People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 325 Nationwide crackdown on crime and evil

"boom!"

There was a loud banging sound in the house.

This is the west corner of the back pavilion of the Constitutional Yuan, located on the west side of the Constitutional Yuan.

Since the rear pavilion of Daqing Palace was changed into the Political Yuan, the Political Yuan has also gone through several rounds of expansion and construction.

The front yard was connected to the Daqing Hall and turned into a huge garden. There were arched passages on the left and right sides, connecting various ministries of the imperial court.

In the backyard, there are storage rooms, conference rooms, lounges, east and west storage rooms, and many other places for the prime ministers to meet and rest.

At this moment, under Zhao Jun and Jia Changchao, Zheng Jian, the boss of the Yushitai, Cao Xiu, the boss of the Imperial City Department, Fu Bi, the boss of the Ministry of War, and Du Yan, the Minister of Police, stood in the audience.

Jia Changchao slapped the table and shouted emotionally: "The imperial court, the two prime ministers, on their way to patrol the Yellow River, were blocked and robbed by hundreds of people. Is there any royal law under the emperor's feet? Ah? What do you do for food?"

His saliva almost sprayed onto the faces of several people, making the people who were being reprimanded below feel a little embarrassed on their faces.

Finally, Zhao Jun stared at Fu Bi again, looking up and down, which made Fu Bi's hair stand on end with fright.

Among the four, Cao Xiu was the only one who did not speak and stood honestly.

Not to mention Fu Bi, he didn't even know why he was called here to be scolded.

Zhao Jun looked at them, stood up slowly, put his hands behind his back, walked slowly around their room, walked behind them, and said: "Under the emperor's feet, hundreds of people can actually block the road and rob, and Bianliang is still like this. , what should the whole world be like? The police department has no responsibility at all?"

Zhao Jun has been in charge of the Constitutional Yuan for nine years. From the beginning when everyone was dissatisfied, now all officials are in awe of his authority.

Therefore, even if the three of them are not greedy or possessive and think they have no leverage, in front of Zhao Jun, as long as they want to continue to be officials and continue to sit in this position, they must listen to him honestly.

But with so many things happening across the country, it’s impossible to regulate everything in place.

When the musket is forged, it is almost impossible to leak it.

However, what Zhao Jun said next made him feel like he had fallen into an ice cave.

Zhao Jun's calm tone revealed a hint of murderous intent: "Do you understand now why I called you Minister of War?"

It can be said that the process of forging firearms is no different from being imprisoned. Although you are allowed to go out during holidays, you cannot take things out when you go out.

Jia Changchao suddenly entered the Constitutional Yuan, as if he was riding on their heads, bossing them around like this, which naturally made people unhappy.

After all, Jia Changchao was on the same level as them in the past, and even if they were not on the same level, the literati of the Song Dynasty did not care whether you were a senior official or a junior official.

Fu Bi immediately realized the importance of the matter.

Then Zhao Jun looked at Zheng Jian and said: "According to the usual practice, the censor must go to each county for inspection every month. Three feet of ice does not freeze in a day, and hundreds of people can appear. It will not be formed in a period of time. The patrol censor Are they all dead? Can't you see so many gangsters on the street and can't you hear the voices of the people?"

Some are caused by collusion between officials and bandits, deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the inferiors. Some of them were in an era when information was underdeveloped, and information isolation was not taken seriously. In other cases, even if officials heard about such things, they simply pretended not to see it because they were afraid of taking responsibility.

It's not that he has convinced everyone now, but everyone can see that no matter how you impeach Zhao Jun, the emperor and the prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan will always be on his side.

Zheng Jian also frowned and said: "The Yushitai is mainly responsible for whether local officials are corrupt, and the imperial court is repairing the river embankment, so the Yushitai's work is placed on supervising the river embankment together with officials from the Ministry of Industry. It’s difficult to monitor places.”

"The gangsters have guns!"

Fu Bi glanced at Jia Changchao and choked back: "If Mr. Jia is angry, don't attack our Ministry of War. Even if there are such gangsters who block the road and rob, it has nothing to do with the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War is here to protect the people." To defend our country, we cannot send out a large army just for a few hundred people."

If the county lieutenant cannot control it, or if the county lieutenant covers it up, then it is the state government at the next level up, and there is even a first-level road department above it. How is it impossible to go through so many levels and send it to Du Yan, the Minister of Police?

Zheng Jian is in a similar situation. There is no local censorship department in Gyeonggi Road. The central censorship station oversees the local area. However, the censorship station does not have an organization at the county level. The highest level is the censorship case at the state level.

There is no chance of winning against him. To describe it as using an egg against a stone as a mantis' arm as a chariot is to put gold on their own faces.

