Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 630

"Wow, great project!"

Zhang Fei, who came to the hall, looked at the three big boxes of papers, and by visual inspection, it should have surpassed the memorial to impeach him, although he had never seen any of them.

Chen Ming, who was sitting on the side, raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Zhang Fei, and thought, isn't this all thanks to you?

In fact, the ghost tax police of the tax department can be said to be trained by Zhang Fei, and Li Bao can be said to be his big disciple who entered the house.

In fact, there is a thin line between the tax police and the robbers. This line is the law. You can’t just find some evidence and start to make up your mind. Convinced.

According to the law, dignitaries have to be punished for breaking the law, and sometimes the emperor can't cover it up.

In order for the tax department to convince people, they must produce ironclad evidence, leaving them speechless.

Qiu Zhengwen bowed his hands first, and then said: "President, this is actually only part of the evidence, and the purpose is only to meet the standard of prosecution. Due to the special nature of my employer, the tax department, they need to keep some evidence confidential. In order to avoid leaking the news in advance, let those tax evaders destroy the evidence, leading to the wastage of previous efforts.”

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and said with some trepidation: "Therefore, we also hope that the imperial court can keep these evidences secret, so as not to leak them and cause unnecessary losses to our employer."

Telling the boss these words, I still feel a little guilty.

Zhang Fei gave him an encouraging look, then nodded and said: "I know, we will keep this secret, because there are too many evidences, we have to go through the review before deciding whether to open a trial. If there is a result, we will send someone to notify you immediately."

Chen Ming, who was sitting on the side, got up suddenly and said, "Then please ask Judge Zhang to deal with it as soon as possible, because it is related to the expenditure and bonus of our taxation department. The people in our taxation department didn't have money for the New Year last year, and they have been working all the time."

Cai Jing and the others turned their heads to look at Chen Ming at the same time, thinking in their hearts, is it that straightforward?

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "Chen Tax Envoy, don't worry, we will do it as soon as possible."

When they left, Zhang Fei suddenly clapped his hands, "After a few months of rest, it's time to work. You heard it too, the tax department needs to keep it secret, so for the time being, we can only do this job .”

"what?"

"Why? I'm used to being the chief judge, so I don't want to do such trivial work!"

"No no."

"Better not!"

The news came out very quickly, which surprised many people. In fact, everyone knew that the tax department would definitely start operations at the beginning of this year, but they did not expect it to come so soon. This is only the first day of work!

This even led to a very interesting phenomenon. In the past, on the first day of work, officials and government officials would open the door and clean up. Small officials would come to report, and big officials usually would not come. Who would be so ignorant? Interesting, come to send them work on the first day, if there is, this work can basically be postponed until next year.

However, the sudden action of the tax department caused all officials, big and small, to go to work.

As soon as Chen Ming returned to the city, the government office sent someone to invite him over.

Seeing Chen Ming, Wei Yingfang and the others first exchanged greetings. After all, it was the first day of work at the beginning of the new year. Congratulations were naturally unavoidable.

After exchanging pleasantries, Cai Yanqing asked: "Chen Tax Envoy, I just heard that this tax evasion is very serious, and the tax department has filed a lawsuit with the imperial court?"

Chen Mingdao: "Actually, it's not serious, we just follow the rules."

Wei Yingfang pretended to be respectful and said: "Chen Tax Envoy works hard, which really makes us ashamed. On the first day when the door opened, he was diligent in his official duties."

At this moment, no one dared to easily offend the tax department.

Chen Ming said, "Our tax department doesn't take annual leave and has been working until now."

Cai Yanqing asked in surprise, "Really?"

Chen Ming nodded and said, "Because most of the employees of our taxation department live on bonuses, how can we spend the New Year without money, but we will take a holiday after we have finished these lawsuits and received bonuses."

It's so real.

".!"

Cai Yanqing coughed: "Chen Tax Envoy, there are actually some things, needless to say so bluntly, it is a government office, you have to pay attention."

As an official, you should talk about sharing your worries, not doing things for money.

Chen Ming said, "This is the system of our tax department. Everyone knows it. There is no need to hide it."

Cai Yanqing could only change the subject and said, "Then how is the current situation?"

Chen Ming cupped his hands and said: "Prefect Cai, I'm really sorry, this is a secret belonging to our tax department at present, and it is inconvenient to disclose it to anyone. After the prosecution, if the government thinks there is a problem, we will give a detailed explanation to Prefect Cai. .”

