After asking some questions, Su Che said that he had no problem.
Zhang Fei asked Qiu Zhengwen again: "Does the Legal Aid Agency have anything to ask?"
Qiu Zhengwen shook his head and said, "No."
The soldiers watching the trial in front of the door looked at Qiu Zhengwen and Li Min in unison.
That's it?
In previous trials, the main focus was on the plaintiff’s explanation, and that was all it took in these two or three sentences?
And this Legal Aid Agency, why didn’t they say a word?
Sure enough it's free.
But the officials present did not see it that way. After several previous lawsuits, they had a relatively in-depth understanding of this new litigation system.
Both Erbi and the Procuratorate like to prove their points from the mouth of a third person.
It is not difficult to understand that the third person’s confession is definitely more convincing.
They want to convince the president.
The key point of this lawsuit is not Chen Guang, because what Chen Guang said is recognized by the government itself. The most important thing is whether the government deliberately defaulted on arrears and deducted military pay.
Still really financially strapped.
After Chen Guang went down, Su Che stood up again and said: "It happened that Dutou Lei Hu, who was in the same battalion with Chen Guang at that time, has recently returned to Hezhong Mansion. Chen Guang is a soldier under him. I kindly ask the president to summon Lei Hu to testify in court."
"Pass the Thunder Tiger."
Many officials sitting there immediately glanced at Zhe Jizu and others sitting opposite.
The generals looked attentive.
This case does not involve a civil-military dispute. Logically speaking, civil servants and military generals should be of the same mind. You have to appear in court to testify for the procuratorate. Can the Transportation Department give you good luck?
If this Dutou named Lei Hu dares to testify in court, there must be someone behind him to support him. Otherwise, there is no way that he will affect his official career for the sake of a small soldier.
You don't need to think about it to know that they must be reciprocating the love.
Yanzhou is also their territory.
After a while, I saw a big man with big shoulders and round waist coming up to the court.
Su Che immediately stood up and asked: "Lei Dutou, from the fourth year of Zhiping to now, where have you been serving?"
Lei Hu said carelessly: "Old man, I have been serving as the capital of Yanzhou before, and I was transferred to Hezhong Mansion this year."
Su Che asked again: "Do you know Chen Guang from Hedong County?"
"know."
Lei Hu said: "That kid coughs up. After Chen Guang came to our camp, he always fought very bravely. At that time, our commander Yang was very optimistic about him and planned to ask him to call his wife and children to Yanzhou to let him He has been serving as a soldier in Yanzhou."
This Yanzhou is the base camp of the Yang family of Yang Ye. They will select some brave and skilled soldiers to form their own generals of the Yang family.
"It's a pity, alas..."
Lei Hu sighed regretfully.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It seems that this man is really a sweetheart."
Xu Zhiqian whispered: "I am so sad, but you still laugh."
Zhang Fei quickly restrained himself.
Fortunately, no one paid attention to him.
Su Zhe said: "Lei Dutou, do you know how the military camp will deal with a situation like Chen Guang's?"
Lei Hu said: "Although this matter is not under our control, we also know that in the case of Chen Guang, the military camp will give him some food and an official document to let him return to his hometown, and then use the official document to obtain pension from the county. .”
Su Che asked: "Won't the military camp provide pensions?"
"Normally not given."
Lei Hu shook his head and said: "Food has always been in short supply at the border. Soldiers like Chen Guang who are returning to their hometowns will have to come back anyway. Naturally, it is better to receive pensions from the local government. However, the official documents of the military camp will tell the story of the soldiers in the camp. In this case, the prefecture and county will provide pensions based on this official document."
To be discharged means to be repatriated, not to be discharged from the military. To be discharged from the military is to hand over official documents. If the official document states that the military status will be cancelled, a pension will be given and the military status will be cancelled.
It is impossible to pay pensions to the front line, and everything is managed by the local government. After all, the largest military expenditure is to transport grain and grass to the front line.
Su Che continued to ask: "How did your military camp evaluate Chen Guang?"
Lei Hu said: "But it's very good. When he came back, Commander Yang specially asked for ten stones of grain from Yanzhou to give him. It is said that he can also get the thirty thousand pensions that he should have been given, as well as part of the reward. Gold, but the exact amount is not certain, it depends on how the prefecture and county calculate it.”
"Then have you ever heard that soldiers who return bravely and wounded do not receive pensions?"
"Well, I've heard some of it, but I don't know the specific reason."
Lei Hu, who seemed carefree, still stuttered a bit when he mentioned this matter.
It can be seen that this is a very common thing, so he knows the pros and cons.
"Thank you very much for your willingness to testify in court."
"No thanks! No thanks!"
