Can't be used as evidence in court?
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of surprise inside and outside the courtyard.
Many people even stood up, including Zhang Fei's father-in-law Xu Zun. He had examined the evidence very carefully and there was no way there could be any problems.
Su Zhe and Qi Ji also opened their eyes wide and looked at Zhang Fei in shock.
Although Zhang Fei still found loopholes in the previous debate about tax evasion, he did not completely clear Zhao Wenzhen of the suspicion of tax evasion. He just said that more responsibility would be pushed onto Wang Hongjin. The procuratorate could still accept this point in the case.
Because the last two charges, occupying government land and selling private salt, are the main issues.
This is the killer move.
Although Su Che had never thought about how Zhang Fei would refute the two charges, he had never thought that Zhang Fei would directly question the evidence.
Because they have confirmed it again and again, there is absolutely no problem with this evidence.
One hundred percent irrefutable evidence.
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Xu Zhiqian turned her head slightly and glanced at her father. Just as she expected, his face was full of shock and disbelief. She thought to herself, Dad, the devil is always stronger than the devil. You guys haven't checked it thoroughly enough!
"Impossible, there is no problem with the evidence we provided."
Even Su Zhe, who was usually calm, became excited at this moment.
Suddenly, someone in the VIP seat said, "I've also seen the evidence, there's no way there is a problem."
Zeng Gong raised his eyes and saw it was Lu Jia who asked.
Because he also reviewed the evidence.
Zeng Gong also understood how Lü Jiawen felt at this time, because he was the same. He had also examined the evidence and found that the land did belong to the government. So he asked Zhang Fei: "I have carefully examined the evidence and found no omissions. How can you conclude that this evidence cannot be used as evidence in court?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Zhang San dare not speak nonsense in this court. I have evidence to prove that the evidence provided by the procuratorate is illegal and cannot be used as evidence in court. Otherwise, there will be no justice."
Zeng Gong hurriedly asked: "What evidence?"
Zhang Fei said: "I hope to be able to call my witness Xie Huacun."
Xie Huacun.
who?
Su Che couldn't help but look at Qi Ji.
Qi Ji just 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 as far as he could remember, this name had never appeared in any of the evidence.
Zeng Gong also looked confused and immediately said, "Send Xie Huacun to the classroom."
Soon, a man in his thirties, wearing a short brown shirt and with a beard, came to the hall and said, "I am Xie Huacun, here to see the prefect."
Since the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not wear dragon robes and dressed like a noble, Xie Huacun did not notice the young man.
Zeng Gong ignored it himself, his mind was on the case, and he pointed to the witness stand, "Sit down."
"No, no, no, I don't dare. I don't dare to sit."
Xie Huacun waved his hands in fear.
Who would dare to sit in the lobby of Kaifeng Prefecture without a certain status?
Zeng Gong also understood the people's mentality and did not force him, "Then you can stand there."
"I obey your command!"
Xie Huacun walked over tremblingly and stood in front of the witness chair, sweating all over his face.
Zeng Gong also signaled to Zhang Fei with his eyes that he could ask questions.
Zhang Fei stood up and asked, "Xie Huacun, where are you from?"
Xie Huacun replied: "I am from Tao Village, Shahe Township, Xiangfu County."
Zhang Fei asked again: "What do you do?"
Xie Huacun said: "My family has been farmers for generations."
Zhang Fei asked: "So, you are also a farmer?"
"Um."
Xie Huacun nodded.
Zhang Fei asked, "How many acres of land do you have?"
Xie Huacun shook his head and said, "My family has no land now. I am now a tenant farmer for a wealthy family."
Zhang Fei asked, "Has it happened before?"
“Yes.”
Xie Huacun nodded and said, "My family used to have more than 40 acres of land."
Zhang Fei asked: "Why is it gone now?"
Xie Huacun sighed, "This is all because of the flood three years ago. At that time, all my family's fields were washed away by the flood. I had to take my wife and children out to make a living. I stayed away for a whole year and a half, but when I returned home, I found that my fields had become government pastures."
Su Che couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly looked through the evidence with Qi Ji.
