I Am a Corrupt Official, But They Say I Am a Loyal Minister!

"Of course this officer is worthy of it!"

Lin Beifan smiled softly: "In this world, there is no one more worthy of Your Majesty, the people of Limin, and the soldiers who died in the frontier than me!"

Mo Rushuang looked at Lin Beifan in shock.

Never thought that such words would come out of his mouth!

You have betrayed your country, how are you still worthy?

As Lin Beifan wrote, he said, "This official asks you, how much is the compensation of 30,000 yuan per year for Doluo Kingdom?"

"More!" Mo Rushuang nodded without hesitation: "As far as I know, Doluo Kingdom is only a small country in the side of the Great Wu Dynasty, with barren land, scarce resources, and a population of more than 10 million. The annual revenue from the treasury is only 80,000 taels of silver. If there is a famine year, this income will be reduced! The compensation of 30,000 yuan has already taken up half of the treasury income!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "It seems that you are not so ignorant! Then this official asks you again, with an annual compensation of 30,000 yuan, how do you think the Doro Association will raise this huge sum?"

Mo Rushuang said without hesitation: "First, allocate funds from the national treasury! If the silver taels are not enough, collect them from the private sector through taxes, charges, etc. to make up the money!"

Lin Beifan asked, "I will ask you again, are the people of Doluo suffering?"

Mo Rushuang nodded: "Naturally bitter! Their conditions are so bad that it is difficult to even farm! My Dawu people can barely solve the problem of eating by farming, but they can only rely on the sky to eat!"

Lin Beifan asked: "If there is an increase of 30,000 every year, do you think it is hard or not?"

Mo Rushuang nodded again: "It will only be more bitter, and may not survive!"

Lin Beifan asked three times, "If it were you, what would you do if you couldn't survive 23?"

Mo Rushuang did not hesitate: "Of course it is resistance!"

At this moment, Mo Rushuang was stunned!

Lin Beifan smiled slightly: "Look at you, if you can't survive, you will resist, let alone the people of Doluo? If they want to resist, who will they fight? Of course, it is the great warrior who burdens them with huge burdens and destroys their hopes for life! "

Mo Rushuang said nothing.

"So, this indemnity is actually a gauntlet!"

Lin Beifan sighed: "The people of Doluo Country can't take it anymore, they will definitely rise up and ask our Dawu to settle accounts! In the border areas, there will definitely be another war! It is estimated that this time will not exceed three years!"

"The peace we exchanged for 100,000 soldiers. This hard-won peace was destroyed for the mere 30,000 taels a year. Do you think it's worth it?"

"It's not worth it!" Mo Rushuang's voice became weak.

"Of course it's not worth it, and it's very worthless!"

"To launch a national war, the material and silver taels consumed will definitely reach tens of millions! This is still a visible loss of profit, and what is invisible behind it will be even greater and have far-reaching effects!"

"And the number of people who sacrificed is in tens of thousands! Countless families have been destroyed, and countless people have been displaced!"

"It will also cause national turmoil, social instability, and affect the people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation in all aspects!"

"Da Wu is already chaotic enough, it can't be more chaotic!"

Lin Beifan shook his head: "So, it's not worth fighting a battle! That's why this official did everything he could to abolish this indemnity at all costs! It's for His Majesty, for the sake of the country's society, and for the people of Li Min. people!"

"This officer asks you, am I wrong?"

"You're not wrong! You're doing the right thing!" Mo Rushuang bowed her head in shame.

"Well, you finally said something human!"

Mo Rushuang: "..."

After thinking for a while, he asked, "But why did you set up a trading port to allow businessmen from both countries to do business? My Dawu also sent scholars to preach and teach them. Isn't this equivalent to enhancing their national strength?"

"After they become stronger, what if they beat us back?"

"You are only one of them, I don't know the other!"

Lin Beifan shook his head: "The trade between the two countries is beneficial to both countries, and it is even more beneficial to the country of Doro! Because they have people, but they lack a lot of materials, we can exchange materials for their labor!"

"Simply put, we give him food, silver taels, and everything they need, but they have to work for us, and they have to work hard!"

"In this way, the people of Doluo country are all put on work, do they still have the energy to fight? Moreover, after obtaining the materials from my Dawu, life is good, the people live and work in peace, do they still want to fight? Once the war begins , their lives will be beaten back to the past, do you think they will still be willing?"

Mu Rushuang shook her head: "They absolutely don't want to!"

"That's right! As for preaching and teaching..."

"Just to educate them about the etiquette of Confucius and Mencius, the way of saints, and let everyone know the truth! When there is a conflict like this, everyone can sit at the negotiating table and reason, but use fists!"

Lin Beifan spread out his hands: "Look, this official put forward such conditions to avoid wars for decades or even hundreds of years in the future! It is equivalent to saving tens of millions of families and the people of Lebanon, and for the sake of the two countries. The long-term peace has laid a solid foundation and created favorable conditions for the long-term stability of the Dawu Dynasty!"

