Mr. Lu’s work was to take several shots of the gavel in succession.
There is no way, the discussion outside the hospital is too loud.
Why not ask clearly?
Such a weird thing, if I don't give an answer, I won't let anyone sleep.
In fact, it was Zhang Fei who asked to continue the trial, not Lu Gong. Otherwise, the discussion would probably lift the roof of Kaifeng Mansion.
There was still chatter outside the door.
Mr. Lu was also furious, and he slapped the gavel again, "If you don't keep quiet, I will try the case behind closed doors."
It immediately fell silent outside the courtyard gate.
"Huhu."
Shen Huaixiao was sitting in the shade, wiping away his sweat and breathing heavily.
That moment just now was extremely dangerous for them.
If the fight goes down, Mr. Lu will take advantage of the opportunity to investigate the matter strictly, and with Zhang San assisting him, who can guarantee that Zhou Cai can persevere, and his answers are watertight, and he will not expose them all.
Although this matter is definitely not over yet, at present, it seems that there is at least room for maneuver and room for maneuver. After all, it has not been tried in court.
Wen Yanbo saw their embarrassment and whispered to Fu Bi and Han Qi: "I never thought they would lose so miserably this time."
I also have some lingering feelings for this little emperor.
Fu Bi stroked his beard and said, "It's hard to use these tactics in court!"
Han Qi nodded and said: "During the Qingli period, they also used similar tricks, which always caught us off guard and made us unable to defend ourselves. But in the court, there are two parties facing each other. Everyone knows what is the key, so we need to be more careful.
Easy to prevent.”
Wen Yanbo nodded thoughtfully.
In political struggles, you can't predict what tricks the other side will use. A little person, a painting, or a rain may change everything.
Everyone is doing whatever they can.
The defensive side is very passive, while the reforming side is usually the defensive side, and they are inherently at a disadvantage.
But it doesn't work in court. Both sides know what the key evidence is. Everyone relies on their strength. In this point of dispute, the emperor has a natural advantage.
Of course, they thought being mean was exclusive to them, but they didn't expect that the emperor would do this.
"Brother Li, what should we do? Or forget it."
Fei Ming is now in a panic. If he is involved in this, he may lose his mind. It is not a matter of winning or losing the lawsuit.
Li Guozhong frowned and said calmly: "Why are you panicking? We were hired to litigate the case. The evidence they provided has nothing to do with us."
With that said, he gently patted Li Lei who was sweating coldly, "Cheer up, the more you behave like this, the more people will think that we are guilty. Now we have only one way, try our best to protect them, maybe we can get a blessing in disguise, if we do this
If we give up, if the two sides don't reach the shore, they will die even more miserably."
Fei Ming and others nodded.
Li Lei turned his head and looked at Li Guozhong, "But there's no way to fight."
Li Guozhong said: "Let's do our best."
Li Lei took two deep breaths, then nodded, and the group immediately started discussing again.
This variable was something they did not expect, so they had to reevaluate the strategy.
...While whispering, Du Shaojing walked up to the hall with his unruly legs. He was not as arrogant and domineering as yesterday, and he could no longer speak clearly.
"Meet you little little person!"
"never mind!"
Mr. Lu waved his hand and pointed to the dock.
Just these few steps away, Du Shaojing felt like he was walking out of the execution ground.
With great difficulty, I came to the foot of the tree and sat down, but it felt like I was sitting on pins and needles.
Zhang Fei stood up, looked at Du Shaojing, and said with a smile: "Commissioners must not panic. Answer every question calmly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."
Du Shaojing nodded dully.
"I object."
Li Lei suddenly stood up and said: "The other party's words contain a hidden threat."
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "I take back what I just said."
Du Shaojing looked at Li Lei fiercely and suddenly remembered, yes, I also have an ear pen to protect me.
I can't help but feel relieved a little.
Zhang Fei looked at the article he had prepared and asked Du Shaojing: "Exceptor Du, yesterday we mentioned that of the 120 hectares of land in your name, 40 hectares are white land, and the remaining
Of the 80 hectares of farmland, currently only 13 hectares of land are taxed, and the remaining 67 hectares do not have any tax payment records. I wonder what the official explained?"
Du Shaojing glanced at Zhang Fei guiltily, then looked at Li Guozhong and the others, only to see that Li Guozhong and others all lowered their heads.
Don't look at us, just figure it out yourself.
Du Shaojing shook his head like a rattle, "I won't explain."
"No explanation?"
Zhang Fei asked.
Du Shaojing said: "I admit that I did not pay taxes."
Lu Gongzhu quietly flipped through the accounts from five years ago, which contained Du Shaojing's tax payment records.
But Du Shaojing is not stupid. No matter how serious the crime of tax evasion is, it is not as serious as the crime of altering government account books.
He could only admit it.
And if he doesn't come up with tax money, there's no way to sue him with the account books. After all, the account books were written by the officials, not them.
Zhang Fei asked: "According to my investigation, most of these lands are red deeded lands, which are recorded by the government. I don't know what means the officials used to escape the government's collection."
