Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

The hall suddenly became quiet, and the officials looked at Lin Ruo with a hint of fear in their eyes.

Even without Lin Ruo's reminder, they themselves knew that it was not difficult to find evidence of corruption and abuse of power by the treasurer officials in the inner treasury.

In other words, tens of thousands of workers are the clear evidence.

Not many of the treasury officials' methods were carried out in secret, because they simply did not believe that anyone would try to defeat them.

They are the ones who are in charge of the production in the inner treasury. Anyone who dares to attack them would be disregarding the future of the Qing Kingdom. Such behavior is tantamount to being condemned by both humans and gods.

However, such a person just stood in front of them unscrupulously.

Lin Ruo frowned and glanced at the officials of the Treasury Department, especially Xiao Wu, the chief official of Jiafang, and said confidently: "In March of the second year of Qingli, there was a mine accident in the copper mountain around the inner treasury, killing five people. Xiao Wu, the chief official of Jiafang, concealed the truth and collected the death tax for five years, totaling more than 3,000 taels of silver. In August of the sixth year of Qingli, Xiao Wu, the chief official of Jiafang, forcibly took the wife and daughter of the laborer as concubines. Knowing that the man would not obey, he killed and buried the man as a threat."

Xiao Wu swallowed hard as he listened to Lin Ruo revealing his dirty deeds.

Lin Ruo did not even glance at it and continued, "Since the ninth year of the Qingli period, the court has been paying salaries regularly without any delays. However, the three major workshop leaders have colluded to deduct the workers' wages and kept them for themselves, totaling more than 100,000 taels."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the treasurers in the room panicked.

"You guys should know better than anyone what beastly things you did. I won't read any more. Someone, come here."

Lin Ruo waved his hand outside and said in a cold voice: "Xiao Wu, the head of Jiafang, has been punished for multiple crimes. He will be arrested and taken to the prison to await trial today."

Xiao Wu raised his head abruptly and shouted in dissatisfaction: "Why did you arrest me?"

Lin Ruo took out the confession, the salary bill for the previous year, and some evidence from his arms and threw them directly in Xiao Wu's face.

"Not only will I arrest you, I will also sentence you to death!"

After these words were spoken, Xiao Wu seemed to have lost his soul.

The officials of the Supervisory Council did not give any face. They stepped forward and held him down. If anyone dared to resist or struggle, they would kick him. They did not show any good looks to anyone in the hall.

The resentment in the eyes of the treasurer officials became more and more serious.

Lin Ruo slammed the table heavily, his eyes were more ruthless than these people: "I don't want to kill too many people, so I give you three days. Your salary must be reduced, and all the money you embezzled and withheld must be returned to me. After three days, if there are still those who refuse to admit their guilt and refuse to pay the dirty money, don't blame me for being ruthless."

After saying that, Lin Ruoxiao left the hall in a leisurely manner, leaving the treasurers dumbfounded.

That night, the remaining leaders of the three major districts gathered in the room, each of them was extremely panicked.

They are used to being strong, but when they meet someone stronger than them, the true cowardice in their hearts will burst out like crazy.

"What should we do? From the look of him, he really wants to kill someone." The deputy head of Jiafang paced back and forth, his hands shaking.

Although the other leaders did not speak, they all showed worry and focused their eyes on one person.

"Say something, now that Chief Xiao is gone, you are the only backbone here."

The head of Yifang slammed the table, shocking the others: "If an enemy comes, we will fight him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. What is there to be afraid of? Don't forget that we are treasurers. What we have in our heads is the future of Qing Kingdom." "Even if the imperial envoy had ten times the courage, he would not dare to kill us all."

After hearing this, their anxious mood eased a little.

"After three days, all treasurers will stop firing. I want to see if he can wait three days for the inner treasury to stop production, or if we can wait three days." The chief officer of Yifang gritted his teeth and gave the order:
"If the inner treasury does not produce for one day, the loss of silver is immeasurable. If the court is held responsible for the crime, it is definitely not us who should kneel down and kowtow to confess the crime."

"We have the inner treasury's top production technology, which is our biggest trump card. We should not lose our composure." The head of Bingfang also echoed.

Without much communication, this group of still-tempered treasurer officials reached a consensus.

They didn't believe that Lin Ruo would execute Xiao Zhushi, and they even less believed that he would arrest all the treasurers in one fell swoop.

Because the maximization of the interests of the inner treasury has always been in their hands.

In the bedroom lit by oil lamps, several high-ranking officials in the inner treasury, except the treasurer, also appeared very anxious.

"Sir, if you do this, what if they go on strike? It's okay to kill one person, but you can't kill them all."

Ma Kai, the transport envoy, said helplessly: "In this case, the inner treasury is useless. How can we have money to pay tribute to the court? If the court blames us, we can't afford it."

"My lord, you'd better surrender. There is no need to fight to the death with those treasury officials. Just give them a light punishment." Ma Kai tried his best to mediate.

Lin Ruo looked at him and smiled unkindly: "A small punishment? Do you mean that after I leave, they can continue to do whatever they want?"

"Don't forget, Ma Zhuanyunshi, the reason I came to the inner treasury is to solve the problem of deficit. Since the deficit is related to this group of treasury officials, and they have committed many evil deeds, I will definitely do my best to clean up the mess."

"But the Inner Treasury depends on them." Ma Kai didn't want to protect officials like the Treasurer, but without the Treasurer, the Inner Treasury would no longer be the Inner Treasury.

"Ma Zhuanyunshi, are you afraid of death?" Lin Ruo said in a deep voice.

Ma Kai was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean, sir?"

Lin Ruo smiled lightly: "Just asking casually, since even the horse transport officer is afraid of death, what about those corrupt treasurers? When the gate knife falls, if one person kneels, there will be another person kneeling."

Ma Kai fell into deep thought.

Lin Ruo continued, "Master Ma, rest assured. In a few days, few treasurers will be able to stand in front of me. Those who can stand must be allowed to stand by me."

"Alas." Ma Kai sighed: "Your Excellency's approach must either be a permanent solution or a permanent one."

"It's possible, but it's obviously better to solve the problem once and for all." Lin Ruo didn't think his method would fail. If he wanted to convince people, fists would always be more credible than reason, especially when dealing with unreasonable people. Making them afraid was the only way to make them surrender.

"Relying on the gold in their heads, they act recklessly in front of the world. Yes, that's right, they are the sky of the inner treasury, and I can't kill them all. Everyone understands these principles.

Even if I really kill someone who stands out, they will still think it is just a scare tactic. Yes, I am trying to scare them, but they should also understand that when this scare knife is extended, they still have to be afraid. "

(End of this chapter)