Faced with the boos all over the sky, Mr. Lu was a little embarrassed to take pictures of the gavel.
You can't say, stop arguing, because they are going to flatter our court.
How disgusting this sounds!
The upright Mr. Lu really cannot afford to disgrace this man.
I was also complaining about Zhang Feilai in my heart. I'd better forget about your ability to flatter me. You couldn't have chosen such a bad time, making yourself look like a human being.
After a while, when their booing subsided, he clapped the gavel twice and shouted with insufficient confidence: "Silence! Silence!"
It gradually became quiet in front of the door.
Lu Gongzhu glanced at Zhang Fei meaningfully.
Talk about Eucalyptus, don't flatter me.
The more you shoot, the dirtier it gets.
The shit on this butt needs to be wiped, not slapped.
Don’t you understand this?
Zhang Feiquan pretended not to see it, stood up and said seriously: "Yesterday, Du Shaojing, Li Dacai and others talked about the suffering of the tenant farmers, and the culprit was the imperial court.
Yes, what they said is almost true, but the reason is that this is the result of the imperial court's progress, not its regression."
"Oh my God!"
When Xu Zhiqian saw that Zhang Fei could actually say such unscrupulous words, she couldn't help but lower her head and raise her forehead. I'm not very familiar with this guy.
Mr. Lu's ears turned red when he heard this, and he said in an unbelievable tone: "What progress has been made?"
Han Qi, Fu Bi, Sima Guang and others all looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.
What is the purpose of this progress?
"Yes."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "The imperial court is making progress, but these landowners want to hold back the imperial court's progress, which has led to so many grievances."
Having said this, he looked around and said, "Don't forget that tenant farmers have existed since ancient times and are not exclusive to our dynasty, but the form and name are different.
In the Han Dynasty, tenant farmers were equal to slaves. They could not leave their masters at will and had no household registration. Their wives and children were all vassals of the master. In the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, tenants were called tribes, and in "Tang Lu Shu Yi"
"There is also a clear explanation of the law in it."
He lowered his head and looked at the text and read: "'Since childhood, they have no home and have devoted themselves to food and clothing, and their masters use them as slaves and animals. As they grow up, because they marry wives, these people follow their masters and have no other household registration.
If this is the case, it is called a buqu.'"
Then he raised his head and said to Lu Gong: "It can be seen that Buqu has no household registration, and even marrying a wife requires the owner's consent. The owner can give her as he pleases, or even kill her, and it is not illegal.
But our government, first of all, granted household registration to tenant farmers. As the saying goes, 'They are all registered as households, and there is no superiority or inferiority.' That is to say, in front of the imperial court, the tenants and the main household have the same status, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.
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Secondly, during the Renzong Dynasty, Emperor Renzong once issued an amnesty order, "If a client moves, he will not take the owner's credentials." In other words, the law will ensure that the client can move at will, can leave the main household, and even
Farm hard, buy land and become a landlord. Isn't this progress compared to the past?"
Mr. Lu stroked his beard and said nothing.
This is certainly progress.
Han Qi, Fu Bi and others could not help but show a hint of relief.
If compared vertically, the Song Dynasty did make great progress in the legislation regarding masters and slaves, and it should be something to be proud of... After all, except Zhang Fei, who knows what will happen in the future.
"Take this eucalyptus as an example."
Zhang Fei gushed, "Although Zhu Erjiu is Du Shaojing's tenant slave, in a legal sense, they still have a host-guest relationship. It's just that Du Shaojing cleverly used usury to turn them into real slaves."
Tenant slave.
From a legal perspective, they were only paying off debts, not being enslaved. As long as the debts were paid off, Zhu Erjiu would immediately become an ordinary citizen.
This is all because of the legal protection of the court, not because of Du Shaojing's kindness."
After saying this, everyone was thoughtful.
In the past, would we still need to engage in loan sharking?
The key point is that you are not allowed to borrow money at usury. Whether you want to borrow or not is voluntary and forced by others. And as long as you pay it off, you can leave.
But in the Tang Dynasty, once the emperor was defeated, he was not even qualified to pay back the money.
"You are trying to make a fool of yourself, look at Zuojie."
Li Lei, who was opposite him, suddenly stood up and said, "That's not what we were talking about yesterday. It was about the tax collection by the imperial court. Don't confuse the public here."
