The big man has a living father

Chapter 58: A horizontal palace or a vertical palace?
Huo Hai was already impatient: "Is it possible? Is there anyone here? There are still 24 witnesses in the village."

Zhao Yu finally reacted and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the witnesses are here, which is enough to prove that Huo Hai forcibly demolished Xiaozhaoluli. Please make your decision, Your Majesty."

Logically, most people would struggle at this point, saying, "How can there be enough evidence if there is only witness but no physical evidence?" Then Zhao Yu happily took out the physical evidence and killed the witness directly.

A perfect performance by a cruel official, and it ended.

But, Huo Hai: "That's it?"

"So there are no witnesses from the other twenty-four villages, right? That's all?"

"Then please make the decision, Your Majesty."

Liu Che was also confused by Huo Hai at this time.

What exactly are you going to do?
At this time, Li Cai coughed twice to remind them: "You two, how will His Majesty deal with this? How did you close this case? Where are your statements?"

Zhao Yu immediately said: "The four witnesses are enough to prove that Huo Hai forcibly demolished the outer wall of the neighborhood. According to the law, he should be dismissed from office and exiled 800 miles away!"

Huo Hai looked disdainful: "Are you done?"

Zhao Yu was a little panicked. So far, Huo Hai had not played according to the rules at all, and he had no idea what Huo Hai was going to do.

But at this point, I can only say: “That’s it.”

Huo Hai turned around and bowed: "Your Majesty, you saw it. They accused me of forcibly demolishing the outer walls of 25 neighborhoods. Now there is only one witness from the neighborhood. This is... 4%. Do you understand 4%? It is..."

"There should have been 100 percent of evidence, but now there is only 4 percent of evidence. That's only 4 percent of evidence."

"I won't even bother to look at his bullshit witness testimony or physical evidence. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. Just assume that what they say is true."

"That is to say, they have 4 percent of the evidence to prove that I demolished the house by force, but they lack 96 percent of the evidence."

"You dare call this proof?"

"This is called 96 percent false accusation, Your Majesty!"

Huo Hai directly used a sleight of hand and changed the concept of 4% forced demolition into only 4% evidence to prove forced demolition.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the audience started thinking.

Something seems wrong, but it seems to be the case.

It seems like he's going to grow a brain!
Yes, if you accuse someone of stealing twenty-five cents, but you only have evidence of one cent, then isn’t that a false accusation of twenty-four cents?
Huo Hai turned to face Liu Che and continued in a loud voice: "I don't understand the law, but I will follow what Lord Zhao, the Minister of Justice, said."

"I will take what he said as the truth and this is how the law should be judged."

"If I am 100% guilty, I should be dismissed from office and exiled 800 miles away."

"Now I have committed a crime 4% of the time, which means I will be exiled... 4% of 800 miles is 32 miles. Is the Huo Mansion 32 miles away from the Imperial Palace? It seems that I have to go back to the Huo Mansion."

"This 4% dismissal is difficult to handle. I will suffer a little loss and dismiss 100% of my officials."

A group of people started to laugh.

They already knew what Huo Hai was going to do.

Just punish you. You will be exiled thirty-two miles away from Chang'an City. No matter where you are exiled to, isn't it still Chang'an City?
Huo Hai continued: "In this case, even if they are making false accusations..."

Before Huo Hai finished speaking, the censor Zhang Ou hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the censor's duty is to supervise officials. Hu Qian and Lin Lian are just performing their duties. It is not a false accusation."

Huo Hai lost interest in them: "Then the censor is not making a false accusation, but the court judge is definitely making a false accusation, right? The court judge Zhao Yu is 96% making a false accusation."

"According to the sentence for the aggravated crime, he should be castrated 96% and exiled 2,880 miles!"

At this time, the ministers were all thinking about a question.

This castration, castration of 96 percent, what kind of castration method is it?
When Zhao Yu was the Minister of Justice, he was a cruel official and offended many people, especially those nobles.

At this point, everyone was eager to try.

At this time, Anguo Hou Wang Bifang jumped out and said, "This... Lord Huo, I don't quite understand. Please explain it to me."

"This palace is to cut off the magpie, cut off 96 percent. Is it horizontal, vertical, or diagonal?"

"Should we keep 4 percent horizontally or 4 percent vertically?"

Huo Hai smiled and said, "It depends on Lord Zhao Yuzhao's personal interest. He can cut it however he likes."

Anguo Hou Wang Bifang continued to play tricks: "Oh, then I still don't understand one thing."

"Well, our criminal law must be strict. If it says 4%, it means 4%. We must not cut more than that. We cannot take advantage of Lord Zhao."

"Then let's ask, how can we determine the exact amount to be cut to be exactly 94% of Mr. Zhao's foundation?"

