Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 172 The Most Stupid Method

Chapter 172 The Most Stupid Method

In fact, Xu Zhiqian, like Zhang Fei, never thought of marrying Zhang Fei before. This idea has never occurred to her, but when faced with a choice, Zhang Fei is the only one.

During the two days at home, Xu Zhiqian tossed and turned. She thought about countless choices, but the more she thought about it, the more profound and lingering the little things between Zhang Fei and her became.

And just now when Zhang Fei asked her personally, she couldn't refuse.

"How are you going to promote tax calculation?"

When Zhang Fei got into the carriage, Xu Zhiqian pretended to be calm and asked.

As if nothing had just happened.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "You should know that the imperial court will collect the summer tax in full soon, and the county has already sent people to urge the payment."

"Xia tax?" Xu Zhiqian pondered for a while, and asked, "You just want to use this to promote tax calculation?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I have this idea. I heard from Lao Qi and the others that because the imperial cadastre was not updated in time, many people had to pay a lot more, and many landlords had to pay a lot less."

Xu Zhiqian nodded, and sighed again: "Actually, the imperial court cannot be completely blamed for this. The change of land in our imperial court has never happened since ancient times. Regardless of half a year, such a situation may occur."

Zhang Fei said: "I just want to correct this situation and promote our tax calculation. If you come to our tax calculation, you can pay a lot less tax. Why don't those farmers come?"

Xu Zhiqian frowned slightly, and said, "You want to take this matter to the court?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, "This is just a promotional gimmick. As for whether to file a lawsuit with the court, that depends on how the court responds. I am not so arrogant that I eat and sleep to sue the court. Moreover, I have heard that many clean and honest officials have also targeted the court. Such phenomena have issued some decrees, only intermittently because of the frequent transfer of officials."

Xu Zhiqian nodded and said: "That's true. My father did this when he was the county magistrate, but after my father left office, it's the same as before."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "This shows that this problem is not very serious, and it will not hurt the interests of too many people. In addition, the current eyes of the officials in the court and China are all focused on stopping the second government regulations, and I have just obtained the imperial plaque. , I don’t think those officials will compete with me because of this matter.”

Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly, "Actually, those relatives of the royal family have tax exemption rights, and rich businessmen like the Fan family and the Ma family have deposited a large amount of land in the name of Xiangguo Temple. It is said that they only need to pay less than [-]% of the tax each year. Incense money."

Zhang Fei frowned when he heard this: "If there is a chance, I will definitely abolish this damn privilege."

Xu Zhiqian was very encouraged by hearing this, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Can you do it?"

Zhang Fei was startled, and almost confided in his heart, and hurriedly said, "I'll just say that this kind of thing can only be corrected by the court itself."

Xu Zhiqian snorted, "How could the imperial court correct it by itself."

Zhang Fei said: "Didn't Master Wang want to change the law, maybe he will do so."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "I haven't heard that Uncle Wang wants to be exempted from privileges. Why do you say that?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "You are stupid! The main purpose of Master Wang's reform is to improve finances, so taxes have to be increased, and the current tax money has already collected almost all the people. If taxes are to be increased, it will not only increase revenue Is it the tax of these people?"

Xu Zhiqian only felt that Zhang Fei's analysis really made sense, and said, "Can this be successful?"

Zhang Fei shrugged: "Who knows."

The two were chatting, as if they had gone back to the past, forgetting about the marriage proposal.

Before he knew it, the carriage had arrived in the suburbs.

While chatting vigorously, I suddenly heard someone shouting from the side of the road: "The official sent to kill! The official sent to kill!"

Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian looked at each other tacitly.

Another person yelled: "Raw! Keep on yelling. It's better to call more officials. You have to pay the tax today if you don't."

Zhang Fei was taken aback, and immediately said, "Stop the car."

Before the carriage stopped, he got out of the carriage.

"What are you going to do?"

Xu Zhiqian yelled and immediately followed out.

After getting off the carriage, Zhang Fei looked around, but saw a bald man rolling on the ground by the side of a vegetable garden, shouting for help, while a clerk in front of him was holding a whip, pointing at him and chattering and reprimanding him. with.

"It really doesn't take much effort!"

Zhang Fei was overjoyed, and walked over quickly, and was about to raise his hand to stop, when a jade arm stretched out from behind to grab him, "Wait a minute!"

Zhang Fei turned around and said excitedly: "Why are you dragging me, this is a great publicity opportunity, ahem, no, don't stop me from doing what is right."

But Xu Zhiqian held him tightly, "I don't know how careful you are, just wait for a while."

"Wait until everyone is dead." Zhang Fei was so anxious that he wanted to shout out immediately, Erbi and Zhang San are here, so that corrupt officials should stop wantonly.

Xu Zhiqian said: "Listen to me, wait and see."

At the same time, the man's yelling also attracted some passers-by to watch.

"Okay, Li Poppi, you...you wait."

