NABC Chapter 605 Stop pretending, it's a showdown.
Chapter 605 Stop pretending, it's a showdown.
Chapter 605 Stop pretending, it's a showdown.
"It turns out that they sued the wrong person."
"People are only obliged to pay taxes to the government, so they should sue the government, but the government entrusts Puhu to collect taxes. Who should be responsible for this should be a contract dispute between the government and Puhu. Oh! How can I I didn’t expect to sort out the relationship between the three first.”
After Zhang Fei gave the verdict, the Four Little King Kong suddenly realized.
Their habitual thinking before made them only consider the relationship between the common people and the populace, because the puhu and the common people are the two parties in direct conflict. In their view, the two must be related.
But they didn't think about the issue of rights and obligations. In fact, Puhu doesn't need to be responsible to the people, they only need to abide by the contract with the government.
Of course, they also had to keep the law, because everyone needs to keep the law after all.
Of course Li Min knew this, so in his defense, he kept emphasizing one point, that is, the people refused to pay taxes first, and as long as this point was established, then the subsequent violence may be legal.
Because the laws of the Song Dynasty allowed violence against people who refused to pay taxes, such things did happen from time to time.
The key depends on whether the government has transferred this power to Huhu, and whether the government has specific restrictions on how much tax it can levy on Huhu.
All of these must examine the contract signed by the government and Puhu, but Zhang Fei did not ask too much about this, because this is not the core issue of this lawsuit.
This is a three-party lawsuit, and the government must participate. First, it depends on whether the people can sue the government successfully. Once it is determined that the people have indeed suffered losses, then it depends on whether the responsibility belongs to the government or the household.
Now only two parties are involved, and the government in the middle is not involved, and it is impossible for the imperial court to issue a verdict.
"Ah, a bunch of hindsight."
Suddenly, a sigh came from behind.
The four little King Kong looked back slightly from the corner of their eyes, only to feel two contemptuous gazes sweeping past them, and immediately retracted their gazes, and then pretended to be very busy.
In fact, the four of them were originally very confident people with strong self-esteem, but since they met Zhang Fei, they had already given up that self-esteem.
Because they found that every court trial, as long as they themselves got the trial, they would be handy, but as long as Zhang Fei got the trial, they seemed to have entered an unknown field.
The Four Little King Kongs suddenly realized and became enlightened, but the parties on both sides did not quite understand the verdict.
After Zhang Fei left, Wei Zhang, Cao Qing and other plaintiffs immediately came to Fan Zhen's side.
"Mr. Fan, what's going on here?"
"Did we win?"
"Why did Judge Zhang ask us to go to the government?"
They chattered and surrounded Fan Zhen, asking non-stop.
They stopped Fan Zhen from opening his mouth several times. In desperation, he could only raise his hand and raise his voice slightly: "Don't worry, just listen to me."
Wei Zhang and the others stopped, and looked at Fan Zhen eagerly.
Fan Zhen smiled confidently: "Don't worry, President Zhang's judgment just now, although he didn't directly sentence the other party to lose, at least he agrees that you are suspected of being hurt, but he needs to go to court first to confirm this. But if it is true To file a lawsuit with the government, we will definitely win this lawsuit, I can assure you of that."
"But...but the other party is the government..."
Let them sue those thieving households, they are still relatively confident, but going to court with the government, this...
Fan Zhendao: "You don't have to be afraid. Now in terms of justice, it is no longer the government that has the final say, but the public prosecutor's law, that is, the imperial court, the police station and the procuratorate."
Gao Qiang, Jin Dabao and other defendants over there were also very anxious about the verdict. How did it become a dispute with their government? They also gathered around Li Min and asked non-stop about this matter.
"Li Erbi, how does this count?"
"You won't really let us go to the government?"
"How did we win the government?"
"That's right, to settle disputes with the government, isn't it just for us to take it down?"
"Everyone, stay calm."
Li Min smiled confidently: "Actually, we have already won this lawsuit."
"Won?"
