PFC Chapter 492 That's not how leeks are cut!
Chapter 492 That's not how leeks are cut!
Chapter 492 That's not how leeks are cut!
It wasn't a big trouble, and Cai Yanqing explained the whole story in just a few words.
He couldn't give any more opinions.
All he can do is like this.
If he hadn't met Zhang Fei here, he probably wouldn't have told Zhang Fei.
"Difficult!"
Looking at Zhang Fei's carriage, Cai Yanqing couldn't help sighing with emotion, and frowned slightly: "I didn't expect them to move so fast."
Zhuo Qun smiled bitterly and said: "Such things abound, and they are effortless, and maybe they can be arranged with a cup of tea. But for the imperial court, handling this kind of case will only make them feel uncomfortable. They Why not do it. The imperial court won't be able to hold on for long if you fight like this."
inside the car.
The happiness and touch brought by Wu Lei and his wife before are gone now.
Zhang Fei saw that Xu Zhiqian was full of sadness and didn't say a word, and her emotions also affected Gao Wenyin, making Gao Wenyin uneasy.He gently held Xu Zhiqian's jade hand, "Such a thing is within our expectations, isn't it?"
Xu Zhiqian was startled, raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at him, and said, "I know, I just think maybe Bachelor Sima is right."
Zhang Fei asked with interest: "How?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "whether it is Wang Xueshi or us, we always feel that it is difficult to move forward, because there is a huge mountain of finances pressing on us, so that it affects the whole body.
Take Yanhu as an example. In fact, the prefect Cai also wants to reduce their burdens, but if they reduce their burdens, the financial revenue will decrease, and the higher authorities will blame them. He can also use this method to turn a blind eye. Methods.
Therefore, I think that even if Xueshi Wang wants to reform, he should first reduce financial expenditures and reduce the burden on the people, so that the reform can be successful. "
Having said that, she pouted again, "But it's impossible. That's what Fan Gong thought at the beginning, and it failed in the end."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "But you overlooked one point."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him: "You can't be talking about us."
"Yup!"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zhiqian said: "Corrupt officials, we can catch them, but the cause of this matter is not entirely those corrupt officials, but the court, if we ignore it, it is a crime of dereliction of duty, but if the law is strict, it is helping the emperor .”
Having said that, she quickly shut up.
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Did you forget that we can also judge the court to violate the law?"
"what?"
"You will never forget that the first time we were husband and wife was to sue the court."
"But it's not the same, and it affects the finances."
"That's a financial problem, not our problem. We are a judicial problem. Why do the court keep so many officials?"
".?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "But if the law is strictly enforced, Yanhu should be sentenced to death."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Whether it is the death penalty or the verdict of innocence, we will only know after a trial. This is the purpose of our coming here."
Xu Zhiqian nodded with a smile.
Police station.
But I saw a woman kneeling on the ground, holding the sleeve of a royal policeman tightly with both hands, crying: "Royal policeman, I beg you, please spare my husband once, we will never dare again, I beg you."
The royal policeman said: "I'm really sorry, we are also acting according to orders, whether to release people or not is not up to us, we will wait until the royal court decides."
The woman hurriedly said: "Then can you let my husband go back to make salt first, if I can't pay the salt by then, my whole family will be ruined!"
The royal police were speechless for a while, if they could release him, they would have released him long ago.
inside the house.
Cao Dongdong paced back and forth, and said, "I said Xiao Ma, who did you catch and come back? This crying is endless."
Ma Xiaoyi turned his head around, regretting that he said: "I don't know either."
As he said that, he turned his head to look at a royal policeman standing in front and said: "Ou Jun, didn't you tell that woman, her husband is not necessarily guilty now, and he still has to wait for the judgment of the imperial court. If you want to cry, wait for that woman." Time to cry!"
Ou Jun said: "Cavalry, you don't know, this salt household has to pay 12 catties of salt to the imperial court every year, if it doesn't pay enough, it may go bankrupt."
Ma Xiaoyi was startled, "Is it so serious?"
Ou Jun nodded, "If you owe anyone, you can't owe the court!"
Ma Xiaoyi felt that this was too much, and said to Cao Dongdong: "Ya Nei! Why don't we let the salt household go back to make salt first."
Fu Shichun said: "This is not allowed. The state owns the state laws, and the family has family rules. If he is released and he runs away, the responsibility is ours."
"What do you say?"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi looked at Fu Shichun at the same time.
Fu Shichun pondered for a while, and said to Ou Jun: "Ou Jun, you go and tell that woman that she cannot be released for the time being, but we will explain their family's situation to the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely consider it according to the circumstances, and let them believe that the imperial court is not allowed to release her. If you don’t know about the imperial court, let them inquire about it.”
Cao Dongdong immediately reacted, "Yes, yes, just say that, remember, don't say it too obviously, but hint it. You have been with me for so long, so you should have some cleverness."
Ou Jun understood, and said: "Don't worry, superintendent, I know what to do."
After Ou Jun left, Cao Dongdong turned to Ma Xiaoyi and said, "The stolen goods in this case have been seized. Hurry up and hand it over to the procuratorate, and we'll quarrel there."
