Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 193 Hurry up!I'm in a hurry!

I saw a man in short brown clothes coming to the hall, and the worn-out shoes on his feet were full of mud marks.

It looks like a farmer.

Wen Yanbo whispered: "It seems that this kid is not just looking for revenge."

Sima Guang sighed, "If it wasn't for that, how could Wang Jiefu support him?"

He is an insider, and he has been silent before, because he knows that it is just a foreplay, and the key to the case is from here.

He knows Zhang Fei too well, this kid is very small-minded, he will definitely reverse the case for himself, and he will take revenge back, and at the same time give back to Wang Anshi.

"Xiao Xiaomin Liu Dong sees the big, big officials."

When Liu Dong saw it, he knew that he had never been in court before. When he spoke, his legs were trembling.

Zhao Yan smiled and nodded, "You don't need to be nervous, just tell the truth."

"Yes."

Liu Dong nodded timidly.

Since Wang Hong was still sitting on the chair, Zhao Bian didn't arrange a chair for Liu Dong. In fact, even if he was given a chair, he would feel restless and stand more securely.

Wang Hong also looked at Liu Dong in bewilderment, he didn't know this person!
"Liu Dong!"

Zhang Fei stood up suddenly.

"what?"

Liu Dong turned around and looked at Zhang Fei anxiously.

Zhang Fei asked in a very calm tone as much as possible: "Can you tell everyone where you are from?"

Liu Dongdao: "I live in Liujia Village in the south of Kaifeng County."

Zhang Fei glanced at the copywriting, and asked again: "Then do you remember what happened on the seventh day of this month?"

"I remember."

Liu Dongdao: "I'm going to find that office!"

"Bianjing Law Firm?"

"Yes, it is."

Liu Dongzhi nodded and said, "I'll go to Erbi from Bianjing Law Firm to calculate taxes."

Fan Chunren on the side, seeing Liu Dong trembling, suddenly had an idea, stood up suddenly, "I object."

Liu Dong immediately shivered with fright.

Zhao Yan also reacted immediately, and without waiting for Zhang Fei to explain, he gave Fan Chunren a gloomy look, "If you have any doubts, let Liu Dong answer first."

There was a hint of warning in his tone.

You are clearly trying to scare Liu Dong and bully honest people.

But Zhang Fei gave Fan Chunren two appreciative glances.

This trick, I appreciate it, has made progress.

Isn't that what a lawsuit is all about.

He would have done the same in his place.

Such a big loophole must be poked!

But it's a pity that this is Zhao Bian's court, he is very tolerant towards these common people, don't play with me like this.

Zhang Fei asked Liu Dong again: "Why did you ask Bianjing Law Firm for tax calculation?"

Liu Dong replied, "I'm brother Luo from the next village, and the office can guarantee that we don't pay too much tax."

Zhang Fei asked, "Have you paid more taxes?"

"My family only has ten acres of land, but I have to pay taxes on 25 acres of land every year. I really can't do anything this time. If I pay the tax, my mother and I will starve to death. Huh, huh! "

Speaking of the latter, Liu Dong suddenly burst into tears, pouring out the grievances in his heart.

"Dog officer!"

I don't know who shouted at the door.

All the officials sitting inside looked back.

The onlookers at the gate looked at the sky, and those who looked at the ground looked at the ground.

This interrogation seems to be getting more and more explicit, and many officials are on pins and needles!

No one thought that Zhang Fei would connect these two cases.

Zhao Yan yelled when he saw the door, so he didn't say anything.

But when the officials turned their heads back, the common people stared at Wang Hong angrily.

The common people really understand the beginning of this standard.

No need to check, this is definitely not made up, nor acted.

Zhang Fei waited for a while and asked, "Can you answer the question now?"

Liu Dong sobbed and nodded.

Zhang Fei asked, "Why does your family only have ten acres of land, but you have to pay taxes for 25 acres of land?"

