Chapter 88 Northwest Hurricane (V)

"I just want to safeguard the dignity of the law and the dignity of lawyers." He Ziqing bowed deeply to the court's trial seat. "I hope that I can make the people of this country understand that lawyers are not litigation sticks, nor are they troublemakers who are tempted by money. We defend the parties to maintain the dignity of the law and to protect every individual in the face of power and law. I will accept legal aid requests in the future and provide free defense to at least ten defendants every year."

All kinds of meaningful gazes fell on the lawyer.

"Next, I will bring a major issue to the court." He Ziqing paused and strengthened his tone. "After the talks between this lawyer and the client Zhao Fengcai, this lawyer has sufficient reason to believe that Zhao Fengcai suffered inhumane torture, and his main testimony was obtained by being tortured."

A stone shocked a thousand layers of waves, and the audience suddenly became an uproar.

He Ziqing looked at Zhao Fengcai quietly.

"So, I request the court to accept Zhao Fengcai as a witness and accept the news from this defense lawyer in court."

"Sorry, Your Excellency Judge." At this moment, the prosecutor suddenly spoke, "We also happen to have an important situation to submit to the court for attention. The plaintiff believes that it is necessary to check this issue first."

He Ziqing's heart sank.

He felt an inexplicable danger as if it was coming towards him. He stared at Zhao Fengcai, trying to see something from his face, but the other party never turned his head to look at him, but just lowered his head and remained silent.

He Ziqing's heart began to sink. He turned his eyes to the prosecutor, but saw a meaningful smile.

The prosecutor's assistant had submitted a new file to the judge. After several judges circulated it, they nodded.

"Please continue to speak."

"Zhao Fengcai, please tell me what you reported to the prosecution three days ago." The prosecutor stared at Zhao Fengcai, "Don't worry, the imperial judicial system will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will it let a bad person go. There is no need to worry about the crackdown and persecution of some people on you later."

Zhao Fengcai's body trembled.

He turned his eyes to He Ziqing, with a expressionless face, but the extremely complex emotions revealed in his eyes made He Ziqing cold from the back of his head to the heels.

"When lawyer He Ziqing met me, he told me a lot. At that time, I was not sure why he said it according to what he said, but he told me that he could get rid of the crime by saying this... Later, the comrades from the prosecutors talked to me and talked about the crime of perjury. I realized that this was a fatal matter... Although I am a suspect, I admire the comrades of the prosecutor and the police's enthusiasm for the country, and I don't want them to be persecuted for these false charges... I am guilty of it, and I should not harm others."

"Lawyer He Ziqing told me that the evidence of my crime is conclusive and it is difficult to reverse the case. Although he has many ways to reduce my crime, if it really works, he still has to completely turn the confession in court, and the reason must be torture and force confession... The imperial law prohibits torture and force confession, and the testimony obtained in this way cannot be used as evidence in court..."

He Ziqing listened quietly, his face went from astonishment to anger to despair, but finally a faint sadness.

He calculated everything but did not count the person opposite him. He survived so much torture, but he betrayed himself in the end.

What is he for? What exactly does he want to get?

But this doesn't matter anymore.

What’s important is that he, He Ziqing, was almost the only "discovery of conscience" in his defense career, and was betrayed by his own client in the defense that he devoted the most effort.

And it is a complete false accusation.

After seeing Zhao Fengcai say this, He Ziqing lowered his head again, and even twisted slightly to the other side, not daring to look at him. After a while, he sighed.

"As the defendant said, the prosecutor believes that given the serious suspicion of instigating the defendant to commit perjury, there is no need to continue the defense stage in this case." The prosecutor's body was straight and his eyes were as lightning. "We requested the court to hold a collaborative discussion and pronounced the verdict."

"What new evidence and witness summons are there in the defense?"

He Ziqing took a deep breath, shook his head, and said word by word: "I'm gone. But I want to say, I'm wronged. I don't know why the person involved said that..."

The judge beat the wooden hammer and said expressionlessly: "The court will be adjourned for ten minutes, and the collegial panel will withdraw."

