Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 221 Times have changed
One hundred and eight people?

Yes, this number sounds auspicious.

But in criminal cases, basically there is only one.

That is --- Rebellion!

Li Kai also asked immediately: "Is someone rebelling?"

Lu Gong also looked nervous.

"no!"

Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "If someone rebelled, it wouldn't be my turn to complain."

Mr. Lu was right when he thought about it, did the rebels still send people to fight the lawsuit?

Then no matter how foolish this Erbi can be, it is impossible to win!

"What is that?" Li Kai asked.

Zhang Fei replied: "It's tax evasion."

".?"

Li Kai and Lu Gong looked at each other tacitly, and then looked at Zhang Fei at the same time.

"You said... you want to sue [-] people for tax evasion?" Li Kai asked uncertainly.

Zhang Fei said: "I was entrusted by someone to sue these [-] people for tax evasion."

Lu Gongzhu suddenly said: "Who entrusted it?"

Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Wang."

"Wang Jiefu?" Mr. Lu seemed a little uncertain.

"Yes."

Zhang Fei nodded, and said again: "I hope you two will believe me. I am really employed by someone this time. In fact, this case has nothing to do with me."

"It has nothing to do with you?"

Li Kai said madly: "Don't think we are ignorant, it must be because you know that many ministers in the court are rehabilitating Wang Hong, and you are worried that Wang Hong will come back to revenge you, so you encourage Wang Dashi to go to recover the money through litigation. Taxes on those people."

Both he and Zhang Fei are too lazy to play charades, he is so familiar with this routine.

Lu Gong also nodded.

Wow. You are too unimaginative. If Wang Anshi hadn't stepped in, I would have let you all have a taste of the torrent of public opinion and the taste of a marketing account. Do you think you can still control public opinion? Hmph, wait After I become a media tycoon, I will teach you how to manipulate public opinion.

Zhang Fei explained with an innocent face: "Li Tong's judgment is clear, this matter really has nothing to do with me, and I actually don't want to do it. Both of you know it. Our Bianjing Law Firm has always They are all fighting for the common people!"

Li Kai hummed: "You are trying to accumulate fame, so that you can make money from your fame."

Whoops!Grass!This guy has really studied me thoroughly, so I have to be more careful in the future.Zhang Fei's heart trembled, but he said without changing his face: "Even so, this lawsuit is not in the interest of the shop."

Lu Gong stretched out his hand, stopped Li Kai who wanted to continue arguing with him, and said: "Submit the pleadings."

After chatting for so long, he was asked to submit the pleadings. It can be seen that they are still very resistant to Zhang Fei's pleadings, and they will not accept it if they can.

But the client was Wang Anshi, who was a political adviser, and they couldn't refuse him.

It is useless to fight with Zhang Fei.

After all, it is necessary to accept the pleadings. As for whether to start a trial, that is another matter.

But when Zhang Fei presented the pleadings, Lu Gongzhu and Li Kai were dumbfounded.

I have never seen such a thick paper, with more than 300 pages.

Very exaggerated.

If they read it now, they can still see Xu Zun's handwriting. After Xu Zun got off work, he saw that they were too busy to win, so he helped write some.

Even Gao Wenyin helped transcribe some.

No technical content, pure hard work.

A pleading paper, full of five people's handwriting.

It's outrageously homey.

"Is this a paper?" Li Kai pressed the thick stack of papers with both hands, and then stared blankly at Zhang Fei.

Just this amount!

indeed!

Only the provincial government has the ability to review, and it is estimated that people from the left and right departments will have to be transferred to assist.

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said, "Don't blame Li Tong, because there are [-] people to be sued, so this. Actually. Well, it's not too many."

"roll!"

Amidst Li Kai's roar, Zhang Fei was driven out of Kaifeng mansion in embarrassment.

but.

He is also used to it.

And he also had predictions, so just now he has been separating the relationship, this is indeed a bit cruel and very inhuman.

It's not easy, sir!

"Prefect Lu, he is not suing, he is clearly torturing us!"

After driving Zhang Fei away, Li Kai complained to Lu Gong indignantly.

