Chapter 547 Virtue is like the sun and moon

Chapter 547 Virtue is like the sun and moon

After the three people heard this question, their expressions tightened, and then they looked at each other, as if they had formed some kind of tacit understanding. Finally, Huang Fuhu stepped forward and respectfully answered: "I will wait for the three families to thank you." Gao Yi, because the state government is helping people in the state, we have learned a lot of useful information, and I think we will be able to rescue my brother and others soon!"

Hearing Huang Fuhu's answer full of expectation and confidence, Li Tai nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "So how much information do the three of you know? Can you tell everyone here that one person can calculate the shortcomings, and everyone can calculate the strengths, and work together to achieve the goal? Find and rescue people as soon as possible.”

Everyone else present also nodded in agreement, not only to satisfy their curiosity and want to know whether those three people were alive or dead, but also had some other subtle thoughts hidden in them.

After the three people heard this, their expressions became even more awkward, and they became obviously vigilant and nervous. Huang Fuhu quickly bowed and said: "The information I have received in recent days is very complicated and complex, so you and everyone here are busy with official business, so I'm afraid there will be some disturbance." Your cases..."

"How can it be said that there is a disturbance in the case? This is originally the matter in my case. I was busy with military affairs and had no time to spare, so I entrusted the three of you to handle the matter. However, the state government still provided enough reward materials. Yes, East Gate How much has the reward been spent for many days?”

Li Tai seemed to realize this problem only when he talked about it, and turned to look at a state official and asked.

The state official stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, I would like to pay the East Gate reward from the treasury, totaling thirty kilograms of gold and twenty-nine thousand five hundred pieces of silk."

"What?"

"So many?"

When they heard the figures reported by the state officials, everyone in the hall exclaimed. Unexpectedly, just half a month later, nearly 30,000 pieces of silk were scattered on the high platform, and two pieces of silk were scattered every day. As many as a thousand horses!

After Li Tai heard this number, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He ordered the state government to provide sufficient property for the reward, but did not arrange personnel to supervise it, leaving the three families solely responsible for the distribution of the reward, in order to create an opportunity for them to enrich their own pockets and steal.

It seems that these three companies have also taken advantage of the opportunity to the extreme, distributing so much silk in such a short period of time. If the reward he had announced before was followed, it would mean nearly 3,000 pieces of useful intelligence information. This would mean that every hair of the missing three people had been found out clearly!

After hearing this astonishing number, Li Tai did not need any further urging. Even the powerful people in the hall stood up and said loudly: "This matter has shocked the state and county, and many people have suffered unjust injustice. Your Majesty. In order to protect the safety of the people, they spent huge sums of money just to investigate the matter clearly.

Now that the matter is attracting public attention and there are many envoys in the state capital, it is no longer a private matter of your three families. What results have been obtained cannot be revealed quickly! No matter how complicated the news is, it is up to the people in the hall to judge whether it is worth tens of thousands of pieces of silk! "

After hearing this, everyone also spoke in agreement, and it could be said that the crowd was full of emotions for a while.

It should be noted that at the just-concluded Battle of Xiangyang Reward Ceremony, there were only more than 20,000 pieces of silk as rewards, and they still had to be divided among several families, and the marchers risked their lives on the battlefield.

However, these three families only lost one person in each household. With the emergency arrangement of the new envoy, nearly 30,000 pieces of silk were distributed while holding a soil platform. How can people accept this?

People don't worry about scarcity but inequality. When this number was announced, things suddenly changed.

With nearly 30,000 pieces of silk spent, even if the three people were rescued intact, it would make the onlookers feel worthless, not to mention that their money was scattered, but the people were still missing!

Seeing the angry glares and the surge of emotion from the people around them, the three people were all panicked for a moment. Before they could speak, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Li Tai, who was sitting above him, raised his hand and knocked on the table heavily. Looking at the people in the hall, he said solemnly: "Please wait for the crowd to calm down and don't be impatient because of the heavy goods being consumed. The same goes for these materials being scattered." It benefits the masses, but it’s not a pity if it can help others!”

After that, he looked at the three people and said: "What information has been learned from the reward? You must come from the truth and don't hide it! This matter is something I teach you. If the people know that I am wrong, you and others can careful!"

"Please spare your life! Please spare your life..."

The three people were already horrified. When they heard Li Tai's murderous words again, their defenses suddenly broke and they knelt down on the ground with a plop, crying and begging for mercy. There are nearly three thousand pieces of intelligence information. Even if they can make it up, they can't remember it!

Li Tai looked at the three people in the hall and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The situation he arranged for these three families was really a test of human nature, and not many could withstand the test. But the fact that these three companies were able to make the case so big in such a short period of time shows their boldness and greed.

"I thought that you, the three families, who lost their loved ones, would be sincere in their work and never slack off, so I took care of everything, but I didn't want to indulge in greed and completely disregard the lives of my loved ones. Since I came to Daxingtai in the country, all the officials have praised me. You are smart and good at governing, but this time you and other rats have made the world laughable!"

Li Tai stood up angrily, pointed at the three people and shouted angrily, and then pointed at the people present and said in a deep voice: "This miscalculation really makes me ashamed. But I want to ask you all here, what is it about these three people who are so perverse? Aloof and greedy, or is this the folk custom in Mianbei?"

