Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 224 Legal Tax Avoidance
The arrival of Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi made Zhang Fei suddenly feel that this lawsuit might solve his current financial difficulties.

In fact, he had thought about this problem a long time ago. If those rich people were not afraid of the law, then they would not be able to make a lot of money.

Tax evasion and tax evasion, do not ask Er Bi for help.

It just doesn't make sense.

So shameless.

He has to make a careful calculation, how to fight this lawsuit, it must make them feel pain, and it must not be merciful.

at dusk.

"what!"

Zhang Fei went out of the shop and stretched his waist.

Before he finished stretching his waist, Long Wu had already arrived in front of Zhang Fei in his carriage.

a word.

specialized!

Just as Zhang Fei was about to get in the car, Long Wu suddenly said: "Sanlang, there are many more people watching around today."

Zhang Fei subconsciously looked left and right, and said nervously, "Is life in danger?"

I was really afraid of being attacked.

Long Wu said: "No."

Zhang Fei asked: "How?"

Long Wudao: "I have observed before, they are just the tip of the eye."

".?"

Zhang Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered Long Wu's shrew punch that day, and couldn't help but feel lingering fears. Now that there is a lot of turmoil outside, this guy looks unreliable, and asked: "Long Wu, can you tell the truth? Are you a master?"

Long Wu asked: "What makes you a master?"

Zhang Fei said in a tone that wanted to die: "That's the kind of person who is very good at martial arts."

Long Wu thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't know if it counts, I haven't met anyone who is very good at martial arts."

Zhang Fei said: "Doesn't it count as a big cow?"

Long Wu immediately shook his head.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then how many big bulls can you beat?"

Long Wu said: "Fight, I may not be able to beat him, I am not good at fighting, I am only good at killing and saving people."

".!"

Zhang Fei wiped off his sweat, "Then you can kill a few big bulls."

Long Wu thought about it for a while, and said, "More than ten."

Zhang Fei blinked, "Okay, let's just trust you again."

Back home, just got out of the carriage, and happened to meet Xu Zhiqian who also just came back from outside.

"How are you over there?"

Zhang Fei asked Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian said depressedly: "But they didn't show me a good face. They asked me to go home and wait for news because of their busy schedule."

He went to the Department of Records today to submit the list of aid to Erbi.

As a result, the Department of Records suddenly changed its attitude and said that it had to wait a little longer.

Zhang Fei also knew the reason, and encouraged him: "Just treat it as a good thing."

Xu Zhiqian nodded helplessly.

It seems that the situation in North Korea and China is not very good.Zhang Fei said again: "Let's go to your house first, I want to ask my father-in-law about the current situation of the court."

The two went directly to Xu's house, and after waiting for a while, Xu Zun came back.

"Don't worry too much about it, it's not certain yet!" Without waiting for Zhang Fei to ask, Xu Zun waved his hands again and again.

Zhang Fei asked: "Are there many people who object?"

Xu Zun smiled wryly and said, "It's too many for you to imagine!"

Zhang Fei just nodded.

What unimaginable.

He expected early on that this matter would be difficult, so he planned to play outside the box.

The same is true.

At the beginning, those officials thought that it didn't matter to go to court, and it would definitely be beneficial to them.

However, the result surprised them.

On top of the most basic justice, they have exhausted all means and even dispatched the most powerful think tank of judges.

Ran and egg.

Nothing but embarrassment.

Even the magistrate of Kaifeng was dispatched to Qiongzhou.

This time they are determined not to fight the lawsuit.

Whoever hits again S and B.

Don't even think about it.

Although in the Chuigong Hall, the emperor and a group of political advisers reached a certain consensus, it was still handed over to the judiciary for judgment.

But then many ministers came forward one after another to impeach Wang Anshi and stop the lawsuit.

The reason is that they have always obeyed the imperial court's decrees and laws. Although what Wang Anshi said had nothing to do with Bai Qi's tax payment, everyone knew that it was just an excuse.

And those people are actively comparing taxes, isn't it because the imperial court has agreed to let the past go, and now the imperial court has backtracked and broke their promises, which will affect the prestige of the imperial court.

In less than two days, there were two large boxes of memorials, and even some scholar-bureaucrats who had retired from official positions wrote to Shenzong, expressing that it was absolutely impossible to do so.

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"Sir, this is the memorial they have submitted in the past two days. I have only read a few of them, and they are all to prevent the Kaifeng government from hearing the case."

Zhao Xu pointed to the two big boxes and said to Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi just glanced at it with disdain.

Zhao Xu asked: "I don't know what you think, sir?"

Wang Anshi smiled disdainfully, and said: "Your Majesty, the more they are like this, the more your Majesty will not agree."

Zhao Xu asked, "Why?"

Wang Anshi said: "Actually, they have already told His Majesty the answer."

Zhao Xu asked, "How do you say that?"

Wang Anshi said: "At this time they are fledgling, so the public grievances caused by this matter are not a concern, but if the imperial court does nothing, let them annex the land and let the people become tenant farmers.

At that time, although they own the wealth of the world, as long as His Majesty dares to tax them, the public resentment caused may not even be able to bear by His Majesty.

His Majesty can only collect taxes from the people, and the result is that more people turn into tenant farmers and attach themselves to them, further expanding their power.

Relying on His Majesty's favor, they can give small benefits to the people, but His Majesty's favor comes from people's grievances. His Majesty has been working for a long time, but he is making wedding dresses for them.Not to mention the monarch, even ordinary people can't do such stupid things. "

Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this, and nodded slightly.

Wang Anshi said again: "Your Majesty, didn't they sue their ministers for selfishness and retaliation, and didn't they count pennies and pennies?"

Zhao Xu was startled, and nodded slightly.

