Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 445 Tax War (9)

Chapter 445 Tax War ([-])

Can't be used as evidence in court?

As soon as this remark came out, there was a burst of astonishment in and out of the courtyard.

Many people even stood up directly, including Xu Zun, Zhang Fei's father-in-law. He had checked all the evidence, and it was very careful, so there could be no 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 on tax evasion, he did not completely clear Zhao Wenzheng of the suspicion of tax evasion. He only said that Wang Hongjin would be more responsible. acceptable.

Because of the last two crimes, the embezzlement of official land and the sale of private salt are the most important.

This is the killer move.

Although Su Zhe never thought of how Zhang Fei would refute these two charges, he never thought that Zhang Fei would directly question the evidence.

Because they have repeatedly confirmed that this evidence is completely unproblematic.

One hundred percent irrefutable evidence.

Xu Zhiqian turned her head slightly, and glanced at her father. As she expected, her face was full of shock and disbelief. She thought to herself, Dad, this road is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot high. After all, your investigations are still not detailed enough!

"Impossible, there is no problem with the evidence we provided."

Rao Su Zhe, who had always been calm, became excited at this moment.

Suddenly, a person at the VIP seat said: "I have also seen the evidence, it is impossible for there to be problems."

Zeng Gong raised his eyes and saw that it was Lu Jia who asked.

Because he also tried the evidence.

Zeng Gong also understood Lu Jiawen's feelings at this time, because he was the same, and he also reviewed the evidence, and 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 can you conclude that this evidence cannot be used as evidence in court."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "In this court, Zhang San dare not speak nonsense. I have evidence to prove that the evidence provided by the procuratorate is illegal, and it must not 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."

Xie Huacun.

Who?

Su Zhe couldn't help looking at Qi Ji.

Qi Ji shook his head and said blankly, "I've never heard of this name before."

Su Zhe's memory is far better than Qi Ji's, but in his impression, this name has never appeared in all the evidence.

Zeng Gong also looked confused, and immediately said: "Let Xie Huacun go to the hall."

Soon, I saw a man in his thirties, with short brown clothes and beards, coming to the hall, "The villain Xie Huacun sees the magistrate."

Since the emperor of the Song Dynasty didn't wear dragon robes, he dressed like a nobleman, so Xie Hua Village didn't notice that young man.

Zeng Gong himself ignored it, and his mind was on the case, pointing to the witness stand, "Sit down."

"No, no, the villain dare not, dare not sit."

Xie Huacun waved his hands in fright.

In the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion, if there is no identity, who would dare to sit casually!

Zeng Gong also understood the mentality of the common people, and did not force him, "Then you stand there."

"Little man obeys!"

Xie Huacun tremblingly walked over and stood in front of the witness chair, sweating profusely.

Zeng Gong also signaled Zhang Fei with his eyes that he could ask.

Zhang Fei stood up and asked, "Xie Hua Village, where are you?"

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 farming for generations."

Zhang Fei said: "In other words, you are also a farmer?"

"Ah."

Xie Huacun nodded.

Zhang Fei asked, "I wonder how many acres of land your family has?"

Xie Huacun shook his head and said, "My family has no land now, and I am working as a tenant farmer for a big family."

Zhang Fei said: "Have you had it before?"

"Yes."

Xie Huacun nodded straightly and said, "My family used to have more than 40 mu of land."

Zhang Fei said: "Then why is it gone now?"

Xie Huacun sighed: "It's 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 outside for a whole year and a half, but When I got home, I found that my field had become a government ranch."

Su Zhe couldn't help looking surprised, 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, "It may refer to this piece of land."

Su Zhe said in a low voice: "This is terrible."

Xu Zun couldn't help frowning, you little bastard, I thought you were very small, but I never thought that you are so small, you actually counted these dozens of acres of land three years ago, how do we get here check!

They mainly focus on the government's field records, thinking that this is ironclad evidence, and everything should be based on government records.

Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others were also stunned.

Is that okay?

Zhang Fei asked curiously, "Why did your field turn into a pasture?"

Xie Huacun said: "The government said that my family's field is wasteland, and no one has claimed it, so it belongs to the government. The [-] acres of land in my family are all good land."

