Chapter 633: I wont shed tears until I see the coffin
This was the message Wei Yingfang conveyed to Liu Zaichun.
As long as the other party comes up with evidence, just plead guilty and accept punishment, end the lawsuit as soon as possible, and don't make any arguments.
It can be seen that even at this moment, Wei Yingfang still has a little bit of luck.
Because he is an official, he knows various methods, such as killing chickens to scare monkeys, or using deception. If the tax department just uses those two to establish authority, but actually does not have everyone's evidence, or the evidence is not that sufficient, then
If you just scare people, they will be even more angry, so you have to wait until the other party comes up with evidence first.
What a coincidence. Qiu Zhengwen immediately showed the problematic land deed. This really scared Wei Yingfang into a cold sweat.
There must be no further argument.
Because this land deed has a lot to do with him!
And once there is a debate on this matter, God knows how much evidence the tax department still has. Don't dig out more and more illegal income for you, or even implicate him.
However, as long as these illegal incomes are dug out and all are real, especially if officials are involved, the Procuratorate will intervene. The Taxation Department only wants money after all, but the Procuratorate is here to kill them. Who knows whether they will take them into custody.
Also implicated.
Although Wei Yingfang and the others were fully prepared, and the taxes in their name were quite a lot, most of their family property was in the hands of their relatives, because the Song Dynasty still investigated corruption very strictly, and would send people to them every once in a while.
If you check it systematically, as long as you argue, you will definitely say more and more. If you say too much, you will make mistakes!
Recognize it quickly!
Do not hesitate!
However, if they admit it, they will be fined, which is the maximum penalty of five times the fine. However, Zhang Fei still treats them equally and gives them time to review the accounts and make a final judgment after confirming that they are correct.
If nothing unexpected happens, this will be more than 10,000 yuan!
Officials such as Wang Shao, Cai Yanqing, Yuan Jiang, and Lu Gongru who have no psychological burden have already begun to settle accounts. This is a fine of more than 10,000 guan, more than 130 guan, which is more than one million guan.
These employees are so crazy!
This is more than the taxes collected.
No wonder those people are willing to betray their family masters.
However, these idiots only use one or two hundred coins to bribe those employees. You bribe a der, which is too disrespectful, and it will definitely fail.
Just as Zhang Fei was preparing to promote the third defendant, a man quickly entered the court, handed a note to Li Min, and then whispered something in his ear.
After Li Min saw it, he immediately stood up and said: "President Zhang, please wait a moment. I have thirty-two parties here. I hope to discuss it with the tax department and they are willing to plead guilty and accept punishment."
After hearing this, the three little kings glanced at the officials sitting next to them, and saw that many of them were secretly wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
They all think in their hearts, you are really unwilling to see the Yellow River and pay your taxes early. How can this be the case? You always think that others are trying to scare you. Now it’s better. I’m going to apologize to my wife for losing the army again!
You may also face criminal prosecution.
As the old saying goes, misfortunes never come alone!
"That's it!"
Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment and said: "Then let's adjourn the court first. Erbi, the prosecution and defense, and Prosecutor General Su, please come to the inner hall."
After saying that, he stood up and entered the inner hall.
Li Min, Qiu Zhengwen, and Su Che also got up and walked towards the inner hall.
Inside and outside the courtyard, there was a lot of discussion in an instant.
This is so fucking exciting.
Their little hearts can hardly bear it anymore.
"I didn't expect them to be unable to hold on so quickly."
Cai Yanqing couldn't help but feel happy. Originally, they were looking forward to a great battle, but they never thought that in just one morning, it would turn into a harvester advertisement.
Yuan Jiang whispered: "Who would have thought that the Taxation Department of Hezhong Prefecture is more powerful than the Taxation Department of the capital, and can instigate tenant farmers and servants of these big landlords to rebel? It is really all-pervasive!"
Zhuo Qun suddenly said: "The key still lies with the Procuratorate. They did not expect that even though the imperial court has said that the first offender will not be punished, the Procuratorate will still be able to intervene in the investigation of illegal income."
The first offender will not be held criminally responsible. He is merely evading taxes. This does not mean that the illegal activities will not be held accountable.
These are two different things.
Cai Yanqing and Yuan Jiang nodded slightly.
And this is the fact that these people surrender immediately. If they just want money, they will already be punished anyway, so why not fight to the end, use all their strength, just a little less, and drag it out as long as possible, but this money is
Never give it lightly.
But they never expected that the procuratorate would still retain the power to prosecute illegal crimes. Let's not talk about murder and arson, but selling illicit salt, illicit tea, and illicit wine. Everyone will be involved in this to some extent, especially those who have high authority in the government.
Very strong background relationship.
Although the court has been reducing the penalties for these smugglers, they still have to be punished. The key is that the forces behind them will be involved.