Wang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty can also let them go to Kaifeng Mansion to sue the ministers, and they will plot behind their backs, which is not what a gentleman does."

Zhao Xu smiled slightly, "That's not necessary, I just ignore it, and I will issue an order later to let the Kaifeng government try the case as soon as possible."

Wang Anshi spoke so directly, how could he not understand.

This can't work.

I offended the people, but you took advantage of it and let the people depend on you.

Who is working for whom?

After Wang Anshi left, Zhao Xu immediately drafted an order, asking Kaifeng Mansion to try the case immediately.

But the pen and ink are still wet.

Letters from the three prime ministers, Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Zeng Gongliang, came one after another.

And the letters written by the three of them are similar, with only one meaning.

The judiciary can only seek temporary justice, and treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot really solve the problem.

Only policy can solve the problem.

If Zhao Xu had a policy, they would all support this lawsuit to build their prestige, but if not, the gain would not be worth the loss.

This made Zhao Xu hesitate again.

It is impossible for the three of them to collude, but they all expressed this appeal.

It can be seen that there is a reason here.

In this lawsuit, you can at most force them to pay a little tax, but the problem of the tenant farmers has not been resolved.

Landlords could always pass taxes on to tenant farmers.

There will be trouble again next year, and you will file a lawsuit again?
When you have no solution to the problem, you offend everyone first. It is not worthwhile to consume such a large political cost without solving the problem.

At this time, Zhao Xu suddenly thought of one person, Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei once mentioned this problem, and the solution is to put business first and then agriculture, leave this side alone for the time being, shift the focus to the business side, and then turn around to solve the agricultural problem.

But it didn't happen overnight.

"Go and make arrangements, I'm going out of the palace."

Zhao Xu suddenly ordered to the servant next to him.

The waiter said: "Your Majesty is going to the Zhang family?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

The servant said: "I just received a letter from the Secretary of the Imperial City. At present, many people are staring at Zhang San."

"is it?"

Zhao Xu hummed: "It seems that they really made up their minds this time!"

After thinking for a while, he said again: "You send someone to send a message to Xu Zun, asking him to bring Zhang San into the palace tomorrow."

"As ordered."

The next day.

Xu Zun found a reason and asked Zhang Fei to quickly send a copy to Dali Temple. After avoiding the eyes, Zhao Xu's people took Zhang Fei to see Zhao Xu.

"Zhang San, I think you have the qualifications of a prime minister!"

When we met, Zhao Xu praised with a smile.

Zhang Fei's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, what request do you have, just say it, and you don't need to treat Xiaomin like this."

Zhao Xu was stunned: "I praise you, why are you so scared?"

Zhang Fei said awkwardly: "Your Majesty suddenly praised Xiaomin so much, can Xiaomin not be afraid?"

Zhao Xu chuckled: "You really misunderstood."

As he said that, he told Zhang Fei about Fu Bi, Han Qi, and Zeng Gongliang's letter, and then said with a smile: "Look, what they worry about is something you have thought about a long time ago, so I praise you for being a prime minister." Capital."

"That's what happened."

Zhang Fei wiped off his sweat and asked again: "Your Majesty came to me today for this purpose?"

Zhao Xu nodded: "Now I'm also in a difficult situation. Although your method is good, after all, far away water can't save near fire. If you don't file this lawsuit, it will make them worse. But if you file this lawsuit, is it worth it? "

Now that there are so many people opposing it, if he wants to fight resolutely, he will certainly be able to succeed, but he will have to pay a high political cost, and if there is a slight mistake, he will have to bear the blame, and he will have to consider whether it is worth it.

It was a god help me too.Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said, "I think Fu Gong and the others don't understand the law, so that's why they said that."

These three don't understand the law?

Zhao Xu really wanted to tell him that he was just joking and boasting casually, so don't take it seriously, and asked, "You understand?"

Zhang Fei hehe said: "I understand."

Zhao Xu saw this fellow's relaxed expression, and couldn't help expecting: "What can you do, tell me quickly."

Zhang Fei said: "Fugong and Han Xianggong only considered the political cost, but not the illegal cost, so what they said is completely wrong."

Zhao Xu wondered, "Cost of breaking the law?"

"Yup!"

Zhang Fei said: "Nowadays those big landlords don't even want to hide their tax evasion. If they win this lawsuit, they will definitely not be as unscrupulous as they are now, and they will definitely find other ways to evade taxes."

Zhao Xu said speechlessly: "As you said, they will still evade taxes. It's just a waste of brain power. This won't solve the problem."

Zhang Fei said helplessly: "Your Majesty, don't say that those landlords want to evade taxes. If the people have a way, they will definitely evade taxes. This is human nature. Judging from my current situation, it is almost impossible to stop."

Zhao Xu asked again: "Then what's the point of fighting this lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei said: "Let them know that the law can punish them."

Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Zhang Fei said: "When they know this, they will find a way to evade taxes under legal circumstances. In fact, transferring taxes to tenant farmers is also a legal tax avoidance, but this kind of tax avoidance has a disadvantage, that is, the landlord cannot completely get rid of it. relationship, because for the imperial court, this tax is everywhere.

Since it can't be stopped, why not the court provide them with a way to legally avoid taxes. "

Zhao Xu heard it with a question mark on his face: "If we can let them avoid tax legally, why should I ask you to find a way."

It's not easy to make people not pay taxes.

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, listen to me. There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If the imperial court grants them legal tax avoidance, they must also give back to the imperial court."

Zhao Xu shook his head again and again and said: "If they are willing to give back to the court, it will not be like this."

Zhang Fei said: "This lawsuit can force them to make plans in this regard, and then we can use the wealth of Sima University to reach a deal with them."

(End of this chapter)