There is a well-known truth in later generations: for all its advantages, the one-party system must also face the great challenge of corruption.

This sentence does not need to be explained too much, just from the news reports of later generations and the fall of high-ranking officials, we can know that the problem of corruption is really a serious problem that plagues all authorities and officials.

This is a thousand years later, the era of extremely developed political systems, corruption is still inevitable, so in the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago, the imperial power was not as stated in the "Old and New Tang Book" "Since Taizong ascended the throne, all the officials in the world are honest and honest, no one is corrupt, and only 29 people are sentenced to death every year." "Such happiness, corruption still exists, and the problem of going through relationships is more naked than that of later generations, this is Xu Yang's personal experience, and most of those high-sounding historical records are whitewashed and exaggerated by historians.

However, at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere of the whole world was indeed extremely simple, officials did not dare to blatantly embezzle, and county officials did not dare to forcibly accept bribes, of course, this qiē was certainly not discovered by their own conscience, but because of one person.

That's right, it's because of Li Er.

As a good boy born under the dragon flag and raised in the Sui Dynasty, Li Er can be said to have witnessed such a rich and prosperous empire as the Sui Dynasty from his peak to its demise since he was a child.

Even the fall of this empire was done by himself, so he had a great shadow in his heart about the fall of the Sui Dynasty, and he even became a little extreme because of this, he believed that the official system of the Sui Dynasty was the reason for the demise of the entire empire.

Among them, the more important is the issue of official corruption, Li Er came from the people. When he was young, he fought in all directions. There are many people and things encountered. One of the things that he felt the most was that under the rule of the Great Sui at that time, the problem of official corruption was extremely strict.

Everywhere he went, he heard the fleeing people cursing the blood-sucking and meat-eating officials who were making a lot of money, and on each side of his conquest, he would break through the warehouses where the local officials had hoarded food and money, and the warehouses were full of gold and silver.

But what did all this bring to those officials? Nothing. Their existence is like a parasite, an ant on the embankment of the entire empire, gnawing at the seemingly prosperous empire little by little, a thousand miles of embankment, destroyed in the anthill, after a long time, once the flood rises, the entire empire will collapse.

Therefore, Li Er has a neurotic sensitivity to corrupt officials, and once he gets corrupt officials, there are corrupt officials everywhere. It felt like the man was eating his flesh and blood, and his heart was to destroy his empire. Therefore, in the place where the Tang Dynasty was founded, there were several old people in the Qin Palace, all of whom lost their heads because of corruption and bribery, and everyone was silent for a while, everyone knew that corruption was a special grudge for His Majesty, and it was a high-voltage line that ordinary people could not touch.

Since then, the atmosphere among the officials of the Tang Dynasty has suddenly become better, and no one dares to take bribes and commit crimes against the wind......

Today's weather is very good, the eldest grandson Wuji invited Li Er in the Chengqing Hall early in the morning, the eldest grandson Wuji's life in the past two years looks very good, after all, the eldest grandson family is in charge of the steel industry of the Tang Dynasty, although there is the nature of state-owned enterprises in it, but the money earned is not a cent into his pocket, the happy life of the past few years has made him a little blessed, the original thin cheeks, now become a little fat, and the clothes he wears look very delicate and luxurious.

"The minister came today to advise His Majesty not to rebuild the "Clan Chronicles", as well as the collection of personal income tax." The eldest grandson Wuji saw Li Er and said straight to the point.

"Why did the auxiliary machine suddenly talk about this?" Li Er was very curious, two days ago, the eldest grandson Wuji seemed to be hanging high about this matter, but today he seemed to be very concerned about the family and the collection of taxes.

"The minister thinks that Wei Zheng went to the countryside this time, and he has two intentions, taking advantage of the convenience of investigating the case and Juntian, communiquéing personal vendettas, maliciously slandering the famous Cui family, and cutting and wooing, there is a lot of misdeeds, so His Majesty can not just rely on his words, and assert that as for the collection of taxes, it is even more unclear, taxes are the income of other people's hard work, the so-called capable people work more, and those who work more will be paid more, and one tenth of the tax will be levied on one hundred thousand yuan, which will chill the people of the world, and I am afraid it will cause turmoil............

As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji left on his front foot, a man dressed in white and holding strange props in his hand entered the Chengqing Hall under the leadership of the eunuch.

The sky is cloudless, the sun is high, it is a rare warm day in spring and winter, but Quan Wanji's mood at this time is very heavy, he wears special clothes, and comes to Chengqing Palace. I saw that he was wearing a white robe, a white crown on his head, and a hat made of oxtail on the white crown, and a plate of water in his hand, on which was a sword.

Quan Wanji's dress is the costume of the ancient criminal ministers to ask the emperor for sin, the white-crowned cow tassel, symbolizing the guilty body, there is water in the plate, the water is happy, it is to ask the emperor to deal with it fairly, and there is a sword on the water plate, which is used to kill himself when preparing the emperor to ask for guilt.

