NABC Chapter 602
Chapter 602
Chapter 602
awkward!
This is really very embarrassing.
The intervention of the procuratorate at the beginning made these officials feel furious. They only felt that their dignity was insulted and their power was also suppressed.
However, it brought them fortune.
Let the slow-moving salt debt start to move.
What an irony.
Having said that, in fact, the country makes money with nothing more than two hands, power and integrity.
Of course, this power is always the foundation. Any means of making money for the country must be based on power, but integrity will be an indicator of how long this regime can last.
A regime with higher integrity can last longer.
And a regime without integrity is actually not much different from grassroots bandits.
Because when you lose your integrity, you can only use knives and guns to make money, and you cannot rely on other means.
And this is Zhang Fei's economic theory of public security law, and it is also an important reason for him to persuade Zhao Xu to promote the public security law. In fact, Zhao Xu also wants finances, so if he wants to impress him, he must start with this economy.
Although the public security law does not involve finances, it can bring credibility to the country, and credibility can be transformed into more benefits.
Right now, this scene is happening in Hezhong Mansion.
However, Wei Yingfang and the others still didn't believe it, and they didn't want to believe it, so they all rushed to Tiju Changping Division in a carriage.
This promotion of Changping Division, referred to as Cangsi, is actually to upgrade the previous Changping warehouse into a super financial bureau, and the purpose is to serve the New Deal.
The main content of this new policy is actually to intervene in private transactions, strengthen the state-owned economy, and use financial management techniques to amass more wealth for the court.
Therefore, Yuan Jiang also carried out some transformations on this official office before, making the promotion of Changping Division more like a shop than an official office.
At this moment, this transformation finally comes in handy, at least it can handle multiple customers at the same time, and its efficiency has also been greatly improved.
When Wei Yingfang and the others rushed to the Changping Division, they saw many people sitting there, all of whom were well-known wealthy merchants in the Hezhong Mansion, mainly salt merchants and banknote merchants, and there were also a large number of subordinate officials in and out there. out.
These officials can swear to God, they have never seen such hardworking officials.
Is it because the government decided to pay them salaries?
Should not be!
The price of paying salaries is to reduce their extra income and even reduce their authority. This is dissatisfying that there are many officials, and they should not work harder for this.
And Zhuo Qun's words made them realize suddenly.
They will get [-]/[-] commission.
In other words, of the 100 million salt debts, [-] of them belonged to them.
The key is that there are not many people competing with them, they can only continue to involve.
Can they not work hard?
Can you not be courteous?
Even those businessmen felt an unprecedented respect. They didn't feel that they were in an official office, but more like they were in a shop.
"Is this a contract?"
A fat middle-aged man weighed the thick contract and said incredulously.
A subordinate next to him said: "This is a contract, which our Bachelor Yuan brought from the capital. I heard that this kind of contract is already adopted in the capital, and the purpose is also to cater to the public prosecutor's law."
"Public prosecutorial law?"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked with great interest, "Where do you start with this, and what does this contract have to do with the public security system?"
The subordinate staff knew very well that they didn't believe in the government, but believed in the public prosecutor's law. He explained very patiently: "In the past, these disputes were resolved privately, but since the public prosecutor's law appeared, everyone is more willing to go to the imperial court to file a lawsuit. Your Excellency should also go to the imperial court to see it?"
The middle-aged man nodded vigorously.
All the rich merchants in Hezhong Mansion have been there, and basically all the common people have been there, and there are more and more people, because at the beginning, many common people were afraid of the government office and didn't want to get involved. But now, the imperial court's trial It's just an entertainment project, go and see it when you have time.
The subordinate said again: "Because the imperial court only recognizes black and white, so many issues must be written very clearly. If there is any dispute, when going to court, everyone will have a law to follow.
You can see that the contract also includes the method of inheritance. If the person who bought the salt debt encounters an accident, who will it be passed on to?If there is no designation, it will be calculated according to the inheritance law. If there is a designation, it will be counted according to the designation. You can even write many heirs. When the first one cannot inherit, we will count the second one.