"Okay, I won't ask any more questions." Cai Yanqing nodded awkwardly.

Asked about loneliness.

Out of the government office, Chen Ming had just walked halfway, when he was found by the procuratorate.

It's the first day of the new year, but it's really busy.

"Why did the tax department hire a erbi to fight this lawsuit? You should cooperate with our procuratorate. Those erbis are not trustworthy. If they lose the lawsuit, will the taxes be waived?"

Su Zhe said to Chen Ming excitedly.

He thought that the tax department must be looking for them, and he had already made preparations to adjust his state to the best, but Chen Ming directly hired Qiu Zhengwen to fight the lawsuit.

This made Su Zhe very unhappy.

Are you trying to leave our procuratorate aside?

So is there anything tricky about you?

Chen Ming said truthfully: "This is because when the procuratorate was in the capital, it once accused our tax department of abuse of force. It can be seen that the procuratorate has always had its own powers, and it may conflict with our tax department. The responsibilities of our tax department It is to recover every penny of tax evasion, and more fines, at this point, Naerbi will obey us all."

All the inspectors, including Su Zhe, were furious. Su Zhe was so anxious because he was actually thinking of the tax department. We are the most professional.

Without a doubt!

Chen Ming has become the number one steel straight man in the Song Dynasty. He hates everyone when he sees him. You don't even look at who is standing behind me. Do you need to give you face?

No need.

Not only that, but his duty is to fight against everyone, and he doesn't need to get close to anyone except Zhang Fei, an invisible boss.

But Su Zhe is also a fierce person. He said with deep eyebrows: "Tax evasion is also a criminal case. Our procuratorate has the right to intervene in the investigation. I will go to the imperial court to discuss many things. Your tax department can't do many things. Moreover, if your tax department Abuse of law enforcement power, our procuratorate will also prosecute."

This is not speculative.

Chen Ming cupped his hands and said: "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

"No delivery!"

Su Zhe waved his sleeves angrily, then turned around.

After Chen Ming left, Su Zhe rushed to the imperial court immediately. How could you leave our procuratorate aside and supervise each other in this kind of case?

Seeing Zhang Fei, Su Zhe questioned him like a cannonball without saying a word.

Because Qiu Zhengwen, hired by the tax department, said that you, Zhang San, had no internal arrangements, Su Zhe really didn't believe it.

"Mr. Su, please calm down."

After Zhang Fei comforted him, he said, "The procuratorate has the absolute right and must intervene in the investigation of this case, because taxation is the core interest of the country, the monarch, and the people, and no one can shut the procuratorate out."

Su Zhe shook his hands and asked, "Then what's going on now?"

Zhang Fei explained: "However, this is a different matter from who the tax department invites to file a lawsuit. The Chen tax envoy only cares about the interests of the tax department. Whoever they hire to file a lawsuit is their right, but there is no regulation. To proceed with a lawsuit, it must be prosecuted through the Public Prosecutor's Office.

But this does not prevent the procuratorate from exercising its right to prosecute, because the procuratorate's right to prosecute is not restricted by anyone, even if the parties concerned cannot prevent the procuratorate from prosecuting, this is a right, not an obligation.

Therefore, the procuratorate can still investigate this case. If the procuratorate thinks that the tax department's lawsuit is not comprehensive enough, and there is a phenomenon of bending the law for personal gain, it can also prosecute any of them. Only the procuratorate has evidence. "

Regarding the procuratorate’s right to prosecute and Erbi’s prosecution, they are two different things. For Erbi, if the party does not sue, Erbi must withdraw. The two are in an employment relationship, but the procuratorate is different. He has this power. As long as the criminal regulations are violated, whether the victim sues or not has nothing to do with whether the procuratorate prosecutes or not.

The procuratorate safeguards national interests and national laws. As long as someone violates the law and the procuratorate has evidence, they must prosecute.

Erbi is between the defendant and the plaintiff, and is the relationship between people, while the procuratorate mainly focuses on the relationship between the incident and the country.

Of course, the plaintiff can also discuss with the procuratorate, such as exchanging the sentence for compensation for his losses, but the final decision is still in the hands of the procuratorate.

Based on this, there is no regulation on who must be prosecuted through the procuratorate, because the procuratorate must intervene regardless of whether you go to the procuratorate or not.

After Zhang Fei's explanation, Su Zhe also calmed down a little, and said, "That means our procuratorate can intervene in the investigation of this case now."

