Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 546: Collecting profits in the law (4)

I remember that Tang Zhongwen was full of confidence when he first went to court, but his momentum was slightly weaker than Yuan Jiang's.

This is not surprising.

Even though officials from the Ministry of Finance such as Tang Zhongwen are not as imposing as those prime ministers and generals, almost all power is controlled in their hands.

If you want money, you have to ask him.

And Tang Zhongwen is not stupid, he has also analyzed the accounts that the procuratorate is going to go to, basically every word has a strong flavor of deficit.

Including the finance of the Legation is also in the stage of walking on thin ice.

Speaking of which, the reality is the same. The main reason is that the central government's finances are not good, and they hope that the Hezhong government will spend the Northwest military expenditure.

Tang Zhongwen's closing statement is, please ask your procuratorate to help us ask the central government for a little more money.

But the dream is full, but the reality is very skinny.

At this moment, Tang Zhongwen sat on the chair with a face ashen ashes, with an expression of asking something and not knowing anything.

Numb yourself!

Su Zhe is not Zhang Fei. Seeing that Tang Zhongwen was in this state, he didn't ask any more questions, "I'm done asking."

Chen Qi said in a low voice: "I'm afraid our future life will be much more difficult than that of the imperial court."

Su Zhe didn't even need to look, but he already noticed that the eyes full of resentment were coming from all directions. This really kicked everyone's jobs. He said helplessly: "We have tried hard."

I have to say that this battle really brought out the prestige of the procuratorate, and it also made those officials suddenly understand that relatively speaking, the procuratorate is even more of a poisonous snake.

The imperial court is not offensive, and they can only say that the imperial court is partial in the final judgment, but no one picks faults from the process.

I really can't pick it out.

But the procuratorate is different. The procuratorate is extremely aggressive. It will find your weakness to attack, but the imperial court probably won't.

However, from Xu Zhiqian's point of view, Su Zhe felt that Su Zhe was still too tolerant, she pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "It seems that Mr. Su Xiao still has room for it."

She was very dissatisfied with this, and she asked about this matter, so why not ask about the military expenditure clearly, he fought for the country, his arm was broken, you can't get it out for a mere 30 or 40 punctures, and practice for a censor , but spent more than a thousand guan.

This is really chilling.

It is better to figure out this problem directly, which can save money for the country and give soldiers the treatment they deserve.

Her position has always been clear, even if she is always on the weak side, she cannot change it, which is why her career as a lawyer is very short.

Zhang Fei looked back at him, and said with a smile, "If you keep asking, it will be a Ling case."

Speaking, he looked at Qiu Zhengwen again, "Is there a problem with the Legal Aid Department?"

Qiu Zhengwen shook his head and said, "No."

"!"

The soldiers who watched the trial were all out of breath. What do you call the Legal Aid Department?

Tang Zhongwen suddenly collapsed on the chair as if discouraged. When he stood up, he almost fell. Fortunately, the court police on the side supported him. He was panting and went to court. Calm down.

Zhang Fei looked at Su Zhe again, "Are there any witnesses from the procuratorate?"

Su Zhe shook his head and said, "We have no witnesses."

The officials on the side breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The deliberate delinquency of the military salary is a certainty, and it would be redundant to ask again.

Zhang Fei looked at Qiu Zhengwen again and said, "Does the Legal Aid Department have anything to say?"

Qiu Zhengwen stood up and said: "Our main target is that the Transshipment Department deliberately deducted Chen Guang's military expenses. According to the contract between Chen Guang and the military camp.

The military camp needs to spend 30 liters of rice, 15 catties of pickles, 250 Wen, and a set of clothes for each season every month. According to the price of rice from the first year of Xining to the second year of Xining, a liter of rice was about ten yuan, and thirty liters of rice was three hundred yuan. The price of pickles at that time was about ten yuan per catty. Fifteen catties is one hundred and fifty Wen.

The total value of the four sets of clothes is about 1,200 yuan according to the evaluation we invited a special dentist. Yue should pay Chen Guang's wife 1,350 yuan.

