Zhao Pin was also stunned. He was also fascinated by what he heard. Zhang Fei's words "I've finished asking" also made him a little at a loss.
Wei Yushan's guilt is firmly established.
But the problem is that this lawsuit is not against Wei Yushan. Wei Yushan attended as a witness, not a prisoner. It is Wang Hong who is accusing him!
Do you just want to use Wang Hong to convict Wei Yushan?
Um.
It's possible.
After all, Wei Yushan's confession was very beneficial to Wang Hong.
Really honest and honest.
But what you did just now was so similar, it almost drove Wang Hong crazy.
If Wang Hong is not guilty, he will have to take revenge on you.
Only Xu Zhiqian knew about it. This was not using Wang Hong to convict Wei Yushan. Even a blind person could see this. So after Zhang Fei sat down, Xu Zhiqian asked very unhappily: "What are you doing?" It’s so unfair. You are so kind to Wei Yushan, why can’t you ask more questions?”
She really hates people like Wei Yushan, and she wanted to kick Zhang Fei just now. Because she knows Zhang Fei very well, and with Zhang Fei's speaking skills, she can ask questions about capital crimes.
Even if you have to release the water, you have gone too far.
There was no pressure at all, it was completely Wei Yushan's own performance.
Zhang Fei explained helplessly: "I also want to ask a few more questions, but our goal is not to let Wei Yushan die. Judging from the current situation, we have been able to achieve our goal. If I ask more, I am afraid of asking questions. Look at Fan Sijian, he is sitting here just now, not even saying a word, completely giving up on Wei Yushan, he really won't be able to hold it back."
Xu Zhiqian snorted but remained silent.
As Xu Zun's daughter, she also knows that some things are so helpless, but even if she is unhappy, she cannot hide it. Zhang Fei is the only one beside her, so she can only talk about Zhang Fei to relieve her anger.
Fan Chunren was already ready to admit defeat, but when he saw the unexpected turn of events, the opportunity was too good to miss, and he immediately stood up: "President, the facts have proven that Wang Zhixian did not accept any bribes from Wei Yushan, and he is an upright official. , organized the villagers to enrich the gentry, build water conservancy projects, and build roads. Although in Geng Ming's case, Wang Zhixian did have some negligence, it was not to protect Wei Yushan. I think that at most he can only be sentenced to the crime of losing a person. "
Zhang Fei stood up quickly and said: "Fan Sijian, despite such serious corruption and bribery, you still say that he is an honest official, or that your standards for judging officials are different from common sense."
Different from common sense? You said I would forget it and mocked our admonishment officials.
Fan Chunren frowned and said, "I hope you can be more respectful."
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Sorry! I'm just discussing the matter, I have no other meaning."
Fan Chunren didn't bother with him and asked: "Wei Yushan has just stated that he has never bribed Wang Zhixian, and you can't provide any evidence. How can you start talking about this serious corruption and bribery?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "There is no provision in the law. It is called corruption and bribery only if you have to stuff money."
Zhao Pin was anxious, so he asked: "Zhang San, please stop being mysterious and show it if you have evidence."
...Zhang Fei said: "Actually, Wei Yushan has made it very clear just now. He did not use money to bribe Wang Hong, at least I can't find any evidence, but every time Wang Zhixian needed money for water conservancy projects and roads, he would take the initiative to donate money." Money, and all in all, it’s quite a lot.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was confused.
This is a good thing!
Building water conservancy projects and building roads are all things that benefit the people of the country.
Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo looked at each other, not understanding what was wrong with this.
Hiding wealth among the people refers to this point. Although the word "people" is a bit meaningless, there is nothing wrong with the officials' approach.
Zhao Pin even said directly: "This is conducive to national construction and a good thing. Where does corruption and bribery come from?"
Zhang Fei asked: "Has the presiding judge ever thought about why Wei Yushan was willing to donate money to Wangzhi County?"
Zhao Pindao: "Didn't Wei Yushan just say that he admires Wang Zhixian's work style?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Maybe there is this reason, but if Wangzhi County is like Geng Ming, I think Wei Yushan will not be able to donate money to him."
