You's idea, he said: "This move will not increase the military expenditure of the imperial court, but will reduce the number of active soldiers. These veterans will become the force of the state capital to maintain public security, and naturally deal with bandits."

"We will also provide a salary and not be held hostage by the Zhizhou. It will be under the jurisdiction of the Zhechong shogunate. On weekdays, we will be responsible for training, inspections, road protection, disaster relief, and public security. This will allow the Zhizhou to focus on governance."

"Since its functions are mostly law enforcement in the mainland, which is different from fighting foreign enemies, it is also necessary to be familiar with the laws. Only those who have passed the test will be qualified."

This is when professional soldiers become local policemen, and the police are not under the direct control of the local administration. Instead, they work with the local rulers to prevent violent crimes and other vicious incidents from occurring, and can even limit and divide the power of the prefect.

Under this system, civilian officials have become the real managers of administrative departments, and the quasi-military task of detecting theft has been handed over to professional police.

The Empress Dowager asked: "Then what should this yamen be called? Who can promote it?"

Sima Guang said: "Everyone thinks that this yamen can be called the Duxunyuan, with Zhechong Prefecture and the Zhechong Department of the state capital under it."

"Similar to the Privy Council of our dynasty, the Metropolitan Patrol Court has the power to mobilize troops but not to command them. The Zhechong Mansion has the power to command troops but not to deploy troops. The two constrain each other."

"The candidates for the imperial envoys will be chosen among the senior generals in my court. As for the captain Zhechong, before, Gao Gongji and Gao Gonghui's brothers reorganized the 400,000-yuan army in the middle of the capital. They have experience. It's not as good as

Please just ask the Empress Dowager to choose one person."

Gao Taotao suppressed her family not because she didn't love her family, but because the courtiers' flattery was too bad and would affect the family's reputation, so she rejected some flashy suggestions.

But if Gao Shilin was promoted to the railway bureau, Gao Gongji and Gao Gonghui's brothers reorganized the capital affairs, and now they serve as the chief officials of Zhechong Mansion, which was an advantageous and inconspicuous suggestion that could make contributions and train their children, she would still not refuse it.

of.

Needless to say, the benefits of having the children of the Gao family in control of the police force needless to say. He pondered for a while: "Then let's discuss it first, and then we will make a report."

Finally it was Zhang Dun's turn, and Zhang Dun handed over his hand: "I believe that the country is based on agriculture, and the improvement of various laws should start with the land and acres system. Now that the Green Crops Law is about to be abolished, corresponding measures are needed to keep up, especially

What happened during the Qingli Year when the country’s land was reduced from more than 4 million hectares to more than 2 million hectares must not happen again!”

"During the Qingli period, the land was greatly reduced and the state was greatly promoted. Was it a natural disaster? No, it was a man-made disaster!"

"Has the land really decreased? No! But the taxable land has decreased! The state has been swallowed up by the annexation house!"

"If we want to change the fundamentals of the land law and abolish Qingmiao, then there must be a new law to match it."

Gao Taotao asked: "Do you have any suggestions, Master Zhang?"

Zhang Dun was categorical: "If we really want to reduce the burden on the landless people, we must not only abolish the money for young crops, the money for exemption from labor, and the money left over, but also the money for local bosses, the tax on free warehouses, the tax on agricultural equipment, and the cattle leather and tendons."

Money, Jinji money, silkworm salt money, and Quyin money should also be abolished!"

Gao Taotao was a little confused: "Quyinqian has been abolished since the Yingzong Dynasty, how can a bachelor bring it up again today?"

Zhang Dun said: "The Empress Dowager, even now, these money and grains have not been exempted. They have been collecting them since the founding of our dynasty."

"The abolition of Quyinqian was Houling's decree at the time, but the law has not yet been implemented in the capital. Except for the Sichuanxia Fourth Road, this law has not been enacted. It is a national law of our dynasty."

"Similar to this, there is silkworm salt money. Among them, salt money is only abolished in the salt-producing areas of Shuzhong, Shaanxi, and now Huaiyang. The other roads have always collected it."

"In the sixth year of Kaibao's reign in the Song Dynasty, households in Shaanxi Province paid money and silk in turns for the two taxes and above. They received seven coins for each pass, ten coins for each horse, one tael of silk, one catty of tea, and one bunch of straw. They were called the chiefs.

money."

"He also ordered all the warehouses to accept the money collected from the leader, half to the official, and half to the public, and ordered the supervisor and the magistrate to use it in the same way."

This is actually local tax. According to the proportion of national tax, a part of the tax is collected from the people for local use.

"The rest are exorbitant local taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Taken together, they have exceeded the two taxes paid by the people to the country."

Sima Guang agreed with Zhang Dun on this, and he knew it better than Zhang Dun: "There is also transfer money, and the same is true. According to Huaiyang Shifeng's report, transfer money was used by the envoys to buy low and sell high, monopolizing the private sector.

Grain management. The local warehouses are often unloaded and the goods cannot be collected even for a day. When they are shipped to the warehouse, they are included in the transfer and the subsidies are set as profits and political achievements."

"The Song Dynasty had a series of great prosperity, and the profits from the transfer of Bancangzhuo in various places were as high as 20 million yuan. There were many ills, which were almost impossible to cure."

"The same goes for charity warehouses. Although the intention is good, once things get into place, it becomes a source of corruption."

At this time, Lu Gongzhu stopped talking about taking turns and joined in: "The key content of the recent seal is that Jingdong's iron money law is harsh on the people, corruption in warehousing and water transportation is rampant in various places, local governments impose excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and even Duplicate collection.”

"These problems have been concealed under the prosperous scene of the Song Dynasty. Since the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty spoke out, these problems have also been the hardest hit area by reports."

Zhao Xu listened with his head lowered from the side, and couldn't help but feel extremely angry. In the Song Dynasty, there were loyal ministers like Situ who gave up huge amounts of property for the country just to cultivate a large number of academic talents for the country. There were also those who were corrupt and violated the country, just for satisfaction. For selfish reasons, or to climb to a high position.

Bian Guan once told him that in those days, the chief officer of the water transport scuttled a ship of grain to report the damage in order to embezzle ink. There were also middle-ranking officials who even set fire to a palace in order to cover up the traces of their ink embezzlement.

In order to obtain ten thousand benefits, they did not hesitate to make the country bear hundreds and thousands of losses.
Chapter completed!