Huo Hai: "This is easy. Let's cut it a little at a time, cut a little, and weigh a little."

"Find someone who's good at math to help you calculate and compare the volumes."

"Let's assume that the volume of the cut part is A, and the uncut part is B. Then A and B together are 100%, and A is 96% and B is 4%. You can calculate how much A is relative to B."

"this……"

Wang Pifang: "Marquis of Anguo, Wang Pifang."

Huo Hai: "Look, Mr. Wang, let me calculate it for you."

Liu Che was so angry that he laughed: "Okay, be serious."

But the ministers were not serious at all.

They were all studying whether the palace should be placed vertically or horizontally. Zhao Yu's face was red and purple, and he was almost angry to death.

But for a moment he couldn't find a way to refute it.

The most he could say was, 'Even if Huo Hai didn't demolish 25 li, he did demolish one li, so he should be exiled 800 li', and that was the most he could say.

But this does not prove that he did not falsely accuse the demolition of the Twenty-Four Neighborhoods.

The key point is that the essence of this matter is not whether there is enough evidence, but who can persuade the emperor. After my little trick is exposed, if the emperor realizes that this is actually a trap set by me... If I beg for mercy or make unreasonable demands at this time, I will only die more miserably.

The whole thing has become a farce. The key is that Zhao Yu dared not say a word, for fear that Liu Che would react.

Zhao Yu shut up and waited for Liu Che's statement.

Liu Che had never thought that Huo Hai would turn this into a farce. He found it funny in his heart, but his face was serious: "It seems that if we can't find witnesses from the other 24 villages, then this matter is 96% a false accusation?"

At this point, everyone felt that this was a farce.

Since it has become a farce, it’s time to go in another direction.

Huo Hai has watched many debate competitions. Some debaters' opinions are very sharp and to the point, and their opponents have no way to refute them.

The audience heard it and said, "Oh my god, it's a sure win!"

However, the opposing debaters are always able to slowly break the last-gasp advantage and turn it into a counter-attack.

The reason is simple: no one can speak perfectly without loopholes.

There are no loopholes in his views, but there must be loopholes in his words.

Zhao Yu can make false evidence look like the real thing, and as long as Huo Hai tries to prove whether the evidence is true or false, he will definitely be trapped.

But Huo Hai wanted to find a loophole in their words and ruin the matter first.

Now Zhao Yu’s point of view has become obsolete and useless in everyone’s mind. Even if it is ironclad evidence, it is useless.

But how can a debater just refute without fighting back?

Huo Hai continued: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a story in the Legalist classic "Han Feizi" "Nei Chu Shuo Shang" that King Xuan of Qi ordered people to play the 竽, and there must be 25 people."

Liu Che interrupted: "Isn't this the allusion to the idiom of "filling the number with liu", you really only read the idiom and not the original text, there is no 25 people playing liu, there are clearly 300 people..."

Having said this, Liu Che's voice gradually became cold and stopped.

Just pretending to be fake?

When a group of people do the same thing, shouldn't the sound they make be the same? Why is there noise?
Whether there are twenty-five or three hundred people, they are all playing the 竽, or it is the same tune, and it is the same sound.

But there is one person whose voice is different from everyone else's.

why?
Because this person is just a fake, he is not a musician at all!
Because this witness is fake, he is not the victim at all, but the false accuser! It is fabricated evidence!
Liu Che's face gradually turned colder and his eyes became more and more stern.

Being a cruel official has its advantages.

The knife is very useful, it can kill anyone with just one blow.

But cruel officials also have their disadvantages.

If a knife has thoughts, it is no longer a knife.

Liu Che immediately realized that perhaps more than 90% of all the cases handled by Zhao Yu were true, but 4% were just filler, and the destructiveness was already devastating.

Zhao Yu's heart also skipped a beat.

Huo Hai glanced at Zhao Yu and knew that although he was panicked, he would definitely find a way to counter it quickly.

Then it really becomes a debate.

He must be checkmated.

So he saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know much about governing. Why don't you ask Your Majesty and the other court officials to go and observe and see if I have demolished the house by force?"

"Just... go and see it in person?"

Liu Che immediately said: "Okay, come here, prepare the carriage!"

Liu Che didn't give Zhao Yu time to explain and had already left.

Huo Hai walked past Zhao Yu, his lips curled up: "I recently added a new idiom to my idiom collection, it's called..."

"Yu cherishes every moment."

Zhao Yu's face turned green.

Huo Hai waved his hand: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you. You don't deserve to be the protagonist of this idiom. The meaning of this idiom is that Dayu was too busy controlling the floods and had very little time, so he cherished his time very much and didn't waste it on useless things."

Huo Hai looked down on Zhao Yu and said, "It's really boring to fight with you. It's really a waste of time."

"But you are different. You will reap the time."

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