Lei Hu also defended himself, "I just tell the truth."
Su Che nodded with a smile and said to Zhang Fei: "I have no problem."
Zhang Fei asked as usual: "Is there any problem with the Legal Aid Department?"
"No!"
Qiu Zhengwen shook his head again.
The watching soldiers all looked at the two mutes with strange expressions.
Are you two here to be funny?
Why don't you ask a single question?
After the thunder tiger went down, Su Zhe asked the transfer envoy Yuan Jiang to appear in court to testify.
Everyone immediately cheered up.
The main event is finally here.
When Yuan Jiang came to the court, her expression was quite serious, without the usual chatter and laughter at all.
Zhang Fei saw this and smiled to himself, this old man's acting skills were truly at the level of a movie actor.
Su Zhe stood up and bowed his hands first, saying: "Xueshi Yuan, I'm offended. Although our procuratorate is suing the Transportation Department this time, I also know that this matter has nothing to do with Xueshi Yuan. After all, last year's military expenditure was not The hand of Bachelor Jingyuan.”
Yuan Jiang smiled coldly and said: "I have also carefully investigated this case, and there are no problems with the Transportation Department."
Su Che asked with a smile: "From Bachelor Yuan's point of view, it's a question of who should do it."
Yuan Jiang said: "Don't you know about this financial difficulty?"
Su Zhe said: "Of course I know this, but this little money is not something that the government cannot allocate, right?"
Yuan Jiang angrily rebuked: "This country has national laws and families have family rules. The government has not said that they will not give it, but it cannot be that the government will give Chen Guang preferential treatment just because your procuratorate intervenes. How about your procuratorate take care of this finance."
well said!
good!
The officials on the side all clenched their fists and looked excited.
This is what our officials look like when they testify in court.
Cai Bian and the others looked at Su Che with sympathy.
Chen Qi and Wang Shen looked unhappy. Why? When Zhang San asked, you were so honest and bullied our procuratorate, right?
Qiu Zhengwen and Li Min were sitting in the back shivering.
Su Zhe didn't care and said with a smile: "In that case, Bachelor Yuan might as well tell us how the Transportation Department allocates military funds and the difficulties of the Transportation Department."
Yuan Jiang said: "This military expenditure mainly depends on local taxes. How much tax is levied by each state and county is not managed by our transportation department, but by the local states and counties. When the tax is collected and entered into the warehouse, it will be transferred to us. Director.
But it’s not how much tax local states and counties levy every year, our transportation department will allocate how much money it has. Specifically, we must first obey the instructions of the Third Division. Our Transshipment Division will first report the accounts to the court. The Third Division will then issue instructions on how much money to allocate to the treasury. The remainder will be distributed by our Transshipment Division to the states and counties, mainly the garrison.
However, this military salary is still uncertain, because the Third Division only determines how much food is left to the local area based on previous years' funds. In case of emergencies, it can only report to the court and the treasury will allocate funds.
It is normal that the pension will not be paid out for a while. "
Su Che asked: "May I ask Bachelor Yuan, which official offices are in charge of disbursing military expenditures?"
Yuan Jiang said: "It is mainly from the military treasury and the food institute. The funds of the Compensation Department are also spent from the military treasury. The Transfer Department will not directly allocate money to the Compensation Department."
The pension is completely uncertain. It is usually allocated to the Pensions Department from the military treasury after declaration.
Su Che nodded and added, "Therefore, the Transportation Department allocates the remaining money for military expenditures to these two government offices every year."
Yuan Jiang nodded.
"Is there a definite number?"
"Of course there are."
Yuan Jiang said: "As I said before, the Transportation Department will divide the money and food of each government agency based on previous years' expenditures."
Su Che nodded and said, "Thank you, Bachelor Yuan, for appearing in court to testify. I have no problem."
Yuan Jiang was stunned and said, "Are you done asking?"
"Yes."
Su Che nodded and looked back at Qiu Zhengwen.
"We have no problem."
Qiu Zhengwen said first.
Zhang Fei smiled and said to Yuan Jiang: "Thank you, Bachelor Yuan, for appearing in court to testify."
Yuan Jiang glared at him, got up and went down, but her face was full of doubts.
There were also whispers from the VIP seats on both sides.
That's it?
They thought that since the person suing was the Transportation Department, they must have broken through from Yuan Jiang. Who knew they were asking about some rules on the distribution of military expenditures.
Even Xu Zhiqian asked in a low voice: "President, what can you see?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "If he doesn't show evidence, I can't see anything."
Su Che also asked Tang Zhongwen, the commander-in-chief of the military treasury, to appear in court to testify.
