Compared to the case of matricide, Zhang Fei also acted more relaxed today and directly let the prosecutor make a report.
However, because the matter was too simple and there was really nothing to say, Su Zhe had no desire to express it and immediately asked Chuan Ma Xiaoyi to go to court to give a confession.
I saw that Ma Xiaoyi was wearing a brand-new police uniform today and came to court excitedly.
After seeing this, Qin Yijie, who was watching, really thought that Ma Xiaoyi had not lied to them. He really wanted to go to court. This kind of excitement and joy could not be faked.
Zhang Fei glanced at this kid and sighed in his heart. Nowadays, the auxiliary police officers don't have uniforms yet, but this guy still has a new one, so he's not afraid of being beaten.
Su Che asked: "Sergeant Ma, please tell me what happened on the morning of the 12th of this month."
"yes."
Ma Xiaoyi nodded vigorously, and then said: "That morning, I had breakfast with Auxiliary Police Xu Kunpeng and Auxiliary Police Huo Hong in Yongjifang, North City. Halfway through the meal, a person suddenly came to complain, saying that someone was selling illegal salt."
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of discussion outside the court.
I could faintly hear a lot of swear words.
Obviously he was dissatisfied with the person who reported the news, and the people also liked the high-quality and cheap private salt.
On the contrary, the court was very quiet, and everyone just glanced at others.
Who arranged this?
Upon hearing this, I knew it was a conspiracy.
"quiet!"
Zhang Fei banged the gavel, and when it got quiet outside the court, he said to Ma Xiaoyi: "Chief Ma, you can continue."
"Why!"
Ma Xiaoyi nodded and continued: "So we followed the man to an alley in the next street and saw a man selling salt."
Zhang Fei asked: "How did Sheriff Ma determine that the man was selling salt?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Because there were people counting money to the salt seller at that time and carrying salt to prepare to leave, so we stepped forward to ask. But the salt seller asked us if we were here to buy salt."
"Ha ha...!"
Sporadic laughter immediately sounded outside the hospital.
When they laughed, Ma Xiaoyi became even more excited and laughed along with them.
"Ahem!"
Zhang Fei gave him a warning look.
Ma Xiaoyi shut up immediately.
Zhang Fei asked again: "What's next?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I casually asked the salt seller, 'How much does it cost per catty?', and he said, 'Twenty cents.' I then asked him, 'How come you sell this salt so cheaply?' He said his
Salt is private salt, so I arrested him."
The laughter outside the hospital was even louder.
This is really hopeless!
The officials who were listening shook their heads.
This can no longer be said to be someone else's stolen goods, it's simply a case of self-inflicted crime. In this situation, you, Zhang San, want to make it so grand. If it's not that you like to show off, then it's because you want to expand the situation.
Zhang Fei asked: "Is the salt dealer you arrested present?"
Ma Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, then looked around, pointed to the opposite side and said, "That's him."
Everyone turned their heads and saw a man standing on the prisoner's bench. His face was wrinkled and his back was bent like a little old man. No one knew that Huang Tong was only four or five years older than Su Zhe.
Only thirty-four-five.
Just now, everyone's attention was focused on Ma Xiaoyi, and they didn't notice that the suspect had been brought to court.
"Um."
Zhang Fei nodded, turned to look at the middle-aged man, and said, "Huang Tong."
"The little people are here."
Huang Tong trembled and nodded, not daring to look directly at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei asked: "Is what Sheriff Ma just said true?"
Huang Tong glanced at Ma Xiaoyi fearfully, then secretly glanced at Zhang Fei, and nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Do you know that selling illegal salt is illegal, and according to the evidence provided by the police station, the amount of illegal salt you sold has reached twelve kilograms, which is enough to sentence you to death?"
Huang Tong lowered his head and remained silent.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard a cry: "There is nothing we can do. If we don't sell some salt here, all our children will starve to death. Please spare his life! I beg you, please."
is you!"
Huang Tong suddenly turned his head, only to see a woman pushing forward, kneeling on the ground, sobbing loudly.
"lady!"
Huang Tong choked up and burst into tears immediately.
Zhang Fei banged the gavel several times, but the woman still knelt down and even kowtowed to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei quickly signaled to the court police to take the woman away.
"Don't hurt my wife."