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt like they were enlightened and woke up immediately.
Yes!
That's not what was said yesterday. What was said was that tenants such as Li Sancai would rather pay high rents than pay taxes because the court's taxes were so prohibitively high.
How do you wash this?
You can't just compare vertically, not horizontally.
Avoid the heavy and take the easy!
Faced with the other party's doubts, Zhang Fei couldn't help but smile: "I sincerely ask the magistrate's witness Chen Feng to come to court to testify. Then everything will be revealed."
Who is Chen Feng?
Li Guozhong and others looked at each other in confusion.
Never heard of this guy!
Even Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and others are all confused. With all these things on the table, is there any truth?
Only Wang Anshi saw it with relish. He just wanted to make money for the country and discredit the court. This was not the result he wanted.
Lu Gongzhu was also very curious and eager to hear the truth, so he immediately summoned Chen Feng to testify in court.
After a while, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties coming into the hall. He was wearing a long robe and did not look like an ordinary farmer.
He bowed to Lu Gongzhu and went to the witness box.
Zhang Fei stood up and asked: "Chen Feng, where are you from?"
Chen Feng replied: "I am from a second-class household in Xiaqu Township, Kaifeng County."
"Second-class household?"
Zhang Fei asked: "Then you can serve in Yaqian service?"
Chen Fengdao: "Seven years ago, I served as the mayor of Xiaqu Township."
Zhang Fei said: "What are you responsible for?"
Chen Feng replied: "Tell us to pay taxes."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Then do you know Li Sancai?"
Chen Feng nodded and said: "I know, he is also from our hometown."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "Li Sancai once said that he paid three times the tax. Is it true?"
Hearing this, Cen Yuanli, Yu Zaishen and others couldn't help but look back at Mr. Lu.
We are one step behind.
Yesterday, Mr. Lu wanted to investigate Li Sancai's triple taxation. Obviously, there was no need for this. Zhang San had already helped them investigate... Chen Feng thought for a while and replied: "I don't know exactly whether it is tripled.
But he must have paid a lot more tax."
Zhang Fei wondered: "Why are you so sure?"
Chen Feng looked embarrassed and said: "I was the one who called for payment."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in front of the courtyard gate.
Aren’t you throwing yourself into a trap?
And isn’t this true to what Li Sancai said yesterday?
"quiet!"
Mr. Lu patted the gavel.
It immediately became quiet in front of the courtyard gate. At this time, you have to close the door for trial. Who can sleep tonight? You must give us a result.
After it calmed down, Zhang Fei asked again: "Why do you have to ask Li San more to ask for tax money?"
Chen Feng sighed: "I can't help it."
"There is no way?" Zhang Fei asked curiously: "How do you say this?"
Chen Feng said: "Because the government collects taxes based on cadastral records, but many large landowners do not pay taxes, so they can only share it with other farmers in the township. I also share some myself, but if I don't ask them for more taxes, it will all be borne by me."
I can’t afford it alone.”
Zhang Fei asked again: "Then do you still remember who Li Sancai was helping to bear the taxes?"
Chen Feng said: "Du Shaojing."
Zhang Fei was surprised: "Why did you answer so quickly?"
Chen Feng said: "Because the village where Li Sancai lives is surrounded by the fields of the Du family, and it is still the same now, so there is no need to think too much about it."
Zhang Fei suddenly understood and nodded, "I'm done asking."
This is really a big reversal!
There was a sound of discussion outside the door.
Dare to love Li Sancai was to help Du Shaojing bear the taxes, which caused him to become Du Shaojing's tenant farmer.
this.
When Du Shaojing heard those comments, he lowered his head and looked shameless.
If I had known this, I would have paid the tax back in the first place. Those people above are really useless.
There is no way, the emperor has already seized the opportunity, so we can only fight the law.
Li Lei stood up and said, "Brother Chen, did you ever collect taxes from the Du family back then?"
Chen Feng shook his head and said, "No."
Li Lei said: "You didn't rush to pay taxes and failed to perform your duties. How can you say that the Du family didn't pay taxes."
Zhang Fei leaned back and whispered to Qiu Zhengwen and others: "You must object at this time, because his words are misleading."
