Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 429 Tax War (3)

Chapter 429 Tax War ([-])

In the reform process of public security and law, this procuratorate was established first, but it was also the least visible. It was because of the lack of police stations and the imperial court that the procuratorate was unable to operate for a time.

The most glorious moment of the procuratorate was when Fan Chunren and Su Shi were preparing to prosecute the Second Government Regulations Division, but it turned out to be a stain on the procuratorate.

Now, the procuratorate has another opportunity to prove itself.

Xu Zun didn't even care about eating breakfast, so he hurried to the government office. When he arrived, Su Zhe and the others were already trying the case, and the case didn't seem complicated.

"This tax department really has some tricks."

Su Zhe said: "They actually thought of starting from the granary. According to Qin Biao's declaration form, it is an hectare of land, but there are still five thousand shi of grain in the Qin family's granary, and the tax department also found out that the Qin family recently sold it. It is impossible to grow so much grain on this hectare of land."

Xu Yuandao, who followed Xu Zun to the procuratorate, said, "Before, the government calculated taxes based on land, but when the tax department collects exemption tax, it mainly focuses on income. Therefore, it is reasonable for them to investigate the granary."

"It makes sense."

Xu Zun nodded, and then asked: "But these granaries, have you checked them out?"

Su Zhe said: "The Taxation Department has seized those granaries, and we have also sent people to investigate."

His brother made this mistake last time, and it is impossible for him to make this mistake again. The procuratorate will conduct an investigation based on the evidence provided by the tax department.

Qi Ji, the same prosecutor, said: "According to the news from the tax department, Qin Biao has admitted that those granaries belong to him and that he has made false reports, but he is still unwilling to explain. Where did it come from."

Su Zhe said: "But you don't need to think about it. He must have concealed the land to avoid taxation. If he gave the food from where, the crime will be even more serious."

Xu Zun stroked his beard and said: "Whether Qin Biao explained clearly or not, where did the grain come from, the grain in the granary alone is enough to sue Qin Biao. The question now is, how much fine should we pursue?" ?”

Su Zhe said: "We were discussing this issue just now. The grain in this granary may not all be obtained from last year."

Xu Zundao: "It is not difficult to distinguish old and new millet and wheat."

Su Zhe said: "But the tax department believes that if Qin Biao does not give up his land in the end, then the income from the Qin family's grain sales last year should also be included in it, and Qin Biao will be investigated for punishment."

After Xu Zun listened, he said: "If Qin Biao doesn't explain clearly, he must be investigated for punishment. But one thing is one thing, you can't easily mess with the law. The grain sold last year may also be the year before. If you count it like this , wouldn’t that require people to pay two taxes, which would make us passive instead.”

Su Zhe said: "The tax department also has a special explanation for this. How much grain the landlord grows is subject to a tax, and the profit from the sale of the grain is also subject to a tax. Because many grain merchants are not landlords, If the profits are not taxed, then the grain merchants do not have to pay exemption tax.

Therefore, the profits from the grain sold must be taxed, but if Qin Biao cannot clearly explain the source of all the grain, they will not be able to trace whether the grain sold is from the previous year or last year. The responsibility lies with Qin Biao, so the tax department believes that unless Qin Biao makes a clear statement, otherwise, the grain sold should also be taxed and the maximum penalty should be imposed. "

Xu Zun nodded and said with emotion: "This case seems simple, but it is not so easy to be fair!"

Qi Ji said: "I think our procuratorate also needs to recruit some talents who are proficient in accounting, otherwise, it will be controlled by the tax department."

Xu Zun frowned, thinking, we can also hire someone to do this.But after thinking about it, it seems that it is not very good to hire his own son-in-law.

Su Zhe said: "I can hand over this to Bianjing Law Firm, and I don't need to recruit people. After all, I am already very serious about redundant officials."

Xu Zun nodded, "Let's talk about this matter later, let's send people to investigate the situation of the grain in those granaries first, and ask the tax department to interrogate as much as possible."

Meng House.

"You have all seen that this tax department is here to claim your life. If you don't want your gate to be knocked open by siege equipment, then we must suppress this tax department."

Meng Gansheng was both angry and fearful.

Zhao Wenzheng nodded and said: "Meng Zhiyuan is right. They dare to act recklessly, so we must not compromise."

Pei Wendao: "But the government is obviously facing the tax department."

Meng Gansheng immediately said: "You can't say that. The officials did not favor the tax department, but said that everything should be handed over to the judiciary. This is also in line with the rules and regulations. It's just that when encountering this kind of situation before, it is usually handed over to the Yushitai. The Dali Temple and the Criminal Court are now handed over to the procuratorate and the imperial court."

Since the emperor expressed his neutrality, they were unwilling to face the emperor directly.

Xie Yun said: "But the current situation is very unfavorable to Qin Biao. Who would have thought that the tax department would not check the land deeds, but instead check the granaries. This grain cannot be hidden."

Zhao Wenzheng said calmly: "This situation is not unexpected. We are all ready to pay the fine. But we can't let this lawsuit be settled easily. We must delay the tax department. The royal police are still waiting. It won't take long for them to pay their salaries.

We can find a bookstore first, help Qin Biao to file a lawsuit, and try to reduce the punishment as much as possible. Once they sue, we will pay for it once. It depends on how much they can sue and how long they can last. "

Pei Wendao: "We can also hire Erbi to sue the tax department for abusing its power and destroying houses. It doesn't mean that if it is repaired, it can be treated as if nothing happened."