Wang Anshi was the first to react, stroking his beard and saying with a smile: "This guy really didn't fail to do anything he promised me."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "It even exceeded the quota."
Wang Anshi smiled and nodded.
Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and others frowned, and they gradually realized the problem.
As the presiding judge, Zhao Pin must ask clearly and cannot just guess: "What exactly do you want to explain?"
Zhang Fei said: "If Wangzhi County simply asks big landowners like Wei Yushan to donate money, whether it is to scare or deceive them, this is a manifestation of ability. Even if they do not demand their taxes, it is still a good performance.
Everyone knows some facts, and many big landowners evade taxes. It would be really good if they could be made to donate money at the critical moment.
However, if you take a closer look at Kaifeng County’s agricultural tax revenue, you will find that Wangzhi County also performs very well in terms of tax revenue, which is the main reason why he was quickly promoted to Kaifeng County Magistrate.”
Zhao Pin wondered: "Isn't this better?"
Zhang Fei smiled and asked, "Did the presiding judge read Geng Ming's pleading carefully?"
Zhao Pin nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "It shouldn't be difficult to find that Wei Yushan's tax evasion fields are increasing every year."
Zhao Pin looked at it again, nodded and said: "It is indeed increasing every year."
Zhang Fei said: "I believe that the situation of many large landowners is also the same. In other words, if the cultivated land remains unchanged, although the tax-free land is increasing every year, the total tax revenue remains the same or is still increasing. Where do these taxes come from? ?”
Fan Chunren immediately said: "You can't use Wei Yushan as a household to predict other big landowners."
"I have evidence."
Zhang Fei put his hand to the side and put a document in his hand, "This is the tax situation of Wang Hong in the two years since he became the magistrate of Kaifeng County, as well as the tax accounts that I secretly visited."
Fan Chunren asked: "Where did you get this tax account?"
Zhang Fei said: "Provided by the Siliyuan."
Fan Chunren suddenly remembered that he represented the Siliyuan.
…there are bad people among the officials.
Although the Executive Yuan does not care about finances, it is working within a system after all. There must be a way to get these account books.
But it was actually provided by Lu Huiqing.
Lu Jiawen didn't have this ability yet.
Zhao Pindao: "Submit it."
Zhang Fei said: "We secretly sent people to randomly check the second, third and fourth class households, a total of 150 households. It can be clearly found that the taxes they pay are increasing every year, and the number of acres of land does not increase, but decreases. in the case of.
The accounting information provided by the Executive Yuan is completely consistent with what I have checked.
Why is this happening? It’s because Wangzhi County allocates almost all of the land tax paid by big landowners to ordinary farmers. Among them, second-class households like Geng Ming have the highest increase.
Because the second-class households have money, but no power or status, and everyone shares it equally, they can tolerate it without causing trouble.
As for the methods used, Liu Dong and Geng Ming have made it very clear just now, and I don't understand why no one has questioned until now, what is the extra money they paid?"
Fan Chunren said: "This is all Wei Yushan's doing. What does it have to do with Wangzhi County?"
"Fan Sijian, don't be impatient."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I also have a document here, oh, it was also provided by the Court of Justice, and it is about the land tax litigation handled by Kaifeng County in the past two years."
Xu Zhiqian immediately handed it to him.
Zhang Fei took the article and said, "The land tax disputes handled by Wang Zhi County are three times that of the previous magistrate, and the punishments are far more severe than those of the previous magistrate. He often uses a board to greet the so-called 'unruly people', and the iron-faced two Words, that is well deserved.
But what about selflessness? But not necessarily. They all punish the second, third and fourth-class households, and there are very few cases involving first-class households. Even if there are, the judgments are always in favor of the first-class households, without exception."
At this point, he handed the article to the civil servant who came over, and continued: "The secret of Wangzhi County's promotion is very simple, that is, he gives great tolerance to big landowners and big squires, allowing them to annex land, while at the same time Very strict judicial supervision is given to households in the second, third, and fourth classes.
He used the so-called strict law enforcement, that is, he forced the second, third, and fourth-class households to share the tax evasion of the big landowners, and then used lenient tactics to win the favor of those big landowners. When he needed money to build water conservancy projects, the big landowners were willing to donate money, and everyone It's tacit.
