Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 238 The Injustice and the Debt

50 yuan?
The word "through" is very scary!

Even a super rich man like Han Qi gasped.

This is an absolutely sky-high claim.

It can no longer be measured by the price of rice.

For example, you can buy [-] high-end houses in Bianliang City.

What is this concept.

The magistrate of Kaifeng prefecture probably would have to save more than half of his life to be able to afford one without corruption or lowering the quality of life.

For the big landlord Du Shaojing, if you say he can afford to pay, he still can afford to pay. All his land alone is actually worth so much money, but it doesn't mean that he should dig a piece of his meat away.

That would definitely break his arm and leg.

Basically it's hard to recover.

Can he not faint?
But for the people in front of the door, this is really exciting.

As expected of the imperial court, the claims are so overbearing.

Loved it!

In comparison, lending usury is really not enough!

And those officials in the courtyard were stunned. Are you going to nationalize all the wealth in the world in one fell swoop?
Wang Anshi is not as cruel as you!

Indeed, Wang Anshi stood up excitedly, patted Sima Guang lightly with his left hand, "Jun Shi, why don't you go and kill him soon."

Sima Guang was confused, "What are you talking about?"

"Hide wealth from the people, hide wealth from the people!"

Wang Anshi turned around and said excitedly: "That boy actually demanded 50 yuan in compensation from a landlord on behalf of the imperial court. This is nothing short of humiliating for you to hide wealth from the people. How can you remain indifferent? I am anxious for you."

The corner of Sima Guang's mouth twitched when he heard that, this guy really tried everything to mock himself, gritted his teeth and said: "If I want to kill, I will kill you first, dare you say, this is not what you asked for?"

"I swear to God, this matter has nothing to do with me." Wang Anshi immediately raised his right hand and added: "If it were me, I would only dare to ask for five thousand guan in compensation at most."

He spread his fingers shyly.

At this moment, he really felt that he was as kind as a sheep, and even wondered whether his new law was too kind to the landlord, and whether he should change it.

People have a pen, and the mouth is 50 pens.

His own new law seems very petty.

Or, he seriously underestimated the wealth of our Song landlords.

"be opposed to!"

Li Lei, who took a long time to come back to his senses, suddenly stood up, "Prefect, what he said is pure nonsense, there is no basis at all, even if Mr. The amount used to offset the punishment, and then according to the principle of "preparation" in our court regulations, is not as much as 50 guan."

The so-called "preparation" principle is a kind of punitive damages. Generally speaking, the compensation is doubled, but that can't compensate so much money!

As far as his land is concerned, the tax money may be one thousand guan a year, and ten years, multiplied by ten, is [-] guan, and doubled, it is only [-] guan.

Compared with 50, this is too far away, not to mention that it cannot be counted as ten years.

Lu Gong also looked at Zhang Fei full of doubts, "Zhang San, is there any basis for your claim?"

"Of course there is!"

Zhang Fei said: "Above the court, how dare I, Zhang San, speak nonsense."

Lu Gong said, "What evidence do you have?"

Zhang Fei said: "Just now we mentioned why Li Sancai became a tenant farmer. The reason is that he borne part of the tax for Du Shaojing, and it was this part of the burden that made him sell his daughter and become a tenant farmer. In other words, the court This part of the tax money has already been taken away, and Li Sancai is the victim, so we have to look at Li Sancai's loss compensation, not the court's loss."

Everyone was stunned.

It can still be counted like this!

But think about it, it makes sense. As far as Li Sancai is concerned, the court did not lose money, or took away the money. It was Li Sancai who paid more money. It must be paid to Li Sancai.

This injustice has a head, and the debt has an owner.

Li Lei immediately retorted: "This is the fault of the imperial court and should not be imposed on members of Du."

Zhang Fei said: "Therefore, the court is even more obliged to help the victims and recover their compensation."

Mr. Lu nodded slightly.

This is very much to his liking. The imperial court wants someone to pay 50 guan, which is indeed too much, and it is difficult to convince the public, but it is very appropriate to help Li Sancai and other victims to recover the compensation.

Sima Guang whispered to Wang Anshi: "Jiefu, why don't you go and kill him."

Wang Anshi was taken aback, "Why should I kill him?"