What he said seemed a bit like regional discrimination. Although everyone in the hall felt ashamed and annoyed after hearing this, they were unable to argue with it when they saw the living example.

The atmosphere in the hall was silent for a while. Du Zhaohui, the magistrate of Wan County, suddenly stood up, bowed to Li Taishen first, and then said: "The land is fertile, the fields are rice and barnyard grass, the water is clear, and of course people also have good and evil qualities. ! Although this township in Mianbei has been plagued by wars for a long time and education has been interrupted, the people there are still virtuous and respect their dear friends.

A few unscrupulous rural thieves are really not enough to demonstrate the quality of rural customs and folk customs. A certain class of officials and people all looked up to the envoy for his teachings and education. From then on, the morality of the village and the people's justice depended on the envoy. If the envoy taught you good things, the people would be good. If there are evil hybrids again, the law will not stop them and everyone will spit on them! "

"What Du Ming Mansion said is true! Just two or three thieves are indeed not enough to bring shame to the state and county!"

After listening to Du Zhaohui's words, Li Tai's frown slightly relaxed, and he turned to Dou Chi, the governor of Fangcheng who was responsible for the city's defense and security, and said: "Seize these three mansions and clans immediately, and don't allow any stolen money from the treasury." No one from the She clan will be allowed to escape!"

When the three people heard this, they couldn't help but wailed and sobbed, but their greed had already offended the public, and the public did not feel pity for their miserable situation, but felt disgusted.

From a moral perspective, what Li Tai did was indeed quite unethical. He shouted to catch thieves, fished for law enforcement, and deliberately used huge sums of money to induce people to commit crimes. It really went against the status of a state official.

But the question is, if he uses normal methods, can he easily deal with these powerful people who have been entrenched in the place for many years? Also follow the example of his predecessor Chang Sun Jian and happily make friends with these rich people. As long as you don't rebel, I won't interfere with you?

These three families have committed crimes and embezzled huge amounts of money. Naturally, the so-called reward offer to rescue people cannot continue. When things have developed to this point, the people no longer care about the whereabouts of the three people, whether they are alive or dead. After all, even their closest relatives think that money is more important than them.

Nearly 30,000 pieces of silk are definitely a huge sum of money, and it is very difficult to circulate and spend them in a short period of time. After Dou Chi was ordered to inspect these three families, most of the stolen money was recovered. If coupled with the savings that each of their families already had, there was still plenty left.

After all, these three powerful companies were originally large companies in the state, and their assets were spread across counties. It took several days to seal them all. It was precisely because the family business was so powerful that they dared not give face to Li Tai when he first entered the country.

Just solving these three companies is certainly not Li Tai's ultimate goal. Although the assets of the three companies are considerable, they cannot satisfy his appetite.

After he sent the former governor Quanzhong out of the country according to the ceremony, and sent an envoy to return to Huazhou with him to report the expedition to Xiangyang, before the heat of the matter had subsided, he summoned all the subordinate officials and representatives of powerful powers to the state capital. .

After everyone arrived at the state capital, the first thing they saw was the money, silk, and property confiscated from three families piled up in the courtyard of the state capital. They couldn't help but be amazed. They felt that they had never seen such money in their entire lives. In less than a month since the arrival of the new envoy, I have seen a lot.

With so much wealth openly piled up in the courtyard of the state capital, people can't help but wonder what kind of medicine the new envoy is selling in his gourd.

When the crowd gathered in the hall again and took their seats, Li Tai sighed and said: "Preface to Du Ming Mansion. From now on, the morality of the village and the people will depend on me. I have been thinking about it frequently in recent days and I have a lot of feelings. The former mistakenly believed in the evildoers." This is a fact that cannot be exaggerated. The villain comes from the countryside, and it is an indelible stain for the villagers.

It is not too late to remedy the situation. I am frank by nature and not good at pretentiousness. I have gathered everyone here today just to ask the wise villagers. What dangers and difficulties in the village need to be solved urgently, so that I can solve the problems for the people of the state? The materials outside the hall were once stored in thieves' households. I will never be stingy in collecting or polluting my treasury. I only hope that I can make good use of materials to relieve people's worries. The fragrance of the countryside is better than the richness of the treasury! "

After everyone heard this, they immediately started talking again. They just thought that this prince had a grudge against Qian? In the past, there was all kinds of lavish spending, but now I finally saw the money coming back, but I gathered the crowd to ask for advice on how to spend it! It's just that they don't have an idea about what kind of rural affairs can consume so much money.

It was the Du county magistrate who stood up first and said: "Your virtue is like the sun and the moon, which really makes my subordinates admire you greatly! There is indeed an urgent matter in the state that needs to be dealt with. There is a Liumenyan water incident in the west of Rangcheng. It is the front The ponds and weirs built by Zhaogong in the Han Dynasty to intercept the water flow can irrigate thousands of hectares of fertile fields in Rangcheng, Xinye and other counties, but now they are in disrepair and the canals and ponds are blocked..."

Li Tai looked at Magistrate Du who was talking eloquently and nodded with satisfaction.

Based on the successful experience of regulating Luoshui and the importance of water conservancy projects to farming in ancient society, he also regarded this as a breakthrough for his own governance of Mianbei. Let's first use Magistrate Du's mouth to test the mood of the crowd. If it's not as expected, then we'll have to continue to make more headlines.