Liu Dong wiped his tears and explained: "My family originally had 25 mu of land, but more than a year ago, my mother was seriously ill, so I sold [-] mu of land to Mr. Wei..."

Zhang Fei said: "Is Wei Yuanwai Wei Yushan from Luomapo?"

Liu Dong nodded, "That's him."

Zhang Fei said, "Go on."

Liu Dongdao: "I sold the land to Wei Yuanwai, and exchanged the money for my mother's medical treatment, but the next year the yamen came to my house and asked me to pay 25 mu of land tax."

Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Didn't you sign a contract with the other party?"

Liu Dongdao: "I signed it, but... But at that time, the people outside Wei Wei and the man who made the deed told me that if I went to the government to make the deed, I would have to pay a lot of taxes, so I told him in private. Sign a contract, he will give me money, I will give him the land, and he will pay the tax for the [-] acres of land, I don’t need to pay, I don’t dare to go to the government, so I agreed.”

Zhang Fei said: "Is this stated in the contract?"

Liu Dong nodded straight, "It's written down, so I agreed."

Zhang Fei asked again: "At that time, you didn't explain this to the yamen, or did you go to that Wei Yuanwai?"

Liu Dong nodded and said: "As I said, I also showed the contract to the yamen officer, but the yamen officer refused to recognize it, so I went to look for the officer Wei, but the person outside the Wei officer told me that if I sued the officer, I also have to be punished, and I have to be fined a lot of money, so I... I don’t dare to sue the officials.”

The officials were all expressionless.

The common people are all gnashing their teeth.

It can be seen that they all know it in their hearts, and this is not an isolated case.

Zhang Fei picked up a contract from the table and said, "Presiding officer, this is the contract Liu Dong signed with Wei Yuanwai."

"Submit."

After hearing this, Qian Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Fan Chunren in a low voice: "It seems that he still has some leeway, and he didn't make it to the end."

Fan Chunren said: "If he really doesn't leave anything to chance, then he won't be able to win."

The Song Dynasty stipulated that any land and house transactions must pay a deed tax of [-]%. In fact, it may be more than this. After paying the deed tax, you can get the seal of the government. With the official deed, you can handle land and taxes. transfer procedures.

But many people, in order to avoid the deed tax, signed a contract privately. This kind of contract was called a white deed, and those with official seals were called red deeds.

Obviously, the red contract is more legally guaranteed.

Many landlords take advantage of this to deceive those people who are in desperate need of money, and make private transactions.

But the government is still handling it impartially. Is it reasonable for you to evade taxes?
In fact, there are still many ordinary people who have received extra tax money for no reason, some because some farmers sold their land to landlords privately and then ran away.

Landlords do not recognize the taxes of this land, and officials want political achievements, usually by making various tricks to distribute the tax money to the nearby people.

Zhang Fei didn't find such a person, and obviously left a pair of underpants for the court.

After Zhao Yan finished reading, he didn't say much.

This is Bai Qi after all.

The key to this case does not lie in the white deed and the red deed.

Zhang Fei said to Liu Dong again: "So you went to Bianjing Law Firm to calculate taxes?"

Liu Dong nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "How did Er Bi from Bianjing Law Firm tell you?"

Liu Dongdao: "They said they only recognized the land deed. I gave them the land deed, and they calculated the tax for me. I just need to pay the tax according to what they calculated. I showed them the contract with Wei Yuanwai at that time. , They said they could solve my overpaid taxes through a lawsuit.”

When Fan Chunren heard this, he wanted to shout "oppose", and said that he would not clean up for himself, but in the end he went so far.But seeing that Zhao Bian was listening very engrossed, he could only give up for the time being.

Zhang Fei asked again: "What about after that?"

Liu Dongdao: "Afterwards, I told the tax collector that I had paid too much tax and I wanted to file a lawsuit. At that time, the government officer didn't say anything. But after a few days, the government officer came to me again. Tell me, those pens were all arrested by the county magistrate, and all the food from my family was taken away, saying that I didn't pay taxes before, and I was going to be punished. Now my family has no grain of rice. I'm sick, so I can only sell the ten acres of land at home, woo woo woo——!"