After a while, they found relevant evidence. Qi Ji pointed to an account on the evidence and said, "It might refer to this piece of land."
Su Che whispered, "This is bad."
Xu Zun couldn't help but frown. You little bastard, I knew you were very meticulous, but I never thought you were so meticulous that you calculated these dozens of acres of land three years ago. How can we check it?
They mainly rely on the government's land books, believing that these are irrefutable evidence and that everything should be based on government records.
Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others were also stunned.
Is this ok?
Zhang Fei asked curiously, "Why did your fields become pastures?"
Xie Huacun said: "The government said that my family's land is wasteland. No one has ever claimed it, so it belongs to the government. My 40 acres of land are all good land."
Zhang Fei asked, "Don't you want to sue the authorities?"
"Why not?"
Xie Huacun was getting angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he was no longer as nervous as before. "I went to the government right away, but they told me that I didn't pay any taxes last year. If I insist on getting the land back, I will be breaking the law. Not only will I be fined a lot of money, but the government will also arrest me. How can I dare to ask for it back?"
When he talked about the latter part, he was full of grievances again.
Zhang Fei said: "But as far as I know, the imperial court issued an order to exempt the local land tax at that time."
Xie Huacun said: "I know that too, and I said it at the time, but the government said that the court only exempted the autumn tax for that year, but I was away for a year and a half, which meant I didn't pay taxes for a whole year."
Zhang Fei asked: "Do you have any evidence to prove it?"
"I do!"
Xie Huacun said: "Because it was not just my field that was turned into pasture. When the official asked me about the land deeds, I was cautious and said that I had lost them. In fact, I hid them. I thought I could trick my father when I visited his grave. Before he left, he repeatedly told me not to lose those fields."
As he spoke, he wiped away his tears.
Zhang Fei suddenly said in a loud voice: "During the flood, Xiehua Village was not the only farmer who lost his farmland. As far as I know, there are three other families who are in the same situation. Because of the flood, they can only go out to beg for a living. But when they come back, their own farmland is regarded as wasteland by the government and taken as official land or turned into pasture. Obviously, this arrangement is illegal, because according to the laws of our dynasty, it must be unclaimed for at least three years before it can be regarded as wasteland and confiscated by the government.
However, according to the government's accounts, there were still tax payment records for that piece of land a year and a half ago, but a year and a half later, that piece of land became wasteland and then became a government pasture.
It is clear that they are the owners of the land because they have the legal title deed.”
After hearing this, Su Che quickly said to Qi Ji: "Hurry up 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: "In fact, with so much land, it's not that easy to check."
Su Zhe sighed, "But he found out."
Zhang Fei looked at Xu Zhiqian, "Bing Yi."
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 Xie Huacun's family and the other three households. However, because the three households are afraid of getting in trouble, they dare not come here to testify. Please keep it confidential."
Zeng Gong nodded and said, "I will keep it a secret."
At this time, there were whispers at the door again.
"I also know about the incident in Shahe Township. There are more than three households, maybe more than 30!"
"Once the flood hits, everyone's fields will look like wasteland."
"This government is really shameless. They accuse others of occupying government land. Then what about the government occupying private land?"
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It's bustling outside the door, but it's extremely quiet inside.
The emperor was sitting right next to them, so how embarrassed must those officials watching the trial be.
It can also be seen that they knew the situation. Although they did not investigate, they did not think that Zhang Fei was lying.
Although the current general trend is to convert government land into private land, there are also many cases of private land being converted into government land, and there are many tricks involved.
Cases like Xie Huacun's are actually very common and not rare.
Zeng Gong was also a capable minister. After reading the evidence provided by Zhang Fei, he couldn't help but look very complicated and a little confused. How should he judge this?
Li Kai has gotten used to it and even secretly glanced at Zeng Gong. Do you know you are wrong now?
From the expression on Zeng Gong's face, Lu Gong seemed to see his past self, and he felt much better. It was not that he was incompetent, but that this kid was too cunning.
Su Che suddenly stood up and said, "According to the government's land register, these lands are
It is recorded in the case, so I think the government's decision should be taken as the standard."