This set of outdated forms was used by ancient criminal ministers, even in the previous generations, Li Er was an informal person, the minister asked for guilt, he did not advocate the use of this form, therefore, when the costume of Quan Wanji appeared in front of Li Er, Li Er was very surprised: "Quan Yushi, why is this?" ”

"The minister is guilty......" Kwon Wanji whispered, kneeling down and holding the water tray and sword high above the top.

"What is the only crime of Quan Yushi?"

Quan Wanji put down the water tray and sword, and took out a silk bag from his arms: "This unrighteous thing, the ministers will hand it over as much as possible, and let His Majesty judge it." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Li Er asked curiously.

"This is a bribe from Zheng Baoan, the brother-in-law of the criminal minister of Linyi Haoqiang Cui Gantong guò, to the minister, counting ten ingots of gold." Quan Wanji made a guilty look, and said slowly: "Cui Gan colluded with the government, sold slaves and opened a factory to make a fortune, so he colluded with the official government yamen to encroach on the people's land, and after Shangshu Zuo Cheng Wei Zheng investigated the case, he was afraid of defeat, bribing the ministers with gold, and asking the ministers to open up the joints for them, and the ministers were accommodating in front of His Majesty. Seeing that the minister forgot his righteousness, it was a capital crime, returned home, couldn't sleep at night, and accidentally got a letter from Guiguzi, and what he wrote in his heart made the minister feel deeply ashamed, so he came to ask His Majesty for sin, and asked His Majesty to punish him severely. ”

When Li Er heard this, he muttered to himself, "So that's ......"

"Majesty!" Quan Wanji burst into tears, "As a royal historian, the criminal minister knows the law and violates the law, the crime is unforgivable, Zheng Baoan has a close relationship with Cui Gan, and he bribes with Cui Gan, violating the law and discipline of the country, and the minister asks that he be severely punished." ”

Li Er was still angry about Zheng Baoan's sale of Silla slaves, and that time, if it wasn't for Quan Wanji's hard plea for him, he would have been punished for a serious crime. Now, when he heard that Zheng Baoan and Cui Gan bribed the courtiers together, Li Er was very angry and said, "What about the minister's opinion? ”

"Do things according to the law, three thousand miles!" Quan Wanji said unequivocally.

"Since the history of Quan Yushi is righteous and kills his relatives, then he will play according to Qing."

"Also, the minister also asks for strict punishment!"

Li Er shook his head slightly: "You accept bribes privately and open your eyes for the wicked, you shouldn't be." I remember you coming to the first confession, killing your relatives with righteousness, and pardoning your innocence. ”

"Thank you!" Quan Wanji raised his voice so loudly and made such a big sacrifice, just for this sentence, sure enough, what Guiguzi said in his letter to himself was reasonable, His Majesty really did not cure his own crimes, thinking of this, Quan Wanji felt that after leaving the palace, he must find an opportunity to go to Xujiazhuang to visit the Guiguzi who lived in seclusion in Nanshan all day long.

"I just heard that you came to ask me for your guilt after receiving a letter from Guiguzi, what is going on?"

Quan Wanji fell to the ground, he had already believed in Xu Yang's deep belief now, so he said directly according to Xu Yang's explanation: "Returning to Your Majesty, Guiguzi's prediction technique has already foreseen the bribery of Cui Gan and other family members, and in the letter to the minister, he sincerely criticized the minister's misguided behavior, and the minister was deeply ashamed, so he came to ask for guilt." ”

Li Er sat on the dragon chair, his fingers constantly tapping back and forth, as if thinking about something.

"Officials, you say? So you're not alone? ”

Quan Wanji said with some muttering: "As far as the minister knows, Cui Gan also bribed a person. ”

"Who?"

"......" Quan Wanji opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

"Tell me about it!"

"Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the ministry!" Quan Wanji mustered up his courage, and the words finally came out of his mouth, and then he added, "The minister boldly talks nonsense, capital crime, capital crime!" ”

Li Er was stunned for a moment, and his voice trembled a little: "Is there any evidence?" ”

Quan Wanji unhurriedly took out the impeachment he had written last night from his sleeve: "It's all over here." ”

Li Er took it, and his face immediately changed......

"Master, you say, why do those officials want money?" I saw a delicate-looking woman asking excitedly against a wall covered with notes and newspapers.

"The seven deadly sins of man: pride, jealousy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust, of which greed is the first of the sins, which is the root of human nature." Xu Yang cut out a small piece of a report in the Datang News with scissors and glued it to the wall. Clapped his hands and glanced at them with satisfaction.

"Master, did you say that Quan Wanji would go and surrender to His Majesty the Emperor?" A teenager next to the girl also asked curiously.

"Of course, I am the builder of the Ghost Valley, do you think he will refuse?" Xu Yang smiled.

"But master, this time it is the eldest grandson who is involved in the case, the eldest grandson's family is now known as Chang'an, do you think His Majesty will punish him?" The young man looked at Xu Yang with blazing eyes and asked.

"Huh." Xu Yang chuckled, "Definitely, the eldest grandson's steel factory has been hiding dirt and dirt for so many years, and now all the foreign enemies of the four eastern islands have returned to Tang, and the population has increased so much, the contradiction will soon escalate, and the monopoly of one monopoly will never last, and there will be new things to break these old systems............ (To be continued......)

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