Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 605: It’s time for a showdown.

"It turned out that they sued the wrong person."

"The common people are only obliged to pay taxes to the government, so they should sue the government, but the government entrusts Puhu to collect taxes. Who should be responsible for this should be a contractual dispute between the government and Puhu. Oops Why didn't I think of it, first sort out the relationship between the three."

After Zhang Fei gave the verdict, the Four Little King Kongs suddenly became enlightened.

Their habitual thinking before made them only consider the relationship between the people and the Huhu, because the Huhu and the people are the two sides in direct conflict. In their view, the two must be related.

But they didn't think about the issue of rights and obligations. In fact, Puhu doesn't need to be responsible to the people, they just need to abide by the contract with the government.

Of course, they also had to keep the law, after all everyone needs to keep the law.

Of course Li Min knew this, so in his defense, he kept emphasizing that the people refused to pay taxes first, as long as this point was established, then the subsequent violence may be legal.

Because the laws of the Song Dynasty allowed violence against people who refused to pay taxes, such things did happen from time to time.

The key depends on whether the government has transferred this power to Huhu, and whether the government has specific restrictions on how much tax the Huhu can levy.

All of these must examine the contract signed by the government and Puhu, but Zhang Fei did not ask too much about it, because this is not the core issue in this lawsuit.

This is a three-party lawsuit, and the government must participate. First, it depends on whether the people sue the government and whether it can be successful. .

Now there are only two parties involved, and the government in the middle is not involved, and it is impossible for the imperial court to issue a verdict.

"Ah, a bunch of hindsight."

Suddenly, a sigh came from behind.

The four little King Kong looked back slightly from the corner of their eyes, only to feel two contemptuous gazes sweeping over them, they immediately retracted their gazes, and then pretended to be very busy.

In fact, the four of them were originally very confident people with strong self-esteem, but since they met Zhang Fei, they had already given up that self-esteem.

Because they found that every court trial, as long as they themselves got the trial, they were handy, but as long as Zhang Fei got the trial, they seemed to have entered an unknown field.

The Four Little King Kongs suddenly realized and became enlightened, but the parties on both sides did not quite understand the verdict.

After Zhang Fei left, Wei Zhang, Cao Qing and other plaintiffs immediately came to Fan Zhen's side.

"Mr. Fan, what's going on here?"

"Did we win?"

"Why did President Zhang tell us to go to the government?"

They surrounded Fan Zhen, asking questions non-stop.

They stopped Fan Zhen from opening his mouth several times. In desperation, he could only raise his hand and raise his voice slightly: "Don't worry, just listen to me."

Wei Zhang and the others stopped, and looked at Fan Zhen eagerly.

Fan Zhen smiled confidently: "Don't worry, President Zhang's judgment just now, although he didn't directly sentence the other party to lose, at least he agrees that you are suspected of being hurt, but he needs to go to court with the government first to confirm this point. But If we really go to court with the government, we will definitely win this lawsuit, I can assure you of this."

"But the other party is the government."

Let them sue those swindlers, they are still relatively confident, but it is difficult to sue the government.

Fan Zhendao: "You don't have to be afraid. Now in terms of justice, the government is no longer in charge, but the public prosecutor's law is the main one, that is, the imperial court, the police station and the procuratorate."

Gao Qiang, Jin Dabao and other defendants were also very anxious about the verdict. How did it become a dispute with their government? They also gathered around Li Min, asking non-stop.

"Li Erbi, how does this count?"

"Will you really let us go to the government?"

"How can we win the government?"

"That's right, to settle disputes with the government, isn't it just for us to take it down."

"Everyone, please be safe."

Li Min smiled confidently: "Actually, we have already won this lawsuit."

"Win?"

"How do you say that?"

Jin Dabao was confused.

Li Min smiled and said, "Didn't you hear that just now Chief Judge Zhang believed that you are innocent."

