Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 432: Tax war (6)

Huh?

Lu Jiawen and the six justices looked at Li He at the same time.

This answer is not completely unexpected, but Li He's answer is very direct, without the slightest hesitation, and without the slightest emotion.

This can't help but make many people feel chills down their spines.

Is it that cruel?

At this point in the lawsuit, no one cares what kind of virtuous people Qin Biao and Qin's mother are. They only hope that the imperial court will convict the tax department.

Because this is really related to their vital interests, how many of you here are not tax evaders.

Who would want to see a group of tax police rushing to their house and pointing their bows and arrows at them?

Even Su Zhe couldn't help being stunned for a while, and asked again: "Let the tax police judge whether it can be killed?"

Li He nodded: "When encountering danger, the tax police can judge by themselves."

Su Zhe asked very curiously: "Aren't you worried that there will be tax police who use this power to murder others for public benefit?"

Li He nodded expressionlessly and said: "Of course I am worried, so we have repeatedly told the tax police that law enforcement is the best weapon to protect ourselves. Anyone who abuses his power will be self-destructive.

At the same time, our tax department has also published articles in newspapers and periodicals many times, telling the people to actively cooperate with the tax police. "

Su Zhe said: "Is it enough for Li Siwu to tell you a few words?"

Li He shook his head and said, "I don't know, but we really can't do better."

Su Zhe frowned, pondered for a while, looked up at Lu Jia and asked, "I'm done asking."

Lu Jiawen nodded, then turned his head to look at Zhang Fei on the other side.

Zhang Fei smiled and shook his head.

After Li He went down, Lu Jiawen asked Zhang Fei and Su Zhe if there were any witnesses, but they both said no.

This surprised Su Zhe.

Currently, Zhang Fei does not have the upper hand, and according to the previous lawsuits, summoning some unexpected witnesses is Zhang Fei's most powerful weapon.

But this time Zhang Fei only summoned the parties and did not call any surprising witnesses.

Did I do something wrong just now? Su Zhe couldn't help thinking secretly.

Lv Jiawen did not expect that Zhang Fei did not call witnesses this time.

But since neither side has any witnesses, the next step is the closing statement.

Su Zhe stood up first, "About the case of the tax department's raid on the Qin family, this has never happened in our dynasty. Without any application, and without any communication with the Qin family, the Secretary directly dispatched troops, armed with a large number of weapons, broke into the door, and frightened the innocent mother of Qin into a serious illness.

Although the tax department has repeatedly emphasized that Qin Biao has many bad deeds, so they need to take this method. It sounds reasonable, but the problem is that they can also take similar measures against any household, and their basis is only based on their investigation and their judgment.

If the imperial court does not stop this kind of behavior, who can guarantee that they will not use this method on ordinary people. The key point is that this method is extremely easy to hurt innocent people. .

And if the people know that there is such a team that can break into their homes at any time, how can anyone sleep peacefully? Therefore, I hope that the Royal Court will sentence the tax department to abuse of power and destroy private houses. "

After finishing speaking, Su Zhe sat down.

Zhang Fei stood up, looked at Su Zhe opposite, and said with a smile: "This kind of remarks about Su's prosecution can be said to be a cliché, and I have heard it countless times. But the facts have told us , This kind of speech is definitely not caring about the people, maybe it's just a habit, similar to a jingle."

A jingle? Su Zhe glanced at him slightly dissatisfied.

Wang Anshi said in a low voice: "Jun Shi, this kid is talking about you, right?"

Sima Guang ignored this fellow, thinking in his heart, is this kid mocking the old man?

Lv Jiawen was also a little confused, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you say that?"

"The roots of it all lie in the law of conscription."

Zhang Fei explained: "Everyone knows why the imperial court abolished the previous labor law and adopted the recruitment law. Although many people opposed the recruitment law, no one was in favor of the labor law.

Because the servant law will bring a heavy burden to the people, this is already a consensus, especially the Yaqian servants, and the Yaqian servants are also responsible for urging taxes.

I don’t know if you still remember Geng Ming from Baima Township. I was the one who fought the lawsuit. He went to pay taxes, and his family was ruined. Such incidents are not uncommon, and they are so common that I don’t need Prepare any example to illustrate this point.

But there are also some yamen frontiers who are very ruthless. They use their power to break into people's homes and plunder people's property in the name of collecting taxes. Such things are not uncommon.

Wang Hong, the former magistrate of Kaifeng County, explained this in great detail. Collecting taxes is not an easy task. If taxes are not collected, the country will be difficult to maintain.

