A month later, Yao Jingtang, who was temporarily appointed by the emperor to supervise the "Wuxiang Case", returned to the capital with more than 300 suspects and several truckloads of stolen goods with more than 1,000 officers and soldiers. ∟★八∟★八∟★ Reading∟ ★ book, .2▲》

As soon as this team stepped into the capital, it caused a sensation.

Among the more than 300 suspects, there are more than 60 foreigners alone, and the others are all suspects who sell black incense or collude with foreigners, including a county prince and a number of local squires.

The next morning, Yao Jingtang took the confessions and stolen goods of all the suspects and reported the case to the emperor in front of all the officials.

A total of 327 people were involved in the case, including 65 foreigners who were responsible for supply and sales, and 213 who sold black incense without permission. The remaining 49 people were all local squires and a county magistrate, who colluded with foreigners to facilitate the sale of black incense.

According to the investigation, many counties along the coast were flooded with black incense, and the preliminary investigation showed that at least more than 20,000 people were addicted to this substance.

Based on ten taels of silver per catty of black incense, these foreigners have made at least more than 600,000 taels of profits in the past two years, and a total of 36,000 catties of black incense have been intercepted.

When the officials heard that so many people were addicted to black incense, they were in an uproar.

After listening to Yao Jingtang's report, the emperor was furious and asked the Criminal Department to severely punish the people involved. He also informed the whole country that anyone who was found selling black incense would be beheaded.

At this time, Yao Jingtang suddenly proposed to the emperor that he should set an example. You can let these sinners smoke black incense first, and then escort them to the whole territory of Great Wei to exhibit them to show everyone the tragic situation of their drug addiction. After the exhibition is over, he will be executed.

The emperor thought that this law was very good, so he ordered the Ministry of Punishment to follow it. Other officials also praised the approach.

Early the next morning, the Beijing News reported the incident in detail. ¤八¤八¤Read¤Book,.☆.←o

Yao Jingtang, the third brother of Yao Shangshu, instantly became a smash hit celebrity, and all the people, including many readers, praised that if there is a brother, there must be a brother, and this Lord Yao Jingtang is worthy of the Yao family.

Just when everyone was talking about this case, Chi Fei finally saw Jian Shuqi, who had returned safely from other places.

I haven't seen him for two months, Jian Shuqi has obviously lost some weight, but the whole person has become a lot more mature. The obvious bookish anger in his body has disappeared, and he has become more calm and down-to-earth.

It can be seen that this trip had a great impact on him.

Drinking the tea made by Chi Fei himself, Jian Shuqi smiled and said, "As soon as I drank such unpleasant tea, I felt like I was finally back." ”

Chi Feipi said angrily: "That's really wronged by your old man." ”

Jian Shuqi suddenly put down the teacup and said, "Ah Zhen, I saw that person." ”

Chi Fei knew that he was talking about the classmate who sent him black incense.

"And then?"

"That person has long been addicted to black incense for a long time, and the whole person has been abolished.

He didn't care about anything except Wuxiang, let alone studying for the imperial examination.

I questioned him why he had sent me the incense to lure me to smoke it.

Do you know how he answered?

He said why could I be admitted to the Juren, and he could only stay in this place in obscurity.

When he went to private school, it was clear that he was more diligent than anyone else, but why he didn't even get into the show until today, it's too unfair.

He said that he didn't really think of me as a classmate, but that he actually looked down on me from the bottom of his heart, and felt that I was just relying on my family background to get all this.

So he's going to ruin me with black incense and make me just like him. ”

Chi Fei asked rhetorically: "Don't tell me, are you feeling sorry for what that kind of villain said?" ”

"I didn't feel sad, but I was a little embarrassed that the human heart can really be so ugly, even if that person was my classmate and friend.

In addition to that person, this trip also allowed me to see a lot of dark and vicious things.

That's when I realized how naïve I was, so naïve that I was a little stupid. ”

"There is no darkest place in the world than the human heart.

I'm relieved to know that.

Because the officialdom is sinister and treacherous, far beyond your imagination.

You may inadvertently say the wrong thing, but be held by a villain. And then frames you without knowing it, and you don't even know why he's doing it.

And why do so many officials choose to be with the light?

That's because when everyone is in the same stream, if you want to keep yourself clean, you will only be persecuted by everyone as a stranger.

In order to protect oneself, sometimes even if you don't want to, you can only choose to be with the light.

Just as when everyone fell into a mud puddle, when they saw someone walking cleanly.

They'll think, why are we covered in sludge and you can clean it?

So they usually choose to drag that clean person into the mud pit as well, so that they can have peace of mind.

This is the officialdom and all kinds of hearts that you will face in the future. If you want to keep it clean, I advise you not to jump into this mud puddle. ”

"What if I had to jump in?"

"Then you have to be prepared to get yourself dirty.

There are things you may not want to do, disdain to do, dare not do, but have to do in order to achieve your goal.

You're going to face a horde of jackals that eat people and don't spit out bones, and if you don't want to be eaten by them, you'll have to turn into beasts that are even more ferocious than them and bite them all to death.

Because what you want, is what they want.

In order to squeeze you down, they will do whatever it takes to do anything.

Why was Zhang Ting'an, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, beheaded by his house raided some time ago, is it really just because he sold illicit salt more than 20 years ago?

Of course not, that's because he's in someone else's way, so someone else wants to get rid of him as quickly as possible.

What you have to face is such an officialdom. There is no black and white, only various interests and positions. ”

Jian Shuqi looked at him deeply and said, "Ah Zhen, you have wanted to say these words to me for a long time, right?"

It's just that I was too naïve at the time, so you know that even if you say it, it's useless. ”

"If you think like that, it means you're enlightened. I don't have many friends, and I really don't want to hear about your death one day. ”

Jian Shuqi smiled, "You still speak so directly." ”

"Let me ask you again, are you really going to jump into this big hole?"

"Ah Zhen, you should know that I am a proud person in my bones, and I am not willing to be a person who does nothing for the rest of my life.

I want power, power under one man and over ten thousand. So I'm going to jump into this pit.

You're right, if you want to jump into this treacherous mud pit, you must be prepared to dirty yourself, or you won't even know how you will die. Speaking of this, Jian Shuqi's expression became very serious.

Seeing him like this, Chi Fei was a little relieved.

Although it is still far away, today's Jianshuqi has at least recognized the reality.

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