He knows that the power of the procuratorate is actually very important. He cannot let go of every detail, so that he can defend the power of the procuratorate. Put aside all aspects of face and dignity, and it is impossible to ignore it because of anger. That would be stupid There is nothing to do.

Moreover, he is also very wary of the tax department, because the real boss behind the tax department is the emperor. If this department is not restricted, the consequences will be very dire.

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and said: "Let's talk about the facts, in fact, at present, the whole matter has not entered the investigation procedure of the procuratorate, because nothing happened, it means that no criminal regulations have been violated, and our imperial court does not know whether the evidence can support us. Only during the trial process, or after the verdict, can the procuratorate intervene in the investigation."

Su Zhe frowned, nodded and said, "I'm a little impatient this time."

"But this matter is related to taxation. If the procuratorate must intervene, I will also let the procuratorate intervene in the investigation." Zhang Fei changed the subject, "And I personally welcome the procuratorate to assist us."

"Ok?"

Su Zhe looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Zhang Fei didn't make a sound, just stood up, stretched out his hand and said, "This way please."

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment, then got up and said, "Please."

Zhang Fei brought Su Zhe to the conference room.

"It's great that Attorney General Su is here."

Cai Bian and the others were overjoyed to see Su Zhe.

Su Zhe saw a few of them sitting there, surrounded by evidence, and knew what was going on in his heart, this was really a door-to-door job search.

In less than half a day, the news spread throughout the city, causing heated discussions in the city immediately.

Some people are shivering and having trouble sleeping and eating, and some are secretly thankful. Of course, for ordinary people, they are just waiting to eat. They want to evade taxes, but their tax bills are cleaner than their faces, and usually there is only one tick. As long as they are all X, people from the tax department may ask, buddy, how did you survive until now?Can you teach me?

at dusk.

Wei Fu.

"We asked Chen Ming in the morning, but he refused to disclose all the information to us."

Wei Yingfang sighed, and then asked Liang Youyi, "Have you not heard from the old man?"

Liang Youyi shook his head and said, "Many people have already inquired about it. Those employees are only responsible for tax inspections. They are all inside the taxation department for the collection and review of evidence. We haven't heard any news yet."

Wei Yingfang said, "How do they plan to deal with it now?"

Liang Youyi said: "I heard that a lot of evidence was left on purpose by them and asked the tax department to deal with it. They had expected that the tax department would definitely sue for this, but now they want to know, the evidence provided by the tax department to the imperial court , Did they leave it on purpose, if so, then they will feel at ease."

royal court.

The door of the conference room, which had been closed for a day, finally opened, and everyone came out exhausted.

The first day at work was a dark day.

Who can bear this!

"Ouch! I'm so tired!"

"It takes only one day to review such a little, and it will take a year of the monkey to complete the investigation."

Hearing their complaints, Zhang Fei said: "After dinner, everyone will go back to the house and have a good rest. Let's check again tomorrow."

Xu Zhiqian said: "You can continue to check at night!"

Su Zhe nodded in agreement.

Zhang Fei said: "Things can never be finished, and everything has to be combined with work and rest, so let's settle it first."

After dinner.

"Teacher, you are looking for me."

Cai Jing came to the small pavilion by the lake.

Zhang Fei stretched out his hand and said, "Sit."

"Thank you!"

After Cai Jing sat down, Zhang Fei said: "Just a few of us, it is difficult to find out in a short time. I plan to find some students to help."

Cai Jing frowned and said, "Many of those students are descendants of merchants, and it is difficult for us to guarantee that they will not leak the news."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he suddenly realized, "What does the teacher mean?"

Zhang Fei gave him an appreciative look: "I have to reassure those people, so that they will be very cooperative and throw themselves into the trap when the time comes, making our trial run more smoothly.

I know that there is a student in the law school who should have been arranged by Judge Cao, the transshipment secretary. His uncle is a salt merchant on the surface, but in fact he is inextricably linked to water transport. "

Cai Jing was slightly startled, but we didn't realize it.

"The success of the Public Security Bureau may not be as simple as you imagined." Zhang Fei simply explained, and then said: "Tomorrow you come to make this suggestion."

Cai Jing said: "The students understand."

Zhang Fei added: "At that time, I will hand over the evidence of No. C No. [-] to you for review, but I also do a full set of acting, you have to keep an eye on them."

"Yes."

The next day.

noon.

"It's almost time, let's go to lunch first."

Zhang Fei stretched his arms, showing his exhaustion.

Cai Jing suddenly said: "Teacher, just now the tax department sent someone to inquire, how long does the imperial court need to review?"