Looking at this paper, I have a headache.

Duke Lu asked, "Are you referring to Wang Jiefu or Zhang San?"

"They are all one hill.!"

Li Kai, who was about to reveal his heart, hurriedly silenced his voice, and turned to say: "Wang Jiefu is a political adviser, does he still need to sue others for tax evasion? If he has evidence, he can just order it. Isn't it superfluous?"

Lu Gong pondered for a while with deep eyebrows, and said: "You first arrange someone to examine these pleadings, and I will ask Wang Jiefu what he wants to do."

Bianjing Law Firm.

"How about it?"

Seeing Zhang Fei came back, Xu Zhiqian immediately stepped forward and asked.

Zhang Fei sighed: "What else can I do, I was blasted out by them with sticks."

Fan Li said weakly: "Sanlang, why do you think we are doing this? We made money, but we live in fear every day. This..."

He didn't even know how to describe it.

There is no such thing as a peaceful day.

Zhang Fei was also angry and said: "Can you blame me? Who told those idiot landlords to come to me first to help them avoid taxes. Cough cough, help them calculate taxes, so I can't bear the small amount of litigation fees. They will only use that stupid method, thinking that they can still cover the sky with one hand.

Times have changed!

You see, Brother Hao, Brother Qian, and Brother Fan are so safe. If Master Wang sues them for tax evasion, I will definitely not accept it. Not only that, I have to help them argue. "

".?"

Fan Li suddenly felt that what Zhang Fei said was very reasonable.

Yes!

Zhang Sanlang is so famous, why didn't they come to Erbi for legal assistance when they encountered difficulties?
I just can't bear the little litigation fee.

Deserving it!
We can't just blame Erbi for the problem, we also want to make money!

That's it!
The Department of Regulations of the Second Government was established.

"Uncle Hui, please drink tea."

Faced with Wang Anshi's flattery, Mr. Lu snorted angrily, and turned his face away arrogantly.

Wang Anshi was not angry at all, he gently put the tea on the tea table beside Lu Gongzhuo, and said: "That kid won't go to the provincial government again to cause trouble for Uncle Hui."

Lu Gong snorted and said: "Don't you pretend to be innocent here, even if he goes around Xianggong, the case will eventually be handed over to me, won't you, Wang Jiefu, know?"

Wang Anshi smiled apologetically, "I really don't know. This is just a small case, that is, there are a little more people."

Lu Gong was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he asked, "Wang Jiefu, what do you want to do?"

Wang Anshi said with an aggrieved face: "I was forced into a corner by them, so I made such a bad move. Can you point me to a clear path?"

Lu Gong said: "As a political adviser, even if you want to collect taxes, do you need to use this method? This...isn't this an attempt to cover up the obvious, is it superfluous?"

If you give an order, our Kaifeng mansion has to do things.

You sue, what is this called.

Wang Anshi said: "If I order you Kaifeng Mansion to collect taxes, your Uncle Lu Hui will be even more angry than now."

Mr. Lu frowned, his expression softened a little, it was true, and he sighed: "Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, this matter should be considered in the long term, and you should not be rash, why don't you listen to advice."

Wang Anshi said: "I just listened to your advice, so I did this."

Lu Gong was dumbfounded, "When did I let you do this?"

Wang Anshi said: "Now that the complaint is brought to you, you can also sentence them not to pay taxes!"

Mr. Lu hesitated for a moment, then jumped up, "Okay, Wang Jiefu, you can't solve this problem, so you just leave it to me. It's really ungrateful."

Wang Anshi hurriedly said: "Uncle Hui, don't be impatient, I definitely don't think so. This matter is not as terrible as you think, and it will not bring you trouble. As the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, someone sued you You have to go to trial, you are fair, what are you afraid of?"

Lu Gong wrote earnestly: "I was worried that you would cause trouble. Don't you know why the court didn't directly pursue the responsibility of Bai Qi? This law does not blame the public!"

He also knows in his heart, how many people evade taxes, can you suppress them alone?
If you can't hold it down, it will be embarrassing.

The imperial court will ride a tiger.