"But President Zhang also said that this is a dispute between us and the government."

"Then we would rather have disputes with the common people."

"Yes, it's a dispute." Li Min said hehe: "For you, this is just a contract dispute after all, and will not involve criminal responsibility. The other party will make some compensation, but will not be punished."

Jin Dabao and the others exchanged eye contact for a while, then thought for a while, as if what was going on, suddenly felt that it was much easier.

Before this lawsuit, the other party sued for a very serious crime, because they used violence. Once they lose, they must bear the penalty.

But the current situation is different. Now it is a contract dispute between the household and the government, so this is a purely civil lawsuit.

The worst result, of course, is to lose some money.

Gao Qiang asked again: "Then what should we do next?"

Li Min said: "Next we have to negotiate with the government, but it depends on your own ideas. If you want to fight this lawsuit, I guarantee that we will win. The contract is the government It was drawn up, and the responsibility for the problems in the contract belongs to the government, and it is impossible for us to lose."

"It's better not to confront the government in court. We won the court in court. In private, can you guarantee that they won't trip us up?"

"Yes, yes, since ancient times, if the people do not fight against the government, what will happen if they fight against the government."

Seeing that they are so cowardly, Li Min naturally wouldn't encourage them, because the client's request is low, but instead relieved the pressure on Er Bi, and said with a smile: "Then I'll talk to the government at that time, let's see what the government has to say first. Let's go."

"All right, that's it. But if you really want to lose money, it's best if we share it with the government."

The tone is very unresolute, and the implication is that we can bear the compensation ourselves.

Li Min nodded and said, "Okay."

Jin Dabao and the others suddenly glanced at the VIP seats, and were surprised to find that there was no one in the VIP seats.

Where are these officials going?

As usual, Zhang Fei returned to the lounge with Xu Zhiqian, and ate some pastries and candied fruit to replenish his energy.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Zhang Fei suddenly tapped his finger on the table lightly, counting in his mouth, "Ten, nine, eight, seven!"

Hearing him suddenly counting, Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but look at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Fei ignored her and continued to count, "One!"

He glanced outside the door, with a slight embarrassment on his face. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and popped out a word, "Zero!"

Bang!

The door is pushed open from the outside.

Zhang Fei immediately let out a long breath of relief, thinking, next time this kind of coercion, there is no need to pretend, it is really too nervous and exciting.

I saw Wei Yingfang and a large group of officials rushing into the house.

"Zhang San, you are really deceiving people."

Wei Yingfang stopped pretending now, pointed at Zhang Fei and cursed: "You keep saying that decrees and government decrees do not interfere with each other, but you interfere with our government's policies again and again. Let me tell you, the ban you just issued is not We will never pay attention to it.”

"You kid is really shameless. From now on, your imperial court only needs to manage the security issue. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with you. You have no right to interfere, and we will not bother."

This time the officials really couldn't bear it anymore. The key point is that they also felt wronged. We never interfered with your imperial court trial, and we actively cooperated with you. Victims, after all, we are all government agencies and have equal status, and now we are almost villains.

If things go on like this, we will have to become rats crossing the street, and everyone will shout and beat us.

At this moment, Niu Beiqing and Long Wu also came to the door, Zhang Fei waved his hand, signaling them to back down first, this biting dog wouldn't bark so fiercely, then calmly Wei Yingfang said to them: "Everyone At least there must be a reason to be angry, what did I do wrong?"

Wei Yingfang pointed to Zhang Fei's face and said, "How dare you ask?"

Zhang Fei spread his hands, "I really don't understand? Maybe it's because I don't have much experience in being an official, so I really don't know where I went wrong?"

"I don't understand why the imperial court appointed you, a child with a yellow mouth, to take up such an important position."

"I was forced to do this, actually I don't want to come to this ghost place." Zhang Fei shrugged, "You can ask the officials from the capital about this, I have always refused, it is Sima Bachelor Forced me to come."