"how do I say this?"
Jin Dabao was confused.
Li Min smiled and said, "Didn't you hear that just now President Zhang thought that you are innocent."
"But Judge Zhang also said that this is a dispute between us and the government."
"Then we would rather have disputes with the common people."
"Yes, it's a dispute." Li Min said hehe: "For you, this is just a contract dispute after all, and it will not involve criminal responsibility. That is to say, in the worst case, it is just to give the other party some compensation. , without being punished.”
Jin Dabao and the others made eye contact for a while, and then thought for a while, as if what was going on, and suddenly felt that it was much easier.
Before this lawsuit, the other party charged a very serious crime, because they used violent means, and once they lost, they would have to bear the penalty.
But the current situation is different. Now it is a contract dispute between the household and the government, which is a purely civil lawsuit.
The worst result, of course, is just to lose some money.
Gao Qiang asked again: "Then what should we do next?"
Li Min said: "Next we have to negotiate with the government, but it depends on your own ideas. If you want to fight this lawsuit, I guarantee that we will win. The contract was drawn up by the government. For the problems in the contract, the responsibility belongs to the government, and it is impossible for us to lose."
"It's better not to confront the government in court. We won the court in court. In private, can you guarantee that they won't trip us up?"
"Yes, yes, since ancient times, if the people don't fight against the government, what will happen if they fight against the government?"
Seeing that they were so cowardly, Li Min naturally wouldn't encourage them, because the client's demands were low, and instead it relieved Erbi's pressure, and said with a smile: "Then I'll go talk to the government at that time, let's see what the government has to say first."
"All right, that's all. But if you really want to lose money, it's best if we share it with the government."
The tone is very unresolute, and the implication is that we can bear the compensation ourselves.
Li Min nodded and said, "Okay."
Jin Dabao and the others suddenly glanced at the VIP seats, and were surprised to find that there was no one in the VIP seats.
Where are these officials going?
Over there, Zhang Fei returned to the lounge with Xu Zhiqian as usual, and ate some pastries and candied fruit to replenish his energy.
After drinking a cup of hot tea, Zhang Fei suddenly tapped his fingers on the table and counted, "Ten, nine, eight, seven!"
Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but look at him confused when she heard him suddenly counting, "What are you doing?"
Zhang Fei ignored her and continued to count, "One!"
He glanced outside the door, with a slight embarrassment on his face. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and popped out a word, "Zero!"
boom!
The door was pushed open from the outside.
Zhang Fei immediately breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking, there is no need to pretend to be this kind of coercion next time, it is really too nervous and exciting.
Wei Yingfang and a large group of officials rushed into the house.
"Zhang San, you are simply deceiving people too much."
Wei Yingfang stopped pretending now, pointed at Zhang Fei and cursed: "You keep saying that decrees and government decrees do not interfere with each other, but you interfere with our government's policies again and again. Let me tell you, we are absolutely against the ban you just issued. I won't bother."
"You kid is really shameless. From now on, your imperial court only needs to manage the security issue. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with you. You have no right to intervene, and we will not bother."
This time the officials really couldn't bear it anymore, and the key point is that they also felt wronged. We never interfered with your imperial court trial, and we actively cooperated, but you targeted us everywhere, and out of ten lawsuits, we were the victims in nine out of ten cases. After all, we are all government agencies and have equal status, and now we are almost villains.
If things go on like this, we have to become rats crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats us.
At this moment, Niu Beiqing and Long Wu also came to the door. Zhang Fei waved his hand to signal them to back down first. This biting dog would not bark so fiercely. There must be a reason, what did I do wrong?"
Wei Yingfang pointed to Zhang Fei's face and said, "How dare you ask?"
Zhang Fei spread his hands, "I really don't understand? Maybe it's because I don't have much experience in being an official. I really don't know where I went wrong?"
"I don't understand why the imperial court appointed you, a yellow-mouthed kid, to hold such an important position."
