"So isn't this a special method, that is, as the saying goes, buy-sell-official, you sell him 100,000 taels for this official position, if we sell four or five official positions, not only can we pay off this arrears, but we can also make a small profit."

When Lord Liu heard this, he touched his beard, this is indeed an excellent way, if you want to say that although you don't have money in your hands, you do have the right, and this right can make whoever wants to be an official can be an official.

Anyway, he is a person under ten thousand people, so he immediately said to the master.

"Your idea is quite good, okay, I'll look for a few idle positions today, you help me find a few reliable people to sell, and I must make sure to collect 400,000 taels of silver within a few days."

After hearing this, the master hurriedly said yes, after all, he had already found the next house, and when he heard that Lord Liu could sell his official position, these businessmen were naturally scrambling, not to mention 100,000 taels of silver, even if an official position was 200,000 taels or 300,000 taels, these businessmen were also willing.

Sure enough, after Lord Liu sold these five official positions, he made a lot of money, and soon carried 400,000 taels into Wei Xiuyuan's courtyard.

Wei Xiuyuan also felt strange, didn't this Lord Liu resist desperately before, why was he so obedient at this time, and let people bring the silver so quickly.

Li Niang looked at the silver, weighed it, it was indeed real silver, and after thinking about it, Lord Liu would not play tricks in such a place.

"What the hell do you say is wrong with Lord Liu?"

I saw that Li Niang quickly came back to her senses and understood Lord Liu's conspiracy.

"Lord Wei, are there a few new ones among the officials these days?"

Wei Xiuyuan immediately nodded.

"Senior Liniang, how do you know, are you even so accurate about such a thing, there are a few more officials in the court, and I wonder how the emperor would choose such people, they don't have any talent, what does the emperor think?"

"It's not what the emperor thinks, I'm afraid it's this Lord Liu who has done the business of buying, selling, and selling officials."

Speaking of this, Wei Xiuyuan was anxious all of a sudden, to say that the officials of this imperial court were all selected through the imperial examination, otherwise they were also talented among the children of the family, how could they do such a thing, and the important official positions were handed over to some unreliable people, didn't this make it clear that they were harming the people.

"Senior Liniang, do you mean it really, Lord Liu, did he really do something hateful?"

Li Niang smiled lightly.

"Otherwise, what do you think he used to scrape together so much money in such a short time?"

Hearing that Lord Liu was so unscrupulous, Wei Xiuyuan naturally felt indignant in his heart.

Seeing that his brother was so bored, Lu Li could only comfort him beside him.

"Forget it, Xiuyuan, our first task now is to collect the silver, now that we have the silver, things can be solved slowly in the future, even if Lord Liu sells his official position, those who are incapable will definitely show their feet, and then we will come and settle accounts with them slowly."

Wei Xiuyuan nodded, since Lord Liu handed it over at one time, the other officials naturally quickly gathered the silver, and soon the accounts of the household department had been cleared, to say that all the silver of the household department was recovered, the emperor should have some rewards for Wei Xiuyuan, but he didn't expect that when Wei Xiuyuan and Lu Li went to the court, the emperor was unhappy.

Lord Liu was naturally very happy to see the emperor's expression at this time, it seems that as his master said, the emperor just kept Wei Xiuyuan at that time and was still useful, and he didn't care about him.

"Wei Xiuyuan, although you have merit in recovering the arrears of the household this time, you are too impatient, and the people are panicking, and you are even forced to kill my own uncle, which will punish you for not doing things well, plus punish you for a year, let you go back and think about it."

Wei Xiuyuan saw Lord Liu's smug face, and felt a little angry in his heart, if the old prince hadn't been instigated by Lord Liu, how could he have taken the step of suicide, at this time, Lord Liu was even more buying-selling officials to get together the money, and he was clean and out of the matter, it was really hateful.

Although Wei Xiuyuan still wanted to defend himself, Lu Li shook his head at him, now the emperor is in a bad mood, he knows the emperor very well, and it is obviously not good to defend himself at this time.

I only saw that Huang Navigation's expression suddenly softened a little.

"Although you are a little impatient to do practical things this time, there is still hard work, the person named Su Shuo next to you, I think he is also a useful person, it is better to stay in Shangjing in the future and assist you well, I haven't thought of giving him a suitable position at this time, but it doesn't matter, when there is a vacancy in the court in the future, you can replace it."

Hearing what the emperor said, Lu Li naturally kowtowed quickly, after all, the identity of a court official is more conducive to his own actions.

