Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

"After the ban on city affairs, Tongpan's financial path was cut off. Li Daochong is probably very angry." Zhang Bor said with a smile.

Li Bao said: "It is too easy for these corrupt officials to just cut off their wealth. What's more, Tongpan is also in charge of taxation and can make money by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes."

Zhang Bor shook his head and said: "Jinzhou is too poor, and it can't raise a few taxes and levies. Once the exploitation is too heavy, it will inevitably arouse civil unrest."

Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Okay, there is no need to talk about this matter. The rural soldiers have been recruited and have been practicing for a few days. Qian Chen is about to take them to inspect the counties. You two should follow, just in case someone jumps over the wall. In case of resistance , you can kill on the spot!"

"Yes!" The two of them accepted the order.

At this moment, a subordinate official ran over in a panic: "Prefect, Li Dapuan and his men are rushing in. There is nothing we can do to stop him!"

Ju Ming smiled and said, "No need to stop him, just let him in."

Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. Li Daochong has been driven crazy.

"Snapped!"

Li Daochong led his men to Huangtang and whipped out a document: "Prefect Zhu, who gave you the authority to intervene in the affairs of Changping Division? Changping, Jinzhou, is affiliated to Changping, South Jing Road. Changping, South Jing Road, And it belongs directly to the central government. Even the transfer envoy cannot control ordinary affairs. What do you mean by being the governor of the state?"

Zhu Ming slowly put aside the documents and asked: "To lend money to merchants, a Municipal Yisi or a Municipal Yiwu must be established. This yamen was only established at the border or above Wangzhou. Is Jinzhou Wangzhou? No! And the Municipal Yisi It has been canceled a long time ago, and even Prime Minister Cai has not restored it. It is unreasonable and unfounded for you to set up this yamen in Jinzhou."

"I didn't set it up. Jinzhou Changping Division City Yiwu existed as early as twenty years ago!" Li Daochong defended.

Ju Ming sneered: "Has it been set up to comply with the regulations a long time ago? It's their own business that the previous magistrates don't care about. Since I came to Jinzhou to be an official, I have to take care of this kind of thing!"

Li Daochong pounded the table continuously and said, "Where do you get the power to manage ordinary affairs?"

Ju Ming asked: "Are the merchants of Jinzhou citizens of Jinzhou? Since they are citizens of Jinzhou, how come they have no right to intervene when they are being violated?"

After over and over again, the same words came out. Li Daochong was so angry that he kicked the table: "I can't tell you clearly! I am determined to impeach you for exceeding your authority and acting recklessly!"

"Then you go to impeachment. Why do you lose your temper here?" Zhu Ming didn't care.

The local official positions in the Song Dynasty were extremely complex, with layers of constraints and mutual constraints. Multiple departments often had jurisdiction over one matter.

Officials who are timid and have too many worries will naturally find it difficult to get things done.

But if it is a powerful person like Ju Ming who has no taboos and is the chief officer, he can really suppress the subordinate officers and lose their temper.

"Invite Ambassador Wu!" Ju Ming shouted.

The subordinate officials immediately went to ask for the secretary-general.

Wu Mao was working outside and rushed over when summoned.

Zhu Ming said: "Envoy Wu will tell Li Dafan about the market affairs."

Wu Mao said as he recited the article: "When King Shu established the capital and promoted the Yisi, it was subordinated to Sansi and Taifu Temple successively. This Yamen and the local Yiwu have been abolished long ago. Since then, there has been no restoration, so If there is a market transaction, it can only be handled by the Changping Yamen. There is no way to follow the Jinzhou City transaction, and there is no order to implement it, so it should be banned!"

Li Daochong didn't take Wu Mao seriously before, but now he couldn't help but take a second look: "Who do you think you are? How dare you contradict me face to face!"

"I am the Jinzhou Observation Envoy, assisting the prefect in handling state affairs." Wu Mao held his head high and felt a sense of joy in his heart.

Ju Ming ordered in front of Li Daochong: "The Yiwu of Jinzhou City is an illegal and private yamen, with not even a single official. I sent an order to Wang Jia, the guest of your right, to take the officials of the yamen to the yamen. The affairs were seized. All account books and property were confiscated, and all the officials were dismissed!"

"How dare you!" Li Daochong roared.

