Lu Jiawen and the six judges looked at Li He at the same time.
This answer was not completely unexpected, but Li He's answer was very direct, without any hesitation or emotion.
This can't help but send chills down many people's spines.
Is it that cruel?
When the lawsuit got here, no one cared about the moral character of Qin Biao and Qin's mother. They just wanted the imperial court to find the tax department guilty.
Because this is really related to their vital interests, there are several of you sitting here who do not evade taxes.
Who wants to see a group of tax police rushing to their home, pointing their bows and arrows at them? It’s very scary to think about it!
Even Su Che couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked again: "Let the tax police judge whether it can be killed?"
Li He nodded: "When encountering danger, the tax police can make their own judgment."
Su Zhe asked very curiously: "Aren't you worried that some tax policemen will seek personal gain from public service and use their power to murder others?"
Li He nodded expressionlessly and said: "Of course we are worried, so we have repeatedly told the tax police that enforcing the law impartially is the best weapon to protect ourselves. Anyone who abuses his power will be self-destructed.
At the same time, our Department of Taxation has published many articles in newspapers and periodicals to inform people that they must actively cooperate with the tax police and if they have any grievances, they can file a lawsuit with the royal court instead of having any conflicts with the tax police."
Su Che said: "A few words of advice from Siwu Li are enough?"
Li He shook his head and said, "I don't know, but we really can't do any better."
Su Che frowned, thought for a moment, looked up at Lu Jia and asked, "I'm done asking."
Lu Jiawen nodded and turned to look at Zhang Fei on the other side.
Zhang Fei smiled and shook his head.
After Li He went down, Lu Jiawen asked Zhang Fei again. Su Che said if there were any witnesses, but both of them said there were no.
This surprised Su Zhe greatly.
Zhang Fei does not have the advantage in the current situation, and judging from previous lawsuits, summoning some unexpected witnesses is Zhang Fei's most powerful weapon.
But this time Zhang Fei only summoned the parties involved and did not summon any surprising witnesses.
Did I make any mistakes just now? Su Zhe couldn't help but think to himself.
Lu Jiawen didn't expect that Zhang Fei didn't call witnesses this time.
But since both sides have no witnesses, the next step is the closing arguments.
Su Che stood up first and said, "As for the case of the Taxation Department raiding the Qin family, this has never happened in our dynasty. Even if one wants to raid people's homes, they have to go through layers of approval. The Taxation Department has not yet done so.
After any application and without any communication with the Qin family, they directly dispatched troops and armed with a large number of weapons, broke in through the door, and frightened the innocent mother of Qin to a serious illness.
Although the Taxation Department has repeatedly emphasized that Qin Biao has many bad deeds, they need to use this method. It sounds reasonable, but the problem is that they can also use similar methods against any household, and their basis is only based on
Their investigation, their judgment.
If the imperial court does not stop this behavior, who can guarantee that they will not use this method on ordinary people. The key is that this method is extremely easy to hurt innocent people. Once a human life occurs, who will be responsible for it.
And if people know that there is such a group of people who can break into their homes at any time, how can anyone sleep peacefully? Therefore, I hope the royal court will sentence the tax department to abusing its power and destroying people's houses."
After saying that, Su Zhe sat down.
Zhang Fei stood up, looked at Su Che across from him, and said with a smile: "This kind of remarks about Su Zhe's prosecution can be said to be the same old tune. I have heard it countless times. But the facts have told us that this kind of remarks
The speech is definitely not about caring for the people, it may just be a habit, similar to a jingle."
A jingle? Su Zhe glanced at him slightly dissatisfied.
Wang Anshi whispered: "Jun Shi, is this guy talking about you?"
Sima Guang ignored this guy and was thinking, is this kid mocking me?
Lu Jiawen was a little confused and couldn't help asking: "Why do you say that?"
"The root of all this is the draft law."
Zhang Fei explained: "Everyone knows why the imperial court abolished the previous draft law and replaced it with the draft law. Although many people opposed the draft law, no one supported the draft law.
It is already a consensus that the levy law will bring a heavy burden to the people, especially the yamen bureau, which is also responsible for collecting taxes.
I don’t know if you still remember Geng Ming from Baima Township. I was also responsible for that lawsuit. He went to collect taxes and his family was ruined. Incidents like this are so common that I don’t need to prepare any examples.
, to illustrate this point.
However, there are also some yamen servants who are very ruthless and take advantage of their power to break into people's homes and plunder people's property in the name of collecting taxes. This kind of thing is not uncommon.
Wang Hong, the former magistrate of Kaifeng County, explained this in great detail. Collecting taxes is not an easy task. If taxes cannot be collected, the country will be difficult to maintain.