"Manager Tang, is your military treasury responsible for the pensions for injured and discharged soldiers?"
"Yes."
Tang Zhongwen nodded and said confidently: "Most of it is allocated by our military treasury to the Department of Compensation and Nursing, and some of it may be issued by the Grain and Food Institute."
Su Che asked again: "As for the monthly income of the families of the soldiers, is your military treasury responsible for it?"
Tang Zhongwen nodded and said: "We will distribute this money to the military camp, and the military camp will distribute it to the families of the soldiers."
Su Che picked up a roll of cloth and said, "Is this cloth from your military treasury?"
Wang Shen immediately showed the cloth to Tang Zhongwen.
Tang Zhongwen took a cursory glance and said, "I don't know if this cloth comes from our military treasury, but due to financial difficulties in the past two years, we did send out a batch of such cloth."
Su Che asked: "How much is this cloth worth, Manager Tang?"
Tang Zhongwen sighed: "This cloth has been accumulated in the warehouse for a long time. We also know that this cloth is not very good, but we have nothing to do. Four years after the peace, a war broke out in Suizhou. The money and food in our warehouse were supplied to the front line first. In fact, Since we can’t get money or food, we can only convert the cloth into military pay and give it to the families of the soldiers.”
Su Che nodded and said, "After Chen Guang came back, he immediately went to the military camp to apply for a pension. Do you know about this?"
Tang Zhongwen said: "I only found out later, but the name in the military camp report did have his name. However, the remaining money and food in our treasury are all in reserve, but the expenditure on pensions is also quite large. Only Those who have died in battle can be given priority first, and you have seen the accounts of our military treasury."
Su Che nodded and said, "But Manager Tang still remembers that on the fifth day of February this year, you allocated a sum of money, probably around a thousand guan."
A thousand strings?
Everyone was shocked.
For such a small amount, do you have anything to ask?
You are thinner than Zhang San!
"The fifth day of February? One thousand guan?"
Tang Zhongwen muttered something, then his expression suddenly changed and he looked at Su Che in surprise.
"what happened?"
He Chunlin stood up excitedly.
The other officials also had slightly nervous expressions on their faces.
Su Che asked again: "Does Manager Tang still remember?"
Tang Zhongwen frowned and said, "What are you doing?"
Su Che smiled and said: "Our procuratorate has investigated the accounts of the Minister's Office."
When Tang Zhongwen heard this, he glanced at him guiltily, "Remember. It's allocated to the Minister's Court."
As soon as these words came out, the officials' faces suddenly surged with anger, and they looked at Su Che as if they were the enemy who killed his father.
Zhang Fei also noticed it and was very curious in his heart, what is going on?
Su Che asked again: "Why allocate it to the Minister's Court?"
Tang Zhongwen said: "Well, it seems to be, yes. It is used for practice by Li Hao, the censor."
Su Che asked again: "Does Mr. Tang still remember that on the 23rd of the same month, you allocated another two thousand strings and three hundred and twenty shi of grain to the Minister's Court?"
Tang Zhongwen nodded slightly.
Su Che asked again: "Why?"
Tang Zhongwen started to have a headache and covered his forehead with one hand, "I don't know, anyway, it's what the Minister's Court wants."
The officials on the side also wiped their sweat one after another.
Su Zhe said: "Bachelor Yuan Shicai made it very clear that each government office has a fixed amount of funds, and according to the system, it is usually the Minister's House that subsidizes the military treasury. Why does it always appear in the accounts that the military treasury subsidizes the ministers?" hospital."
Tang Zhongwen said vaguely: "I don't know very well, anyway, it has always been like this."
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Fei suddenly asked: "Prosecutor Su, the president of this court doesn't quite understand. What is the purpose of the Minister's Court?"
When he asked, all the officials were stunned.
No way!
You...you don't even know about the Embassy?
Xu Zhiqian looked embarrassed and blamed herself deeply. She had neglected her duty!
Su Che quickly explained: "The Embassy's main purpose is to provide funds for reception and transportation of officials. However, according to the tradition of our dynasty, if there is an emergency, the money of the Embassy can be diverted to military expenses."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I understand."
The money he paid for coming here was all paid for by himself. He was too lazy to deal with the government just for some money. After arriving at Hezhong Mansion, no officials asked him to be smart, and they almost didn't even give him a salary. To this, he Don’t know anything!
Looking around, it's no wonder that when it comes to the Legation, these officials are murderous. It turns out that this is a department dedicated to their consumption of public funds. This time you are finished.
Cai Yanqing suddenly realized, "It turns out that he started from the Minister's Court."
Wang Shao on the side said: "If he was not an official, he would not know the mystery."
(End of chapter)
