Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 219: Life and death and taxes
After talking with Wang Anshi, Zhang Fei called Fan Li and the others to deal with the aftermath, while he went home with Xu Zhiqian.
Ten thousand strings?
For Fan Li, this is the biggest deal he has ever done in his life. Calculated according to the share, the firm can also get a profit of 3,000 yuan.
He couldn’t make so much money in a year before!
But for him, Zhang Fei’s business is always pain and happiness.
More than a hundred people were prosecuted at one time, and all of them were prominent figures in Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties.
This.
Is this really possible?
Inside the carriage.
“What are you thinking?”
Xu Zhiqian couldn’t help asking when she saw Zhang Fei’s serious face and silence.
Zhang Fei tilted his head to look at her, and said with a smile, “I know what you’re thinking, but I’m definitely not thinking the same thing as you.”
Xu Zhiqian asked, “How do you know?”
Zhang Fei said: “You must be thinking about the tenant farmers?”
Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly.
Zhang Fei said: “This is actually the last thing to worry about in this case. If we can really convict those big landlords, we will have the qualifications to negotiate with the landlords.
According to the laws and regulations of our court, tax evasion and tax evasion, and the circumstances are serious, can be punished with a cane up to 80, so that they can avoid the pain of flesh and blood, and in exchange for them to bear the little tax for those tenant farmers, they will definitely agree.
Because they don’t agree, they have to bear almost all the taxes and penalties. “
Yes! Instead, you can use punishment to trade with him. Xu Zhiqian looked happy, but immediately asked: “Then what are you thinking?”
Zhang Fei smiled wryly: “I was thinking that it’s really not easy for Master Wang!”
Xu Zhiqian pouted, “Who says no.”
After a pause, she asked again: “If it really goes to court, can this lawsuit be won?”
“Tax lawsuits are actually the most complicated.”
Zhang Fei glanced at those books, “One hundred and eight, with this little account, I am afraid that at most it can only meet the standard of prosecution. If you want to win a sure win, it may not be enough.”
As he spoke, he frowned and thought again.
Seeing Xu Zhiqian, she didn’t bother him anymore.
Until the carriage stopped, Xu Zhiqian saw that Zhang Fei was still thinking, so she couldn’t help saying: “Zhang San, we are here.”
“Huh?”
Zhang Fei was taken aback, and looked at Xu Zhiqian, “What did you say?”
Xu Zhiqian blinked, “I’m home.”
“Oh.”
“Get out of the car.”
When the carriage arrived, it was already completely dark.
A lantern is raised at the door.
Xu Zhiqian was just about to ask, when Zhang Fei was thinking about something, when he suddenly saw a person standing at the door, he was taken aback, and looked at Zhang Fei again.
Zhang Fei happened to look at her too, “Let’s go to your house first!”
When I came to Xu’s house, I saw Xu Zun sitting in the hall talking with a young man.
This young man is none other than Emperor Shenzong.
After Zhang Fei came back, Xu Zun’s father and daughter left very wisely. They knew that the emperor came here for only one reason, and that was to come to Zhang Fei.
There is no point in looking for Xu Zunke to come here.
“Did Scholar Wang go to you just now?” Zhao Xu asked directly.
Zhang Fei nodded, and then looked at Zhao Xu suspiciously, “Why did Your Majesty lend money to Bachelor Wang?”
The implication is that we have already discussed the countermeasures, using tabloids to kidnap morality, force those literati to come forward, and make those landlords compromise.
Zhao Xu asked without answering, “Did you take it?”
Zhang Fei sneered and said: “Xiaomin opens the door to do business, so I have to accept it!”
Zhao Xu asked again: “Then are you sure?”
Zhang Fei thought for a while, “I’m not sure right now.”
Zhao Xu asked: “Why?”
Zhang Fei said: “Because the accounts provided by Master Wang are very limited and not detailed enough, if it is directly handed over to the government, the government will send people to search, which may be useful, but it is not enough for a lawsuit. Because evidence is important in the courtroom, and it must be perfect, once the other party finds a loophole, it will be very passive.”
Zhao Xu asked: “What if more evidence can be found?”
Zhang Fei said: “Of course we can win the fight. But can this really be brought to court?”
Zhao Xu showed hesitation, and after a while, he sighed: “When Xueshi Wang came to me to borrow money, I was actually very entangled, after all, we have already figured out a countermeasure.
But what Wang Xueshi said made me change my mind. “
Zhang Fei asked: “What are you talking about?”
Zhao Xu said: “If you can’t even collect the legal tax revenue, what’s the point of reforming the law? Therefore, Wang Xueshi believes that this matter is God’s help. If he can’t pass this hurdle, the new law will be promulgated. meaning, because they can also find a way to transfer taxes to ordinary people.”
This is actually an important reason for the failure of the new law. Zhang Fei nodded slightly
Zhao Xu said again: “Actually, I have been thinking about this issue these days. There are complicated reasons why legal taxes cannot be raised. The relationship between them is intertwined, and it affects the whole body. Even if I come forward in person, I will encounter great resistance, but if I can appeal to the court, I can cut it off with a single knife.”
Tax collection in the feudal era was a game of power. Facing the entangled landlord class, the emperor had more than enough heart and power.
That’s why they decided to play outside the box.
But that was only a temporary solution, not the root cause. Moral kidnapping was only temporary. After a few months, everyone danced and sang as usual.
However, the situation has changed now, that is, there is an additional option to sue, which was not available before. People dare not sue, and they cannot sue. .
It is different to sue. If you sue, both parties have to show evidence.
The game of power has changed from whether to pay taxes or not to whether the lawsuit can be accepted.
Arguing about the latter is definitely in their favor.
