Chapter 401: Picking up cattle is not ambiguous
Since Yang Huairen said so, he didn't even need to look at it, after the two cattle were slaughtered, they must not have even been cut off from the cow, and they were placed in the cellar intact. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wei Cai originally thought that his whole plan was seamless, but he didn't expect that Yang Huairen didn't use the beef of the two ploughing cows he "sent" at all, and his reason for framing Yang Huairen was untenable.
However, he still refused to give up, and still accused him with strong words, "The surname Yang, you are useless now, it doesn't mean that you won't use it in the future, maybe you will be confused today, and you will use it tomorrow?" ”
"Of course I'll use this beef! Although it is useless today, it will be used tomorrow! ”
Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang were shocked when they heard Yang Huairen's words, and said in their hearts, We originally thought that you were caught by someone else, but now it has been proved that you don't need beef to make a beef flavor with pork, so why do you have to use those beef beef?
Originally, the evidence that Wei Cai sued you was insufficient, if you had to use these beef with him, wouldn't it mean that you had clearly seen the big pit that someone dug for you, and you still had to jump into it?
Fan Xianggong privately shook Yang Huairen with the back of his hand as a reminder. Yang Huairen didn't care at all, and turned to Xu Tuiguan, who was trembling on the side, "Lord Xu, Ben Hou asked you something about our Great Song Law, and I hope Lord Xu will give you advice." ”
Xu Tuiguan hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Although Yang Hou asked, the lower officials knew everything. ”
"That's good," Yang Huairen looked at him with a smile behind his back, "Our Song people raise cattle, is it true that the village and town are all going to investigate and count, and then report to the higher yamen for record?" ”
"Yang Hou is right, the government attaches great importance to matters involving agricultural production, and the government has recorded the cattle used for farming."
"Mmmm, how many cows are there in this record in my Zhuangzi?"
Xu Tuiguan is subjectively criminal, this is really not clear, fortunately, because this case is about cultivating cattle, there is a scribe who specially records the cultivation of cattle in the villages and towns of Kaifeng Prefecture among the few officials who came with him, and when Yang Huairen raised this question, he whispered, "If Xiaodi is not mistaken, Yang Daguan should have raised thirty-six ploughing cattle in Zhuangzi." ”
Yang Huairen deliberately asked again loudly, "Are you sure it's thirty-six?" ”
The little official was startled, and in front of several big people, he didn't dare to answer recklessly, but thought about it carefully, and only after determining this number did he reply in a low voice, "Back to my lords, Yang Daguan Zhuangzi originally had twelve ploughing oxen, and twenty-four were added last autumn, a total of thirty-six is right. ”
Yang Huairen thought that his voice was too quiet, and ordered him to say it again loudly, but the little official didn't dare to disobey, so he had to say again loudly, "A total of thirty-six cows is right!" ”
"That's good, that's good!"
Yang Huairen suddenly slapped his slap a few times, and announced to everyone in a high-profile manner, "Ben Hou will bother to open the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion and count it again in my Zhuangzi, is there still thirty-six ploughing cows!" ”
As soon as he said this, Lu Dafang first heard the meaning of these words, combined with Yang Huairen's calm expression now, he guessed that Yang Huairen had already seen through the opponent's conspiracy to frame him, so he had prepared all kinds of evidence to refute those false accusers.
Lu Dafang was secretly happy in his heart, this kid's acting skills are okay, he was annoyed for a long time, it turned out that he had already made up his mind, and he didn't do anything serious in the court, and he argued about it all morning, and he deceived the government to slaughter the cattle in private, and what was even more harmful was that he and Lao Fan, the two old men, went all the way to make a special trip.
Yang Huairen's confident aura immediately calmed down Xu Tuiguan and those few little officials, as soon as they heard that Yang Houye was so sure, then the ploughing cattle in his village's village must be thirty-six and a lot, and there was no need to check them at all.
Yang Huairen then asked, "Lord Xu, Ben Hou is asking you a question, if I pick up something and hand it over to the government, and this thing is unclaimed, and I buy it back from the government, I don't know what law I have violated in this whole thing?" ”
Xu Tuiguan scratched his head, Song Luli really has no detailed regulations on the property rights of things found, usually if there are similar cases, unless the owner has evidence to prove that the thing was indeed lost by him, he can ask the person who found the thing to return the original thing.
But when it comes to the ownership of the thing that the owner of the person has shown evidence, even if the person who picked up such a thing does not admit it at first, he will honestly return the thing to the owner at this time.
There is no clear provision or punishment in the law for the punishment of the person who finds something, and no one will object to the verbal punishment of the official according to the norms of universal morality, or even if he is slapped a few boards.
Even if the sentence is actually sentencing, it is only a forcible classification of a person who does not return something to the crime of forcible illegal possession.
However, the overall personality of the ancients was relatively honest, and they generally handed over things that were lost by others to the yamen, and there were few things that were selfish with a clear conscience.
Of course, the most common situation is that if you pick up a copper coin of one or two pennies, it is not a big deal to put it in your pocket, and the owner will not look for it, or even notice it.
Since Yang Huairen asked about the provisions of the law, Xu Tuiguan realized that the two cattle that Yang Huairen said at the beginning that the villagers sent to the yamen yesterday might really be as Yang Huairen said, and they were picked up by his villagers on the river beach.
So he had no choice but to compliment with a smiling face, "The farmer of the Hou family's family picked up the 'cow' and sent it to the yamen, which is really commendable." ”
Where does Yang Huairen need him to pat his ass, waved his hand, and then asked, "Yesterday, those two cows were unclaimed and Ben Hou spent money to buy them from the government, so they can be used?" ”
Xu Tuiguan thought to himself, you have proved that the two cows were thrown on the river beach of your family with broken legs, who else dares to claim this? Aren't you afraid of being held accountable for harming the cattle?
In the past, for cattle that died of natural causes, or where there were sufficient witnesses to prove that they had indeed died by accident or had lost their ability to farm due to injury, the government also took back and appointed a butcher to slaughter them and then sell them back to their original owners at a very low price, which was a common practice.
For similar ownerless cattle, since the farmer in your village picked it up and sent it to the government for slaughter, then if you buy it back, you naturally do not violate the criminal law, and you can use this kind of beef as you like.
Xu Tuiguan politely replied, "What Hou Ye said is that these beef Hou Ye can naturally be disposed of at will. ”