Chapter 526: Make Up Your Mind
() After driving away these troublemakers, the panicked girls in the Lingyin Pavilion were able to settle down, and Li Jinqi went to care about the girls who were bullied by the evil guys: "Are you okay?" β
She felt guilty and wanted to do something to make up for them.
The girls all shook their heads and said gratefully, "It was the shopkeeper who came in time that we were saved." β
Li Jinqi also followed: "Thanks to you, the white girl, otherwise these girls would have been ruined." β
Glancing at the housekeepers who had been hiding behind to watch the play, Bai Rong ordered: "Send these housekeepers to the backyard to carry water and firewood, even the girls in the building can't protect it, what's the use?" β
Those family members were reluctant and did not dare to disobey the order, so they could only be driven to the backyard to do chores.
"I'll go find some strong men who know martial arts to come and watch the scene, and if there is anything else in the future, just come and tell me." Bai Rong said to Li Jinqi.
Li Jinqi looked apologetic: "White girl, I'm sorry, if you didn't come today, I would almost let Lingyin Pavilion be destroyed in the hands of this evil man." β
She was entrusted by Bai Rong to manage this Qinglou, but when she encountered this kind of thing, she was helpless, which was obviously dereliction of duty.
But Bai Rong didn't blame her, and comforted her: "You have done your best enough, after all, the world is unpredictable, today this Wu Laoqi dares to break in, and tomorrow there will be others who covet the girls in the building, but with today's events, you must also take precautions in the future, don't let the girls suffer." β
And Li Jinqi nodded reassuringly: "Next time, I will definitely do a good job and not let the white girl worry anymore." β
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, I trust you." Bai Rong said.
Although this incident did not let the girls in the building **, it was also a small lesson, Li Jinqi took the initiative to find some thugs to come back to watch the scene, and Bai Rong also let her do it.
When those thugs were hired, Bai Rong also thought about it personally, and felt very satisfied, Li Jinqi has always been a serious person, as long as she is given some guidance and opportunities, she can master it relatively quickly, which Bai Rong likes very much.
On the way back, she remembered that she hadn't tasted the time-honored brown sugar hair cake at the end of the West District for a long time, and thought about buying some back for Gu Ziyuan by the way, since he became the emperor, he had hardly been out of the palace, and he was occasionally tired of eating the palace meals.
After buying the snacks she wanted to eat, she accidentally saw some beggars gathered together in the alley, Bai Rong remembered that the school had openly and explicitly recruited anyone, including beggars, after all, it was a free school, unless the character was bad, the rest of the people would not refuse.
Moreover, all the students registered in the school will be provided with free food for three meals a day, and they will never go hungry, which alone is enough to attract these poor beggars to study, right?
But why are there still so many beggars piled up in the alleys, is there really not a single beggar who is willing to study and study, and strive for a better life in the future?
The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, Bai Rong simply stepped forward to inquire in person, and those beggars listened to her question, and their faces quickly showed a look of disdain and disgust.
The beggars scoffed at the school: "What do you really believe in a free school?" It's really naΓ―ve, if there is really a place where we can study for the down-and-out beggars, then do we still need to wait here for birth, old age, sickness and death? β
"At the beginning, I still preached what was free, everyone can learn, heh, it's not a lie, where is there such a good thing in the world, dream."
Bai Rong frowned, wanting to explain clearly, but then he thought of something, and had a not very good guess in his heart.
Someone must be doing ghost behind her back.
"Go back to the palace." Bai Rong hurriedly wanted to confirm his thoughts.
She hurriedly returned to the palace, went to the Internal Affairs Office first, and asked the minister in charge for something: "Please give me the list of ministers who are the assistants of the school, I have something I want to investigate." β
The minister knew Bai Rong's identity, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he took out the things she wanted without hesitation: "It's all here, Mrs. Bai still asks for a look." β
Then Bai Rong took the list to Gu Ziyuan's dormitory, it was close to Ziyuan at that time, but Gu Ziyuan was entangled in official duties every day, and he often hadn't slept at this time, so Bai Rong went directly to him.
Seeing Bai Rong coming, Gu Ziyuan was a little surprised: "Why haven't you rested so late?" β
And Bai Rong's expression was tired: "Some things have not been handled well, and I don't have the heart to sleep." β
She then took out the list that she had been thinking about for a long time: "Ziyuan, do you have any impression of these adults?" β
She only came to know a few people inside
Looking for Gu Ziyuan, so it was delayed for a while.
Hearing this, Gu Ziyuan glanced at it: "There are some, what's wrong with them?" β
Bai Rong said solemnly: "I suspect that there are people here who are playing favoritism and fraud, secretly collecting fees from some students, and because the number of students targeted is small, or because the official coercion is forced to force those students not to spread the word, I have not found anything strange." β
If she hadn't found those beggars in piles in the alleys doing nothing today, she would have been kept in the dark.
It's just that she can't be sure which minister did it at the moment, if she wants to investigate, her ability and subordinates may not be able to stretch their hands so long and deep, and at present, in order to investigate clearly, she can only ask Gu Ziyuan for help.
Looking at the few familiar names above, Gu Ziyuan's expression was slightly gloomy: "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate thoroughly." β
And Gu Ziyuan, as an emperor, will not tolerate this kind of corruption at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and he did not hesitate to send his right-hand men to follow the only clues to secretly investigate every eunuch on the list.
Those subordinates have been cultivated by Song Yuyu for a long time, and they are also very handy in investigating those things like secret collusion in the court, not to mention that those eunuchs who have been investigated seem to have relaxed their vigilance because no one has discovered this matter.
It didn't take long for several names on the list to be determined to privately threaten to charge a lot of civilians' tuition, these eunuchs usually seem inconspicuous in the court, and they do their duty, and they never want to plan their own small abacus in private.
And those beggars couldn't afford to pay at all, and they didn't dare to offend these officials, so they could only swallow their anger. And those corrupt officials take the money of the students, thinking that no one will know, and enjoy the glory and wealth that comes from greed as if nothing happened, and get away with it.
After Gu Ziyuan learned the result, Long Yan was furious, and when he was in the last court, he found out these corrupt officials in front of all the civil and military officials, and gave the evidence that those eunuchs could not refute, punished all those corrupt officials, and put them in the dungeon.
The school also re-announced that it was absolutely free, and this time those beggars chose to believe it after consideration, and many well-motivated seedlings remained, and the reputation of the school became famous.
Bai Rong's heart was put down.