Zhang Fei said: "Didn't you want to sue the officials?"

"Why not."

Xie Huacun became angrier as he talked, and he was not as anxious as before, "I went to the government immediately, but the people in the government told me that I didn't pay taxes last year. If I have to go back to the land, I will Even if it breaks the law, not only will I be fined a lot of money, but the government will also arrest me, how dare I ask for it!"

Speaking of the latter, he was full of grievances again.

Zhang Fei said: "But as far as I know, the imperial court ordered to exempt the local land tax."

Xie Huacun said: "I also know, I also said it at the time, but the government said that the court only exempted that year's autumn tax, but I stayed away for a year and a half, which means that there is still a whole year without paying taxes."

Zhang Fei asked: "Then do you have evidence to prove it?"

"I have!"

Xie Huacun said: "Because I wasn't the only one whose fields became pastures at that time. When the official asked me about the land deed, I kept an eye on it and said that I was lost, but in fact I hid it. , I thought that when I went to my father's grave, I could still lie to my father, but before my father left, he told me repeatedly not to lose those fields."

Speaking of which, he wiped away his tears.

Zhang Fei suddenly said loudly: "During the flood, Xiehua Village was not the only farmer who lost their fields. As far as I know, there are three other households. They are the same. When I came back, my family’s fields were regarded as wasteland by the government, and they were collected as official land or turned into pastures. Obviously, this arrangement is illegal, because according to the law of our court, no one can claim it for at least three years before they can be reclaimed. It was regarded as wasteland and confiscated by the government.

But judging from the government's accounts, a year and a half ago, that piece of land still had a tax payment record, but a year and a half later, that piece of land became wasteland, and then turned into a government pasture.

It can be seen that they are the owners of the field, because they have legal titles. "

After hearing this, Su Zhe hurriedly said to Qi Ji, "Quickly find out if those lands were counted as wastelands at that time."

Qi Ji said embarrassingly: "It's on another account, we didn't bring it."

Su Zhe immediately regretted it.

Qi Ji said again: "Actually, there are so many lands, but it's not so easy to search."

Su Zhe sighed, "But he found out."

Zhang Fei looked at Xu Zhiqian, "Bingyi."

Xu Zhiqian handed Zhang Fei a small wooden box.

Zhang Fei took it over and said to Zeng Gong: "Prefect Zeng, this is the title deed of the Xie Hua village family and the other three households, but because those three households are afraid of causing trouble, they dare not come here to testify. This is confidential."

Zeng Gong nodded and said: "The 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 households!"

"When the flood floods, everyone's fields will look like wasteland."

"It's really embarrassing for the government to say that someone invaded the official land, so what should the government do if it invaded the civilian land?"

……

It was lively outside the door, but it was extremely quiet inside.

The emperor was sitting on the sidelines, how embarrassing the officials watching the trial must be.

It can also be seen that they knew it well in their hearts. Although they didn't investigate, they didn't think that Zhang Fei was lying.

Although the current general trend is to transform official land into private land, there are quite a few private lands that have been converted into official land, and there are many tricks here.

Such a situation in Xiehua village is actually very common, not a rare thing.

Zeng Gong is also a capable minister. After reading the evidence provided by Zhang Fei, he inevitably looked very complicated and at a loss. How should this be judged?

Li Kai is already used to it, and even sneaked a glance at Zeng Gong, do you know it's wrong now?

Seeing from the expression on Zeng Gong's face, Mr. Lu seemed to see Zeng Jin himself, and felt much better in his heart, not because I was incompetent, but because this kid was too cunning.

Su Zhe stood up suddenly, "In the government's field books, these lands are all recorded, and I think the government's plan should prevail."

The officials nodded one after another, but there was a burst of boos outside the door.

One must know that a quarter of an hour ago, they were still on the side of the procuratorate.

But thinking about it now, Zhao Wenzheng only invaded the official land after all, but the government invaded the civilian land.

Su Che's ears turned red from being booed.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "If this is the case, the officials only need to write all the land in the field book, and all the private land deeds will be invalid. This is obviously inappropriate and not acceptable. I personally think that the land deeds should be compared The government's field records are more legally binding.

