Chapter 610: The Beginning and End of the Incident

After investigation, Yang Hui reported the incident to Zhao Xu.

First of all, hundreds of ordinary people in Dongming County went to Kaifeng Prefecture to complain, pointing out that in the process of implementing the law on exemption from military service, the local officials had unreasonably elevated peasant households.

However, the Kaifeng government did not accept the case.

The angry crowd forcibly rushed into Wang Anshi's house, but Wang Anshi was calm and met with them, saying that the Prime Minister's Office did not know that the new law was being implemented, and there were such things as raising households.

The common people went to the Yushitai to complain again, and the Yushitai said that it was not their duty, but the officials must be investigated afterwards.

No one accepted the pleadings of the people of Dongming County, and finally left Kaifeng Fucheng.

Wang Anshi reported to Zhao Xuan, believing that Jia Fan, the magistrate of Dongming County, was Fan Zhongyan's son-in-law, and that it was because he did not do his best to implement the exemption law and made the people not understand that the new law was good for them, which caused the petition incident.

So Zhao Ji ordered to investigate the complaint of the people of Dongming County.

mentioned Zhao Ziji, the prisoner of Kaifeng Mansion, resented Jia Fan for allowing the common people to go to the capital to complain, fabricated some charges, and impeached Jia Fan.

In the imperial history, Cheng Yang Hui clearly pointed out that Zhao Ziji did this completely to cater to Prime Minister Wang Anshi.

The root of the problem is not that the people are petitioning, but that we should find out whether there are any facts in Dongming County that raise the number of households, what is the purpose of raising the number of households, and whether there are any drawbacks to the law on exemption from military service.

After investigation, there is.

The original intention of the Exemption Law is to serve equally, and in the final analysis, it means that there is money to contribute and to make a strong contribution.

However, the basis of the exemption law is that local governments must have money, and this money is very clear in the new law, and the people must pay it, in addition to the exemption money, there is also the surplus money.

The exempt money should meet the needs of the local service, and the surplus money should be used to prepare for possible unplanned service.

It has been implemented until now, but it has become another money for those who contribute, and those who contribute also have to pay.

Basically, in all places, fourth- and fifth-class households, they have to pay the same exemption money, which is obviously a disguised tax increase.

So Zhao Ji personally instructed: Zhao Ziji's performance is unreasonable, so only Jia Fan is punished for not obeying the law and arbitrarily raising peasant households, and the rest of the crimes are exempted from prosecution to show justice.

However, the appeal of the citizens of Dongming County has caused a big debate over the exemption law.

Yang Hui followed the impeachment of Zeng Bu and Deng Juan of Sinong Temple: "The fundamental reason for the incident is that Sinong Temple does not collect exemption money according to the households that have been determined by the counties, but first sets the amount of service money, so that the county orders in various places will be recognized, do not make books, and require it to be completed before the rise of agriculture." ”

"This kind of thing should be based on the property of the people, but it is a fact."

"Sinong Temple first draw the number, so that the county according to the number of books, if the amount of money is too high, all localities can only be carried by households, in order to complete the fixed amount of collection."

"That's the nature of the matter. Judge Sinong Temple is Deng Juan, Zeng Bu, one is miscellaneous, the other is correct, not the minister's words, who dares to speak! ”

Liu Zhishang, the new superintendent of the imperial history: "Since the discussion of the green seedlings, there has been a suspicion of accumulation in the world. The discussion of green seedlings is not over, and the law of losing is practiced; The law of losing is disturbed, and the contempt of the border is conspiring; The disaster of the border is not in the ascendant, and the battle of Hebei is made; The harm of Hebei has not been settled, and the matter of assistance is prosperous. ”

"When they discuss wealth, the people who slaughter and sell in the market are summoned to the government hall; Its levy is subject to the calendar day and the official self-restraint. ”

"Pushing this way is not to be investigated. Use the name lightly to confuse the virtuous or not. ”

"Those who are loyal to the old are rejected as incompetent; Those who are chivalrous and debating are allowed to have; ”

"Those who guard the way and worry about the country are dismissed as customs; Those who defeat and harm the people are called change. ”

"Whenever the government conspires with the scriptures and paints, it is decided to be alone and the other, and then the pen is written, and the same column is foreheard, but it is followed by it;"

"Therefore those who run for beggars have their doors like a market."

"The money of the Western Xia has not been entered, the soldiers on the opposite side have not been settled, the three sides are devastated, the flow is undecided, the drought in Hebei, the roads are flooded, the people are lacking in labor and money, and the county officials are reduced."

