Five hundred thousand strings of cash?

This word “贯” is very scary!

Even a super-rich man like Han Qi gasped.

This is absolutely a sky-high claim.

It can no longer be measured by the price of rice.

For example, among the upper-class mansions in the city of Bianliang, you can buy fifty of them.

What is the concept?

The prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, assuming he did not engage in corruption and did not reduce his quality of life, would probably have to save for most of his life to be able to afford one.

As for the big landlord Du Shaojing, you may ask whether he can afford the compensation. Of course he can afford it. All his land alone is actually worth so much money, but it does not mean that they can take away a piece of his flesh.

That would definitely mean cutting off one of his arms and one of his legs.

...

...

It's basically difficult to recover.

How can he not feel dizzy?

But for the people in front of the door, this is really exciting.

It's really worthy of being the imperial court. Even the claims for compensation are so domineering.

Love it!

In comparison, loan sharking is really not good enough!

The officials in the court were stunned. Are you going to nationalize all the wealth in the world in one fell swoop?

Wang Anshi is not as cruel as you!

Indeed, Wang Anshi stood up excitedly and patted Sima Guang with his left hand, "Junshi, why don't you go and kill him."

Sima Guang was confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Hide the wealth among the people, hide the wealth among the people!"

Wang Anshi turned around and said excitedly, "That guy actually demanded 500,000 strings of cash in compensation from a landlord on behalf of the court. This is simply a humiliation to your sharing of wealth with the people. How can you remain indifferent? I am worried about you."

Sima Guang's mouth twitched when he heard this. This guy really tried every possible way to mock him. He gritted his teeth and said, "If I want to kill someone, I will kill you first. How dare you say that this is not your request?"

"I swear to heaven, this matter has nothing to do with me." Wang Anshi immediately raised his right hand and added: "If it were me, I would only ask for 5,000 strings of cash in compensation at most."

He spread his fingers shyly.

At this moment, he truly felt that he was as kind as a sheep, and even wondered if his new law was too lenient to the landlords and whether he should change it.

He just needs a pen to tell the truth and he can get 500,000 strings of cash with just one word.

My new method seems petty.

Or did he seriously underestimate the wealth of the landlords in the Song Dynasty?

"be opposed to!"

Li Lei, who had just come to his senses after a long time, suddenly stood up and said, "Prefect, this is pure nonsense, without any basis. Even if Mr. Du pays ten years of taxes, plus fines, plus the amount used to offset the penalty, and then follows the principle of 'reserve compensation' in our dynasty's laws, it still won't be as much as 500,000 strings of cash."

The so-called "reserve compensation" principle is a kind of punitive damages, which is generally double compensation, but that can't compensate so much money!

With all his land, the total tax revenue might be only one thousand strings of coins a year. If you multiply that by ten for ten years, it would be ten thousand strings of coins. If you double that, it would be twenty thousand strings of coins.

This is a far cry from 500,000, not to mention that it cannot be counted as ten years.

Lu Gongzhe also looked at Zhang Fei with doubts, "Zhang San, do you have any basis for your claim?"... "Of course!"

Zhang Fei said: "How dare I, Zhang San, speak nonsense in court."

Lu Gong said, "What is your basis?"

Zhang Fei said: "Just now we mentioned why Li Sancai became a tenant farmer. The reason is that he borne part of the taxes for Du Shaojing, and it was this burden that made him sell his daughter and become a tenant farmer. In other words, the court has already taken this part of the tax money, and Li Sancai is the victim. Therefore, the compensation should be based on Li Sancai's losses, not the court's losses."

Everyone was stunned.

You can still calculate it this way!

But if you think about it, it makes sense. As far as Li Sancai is concerned, the imperial court did not suffer any loss. The money was taken away. It was Li Sancai who paid too much money. It doesn't make sense for the imperial court to pay compensation. If compensation is to be paid, it must be to Li Sancai.

This injustice has its perpetrator, and this debt has its creditor.

Li Lei immediately retorted: "This is the fault of the court and should not be imposed on Mr. Du."

Zhang Fei said: "Therefore, the court has an even greater obligation to help the victims and recover their compensation."

Lu Gong nodded slightly.

This was exactly what he wanted. The imperial court's demand for 500,000 strings of cash was indeed a bit excessive and difficult to convince the public, but if he could help victims like Li Sancai to recover the compensation, then this was entirely his duty.

