Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 224: Legal tax avoidance

The arrival of Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi made Zhang Fei suddenly feel that this lawsuit might solve his current financial difficulties.

Actually, he thought about this problem a long time ago. If those rich people are not afraid of the law, then they will not be able to make a lot of money.

Tax evasion and tax evasion, even without ear pens for help.

This is simply unreasonable.

So shameless.

He has to think carefully about how to fight this lawsuit. It must make them feel painful, and it must not be merciful.

In the evening.

"Ah...!"

Zhang Fei went out of the shop and stretched his waist.

Before he finished stretching his waist, Long Wu had already arrived in front of Zhang Fei in a carriage.

A word.

Professional!

Just as Zhang Fei was about to get in the car, Long Wu suddenly said: "Sanlang, there are many more people following around today."

Zhang Fei looked left and right subconsciously, and asked nervously, "Will your life be in danger?"

I'm really afraid of being attacked.

Long Wudao: "No."

Zhang Fei asked, "How?"

Long Wudao: "I have observed before, they are just the tip of the eye."

"...?"

Zhang Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered Long Wu's shrew fist that day, and couldn't help worrying about it. Now that there is a lot of turmoil outside, this guy looks unreliable, and asked again: "Long Wu, what are you doing?" Tell the truth, are you a master?"

Long Wu asked: "What is a master?"

Zhang Fei said in a tone that wanted to die: "He is the kind of person who is very good at martial arts."

Long Wu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know if it counts, I haven't met anyone who is very good at martial arts."

Zhang Fei said: "Doesn't it count as a big cow?"

Long Wu immediately shook his head.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then...then how many big bulls can you beat?"

Long Wudao: "Fight, I may not be able to beat him, I am not good at fighting, I am only good at killing and saving people."

“…!”

Zhang Fei wiped off his sweat, "Then you can kill a few big bulls."

Long Wu thought for a while, and said, "More than ten."

Zhang Fei blinked, "Okay, let's trust you again."

......

Back home, just got out of the carriage, and happened to meet Xu Zhiqian who also just came back from outside.

"How about you?"

Zhang Fei asked Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian said depressedly: "But they didn't give me a good face. They asked me to go home and wait for the news because of their busy work."

He went to the Department of Records today to submit the list of aid ear pens.

As a result, the Department of Records suddenly changed its attitude and said that it had to wait a little longer.

Zhang Fei also knew the reason, and encouraged him: "Just treat it as a good thing."

Xu Zhiqian nodded helplessly.

It seems that the situation between North Korea and China is not very good. Zhang Fei said again: "Let's go to your house first, I want to ask my father-in-law about the current situation of the court."

The two went directly to Xu's house, and after waiting for a while, Xu Zun came back.

"Don't worry too much, it's not certain yet!" Before Zhang Fei could ask, Xu Zun waved his hands again and again.

Zhang Fei asked: "Are there many people who object?"

Xu Zun smiled wryly, "It's too many for you to imagine!"

Zhang Fei just nodded.

What can't be imagined.

He expected early on that this would be difficult, so he planned to play outside the box.

......

The same is true.

At the beginning, those officials thought that it didn't matter if they went to court, and it would definitely be beneficial to them.

However, the result surprised them.

Above the most basic justice

, they have exhausted all means, and even sent the most powerful think tank of judges.

Of course.

Nothing but embarrassment.

Even the magistrate of Kaifeng was dispatched to Qiongzhou.

This time they are determined not to file a lawsuit.

Whoever hits S and B again.

Don't even think about it.

Although in the Chuigong Hall, the emperor and a group of political advisers reached a certain consensus, it was still handed over to the judiciary for judgment.

But then many ministers went up to impeach Wang Anshi to stop the lawsuit.

The reason is that they have always followed the imperial court's decrees and laws. Although Wang Anshi's statement has nothing to do with Bai Qi's tax payment, everyone knows that it is just an excuse.

And those people are actively comparing taxes, isn't it because the imperial court has agreed to let the past go, and now the imperial court has backtracked and broke their promises, which will affect the prestige of the imperial court.

In less than two days, there were two large boxes of memorials, and even some scholar-bureaucrats who were at home wrote letters to Shenzong, saying that it was absolutely impossible to do so.

The study.

"Sir, this is the memorial they have submitted in the past two days. I only read a few of them, and they are all to prevent the Kaifeng government from hearing the case."

Zhao Xu pointed to the two big boxes and said to Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi just glanced at it with disdain.

Zhao Xu asked, "What do you think, Mr.?"

Wang Anshi smiled disdainfully and said: "Your Majesty, the more they are like this, the more your Majesty will not agree."

Zhao Xu asked: "Why?"

Wang Anshi said: "Actually, they have already told His Majesty the answer."

Zhao Xu asked: "How do you say that?"

Wang Anshi said: "At this time they are fledgling, so the public resentment caused by this matter is not a concern, but if the imperial court does nothing, let them annex the land and let the people become tenant farmers.

At that time, although they own all the wealth in the world, as long as His Majesty dares to tax them, the resentment caused by the people may not even be able to bear by His Majesty.

Your Majesty can only collect taxes from the people, and the result is that more people turn into tenant farmers and attach themselves to them, further expanding their power.

Relying on His Majesty's favor, they can give small benefits to the people, but His Majesty's favor comes from people's grievances. His Majesty has been working for a long time, but he is making wedding dresses for them. Not to mention the monarch, even ordinary people can't do such stupid things. "

Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this, and nodded slightly.

Wang Anshi said again: "Your Majesty, didn't they sue their ministers for selfishness and retaliation, and don't they compare pennies and pennies?"

Zhao Xu was startled, and nodded slightly.