Huang Tong suddenly raised his head and shouted to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei said: "Don't worry, I won't hurt your wife. It's just that she is emotionally unstable right now. If she stays here, it will affect the court hearing. The police will take her to a nearby hut to rest and let her calm down first."
Huang Tong felt relieved when he saw that the court police helped his wife down in a gentle manner. He also saw that the president of the court had a gentle tone, which was different from other officials, and the fear on his face was less. Thinking of himself
If he was executed, the whole family might not be able to survive. Even if it meant death, he would risk it. His expression suddenly became excited, "I don't want to sell private salt, but... But I am being killed."
I am helpless, if I don’t sell some salt, Xiaomin’s family will not be able to survive.”
He was also aggrieved that any salt merchant did not sell some private salt. Otherwise, he would not have dared to be so bold and tell others directly that what I sold was private salt.
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei asked: "But as far as the president of this court knows, as long as you salt farmers pay 120,000 kilograms of salt every year, you can get forty-five kilograms of salt capital. Although this money is not much, it should be enough to support a family."
It won’t be a problem.”
There was no need to bang the mallet this time, and there was total silence inside and outside the courtyard.
The only trace of reason Huang Tong had left made him stunned for a moment, but he quickly said: "That has to be 45 guan. I only got 8 guan this year. I will prepare some salt-making tools. But
There’s not much left.”
"Eight strings of money?"
Zhang Fei lowered his head and glanced at the text, "According to the imperial law, the salt capital will be distributed to you in two installments. The first time is to give you eighteen guans. After the salt is paid in full, 27 guans will be given to you."
you."
Huang Tong said: "But every year we pay the salt, dampness and loss are all ours, so we have to deduct money, and it is calculated based on the salt price of forty cents. This is not good, and we will not get a cent of the salt cost."
Come on, we will still owe money to the government. We only get eight guan this year because we owed 20 guan last year. Last year we deducted 10 guan. This year we will deduct another 10 guan. At the end of the year, we will have to deduct another 10 guan."
After these words, the people outside the court suddenly became furious.
"It's really unreasonable. The government charges salt for less than a penny per catty, but deducts the salt forty cents per catty. Isn't this a money grab?"
"No wonder people would rather become bandits than become salt households."
"If you don't let people buy some private salt, aren't you forcing people to death?"
...
In fact, these people don't know about this situation, they just don't dare to say it. Now there are so many people, as long as someone starts, they will immediately start making noise.
The officials sitting in the courtyard all had pale faces.
be cheated!
This guy clearly wants to mess with us!
"Quiet! Quiet!"
Zhang Fei banged the gavel several times, but seeing that it was of no use, he immediately shouted: "Whoever dares to make noise again will be punished by the president of the court for contempt of the imperial court."
After such threats, the front door gradually became quiet.
Zhang Fei glanced at the confession on the table and said: "According to your confession, the salt you sell is a prolific income, I wonder if that is true?"
Huang Tong nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "And you just said that the reason why you couldn't get the full salt cost was because the salt got damp or was lost during the payment process, so why didn't you make up for it with the salt you earned from the prolific production? You
The price of selling private salt is only twenty cents, but if you make up for it, you will get forty cents of salt capital."
Huang Tong said: "This cannot be replenished. The salt that is replenished will be affected by moisture and will be lost. Calculated in this way, it may be equivalent to not replenishing it."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Then you can also sell it to the government. This is not illegal and can make a profit."
Huang Tong said: "If I take out the salt, the government will ask me to make up for the loss. In the end, I may not even get a penny, and I will still owe the government money."
Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Are you telling the truth?"
Huang Tong said: "Everything the common people say is true."
Zhang Fei nodded and looked back at Xu Zhiqian, "Who is in charge of collecting salt?"
Xu Zhiqian whispered: "Administrator Li Yongji."
Zhang Fei turned to Cai Jing and said, "Call the Custodian Li Yongji."
Cai Jing immediately stood up and said loudly: "Send custody officer Li Yongji to court."
Before he finished speaking, a stamping of feet was heard.
It wasn't Li Yongji, but he looked annoyed, as if he had won a big prize.
In this case, whoever goes to court first will be unlucky.
Because no one knows Zhang Fei’s path.
When he came to the court, Li Yongji bowed his hands and said, "Administrator Li Yongji has met President Zhang."
He is just a petty official, Zhang Fei is N levels higher than him.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Li Yasi, please take a seat."
"Thank you!"
