Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 506 How dare they ask for interest?

Chapter 506 How dare they ask for interest?

If you come out of this mess, you have to pay it back.

Zhang San, who jumped back home, was really thrown in the face this time.

Sadly, he had to catch it with his face.

At this time, he suddenly felt the extreme depression that Sima Guang and Wang Anshi felt back then.

In fact, doing so was a good thing for Zhang Fei, but he felt uncomfortable.

But having said that, Yuan Jiang was really out of helplessness.

He can't stand with Zhang Fei, because now that politics and law are separated, Zhang Fei can't directly support his work, he still has to rely on the government system, unlike Zhang Fei, who directly airborne a system.

He pondered, if the public prosecutor's law is implemented, it must offend people, so why not use this public prosecutor's law to guide the salt administration.

You pick a mistake, I'll correct it.

One of us sings the red face and the other sings the bad face.

When Yuan Jiang returned to the official office, it was already dark, but when he entered the hall, he found Wei Yingfang, He Chunlin and other two or three officials sitting here.

"Why are you here?"

Yuan Jiang said in surprise.

He Chunlin immediately stepped forward, saluted first, and then asked: "I heard that Zhang San sent someone to invite Bachelor Yuan to the imperial court to discuss matters?"

The news is quite well-informed!Yuan Jiang froze for a moment, then nodded, and sat down again, pretending to be preoccupied.

He Chunlin took two small steps forward, and seeing Yuan Jiang was silent, he said again, "Your Majesty would venture to ask, but it's about the salt money?"

Yuan Jiang looked up at them and said, "It seems that you all know."

Wei Yingfang on the side smiled wryly: "That salt merchant is making noises everywhere, everyone knows about it."

"It is indeed because of this." Yuan Jiang nodded, and said: "Chairman Zhang hopes that we can make up for the merchants based on the face value of the salt notes."

Wei Yingfang asked: "Scholar Yuan agrees?"

"how can that be."

Yuan Jiang snorted and said, "It's not my fault to issue additional salt notes. Why should I be responsible for all of this? When the finances are lacking, the imperial court will only blame me."

He Chunlin asked cautiously, "Then what did he say?"

Yuan Jiang sighed: "At that time, the discussion broke up unhappily, but I think the imperial court will hold a trial to hear the case."

A look of joy flashed in He Chunlin's eyes, and he immediately said: "Then let him judge. If there is a financial problem at that time, let the court ask him to settle the account, and we can't afford so much money."

Yuan Jiang glanced at him, and asked with a smile: "If the court really blames it, do you think it's time to trouble him or us first?"

Everyone fell silent.

If something really went wrong, Yuan Jiang would definitely be held accountable.

The issuance of salt banknotes has never been decided by the local government. The central government has always appointed officials to do this, because it involves many states and counties. If it is handed over to the local government, it will definitely be a mess. , and this head is the Salt Relief Envoy.

Yuan Jiang glanced at them and asked, "What do you think about the salt money issue?"

As a general judge, Wei Yingfang also has the power to intervene in the salt administration, but they still have the final say.

He Chunlin bit his head and said: "According to my humble opinion, it is not good to issue excessive salt bills. It is not good, but there is nothing we can do. The imperial court counts most of Bianzhou's military expenditures in our river. government."

Yuan Jiang is also an acting school, her brows were frowned, and her face was full of sadness, "Go and get the account books of previous years' salt money, we also have to think of a countermeasure as soon as possible."

He Chunlin asked: "If the imperial court makes a judgment, do we have to execute it?"

Yuan Jiang said: "According to the rules and regulations, if we feel that it is unfair, we can also appeal, or even sue the Dali Temple and the Criminal Court."

He Chunlin said again: "Is that all?"

Yuan Jiang's expression froze, and she said: "If you don't want to bother, actually. In fact, I won't object. It's just that I don't know what the consequences of refusing to execute are yet?"

The implication is that I have no objection to you doing this, but I will not take the lead either.

Just like that Cai Yanqing has the same virtue.

He Chunlin and the others felt that it was unnecessary.

