Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 231: All parties
Xu Zhiqian was too lazy to argue with Zhang Fei, so after sitting down, she and Qiu Zhengwen got ready together.
Actually, Zhang Fei didn't want Ma Xiaoyi to help them at all. He arranged for Qiu Zhengwen to come over to assist them early in the morning. The main task was to do some hard work of cleaning tables, carrying documents, and running errands.
"Zhang San, look at the many people in front of you!"
Xu Zhiqian turned sideways suddenly and whispered to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei looked up, and saw seven or eight people sitting under the opposite shed, and the one sitting in the front was Li Lei, an ear pen from the Li Family Bookstore, and beside him were Li Guozhong and Fei Ming. Such a famous tea eater.
It can be seen that the division of occupations in this industry is still relatively strict. Li Guozhong and the others did not stand up to fight Zhang Fei by themselves, but chose to make suggestions and prepare materials from the sidelines, and gave the limelight to Li Lei, who was the youngest among them.
This is because the tea eater is only good at writing pleadings, finding out the loopholes of the other party, and making suggestions, but not good at arguing.
It's not that they don't have this talent, but because it was very difficult for ear pens to go to court before, and they were almost all litigious confrontations. Everyone wanted to be a tea eater, but now the situation has changed.
The profession of the ear pen has gradually overtaken the tea eater and has become a key figure in the dispute.
"Perhaps the five hundred guan is not wronged."
Seeing this scene, Zhang Fei felt very relieved, and seemed to have seen the prospect of professionalizing litigation.
An important indicator of specialization is teamwork and clear division of labor.
Compared with this, he seems unprofessional on the contrary, he and Xu Zhiqian are responsible for everything, unlike the other side, each defendant has a special tea eater who is responsible for making suggestions for ear pens.
Xu Zhiqian seemed to be aware of this problem, so she whispered: "Zhang San, why don't we call more people here so that they can learn."
Zhang Fei nodded: "It's the same as I thought. After this is over, I'll talk to Fan Yuanwai."
Speaking, he tilted his head slightly again, and asked Qiu Zhengwen behind him: "Zhengwen, how do you think they will fight this lawsuit?"
Qiu Zhengwen thought about it for a while, and then replied nervously: "I thought they would justify themselves as tenant farmers."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked again: "Then what should we do?"
Qiu Zhengwen held back for a long time, and replied: "I don't know."
Zhang Fei didn't seem to be surprised, and asked again: "Do you know who we are helping to sue?"
Qiu Zhengwen said: "Scholar Wang."
Zhang Fei turned his head and stared at Qiu Zhengwen.
Qiu Zhengwen blinked, "Set up the Regulations Department of the Second Government."
"It's the imperial court."
Zhang Fei said depressedly: "We are pursuing taxes, and only the imperial court has the power to collect taxes. Have you recorded those tax laws and regulations clearly?"
Qiu Zhengwen had an embarrassing smile on his face.
Zhang Fei also explained: "For the imperial court, they are all citizens and have the obligation to pay taxes, so in our view, they are a whole, and this is the key to our victory."
Qiu Zhengwen nodded half-understanding: "Yes, I remember."
And just as they were preparing, officials came to the corridor one after another, and this lawsuit attracted a lot of officials.
…But unlike before, after these officials sat down, they were relatively quiet and there were not many discussions. Most of the officials sat quietly on the chairs, and it was obvious that they were very nervous.
Maybe they are not bystanders or participants, but parties involved.
This lawsuit involves the interests of each of them, whether they are ordinary people or officials.
After a while, Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Wen Yanbo quietly came to the corridor.
"So many people!"
Han Qi saw that the corridor was already crowded, and even the muddy ground in front of the corridor was full of people.
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "They are not here to watch the trial this time."
Han Qi chuckled: "Neither are we!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Fu Bi again: "Please, Mr. Fu."
"Please."
After the three sat down.
Han Qi asked Fu Bi again in a low voice: "Did Fu think this lawsuit can really solve the problem?"
"I don't think so."
Fu Bi shook his head, "So I'm very curious about how Zhang San will fight this lawsuit and what purpose he wants to achieve."
"Really?" Han Qi sighed, "I didn't figure it out either."
Actually, both of them are not in favor of this lawsuit. Even if the class of the scholar-officials is not mentioned, this lawsuit is too risky for the emperor's rule, and the benefits are too small.
Because this lawsuit is impossible to solve the problem of tax evasion and tax evasion, on the contrary, it may complicate things, and even create a situation of confrontation between North Korea and China.
In comparison, Wang Anshi's reform is much more reliable than this. They don't approve of Wang Anshi's reform, but they don't agree with Wang Anshi's ideas, but reform is the only way to solve the problem.
Jurisdiction is impossible to solve social problems, only legislation will do.
After a while, Lu Gongzhu, Li Kai, Huang Gui, Cen Yuanli, Yu Zaishen and other six judges and pushers came to the hall together.
This is definitely the all-star lineup of Kaifeng Mansion.
There is no way, there are too many people suing the other party, and the Kaifeng government has to go all out.
Zhang Fei, Li Guozhong and others also got up and left the wooden shed one after another, and came to the middle of the hall, ready to salute.
The promotion ceremony of Kaifeng Mansion is indispensable. After all, Kaifeng Mansion is a professional court, which is different from Zhengshitang and Judgment Court.
