Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 175 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

Chapter 175 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

Undoubtedly, Kaifeng Mansion is the first mansion of the Song Dynasty, and its jurisdiction has always been around fifteen counties.

Among them, Kaifeng and Xiangfu are Chixian.

That is to say, Gyeonggi County.

Kaifeng County governs the southeast of Bianjing, while Xiangfu County governs the northwest.

It’s ridiculous to say that Zhang Fei has been in Bianjing for so long, and he has been to Kaifeng Mansion countless times, but he has never been to Kaifeng County. After all, Zhang Fei’s brain circuit is different from most people, and most people would rather go Even in Kaifeng County, he didn't dare to go to Kaifeng Mansion, but Zhang Fei did the opposite. He had been to Kaifeng Mansion, but going to Kaifeng County would be boring.

Zhang Fei even thought that Kaifeng County might be jealous, complaining that he didn't go to him to file a complaint, so he arrested his people.

On the way, he caught up with Fan Li, who had taken a step ahead, and then got into the carriage, and they rushed to Kaifeng County together.

When he came to the county government office, after Zhang Fei registered his name, the office manager in front of the door said that the county magistrate was on trial and asked him to wait outside.

"Sanlang, the situation is not good!"

Fan Li waited for a long time, then whispered to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I know, I will be careful later."

No one believed that these yamen servants had never heard of Zhang San's name, but they were so calm and very strong. They treated Zhang Fei like ordinary people, and there was obviously an explanation from above.

Waited for half an hour outside the station before letting them in.

As soon as he entered, he heard a groan.

Bypassing the corridor and coming to the entrance of the corridor on the left side of the front yard, I saw Qiu Zhengwen, Huang Mang and other Erbi people lying on the ground one by one, the trousers on their hips were all soaked in sweat, and they were clinging tightly to each other, faintly visible. Some people were even slightly reddened by the stick marks, obviously they had just been tortured by moss.

That is to twist a few thick wattles into a thorn stick. This kind of moss punishment is mostly used to punish troublesome people.

Fan Li was so frightened by this scene that his face turned pale and his back was covered with cold sweat.

"Calm down!"

Zhang Fei looked at Fan Li expressionlessly.

This scene did not frighten him, after all, he had spent several months in Dengzhou prison, and this was already commonplace.

But his eyes were full of anger.

He already had a hunch that this was revenge.

"Saburo is here! Saburo is here!"

"Ouch! Saburo, save me!"

"Sanlang, we were wronged!"

Seeing Zhang Fei coming, those tea, food and pens begged Zhang Fei for help with teary eyes, as if seeing a savior.

bang.

Zhang Fei turned his head to look, and saw a long table in front of the court. Behind the long table sat a middle-aged man about 40 years old. He had dark complexion, protruding cheekbones, a goatee, and sunken eyes His eyes looked more stern.

On the way here, Fan Li told Zhang Fei that the magistrate of Kaifeng County was named Wang Hong, and he was a ruthless man who liked to use punishment and was feared by everyone.

In ancient times, it was allowed by the law to use torture on suspects to solve crimes. After all, there were not so many methods to solve cases in ancient times. When certain evidence was obtained, criminal law could be used to force suspects to confess.

As for the frequency, it all depends on the personality of the presiding judge.

Such as Lu Gong's and Xu Zun's, they are not very good at this, but Wang Hong likes to use it very much.

"Pass Zhang San to the hall."

"Pass to Zhang San."

Hearing a loud shout, the Yamen behind Zhang Fei pushed him hard, and almost missed him.

Zhang Fei turned his head and stared.

The yamen servant shouted, "what are you looking at, let's go."

Get out of the corridor and come to the middle of the courtyard.

"Xiaomin Zhang San has seen the county magistrate."

Zhang Fei bowed his hands.

Fan Li also saluted.

Wang Hong ignored Fan Li at all, slapped the gavel, and shouted to Zhang Fei: "Are you Er Bi Zhang San?"

"Yes."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Wang Hongdao: "It's you who ordered Erbi in your store to obstruct and interfere with the official's call for tax payment?"

