I saw a man in short brown clothes coming up to the hall, with a pair of worn shoes on his feet covered with mud marks.
At first glance, he looks like a farmer.
Wen Yanbo whispered: "It seems that this kid doesn't just want revenge."
Sima Guang sighed: "If this were not the case, how could Wang Jiefu support him?"
He is an insider. He had kept silent before because he knew that it was just foreplay and the key to the story was from here on.
He knew Zhang Fei too well. This kid was very petty. He would definitely scapegoat him, take revenge, and repay Wang Anshi at the same time.
"Liu Dong, a small citizen, meets the great officials."
One look at Liu Dong and it was obvious that he had never been to court before. His legs were trembling when he spoke.
Zhao Pin smiled and nodded: "You don't need to be nervous, just tell the truth."
"yes."
Liu Dong nodded timidly.
Since Wang Hong was still sitting on the chair, Zhao Pin did not arrange a chair for Liu Dong. In fact, even if it was given to him, he would not be able to sit still and would stand more steadfastly.
Wang Hong also looked at Liu Dong with a confused expression. He didn't recognize this person!
"Liu Dong!"
Zhang Fei suddenly stood up.
"ah?"
Liu Dong turned around and looked at Zhang Fei anxiously.
Zhang Fei tried his best to ask in a very calm tone: "Can you tell everyone where you are from?"
Liu Dongdao: "I live in Liujia Village in the south of Kaifeng County."
Zhang Fei glanced at the article and asked: "Then do you remember what happened on the seventh day of this month?"
"I remember."
Liu Dongdao: "I'm going to find that firm!"
"Bianjing Law Firm?"
"Yes, it is."
Liu Dongzhi nodded and said: "I'm going to find a lawyer from Bianjing Law Firm to calculate the tax."
Fan Chunren on the side, seeing Liu Dong trembling, suddenly came up with a plan and stood up suddenly, "I object."
Liu Dong immediately trembled with fright.
Zhao Pin also reacted immediately. Without waiting for Zhang Fei's explanation, he glared at Fan Chunren with a stern look, "If you have any questions, let Liu Dong finish his answer first."
There was a hint of warning in his tone.
You are clearly trying to scare Liu Dong and bully honest people.
But Zhang Fei gave Fan Chunren two appreciative glances.
I appreciate this move very much and it is an improvement.
Isn't that what litigation is all about?
If it were him, he would do the same thing.
Such a big loophole must be poked at!
But it's a pity that this is Zhao Pin's court. He is very tolerant towards these people. Don't play this trick with me.
Zhang Fei asked Liu Dong again: "Why did you ask Bianjing Law Firm to calculate taxes?"
Liu Dong replied: "Brother Luo from the next village said that the firm can guarantee that we will not pay more taxes."
Zhang Fei asked: "Do you usually pay more taxes?"
"My family only has ten acres of land, but I have to pay twenty-five acres of land tax every year. I really have no choice this time. If I pay the tax, my mother and I will starve to death. Ugh. Woo!"
When talking about the latter part, Liu Dong suddenly burst into tears and poured out his grievances.
..."Dog Officer!"
I don't know who shouted at the door.
All the officials sitting inside looked back.
The crowd of onlookers at the door looked at the sky and at the ground.
This interrogation seems to be becoming more and more explicit, and many officials are on pins and needles!
No one thought that Zhang Fei would contact these two cases.
Zhao Pin shouted when he saw the door, so he didn't say anything.
But when the officials turned around, the people suddenly looked at Wang Hong with wide eyes.
The common people really understand the beginning of this standard.
No need to check, this is definitely not made up or acted.
Zhang Fei waited for a while and asked: "Can you still answer the question now?"
Liu Dong sobbed and nodded.
Zhang Fei asked: "Why does your family only have ten acres of land, but you have to pay taxes on twenty-five acres of land?"
