civilwarnovels Chapter 447 Tax War (21)
Chapter 447 Tax War (21)
Chapter 447 Tax War (21)
Su Zhe, who has always had a relatively calm personality, inevitably had a slight mood swing at this time, feeling very regretful.
It's not that he's afraid of losing, he's not as proud and arrogant as his brother, in his heart, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists.
It's just that he thinks he should have noticed this in advance, because this phenomenon is actually quite common, it happened in Han and Tang Dynasties, so this is not a special case.
When Xu Shengzi testified, Su Zhe didn't question him at all. He just asked if he was selling salt, and if you were selling salt.
In other words, as long as Wang Hongjin's private salt is found, not only sold to Xuzhou, then Zhang Fei has no chance at all.
And there is no doubt that it is impossible for Wang Hongjin's private salt to be sold only to Xuzhou, because Wang Hongjin is interested in profit, so he will not care whether the people are sick or lack of salt.
detail!
detail!
After talking about it many times, it turned out that they didn't notice such a big loophole at all.
They only stare at the salt legality.
Although it is not certain that they will lose at the moment, Zhang Fei's reasons will definitely affect the final judgment.
The problem is, this kind of low-level mistake should not be made.
As long as they spend a little more time, the other party will have no chance.
At this time, there was silence at the VIP table.
In fact, many officials are scolding their mothers in their hearts. You, Zhang San, are clearly referring to a deer as a horse. Zhao Wenzheng is not doing good deeds, he is going to make money, but it is hard to say.
Because they all know in their hearts that there are indeed big problems in this salt administration, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a bad law.
In fact, when Zhao Yan and Zeng Gong were local officials, it was not that they did not face the problem of private salt, but many times, they could only turn a blind eye and close one eye. what to do.
If there is no supplement of private salt, this country does not know how many troubles there will be.
In fact, the government did have records about the situation in Xuzhou at that time, because some local officials couldn't stand it anymore, so they directly reported to the court to inform the matter.
But what can be done?
Without money to pay wages, the court can only pretend to be confused.
Not to mention the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many disadvantages in the ancient salt administration. Salt profit has always been an important source of government finance. Whether it is central finance or local finance, as long as they encounter difficult problems, they simply and rudely extract profits from salt. Often the price of salt is very high, the poor cannot afford it at all, and the salt merchants cannot sell at a loss, which leads to a salt vacuum, which gives opportunities for illegal salt to invade.
Of course, Wang Hongjin's private salt is not only sold to Xuzhou, but in the past two years, most of the salt has been sold to Xuzhou, because Xuzhou is away from Fengjin, and at the same time there is a vacuum zone there, the profit is very high .
Most of the salt in hand is sold there.
Su Zhe took a deep breath, calmed himself down, stood up, and said very firmly: "The other party is obviously playing tricks, referring to a deer as a horse, and the government's improper governance must not be used as a reason for Governor Zhao to sell private salt. The two things cannot be confused.
Moreover, Governor Zhao is still a clan and a minister of the court. When he learns about this situation, he should immediately report to the court to stop this situation, instead of immediately sending people to the local area to sell private salt and take the opportunity to seek high profits. According to our control Judging from the evidence, Governor Zhao is only looking for profit, not caring about human life.
This is selling illegal salt, no different from every illegal salt seller. "
Zeng Gong nodded and looked at Zhang Fei again.
Zhang Fei stood up and said: "Actually, I have almost finished what I have to say. I just want to add two points to this. First, doctors don't make money selling medicine, and patients die, not doctors. Second, At that time, it was not that the court was unaware of this matter, and it was not that no ministers suggested it, but in the end, the people did not wait for the government’s good medicine. I’m done.”
After all, he sat down.
For this crime, he had only so much to say, because Su Zhe did not question the situation in Xuzhou at that time, and the salt did save those people.
Since my core point of view has not been attacked, there is nothing to say.
The final sentence is up to the presiding judge, and he has done his best.
Now the pressure is concentrated on Zeng Gong.
He frowned thoughtfully.
He was indeed influenced by Zhang Fei's remarks. The court's evil laws hurt the people. If the people are not allowed to save themselves, this is indeed unreasonable.
When he was a local official, he also tacitly allowed private salt to enter his territory.
Li Kai who was sitting next to him suddenly whispered: "Prefect, when Lu Gong was here, the judgment was often postponed."
Zeng Gong glanced at him with an extremely embarrassed expression.
At this moment, he finally understood why Li Kai was so afraid of Zhang Fei.
In the past, he always thought that as long as I deal with it fairly, be fair and just, and have a clear conscience, then it will be fine. What a rare thing.
He really doesn't understand.
But now he feels that no matter how he is sentenced, he will feel ashamed.
After thinking twice, he still adopted Li Kai's suggestion, slapped the gavel, and said in a loud voice: "Because there are many disputes about the evidence involved in this case, the judge still needs to investigate, so I will decide another day for sentencing. Retire."
Su Zhe and Qi Ji closed their eyes and sighed at the same time.
When they had ironclad evidence, they didn't win it on the spot. This was undoubtedly a failure for them.
Zhao Xu, who had been ignored all this time, went straight to the back door without saying a word.
Zeng Gong and Sima Guang all saw it, but they also treated it as if they didn't see it. There is nothing but embarrassment in communicating now.
"As expected of Zhang Daer's pen, it really lives up to its reputation!"
Zhao Wenzheng came to Zhang Fei and clapped his hands in praise.
Since he belongs to the clan, the government cannot detain him before a judgment is issued. This is his prerogative, and he is relatively free.