Du Shaojing said: "Like everyone else, they hide their fields, or use female households or monks to evade taxes."
Like everyone else, the law does not punish everyone.
Zhang Fei glanced at the other party and saw some movements on the other side, so he said: "I'm done asking."
Then he sat down.
Qiu Zhengwen, who was sitting in the back, looked stunned and whispered: "Third brother, why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Zhang Fei said seriously: "This is teaching, deliberately giving you a wrong demonstration. You must remember that you must take advantage of his illness to kill him, and you must not be merciful."
Qiu Zhengwen said oh.
Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and smiled, squinting her eyes at Zhang Fei, her lies seemed to be true.
Li Lei stood up and asked Du Shaojing: "Excuse me, Mr. Du, how many tenants do you have in total?"
Du Shaojing looked at Li Lei, as if asking, do you want me to tell the truth, or make it up?
Li Guozhong on the side nodded anxiously. You are still making it up. I'm afraid you are tired of living.
Du Shaojing said: "More than four to four hundred households."... "So many?" Li Lei asked again: "Did Yuanwai Du give them a very low rent?"
High or low?
Du Shaojing looked at Li Lei, seeking an answer.
Li Guozhong avoided Lu Gong's writing above and told Du Shaojing to tell the truth.
Lu Gongzhu couldn't see it, but Sima Guang, Su Shi and others opposite could see it clearly, and they all couldn't help laughing.
So difficult!
Zhang Fei also covered his mouth and laughed, then turned around and said, "This is also a wrong example for them. You should be more accurate in your future lawsuits, and don't go all the way to death. Once this road is blocked, it will be like what they are doing now."
Virtue.”
Qiu Zhenghua and the others kept their mouths shut and nodded.
Du Shaojing shook his head and said: "Not low."
Li Lei asked again: "Since the rent is not low, why are there so many people willing to become tenants outside the members? Will they be like Li Dacai and others?"
Zhang Fei immediately turned back to Qiu Zhengwen and the others and said, "I will definitely object at this time. His question is suggestive and tempting."
Qiu Zhengwen was surprised and said, "Why don't you object, Third Brother?"
Zhang Fei glared at him angrily, "You are stupid, I am going to object, how can I teach you."
"?"
Qiu Zhenghua was confused. You objected, but I remembered it. If you told me, I might not remember it. Is this another demonstration of wrong teaching?
They were still whispering here, but Du Shaojing suddenly woke up and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, many people are only willing to cultivate the fields that do not pay taxes. If you ask them to pay taxes, they would rather not come."
"Why?"
Li Lei asked.
Du Shaojing said: "Because the imperial court has miscellaneous taxes, such as transfers, changes, and losses. These three taxes have no fixed amount. Therefore, many people hide their household registrations, sell their fields and escape. If I can't find a way to evade the taxes,
, I won’t be able to recruit tenants to help me cultivate the land.”
Many upright and honest officials became angry upon hearing this. What is the reason for this?
However, many people outside the door nodded frequently.
Branch transfer means that in order to fight the war, the court asked the people to send taxes to designated places, which were often hundreds of miles away. What was even more outrageous was that taxes had to be paid in the process.
But Tokyo is too far away from the front line, so you don’t have to go, just discount it.
Folding means folding grain into silk, and folding silk into grain. This transformation requires a lot of effort.
Loss, that is, being eaten by rats, loss of grain, etc., are also included.
The key to these three items is that there is no fixed number. If you are lucky, you will have fewer points. What should you do if you are unlucky?
Three times is actually considered a small amount. After this set of combos, it is often five or six times.
Of course the people are willing to pay high rents, but they are not willing to pay taxes.
Indeed, untaxed land is more attractive to tenants.
Li Lei added: "I heard that members of the Communist Party of China often donate money to charity, distribute food to the refugees, and donate to the government to build water conservancy projects."
Du Shaojing's mind began to clear up, and he returned to yesterday's rhythm, and immediately replied: "In order to attract tenants, I did evade taxes, but I feel guilty, so I often donate some money and food to the people and the government."
Li Lei said to Lu Gong again: "I'm done asking."
Zhang Fei stood up and said: "To inform the prefect, I have a very key witness here. I hope the prefect can summon this witness to testify in court."... Lu Gong wrote: "Pass."
After a while, I saw a man in his twenties walking into the hall.
"Goudan."
Du Shaojing stood up suddenly, "Why are you here?"
Lu Gong raised his eyebrows and warned: "Du Shaojing, don't be so presumptuous."
Du Shaojing hurriedly said: "The prefect doesn't know something. He is my servant. He can't just go to court and sue me."
Mr. Lu frowned slightly.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Executive Officer Du, that happened a few days ago. I have already spent money to help him redeem his life."
Du Shaojing immediately said: "Impossible, why didn't I know."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Du Yuanwai has raised so many slaves. There is no need for Yuanwai to personally come forward for such a small matter. Mr. Zhuang in your family can make the decision. Du Yuanwai should know this better than me."