Also, if Yanchi encounters a natural disaster, the government can provide interest-free and postponed repayment. These are very clearly written. If there is a dispute, it is also clear at a glance how to deal with it when going to court. "
"I see."
The middle-aged man nodded, and said: "In this case, I have to read every word clearly."
"That's inevitable."
"But if you can't read, what should you do?"
"You can find someone to help with this. Look over there, someone has invited Erbi to help you examine it."
"Shouldn't this be looking for a dentist?"
"I'm not quite sure about this. Maybe it's because Ya people only care about business matters, but it involves the law. Many people prefer to find Erbi and ask more clearly, knowing that those regulations are beneficial. For myself, which regulations are beneficial to the government."
"That's right, then I have to ask Er Bi to help me analyze it, this is not a small business!"
"of course can."
In front of the door, a subordinate official bowed his hands to the father and son and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Xu for purchasing our company's salt debt."
"Happy together! Happy together!"
"Xu Yuanwai remembers that if there is a breach of the salt debt contract, you can immediately bring your household registration to our company to go through the formalities, so as not to cause unnecessary losses."
"Yes, yes, I remember. If there is nothing else, our father and son will leave first."
"Walk slowly."
After leaving the house, the son asked his father, "Father, did we buy it too hastily? This salt debt has to be due in three years. During these three years, who knows what will happen? When the government arrives What if you don't admit it?"
But the father smiled and said: "If the government refuses to accept the account, this year is no different from three years, because the salt is in the hands of the government. No matter what, you have to buy salt notes from the government."
The son said: "But if it is salt money, it can be exchanged at any time. The risk is relatively small."
"The risk is less, but it doesn't have much to do with the number of years."
The father waved his hand, "It's because of the existence of the Public Prosecution Law. You see, those related households before were punished by the Public Prosecution Law, and those officials also accepted their punishment honestly. That's why so many people came to buy it." This is salt debt. But if we buy three-year debt, the profit will be much higher."
"It's all the same price, how can the profit be much higher? Could it be that dad is referring to the interest?"
"You kid hasn't made any progress in these years! Think about it, the output of Jieyan is fixed, and only so much is produced every year. Now the 100 million strings are all due in three years, and the person who bought the salt bond is not It must be a salt merchant. At that time, 100 million guan salt will be locked in the salt bond. The price of salt will inevitably rise, and the salt bond will naturally rise accordingly. At that time, we can make a fortune by selling the salt bond directly. With interest, the profit is much higher!"
"So that's the case. No wonder those people just now asked for repayment with salt when it was due, and no one asked for repayment of coins."
"You only want to understand now, kid!"
The businessmen who dare to come to Hezhong Mansion to do business are all adventurous. The difficulties they have to face here are far more than those in the capital. At the same time, they are also full of opportunism.
At that time, it was not long after the government issued salt bills, and some people specialized in selling salt bills to make money.
These banknote merchants and salt merchants have long been eyeing this salt debt. They all think that buying salt three years from now will be more profitable than buying salt today.
The reason is very simple. When you buy salt now, you don’t know how much salt the imperial court has and how much salt it has sold. But after three years, you can clearly know that 100 million pieces of salt have been sold, and the output of salt is Changeless.
After three years, the price of salt will inevitably rise, and there will be more room for manipulation.
Because they have three years to operate the salt after three years, to increase the price, plus interest every year, as long as the government does not default, the profit of this transaction will be greater.
They hadn't come to buy before, they were just calculating the risks involved.
However, with the intervention of the procuratorate, the risk is greatly reduced, because businessmen trust the public prosecutor's law more.
Of course, the most critical point is that because the government has a monopoly on salt, merchants can only buy it from the government. Unless you don't do this business, otherwise, you must bear the risk.
However, the sale of salt bonds also drove another industry, that is, the bookstore in front of the imperial court.
Due to the emergence of new contracts and the large amount of salt debt involved, the key point is that they now have to rely on the law to protect their rights and interests. Merchants all go to Erbi on their own to help them analyze the salt debt contract. The bookstores in the city were all run by Erbi from the capital. They were already familiar with this kind of contract transactions, and their eloquence was also very good, so the merchants entrusted other transaction contracts to the bookstore to write.