"Where! Where!"
Zhang Fei clasped his hands back and said, "Director Zhao, don't praise me in advance, after all, the sentence has not yet been judged."
Zhao Wenzheng smiled and said, "I have full confidence in you."
When he spoke, he glanced back a few times, with a trace of provocation in his eyes.
Behind Zhang Fei is the VIP seat.
In fact, Zhao Wenzheng was also very wronged. He stood up and led everyone to fight against the recruitment law. As a result, when the disaster came, those people pushed him out, trying to use his status to blackmail the emperor, and even vented all their anger later. on his own head.
Can he endure this?
You guys have gone too far.
Now that the sentence has not been handed down, it is simply a dream that you want to kill me.
Of course, you have to be arrogant at this time.
"Pack up, let's go."
Xu Zhiqian said suddenly.
She couldn't understand Zhao Wenzheng's arrogant and domineering appearance, and she felt very annoyed.
"Oh."
Zhang Fei said to Zhao Wenzheng again: "Governor Zhao, if there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Zhao Wenzheng glanced at Xu Zhiqian, saw that the little girl had never saluted him, and knew it in his heart, but he didn't want to argue with Xu Zhiqian, besides, he had to rely on Zhang Fei now, so he nodded in embarrassment: "After the judgment , I must be grateful.”
"Thank you."
Zhang Fei bowed his hands and left with Xu Zhiqian.
Zhao Wenzheng looked at Zhang Fei's leaving back and thought to himself, no wonder he doesn't want those beautiful women, it turns out he is afraid of himself!
After getting into the carriage, Xu Zhiqian finally couldn't bear it anymore, stomped her feet fiercely, and said in an excited tone: "Look at Governor Zhao, he has no repentance at all, and he is still complacent, maybe he is still thinking in his heart, if he has money, he can Do whatever I want, how can I, Xu Zhiqian, help this kind of person to file a lawsuit."
Zhang Fei comforted: "Calm down first."
Xu Zhiqian said: "I always feel that it is inappropriate for you to do this. It will make people think that [-] pennies can trample on the justice at will."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Some people definitely think so, but this is a kind of progress."
"progress?"
Xu Zhiqian opened her phoenix eyes and looked at Zhang Fei with a murderous look.
Zhang Fei said: "Because they were able to trample on the justice without even needing a penny, now they still need to spend [-] yuan and take risks. You used to be jealous, but after all, you can only help some ordinary people not to be bullied by small landlords. Can you Can you stop the court dignitaries? Can you stop the clan?"
Xu Zhiqian's expression changed, she looked away, and hummed softly: "This kind of progress is really irritating."
"Everything has to be done step by step." Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Is it Governor Zhao's fault that the clan can do whatever they want?"
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him, "Then whose fault do you think it is?"
Zhang Fei hesitated, and said: "This is not right or wrong, but human nature. The son of a powerful family can do evil, let alone the clan. If the judiciary wants to solve the problem of the clan, no matter what, it needs the help of the officials." Nod, and now the officials are determined to rectify the clan, but the Confucian etiquette is standing in the way, anyone can say this, except the officials can't say that."
Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then said: "Let's talk about this case, if the officials and I hadn't planned behind it, I can guarantee that it would be impossible for Governor Zhao to sit on the trial, and we have actually made a lot of money. "
Xu Zhiqian sighed quietly: "I know it too, but I feel uncomfortable when I think of Governor Zhao's face just now. Don't you have any sense of shame if you have a dignified clan and have read the books of sages?"
"This is the reality." Zhang Fei smiled helplessly. He knew Xu Zhiqian's character too well, so he would definitely feel uncomfortable for a while.
They didn't go home directly, but went to the office.
Fan Li, who came back one step ahead, saw Zhang Fei, and said hehe: "It seems that Saburo is still young, and the lawsuit just now was really exciting!"
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said: "The sword is not old, I'm only in my 20s, and I haven't filed a lawsuit for a year, so what?"
As he said that, he suddenly remembered something, "That's right! Is Xie Huacun here?"
Fan Li hurriedly said, "Not yet, probably on the way."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Are you ready for Xie Huacun's complaint?"
Why Xie Huacun is willing to testify in court must be beneficial. Zhang Fei promised to help him get those lands back.
Fan Li nodded and said, "Everything is ready."
Zhang Fei said: "Let Zhengwen go to the imperial court to sue."
Fan Li asked, "Aren't you going there yourself?"
Zhang Fei hummed: "I'm worth [-] guan now, you let me go, you pay?"
"I can't afford you." Fan Li shook his head hastily, and said cheerfully, "San Lang can't let Saburo handle this kind of small lawsuit himself."
He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, because he knew that if the final judgment was in Zhao Wenzheng's favor, then the business of their firm would definitely be much better.
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes, and said again: "If you go to sue now, if the imperial court decides that the government has illegally occupied Brother Xie's land, then... then the Kaifeng government has a reason to judge that Governor Zhao has invaded the official land."
Zhang Fei hehe said: "Don't you think that the imperial court doesn't want more than [-] hectares of land? How to judge Governor Zhao, because the two cases are completely similar.
It can't be said that the government invaded the people's land and fined a little money, and the governor Zhao was directly exiled for occupying the government land. Logically speaking, knowing the law and breaking the law should be the highest.
I estimate that at that time, they will be fined some money, compensated some money, and then return their respective fields. This will become a civil property dispute case and will not involve criminal penalties. Wealth and life. "
Xu Zhiqian nodded: "Let him pay a little more money."
(End of this chapter)