The officials nodded one after another, but there was a sudden booing outside the door.
You have to 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 Wenzhen was only occupying government land, but the government was occupying private land.
Su Che's ears turned red from being booed.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "If that is the case, then the officials only need to write down all the land in the land book, and then all the private land deeds will be invalid. This is obviously inappropriate and will not work. I personally think that the land deeds should have more legal effect than the official land book.
Even if we take a step back and say that we have different opinions, these deeds can at least prove that there is a dispute. However, it is obviously illegal to use a disputed account as irrefutable evidence to accuse others. "
Su Che frowned, not knowing how to refute.
Zeng Gong suddenly said, "Although what you said makes sense, the total land owned by these households is only over 200 mu. Compared with the amount of occupied land provided by the procuratorate, this is only a small part."
"Of course there is more to it than that."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "The procuratorate sued Governor Zhao for occupying more than 70 hectares of government land, but according to our investigation, more than 20 hectares of land have serious problems, nearly one-third of which should not belong to the government in the legal sense. At least there are disputes.
If the government determined that those fields belonged to the government, then on what basis did the government determine that Governor Zhao had occupied the government fields? You should know that the means they used were exactly the same. Wang Hongjin also regarded the so-called "government pasture" as wasteland, and then sent tenants to cultivate it for two years, and finally legally took it as his own. "
After these words were spoken, the whole audience was immersed in embarrassment, except Zhao Wenzhen, who was the only one who was laughing.
It really is true that you get what you pay for!
These 20,000 strings of cash are not a loss.
Zhang Fei tilted his head to look at Xu Zhiqian, "A-2."
Xu Zhiqian immediately found a thick stack of documents and handed it to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took it and raised it up, saying, "This is the specific evidence we found. One of the families is the most outrageous. His son accompanied his wife back to her parents' home in Yangzhou. They had just been there for half a year when they heard that his father had passed away. The couple rushed back immediately, but the government told them that his father had died. At that time, his wife was holding his grandson in her arms."
The booing at the door became even louder, and it was obvious that no one doubted Zhang Fei's words.
Even Zhao Xu, who was sitting next to him, blushed.
Outrageous!
This is fucking outrageous!
Huang Gui came over again and whispered, "You are indeed worthy of being called Zhang Da'erbi."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Thank you! Thank you!"
Huang Gui then took all the evidence up.
Zeng Gong couldn't handle it all by himself, so he simply distributed all the evidence. Some of the land was controversial, but there were still 50 hectares of official land. How do you explain this?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "In reply to the prefect, I think these pieces of evidence belong to a whole and should not be divided into two parts, valid and invalid, in court. It's like throwing a small piece of mud into a basin of clear water. You can't tell others that there is still a bucket of clear water in it.
The key point is that it cannot be divided in this way. If so, the procuratorate can collect a lot of accounts every time it prosecutes, and reduce the amount by as many problems as the defendant can find. What's the difference between this and lawlessness? Moreover, not every defendant has the financial resources of Governor Zhao to prove that there are problems with the evidence.
As the prosecution party, the procuratorate provided questionable evidence and should bear full responsibility for it. Since this evidence, as the only ironclad evidence against Governor Zhao for occupying government land, has become invalid, Governor Zhao is of course innocent. "
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 go back and reorganize the evidence and re-prosecute. Why don't you come up with more powerful evidence to defend yourself?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Zeng Zhifu, if you judge Zhishi Zhao not guilty today and then judge him guilty in two days, this may affect the authority of Kaifeng Prefecture."
Zeng Gong was speechless for a moment.
Zhang Fei added: "As the accuser, the procuratorate provided illegal evidence. I don't know whether they were careless or did it on purpose, but if they are given another chance to sue, then the procuratorate can always do whatever it wants and they don't need to bear any responsibility. I think since they made a mistake, the benefits should go to Governor Zhao. After all, this lawsuit has caused great trouble to Governor Zhao. I hope Governor Zeng will give a fair judgment."
Zeng Gong couldn't help but look at Su Che.
Su Zhe nodded with guilt: "Sorry! This is an oversight on our part."
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