Yushitai?

This boomerang was shot, and the reformists present suddenly became excited and praised it in their hearts.

Fu Bi and Sima Guang frowned in unison.

Even the president of the court, Zhao Pin, fell into deep thought.

Is this... the responsibility of Yushitai?

A quarter of an hour ago, it was unimaginable that Xue Xiang would pass the responsibility to Yushitai.

This sounds more like a childish revenge.

You say it's my fault, I say it's your fault.

But when I think about it carefully, what he said seems to make some sense.

This involves a very complex factor, that is, if a subordinate makes a mistake, should the boss bear the responsibility, or should the supervisory agency bear the responsibility.

But according to past cases, the boss is mostly responsible, and the supervisory agency usually only plays a reporting role.

Because in ancient judicial concepts, the idea of ​​​​sitting is everywhere. When subordinates make mistakes, their superiors must be held accountable.

But when it was tried in the imperial court, it seemed to be different.

Even Zhao Xu had a look of confusion on his face.

Wang Anshi smiled slightly and said: "I knew that this boy seems to laugh at everyone, but he is extremely narrow-minded. If Yushitai despises him so much, he will definitely take revenge."

You don’t need to think about it to know that it must have been Zhang Fei who taught Xue Xiang to say this.

Although Xue Xiang is smart and very eloquent, he has no experience in court trials and is not very proficient in the judiciary.

"Yushitai?"

Zhang Fei also pretended to be surprised and asked: "Xue Fayunshi means that the person who is really responsible for the situation in Wuhu County is Yushitai?"

"Exactly."

Xue Xiangdao: "When Taizu Taizong established this whole system, he hoped that the government offices would each perform their duties and supervise each other. Therefore, there were censorship stations, admonishment courts, and other supervisory offices.

Although I am in charge of the Shipping Department of Southeast Sixth Road, I lack the authority to supervise, and it is unreasonable for me to supervise myself.

According to the court regulations, the Yushitai should be aware of this situation and report it to me first. If I turn a blind eye or intentionally cover up, they will then report it to the court.

But the current situation is that instead of reporting to me, Yushitai deliberately concealed it and then took the opportunity to file a lawsuit against me. They blamed all their dereliction of duty on me, so what if this is not frame-up? "

After saying these words, almost all the officials began to think about it.

Zhang Fei asked: "Does Envoy Xue Fayun have evidence to prove that they deliberately concealed it?"

Xue Xiangdao: "If not, then I shouldn't have learned about this from the people in the capital. I didn't know anything about it beforehand, but the Yushitai was very aware of it."

At this point, he suddenly thought of something, "No, maybe they only found out recently, and they didn't deliberately hide it."

Zhang Fei asked: "How do you say this?"

Xue Xiangdao: "As far as I know, last year Qian Zhi, the censor of Jiangnan East Road, was visiting several friends in Jiangning Mansion, and went sightseeing with them, and spent more than 500 yuan of minister's money. His friends also I used some afterwards. Maybe this is the reason why they didn’t inform me in time.”

This is really a blatant irony!

Many officials secretly glanced at Zhao Xu, but the emperor seemed to be listening carefully.

Zhang Fei picked up a copy and said, "President, this is about Yushi Qian Zhi's expenses in Jiangning Mansion, and how many friends he visited. It contains detailed names, places, and times."

No official questioned this document because this is a very common phenomenon, but if it is placed here, it is very critical evidence.

Because this can prove that the censor did not perform his duties at the time of the incident.

Zhao Pindao: "Submit it."

After Zhang Fei handed over the evidence, he suddenly asked Zhao Pin directly: "President, I am still relatively inexperienced and don't quite understand how the Yushitai works. Just now, the Chief Justice said that he had worked in the Yushitai and Jianyuan. "Yes, so I would also like to ask the Chief Justice how the Yushitai should operate. Is it true that as Xue Fayun said, when a situation is discovered, one should first report to Xue Fayun and then decide whether to report it to the court?"

Zhao Pin hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "Unless there are some special cases, otherwise, this should be the case."

Zhang Fei asked: "What special case did the Chief Justice refer to?"

Zhao Pindao: "For cases such as conspiracy, these should be reported to the court first to avoid disturbing the situation."

Zhang Fei added: "This case is not among them."

Zhao Pin nodded.

"Thank you very much, Chancellor, for telling me."

