"It turns out they sued the wrong person."

"The people are only obliged to pay taxes to the government, so they should sue the government, but the government entrusts the households to collect taxes. Who should be responsible for this responsibility? It should be a contract dispute between the government and the households. Oops! How can I

I didn’t think of sorting out the relationship between these three first.”

After Zhang Fei gave the verdict, the four little kings suddenly understood.

Their inertial thinking before had them only consider the relationship between the common people and the people, because the people and the people were in direct conflict. In their view, the two were bound to be related.

But they did not think about the issues of rights and obligations. In fact, the households did not need to be responsible to the people, they only needed to abide by the contract with the government.

Of course, they also have to obey the law, after all, everyone needs to obey the law.

Of course Li Min knew this, so in his defense, he kept emphasizing that the people refused to pay taxes first. As long as this is true, then the subsequent violent behavior may be legal.

Because the laws of the Song Dynasty allowed violent treatment of people who refused to pay taxes, this kind of thing did happen often.

The key depends on whether the government has transferred this power to the households, and whether there are specific restrictions on how much tax the government can impose on households.

These all require examination of the contract signed between the government and the household, but Zhang Fei did not ask too much about this because it was not the core issue in this lawsuit.

This is a three-party lawsuit, and the government must be involved. First, it depends on whether the people's lawsuit against the government can be successful. Once it is determined that the people have indeed suffered losses, then it will be decided whether the responsibility belongs to the government or to the households.

Now there are only two parties involved, and the government in the middle is not involved, and it is impossible for the imperial court to give a verdict.

"Oh, a bunch of hindsight."

Suddenly I heard a sigh from behind.

The four little kings looked back slightly out of the corner of their eyes, only to feel two disdainful eyes sweeping over them. They immediately looked away, and then pretended to be very busy.

In fact, the four of them were originally very confident people with strong self-esteem, but since meeting Zhang Fei, they have given up that self-esteem.

Because they found that in every court trial, as long as they were tried by themselves, they were always good at it, but as long as Zhang Fei was tried by them, they seemed to have entered an unknown territory.

The Four Little King Kongs were suddenly enlightened and enlightened, but the parties involved on both sides did not quite understand the verdict.

After Zhang Fei left, Wei Zhang, Cao Qing and other plaintiffs immediately came to Fan Zhen.

"Mr. Fan, what's going on?"

"Did we win?"

"Why did President Zhang ask us to go to the government?"

They were all chattering around Fan Zhen, asking questions non-stop.

Fan Zhen was blocked by them several times. In desperation, he could only raise his hand and slightly raise his voice: "Don't be anxious, just listen to me."

Only then did Wei Zhang and the others stop, looking at Fan Zhen eagerly again.

Fan Zhen smiled confidently and said: "Don't worry, President Zhang's verdict just now did not directly sentence the other party to lose, but at least he agreed that you were suspected of being harmed. He just needs to go to court with the government to confirm this first. But if it is true,

We will definitely win this lawsuit with the government, I can guarantee you this."

"But the other party is a government official."

They are relatively confident if they sue the poor households, but if they go to court with the government, then...

Fan Zhendao: "You don't have to be afraid. Now in terms of justice, it is no longer the government that has the final say, but the public prosecutor's office, that is, the imperial court, the police station and the procuratorate."

Over there, Gao Qiang, Jin Dabao and other defendants were also very anxious about the verdict. How could it become a dispute with their government? They all gathered around Li Min and kept asking questions.

"Li Erbi, how do you calculate this?"

"You won't really ask us to go to the government, will you?"

"How can we win against the government?"

"That's right. If you go to the government to handle the dispute, don't you just let us take care of it?"

"Everyone, please be patient."

Li Min smiled very confidently: "Actually, we have already won this lawsuit."

"Won?"

"how do I say this?"

Jin Dabao was confused when he heard this.

Li Min smiled and said: "Didn't you hear that just now, President Zhang believed that you are innocent?"

"But President Zhang also said that this is a dispute between us and the government."

"Then we would rather have disputes with the people."

