Four hundred and fortieth chapters tax war (nineteen)
Can’t be used as evidence in court?
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of surprise inside and outside the hospital.
Many people even stood up directly, including Zhang Fei's father-in-law Xu Zun. He had checked all the evidence very carefully and there could be no problems.
Su Che and Qi Ji also looked at Zhang Fei with wide eyes and shock on their faces.
Although the previous debate on tax evasion still allowed Zhang Fei to find loopholes, he did not completely absolve Zhao Wenzheng of tax evasion suspicion. He only said that he would shift more responsibility to Wang Hongjin. Until this lawsuit, the procuratorate is still
acceptable.
Because of the last two charges, occupying official land and selling illegal salt are the main highlights.
This is the killer move.
Although Su Che never thought about how Zhang Fei would refute these two charges, he also never thought that Zhang Fei would directly question the evidence.
Because they have confirmed it repeatedly, there is absolutely no problem with this evidence.
One hundred percent irrefutable evidence.
Xu Zhiqian turned around slightly and glanced at her father. Just as she expected, her face was full of shock and disbelief. She thought to herself, Dad, this Dao is one foot high and the devil is one foot high. You still haven't investigated carefully enough.
ah!
"It's impossible. There's nothing wrong with the evidence we provided."
Su Che, who had always been calm, became excited at this moment.
Suddenly I heard someone at the VIP table say: "I have also seen the evidence, and there can be no problem."
Zeng Gong raised his eyes and saw that it was Lu Jia who asked.
Because he also reviewed the evidence.
Zeng Gong also understood how Lu Jiawen felt at this time, because he felt the same way. He had also reviewed the evidence and found that the land indeed belonged to the government, so he asked Zhang Fei: "The prefect has carefully reviewed the relevant evidence.
If you find any omissions, how do you conclude that this evidence cannot be used as evidence in court."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "In this court, Zhang San does not dare to speak nonsense. I have evidence to prove that the evidence provided by the procuratorate is illegal and cannot be used as evidence in court. Otherwise, justice will be impossible."
Talk about it."
Zeng Gong hurriedly asked: "What evidence?"
Zhang Fei said: "I hope to call my witness Xie Huacun."
Xiehua Village.
who?
Su Zhe couldn't help but look at Qi Ji.
Qi Ji shook his head and said blankly: "I have never heard of this name."
Su Che's memory was far better than Qi Ji's, but in his memory, this name never appeared in any evidence.
Zeng Gong also looked confused and immediately said: "It is said that Xie Huacun will come to the church."
Soon, a man in his thirties, wearing short brown clothes and a beard came to the hall and said, "The little man Xiehua Village is here to see the prefect."
Since the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not wear dragon robes and was dressed like a nobleman, Xie Huacun did not notice the young man.
Zeng Gong himself was ignored, his mind was on his bed, and he pointed to the witness box, "Sit down."
"No, no, no, I don't dare to sit down."
Xie Huacun waved his hands in fear.
In the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion, who would dare to sit casually without any status?
Zeng Gong also understood the people's mentality and did not force him, "Then just stand there."
"The villain obeys your orders!"
Xie Huacun walked over cautiously and stood in front of the witness chair, sweating profusely.
Zeng Gong also indicated with his eyes that Zhang Fei could make inquiries.
Zhang Fei stood up and asked: "Xiehua Village, where are you?"
Xie Huacun replied: "I am from Taocun, Shahe Township, Xiangfu County."
Zhang Fei asked again: "What do you do?"
Xie Huacun said: “My family has been farmers for generations.”
Zhang Fei said: "In other words, you are also a farmer?"
"Um."
Xie Huacun nodded.
Zhang Fei asked: "How many acres of land does your family have?"
Xie Huacun shook his head and said: "My family has no land now, and I am now working as a tenant farmer for a wealthy family."
Zhang Fei asked: "Has it happened before?"
"It's worth it."
Xie Huacun nodded and said, "My family used to have more than forty acres of land."
Zhang Fei said: "Then why is it gone now?"
Xie Huacun sighed: "This is all because of the flood three years ago. At that time, all my fields were washed away by the flood. I could only take my wife and children to go out to make a living. I stayed out for a full year and a half, but
When I returned home, I found that my farmland had become the government’s pasture.”
Su Zhe couldn't help but look shocked, and hurriedly looked through the evidence with Qi Ji.
In a moment, they found relevant evidence. Qiji pointed to an account on the evidence and said, "It may refer to this land."
