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Chapter 226: Tongue Battle Tai Chi Hall

Tai Chi Hall.

Morning morning officially begins.

Zhang Chao and others took the lead in standing up to impeach Du He.

"As an uncle of Yi County, Du He has owed the emperor's favor and is willing to be a lowly businessman. The mahjong he invented has done a lot of harm to people. In the past half month, eight people died suddenly. I heard that four more people died suddenly last night.

"Your Majesty, if you don't deal with this matter again, I'm afraid you will lose the support of the people..." Zhang Chao said impassionedly, standing in front of everyone.

Many people thought that Zhang Chao was so fierce because he wanted to confront the Right Prime Minister Du Ruhui.

In fact, this guy just wants to use this method to disrupt the business of Du He's subordinates and make profits for himself. As for whether he will be remembered by the right minister, it is not important now.

Li Er asked: "Where is Du He?"

Zhao Yang quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the uncle of Yi County arrived early in the morning. Seeing that the morning court had not started, he went to the East Neiyuan to find the Emperor."

Everyone thought, Du He, this guy, hasn't even become the consort yet, yet he treats the palace as his home?

Li Er said helplessly: "Let him come to the palace quickly. I have something to ask him."

Two young eunuchs hurried to the East Neiyuan to announce Duhe.

Not long after, Du He arrived at Tai Chi Hall.

When everyone saw Du He, they were all shocked.

I saw Du He dressed in fine clothes and a cloak going to the temple. He was neatly dressed and looked serious. He was no longer the cheerful person he used to be.

Du He stepped forward and said, "I, Du He, have met Your Majesty."

Li Er said: "Du He, now, the ministers are here to impeach you. There are three accusations. First, as a county boss, you do not want to benefit the people, but you are willing to be a businessman and compete for profits with the people.

Secondly, you invented mahjong to entertain the people, distracting the people from their normal duties and disrupting people's hearts. Thirdly, in less than half a month, eight people died suddenly due to playing mahjong. How do you explain this?"

Du He smiled slightly: "May I ask who impeached you?"

Zhang Chao immediately stood up and said with confidence: "Uncle Yi County, it is me who impeached you. As a censor, my purpose is to uphold the discipline and establish a clean breeze in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. Now, you are here

You are a fourth-ranked county uncle, but you have committed many misdeeds. Why not impeach you?"

Du He said with a smile: "Of course. Although I don't like it when you impeach me, I can't stop you. Just like if you fart in the hall, although everyone hates it, they can't stop you."

"you……"

Zhang Chao was so angry that his beard stood up.

Everyone suppressed their laughter.

Arguing with Du He is asking for death, isn't it?

Looking at the civil and military officials of the dynasty, there are many people who have quarreled with Du He. For example, Kong Yingda was so angry that he vomited blood. Wang was so angry that he fainted and wanted to commit suicide... Anyway, Du He never lost in a fight. Even Wei Zheng, now seeing

Du He wouldn't even speak again.

Before Zhang Chao could react, Du He said: "First of all, let me talk about the first question. Mr. Zhang, you are so good. What does it mean to be reduced to a lowly businessman? As the saying goes, citizens discuss together and have three religions and nine classes. Even if they are low-class, they are first-class.

Actors, second-rate performers, third-rate bastards, fourth-rate turtles, fifth-rate shavers, sixth-rate back-scrubbers, seventh-rate prostitutes, eighth-rate thieves, and ninth-rate thieves. Are they just men and women who are thieves and prostitutes? Ordinary people, doing some business to support their families, become businessmen.

, how can it be so lowly?”

"Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the foundation of the country. After all, merchants are on the same level as scholars, farmers and workers. Why are they inferior? Do merchants eat your rice?"

Du He talked non-stop, making Zhang Chao stare and blow his nose when he asked questions.

Zhang Chao waved his sleeves angrily: "In the past, Lord Shang once said: The reason why a country thrives is agricultural warfare. If all the people in its territory work as merchants to avoid agricultural warfare for the sake of their skills, the country will soon be destroyed.

Exactly. Businessmen pursue profits and harm the interests of the people. If things go on like this, the people will not be able to make a living and they will be displaced. How can we bring stability to the people?"

Du He sneered and said: "Master Zhang is indeed a scholar. He remembers Shang Jun's words so clearly, which is admirable. According to what you say, being a businessman has a hundred harms and no benefits?"

"That's right!" Zhang Chao was very sure and thought he had scared Du He.

"I dare to ask Mr. Zhang, if there was no Datang Furniture Factory, where would the revolving wooden chairs come from?"

"Master Zhang, without the Tang Dynasty Study Hall, how could the 5,000 books urgently needed by the Imperial College be completed within twelve days?"

"Also, without me, Du He, a businessman, how could the "Du He Talks about Happiness" that His Majesty urgently needs, totaling 10,000 copies, be printed within half a month?"

Du He threw out questions like a barrage of questions.

"this……"

Zhang Chao was speechless for a moment.

Du He added another word: "Mr. Zhang, you keep saying that businessmen pursue profits and endanger the country. Why do you do business secretly? You must not know it yet. There are two Zhuangzi in the west of the city. They were responsible for printing for the imperial court and the royal family.

The books and paper supply are called Zheng Ji. They are Mr. Zhang’s property and they can make millions of dollars every year. May I ask Mr. Zhang, have you used this money to help the victims?”

