Procuratorate.
"The evidence is flawless and irrefutable. How can Zhang San overturn the case?"
Su Che sat in front of the eucalyptus with a sad face, muttering to himself.
There was a mountain of documents on the table. These days he had been working day and night, tirelessly reviewing all the evidence.
But after looking around, there really is no problem.
At this time, Qi Ji entered the room and said, "Prosecutor Su, a message just came from Kaifeng Prefecture. They have asked the Imperial Court to transfer the indictment to Kaifeng Prefecture. They hope that the case can be tried in court as soon as possible."
Su Zhe was startled and seemed hesitant. After a moment, he said, "Now that we are facing Zhang San, should we make more preparations? I want to go to the place written on these evidences in person to make sure everything is safe."
"But we have already sent people to investigate the evidence, and there is absolutely no problem with it."
Qi Ji continued, "Prosecutor Su, we have been preparing for this for a long time and have sufficient evidence, but Zhang San has only recently taken on this lawsuit. If we delay it any further, won't it be more advantageous to Zhang San?
At least the ministers in the court would think so, and perhaps Kaifeng Prefecture would think so too. If we delay for some time, if something goes wrong in court, we might be impeached."
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It would take at least half a month to complete this tour.
Su Che was still a little hesitant.
Qi Ji added: "The main reason is that we have no reasonable reason to postpone it, which will definitely lead to criticism."
Su Che wanted to go and see for himself, not because he had any thoughts in mind, but mainly because he felt uneasy and wanted to try his luck. However, the prosecutors had already investigated before, and if they postponed the prosecution on this ground, and if there was no result and they lost the case, then the entire procuratorate would be in the spotlight.
"All right!"
Su Che nodded and said, "But add Wang Hongjin's previous charge of tax evasion, just in case."
Qi Ji's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea. We can catch the other party off guard again."
When they prosecuted Xu Yu and Qin Biao before, they did not investigate whether they had committed tax evasion before, because the procuratorate and the tax commissioner had a tacit understanding at the time, and the tax commissioner only provided evidence of income and deliberately avoided previous tax situations.
After all, this is a trial of a new law. If you use the new law to calculate the old taxes, that would be meaningless. Not to mention whether Sima Guang and others would agree, Wang Anshi would not agree either. If you do that, who would support the new law?
The Legislative Council enacted those new laws to set the tone for this.
However, the Taxation Bureau provided a very comprehensive income evidence after all. If the procuratorate investigates carefully, it will still be able to find evidence of tax evasion.
The procuratorate now actually has evidence of Wang Hongjin's tax evasion, but this crime was not included in the previous indictment.
But now that Zhang Fei has suddenly intervened, public opinion in the court has begun to reverse, from opposing the procuratorate to supporting the procuratorate. So if we bring this charge again now, everyone will support it.
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Since we are going to fight quickly, let's just do it quickly and don't give Zhang Fei too much time to prepare.
The procuratorate immediately wrote another indictment and formally filed a lawsuit against Kaifeng Prefecture.
Kaifeng Prefecture was under pressure from all sides, and was being urged to open the court and conduct the trial as soon as possible.
The case had come to this point because the imperial court had been delaying, causing them to worry that Kaifeng Prefecture would also come under pressure from the emperor and resort to such despicable tactics.
However, they were clearly worrying too much.
Zeng Gong could not wait any longer. These evidences alone were enough to convict Zhao Wenzhen. He did not delay for a moment. After receiving the indictment from the procuratorate, he immediately announced that the trial would begin the next day.
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After a whole year, Kaifeng Prefecture ushered in its own highlight moment again. Early in the morning, the palace was already full of guests and friends.
Fortunately, everyone in Kaifeng Prefecture has rich experience in dealing with this. Under the arrangement of Li Kai and Huang Gui, they had already made preparations and everything was fine.
The weather was nice, the sun was shining brightly outside, and the distinguished guests were standing in the courtyard chatting.
"I can't think of that either."
Fu Bi shook his head. "In my opinion, this case is irrefutable. There is absolutely no possibility of overturning the verdict."
Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and nodded: "I think so too."
Sima Guang said, "But I talked to Zhang San, and he said that although he was not sure of winning, he could definitely win the lawsuit."
"Yeah?"
Fu Bi asked in disbelief.
Sima Guang nodded.
Fu Bi was puzzled, "How can we win this?"
Sima Guang shook his head: "Then he didn't tell me."
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"Everyone, we have to keep a close eye on it."
Meng Gansheng said: "If Zhang San wants to win this lawsuit, he will definitely use tricks."
Xie Yun frowned and said, "This is a public trial, how can he play tricks?"
Meng Gansheng said: "Have you forgotten how the imperial court protected Governor Zhao before?"
"But Prefect Zeng..."
"Prefect Zeng has never tried a case involving a royal family. Can you guarantee that Prefect Zeng will still be impartial?"
"That's true."
......
At this time, Zeng Gong was sitting in the hall with his good friend Wang Anshi.
"well...!"
Zeng Gong sighed: "Now I gradually understand why Li Tongpan is so afraid of Zhang San. I can feel a lot of pressure before the trial even starts."
Wang Anshi nodded and said, "If the verdict can be passed, it won't cause any controversy. I'm just afraid that the brat can really overturn the verdict. If that happens, Brother Zigu will inevitably be criticized."
Zeng Gong said: "But as long as the evidence submitted by the procuratorate is correct, this case will never be overturned."
