"Not to mention the low salary, the guilty minister is not from the capital. According to the rules of the imperial court, no matter how big the official is, unless he can buy property in the capital, he can only return to his hometown after resigning. Your Highness knows that the guilty minister is Where is Chen Chen's hometown? There are only endless mountains as far as the eye can see. Sin Chen has hated those mountains since he was a child. They block Sin Chen's sight and also block Sin Chen's hope. It is precisely because of this that Sin Chen turns on the lamp I read at night and vowed to pass the imperial examination so that I could get out of there forever and never go back.”
"But the guilty minister became the Minister of Household Affairs. After resigning, he actually had to go back to the place where the guilty minister never wanted to go back in his life. Not only that, even the guilty minister's wife and children had to go back with him and suffer. The guilty minister is unwilling and unwilling. The guilty minister has been working for the court all his life, why can't he stay in the capital? The guilty minister's whole family must stay in the capital, stay in this colorful world! Even if they are broken into pieces for this, the guilty minister I am willing to do so.”
Zhu Biao didn't know what to say for a moment after hearing this. After a while, he asked: "But I have seen the public records of your house. With the income you earned from stealing and selling public grain in the past two years, you could have purchased land and property in the capital a long time ago. Why?" In this year of great disaster, you want to plunder the people and steal and sell 7 million shi of public grain?"
After hearing this, Guo Huan was silent for a while and then he actually laughed.
"I asked you why you stole and sold so much public grain. Why are you laughing?"
Guo Huan lay on the ground and turned over to make him feel more comfortable. Then he said: "Your Highness wants to know why the guilty minister continues to steal and sell official grain? The reason is very simple. This year's grain is expensive. At the beginning of the year, two grains cost one stone, and later it even reached three or four grains. Even after the autumn harvest, the price of grains There has been a decrease, but it is still nearly two stones per one stone. This year’s grain prices have doubled compared to the past. One stone of grain can be sold for two stones in the past.”
"The guilty minister also wants to stop. The guilty minister originally thought that he would stop after doing this again, but he didn't expect that he would fall for this last time."
"You can't stop it. Even if no one is reported this time, you will continue to steal and sell official food, and then wait for someone to report you in the future." Han Du stood up from behind Zhu Biao.
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Guo Huan took one look and said, "So it's you, Han Du."
"Oh? Do you recognize me?" Han Du was a little curious. He and Guo Huanke have never crossed paths. Even when they went to court, he stood in front while he stood in the back.
Take Han Du himself as an example. Until now, he doesn’t even recognize Han Du, the person standing next to him. How can he pay attention to other people? Therefore, Han Du was a little curious about how Guo Huan knew him.
"I recognize you. Why don't you recognize me?" Guo Huan sighed and said, "You are a famous philanthropist, a man who can turn stone into gold. How could I not recognize you? I was thanking you in my heart some time ago."
"Oh? What are you thanking me for?" Seeing Guo Huan's excitement, Han Du didn't mind chatting with him.
"Thank you for raising the price of food." Guo Huan glanced at Han Du and said expressionlessly: "You have made me earn more money. Do you think I can thank you enough?"
Even at the end of the incident, Han Du and Guo Huan were still thinking about harming people and wanted to drag people to be buried with him, so he couldn't help but lose interest in talking to him. He shook his head and said, "I raised the price of food to make the people realize the value of food and not to sell it easily to cope with the famine years, but you are just greedy for yourself."
A person like Guo Huan is completely driven by greed, and there is no point in talking to him. Han Du then said to Zhu Biao: "It's really meaningless for me to talk to such a person. If His Highness wants to talk to him again, then I should just go outside and wait."
Zhu Biao nodded and let Han Du turn around and walk out.
After Han Du left, Guo Huan's expression suddenly became very lonely. He looked at Zhu Biao and asked, "Did His Highness come here today just to question the guilty minister? Or is it the time for the guilty minister to come?"
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "I have given an order to peel off the day lilies of those who lead you as a warning to others."
Guo Huan is also afraid of death. He is even afraid of his hometown. How could he not be afraid of death? But when he heard the date of his death, there was no moved expression on his face. Because he knew that with the crimes he had committed, it was impossible for the emperor to spare him.
"Then your highness came here today just to see the guilty minister, who is about to die?"
"I came here to tell you another thing," Zhu Biao paused before saying, "Except
Except for those of you who are the leaders, everyone else will be reduced to criminals and exiled to Luzon to cultivate wasteland. "
Guo Huan was horrified when he heard this. He immediately ignored the pain on his body and turned over to kneel on the ground. He wanted to step forward and hug Zhu Biao's feet, but when he saw his blood-stained hand, he retracted it like a sting.
He was helpless and looked at Zhu Biao longingly, and asked: "Including...including the nine tribes of the guilty minister?"
"Gu said, everyone except you and the others."
After hearing this, Guo Huan immediately curled up into a ball and let out a burst of extremely suppressed sobs, which became louder and louder.
Zhu Biao glanced at Guo Huan, who was crying bitterly, and turned around as if he came specifically to inform Guo Huan of the news.
Guo Huan heard Zhu Biao's immediate footsteps and suddenly raised his head, looking at Zhu Biao's leaving back, "Your Highness!"
Zhu Biao stopped immediately.
"Your Highness is so kind and virtuous, and I have committed a crime. Even if I go under the Nine Springs, I will not dare or forget it." After Guo Huan's Dongchuang incident, he had already made up his mind about his own outcome when he made up his mind to steal and sell official grain to make money. I was already prepared, but I didn’t expect this day to come so quickly.
He himself deserved it, but when death was about to happen, he still felt sad about what happened to his family. Especially since his grandson is still young and his granddaughter is still in infancy, now that the whole family can survive, even if he is exiled overseas, he has no regrets.
After briefly tidying up his clothes, Guo Huan bowed to Zhu Biao with all his might.
After hearing this, Zhu Biao did not look back and stepped across the threshold of the cell.
After Han Du left Guo Huan, he came to the prison guard room with nothing to do. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the prison chief and several people standing inside, waiting.
Liu Laotou was surprised when he saw Han Du coming in, and then he greeted him with a smile, "My dear uncle, I'd like to meet him."
Han Du nodded, waved for them to get up, and said with a smile: "We are old acquaintances, why is Liu Tou so polite?"
Liu Laotou smiled flatteringly, held his hands humbly, and said: "You are just a commoner, and you don't dare to be called uncle like that."
