Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 544 Taking Interest in the Law ([-])

After asking, Su Zhe said that he had no problem.

Zhang Fei asked Qiu Zhengwen again: "Does the Legal Aid Department have anything to ask?"

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

The soldiers watching the trial in front of the door looked at Qiu Zhengwen and Li Min in unison.

That's it?

Before the trial, the main thing was the plaintiff's explanation, and the question was finished in these two or three sentences?

And the Legal Aid Department, why didn't they say a word.

Sure enough, it's free.

But the officials present didn't see it that way. After several previous lawsuits, they also had a deeper understanding of this new litigation system.

Both Erbi and the Procuratorate like to prove their point of view from the mouth of a third person.

This is not difficult to understand, the third person's confession must be more convincing.

They are trying to convince the judge.

The key point of this lawsuit is not Chen Guang, because what Chen Guang said, the government itself agrees, the most important thing is whether the government has deliberately defaulted on or withheld military pay.

Still in real financial trouble.

After Chen Guang went down, Su Zhe stood up again and said, "It happened that Leihu, the capital leader who was in the same battalion as Chen Guang at that time, also returned to Hezhong Mansion recently, and Chen Guang was his soldier. I beseech the chief judge to send Leihu to testify in court."

"Legend Tiger."

Many officials sitting here immediately glanced at Zhe Jizu and others sitting opposite.

And those generals are focused.

This case does not involve civil and military disputes. Logically speaking, civil officials and military generals should be of one mind. You are going to testify for the procuratorate in court. Can the Transshipment Department give you good fruit to eat?

This man named Lei Hu dared to testify in court, there must be someone behind him supporting him, otherwise, he would never be able to affect his official career for a small soldier.

You don't need to think about it, you know, it must be a kind of errand they reciprocate.

Fuzhou is also their territory.

After a while, I saw a big man with big arms and round waist come to court.

Su Zhe immediately stood up and asked, "Lei Dutou, from Zhiping four years to now, where do you work?"

Lei Hu grinned and said: "Old... I have been serving as the capital of Yanzhou before, and I was transferred to Hezhong Mansion this year."

Su Zhe asked again: "Then do you know Chen Guang from Hedong County?"

"know."

Lei Hu said: "That kid cough cough, since Chen Guang came to our camp, he has always been very brave in battle. At that time, our Commander Yang was very optimistic about him, and planned to let him call his wife and children to Yanzhou, let him He has been serving as a soldier in Fuzhou."

This Fuzhou is the base camp of the Yang Ye Yang family. They will select some brave and skilled soldiers and incorporate them into their Yang family generals.

"Unfortunately, oh..."

Lei Hu sighed regretfully.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It seems that this man is really a man of temperament."

Xu Zhiqian whispered: "He is so sad, you still laugh."

Zhang Fei quickly restrained himself a little.

Fortunately, no one paid attention to him.

Su Zhe said: "Lei Dutou, do you know how the barracks will deal with a situation like Chen Guang's?"

Lei Hu said: "Although this matter is not under our control, we also know that in the case of Chen Guang, the military camp will give him some food and an official document to let him go back to his hometown, and then use the official document to obtain a pension from the prefecture and county." .”

Su Zhe asked: "Won't the military camp give pensions?"

"Generally not."

Lei Hu shook his head and said: "Food has been in short supply at the border. Soldiers like Chen Guang who have been parked and returned to their hometowns will come back anyway. Naturally, it is better to receive pensions from the local government. In such a case, the prefecture and county will rely on this official document to give the pension."

Suspension means repatriation, not resignation. Retirement means submitting an official document. If the official document says to cancel military registration, a pension will be given to cancel the military registration.

It is impossible for the front line to issue pensions, all of which are managed by the local government. After all, the large military expenditure is to transport food and grass to the front line.

Su Zhe continued to ask: "How does your military camp rate Chen Guang?"

Lei Hu said: "It's very good. When he came back, Commander Yang specially asked for ten shi of grain from Fuzhou to give him. It is said that he can also get the [-] pieces of pension that should have been given, and some rewards. Gold, but the exact amount is not certain, it depends on how the prefecture and county will calculate."

"Then have you heard that soldiers who come back from heroic wounds cannot get pensions?"

"Uh, listen, I've heard some, but I don't know why."

Lei Hu, who seemed carefree, still stuttered when he mentioned this matter.

It can be seen that this is a very common thing, so he knows the pros and cons of it.

"Thank you, Lei Dutou, for being willing to testify in court."

"No thanks! No thanks!"

Lei Hu also defended himself, "I'm just telling the truth."

