During the conversation, Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian had already come to the front and saluted Fu Bi and the others.

"No need to be polite, please hurry up and take your seat."

"yes."

After the couple sat down on the witness stand, a young official immediately stood up and read aloud the reason and purpose of the hearing, and then Fu Bi announced the start of the hearing.

Fu Bi was the first to ask: "According to what Chief Prosecutor Xu said, the grain and alcohol tax law recently submitted to the Legislative Council by the Procuratorate was written by Prosecutor Zhang himself."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Yes."

Fu Bi said: "Prosecutor Zhang's reason for submitting this bill is because a series of tax lawsuits last time caused dissatisfaction among many people. You think the food tax is unfair, so you submitted this bill."

"Yes."

Zhang Fei nodded and explained: "Last year was the first time that Gyeonggi Province adopted a brand-new tax law, that is, the two taxes were merged into one tax, and the tax was calculated based on the total income of each household.

The purpose is to be more fair, just, convenient and fast, and to reduce the burden on the people, including the abolition of additional costs such as losses and transfers. Generally speaking, we are still thinking about the people."

The people outside the hospital nodded one after another.

Their feeling is that it was really much easier for them to collect taxes last year, so that they still had a little bit of energy left to deal with the drought.

He then heard Zhang Fei say: "But we found that some details were not handled well. Of course, this is normal, because some problems can only be discovered during the execution process.

Among them, grain tax is the most important problem, because according to the design of the new tax law, only one agricultural tax is collected, but during the implementation process, it is inevitable to collect two taxes.

The problem is that when the tax department calculates total income, it first calculates food income based on the fields in people's homes, and then adds in additional income.

So when people exchange grain for money, logically speaking, the money does not need to be taxed, because when the tax is calculated on a per-mu basis, the tax department has already calculated it, but it is difficult for the tax department to identify the money.

Is it the proceeds from selling grain?

Obviously, it is more convenient to calculate taxes by acres, or even the only way, because farmers’ income can only be calculated based on land. Therefore, we propose to exempt commercial taxes on major grains.”

Fu Bi nodded and said, "Listening to what you said, it seems to make sense!"

Before he finished speaking, there were cheers outside the hospital.

"That's so well said!"

"good!"

At the beginning, Zhang Fei's words immediately won the support of the people, including some landlords.

The court police who were maintaining law and order immediately raised their wooden signs to accommodate them and calm down.

After a while, when the people outside the hospital gradually calmed down,

Zhang Fei took the copy from Xu Zhiqian and said, "These are all relevant controversies caused by the tax lawsuit last year."

Wait until these evidences are presented.

Fu Bi suddenly glanced at Feng Jing.

Only then did Feng Jing come back to his senses. He had a mission and was not here to sit in the VIP seat to watch the trial. He took a brief look at the copywriting on the table, calmed his mind, and asked: "Prosecutor Zhang, based on your bill,

, it targets those landowners or farmers who grow and sell grain at the same time.

But in the capital, many grain shops do not grow grain. They first buy grain from farmers and then sell it in the city. So do these grain merchants need to pay taxes?"

Zhang Fei said: "Returning to Feng Zhongcheng, we have also seriously considered this issue. To be fair, these grain merchants should be required to pay taxes.

But we have also considered that this is food, which no one can live without. Making concessions in food can benefit all people and promote the development of all walks of life.

Moreover, I also discussed with the Third Secretary and the Tax Envoy. According to our statistics, we found that the tax money received from grain merchants did not actually account for a high proportion of commercial taxes, and the money the imperial court spent on the capital's food needs was, in fact, not high.

It's very huge.

If doing this can encourage more grain merchants to sell grain to the market, even if it only allows the court to save 1% of grain every year, the court will still make a profit."

Feng Jing, who was gradually entering the state, immediately asked again: "So, your grain tax law only targets the capital and does not involve other areas."

Zhang Fei said: "This is a national tax law."

Feng Jingdao: "But only the situation in Beijing applies to what Prosecutor Zhang said."

Zhang Fei said: "What Feng Zhongcheng said is wrong, because in most cases, the capital needs external grain. Based on the equalization method, some grain needs to be purchased. Reducing the grain tax will also reduce the cost of the court purchasing grain, and

Encourage more grain merchants to sell grain to the capital.

