Facing Yan Guan's question, Han Du smiled without changing his face and said: "Your Excellency may not know something. When I accepted the Jiaofang Si, there was not even a penny in the Jiaofang Si's books, and the imperial court did not give any money."
The Jiaofang Secretary has allocated a penny, but where does the word "public money" come from?"
This is the reason. The imperial court has not given even a penny to the Jiaofangsi, so naturally there is no public money. The Jiaofangsi does not even have public funds, so how can it be said that public money is wasted?
When Yan Guan heard this, his heart tightened. He did not expect that there was such a big loophole in the excuse of wasting public funds. But now that the matter was at this point, he could only bite the bullet even if it was messy. Therefore, Yan Guan was furious.
Pointing at Han Du, he said sternly: "You spent 30,000 guan to build a building, and you still say you didn't waste public funds? The Ministry of Industry has received your 30,000 guan fee. Do you want me to go to the Ministry of Industry with you?
Confront him?"
Han Du looked at Yan Guan and thought to himself, he actually knew about the 30,000 yuan from the Ministry of Industry, so he seemed to be well prepared.
Facing Yan Guan's question, Han Du shook his head and said, "Why do we need to confront you? I sent 30,000 yuan to the Ministry of Industry, but this was money from the Jiaofang Division. Your Excellency, I think that although the Jiaofang Division did spend
Thirty thousand yuan was spent to build an opera house, but the opera house also earned back the money. Is this also a waste of public funds?"
Yan Guan was ridiculed by Han Du and his face turned red. The issue of wasting public funds is indeed not Han Du's weakness. If you spend money to build an opera house, and the opera house can quickly earn back the money, it is a waste.
If so, then there is nothing in this world that is not wasted.
Besides, compared with Han Du's construction of the opera house, there are quite a lot of real wastes of public funds in the six departments. If this official continues to entangle, once Han Du involves all six departments, he will be riding a tiger.
"Ahem," Lao Zhu coughed deliberately, attracting the officials' attention to him and said, "Han Du is right. Since the Jiaofang Division has no public funds in the first place, there is no waste of public funds. As for that,
Since the Jiaofang Secretary can make back the money for building the opera house with his own skills, then let’s just drop the matter.”
Lao Zhu spoke up at the right time and concluded the matter. In the eyes of the officials, the emperor's words were blatantly defending Han Du.
Yan Guan himself understood this, so he no longer struggled with Han Du on this issue. He took this opportunity to get off the donkey and said: "But the opera house is full of songs about male love and female love.
As the person in charge, you cannot absolve yourself of the blame."
This is a real statement, and it is difficult for Han Du to quibble.
If it's hard to quibble, then just don't quibble.
Han Du admitted his mistake straightforwardly and replied to Lao Zhu: "I know my mistake, I will let them correct it when I get back. I promise that there will not be any words about love, love, etc., which make this gentleman think it is offensive."
Lao Zhu has tasted the benefits of Jiaofangsi making money, so naturally he will not let go and let others attack Jiaofangsi. Is he still waiting for Han Du to send him the remaining 700,000 yuan?
Afraid of causing unnecessary complications, Lao Zhu simply took this opportunity and said straightforwardly: "If you know your mistakes, you can improve a lot. Being able to know your mistakes and correct them is good. Han Du, you will be able to rectify the Jiaofang Division after you go back. In addition, since you have made mistakes
First, I will fine you one month's salary as a warning to others. I will withdraw from the court!"
"Your Majesty, I obey the order." Han Du bowed down quickly.
Lao Zhu raised his hand high and lowered it gently, showing his mastery in using it. The words were harsh, but he just fined Han Du a month's salary and settled the matter without any pain.
How much is Han Du's salary for a month? Han Du himself is embarrassed to mention it. Anyway, if the Han family relied on Han Du's salary to live, they would have been begging for food in the streets.
Besides, Han Du is still suspended and has no salary in the first place. Now a one-month salary penalty is equivalent to no penalty.
Lao Zhu is also a human spirit. After he finished speaking, he didn't care about the reactions of the people below and left directly.
How could Yan Guan not know that this punishment was of no use to Han Du? His face turned red with anger and he was about to say something else. But suddenly he felt someone was staring at him. He raised his head and saw Du Yu
Shi Lishan's cold gaze.
Yan Guan couldn't help but tremble, lowered his head unwillingly, and stopped entangled.
Li Shanchang glanced at Yan Guan coldly for a few times, and then slowly withdrew his gaze. He looked at the hundreds of officials who were leaving one after another, and stood there without leaving, as if they were waiting for something.
After a while, when all the officials had left, the old eunuch emerged from behind, bowed to Li Shanchang with a smile, and said, "Mr. Han, the emperor has invited you."
Li Shanchang nodded slightly and said, "Please help me lead the way."
Following the old eunuch to the imperial study, Li Shanchang went in alone, came to Lao Zhu and bowed down, "Old minister, I pay my respects to the emperor."
"No gifts, just a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Shanchang sat down tremblingly.
Without waiting for Lao Zhu to ask questions, he said directly: "Your Majesty, forgive me. The man just made his own decision. I really didn't know anything about it beforehand."
"I know that's not your attention." Lao Zhu waved his hand. Lao Zhu still knew who Li Shanchang was. If the scene just now was really Li Shanchang's gesture, Li Shanchang would not hide anything even in front of him.
Li Shanchang still has this bit of arrogance.
Furthermore, if it was really Li Shanchang's handiwork, he would not have caused the laughable scene just now. Li Shanchang would have considered it carefully and struck it in one stroke. He would not have been in a hurry like that Yan Guan.
Actions are full of loopholes.
"But this incident also shows that there are people in the Inspectorate who have some thoughts, so you should pay more attention."
Lao Zhu stared at Li Shanchang with deep eyes, indicating something.
"I know what to do." Li Shanchang replied fearfully.
Lao Zhu nodded and waved his hand for Li Shanchang to step back.
Li Shanchang left the palace and headed towards the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his face not looking good along the way.
As soon as he arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Li Shanchang found the Yanguan and asked him sternly, "What happened to you today? You impeached the Jiaofang Division for no reason, and why did you impeach Han Du? This matter
Why didn't you tell me in advance what you wanted to do?"
Don’t you know that Jiaofangsi is the emperor’s money bag now? How many heads have you grown if you want to touch the emperor’s money bag? And that guy Han Du, although he is young, he doesn’t look like a fool on weekdays, but a
At critical moments, he has extremely rich fighting experience. How can you bring him down just by impeaching him twice?
Yan Guan was also tough, and he was not afraid at all when facing his immediate superior. He cupped his hands and said, "As a supervisory censor, I have the responsibility to supervise the conduct of the people. If you don't know, then that's fine. Since you know, then you can be a god."