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Beijing.

The residence of Minister of Police Zhao Bingjun.

Zhao Bingjun, who is forty-eight years old, has a very old face, and looks coldly like a sixty-year-old man exhausted. He took a sip of tea, closed his eyes to take care of his spirits, and there was no sign of his expression on his face.

"Zhi'an, you're really doing this." Tan Renfeng, a veteran of the Baxing Party, looked at the pioneer of the police system and sighed heavily, "This case involves too much, and Your Majesty's attitude is unclear. Why are you so anxious to get the snatch Lin Zhengdao's fire?"

"Brother Shiping, what did I do? I actually didn't do anything." Zhao Bingjun's mouth was filled with a self-deprecating smile, "I just said something to them, asking them to pay more attention to Lanzhou affairs. People who do business these days are hated, so they must be safe. Wherever I say this, I have occupied a word of logic."

"Zhi'an!" Tan Renfeng looked at the man's behavior and was anxious. He couldn't help but raise his voice, "You can deceive the ghost, is it possible to deceive Your Majesty? Your Majesty is not seeing your superficial words, but your heart! In this kind of thing, you, the Minister of Police, Baba, went to sell it to the chief official of the border, or a hero like Lin Zhengdao! How do you let Your Majesty see you? With a word from Zhao Bingjun, the Ministry of Police was moved by the news, and you let Your Majesty see the Ministry of Police! Is this Ministry of Police owned by His Majesty, or is it your Zhao Bingjun himself?!"

"The Police Department is mine." Zhao Bingjun opened his eyes at this moment and stared at Tan Renfeng with sharp eyes, "But I am a dog of the royal family, so the Police Department is His Majesty's!"

"Then you still..."

"Lin Zhengdao, no matter what kind of thoughts he has in his heart, at least he is loyal to His Majesty now!" Zhao Bingjun said, "Shiping, someone has been forced to come to the door. Your Majesty is a saint and a perfect man. You can't get involved in these conflicts. I have been raised by a loyal dog like me for decades. If you don't rush up at this time, will you still have the heart?"

"Zhi'an, but you can't... that's a bad conscience..."

"In my life, there are so many things that have bad conscience." Zhao Bingjun sneered, "I never ask about my conscience when doing things, but only about my loyalty. Your Majesty didn't say anything because he couldn't say this. As your Majesty's close minister, who will come if I don't understand the heart of heaven?"

"Can……"

"I have been working in the Baeking Party and the police for half my life. Meeting the late emperor is a blessing for me, Zhao Bingjun, who is now a member of the cabinet of a country. He has created the imperial police and shouldered the heavy trust of social security. What else is there to be dissatisfied?" Zhao Bingjun closed his eyes and looked peaceful. "Now they are pointing their finger at the Baeking Party, the foundation of the late emperor, and even at the present. Although I, Zhao Bingjun, are not talented, they still want to let them see that as long as we old people of the late emperor are there, they want to overturn the verdict and change the sky, they are just dreaming."

"But what if your majesty..."

"What happened really, at most I, Zhao Bingjun, would have to go home with a bed." Zhao Bingjun smiled indifferently, "Thirty years of love, I, Zhao Bingjun, will give my gratitude this time. In any case, this kindness can be repaid."

"Shiping, you have to understand that this matter is not something I am asking for trouble myself, but I really have to take action." Zhao Bingjun paused and smiled self-deprecatingly, "This time they really fulfilled their wish. I am afraid that the police department will be the target of public criticism. Using torture as a breakthrough, I may even take down the Investigation Bureau. Without these powerful tools, how can you let the emperor deal with it? These people really dug out the secret files of the year and make some old cases, but I am afraid that the capital of the late emperor will... "

Tan Renfeng shivered too.

Although he was not aware of the inside story, even he was unsure of how many "dirty jobs" accumulated by the Ministry of Police and the General Intelligence Bureau over the years, such as illegal evidence collection, severe punishment and even more quasi-decided assassination, kidnapping, threats, etc., even he was unsure of. If these things were all revealed, let alone the reputation of the Baxing Party was ruined, many of the big figures on the stage would be in a mess, but they were afraid that the image of the late emperor would be covered in dust.

