Chapter 238: Every injustice has its owner, every debt has its owner
Five hundred thousand...?
This word "Guan" is very scary!
Even super rich people like Han Qi gasped.
This is definitely a sky-high claim.
It can no longer be measured by the price of rice.
For example, you can buy fifty of the top-grade houses in Bianliang City.
What is this concept?
The prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, without corruption and without lowering the quality of his daily life, would probably have to save for most of his life before he could afford one.
As for the big landowner Du Shaojing, whether he can afford the compensation or not, he can still afford it. The land he owns is actually worth so much money, but that doesn't mean that he needs to take away a piece of his flesh.
That would definitely cut off one of his arms and legs.
Basically it is very difficult to recover.
Can he not faint?
But for the people in front of the door, this was really exciting.
It's true that the imperial court is so domineering in all claims.
Love it! Love it!
In comparison, loan sharking is totally unsightly!
The officials in the courtyard were stunned. Are you planning to return all the world's wealth to the state in one fell swoop?
Wang Anshi is not as ruthless as you!
Indeed, Wang Anshi stood up excitedly, patted Sima Guang gently with his left hand, "Jun Shi, why don't you go kill him quickly."
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 with an excited expression: "That boy actually asked a landowner for compensation of 500,000 guan on behalf of the court. This is simply an insult to your wealth for the people. How can you be indifferent? I am worried about you.
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Sima Guang's mouth twitched when he heard this. This guy really tried every means to ridicule himself. He gritted his teeth and said, "If I want to kill, I will kill you first. Do you dare to say that 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 gu in compensation at most."
He spread his fingers shyly.
At this moment, he truly felt that he was as kind as a sheep, and even wondered whether his new law was too kind to the landlords and whether he should change it.
With an Er pen, if you open your mouth, it will cost you half a million guan.
My new law seems very petty.
Or maybe he seriously underestimated the wealth of our Song Dynasty landlords.
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"be opposed to!"
Li Lei, who took a while to come to his senses, suddenly stood up and said, "Prefect, this is just nonsense and has no basis. Even if Du Yuanwai pays ten years' worth of taxes, plus fines, plus
The amount used to offset the penalty, and then in accordance with the principle of 'compensation' in our court's laws, is not as much as 500,000 guan."
The principle of 'compensation' is a kind of punitive damages. Generally speaking, it is doubled compensation, but it cannot compensate so much money!
As for his land, if it is fully calculated, it may only cost 1,000 guan in tax per year. Counting ten years, multiply it by ten, which is 10,000 guan. Doubling it again, it will be 20,000 guan.
Compared with half a million, this is too far apart, not to mention that it cannot be counted as ten years.
Lu Gongzhu also looked at Zhang Fei with doubts, "Zhang San, do you have any basis for your claim?"
"Of course!"
Zhang Fei said: "How dare I, Zhang San, speak nonsense in court?"
Lu Gongzhu said: "What basis do you have?"
Zhang Fei said: "Just now we mentioned why Li Sancai became a tenant farmer. The reason is that he shouldered 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 been collected, and Li Sancai is the victim, so the compensation must be regarded as Li Sancai's loss, not the loss of the court."
Everyone was stunned.
How can it be calculated like this!
But think about it, it makes sense. As far as Li Sancai is concerned, the court did not suffer any loss, but still took the money away. Li Sancai paid more money, and it makes no sense to pay compensation to the court. If he wanted to compensate,
It must be compensated to Li Sancai.
This injustice has its head, and its debt has its owner.
Li Lei immediately retorted: "This is the fault of the imperial court and should not be imposed on Du Yuanwai."
Zhang Fei said: "Therefore, the court is more obliged to help the victims and collect compensation."
Mr. Lu nodded slightly.
This suited him very well. The imperial court's request for five hundred thousand guan was indeed a bit excessive and difficult to convince the public. However, if it was to help Li Sancai and other victims recover the compensation, it was appropriate.
Sima Guang whispered to Wang Anshi: "Jiefu, why don't you kill him?"
