Liu Shixiong suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am guilty. In the ten years I have been the county magistrate, I have embezzled at least 300,000 yuan, 10,000 taels of silver, 1,000 taels of gold, and 1,000 acres of land. I also married thirty concubines.
In Yi County, they oppressed the people and harmed the big families..."
This guy, like pouring beans through a bamboo tube, exposed all his crimes.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Li Er was also stunned.
After a long while, Li Er asked in disbelief: "Liu Shixiong, are you telling the truth?"
Liu Shixiong raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. I was blinded by lard before. I am ashamed of your Majesty and the country of the Tang Dynasty. The one I should be most grateful to is Yi County.
Bo Duhe, if it weren't for his book, I wouldn't understand so many truths. Du He is right, happiness is hard to come by, but it is also easy to come by. If you live in fear and fear, it is better to let go of everything."
After a pause, Liu Shixiong continued: "Let go of everything and feel happiness, even in prison. If I continue to hide it, I can only live in the world and sink into the suffering in my heart... I wish I couldn't
I have known Bo Duhe from Yi County for a long time, let’s listen to him talk about these principles.”
Li Er frowned in anger, picked up the book, and hit Liu Shixiong on the head.
"I, I want to kill you. As an official of the Tang Dynasty, you actually took bribes, violated the law, and oppressed the people. I want to kill your whole family!" Li Er roared.
Liu Shixiong showed a relieved smile: "My lord, thank you, Your Majesty. It would be a kind of happiness to die like this."
Li Eryi waved his hand: "Come here, put Liu Shixiong in the prison of the Criminal Department. Wei Ting, please bring people quickly to find out this matter."
Wei Ting, the minister of Dali Temple, immediately agreed and started investigating Liu Shixiong.
Li Er immediately ordered to withdraw from the court.
With Li Er's personal order, the matter was investigated very quickly.
In the evening, Wei Ting rushed back from Yi County and entered the palace to see Li Er.
Wei Ting reported: "Your Majesty, what Liu Shixiong said in court this morning is true."
Li Er was furious and slammed the table.
"It's really unreasonable that the magistrate of Yi County would do such a thing. Is he worthy of me? Is he worthy of the Tang Dynasty and the people of Yi County? It's really unreasonable..."
Seeing Li Er getting angry, even Wei Ting didn't dare to express his anger.
After a long while, Li Ercai said: "Wei Ting, you will personally supervise this matter. All Liu Shixiong's property will be searched and confiscated. Originally, I should have executed all of his family members, but because Liu Shixiong took the initiative to plead guilty, I will only execute him."
One person and the rest of his family members will all be exiled and will never be able to return to the county."
"yes!"
Wei Ting quickly went to handle the matter.
That night, Li Er stayed up until midnight, not to deal with political affairs, but to watch "Du He Talks about Happiness".
At the morning court meeting on the second day, the ministers saw Li Er's eyes were red and thought he had been up all night because of Liu Shixiong's incident. They had no idea that Li Er had finished reading Du He's new book last night.
After announcing Liu Shixiong's disposition, Li Er picked up the book and said in front of everyone: "My dear friends, I took a rough look at this book last night. Although what Du He said was full of errors, it also had a lot of truth.
, especially after reading this book, it can make people think deeply and fully understand their own mistakes. Liu Shixiong is a living example. Therefore, I decided to allocate money from the treasury to order 10,000 copies of "Du He Talks about Happiness" from Du He and distribute it.
All Tang officials who go to various places must spend half an hour every day to study this book together with the "Integrity and Self-Discipline Manual for Datang Officials". I will never give mercy to anyone who dares to deceive superiors and deceive subordinates.
"
What Li Er thought about was that there was more than just Liu Shixiong in the Tang Dynasty, there must also be Zhang Shixiong and Wang Shixiong. It would be great if these moths could be unearthed through a book.
Everyone was a little dumbfounded.
Ten thousand books is not a small amount of money.
In recent days, His Majesty has been crying about poverty every day. Why is it that he suddenly becomes generous now?
Changsun Wuji hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this book of "Du He Talks about Happiness" costs 30 yuan. Ten thousand copies is 300,000 yuan. I think it's better to forget about such a huge expense."
Li Er waved his hand: "I have made up my mind on this matter, and it is useless for anyone to dissuade me."
…
The order for 10,000 books was personally delivered to the furniture factory by chamberlain Zhao Yang, who also informed Du He in person.
When Du He got the news, you were squatting on the ground and brushing your teeth.
After hearing the news, he stood up in excitement and spat all the foam in his mouth on Zhao Yang's face.
"Oh, Manager Zhao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Du He hurriedly put down his toothbrush and quilt, stretched out his hand to wipe, but he didn't know that the more he wiped, the more he wiped.
Zhao Yang was so angry that he almost wanted to hit someone, but unfortunately he didn't dare to do it.
"Uncle Yixian, are you not so excited?" Zhao Yang said helplessly after finally cleaning it up.
Du He chuckled: "Manager Zhao, you don't understand this. There are more than fifty people in my Datang Study Room now. So many people are waiting to eat. No orders means no business. Workers
We are having trouble getting our meals together. Your Majesty has really provided help in times of need this time. Manager Zhao, please tell His Majesty for me that this matter will definitely be handled properly. Ten thousand books will be delivered within fifteen days.
"
Du He couldn't believe it at first, but when he saw the deposit of 50,000 yuan brought by Zhao Yang, he couldn't help but believe it.
He thought to himself, when did His Majesty Li Er become so generous?
This incident really made Du He angry.
Especially people have heard that Du He's book can uncover corrupt officials. Even people who are not interested in reading should buy a book and read it carefully.
For a time, there was a craze for reading "Du He Talks about Happiness" in Chang'an City.
At this time, the craze for "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" had not yet passed.
Datang Study received a steady stream of orders, and Yang Hao was smiling from ear to ear all day long.
Li Lizhi learned the news, but on a dark and stormy night, she sneaked into Du He's room. Regardless of the suspicion of being alone, she begged Du He to develop new industries for the furniture factory because the furniture factory's capital was about to decline.
The market for wooden chairs has shown to be saturated at this time. As for the bubble wand, although Li Lizhi has been involved in the furniture factory industry, she has never been able to make much money, especially when the secret of the soap liquid was discovered.
After that, the income from selling bubble devices plummeted.
Faced with Li Lizhi's insistence, Du He finally decided to open a production line for the furniture factory: making mahjong.
You know, in later generations, the popularity of Mahjong can become crazy.
In some areas, every household has a mahjong machine, and even one household has several mahjong machines.
Mahjong is a form of entertainment suitable for men, women, children and adults. It is also known as the national entertainment trend. An eighty-year-old lady and a seven- or eight-year-old child can play three hundred rounds at the table.