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In the wing room, Zhou Jingchu was wearing a black satin gold embroidered long dress, with a jade crown on his head, and his eyebrows and eyes solemnly sat on the main seat.

At his feet knelt an old man of great wealth.

The old man was dressed in a yellow robe with a gold silk face, and his eyes were sly and sleek. The corners of his mouth drooped slightly, and he looked mean.

This person is still the prefect with the highest official position in Jiangnan, surnamed He, and he is a slippery old fox.

In the past two years, the materials in the south of the Yangtze River are fertile, and every year the imperial court buys a large amount of grain and grass from here and transports it to the bitter cold land of the frontier. However, there is collusion between officials and businessmen here, and corruption is corrupt. --- the money was collected, but the grain and grass were shoddy! The quality of the grain and grass transported to the frontier is not only poor, but the quantity has been greatly halved.

The imperial court sent people to deal with it many times, but they were all beaten Tai Chi. Their tricks are endless, and the court can't come up with evidence of their corruption, how can they get them! The officials who came down ran into a wall again and again, so they had to invite the regent.

Zhou Jingchu came to Jiangnan this time for nothing else, only one way, that is, to let these corrupt officials spit out all the disaster money they had embezzled.

In the past two years, the foundation of the new emperor's ascension to the throne has not been stable, and the treasury is even more shy, in order to feed the army and help the victims. He naturally couldn't go back empty-handed when he came to Jiangnan this time.

After all, he is not an emperor, he doesn't need to take care of any face, and there is no need to deal with this kind of corrupt officials and corrupt officials at all, he just needs to talk to them about the black! Anyway, his reputation is stinky enough, not bad for this wave.

"Lord Wang, although the lower officials have some private property, they are far less than what the prince proposed, and the prince is trying to force the lower officials to death." The prefect wears gold and silver, and is rich and noble, if he says that he is not greedy for food and wages, who will believe it?

This old man even dared to take out the golden silk yellow robe and wear it, and he really thought he was the emperor of the soil?

Zhou Jingchu snorted coldly, and calmly tasted the hot tea, "This king doesn't care if you are greedy or not, but these 300,000 taels, you must give it." ”

The food and salary allocated by the imperial court was 400,000 taels, and this corrupt official dared to swallow 300,000 taels. You must know that these 400,000 taels of silver are the rations of the disaster victims and soldiers in the frontier for three years! Just because of their embezzlement, how many innocent victims and soldiers have been killed.

Zhou Jingchu stared at him coldly, "This king doesn't want much, just spit out the 300,000 taels of silver you swallowed." "You have to spit out as much as you eat.

The prefect lowered his head and sneered, "The prince is so majestic, robbers and bandits don't dare to open their mouths like this." The pair of cloudy and greedy old eyes looked at Zhou Jingchu provocatively, "Didn't the prince think that this world was the prince's world?" Could it be that the world has changed hands and you have been put in charge? ”

This is really a big rebellion, although the Son of Heaven is young, the Queen Mother and the regent control the government together, but how dare a discerning person say it blatantly? This He Zhifu is afraid that he dares to be so arrogant on his own territory.

Zhou Jingchu didn't laugh angrily, his black eyes were coldly hooked, and the corners of his mouth raised a bloodthirsty arc, word by word, "No, know, die, live." ”

He Zhifu was looked at by his murderous intent and retreated.

He said stiffly, "I won't go around the bend with you left and right, I can't spit out what I eat." ”

"You are a dignified regent, and you want to kill people and rob silver, and the lower officials are powerless to resist."

This old man didn't eat hard and soft, but he relied on the fact that the court had no evidence, and he shared the same hatred with the local officials, and he breathed in one nostril. They thought that the silver taels and goods in the accounts were done to a very high standard, and they could not fault anyone. ---But Zhou Jingchu doesn't eat this set.

The people of the north are not living well, and they have long been resentful of them. This time it is to uproot them, cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and no one else will say anything.

Zhou Jingchu is not like those old-fashioned officials, he pays attention to evidence in everything he does, and he has his own set of ways to deal with the old fox. has been an official for many years, what leper dog has never seen?

Facing He Zhifu, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, Zhou Jingchu snorted coldly, and his deep eyes stared at him gloomily, as if he was looking at a dead person.

The prefect was cold-hearted and hard-hearted, and he didn't intend to compromise, let alone silver.

Zhou Jingchu snapped his fingers calmly and said to the second mountain outside, "Bring it in." ”

Ershan stole the old son of He Zhifu early, and his eighty-year-old mother, a lot, all in front of him.

Zhou Jingchu looked at him condescendingly, word by word, "Choose, embezzled silver, and son and mother, which one do you choose?" ”

He Zhifu's pupils widened, and he said angrily, "The child is innocent, how can the prince be so vicious!" ”

Zhou Jingchu smiled coldly and ridiculed him, "Where is this king vicious? Who is more important, silver or mother, isn't this already for you to choose, the right to choose is given to you by the king? ”

Son and mother, embezzled silver ......, who to choose!

He Zhifu's temples ached faintly, he regarded wealth as his life, but he also lacked a son in his life, and he only had a son at the age of forty, so he was really in a dilemma.

Zhou Jingchu sat on the upper seat like a god, shaking the fan with one hand, and looked at him with a sneer, "Or, this king will help you choose?" The sharp knife in his hand was pointed at the old lady.

The old lady was so frightened that her legs were weak, and she fainted as soon as her eyes were closed.

He Zhifu's eyes struggled, compared to the elderly mother, he still felt that silver was more important! After all, the old mother has lived enough to this age, and it is not cost-effective to give up the money to save an old man, so she is silent.

How could Zhou Jingchu not know the greed and selfishness of this kind of person. He not only wants his children and his mother to sit in the high hall, but also wants the house full of glory and wealth. He wanted both fish and bear's paws, but why didn't he want to think about how many ordinary people in the Wild North would be killed by his greed for these silver?

If they are greedy and greedy on weekdays, it will be fine, but they should not embezzle the disaster money and food and salary issued by the imperial court. They protect each other, only care about themselves, completely ignoring the victims of the desolate north are all starving to death..., this time they go south to punish them well, they really think they are the emperor of the soil, lawless!

Zhou Jingchu asked Ershan to bring the little boy and give the prefect another dose of fierce medicine. "I heard that children don't know pain, if you give him the most poisonous red-crowned crane in the world, I wonder if he will feel it?" He took out the medicine bottle and opened it and poured in a small red pill.

--- saw that the pill was approaching Xiao'er's mouth, and the prefect refused to let go.

Zhou Jingchu sighed, such a ruthless person is rare.

The hand was neat, and the red pill went directly into the child's mouth.

He said "wow" twice, and then fell asleep quietly, looking peaceful, and instantly silent.

The prefect's face was distorted, and his eyes were full of monstrous hatred.