Sima Guang whispered to Wang Anshi: "Jiefu, why don't you go and kill him?"

Wang Anshi was stunned, "Why should I kill him?"

Sima Guang said: "You see, he is hiding the wealth for the people, not collecting money for the country."

"Well!"

Li Lei on the other side was very depressed and could not help complaining: "Prefect, if the court stands on the side of the other party, then this lawsuit will be very unfair to us."

While we were chatting, you two stood aside. What's the point of fighting?

Lu Gongzhuo said, "Zhang San originally represented the imperial court, and I have no intention of shielding him. What he said is not without reason. According to the laws of our dynasty, even if someone kills someone with a borrowed knife, it is also murder."

Li Lei immediately said: "The court is an accomplice and should be charged with the same crime."

Zhang Fei said, "What Chen Feng said just now was very clear. It was not the court that asked him to collect more taxes from Li Sancai. The court set taxes according to the law, and the yamen servants collected taxes according to the law. It was only because Mr. Du was arrogant and refused to pay taxes that the yamen servants were forced to collect taxes from others. Mr. Du has just admitted this, which led to Li Sancai's tragedy. It was not the court that deliberately increased taxes, which led to Li Sancai's tragedy. The court is responsible, but the main responsibility still lies with Du Shaojing."

In order to save his life, Du Shaojing admitted to tax evasion, but he never thought that Zhang Fei had another trick up his sleeve, which made Li Lei very passive now. However, he was already very excited and tried to argue: "But the fact is that it was not Du Yuanwai who levied taxes on Li Sancai, but the court that levied taxes on Li Sancai. The main responsibility should be on the court."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "The white deed can prove that the main responsibility for the transfer of taxes lies with the landlord."

"White Deed?"

Li Lei was stunned.

Zhang Fei said: "The main means of tax transfer is the white deed. In this regard, the court is innocent because the government has no transaction records. The government can only collect taxes based on the land register, which is not a problem. Du Shaojing is absolutely clear about it, so he is the culprit of tax transfer. He must be held responsible. The court can only bear the responsibility of negligence."... Li Lei argued: "It was made very clear yesterday that signing the white deed is not the responsibility of the buyer, but the seller is also responsible."

Zhang Fei said: "If you can produce proof, you can reduce the compensation, but according to the court law, the deed tax is borne by the buyer."

Landlords like white deeds. One of the important reasons is that they don’t have to pay taxes after buying the land.

From this point of view, the responsibility for tax transfer certainly lies with the landlords. You did it on purpose and the court was unaware of it.

“Great!”

Su Shi laughed and said, "What a good trick to give someone a taste of his own medicine."

Don’t you landlords like to play tax transfer? I will give you a trick, responsibility transfer, and transfer part of the court’s responsibilities to you.

Is this fair?

Li Lei was speechless for a moment. Bai Qi could not escape this responsibility, so he said, "Even if we compensate Li Sancai, there is not so much money."

Zhang Fei said: "Li Sancai said it very clearly yesterday. He sold his daughter because of this matter, and he was extremely distressed. You can't say that just giving him the money from selling his daughter can offset it. I don't have a daughter, so it's hard for me to comment, but."

At this point, he looked around and said, "Most of you here have children. I would like to ask you, how much do you price your daughters?"

Zhang Fei was responded to by dead silence.

Who would be stupid enough to set a price for their daughter?

Li Lei said: "Don't keep talking about Li Sancai. He didn't hire you to fight the lawsuit, did he?"

Zhang Fei said: "I am representing the court. The court also has responsibilities in this case and is obliged to claim compensation on his behalf. If Li Sancai refuses, that is another matter."

Li Lei was speechless.

The situation is different now. With so much money, there is no way Li Sancai can refuse!

Zhang Fei continued: "If Li Sancai hired me to claim compensation, I will still reserve the right to pursue criminal liability for Du Shaojing's accidental injury."

Li Lei wondered, "What is the criminal liability for accidental injury?"

Zhang Fei said: "Li Sancai sold his daughter for this reason. If his daughter was abused or even died because of being sold, Du Shaojing was indirectly related to it. However, it was not Du Shaojing's original intention, so he can only be held responsible for accidental injury, but not for murder.

But if something like this happens, they must be held accountable for compensation, or at least bear some of the responsibility.”