At the mention of food and land, he began to cry again.

Thanks to the terrific work of those yamen servants, in order to retaliate against him, they directly took away all the food from his family, otherwise, he would not dare to come here to testify.

Forced to a dead end, with nowhere to go, he had to go all out.

"This is really a dog officer."

"That's right! Zhang San made the decision for our people, and he didn't say he wouldn't pay taxes, but he just said he wouldn't pay more. They wouldn't allow it. It's really deceiving."

"I've thought of this a long time ago. If Zhang San helps us calculate taxes, how can those officials charge us more money!"

The people watching at the gate were talking about it, and the dog officials and corrupt officials were endless.

The face of the officials sitting inside was red and then white.

Wang Hong gritted his teeth even more, you troublemakers... ah...

"quiet!"

Zhao Bian patted the gavel and shouted.

The people watching at the gate gradually stopped talking.

Zhang Fei said to Zhao Bian, "I'm done asking."

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "Take Liu Dong down."

After Liu Dong went down, Zhao Bian looked at Fan Chunren again, as if he knew he had something to say.

Sure enough, Fan Chunren immediately stood up, "Presiding judge, Zhang San is obviously trying to clear up his grievances. This is unfair to Wang Zhixian and violates his own promise."

With the facts in front of him, he couldn't say that Liu Dong was wrong, he could only say that Zhang San didn't keep his word and didn't uphold martial arts ethics.

Shameless.

"I do not have."

Zhang Fei said solemnly: "Until now, I have admitted that I made a mistake at the time. I did not report to the government in advance, and I rashly sent someone to calculate the tax. After all, the land tax is different from the commercial tax. Many commercial taxes are not It is fixed and can be calculated by oneself, but the land tax is generally fixed, and the government calculates it according to the cadastre and household registration. There will definitely be conflicts between the two, and it will also cause trouble for the government. Regarding the court's judgment , I was convinced, and I also paid the fine immediately."

It's no wonder that Er Bi's people convict him so clearly, which is more convincing than the court's statement.

This is true.

Most of the land tax is fixed, and the government collects it after it has been counted. If you insert a pole in it, of course, it will cause conflicts.

The business tax is different. The business tax is variable. The businessman himself calculates it, and hires someone to calculate it. Isn't it normal?

Zhao Yan nodded, and asked again: "But what do these two things have to do with each other?"

Zhang Fei replied: "Dare to ask the presiding judge, Wang Zhixian dismissed Geng Ming's pleadings, and at the same time sent someone to severely punish Er Bi from Bianjing Law Firm. Who is the biggest beneficiary?"

Zhao Bian pondered for a while, and said, "Wei Yushan."

"I object!"

Fan Chunren immediately jumped up: "This is just Zhang San's speculation, it's nothing to say."

He already knew what Zhang Fei was going to do.

Wang Hong also came to his senses and shouted excitedly: "He wronged me. I didn't consider Wei Yushan at all when trying Er Bi's case."

He was really wronged, he didn't know who Liu Dong was, how could he think of Wei Yushan, he just wanted to punish Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei said sternly: "This is not speculation. Facts have proved that Wei Yushan is the biggest beneficiary of these two cases. The key point is that Wang Zhixian's ideas on handling these two cases are extremely contradictory.

When dealing with the Bianjing Law Firm case, Wang Zhixian emphasized taxation, but in Geng Ming's case, he ignored taxation, and it was the taxation of thousands of acres of land.

Fan Sijian’s reason is that Wangzhi County ignored the grievances of Geng Ming’s case because of urging taxes, and the key to Geng Ming’s case is tax evasion. Pay your taxes and ignore your tax calls.This is like Fan Sijian now using his speculation to oppose my factual arguments. "

Zhao Bian looked at Fan Chunren.