Su Che whispered: "This is terrible."
Xu Zun couldn't help but frowned. You little bastard, I thought you were very meticulous, but I never thought you were so meticulous. You actually counted these dozens of acres of land until three years ago. How can we do this?
Check it!
They mainly relied on the government's field records, thinking that this was irrefutable evidence, and everything should be based on official records.
Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others were also stunned.
Is this okay?
Zhang Fei asked curiously: "Why did your family's field become a pasture?"
Xie Huacun said: "The government said that my family's land is wasteland and no one has ever claimed it, so it belongs to the government. The forty acres of my family's land are all good land."
Zhang Fei said: "Don't you want to sue the official?"
"Why not?"
Xie Huacun became more and more angry as he talked, and he was not as worried as before, "I immediately went to the government, but the people in the government told me that I didn't pay taxes last year. If I have to get the land back, I will
Even if it's illegal, not only will I be fined a lot of money, but the government will also arrest me, so how dare I ask for it!"
Speaking of the latter part, I was filled with grievances.
Zhang Fei said: "But as far as I know, the imperial court at that time issued an order to exempt local land taxes."
Xie Huacun said: "I also know, and I said so at the time, but the government said that the court only waived the autumn tax for that year, but I stayed out for a year and a half, which meant that I had not paid taxes for a whole year."
Zhang Fei asked: "Then do you have any evidence to prove it?"
"I have!"
Xie Huacun said: "Because I was not the only one whose fields had been turned into pastures. When the official asked me about the deed of the field, I was cautious and said that I had lost it. In fact, I was hiding it.
, I thought that I could deceive my father when I visited his grave. Before he left, my father repeatedly told me not to lose those fields."
After speaking, he even wiped away his tears.
Zhang Fei suddenly said loudly: "During that flood, Xiehua Village was not the only farmer who lost their land. As far as I know, there were three other households. They were also the same. Because of the flood, they could only go out to beg for a living. But when they waited
When I came back, my family's fields were regarded as wasteland by the government, and were collected as official fields or turned into pastures. Obviously, this arrangement is illegal, because according to the laws of our country, it must be unclaimed for at least three years before it can be claimed.
It was regarded as wasteland and confiscated by the government.
But judging from the government's accounts, a year and a half ago, there were tax records on that land. However, a year and a half later, that land became wasteland, and then turned into the government's pasture.
It can be seen that they are the owners of the land because they have the legal title."
After hearing this, Su Zhe hurriedly said to Qi Ji: "Hurry and find out whether those lands were considered wasteland at that time."
Qi Ji said awkwardly: "That's in another account, we didn't bring it."
Su Che immediately felt regretful.
Qi Ji added: "Actually, with so much land, it's not that easy to check."
Su Che sighed: "But he found it."
Zhang Fei looked at Xu Zhiqian and said, "Bingyi."
Xu Zhiqian handed a small wooden box to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took it and said to Zeng Gong: "Prefect Zeng, this is the land deed of the Xiehua Village family and three other households. However, because those three households were afraid of causing trouble, they did not dare to come here to testify. I also ask Prefect Zeng to be able to provide evidence for this."
This is kept confidential.”
Zeng Gong nodded and said: "This prefect will keep it secret."
At this time, there were whispers at the door again.
"I also know about Shahe Township. There are more than three households, maybe thirty!"
"When the flood comes, everyone's fields will look like wasteland."
"The government is really embarrassed to say that people are invading official land, so what should we do if the government infringes on people's land?"
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There was a lot of excitement outside the door, but it was extremely quiet inside.
The emperor was sitting next to him, so the officials watching the trial must have been so embarrassed.
It can also be seen that they knew it well. Although they did not investigate, they did not think Zhang Fei was lying.
Although the current general trend is that official land is converted into private land, there are also many private lands converted into official land, and there are many tricks here.
Situations like this in Xiehua Village are actually very common and not a rare occurrence.
Zeng Gong is also a capable minister. After reading the evidence provided by Zhang Fei, he couldn't help but look very complicated and confused. How should we judge this?
Li Kai was already used to it, and even glanced at Zeng Gong secretly. Do you know you were wrong now?
From the expression on Zeng Gong's face, Mr. Lu seemed to have seen Zeng Jin himself, and felt more or less relieved. It was not that I was incompetent, but that this boy was too cunning.
Su Che suddenly stood up and said, "In the government's field books, these lands are all recorded in eucalyptus. I think it should be determined by the government's calculations."