Shangguan immediately complained: "It's only been a day, and they came to urge us, even if we have three heads and six arms, we can't check it."

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "They don't know that there are only a few of us investigating."

Cai Bian said: "They asked to keep it secret, so what can we do?"

Cai Jing looked at Zhang Fei again and said, "Teacher, in fact, some students also complain about this."

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Really?"

Cai Jingdao: "They don't know why they can't participate in this case. Some people even think that Teacher, you don't believe them at all."

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, then said to Cai Jing: "What do you think?"

Cai Jingdao: "Those people are also the teacher's students, and they have been working hard in the imperial court. Last year's taxation work was so smooth, they all contributed a lot. I think they are still trustworthy, and with their help, we will soon The review can be completed. Now that people outside are in a panic, this matter should not be delayed for too long."

Zhang Fei looked at Shangguan Jun and Cai Bian again, "What do you think?"

The two looked at each other.

Shangguan Jun said: "I think it's okay, after all, reviewing evidence is also a valuable experience for them."

Cai Bian also said: "If there is a way, if it is too late, it will change. If it is resolved quickly, it may not be a way of keeping secrets."

Strictly speaking, they are all their students. Of course they trust their students, and they have to take them out in the future.

Zhang Fei looked at Su Zhe again.

Su Zhe hesitated for a moment, and said, "This is a matter for your imperial court, and it is inconvenient for me to interfere."

Zhang Fei pretended to be entangled again, "It's really not the way to go on like this, we have to solve this problem quickly, so how about it, Prosecutor Su, you also arrange some trustworthy people to come over to help with the review, so as not to change things later."

Su Zhe nodded. There are many people in the procuratorate who are like-minded with him, and he is not worried that someone will tip off the news.

This is what Sima Guang emphasized.

With the joining of these students and inspectors, the speed increased all of a sudden, and everyone felt relaxed.

At noon, Wei Yingfang had just released the yamen and was about to get into the carriage to go home when Cao Yi came here suddenly. The two just met each other's eyes, got on the carriage without saying a word, and drove away from the yamen.

inside the car.

"My people in the imperial court have just received news."

"is it?"

Wei Yingfang was taken aback, "What's the current situation?"

Cao Yidao: "He had a total of 36 pieces of evidence, but the imperial court kept them secret, 28 of which were only half, and only [-] pieces of evidence were complete. I have sent someone to inquire just now, and most of them are people The evidence left on purpose even includes people from Mrs. Zun's family."

Wei Yingfang said: "Then there are still a few proofs?"

Cao Yi smiled wryly: "There are still a few words that they didn't even think of, but the amount is not large."

Wei Yingfang asked cautiously: "Is there any fraud in this?"

Cao Yidao: "It doesn't look like there is any fraud. My people told me that the imperial court is keeping a close eye on them. I am afraid that they will tip off the news. He memorized it by rote, and the tax department appealed to the imperial court so quickly. It took them less than a month to review all the evidence, which is simply not enough time if they had more evidence at their disposal."

"So I'm relieved."

Wei Yingfang nodded and said with a chuckle, "It seems that their tax department is nothing more than that."

After everyone's hard work, all the evidence has finally been reviewed. Both the imperial court and the procuratorate agree that the evidence is sufficient to meet the standard for prosecution, so it was decided that the trial will be held on January 26.

At the same time, summonses were also sent to all defendants.

The defendants also cooperated very well with the investigation of the royal court.

Webster's Hotel.

I saw a young man running into the store, lying on the counter, waving his hands, panting heavily, "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, I want to book three rooms."

The shopkeeper said: "Sorry, the shop is full."

The young man raised his head and said, "Is there any room? I have to book for half a month, see if you can move some rooms for me."

"There's none left."

The shopkeeper nodded, "Recently, all the people who come here to book a room will book for more than half a month, from the end of the month to the beginning of the next month."

"All right!"

The boy said again: "Then I'll go to another house to have a look."

"Don't go there either. All the hotels in Hezhong Mansion are fully booked now. You'd better go to temples or Taoist temples to ask."

"All fully booked?"

This lawsuit has not yet started, but it has promoted the commercial development of Hezhong Mansion.

All hotels, brothels, and Goulan cottages are full.

And turnover in all service industries is on the rise.

Because this is a lawsuit belonging to the rich and powerful, and not only the Hezhong Prefecture, but also the big landlords and dignitaries from the surrounding state capitals have come here.