"I was forced to do this, and I actually don't want to come to this ghostly place." Zhang Fei shrugged, "You can ask the officials from the capital about this, I have always refused, it was Sima Scholar who forced me I'm here."
".!"
Wei Yingfang was speechless for a while.
They are very clear about this matter.
Zhang Fei added: "Actually, I am a very humble person. If you can explain clearly that I did something wrong, I am willing to make corrections, and you can ignore judicial principles. Let's reason."
"Okay! Let's reason."
Wei Yingfang said: "Do you think it's easy to govern a state capital?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I've never thought so. I think it's very, very difficult. Just take myself as an example. Let alone the magistrate, I can't even be the magistrate."
"Since you know everything, why are you still doing this?" Wei Yingfang said: "Do you think the imperial court wants to do something to buy taxes? Isn't there no way? Those markets and villages are very remote and scattered. If the government Do you know how much it will cost to send people to station in various villages? Maybe you will not be able to make ends meet. Buying taxes can save costs and collect enough taxes. It kills two birds with one stone. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, if you don’t understand, don’t judge blindly.”
Zhang Fei immediately said: "I have never denied the value of the purchase tax, I just think there are problems with that contract, so I issued a ban, as long as you..."
"what is the problem?"
Wei Yingfang directly interrupted Zhang Fei, "You just stand and talk without back pain. If there are too many restrictions, will there be merchants rushing to buy them? Unless the income of the government is reduced, but in this way, the court will not agree. If the finances decrease, the imperial court will hold us accountable, not you."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "So, in the final analysis, it is finance."
"For financial reasons, of course."
Wei Yingfang said: "We also want to be a good person, show compassion for every common people, and gain a good reputation, but this is absolutely impossible. You can't have both."
"Since it's about finances, let's start with finances. Everyone, please wait a moment."
Zhang Fei turned his head to look at Xu Zhiqian, "Zhiqian, go and help me get the No. [-] copy."
"Ok."
Xu Zhiqian went out immediately.
Zhang Fei said to Wei Yingfang and the others: "Everyone, please sit down."
Wei Yingfang and the others were also beating drums in their hearts. Could it be that we have something in his hands.But there was still a look of "Okay! I'd like to see how you argue" on his face.
After sitting down for a while, before the tea was served, Xu Zhiqian hurried in with a copy.
Not much, just a dozen pages.
Zhang Fei took over the document and raised his voice, "This document is the case that the government handed over to our royal court, all of which involved the rebellion of the people on Shaanxi Road.
The reasons for this are similar, because the people were exploited by exorbitant taxes, and they appealed to the government without any response, so they chose to rebel. Later, many of them became the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army. cut off. "
Wei Yingfang frowned, "What are you talking about?"
Zhang Fei said: "These five cases all happened within ten years, but I have calculated that the expenditure of the court to quell a rebellion is much more than the government's profit from buying taxes in these ten years.
The current situation of this case is very similar to the causes of these five cases. The common people can’t stand those who exploit households, so they come to file a complaint. If any of you can guarantee that they will never rebel, and sign a document, go to Chen Guanjia, as evidence, then our imperial court doesn't care. "
Speaking of the latter, he slammed the copywriting on the table with a bang, which startled Wei Yingfang and the others.
After a while, Wei Ying said: "You don't want to scare me here, Gu Zuo said, of course we don't want the people to rebel, but we have to be responsible for the finances. You have banned tax purchases. This part of the tax money If you can’t collect it, will you be responsible?”
It is impossible to sign, not in this lifetime.
What if it's the other way around?
If the common people rebel, that is also rebellion.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "As I said just now, I am very humble!"
"Sorry, we really didn't see that."
"That's because you don't know me well enough."
Zhang Fei laughed.
Xu Zhiqian at the side suddenly glanced at Zhang Fei, and couldn't help asking herself, don't I know him well enough?
In her impression, modesty has nothing to do with Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei added: "If my ban is wrong, then you can appeal, but if my ban is justified, but you can't collect taxes, it can only show that you are incompetent."