Fan Chunren was so anxious that his forehead was sweating. He never thought that Zhang Fei would combine these two cases, because this is not true. The two cases themselves are not related in any way, and he was not prepared for this at all. .

But the problem is, after Zhang Fei's debate, Wei Yushan is still the biggest beneficiary, and Wang Hong's treatment is completely different, how can it not be suspected.

This time, he was beaten dizzy.

It can only be said that he doesn't know Zhang Fei well enough.

If one pays another, one must be wronged and returned.

Otherwise, how to solve the hatred in my heart.

Because if you sue him normally, he may be convinced, and the resentment in your heart will not be so great.

For the people of Erbi, as long as the method is legal.

Zhang Fei took the opportunity to ask Zhao Yan again: "I heard that the presiding judge was also the magistrate of the county and the magistrate."

Zhao Yan nodded.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Does the presiding judge think that the behavior of those Erbis at that time was really an urgent and urgent issue? If it is not resolved immediately, will it cause chaos?"

Zhao Bian pondered for a while, then shook his head.

Zhang Fei said: "However, Wang Zhixian suppressed this matter in a thunderous manner, without even investigating it. This is obviously a manifestation of guilty conscience, and he is afraid that the truth will be revealed. However, Wang Zhixian is very smart. He deliberately exaggerated the facts and reported it to the police. The imperial court has repeatedly emphasized that taxation is the country's major plan, and this is clearly a threat to the imperial court through taxation."

This is a big crime.

"I object! I object!"

Fan Chunren was really anxious, "This is all your speculation."

"I have a reason."

Zhang Fei said: "Although there are great contradictions in the philosophy of Wangzhi County in handling these two cases, the methods of getting rid of the crime are exactly the same. They all use the excuse of tax payment as an excuse, which shows that he is a habitual offender.

Because Wang Zhixian knows that the current financial difficulties, the court is most worried about not being able to collect taxes, so as long as he uses this trick, the court can only turn a blind eye or close one eye.After all, the ministers of the imperial court were also worried that their salaries would not be paid, and the facts have proved this point. "

"Bullshit."

"It's just nonsense."

"You Er Bi, you are really lawless, you dare to insult the court officials in the court. Reverse! This is really rebellious!"

Anxious!

All in a hurry!

How could the officials on both sides still sit still, and they themselves became accomplices for no reason, and they stood up and reprimanded Zhang Fei angrily.

But the people at the door shouted at the same time: "What a dog official!"

"You know how to bully our people."

"You dog officer."

This kind of tacit understanding leads to an extremely ironic scene.

As soon as the officials heard the people scolding, they immediately reacted, sat down quickly, and settled the score with Zhang San in private.

The common people also found that all the people sitting here were officials, so they wouldn't cause trouble, so they gradually calmed down.

Wang Anshi laughed and said, "It's very lively now."

Lu Huiqing nodded with a smile.

The more violent the disturbance, the more reasonable his reform is. Of course he is very happy, and this effect is what he wants.

"You villain wronged me, I will kill you."

Wang Hong suddenly rushed towards Zhang Fei like crazy.

He has been on the rise in the officialdom, where has he been wronged so much, his chest is about to burst.

Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!

But it was a pity that he was stopped by the yamen around him.

"careful!"

Zhang Fei saw that he was blocked, and immediately stood in front of Xu Zhiqian bravely, and said with a light smile, "Don't be afraid, this biting dog won't bark."

Xu Zhiqian gave him a slight look.

Wang Hong was so angry that he barked his teeth and claws.

Zhang Fei looked at Wang Hong with the same eyes that Wang Hong had seen him in the Kaifeng county government back then, as if to say, it feels good to be wronged!Ha ha..

Zhao Yan saw that the situation was out of control, and it was full of ugliness, so he patted the gavel several times, "Temporary interrogation ends here, and the hall is adjourned."

(End of this chapter)