Although the British Empire under Li Lu is the first power in this time and space, prosperous and rich is incomparable, but the so-called family has a big business, and there are many places to spend money, whether it is to engage in economic construction, or to relieve disasters and comfort the people, a large amount of money is needed, so Li Lu started to his courtiers: all officials who committed crimes, regardless of their ranks, will have their property confiscated and confiscated.On this day, someone in the General Administration of Integrity impeached Song Shuyao, the governor of Xindu Province, for corrupting the law, but many ministers on the side of Shaye interceded for Song Shuyao, saying that he had not made a major mistake in his official office for more than ten years, and he had no merit and hard work, so he advocated that he be punished lightly.Li Lu is so angry, I don't know that Lao Tzu hates corrupt officials the most, and the whole family has been punished with such ruthless methods over the years, but this corrupt official and corrupt official can't be killed at all.Since someone intercedes for Song Shuyao, then let people check it well, if this Song Shuyao is clean, it's okay to say, if it's not clean, hehe, even those who intercede, check it together, thinking of this, Li Lu ordered his confidant Li Ran to raid the Song family, and then make a decision when there is a result.Soon after, Li Ran returned to Broken Leaf and presented a list of all the Song family's property.Li Lu opened the list in public, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became: he didn't expect that a mere governor could loot so many people's fat and people's ointment, and even he, the king of a country, had never heard of many of them.The more Li Lu looked, the more angry he became, and as he looked at it, he suddenly raised his head and asked Li Ran: "The list says that two thousand catties of ginseng have been confiscated, is it possible that Song Shuyao still sells medicinal materials in private?"
Li Ran hurriedly replied: "This ginseng is not used for trading, it is used by Song Shuyao himself. ”Li Lu didn't believe it: "Song Shuyao is not seriously ill, and two thousand catties of ginseng will be eaten until the Year of the Monkey?"
Li Ran replied with a smile: "The emperor doesn't know, Song Shuyao usually likes to eat tender cabbage heart, but he thinks it has an earthy taste, so every time the cook stir-fries, he dries the ginseng in advance, and then burns it as firewood, so that the medicinal fragrance of the ginseng when it burns can overshadow the earthy taste of the cabbage."
Therefore, every time the cook makes cabbage hearts, he has to burn dozens of catties of ginseng.These two thousand catties of ginseng are only a month's consumption of the Song Mansion. ”Li Lu listened to it, nodded and sighed, damn it, he was just a governor, and he ended up living a more luxurious life than Lao Tzu and an emperor.He continued to read the list in his hand, and saw that there was a "cash cow" in his family property, and he couldn't help but wonder: "I have only heard of the cash tree, but I have never seen it, I don't know what it looks like?"
Li Ran hurriedly ordered someone to carry the cash cow confiscated from the Song family to Li Lu.Li Lu looked at it and couldn't help but be secretly speechless.I saw that the trunk of this cash cow was made of red gold, and on the jade branches, there were countless small golden hooks, and each gold hook was hung with either gold ingots, or silver leaves, or jade Ruyi, agate money, and exquisitely carved jade cicadas and goldfinches stood on the branches, and the treasure light shimmered and lifelike.Li Lu asked Li Ran: "Do you know what this cash cow is for?"
Li Ran chuckled lightly and said, "This matter is funny.Song Shuyao married thirty-six concubines, all of them were amazing, not only violated the rules to go to the Han girl as a concubine, but also Song Shuyao's concubine has black, white and yellow people, as soon as there are many concubines, he doesn't know which room he should stay in, so he let people make this cash cow, which is called "choose Fangzhi".Every night, the thirty-six concubines take turns to throw gold shoes on the cash cow, and whoever lays down more treasures will go to whom's room......"
Li Lu didn't say anything after hearing this, but he was very unhappy in his heart.He thought to himself: As the king of a country, he only has a few concubines, this Song Shuyao is really hateful.At this time, Li Lu had already turned to the last page of the list, and saw that there were three treasures without names, so he asked, "Why are these three treasures nameless?"