Wang Anshi said: "What law does not blame the public? I know that these one hundred and eight people evade taxes. Don't you know that there are many people who evade taxes?"

Lu Gong blinked and said, "Are you trying to make an example of others?"

Wang Anshi's expression changed, and he said seriously: "I just want them to know that tax evasion is an illegal act and should not be done."

Lu Gong frowned, "But you have to know, they are not resisting the government's decree, they just transferred the tax to the tenant farmers, which is not illegal, and now you sue them, they will still transfer the punishment If it is given to tenant farmers, it will cause public resentment.”

Wang Anshi asked: "Do you think those sharecroppers can afford it?"

Lu Gong said: "Of course I can't afford it."

Wang Anshi said: "Then who should bear the burden?"

Mr. Lu sat down, "You have created a big problem for me!"

Wang Anshi comforted again: "This is a lawsuit. If they have a way to get rid of the crime, they will use it. You just need to make a fair decision. If you think too much and worry too much, it will make things worse. more complicated."

Lu Gong sighed: "Besides this, what else can I do."

This has already reached Kaifeng Mansion, and spread throughout the government and the public that day.

Wenwu was shocked.

This is even more outrageous than Lu Jiawen suing Kaifeng County. After all, Lu Jiawen is Wang Hong's subordinate. According to the court system, if it is unfair, it can be appealed.

It's just that Lu Jiawen chose to litigate, and this method is open to discussion.

But you, Wang Anshi, are a political adviser and went to sue several landlords.

This... This is really enough to embarrass the court!

The censor and admonisher immediately impeached Wang Anshi for violating the court's laws and damaging the prestige of the court.

Shenzong, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately held a meeting to discuss this matter on the same day.

As the prime minister, Zhao Bian took the lead to stand up, "At the beginning, the imperial court stated that as long as the deed tax is paid within this year, the past will be forgotten. This decree was issued by Zhongshu with the permission of His Majesty.

Now everyone is actively paying back the deed tax, but Xueshi Wang violated the government order and even went to Kaifeng Mansion to sue. The old minister has been an official for decades, and he has never seen such a thing. At that time, the people will not know whether to obey the government order. It still depends on the judgment of the Kaifeng government. "

Many ministers nodded in agreement and criticized Wang Anshi.

You, Wang Anshi, are also a member of the Political Affairs Hall, and you yourself went to complain about the decrees you promulgated.

This is just ridiculous.

They couldn't find an adjective to describe Wang Anshi.

Facing their attacks, Wang Anshi remained calm.

Zhao Xu looked at Wang Anshi and asked, "Does Xueshi Wang have nothing to say?"

Wang Anshi said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, some censors and admonishers like to make up nonsense and spout blood. I am used to it, but I have never seen a dignified prime minister open his eyes and talk nonsense and slander his colleagues."

Zhao Yan was furious, stood up and said: "Wang Jiefu, please speak clearly, when did this old man slander you?"

Wang Anshi asked: "Dare to ask Prime Minister Zhao, have you read the pleadings?"

Zhao Bian said, "Although I haven't read it, isn't it true that you are suing for tax evasion?"

Wang Anshi nodded and said: "It's indeed tax evasion, but it has nothing to do with Bai Qi. I only found out after checking the land that they used all kinds of methods to evade taxes. The decree issued by the imperial court was only for paying Bai Qi. Qi, forget the past, but did not say that any tax evasion and evasion will never be blamed, if that happens, no one will pay taxes within this year."

Zhao Yan was dumbfounded, his face flushed instantly.

The rest of the ministers also looked at each other in blank dismay, with bewildered embarrassment on their faces.

The pleadings are so thick that the Kaifeng government hasn't reviewed them clearly yet. Li Kai just flipped through them casually, but didn't ask anyone to review them. He thinks this is too outrageous.

But when they heard this, they didn't even think about it, so they subconsciously thought that Wang Anshi must be suing those landlords about Bai Qi.

It's nothing more than repeating the old tricks. If you can't fight politically, you put it in the court to fight.

But I didn't expect that Wang Anshi didn't mention this matter at all.

(End of this chapter)