"In addition, this time Lord Liu stabilized people's hearts and took the initiative to take the lead in returning the arrears, his heart is commendable, and in the future, Lord Liu will be the prime minister of my Donglan Kingdom."

Wei Xiuyuan was fined for a year, and Lord Liu was also named Xiangguo, so he was naturally very unhappy now, but he was not so upset when he thought that he could return to Yangzhou to reunite with Wanrou soon.

When he and Lu Li walked to the door of Lu Li's house, they found that there was a woman probing her brain at the door, Wei Xiuyuan felt very strange, and glanced at Lu Li, and he didn't know where this woman came from.

To say that Lu Li had never seen it, how could she look at the door of her house.

So Lu Li asked this woman.

"Why are you looking at the door of the Lu Mansion?"

The woman's nose ached, and she burst into tears, and fell to her knees before the two of them.

"I'm here to find General Lu."

Wei Xiuyuan is naturally convenient for revealing Lu Li's true identity now, so he can only explain to this woman.

"General Lu passed away not long ago, what are you looking for him?"

Hearing that General Lu had passed away, the light in the woman's eyes seemed to be shattered, but she didn't expect that she had come all the way to Shangjing, and she only got this news.

"What, you said General Lu is dead, is this true?"

Wei Xiuyuan nodded.

"You go to Beijing and ask anyone, they all know the news that General Lu has passed away, but I am General Lu's best friend, if you tell me what you are looking for him, I may be able to help you."

The woman looked at Wei Xiuyuan, and also felt that he was like an upright person, so she told Wei Xiuyuan one by one.

"That's the case, my family is from Taoyuan County, although I didn't have anything to do with General Lu before, but I know him and Su Xiaoman, people know that they are both good people, my brother was arrested by Lord Liu in Beijing, his son killed someone outside, committed a capital crime, he discussed with the criminal department, and used my brother to replace his son, now my brother is dead, he promised to make my family prosperous and rich but did not do it, my brother sacrificed his life in vain, so I wanted to come to Beijing to seek justice."

When Wei Xiuyuan heard about such a thing, it was naturally incumbent on him, so he immediately took this girl back, and when he entered the Lu Mansion, Xiao Man felt that this girl was a little familiar, and when he asked this girl was really from Taoyuan County, and after hearing the girl's story, these people naturally felt sorry for what happened to this girl.

I didn't expect this Lord Liu to be so ruthless, his son did such a thing lawlessly in Shangjing, and the Criminal Department was still controlled by him, if he didn't show the emperor, how could he treat this Lord Liu.

So Wei Xiuyuan put aside the matter of returning to Yangzhou for the time being, and took the girl directly to meet the saint.

After hearing what happened to this girl, the emperor was also very surprised, he didn't expect that Shangjing City was at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and such an unjust, false and wrongful case could happen, and the emperor called Lord Liu to confront him in a fit of anger.

To say that after Lord Liu knew the news, he was a little anxious, I don't know how much evidence Wei Xiuyuan took from him, and where the matter went, the emperor suddenly summoned him, I am afraid that there is nothing good.

Seeing that Lord Liu was sweating profusely in a hurry, the master persuaded him beside him.

"My lord, don't worry, this Wei Xiuyuan is just a petty official from Yangzhou, and you are the number one in the capital, not to mention that you are now the prime minister, it is impossible for the emperor not to give you face."

Lord Liu nodded, just after the matter of recovering the arrears of the household, the emperor immediately named himself Xiangguo, thinking that it was also meant to be appeased, the emperor valued himself so much, if he did not admit that he let the ordinary people atone for his son, the emperor would not believe Wei Xiuyuan if he did not see it.

So at this time, he gritted his teeth and went directly to the court, and in front of the emperor, Lord Liu naturally refused to admit it, and when he saw the face of Lord Liu, Wei Xiuyuan was naturally angry, so he pointed at Lord Liu's nose and scolded.

"Lord Liu, you are really a villain, you bullied other people's families like this, and your family is ruined, and you still want to put things out of the way at this time, but it is too easy to think about it!"

Lu Li looked at the girl's ragged clothes all over her body, and her face was dirty, just now Lu Zhai didn't have time to let her freshen up and freshen up, it was really distressing, thinking that the officials in Beijing actually did such a thing, it was simply to regard the country's law as nothing, and Lu Li became even more regretful.

If he becomes the emperor, he must rectify the law and discipline and revitalize the dynasty.

The emperor was a little dizzy from these two people at this time, so he waved his hand to signal both of them to be quiet.

"Lord Liu, what this girl said is true?"

Lord Liu is not a fool either.