So, the imperial court should acquiesce in this behavior.

At that time, many ministers supported Wang Hong and never mentioned the common people. But what is puzzling is that now they are crazily opposing the actions of the tax department. Is it just because those government officers just broke into the homes of ordinary people and were unable to collect taxes from their homes, and this time the tax department raided the general public? Landlord's house? But whether it is for this reason or not, it proves that this kind of remarks are not concerned about the safety of the people, otherwise, this labor law would have been changed long ago. "

Wang Anshi nodded: "It hits the nail on the head!"

As for the dignitaries around, all of them looked ashen.

Li Kai, who came to watch the trial, asked Zeng Gong in a low voice: "Prefect Zeng, is this kid scary?"

Zeng Gong said in astonishment: "What's so scary? Couldn't he be right?"

Huh?

Li Kai looked at him with a question mark on his face, thinking, it seems that this new magistrate is not a good person either!

Su Zhe looked at Zhang Fei in surprise, thinking, this kid is more outspoken than my brother, why is he safe and sound? Is it my brother who is too straightforward?

Thinking of Su Shi, he couldn't help but miss his brother.

Lu Jiawen just listened and did not interrupt Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei continued: "Nowadays, the Department of Regulations and Regulations of the Second Government promulgated the Service Recruitment Law, and the front office in charge of collecting taxes has been changed to a tax police officer, but has the situation in the countryside changed? Obviously not. Someone is evading taxes.

On this point, the previous lawsuit has already explained everything.

Then there are only three choices before the tax police. One, like Geng Ming, go to the landlord’s house to collect taxes. of.

Secondly, like those evil officials, they forcibly broke into people's homes and collected tax money. Anyway, the imperial court seems to have a relatively high tolerance for this kind of behavior, and generally they will not blame them.

Third, just as it is now, first check, and after the evidence is conclusive, use different methods according to different objects to arrest the tax evaders, and after interrogation, hand them over to the procuratorate, and the procuratorate will report to the emperor At the same time, he will be under the supervision of the judiciary and sit here to be interrogated by the imperial court and the procuratorate.

The tax department has summed up the past experience, which is the choice of the third option.

If the tax department does not raid the Qin family, then they will break into a hundred households and seize their property, because the tax must be paid anyway.

The tax police dare to legally collect taxes from everyone, and everyone must pay taxes legally. This is the greatest protection for the people, and this is the duty to the country. Therefore, I hereby urge the Royal Court to give the Inland Revenue Secretary support and confidence to challenge every tax evader, no matter who they are. I'm done. "

Lv Jiawen questioned the six judicial officials again with his eyes, and seeing that they had nothing to ask, he slapped the gavel and said, "The court will be adjourned for now."

He got up and went into the back room with the six justices.

Xu Zhiqian whispered: "Did you miss a paragraph?"

Zhang Fei said: "No!"

Xu Zhiqian said: "But you didn't explain clearly whether there is a hidden danger of abuse of power in this behavior of the tax police. Isn't this the key point of the debate?"

What Su Zhe emphasized was never this case, but the tax department's power. If it is not restricted, there will be hidden dangers of abuse.

However, Zhang Fei is emphasizing the difference between the tax department and the front office, which can even be understood as the lesser of two evils, avoiding whether the tax department will abuse its power.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This cannot be explained. The more clearly you explain such details, the more restrictions you will have on the tax department. Therefore, the best way to deal with it is not to explain, because we have won This is the power."

Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly, and asked again: "But if you don't explain clearly, it will be unconvincing, and the chief judge may sentence you to lose, isn't it worth the loss?"

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "They will definitely judge me to win."

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously.

Zhang Fei said in a low voice: "Because this is also related to the power of the imperial court."

At this time, whispers were also heard in the auditorium, but many people had looks of expectation on their faces.

They could also hear that Zhang Fei deliberately avoided Su Zhe's concerns, which was clearly a guilty conscience and did not dare to answer directly.

Wen Yanbo asked Fu Bi in a low voice: "What do you think Fu Bi will be sentenced?"

Fu Bi shook his head and said, "I'm not very good at litigation, but I think Zhang San will definitely not lose."

Wen Yanbo was taken aback for a moment, then realized immediately, and nodded: "Yes! If you lose, the tax department will suffer a huge blow."

At the same time, Lu Jiawen was having heated discussions with six judicial officials in the room.

"Although Zhang San's words are reasonable, they cannot cover up the drawbacks of the tax department's method. As long as they think they can take action, they can use all methods. This is really terrible."