For this reason, we also made a calculation formula for this, taking all the main factors into consideration, and the result is that if the tax on grain merchants is exempted, there will be more grain on the market, and the court will definitely benefit."

Xu Zhiqian immediately picked up a copy and handed it to Assistant Fu Bi.

The five old men didn't think much of the evidence before, but after this evidence was presented, the four old men, except Xu Zun, rushed to see it.

Can this also be calculated?

Everyone is curious.

Including Zhao Xu who was sitting in the inner hall, he was also looking forward to it, "Can this also be calculated?"

Liu Zhao shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know either."

Although he has read thousands of books and is knowledgeable about the past and present, this calculation formula is his blind spot in knowledge!

Lan Yuanzhen said: "Your Majesty, why don't I take it and show it to Your Majesty?"

Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Wait until they all finish reading, then give it to me."

...

Wang Anshi saw Fu Bi watching and muttering. He was also curious in his heart and asked Xue Xiang, "Did you do this?"

Xue Xiang whispered: "We mainly provide relevant accounts to Prosecutor Zhang. He came up with the calculation formula."

After that, he said with emotion: "I've heard that Prosecutor Zhang is extremely talented in business. Now that I'm meeting him, it's better to meet him than to be famous!"

Wang Anshi said lightly: "He only has these two advantages."

.....

After a while, Fu Bi and the others looked at them one by one, communicated with each other with their eyes, and all shook their heads speechlessly.

Maybe, this is professionalism.

Sima Guang suddenly asked: "Prosecutor Zhang just said that in fairness, grain merchants should pay taxes. The reason why the procuratorate hopes to exempt grain merchants from taxes is because it will benefit the court, but One of the prerequisites is that grain merchants must be encouraged to sell more grain."

"Yes."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Sima Guang said: "So, in your bill, warehouse tax is also mentioned. Is it also for this reason?"

Tax exemption may not necessarily allow landowners to sell all their grain. This warehouse tax is the core content of the entire bill.

"One of the."

Zhang Fei replied: "This is just one of the reasons for the warehouse tax, but this reason alone is not enough for our procuratorate to increase the warehouse tax. After all, there is freedom of buying and selling."

You still know!

All the powerful people rolled their eyes in anger.

Sima Guang asked: "I wonder if there is any other reason?"

Zhang Fei said: "It is to defend the interests of the monarch and the country."

Sima Guang asked: "How do you say this?"

Zhang Fei said: "The land system of our dynasty is different from that of previous dynasties. The main reason is that our dynasty does not suppress annexation. As far as I know, there are still a lot of disputes about this. Some ministers believe that land annexation should be suppressed. This is in line with the monarch." and the interests of the country, I believe you are all very clear on the reasons for this, so I won’t try to make a fool of myself here.”

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent, and everyone pricked up their ears.

They did not expect that this small warehouse tax was actually related to land annexation, which was the most sensitive topic in the feudal dynasty.

Just listen to Zhang Fei continue: "From a historical perspective, we can know that those who want to suppress land annexation have all failed, so I think our government's decision not to establish a land system is actually a very wise decision. Only by letting nature take its course can we legislate to regulate and prevent land annexation from causing harm to the monarch and the country.

There are two main harms of land annexation. First, land annexation will cause more people to lose their land and be forced to move around, which will bring harm to the stability of the country.

Secondly, the landlords control a large amount of land, which means they have a monopoly on food, and people cannot live without food. Then the landlords can use their monopoly on food to force the people to rely on them, thus creating a huge influence on the monarch and the country. threatening forces.

Historically, many people who rebelled were actually landlords and gentry because they had food in their hands."

quiet!

After these words, the scene immediately fell into deathly silence.

Sweating profusely!

The landowners present were all sweating profusely, and silently cursed the eighteenth generation of Zhang Fei's ancestors in their hearts.

You are trying to kill us!

Even Xue Xiang, who admired the hearing very much, and Wang Anshi, who opposed the land annexation, were dumbfounded at this moment.

They know that hearings are all about honesty and there is no such thing as pretentiousness, but you are a bit too honest.

What a fierce man!

Sima Guang looked at Zhang Fei blankly.

Can you say this?
To be continued...