Chapter 438

Even standing in front of the Emperor, these people still have a righteous appearance.

They talk about the commoners of the world and the righteousness of the country at every turn.

If they speak, they are eloquent, making the person asking feel numb.

Just look at the previous Grand Administrator of Hanyang Commandery, Pang Can, and you will know.

He took the initiative to visit, but was questioned by Ren Tang, and as a result, he left in disgrace, and Ren Tang gained the name of a pure stream.

However...

Duan Yu seems to have taken a different path.

It was clearly Ren Tang asking him, so why did it become Duan Yu asking questions after two sentences?

"Since Elder Ren says to take the path of peace and happiness, then what is the path of peace and happiness?" Duan Yu looked at Ren Tang, his tone extremely flat, with no emotional fluctuation.

"Hmph." Ren Tang snorted and said: "The 'Book of Documents' says: 'Governing the people should be based on benevolence, and the government is precious when it is constant.'"

"'Peace and happiness' means living in peace and working happily, raising children and grandchildren, and the world is peaceful; this is considered peace and happiness."

Ren Tang started by citing classics, and what he said was quite eloquent.

Duan Yu nodded slightly and replied: "Since that is the case, why is it that after I arrived in Hanyang Commandery, I saw starving people everywhere?"

"The people are not getting enough to eat?"

"I haven't seen the peace and happiness of the people that Elder Ren speaks of, but as for Elder Ren..."

Duan Yu scanned Ren Tang with a smile: "I heard that Elder Ren does not engage in labor, yet his family has ten thousand hectares of fertile land and countless cattle and sheep, and his children are happy and his family is at peace."

"If Elder Ren is truly dedicated to the people, why not distribute your family wealth, return the fertile land to the people, dismiss the servants in your home, and give them money so they can find their own peace and happiness?"

"Of course, I am not saying this without basis."

"If Elder Ren is willing, I will certainly set an example first; the cattle and sheep I brought when I took office will all be donated to the people as an example."

"Then Elder Ren will also distribute your family wealth and donate it to the people; what does Elder Ren think?"

Hiss!

As soon as Duan Yu said this, a sound of gasping for air suddenly came from the hall.

This...

This is too... too ruthless.

How can Ren Tang answer this?

Distribute family wealth?

Isn't this a joke?

The Ren clan is not just Ren Tang's Ren clan.

Hundreds of people up and down are waiting to eat; if the family wealth is distributed, what will those people in the Ren family do?

Ren Tang was also shocked by Duan Yu's words.

His mission today was to disrupt the situation.

It was to disrupt Duan Yu's plan to launch a war.

"Is Lord Duan joking?" Ren Tang's expression quickly tightened as he frowned and said: "Governing the country and the people is the business of officials; I am not an official..."

Bang!

Duan Yu slapped the desk in front of him and said coldly: "Ren Tang!"

"Since you know you are not an official, do I still need you to teach me the way of being an official?"

"You keep talking about the commoners of the world and the people of Liangzhou; do you really think you can decide for the people of the world?"

Duan Yu's tone changed, and his speech became unpleasant.

The atmosphere in the hall also suddenly turned cold.

"You..." Ren Tang was instantly furious: "Duan Yu, how dare you insult me!"

"Hmph!"

Duan Yu snorted coldly.

Pure stream?

Bullshit pure stream.

Even if you, Ren Tang, are a pure stream.

Could it be that your entire Ren clan of Jixian is a pure stream?

If he hadn't been prepared, he would have really been manipulated by Ren Tang today.

Duan Yu turned his head and glanced at Jia Xu behind him.

Jia Xu nodded slightly.

Subsequently, a person walked out from behind the screen behind Duan Yu.

The thin Liu Bai Tu was wrapped in a black robe, with a black hat on his head that almost covered his face.

Then he took out a stack of white paper from his wide sleeves.

Something was written densely on the white paper.

Duan Yu didn't even look at it.

He threw the stack of white paper in his hand out.

Instantly.

The white paper flew in the air, like a sky full of white snow.

And the black ink on the white paper was more like the filth that could not be seen under the great reputation.

"Ren Tang, you keep talking about the people of the world."

"Why don't you look at the snow in front of your own door?"

"Your son, Ren Yang, bullies the market, forces the people, forcibly occupies fertile land, buys slaves and sells prostitutes, and has groups of concubines at home."

"Liang Gu promised you a great reputation and let you come to question me."

"Is this your so-called petition for the people?"

Quiet!

Dead silence.

When Duan Yu's voice sounded, there was dead silence in the hall.

Ren Tang watched the white paper flying all over the hall slowly falling at his feet.

The black characters on the white paper seemed to be opening their bloody mouths, mocking every word he had just said.

And except for Ren Tang, everyone in the hall was looking at Duan Yu with terrified eyes.

As a member of a noble family, no one dares to guarantee whose home is clean.

If the money and grain in the treasury were not stained with the hard work and sweat of others, how could there be a full warehouse of money and grain if they relied only on themselves?

It's just...

It's just that Duan Yu has only been in Hanyang Commandery for ten days.

Why is he so clear about the dirty things behind the Ren clan?

When some white papers full of black characters fell in front of everyone, everyone looked at the content on them, and their eyes were full of fear.

The dates, events, and locations written on them were detailed.

Although they were just fragments that could not be connected.

But everyone believed.

If this stack of white paper was sorted out, it should be evidence of crimes sufficient to make the Ren clan fall into the abyss.

And Duan Yu's sentence about Liang Gu promising a great reputation.

It shows that Ren Tang's appearance here today was not his own intention at all.

But driven by Liang Gu.

How did Duan Yu know all this?

Some smart people have already set their eyes on the black-robed man who just walked out behind Duan Yu.

After Liu Bai Tu put down the white paper, he looked up slightly.

Under the black brim of the hat, there were only a pair of black and white distinct pupils.

Ren Tang, standing in the middle of the hall, was like a clown at this time.

His complexion turned from white to red, and from red to blue.

He trembled his lips for a long time and couldn't say a word.

Duan Yu sneered.