Li Ran explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this Shu Weichen is incompetent.Not only was these three treasures seen by Wei Chen for the first time, but none of the officials present at that time knew them. ”Li Lu was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked him to present these three treasures, and he wanted to personally appraise the treasures.I saw these three treasures, one was a sharp-beaked peacock with gold and jade, one was a small saw knife with a strange appearance, and the other was a gilded jade pot.Li Lu picked up these three things one by one and looked at them, looking left and right, but he didn't even understand what it was.At this time, it happened that his old courtier, Xue Lu, who had retired from the post of prime minister, came to see this scene, so he gave Li Lu an idea and said: "The old minister heard that Wang Yanchun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is well-read, knows the past and the present, and knows everything, so it is better to let him come to appreciate the treasure." ”When Li Lu heard this, he immediately issued an order to announce that Wang Yanchun would come to the Changchun Hall where he was to appraise the treasure.After Wang Yanchun looked at the three treasures carefully, he said to Li Lu: "Your Majesty!
In Weichen's opinion, the first piece of sharp-billed peacock is used to swallow melon seeds, first put the melon seeds into the peacock's pointed beak, and then pat its back, it will open the melon seed shell, spit out the melon seed flesh into the plate; The second small saw knife is a skate knife, which is used to saw ice, every year on the day of the winter solstice, go to the river to cut three feet square ice, wrap it in a quilt and coat it with honey and wax oil, hide it in an underground stone cave more than ten feet deep, and wait until the midsummer season comes, when the heat is unbearable, you can take out the ice cubes, use this ice blade to cut the ice cubes into crushed ice, and use this ice blade to make tea to pass the summer. ”Wang Yanchun said as he spoke, and the ministers on the side whispered, lamenting the extravagance of Song Shuyao's daily life, you must know that in Britain under Li Lu, saltpeter ice making is not a secret.But this Song Shuyao is so extravagant that he takes natural ice, you must know that the reliability where he is is hot all year round, how to get the reliability of this natural ice cube, even the smart Li Lu doesn't know.At this time, Li Lu's face became more and more ugly, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and asked, "What is the third gold-plated jade pot?"
Wang Yanchun sighed and said, "The emperor forgives his sins!"
Weichen is shallow, and he really can't recognize what this thing is for. ”Li Lu took the jade pot and looked at it carefully.It was found that this pot was carved with high-grade Hetian treasure jade, and the body of the pot was also inlaid with various treasures such as opal and night pearls.The peculiar thing is that Li Lu asked Li Ran to pour half a pot of water into the pot, and in an instant, the pot of water will exude wisps of fragrance, and the fragrance will be refreshing and lingering for a long time.At this time, the ministers inevitably speculated, this one said that the jade pot was a wine vessel for wine, and the other said that the jade pot was a container for spices.Li Lu saw that Wang Yanchun couldn't recognize this treasure, and he became more and more curious in his heart, and he was worried about this matter for a few days, and even Li Lu, the government of the court, was a little reluctant to pay attention to it, he held the jade pot all day and meditated.On this day, Li Lu was looking at the jade pot in a daze, only to see Li Ran hurrying forward, saying that he had found someone who recognized the jade pot.Li Lu was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the ministers to come and appraise the treasure.After a while, the monarchs and ministers gathered in the Changchun Palace, and Li Ran brought a thin man with an obscene appearance.Li Lu asked him, "Who are you, how can you recognize this gilded jade pot?"
The thin man called himself Song Wansan, a subordinate of the Song family, and said that he would see this jade pot every day, so he was familiar with the use.Li Lu said: "Say it quickly, say it quickly, what kind of treasure is this jade pot?"
Song Wansan unhurriedly took out a pen and paper from his arms, wrote down two words, and presented them to the imperial review.When Li Lu saw it, his face suddenly changed, and he patted the royal case, and threw his sleeves away angrily.The ministers were puzzled, so they quickly picked up the piece of paper that Li Lu threw down and saw that there were only two words on it: drowning device.It turned out that Song Wansan was looking at the latrine in the Song Mansion, and this gilded jade pot was just a urinal used by Song Shuyao when he was in an emergency at night.The next day, Li Lu issued a holy decree, and Song Shuyao was sentenced to be beheaded.Those ministers who had interceded for him in the past obediently shut their mouths this time, and they couldn't say anything, not only could they not say anything, but they themselves also entered the sight of the General Administration of Integrity because of Song Shuyao's case, and what awaits them will be severe punishment by the law.You must know that Li Lu's British Empire, various anti-corruption measures and policies and laws are already very complete, quite the appearance of a modern country in later generations, but even so, there is still a huge greed like Song Shuyao, which makes Li Lu sigh that anti-corruption is really a worldwide problem.