"It's just nonsense, it's absolutely not going to work." Zhao Bao stood up and said resolutely.

If it is dealt with according to Xunzi's method, even if other nobles and gentry can't say anything, it will cause everyone to be in danger, and they may even unite against the imperial court, or even take refuge in other countries.

Don't think that these people are so high, the world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, what are they officials for?

For the sake of the world? In order to make a good life for the people?

!

Zhao Bao dares to guarantee that nine out of ten people are for profit, and the remaining one is for a lot of benefit!

At that time, the Qin State promoted the Shang Dynasty to change the law and moved the interests of the nobles, and it took the Qin King nearly ten years to suppress it, and finally the new monarch took the throne, but he still took a step back and put Shang Yang to death.

Of course, Zhao State is only a matter of corruption, and the impact is far less than that of Qin State back then, but now Zhao State's situation is not as good as Qin State.

The six countries outside are eyeing each other, five countries are attacking Zhao, and Zhao Kuo has just ascended the throne inside, and his foothold is not stable, if he offends the domestic gentry at this time, Zhao will be in danger of overturning.

"Pingyangjun is going to support those corrupt officials?" Xun Zi asked in a deep voice, without any scruples about Zhao Bao's identity, just Zhao Guozong and Pingyang Jun, what if he offended?

It's a big deal for Lao Tzu to leave Zhao State, anyway, it's not the first time.

There is no place to stay here.

"I'm not supporting the aristocrats. It is that the Zhao State is supported by the aristocracy, not by the common people. Zhao Bao said sincerely.

As a member of the Zhao royal family, Zhao Bao wanted Zhao to be better than anyone else.

However, he was also more worried than anyone else about the turmoil in the Zhao Kingdom.

In addition, Zhao Bao himself is relatively conservative in his thinking, and he prefers to turn big things into small things and small things. In the battle between the party back then, Zhao Bao thought that he should not offend the Qin State.

He thinks the same as Wei Qi, it's just corruption, and it's not the first time, and it can't be the last.

Didn't Pingyuanjun still evade taxes back then?

Even Pingyuanjun is like this, what is it like below, you can imagine.

Everyone has long been used to it.

As long as Zhao Kuo and the court don't make a big fuss, this matter will settle down in a few days.

As for those victims, no one cares.

"If you don't give them a chance, how do you know if they can support Zhao Guo." Xunzi asked.

"Last year, there was a shortage of food on the front line, and it was the nobles who donated food and money, not the common people. Six years ago, the Qin State attacked the Zhao State, and Chang'an Jun went to the Qi State as a hostage, and the Qi State sent troops. Childe is still like this, let alone others. The aristocracy got to where they are today because they paid more for it. Touching the dragon said.

"You go and ask the 300,000 soldiers, ask the soldiers who are buried in Changping, how much did they pay?" Xun Zimeng slapped the table and said in a cold voice.

Even though he had regained his strength, a clear palm print still appeared on the table made of elm.

Xunzi said that since it is not possible to move his mouth, then do it.

Lao Tzu is not targeting any of you, everyone here is rubbish!

Yu Xin hurriedly pressed Xunzi on the bench and said, "It is undeniable that the nobles did pay more, but the state has already rewarded them. This does not justify their embezzlement and reward. In any case, this matter must be dealt with strictly. Yu Xin said.

"Well, I think it's okay, you can do some punishments, just punish them severely." Wei Qi was not on his friend's side.

There is a question of position involved.

First of all, all of them are from noble backgrounds, and there are no exceptions.

Zhao Bao is the son of King Wuling, the clan of Zhao State, it can be said that if he did not have this identity, he would definitely not be able to reach today's height, and behind him stood countless nobles of Zhao State, as well as the aristocratic system.

In his opinion, the Zhao State is the Zhao State of the nobility, not the Zhao State of the common people.

But Xunzi and Yu Xin are different, although they were born in the nobility, they have long left the family to travel, and the pursuit is more of their own ideals.

They have come to this day not by relying on the clan behind them, so the clan behind them has no binding force on them.

Over the years, they have traveled for many years, and they have seen too much injustice in the world and too much sorrow of the low-level people.

At the beginning, they were not able to change.

Now, they want to give it a try!

As for Touch Long and Wei Qi, they are centrists, they mainly feel that this matter is just a trivial matter, there is really no need to make a big fuss, if they really feel that they can't go, just give those soldiers some compensation.