After being promoted, Mr. Lu said in a loud voice: "Because there are many people involved this time and the accounts are more complicated, I think it is impossible to complete the trial in one day. Therefore, I decided that if there are no special circumstances, , every other day, two hours in the morning, from Chenshi to noon, until the trial is over, do you have any opinions?"
Originally, there were not so many arguments in the trial, but with the complexity of the dispute, the Kaifeng government was forced to issue various regulations.
It is very difficult to complete this trial in one day. If the time is not set in advance, it may cause disputes at which point it will end. It must be explained in advance, so that it is only fair.
Both parties expressed no opinion on this.
It's just right to end at eleven o'clock in the morning on such a hot day.
Don't tire the old men watching the trial.
After discussing the matter, Mr. Lu asked them to go back and prepare to start the trial.
As for the defendant who came to testify in court, it was also determined based on the appeal Zhang Fei had submitted before.
…There are too many people, we can’t let the one hundred and eight defendants and hundreds of tenant farmers wait here.
There are only ten places per day, but how many are reviewed, and they leave work on time at noon.
The name of the first person to testify was Du Shaojing, a native of Bianliang, Tokyo. .
Although Kaifeng government did not build sheds specifically for the defendant and witnesses, their seats were set up under the big trees on the left and right sides, and they were taken care of. For the convenience of watching the trial, the witnesses sat on the right side, while the defendant sat on the right side. It is sitting on the left, and there are signs hanging on the trees.
Everything is evolving towards specialization.
Zhang Fei stood up and asked Du Shaojing: "Mr. Du, according to my investigation, you have a total of 120 hectares in Xiaqu Township, Gongqiao Township, and Dudian Township, Kaifeng County. Land, I don’t know if it’s right?”
One hectare is equal to one hundred mu, which is about 12,000 mu. This was common in the Northern Song Dynasty, because land could be bought and sold freely.
Du Shaojing nodded and said: "Yes."
Zhang Fei glanced at the words again, and said: "Before this year, forty hectares of them avoided paying the land tax through the white deed."
"I object!"
The opposite Li Lei suddenly stood up, "The imperial court has ordered before that as long as the deed tax is paid within this year, the past will be forgotten. The 40 hectares of land are not included in this lawsuit."
Gong Lu nodded slightly, then looked at Zhang Fei again.
Zhang Fei explained: "In the imperial decree, the past does not mean that as long as the deed tax is paid, it means that from this year onwards, if the tax is paid in accordance with the law, the tax owed due to the white deed in previous years will be forgotten. It is the land tax, not the deed tax, and the deed tax is just a proof of tax payment.”
Lu Gong nodded his head.
However, many officials showed contempt on their faces, so they know that you people are harboring evil intentions.
When the lawsuit was filed, it was said that it was tax evasion other than Bai Qi, but when it came up, it immediately changed face.
It's shameless.
I also heard Zhang Fei say: "But according to the tax documents provided by Kaifeng County, Du Shaojing only paid the deed tax, but he has not paid a penny of tax on the forty hectares of land, and since I handed in the pleadings to now , It has been nearly a month, and they still haven’t paid taxes, even if they don’t have any money, then the forty hectares are not included in this exemption, and the imperial court has the power to pursue their taxes.”
Li Lei immediately argued: "You represent Wang Xueshi, not the imperial court."
Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Wang hired me in the name of the Department of Regulations of the Second Mansion. Regarding this point, my pleadings have written very clearly, and the purpose is to recover taxes for the court."
Li Lei snorted: "The establishment of the Second Government Regulations Division is just a temporary lawsuit, how can it represent the imperial court?"
A person in the corridor shouted: "Well said!"
Gong Lu turned his head to look, and the officials in the corridor all looked calm, and they didn't know who called it, so they had to give up.
The corners of Wang Anshi's mouth twitched a few times, and he said in a low voice, "Are all these ear pens so arrogant and domineering now?"
Sima Guang smiled and said: "Is it still good to draw a ladle by following the gourd?"
The implication is that everyone learns from Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "May I ask your Excellency, do you know who set up the Department of Regulations of the Second Government?"
Li Lei was silent.
Zhang Fei asked: "I don't know?"
Li Lei remained silent.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The Department of Regulations and Regulations of the Second Mansion was established by the government. Can you represent the imperial court? Speaking of which, if I cannot represent the imperial court, why should I sue them for tax evasion and report to the court?" Are they chasing taxes?"
Li Lei remained silent.
You carried the emperor out, but you really didn't talk about martial ethics.
But it's really not that Zhang Fei doesn't talk about martial arts, he has to explain this point, if he doesn't represent the imperial court, many bases are unreasonable.
Moreover, this is a game between the emperor and the landlord. If this is not clear, how can the emperor stand in the middle!
Lu Gong asked Li Kai, Cen Yuanli and others: "What do you think?"
Li Kaidao: "This was not mentioned in the previous pleadings, so we don't need to pay attention to him."
Cen Yuanli said: "But this dispute started because of this, Xueshi Wang also made it very clear in the court, we must avoid this point, this lawsuit may never be clear."
Yu Zaishen and the judges all nodded their heads.
Lu Gong thought for a while, and said loudly: "The fields that have not paid the summer tax in time, even if the deed tax is paid, will be included in the scope of this trial."
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