Seeing that the crowd of onlookers was gradually increasing, the official sent a harsh word and left angrily.

That's it?

Zhang Fei was dumbfounded immediately, and at least he whipped a few times.

The man stood up again, patted the dust on his body, grinned at the officer, and said with a disdainful smile: "You are such a bird, you still want to ask me for money, but you don't know how to go around and ask about me, Li Laocai?" name."

"How is this going?"

Zhang Fei tilted his head and asked Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian explained with a smile: "It is true that there are corrupt officials, but not every commoner is simple and honest, willing to be bullied, such as these cunning people can be found everywhere near the capital, wanting to collect their taxes, But it's not easy!"

The commercial atmosphere in Tokyo is very strong, people come and go, the rulers do not have an environment to tame the people, and the people's brains are very active, and they know how to play tricks. Many famous rogues have never paid taxes for most of their lives.

The key point is that many of the people who call for payment are also those high-class households who went to the government to serve in the government. They don't even have a salary.

Of course, many rogues don't have much land, and the upper-class households who really have land don't dare to play tricks with the government.

"I see!"

Zhang Fei nodded, suddenly realized that Xu Zhiqian was still holding his hand, and immediately shook it back, "When I am impulsive in the future, I have to hold me too."

Xu Zhiqian quickly withdrew her hand and hummed, "That must be held back!"

Suddenly heard Long Wudao behind him: "Grandfather, be careful."

Zhang Fei looked back at Long Wu, who raised his head forward, and saw that rogue surnamed Li suddenly walking towards them, staring straight at Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian was also considered a son and daughter of the Jianghu, she frowned, showing disgust, but she did not show the slightest fear.

"This is a little lady!"

That poppi smiled lewdly and said, "Oh! You are so handsome! I, Li Laocai, have never seen such a handsome little lady."

Zhang Fei leaned back and whispered to Long Wu: "I won't fall to the ground, you are not allowed to make a move."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Xu Zhiqian to Li Si's side, then stepped forward and yelled at the rogue: "If you don't want to die, you birdman, get away from me."

That poppi looked at Zhang Fei, heard his arrogant tone, but it didn't sound like a Tokyo accent, he grinned and said: "I, Li Laocai, wanted to die a long time ago, and I haven't found anyone who dares to attack. Today you If you can't beat me to death, I will never end with you."

This rascal, he plays just because you are afraid of trouble, he will die, and no one wants to get involved in a lawsuit because of this kind of person.

Except Er pen.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Coincidentally! Me too. Hit me if you have the ability!"

Poppi was stunned for a moment, could it be that he was a fellow, but seeing this guy was fair and handsome, with thick hair, he didn't look like a Poppi, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and tentatively stretched out his hand to push Zhang Fei.

Seeing that Zhang Fei flew back and hit the carriage heavily, he covered his chest with one hand and shouted loudly: "Help! You killed me!"

This change happened so fast, Xu Zhiqian was dumbfounded.

The poppy was also blindfolded, looking at his hands in confusion.

Zhang Fei shouted for a moment, then suddenly looked at Long Wu with question marks on his face.

Long Wu also had question marks on his face.

Is this guy so dull?Zhang Fei sat down directly on the ground.

Long Wu immediately jumped out.

That poppi just realized, "You are wronged!"

Before he finished speaking, Long Wu pounced up and scratched at the splashy man with his claws.

Zhang Fei looked at Long Wuna like a shrew, scratching and scratching at that shrew, he couldn't help being dumbfounded, isn't he... isn't he a master?

After some fights, Long Wu finally got the upper hand, grabbed the rogue and ran away with his head in his arms, shouting: "Ouch! Ouch! Help! Help!"

Quite a few passers-by watching, not only did not help, but laughed instead.

When he shouted, Zhang Fei also reacted, covered his chest, and shouted loudly: "I beat someone! I killed someone!"

Xu Zhiqian and Li Si on the side were holding back their laughter desperately.

"Who is calling for help?"

The officer who had just left ran back and asked out of breath.

Long Wu immediately stopped.

"he!"

Zhang Fei and Na Popi pointed at each other in a tacit understanding.

That Poppi pointed at his scratched face with a look of injustice, "Brother Cha, look at how I was beaten by him."

On the other hand, Zhang Fei politely handed over a small square of paper to the official, "Next Zhang San."

"Zhang San?"

The officer was stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped on the spot, "Er Bi Zhang San?"

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, "This is my business card."

"business card?"

The official didn't know what it was, so he took it over and took a look, but saw Zhang Fei's name, Zhang San in brackets, the name of Bianjing Law Firm, and its address written on it.

Zhang Fei said: "This man just molested my fiancée and beat me up. Fortunately, my servants helped me. Everyone here has seen it with their own eyes. Please take him to the yamen first. I will send someone to help me later." litigation."

Xu Zhiqian's cheeks were dizzy, and she muttered softly: "What kind of fiancee, I haven't agreed yet."

"Oh, fine."