Therefore, firearms can be exported only if there are problems in logistics distribution, soldiers' hands, ordnance storage, etc.

Therefore, even if the report is reported at various levels, it has to go through the State Censor's Case and the Road Censor's Department before it can finally reach his hands.

As the Minister of the Police Department, how could Du Yan have access to the county government affairs of a county. Even if there are bandits and bullies in the local area, they will definitely be under the control of the local county captain.

Du Yan said angrily: "Although the Police Department is in charge of county government officers across the country, Fengqiu is a county after all. The Police Department's main responsibility is the various police branches. This level has not been reported, so how do we know? "

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the three people to instinctively choose to shirk responsibility.

Take Du Yan as an example.

Since the emergence of muskets in the Song Dynasty, they have been strictly controlled. Soldiers cannot get muskets during normal army training. Guns can only be distributed during shooting training, and they must be returned to the armory after shooting.

This time Zheng Jian, Du Yan and Fu Bi did not dare to speak.

"boom!"

And Zhao Jun's work style has also been reflected. It doesn't matter whether you are an upright official or a corrupt official. As long as your professional ability is not up to standard, let alone a good official known for his honesty, even if you are the king of heaven, he can give you a slap. In the end, he was even dismissed from office and demoted.

Now that the Public Security Bureau has become independent, the local county government officials have been separated. There are kongmufang belonging to the county government, government officials belonging to the police department, household houses belonging to the household department, and execution chambers belonging to Dali Temple. etc.

Because the Firearms Department does not have contact with the outside world, the craftsmen and their families live in a separate city, which has schools, family buildings, and various supporting facilities. It is like a small independent kingdom, and there is military protection outside.

However, Zhao Jun slowly raised his head and looked at them with a gloomy expression. The teacup in his hand seemed to have slipped and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

But he felt that there was nothing wrong with him, so he straightened his back.

Once he knew Zhao Jun's temper, making excuses in front of Zhao Jun was seeking death. Secondly, he really had no reason to find.

Du Yan remained silent.

Zheng Jian looked helpless.

Any honest official who dared to confront him has now gone home to plant sweet potatoes. Any corrupt official who dared to appear in front of him now has grass three feet high on his grave.

"I think you still don't realize the importance of this matter."

After the three yamen originally controlled by Xungui were abolished by Zhao Jun, the Ministry of War took over their functions. Since then, the Privy Council has been responsible for dispatching troops and generals in the army of the Song Dynasty. The Ministry of War is responsible for the promotion of middle and lower-level officers, the allocation of logistics materials, and the awards of military courts. Punishment and so on.

Among them, if the firearms escape from the hands of soldiers, then the general who is responsible for that part of the soldiers will naturally be punished. If it comes from the aspects of logistics distribution and ordnance storage, the Ministry of War is naturally to blame.

So after hearing Zhao Jun's words, Fu Bi immediately said in a deep voice: "The lower officials will investigate this matter strictly and give an explanation to the Imperial Court."

"You want to investigate this matter, not to give me an explanation, but to give an explanation to the people all over the world. These people are already so rampant under the emperor's feet, how can they be found in other places?"

Zhao Jun glanced at them and said: "I haven't reported this matter to Your Majesty yet. If you report it to Your Majesty, you should know the consequences. Today, Jia Xiang and I asked you to come here, not to Chongzheng Hall." , in front of the officials and many prime ministers, that is to give you a chance, I will only give you three days, do you hear me!"

"Yes!"

The four of them were already sweating profusely and breaking out in cold sweat.

"Okay, that's it."

Zhao Jun walked straight out of Xijiao, no longer in the mood to continue out of the city to Huazhou to inspect the Yellow River channel.

Jia Changchao passed by the four of them, glanced at them, and couldn't help but say: "It means that Zhiyuan Renhou can give you this opportunity. If I were to tell you, huh."

He said and left with a puff of sleeves.

The four people looked at each other, then left silently, and went back to their respective departments to get angry with their subordinates.

It was already afternoon. It was only about thirty kilometers from Bianliang to Fengqiu. Zhao Jun set out in the morning. It was still almost ten miles away from Fengqiu County. It only took four hours to walk back and forth, so he was now at Chongzheng Palace. Meeting time.

Many prime ministers were not in the Constitutional Yuan. Zhao Jun and Jia Changchao returned to the Constitutional Yuan and looked at the empty hall. They finally thought that since they had nothing to do, they might as well go to the Chongzheng Hall for a meeting.

"The main task at the end of the year is to check the data of various departments and compare them with next year's policy guidelines. We must make sure that next year's GDP increases significantly."