Is this the country and the price that the Party can bear?

"There is really a day when one person does things and one person does things." Zhao Bingjun raised his head with a calm expression. "My life was given by the late emperor, and at worst I can pay it back. If you die, the light will go out. If you die, you will die. Let me see what they have the shame to make!"

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Dongning Province, Vladivostok.

Emperor Zheng Yu, who has finished his vacation and is conducting a tour of the Northeast and East-West Siberia, is lying on the queen's bulging belly and listening.

"It's really a heartbeat..."

Liu Ziye was calm and happy when she watched this person's endless style. She became pregnant so quickly that her heart was also restless. Thinking about the beautiful things that the two of them were on the shore of Lake Baikal on the journey, Liu Ziye's pretty face turned slightly red and she gently stroked her husband's hair.

"Why do I hear two heartbeats..."

"You are so stupid, that's mine..."

"No, except for your heartbeat like a drum beat, there seem to be two of this small one... they dance one after another, very regular..."

"Ah..." Liu Ziye was shocked, "Is there any problem..."

After a while, Huang Kuan put down his stethoscope, wiped his sweat, and smiled: "Congratulations to both of your majesties. In my opinion, His Majesty the Queen is probably pregnant with twins."

Zheng Yu looked at Liu Ziye and was already overjoyed.

"Twins..."

When Huang Kuan left, the young emperor hugged the queen and kissed him fiercely: "Look, how powerful I am..."

Liu Ziye's face was flushed, but she looked happy: "It's better to be twins, a son is like you, and a daughter is like me..."

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“This is coercion.”

night.

Zheng Yu put down the file in his hand, looked up at Yang Yongtai, and said a few words coldly. Above two floors, Liu Ziye was already asleep, with a sweet smile on his lips.

"They forced me to cleanse the liberals." Zheng Yu smiled mockingly, "It seems that this Baath Party is used to being the dominant one family, and finally I can't help but want to go collectively... Is it worried about losing power? It seems that this has been the case throughout the ages, and there is no difference just because it is called a political party or something else."

Yang Yongtai listened quietly.

"How did you go back to them?"

"I said that the queen is slightly ill and her Majesty is taking care of her. I will submit it to your Majesty for a decision."

"Yeah." Zheng Yu nodded, "What departments are involved now?"

"At present, those who provide direct or indirect support to the Gansu Provincial Government include the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of Justice, the Fuxing Party Discipline Inspection Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the Publicity Department... and are basically all involved in the decision-making level. Within the Fuxing Party, the Central Executive Committee... in the party, the Unified Party has directly intervened, and the constitutional party has ambiguous attitudes."

"It seems that these people are in tune with each other." Zheng Yu snorted, "The eleven Central Executive Committee members and six people stood over, so many powerful departments must support them, and they speak up loudly, and they even brought me as a shield. They just thought about it to protect the dictatorship of the Baaking Party and the privileges in the hands of the government."

"Your Majesty, although I am very angry, I calm down and think about it, but I have to admit that this is probably the best solution." Yang Yongtai said in silence for a moment, "If this matter is opened, the Ministry of Police will be the first to be affected, and even the cabinet may be forced to resign. With the current separatist situation of the Baak Party, it is probably a storm in the parliament immediately, and there will be a major state discussion throughout the country, and many things may be revealed."

"What's even more difficult is that Lin Zhengdao is your trusted minister, and has been praised by your Majesty for many years. He has been built by the media over the years and has become a model of governance." Yang Yongtai said calmly, "Whether Lin Zhengdao collapsed or not is just another purge in Gansu. But for Your Majesty, you and even the late emperor, this blow is not bad."

"Maybe many liberals are also out of their hearts for the country and the people, but there are countless examples of doing bad things with good intentions, not to mention that these people are not just good people. Now that the country is booming, it is the critical moment for your Majesty to bring you all the power and let go of governance. In any case, it is good for the country to stabilize the situation and stabilize the resources in the hands of the government."