Therefore, the court should acquiesce in this behavior.
At that time, many ministers supported Wang Hong and never mentioned the common people. But what is puzzling is that now they are madly opposed to the actions of the Taxation Department. Is it just because those Yamen officials just intruded into the common people?
family, and was unable to collect taxes from their homes, and this time the tax department raided the houses of big landlords? But whether it is for this reason or not, it proves that this kind of remarks are not concerned about the safety of the people. Otherwise, this policeman's law
It’s been changed a long time ago.”
Wang Anshi nodded: "To hit the nail on the head!"
The dignitaries surrounding him all had pale faces.
Li Kai, who came to observe the trial, asked Zeng Gong in a low voice: "Prefect Zeng, isn't this kid scary?"
Zeng Gong was astonished and said: "What's so scary? Isn't what he said right?"
Um?
Li Kai looked at him with a question mark on his face and thought to himself, it seems that this new prefect is not a kind person!
Su Zhe glanced at Zhang Fei in surprise and thought, this guy is more outspoken than my brother, so why is he safe and sound? Is it because my brother is too upright?
Thinking of Su Shi, he couldn't help but longing for his brother.
Lu Jiawen just listened and did not interrupt Zhang Fei again.
Zhang Fei continued: "Now that the Ordinance Department of the Second Government has promulgated the Recruitment Law, the former Yamen servants responsible for collecting taxes have been changed to tax policemen. But has the situation in the countryside changed? Obviously not, there are still people who evade taxes.
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Regarding this point, the previous lawsuit has explained everything.
Then there are only three options before the tax police. One is to go to the landlord's house to collect taxes like Geng Ming. After being insulted and bitten, he pays for it himself, then leaves the tax department and hides far away.
Secondly, like those evil officials, they force their way into people's homes and collect taxes. Anyway, the court seems to have a relatively high tolerance for this kind of behavior and generally does not blame them.
Third, just like now, we first investigate and verify the evidence. After the evidence is confirmed, we use different methods according to different objects to arrest the tax evaders. After interrogation, they are handed over to the procuratorate, and the procuratorate files a lawsuit with the Royal Court.
, and at the same time, he will also be subject to judicial supervision and sit here to be interrogated by the Royal Court and the Procuratorate.
The Taxation Department summed up past experience and chose the third option.
If the tax department didn't raid the Qin family, they would break into a hundred people's homes and seize their property, because the taxes had to be raised no matter what.
The tax police dare to tax everyone legally, and everyone must pay taxes legally. This is the greatest protection for the people, and this is the duty to the country. Therefore, I hereby implore the Royal Court to give the tax department support and confidence.
, let them dare to challenge every tax evader, no matter who they are. I'm done."
Lu Jiawen asked the six judicial officials again with his eyes. Seeing that they had nothing to ask, he was stunned and said: "Adjourn the court for now."
Then he got up and turned around with the six judges and went into the back room.
Xu Zhiqian whispered: "Did you miss a paragraph?"
Zhang Fei said: "No!"
Xu Zhiqian said: "But you have not explained clearly whether this behavior of the tax police has the hidden danger of abuse of power. Isn't this the key point of the debate?"
What Su Zhe emphasized was never this case, but the power of the Department of Taxation. If it is not restricted, there will be hidden dangers of abuse.
However, Zhang Fei is emphasizing the difference between the tax department and the government office. It can even be understood as the lesser of two evils, avoiding whether the tax department will abuse its power.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "This cannot be explained. The more clearly you explain details like this, the more restrictions will be placed on the tax department. Therefore, the best way to respond is not to explain, because this is the power we have fought for."
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Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly and asked again: "But if you don't explain clearly, then you are not convincing, and the president of the court may rule you lose. Isn't it worth the loss?"
Zhang Fei chuckled: "They will definitely judge me as the winner."
Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei doubtfully.
Zhang Fei whispered: "Because this is also related to the power of the imperial court."
At this time, the audience also heard whispers, but many people had looks of anticipation on their faces.
They also heard that Zhang Fei deliberately avoided the questions that Su Zhe was concerned about. This was clearly because he felt guilty and did not dare to answer directly.
Wen Yanbo asked Fu Bi in a low voice: "How does Mr. Fu think he will be sentenced?"
Fu Bi shook his head and said: "I am not very good at litigation, but I think Zhang San will not lose."
Wen Yanbo was stunned for a moment, then understood and nodded: "Yes! If we lose, the Taxation Department will suffer a huge blow."
At the same time, Lu Jiawen was also having a heated discussion with six judicial officials in the room.
"Although Zhang San's words are reasonable, they cannot cover up the shortcomings of the tax department's method. As long as they think they can take action, they can use all means. This is really terrible."
