The Peerless Demon of Martial Arts

Chapter 681 The Art of the Emperor
"Master Zhao, my errand is finished." Baron grabbed a string of pearls: "Your Excellency is so crafty, even if you don't eat or drink, I'm afraid you won't be able to save so much money in 200 years."

"This is... This is from my wife's house. I like to put it here, can't it?"

Baron looked at the other side of the silver: "Tsk tsk, your wife's background is quite strong, and she is actually the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As long as this ingot of silver is required, you and your family will be sentenced to death."

"Even if I saw it wrong, are you planning to arrest me?"

Baron ordered all the vanguard troops to leave, leaving him alone to talk to Zhao Youzhi: "I served the emperor's errand, and I came here as a last resort, just because of your friendship with my father, I will not harm you. This silver is a good thing, whoever doesn’t like it, I like it too.”

Zhao Youzhi sensed the meaning of his words: "If Commander Ba likes anything, take whatever you want."

"Hehe! Talk quickly, you are worthy of being a first-rank official. There are six boxes here, and there are countless pearl treasures. I only need two boxes."

"You..." Zhao Youzhi was depressed, and was brutally slaughtered by a young man, but he had no place to vent his anger: "Sure enough, a hero born a young man, I admire you."

Baron didn't intend to ask for Zhao Youzhi's money. If he really wanted it, he wouldn't have lifted the box out in front of so many people.But he was unhappy with Zhao Youzhi from the bottom of his heart, and he wanted his life for such an unnecessary move.

Back at the court, Baron handed in the task: "Your Majesty, I ordered the search of Zhao Youzhi's home. Not only did I find a lot of treasures, including countless gold and silver, but also treasury silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Please take a look at it. "

He held the money in his hand and let everyone around him see it. Master Liu was also dumbfounded, and he had no excuses.

Baron said: "Then Zhao Youzhi still wants to bribe the humble official. He wants to give the humble official two boxes as a reward to seal the humble official's mouth."

"What are you doing with such a shameless person?" Li Tianxing could have killed Zhao Youzhi with one blow, but he was more interested in using one corrupt official to bring out a group of corrupt officials: "Balong, go and bring Zhao Youzhi here."

Then, there is food and lunch.

Except for Li Tianxing, no one in the Manchu Dynasty has an appetite.Everyone is greedy for money, and Zhao Youzhi has something to do with it, for fear that Zhao Youzhi will bite someone out.

An hour later, Zhao Youzhi knelt in the lobby, and he let Baron give him a fuck, he couldn't laugh or cry, knowing that his life was not long.

"Zhao Youzhi, over the years, as an imperial examination examiner for the imperial court, you have ruined many people's futures. For the sake of money, you ruined their lives, don't you blame yourself?"

Zhao Youzhi looked righteous and awe-inspiring: "There is nothing to say, nothing more than death."

"You don't have to die, tell me who else is like you, or more powerful than you. I can let you go, give you 10 taels of silver, and let you go home to retire."

Zhao Youzhi thought he heard it wrong: "Your Majesty, is what you said true?"

"This is the court, I never lie."

After thinking about it, Zhao Youzhi began to bite: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu Qiong and Liu are the same as my ministers. Every time I take an imperial examination, both of us will have a share. He has at least 80 taels of silver in his family!"

With Liu Qiong's expression, she was about to vomit blood, trembling all over.

Li Tianxing laughed happily: "You all don't have to be afraid. People who are greedy for money don't have to die, but your officials don't even think about doing it. People who tell others can be exonerated from all crimes. If they are exposed, not only You won’t get even one tael of silver, and you will go to prison. Think about it yourself.”

Some people broke out in cold sweat.

In order to save his life, Zhao Youzhi didn't care much about it: "Also! A few ministers of the Ministry of Officials, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials! He was promoted by a professional official, and he is the richest official position in my dynasty!"

Speaking of this stall, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials suddenly knelt down: "Your Majesty—I will report on my own, no one else needs to tell me."

It's so funny, people have already said it, and it's useless for you to say it again.

Li Tianxing shook his head: "Today the speaker is not guilty. As long as he can stand up for himself, he will be exempted from death. Just now Zhao Youzhi said two people, so I not only exonerated him from the death penalty, but also gave him 20 taels of silver for retirement. As long as he names one person, he will get an extra 10 taels of silver. Of course, the same goes for you.”

As soon as the words fell, nine of the ten officials present knelt down: "Your servant is guilty."

The eunuch took a pen and paper and handed it to these ministers, asking them to record their crimes of corruption one by one, as well as how they entrapped the people. The crimes are the same.If something is missing and someone exposes it, it will definitely be a death penalty.

A little flustered, Li Tianxing began to admire himself.In fact, this method was an idea that Xingran accidentally said when he and Xingran were out, but Li Tianxing only used it tentatively, and he did not expect this effect.

By the end of the night, these people had finished writing, and even the ugly things were exposed clearly.Li Tianxing passed on the things they wrote one by one, and showed them to each other.However, if there are fewer or wrong writing, they can be exposed.Looking at it this way, none of the people in the Manchu Dynasty was completely clean.

Li Tianxing knew that if the crime was really judged, no more than five people could stay here, and most of them were either exiled or beheaded.When the water is clear, there will be no fish. You can't be too harsh on people. From ancient times to the present, it is difficult to find a 100% honest official, and he doesn't have that fantasy.

"I know everything about you, but I suddenly changed my mind. Regardless of the crime, I will give you a chance to hold an imperial examination. If I am satisfied with the matter, you will continue to be officials. You can use your own To make money, but not to harm the common people, if I find out, I will destroy his nine clans, do you hear me clearly?"

All the officials kowtowed: "The emperor is wise! Long live, long live, long live!"

Li Tianxing also learned this trick from the story. He wanted to kill this group of people in one go, but after that?Isn't it better to let another group of people fill it, and this will never end.Human greed cannot be stopped, just like the flow of a river cannot be stopped.

Xingran didn't have so much thoughtfulness, so he scolded him: "Didn't you always love the people like a child, why did you pardon these corrupt officials?"

"The money is in hand, let them listen to me, that's enough." Li Tianxing replied: "Next, I should focus on selecting talents. I am too busy during this time, you are responsible for finding them." The purple-winged bat and puppet, Tiance Guard also let you take care of them."

"You let me be a woman to manage Tian Cewei? To be the commander of Tian Cewei?"

"That's right, your knowledge and martial arts are not inferior to mine at the beginning. I can do it, and you must do it too."

Being praised so much, Xing Ran is quite beautiful in her heart.

When she stepped into Tiancewei's lobby, she disguised herself as a man, but everyone here knew her.Everyone was not reconciled to let a woman take care of them, they played dice and pushed Pai Gow one by one.

"Come, come! Open, open!"

(End of this chapter)