Xu Zhiqian handed over a contract at the right time. Zhang Fei took it and said, "This is Goudan's redemption contract. Please ask the magistrate to take a look at it."
"Submit."
After Mr. Lu looked at it, he ignored Du Shaojing and asked Goudan to sit in the witness box.
Du Shaojing sat down. He had just relaxed for a while and was suddenly sweating profusely.
The man named Goudan saluted Mr. Lu, and then went to the witness stand.
Zhang Fei stood up and asked: "Goudan, is this your real name?"
The man shook his head and said: "My original name is Zhu Erjiu, and the name Goudan was given to me by Du Shaojing."
Zhang Fei said: "How did you meet Du Shaojing?"
Zhu Erjiu said: "I am originally a third-class householder in Dudi Village, Kaifeng County. Because I served in the imperial court, I owed a lot of money to the government. In the end, I had to sell my land to pay off the debt."
When they heard about the bankruptcy of the military service, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others all sighed deeply.
He then heard Zhu Erjiu say: "After that, our brothers and sisters had no choice but to rent 20 acres of land from Du Shaojing to cultivate."
Zhang Fei asked: "How much is the rent?"
Zhu Erjiu said: "Every person gets half of what the land produces, but I have to bear all the taxes."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "What happens next?"
Zhu Erjiu suddenly glared at Du Shaojing fiercely, "I never expected that Du Shaojing would take into account all the changes, transfers, losses, and other taxes of the government, and it would only be a lot more. After all, we would not be able to
If you can’t pay taxes, you have no choice but to borrow money from him, this loan!”
He shed tears and said, "But I will never be able to pay it back. The interest is getting more and more, and the taxes are getting more and more. Even if I farm for several lifetimes, I still can't pay it back. In the end, my sister was taken away by him to pay off the debt.
And I can only become his tenant slave."
I don’t know if I heard too much yesterday, which made the people watching the trial numb, and there wasn’t much commotion outside the door.
"You spit on others."
Du Shaojing stood up and pointed angrily at Zhu Erjiu.
As soon as he shouted, the people watching immediately gave him countless angry looks.
If looks could kill.
Zhang Fei smiled slightly and said: "Executive member Du, don't forget, your family is not just one family of tenant slaves, but there are hundreds of families. Do you want to call them all to testify?"
Du Shaojing trembled, but did not dare to say anything.
Zhang Fei then said to Lu Gong: "According to my investigation, Du Yuanwai's family has at least 120 households of tenant slaves. They were all tenants of Du Yuanwai before. They were forced to live in Du Yuanwai's house due to illness or natural disasters.
A loan shark with an interest rate of about ten times."... Having said this, Xu Zhiqian handed a stack of loan deeds to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took it over and raised his hand, "I have more than ten high-interest loan contracts signed by Du Yuanwai."
Immediately, civil servants came over and took away all the loan deeds.
Zhang Fei said: "Such a high interest, plus rent and taxes, it is impossible to pay it back. The interest is compounded, causing them to owe Du Yuanwai countless amounts of money. Not to mention a lifetime, even ten lifetimes."
Even if they can't pay, they can only work like oxen and horses to cultivate fields for Du Yuanwai. However, there is not an inch of land in these fields that has paid taxes to the court.
It can be seen that Du Yuanwai's tax evasion has nothing to do with the tenants and is purely his personal behavior. As for the accusations made by Li Dacai and other tenants against the court yesterday, they are purely rumors, slander and nonsense. Everything they have now is a gift from the court.
And the suffering they suffered was all caused by Du Yuanwai and the others."
Before he finished speaking, a deafening boo sounded at the door, directly interrupting Zhang Fei's spellcasting.
Even Lu Gong’s alarm can’t be suppressed.
If you say Du Shaojing is a great villain, then we all agree.
well said.
But just because he is evil does not mean that the court is good.
They are the same species.
This is so shameless to say.
Both humans and gods are outraged.
Of course, it was not Zhang Fei who was embarrassed, but the officials sitting inside.
Wen Yanbo and others looked at Zhang Fei very depressedly, "Stop patting you for being such a flatterer. The more you pat me, the more embarrassing it becomes."
Don't you think the imperial court is embarrassing enough?
The key point is that Sima Guang and Han Qi all know that it was Zhang Fei who deliberately caused the court to be so embarrassed. The lawsuit yesterday was completely unnecessary.
Now that we are looking back here, we are just being treated like monkeys!
Zhang Fei, who was interrupted from casting the spell, couldn't continue talking. After all, there was no wheat now. He turned his head and looked at Xu Zhiqian. When he saw the woman covering her face with her hands and burying her head in the article, she said unhappily: "Hey!
Beauty! We are the representatives of the imperial court, why don't you be more professional? How can I continue to talk like this?"
Xu Zhiqian leaned back in his chair and said depressedly: "But what you said is so disgusting, I can't stand to listen anymore."
Zhang Fei said: "Give me a quarter of an hour, and you won't feel this way."
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes, "This is impossible."
Nancy Beiqing reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this