"Yes, we cannot make a judgment based on this case alone. As prosecutor Su said, no one can guarantee that the tax department will enforce the law impartially and there will be no mistakes during the process. Maybe it will be more ruthless than those evil officials in the past.
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"You have to think about the overall situation. If we rule that the Taxation Department has abused its power, it will directly cause the Taxation Department to not dare to act rashly, and the tax may not be collected, which may cause big problems."
"We should also discuss the matter based on the situation. In the case of the Qin family, it is understandable that the Taxation Department has adopted this method. There are currently no facts to prove that the Taxation Department is abusing its power."
There happened to be three people on each side, each holding his own opinion.
Lu Jiawen suddenly said: "You guys seem to have overlooked something."
The six judicial officials looked at Lu Jia and asked.
Lu Jia asked: "It's our imperial court."
"Our imperial court?"
"good!"
Lu Jiawen nodded and said: "Based on the current situation, although the Taxation Department belongs to the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is not under the control of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It seems that the political advisors have nothing to do with them. Only our imperial court can judge whether they have committed any negligence."
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As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the six judges lit up.
Lu Jia asked and said: "In the past, tax matters never passed through the hands of our imperial court. We were unable to intervene and did not dare to intervene. Just like Wang Hong's previous lawsuit, if the tax cannot be collected, the country will
There will be big problems.”
The six judicial officers finally realized that this case not only involved the powers of the Taxation Division, but also their powers.
Then you have to re-examine it.
When the Imperial Court supports the Department of Taxation, it is actually supporting the Imperial Court, and the Imperial Court's power will be upheld.
In fact, Zhang Fei had just made it clear to the Imperial Court that the tax policeman would be supervised by the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate. Otherwise, Li He would not be sitting here.
If the tax department does not have this power, it will have to report the matter at various levels, which has nothing to do with the imperial court. If anything goes wrong, it will be resolved internally by the higher-ups.
And their judicial officials are all professional officials. Generally speaking, no matter how they are promoted, they will hang around here. Therefore, the greater the power of the imperial court, they will naturally benefit from it.
If the power of the Imperial Court could be extended to taxation, then everyone would be afraid of the Imperial Court.
Allowing the tax department to do this will allow the royal court to intervene in taxation.
When something goes wrong, only the imperial court can decide whether the tax department has committed any illegal act.
Half an hour later.
Lu Jiawen and the six judges came out of the room and returned to their seats.
The atmosphere in the hospital instantly became tense.
Unlike in the past, Zhang Fei did not have an absolute advantage in the scene this time.
No one knows what the verdict will be.
However, what they didn't know was that their nervous looks made Lu Jia ask them whether their judgment was correct.
Lu Jiawen enjoyed all this. He glanced at it and said, "After discussions between the president of the court and six judicial officers, we all believe that the tax department did not make any mistakes in this behavior."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar and countless angry looks were directed at Lu Jia.
This seemed to be expected by Lu Jiawen. He was not disturbed and continued: "Judging from the confessions from all parties, the tax department's plan was carefully deployed and successfully prevented possible conflicts. This is also what the imperial court promulgated.
One of the reasons for the recruitment law is to use specialized talents to handle specialized affairs.
Therefore, we judge that the actions of the Taxation Department are completely in line with the power given to them by the court and the expectations of the court. The president of the court also feels very sorry for Qin's mother's experience, and hereby advises the people.
, you must declare your income truthfully, and if there is anything unclear, you should explain it to the tax department in a timely manner to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary losses.
In addition, the president of this court also hopes that the Department of Taxation can publish the Code of Conduct of the Department of Taxation to the public so that the people can better cooperate with the Department of Taxation."
Before he finished speaking, someone heard someone snort: "Your Lu family's butts are not clean either."
The voice was not very loud, but Mr. Lu heard it clearly. Looking back, he saw Meng Qiansheng getting up and striding outside. He couldn't help but frown. If you don't accept it, just scold him. You can get involved with our Lu family.
What's the purpose?
But he saw many officials standing up angrily and looking at him angrily. Seeing that he was outnumbered, Lu Gong thought about it and gave it up.
Why are people angry at the Lu family? Because the Lu family is also a very prominent family. It has been prosperous for a long time and has produced many prime ministers.
But Lu Jiawen happened to be a different kind of person, so he didn't care about this.
Lu Jiawen also vaguely heard this sentence, and immediately became angry. If you say that, I will have to kneel down again when I get home later. I grabbed the gavel, ready to test whether the court police can be as tough as the tax police, but
After hesitating again and again, he put down his alarm and said to Li He: "Siwu Li, I hope your tax department will not be disturbed by this and can continue to work hard to arrest those who evade tax."