Ma Xiaoyi nodded and said, "Understood."
This case made him very aggrieved. As a royal policeman, he wanted a sense of justice, but he felt that there was no sense of justice in this case.
Procuratorate.
"I just said, a group of stunned young people in the police station, what do they know, and now they are getting stolen goods at the same time, isn't this deliberately making things difficult for us?"
Chen Qi said angrily.
Su Zhe took the Yanhu's confession and read it carefully, and asked, "Go and investigate first to see if Huang Tong's confession is true. If they don't sell private salt, can they survive?"
Chen Qi sighed: "I've asked before, and nine times out of ten there will be no mistakes. The salt capital given to them by the imperial court is not much, and they have to be plucked, and the loss is also spread on their heads. , if you don’t sell some private salt, you won’t be able to feed your family.”
Su Zhe said: "Go and check first, this is the rule."
Wang Shen suddenly said: "If yes, whether we should sue or not, we have to think about it first!"
Su Zhe frowned and pondered for a while, then said, "The police department has seized stolen goods, no matter whether they are true or not, they must be prosecuted, otherwise, there will be a flood of illegal salt."
Chen Qidao: "However, many salt households rely on private salt to make a living. If we cut off their livelihood, it may cause dissatisfaction among the salt households."
Su Zhe frowned, and said: "But if we do nothing, they will definitely get worse. Such a cover-up is not a long-term solution. How to deal with this kind of affairs, the imperial court has to give an explanation."
Chen Qi and Wang Shen looked at each other with a hint of frustration in their eyes.
In fact, the key to this case lies in the imperial court, not the police station and the procuratorate. Because the stolen goods were obtained together, there is no need to prosecute. The evidence on the surface is enough to sentence the death penalty.
It depends on how the imperial court judges.
In fact, before Zhang Fei came, he had already made preparations, but he planned to try the case of Zhong Er and Lu Shen first, so as to establish his prestige.
In this way, when facing such cases again, we will be able to handle them more easily.
But this road is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high. Those two people have not arrived yet. The key point is that they are not criminals, and they can’t be urged. You want to use them to gain power, but they still test you. What are you.
This made Zhang Fei really speechless.
Fortunately, he had arranged for Li Bao to order people to come here to investigate the situation of the salt administration here.
The big dog quickly sent him information.
"The cost of salt for a year is 45 guan, and 12 catties of salt are paid. Wow, this catty of salt is not even half a penny!"
Zhang Fei did the math, the imperial court collected salt from salt households for only 0.4 renminbi per catty, but the price of official salt was 45 renminbi per catty, and the profit was more than 100 times, and the profit of merchants was deducted, and it was also dozens of times!
No wonder the imperial court is so nervous about Yanzheng, it really affects the whole body, this is a chicken that lays golden eggs!
The big dog said: "Forty-five yuan a year is actually enough to support a family, but most of the time, the salt capital is still not fully paid."
Zhang Fei asked in surprise, "Really?"
The big dog said: "This kind of thing is commonplace, the judge only counts the profit, it belongs to the imperial court, shouldn't the salt officials get some money out of it?"
Zhang Fei wondered: "If this Yanhu can't survive, they won't do it either!"
Big Dog said: "There have always been Yanhu escaped."
Zhang Fei asked, "What do the remaining Yanhus do for a living?"
The big dog said: "Salt households have to pay 12 catties to the imperial court every year. Even if there is surplus, they cannot be sold to others, but can only be sold to the imperial court. If they encounter evil officials, they will directly accept them at a lower price. Yu didn't give money, but once the salt households made trouble, they would also have a headache.
Many smart salt officials withheld part of the salt capital, and then hid the private salt from the salt households, and turned a blind eye to it. The court did not know how much this prolific salt was. Then look at the salt officials, those who seek money will do this, but those who seek political achievements will still buy the salt in the hands of salt households at a very low price, filling the treasury, in exchange for political achievements. "
Nowadays, the salt government of Hezhong Prefecture, in simple terms, is that the government collects and sells the salt. Salt production is a private activity, but the salt from the salt households can only be sold to the imperial court. The merchants there first take the money to the border to buy salt notes. Then take money to the government here to exchange salt, and then sell it to various places.
However, the salt policy basically changes every few years and is not fixed. The main reason is Xixia. Once there is a war with Xixia, the imperial court will directly take back all of them, use labor to make salt for free, transport salt, and strive to maximize the salt profit.
Let go a little more in peacetime.
"I really know how to play!"
Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing, this is not cutting the roots of leeks, it is trying to lift up the soil, "That's not how leeks are cut!"
"What does the judge mean by this?"
"It's nothing."
Zhang Fei was startled, and then asked Big Dog, "What's the situation outside now?"
The big dog said: "This matter is by no means an accident. In all likelihood, it was arranged by someone. Now that everyone is covering private salt, it depends on how the imperial court judges. If the imperial court convicts Yanhu, they may incite Yanhu Trouble, but if the salt households are found innocent, they will release a large amount of private salt to resist the official salt, and if there is a financial problem, the court will definitely blame it."
(End of this chapter)