Qiu Zhengwen asked, "Then why doesn't the third brother object?"
"Forget it, I'll demonstrate it to you again."
Zhang Fei suddenly stood up and said, "I object. The other party's questions are obviously misleading. I hope to induce my witness to admit his negligence. But the fact is that just now Du Shaojing has admitted that he evaded taxes and used Bai Qi, Monk
Tao, female households, and other means."
Li Lei argued rationally: "I have not denied Du Yuanwai's responsibility, but it does not mean that this witness has not neglected his duty."
Lu Gongzhu pondered for a while and suddenly asked Chen Feng: "Why didn't you go collect taxes from the Du family?"
Zhang Fei sat down.
Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Third brother, it's hard for you to use this trick!"
Zhang Fei said: "You are stupid! In a lawsuit, you have to use every opportunity to defend your employer. If you don't object, how can you remind everyone that Du Shaojing admitted that he evaded taxes in advance? This is very important to us.
It's very beneficial."... Qiu Zhengwen nodded and looked at Chen Feng again.
Chen Feng replied: "Because Zeng Youlizheng went to his house to collect taxes, but he couldn't collect them at all. A lot of land in his family has white deeds that have not been transferred, so he can only collect taxes from the owner of the previous land, and those
Nine times out of ten, the head of the household has left, and it can only be shared among other farmers. There are also some lands that are placed in the names of the poor households, and we cannot afford to mess with them."
The status households are tax-exempt households, and most of them have official backgrounds, either scholar-bureaucrats or generals of the Imperial Army.
Zhang Fei immediately stood up again, "This coincides with what Du Shaojing said before."
Li Lei sat down frustrated.
Li Guozhong comforted him: "Forget it, you have done your best."
There was no way, Du Shaojing had confessed everything before and did not dare to argue. At this point, it was impossible for him to win against the other party.
Zhang Fei looked around and said loudly: "The truth has been revealed. Yes, the imperial court did target some people and collected more taxes, but the root cause is that many big landowners like Du Shaojing used all kinds of means to tax them.
The taxes were transferred to the common people one by one, making them unable to bear them and thus they became their tenants or even their tenant slaves.
Is there any fault on the part of the court? Yes, but this is the only way to improve. For example, Emperor Renzong wanted to give tenants the right to move freely, which was definitely beneficial to the people. However, the landlords used usury and forced the tenants to become
A true story. The court still needs to improve, but this is definitely not what the court wants."
While talking, Xu Zhiqian handed Zhang Fei a copy of the document. Zhang Fei took it and said, "This is the tax situation of Xiaqu Township in the past three years, but compared with the tax income stipulated in the cadastral book, there is still a difference.
Quite a bit, in other words, if everyone pays taxes in accordance with the law, the court's income will be much more than it is now.
It can be seen that the imperial court is also one of the victims. Even in terms of its own interests, the imperial court cannot hope to see this situation. I also believe that after this incident, the imperial court will immediately improve this situation."
"well said!"
When Wang Anshi heard this, he shouted excitedly.
This ten thousand yuan was really well spent.
When he shouted, the people outside the door also cheered and cheered.
It's not that everyone doesn't have grievances in their hearts, but everyone still hopes that the imperial court can improve. The key point is that they can only count on the imperial court to improve, and they cannot count on the benevolence and righteousness of the landlords. Of course, this is to be praised, not to be criticized.
But many officials have mixed feelings.
It doesn't mean that it is good, it doesn't mean that it doesn't.
I could only try my best to squeeze out a smile of relief, but my mouth felt as if I had eaten shit, and my eyes felt like there were stones stuffed into them. I felt so uncomfortable that I wanted to cry.
But I couldn’t cry anymore.
Zhang Fei blinked at Xu Zhiqian.
Xu Zhiqian spat: "Why are you so proud? It has been more than a quarter of an hour."
Zhang Fei was surprised: "Really or not?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "Of course it's true. Oh, tell me your side first and we'll discuss it later."
"oh."
Zhang Fei nodded and said to Lu Gong: "On behalf of the imperial court, I will recover the tax of 500,000 yuan from Du Shaojing."
"Fifty thousand guan?"
Du Shaojing jumped up from his chair, his eyes darkened immediately, and he fainted.
Nancy Beiqing reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this