New Life of Broken Cedar - C85

Mo Gu Han looked at him. It turned out to be the newly appointed student of Han Lin. He had heard that he had some literary talent, so why was he with the Minister of Finance? Without bothering the young scholar, he could not help but become interested and asked, “What do you mean by that?”

“This official was born in a poor family and had seen this happen in our village. I just don’t know how much the king gave me back then, but when it came to us commoners, we would only have a few dozen copper coins.”

“Since there is such a thing, do you really think that I have neglected the politics of the country for the past few years and think that This King does not exist?” Mo Gu Han’s body instantly exuded an oppressive aura, and even that Grand Scholar didn’t dare to speak anymore.

“Go down and let This King have a good look.” Mo Gu Han sat on the chair with his back leaning against the chair and said with his eyes closed.

He hadn’t thought that under this kind of background, there would be such a thing that could cause the treasury to be empty. How much silver would be in the hands of those ministers?

A few days later, the matter of the money gradually began to take shape.

In the end, however, he was greatly shocked. The senior ministers at the center of Guo De were the ones who gathered the most silver taels. It was probably because the ministers’ positions in the imperial court were also very important. Mo Gu Han had a headache. When he thought about the previous Jiang Chen, who had also been stripped of his position, he was the only one that was found. Why was there so many connections between them this time? There were even some of Jiang Yu’s comrades who stayed behind and continued to be greedy for power in the imperial court.

“Report the money received by their family.” Mo Gu Han said to the inspecting official below.

The censor took out a long paper and began to read, “Guo De, you embezzled twenty thousand taels of gold. You received a thousand jin of jewelry and dozens of antique toys at his home. Liu Yun had embezzled ten thousand taels of gold, plotted with Guo De, and received a jewelry and gold, as well as dozens of antiques and toys from his family. “Liu Tongyuan had embezzled ten thousand taels of silver. He had conspired with Guo De and Liu Yun to create ten antiques in his family.”

Faintly, he recited the names of some minor officials and what they had done. But those first three people, those words were enough to make them suffer.

“Hand over all the silver received by their families and then distribute it among the refugees. However, if I find out which one of you is greedy …” Mo Gu Han swept his eyes over the crowd below and continued, “Those above a hundred taels of silver will be stripped of their official positions and will be demoted to commoners. They will not be allowed to enter the imperial court for generations to come. Those who have lived for more than three million years shall be arrested and sent to the dungeon, where they shall march in the streets three days from now. ” Mo Gu Han announced to the officials below.

The chancellor, led by Guo De, heaved a sigh of relief. The frightening events of the past few days had finally happened. He was already over fifty years old, and he could no longer bear the torment. He had originally wanted to bring his wife and children back to the countryside after the new year was over, but he was afraid that if they didn’t return, he would implicate his wife and children.

In the end, Guo De’s eyes were filled with tears, but for him to do such a thing, to have a moment of wealth and greed for those things that should not belong to him, he should have planned for the worst. He just did not expect that it would happen so suddenly, and that it would be better for the King to kill them.

Mo Gu Han looked down at the old minister below. He was clearly a good official who was dressed in the uniform of a government official, how could he have such dirty thoughts? He smiled to himself and announced, “In three days, I will travel the streets. Xing Fang will hold the power of the whip, and he will definitely travel the streets for three days before finally whipping himself to death. If some of these officials can’t take it anymore, it’s fine. Even if we have to drag their corpses along, we have to let them have a good taste of what it means. “