The boy kept his head down and didn't say a word.

Yijiang is located in the south of the Yangtze River and is extremely rich. When the Song soldiers went north, they united Qi, Xuan and other countries, and Qi and Xuan were willing to give up the northern territory and only occupy the south of the Yijiang River.

Speaking of which, this Zhao Langkun is really an outlier. Zhao Guo is greedy, Zhao Langkun, as his son, should be "the son inherits the father's business", but after participating in the imperial examination and becoming the champion in one fell swoop, he drew a clear line with his father and never interacted again. When he met Zhao Langkun back then, Yao Cang regretted that he was tight, and wanted to hone his temperament, so he allowed his father to exclude and ridicule him everywhere in the officialdom. She has a good vision, Zhao Langkun is calm and does good things, and in the few years she has been in the Hanlin Academy, she has never made a mistake in her actions. Since he is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, he has been sharpened for a long time, and it is time for the sword to be unsheathed.

After being silent for a long time, he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are also guilty and dare not hide it." ”

"Oh? Let's talk to me. "I already guessed what he was going to say. She sat upright and said "smart" secretly, so she had a good time.

"There are two crimes of Weichen: knowing that his father is corrupt and bending the law and concealing it, this is one of them; Drawing a clear line with his father and failing to fulfill his filial piety is the second. ”

is a good Zhao Langkun, a good move to retreat as advance. Knowing that he had the intention of using him heavily, he professed his guilt and exonerated him for not convicting his father. However, these two charges contradict each other, they are guilty on the surface, but what is the actual crime? He did not want to be in the same league as his father, so he drew a line; He also did not want to bear the name of unfilial piety, so he concealed it. It is reasonable to say that it can even be called "loyalty and filial piety".

"Zhao Guo's crime is not as simple as it seems." "Three years ago, the Yijiang River rained heavily for months, and the floods washed away the houses along the river, broke the embankment, and washed away the fields upstream of the embankment with fertile soil," she said. I allocated funds for disaster relief, but I didn't know that a lot of silver tickets had fallen into Zhao Guo's hands. Later, Zhao Guo concealed the story of the people gathering to make trouble, and I only learned today how many people were displaced because of the lack of relief, sleeping on the streets, and even starving to death. ”

glanced at Zhao Langkun meaningfully and said, "You are naturally guilty." Your mistake is to be too vacillating, the ancient times have been the dilemma of loyalty and filial piety, since you have to make a choice, you should be clean. Otherwise, you will only suffer from it. After that, she looked at Zhao Guo with a sharp look in her eyes: "Three years ago, you have drawn a line with him, and you have done your father-son relationship, and his crime must be condemned by you." ”

After a pause, he added, "The right is to make up for your own merits." ”

Zhao Langkun understood that the empress was teaching herself. He kowtowed and thanked him, got up and glanced at Zhao Guo, turned his head silently, and walked into the queue.

Zhao Guo collapsed to the ground, speechless. Greed is greed, although he is not a good official, but he is a villain but open, from the first box of treasures, he is ready to deal with the law in the future. He kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, the minister knows that the big mistake has been made and there is no turning back, so he just wants to ...... Say a few words to Luculent again. Luculent persuaded me many times, but I still regarded him as a child, and now it seems that the old minister is really stupid. ”

Yao Cang nodded in acquiescence. Zhao Guo only has the problem of greed, and he has a smart mind, which he will know by looking at his son.

Taking advantage of this moment, she spoke in a serious tone and reminded the ministers: "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way, and the people and the law should always be the bottom line here." If anyone who is found to have corrupted the law and brought harm to the people is discovered, the punishment will not be as simple as that. ”

Just killed the chicken to show the monkey, and everyone didn't dare to make a sound. At this time, Pei Jue said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that there is something wrong. ”

Yao Cang raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?" ”

He stepped forward: "Corrupt officials have their own reasons for being greedy. As far as the minister knows, Zhao Guo used to be honest and honest, and his temperament was excellent. Because of his integrity, he often subsidized himself to the local poor people as the capital for doing business, so that the family was extremely poor. One day, Mrs. Zhao Guo suddenly fell seriously ill and went to the capital to find a famous doctor, but was driven out because she had no money to see a doctor, and finally died of a miserable illness at home. After this change, Zhao Guocai's temperament changed greatly, and he was greedy for money, and finally ended up like this. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Since there is a punishment for corrupt officials, it is natural that there should also be a reward for clean officials, so that it can be gradual and play a role in reducing corruption." ”

She appreciated: "Pei Xiang is still thoughtful." Then the matter will be handled by Pei Xiang. ”

He smiled: "Weichen will not be dishonored." ”

The embezzlement of Yijiang official Zhao Guo came to an end. Nian Zai Zhao is still kind, and he is old, so he can be regarded as saving a small life. Zhao's mansion was copied, Zhao Guo was dismissed, and I am afraid that I will have to spend the rest of my life in prison.

Since then, a new corruption law has been enacted, and an anonymous reporting system has been introduced. At the same time, it has also increased the welfare of officials, increased the relief of local poor areas, and better improved the happiness index of the local people. These words came out of Pei Jue's mouth, with an extremely strong sense of freshness, especially the word "happiness index", which gave Yao Cang a glimpse of modern wisdom.

It's not hard to go back to bed.

I heard that she tossed Xu Saburo half to death last time, and the "Yingying Yanyan" didn't dare to lean on the road to death.

called Gonggong Li and instructed: "These days in the south of the Yangtze River, it is said to the outside world that I am feeling cold, and it is not appropriate to meet." ”

Gonggong Li was taken aback and said: "The emperors of the past dynasties inspected the people's situation, and they all hugged each other, and there were many tourists. According to His Majesty's intentions, do you plan to make the news public? ”

She nodded.

"Bringing so many people and horses to work hard and cost the people and money, and it is extremely expensive to consume the treasury, so you must not alarm the Quartet. I am here to observe the sufferings of the people, not to enjoy the flowers and the moon. ”

"But Your Majesty, you are alone outside, I am afraid that there will be danger!" Father-in-law Li had a sad face.

"I'll take Qin Xiao with me, and I'll be fine. Besides, don't you know what I'm capable of? Glancing at Gonggong Li, his expression was faint.

The emperor knows martial arts, but the swordsmanship is the most exquisite, and the Hancang sword is often accompanied by him, and he is like a tiger with wings. This sword is also very wonderful, according to legend, the sword body is extremely cold, not only extremely sharp, its blade is also cold to the bone, with the power of condensing ice.

Thinking of His Majesty's heroic posture of killing all sides and recovering lost land, Gonggong Li relieved himself and replied: "The old slave understands. ”

"By the way, during the time I am away, pay more attention to the movements of Gu Dequan, the head of the household department. The old fox hasn't been talking much lately, and secretly doesn't know what he's doing. Don't worry too much about political affairs, if Zhao Guo is in trouble, everyone will live in peace for a while. She instructed.

Gonggong Li said that he knew.

After thinking about it, he still advised: "If I don't return for a long time, you go to Chang Ning and let her govern on your behalf." I can't trust the people on the side. And," she added, "you have to put Chenguo first at all times, you remember it clearly." ”

Gonggong Li wrote it down carefully.

So, on the day when the empress "fell ill", a sedan chair carrying Yaocang secretly set off. Because of the emperor's instructions, the road was unimpeded and went straight to Donghua Gate. During the inspection, she casually lifted the curtain, but saw Gu Zhuoyu pacing around the door of Donghua, acting sneaky, as if waiting for someone. She wrinkled her eyebrows, but she had already calculated in her heart, and silently closed the curtain and waited to leave the palace.