Zheng Yu looked at Yang Yongtai quietly and nodded without comment: "Notify them, don't continue to intervene in this matter. I will go back to Beijing immediately and wait for me to deal with everything."

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The late autumn of this year is destined to be recorded in history.

The Lanzhou Association Case is like a wonderful drama, which makes all bystanders dazzled. First, the Gansu government announced that the remnants of the association "has achieved phased results and developed in depth" to crack down on the remnants of the association. Then, lawyer He Ziqing questioned the Gansu police's obstruction of defense lawyers and mobilized public opinion to criticize the police's interference in human rights. The liberals also took the opportunity to criticize the government for trampling on human rights and undermining the rule of law, and listed a series of doubtful historical cases. The Baxing Party, the Unified Party and the Yanhuang Party retorted, and both sides were verbally criticized and refused to give in to each other.

At the public trial, the prosecutor and the defense lawyer had a big battle. Seeing that the defense lawyer was sure to win, he exposed the police torture and forced confession. The prosecutor accepted the illegal confession. Unexpectedly, the defendant was beaten by someone, exposed the defense lawyer to teach him to commit perjury, fabricate testimony, and tried to attack the prosecutor and the police department. The situation has since taken a sharp turn.

Soon, the collegial panel finally sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment, and the defense lawyer He Ziqing was taken away by the police when he walked out of the court. The prosecutor acted very quickly and quickly completed the investigation and evidence collection work and filed a lawsuit to sue He Ziqing for "inciting perjury."

The public opinion circle is still confused. Some liberal media have instinctively proposed "conspiracy theories", but immediately, the Imperial Central Taxation Administration announced an investigation into the tax evasion and evasion of He Ziqing and his lawyers. The Imperial Lawyers Association also launched an investigation into He Ziqing's excessive charges and other matters under the suggestion of some lawyers. Some He Ziqing's parties in the past came forward to correct He Ziqing's "collect high lawyer fees by intimidation". Various scandal stories were also published in various tabloids in Lanzhou. Some prostitutes came out to vividly describe how He Ziqing was "dewed and depraved" in Lanzhou, and vividly recalled that "the barrister" kept talking "Beijing", "there were some people behind", and "to do big things".

For a time, He Ziqing became a rat crossing the street and everyone shouted to beat him. The "just image" established by the court with "free defense" became a "unscrupulous lawsuit stick", "self-hype", and even there were many statements. The reason why this person ran from Beijing to Lanzhou to Lanzhou and went against Governor Lin Zhengdao was actually because Xiang Zhuang danced his sword in Pei Gong, and was instructed by some parties to destroy the new policy of the Baxing Party before the election! If these people succeed, the good situation in Gansu and even the entire country would be ruined!

The Gansu prosecutor and police officers made arbitrarily arrested a large number of "remnants of the Society" while the iron was hot, and the public prosecution was vigorous. Some places were jealous, and a national boom of "striking down on remnants of the Society" was about to unfold.

At this time, the liberals also knew that they might have fallen into a dangerous trap, and this threat did not only come from the local area of ​​Gansu or a certain government system, but also vaguely encompasses most of the centers, and even directly comes from the ruling alliance.

Faced with this crisis, the liberal pencil began to fight back without hesitation, focusing on the illegal procedures of Gansu police. He Ziqing once pointed out in court, they even bluntly stated, "I suspect that Zhao Fengcai was threatened by the government and falsely accused the defense lawyer under pressure."

Lawyers returning from European and American law schools such as Oxford and Yale formed their own "Law National Rescue Association" and publicly proposed that if such acts of blatantly trampling on the law and trampling on the rights and interests of lawyers cannot be stopped, "the law will not die." If the government really uses "reduced sentence" and "avoid death" to tempt the parties to falsely accuse their lawyers, will there be any lawyers who dare to defend the parties in the future? At that time, the profession of lawyers will naturally disappear. Without lawyers, all defendants will be like babies in the face of powerful government power. How can they protect their legal rights?

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