my wonderful zoo

Chapter 102
"Except Mr. Liu, this old man is illiterate. He certainly cannot confirm the amount of debt written on your IOU. It does not rule out that you committed fraud when you asked him to sign the deposit. Therefore, you need a middleman to prove that you were When signing the debt agreement, the old man indeed borrowed 100 taels of silver from you." Chen Xun tried to make a breakthrough in this direction.

"Yes, at that time my butler was beside me, and there were a few servants of my family." Liu Yuanwai replied.

"Both the housekeeper and the servants are employed by you and rely on you for their livelihood. What they say will definitely benefit you and they should avoid suspicion." Of course, Chen Xun would not agree with him so easily.

This kind of thing of lending money and ruining a family is generally not done by several families together, and even the head of the family will not personally participate, and will only be carried out by the servants.

Chen Xun is betting that there is no one outside Liu Yuan.

"There is also a village in the village where this old man lives. He can testify." Liu Yuanwai's answer made Chen Xun's hope of breakthrough disappear before it even started.

Lost the bet!
You don't need to invite the Muramasa to come over to know that they are definitely complicit.

Looking at the people outside the door, there was no look of expectation in their eyes, and most of them were just watching the excitement.

In their opinion, Chen Xun sitting on the high platform could not help the farmer.

Because there is no benefit.

It is common practice for officials to protect each other and collusion between officials and businessmen.

Originally, he wanted to try the case seriously and help the farmer "defeat" the evil Yuanwai Liu with an impeccable defense, but Chen Xun finally found that he was not capable of doing such a highly intelligent thing.

It is estimated that Liu Yuanwai's family has been lending money for hundreds of years, and all possible points that could be used as leverage have been flawlessly taken care of.

There is basically no solution to help old farmers default on their debts from a legal perspective.

But today's case cannot be determined by one's words and the old farmer will win.

If it is easily determined that the farmer did not borrow money, then if someone actually borrows money in the future and follows the farmer's process again, wouldn't it be a trap for the lender?

It is impossible to prohibit private lending relationships, and their existence is reasonable. If I conclude today that what the old farmer said is true, all the "IOUs" within my jurisdiction will become useless paper.

However, it will not work if this "IOU" is acknowledged.

Chen Xun was ninety-nine percent sure that this was the IOU accumulated from loan sharks. Liu Yuanwai might have only paid a bucket of rice, but the harvest from the old farmer was already very rich. He didn't know the specific amount of interest, and the old farmer's daughter.

If you admit this IOU, you will be helping the evildoer.

"Bring the county magistrate here." Chen Xun ordered his opponent.

The Prime Minister of Dongguan County is named Qin Wen, and he is the only one who is still alive among the three chief officials of Dongguan County.

The previous county magistrate Wang Xu and the county captain Lezhi had both died under the sharp sword of Chen Jia Zhuangzhuang. With the lessons learned from the two chief officials, the county magistrate was quite cooperative. He saluted immediately after seeing Chen Xun, looking very humble and honest.

"Let me ask you, does the law of this dynasty stipulate that debts must be repaid?" This was the second breakthrough Chen Xun found.

"My lord, there is no provision in the laws of this dynasty that the father's debt must be repaid by the son." Tan Wen first answered Chen Xun's question, and then added: "But the repayment of the father's debt by the son is a common law among the people, and children are supported by their father. , naturally he should bear his father’s debts.”

"Just answer whatever I ask you." Chen Xun was dissatisfied with Tan Wen's addition, which would make his subsequent operations a little embarrassing.

"Yes." Tan Wen did not dare to say anything this time.

"Tell me more specifically about the regulations on debt repayment in this dynasty's laws." Chen Xun asked again.

"The "Song Xingtong·Public and Private Debt Gate" contains the order of reasonable debt: Anyone who owes an official property and commits fraud shall fully estimate the property to repay it; if it is insufficient, the property of the guarantor shall be repaid in full; if it is insufficient, the debt is due to the director; if it is insufficient, The performance must be guaranteed and released.”

"It is also stipulated that if there is no cheating and the deceased is dead, the debt will be released; if there is cheating and the debt is due to death and the property has been exhausted, this will be allowed." Chen Xun had studied in a private school when he was a child and knew the meaning of these two sentences:
The debtor has the legal obligation to repay the debt, and if the debt is not repaid maliciously, it will be paid off with its property;
If the debt is insolvent, it will be repaid with the guarantor’s finances;
If it is not enough to repay the debt, the debtor will be imprisoned in the repayment department (meaning that his family will have to raise funds to repay the debt and redeem the person);

If it is still not enough to pay off the debt, the debt will be "released" according to the procedure, and the debt will be declared over (equivalent to personal bankruptcy in later generations);

If the debtor dies and has no record of fraud, his debt will also be extinguished (debt will be eliminated upon death);
If the debtor has a record of fraud but has been dealt with and the property has been paid off, the debt will also be extinguished upon the death of the debtor.

In short, the children of the debtor have no legal obligation to repay the debts owed by their parents during their lifetime.

According to government regulations, the stage when the father's debt needs to be repaid by the son is when the debtor is imprisoned in the debt settlement department.At this stage, if children want to fulfill their filial piety, they can help their parents pay off their debts and redeem their parents.If you don't want to be filial, you don't have to worry about your parents' life or death.

However, there is a premise for the above, that is, the debtor's property has been used to pay off the debt. If the children inherit the debtor's property, they need to inherit it together with the debt.

Looking at the old farmer in the hall, it was obvious that his daughter had not inherited his property.

They have already been sold into a brothel, so there is no need to talk about inheritance.

"In other words, Yuan Liu does not have the right to force Mr. Liu's daughter to pay off his father's debt?" Chen Xun asked.

"Yes." Tan Wen lowered his head and did not dare to look at Chen Xun or Liu Yuanwai.

He knew that Liu Yuanwai was going to be in trouble.

"What's the crime for forcing a good girl into prostitution?" Chen Xun asked.

"A fifty-fifty staff can carry a thousand-mile journey." Tan Wenxi replied with words as golden as gold. This sentence was equivalent to a death sentence for Liu Yuanwai.

"Master, have mercy on me. It was the old man who sold his daughter to me. I didn't force her into prostitution." Liu Yuanwai also knelt down, kowtowed and shouted loudly.

"Did you know that buying and selling civilians as prostitutes is also considered forced prostitution?" Chen Xun blocked Liu Yuanwai's way of begging for mercy with one sentence.

In this era, that's how it works.

The government can do many cruel things, but it stipulates that the people cannot do it. To educate the people, they must be polite and moral.

For example, the source of prostitution is that the government can convict the whole family of women and children into prostitution, but the private sector is not allowed to buy or sell them.

But rules are rules, and there will always be some rich and powerful people who feel that they also have the privileges of the "official government."

In the long-term agreement, do some illegal things.

The people do not investigate and manage.

In this way, the ignorant and blind people are oppressed and exploited by these corrupt officials, gentlemen and wealthy businessmen without end.

"Sir, please forgive me...ah, I...I don't want the money anymore. I...I will redeem the old man's daughter right away...and send her home." Liu Yuanwai could tell from Chen Xun's words that he was about to face him. Right fate, I was so scared that I started to tremble when I spoke.

"late."

"Listen to orders!"

"Mighty~Mighty!!!" The guards standing on both sides of the lobby pretended to be presentable.

(End of this chapter)