Li Yongji sat down tremblingly, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Zhang Fei asked: "Did Li Yasi hear what Brass said just now?"
Li Yongji nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "I wonder if it is true?"
Li Yongji said sarcastically: "I...I don't know very well. There are so many salt households, I don't remember them very well."
These questions were not asked when the confession was taken before.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a trap.
Zhang Fei did not force him, but just asked: "The government collects salt at a price of less than one penny, but when calculating losses, it is at a price of forty penny. Is this true?"
Li Yongji hesitated for a moment and nodded.
As long as you ask about this kind of thing, you don't have to hide it. After all, it's not a secret.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Why is this?"
Li Yongji was also a veteran, and immediately said: "Because this salt is not given to us, we have to hand it over to the court in full, and the court has to sell it to the salt merchants. This money cannot be reduced by a penny, and we, the warehouse manager, have no choice."
If we just leave it to the court, if they don't make up for it, then we have to make up for it. Are we stupid?
Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "Does the imperial court stipulate the conversion price of losses?"
Li Yongji shook his head and said: "I don't know what the higher-ups ordered, so let's do the calculation."
Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder how you calculate this loss?"
Li Yongji said: "Due to lack of manpower, it is difficult to count the specific losses, so we can only calculate the average, that is, one bag is counted as one pound of loss."
One bag weighs three hundred kilograms, and one bag weighs two hundred kilograms.
Zhang Fei asked: "Is this stipulated by the imperial court?"
Li Yongji shook his head and said: "I don't know, it's the decision from above anyway."
He would push all questions beyond his duties to the higher level. If he could not answer such questions, he would not answer them.
Zhang Fei nodded and asked again: "Li Yasi should be aware of the process of handing over salt, right?"
Li Yongji nodded. This was his job and he couldn't say he didn't know.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Okay! Can you trouble Li Yasi to demonstrate to us the process of handing over salt from salt households?"
Li Yongji was stunned for a moment and said: "I would like to ask, why do you do this?"
Zhang Fei explained: "I just want to know for sure whether Huang Tong's words are true. But there is no need for Li Yasi to do it himself. My people will demonstrate it, and Li Yasi only needs to point out what they are wrong about."
Li Yongji wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.
Zhang Fei nodded towards the court policeman on the side.
A long table was placed, and on the table were some tools specially used by the government to hold salt.
Zhang Fei asked: "Li Yasi, are the tools the same as yours?"
Li Yongji took a look and then nodded.
"That's good!"
Zhang Fei nodded, "If there is anything wrong later, please ask Li Yasi to point it out immediately. After all, this is a matter of human life, so there can be no haste."
Li Yongji nodded and said, "I understand."
After receiving Zhang Fei's instructions, an old man came forward carrying a bag of salt and poured the salt into a special container.
After it was filled, I saw the man behind the table scraping it with a wooden chip to make the salt flush with the mouth of the container. The scraped salt fell onto a piece of cloth.
Then pour the salt in the container into a special wooden frame.
After the demonstration, Zhang Fei asked: "Li Yasi, is there anything wrong with their demonstration?"
Li Yongji shook his head, "No problem."
Not only is there no problem, it is simply too detailed, especially the shave. I have definitely practiced it.
Zhang Fei asked: "Is the salt on this cloth considered loss?"
Li Yongji was already sweating profusely and nodded: "Yes...yes."
Zhang Fei glanced at it, nodded and said, "That's quite a lot."
Shangguan Jun mumbled, "Maybe it's not too much."
He couldn't help it. How could the people who were watching the trial couldn't hold it back? They cursed and cursed. This was not just a loss, it was simply a huge loss.
There really is no loss, but there is also loss.
For 120,000 jins, 400 jins will be lost, and then discounted by 40 jins, which is 16 guans, which is one-third of the cost of salt.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Is the moist salt included in the loss, or is it calculated separately?"
Li Yongji said: "Everyone's situation is different, and the damp salt needs to be calculated separately."
Zhang Fei asked again: "I don't know how to judge moisture?"
Li Yongji was very unhappy when he was asked, and said: "Look with your eyes and touch with your hands. There is no other way."
Zhang Fei continued to ask: "Is there someone supervising next to me?"
Li Yongji nodded and said, "Yes."
He Chunlin immediately hesitated, will I be next?
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Thank you very much Li Yasi for appearing in court to testify."