Liu Dong wiped away his tears and explained: "My family originally had twenty-five acres of land, but more than a year ago, my mother got seriously ill, so I sold fifteen acres of land to Yuan Wei."
Zhang Fei said: "Is Wei Yuanwai the Wei Yushan from Luomapo?"
Liu Dong nodded, "That's him."
Zhang Fei said: "Continue talking."
Liu Dongdao: "I sold the land to Wei Yuanwai in exchange for money to treat my mother's illness. However, the next year the official came to my house and asked me to pay a land tax of twenty-five acres."
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Didn't you sign a contract with the other party at that time?"
Liu Dongdao: "I signed it, but at that time, the people other than Yuan Wei and the person who signed the contract told me that if I went to the government to sign the contract, I would have to pay a lot of taxes, so they asked me to sign it with him in private. In a contract, he gave me money and I gave him land, and he paid the tax on the fifteen acres of land. I didn't have to pay. I didn't dare to go to the government, so I agreed."
Zhang Fei said: "Is this stated in the contract?"
Liu Dong nodded straight away, "It was clearly stated, so I agreed."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Didn't you explain this to the officer at that time, or did you go to the officer Wei?"
Liu Dong nodded and said: "As I said, I also showed the contract to the yamen official, but the yamen official didn't recognize it. I went to see Member Wei again, but someone outside Member Wei told me that if I sued the official, I would I will also be punished, and I will be fined a lot of money, so I don’t dare to sue the officials.”
The officials all had expressionless faces.
But the people were all gnashing their teeth.
It can be seen that they are aware that this is not a joke.
Zhang Fei picked up a contract from the table and said: "President, this is the contract Liu Dong signed with Wei Yuanwai."
"Submit."
After hearing this, Qian Yi breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Fan Chunren: "It seems that he still has room for success and has not done everything completely."
Fan Chunren said: "If he really doesn't leave any room, then he won't be able to win."
The Song Dynasty stipulated that any land or house transaction must pay a 4% deed tax. In fact, it may be more than this. After paying the deed tax, you can get the official seal. With the official deed, you can handle land and taxes. transfer procedures.
However, many people, in order to avoid the deed tax, sign contracts privately. This kind of contract is called a white deed, while the one with the official seal is called a red deed.
…Obviously the red deed has more legal protection.
Many landowners take advantage of this to deceive people who are in urgent need of money and conduct private transactions. The result is "the land is separated from the land and the money is left."
But after all, the government handles matters fairly, so if you evade taxes, are you still justified?
In fact, there are still many people who have received more tax money for no reason. Some farmers have sold their fields privately to landlords and then ran away.
The landowners do not recognize the taxes on the land. If officials want political achievements, they usually use various clever excuses to distribute the taxes equally to the nearby people.
Zhang Fei did not find such a person, and apparently left a pair of underwear for the court.
After Zhao Pin read it, he didn't say much.
This is Bai Qi after all.
The key to this is not the white deed and the red deed.
Zhang Fei asked Liu Dong again: "So you went to Bianjing Law Firm to calculate taxes?"
Liu Dong nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "How can the ear pen of Bianjing Law Firm tell you?"
Liu Dongdao: "They said they would only recognize the land deed. I gave them the land deed and they calculated the taxes for me. I just had to pay the taxes according to their calculations. I showed them the contract with Wei Yuanwai at that time. , they said they could solve the overpayment of taxes by filing a lawsuit."
When Fan Chunren heard this, he wanted to shout "objection". He had promised not to clear his name, but he ended up going so far. But seeing that Zhao Pin was listening intently, he could only give up temporarily.
Zhang Fei asked again: "What happens next?"
Liu Dongdao: "Then I told the tax collector that I had paid too much tax and I wanted to file a lawsuit. The government official didn't say anything at the time. But a few days later, the government official came to see me again. Tell me that those ear pens were arrested by the county magistrate and took away all the food from my family. They said that I didn't pay taxes before and they wanted to punish me. Now my family has no grain of rice. My mother still has it. I'm sick, so I can only sell the ten acres of farmland at home, wuwuwuwu----!"
