PFC Chapter 494 The thunder is heavy and the rain is small
Chapter 494 The thunder is heavy and the rain is small
Chapter 494 The thunder is heavy and the rain is small
As a lawyer, Zhang Fei still has his own set of principles.
For the same thing, if he thinks that your intention is not malicious, but that you did it unintentionally, or even for his own good, even if you suffer a big loss, he may be angry, but he doesn't care too much about it.
But if he thinks that you did this with malice, no matter how small it is, he will definitely keep it in mind, and then he will retaliate with an eye for an eye, even if it is a small loss.
Zhang Fei's plan before he came to Hezhong Mansion was to take the initiative to attack first, and the new official took office with three fires, even if he lacked one, he just said that this plan could not keep up with the changes, but it can't be said that he would be overwhelmed by the other party as soon as he came up.
This is not his style.
The key point is that he came here this time with the task of rectifying the salt administration. Since the other party came to test him on this matter, he might as well use it to figure out the bottom line.
Procuratorate.
"What does that mean?"
Chen Qi pointed to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, her mouth almost crooked, "Could it be that our complaint was written too simply?"
Literati playing this kind of satirical game is definitely a specialty among professionals, and they have already reacted before Cai Jing opened his mouth.
Cai Jing was more tactful, and hurriedly said: "Prosecutor Chen, don't misunderstand, we have absolutely no intention of that, but we just happen to have some leftovers, so we will send them to your procuratorate."
Chen Qi asked again: "Then what about this complaint?"
Cai Jing said embarrassingly: "After reviewing by our imperial court, we found that the evidence is not enough to meet the standards for the trial."
Su Zhe suddenly asked: "Is this not enough?"
Cai Jing nodded and said, "Because there is a lack of a key piece of evidence, that is, whether the salt is private salt or not."
Su Zhe and Chen Qi looked at each other, both confused.
Chen Qi even picked up the indictment to see if Su Zhe had taken it by mistake. After a while, he shook the indictment and asked Cai Jing, "This doesn't prove that Huang Tong is selling illegal salt?" .”
"Can't. Completely prove it."
Cai Jingdu lacked confidence.
Su Zhe asked, "How do you say that?"
Cai Jingdao: "Because the origin of this salt is not clearly stated on it, is it Huang Tong's prolific income, or someone entrusted Huang Tong to sell it; and whether it has the government's permission? According to the salt government, as long as the government allows the sale, It is legal."
Chen Qi was so angry that the seven orifices were already smoking, "If not, why would Huang Tong admit it?"
Cai Jingdao: "Huang Tong's admission doesn't mean it's his. There should be some investigation."
Su Zhe asked, "Your imperial court plans to expand this case?"
Chen Qi was startled, and also looked at Cai Jing suspiciously.
Cai Jing hurriedly said: "We have absolutely no such intentions, we just think that this evidence is really not enough, there are only twelve catties of salt on it, and Huang Tong's confession, at least there should be confessions from relevant salt officials, subordinate officials, and other salt households , to make this evidence more complete."
After examining Cai Jing, Su Zhe nodded and said, "We understand, this is our negligence, and we will investigate clearly."
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Cai Jing got up and cupped his hands again and again, saying: "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."
"Ah."
After Cai Jing left, Chen Qi immediately said, "Chief Prosecutor, they clearly want to expand the case, but we don't have the strength yet."
Su Zhe pondered for a while, then picked up the indictment and looked at it for a while, and said, "Actually, the imperial court's request is not to be picky. At present, the salt administration of Hezhong Prefecture is not government property collection, but private property government collection. Selling, the salt sellers are all merchants, not necessarily private salt, so we have to make sure."
Chen Qi said depressedly: "I want the imperial court just to make sure, isn't this just tossing people around?"
Su Zhe said: "The more rigorous the lawsuit, the better. You go to the police station yourself, and Superintendent Cao will send someone to ask."
Police station.
"What?"
Cao Dongdong opened his eyes wide and asked, "Insufficient evidence?"
Ma Xiaoyi and Fu Shichun also looked at Chen Qi in shock.
God Nima lacks evidence!
Funny?
Chen Qipi smiled and said: "It cannot be blamed on us, it is requested by the imperial court."
As he spoke, he handed over a document, "The imperial court needs evidence in these areas."
Cao Dongdong shook his head.
Fu Shichun glared at him first, then got up, took it with both hands, and looked carefully.
After a while, Fu Shichun nodded to Cao Dongdong.
Cao Dongdong said, "Okay, we will send people to investigate."
"That's work."
Chen Qi bowed her hands and left.
As soon as he left, Cao Dongdong immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
Fu Shichun said: "It's some irrelevant questions, but the targets are all those salt officials, so that's fine, let them get to know us Royal Police."
Cao Dongdong asked: "Don't they know our Royal Police?"
Fu Shichun clicked his tongue: "Don't you understand? In the past, the magistrate ordered it, so it is natural to control these officials, but now that politics and law are separated, and you, the police superintendent, will they cooperate with the order, you have to try it to know. !"
Cao Dongdong blinked, and immediately said: "Go to some officials and ask."
If you want to find more, there are really more.
The most bloated bureaucracy in the Northern Song Dynasty was finance, especially salt, tea, wine, iron, and horses. Otherwise, how could the tax be collected.
The police station immediately dispatched 32 royal policemen who can read and write to interrogate.
This Huangtong belongs to the salt household in Yanchi in the southeast of Hedong County, and the first-line officials with real power are supervisors, who belong to dispatch officials and hold real power. Those who manage salt are called salt supervisors.
Although the salt supervisor of the Hezhong Mansion has a small official position, his power should not be underestimated.
