Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 492: Leeks are not cut like this!

It's not a big trouble, and Cai Yanqing explained the whole story in just a few words.

No amount of advice, he can't give it.

The only thing he can do is like what he is doing now.

If he hadn't met Zhang Fei here, he probably wouldn't have told Zhang Fei.

"It's hard!"

Looking at Zhang Fei's carriage, Cai Yanqing couldn't help sighing with emotion, then frowned slightly and said, "I didn't expect them to attack so quickly."

Zhuo Qun smiled wryly and said: "Such things abound, and they are effortless. Maybe they can be arranged with a cup of tea. But for the imperial court, handling this kind of case will only let you decide They are not human. Why would they not do it. If this kind of fighting method, the imperial court can't last long."

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Inside the car.

The happiness and touch brought by Wu Lei and his wife before are gone now.

Zhang Fei saw that Xu Zhiqian was full of sadness and didn't say a word, and her emotions also affected Gao Wenyin, making Gao Wenyin uneasy. He gently held Xu Zhiqian's jade hand, "Such a thing is within our expectations, isn't it?"

Xu Zhiqian was taken aback, raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at him, and said, "I know, I just think maybe...maybe Bachelor Sima is right."

Zhang Fei asked with interest: "How?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Why, no matter whether it is Wang Xueshi or us, we always feel that it is difficult to move an inch, because there is a mountain of finances pressing on us, so that it affects the whole body.

Taking Yanhu as an example, in fact, Zhifu Cai also wants to reduce their burden, but if they reduce their burden, it will reduce the fiscal revenue, and the higher authorities will blame them. He can also use this method to turn a blind eye One-eyed approach.

So... so I think that even if Xueshi Wang wants to reform, he should first reduce financial expenditures and reduce the burden on the people, so that the reform can be successful. "

Speaking of this, she pouted again, "But it's impossible. That's what Fan Gong thought at the beginning, and it failed in the end."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "But you overlooked one point."

Xu Zhiqian glanced at him: "You can't be talking about us."

"Yes!"

Zhang Fei nodded.

Xu Zhiqian said: "Corrupt officials, we can catch them, but the cause of this matter is not entirely those corrupt officials, but the court. If we ignore it, it will be a crime of dereliction of duty, but if the law is strict , that is helping the emperor..."

Speaking of which, she quickly shut up.

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Did you forget that we can judge the court to violate the law?"

"Huh?"

"You won't forget that the first time we were husband and wife was to sue the court."

"But this is different, and it affects the finances."

"It's a financial problem, not our problem. We are a judicial problem. Why do the court keep so many officials?"

"...?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "But if the law is strictly enforced, Yanhu should be sentenced to death."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Whether it is a death sentence or a verdict of innocence, we will only know after a trial. This is the purpose of our coming here."

Xu Zhiqian nodded with a smile.

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Police station.

But I saw a woman kneeling on the ground, holding the sleeve of a royal policeman tightly with both hands, crying: "Royal policeman, I beg you, please spare my husband once, we will never again Dare, please."

The royal policeman said: "I'm really sorry, we also acted according to orders, whether we release people or not is not up to us, we will wait until the royal court decides."

The woman hurriedly said: "Then... then can you let my husband go back to make salt first, if I can't pay the salt by then, I... my whole family will be ruined!"

The royal police were speechless for a while, if they could have released them, they would have released them long ago.

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Inside the house.

Cao Dongdong paced back and forth, and said, "I said Xiao Ma, who did you catch and come back? This crying is endless."

Ma Xiaoyi turned his head around and said regretfully, "I don't know either."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at a royal policeman standing in front and said, "Ou Jun, didn't you tell that woman that her husband is not necessarily guilty now, and he still has to wait for the judgment of the imperial court. Cry and wait for that time to cry!"

Ou Jun said: "Cavalry, you don't know, this salt household has to pay 120,000 catties of salt to the imperial court every year, if it doesn't pay enough, it may go bankrupt."

Ma Xiaoyi was surprised, "Is it so serious?"

Ou Jun nodded, "If you owe anyone, you can't owe the court!"

Ma Xiaoyi felt that this was too much, and said to Cao Dongdong: "Ya Nei! Why don't we let the salt household go back to make salt first."

Fu Shichun said: "This is not allowed. The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. If he is released and he runs away, the responsibility is ours."

"What do you say?"

Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi looked at Fu Shichun at the same time.

Fu Shichun pondered for a while, and said to Ou Jun: "Ou Jun, go and tell that woman that she cannot be released for the time being, but we will explain the situation of their family to the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely consider it according to its discretion. They believe in the imperial court, if they don't know about the imperial court, let them inquire about it."

Cao Dongdong immediately reacted, "Yes, yes, just say that, remember, don't say it too obviously, but hint it. You have been with me for so long, so you should be clever."

Ou Jun understood and said: "Don't worry, superintendent, I know what to do."

After Ou Jun left, Cao Dongdong turned to Ma Xiaoyi again and said, "This person has stolen all the stolen goods. Hurry up and hand it over to the procuratorate, and we'll quarrel with him."