Because the essence of the former is not a legal issue, but a money issue. It is a matter of arguing whether the court should ask for the money. Are they rebelling?
And the scope of the attack is wider. As long as you order it, it will definitely be cleared up.
The latter is not an issue of money, but a judicial issue. Even if I sued them for breaking the law, I didn’t ask for their money.
The judge can rule them not to pay taxes.
And the scope of attack is very narrow, only one hundred and eight, one hundred and nine, even if it is tax evasion, he is not breaking the law, because no one will sue him, and the imperial court has not issued a government order to investigate.
One is a decree and the other is a judgment, which are completely different things.
After finishing speaking, Zhao Xu saw that Zhang Fei was silent, so he said again: “You also said at the beginning that only the legal system can enrich the people and strengthen the country. If the tax law is difficult to implement, there is no other way to talk about it.”
Don’t talk about anything without money.
Wang Anshi’s reform is also to make money for the country.
Zhang Fei was stunned, and hurriedly said: “I am dissatisfied with Your Majesty, I have been thinking about this issue on the way back just now.”
Zhao Xu asked: “What do you think?”
Zhang Fei said: “It’s not impossible to do this, but to govern the country first govern the officials.”
Zhao Xu wanted to cry but said without tears: “I can’t wait any longer.”
Zhang Fei said: “As far as the tax inspection is concerned, it can actually be completed quickly.”
Zhao Xu cheered up and said, “How do you say that?”
Zhang Fei said: “Just now I said that I am not fully sure about this lawsuit. The reason is that the accounts provided by University Scholar Wang are limited, and the reason why Scholar Wang was unable to provide more complete accounts is because there is no strong tax inspector. Yamen.”
Zhao Xu was stunned: “The tax office?”
Zhang Fei nodded and said: “If you want to go to court and legalize taxation, evidence is the most important thing, so Your Majesty must set up a very powerful tax inspection department, otherwise, this is just a case and cannot be resolved.” long-lasting.”
Zhao Xu hurriedly said: “The imperial court has a yamen dedicated to tax inspection, and there are many more, including the third department, the transfer envoy, and the local government. They all have the power to investigate taxes.”
Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: “Your Majesty, can they be called tax inspections? At best, they are just a group of strong and fearful thugs with no technical content. It would be strange to rely on them to do tax inspections.”
The corners of Zhao Xu’s mouth twitched a few times. You look down on the government office, who gave you the confidence, and asked a little unhappily: “Then tell me, how can it be called a tax inspection.”
Zhang Fei said: “I think the minimum standard should also be to collect taxes from those grassroots.”
“?”
Zhao Xu was stunned for a while, and asked dully: “How can grass bandits pay taxes?”
Zhang Fei asked back: “Why don’t the grassroots pay taxes?”
Zhao Xu said: “The grass bandits are doing illegal things. If they are caught, it will be a criminal case. Who cares whether they pay taxes or not.”
Zhang Fei said: “Your Majesty is very unprofessional to think so.”
Zhao Xu was displeased, “Unprofessional?”
Zhang Fei nodded and said: “These are two different things. Illegal is illegal, and tax money has to be paid. The grass bandit builds a house on the mountain and has to pay the deed tax. The grass bandit goes down the mountain to buy wine and meat and also has to pay tax. It has nothing to do with breaking the law.”
Zhao Xu said with a good smile: “You are pure nonsense, you have already become a bandit, and they will still pay the deed tax?”
Zhang Fei said: “It depends on whether the tax inspection office is strong enough. As long as it is strong enough, the grassroots must pay taxes obediently.”
Zhao Xu said: “There are some grassroots bandits, even the officers and soldiers can’t do anything about it, so it’s possible that the tax office is stronger than the officers and soldiers.”
“Must be!”
Zhang Fei said: “If the officers and soldiers are not as strong as they are, then why should we investigate? The most difficult thing in this world is not fighting, but collecting taxes. No matter how powerful the Han and Tang Dynasties were, they couldn’t collect taxes legally.”
Zhao Xu blinked and asked, “Then can we do it?”
Zhang Fei said: “Your Majesty can do it if you are determined enough, and I can also provide you with some solutions.”
“No need.”
Zhao Xu waved his hand, “I’ll leave it to you to do it.”
“Huh?”
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: “Your Majesty, I’m Er Bi. I’m good at speaking, and I can make suggestions, but you let me do the execution, which is a bit difficult for others. As for my servant Xiaotao, in spring, every morning Sitting in the yard basking in the sun and eating candied fruit.”
Zhao Xu snorted and said: “You just said it so easily, all my officials were called rascals by you, and my officers and soldiers were also called worthless by you, I want to see how powerful you are. “
Zhang Fei cried: “Your Majesty, I will just talk.”
“Tell me?”
Zhao Xu snorted and said: “You can only say this. Wang Jiefu and Sima Jun really dare not let go of such wild words. You are not the only one to do it. Think about how to do it, so that you can kill the grasshoppers.” When the tax comes up, I will fully cooperate with you.”
Not waiting for Zhang Fei to open his mouth, he continued to say: “There is also the matter of the tabloid. I don’t intend to give up. I will keep this hand in case of emergencies, and I will leave it to you to arrange.”
“?”
Zhang Fei coughed a few times: “Your Majesty, we will talk about this matter later, let’s do the things in front of us first. If we really want to file a lawsuit, the accounts are not perfect enough. Your Majesty must first secretly send someone to search for more accounts.” Evidence.”
Zhao Xu snorted: “I will send someone to contact you tomorrow, you can arrange it yourself, I am not as capable as you, and I can’t collect the tax from that grassroots.”
It’s over! This cowhide seems to be blown up a bit.