"Yes, it's a dispute." Li Min said hoarsely: "For you, this is just a contract dispute and will not involve criminal liability. In other words, in the worst case, it will only provide some compensation to the other party.

, without being punished.”

Jin Dabao and others communicated with their eyes for a while, then thought for a while about what was going on, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Before this lawsuit, the other party sued for very serious charges because they used violent methods. If they lost, they would definitely have to bear the penalty.

But the current situation is different. Now it is a contract dispute between the household and the government, so this is a purely civil lawsuit.

The worst result is, of course, just losing some money.

Gao Qiang asked again: "Then what should we do next?"

Li Min said: "Next we have to negotiate with the government, but it depends on your own ideas. If you want to fight this lawsuit, I guarantee that we will win. That contract was drawn up by the government.

The government will be held responsible for any problems in the contract, and there is no way we can lose."

"It's best not to confront the government in court. We won against the government in court. Can you guarantee that they won't cause us any obstacles in private?"

"Yes, yes, since ancient times, if the people do not fight with the officials but go against them, what will happen to them?"

Seeing that they were so cowardly, Li Min naturally wouldn't encourage them, because the person involved had low requirements, but it would reduce the pressure on Erbi. He smiled and said: "Then I will go talk to the government and see what the government says first."

"Okay, okay, that's it. But if we really have to lose money, it's best for us to split it equally with the government."

The tone was very firm, and the implication was that we could bear the compensation ourselves.

Li Min nodded and said: "Okay."

Jin Dabao and the others suddenly glanced at the VIP seats, and were surprised to find that there was no one at the VIP seats.

Where do these officials go?

Over there, Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian returned to the lounge as usual, eating some pastries and candied fruits to replenish their energy.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Zhang Fei suddenly tapped the table with his fingers and counted, "Ten, nine, eight, seven!"

When Xu Zhiqian heard him suddenly start counting, she couldn't help but look at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Fei ignored her and continued counting, "One!"

He glanced outside the door, with a slightly embarrassed look on his face. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said one word, "Zero!"

boom!

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Zhang Fei suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief and thought, there is no need to pretend like this next time, it is so exciting.

I saw Wei Yingfang and a large group of officials rushing into the house.

"Zhang San, you are simply bullying others too much."

Wei Yingfang stopped pretending now and pointed at Zhang Fei and cursed: "You keep saying that laws and government orders do not interfere with each other, but in the end you interfere in our government's policies time and time again. Let me tell you, the ban you just issued is absolutely unacceptable to us."

I won’t pay attention.”

"You are really shameless. From now on, your imperial court only needs to manage public security issues. The rest of the matters have nothing to do with you. You have no right to interfere, and we will not pay attention to it."

This time the officials really couldn't bear it anymore. The key point is that they also felt aggrieved. We never interfered with your court trials and actively cooperated with you, but you targeted us everywhere. In nine out of ten lawsuits, we were the victims.

After all, we are all government agencies and have equal status, but now we are almost becoming villains.

If this continues, we will have to become rats crossing the street, with everyone shouting to beat us.

At this time, Niu Beiqing and Long Wu also came to the door. Zhang Fei waved his hand and signaled them to step back first. This biting dog would not bark so fiercely. Then Wei Yingfang and the others calmly said: "Everyone who is angry should at least do it."

There has to be a reason, what did I do wrong?"

Wei Yingfang pointed at Zhang Fei's face and said, "How dare you ask?"

Zhang Fei spread his hands and said, "I really don't understand? Maybe it's because I don't have much experience as an official and I really don't know where I went wrong?"

"I don't understand why the imperial court would send a child like you to hold such an important position."

"I was forced to do this. In fact, I don't want to come to this damn place." Zhang Fei shrugged, "You can ask the officials from the capital about this. I have always refused. It was Bachelor Sima who forced me to do this.

I'm here."

"!"

Wei Yingfang was speechless for a moment.

They all know very well about this matter.

Zhang Fei added: "Actually, I am a very humble person. If you can explain clearly that I made a mistake in this matter, I am willing to make corrections, and regardless of legal principles, we can reason."
To be continued...