Ma Xiaoyi nodded and said: "Got it."

This case made him very aggrieved. He was a royal policeman and wanted a sense of justice, but he felt that this case had no sense of justice at all.

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Procuratorate.

"I just said, what do they know about a group of stunned youths in the police station? Now that people have stolen the money together, isn't this intentional to make things difficult for us?"

Chen Qi said angrily.

After reading the Yanhu's confession carefully, Su Zhe asked, "Go and investigate first to see if Huang Tong's confession is true. If they don't sell private salt, can they survive? "

Chen Qi sighed: "I've asked before, and nine times out of ten there will be no mistakes. The salt capital given to them by the imperial court is not much, and they have to be plucked, and the loss is also spread among the people. On their heads, if they don’t sell some private salt, they won’t be able to support a family.”

Su Zhe said: "Go and check first, this is the rule."

Wang Shen suddenly said: "If it is, we have to think about whether we should sue or not!"

Su Zhe frowned and pondered for a while, and said, "The police station has stolen stolen goods. Whether it is true or not, they must be prosecuted, otherwise, there will be floods of illegal salt."

Chen Qidao: "However, many salt households rely on private salt to make a living. If we cut off their livelihood, it may cause dissatisfaction among the salt households."

Su Zhe frowned, and said: "But if we do nothing, they will definitely get worse. Such a cover-up is not a long-term solution. How to deal with this kind of affairs, the imperial court has to give an explanation."

Chen Qi and Wang Shen looked at each other with a hint of frustration in their eyes.

In fact, the key to this case lies in the imperial court, not the police station and the procuratorate. Because the stolen goods were obtained together, there is no need to prosecute. The evidence on the surface is enough to sentence the death penalty.

It depends on how the imperial court judges.

Actually, before Zhang Fei came, he had already made preparations, but what he designed was to interrogate the case of Zhong Er and Lu Shen first, in order to establish his prestige.

In this way, you will be able to face such cases with ease.

But this road is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high. Those two people have not yet arrived. The key point is that they are not criminals, and they can't be urged. You want to use them to gain power, but they still test you , see what you are.

This made Zhang Fei really speechless.

Fortunately, he arranged for Li Bao to come here to investigate the situation of the salt administration in advance.

The big dog quickly sent him materials.

"The cost of salt for a year is forty-five guan, and 120,000 catties of salt are paid. Wow... This is not even half a penny for this catty of salt!"

Zhang Fei did the math, the imperial court collected salt from salt households for only 0.4 renminbi a catty, but the price of official salt was 45 renminbi a catty, and the profit was more than 100 times. Ten times!

No wonder the imperial court is so nervous about Yanzheng, it really affects the whole body, this is a chicken that lays golden eggs!

The big dog said: "Forty-five pennies a year is actually enough to feed a family, but most of the time, the salt capital is not enough."

Zhang Fei was surprised: "Really?"

The big dog said: "This kind of thing is commonplace, and the judge only counts the profit. It belongs to the court. Can't the salt officials make some money from it?"

Zhang Fei wondered: "If this Yanhu can't survive, they won't do it either!"

The big dog said: "There have always been Yanhu who escaped."

Zhang Fei asked: "What do the remaining Yanhu do for a living?"

The big dog said: "Salt households have to pay 120,000 catties to the imperial court every year. Even if there is surplus, they cannot be sold to others, but only to the imperial court. If they encounter evil officials, they will directly sell them at a lower price." They accepted it, and even didn’t give money, but once the salt households make trouble, they will also have a headache.

Many smart salt officials withheld part of the salt capital, and then turned a blind eye to the private salt hidden by the salt households. The court did not know how much this prolific salt was. Those who report underreporting will depend on the salt officials. Those who seek money will do so, but those who seek political achievements will still buy the salt in the hands of salt households at extremely low prices to fill the treasury in exchange for political achievements. "

The current salt government in Hezhong Prefecture, in simple terms, is that private property is collected by the government and sold by merchants. Salt production is a private activity, but the salt from salt households can only be sold to the imperial court, and the merchants there first use the money to go to the border to buy Salt banknotes, and then take the banknotes to the government here to exchange salt, and then sell them to various places.

However, the salt policy basically changes every few years and is not fixed. The main reason lies in Xixia. change.

Let go a little more in peacetime.

"You really know how to play!"

Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing, this is not cutting the roots of leeks, it is trying to lift up the soil, "That's not how leeks are cut!"

"What does the president mean?"

"Nothing."

Zhang Fei was stunned, and then asked the big dog: "What's the situation outside now?"

The big dog said: "This incident is by no means an accident. In all likelihood, it was arranged by someone. Now everyone is covering private salt, and it depends on how the imperial court judges. If the imperial court convicts the salt households, they may Fan the salt households to make trouble, but if the salt households are found innocent, they will release a large amount of private salt to resist the official salt, and if there is a financial problem, the imperial court will definitely blame it.”