The Procuratorate is simply designed for officials like them. How can they not be afraid of this?
Inner hall.
“What does the Department of Revenue think about this?”
Zhang Fei first asked Qiu Zhengwen.
Qiu Zhengwen said: "Our Taxation Department is pursuing a maximum penalty of five times the fine. If they agree with this, our Taxation Department can accept their guilty plea."
Zhang Fei looked at Li Min again.
Li Min looked at Su Zhe, "If the procuratorate doesn't pursue the case, my client is willing to pay five times the fine."
Su Zhe frowned when he heard this and said, "Why do you negotiate terms with our procuratorate? Our procuratorate will retain the power to investigate and prosecute all illegal income."
Li Min said sarcastically: "Prosecutor Su, please don't misunderstand me. I'm not negotiating terms with you. It's just that selling private tea and wine is common. Many people are also selling it because of the restrictions imposed by the government."
There were too many and the price was so expensive that those rural households would not be able to drink at all unless they bought some private wine.
Besides, the five times fine means basically handing over all the money. They have worked for nothing for a year, so they still ask Prosecutor General Su to be lenient."
Su Zhe still ignored it.
Zhang Fei thought for a moment and suddenly said: "You guys go out first and I'll talk to the chief prosecutor alone."
"yes."
After the two of them went out, Zhang Fei said to Su Zhe: "Mr. Su Xiao, let's stop it when we see it. This has already cut off a piece of flesh from them."
Su Zhe asked rhetorically: "If I don't compromise, will the Taxation Department not cooperate with our Procuratorate?"
Their procuratorate does not have the same means as the tax department. If they want to prosecute, they will definitely need the cooperation of the tax department.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Of course it's impossible, but I think what Li Min said makes sense. There are countless people selling private tea and wine nowadays, and many people are involved. If there is an investigation on this matter, the other party will turn against them."
If we attack and report ordinary people, the case will expand, which may be endless, and the tax money will not be collected by then, because the lawsuit will continue, which may make us passive."
The reality is that this situation is too common, but it is not allowed by law. This is a big challenge for the public prosecutor and the law.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public.
Of course, Su Zhe knew it very well. He himself had drank illegal liquor, and said: "But we can't always be so on the same page. How should we solve these problems? Otherwise, if Erbi mentions the law without blaming everyone, we will
I’m helpless.”
Zhang Fei asked: "What does Mr. Su Xiao think of this?"
Su Che immediately said: "If I guessed correctly, those thirty or so people should all be relatives of the officials."
As expected of the Su family, the reaction was really fast. Zhang Fei's eyes flashed with praise and he said: "Although I'm not sure, I think the same as you."
After hearing this, Su Zhe said: "It's okay to let them go, but the prerequisite is that they must reform this, and they must not delay it any longer."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Mr. Su Xiao, do you want to use this to negotiate with those officials?"
Su Che nodded and said with a hint of helplessness: "After all, we, the public prosecutor, the procuratorate, and the law have no right to interfere in administration, so we can only use this method."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "This is exactly what I thought."
Su Che said: "But how can we justify ourselves?"
Zhang Fei said: "Don't worry, leave it to me."
Su Che was stunned for a moment and said, "It seems that President Zhang has already thought of this."
Zhang Fei did not deny it, saying: "We have similar ideas, but the initiative is still in their hands. After all, our duty is to enforce the law impartially."
Su Zhe nodded slightly.
After reaching an agreement with Su Che, Zhang Fei called Li Min and Qiu Zhengwen in again.
"Li Min."
Zhang Fei said: "I have talked with Prosecutor General Su. In principle, our Public Security Bureau insists on not settling old accounts, but after all, this is last year's tax. On the surface, it is not an old account. But what you said is very reasonable. It may be.
It is left over from the flaws of the system and is closely related to the people.
But this needs to be discussed with the government to see who is responsible. Just as it happens, even if they plead guilty and accept punishment, our Imperial Court cannot easily punish them. They still need to confirm that the amount provided by the Taxation Department is correct. Our Imperial Court does not want to let them
People think that we are forcing them to pay fines.
Let's do this. When you confirm the number, Prosecutor General Su will also negotiate with the government and see the results then. Of course, if the number is wrong, you can continue to appeal."
"I have no problem."
Li Min nodded.
Zhang Fei looked at Qiu Zhengwen again.
Qiu Zhengwen said: "At least the imperial court has to give our tax department a time limit. Our tax department cannot wait forever."
Zhang Fei thought for a moment and then said: "Seven days."
"Can."
Qiu Zhengwen nodded.
...
"How about it?"
Lu Bangxing asked immediately when he saw Li Min coming back.
Li Minmin said with emotion: "The people don't fight with the officials!"
Lu Bangxing looked stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Have we fought less recently? We blame the government for everything.
Li Min informed him of the plan proposed by Zhang Fei.