"What did you say?"
"Please stay calm."
Zhang Fei pointed, and continued: "Everyone's ability is different, and it's not shameful if you can't do it. You can write to the imperial court to express that under the imperial court's ban, you can't receive this part." If no one can do it, then no matter if I am justified or not, it is all my responsibility. After all, I have hurt the interests of the country and the monarch, and I am willing to bear all the consequences. But if someone accepts it and does it, it's your incompetence, it's as simple as that."
These words were very encouraging, and Xu Zhiqian at the side also looked down on them provocatively.
The corners of Wei Yingfang's brows twitched a few times, and he said, "Don't make insinuations here, we will definitely write to the imperial court, but before the imperial court issues an order, we will never pay attention to your ban, and from now on, we will I don't care about any judgments made by your imperial court anymore, administration is administration, justice is justice, and we will not violate the river."
Zhang Fei said: "Then I can also tell you very frankly that if anyone dares to make this deal with the government, I can responsibly assure you that in the next three years, they will all be building rivers, no matter who they are .”
"you!"
Wei Yingfang immediately took the case and stood up, and other officials also stood up one after another.
"Then let's wait and see."
"As you wish."
Wei Yingfang left angrily with a group of officials.
Xu Zhiqian sighed faintly: "After all, we still have to tear ourselves apart with them."
But there was no dejection in his tone, he absolutely supported Zhang Fei on this matter.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Don't worry, the world is prosperous, everything is for the benefit, now there are conflicts of interests, it is very normal for everyone to argue, but when our interests are aligned, I can sit together and toast. "
Xu Zhiqian couldn't believe it: "Really?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "When have I lied to you?"
"You're cheating too much."
"Each each other."
Zhang Fei said: "Do you still remember Wang Ye at the back door of Xu's family?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him, changed the subject and said, "But if they don't carry out the imperial court's judgment, what should they do?"
Zhang Fei laughed and said: "If they really don't implement it, then I really have nothing to do, and I don't dare to catch them easily, otherwise, I don't need to rely on the power of Bachelor Yuan to appease them. But now, hehe, It's too late."
The young crop ban case was actually more serious than this, and it had a greater impact on the government, because in that case, right and wrong were not so obvious, and the final judgment contained the views and thoughts of the chief judge, but the officials at the time They were very happy to accept the judgment of the imperial court and did not react violently. It is not that they do not have the strength, but because the Young Crop Law belongs to the New Deal, and many officials do not support it. Their purpose is to take the opportunity to provoke conflicts between the Public Security Law and the New Deal. .
But this time is different, it has already touched the bottom line of their power, because the purchase tax is a system that has always existed, it is not unique to Hezhong Mansion, nor is it just decided by any official to do it, if the imperial court can It's just too scary to just stop.
These problems are not only in taxation, but also in water transportation, water conservancy, and other affairs. These are all the powers of the government, and there are intertwined interests in it, which cannot be cut off by you.
The point is, this is not the first time, it really happens again and again, endlessly.
They all judged that if they took another step back, the next time would be water transportation, and there would be more shady activities in water transportation, and the benefits in water transportation were also very large, and they really couldn't go back any further.
Coupled with the fact that Han Jiang was already on the way there, they thought why not use this to intensify the conflict, and also provide Han Jiang with a reason to attack the public prosecutor.
After all, they all judged that Han Jiang came to help them, and the power of the government is far stronger than that of the imperial court.
When they returned to the government, they cried in front of Cai Yanqing and Yuan Jiang. Since the imperial court came, this official was really aggrieved in front of him. If things go on like this, who will listen to us.
Anyway, this time they said that they could not enforce the imperial court's ban, and they all expressed their unwillingness to cooperate with the imperial court.
Cai Yanqing just looked at Yuan Jiang.
Yuan Jiang had predicted this a long time ago, and nodded angrily: "You are right, the imperial court is indeed deceiving people too much, this time we will ignore it."