Meng Gansheng said, "I have other ideas about this matter."

Everyone immediately looked at Meng Gansheng.

Meng Gansheng said: "At present, almost all the ministers are dissatisfied with this. Why not use this to put pressure on the police station to investigate the case, and then use the procuratorate to sue the tax department, so as to divide them."

Xie Yun said: "The police station and the tax department are on the same side. If they can find out anything, it's better to let Yushitai intervene."

Meng Gansheng said with a smile: "I heard that the Cao family is neutral on the surface on this matter. At present, the government has allowed the investigation of this matter. If the Cao family and the procuratorate dare to favor the tax department, wouldn't it be more important for the Yushitai to intervene at that time?" good."

Lee's bookstore.

"That's it!"

Li Guozhong shook his head and sighed: "Now that your family's granary has been sealed up by the tax department, if you want to hide it, I think it is absolutely unwise, because in this way, we will not be able to appeal for your adoptive father, and may even be sentenced. I suggest you still be honest."

Fei Ming and the others also nodded.

This person got the stolen goods at the same time, if you still hide it, there will be no way to fight the lawsuit!

The young man sitting on the left said: "But if I tell the truth, will the old account be liquidated?"

This person's name is Qin Hu, and he is Qin Biao's adopted son. He is the one who manages the Qin family's grain shop in the capital.

Li Guozhong said: "I personally think that the tax department should not do this. At present, the tax department is mainly responsible for the exemption tax. If you want to settle the old accounts, it is not up to the tax department. After all, there was no tax department before, and , can you settle it?"

Qin Hu frowned: "But my family has a lot of fields!"

Li Guozhong and Fei Ming looked at each other, and Fei Ming coughed lightly: "We have also fought a lot of lawsuits related to land. In fact, hidden land is very common, and the transactions of hidden land are the majority, because it can avoid paying deed tax. .

Therefore, often the ultimate owner of the land is not necessarily the culprit who hides the land, he just bought an anonymous piece of land.

And it's not that these lands have not been taxed, they may have been shared equally with others, and this account is on the government's head.Therefore, the government did not dare to delve into these matters.

All in all, if the purchase is to hide the land, or if the tax is all calculated on the tenant farmers, it is not easy to convict this matter, then the new tenant farmers law has not been promulgated not long after all. "

Li Guozhong said: "If you can report the truth, we should be able to help your adoptive father avoid punishment, but the fine must be paid, it's just a question of how much."

Qin Hu nodded and said, "I know what to do."

Southern Suburbs!

But I saw two young men standing in front of a Taoist temple, they were Zhang Fei and Li Bao.

Looking at the group of grain trucks at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that your actions have scared them enough."

Li Bao said: "They thought we would start with the land deed, but they never thought that we would directly investigate the granary, which caused many people to rush to transport the grain out of Bianjing, but what we have been keeping an eye on is that where those people's grain is transported, it is all in the It's under our control."

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "Next time we will start with the land deed, and count their granaries based on the land deed. Where does the food go? Let them know that we are just playing with them."

"I see."

Li Bao nodded, and said again: "But according to what I know, they want to fight us to the end, bet we won't be able to check so much."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "We really can't check so much. With the current strength of the tax department, even if we are prepared, we can check up to [-]% at most, but this is a psychological warfare, so we have to start from the last The weakest, the least guilty, let them have a misjudgment.

Then move towards stronger and more serious opponents step by step, so that they can cause great psychological fear, even sleepless nights, until they collapse. We will definitely win this war to the end. "

Li Bao suddenly said: "Sanlang, may I ask, where did you learn these tricks?"

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "One word, a guilty conscience."

"Third Brother!"

At this moment, Li Si suddenly came up to the mountain, panting, "The yamen is looking for you everywhere."

"understood!"

Zhang Fei said to Li Bao again: "Everything is going according to plan."

Li Bao nodded.

Police station.

"Wow Ya Nei, why is your face...?"

When Zhang Fei saw the "Five Finger Mountains" on Cao Dongdong's cheeks, he couldn't help being surprised.

Cao Dongdong did not hide it this time, and grinned his teeth and said: "I told my father that I wanted to go to the tax department, but what happened! It turned out that my father was pretending to be sick. This time, he did not take it lightly at all. It hurt me to death. gone."

Zhang Fei asked curiously, "Why do you want to go to the tax department?"

Cao Dongdong excitedly said: "The tax department can use siege equipment, and most of our royal policemen use wooden sticks, but they are too boring to come here. Whoops! Whoops!"

".?"

The corner of Zhang Fei's mouth twitched, and he asked again: "By the way, what do you want from me?"

Cao Dongdong said: "That's what happened! Now the police station is ordered to investigate the fact that the tax department used siege equipment to break down the gate of the Qin family. What should we do? Those tax policemen also came out of our police station. We can't fight each other!"

So fast?It seemed they were in a hurry.Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It's very simple. You go to the tax department and the Qin family to inquire about the situation, and then hand it over to the procuratorate. As for whether to prosecute, it is in the procuratorate and has nothing to do with you. If it is fast, it can be completed in about a day." .”

Cao Dongdong asked: "Then tell me, can they succeed?"

In his view, the tax police are also his people.

"Certainly not."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said.

Cao Dongdong asked in surprise, "Why are you so sure?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Because I will help the tax department fight this lawsuit, do you think I will lose?"

(End of this chapter)