When he mentioned food and land, he started crying again.
Thanks to the errands of those government officials, in order to retaliate against him, they directly confiscated all the food from his family. Otherwise, he would not have dared to come here to testify.
Forced to a dead end, with no way out, I had no choice but to fight.
"This is really a dog officer."
"That's right! Zhang San made the decision for us people. He didn't say he wouldn't pay taxes, he just said he wouldn't pay more, but they didn't let him do it. It's really too much of a lie."
"I have thought of this a long time ago. If Zhang San helps us calculate taxes, how can those officials charge more money from us!"
The people watching at the door were talking about this a lot, and they kept hearing about the corrupt officials.
The official sitting inside had his face turning red and then white.
Wang Hong gritted his teeth, "You are such unruly people."
"quiet!"
Zhao Pin patted the gavel and shouted.
The people watching at the door gradually stopped talking.
Zhang Fei said to Zhao Pin: "I'm done asking."
Zhao Pin nodded and said: "Take Liu Dong down."
After Liu Dong went down, Zhao Pin looked at Fan Chunren again, as if he knew he had something to say.
Sure enough, Fan Chunren stood up immediately and said, "President, Zhang San is obviously trying to clear himself of his grievances. This is unfair to Wang Zhixian and goes against his own promise."
...With the facts in front of him, he couldn't say that Liu Dong was wrong. He could only say that Zhang San did not keep his word and did not practice martial ethics. You promised not to clear your name, but in the end, not only did you clear your name, but it was also used for publicity.
Simply shameless.
"I don't."
Zhang Fei said seriously: "Until now, I admit that I made a mistake at that time. I rashly sent someone to calculate the tax without reporting it to the government in advance. This field tax is different from commercial tax. Many commercial taxes are not It is fixed and can be calculated by yourself. However, land tax is generally fixed. The government calculates it based on the cadastral book and household registration book. There will definitely be conflicts between the two and it will also bring trouble to the government. As for the court's judgment , I was convinced, and I paid the fine as soon as possible."
It is no wonder that he is a person with a sharp ear, and his conviction is so clear and logical, which is more convincing than the court's statement.
Indeed.
Most of the land tax is fixed. The government has calculated it and then collects it. If you intervene, of course it will cause conflicts.
Commercial tax is different. Commercial tax changes. Isn't it normal for a businessman to calculate it himself or hire someone to do it?
Zhao Pin nodded and asked: "But what is the relationship between these two things?"
Zhang Fei replied: "I dare to ask the presiding judge. Who is the biggest beneficiary of Wangzhi County's rejection of Geng Ming's petition and at the same time sending people to severely punish the Bianjing Law Firm's ear-pen?"
Zhao Pin pondered for a while and said: "Wei Yushan."
"I object!"
Fan Chunren jumped up directly: "This is just Zhang San's speculation, and it is not worth discussing."
He already knew what Zhang Fei was going to do.
Wang Hong also reacted and shouted excitedly: "He has wronged me. When I was trying the case of Erbi, I didn't consider Wei Yushan at all."
He was really wronged. He didn't even know who Liu Dong was. How could he think of Wei Yushan? He just wanted to punish Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei said sternly: "This is not speculation. Facts have proven that Wei Yushan is the biggest beneficiary of these two cases. The key point is that Wangzhi County's philosophy on dealing with these two cases is extremely contradictory.
When dealing with the case of Bianjing Law Firm, Wang Zhixian emphasized taxation, but in Geng Ming's case, he ignored taxation, and it was taxation on thousands of acres of land.
Fan Sijian's reason is that Wangzhi County ignored Geng Ming's grievances because of the tax evasion, and the key to Geng Ming's case was tax evasion. So according to Fan Sijian's theory, Wangzhi County ignored Geng Ming's grievances because of the tax evasion. Pay taxes and ignore tax calls. This is like Fan Sijian now using his speculations to oppose my factual arguments."