It is undeniable that in this era, the aristocracy is the essence, and all countries are indeed supported by the aristocracy, 90% of the officials of the Zhao State are from the nobility, and the remaining ten percent are not from commoners, but from poor families, that is, declining nobles.

As for the civilian background, it may only be about one percent, and these people have put in far more efforts than ordinary people, and at the same time, they have very good luck to achieve the counterattack of the class.

"Some penalties are okay." Zhao Bao nodded.

He didn't really stand on the side of corrupt officials, he just didn't want to put everyone in danger.

Because, there are not many clean officials.

"What difference is a slight punishment for those noble squires?" Xunzi asked, looking unhappy.

"Okay, stop arguing, what does the king say?" Touching the dragon looked at Yu Xin.

"The king didn't say anything, but informed us and let us discuss." Yu Xin shook his head.

In the end, none of the five people could convince anyone, and they broke up unhappily.

Until...... There is a message from the front......

……

Outside Lingshou County, more than 20 official gentry knelt on the muddy ground, their luxurious silk and satin drooping down, and they were covered with mud. If it had been before, they would have carefully lifted it up, for fear of tarnishing their clothes.

However, at this time, these people didn't have time to feel sorry for their clothes.

Because, their lives are about to die.

They never imagined that one day they would kneel in front of a group of mud legs, let alone that one day they would be executed for embezzling some rewards.

Aren't everyone their own people?

Besides, isn't this kind of thing tacitly acquiesced since ancient times?

"King, spare us, don't dare next time."

They kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, their eyes full of despair, hoping to get Zhao Kuo's forgiveness, but Zhao Kuo was indifferent.

His face was full of anger, and in just a few days, it was found that the rewards of more than two hundred soldiers had been corrupted to varying degrees, and if it was extended to the whole country, how much?

Thousands?

Tens?

How many soldiers did Zhao Guo have in total?

The surrounding water was impassable, except for the soldiers of Zhao State, all the people in the vicinity came, and it was the first time they had seen so many officials executed.

At the forefront were hundreds of soldiers and their relatives who had been rewarded for corruption.

With tears in their eyes, they looked at the young and tall figure at the front.

Ever since the dawn of time, no monarch has ever ruled for them, and even if they are treated unfairly, those monarchs are indifferent.

Today, someone finally calls the shots for them.

"Child, remember, he is our benefactor, the monarch of our Zhao Kingdom. In the future, whoever slanders him, don't believe it. Do you understand? A mother pointed to Zhao Kuo's back and said to the child.

"Got it." The child nodded heavily.

Zhao Kuo stood at the front, looking at these corrupt officials.

"King, isn't the punishment a little too cruel?" Lecheng was a little unbearable, Zhao Kuo not only had to execute these corrupt officials, but even connected the whole family, which had never happened in Zhao State.

"Tell me, if you were one of those soldiers, because the reward was embezzled, the mother died in the hospital bed without money to see a doctor, the wife went to beg for it, was humiliated, and the child was almost beaten to death, what would you do?" Zhao Kuo asked in a deep voice.

Cruel? Zhao Kuo couldn't wait to kill these people.

What people do, these people don't do it!

"That being said, according to the law of the ancestors, it is enough to cut off the first or second level of the title. Moreover, such a punishment will affect the reputation of the king, and people will even be called a tyrant. An Zong persuaded.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

During the Warring States period, the laws of various countries were not perfect, and there was no clear standard for many things, and if there was a precedent for this kind of thing, it was generally based on how the ancestors did it in the past and how it is done now.

If there is no precedent, it will depend on the game of all parties, and the final result of the game will also be recorded as the basis for future generations to judge.

This is the law of the ancestors.

As for reputation, it is mainly the reputation among the nobles, so that the commoners will not hate Zhao Kuo because of this, and it is too late to be grateful.

However, in this era, the pen and mouth are grown on the nobles, and even if the commoners think that Zhao Kuo is good, it is useless. As long as the nobles think that Zhao Kuo is a tyrant, then Zhao Kuo is a tyrant.

"The law of the ancestors does not stipulate that you must be a county magistrate." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

The crowd was silent.

Although An Zong is only a county order, everyone knows that An Zong will become Zhao Kuo's father-in-law nine times out of ten, and now Zhao Kuo doesn't even give him face, so others don't have to find themselves boring.

"Don't be afraid of the sky! The ancestors are not enough! Words are not enough! Zhao Kuo's voice sounded in everyone's ears like Huang Zhong Da Lu, and there was thunder in the sky.