Cai Yanqing was slightly startled. He originally thought that Yuan Jiang would repeat the old tricks again, come up with a countermeasure, and then took the opportunity to promote his own policies. He never thought that Yuan Jiang would decide to confront the imperial court this time.
As everyone knows, Yuan Jiang doesn't want to either, but he has no choice now. If he can't return to the question, it's the emperor who asks him to solve it. If this continues, everyone can see that there is something tricky between them.
This coordination is too obvious.
All the officials were overjoyed. They deserved to be Bachelor Yuan, but they were courageous, not like that Cai XX who just pretended to be deaf and dumb. Let's ignore it and see what the imperial court can do.
This time the officials are really united and want to fight the imperial court to the end.
The government neither negotiated with Puhu nor ignored the imperial court's ban, pretending that nothing had happened and everything was going on as usual.
However, the Legal Aid Department was very active, and immediately filed a lawsuit with the royal court, and this time the target was directly changed to the government.
The imperial court also immediately issued a subpoena to the government.
result.
"Teacher, they threw out our summons."
Cai Jing returned the summons to Zhang Fei.
Shangguan Jun asked: "Teacher, it seems that the government is serious, how should we deal with it?"
The four little king kong are all at a loss, are they going to arrest someone?
Not to mention whether the imperial court has this power, even if it does, the question is who to arrest, because the Legal Aid Department is suing the government, not a certain official,
Zhang Fei looked calm, "If they refuse the subpoena, it means that they will give up fighting for their own rights. In the end, they will only be injured. We just need to hold the court as usual."
Ever since, a unique lawsuit was presented in front of everyone in the bitter cold wind. It was a lawsuit in which the defendant was absent, and the entire VIP table was empty. Even the officials dare not attend. If they want to attend, they may not be able to mix in the officialdom. They just sit with some scholar-officials who oppose the purchase tax.
These official scholar-bureaucrats have always been more willful.
Throughout the entire lawsuit, Fan Zhen and the plaintiffs were all there to say that the plaintiffs were the victims, and there was quite sufficient evidence, and the key point was that no one refuted them.
One can imagine what the result will be.
The jury also unanimously stated that the plaintiff won the case.
But the people outside the court are all in a very low mood, and the defendants are not present, so what if they win?
Instead, they are very uneasy now.
"boom!"
Zhang Fei knocked on the gavel, and said: "After the trial by the chief judge, the plaintiff was indeed exploited unnecessarily. Therefore, the chief judge pronounced that the plaintiff won the lawsuit."
But inside and outside the courtyard, there was still silence, and the common people just looked at the imperial court eagerly.
They are not stupid. If the government doesn't attend, it's just a word of mouth if they win. What can change?
Zhang Fei immediately added: "Although the defendant is absent, the plaintiff still needs to be compensated accordingly. According to the law, the imperial court has the right to enforce it. Therefore, the president of the court will exempt several plaintiffs for one to several years by decree." Years of tax as the government's compensation to them, but the specific number of years to be exempted has to be determined through detailed calculations, and we will announce the specific compensation results later. Prosecutors, do you have any objections to this?"
Fan Zhen smiled and said, "We don't have any meaning?"
Zhang Fei looked at the procuratorate again and asked.
Su Zhe also expressed that he had no objection.
Zhang Fei said again: "Sheriff Ma."
"exist!"
Ma Xiaoyi responded immediately.
Zhang Fei said: "Your police station must send people to the local area to ensure that the imperial court's decree is carried out."
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Yes."
Wow. Can you still judge like this?
enforce?
After a short period of stupefaction, there was a sudden burst of cheers outside the courtyard, which really shook the ground.
Some people commented whether the price of the starting point has increased. I don’t know the details. I feel like it hasn’t increased. It may be that recently I have a chapter of six or seven thousand words, and the price of this single chapter is almost double that of before.
The reason why the two chapters are now published as one chapter is because I feel that the current state is not bad, and I don't want to make changes, but compared with the previous two updates, the number of words is not less.
(End of this chapter)