This is really a wonderful start for a newcomer to the bookstore.
There are gains and losses, which also severely hit the dental industry.
Originally, all of these were jobs that dentists could do.
Obviously, the current dental practice has not kept up with the changes of the times, and their familiarity with the law is far inferior to Erbi and Chashiren.
In fact, in many previous cases, many dental shops were involved, such as bullying the people and dominating the market, and practicing fraud, but Zhang Fei never approached them to settle the case. His purpose was to use the bookstore to gradually replace the business of the dental shops.
The officials saw all this and knew what was going on in their hearts, but they would not tell the real reason for it. Wouldn't that prove that the public security law was beneficial to their governance.
They began to praise Yuan Jiang.
Because on the bright side of the salt debt, it was Yuan Jiang who came up with the lawsuit to deal with the salt money.
Wow. The move of salt debt is really expensive. It is welcome to pay more, and it can solve the urgent needs of the government.
Anyway, there is no mention of the public security law.
At this moment, the imperial court really has no time to worry about these things, and is not in the mood to compete with them for credit. It turns out that the last time to clean up the evil, it seems to have opened a Pandora's box, causing many wronged people to come to sue .
Especially those people who are exploited by the government.
Zhang Fei is also busy with meetings with the Four King Kongs every day, but Zhang Fei still insists on a principle, that is, except for the murder case, they only accept disputes that have occurred recently, and disputes before the arrival of the public prosecutor's law are not accepted at all.
In addition, Zhang Fei has also gradually reduced the number of court sessions he has. For general lawsuits, he first holds a meeting with the Four Little King Kongs to study each case. Zhang Fei decides on the relevant punishment, and then they go to court for trial, so that they can experience.
"what?"
Zhang Fei suddenly put down a piece of pleading paper in his hand, and found a few more from the side for comparison, "Why are there so many people suing this tax-buyer?"
Cai Jing immediately explained: "I am also planning to tell the teacher about this matter. The tax purchase contract was signed with the government last year, but the dispute happened in the early autumn of this year. We don't know whether the imperial court will accept them or not. lawsuit?"
"We'll talk about that later."
Zhang Fei waved his hand, and asked again: "What does this rush to buy tax mean? Can any of you explain it to me carefully."
The four little Vajras looked at each other, as if they were asking each other, doesn't the teacher even know this?
Xu Zhiqian on the side explained: "Simply speaking, this is a tax package system, mainly for the taxation of some remote areas, and mainly for the commercial tax of the market, and in some places, the government does not even pay the two taxes. Sell to merchants.
The government will set up special shopping malls to contract all the taxes in these markets to the merchants. The merchants pay a sum of money to the government on the spot to obtain the right to collect taxes, and then send people to collect taxes locally to make profits.For the government, it is to reduce the cost of tax collection and obtain sufficient tax amount. "
Ye Zuqia further added: "The villages in those remote areas are very scattered. If the government specially sends people to collect them, the tax collected may not be enough for the labor cost, and because those places are too remote, the government The local control is also insufficient, even if people are sent, it is difficult to collect taxes, packaged and sold to those who have the means to collect, this can indeed reduce a lot of burden on the government.”
Zhang Fei nodded slightly, "This is a good way."
Shangguan Jun immediately said: "But this is only good for the government, not good for the common people. As Cai Dunli said just now, the taxes in those places are relatively uncomfortable, so the people who buy these taxes are almost some wealthy people. They will ask Some rogues go to the local area to collect taxes, the more they collect, the more they earn, and as long as no one is killed, the government hardly cares, and there will inevitably be some extortion."
Cai Bian said again: "The rush-buying system adopted by the imperial court is for those with the highest price. The higher the price paid by the wealthy people, the more ruthless they will be to collect money from the common people. And because those places are It’s too remote, even if something happens locally, the government may not know.”
Cai Jing added: "Even if they know it, it will not affect the governance of the government. Therefore, in the past, the common people could only use their own means to fight, but they were also difficult to fight against the harassment of those rascals. Many common people suffered from it. And Now when they know that the Public Prosecution Law will defend the interests of every common people and will make decisions for the common people, they come to complain one after another."