Lu Bangxing frowned and said, "In other words, Prosecutor General Su wants to use this as a condition to negotiate with the government?"
"It must be like this. Those thirty or so people are all relatives of the officials." Li Min shook his head with lingering fear: "So, they are the officials who are good at calculating, and they will not let go of this little benefit.
But it was so clear and logical that I almost believed it."
Lu Bangxing said: "Is this the first time you have seen President Zhang's methods? Fortunately, he has become the president of the court. He wants to be Erbi, so what else do we have to do?"
"That's true."
Li Min nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go and discuss it with our client."
...
Not long after, a servant came behind Wei Yingfang and whispered something in his ear.
Wei Yingfang frowned when he heard this. He was silent for a while, then sighed helplessly and nodded: "Promise them first."
"yes."
After the man left, Cao Yi asked: "What happened?"
Wei Yingfang said: "The Procuratorate wants to talk to us."
Cao Yidao: "What are you talking about?"
Wei Yingfang said: "Private wine and private tea."
Cao Yi frowned and said, "That's unreasonable. He wants to threaten us."
Wei Yingfang said: "Now that all the control is in their hands, what can we do but let them slaughter us."
At this point, he gritted his teeth and said: "Could this tax department know how to do this? How did they find out these evidences? Alas... What a mistake that will lead to eternal regrets!"
The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it, but how could he have imagined that he could check taxes like this?
Incredible!
Yuan Jiang, who was sitting not far away, glanced at them secretly and thought to himself, that brat didn't discuss it with me in advance. It's really unreasonable.
...
After all parties were confirmed, Zhang Fei came out of the back hall.
"The president of this court has just made an inquiry and found that these thirty-two defendants expressed their guilt and punishment without confirming the accounts. This is contrary to the principle of fair trial. Therefore, the president of this court will not allow them to plead guilty for the time being, and will
The Taxation Division will provide them with relevant evidence and give them careful review. Only after they determine that there are no problems with the accounts will the president of this court make a final judgment."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Many people are dumbfounded, how can they refuse others to plead guilty?
this...!
Can only be described in one word.
major!
Of course, many officials know in their hearts that justice and fairness are all bullshit. They just want more.
How shameless!
The next defendant to come up was He Hong, a well-known medicinal merchant in Hezhong Prefecture.
Qiu Zhengwen said: "According to the investigation by the Taxation Department, He Hong was involved in evading agricultural taxes of more than 300 guan, and at the same time evading taxes on medicinal materials transactions, amounting to more than 900 guan."
Those thirty or so are the real hidden rich people. After all, they all have strong government backgrounds, and the rest naturally do not evade so much tax.
Moreover, the more than 30 people who pleaded guilty were mainly afraid of being implicated in the forces behind them, but it does not mean that the rest of the people can also accept the fine.
He Hong immediately said: "I didn't escape even a penny, you are just spitting nonsense."
Zhang Fei consoled him: "Congratulations, please be patient. We at the Imperial Court only look at the evidence."
He Hong cupped his hands and said, "I hope President Zhang can make the decision for us."
"must!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, then asked Qiu Zhengwen: "Does the prosecution have evidence?"
Qiu Zhengwen said: "I implore President Zhang to summon witness Liu Miao to appear in court to testify."
When He Hong heard the name, he frowned at first. When the witness appeared, his expression suddenly changed, "You...you...!"
But the witness Liu Miao was so timid that he came to the witness stand and sat down, not even daring to look at He Hong.
Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Liu Miao, what do you do?"
Liu Miao said: "The villain...The villain is a tenant farmer of the He family."
Qiu Zhengwen said: "But according to your independent declaration last year, you own the title deed of twenty-nine acres of land."
Liu Miao said: "Those are all...all sent to me by the He family."
"You're talking nonsense!"
He Hong said excitedly.
"Defendant, please do not interfere with the witness's answer, otherwise, the president of this court will sentence you to contempt of the imperial court." Zhang Fei warned.
He Hong panicked and immediately sat back.
Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Why did the He family leave twenty-nine acres of land with you?"
Liu Miao said: "This is to avoid the new tax law. I heard that if you have less than 30 acres, you only need to pay 6% agricultural tax."
Qiu Zhengwen continued to ask: "Isn't he afraid that you will take this land as your own? After all, the land deed is in your name."
Liu Miao said: "Because it is impossible to repay the money I owe him, so he doesn't need to be afraid at all."
Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Then do you have any evidence to prove this?"
Liu Miao said: "The twenty-nine acres of land were originally white deeds. Later, the He family traded them to me with white deeds and asked me to go to the tax department to pay the deed tax, so it became mine. However, it is impossible for me to afford these lands.
These can all be checked.”
"I'm done asking."
Qiu Zhengwen sat down.
Li Min said directly: "I don't have any problems."
