He Liu asked: "Why, Lao Eleven, you took a few casual glances and then cracked the secret words in the book?"

Li Zipian talked jokingly: "Brother Six, the secret words used in this book are just the simplest secret words to jump words. wヤノゅ, every three words, picking out one word is the real content of the book."

He Shizhong said curiously: "Uncle Eleven, let me see."

Li Zipian handed the book to He Shizhong. He picked up a pen and a piece of paper from He Liu's desk. He said, "Shizhong, you read one word every three words. I'll record it!"

He Shizhong thought: "Zhang Juzheng is a villain. He has ten major crimes of greed for power; three major crimes of being unfilial; six major crimes of deceiving the king; five major crimes of violating the rule!"

He Liu became more and more shocked when he heard it! He exclaimed: "Is this book full of words scolding Mr. Zhang?"

Li Zipian nodded: "This book has a total of 300 pages. Each page is three or four hundred words. If you deduct the confusing words, there are more than 30,000 words that are all scolding Mr. Zhang!"

He Liu frowned: "Let's go to the Truth Room and immediately interrogate He Xinzhou!"

He Liu and his son, Li Zipian, came to the Truth Room. Soon, two strong men rushed He Xinzhou up.

He Xinzhou is in his forties and is extremely thin and has a poor and corrupt face.

He Liudao: "He Xinzhou. You are such a big deal. A small official in charge of the Ministry of Justice, a sixth-rank sesame official, actually owed 300,000 taels of silver."

He Xinzhou said: "I have never done anything to embezzle and accept bribes."

He Liu sneered: "Ha, so you claim to be a clean official? I ask you, how do you explain the silver notes in your bedroom secretly? The silver notes are as large as 300,000 taels. I am afraid that if you work in the sixth rank for five hundred years, you can't save this big bet, right?"

He Xinzhou said: "That 300,000 taels of silver is not my income from corruption and bribery."

He Liudao: "You want to say it was left by your ancestors, right? Every corrupt official who entered the Beizhen Fushishi cannot explain the source of his huge wealth, and he will make excuses: it was left by your ancestors. This is a reason why it was used up by your corrupt officials."

He Xinzhou shook his head: "Oh, that's really what my ancestors left behind. My grandfather He Runpu was a famous tea merchant in Ji'an, Jiangxi. Before his death, there were tens of thousands of tea fields under his name."

He Liudao: "Okay, let's not mention where your 300,000 taels of silver came from for now. The book that holds silver is just a filthy word that insults the chief minister of the dynasty. I ask you, where did you get this evil book?"

When talking about that book, He Xinzhou remained silent.

He Liu sighed, "Oh. If you don't say it, you will suffer. Come on, punish the criminal."

Several torture soldiers, holding various torture instruments, walked to He Xinzhou.

He Liu turned to He Shizhong and said, "Shizhong, this kind of punishment is too dirty and hurts the good deeds. I and your eleventh uncle stay here to take out the feces. You go out first."

He Shizhong was only sixteen years old. He Liu thought to himself that if the sixteen-year-old Zhonger saw all kinds of horrifying punishments from the Jinyiwei, he might have scared him to pee his pants.

He Shizhong obeyed the order, walked out of the door of the Truth Room and stood by the door.

Soon, he heard heart-wrenching crying sounds coming from the Truth Room.

The cries lasted for half an hour.

Li Zipian opened the door of the Truth Room and said to He Shizhong: "My Nephew, I'm finished the punishment. Come in."

He Shizhong entered the truth room and saw He Xinzhou sitting on the torture chair covered in blood, almost no longer in human form!

He Liudao: "He Xinzhou, tell me. What is the name of that demon book? Where did you get it?"

He Xinzhou was not Yang Lian, and he had no copper and iron bones. He confessed weakly: "The title of this book is "The Biography of Zhang Taiyue, the Biography of Quanzhi Zhang", which was written by my cousin He Xinyin and gave it to me."

He Liu asked: "What does he mean by this demon book he gave you?"

He Xinzhou said: "He asked me to take the 300,000 taels of silver and secretly publish this book to spread it all over the world."