Wang Anshi was stunned, "Why should I kill him?"
Sima Guang said: "Look, he is hiding wealth from the people, not amassing wealth for the country."
"Well.......!"
Li Lei on the opposite side was very depressed and couldn't help complaining: "Prefect, if the court sides with the other party, then this lawsuit will be very unfair to us."
While we were chatting, the two of you stood aside, so what a slap in the face!
Lu Gong wrote: "Zhang San originally represents the imperial court, and I have no intention of shielding him. What he said is not unreasonable. According to the laws of our dynasty, killing someone with a borrowed knife is also considered murder."
Li Lei immediately said: "Then the imperial court is an accessory and should be treated as guilty."
Zhang Fei said: "Just now Chen Feng made it very clear that it was not the imperial court that asked him to collect more taxes from Li Sancai. The imperial court levied taxes in accordance with the law, and the Yamen Servants collected taxes in accordance with the law. It was only because Du Yuanwai was arrogant and domineering and refused to pay the taxes.
As a result, those government officials were forced to levy taxes from others, which Du Yuanwai had just admitted, thus causing Li Sancai's tragedy. It was not the court's deliberate tax increase that led to Li Sancai's tragedy. The court was responsible, but
The main responsibility still lies with Du Shaojing."
In order to save his life, Du Shao confessed to tax evasion before, but how could he expect that Zhang Fei still had a hand here, which made Li Lei very passive now, but he also took the initiative and tried hard to argue: "But the fact is not Du Yuan
Instead of taxing Li Sancai from outside, the imperial court levied taxes from Li Sancai, and the main responsibility should lie with the imperial court."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The white deed can prove that the main responsibility for tax transfer lies with the landlord."
"Bai Qi?"
Li Lei was stunned.
Zhang Fei said: "The main means of tax transfer lies in white deeds. As for the white deeds, the court is innocent because the government has no transaction records. The government can only collect taxes based on the cadastral book. This is no problem.
.And Du Shaojing is absolutely clear, so he is the culprit of the tax transfer. Of course he must be responsible. The court should bear the most responsibility for negligence."
Li Lei argued: "I made it very clear yesterday that signing a white deed is not the buyer's responsibility, the seller is also responsible."
Zhang Fei said: "If you can produce proof, you can reduce the compensation, but according to court law, the deed tax is borne by the buyer."
Landowners like white deeds. 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 the transfer of taxes is of course the landlord's. You did it deliberately and the court was unaware of it.
"Wonderful!"
Su Shi smiled and said: "It's really a good trick to treat the other person's body in his own way."
Don't you landlords like to play tax transfer? I will give you a trick, responsibility transfer, and transfer part of the court's responsibilities to you.
Is this fair?
Li Lei was speechless for a moment. Bai Qi could not escape this responsibility, so he added: "Even if we compensate Li Sancai, we won't have so much money."
Zhang Fei said: "Li Sancai made it very clear yesterday that he sold his daughter because of this, which was extremely painful. You can't say that it can be offset by just paying him the money for selling his daughter. I don't have a daughter, that's not good.
Evaluation, however.”
Having said this, he looked around and said, "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 stupid 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 litigate?"
Zhang Fei said: "I am representing the court. In this case, the court is also responsible and has the obligation to claim compensation on his behalf. If Li Sancai refuses, of course it will be another matter."
Li Lei was speechless.
The situation is different now. With so much money, it is impossible for Li San to refuse!
Zhang Fei continued: "If Li Sancai hired me to claim compensation, then I would retain his criminal responsibility for Du Shaojing's accidental injury."
Li Lei wondered: "What kind of criminal liability is there for accidental injury?"
Zhang Fei said: "Li Sancai sold his daughter because of this. If his daughter was abused or even died as a result of being sold, Du Shaojing was indirectly related. This was not Du Shaojing's original intention. Therefore, he can only be held responsible for accidental injury, not murder.
But if something like this happens, we must pursue compensation and at least bear part of the responsibility.”