But as Chen Guang said before, the court only gave Chen Guang's wife a piece of cloth, ten catties of pickles, and a set of clothes every month. "

Speaking of this, he lowered his head and looked at the copy carefully. It was all data, and he didn't dare to procrastinate, so he said: "According to the court system, the government can use cloth, money and grain to convert to the soldiers' families.

Although in this provision, the court did not specify the specific conversion standard, but we found a specific conversion standard in the court's regulations on tax collection and official salary distribution. According to this conversion system, it is The specific conversion is carried out based on the quality of the object. "

The officials suddenly opened their eyes and looked at Qiu Zhengwen.

Since it is not clearly stated, then the government has the final say, how can it be calculated according to the other conversion rules, do you understand the rules?

Zhang Fei asked them directly to express their doubts, and said, "Can this be confused?"

Qiu Zhengwen said: "The military expenses earned by the general and the soldiers are all from the military treasury, and they are all under the military salary system. There is no clear distinction in the court, so the same standard should be used for calculation."

Xu Zhiqian handed over a copy in due course.

After Zhang Fei looked at it, he nodded: "Yes, in the military salary system, there are indeed clear conversion regulations. There are high-grade cloth, low-grade cloth, high-grade rice, and low-grade rice. Under the system, without further explanation, this conversion should be at the same standard. You can continue."

Those officials are in distress, they really dare not argue that the standards are different, because it involves a tax conversion issue, if they argue about this conversion issue, they may be shooting themselves in the foot!

The conversion of soldiers is expenditure, and the imperial court recognizes this expenditure, even if you send it as much, it will not affect your political performance.

The conversion of tax collection is fiscal revenue.

Fiscal expenditure does not necessarily affect political performance, but fiscal revenue will definitely affect political performance. If revenue decreases, political performance can be described as a mess.

They can only recognize it.

"Yes."

Qiu Zhengwen nodded, and picked up another wooden tray, "This is the cloth that Chen Guang's wife gets every month. Just now Manager Tang also admitted that the military treasury issued a batch of such cloth as a Military pay.

And we searched four toothmen and five cloth shops for inquiries and investigations, and the results they determined were almost the same. Among these cloths, the cheapest one was only worth seventy coins, while the most expensive The ones we buy are only worth 100 renminbi, and we calculated on the basis of a compromise. On average, a piece of cloth is worth 85 renminbi, plus ten catties of pickles every month. Calculated, that is 100 Wen, as well as the clothes and the subsidies for the holidays, then the actual monthly income of Chen Guang's wife is about 230 Wen, which is only about one-fifth of the agreed amount.

In this regard, we have relevant conversion evidence here, which also includes the account books of rice sold by the rice shop, the bargaining price of the cloth by the Yaren and the cloth shop, and so on. "

Li Min immediately stood up and handed a thick stack of papers to Cai Jing.

On the one hand, the soldiers watching the trial were gnashing their teeth, and they had also been exploited by discounting, but they couldn't figure out how much they had lost. Now that they heard one-fifth of it, this is really outraged by both humans and gods, and this is a bit too cruel. .

On the other hand, I looked at the Legal Aid Department differently. It turns out that the Legal Aid Department is not "no department", and the investigation is so detailed.

This kind of dispute before was just a matter of one sentence, so how could they find the accounts of rice sold by the rice shop as evidence.

Many officials couldn't help but be eye-opening.

Is this the process emphasized by the imperial court?

You can't say what you say!

Then Cai Jing was very sensible, and distributed the copy to Cai Bian and the others instead of handing it over to Zhang Fei.

How can the teacher do such rough work? The teacher just sits on it and drinks tea.

Zhang Fei was really drinking tea, put down the teacup, and said to Qiu Zhengwen, "Go on."

Qiu Zhengwen continued: "It is obvious that the remuneration paid by the government to Chen Guang's wife is far lower than what the government agreed with Chen Guang. Moreover, Prosecutor Su just mentioned that the military treasury allocated funds to the Minister's Office. Example.