He doesn’t know anything, what a stupid question for him to ask!
Qiu Zhengwen continued: "Liu Miao is not an exception. He Hong has been using the method of splitting land to avoid higher taxes. Although I cannot confirm them one by one, the Taxation Department has taken control of the He family's granary.
The income from the granary is enough to prove that what Liu Miao said is absolutely true."
At this point, he raised a book and said, "Here are the confessions of some tenant farmers of the Liu family, land deeds, and the income of the Liu family's granary at the beginning of last winter."
After Zhang Fei took a rough look at it, he asked He Hong: "Does the defendant have anything to say?"
He Hong quibbled: "Don't the tax department calculate taxes based on the land deed?"
Zhang Fei said: "According to the tax law, the tax department mainly looks at income. The land tax is just a tax calculation method, not based on land tax."
He Hong said nothing. Judging from the situation just now, he was also prepared to pay the agricultural tax, but his main income was commercial tax.
When it comes to money, it’s not like you won’t shed tears until you see the coffin.
Qiu Zhengwen called another witness named Li Tie.
Seeing this person, He Hong could no longer remain calm and stood up directly, "You...you actually...!"
Li Tie glanced at him aggrievedly, and then came to the witness stand.
Qiu Zhengwen said: "Li Tie, what do you do?"
Li Tiedao: "I am a pharmacist who specializes in selling medicinal materials from the northwest region to Bianjing."
Qiu Zhengwen said: "Can you tell me what happened on December 20 last year?"
Li Tiedao: "At that time, my fleet was preparing to go to Luoyang. Unexpectedly, it encountered heavy snow and was stranded at the ferry. Then it was interrogated by the tax department."
Qiu Zhengwen said: "Why do people from the Taxation Department want to interrogate you?"
Li Tiedao: "Because they think I stole medicinal materials."
Qiu Zhengwen asked: "What are the facts?"
Li Tiedao: "The fact is that I bought those batches of medicinal materials from He Hong, but in order to avoid the investigation of the tax department, he did not sign any contract with me, and he still chose to trade in the wilderness and asked me to pay
Silver, in this case, you can deceive others. At that time, I paid him a total of five thousand taels of silver."
"You're talking nonsense. I've never traded with you." He Hong denied it, since he didn't have any evidence anyway.
Li Tiedao: "Although I didn't sign any contract with him, I still wrote this transaction amount on my account. And their He family's secret pharmaceutical formula is different from other families. It can be easily proved that that
All the medicinal materials belong to the He family."
After He Hong heard this, he immediately looked very flustered.
really!
He was able to become a great medicine merchant because of the secret method passed down from his ancestors. There is no denying this!
"Lying! He's lying!"
He Hong seemed to be still struggling, "He stole my medicinal materials, he stole them."
Qiu Zhengwen seemed to have known that he would say this, so he said to Zhang Fei: "President, He Hong is very shrewd. In order to avoid the pursuit of the tax department, he has changed all the accounts, but we found out all the transactions with him last year
All the big merchants in the country are now waiting outside the court to testify. If all these people had stolen from his house, he would have been ruined long ago. This is enough to prove that there is a problem with his family's accounts, and these transactions were not included in the calculation.
"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As one of his old customers turned against him and took out their accounts and medicinal materials to testify, He Hong's face was ashen and he slumped in his chair, unable to do anything anymore.
The courage to rebut.
In fact, these old customers don't want to sell out their friends, and they don't want to pay taxes, but they have no choice. If they can't explain the source of the medicinal materials, the tax department can sue them for stealing the medicinal materials.
At the same time, the Department of Taxation assured them that if they are willing to appear in court to testify, they will not be held responsible in this case, as they are also suspected of assisting tax evasion.
After He Hong was carried down, the next person up was a rich man named Duan Yuntian. This man was tall and burly, and he was quite imposing when he sat on top.
Qiu Zhengwen said: "According to the investigation by the Taxation Department, Duan Yuntian evaded 200 guan in agricultural tax, but he has been secretly mining three private coal mines. Last year, he earned 12,000 guan from private coal and evaded 1,800 guan in tax.
, a total of two thousand strings."
Duan Yuntian said in shock: "This... you all know this?"
Qiu Zhengwen said: "All your coal is transported to Sanmenxia to Luoyang. The people in the Taxation Department in Sanmenxia have recorded how much coal they transported last year, including the registration of your fleet at the ferry and the sales of your coal.
Where, who is the buyer, and what is the profit?”
Having said this, he glanced at the sky and said, "Your three coal mines should have been sealed by the tax police at this time."
He took out a box of evidence and presented it.
After Duan Yuntian heard this, he didn't even have the courage to defend himself. He didn't answer when Zhang Fei called him.
Pretending to be dead is their only way out.
Zhang Fei did not force him. He glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late. The trial will end here in the morning and continue in the afternoon."