Zhao Wenzheng nodded.

If you admit this crime, you will only be fined a small amount of money.

Su Che said: "In other words, Governor Zhao ordered Wang Hongjin to do this?"

"no."

Zhao Wenzheng decisively denied, "Wang Hongjin was the one who bewitched me."

Su Che immediately asked: "I wonder how Wang Hongjin bewitched Governor Zhao."

Zhao Wenzheng said: "Wang Hongjin told me that the tax exemption is unreasonable. At the same time, many large landowners in Xiangfu County will not report the tax truthfully. I don't know the specific situation. He is handling such matters. I

Just tell him to do it himself."

Su Che said: "Governor Zhao is a member of the clan...!"

"I object!"

Zhang Fei stood up and said sternly: "This is only about Governor Zhao and has nothing to do with the clan. And Su's title may mislead others into thinking that Governor Zhao represents the entire clan. I'm afraid he has ulterior motives."

"Sorry! I shouldn't have asked that."

Su Zhe took a deep breath. After all, the emperor was sitting here, and then asked: "Governor Zhao just said that he had no knowledge of Wang Hongjin's tax evasion in advance. Doesn't it mean that Governor Zhao never checks the accounts?"

Zhao Wenzheng said: "I check it every two or three years. Usually my accountant does the calculations. I have never heard of any problems with the accounts."

"no problem?"

Su Zhe said: "According to the evidence we have found so far, Wang Hongjin's total tax evasion last year alone reached 1,356 dan. With such a large amount of tax, will there be no problems in the accounts?"

The audience at the door suddenly gasped.

The VIP table was even more exciting. For example, Wang Anshi, Zhao Pian and others shook their heads. They evaded more than a thousand dan in taxes a year. Can this country's finances not have problems?

But some people sneered in response, as if to say, your clan is much more ruthless than ours, why should you, the emperor, blame us?

In fact, this is also a big problem in feudal society. What is good at the top is bound to be bad at the bottom. This emperor is not a good bird. You take the big part and we take the small part. It is reasonable and reasonable.

A flash of anger flashed in Zhao Xu's eyes, but it only passed away in a flash.

Zhao Wenzheng couldn't help but glance at Zhao Xu, and then pretended to be calm, "Last year's accounts have not been calculated clearly by the accounting office, so they are not very clear."

Zhang Fei saw this and thought to himself, this old man really has no determination, but he still had a good time cooperating with Xueshie Wang and the others.

Su Che smiled and said: "Fortunately, it is not difficult to check, because there are tax bills every year when you pay taxes. However, our procuratorate has investigated your house's accounts and there is no record of any tax bills."

Zhao Wenzheng said: "Actually, in the first two or three years, Wang Hongjin paid tax bills, but then he didn't."

Su Che asked: "Why?"

Zhao Wenzheng said: "Because Wang Hongjin makes a lot of money for me every year, and the amount increases year by year, I feel relieved about him. I don't have too strict requirements. Besides, the tax revenue is not very large."

Su Che suddenly said to Zeng Gong: "Tell Magistrate Zeng that according to our investigation, due to the ten years apart, the account books in Xiangfu County were damaged by rats and there were many deficiencies. We did not find the relevant records.

The account books in Governor Zhao’s house happened to be damaged, and there is currently no evidence to prove that Wang Hongjin paid taxes and handed over tax notes to Governor Zhao in the first two or three years.”

Zeng Gong nodded.

"I have no problem for now."

Su Zhe sat down.

Wen Yanbo couldn't help but said: "Governor Zhao's answers are unconfident and secretive. How can he win the case?"

Anyone with a sound mind can see that Zhao Wenzheng must have been the instigator, and Wang Hongjin was just a scapegoat.

Fu Bi said: "This tax evasion is still the easiest charge to defend. If he can't refute this, then the next charge will be even more difficult to refute."

...

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei stood up and said: "Governor Zhao, as far as I know, that Wang Hongjin is the son of your homemaker."

Zhao Wenzheng nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "It's not a family relationship, so if you ask him to help you, you must be rewarded, right?"

Zhao Wenzheng nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder how much it is?"