"!"

Wei Yingfang was speechless for a while.

They are very clear about this matter.

Zhang Fei added: "Actually, I am a very humble person. If you can explain clearly that I did something wrong in this matter, I am willing to make corrections, and you can disregard judicial principles. Let's reason."

"Okay! Let's be reasonable."

Wei Yingfang said: "Do you think it's easy to govern a state capital?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I've never thought so. I think it's very, very difficult. Just take myself as an example. Let alone the magistrate, I can't even be the magistrate."

"Since you know everything, why are you still doing this?" Wei Yingfang said: "Do you think the imperial court wants to do something to buy taxes? Isn't there no way? Those markets and villages are very remote and scattered. , if the government sends people to station in various villages, do you know how much it will cost? Maybe it will not make ends meet. Buying taxes can save costs and collect enough taxes. It kills two birds with one stone. Although there are problems, it must come Said, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, if you don't understand, don't judge blindly."

Zhang Fei immediately said: "I have never denied the value of the purchase tax. I just think that there is a problem with the contract, so I issued a ban, as long as you are."

"What's the problem?"

Wei Yingfang directly interrupted Zhang Fei, "You just stand and talk without pain in your back. If there are too many restrictions, will there be businessmen rushing to buy them? Unless the income of the government is reduced, but in this way, the court will not I will agree that if the finances decrease, the imperial court will hold us accountable, not you."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "So, in the final analysis, it is finance."

"For financial reasons, of course."

Wei Yingfang said: "We also want to be a good person, show compassion for every common people, and gain a good reputation, but this is absolutely impossible. You can't have both."

"Since it's about finances, let's start with finances. Everyone, please wait a moment."

Zhang Fei turned his head to look at Xu Zhiqian, "Zhiqian, go and help me get the No. 5 copy."

"Okay."

Xu Zhiqian went out immediately.

Zhang Fei said to Wei Yingfang and the others: "Everyone, please sit down."

Wei Yingfang and the others are also beating drums in their hearts, don't we have something in his hands. But there was still a look of "Okay! I'd like to see how you argue" on his face.

Sitting down for a while, before the tea was served, Xu Zhiqian hurried in with a copy.

Not much, just a dozen pages.

Zhang Fei took the copy and raised his voice, "This copy is the case that the government handed over to our royal court, all of which involved the rebellion of the people on Shaanxi Road.

The reasons for this are similar, because the people were exploited by exorbitant taxes, and they appealed to the government without any response, so they chose to rebel. was cut again. "

Wei Yingfang frowned, "What are you talking about?"

Zhang Fei said: "These five cases all happened within ten years, but I have calculated that the expenditure of the imperial court to put down a rebellion is much more than the government's profit from buying taxes in these ten years.

The current situation of this case is very similar to the cause of these five cases. Documents should be sent to the Chen official's house as evidence, and then our imperial court will ignore it. "

Speaking of the latter, he slammed the copywriting on the table with a bang, which startled Wei Yingfang and the others.

After a while, Wei Ying said: "You don't want to scare me here, Gu Zuo said to him, we certainly don't want the people to rebel, but we have to be responsible for the finances. You have banned the purchase of taxes. Some of the tax money cannot be collected, will you be responsible?"

It is impossible to sign, not in this lifetime.

What if it turns out to be the opposite?

If the common people rebel, that is also rebellion.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "As I said just now, I am very humble!"

"Sorry, we really didn't see this."

"That's because you don't know me well enough."

Zhang Fei laughed.

Xu Zhiqian at the side suddenly glanced at Zhang Fei, and couldn't help asking herself, don't I know him well enough?

In her impression, modesty has nothing to do with Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei added: "If my ban is wrong, then you can appeal, but if my ban is justified, but you can't collect taxes, it can only show that you are incompetent."

"What did you say?"

"Please stay calm."

