In the process of reforming the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate was the first to be established, but it was also the one with the least sense of existence. This was because of the lack of police stations and imperial courts, which caused the Procuratorate to be unable to operate for a time.
The most glorious moment for the Procuratorate was when Fan Chunren, Su Shi and others prepared to sue the establishment of the Ordinance Department of the Second Government, but the result turned out to be a stain on the Procuratorate.
Now, the Procuratorate has another opportunity to prove itself.
Xu Zun didn't even bother to have breakfast and hurried to the government office. When he arrived, Su Zhe and the others were already reviewing the case, and it didn't seem complicated.
"This tax department really has some tricks up its sleeve."
Su Zhe said: "They actually thought of starting with the granary. According to Qin Biao's declaration form, it was a hectare of land, but the Qin family's granary still contained five thousand shi of grain, and the tax department also found out that the Qin family had recently sold
We have produced 1,500 shi of grain, but it is impossible to grow so much grain on this hectare of land."
Xu Yuandao, who followed Xu Zun to the procuratorate, said: "In the past, the government calculated taxes based on land, but when the tax department levied the exemption tax, it mainly focused on income, so it is reasonable for them to investigate the granary."
"It makes sense."
Xu Zun nodded and asked, "But have you checked out these granaries?"
Su Zhe said: "The Taxation Department has sealed those granaries, and we have sent people over to investigate."
His brother made this mistake last time. It is impossible for him to make this mistake again. The prosecutor's office will investigate based on the evidence provided by the tax department.
Fellow prosecutor Qi Jidao said: "According to the news from the Taxation Department just now, the trial is still ongoing. Qin Biao has admitted that those granaries belong to him and that he has made false reports, but he is still unwilling to explain what exactly those grains are."
Where did it come from?"
Su Zhe said: "But you don't have to think about it to know that he must have hidden the land to avoid taxes. If he revealed where the food came from, the crime would be even more serious."
Xu Zun stroked his beard and said: "No matter whether Qin Biao can explain clearly where the food came from, the food in the granary alone is enough to prosecute Qin Biao. The question now is how much fine we should pursue.
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Su Zhe said: "We were discussing this issue just now. The food in this granary may not necessarily be from last year."
Xu Zundao: "It is not difficult to distinguish between old and new millet."
Su Zhe said: "But the tax department believes that if Qin Biao does not give up his land in the end, then all the income from the grain sold by the Qin family last year should be included in it, and Qin Biao will be punished."
After Xu Zun listened, he said: "If Qin Biao doesn't explain clearly, he will definitely be punished. But one thing always comes to the same thing, and we can't break the law easily. The grain sold last year may also be from the year before. If that's the case,
, wouldn’t that mean that people have to pay two taxes, which would make us passive.”
Su Zhe said: "The Department of Taxation also has a special explanation for this. How much grain a landlord grows is subject to a tax, and the final profit from the sale of the grain is also subject to a tax. Because many grain merchants are not landlords,
If the profits earned are not taxable, then grain merchants do not need to pay exemption tax.
Therefore, taxes must be calculated on the profits from the grain sold, but if Qin Biao cannot clearly explain the source of all the grain, they cannot track whether the grain sold is from the year before or last year, but this
The responsibility lies with Qin Biao, so the Department of Taxation believes that unless Qin Biao explains clearly, otherwise, the grain sold should also be taxed, and the maximum penalty should be imposed."
Xu Zun nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "This seems simple, but if you really want to be fair, it's not that easy!"
Qi Ji said: "I think our Procuratorate also needs to recruit some talents who are proficient in accounting. Otherwise, it will be controlled by the Taxation Department."
Xu Zun frowned and thought, we can also hire someone to do this. But then he thought about it, hiring his own son-in-law didn't seem to be a good idea.
Su Zhe said: "I can leave this aspect to the Bianjing Law Firm. There is no need to recruit people. After all, the redundancy of officials in our government is very serious."
Xu Zun nodded, "We will discuss this later. We will first send people to investigate what is going on with the grain in those granaries. In addition, we ask the tax department to try their best to interrogate it as clearly as possible."
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Meng Mansion.
"You have all seen that this tax department is here to claim your life. If you don't want your gate to be knocked open by siege equipment, then we must suppress this tax department."
Meng Qiansheng was both angry and scared.
Zhao Wenzheng nodded and said: "Meng Zhiyuan's words are reasonable. If they dare to act so wantonly, we will never compromise."
Pei Wendao: "But the official family is obviously towards the tax department..."
Meng Qiansheng immediately said: "You can't say that. The officials did not favor the tax department, but said that everything should be handed over to the judiciary. This is also in line with the rules and regulations. However, when encountering this kind of situation before, it was usually handed over to the Yushitai.
Dali Temple and the Court of Justice are now handed over to the Procuratorate and the Imperial Court."
Since the emperor expressed neutrality, they were unwilling to face him directly.
Xie Yun said: "But the current situation is very unfavorable for Qin Biao. Who would have thought that the tax department would not check the land deeds but instead check the granaries. This food cannot be hidden."
Zhao Wenzheng said calmly: "This situation is not unexpected. We are all ready to pay the fine. However, we cannot let this lawsuit be settled easily. We must delay the Taxation Department. The Royal Police are still waiting over there.
It won't take long for them to get their salary.
We can first find a bookstore to help Qin Biao file a lawsuit and try to reduce the punishment as much as possible. If they sue once, we will pay compensation once, but let's see how much they can sue and how long they can sustain it."
Pei Wendao: "We can also hire a prosecutor to counter-sue the tax department for abusing its power and destroying people's houses. It doesn't mean that just by repairing it, it can be treated as if nothing happened."