At this moment, in the Chongzheng Hall, Yan Shu spoke eloquently: "What needs to be implemented now is the location of the iron mines reported by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Large-scale steelmaking is still inseparable from iron ores. According to Hanlong's wishes, coal mines and iron ores will be determined by the state. Steel plants and coal mines are run, but some small mines can be contracted out to private owners.”

"Ah."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It has been ten years since the Great Sun came to the Song Dynasty. Starting next year, we will officially enter the first industrial revolution, get rid of the hat of an agricultural country, and move towards a new level. This must be done well." Be fully prepared, don’t be careless, and have a chance to do everything.”

"Please rest assured, officials."

Lu Yijian coughed slightly, and then said: "The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has prepared the document, and the Constitutional Yuan has signed it. Starting from February next year, all parties will be allowed to form state-owned enterprise departments based on the natural resources within their own territories, and set up steel plants, cement plants, Textile factories, brick factories. The central court will also establish large-scale central enterprises across the country, directly under the Constitutional Yuan."

"Well, it's the same as the state-owned salt farm, tea farm, and wine farm."

Zhao Zhen said.

"Yes."

Everyone responded.

Although the Song Dynasty opened up the original negotiation and sales, private individuals were allowed to participate in the exclusive sales of salt, iron, tea and wine that were originally controlled by the court.

But this does not mean full privatization, but allows private businessmen to come in. State-owned sales still exist and are directly under the Constitutional Yuan.

The level of the person in charge of the department is the same as that of ordinary three-level departmental agencies. They are divided into the fourth level or the fourth level according to their size, which is equivalent to the provincial or deputy provincial level. In addition to its original business of selling goods, Da Song also established a maritime trade and shipping group. It is also a central enterprise that organizes fleets to trade with Japan and Goryeo every year on a large scale, earning a lot of profits for the Song Dynasty treasury.

Therefore, the current situation of the Song Dynasty is definitely still dominated by central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, driving the operation of private companies, and then slowly liberalizing business controls to increase business prosperity.

Everyone was discussing the new policies to be promulgated next year. At this moment, Wang Shouzhong knocked on the door and walked in to report: "Your Majesty, the Governor and Prime Minister Jia are back."

"Oh?"

Zhao Zhen was puzzled and saw that Zhao Jun and Jia Changchao had come in, so he asked: "Han Long, Ziming Gong, didn't you go to patrol the Yellow River?"

Jia Chang came over and saluted Zhao Zhen first, but stopped talking.

Zhao Jun replied: "On the way, I suddenly didn't want to go anymore, so I came back."

"Oh, let's sit down and talk together."

Zhao Zhen didn't think too much and asked them to sit down together to continue discussing government affairs.

The two of them sat down.

"Then let's continue talking. The next step is to talk about the reform of the imperial examination next year."

Lu Yijian said.

This year's apportionment is only part of the reform.

In order to officially enter industrialization next year, the court must be prepared to deal with industrialization.

For example, next year's major infrastructure projects; preparations for transportation rail planning; opening up the national newspaper industry; allowing private businesses to enter emerging fields; reforming the imperial examination to include science subjects and cultivate more science and engineering talents, etc.

Basically, at the end of each year, we start to make plans for the next year. This is also what Zhao Jun advocates, which is to take a long-term view and not be a monk for a day.

The meeting continued for more than half an hour. At this time, Wang Shouzhong knocked on the door again and interrupted the meeting.

Zhao Zhen let him in and asked, "What happened again?"

Wang Shouzhong glanced at Zhao Jun and Jia Changchao, then hurriedly walked to Zhao Zhen and whispered a few words to him.

"what?"

Zhao Zhen was shocked, then looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Hanlong, were you attacked on the road?"

"Being attacked?"

As soon as these words came out, many prime ministers in Chongzheng Palace were shocked.

Fan Zhongyan said quickly: "What's going on?"

Yan Shu also said: "Who is so brave that he dares to attack the prime minister of the dynasty?"

"Is there another interest group behind this?"

"Your Majesty, investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"Please send troops immediately, and we must wipe out the mastermind behind it!"

Everyone's hearts were in their throats. Fortunately, they saw that Zhao Jun and Jia Changchao were fine. The most important thing was that Zhao Jun was fine, so they were not so excited.

But everyone was filled with indignation and immediately expressed that they would investigate the matter strictly.

Zhao Zhen's face could visibly change from shock to anger, and then he said: "Where is Cao Xiu, let him come over."

Zhao Jun smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, officials, I don't want to make this matter too big and delay the progress of next year, so I didn't tell everyone."

"what happened?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Jia Changchao angrily.

