"Strange!"

Chen Qi tilted her head and whispered to Su Che: "Prosecutor, why didn't the other party ask those officials? Could it be that Zhang San was the president of the court and restricted the power of Erbi?"

When you were the ear pen, you were simply arrogant in the court. You could ask anyone you wanted. Now that it is your turn to be the president of the court, the ear pen has become so low-key.

This is too much!

Su Zhe said: "Don't think too much about it. Zhang San has talked with me about this matter. Li Min just arrived here and didn't dare to make things difficult for the salt officials. In addition, the government did not ask anyone to file a lawsuit, so it was handed over to Li Min."

Zhang San came to ask."

Chen Qi nodded: "That's it."

Those who came from the capital felt that Li Min was too low-key, but in the eyes of Hezhong Prefecture officials, this ear pen was as good as heaven!

During the inquiry, there were various hints that the court was unfair.

Even Cai Yanqing couldn't help but be a little surprised, "It seems that in this court, there is no difference between Na Erbi and the prosecutor general."

Yuan Jiang stroked his beard and laughed and said: "In Kaifeng Mansion, there is no distinction between the two in the court. They are just their own masters. The procuratorate mostly represents the court and acts as the prosecution, and Erbi represents the defense."

Cai Yanqing nodded: "I see."

In my heart, I thought, it turned out that he knew about it, but he didn't ask Erbi to litigate for the government. It seemed that he was taking the opportunity to rectify the salt administration. This calculation was really shrewd!

Yuan Jiang glanced at Cai Yanqing secretly and thought, he was not testing me. That's all, let him think about it. Anyway, I have asked their opinions, but they don't believe in ear pens, so I can't blame them.

While whispering, He Chunlin had already arrived in court. This was the second time he appeared in court. He was far less nervous than the first time. Moreover, compared to the private person, this person really had little to do with him. He just

An executor and supervisor, not a decision-maker.

"I'm really sorry for bothering Mr. He Yanjian to go to court to testify despite his busy schedule."

Zhang Fei said very guiltily.

He Chunlin also smiled slightly and said, "President Zhang is so polite. It is within my duty to assist the judiciary."

"He Yanjian understands justice well and is admirable."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, and when he was about to ask, He Chunlin suddenly said: "I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

Hey, you're young! You've learned to answer quickly. Zhang Fei was stunned and said expectantly: "If it has something to do with this, I'll just say it's okay."

He Chunlin immediately said: "Those salt merchants just now are all lying. They are all rich, how can they borrow money to survive? President Zhang must not believe them, and they should be punished for their crimes."

The salt merchants sitting below suddenly felt shocked and looked at Li Min one after another. Li Min gave them a calm look.

Don't panic.

It's all under control.

"Thank you very much, Supervisor He Yan, for telling me."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Our Imperial Court mainly looks at the evidence, not what they say will be accepted by our Imperial Court."

He Chunlin said: "They are talking lies with open eyes in the imperial court. President Zhang should punish them for their crimes. This kind of behavior must not be tolerated."

The four little kings sitting below all thought that you told a lot of lies last time the court was held!

Zhang Fei explained patiently: "That's it. If the imperial court convicts a witness because of his untrue statement, no one will be willing to come to court to testify. After all, the issue of ear pens is not that good."

answer.

As long as it is not the kind of lies and perjury that are similar to frame-up and the circumstances are very egregious, our Imperial Court will generally not argue with the witnesses, and our Imperial Court will also distinguish the truth from the false based on the evidence."

The common people nodded frequently when they heard this.

His favorable impression of the imperial court continues to rise, while his fear of it decreases sharply.

I heard Zhang Fei continue to say: "In addition, as for the issue raised by He Salt Supervisor, in fact, it does not have a great impact on this matter. Our main concern is whether the value stipulated in the salt banknote and the value at this time have happened.

Change. After all, our imperial court pursues fairness and justice and handles affairs in accordance with the law, rather than robbing the rich and giving to the poor. We cannot treat the other party differently just because he is a wealthy businessman. He Salt Supervisor thinks I am right?"

He Chunlin nodded slightly, "President Zhang's words make sense."

But the tone was obviously dissatisfied. This was the first time I had seen such gentle justice!

Zhang Fei smiled slightly, then looked down at the papers on the table carefully, and raised his head and asked: "According to our investigation, during the period when the value of the salt banknotes alleged by the plaintiff changed, He Salt Supervisor happened to be in charge here.

It’s something, I wonder if it is?”

He Chunlin nodded.