Zhao Pin looked at Fan Chunren.
Fan Chunren was so anxious that he was sweating on his forehead. He had never thought that Zhang Fei would combine these two sentences together, because this was not true. The two sentences themselves were not related in any way, and he had no idea about this at all. Not prepared.
But the problem is that after Zhang Fei's debate, Wei Yushan is still the biggest beneficiary, and Wang Hong's treatment method is completely different, how can it not be suspicious.
This time he was beaten so hard that he became dizzy.
It can only be said that he doesn't know Zhang Fei well enough.
This retaliation must be punished unjustly.
...otherwise how to resolve the hatred in my heart.
Because if you sue him normally, he may be convinced and the resentment in his heart will not be so great.
For those who use ear pens, as long as the method is legal, it will be fine.
Zhang Fei took the opportunity to ask Zhao Pin again: "I heard that the presiding judge once served as a county magistrate or magistrate."
Zhao Pin nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Does the presiding judge think that the behavior of those ear pens at that time is really an urgent problem that cannot be delayed? If it is not solved immediately, will it cause a big chaos?"
Zhao Pin pondered for a while, then shook his head.
Zhang Fei said: "But Wang Zhixian used thunderous methods to suppress the matter without even investigating. This is obviously a sign of guilty conscience, fearing that the truth will be exposed. However, Wang Zhixian is very smart. He deliberately exaggerated the facts and reported them to the police." The imperial court has repeatedly emphasized that taxation is a major national plan, and this is obviously a threat to the imperial court through taxation."
This crime is quite serious.
"Objection! I object!"
Fan Chunren was really anxious, "These are all your speculations."
"I have a basis."
Zhang Fei said: "Although there are huge contradictions in Wang Zhixian's concept of dealing with these two cases, his methods of getting out of crime are exactly the same, using tax collection as an excuse, which shows that he is a habitual criminal.
Because Wang Zhixian knew that the current financial difficulties were present, and the court was most worried about not being able to collect taxes, so as long as he used this trick, the court could only turn a blind eye. After all, the court ministers were also worried about their own salaries. It can’t be sent out, and facts have proven this.”
"Nonsense."
"That's complete nonsense."
"You are so lawless, you dare to insult the court officials in court. You are contrary! This is really contrary!"
Anxious!
Everyone is anxious!
How could the officials on both sides still sit still? They somehow became accomplices, and they all stood up and angrily scolded Zhang Fei.
But the people at the door shouted at the same time: "What a dog official!"
"You know how to bully our people."
"You are a bitch."
This tacit understanding makes the scene extremely ironic.
As soon as the official heard the people scolding him, he immediately reacted, sat down quickly, and went to settle the score with Zhang San in private.
The common people also realized that all the people sitting here were officials and would not cause trouble, so they gradually became quiet.
Wang Anshi laughed and said: "It's really lively now."
Lu Huiqing smiled and nodded.
The more violent the quarrel is, the more reasonable his changes will be. Of course he will be very happy, and this is the effect he wants.
"You villain, you have wronged me and I will kill you."
Wang Hong suddenly rushed towards Zhang Fei like crazy.
He has risen rapidly in the officialdom, but he has never suffered such injustice, and his chest is about to burst.
Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!
But unfortunately, he was stopped by the police officer next to him.
"careful!"
When Zhang Fei saw that he was being stopped, he immediately bravely stood in front of Xu Zhiqian and said with a gentle smile: "Don't be afraid, this biting dog won't bark."
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him slightly.
Wang Hong was so angry that he bared his teeth and claws.
Zhang Fei looked at Wang Hong the same way Wang Hong looked at him at the Kaifeng County Government Office, as if to say, "It feels so good to be wronged! Haha."
When Zhao Pin saw that the situation was out of control and full of ugliness, he took several shots of the prison and said, "The trial will stop here for the time being. We will adjourn the court."
Nancy Beiqing reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this