Meng Qiansheng said: "I have other ideas about this matter."
Everyone immediately looked at Meng Qiansheng.
Meng Qiansheng said: "At present, almost all ministers are dissatisfied with this. Why not use this to put pressure on the police department to investigate this case, and then use the procuratorate to prosecute the tax department to divide them."
Xie Yun said: "The police station and the tax department are on the same side. If they can find out anything, they might as well let Yushitai intervene."
Meng Qiansheng smiled and said: "I heard that the Cao family is neutral on the surface on this matter. At present, the government is also allowed to investigate the matter. If the Cao family and the procuratorate dare to favor the tax department, wouldn't it be more important for the Yushitai to intervene at that time? good."
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Li's Bookstore.
"This is what happened...!"
Li Guozhong shook his head and sighed: "Now that your granary has been sealed by the tax department, I think it is definitely not wise to hide it, because then we will not be able to appeal for your adoptive father, and may even be sentenced. I suggest you still tell the truth."
Fei Ming and others also nodded.
This man got both the stolen goods and you kept it secret, so the lawsuit will be impossible!
The young man sitting on the left said: "But if I tell the truth, will my old accounts be settled?"
This man's name was Qin Hu, and he was Qin Biao's adopted son. He was in charge of the Qin family's grain store in the capital.
Li Guozhong said: "I personally think that the Taxation Department will not do this. At present, the Taxation Department is mainly responsible for tax exemption. If you want to settle old accounts, it will not be the Taxation Department's turn. After all, there was no Taxation Department before, and , are you here for liquidation?"
Qin Hu frowned: "But my family has many fields...!"
Li Guozhong and Fei Ming looked at each other, and Fei Ming coughed lightly: "We have also fought a lot of land-related lawsuits. In fact, it is very common to hide land, and the majority of transactions are to hide land, because this can avoid paying deed taxes. .
Therefore, often the final owner of the land is not necessarily the culprit who concealed the land. He just bought an unnamed piece of land.
And it is not that no taxes were paid on these lands. They may have been shared equally with others. This account was settled on the government. Therefore, the government did not dare to delve into these matters.
All in all, if the purchase is to hide the land, or if all the taxes are borne by the tenant farmers, it is difficult to convict, then the new tenant farming law has not been enacted long after all."
Li Guozhong said: "If you can report the crime truthfully, we should be able to help your adoptive father avoid punishment. However, the fine must be paid. It is just a question of how much."
Qin Hu nodded and said, "I know what to do."
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South suburbs!
But I saw two young men standing in front of a Taoist temple, it was Zhang Fei and Li Bao.
Looking at the group of grain trucks at the bottom of the mountain, Zhang Fei couldn't help but chuckle and said: "It seems that your actions scared them quite a lot."
Li Bao said: "They thought we would start with the land deeds, and never thought that we would directly investigate the granaries, which caused many people to rush to transport food out of Bianjing, but what we have been watching is that wherever those people transport their food, We have it under control."
Zhang Fei chuckled: "Next let's start with the land deeds and calculate their granaries based on the land deeds. Where does the food go? We want them to know that we are just toying with them."
"I see."
Li Bao nodded and added: "But as far as I know, they want to fight us to the end, betting that we won't be able to find out so much."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "We really can't check so many. With the current strength of the Taxation Department, even if we are prepared, we can check up to 3% at most. But this is a psychological war, so we have to start from the end."
Being weak and committing the most minor crime led them to miscarriage of justice.
Then step by step we will move towards more powerful opponents with more serious crimes, which will cause them great psychological fear and even make them sleepless at night until they collapse. We will definitely win this war to the end."
Li Bao suddenly said: "Sanlang, I would like to ask, where did you learn these tricks?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "In one word, you have a guilty conscience."
"Third brother!"
At this moment, Li Si suddenly came up the mountain and gasped: "The office is looking for you everywhere."
"knew!"
Zhang Fei said to Li Bao again: "Everything is going according to plan."
Li Bao nodded.
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Police station.
"Wow... Yanei, why is your face...?"
Zhang Fei was shocked when he saw the "Five Finger Mountains" on Cao Dongdong's cheeks.
Cao Dongdong did not hide anything this time. He bared his teeth and said: "I told my father that I wanted to go to the tax department, but... Oops! It turns out that my father was pretending to be sick. He started to attack, but he didn't do anything.
It’s light, it hurts me to death.”
Zhang Fei asked curiously: "Why do you want to go to the Taxation Department?"
Cao Dongdong said excitedly: "The tax department can use siege equipment. Most of our royal police have wooden sticks, but they are too boring to come here. Hey you! Hey you!"
"...?"
The corners of Zhang Fei's mouth twitched and he asked again: "By the way, what do you want from me?"
Cao Dongdong said: "That's it! Now the superiors have ordered our police station to investigate the fact that the Taxation Department used siege equipment to break down the Qin family's gate. What... what should we do? Those tax policemen also left our police station.
Yes, we can’t fight among ourselves!”
So fast? It seems that they are really anxious. Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It's very simple. You go to the Taxation Department and the Qin family to find out the situation, and then hand it over to the Procuratorate. As for whether to prosecute or not, that is with the Procuratorate and has nothing to do with you.
If you work quickly, it can be completed in about a day."
Cao Dongdong asked: "Then do you think they can succeed?"
In his opinion, the tax police are also his people.
"Definitely not."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said.
Cao Dongdong was surprised and said: "Why are you so determined?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Because I will help the tax department fight this lawsuit. Do you think I will lose?"