"Why don't I dare?" Ju Ming stood up to confront him and shouted, "Go and do it immediately!"

"Yes." Wu Mao took the order and retreated.

Not long after, there was a noise outside, and Wang Jia summoned a large number of government officials to set off.

Li Daochong finally panicked and stopped making noise here. He quickly ran out to stop it himself.

"Please get out of the way, Mr. Li." Wang Jia said.

Li Daochong led several followers and blocked the gate of the state government office: "Who dares to move?"

Wang Jia, neither humble nor arrogant, said: "We also obey orders. If you are dissatisfied with the decision, please go and tell the prefect."

The two sides were just stuck there, and more and more officials came to watch the fun. Even the common people passing by stood far away from the gate of the state government, looking at the back of the judge and whispering.

Li Daochong embarrassed him and actually confronted a group of government officials.

The longer the confrontation lasts, the more status you will lose!

After thinking about it carefully, Li Daochong said: "I'm stopping you here because I have other important matters."

This guy left on his own, leaving only a few of his followers to block the door. He planned to go back to the trial hall and call in more officials to support the scene.

Yang Pu, who had been observing secretly, hurriedly ran over to report the news. Zhu Ming hurried out, pointing at the few followers and angrily yelling: "Where are the unscrupulous people who blocked the state government office, and they were all thrown into the prison and beaten!"

"yes!"

Wang Jia didn't dare to take action against Tong San. Now that Tong San was gone, there was nothing to worry about.

Under the watchful eyes of many officials, a group of state government officials actually rushed towards the general magistrate himself. They were so numerous that it was difficult for those few to escape, and they were quickly pinned to the ground and tied up.

hiss!

All the officials took a deep breath. The people Zhu Ming had detained before were just officials involved in public affairs.

But at this moment, they dared to detain Tong San's personal entourage, and the two chief officials of Jinzhou completely fell out.

Moreover, Tong Juan was completely defeated and Zhizhou was completely victorious!

The magistrate not only has a bigger official position, but also has a sound basis for his actions. The reason why Tong Ming and his followers were detained was because these people blocked the state government office. Jinzhou City Yiwu was seized because it was an illegal private institution.

He is a high-ranking official and has a reputation as a master. What can Tongpan use to fight against him?

What happened today has caused Li Daochong to lose his prestige and lose his face. The subordinate officials have decided to report their work to the magistrate.

"Follow me!"

Wang Jia asked several yamen officials to escort his personal followers to the prison, and he led more officials to rush to the market affairs.

At the same time, there were some petty officials who secretly informed the merchants.

Ever since Ju Ming revealed the news of renovating the Changping Division, merchants have been suspicious and kept an eye on the state government's situation.

When Wang Jia led his people to rush to the market for business, the nearby merchants also arrived soon after.

For merchants, the business affairs in Jinzhou City are no different than Shura Fields.

This thing was invented by Wang Anshi, but even Wang Anshi's younger brother Wang Anli said that the market change law would lead to poverty for the people.

In the second year of Yuanfeng, the New Party finally admitted that the market reform law had failed, because merchants suffered miserably, and they also raised prices, which harmed the people, but the court did not increase revenue as a result. So, where did everyone’s lost money go?

Of course it’s the officials who are corrupt!

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was always a lack of money in the market, and merchants had difficulty in financing. The annual interest rate on loans was often more than 100%. Wang Anshi set the annual interest rate for the funds lent by the Municipal Affairs Bureau at 20%, which on the surface seemed to be a policy to benefit the people.

However, due to insufficient principal in Shiyiwu, it was impossible to come up with that much cash. Therefore, businessmen who want to borrow money must first pay bribes to officials and then get priority in obtaining low-interest loans.

This is nothing. In order to achieve political achievements through the implementation of the Market Change Law, officials are not satisfied with just lending a small amount. Then he distorted other contents of the Market Law and began to buy and sell by force in the market. Many profitable businesses had to be bought and sold through the intermediaries of the Market.

Often a large amount of goods are seized, forcing merchants to pay rent, or even directly apportion it. Then take the deposit and rent given by the businessman, and then lend money to the businessman to improve his political performance. In this way, the government can earn 20% interest without paying a penny of principal, and can get rapid promotion in political performance.

The interest earned also mysteriously disappeared out of thin air.

