Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 236: A raccoon dog

"Silence! Silence!"

Lv Gong's work is to take a few shots of the gavel.

There is no way, the discussion outside the court is too loud.

Why not ask clearly?

Such a weird thing, why don't you give me an answer and keep people from sleeping.

In fact, it was Zhang Fei who asked to continue the trial, not Lu Gong. Otherwise, the discussion would probably lift the roof of Kaifeng Mansion.

The discussion outside the door is still going on.

Grand Lu's book became popular, and he slapped the gavel again, "If you don't keep quiet, I will try the case behind closed doors."

It was immediately quiet outside the courtyard gate.

"Hoo hoo."

Sitting in the shade, Shen Huaixiao was panting heavily while wiping off his sweat.

At that moment just now, it was extremely dangerous for them.

If the fight continues, Mr. Lu will take advantage of the situation to investigate the matter, and with Zhang San's assistance, who can guarantee that Zhou Cai will be able to persevere, and that the answer will be tight, and they will not be exposed.

Although this matter is definitely not over yet, it seems that there is at least room for maneuver and room for manipulation. After all, it has not been tried in court.

As for their embarrassment, Wen Yanbo saw everything in his eyes, and whispered to Fu Bi and Han Qi: "I never thought they would lose so badly this time."

I still have some lingering feelings for this little emperor.

Fu Bi caressed his beard and said: "Their tricks are not easy to use in court!"

Han Qi nodded and said: "During the Qingli period, they also used similar tricks. They always caught us off guard and were impossible to guard against. But in the courtroom, it's two sides fighting each other. Everyone knows what is the key. Therefore, it is easier to prevent."

Wen Yanbo nodded thoughtfully.

In political struggles, you can't figure out what tricks the other party will use. A small person, a painting, or a rain may change everything.

Everyone is doing everything they can.

The defensive side is very passive, and the reform side is usually the defensive side, they are inherently at a disadvantage.

But it can't be done in the courtroom. Both sides know what is the key evidence. Everyone is relying on strength. On this point, the emperor has a natural advantage.

Of course, they thought despicableness was their exclusive property, but they didn't expect the emperor to play like this.

"Brother Li, what should we do? Or forget it."

Fei Ming is in a panic now, if he is involved in this, it may fall into his head, it is not a matter of winning or losing the lawsuit.

Li Guozhong said calmly, "Why are you panicking? We are hired to file a lawsuit. The evidence they provide has nothing to do with us."

Speaking, he patted Li Lei who was sweating profusely again, "Cheer up, the more you are like this, the more people will think that we are guilty. Now we have only one way, try our best to protect them, maybe we can get a blessing in disguise , if you stop here, the two sides will not touch the shore at that time, and you will die even worse."

Fei Ming and the others nodded their heads one after another.

Li Lei turned his head to look at Li Guozhong, "But this is impossible."

Li Guozhong said: "Let's do our best."

Li Lei took two deep breaths, then nodded, and several people immediately started discussing again.

This variable is something they didn't expect, so they have to re-discuss the countermeasures.

…While whispering, Du Shaojing walked up to the hall with his uncontrollable legs. He was not as arrogant and domineering as yesterday, and he couldn't speak clearly.

"See you, little one!"

"Forget it!"

Gong Lu waved his hand, then pointed to the dock.

On these few steps, Du Shaojing felt as if he was walking out to the execution ground.

I came to the tree with difficulty and sat down, but it felt like I was sitting on pins and needles.

Zhang Fei stood up, looked at Du Shaojing, and said with a smile, "Don't panic, and answer every question calmly to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding."

Du Shaojing nodded dully.

"I object."

Li Lei suddenly stood up and said, "The other party's words conceal a threat."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "I take back what I just said."

Du Shaojing looked at Li Lei suddenly, and suddenly remembered, yes, I also have an ear pen to protect me.

I can't help but feel a little relieved.

Zhang Fei looked at the documents he had prepared long ago, and then asked Du Shaojing: "Mr. Du, yesterday we mentioned that out of the 120 hectares of land under your name, 40 hectares are Baiqi land. Among the remaining 80 hectares of land, only 13 hectares of land have been taxed, and the remaining 67 hectares have no tax payment records. I don’t know how the staff can explain it.”

Du Shaojing glanced at Zhang Fei with a guilty conscience, and then at Li Guozhong and the others, only to see that Li Guozhong and others all lowered their heads.

Don't look at us about this matter, you can figure it out yourself.

Du Shaojing shook his head like a rattle, "I will not explain."

"No explanation?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Du Shaojing said: "I admit that I have not paid taxes."

Mr. Lu quietly flipped through the accounts five years ago, which contained Du Shaojing's tax payment records.

But Du Shaojing is not stupid. No matter how serious the crime of tax evasion is, it is not as serious as the crime of stealing government account books.

He can only admit it.

Besides, if he didn't bring out the tax bills, he couldn't sue him with the account books. After all, the account books were written by officials, not them.