"Royal policeman Ou Jun met He Yanjian."
"what's up?"
He Chunlin looked at Ou Jun a little uneasy.
Ou Jun hurriedly said: "I was ordered to come here to investigate the case of Huang Tong selling illegal salt."
After hearing this, He Chunlin stood up suddenly and said, "It's unreasonable, what has this case to do with me, don't try to slander me."
"No no no!"
Ou Jun hurriedly explained: "He Yanjian misunderstood, we just came to ask as usual, does Huang Tong belong to the salt household of Hezhong Prefecture? Can he sell salt to outsiders? Why didn't the government buy the salt in his hands? His salt Where is it from?"
He Chunlin excitedly said: "Of course he can't sell salt to outsiders. Salt from salt households can only be sold to the government. This is the rule. Why don't the government buy their salt? Of course they hide it and don't sell it. As for their salt, Where did he come from, how does this official know, if you ask him, do you think this official is too leisurely?"
"Yes Yes Yes Yes!"
Ou Jun was listening while holding a short note.
He Chunlin asked, "What are you writing?"
Ou Jun hurriedly said: "Just now what He Yanjian said is evidence for this case, we must record it."
When he spoke, he had already written it, and then he handed it to He Chunlin, "He Yanjian, please look over it to see if there are any omissions, and if there are no omissions, please ask He Yanjian to sign it."
It was the first time for He Chunlin to deal with the Royal Police. It was not in this mode before. Leisurely" was written in, and immediately scolded: "You idiot, why did you also write the latter sentence."
After thinking about it, these questions are not a big deal, don't make them think that they are guilty, "Okay, okay, I will answer you well, write it again, write it again."
"Yes."
Salt warehouse division.
"What? You want to check the accounts?"
Superintendent Li Yongji looked at Zhou Jia, the royal policeman in front of him in astonishment.
Who are you?
This account of salt is not for others to see casually.
Just you little royal policeman.
Zhou Jia hurriedly explained: "Don't blame Li Yasi. The reason why I want to check the relevant accounts is to confirm that the government regularly buys salt from the salt households that they produce."
Does this still need to be confirmed?Li Yongji felt incredible, fearing that there was a trap inside, so he asked cautiously: "Why? Hasn't Huang Tong already pleaded guilty?"
Zhou Jia said: "But we need to find out whether his confession is true. If the government rejects their prolific salt first, it will also affect the imperial court's judgment."
Li Yongji immediately said: "How is this possible? If they offer salt, we will definitely accept it. How could we refuse?"
Zhou Jia said apologetically, "Let's ask Secretary Li to let us check the relevant accounts of the salt that the government collected from salt households this year."
Li Yongji asked: "Do you have this right?"
Zhou Jia said: "I'm just following orders, this is an order from the imperial court."
To be honest, he didn't even know if he had this power.
Li Yongji pondered for a while, and said, "Wait a moment, I'll look for it."
"Yes."
The royal police were suddenly dispatched, and they searched all the local salt officials in Hezhong Mansion. It was definitely a big move, and it shocked the entire Hezhong Mansion official circles.
What is this going to do?
Why is it coming at us? Could it be a conspiracy?
How can I sleep here.
Salt officials, big and small, immediately ran to the government office to look for Wei Yingfang.
"Wei Tongpan, what are they going to do? Huang Tong has already confessed, so why come to us to ask?"
"I have lived for so long, and I have never seen such an investigation. It is really unreasonable for me to prove that the private salt is private salt."
"Stop talking."
Wei Yingfang also heard the first two big questions, "What questions did they ask you?"
He Chunlin said: "There is nothing wrong with the problem. Hey, look at me, I was confused by the royal police. Those problems are not bad. They have something to do with this case, but they are just a little bit."
He briefly explained those issues.
"It's the same with me. I said to check the accounts before, but it scared me, but it turned out to be to see if our warehouse has purchased salt from Yanhu, that's all."
"My place is even more outrageous. They want to check whether Huang Tong has the ability to produce more salt, so I don't know how to answer."
It was you and me again, which made Wei Yingfang even more confused. These questions are really irrelevant. The thunder is loud and the rain is little, so he can't help but look at Cao Yi.
Cao Yi asked, "Didn't they ask other questions?"
"no!"
Everyone understood, and quickly shook their heads, expressing unnecessary words, but they didn't say a word.
Cao Yi said: "Could it be that they want to shake the mountain?"
Wei Yingfang laughed, "Do you want to scare us? That would be too contemptuous of us."
Because the question was so simple, the police station finished all the questions in less than a few days, and then submitted the evidence to the procuratorate, who immediately wrote a complaint.
royal court.
"This is like a complaint!"
Zhang Fei took the thick stack of indictments and weighed them. The weight was solid and reassuring.
"Just as long as Judge Zhang is satisfied."
Su Zhe chuckled, and asked again, "I don't know why Chief Judge Zhang did this?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "They want to make a big difference with a small one, so I will give them a lion fighting a rabbit."
"A lion fighting a rabbit?"
Su Zhe frowned and said, "Our foothold is still stable!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei said: "Mr. Su Xiao, please rest assured that it is limited to this case and will never be expanded."
It was not the first time Su Zhe had dealt with Zhang Fei, knowing that he was always meticulous in his work and would not be too aggressive, so he stopped asking more questions and got up to leave.
As far as the procuratorate is concerned, this case has nothing to say, it depends on how the imperial court decides.
"What are you going to do?"
After Su Zhe left, Xu Zhiqian came up to ask.
Zhang Fei handed her the indictment and said with a smile: "You list the above witnesses, and then order people to issue subpoenas one by one, and let them testify in court in three days."
(End of this chapter)