Wang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty can also let them go to Kaifeng Mansion to sue the ministers, and they will plot behind their backs, which is not what a gentleman does."

Zhao Xu smiled slightly, "That's not necessary, I just ignore it, and I will issue an order later to let the Kaifeng government try this case as soon as possible."

Wang Anshi spoke so directly, how could he not understand.

This can't work.

I offended the people, but you took advantage of it and let the people depend on you.

Who is working for whom?

After Wang Anshi left, Zhao Xu immediately drafted an order, asking Kaifeng government to try the case immediately.

But the ink is still wet.

The three prime ministers, Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Zeng Gongliang wrote letters one after another.

The letters written by the three of them are similar, but they have the same meaning.

The judiciary can only seek temporary justice, and treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot really solve the problem.

Only policy can solve problems.

If Zhao Xu had a policy, they would all support this lawsuit to build their prestige, but if not, the loss outweighs the gain.

This made Zhao Xu hesitate again.

It is impossible for the three of them to collude, but they all expressed this appeal.

It can be seen that there is a reason for this.

In this lawsuit, the most you can do is force them to pay a little tax, but the problem of the tenant farmers has not been resolved.

Landlords can always transfer taxes to tenant farmers.

There will be trouble again next year, and you will sue again?

When you have no solution to the problem, you offend everyone first. It is not worthwhile to consume such a large political cost without solving the problem.

At this moment, Zhao Xu suddenly thought of one person, Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei once mentioned this problem, and the solution is to put business first and then agriculture, leave this side alone for the time being, shift the focus to the business side, and then turn around to solve the agricultural problem.

But it didn't happen overnight.

"Go and make arrangements, I'm going out of the palace."

Zhao Xu suddenly ordered to the servant next to him.

The waiter said: "Your Majesty is going to the Zhang family?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

The servant said: "I just received a letter from the Secretary of the Imperial City. At present, many people are staring at Zhang San."

"Really?"

Zhao Xu hummed: "It seems that they really made up their minds this time!"

Thought for a while, he said again: "You send someone to send a letter to Xu Zun, asking him to bring Zhang San into the palace tomorrow."

"Yes."

......

The next day.

Xu Zun found a reason and asked Zhang Fei to quickly send a copy of the document to Dali Temple. After avoiding the eyes, Zhao Xu's people took Zhang Fei to see Zhao Xu.

"Zhang San, I think you have the qualifications of a prime minister!"

When we met, Zhao Xu praised with a smile.

Zhang Fei's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, what request do you have, just say it, and you don't need to be so alien to Xiaomin."

Zhao Xu said in a daze: "I praise you, why are you so scared?"

Zhang Fei said awkwardly: "Your Majesty suddenly praised Xiaomin so much, can Xiaomin not be afraid?"

Zhao Xu chuckled: "You really misunderstood."

Speaking, he told Zhang Fei about Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Zeng Gongliang's letter, and then said with a smile: "Look, what they worry about is something you have thought about a long time ago, so I praise you He has the qualifications of a prime minister."

"That's what happened."

Zhang Fei wiped off his sweat and asked again: "Your Majesty came to me today for this purpose?"

Zhao Xu nodded: "Now I am also in trouble. Although your method is good, after all, far away water can't save near fire. If you don't file this lawsuit, it will make them worse. But if you file this lawsuit, it will be worth it." Not worth it?"

Now that there are so many people opposing it, if he insists on fighting, he will certainly be able to succeed, but he will have to pay a high political cost, and if there is a slight mistake, he will have to bear the blame and he will have to consider whether it is worth it.

This is really helping me too. Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said, "I think Fu Gong and the others don't understand the law, so that's why they said that."

These three don't understand the law?

Zhao Xu really wanted to tell him that he was just joking and boasting casually, so don't take it seriously, and asked, "You understand?"

Hey Zhang Fei said: "I understand."

Seeing this guy's relaxed expression, Zhao Xu couldn't help but look forward to saying: "What can you do, tell me quickly."

Zhang Fei said: "Fugong and Han Xianggong only considered the political cost, but not the illegal cost, so what they said is completely wrong."

Zhao Xu wondered: "Illegal cost?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Fei said: "Nowadays those big landlords don't even want to hide their tax evasion. If they win this lawsuit, they will definitely not be as unscrupulous as they are now, and they will definitely find other ways to avoid taxes."

Zhao Xu said speechlessly: "As you said, they will still evade taxes. It's just a waste of brains. This won't solve the problem."

Zhang Fei said helplessly: "Your Majesty, don't say that those landlords want to evade taxes. If the people have a way, they will definitely evade taxes. This is human nature. Judging from my current situation, it is almost impossible to stop it." of."

Zhao Xu asked again: "Then what's the point of fighting this lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei said: "Let them know that the law can punish him

Ours. "

Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Zhang Fei said: "When they know this, they will find ways to evade taxes under legal circumstances. In fact, transferring taxes to tenant farmers is also a legal tax avoidance, but this kind of tax avoidance has a disadvantage, that is, the landlord cannot Completely disregard the relationship, because for the imperial court, this tax is everywhere.

Since it can't be stopped, why not the court provide them with a way to legally avoid taxes. "

Zhao Xu heard it with a question mark on his face: "If we can let them avoid tax legally, why should I ask you to find a way."

It is not easy to make people not pay taxes.

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, listen to me. There is no free lunch in this world. The imperial court gave them legal tax avoidance, and they must give back to the imperial court."

Zhao Xu shook his head again and again and said: "If they are willing to give back to the court, they will not be like this."

Zhang Fei said: "This lawsuit can force them to make plans in this regard, and then we can use the wealth of Sima University to reach a deal with them."