Sima Guang said: "Look, he is hiding wealth for the people, not collecting money for the country."

"Uh!"

On the other hand, Li Lei was very depressed, and couldn't help complaining: "Prefect, if the imperial court is on the side with the other party, then this lawsuit will be very unfair to us."

We're chatting, and you two stand aside, so what a fart!

Lu Gong wrote, but said: "Zhang Sanben represents the imperial court, and this official has no intention of covering up. What he said is not unreasonable. According to the laws of our dynasty, even someone who kills with a knife is also murder."

Li Lei immediately said: "The imperial court is an accomplice, so it should be treated as the same crime."

Zhang Fei said: "Just now what Chen Feng said is very clear, it's not that the imperial court asked him to collect more taxes from Li Sancai, the imperial court collected taxes according to the law, and the front office officers collected taxes according to the law. To the extent that those yamen soldiers were forced to collect from others, this point Du Yuanwai has also admitted, which caused Li Sancai's tragedy, not the court's intentional tax increase, which caused Li Sancai's tragedy, the court is responsible, but The main responsibility lies with Du Shaojing."

In order to save his life, Du Shaojing admitted to the tax evasion before, but he didn't expect it. Zhang Fei still has a hand here, which makes Li Lei very passive now, but he has already stepped up and tried hard to argue: "But the truth is not Du Taxes are collected from Li Sancai, but the court collects taxes from Li Sancai, and the main responsibility should be with the court.”

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Bai Qi can prove that the main responsibility for tax transfer lies with the landlord."

"Bai Qi?"

Li Lei was taken aback.

Zhang Fei said: "The main means of tax transfer lies in the Bai Qi, and in terms of Bai Qi, the imperial court is innocent, because the government has no transaction records, and the government can only collect taxes according to the cadastre. This is no problem. .And Du Shaojing is absolutely clear, so he is the chief culprit of the transfer of taxes, of course he should be responsible, and the court will at most bear the responsibility of negligence.”

Li Lei argued: "It was made very clear yesterday that signing the white contract is not the buyer's responsibility, the seller is also responsible."

Zhang Fei said: "If you can show evidence, you can reduce the compensation, but according to the court law, the deed tax is borne by the buyer."

Landlords like white deeds, and one of the important reasons is that they don't have to pay taxes when they buy land.

From this point of view, the responsibility for tax transfer is of course the landlord's. You did it on purpose, and the court didn't know about it.

"Wonderful!"

Su Shi said with a smile: "It's really a good move to treat a person in his own way."

Don't you landlords like to play tax shifting?I will give you a trick, transfer the responsibility, and transfer part of the responsibility of the court to you.

Is this fair?

Li Lei was at a loss for words for a while, Bai Qi's responsibility cannot be escaped, so he said again: "Even if it is to compensate Li Sancai, there is not so much money."

Zhang Fei said: "Yesterday Li Sancai made it very clear that he sold his daughter because of this matter, and it was extremely painful. You can't say that just paying him the money for selling his daughter can offset it. I don't have a daughter, it's not good. Evaluation, however."

Having said that, he looked around, "Most of you here have children, I would like to ask you, how much do you price your daughters?"

A dead silence responded to Zhang Fei.

Who would be foolish enough to put a price on their own daughter?

Li Lei said: "Don't keep talking about Li Sancai, he didn't hire you to fight the lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei said: "I am representing the imperial court. In this case, the imperial court is also responsible and obliged to claim compensation on his behalf. If Li Sancai refuses, then of course it will be discussed separately."

Li Lei was speechless.

The situation is different now, it is impossible for Li San to refuse so much money!

Zhang Fei continued: "If Li Sancai hires me to claim compensation, then I will retain his criminal responsibility to pursue Du Shaojing's accidental injury."

Li Lei wondered, "What criminal liability for accidental injury?"

Zhang Fei said: "Li Sancai sold his daughter because of this. If his daughter was abused or even died because of being sold, Du Shaojing was indirectly involved, and it was not Du Shaojing's original intention. Therefore, we can only investigate his accidental injury, not the murder.

But if such a thing happens, it must be pursued for compensation, and at least part of the responsibility must be borne. "

Li Lei retorted: "It was Li Sancai who sold his daughter, and Yuanwai Du didn't ask him to sell it?"