Li Lei retorted: "Li Sancai sold his daughter on his own, and didn't Du Yuanwai ask him to sell it?"
Zhang Fei said: "If he doesn't sell it and the whole family starves to death, Du Shaoyun may be sentenced to death."
Li Lei was completely dumbfounded.
This was the first time he had seen this move.
Fighting and fighting, criminal liability is coming.
If he died, he would not be charged with manslaughter.
This is over!
Don't even think about it, someone must have died because of this, and there were hundreds of tenant slaves in his family.
If we say that helping Du Shaojing pay taxes, which directly led to the destruction of his family and his family, is all on Du Shaojing, then five hundred thousand yuan is really not much.
The key is how to price human life?
This is no longer possible!
Zhang Fei ignored him and said to Lu Gong: "Although this is not what the imperial court wants, the imperial court also bears a certain responsibility in this matter. The imperial court has the obligation and responsibility to help those who have to bear excess taxes."
The people will seek compensation, and at the same time, the imperial court will not ask for a penny from it, but will compensate the victims in full."
As he spoke, he bent over and picked up a large basket of copywriting from the table and placed it on the table, "This is the basis for my claim to Du Shaojing on behalf of the court. However, because there are too many people involved, I cannot make sure there are no omissions. The basics here are
The compensation is around 25 guan, but due to Du Shaojing’s bad behavior, the principle of compensation is definitely applicable, so the total amount reaches 500,000 guan. Even if someone pursues the case later, the compensation can still be fully compensated.”
The basis for compensation, should it be packed in baskets?
This must be considered crazy!
"Okay! Well said!"
I just heard someone shouting outside the door.
Zhang Fei heard the voice sounded familiar and turned his head to look, only to see Cao Dongdong, who was crowded in front, applauding desperately.
A person next to me wondered: "Ya Nei! Why are you applauding? Your family is also a big landowner!"
Cao Dongdong exclaimed: "I won money from my bet."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
"Brother Li!"
"Brother Zhang!"
"Uncle Wang!"
...
Suddenly one fell down, and another wailing sound was heard.
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!"
After seeing this, Shen Huaixiao suddenly had an idea. He looked at the sky again and fell back, 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 gathered around.
Su Shi came over and said with a surprised look on his face: "How much money did Judge Shen pay?"
Du Xiu glared at him and said, "Su Zizhan, don't talk nonsense. Brother Shen may have suffered from heatstroke. It's too hot today. Everyone, please give in and go ask the doctor as soon as possible."
When Shen Huaixiao fainted, the atmosphere was completely gone.
Cen Yuanli turned back to Mr. Lu and said, "Prefect Lu, noon is almost past."
Lu Gongzhu hesitated for a long time, then he was stunned and said: "I still need some time to review the claim submitted by Zhang San. That's it for today. We will review it tomorrow."
As soon as these words came out, Li Guozhong and the others slumped on their chairs, gasping for air, and big beads of sweat sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
Deadly!
This trial is really fatal!
They had already been confused and had no clue. They were just holding on there. They were almost out of breath when they were forced to do so by Zhang Fei just now.
Suddenly, a shadow came over.
Li Guozhong and others looked up and saw Zhang Fei walking over with a smile on his face.
"Concession! Concession!"
Zhang Fei arched his hands.
Fei Ming was unconvinced and said: "If there were no errors in the evidence, you might not win."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "You know why there are errors in the evidence."
Fei Ming was immediately speechless.
Li Guozhong also maintained his grace, stood up and bowed his hand in return, saying, "As expected of Zhang Sanlang, we are convinced of our defeat this time."
Zhang Fei said: "The lawsuit is not over yet, not necessarily. But you performed very well and you did not disappoint me."
Li Guozhong cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to Zhang Sanlang's encouragement, we will definitely make persistent efforts."
"Then see you tomorrow."
When Zhang Fei bowed his hand and waved his sleeve, a paper ball flew towards Li Guozhong.
Li Guozhong held the paper ball in front of his chest with both hands.