Zhang Fei said: "Don't hide it from the county, Xiaomin still doesn't know what happened?"

Wang Hong's brows sank, "I'm asking you, but you ordered them to come to the southern suburbs to promote some tax-calculated business to the local people?"

"No!"

Zhang Fei shook his head with a simple face: "Xiaomin doesn't know about this at all."

"what?"

A group of Erbis behind him were stunned.

That's how we were sold.

Wang Hong was also taken aback, "You don't know?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "Xiao Min doesn't know."

Wang Hong asked: "They are all Er pens in your shop, how could you not know?"

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin just asked them to come here to hand out Xiaomin's business card, uh. Magistrate, you should have collected some small pieces of paper from them!"

Wang Hong nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "This is a means of doing business and publicity, so it shouldn't be illegal."

Wang Hongdao: "But they all said that you ordered it."

"Xiaomin is very busy every day, so he doesn't have the time at all." After speaking, Zhang Fei turned to Fan Li and asked, "Mr. Wai, it's not your order, right?"

Do you want me to take the blame?Fan Li's heart skipped a beat, but then he thought about it, in the current situation, he can only keep the boss first, otherwise, who will save them then, but when he was about to plead guilty, he suddenly saw Zhang Fei winking at him again, Only then did he come to his senses, quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

At present they don't know anything, the best way is to keep themselves out of the matter, and then argue with the government, if they become criminals, they will be very passive.

Nowadays, it is difficult to just hire an awesome lawyer to fight a lawsuit for oneself.

Zhang Fei opened his mouth and said to Wang Hong: "Report to the county magistrate, in fact, our store has always had tax-calculated sales, and we have also cooperated with the city tax department. But it is mainly for businessmen, and the purpose is to prevent them from accidentally evading taxes. Tax evasion, but I never thought of letting them come here to promote tax calculation business. What kind of money do those farmers have? Helping them calculate taxes can not make much money, and may even lose money. The main business in our store is to help people litigate , That’s why I asked them to come here to distribute business cards, maybe they promote this business by the way, but I don’t know anything about it.”

When Wang Hong saw him talking nonsense in a serious manner, he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, "Since you didn't instigate them, why do they all say that you instigated them?"

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin once asked them to promote this business, but mainly for merchants in the city, but Xiaomin did not say that they are not allowed to promote this business with farmers."

"is it?"

Wang Hong suddenly shouted loudly: "Huang Mang."

"The little guy is here."

Huang Man lay on the ground, trembling.

Wang Hongdao: "Just now you said that Zhang San instigated this. Could it be that you are deceiving me?"

Huang Man is not stupid, at this time only Zhang Fei can save them, he immediately said: "How dare a villain lie to the county magistrate, it is indeed Zhang Sanlang who instructed us, he asked us to promote this tax calculation business before, but he Let us go to the southern suburbs, just let us send business cards, and we just casually promote this tax-calculated business with those farmers."

"Yes, yes, we just said it casually."

Qiu Zhengwen and the others also reacted, saying that Zhang Fei did not explicitly instruct them to go to the southern suburbs to promote tax-calculated sales.

Wang Hong slapped the gavel, "You rascals, how dare you blatantly make false confessions to deceive this official, come here! Give this official another ten big punishments."

"and many more!"

Zhang Fei said: "They didn't make a false confession, it was indeed ordered by Xiaomin."

Wang Hong frowned and said, "That's why you made a false confession."

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin didn't provide a fake confession, it's just a misunderstanding. Just as Xiaomin said just now, although Xiaomin didn't instruct them to come to the southern suburbs to promote tax calculation, but Xiaomin did ask them to promote this tax calculation before, and it is also true. It didn’t stop them from promoting it to farmers. They said it was Xiaomin’s instigation, which is not wrong, but Xiaomin really didn’t know about it.”

Wang Hong was stunned for a moment, and said with a sneer, "It's really a sharp tongue, but your method doesn't apply to me."