Zhang Fei asked: "According to my investigation, most of these lands are red deed lands, which are recorded by the government. I don't know how the members escaped the government's call for payment."

Du Shaojing said: "Just like everyone else, hide the land, or use female households and monks to evade taxes."

Like everyone, the law does not blame the public.

Zhang Fei glanced at the other side, saw the other side making some movements, so he said: "I'm done asking."

He sat down.

Qiu Zhengwen, who was sitting in the back, was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Third brother, why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"

Zhang Fei said solemnly: "This is teaching. I deliberately showed you a wrong demonstration. You must remember that you must take advantage of his illness and kill him. You must not be soft-hearted."

Qiu Zhengwen let out a sigh.

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and smiled, squinting her eyes and turning Zhang Fei's eyes, her nonsense seemed to be true.

Li Lei stood up and asked Du Shaojing, "Mr. Du, how many tenants do you have?"

Du Shaojing looked at Li Lei, as if asking, do you want me to tell the truth, or make it up.

Li Guozhong on the side nodded anxiously, you still make up, I'm afraid you are tired of work.

Du Shaojing said: "There are more than four or four hundred households."... "So many?" Li Lei asked again: "Did Yuanwai give them a very low rent?"

High or low?

Du Shaojing looked at Li Lei, looking for an answer.

Li Guozhong hid Lu Gong's work above, and told Du Shaojing with his lips, telling the truth.

You can't see Lu Gong's work, but Sima Guang, Su Shi and others on the opposite side can see it clearly, and they can't help but laugh.

It's so difficult!

Zhang Fei also covered his mouth and laughed, and turned around, "They are also setting a wrong example. In the future, when you go to court, be more accurate. Don't go all the way to death. Once this road is blocked, it will be the end of the road." They are now doing this."

Qiu Zhenghua and the others kept their mouths shut and nodded.

Du Shaojing shook his head and said, "Not low."

Li Lei asked again: "Since the rent is not low, why are there so many people who are willing to become tenants other than members, will they be like Li Dacai and the others?"

Zhang Fei immediately turned back to Qiu Zhengwen and said: "At this time, I must object, his question is suggestive and tempting."

Qiu Zhengwen was surprised and said, "Why don't you object, third brother?"

Zhang Fei glared at him angrily, "You are stupid, I am going to object, how can I teach you."

"?"

Qiu Zhenghua couldn't figure it out. If you objected, I'll remember it. Tell me, I don't necessarily remember it. Is this another demonstration of wrong teaching?

Here was still whispering, but Du Shaojing suddenly came to his senses, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, many people are only willing to cultivate the fields that do not pay taxes. If you want them to pay taxes, they would rather not Come."

"Why?"

Li Lei asked.

Du Shaojing said: "Because the imperial court has miscellaneous taxes, such as transfer, change, and loss. These three taxes are not fixed. Many people hide their household registration and sell their fields to escape. If I don't want to If I try to evade taxes, I won’t be able to recruit tenants to help me cultivate the land.”

Many upright and honest officials were angry when they heard this. What is the reason for this?

However, many people outside the door nodded frequently.

Branch transfer means that the imperial court asks the people to send their taxes to a designated place for the sake of war, often hundreds of miles away, and what's even more outrageous is that they have to pay taxes in the middle.

But Tokyo is too far away from the front line, you don't have to go, discount it.

Folding is to fold grain into silk, and fold silk into grain. This change requires a lot of money.

Waste, that is, being eaten by mice, the loss of grain, etc., are also counted.

The key to these three items is that there is no fixed number. If you are lucky, you will pay less points. What if you are not lucky?

Three times is actually not much, and this set of tricks is often five or six times.

Of course the people are willing to pay high rents, but they are also unwilling to pay taxes.

It is true that tax-free land is intended to be more attractive to tenants.

Li Lei said again: "I heard that Yuanwai often donates money, distributes food to the refugees, and donates to the government to build water conservancy."

Du Shaojing's mind began to clear up, and he returned to yesterday's rhythm, and immediately replied: "I did evade taxes in order to attract tenants, but I feel guilty, so I often donate some money and food to the people and the government."

Li Lei wrote to Lu Gong again: "I'm done asking."

Zhang Fei stood up and said, "I would like to report to the magistrate, I have a very important witness here, and I hope the magistrate can send this witness to testify in court."... Lu Gong wrote: "Tell."

After a while, a man in his twenties came into the hall.

"Dog egg."

Du Shaojing suddenly stood up, "Why are you here?"

Lu Gong warned with deep eyebrows: "Du Shaojing, don't be presumptuous."

Du Shaojing hurriedly said: "The magistrate doesn't know something, he is my servant, he can't sue me casually."

Gong Lu frowned slightly.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Mr. Du, that happened a few days ago. I have already spent money to help him redeem himself."