"You said, is this official wrong?"

"You...you're right!" Mo Rushuang bowed his head again in shame.

"Since it's all right, where does the traitor begin?" Lin Beifan shouted.

Mo Rushuang panicked: "I always listen to what the people say..."

Lin Beifan said disdainfully: "The vast majority of the common people are short-sighted and narrow-minded. They only focus on immediate interests and do not consider long-term interests, so they are not enough!"

"If I really betrayed the country, wouldn't the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty see it? Wouldn't Her Majesty the Empress see it? You are the smartest group of people in the world, and the long-term stability of the country cannot be separated from them! They are not against it, why not I can't think about it, why don't they oppose it? Wouldn't the entire court be stupid along with it?"

"Yeah! You're right!" Mo Rushuang said angrily.

"So, when you encounter this kind of thing in the future, you must think about it carefully. If you can't figure it out, you can ask more knowledgeable people, don't follow what others say, or you won't know if you are sold!"

"However, it seems that you also took the money from the envoys of Doro..."

"What's this?"

Lin Beifan was excited: "I have paid so much for His Majesty, I have paid so much for Dawu, and I have paid so much for the people of Limin, so I can't enjoy it properly?"

Mo Rushuang shrank his head in a guilty conscience.

Lin Beifan continued to be excited: "Look at me again, I have done so many good deeds, and in the end I have to bear so much infamy. Do you think I am suffering or not? If I don't compensate myself with a little benefit, what's the point of God? It's fair. where?"

Mo Rushuang was scolded by the dog's blood nozzle.

Feeling ashamed in my heart, I can't wait to dig a hole and get in.

In the end, the only option was to escape.

"Young Master Lin, I know I was wrong, I'm sorry! What a disturbance just now, I went back to my room to rest!"

Seeing the other side running away, Lin Beifan chuckled: "Small sample! You are much easier to deal with than those old foxes in the imperial court!"

He lowered his head and continued to practice writing.

Soon after, Li Shishi came over with a cup of bird's nest with a smile.

"Master, the bird's nest is here! Drink the bird's nest first, and then write!"

"Okay!" Lin Beifan nodded.

Put down the brush, walked over, sat down against Li Shishi, scooped up the bird's nest and took a sip.

Slightly frowned: "It doesn't taste right! You didn't cook it, nor did Xiao Cui cook it!"

"This is indeed not made by the concubine and Xiaocui, but by Miss Rushuang!" Li Shishi said with a smile: "I know everything about you, and she feels sorry for her, so she specially cooked bird's nest to apologize to you!"

"Yeah." Lin Beifan nodded and continued to drink bird's nest.

Li Shishi smiled and said: "Husband, you have a large number of adults, so don't blame her! In fact, if you hadn't told the concubine, the concubine would not have thought that there was such a far-reaching consideration behind the indemnity! You are the only one who sees far-reaching! Only you are the only one who truly considers the great martial arts and the people of Limin!"

After finishing speaking, 060 looked at Lin Beifan with admiration and fascination.

I only feel that the person I married is the best and most perfect husband in the world!

Lin Beifan laughed dumbly: "I have never blamed her! If I was angry with this trivial matter, I would have been mad at others! You know, there are too many people in the world who misunderstand me, and there are too many people who hate me. There are too many, how can I explain it? I just do what I think is right, I just want to have a clear conscience! What does it have to do with me for what other people think?"

Li Shishi tightly grabbed Lin Beifan's hand and said emotionally, "Husband, no matter how the outside world sees you, no matter what the future holds, my concubine will share life and death with you!"

Lin Beifan's mood is very exciting!

With a wife like this, what can a husband ask for?

Lin Beifan drank the bird's nest in three or two mouthfuls, and then hugged Li Shishi.

"Ma'am, it's getting late, let's rest!"

"Well, please have mercy on your husband!" Li Shishi blushed and bowed his head.

The two quickly returned to the room, and went to sleep without the lights on.

On the other hand, Mo Rushuang had trouble falling asleep for a long time.

Thinking of the courage to question Lin Beifan today, I was ashamed to use my pillow face.

"I'm really stupid! I didn't think clearly but questioned Young Master Lin. He must have thought I was stupid at that time, right?"

The more I think about it, the more ashamed I feel!

However, she has no regrets.

Because of this, she also saw the truth of the matter, and at the same time, she also saw the true face of Lin Beifan, which made her mood suddenly improved.

"Lin Gongzi is not a traitor, he has never betrayed the country!"

"Everything he said was for the sake of Dawu and the common people! However, people from the outside did not understand him, which made him bear a lot of infamy for no reason!"

"Although he is greedy, he is greedy for corrupt officials' money, but he doesn't give up on the common people!"

"He is greedy for money, not without principles..."

At this time, Prince Hamu, who was far away in the country of Doro, sneezed suddenly.