In the face of Qin Ming's aggressiveness, the Guanglu Siqing regretted it, but also understood how ridiculous his death was.

At this moment, I had to resign myself to my fate in despair.

Go to the Taifu Temple, do not accept your fate, harm your family, leave a stench for 10,000 years, accept your fate, and maybe you can also gain a reputation for loyalty.

Although this reputation really has little gold content!

So, Guanglu Siqing had no choice but to say: "Minister...... To the First Emperor...... To Your Majesty, to the Imperial Court...... Loyal ......"

Qin Ming nodded slightly: "Okay, with a loyal minister like you, I am very relieved, and in addition, you know the most about sacrifices and other things."

Therefore, I decided to let you accompany the first emperor to the funeral, and when you go underground, I believe that you will serve the first emperor loyally, after all, you also said that you are very loyal! ”

Guanglu Temple's cold sweat kept falling, and he could only kowtow: "Minister...... Decree ......"

Does he dare to disagree? Saying that he was unfaithful and ended up with a full house of beheadings?

"Okay, this sacrificial burial, with Guanglu Siqing, you personally presiding over and accompanying the burial of the first emperor, will definitely make the first emperor happy.

It will also let the people of the world understand that my courtiers of Chu State are also very pleased with the support and loyalty of the emperors of the past dynasties! Qin Ming said with satisfaction.

His approach was, first, to kill Guanglu Siqing, the guy who created problems for Qin Ming, and second, to solve the problems created by this guy.

Let the courtiers bury the first emperor, and there is only one, or this guy himself is also in favor, the people of the world not only do not say cruelty, but also feel that the emperor of Chu is too loved.

Perfectly solved this matter, Qin Ming asked Guanglu Siqing to stand up.

However, this thing is very weak now, where can it stand up?

So, he knelt down for an early pilgrimage.

After solving the matter of Guanglu Siqing, the court, but all the ministers who had written some inexplicable things on the folds in the past few days began to get nervous.

A lot of people are trembling.

If you are not afraid of the emperor killing people, you are afraid that the emperor will kill people for a reason, so that people cannot refute or even kill themselves.

This is the scariest part.

So, everyone is worried at the moment.

However, in fact, Qin Ming didn't plan to let go of those who wanted to trouble him and cause him trouble.

Therefore, in the next hour, Qin Ming took out five or six of the recitals on the table, all of which were courtiers who were dissatisfied with Qin Ming and made trouble for him in the recital.

And these people were also named by Qin Ming one by one, using the questions they said on the fold to make these people obedient, basically, they were all condemned to death in various ways!

In the court, everyone stood in fear, and no one dared to entertain Qin Ming now.

Qin Ming saw that everyone below was extremely quiet, so he took a deep breath and didn't talk about this matter for the time being.

"I hope that all of you Aiqing will conscientiously assist me in the future and govern the world well, instead of harming others and yourself like some people!"

The hundred officials knelt down: "The ministers must remember to fully assist Your Majesty......"

Qin Ming nodded slightly, and then spoke: "I, in the past few days of Weifu's private visit, I found that the land reform has been implemented well, not bad, but I have also found that there are big problems with taxes in many places.

There are many officials who have embezzled taxes on a large scale, and their embezzlement and arrogance have made me unable to believe it. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'm afraid I wouldn't have imagined that these people would be so hateful! ”

Hubu Shangshu was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "Your Majesty, but the tax forms reported by officials in various places are only a lot more, and many places have paid some more taxes, how can there be corruption?" ”

Qin Ming smiled and said, "These corrupt officials are smart, thinking that if they pay more, they will make the court feel that it is impossible for them to be corrupt." But on the contrary, where did the overpayment come from? Could it be that the officials in various places took it out themselves? ”

This remark made the head of the household department frown, and said: "Your Majesty's words are reasonable, according to the household registration, the taxes paid in many places are even tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the minister has always thought that the household registration is more than the report, and he also thinks that these officials are very honest." ”

Qin Ming shook his head: "Hubu Shangshu, to be honest, it's you, this extra amount of silver, the account is not right." So the money, they handed it over, for two purposes.

First, it makes people feel that they can't be corrupt because they pay a little more taxes than they actually do. The second is that this extra part has the meaning of bribing your household. ”

Hubu Shangshu suddenly realized, and said: "Your Majesty is so allocated, the ministers are suddenly opened, so that the taxes in this place must be wrong." ”

Qin Ming took a deep breath and said:

"We have always collected 1 out of 30 taxes on the people, but in some places, we were deceived by corrupt officials, and the taxes turned out to be exaggerated to 4 out of 10, and almost half of the people's income was collected.

But what was handed over to the imperial court was still thirty and one, how serious is the corruption here, I believe it, I don't need to tell you more, right? ”

Qin Ming's voice fell, and the officials below discussed one after another, as if they were all shocked.

Indeed, these officials in the imperial capital were also greedy before, but there were not many channels, and they were at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they were strictly investigated.

Later, Qin Ming dealt with a lot of corrupt officials, and there were various investigations by the Dark Web Division, so that today's officials in the imperial capital almost dare not be corrupt.

However, the corruption of local officials is still serious.

At this moment, the face of the head of the household is ugly, this is about taxes, it is his business.

"Your Majesty, this ...... It is the negligence of the minister to investigate and not truth, please condemn Your Majesty! ”

Qin Ming waved his hand: "Aiqing, don't talk about the crime first, in this matter, you must make up for it, thoroughly investigate the tax problems across the country, and prevent officials from raising taxes without permission." ”

"Command!" Tobe Shangshu said.

Today, six or seven people were convicted of capital crimes, and some dissidents were also clear.

As for the tax issue, Qin Ming thought about it, and there was nothing else to do for the time being.

So he was ready to let people retreat.

But at this moment, Honglu Siqing spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister still has one more matter!" ”

Qin Ming was puzzled: "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has received news from many surrounding countries, and they say that they are celebrating the accession of His Majesty's new emperor to the throne, so they will send important envoys to congratulate him."

Honglu Siqing said respectfully, and after finishing speaking, he waited for Qin Ming's reply.

"Are countries coming again? This year, how many light envoys have come? Qin Ming was a little unwelcoming.

Honglu Siqing spoke: "Your Majesty, since we notified Liguo and included Liguo as the western part of Chu State, our land, population, army, etc., are already the strongest among the surrounding twenty countries.

Therefore, all the affairs of our country have attracted much attention, especially after you ascended the throne, such news obviously shook the countries. Now, they have come to please you, and rightfully so! ”

This is reasonable, Qin Ming also nodded: "If you are strong, you will come from all directions to congratulate, and if you are weak, you will be bullied from all directions." That Honglu Temple is ready to receive them, it's a guest, I welcome, with ill intentions, then you're welcome! ”

(End of chapter)