Su Zhe nodded with a smile, and said to Zhang Fei, "I have no problem."

Zhang Fei asked as usual: "Is there a problem with the Legal Aid Department?"

"no!"

Qiu Zhengwen shook his head again.

The soldiers watching the trial all looked at the two mutes with strange faces.

Are you two here to have a joke?

Why not ask a single question.

After the thunder tiger went down, Su Zhe asked the transfer envoy Yuan Jiang to testify in court.

Everyone cheered up immediately.

The main event finally came.

Yuan Jiang came to the court with a very serious expression, not at all chatting and laughing like in the past.

Zhang Fei saw it, and secretly smiled in his heart, this old man's acting skills are really at the level of a movie king.

Su Zhe got up and bowed first, and said, "Bachelor Yuan, I offended you. Although our procuratorate is prosecuting the Transshipment Division this time, I know that this matter has nothing to do with Bachelor Yuan. After all, last year's military expenditure was not The hands of Bachelor Jingyuan."

Yuan Jiang smiled coldly, and said: "The officer has also investigated this case seriously, and there is no problem with the transshipment department."

Su Zhe asked with a smile: "From the point of view of Bachelor Yuan, whose problem should it be?"

Yuan Jiang said: "Don't you know about the financial difficulties?"

Su Zhe said: "Of course I know this, but for the government, it's not impossible for the government to allocate this money?"

Yuan Jiang scolded angrily: "The country has national laws, and the family has family rules. The government has not said that it will not be given, but the government cannot give Chen Guang preferential treatment just because your procuratorate intervenes. It is better for your procuratorate to manage the finances."

well said!
it is good!
The officials on the side all clenched their fists and looked excited.

This is what our officials look like when they testify in court.

Cai Bian and the others expressed sympathy and looked at Su Zhe.

Chen Qi and Wang Shen looked unhappy, why!When Zhang San asked, you were so honest and bullied our procuratorate, right?

Qiu Zhengwen and Li Min sat in the back trembling.

Su Zhe didn't care, and said with a smile, "In that case, Scholar Yuan might as well tell us how the Transshipment Division allocates military expenses and the difficulties of the Transshipment Division."

Yuan Jiang said: "This military expenditure is mainly collected by the local government. The specific amount of tax collected by each state and county is not managed by our transshipment department, but by the local state and county. When the tax is collected and enters the warehouse department, it will be transferred to us. Division management.

But it’s not how much tax the local states and counties levy every year, how much money our transshipment department allocates.Specifically, we have to follow the instructions of the third department. Our transshipment department first reports the accounts to the imperial court, and the third department then issues instructions to transfer how much money into the national treasury. The rest will be distributed by our transshipment department to the states and counties, among which the garrison is the main one.

However, the military salary is still uncertain, because the third division only determines how much food is left for the local government based on the funds of previous years. In case of emergency, it can only report to the court, and the treasury will allocate money.

It is normal that the pension will not be paid out at this time. "

Su Zhe asked: "Dare to ask Bachelor Yuan, which government offices are in charge of distributing military expenses?"

Yuan Jiang said: "It is mainly the military treasury, the grain supply institute, and the pension department's funds are also paid from the military treasury. The transfer department will not directly allocate money to the pension department."

Pensions are completely uncertain. Generally, after the declaration, the military treasury will be allocated to the Pensions Department.

Su Zhe nodded, and said again: "Therefore, the Transshipment Department allocates the remaining money from military expenditures to these two government offices every year."

Yuan Jiang nodded.

"Is there a fixed number?"

"Of course there is."

Yuan Jiang said: "As I said before, the Transshipment Department will divide the money and food of each government office according to the expenditure in previous years."

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Thank you, Bachelor Yuan, for testifying in court. I have no problem."

Yuan Jiang was taken aback, and said, "Are you done asking?"

"Yes."

Su Zhe nodded, then looked back at Qiu Zhengwen.

"We have no problem."

Qiu Zhengwen spoke first.

Zhang Fei smiled, and said to Yuan Jiang: "Thank you, Bachelor Yuan, for testifying in court."

Yuan Jiang glared at him, got up and went down, but her face was full of doubts.

There were also whispers from the VIP seats on both sides.

That's it?

They thought that since it was the transshipment department that sued, it must have broken through from Yuan Jiang, but they just asked about some rules about the distribution of military expenditures.

Even Xu Zhiqian asked in a low voice: "Judge, what can you see?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "If he doesn't show the evidence, I can't see anything."

Su Zhe also asked Tang Zhongwen, the chief of the military treasury to join the army, to testify in court.