Jia Changchao immediately explained the matter exactly as it was, and then said: "Zhiyuan is still kind-hearted. Seeing that they are just a group of ruffians, they don't want to start a war, but I can't see it."

"boom!"

Zhao Zhen slapped the case and said, "Let Cao Xiu, Du Yan, Zheng Jian, and Fu Bi come here!"

"never mind."

Zhao Jun said to Wang Shouzhong: "You go down first, I will talk to the officials about this."

Wang Shouzhong glanced at Zhao Zhen and saw that Zhao Zhen didn't speak, so he bent down slightly and walked backwards away from Chongzheng Hall.

After he went out, Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Dasun, I even dared to stop your carriage and even used a musket. Isn't this a big deal?"

"Big, but not as big as the sky."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "Actually, after sitting in this position, I realized that the real national affairs are mainly development. For example, feeding hundreds of millions of people, keeping clothing warm, and making the lives of people all over the world easier. better."

"The emergence of a large number of evil forces and hooligans across the country has affected social security and stability. It is definitely a national problem, but compared with the people's livelihood across the country, it is still far behind."

"These issues can be placed in the Constitutional Yuan, and the Constitutional Yuan can issue orders to crack down on crime nationwide and eradicate evil, but there is no need for the emperor to go to war."

"It's like when I was studying history, I never quite understood why the imperial court in ancient times turned a blind eye to some people's grievances. It was only when the matter got bigger and bigger that it finally reached the ears of the emperor, and was finally resolved."

"Now I understand, it's not that I'm indifferent, but that the focus above is on the grand strategy of the entire country's development. It's impossible to pay attention to everything in detail. Only when the fermentation continues and public opinion surges, will I notice it. question."

"This is the position. From the perspective of the common people, they hope to receive fair treatment. But from the perspective of the emperor, he cannot take care of every wronged commoner. What he has to take care of is the interests of the entire country."

"So when you sit in this position, you have to plan things related to this position. National security issues can be raised by the Constitutional Yuan and implemented by the Police Department. As the emperor, the official has to consider the future of the country. There is really no There is no need to worry about my safety."

It sounds like Zhao Jun tolerated it and didn't complain to Zhao Zhen. Then he immediately went crazy after getting the power and led his troops to wipe out the robbers in Fengqiu.

But in fact, it is because he has matured and understands the importance of things in this position.

To put it simply, if the sitting position is different, the issues considered will naturally be different.

If Zhao Jun were a county magistrate, then in addition to the people's livelihood issues, development issues, and education issues in a county, he would also have to consider public security issues.

Then he, the county magistrate, must do a good job in public security and eliminate the evil forces in the county, so that the people of the county cannot be left in dire straits.

The same principle applies to a Zhizhou and Lu Si.

So is it feasible to put it on the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Prime Minister of the Political Academy?

works.

Because they also have to consider national security issues.

But every issue has priority.

Their highest priority is to seek development and progress for the Song Dynasty, transform the entire country from an agricultural society to an industrial society, and make the country go better and further.

Public security issues are a secondary issue. The main person responsible for this issue is not the emperor and the prime minister, but the police department.

The Police Department is in charge of public security across the country. If there is a problem with public security across the country, it is the Police Department's business.

In addition, supervision is not in place, and both the Yushitai and the Imperial City Department are responsible.

Therefore, the nature of this matter is actually negative for public security and supervision, and has nothing to do with the rapid development of the country that the emperor and prime ministers want to study.

So since Zhao Jun encountered this incident, he naturally planned to send people to deal with Fengqiu and the gang of evil forces, and then next year he would launch a nationwide crackdown to eradicate gangs and evil on a nationwide scale.

There is no need to complain to the Constitutional Yuan, the place where the country’s development path is discussed, as that would make it seem like he is making a mountain out of a molehill.

"Of course, I still have some selfish motives, and that is to keep those four people."

Zhao Jun finally said calmly: "If I report it directly to my brother, Cao Xiu and the others will probably be punished as the main responsible persons. With my character, I am afraid that I will be slapped. These people have done a good job. OK, as for the responsibility, let’s wait until the investigation is clear. I’m mainly worried that I will punish them directly before the investigation is clear.”

"Okay, since the grandson said so, I will not ask who is responsible for this matter, but this matter must not be passed lightly. Anyone involved must have their families confiscated and their families destroyed!"

Zhao Zhen suppressed the anger in his heart, then looked at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Mr. Xiwen, it's up to you to investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Yes."

Fan Zhongyan responded quickly.

At this moment, everyone had no intention of continuing the meeting.

After all, Zhao Jun's safety is too important. In their hearts, it is more important than the development of the country.

(End of this chapter)