Zhang Fei suddenly handed a salt note to Li Si.

Li Si immediately sent the salt banknotes to He Chunlin.

Zhang Fei asked: "He Yanjian should have heard the other party's inquiry just now. What the president wants to know now is how much salt can the salt banknotes in He Yanjian's hands be exchanged for from the salt pond?"

He Chunlin glanced at the salt banknotes and said with a slight embarrassment: "About one hundred and twenty kilograms."

Although I have little to do with him, it is still a bit uncomfortable to answer this kind of question.

Zhang Fei asked again: "I wonder what the amount is set by the government?"

He Chunlin said: "Two hundred catties."

"That is to say, according to government regulations, the salt banknotes in your hand should be exchangeable for two hundred kilograms of salt."

"Yes, it is."

"Is this always the case? Has the government issued a notice to re-stipulate the amount of salt that can be exchanged for these salt banknotes?"

"No!"

He Chunlin shook his head.

Zhang Fei asked: "Excuse me, Salt Supervisor He, how should the president of this court understand this question? Since the court has not changed the amount of salt that can be exchanged for salt banknotes, why can it be that salt banknotes originally worth two hundred catties can only be exchanged for one hundred and twenty pounds?"

catty."

He Chunlin said: "We also act according to the instructions from above."

Zhang Fei said: "What does the above order mean?"

He Chunlin said: "It was the previous envoy of Yanjie, who is also the current envoy of Xue Fayun."

Zhang Fei said: "But I just asked He Yanjian whether the imperial court had issued an official document. He Yanjian said no. Now He Yanjian also said that this was the order of Xue Fayun. Can the president of the court understand that this is Xue Fayun's order?

Shipping makes personal orders.”

He Chunlin nodded.

Zhang Fei asked: "Does the salt envoy have this power?"

He Chunlin shook his head and said, "I don't know much about that either."

Zhang Fei pondered for a while and then asked: "Did you do it this way before?"

He Chunlin said: "This method originated from the Jiayou period, and was created by Fan Xiang, the governor of Hezhong Prefecture at that time. Since then, the number of salt banknotes issued every year has been maintained at about 1.66 million salt banknotes. This is

Later, after the arrival of Xue Fayun, the annual salt banknotes issued began to exceed this amount."

In fact, he had worked under Xue Xiang for many years, and he had gained a good friendship, but he did not dare to hide this matter for Xue Xiang, because there were also supervisory censors sitting nearby, and these officials were looking for excuses for Xue Xiang everywhere.

Zhang Fei said: "So the change in the face value of salt banknotes is caused by the over-issuance of salt banknotes."

He Chunlin nodded.

Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder why you broke the rules set by Fan Tixing?"

He Chunlin immediately said: "This is actually related to those businessmen."

He also came prepared this time.

Zhang Fei asked: "How do you say this?"

He Chunlin said: "In the beginning, businessmen usually exchanged money for salt banknotes in Bianzhou, and then went to the salt pools in Jiezhou to exchange for salt, and then sold it to various places. But later, some businessmen liked to hoard salt banknotes and wait for the price.

sell.

The salt banknotes were not exchanged for salt, which caused the salt in the salt pond to accumulate more and more. When Xue Fayun arrived, he quickly discovered this phenomenon, so he began to issue more salt banknotes and sell off the salt stored in the salt pond.

Later, Xue Fayun combined the salt policy with the horse policy, using salt profits to buy horses and renting the previous pastures to landless farmers. At the same time, he exempted thousands of people from the labor involved in raising horses, making salt, etc., and for

The imperial court saved more than 100,000 yuan in horse-raising expenses, but the land rental part was included in the local government, because the Hezhong Prefecture's finances were also very short of money at that time."

Hearing this, the people all looked moved.

It turns out that the salt dealer has been wronged and allowed us to make a profit, so... that is a good thing after all.

But...but don't change it back!

Thinking of this, I felt uneasy again.

For a moment, I didn’t know who to support.

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Supervisor He Yan, please continue."

He Chunlin said: "After the inventory in Yanchi was depleted and the cost of buying horses began to be borne, the over-issuance of salt banknotes did not decrease. On the contrary, due to the war in the northwest at that time, the issuance of salt banknotes continued to increase.

As a result, three years ago, the salt pond was unable to be exchanged for salt. Many banknote dealers sold salt banknotes at low prices. The lowest price at that time was two taels of five hundred yuan. Therefore, Ambassador Xue Fayun told us that one salt banknote can only be exchanged for one salt banknote.

About one hundred and twenty pounds."
To be continued...