Zhang Fei asked again: "Then do you still remember who Li Sancai was helping to bear the taxes?"

Chen Feng said: "Du Shaojing."

Zhang Fei was surprised: "Why did you answer so quickly?"

Chen Feng said: "Because the village where Li Sancai lives is surrounded by the fields of the Du family, and it is still the same now, so there is no need to think too much about it."

Zhang Fei suddenly understood and nodded, "I'm done asking."

This is really a big reversal!

There was a sound of discussion outside the door.

Dare to love Li Sancai was to help Du Shaojing bear the taxes, which caused him to become Du Shaojing's tenant farmer.

this.

When Du Shaojing heard those comments, he lowered his head and looked shameless.

If I had known this, I would have paid the tax back in the first place. Those people above are really useless.

There is no way, the emperor has already seized the opportunity, so we can only fight the law.

Li Lei stood up and said, "Brother Chen, did you ever collect taxes from the Du family back then?"

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "No."

Li Lei said: "You didn't rush to pay taxes and failed to perform your duties. How can you say that the Du family didn't pay taxes."

Zhang Fei leaned back and whispered to Qiu Zhengwen and others: "You must object at this time, because his words are misleading."

Qiu Zhengwen asked, "Then why doesn't the third brother object?"

"Forget it, I'll demonstrate it to you again."

Zhang Fei suddenly stood up and said, "I object. The other party's questions are obviously misleading. I hope to induce my witness to admit his negligence. But the fact is that just now Du Shaojing has admitted that he evaded taxes and used Bai Qi, Monk

Tao, female households, and other means."

Li Lei argued rationally: "I have not denied Du Yuanwai's responsibility, but it does not mean that this witness has not neglected his duty."

Lu Gongzhu pondered for a while and suddenly asked Chen Feng: "Why didn't you go collect taxes from the Du family?"

Zhang Fei sat down.

Qiu Zhengwen asked: "Third brother, it's hard for you to use this trick!"

Zhang Fei said: "You are stupid! In a lawsuit, you have to use every opportunity to defend your employer. If you don't object, how can you remind everyone that Du Shaojing admitted that he evaded taxes in advance? This is very important to us.

It's very beneficial."... Qiu Zhengwen nodded and looked at Chen Feng again.

Chen Feng replied: "Because Zeng Youlizheng went to his house to collect taxes, but he couldn't collect them at all. A lot of land in his family has white deeds that have not been transferred, so he can only collect taxes from the owner of the previous land, and those

Nine times out of ten, the head of the household has left, and it can only be shared among other farmers. There are also some lands that are placed in the names of the poor households, and we cannot afford to mess with them."

The status households are tax-exempt households, and most of them have official backgrounds, either scholar-bureaucrats or generals of the Imperial Army.

Zhang Fei immediately stood up again, "This coincides with what Du Shaojing said before."

Li Lei sat down frustrated.

Li Guozhong comforted him: "Forget it, you have done your best."

There was no way, Du Shaojing had confessed everything before and did not dare to argue. At this point, it was impossible for him to win against the other party.

Zhang Fei looked around and said loudly: "The truth has been revealed. Yes, the imperial court did target some people and collected more taxes, but the root cause is that many big landowners like Du Shaojing used all kinds of means to tax them.

The taxes were transferred to the common people one by one, making them unable to bear them and thus they became their tenants or even their tenant slaves.

Is there any fault on the part of the court? Yes, but this is the only way to improve. For example, Emperor Renzong wanted to give tenants the right to move freely, which was definitely beneficial to the people. However, the landlords used usury and forced the tenants to become

A true story. The court still needs to improve, but this is definitely not what the court wants."

While talking, Xu Zhiqian handed Zhang Fei a copy of the document. Zhang Fei took it and said, "This is the tax situation of Xiaqu Township in the past three years, but compared with the tax income stipulated in the cadastral book, there is still a difference.

Quite a bit, in other words, if everyone pays taxes in accordance with the law, the court's income will be much more than it is now.

It can be seen that the imperial court is also one of the victims. Even in terms of its own interests, the imperial court cannot hope to see this situation. I also believe that after this incident, the imperial court will immediately improve this situation."

"well said!"

When Wang Anshi heard this, he shouted excitedly.

This ten thousand yuan was really well spent.

When he shouted, the people outside the door also cheered and cheered.

It's not that everyone doesn't have grievances in their hearts, but everyone still hopes that the imperial court can improve. The key point is that they can only count on the imperial court to improve, and they cannot count on the benevolence and righteousness of the landlords. Of course, this is to be praised, not to be criticized.

But many officials have mixed feelings.

It doesn't mean that it is good, it doesn't mean that it doesn't.

I could only try my best to squeeze out a smile of relief, but my mouth felt as if I had eaten shit, and my eyes felt like there were stones stuffed into them. I felt so uncomfortable that I wanted to cry.

But I couldn’t cry anymore.

Zhang Fei blinked at Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian spat: "Why are you so proud? It has been more than a quarter of an hour."

Zhang Fei was surprised: "Really or not?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Of course it's true. Oh, tell me your side first and we'll discuss it later."

"oh."

Zhang Fei nodded and said to Lu Gong: "On behalf of the imperial court, I will recover the tax of 500,000 yuan from Du Shaojing."

"Fifty thousand guan?"

Du Shaojing jumped up from his chair, his eyes darkened immediately, and he fainted.
Chapter completed!