Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 175: Kill the chicken to scare the monkey

There is no doubt about it, 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.

It refers to 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 to 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. People would rather go to Kaifeng County than Kaifeng Mansion, but Zhang Fei did the opposite. He had been to Kaifeng Mansion, but going to Kaifeng County would be boring.

As a result, Zhang Fei even thought that Kaifeng County might be jealous, complaining that he did not 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 Zhang Fei 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 reviewing the case and asked him to wait outside.

"Sanlang, the situation is not good!"

Fan Li waited for quite a while, then whispered to Zhang Fei.

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

No one would believe that these yamen servants had never heard of Zhang San's name, but they acted calmly and were very strong, treating Zhang Fei like an ordinary person, obviously there was an explanation from above.

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

As soon as I started, I heard a groan.

Walking around the corridor, came to the entrance of the corridor on the left side of the front yard, and saw Qiu Zhengwen, Huang Mang and other people lying on the ground one by one, the pants on their buttocks were all soaked in sweat, clinging tightly to each other. One after another stick marks could be faintly seen, and a few people were even slightly flushed, obviously they had just been tortured with moss.

That is, a few thick thorns are twisted 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 was 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, the tea and ear pens begged Zhang Fei for help with teary eyes as if seeing a savior.

There was a bang.

Zhang Fei turned his head to look, and saw a long table in front of the door of the court, sitting behind the long table was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a slightly dark complexion, protruding cheekbones, and a goatee , the sunken eyes looked even 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, torture of suspects was allowed by the law. After all, there were not so many methods of solving crimes in ancient times. Once certain evidence was obtained, criminal law could be used to force suspects to confess.

As for the frequency, it all depends on the character of the presiding officer.

Like Lu Gong and Xu Zun, they are not very good at it, but Wang Hong likes to use it very much.

"Pass Zhang San to the hall."

"Pass 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 Yachai 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 met the county magistrate."

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and saluted.

Fan Li followed suit and saluted.

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

"Yes."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Wang Hongdao: "You ordered the ear pens in your store to hinder 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 frowned, "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: "Xiao Min doesn't know about this at all."

"Huh?"

A group of ear pens behind him were stunned.

That sold us.

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

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Wang Hong asked: "They are all ear pens in your store, 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 collect 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 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 react, and he quickly shook his head and said, "I...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 yourself.

Zhang Fei cracked open and said to Wang Hong: "Report to the county magistrate, in fact, our store has always had tax calculation business, and we also cooperate with the city tax department. But it is mainly for businessmen, and the purpose is to prevent them Accidentally evade taxes, but I never thought of letting them come here to promote tax calculation business. What kind of money do those farmers have? I help them calculate taxes, but they can’t make much money, and they may even lose money. The main business in our store is to help them. This is why I asked them to come here to distribute business cards, maybe they promote this business by the way, but I don’t know 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 order them, why do they all say you ordered 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."

"Really?"

Wang Hong suddenly shouted loudly: "Huang Mang."

"The villain is here."

Huang Man lay on the ground, trembling.

Wang Hongdao: "You just said that Zhang San instructed you to do this. Could it be that you are deceiving me?"

Huang Mang is not stupid, only Zhang Fei can save them at this time, and 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 ...But this time he asked us to go to the southern suburbs, just to give us business cards, and we just casually promoted 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 openly make false confessions to deceive this official, come here! Give this official another ten big slaps."

"Wait!"

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

Wang Hong frowned and said, "That means you made a false confession."

Zhang Fei said: "Xiaomin didn't provide a false 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, Xiaomin did ask them to promote this plan before. Taxes have not stopped them from promoting to farmers. They are not wrong to say that it was ordered by Xiaomin, but Xiaomin really does not know about it.”

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

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Smart teeth are not applicable anywhere, including Kaifeng Prefecture, but Xiaomin has always relied on evidence and laws 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! Disdainful smile: "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?"

After hearing this, Huang Mang and the others turned pale. These charges combined together, at least they will be exiled!

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

Wang Hongdao: "This transaction is indeed not illegal, but it is used here and now, and the speech they spread is a serious hindrance to the government's execution of official duties, which is enough to constitute these charges."

Zhang Fei clasped his hands and said: "The little people are stupid and really don't understand the reason. I hope the county magistrate will tell you 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 an extra penny."

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 has 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 yelled: "You unreasonable person, do you mean 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 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 punish you severely." This group of troublemakers."

Zhang Fei frowned, thinking, strange, such a reason, why should he make such a sentence, 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 is 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 I arrived at the gate of the imperial city, I saw the old **** 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 Guangdao: "Xu Si should be aware of the matter. This taxation is a major plan of the country. Nothing is as important as this. But Zhang San is going there to promote taxation at this time, which 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 delay."

"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, "In other words, it's not just Wangzhi County who participated in this matter, they want to blackmail the officials by calling for tax payments."

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