Dou Xianren suddenly felt like punching with all his strength. He thought he could knock down the enemy, but unexpectedly he failed.
Not to mention how depressed I feel.
He dug holes again and again, showing his resourcefulness again and again, but who knew that none of them would work in front of Du He.
Zou Lujun and others were all panicked.
"Lord Sima, please make up your mind quickly. What should we do now?"
"Yes, what if no one stops Du He and Du He really interrogates Fang Zhouzi!"
"Lord Sima..."
Dou Xianren said angrily: "Well, now that things have happened, we can only go to the government office to stop Du He. We have already lost Zhang Dana and Jiang Niu, and we cannot lose Fang Sihu anymore. Come on, everyone, follow me. Today, we must
Stop Duho.”
"yes!"
Everyone followed Dou Xianren and rushed to the Tongzhou government office in a furious manner.
When everyone arrived at the door, they saw that they were surrounded inside and outside, and they were all ordinary people with sallow faces and thin muscles.
Dou Xianren asked curiously: "Didn't you say those people had already run away? Why did they appear again?"
A boy said: "Sir, these people are not the same group as those who appeared before. These are all hungry people in the west of the city. Somehow, they all ended up here."
When everyone looked at them, they saw that these people were dressed in rags, all very skinny, and smelled all over their bodies. They were undoubtedly hungry people.
Dou Xianren waved his hand: "Never mind, let's go find Du He first."
The men barely squeezed in, and Dou Xianren and others came to the lobby.
Before everyone came, they had already prepared some words to persuade Du He.
But when they actually arrived at the scene, they discovered that Du He was sitting upright above, Fang Zhouzi was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, and the body of the seventh master of Yakou Village was lying next to Fang Zhouzi.
Dou Xianren stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, I have something to say!"
Du He slapped the table and said: "Sima Dou, you're late! Fangzhouzi has already pleaded guilty. Fangzhouzi, as a household secretary in the same state, was corrupt and perverted the law. He even dared to embezzle the money and food allocated by the court for disaster relief. Since last year,
Since the winter months, the amount of embezzlement has reached 5,000 guan, which is shocking, and it is almost unjust to die... I acted expeditiously according to the order, and in order to bring justice to the people of Tongzhou, I decided to imprison Fangzhouzi, report to the court, and ask for execution after autumn.
, Nian Zai Fangzhou has a heart of repentance, and is willing to confiscate all his family property to provide relief to the victims. After discussion with the governor, he decided to remove Fangzhou Sihu from his position, temporarily imprison him, and then exile him to Lingnan. If during this period, he
Zhou Zi has a repentant heart and is willing to confess his accomplices, which can reduce the crime."
Dou Xianren was shocked.
The verdict was pronounced so soon?
Dou Xianren shouted: "Master Hou, wait a minute, even if Fang Zhouzi is guilty, but Master Hou is convicted so quickly, is it too hasty? Where is the evidence?"
Du He sneered, as if he already knew that Dou Xianren would have such questions.
He waved his hand: "Bring me the evidence!"
Two guards came forward carrying two boxes.
Wow.
The box was opened, and all the ledgers were inside.
Du He pointed to the account book and said: "This is the account book found from Fangzhou Zi's house. The left side is the open ledger, and the right side is the secret ledger. The open ledger is used by Fangzhou Zi to deal with the imperial inspection. It is done perfectly.
There is no problem, but he also made a secret ledger, which recorded in detail the process of his corruption."
In order to embezzle money, Fang Zhouzi went to great lengths to hire the best accountant to make two sets of account books. He thought that no one would be able to find out the problem even if he handed it over to the court, but he underestimated Du He.
He did not belong to this era. Although he was not an accountant, he had some experience in bookkeeping. The single-entry accounting method used in this era, no matter how brilliant it was, was dregs compared with the market outlook. Therefore, Du He quickly became
Problem found.
Dou Xianren and others did not know what to say.
Then I heard Du He say: "Bring someone to prove it!"
Immediately, an old man was brought up.
Many people know that this old man is the housekeeper of Fangzhou Mansion.
Du He said: "Cheng Dahu, tell everyone what you know!"
Cheng Dahu said: "...Hou...Mr. Hou, it really has nothing to do with me. Our master asked me to do all this. I am only responsible for finding someone to keep accounts..."
Cheng Dahu described the entire process of Fangzhouzi's corruption in great detail.
This guy named Fangzhou actually dug a cellar in the backyard of the mansion specifically to store the money embezzled.
Du He ordered: "Come here, as Cheng Dahu said, go to the willow tree in the backyard of Fang's family to see if there is any embezzled money."
"yes!"
Zhang Jian took people there in person.
Not long after, Zhang Jian came back, carrying a big box: "Master, these were dug from under the willow tree in the backyard of Fang's family. There are five thousand strings in total. These Kaiyuan Tongbao were specially made by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the imperial court.
The mark confirms that it is undoubtedly disaster relief money."
Snapped.
Du He was stunned and said: "Zi Fangzhou, I will ask you again, do you know your guilt?"
"Master Hou, I know my crime, I know my crime!" Fang Zhouzi quickly lay down on the ground and kowtowed, "I beg you, Master Hou, for mercy. I don't want to be exiled. I don't want to be exiled!"
Du He said coldly: "Whether you want to be exiled or not, this is not a question for you to consider... I have given you a chance. As long as you can reveal your accomplices, I will give you the opportunity to make meritorious service. If you confess, you will be lenient. If you resist...
...Sit down in jail, someone, come and take him down!"
Fang Zhouzi was taken out of the lobby and suddenly burst into tears.
Du He glanced at Dou Xianren and asked: "Dou Sima, you defend Fangzhou Zi so much that you are unmoved even in the face of irrefutable evidence. Could it be that you are an accomplice of Fangzhou Zi?"
Dou Xianren's expression changed: "No, no, no, the Marquis is joking. I, Mr. Dou, are not short of money, so why should I be corrupt? Since the case has been heard, I will leave!"
Dou Xianren felt very irritable, so he turned around and left.
Du He looked at Zou Lujun and others: "Where are you?"
Everyone said they would not be corrupt and left quickly.
"Okay, let's all disperse. These five thousand guan... Wang Da, I'll leave it to you. Go buy rice and vegetables quickly so that the victims can have a full meal. The next batch of disaster relief money and food from the court will be
We are about to arrive in the near future, and I am announcing that from today on, the victims of the disaster in Tongzhou will have two meals a day, and they will no longer have to drink rancid gruel!" Du He said.
The common people were silent at first, and then they all knelt down and kowtowed to Du He.
"We finally have an upright official in Tongzhou!"
This last sentence sounded extremely ironic to Yuchi Gong's ears.
Wang Da, who recorded the incident, stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Master Hou, I'm afraid there's something wrong with me taking over this disaster relief work!"
Du He patted the other party's shoulder and said: "There is nothing wrong. I have the final say. You can temporarily take over the position of Sihu of Tongzhou. In a few days, when the governor completes the formalities, you can officially take office.