And according to our investigation, last year the military treasury allocated at least 50,000 guan and 6,500 stones of grain to the embassy, ​​which were distributed over the twelve months of the year. It can be seen that the warehouse of the military treasury has always been Not only those cloths, but also a considerable part of the unplanned money and food.

This is enough to show that the military treasury is deliberately shoddy, because according to the regulations of the imperial court, this kind of cloth belongs to low-grade cloth, but the government converts it at the usual price, which belongs to high-grade cloth. The price of the cloth shows that the government uses a conversion method to deduct military pay.

And this case is very special, because Chen Guang went out with the army, and his family only had his wife and children, without any protection, so he could barely make ends meet with this salary.

And this guarantee is also the key point in this contract. The original intention of the court to establish this rule is also for the soldiers to be able to kill the enemy and make meritorious service on the front line with peace of mind. If the government cannot ensure the livelihood of Chen Guang's wife and children, Chen Guang will never agree to go out with the army.

However, as we all know, two hundred and thirty renminbi cannot sustain the livelihood of Chen Guang's wife and children at all, and Chen Guang was not around at that time, so Chen Guang's wife and children had no other choice but to sell the land and borrow money to survive. .

During this period, Chen Guang's wife borrowed a total of 16 strings of money from the villagers, and now the principal with interest has reached 82 strings of money. "

There was an uproar in the audience.

It's only two years at most, which is almost two hundred percent interest.

But Zhang Fei was very calm and did not raise any objections to this interest.

Qiu Zhengwen continued: "But all of this was caused by the court's embezzlement of military pay. Therefore, the court should bear all these debts, as well as repay the six acres of land sold by Chen Guang's wife during this period. The interest money paid, and at the same time, the pension and part of the reward of 30 yuan. I'm done."

Zhang Fei looked at Su Zhe again.

Su Zhe got up and said: "I don't have much to say, because based on the current evidence and Manager Tang's confession, it is enough to prove that the Transshipment Department deliberately defaulted on military expenses.

Because after Chen Guang’s list of applications for pensions was submitted to the military treasury, the military treasury still had three to five expenditures to the Minister’s Office, and the official documents that the Ministerial Court borrowed funds from the military treasury were all in that After the pension list.

According to the transfer envoy Yuan Xueshi, the funds received by each government office are distributed according to the funds of previous years. For military expenses, then Chen Guang's pension should also be counted in it.

However, the reason why the military treasury defaulted on Chen Guang's pension was to wait for the imperial court to allocate funds, and at the same time allocated the money and food in the warehouse to the Minister's Office. Obviously, this was a deliberate default on the pension. "

He just explained calmly, but the hearts of all the officials present squeezed directly into their throats.

Aren't you implying that the military treasury transfers military expenses to the Council of Ministers to use public funds for eating and drinking, and then asks the court for more military expenditures in the name of pensions.

All the officials in Hezhong Mansion began to feel anxious.

You have wronged people. The military budget is really tight. The embassy is just adding to the tension.

If military spending is cut, this is really picking sesame seeds and losing watermelons!

Zhang Fei suddenly looked sideways at Yuan Jiang who was sitting in the VIP seat, "Does Bachelor Yuan have anything to say?"

Yuan Jiang opened her mouth excitedly, but then fell silent.

He can't always say that eating and drinking with our public funds is just icing on the cake on the tense military budget.

That's really self-inflicted.

Try to act as if you didn't understand.

Wow! This acting is really consummate. Zhang Fei secretly praised it.

At this time, Cai Jing handed the reviewed and sorted evidence to Zhang Fei, saying: "There is no problem with these evidences."

Zhang Fei nodded, and didn't bother to look at it. He knocked the gavel directly and said: "After the trial by the chief judge, the Transshipment Division was found guilty of arrears and withholding of Chen Guang's military salary. During the garrison period in Kunzhou, in order to survive, all the debts borrowed, and compensation for the six acres of land he sold during this period, as well as the relevant interest that he has paid during this period, and at the same time, within this month, he must pay his debts. A pension of thirty guan is given to Chen Guang, as for the reward, this is a consideration of the military camp, and this court will ignore it for the time being."