Chapter 352 The Scale of Balance

Fortunately, I started to rectify the officialdom last year, otherwise those officials and officials would not be patient to reason with the surnames and villagers, and it can be seen from this that the management of the Shinshu government is not bad.

I asked, "Song Aiqing, what about Wang Jun." ”

Song Chengzu said: "Your Majesty, after Ai Qing confessed, the minister immediately led people to Miaowan Village, but only saw a letter left by him in Wang Jun's house, but Wang Jun himself was nowhere to be seen. ”

"Why, I got the news beforehand."

"It shouldn't be, the minister speculated that during the interrogation of Ai Qing, Wang Jun happened to go to the Ping'an Cloth Shop, but he didn't see Ai Qing at the appointed time, so he left."

"There is such a possibility, Song Aiqing, what did the letter he left say about."

"Your Majesty, Wang Junyan said, he didn't know who would see the letter left in the house, but it must be someone from the government, he said in the letter, when today, the government [***], the side of peace, do not want to forge ahead, the Song Dynasty will be defeated by the northern Mongolia sooner or later, if the war is together, the court will not care about the life and death of the people, so, it is the common people who suffer, therefore, the people of the world should unite to build a new society that is peaceful and harmonious, and truly belongs to the people, only in this way, can the people be saved from the war, he also, and said,,,,,。 ”

I smiled: "Song Aiqing, it's okay, just say it directly." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the king also said in the letter, the world, should belong to the people of the world, should not be the world of the Zhao family, although he is a cloth clothes, but willing to seek the light with his body, no matter who sees this letter, think about it, the last mention of the letter, Han Gang is a person who is deceitful and greedy, as a lizheng, but he took bribes privately, betrayed the interests of the whole village, damn, he is considered to be for the people, and buried it in front of a hillside in the east of the village."

"What is this, is it a public provocation?"

"Your Majesty, according to the ministers, this guy is not mentally normal."

"Perhaps, Song Aiqing, you will keep the letter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Then have you found Han Gang's body?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, to the east of the village."

"Well, Wang Jun dared to say that he sought light with his body." I laughed and said, "Then why did he slip away himself, Song Aiqing, did Ai Qing say that where the alliance would be, and who was their leader." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister tortured him again and again, he said that he didn't know, his tasks in Shinshu were all arranged by Wang Jun, and only the branch presidents of the alliance knew the situation at the upper level, and the members below were also one-line contacts, so he only knew the general structure of the alliance, which was divided into three levels: the general association, the road branch, and the state branch, according to Weichen's many years of experience in handling cases, Ai Qing should not be lying, he really didn't know the situation above the alliance."

"Well, what about Ai Qingren."

"Your Majesty, the minister has escorted Ai Qing to Lin'an, and let him be imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department."

I thought for a while and said: "Song Aiqing, if it is me, I will release Ai Qing, use it as bait, and restore the scenes, then Wang Jun is bold, he just guesses that Ai Qing may have an accident, there is no evidence, besides, he has been in Xinzhou for several years, there must be other downlines, therefore, I think he is very likely to sneak back to Xinzhou, but it doesn't matter, sooner or later, the alliance will show flaws in other areas, unless they have been lurking." ”

Song Chengzu was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Your Majesty, why didn't Weichen expect it, Weichen was also taught." ”

"Song Aiqing, leave this case to Jinyiwei to deal with."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

With the rapid development of the economy in various places, especially the development of handicrafts and commerce, the scale of cities and towns has gradually expanded, and many places are building on a large scale.

I don't know when it began, there was a saying in the government offices around the country that as long as the economy went up, the door to promotion would be opened.

Since last year, I have focused on rectifying the officialdom, from the central government to the local government at all levels of corruption [***] behavior has been much less, the "official code" has a clear stipulation, where there are officials who violate the law, the crime will be increased by one degree, this is not the most frightening for officials, there is also a code of conduct, once found that there are illegal acts, the court will settle the old accounts, these officials in the officialdom, more than eighty percent have bad deeds, and the number of corruption is very large, if the old accounts are turned over, most of them are enough to be punished by death,

In this way, the cost of crime is too high, for these officials, life is the most precious, not to mention that the current Yulu is not bad, plus the previous corruption, can live a good life comfortably, why bother to use the surname to fight against the laws of the imperial court,

Since the door to make money is blocked, then the pursuit of the way to promotion, and the promotion of course depends on the emperor's face, the current emperor is committed to economic development, as long as the local economy is up, it will naturally get the emperor's praise, promotion is not just to be said,

As long as you are clean and can invigorate the economy, everything else seems to be just a trivial matter.