He Liudao: "300,000 taels of silver printed 30,000 books? One volume of ten taels? Nonsense! The Hanlin Academy just published "Compendium of Materia Medica" for Mr. Li Shizhen. "Compendium of Materia Medica" is an ancient book with nearly two million words. It cost only 180,000 taels of silver. One volume of less than two taels of publication. How many words do you have to use ten taels for a book?"

He Xinzhou said: "Sir, why didn't you say just now that my book is a traitor and insulting the chief minister of the dynasty? If you publish such a book, you can only pay a high price to find booksellers who dare to take risks but only profit."

He Liudao: "Oh, I'm confused. Then where did you get this 300,000 taels of silver?"

He Xinzhou said: "The 300,000 taels of silver are indeed left by my grandfather. When my grandfather died, he distributed the 10,000 taels of tea fields to the eldest and second houses. Before my father and my uncle died, they left the tea fields to me and my cousin. At the beginning of this spring, my cousin and I sold all the tea fields and got the 300,000 taels of silver."

He Liu asked: "I'm talking about Master He, what kind of grudges do your He family have with Master Zhang? In order to discredit him, you are willing to sell all your property. Besides, you are a small sixth-rank chief, your cousin is a commoner, and you are an enemy of the Master Zhang. Do you think you have a chance of winning?"

He Xinzhou smiled bitterly: "Mr. He, you said it was wrong! He is the chief minister of the dynasty, and he should be enemies of all scholars in the world!"

He Liu smiled and said, "I want to ask for advice. Why did Shoufu Zhang become an enemy of all scholars in the world?"

He Xinzhou said: "I dare to ask the adults, scholars have been working hard for ten years, and once in high school. What is it for?"

He Liudao: "Of course it is to serve the country and benefit the people like Zhongzhi Duke Yang Lian, Maoxiang Duke Hu Zongxian, and Xiangyi Duke Yang Bo."

He Xinzhou said: "It is certainly true to serve the country and benefit the people. But adults have forgotten one thing. Scholars can be exempted from land tax after they have gained fame! Zhang Juzheng implemented the new policy, first restricting scholars with fame and fortune all over the world to merge the land of the mud legs. He also made a statement saying that at the right time, the gentry tax should be implemented! In other words, several years later, scholars with fame should pay the land tax like those mud legs!"

He Liudao: "Scholars should be in mind their family and country. They should pay taxes on land and fill the treasury. There is nothing wrong with this."

He Xinzhou said: "Wrong! Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the leaders! If scholars have to pay land taxes and bear corvee like mud legs, what is the point of the scholars' hard work? Confucius said: Restrain themselves and return to etiquette. If scholars have to pay taxes like mud legs, then how can they talk about etiquette? Zhang Juzheng's approach is to insult a gentleman! We scholars have backbone! The chief minister of the dynasty insults a gentleman, and scholars with backbone in the world should stand up and be enemies with him!"

He Shizhong couldn't listen any longer. He asked He Xinzhou loudly: "He Xinzhou, I have the reputation of a scholar. I am also a scholar. I want to learn from you. The Analects of Confucius says that a gentleman has virtue, a villain has earth, a gentleman has punishment, and a villain has blessings. I wonder if you claim to be a gentleman or a villain?"

He Xinzhou said: "I read poetry and books well, and I never go along with corrupt officials, treacherous officials, and I am naturally a gentleman."

He Shizhong said: "Ha, it's ridiculous! When a person who claims to be a gentleman gets involved in his own interests, he jumps out like a mad dog and uses false charges to slander the chief minister of the dynasty. Is this what a gentleman does? You are still arrogant and say to maintain your politeness? I think you are a complete villain who has no virtue but no virtue, and has no punishment!"

Li Zipian sighed sincerely: "Nephew Shizhong, you said it well! Such a despicable villain dares to talk about his backbone!"

He Liudao: "He Xinzhou. I have a question. If this monster book has printed 30,000 copies, what method do you plan to spread the world?"

He Xinzhou replied: "Use the academy."

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