"That's right, we can't just look at this case to make a judgment. As Su's prosecution said, no one can guarantee that the tax department will enforce the law impartially, and there will be no mistakes during the period. Maybe this is worse than those evil officials in the past. More ruthless."

"You have to think about the overall situation. If we judge that the tax department has abused its power, it will directly cause the tax department to dare not act rashly, and the tax may not be collected. This may cause a big problem."

"We should also discuss the matter as it stands. As far as the situation of the Qin family is concerned, it is understandable for the tax department to take this method. There is no fact to prove that the tax department is abusing its power."

It just so happens that there are three people on one side, each insisting on their own opinions.

Lu Jiawen suddenly said: "Everyone seems to have overlooked one point."

The six judicial officials looked at Lu Jia and asked in unison.

Lu Jia asked: "It is our imperial court."

"Our imperial court?"

"Good!"

Lu Jiawen nodded and said: "According to the current situation, although the Taxation Department belongs to the Ministry of Finance, it is not under the control of the Ministry of Finance. Negligent conduct."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the six justices lit up.

Lu Jia asked again: "Before, matters related to taxation were never handled by our imperial court, and we were unable to intervene, nor did we dare to intervene, just like Wang Hong's previous lawsuit, if the tax was not collected , the country will have big problems.”

The six judicial judges finally realized that the case not only involved the authority of the tax department, but also involved their authority.

That will have to be revisited.

The imperial court's support for the tax department is actually supporting the imperial court, and the imperial court's power will be asserted.

In fact, just now Zhang Fei has made it clear to the imperial court that the tax policeman will be supervised by the imperial court and the procuratorate, otherwise, Li He would not be sitting here.

If the tax department does not have this power, it has to be reported to all levels. It has nothing to do with the imperial court, and the problem is resolved internally by their upper echelons.

And their judicial officials are all professional officials. Generally speaking, no matter how promoted they are, they will hang around here. Therefore, the greater the power of the imperial court, they will naturally benefit from it.

If the power of the imperial court can be extended to taxation, then everyone will fear the imperial court.

Allowing the tax department to do this is to allow the royal court to intervene in taxation.

When something goes wrong, it will only be up to the royal court to determine whether the tax department has committed any illegal acts.

After half an hour.

Lu Jiawen and the six justices came out of the room and returned to their seats.

The atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became tense.

Different from the past, this time, Zhang Fei did not have an absolute advantage.

Everyone doesn't know how to judge.

However, what they didn't know was that the nervous look in their eyes made Lu Jiawen feel that their judgment was correct.

Lv Jiawen enjoyed all this very much. He swept his gaze, "After discussing with the chief judge and the six judges, we all believe that the tax department did not have any fault in this behavior."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar, and countless angry eyes shot at Lu Jiawen.

This seemed to be expected by Lu Jiawen, he was not disturbed, and continued to say: "From the testimonies of all parties, the tax department's plan has been carefully deployed, and it has successfully prevented possible conflicts. It is also one of the reasons why the court promulgated the Recruitment Law, using specialized talents to handle specialized affairs.

Therefore, we judge that the actions of the tax department are in full compliance with the powers given to them by the imperial court and the imperial court's expectations of them. As for Qin's mother's experience, the president of the court also feels very sorry. The president of the court also advises the people to declare their income truthfully. If there is anything unclear, they should also explain it to the tax department in time to avoid misunderstandings. cause unnecessary losses.

In addition, the president of the court also hopes that the tax department can announce the code of conduct of the tax department to the public so that the people can better cooperate with the tax department. "

Before the words fell, one person hummed: "Your Lu family's buttocks are not clean either."

The voice was not very loud, but Lu Gong heard it clearly. Looking back, he saw Meng Gansheng getting up and striding outside, and couldn't help frowning. If you don't accept it, just scold him. What is the intention of our Lu family?

However, many officials stood up indignantly, and they all glared at him. Mr. Lu saw that he was outnumbered, so he thought about it and let it go.

Why do everyone blame the Lu family, because the Lu family is also a very prominent family, which has been prosperous for a long time and has produced many prime ministers.

But Lu Jiawen is a different kind of person, so he doesn't care about these things.

Lv Jiawen also faintly heard this sentence, and immediately became angry from embarrassment. If you say that, I will kneel down again when I get home later, grab the gavel, and prepare to test whether the court police are as strong as the tax police Meng, but after hesitating again and again, he put down the gavel and said to Li He: "Siwu Li, I hope your tax department will not be disturbed by this, and you can continue to work hard to arrest those tax evaders."

"Oh."

Li He nodded dully.