Li Lei retorted: "It was Li Sancai who sold his daughter himself, not Mr. Du who asked him to sell her?"

Zhang Fei said: "If he doesn't sell it, his whole family will starve to death, and Du Shaoyun may be sentenced to death."

Li Lei was completely dumbfounded.

This was the first time he had seen this move.

As the beating went on, criminal responsibility came into play.

If this person dies, he will be charged with manslaughter.

It’s the end of this!

There is no need to think about it, someone must have died because of this, there were hundreds of tenants and slaves in his family.

If it is said that helping Du Shaojing to bear the tax directly led to the destruction of the family, then it is all on Du Shaojing's head, then the 500,000 strings of cash is still

Not much really.

The key is how to put a price on human life?

There is no limit to this!

Zhang Fei ignored him and said to Lu Gong: "Although this is not what the court wants, the court also bears certain responsibilities in this matter. The court has the obligation and responsibility to help those people who bear excess taxes to seek compensation. At the same time, the court will not ask for a penny from them and will compensate the victims in full."... As he spoke, he bent over and picked up a large basket of documents from the table and put them on the table, "This is the basis for my claim against Du Shaojing on behalf of the court. But because there are too many people involved, I can't make sure that there are no omissions. The basic compensation here is about 25 strings of cash, but based on Du Shaojing's bad behavior, the principle of reserve compensation is definitely applicable, so the total amount is 500,000 strings of cash. Even if someone asks for compensation afterwards, I can still compensate in full."

The basis for compensation is to use a basket to carry it?

This will cost a lot of money!

"Good! Well said!"

I just heard someone shouting outside the door.

Zhang Fei felt the voice was familiar and turned his head to look. He saw Cao Dongdong, who was crowded in the front, clapping his hands desperately.

Someone nearby wondered, "Yanei! Why are you clapping? Your family is a big landlord!"

Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "I won the bet."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

"Brother Li!"

"Brother Zhang!"

"Uncle Wang!"

Suddenly, a group of people fell down, and there was also the sound of wailing.

Where is the roof?

Where is the Yellow River?

Please take me there too!

Cao Dongdong was frightened and spread his hands, "This has nothing to do with me!"

After seeing this, Chen Huaixiao suddenly had an idea. He glanced at the sky again and fell backwards, right into Tang Ji's arms.

“Brother Shen!”

Tang Ji exclaimed immediately.

His shout immediately attracted the attention of many officials.

"What's going on?"

Many officials gathered around immediately.

Su Shi came over and asked in surprise, "How much money did Judge Shen bet?"

Du Xiu glared at him and said, "Su Zizhan, stop talking nonsense. Brother Chen may have suffered from heat stroke. It's too hot today. Everyone, please make way and go get the doctor."

When Shen Huaixiao fainted, the atmosphere was completely ruined.

Cen Yuanli turned around and said to Lu Gong: "Prefect Lu, it's almost noon."

Lu Gongzhe hesitated for a while, slammed the gavel, and said, "I still need some time to review Zhang San's claim. Today, I will stop here and continue the trial tomorrow."

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Guozhong and the others all collapsed in their chairs, gasping for breath, and beads of sweat the size of beans popped up like bamboo shoots after rain.

Damn it!

This trial is really terrible!

They had already been confused and had no idea what to do. They were just trying to hold on. They almost couldn't breathe because of the pressure Zhang Fei had just put on them.

Suddenly, a shadow came over.

Li Guozhong and others looked up and saw Zhang Fei walking towards them with a smile on his face.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Zhang Fei bowed.

Fei Ming was unconvinced and said, "If there were no mistakes in the evidence, you wouldn't necessarily win."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "You know why there are errors in the evidence."

Fei Ming was immediately speechless.

Li Guozhong also maintained his composure, stood up and bowed in return, "As expected of Zhang Sanlang, we are convinced of our defeat this time."

Zhang Fei said: "The lawsuit is not over yet, so it's not certain. But you performed very well and did not disappoint me."

Li Guozhong bowed and said, "Thanks to Zhang Sanlang's encouragement, we will definitely continue to work hard."

"See you tomorrow then."

Zhang Fei bowed and waved his sleeves, and a paper ball flew towards Li Guozhong.

Li Guozhong held the ball of paper against his chest with both hands.

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