Zhang Fei said: "If he doesn't sell, the whole family will starve to death, and Du Shaoyun may be executed."

Li Lei was completely dumbfounded.

This move was the first time he had seen it.

Fighting and fighting, this criminal responsibility has come.

If he died, he would have to be prosecuted for manslaughter.

This shit is over!

Don't even think about it, someone must have died because of this, and there are hundreds of tenants and slaves in his family.

If it is said that Du Shaojing's family is ruined and his family died directly because of helping Du Shaojing bear the taxes, then 50 yuan is really not much.

The key is how to price this human life?
There is no end to this!

Zhang Fei ignored him, and wrote to Lu Gong: "Although this is not the imperial court's wish, the imperial court also bears certain responsibilities in this matter. The imperial court has the obligation and responsibility to help those who have paid extra taxes. The common people pursue compensation, and at the same time, the imperial court will not ask for a penny from it, and will compensate the victims as much as possible."

As he said that, he bent over and lifted a large basket of documents from the table and put them on the table, "This is the basis for my claim to Du Shaojing on behalf of the imperial court. But because there are too many people involved, I can't make sure that there are no omissions. The compensation is around 25 guan, but due to Du Shaojing’s bad behavior, the principle of backup is definitely applicable, so the total amount reaches 50 guan, even if someone pursues it afterwards, the full amount of compensation can still be paid.”

Compensation basis, should it be packed in baskets?
It's crazy to have to pay for it!
"Good! Well said!"

I only heard someone yelling outside the door.

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhang Fei turned his head to look, and saw Cao Dongdong, who was crowded in front, was clapping desperately.

A person next to him wondered: "Ya Nei! Why are you applauding, your family is also a big landlord!"

Cao Dongdong hehe said: "I won the bet."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

"Brother Li!"

"Brother Zhang!"

"Uncle Wang!"

Suddenly fell down, and heard a wailing sound.

Where is the roof?

Where is the Yellow River?

Please take me there too!
Cao Dongdong was frightened and spread his hands, "This has nothing to do with me!"

Seeing this, Shen Huaixiao suddenly had an idea, looked at the sky again, and fell back directly, right into Tang Ji's arms.

"Brother Shen!"

Tang Ji immediately exclaimed.

His shout immediately attracted the attention of many officials.

"what happened?"

Many officials immediately surrounded him.

Su Shi came over and asked with a surprised face, "How much did Judge Shen pay?"

Du Xiu glared at him, "Su Zizhan, don't talk nonsense. Brother Shen may have suffered from heatstroke. It's too hot today. Make room, please hurry up and invite the doctor."

Shen Huaixiao became dizzy, and immediately lost all atmosphere.

Cen Yuanli turned back to Duke Lu and said, "Prefect Lu, it's almost past noon."

Mr. Lu hesitated for a while, then slapped the gavel, and said: "I still need some time to review the claim submitted by Zhang San. I will stop here today and try again tomorrow."

As soon as these words came out, Li Guozhong and the others were all slumped on their chairs, panting heavily, and beads of sweat sprouted like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Terrible!

This trial is really terrible!
They were already in a mess, lost their clues, they were just trying to hold on, they were forced by Zhang Fei just now, and they almost couldn't catch their breath.

Suddenly, a shadow came.

Li Guozhong and others looked up, only to see Zhang Fei walking over with a smile on his face.

"Acceptance! Acceptance!"

Zhang Fei arched his hands and said.

Fei Ming said in disbelief, "If the evidence hadn't been wrong, you might not have won."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "You all know why the evidence is wrong."

Fei Ming was immediately at a loss for words.

Li Guozhong also maintained his demeanor, got up and bowed his hands back, "It's really Zhang Sanlang, we are convinced that we lost this time."

Zhang Fei said: "The lawsuit is not over yet, not necessarily. But you performed very well and did not disappoint me."

Li Guozhong clasped his hands and said: "Thanks to Zhang Sanlang's encouragement, we will make persistent efforts."

"See you tomorrow then."

Zhang Fei bowed his hands, and when he waved his sleeves, a ball of paper flew towards Li Guozhong.

Li Guozhong held the ball of paper to his chest with both hands.

(End of this chapter)