Wang Anshi said, "Brother Zigu, you still have to be careful. Although there are rumors that Zhang San did this just to defraud money, based on my understanding of that guy, if there is really no hope at all, he is unlikely to take the case."
At this moment, Huang Gui suddenly walked in and said, "Reporting to the prefect Zeng, the emperor is here."
Zeng Gong and Wang Anshi looked at each other, then immediately stood up and walked out.
Zhao Xu's sudden arrival was both reasonable and unexpected!
But one thing is certain, the ministers were all very unhappy about the emperor's arrival. This was a trial of a royal family member, and your sitting here was clearly intended to put pressure on Kaifeng Prefecture!
After the ceremony, the Imperial Censor Pei Wen asked, "Why is the emperor here?"
Zhao Xu said, "I have nothing to do today, so I came to take a look. Is that not okay?"
Pei Wen said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this case involves the royal family. If your Majesty were to sit here, I'm afraid it would put pressure on Kaifeng Prefecture."
Fu Bi and the others remained silent, obviously supporting Pei Wen's statement.
Want to drive me away? Zhao Xu immediately got angry and said angrily: "You can come, but I can't?"
What you mean is, won't you put pressure on Zhang San by sitting here?
Pei Wen bowed and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I am just afraid that it will affect judicial justice."
This is obviously an innuendo.
Zhao Xu was too lazy to argue with these imperial censors, and looked at Zeng Gong, "Zeng Zhifu, will my presence affect your trial?"
Zeng Gong bowed and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will handle this impartially. Even if the other party is a member of the royal family, as long as they violate the law, I will never tolerate it."
Zhao Xu nodded awkwardly.
Is there no friendly troops here?
When the ministers heard Zeng Gong's words, they felt relieved.
By criticizing the emperor like this, they were actually trying to encourage Zeng Gong. Don't panic, we are here to support you. The emperor cannot act recklessly.
The atmosphere was very awkward.
Wang Anshi hurried out to smooth things over and asked, "When will the court session begin?"
Zeng Gong glanced at the sky and said, "It should be soon."
Huang Gui next to him asked, "Zhang San hasn't arrived yet?"
Zeng Gong frowned and said, "Not yet?"
Li Kai sighed, "Governor Zeng doesn't know that Zhang San is always the last one to arrive."
Not to mention that he was used to it, even Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and others said they were used to it.
But Zeng Gong was not used to it. You little ear pen, let me wait for you, what are you thinking about? He waved his hand and said, "I won't wait for him anymore. Let's prepare to open the court."
Zhao Xu wanted to say something, but seeing the ministers staring at him eagerly, he felt a little uneasy and kept silent.
Zeng Gong sat up, and the distinguished guests also took their seats. The emperor sat alone on the side, with Lan Yuanzhen standing next to him.
"It's already this hour, why hasn't Zhang San come yet?"
Sima Guang suddenly became worried, "Was there any accident?"
"That shouldn't be the case!" Wang Anshi also looked worried.
Although Zhang Fei is usually the last one to arrive, he will not be late.
But the church is already in session today.
"mighty...."
As the bailiff was chanting, a handsome man and a beautiful woman staggered in.
"Sorry! Sorry! I'm late."
Zhang Fei was panting.
Bang!
Zeng Gong slammed the gavel and shouted angrily: "You
This isn't your first day in court, how could you make such a mistake? As an informant, you should have come here an hour earlier to await trial, but now the court has already begun, and according to the rules, you can't go to court to defend yourself."
The ministers beside him nodded continuously.
Yes, yes, yes!
He was not allowed to defend himself in court.
Zhang Fei looked aggrieved and panted, "Prefect, I really didn't expect the trial to start so soon. After all, I just took over this case and am still collecting evidence. Therefore, I could only prepare the documents all night long last night, and it was only now that they were ready."
Zeng Gong muttered to himself, and his expression softened a bit: "This case was transferred from the imperial court, and the imperial court has already finished the trial, so this prefect decided to open the court today."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I know, but I just took over this case, and a new charge was added temporarily. I... Governor Zhao and I only found out about it yesterday, so it took us a long time to prepare..."
Oops! Zeng Gong frowned secretly and glanced at Zhao Xu secretly.
Zhao Xu had a blank expression on his face, but he was sure he heard the hidden meaning.
This was a really wrong way of showing off one's power.
Wang Anshi whispered to Sima Guang: "He made the same mistake as you."
Sima Guang said coldly: "Didn't you remind him?"
Wang Anshi said: "I was going to remind you, but the emperor came suddenly and I forgot."
Zeng Gong could only say: "Since you have not raised any objections, I assume that you are ready. If you still need to prepare, I can re-examine you on another day."
Having said that, if he didn't say so, the emperor would have a reason to find fault with him.
Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "I have already prepared everything. There is no need to postpone the trial. I just hope the prefect can forgive me for being late."
Zeng Gong said: "Since there is a reason for this, I will not pursue this matter. Please take a seat."
"Thank you for your forgiveness, Prefect."
After the greetings, the couple came to the table and sat down.
Xu Zhiqian whispered: "If you keep using this trick, something bad will happen sooner or later."
Zhang Fei said, "They were the ones who disrespected our spies first. They didn't even ask for our opinions on when to start the trial. If I hadn't been prepared in advance, I would have been in trouble if they had started the trial so quickly. I must point this out. If they continue to do this in the future and don't give the spies time to prepare, that will be terrible."
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