Do you think the Song Dynasty can play games, can trade everything, and can even contract taxes to merchants.
It really saves money and trouble.
But the common people suffered, and suffered greater oppression and exploitation.
Zhang Fei listened to their introduction of the purchase tax, while pondering, as if he was thinking about something, and after they had finished speaking, he asked, "So do you think this is reasonable?"
Shangguan Jun immediately said: "Students think this is of course unreasonable, the government must at least abide by the law, and those wealthy people are only looking for profit, no different from robbers."
Cai Bian said: "But unless the imperial court exempts those places from taxation, there seems to be no other way. We can only say to find a way to restrain those rich people, but in this way, those rich people will not be willing to participate in the rush to buy."
"Really?" Zhang Fei muttered, and suddenly asked: "How many places in the Hezhong Prefecture have the taxes paid to those merchants?"
"There are 52 places in the entire Hezhong Prefecture." Cai Jing replied.
Zhang Fei asked in surprise, "So many?"
Cai Jing replied: "Because there are many mountainous areas in Hezhong Prefecture, many villages are almost isolated from the outside world."
"How much did you sell for?" Zhang Fei asked again.
Cai Jing replied: "More than [-] guan."
"That's not a lot!"
Zhang Fei nodded, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said to Cai Jing: "Cai Jing, you go to the Transshipment Department and ask Bachelor Yuan to come over."
Cai Jing nodded and said, "Yes."
Shangguan asked hurriedly, "How does the teacher plan to deal with these lawsuits?"
Zhang Fei said: "I plan to try the case myself, but you have to tell the Legal Aid Department that we only count the disputes that occurred this autumn, and we will not accept the rest."
On the other side, Yuan Jiang came here when she learned that Zhang Fei was making an appointment.
In a hut on the other side of the back mountain, the old and the young sat at the table, with a small hot pot in the middle, which was steaming and fragrant.
With the sale of the salt debt, it can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need of the government. If there is an additional income of 100 million yuan, the previous compensation and salaries paid to officials will not be a big deal.
Yuan Jiang's hanging heart also temporarily fell, so even if Zhang Fei didn't ask him to come, he still had to find Zhang Fei for a drink.
"Hehe. President Zhang is really good at predicting things. Many big landlords use grain to buy salt debts, and almost all of them demand to pay back the salt when it is due."
"It's actually not hard to guess."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "First of all, this year is considered a bumper harvest year, and there are no natural disasters. The food supply is relatively sufficient, and there is no condition for food prices to rise.
Secondly, the emergence of the young crop law has suppressed the interest rate. It will be difficult to obtain huge profits with usury loans, at least in the next year. Not too much, instead of putting the grain in the warehouse to mold, it is better to use it to buy salt bonds. Not only can you earn interest, but you can also manipulate the price of salt, and you are expected to make a lot of money in three years. "
"That's what happened."
Yuan Jiang nodded, and said worriedly: "But if they really raise the price of salt three years later, it will cause public resentment."
The annual output of the salt pond is only 400 million guan, which is equivalent to selling one-third of the salt in advance. These salt merchants and banknote merchants are enough to control the salt price.
Today's salt price is not cheap at all. If it is raised again, those common people cannot afford it.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "In terms of the contract, the imperial court only guarantees to repay the interest every year, but there is no guarantee. The price of salt will be high at that time. At the same time, the Changping Secretary has the power to stabilize prices. The imperial court can put more salt to stabilize the price." Salt price."
Yuan Jiang wondered, "There must be enough salt."
Zhang Fei only said: "The imperial court will send people to solve this matter, and Bachelor Yuan doesn't have to worry at all."
Yuan Jiang couldn't help taking a look at Zhang Fei.
Desalting will definitely not increase salt production. If it is necessary to mobilize salt from other places to stabilize it, then the transportation cost will also raise the price of salt, which is meaningless.
There is only one place where salt can be used for this trick, and that is Xixia salt.