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 illegal to use a disputed account as ironclad evidence to sue others. "

Su Zhe frowned, not knowing how to refute.

Zeng Gong suddenly said: "Although what you said is reasonable, the total of these households is only more than 200 mu of land, which is only a small part compared to the amount of land occupied by the procuratorate."

"Certainly more than that."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The procuratorate sued Governor Zhao for occupying more than [-] hectares of official land, but according to our investigation, there are serious problems in more than [-] hectares of which, nearly one third, from the legal sense, these fields are not Should belong to the official land, at least there are disputes.

If the government determined that those fields belonged to the official land, then how could the government determine that Governor Zhao had invaded the official land, and the methods they used were exactly the same.Wang Hongjin also regarded the so-called "government ranch" as wasteland, and then sent tenant farmers to cultivate it for two years, and finally took it legally for himself. "

After these words, the audience was immersed in embarrassment, except Zhao Wenzheng who was laughing.

This is really what you pay for!

The [-] yuan is not a loss.

Zhang Fei turned his head to look at Xu Zhiqian, "A 2."

Xu Zhiqian immediately found a thick pile of copywriting, and handed it to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei took it, raised it directly, and said: "This is the specific evidence we have found. Among them, one family is the most outrageous. His son accompanied his wife back to his natal home in Yangzhou. He had just stayed for half a year when suddenly there was news that his father died of illness." news, the couple rushed back immediately, but the government told them that his father was extinct, and his wife was still holding his grandson in her arms."

The boos at the door were even worse, obviously no one doubted Zhang Fei's words.

Even Zhao Xu, who was sitting by the side, blushed.

Outrageous!

Too fucking outrageous!

Huang Gui came over again, and said in a low voice, "As expected of Zhang Daer's pen."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Thank you! Thank you!"

Huang Gui took all the evidence.

Zeng Gong couldn't see it alone, so he simply handed over all the evidence to the judicial officials below.Then he asked Zhang Fei: "The magistrate first assumes that the land you are referring to is in dispute, but there are still [-] hectares of official land. How do you explain this?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "When I go back to the magistrate, I think these evidences belong to a whole and should not be divided into valid and invalid parts in the court. It's like throwing a small lump of mud into a basin of clear water. You can't Go and tell others that there is still a ladle of water in it that is clear.

The point is not to divide it like this. If so, the procuratorate can collect a lot of accounts every time it prosecutes, and the defendant can find as many problems as they can, then the amount will be reduced. 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 provided questionable evidence and should bear full responsibility for it. Since this evidence is the only convincing evidence against Governor Zhao for occupying official land, since it is invalid, Governor Zhao is of course innocent. "

Zeng Gong frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "You all come forward."

Zhang Fei and Su Zhe immediately went up to Zeng Gong.

Zeng Gong whispered: "Zhang San, although what you said is reasonable, but the procuratorate can rearrange the evidence and re-prosecute after returning. Why don't you present stronger evidence to defend?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Prefect Zeng, if you acquit Governor Zhao today, you will convict Governor Zhao in two days. This may affect the authority of Kaifeng Prefecture."

Zeng Gong was speechless.

Zhang Fei added: "The procuratorate, as the prosecutor, provided illegal evidence. I don't know if they were careless or intentional, but if they are given a chance to sue again, then the procuratorate will always be able to do such nonsense, and they don't need to bear the burden." For any responsibility, I think that since they made mistakes, then the interests should belong to Governor Zhao. After all, the prosecution has caused great trouble to Governor Zhao, and I ask Zhifu Zeng to give a fair judgment."

Zeng Gong couldn't help looking at Su Zhe.

Su Zhe nodded guiltily: "Sorry! This is the negligence of our procuratorate."

　Feel sorry!There was a power outage again today, so I didn't dare to post a notice anymore, so I could only post evidence in the group of book friends.Fortunately, I coded more than 2000 characters yesterday. After this call, I was able to finish coding immediately, but I didn't expect that the notification was at six o'clock, but it turned out to be delayed by more than eight o'clock.

There is another chapter after midnight, but there is no time to decide when it will be released.

(End of this chapter)