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Smart teeth are not applicable anywhere, including the Kaifeng government, but Xiaomin has always relied on evidence and the law instead of relying on sharp teeth to fight lawsuits."

Wang Hong's expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself, he really has to be careful when speaking in front of this kid!Smiling disdainfully: "Whether you ordered them or not, you should know better than anyone else."

"Xiaomin did not deny this." Zhang Fei asked again: "But even if they promote tax calculation to farmers, what kind of law are they breaking?"

Wang Hongdao: "They have committed crimes such as spreading rumors, obstructing public affairs, disturbing order, and defrauding false officials of their private property."

After hearing this, Huang Mang and the others turned pale. The sum of these crimes would make them exile at least!

Zhang Fei was at a loss when he heard this, "The shop has been doing this tax-calculated business for many days, and I have never heard that this business is illegal."

Wang Hongdao: "This transaction is indeed not illegal, but its use at this time and place, as well as the speeches they spread, seriously hinder the government from performing official duties, which is enough to constitute these charges."

Zhang Fei clasped his hands and said: "The little people are stupid, they really don't understand the reason, I hope the county magistrate will tell them clearly."

Wang Hong asked: "The tax statistics have always been determined by the government. Why do you want to do this tax calculation business?"

Zhang Fei said lightly: "That's because people often don't know the tax law and pay less tax, so that they become prisoners. That's why I launched this tax calculation business."

Wang Hongdao: "But how did I hear that you once promised a farmer that as long as he asks you to calculate taxes, you can guarantee that he will not pay a cent more."

Zhang Fei hesitated, "Is this also wrong?"

Wang Hong immediately slapped the gavel, "What you say is nothing more than implying to those farmers that the imperial court imposed more taxes on them, causing them to refuse to pay taxes one after another. Do you know how much trouble this has caused the government?"

Zhang Fei excitedly said: "This is just a one-sided statement of Wangzhi County, Xiaomin does not think it is illegal."

Wang Hong scolded: "You unreasonable people, you are implying that the official slandered you."

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin has absolutely no such intentions, but Xiaomin will never accept Wang Zhixian's judgment. Xiaomin wants to appeal to the Kaifeng government."

Wang Hong glanced at the imperial plaque that Li Si was carrying, and said with a smile: "I heard that the official gave you the imperial plaque. If you want to appeal, I will not be able to stop you! Regardless of whether I have already reported to the court, I will severely punish you gangsters." civil."

Zhang Fei frowned, thinking, strange, such a reason, why should he make such a judgment, what's so tricky about it?

"Have you checked it out? How could Kaifeng County arrest people casually?"

Xu Zun asked Xu Zhiqian as he hurriedly walked outside the imperial city.

Xu Zhiqian said: "My daughter is also involved in this matter, it's really just to promote tax calculation, there is nothing else besides that."

"Your store is full of fish and dragons, something must have happened."

Xu Zun didn't believe it.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the imperial city, he saw the old god Sima Guang standing in front of the gate.

"Scholar Sima."

Xu Zun immediately walked over quickly and asked in a low voice, "Scholar Sima, what's going on?"

Sima Guang said: "Your son-in-law should not choose to promote tax calculation at this time and there."

Xu Zundao: "Why?"

Sima Guang said: "Xu Si should be aware of the matter. This taxation is a major plan of the country, and nothing is as important as this. But Zhang San is going there to promote taxation at this time. This will definitely bring some troubles to the government."

Xu Zun immediately said: "That is also aimed at injustice, not intentional chaos. How can Kaifeng County arrest people at will?"

Sima Guang asked: "Do you think the imperial court will delay the whole country's collection of taxes because of several injustices?"

Xu Zundao: "How could this be delayed?"

"If they say it's in the way, will the officials finish the trial and then go to collect taxes?" Sima Guang asked.

Xu Zun frowned, "That is to say, it's not just Wang Zhixian who is involved in this matter, they want to blackmail the officials by calling for tax payments."

Sima Guang nodded and sighed, "This is not easy!"

(End of this chapter)