Zhao Wenzheng said: "Initially, it was 5 guan per month, including food and accommodation, but later he made a lot of money for me, so I added 25 guan to him every month, making a total of 30 guan per month.

, and will also give him some rewards every year.”

Zhang Fei said: "This is quite a lot!"

Zhao Wenzheng nodded and said, "Yes, Wang Hongjin is paid more than his father."

Zhang Fei nodded, turned his head and looked at Xu Zhiqian, "Ding two, Ding three."

Xu Zhiqian immediately took out two copies of the article and handed them to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei picked it up and said: "For the governor, here is the employment contract between Governor Zhao and Wang Hongjin, as well as the account expenditures of rewards given to Wang Hongjin in the past three years, and also includes the employment contract between Governor Zhao and some domestic servants. This is enough to prove that Governor Zhao

Didn't lie."

"Submit it!"

But Zeng Gong's eyes flashed with doubts.

Huang Gui came over immediately.

Zhang Fei handed it over and said with a smile: "Two copies. I also prepared one for the prosecution."

Huang Gui chuckled: "In the past, when you came to our Kaifeng Mansion, you would probably only prepare one portion. This time, you are in such a hurry and you have to prepare two portions. It is really not easy!"

Zhang Fei's expression froze and he whispered: "Master Huang, are you interested in coming to my law firm? I will pay five times the salary."

Huang Gui immediately glared at him, picked up one and handed it to Zeng Gong, and asked someone to give the other to Su Che.

Qi Ji asked curiously: "What's there to say?"

Su Che flipped through it, pondered for a while, and asked, "Do you think Wang Hongjin only needs this amount of money every month?"

Qi Ji frowned when he heard this and cursed secretly: "This kid is really cunning!"

There were also whispers at the VIP table.

They didn't seem to understand that Zhang Fei was working so hard on wages when they were talking about paying taxes.

Zeng Gong looked at it and then asked Zhang Fei: "What does this mean?"

Zhang Fei said: "The answer lies with Wang Hongjin."

Zeng Gong nodded and said: "It is said that Wang Hongjin is here."

Wang Hongjin came to the hall again.

Zhang Fei said: "Wang Hongjin, you should have heard it below. Did Governor Zhao make a mistake?"

Wang Hongjin shook his head.

Zhang Fei said: "As far as I know, your family has seven concubines."

Wang Hongjin nodded.

Zhang Fei asked again: "One of the concubines was bought by you at Furui Building in Xiangfu County for 620 guan. For the other six, you spent the most 200 guan and the least.

It cost you twenty guan. Adding it all together, you spent a total of more than 1,100 guan."

Wang Hongjin nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhang Fei asked again: "And at the beginning of last year, you spent 8,000 yuan to buy a small house in the west of the outer city of Bianjing."

Wang Hongjin nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhang Fei said: "Do you have any evidence to prove that you bought this yourself, rather than buying it for Governor Zhao?"

Of course I don't need to ask about it, but I need to ask about this house.

Wang Hongjin said: "In order to hide it from the master, I asked a concubine at home to secretly buy it for me. If I bought it for the master, I don't need to hide it. Moreover, my master has also bought a house in recent years, but he has never bought it for me.

I was never told to do such a thing."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "As far as I know, you still have a secret granary in Zhongmu County, and you still have 3,500 shi of grain stored there."

Wang Hongjin nodded and said: "Yes."

Su Che frowned and said: "It seems that we have to strengthen the investigation methods of our Procuratorate and cannot completely rely on the Taxation Department!"

Qi Ji also nodded.

It can be seen that they are completely unaware of this matter, and the Department of Taxation has not provided any income from this secret granary.

But these are all facts. Wang Hongjin manages so much property, how can he not be greedy?

Zhang Fei asked again: "Do you have any evidence to prove that this granary belongs to you, not to Governor Zhao?"

Wang Hongjin said: "I think it is impossible to find any records about this granary in the master's account books."

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "This is strange. Adding up all the rewards and rewards you have received over the years, you still don't have so much money, let alone your family's annual daily expenses. I don't know where these come from.
To be continued...