Because the tax department will go to their side sooner or later, if they don't see it with their own eyes, how can they sleep.

Being busy, the court day will come soon.

You can't see people wearing short brown clothes inside or outside the courtyard. Whether they are sitting inside or standing outside, they are all dressed in brocade clothes. One can tell they are rich people at a glance.

After all, everyone is a respectable person, so it is inconvenient to make loud noises, and it is relatively quiet, but they are all whispering, talking about the person who is being sued this time.

It seems that they are all related households!

Regardless of whether there is any tricks in it, the identities of these people alone are enough to make people worry and fear.

This tax department is really as rumored, recognizing money but not people!

If none of them can stop it, then who can.

And these 130 two defendants also hired Li Min and Lu Bangxing to respond to the lawsuit. At this time, the two men were already sitting on Er's pen table, not excited, but listless.

"It's really boring to fight a lawsuit that is doomed to lose."

Lu Bangxing lamented.

Li Min said: "Why didn't you say that when you received the money?"

Lu Bangxing said: "To be honest, I regret it now. I didn't ask for more at that time. They are all first-class rich men in Hezhong Mansion, but individually, it must be more than this price, which is enough for us to spend several times. years."

Li Min said: "They didn't ask us to defend our innocence, but just to see the situation and prevent them from being wronged. This price is not bad."

"That's true."

Lu Bangxing nodded, "Just thinking about being chased and beaten by Qiu Zhengwen later makes me feel uncomfortable."

Li Min said: "We have agreed in advance that each person will suffer half."

"Got it! Got it! Why didn't the tax department look for us? Could it be because of President Zhang."

"Don't think about it. When it comes to taxation, maybe we really don't know as well as Zhengwen. Their Bianjing Law Firm relies on taxation."

"That's true."

After a while, Su Zhe came to the court with eight prosecutors, and at about the same time, the three little King Kongs also came to the court.

Everyone returned to their seats and waited for the court session.

After another half an hour, Zhang Feicai, Xu Zhiqian and Li Si entered the court through the exclusive corridor.

The atmosphere was a little quiet, and Zhang Fei didn't quite get used to it, "Huh? Why is there no cheering?" He thought, could it be that I haven't had a court session for a long time, and everyone has taken off their fans?

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and said with a smile: "You don't even look at who are standing outside."

Zhang Fei secretly glanced out, Wo Ri!Nima is all black fans.Why are my black fans so rich? It doesn't make sense.

When they came to the court, they didn't need to threaten, and everyone stood up one after another. This has become a conditioned reflex.

"Everyone, please take a seat."

Zhang Fei nodded, then sat down and said in a low voice, "Cai Jing, you will read today, the teacher is not in the mood."

The three little king kong turned around at the same time.

Are you in a bad mood at this time?

what's the situation?

Zhang Fei clicked his tongue: "What are you looking at? Faced with this shocking data, isn't it normal for such an upright person like Teacher to be unhappy?"

In fact, the fans are not there, they are all black fans, and he is not in the mood to express himself.

Cai Jing immediately got up and read out, and introduced to everyone that the case will be heard today.

After the reading, Zhang Fei tapped the gavel, "The court begins."

Qiu Zhengwen got up immediately and asked for the first defendant to appear in court. It was a middle-aged man named Yin Chengxing, a well-known rich man in Hezhong Mansion and an old family in Hezhong Mansion. This family had a history longer than the founding of the Song Dynasty.

This caused many people to open their eyes wide, and this was the highlight!

Yin Chengxing sat on the dock with his hands in his sleeves, and he sat there with his eyes closed and resigned.

Zhang Fei glanced at him and thought, the rich man is different, he has something.

Qiu Zhengwen stood up, first saluted Zhang Fei, and then said: "According to the evidence obtained by our tax department, the defendant Yin Chengxing was involved in a total of 460 tax evasion."

"what?"

Yin Chengxing hadn't moved yet, Wei Yingfang and the others stood up immediately when they heard the number, which showed that Yuan Jiang and the others quickly sat back down.

Just sitting up like this, Wei Yingfang was panting heavily, and said to Cao Yi beside him: "Conspiracy! This is a conspiracy!"

His face was already full of fear.

Yin Chengxing, who had just closed his eyes and meditated, heard this number, and suddenly felt auditory hallucinations, a kind of hysteresis reflex, and was stunned for a moment before suddenly opening his eyes, "It shouldn't be 120." Suddenly realizing that he had slipped his mouth, he immediately changed his words: "You wronged me, how could I have evaded so many taxes."