Jinzhou is located in a remote place, with the sky high and the emperor far away. The market transaction law that had been abolished long ago was actually reintroduced twenty years ago and continues to exploit merchants to this day.

Seeing Wang Jia leading people to seize the city's Yiwu, Dai Chengsi, who had witnessed the prefect's trial that day, said to the merchants around him: "Prefect Zhu is really a capable minister in this world!"

The merchant shook his head: "I'm afraid that Governor Zhu will not be an official in Jinzhou for long."

"It's good to be able to stay for one year. It makes us feel bad!" Dai Chengsi already hated Shi Yiwu deeply.

This guy has passed the imperial examination more than once, and he is also a merchant in Jinzhou. Although his family fortune is only a few thousand dollars, he is still a prominent figure in Jinzhou.

Wang Jia is still sealing the place, but Guo Wenzhong has already brought people over to post notices.

Dai Chengsi hurried over to check it out, and became even more excited after reading it.

The notice reads:

First, Jinzhou Yiwu is an illegal private organization and should be banned. Jinzhou merchants can repay the loan and interest in advance, and the interest is calculated on a monthly basis, and the interest for the remaining months of this year does not need to be paid. Those who are willing to repay the loan in advance can go to the state government to pay the money, and the money earned will be put into the state government's treasury.

Second, all the officials in Jinzhou City’s Yiwu should be dismissed and no longer allowed to cause trouble. The Yaren (official intermediaries) of the City Yiwu were also dismissed and were no longer allowed to interfere in commercial activities or interfere with the market to buy or sell by force. Violators will be punished!

Dai Chengsi discussed with the merchants and said: "All guilds in Jinzhou should present the Ten Thousand People's Umbrella to the prefect!"

Offering the Ten Thousand People Umbrella is just one of them, and various business guilds can take the opportunity to reach a consensus. From now on, everyone will advance together and retreat together. Even if Zhu Taishou leaves Jinzhou and the government wants to reset the city affairs, the leaders should unite to resist.

The basis for the boycott is the notice posted by Ju Ming today!

Li Daochong finally hurried to the scene with the officials from the Interrogation Hall.

However, he didn't know whether to go to the prison to get his personal entourage back, or to stop the officials of the state government from sealing up the city affairs. If a quarrel breaks out and he loses, how can he have any dignity left?

This Governor Zhu is unreasonable... No, he is too reasonable. Everything he did was based on the law. He used chicken feathers as arrows and did not give any face to the judge.

As a general judge, Li Daochong was neither reasonable nor prestigious. Even the officials listened to Zhizhou. What could he use to fight Ju Ming now?

After thinking about it, Li Daochong rode to the Siliyuan and roared for his personal entourage.

The Siliyuan immediately released the person, but those who were closely following him were all given a beating. Although his life was not in danger, he could lie down for ten days and a half. Who dared them to block the state government office?

Song Ning, who had joined the army as a recorder, was too involved with Li Daochong. It was already too late to change his family. He came to discuss it privately: "Li Dafan, you can't just sit back and wait for death. The man named Zhu has only been in Jinzhou for more than a month, and he has already caused so much trouble." Things. Who knows what he will do next?"

Li Daochong said impatiently: "What can I do? He is the prefect, he is the chief official. The first level of official rank is overwhelming, not to mention that he is also a court official and knows the state!"

Song Ning said: "The chief magistrate should write to Xiang Cai quickly and transfer this person named Zhu as soon as possible, otherwise Jinzhou will be in trouble."

"I have already written a letter, and I wrote two letters one after another. It will take time to send it to the capital." Li Daochong was very worried.

Song Ning thought about it and came up with a bad idea: "He closed down the city's business affairs and dismissed many officials. He also issued an official document, ordering counties to ban private toll stations (illegal toll stations), and also dismissed many officials. These officials did not If they lose their livelihood, wouldn't it be full of resentment? Let them go to the state government to cause trouble!"

"What's the use of making trouble?" Li Daochong said, "The man named Zhu is tough. If he makes trouble, he will catch someone. How can he still be afraid of those petty officials who have been dismissed?"

Song Ning said: "Whether it's useful or not, if we start making trouble, we still have to cause him some trouble."

Li Daochong had no choice but to agree to the matter.

Toads don't bite, but they always disgust people. Those clerks who were laid off are toads.

(Thanks to Yanwo classmate for the reward, ^_^!)