Hearing Li Nan's questioning, Li Daocheng immediately cautiously explained the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that not long after Li Nan left, Queen Pang Qiuxia and Concubine Hu Bing gave birth to children one after another, and both daughters were nourished by Li Nan's exercises, and they were strong and healthy, and the child was naturally born safely.

The ministers, who had always been worried about the issue of His Majesty's heirs, were overjoyed when they heard the news, and some people proposed to celebrate the event.

Even for the common people, the birth of a newborn is worth celebrating, not to mention the royal heir, so many courtiers agreed to this matter.

As Home Secretary, Tyrion consulted with Chancellor of the Exchequer Karina and other members of the Cabinet to set aside a sum of money to purchase the necessary items to decorate the capital and create a festive atmosphere.

It stands to reason that this matter can be settled here, but it's a pity that Li Daocheng messed things up.

The soldiers of the patrol battalion stationed in various state capitals are responsible for public security, urban management, fire fighting, emergency disaster relief and other functions, so when the patrol battalion punishes merchants and arrests hooligans and ruffians on weekdays, they can also get a part of the fines and stolen money.

According to the rules of the Empire, this money did not need to be handed over, and was used to improve the daily life of the soldiers of the local patrol battalion, or to award rewards to the soldiers of the battalion.

After the meeting from the palace, Li Daocheng returned to the patrol camp outside the city, because he wanted the patrol camp to show his face during the celebration, so he ordered people to take out all the money and plan to buy a batch of items needed for the celebration.

Unexpectedly, the security in the imperial capital has improved recently, the traders are law-abiding, and the number of criminals has been greatly reduced, resulting in not much money in the small treasury of the patrol battalion.

Therefore, Li Daocheng casually ordered and told the battalions to be stricter in supervising the market recently, and to generate more income for the birth celebration of the royal heir.

Li Daocheng's original intention was not bad, but he forgot one thing, that is, the same sentence, one order, and everyone understood it differently.

The Hunan Provincial Patrol Army garrison outside Changsha City had a total of 10 battalions and 5,000 patrol troops, and they were responsible for the security of the entire province and region, including the imperial capital Changsha.

After each of the ten battalion commanders returned to their stations, when they conveyed it to their subordinates, they focused on the four words of 'generate more income' in Li Daocheng's words, and then ordered them to reach each company, platoon, and squad from each battalion, and finally to the ears of each patrol soldier.

The important ministers of the empire generally worked in the imperial capital, and no one came into contact with the people at the bottom, so the various battalions of patrolmen began to collect celebratory fees among the merchants and peasants, and no one knows about it to this day.

Li Nan's heirloom jade seal will not be recognized by ordinary people, but how can Li Daocheng not recognize it?

When he saw that the emperor's jade seal was sent to him by the soldiers, he knew that something was wrong, and after some inquiry, he was shocked to know that the matter had become like this, and hurriedly spread the news that the ministers in the imperial capital greeted him, and he also hurriedly came to ask for guilt.

After listening to Li Daocheng's explanation, Li Nan let out a long sigh, which touched him deeply.

The top of the empire issued many policies and orders to benefit the people, but after the distortion of the executed person layer by layer, it did not match the original intention, Li Nan did not realize this problem in the past, and today he realized the seriousness of this matter.

The empire now has the Intelligence Bureau created by Varys, but the main responsibility of this oversight body is to prevent dangerous elements, and the Anti-Corruption Bureau managed by Scott and others is only aimed at officials at all levels, so there is really no corresponding department to supervise this kind of thing.

Thinking of completely eliminating similar things, it is necessary to discuss a good solution with the ministers, but now this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

Li Nan did not blame Li Daocheng, but sighed and said to everyone: "There is a way to win the world, to win its people, and to win the world." There is a way to win the people, to win their hearts, and to win the people. There is a way in his heart, and he gathers with it as much as he wants, and he does not do anything evil.

These words may not be understood by some people present, but in fact, they probably mean that only by gaining the support of the people can we win the world. If you want to win the support of the people, you have to win the hearts and minds of the people, so what should you do? Give what the people need, and resolutely stop what hurts the people! ”

Li Nan looked at the ministers of the Imperial Cabinet in front of him, and continued: "All the ministers are all heroes who followed me to conquer the country and create the empire, you all know how much we paid to gain the support of the people, and now? ”

Walking in front of the patrolmen who were kneeling on the ground, Li Nan asked in a loud voice: "Now because my wife gave birth to two children, you will celebrate and let these people pay the money, what will you do in the future?" What about my other children? What about my birthday? What about the birthdays of the two queens? What about the festival of the founding of the country? Does everything need to be celebrated? Do you want to force these people to live and stand up for rebellion just like they opposed the Song Dynasty? ”

When Tyrion heard Li Nan say such things, he was immediately frightened and fell to his knees and shouted, "The minister is guilty! ”

"The minister is guilty!" The other ministers also knelt down and chanted.

Seeing that all the people in front of him were kneeling on the ground, Li Nan said impatiently: "Don't make these false things, get up and talk about how to deal with this matter!" ”

Li Daocheng got up and said: "All the collected money will be returned immediately, and all the people involved in this matter will be punished accordingly, and the old minister is willing to bear the main responsibility!" ”

"Good! Just do as you say! Li Nan added: "But there is one more thing to add, the detailed process and results of this matter need to be passed on to the whole empire, so that everyone in the empire knows about it." ”

Hearing Li Nan's will, many ministers objected: "Your Majesty, this scandal must not be publicized, this matter must not be publicized!" ”

"Huh." Li Nan sneered: "What? Do officials need to hide their mistakes? Don't you know that even if the emperor makes a mistake, he will be punished? Such an ugly thing should be known to all the people of the empire, and it can be regarded as a wake-up call for everyone! ”

Emperor Chrysostom and Jade Teeth, few people dared to strongly oppose what he said, and besides, this matter only lost the face of some people, and it was not a big deal, so in the face of the angry Li Nan, all the ministers accepted this will.

What everyone didn't expect was that this matter had just come to an end, but Li Nan said: "Next, I'll talk about a more serious problem!" ”

Li Daocheng, who had already made up his mind to resign, almost fainted in fright when he heard Li Nan's words, he glanced at the patrolmen who were causing trouble, and gritted his teeth with hatred.

To be honest, Li Nan thinks the latter problem is more serious.

The Chinese Empire was a vast empire, and after years of war, the population of various places was greatly reduced, so in order to replenish the population, the empire tried its best to move the people from other places to places where the land was fertile and more suitable for living.

Today, more than 40 percent of the people in the Chinese Empire have emigrated from the frontier or neighboring countries, but what Li Nan did not expect was that just over three years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the problem of discrimination against immigrants had already emerged.