"Tyrant or faint. This king doesn't care. ”

Zhao Kuo walked up to the corrupt official who knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice, "You may feel very wronged, thinking that you are just unlucky and caught, and many people who have embezzled more than you still have nothing." This king can clearly tell you that corruption, this king can understand, this king has never expected that there will not be a single corrupt official in Zhao State, this is impossible. ”

"However, you should never embezzle the money that a soldier bought with his life, and if you embezzle this money, it is equivalent to killing them with your own hands. Since you have killed the king's soldiers, the king will kill you. ”

"Boom!"

A thunderbolt sounded out of thin air, and all the corrupt officials were shocked, looking at Zhao Kuo in fear.

"The minister is wrong, the minister is willing to die. I only ask the king to spare the wives and children of the lower officials, they are innocent, and they do not know about the corruption of the lower officials. An official kept kowtowing and said sadly.

"When your wife and children used your embezzled money to buy a new dress, when she used your embezzled money to buy hairpins and rouge, when your whole family lived a better life because of the embezzled money, do you think they are innocent?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"If you enjoy the benefits, then you have to pay the price, is there anything in this world that only has benefits and does not need to pay any price?"

"The minister is wrong!" The officer collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with endless remorse.

"What else do you have to say?" Zhao Kuo asked.

No one spoke.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Liu Ping, Liu Ping understood, walked to the front, and read out: "Manpu Ling Luocheng, a total of 30,000 yuan for embezzlement, 4,500 stone corn, 200 acres of upper fields, 100 acres of middle fields. The soldier did not report to the official without his wife, and was raped to death by Luo Cheng by Manpu, and the old mother of the family was angry to death after learning the news. Now sentenced to order Luo Cheng's entire family to behead. ”

"Huang Xing, the captain of the man, embezzled a total of 25,000 yuan, 3,000 stone corn, 180 acres of upper fields, and 100 acres of middle fields. Shishu Sangou's father, Mao, was seriously injured and died because he did not agree to sell the field at a low price. Moreover, Mao had fought with King Wuling and expanded the territory for the Zhao State, but now he died at the hands of traitors, which is the fault of the country. The whole family is now sentenced to beheading. ”

"Chen Zhi, the head of Tihe Township, embezzled a total of 10,000 yuan, 1,000 stone corn, 100 acres of Zhongtian, and the mother of the soldier sheep was seriously ill, and was embezzled because of her son's reward, and she had no money to see a doctor, and died. Chen Zhi is now sentenced to behead and have his home raided. The whole family was reduced to subordinate concubines. ”

……

"Fan Wu ordered Yu Chang to embezzle a total of 30,000 yuan, 3,500 stone corn, and 300 acres of land. He is now sentenced to order Yu Chang to be beheaded and his home to be raided. ”

……

Every sentence was decided by Zhao Kuo personally, and for those who sought money and killed people, Zhao Kuo did not hesitate and sentenced all of them to death.

For those who only seek wealth and do not kill people, they are relatively lenient, and only those who embezzle are sentenced to death, their homes are raided, and their wives and children are either demoted to subordinate concubines, that is, slaves, or let go.

As for how to be poor in the future, it is not under his control.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

As they landed one by one, a strong smell of blood spread, except for some parents who covered their children's eyes, no one was afraid, everyone looked at the execution ground excitedly, eager to be the executioner and the corrupt official.

"Because of the king's poor supervision, everyone was rewarded and embezzled, these are the king's faults, and the king has betrayed everyone's trust, this king, please forgive me."

After speaking, Zhao Kuo bowed down to all the soldiers and their families.

"My lord, I can't help it." Pang Xuan and the others hurriedly rushed over, wanting to pull Zhao Kuo up, but Zhao Kuo insisted.

The soldiers and the people wanted to get Zhao Kuo up, but they didn't dare to step forward, but they kept saying, "The fault is not the king." ”

It wasn't until a minute of saluting that Zhao Kuo got up and walked in front of a three- or four-year-old child standing at the front.

His father died in Changping, his mother was raped and killed by Luo Cheng, and his eldest mother was also angry to death, and the family is now left with only one child less than four years old.

When Liu Ping found him, he was huddled in the house alone, his eyes were full of fear, if it wasn't for the kindness of his neighbor who gave him a little food, he might have starved to death before Liu Ping found out.

"How about I be your godfather in the future?" Zhao Kuo picked up the child and asked softly.