Ancient Chinese culture has always preached the impartiality of the public, the interests of the state above all else, the officials educated by this tradition naturally also believe that this practice is completely in line with common sense, for the sake of economic development, of course, there will be people to make sacrifices, this sacrifice is worth it, personal interests, must be subordinated to the interests of the whole,

It is really difficult to balance the individual and the whole, the public and the private, which are both contradictory and unified.

In mid-June, when the court meeting, I said: "Ladies and gentlemen, time flies really fast, in the blink of an eye, this year has almost passed half, in this half year, our dynasty has made great progress in all aspects, the institutes, the ministries have made remarkable achievements, as of the end of April, our dynasty's tax revenue has reached this year's target forty and a half percent, I dynasty in the dawn of the dawn, just keep it on, it won't be long before everyone can see our dynasty's zhongxing, in this process, it is inevitable to encounter such and such problems, today is the first thing of the dynasty, Let's talk about the problems that have occurred recently. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the purpose of our dynasty's vigorous development of the economy, I think it is nothing more than to make the country rich and the people strong, if you encounter a situation where the country is rich and the people are not strong or the people are not rich, it is all bad, the country is rich and the people are weak, which will make the people complain, and even cause domestic turmoil and social instability; The country is weak and the people are strong, it will make the foreign people have different hearts, covet our dynasty, we all know that only the country is rich and the people are strong will be happy, but whether there is a sequence of development between the two, whether it needs to be balanced development, you Aiqing to discuss together, how to do, is the best policy. ”

Zhao Shunsun said: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that different policies should be adopted in different periods, for example, at this stage, economic development is the main tone of our dynasty, then the people and things that affect economic development should give way to economic development. ”

Jiang Wanli objected: "Lord Zhao, this can't be one-size-fits-all, Your Majesty once said that the people are important and the society is light, if the interests of the people are affected because of economic development, maybe you have to not try." ”

Liao Yingzhong said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Zhao, the development of the economy will first benefit the country, that is, the wealth of the country, when the economy develops to a certain point, there will naturally be a situation of strong people, if everything needs to be considered, the minister believes that it will inevitably affect the current good momentum of economic development." ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the development of the economy is important, as Lord Liao said, economic development, the people will also benefit, recently there have been several cases due to economic development, the need for demolition to expand the scale, but this has caused a lot of civil disputes, this is the same as the matter of Dongkangfang, if it is not handled well, it will damage the reputation of the imperial court, although a few of them take the opportunity to ask the government for a price, but because their real estate is private property, if they resolutely do not agree to relocate, it is not a violation of the law of our dynasty, According to the law, the government cannot be forcibly demolished, so the minister believes that the two need to be developed in a balanced way, and it is necessary to pay attention to economic development and take into account the interests of the people. ”

Liao Yingzhong said: "Lord Wen, balanced development is good, but it will definitely slow down the speed of economic development, and how the government should grasp the scale of balance, and what this scale is, are all extremely difficult questions, if they are all classified as individual cases, it will increase the burden on the court and even His Majesty." ”

Wen Tianxiang nodded and admitted, "This is indeed a problem. ”

The officials in the hall had their own opinions, some for and some against, but no one could convince anyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, be quiet, master, what do you think?"

Jia Rudao rarely spoke in the court, and only spoke when I called him by name: "Your Majesty, what you say is right, but because of the different starting points, the conclusions reached are different, and the old minister agrees with Lord Wen's statement, but how to define this scale." ”

I said a little loudly: "Shichen is right, this kind of thing has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it is impossible to make an assessment in advance, in this regard, I have recently studied for a long time, and decided to seek development on the basis of stability, so as not to cause social disharmony due to the transitional growth of the economy, as for the measure of this balance is the existing law of our dynasty, the economic development within the scope of the law, the court unconditionally supports, if someone obstructs, it can be severely punished according to the law, but if the law is violated due to economic development, the law shall prevail, I will support the personal interests of the people, that is to say, the only measure is the law, if I abandon the law to develop the economy, I will not approve of it, as long as it is not the cause of war, no matter what the reason, I cannot infringe on the personal property of the people. ”

I continued: "This requires the imperial court, and the officials at all levels of our court need to think carefully, use their brains, and develop the economy without harming the interests of the people. ”