Zhang Fei pointed, and continued: "Everyone's ability is different, and it's not shameful if you can't do it. You can write to the court to express that under the imperial court's ban, you can't accept it." For this part of the tax, if no one can do it, then no matter whether I am justified or not, it is all my responsibility. After all, it is I who hurt the interests of the country and the monarch, and I am willing to bear the financial introduction. All the consequences. But if someone accepts and does it, it is your incompetence, and the matter is as simple as that.”

These words were very encouraging, and Xu Zhiqian at the side also looked down on them provocatively.

Wei Yingfang twitched his brows a few times, and said: "Don't make insinuations here, we will definitely write to the court, but we will never pay attention to your ban before the court issues an order, and from now on After that, we will no longer pay any attention to any judgments made by your imperial court, administration is administration, justice is justice, and we will not violate the river."

Zhang Fei said: "Then I can also tell you very frankly, if any household dares to make this deal with the government, I can assure you very responsibly that in the next three years, they will be building rivers, regardless of Who are they."

"You!"

Wei Yingfang immediately stood up, and the rest of the officials also stood up one after another.

"Then let's wait and see."

"Listen to you."

Wei Yingfang left angrily with a group of officials.

Xu Zhiqian sighed quietly: "In the end, I still have to tear myself apart with them."

But there was no trace of frustration in his tone. On this matter, he absolutely supported Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Don't worry, the world is prosperous and everything is for profit. Nowadays, there are conflicts of interest. It is very normal for everyone to argue, but when our interests are the same, I can sit together and hold a ceremony." Drink all you can."

Xu Zhiqian couldn't believe it: "Really?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "When did I ever lie to you?"

"You still cheat less."

"Each each other."

Zhang Fei said: "Do you still remember Wang Ye at the back door of the Xu family."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Xu Zhiqian rolled his eyes at him, changed the subject and said, "But if they don't carry out the imperial court's judgment, what should they do?"

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "If they really don't implement it, then I really have nothing to do, and I don't dare to catch them easily, otherwise, I don't need to rely on the power of Bachelor Yuan to appease them. But now , Hehe, it’s too late.”

The young crop ban case was actually more serious than this, and it had a greater impact on the government, because in that case, right and wrong were not so obvious, and the final judgment contained the opinions and thoughts of the chief judge. But at that time, the officials were very happy to accept the judgment of the imperial court, and did not react violently. It was not that they did not have the strength, but because the Young Crop Law was a new policy, and many officials did not support it. Their purpose was to take the opportunity to provoke the public security law and New Deal contradictions.

But this time is different, it has already touched the bottom line of their power, because the purchase tax is a system that has always existed, it is not unique to Hezhong Prefecture, and it is not an official who decides to do it with a slap in the face. Even the court can stop directly, which is simply too scary.

Not only are there problems with tax collection, but there are also problems with water transportation, water conservancy, and other matters. These are all the powers of the government, and there are intertwined interests in them. It is impossible for you to cut them off of.

The point is, this is not the first time, it is really repeated again and again, endlessly.

They all judged that if they take another step back, the next time may be water transportation. There are more shady activities in water transportation, and the interests in water transportation are also very large, and they really can't retreat anymore.

In addition, Han Jiang was already on the way, so they thought why not use this to intensify the conflict, and also provide Han Jiang with a reason to attack the public prosecutor.

After all, they all judged that Han Jiang came to help them, and the power of the government is far stronger than that of the imperial court.

When they returned to the government, they cried in front of Cai Yanqing and Yuan Jiang. Since the imperial court came, this official is really aggrieved in front of him. If things go on like this, who will listen to us.

Anyway, this time they say that they can't enforce the imperial court's ban, and they all express their unwillingness to cooperate with the imperial court.

Cai Yanqing just looked at Yuan Jiang.

Yuan Jiang had already predicted this, and nodded angrily: "You are right, the imperial court is indeed deceiving people too much, this time we will ignore it."

