Just as they thought, the box was full of dirt.
The officials' disdainful and proud eyes suddenly shot towards Chu Ze, as if they were looking at some fool.
Isn't he just a fool?
When other people accept gifts from corrupt officials, they want to hide them again and again, but he is afraid that others will not know, so he not only accepts them, but also beats gongs and drums to accept them.
The whole process was carried out openly and directly from Yinchuan to Yingtian.
Now, all the evidence of the crime was directly carried to the palace and displayed in front of them.
You can't blame him for taking action, the main reason is that the other party is too stupid.
Hu Weiyong smiled throughout.
A trace of doubt flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes.
He knew that Chu Ze wanted to bring a box into the palace, and he had personally arranged for the person to move things for him.
But Chu Ze didn't tell him what to do.
Seeing Chu Ze's actions now, he was lying if he wasn't curious.
Zhu Xi and Zhu Di also looked at each other, and then turned to look at Chu Ze in tacit agreement.
They are looking forward to Chu Ze's next move.
Chu Ze ignored all eyes, slowly bent down and took out a carpet from inside.
This was given to Chu Ze by the wife of the tea stall owner.
"Wow."
A soft sound.
The soft and elastic gorgeous carpet suddenly bounced away under everyone's puzzled gazes.
Like a beautiful butterfly, fluttering its wings.
Just one action attracted the attention of many people.
Appreciation, admiration, ridicule, greed... countless complicated eyes flew across the carpet.
Zhu Xi's eyes lit up: "So beautiful!"
Beautiful indeed.
Zhu Biao had to admit that this carpet was really beautiful.
In addition to being beautiful, everyone gradually recognized that this was a tribute.
But the quality is not that high.
"Looking at everyone's expressions, it seems that no introduction is needed." Chu Ze smiled and folded the carpet and put it aside.
Then, under everyone's puzzled gaze, he took out a few more tan sheep furs.
The eyes of many people in the hall lit up for a moment.
Zhu Xi couldn't help but feel a little moved when he looked at the fluffy fur.
If he went to Yinchuan and such a good thing was given to him for free, he would accept it.
"Chu Ze, what is this?" Zhu Ping, who was a little itchy, couldn't help it. He still wanted to inquire. It would be great if he could get one or two from Chu Ze. If he couldn't get it, he still had to know what these things were. Where did it come from? Let him know where to get it.
Chu Ze turned his head and looked at Zhu Xi, whose eyes were shining and his affection was beyond words, and he said: "This is Yinchuan's specialty beach sheep fur. It is named after it is produced in the Yinchuan Plain, where the Yellow River has abundant water and grass. It is commonly known as "Er-fur skin" is carefully processed from the skins of Tan lambs slaughtered about 30 days after birth."
As he spoke, he brought Tan Yangpi to Zhu Xi and let him feel it.
Chu Ze didn't favor one over the other.
He distributed the sheepskin to several ministers with higher rankings and let them appreciate it themselves.
Of course, there must be Zhu Biao and Zhu Di.
He said while parting it: "The fur of the Ermao is about 2 inches long. The hair is soft and white, the texture is fine and moist, the waves are curved, the skin is flexible, soft and warm, and it is also known as the "dry golden fur"."
Needless to say, it feels good in the hand for such a good thing.
Many people who had looked disgusted before could not help but have their eyes light up after touching Tan Sheep fur.
Chu Ze smiled, took the fur back, and put it back in the box.
Then he changed something else.
Every time Chu Ze takes out something, he will show it properly in front of everyone.
Then I will introduce what this thing is and what it is used for.
The great court meeting has now turned into a product introduction meeting.
But Zhu Biao didn't stop him.
Zhou Guanzheng, who was still kneeling on the ground, had a green face.
Until Chu Ze took out an inkstone.
As Chu Ze introduced it, he deliberately waved the inkstone in front of Zhou Guanzheng.
Looking at this man's longing look, he deliberately refused to show it to him.
Zhou Guanzheng: "..." His face became even darker.
Seeing Chu Ze still taking things out, Zhou Guanzheng became angry.
"Chu Ze!"
He roared and immediately woke everyone up.
When the ministers realized what they were doing, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on their faces, and then they silently retreated to where they should be standing.
The excitement around Chu Ze disappeared instantly.
Chu Ze said with an innocent face: "Is something wrong?"
That attitude of not taking them seriously made Zhou Guanzheng almost angry to death.
He glared at Chu Ze fiercely and gritted his teeth: "This is the political hall, how can you be allowed to be so presumptuous!"
Chu Ze was happy.
He put the things back into the box, turned around and crossed his arms to look at Zhou Guanzheng and said, "Tell me, Mr. Zhou, how could we be so presumptuous?"
“Isn’t it enough for you to shamelessly introduce your own filth in such a serious place as the Government Hall?”
"These things are all clean, why are they dirty?" Chu Ze was deliberately irritating, "Besides, how do you know that what we just said has nothing to do with government affairs?"
Zhou Guanzheng has never seen such a shameless person!
He looked at Chu Ze with eyes that were almost angry: "You treat the main hall as a market and praise the gifts you received. Are you going to tell me that this is related to government affairs?"
"Then let's first ask Mr. Zhou what life is."
Ah!
Zhou Guanzheng was really angry and laughed.
Although he is not talented and can only be a small censor, he has also read a collection of classics and history.
How dare you ask him such a question?
Zhou Guanzheng sneered: "Of course it's talking about various human activities."
Chu Ze said "hmm" but didn't wait for the next step.
"What, it's gone?"
"What else could there be?"
"Okay, since Mr. Zhou you have asked so piously, then I will tell you with great mercy. The so-called life is just to be born and live." Chu Ze raised his hand and followed his words, speaking appropriately. He raised his fingers and pressed down, "Everyone has done it after giving birth. As long as my mother is ten months pregnant, it will be completed the moment she lands.
Then the next step is to 'live'. What is life?
In Mr. Zhou's eyes, don't you think you are alive just standing here panting, right?
Then have you never thought about how you can survive?
If you don't have clothes, what do you use to keep yourself warm?
How do you fill your stomach if there is no food?
If you don't have shoes, have you ever thought about what your feet will look like after walking down that long street?
If there were no cars or sedans, you would have to walk there by yourself every day to go to court. "
Every time Chu Ze said something, he would glance at everyone's faces.
Some of the courtiers looked indifferent, while others were following Chu Ze's words and thinking about his questions.
Chu Ze curled his lips and continued: "Since we want to live, we have to fill our stomachs and have clothes to keep out the cold. Where do these things come from? Can you make them yourself? If you can do the same thing, can you still do it? Have you done everything? No matter how powerful you are, there is only a limit to what you can do and the resources you have are limited. If we want to live well, we have to buy and sell and use money to exchange for supplies. Only in this way can we live a better life.
Buying and selling is a major matter related to people's livelihood. How could Mr. Zhou feel that it has nothing to do with government affairs? "
(End of chapter)