Zhang Chao was immediately shocked.

He did this very secretly, and even his cousin Zhang Shigui never knew about it.

Du He actually found out.

"You... Du He, you are talking nonsense!" Zhang Chao pointed at Du He and shouted.

Everyone immediately started whispering among themselves.

It is not an exaggeration for the courtiers to do some business. Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong have many properties in their names, not to mention the eldest grandson's family.

But Zhang Chao's faction has always been against business.

Nowadays, people say that businessmen are humble, but they secretly carry out commercial activities, which is a bit confusing.

Everyone looked at Zhang Chao with contempt.

Du He said with a smile: "Master Zhang secretly married a concubine on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month of the millennium, and gave birth to a concubine as beautiful as a flower. This concubine's name is Zheng Jiumei. Zheng Jiumei has an older brother named Zheng Shiji.

Shi Ji is Zheng Ji’s shopkeeper, I guess everyone doesn’t know about this yet, right?”

Wow?

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Many people looked at Du He in fear.

I dare you, Du He, to check everyone's family background and find out even such hidden things.

"Whether businessmen are humble, and whether doing business will harm the country, the answer is self-evident."

After saying that, Du He smiled slightly and continued: "Now, let's talk about the second question. Mr. Zhang said that I am entertaining people and confusing people. It is really nonsense, nonsense, and it can be called fart."

"You...how can you curse others?" Zhang Chao said angrily.

Du He sneered: "Swearing? I also want to greet your ancestors."

This group of people pays attention to their demeanor and image, but Du He doesn't have the baggage of an idol. He can scold him whenever he wants and scold him whenever he wants.

Just listen to Du He say: "You know, in the past few months, countless victims have poured into Chang'an City. Most of these people are honest people and live on government relief all day long. But as time goes by, it is inevitable that idle people will cause trouble.

, this is the data I got when I went to Wuhoupu... Since April, the probability of fights in Chang'an City has been more than three times higher than before, and almost all of them are victims..."

With that said, Du He took out a piece of paper with detailed data and Wuhoupu's seal on it.

Then Du He took out another piece of paper: "This is the data since Mahjong was popularized. Fights have been reduced by more than half than before. Nowadays, in the streets and alleys, where victims gather, all they need is a pair of Mahjong.

It can attract dozens of people. With fun and entertainment, no one will think of picking fights and causing trouble. The reason is that simple!"

With that said, Du He handed over the evidence provided by Wu Houpu to everyone to travel through time.

Everyone looked at it and nodded.

"Yes, the number of fights has indeed decreased a lot!"

"I passed by outside the city a few days ago and I did see many victims gathered together to play mahjong."

"The uncle of Yixian County is right. Mahjong is indeed for entertaining the people, but it also has benefits. Even my unfilial son used to be idle and bully people on the streets all day long. After learning mahjong these days, his personality has changed a lot.

ah!"

Even Li Er couldn't help but stop and pick up the data and look at it.

Finally, Li Er said: "It seems that mahjong does have a lot of benefits. Du He, if this is the case, I will use my internal treasury to order a thousand pairs of mahjong and distribute them to disaster victims gathering places everywhere.

The victims will have some entertainment and won’t cause trouble again..."

Du He said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I am willing to do my little bit for disaster relief. For these thousand pairs of mahjong, I only charge the cost price, which is 60 yuan per pair."

"Okay, it's rare that you have the heart, I won't treat you badly." Li Er said with satisfaction.

Zhang Chao and others next to him almost vomited blood in anger.

After working on it for a long time, not only did it not hurt Du He, but it actually increased Du He's business?

What is this?

Zhang Chao shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty, no, absolutely no, there is something wrong with mahjong. In less than half a month, eight people have died suddenly. By then, if there are large-scale sudden death cases, people will be uneasy."

ah!"

Before Li Er could speak, Du He sneered and said: "Master Zhang, are you finally willing to talk about this matter? Let Master Wei talk to you about this matter. I really don't want to be with you with such shamelessness now."

Let’s have a conversation.”

Everyone looked at Wei Ting, the minister of Dali Temple.

Wei Ting hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, we have found out last night that among the eight people who died suddenly while playing mahjong, two of them were seriously ill, and the remaining six people all died of poisoning. The murderer of the poison

He has been found and is now in prison. According to the murderer, the man behind the scenes is Mr. Zhang Chao!"

Wei Ting acted very responsibly. When he received the news last night, it was already the second watch. He rushed back to Dali Temple from home and interrogated him all night to find out the whole ins and outs.

After saying that, he took out the case and handed it to Li Er personally.

Li Er returned to the dragon chair, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

boom.

After a while, Li Er suddenly slapped the table.

With a crash, An Zong was thrown down and hit Zhang Chao hard on the head.

Li Er roared: "Zhang Chao, you deserve to die. You dare to poison and kill the people. It is not a pity for you to die. Do you know your guilt?"

When Zhang Chao saw this posture, he didn't dare to quibble, and he knelt down immediately.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please have mercy on Your Majesty. Please have mercy on Your Majesty..." Zhang Chao begged for mercy loudly.

Chen Shuda and others, who had previously impeached Du He with Zhang Chao, were now trembling with fear and hated this guy in their hearts.



(Second update, this is a big chapter)


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