Cai Yanqing was slightly surprised. He originally thought that Yuan Jiang would repeat the old tricks again, come up with a countermeasure, and then took the opportunity to promote his own policies. He never thought that Yuan Jiang would decide to confront the imperial court this time.

As everyone knows, Yuan Jiang doesn't want to, but he has nothing to do now. If he can't return to the question, he will solve it. If this continues, everyone can see that there is something tricky between them.

This coordination is too obvious.

All the officials were overjoyed. They deserved to be Bachelor Yuan, but they were courageous. Unlike Cai Moumou, who would just pretend to be deaf and dumb, let's ignore it and see what the imperial court can do.

This time the officials are really united and will fight the imperial court to the end.

The government neither negotiated with Puhu nor ignored the imperial court's ban, pretending that nothing had happened and everything was going on as usual.

However, the Legal Aid Department was very active and immediately filed a lawsuit with the imperial court. This time, the target was directly changed to the government.

The imperial court also immediately issued a subpoena to the government.

Results.

"Teacher, they threw out our summons."

Cai Jing returned the summons to Zhang Fei.

Shangguan Jun asked: "Teacher, it seems that the government is serious, how should we deal with it?"

The four little king kong are all at a loss, are they going to arrest someone?

Not to mention whether the imperial court has this power, even if it does, the question is who to arrest, because the Legal Aid Department is suing the government, not a certain official,

Zhang Fei looked calm, "If they refuse the subpoena, it means that they will give up fighting for their own rights. In the end, they will only be injured. We just need to hold the court as usual."

As a result, a special lawsuit was presented in front of everyone in the cold wind. It was a lawsuit in which the defendant was absent, and the entire VIP table was empty. The officials who bought the tax did not dare to attend. If they wanted to attend, they might not be able to mix in the officialdom. They just sat with some scholar-bureaucrats who opposed the purchase tax.

These scholar-bureaucrats who are committed to official positions have always been more self-willed.

In the entire lawsuit, Fan Zhen and the plaintiffs were all there to say that the plaintiffs were the victims in the first place, and there was quite sufficient evidence, and the key point was that no one refuted them.

It is conceivable what the result will be.

The assistant jury also unanimously stated that the plaintiff won the case.

But the people outside the court are very depressed, and the defendants are not present, so what if they win?

They are very uneasy now.

"Boom!"

Zhang Fei knocked on the gavel, and said: "After the trial by the chief judge, the plaintiff was indeed exploited that he shouldn't have been. Therefore, the chief judge pronounced that the plaintiff won the lawsuit."

But inside and outside the courtyard, there was still silence, and the common people just looked at the imperial court eagerly.

They are not stupid. If the government doesn't attend, it's just a word of mouth if they win. What can they change?

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Although the defendant is absent, the plaintiff still needs to be compensated accordingly. According to the law, the imperial court has the right to enforce it. Therefore, the president of the judge will exempt several plaintiffs from the court by decree." Taxes from one to several years are used as compensation from the government, but the specific number of years to be exempted has to be determined through detailed calculations, and we will announce the specific compensation results later. Prosecutors, do you have any objections to this?"

Fan Zhen smiled and said, "We don't have any meaning?"

Zhang Fei looked at the procuratorate again.

Su Zhe also expressed that he had no objection.

Zhang Fei said again: "Sheriff Ma."

"In!"

Ma Xiaoyi responded immediately.

Zhang Fei said: "Your police station must send people to the local area to ensure that the imperial court's decree is carried out."

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Yes."

Wow, can you still judge like this?

Enforce?

After a short period of stupefaction, there was a sudden burst of cheers outside the courtyard, which really shook the ground.

Someone commented that the price of the starting point has increased. I don’t know the specifics.

The reason why the two chapters are now published as one chapter is because I feel that the current state is not bad, so I don't want to make changes, but compared with the previous two updates, the number of words is not less.