It is not their fault that the overspending of salt money is made up, and it is finance to make up for it. They have to stand up and make trouble, not to take all the responsibility on themselves.

This matter is not directly to hard.

They mainly wanted to provoke Yuan Jiang to confront Zhang Fei.

Everyone here is a government office, why should I listen to you, can I refuse to execute it?

The current system is not perfect yet.

Wang Anshi would not agree to let the public prosecutors decide everything.

Wei Yingfang hurriedly said: "There is no definite decision at the moment, let's wait and see."

Over there, after receiving Zhang Fei's hint, Li Min immediately raised the banner of the Li family bookstore.

In fact, this kid is also ambitious. He has been suppressed by Li Lei in Kaifeng Mansion, and he has never been able to get a big lawsuit. He is very much looking forward to coming to Hezhong Mansion.

"What? Can you still ask for interest?"

Duan Chaobei looked at each other in blank dismay with several salt merchants and banknote merchants beside him.

This is really something they have never thought of.

Even if you can get your money back, it's not bad, but you also need interest.

This Er Bi from Kaifeng Mansion is different!

The local Er pens dare not write pleadings, and they not only dare to accept it, but also make such a reasonable request.

This.!

Li Min said: "This is a matter of course. If the court hadn't violated the contract, you would have exchanged salt, sold it to various places, made money back, and then went to other businesses. How could you stay in this Hezhong mansion, hesitating?" .”

"Yes, yes! Brother Li is right. If we could get enough salt back then, we would have made a fortune long ago. It should be calculated as interest."

"But it's the government that sued, why should we?"

"That's true. It's reasonable to ask for the capital. We also have grievances, but if we talk about interest, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction from the government, and it may not be worth the loss."

"Hey!"

Li Min waved his hand and said: "Brother Gao doesn't know something, this lawsuit is actually the same as doing a business, it's about a bargain, it doesn't mean that the imperial court will judge as much as we want, but the government definitely hopes to give less Some, we want a little more, even if the imperial court takes a little less, we won't lose money."

The salt merchant understood this truth very well, and nodded his head frequently.

"I can see it."

"Brother Li deserves to be from the capital, his vision is just different from ours!"

"Yes! Just tell me."

They have already made a fuss, and they don't plan to do this business. If they step back now, the officials will definitely not give them good fruit, so it's better to do it to the end.

The two parties immediately signed an employment contract, and then handed over some evidence to Li Min.

Li Min also immediately wrote a pleading paper and submitted it to the imperial court.

The Four Little King Kongs, who were still kept in the dark, couldn't help being stunned when they saw this complaint.

"How dare they ask for interest?"

"This Li Min seems to be the foster son of that Li Guozhong."

"So it's Er Bi from Kaifeng Mansion, no wonder he's so ruthless."

As they spoke, the four of them looked up at Zhang Fei in unison.

Isn't this all Zhang Daer's idea?

Zhang Fei frowned, "I asked you to try this case, what do you think of me?"

Cai Jing was stunned, and hurriedly said: "If this case is judged from a judicial point of view, the evidence is conclusive, and it must have met the standard for a trial."

Zhang Fei asked curiously, "Besides the judiciary, from which angle can we look at it?"

Cai Jing said embarrassingly: "This case is obviously not good for the government. If we decide, what should we do if the government can't come up with any salt?"

Zhang Fei said: "So you think we should reject it?"

Shangguan Jun hurriedly said: "That's not acceptable, the other party has provided sufficient evidence, and we have unreasonably rejected it."

"What should I do?"

"Students are dull, and it is good to know what to do."

"waste!"

".!"

"Students are not talented, and they fail to share the worries of teachers."

The four blushed and bowed their heads.

In fact, the four of them are not stupid, so they are at a loss, because they just consider the overall situation. After the sentence, things may be more troublesome, and it is unpredictable.

The government has done a lot of this kind of thing.

Zhang Fei said: "You have to remember that every case we judge fairly will not be harmful to the country and the monarch, but only beneficial to the country and the monarch.