"When the Holy Lord is diligent and diligent, and the political affairs are like this, the ministers misunderstand Your Majesty, and the ministers use the wrong ministers!"

This is simply throwing a dagger at the new party.

Wang Anshi was so angry that his hands and feet were cold, and he instructed Zhang Qi of the Governor's Court to refute him! Give me a hard retort to him!

Zhang Qi said I'm sorry, I think people have a point, "Don't do it." ”

Sentenced Sinong Temple to be invited to do it, both made "Ten Difficulties", and impeached Yang Hui and Liu Zhi for bullying Huai Xiang.

Zhao Ji issued an edict and handed it over to the two of them, you should show me well, analyze the benefits and disadvantages well, and give me a piece of experience after studying! "Let the analyses be heard."

Liu Zhi was so happy that he was afraid that you wouldn't let me speak, so he said: "As a minister, how can you be pressed by power, so that the Son of Heaven does not know the truth of the stakes!" ”

That is, it is difficult to stretch out what is said, and the ten theories of the exemption law are also thrown out, and the rules are whipped to the bone.

First, the household registration of the Great Song Dynasty is divided into five classes according to the level of assets, but the situation is very different across the country, and the severity of the conscription is also different, and the proportion of households in different places is also quite different, and it is obviously not feasible for the state to formulate a unified policy of the military service law;

Second, due to the inaccuracies of the households, the new law came into effect, and the property of each household had to be re-registered to determine the amount of service money. But since there have been inaccuracies before, can re-registration be avoided now? It is clear that there are no concrete measures, or not;

Third, there are few upper-class households and many lower-class households in the household registration of the current dynasty, and according to the original regulations, the burden of forced labor for the upper class households is heavy, and the burden of forced labor for the lower class households is light. The new law stipulates that all service money is paid, and it is easy for the upper class households to pay, but most of the lower class households are very poor, which obviously increases their burden and is extremely disadvantageous to the lower class households;

Fourth, in order to levy more money for servants, the new law on exemption from labor is higher than the old law, and the local government has to forcibly raise some lower-class households to higher-class households, which cannot but be a heavy disaster for lower-class households;

Fifth, the annual harvest of the peasants depends entirely on the sky, but the number of people who serve in the conscription is fixed, and in order to hire people, you must have money.

In poor harvest years, the money for servitude can neither be delayed nor exempted, which is very harmful to the peasants, especially in the famine years;

Sixth, most of the peasants' annual income is agricultural products or silk silk, but the labor money is stipulated to be paid in cash, and the peasants must sell their agricultural products before they can pay the cash. However, the term of the service payment is relatively urgent, and the price of agricultural products must be greatly reduced before they can be sold.

Even if the service money can be replaced by agricultural products, there will be a phenomenon of more levies and more distributions in local areas;

Seventh, the peasants have been overwhelmed by the excessively heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed on the peasants, which are the normal harvest years, and the common people have little left after paying the rents.

After the implementation of the exemption law, they had to pay the service money, which would inevitably cause the peasants to flee or transfer to customers, etc., and even take risks and gather as thieves;

Eighth, some treacherous people can take advantage of the loopholes of the law and collude with the magistrates to transfer the burden of forced labor to others.

Ninth, the common people are often sent by the prefectures and counties to serve the state, and although the burden of the errand service of the upper class households is heavy, it can only be done once in 10 years at the earliest, and the lower class can only serve in a rotation once in 20 years.

The exemption law allows these people to pay for it every year. The government is responsible for recruiting servants.

If there is less money, the service cannot be carried out, and the collection is too much, and the people can't bear it, so may I ask, will the local officials take care of their own political achievements first, or will they take care of the lives of the people first?

Tenth, it turned out that the conscripts were peasants, and they often had their own property and could serve to the best of their ability. Now that it has been changed to a hired servant, it must be some treacherous people who have applied for it.

Can these people serve the country wholeheartedly? How to avoid stealing state property, fooling bureaucrats and causing huge losses to the country?

finally sarcastically Zhao Ji: "I was originally the imperial history, and it is my main job to hear what the people say." Now His Majesty wants me to deal with the guilt, and he wants me to analyze the pros and cons, which is not within the scope of my profession. ”

"But since Your Majesty has said so, then I will simply analyze and analyze, and it is not the duty to insult Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ji is stupid when he gets this, Lao Tzu asked you to write your experience, it is to give you steps to go down, not to ask you to kick your nose and face! Not reported.