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, and then said to Xue Xiang: "Therefore, Ambassador Xue Fayun does not deny what happened in Wuhu County, but he just thinks that Yushitai should bear these responsibilities."

Xue Xiang nodded and said: "Yes, maybe this kind of situation does not only happen in Wuhu, but I have tried my best to reduce the burden on the people, but I lack the support of the Yushitai.

But fortunately, now that the Procuratorate is here, I very much look forward to the Procuratorate going to Southeast Sixth Road. I believe that if the Procuratorate goes, this situation will never happen again."

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "As far as I know, Commander Xue Fayun came back to the procuratorate for the first time. I wonder why Commander Xue Fayun said that?"

Xue Xiangdao: "This is my own experience. I went to the procuratorate to file a complaint a few days ago, and I was extremely worried. However, the procuratorate did not rush to make a decision. Instead, it investigated the whole matter clearly and worked hard to find out every item. Evidence, the cause and effect of each incident, reporting the matter to the superiors, and being willing to seek justice for me, this is the responsibility of an Ombudsman's Office."

Wow...this kind of business bragging is really disgusting.

nausea!

Want to vomit!

Even the reformist officials felt goosebumps.

Brother, please set a lower limit, okay?

But how can you know the joy of a fish if you are not a fish? Anyone who sits in that seat will have a good impression of the Procuratorate!

Zhao Pinzi couldn't stand it anymore, "Excuse me, the president of the court also has a question."

He looked at Xue Xiang and asked: "Xue Shipping Envoy, why does your Shipping Department reward the officials below?"

Xue Xiang replied: "The rewards are based on the income of the local shipping department, because this represents political achievements."

Zhao Pin asked again: "Since Xue Shipping does not know the situation in Wuhu County, will he reward the officials of the Shipping Department of Wuhu County?"

"Will do."

Xue Xiang replied.

Zhao Pindao: "If you choose to do this, aren't you just motivating the officials below to illegally enrich themselves?"

Sima Guang nodded frequently when he heard this. He believed that this problem existed in the New Deal, and it was also the main reason why the Qingmiao Law caused chaos on Jingdong East Road.

Xue Xiangdao: "The responsibility of the Shipping Department is to collect money, buy and sell, and save money for the court. The rewards must also be based on these. Of course I hope they can collect more money and save more money, but this does not break the rules.

The situation mentioned by the Chief Justice is indeed possible, and this requires the help of the Supervisory Office, which is why the imperial court sends censors to various parties."

Zhao Pin was speechless.

Whatever I ask you, you push it on the censor's platform. Is this... is this interesting?

But in fact, this is not the key. The key is that when Xue Xiang encounters this situation, he will really make adjustments. Without this, everything Xue Xiang said will not be true.

After Zhao Pin finished asking, Zhang Fei suddenly looked at Li Shuo, who was listening in fascination, "Li Shuo."

"The villain is here."

"Don't be nervous."

After Zhang Fei comforted him, he asked: "What do you think is better and worse when it comes to paying in coins when there is a bad harvest, compared to the previous period when only grain was allowed to be paid?"

Li Shuo thought for a while and said, "How much do you have to pay?"

Zhang Fei said: "What if we calculate it based on the market price in a good harvest year?"

"Then...of course it's better to pay in currency."

"Why?"

"If we can't pay with coins and we don't have enough food on hand, we have to buy food. When the harvest is short, food prices will already rise. If more people buy food, the price will rise even more."

"Has this happened to you before?"

"Yes, about ten years ago, the price of grain in Wuhu rose to 110 cents per bucket of rice." When talking about this amount, Li Shuo seemed to still have lingering fears.

Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "I wonder what your family conditions are like?"

Li Shuo said: "I'm just a very ordinary farmer."

Zhang Fei said: "But it takes a lot of money to travel from Wuhu to Beijing. Where do you get your travel expenses?"

Li Shuo said: "My family really can't afford it. Uncle Yang in my village funded me."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why does he want to support you?"

Li Shuo said: "Because he also has to pay the same amount of tax as me."

Zhang Fei asked: "Uncle Yang in your mouth, is his name Yang Huadong?"

"Exactly."

Li Shuo nodded.

Zhang Fei immediately said to Zhao Pin: "I implore the chief judge to summon Yang Huadong to appear in court to testify."
To be continued...