You only see the short-term benefits, but don't care about the long-term. Salt money is so indiscriminately distributed. In a few years, will there still be businessmen who are willing to raise military expenses and sell salt for the country?What should we do then?

As for your worries, I am even more puzzled. The imperial court pays officials so much salary every year, is it just to let them come here to visit the mountains and rivers?

I don't believe that there is no one in the world who can make a thing go on fairly. It has to rely on swindling and abducting to go on. "

After hearing this, the four of them blushed and were ashamed. They stood up and bowed together: "The student has disappointed the teacher."

"Wow, you guys are ashamed, it makes me feel like you're letting me down for the first time, don't you know I'm used to it."

".!"

In fact, they are used to it.

"I will leave it to the four of you to go to the government to collect evidence."

"Students obey."

The four of them fled immediately.

But in fact, there is really nothing to investigate. Even if the government openly reneges on its debts, it does not have to cover it up. Very weird.

After the evidence was collected, the imperial court immediately announced that the case would be heard in court.

After the news spread.

Suddenly the whole city was shocked.

Although Zhang Fei had already been judged for breach of contract by the government once before, that judgment originated from the case of Huang Tong selling illegal salt.

This time is different, this is directly suing the government for breach of contract.

However, what people didn't expect was that the people became very excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they ran around telling each other and word of mouth.

On this day, the kung fu was spread all over the city.

Almost all the people supported the salt merchants.

Although they also know that these salt merchants are not good things, and they have a share of the credit for selling the salt so expensive, but in comparison, they are even more oppressed by the government.

The government reneged on their debts, and they really had nothing to do.

Now there is finally an imperial court who can stand up for them.

Can they not be excited?

"It's unreasonable, are they crazy? They even asked the court for interest?"

When He Chunlin learned of the other party's indictment, he was so angry that his seven orifices burst into smoke.

Could it be that this has reached the point where everyone pushes the wall down?

Cao Yi said with a smile: "He Yanjian, don't get angry, this is a good thing!"

"Good thing?"

He Chunlin looked at Cao Yi in astonishment.

Cao Yidao: "The stronger the imperial court is, the more people will fear it, and then everyone will gather together to keep warm. What's the use of the people supporting the imperial court?"

Wei Yingfang said with a chuckle: "Today I can be regarded as seeing what it means that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. When the time comes and the judgment is over, let's watch the show again."

Procuratorate!

"In fact, we should have thought a long time ago that the imperial court will definitely accept it."

Chen Qi said with a smile: "When Zhang San was just a pen, he dared to sue the court. In comparison, this case is nothing."

Wang Shendao: "But this trouble will come one after another. There are many cases of government breaches of contracts. If this goes on like this, I'm afraid that the public security law will become a thorn in the eyes of the officials and a thorn in their flesh."

Chen Qi also had a sad face: "Now that this matter has become such a big mess, it's not going to end well!"

Having said that, he suddenly looked at Su Zhe, "Chief Prosecutor?"

"what?"

Su Zhe seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Chen Qi said: "What should our procuratorate do?"

Su Zhe said: "Responsible for examining evidence and supervising trial errors."

"Is that all?"

"Ah."

Su Zhe nodded, and said again: "However, I think we can actually do something."

Chen Qi and Wang Shen looked at each other, and they thought, it's best not to.

Wang Shen asked cautiously: "What is the chief prosecutor's idea?"

Su Zhe didn't answer but asked instead: "Do you think it's just the court's breach of contract?"

The two don't know why.

Su Zhe said: "The matter of salt bills is indeed a breach of contract by the imperial court, but as far as I know, there are also many businessmen who have cheated and deceived the government in order to obtain a large amount of benefits."

Wang Shendao: "But generally businessmen who do this have backers."

Su Zhe asked back, "Who's backing is bigger than the government?"

Seeing that the two were silent, Su Zhe said again: "We didn't investigate in the past, but we have to pay attention to these situations in the future. Once we find out, we must punish them severely. If we don't do this, the finances will not get better. of."

Both Wang Shen and Chen Qi were sweating.

(End of this chapter)