"Manager Tang, is your military treasury responsible for the pensions for wounded soldiers?"

"Yes."

Tang Zhongwen nodded, and said confidently: "Most of them are allocated by our military treasury to the Compensation Department, and some may be distributed by the Grain Institute."

Su Zhe said again: "As for the money that the families of the soldiers get every month, is your military treasury also responsible?"

Tang Zhongwen nodded and said: "We will send this sum of money to the military camp, and the military camp will distribute it to the soldiers' families."

Su Zhe picked up a roll of cloth, "Is this cloth from your military treasury?"

Wang Shen immediately showed the cloth to Tang Zhongwen.

Tang Zhongwen glanced at it hastily, and said, "I don't know if this cloth came from our military treasury, but we did send out a batch of such cloth two years ago due to financial difficulties."

Su Zhe asked, "How much is Manager Tang's cloth worth?"

Tang Zhongwen sighed: "This cloth has been piled up in the warehouse for a long time. We also know that the cloth is not very good, but we can't help it. In the fourth year of Zhiping, Suizhou broke out in war. The money and food in our warehouse are first supplied to the front line. Since we can’t get money and food, we can only convert this cloth into military pay and distribute it to the soldiers’ families.”

Su Zhe nodded and said, "After Chen Guang came back, he immediately went to the military camp to apply for a pension. Do you know about this?"

Tang Zhongwen said: "I only found out later, but the name reported in the barracks newspaper does have his name, but the remaining money and food in our treasury are all in reserve, but there is also a lot of expenditure on pensions. You can give priority to the dead first, and you have seen the accounts of our military treasury."

Su Zhe nodded and said, "But Manager Tang still remembers that on the fifth day of February this year, you allocated a sum of money, about one thousand guan."

One thousand strings?

Everyone was shocked.

Such a small amount, do you have to ask?

You are thinner than Zhang San!
"The fifth day of February? One thousand strings?"

After Tang Zhongwen muttered something, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Su Che in surprise.

"what happened?"

He Chunlin stood up excitedly.

The rest of the officials also showed slight nervousness on their faces.

Su Zhe asked again: "Do you still remember Manager Tang?"

Tang Zhongwen frowned and said, "What about you?"

Su Zhe said with a smile: "Our procuratorate has investigated the accounts of the Minister's Office."

Hearing this, Tang Zhongwen gave him a guilty look, "Remember. It was allocated to the Legation."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the officials suddenly became angry, and they looked at Su Zhe as if they were killing their father and enemy.

Zhang Fei also noticed it, and was extremely curious, what's going on?
Su Zhe asked again: "Why did you allocate it to the Minister's Office?"

Tang Zhongwen said: "Well, it seems to be, yes. It is used to practice for Li Hao Yushi."

Su Zhe asked again: "Director Tang, do you still remember that on the 23rd of the same month, you allocated another 320 guan and [-] shi of grain to the Minister's Office?"

Tang Zhongwen nodded slightly.

Su Zhe asked again: "And why?"

Tang Zhongwen started to have a headache, and covered his forehead with one hand, "I don't know, anyway, it's the embassy's request."

The officials on the side also wiped their sweat.

Su Zhe said: "Scholar Shicai Yuan made it very clear that each government office has a fixed amount of funds, and according to the system, it is generally the Ministerial Academy that subsidizes the military treasury, why is it always in the accounts that the military treasury subsidizes the ministers?" hospital."

Tang Zhongwen said vaguely: "I don't know, anyway, it has always been like this."

"Wait!"

Zhang Fei asked suddenly: "Chief Prosecutor Su, the head of the court is a little confused. What is the purpose of this legation?"

When he asked, all the officials were stunned.

No way!
You...you don't even know the legation?
Xu Zhiqian looked embarrassed, deeply blaming herself, she was very dereliction of duty!
Su Zhe quickly explained: "The Minister's Office mainly provides funds for receiving and sending officials, but according to the tradition of our dynasty, in case of an emergency, the Ministry's money can be used for military expenses."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I see."

The funds for his visit were all paid by himself, so he was too lazy to deal with the government for some money. After he came to the Hezhong Mansion, no official asked him to be unrestrained, and he almost didn't even give him a salary. I don't know anything!

Looking around, it's no wonder that when it comes to the Minister's Office, these officials seem to be killing people. It turns out that it is a department dedicated to their public consumption. This time you are finished.

Cai Yanqing suddenly realized, "So he started from the Legation."

Wang Shao on the side said: "If he is not an official, he must not know the mystery."

(End of this chapter)