Therefore, Wang Zhixian's political achievements can only be described in two words, "outstanding". He did things without spending the court's money, and the court did not promote him. But he is really a general who has achieved great success.
I also believe that Wang Hong may have never accepted money from others.
But I want to ask you, how much does it cost to buy the position of Kaifeng County Magistrate?"
There was total silence in the courtyard.
So that’s it! Fan Chunren suddenly realized it, but he immediately questioned: “At most, this can only be regarded as evidence that Wang Zhi County is an official, but it cannot be regarded as evidence that Wang Zhi County has accepted bribes.”
Everyone understands the truth, but in court, what matters is the law. Based on this alone, you cannot be accused of corruption and bribery. At most, it can only be regarded as supporting evidence.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "So the crime I am suing is not for corruption and bribery, but for the crime of murdering others."
…Fan Chunren was speechless for a moment.
Generally speaking, crimes against others are accompanied by corruption and bribery, which are given and received privately.
However, judging from the interpretation of "Song Xingtong", this is not a necessary condition.
Common sense cannot replace legal texts.
Zhang Fei looked around and said loudly: "There is no doubt that Wang Hong, the magistrate of Wang County, is definitely an official with outstanding abilities and rich trial experience.
Moreover, during the period of tax collection, he also adjudicated many tax lawsuits. It is impossible for him to ignore Geng Ming's grievances because of tax collection.
Then there is only one reason, that is, Wang Zhi County is trying to protect Wei Yushan. And from the Bianjing Law Firm's earshot and Liu Dong's experience, it is not difficult to see that he is actually a habitual criminal, and the people are indeed forced to do so.
Landowner, but Wang Hong used superficial evidence to reject the people's lawsuit. It can be seen that rejection is just a habit of Wang Hong, which is even more terrifying than special treatment.
He was benevolent and loved the people. He loved the big landowners, the rich gentry, and the country gentry. He enforced the law strictly and was strict with the peasants, small craftsmen, and small citizens.
His love and hate are so contradictory that during the interrogation just now, there were so many contradictions that it was impossible to tell whether he was a good official or a corrupt official. But as long as we distinguish between the "people", then
Everything can be explained clearly and clearly.
Wei Yushan definitely admired him from the bottom of his heart, but his appreciation was precisely evidence of Wang Hong's evildoing.
Unless the imperial court wrote "benevolent government and loving the people" and "hiding wealth among the people" in the "Song Xingtong", and stated that "people" only refers to wealthy gentry, big landowners, and country gentry, otherwise Wang Hong would definitely have committed the crime.
Human sin.”
"Kill this gou official!"
"Officer Gou!"
"If we don't convict this gouging official of causing harm to others, where is the justice of heaven!"
The citizens at the door suddenly went crazy, raising their arms and shouting, hysterical and gnashing their teeth.
The resentment is overwhelming.
As the saying goes, the people do not worry about scarcity but about inequality.
If you really want political achievements, you can be more ruthless, that's fine. If you treat everyone equally and tax everyone arbitrarily, even if you are more ruthless, the people will not be so angry.
As a result, you also asked lower-class households to share the taxes of higher-class households.
This is simply worse than corrupt officials.
There was dead silence in the courtyard.
Only Wang Anshi stared at Sima Guang across from him, his mouth always keeping the words "Hide wealth from the people, hide wealth from the people, hide wealth from the people."
Sima Guang was so angry that he turned his face to one side.
It's a pity that Wang Anshi could only hold back his laughter. The mood outside was so high that he was too embarrassed to laugh.
But after this review, he was very happy. The deal was worth it and the task was simply overfulfilled.
Zhao Pin looked at Fan Chunren.
After all, Fan Chunren is not a professional ear pen. He is also an official. He shouted so loudly outside. If he tried to defend himself, he might ruin his father's reputation. The key point is that he was unable to refute the accusation and could only defend it cleverly. This was not the point. Very big.
He just shook his head and sat back.
Zhao Pin was stunned and immediately pronounced Wang Hong guilty of murder.
Nancy Beiqing reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this