Du Shaojing immediately said: "Impossible, why don't I know."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Mr. Du has raised so many servants, such a trivial matter, there is no need for Mr. Zhuang to come forward in person. Mr. Zhuang in your family can be the master. Mr. Du should know this better than me."

Xu Zhiqian handed over a contract at the right time, Zhang Fei took it and said, "This is Goudan's redemption contract, please take a look at it."

"Submit."

After Lu Gong read it, he ignored Du Shaojing and asked Goudan to sit on the witness stand.

Du Shaojing sat down, and after relaxing for a while, he was sweating profusely again.

The man named Goudan saluted Lu Gongzhu, and then went to the witness stand.

Zhang Fei stood up and asked, "Goudan, is this your real name?"

The man shook his head and said: "My original name is Zhu Erjiu, and Du Shaojing helped me get the name Goudan."

Zhang Fei said: "How did you meet Du Shaojing?"

Zhu Erjiu said: "I was originally a third-class household in Dudian Village, Kaifeng County. I owed a lot of money to the government because of my service in the imperial court. In the end, I had to sell the land to pay off the debt."

Han Qi, Fu Bi and the others sighed deeply when they heard that they were bankrupt.

I heard Zhu Erjiu say again: "Afterwards, our brothers and sisters had nowhere to go, so we had to rent 20 mu of land from Du Shaojing to cultivate."

Zhang Fei asked: "How much is the rent?"

Zhu Erjiu said: "The field produces half of it for one person, but I have to bear all the taxes."

Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "What about after that?"

Zhu Erjiu suddenly glared at Du Shaojing fiercely, "I never thought that Du Shaojing would include all taxes and taxes such as government changes, transfers, losses, etc., and only more or less. We can't pay taxes at all, so we can only borrow money from him, this one!"

He wiped away tears, "But it will never be repaid. The interest is increasing and the taxes are increasing. Even if I plant the land for several lifetimes, I still can't repay it. In the end, my sister was taken away by him." To repay the debt, and I can only become his tenant slave."

I don't know if I heard too much yesterday, which made the people watching the trial numb, and there was not much commotion outside the door.

"You spitting blood."

Du Shaojing stood up and pointed at Zhu Erjiu angrily.

As soon as he shouted, the people watching the trial immediately gave him countless angry looks.

If looks could kill.

Zhang Fei smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Du, don't forget that your family has more than one family of tenant slaves, but there are hundreds of them. Do you want to call them all to testify?"

Du Shaojing trembled, but he didn't dare to speak out.

Zhang Fei wrote to Lu Gong again: "According to my investigation, Du Yuanwai's family has at least 120 households of tenant slaves. They were all Du Yuanwai's tenants before. Borrow a usury loan of about ten times the interest from Du Yuanwai." Speaking of which, Xu Zhiqian handed Zhang Fei a stack of loan deeds.

Zhang Fei took it over and raised his hand, "I have more than ten usury loans signed by Du Yuanwai."

Immediately, a civil official came over and took away all these loans.

Zhang Fei said: "It is impossible to pay back such high interest, plus rent and tax. The interest rate makes them owe Du Yuanwai countless money, not to mention a lifetime. Even in ten lifetimes, they can't afford it. They can only plow the fields for Du Yuanwai like cattle and horses. But none of these fields have paid taxes to the court.

It can be seen that Du Yuanwai's tax evasion has nothing to do with the tenants, it is purely his personal behavior. As for the accusations made by Li Dacai and other tenants against the imperial court yesterday, it was purely rumors and slanders, nonsense. What they have now is all given by the imperial court, and what they suffer is all given by Du Yuanwai and others. "

Before he finished speaking, there was a deafening hiss at the door, which directly interrupted Zhang Fei's spellcasting.

The gavel tree written by Lu Gong can't hold back.

You say that Du Shaojing is a big villain, then we all agree.

Well said.

Just because he is evil does not mean that the court is good.

They are like dogs.

This is really shameless.

Man and God are indignant.

Of course, it was not Zhang Fei who was embarrassed, but the officials sitting inside.

Wen Yanbo and others looked at Zhang Fei very depressedly, stop shooting you flattery, the more you shoot, the more embarrassing you will be.

Isn't the court ashamed enough?

The key point is that Sima Guang and Han Qi all know that the court is so embarrassing, isn't it because you, Zhang Fei, did it on purpose? The lawsuit yesterday was completely unnecessary.

Now I'm looking back here again, it's like playing us like monkeys!

Zhang Fei, who was interrupted from casting spells, couldn't continue talking. After all, there is no Mai now, so he turned his head to look at Xu Zhiqian. Seeing the woman covering her face with her hands and buried her head in the text, she said unhappily: "Hey! Beauty! We are the representatives of the imperial court, why don't you be more professional? How can I go on like this?"

Xu Zhiqian leaned back on the back of the chair, and said depressedly: "But what you said is so disgusting, I can't even listen to it."

Zhang Fei said: "Give me a quarter of an hour, and you won't feel that way."

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes, "This is impossible."

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