The officer was overjoyed, grabbed the Popi by the collar with one hand, laughed and said: "Li Laocai, this time you are finished, you have offended Er Bi Zhang San."

That poppi seemed to have heard of Zhang Fei's name, looked at Zhang Fei, and said blankly: "Er Er Bi Zhang San?"

Zhang Fei nodded and smiled, "Stay well inside."

"Oh! I have no eyes, please forgive Zhang Sanlang! Please forgive Zhang Sanlang!"

The poppy suddenly cried out.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This lawsuit has not yet been fought, so don't admit defeat!"

If you don't admit defeat, I'm afraid you won't be saved.

When the officer heard this, he understood, and immediately dragged Li Laocai away.

Xu Zhiqian walked forward with a smile, "It's such a misfortune for this little rogue to meet a big rogue!"

Zhang Fei glanced at her: "To deal with Rompy, you can only use Rompy's method, or you can reason with him."

Xu Zhiqian thought about it, and felt that there was some truth to it.

Zhang Fei suddenly looked at Long Wu next to him, and saw a scarlet scar on the neck of this fellow who was scratched by that rogue. What kind of master is this, and asked: "Long Wu, what were you doing just now?"

Long Wu said: "I'm afraid of killing him."

".?"

Zhang Fei made a muffled sound in his throat, and asked, "Do you often beat people to death?"

Long Wu quickly shook his head and said, "Not often."

Xu Zhiqian looked at Long Wu in shock.

Li Si also took a step back timidly.

Zhang Fei nodded, "Understood."

He coughed and looked around, "Zhiqian, let's look around."

Xu Zhiqian came back to her senses, nodded her head, followed in a small step, and whispered: "Zhang San, this Long Wu...!"

Zhang Fei said: "He is not a bad person."

Xu Zhiqian didn't ask any more questions.

Now it's time to collect the summer tax, and you can see some officials everywhere going to the farmers' homes to urge the tax payment.

"Brother poor, please do me a favor. Our family really doesn't have any money right now. Please be patient for a while. When we buy this food and exchange it for money, we will immediately make up for the tax money."

I saw a young man standing in his farmyard, speaking to an official in a humble tone.

"What do you mean, I have to wait for you, do you know how busy I am now. Alright, let's use these bags of grain as a tax deduction."

"Brother Cha, this is our summer ration! If you take it away, our family will starve to death."

"What are you yelling about? I didn't take all of them away, but I left a bag for you. There are only four people in your family. Can you eat so much food?"

The Northern Song Dynasty also had a two-tax system. The summer tax was for copper coins, and the autumn tax was for grain.

Ancient coins were all hard currency, so the common people lacked money. The summer tax was actually more of a headache than the autumn tax. They were often blackmailed by these officials because they had no money.

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Don't you want to be a chivalrous man? Go!"

Zhang Fei was startled, and asked naively: "Is this true?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded dumbfoundingly.

Zhang Fei walked over immediately, with a leading tone: "What's the matter?"

The official scrutinized Zhang Fei, "Who are you?"

The young farmer also looked at Zhang Fei in a daze.

Zhang Fei said: "It's easy to say! Er Bi Zhang San."

"Er Er pen Zhang San?"

The official swallowed immediately.

Zhang Fei asked: "Just now you said how much grain tax credit?"

"No, no, I didn't say anything just now. I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

The official ran away in a panic.

The yamen of Erbi Zhang Sanling of Kaifeng Mansion have suffered so much, why have they never heard of it.

But the farmer didn't seem to have heard of Zhang San's name. Seeing that the young man scared the official away with a single word, his legs trembled, and he cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, big brother, for your help."

Zhang Fei smiled slightly, then took out another small piece of paper and handed it over, "This is my business card."

"Business card?"

The farmer took the business card, but he looked confused.

Zhang Fei said: "My name is Zhang San, and I specialize in arguing for the people. If the government charges you more tax, you can come to me. My address is written on it. I guarantee that you will not have to pay more tax."

"Really?" the farmer said excitedly.

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Come to me if you need anything, I'll take my leave first."

"Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother."

"Hands up."

Zhang Fei nodded slightly and left the farmyard.

Then Xu Zhiqian came over immediately, "By the way! What is your business card, do you have any more, show me one."

Zhang Fei took out one and handed it to Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian took a look and said with a smile: "Your business card is quite similar to an official's door shape, but your writing on it is simpler and much smaller."

The door shape is the post that officials use when paying homage, that is, the business card, but Zhang Fei's business card is much larger, about six or seven inches in size, rolled up and tied with silk threads.

As she said that, she looked up at Zhang Fei again, "They are all illiterate, what's the use of you sending this to them?"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "There will always be someone who can read."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Isn't this the way you promote tax calculation?"

Zhang Fei nodded and smiled, "Yes!"

Xu Zhiqian shook her head and said, "I don't think it's very useful."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "You have to remember one thing, there is no evidence for everything."

(End of this chapter)