The officials nodded one after another, but there was a burst of boos outside the door.
You must know that a quarter of an hour ago, they were still on the side of the procuratorate.
But now that I think about it, Zhao Wenzheng only occupied official land, but the government occupied private land.
Su Che's ears turned red from being booed.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "If this is the case, then the officials only need to write down all the land in the field book, and then all private land deeds will be invalid. This is obviously inappropriate and impossible. I personally think that the land deeds should be better than
The government's land records have more legal effect.
Even if we take a step back and say that we disagree, these land deeds can at least prove that there is a dispute, but it is obviously against the law to use a disputed account as ironclad evidence to accuse others."
Su Che frowned and didn't know how to refute.
Zeng Gong suddenly said: "Although what you say makes sense, these households only have more than 200 acres of land in total. Compared with the amount of occupied land provided by the procuratorate, this is only a small part."
"Of course it's more than that."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The procuratorate prosecuted Governor Zhao for occupying more than 70 hectares of official land. However, according to our investigation, there are big problems in more than 20 hectares of official land, nearly one-third. From a legal sense, these fields are not
Whether it should belong to official land is at least controversial.
If the government believes that those fields belong to the government, then why should the government determine that Governor Zhao has occupied the government land? You must know that the methods they used are exactly the same. Wang Hongjin also regarded the so-called "official pasture" as wasteland.
Then he sent tenant farmers to cultivate it for two years, and finally legally took it as his own."
After these words, the whole audience was immersed in embarrassment, except Zhao Wenzheng who was laughing.
You really get what you pay for!
The two thousand yuan is not a loss.
Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at Xu Zhiqian, "A 2."
Xu Zhiqian immediately found a thick stack of articles and handed it to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took it, raised it directly, and said: "This is the specific evidence we found. One of the families was the most outrageous. His son accompanied his wife back to her parents' home in Yangzhou. They had just stayed there for half a year when suddenly news came that his father had died of illness.
After hearing the news, the couple rushed back immediately, but the government told them that his father was homeless, and the wife was still holding his grandson in her arms at that time."
The boos at the door were even louder. Apparently no one doubted Zhang Fei's words.
Even Zhao Xu, who was sitting nearby, turned red.
Outrageous!
It’s so outrageous!
Huang Gui came over again and said in a low voice, "You are indeed a big ear pen."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Thank you! Thank you!"
Huang Gui took all the evidence up.
Zeng Gong couldn't understand it alone, so he simply handed over all the evidence to the judicial officials below. He then asked Zhang Fei: "I assume that all the lands you refer to are in dispute, but there are still fifty hectares."
Guantian, how do you explain this?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Back to the prefect, I think these evidences belong to a whole and should not be divided into valid and invalid parts in the court. It is like throwing a small lump of mud into a basin of clear water. You can't
Go tell others that there is still a ladle of clear water in here.
The key is not to divide it like this. If this is the case, then the procuratorate can collect a lot of accounts every time it files an indictment. The defendant can reduce as many problems as he can find. What is the difference between this and lawlessness? Moreover, not every defendant
Governor Zhao has the financial resources to prove that there are problems with these evidences.
As the prosecuting party, the Procuratorate should bear full responsibility for providing problematic evidence, and this evidence is the only ironclad evidence against Governor Zhao for occupying official land. Since it is invalid, then Governor Zhao is certainly not guilty."
Zeng Gong frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Come forward."
Zhang Fei and Su Che immediately came up to Zeng Gong.
Zeng Gong whispered: "Zhang San, although what you said makes sense, the procuratorate can reorganize the evidence and prosecute again after going back. Why don't you present stronger evidence to plead?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Prefect Zeng, if you find Governor Zhao not guilty today, and then find Governor Zhao guilty two days later, this may affect the authority of Kaifeng Prefecture."
Zeng Gong was immediately speechless.
Zhang Fei added: "The procuratorate, as the prosecutor, provided illegal evidence. I don't know whether they were careless or intentional, but if they are given the opportunity to sue again, then the procuratorate will always be able to do this and they don't need to bear the responsibility."
Any responsibility, I think since they made the mistake, then the benefits should go to Governor Zhao. After all, this prosecution has caused great trouble to Governor Zhao, and I also ask Governor Zeng to give a fair judgment."
Zeng Gong couldn't help but look at Su Che.
Su Zhe nodded guiltily: "Sorry! This was an oversight by our procuratorate."