However, after Zhao Xu ascended the throne, he immediately issued a death order, prohibiting the import of Xixia salt, in order to hit Xixia's economy.
It can be seen that Zhang Fei didn't want to say more, so Yuan Jiang didn't ask any more questions, and instead said: "But the issuance of salt bonds is a waste of money after all. Disarmament can indeed leave a lot of money, but that can only offset the current financial situation. If it is missing, after three years, the Hezhong government's finances will be reduced by 100 million guan, which is also a very dangerous thing, within three years, can tax revenue alone increase so much?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The current tax revenue of Hezhong Mansion cannot make up for it, but the ancients said that if you plant melons, you will reap melons, if you sow beans, you will reap beans, and if you sow taxes, you will also get taxes!"
"Pay tax and get tax?"
Yuan Jiang couldn't help being taken aback, "How is this tax paid?"
Zhang Fei said: "The 100 million guan is enough to pay the salaries of the officials and the compensation of the soldiers, and there will be a lot of money left over. The money can be used to build water conservancy and roads, build water conservancy, increase the yield per mu, build roads, and facilitate business travel." By doing business, in this way, more taxes can be generated, which is called taxation and taxation. At the same time, promoting Changping can also do business, trade goods, and borrow money."
Yuan Jiang said: "Actually, there are regulations on the construction of water conservancy and roads in the Young Crops Law, but can this be used to generate a tax of 100 million?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes."
Yuan Jiang asked in surprise, "Why are you so sure?"
Zhang Fei laughed and said: "On a wide and flat road, even if you drive with your eyes closed, you can run fast, but on a narrow and rugged mountain road, no matter how skilled you are, you still have the risk of falling off the cliff.
The public security law has expanded and paved the road. Any policy of the government will achieve ten times or even a hundred times the effect of the previous one. Coupled with the arrival of the tax department, it is absolutely possible to plant 100 million yuan in taxes in three years, even if it is less For one thing, it can also be made up by reissuing salt banknotes and salt debts. "
Yuan Jiang stroked her beard and pondered for a while, then suddenly raised her glass and said, "The old man will wait and see."
Before, he might not believe it, but now, he just feels very looking forward to it.
After talking about this matter, Yuan Jiang asked again: "By the way, why did you ask me to come here today?"
Zhang Fei said: "Buy the tax."
Yuan Jiang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked: "Is there a commoner coming to complain?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "It seems that Bachelor Yuan also knows about this situation."
Yuan Jiang sighed: "How can I not know, but there is no way. If the court sends people to collect taxes every year, the taxes may not be enough to offset the cost, and it will cause a lot of trouble. It is thankless!"
Zhang Fei said: "But if this continues, our public security law will be affected. A group of rascals will collect taxes. One can imagine what will happen in the middle. If our public security law cannot make decisions for those people, the authority of the public security law will be greatly reduced. Therefore, I It has been decided that the case will be heard in court.”
Yuan Jiang said: "But this lawsuit may hit the prestige of the government again. The previous injunction lawsuit has already aroused the dissatisfaction of the officials. You will come again soon, which is really like adding fuel to the fire. Then I will also Not very comforting."
Don't look at his stubbornness, but every time he obeys the judgment of the imperial court, the officials are already holding back their anger. If the frequency is too fast, he will be embarrassed!
If he finds a way to back down again, maybe he will let them see it.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Scholar Yuan doesn't need to appease them, let's let them behave this time. We always cooperate internally and externally, and it's not the same thing to coax them. Judiciary is very serious, and everyone should abide by it." , so it is also time for those officials to know that if they lose this case, they will be held accountable for it."
Yuan Jiang was taken aback, and asked, "Are you sure?"
Zhang Fei nodded confidently.
Yuan Jiang asked again: "Will that have an impact on finances? The rush-buying system can relieve a lot of financial pressure."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Scholar Yuan, don't worry, it won't happen, because the tax department will solve these problems, and I also plan to use this lawsuit to welcome the tax department's arrival."
Yuan Jiang said: "Isn't the tax department arriving next year?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I have already asked them to try their best to come by the end of this year."
(End of this chapter)