travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 50

Who is the biggest corrupt official in Song Dynasty?

Liu Yong originally thought that Zhao Fei would put forward some constructive suggestions, but who knew that Zhao Fei asked him if he had any corrupt officials.

Of course there are, and there are many of them.

Liu Yong almost said that, but he is an old fox after all, not a greenhead in officialdom, looking at Zhao Fei's happy face, with his eyes rolling, Liu Yong knew what Zhao Fei was paying attention to.

From ancient times to the present, the story of the cunning rabbit and the dog cooking has been staged over and over again. It is obvious that Zhao Fei is in the rhythm of killing corrupt officials!

Now the biggest corrupt official is being killed, but when the emperor tastes some kind of sweetness, can the corrupt officials who rank second, third, and rank no. [-] still escape?
Corrupt officials are hateful, but you must not say this kind of thing out of your own mouth, otherwise you will be targeted by the censors, and you will be the next corrupt official to be unloaded and killed.

Liu Yong knew that although he thought he was not a corrupt official, if he strictly followed the laws of the empire, he would still be a bit corrupt.

So Liu Yong immediately shook his head and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister has lived in the study for a long time and has not participated in the government for a long time. He is not familiar with the officials in the capital, so he does not know who is the biggest corrupt official in Song Dynasty."

Ok?
Zhao Fei wondered, could it be that the country I picked up for nothing is still a clean and honest country?

It seems something is wrong, the so-called crows are as black as the world, and according to Zhao Fei's previous knowledge, the Ministry of Households sometimes even defaults on the salaries of officials, which shows that the salary level is not much higher.

With such a low salary, these officials still come to work, are they all stupid?

If it is said that some of them love dedication, Zhao Fei still believes that, but if they are all people who love dedication, then Zhao Fei absolutely cannot believe it.

That being the case, there must be a reason for these officials to continue to work.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Fei's thoughts straightened out. Then he looked at Liu Yong at the bottom of the steps and thought to himself, I'm afraid it's not because he doesn't know who is a corrupt official, but because he is afraid of offending others, so it seems that he needs to be tricked.

"Ai Qing doesn't know who is the biggest corrupt official in the dynasty. It's understandable. I can forgive you." Zhao Fei felt that Liu Yong was obviously relieved when his words fell, but Zhao Fei likes to talk half-spoken. There's still half of it behind.

"Liu Aiqing, do you think there are any corrupt officials in our imperial court?"

This?
Liu Yong was originally glad that the emperor didn't think about corrupt officials anymore, but who knew that the emperor said half of what he said, and then he was abducted into corruption and perverting the law.

Did the imperial court corrupt the law?
Of course there is, but Liu Yong can't say that, but he remembers that His Majesty the Emperor on the dragon chair is sharpening his sword at the corrupt officials?

But Liu Yong also thought that he had just recovered and was not familiar with the emperor. It was the time to cultivate the holy grace. If he always did not follow the emperor's words at this time, he would lose the holy grace [-]% and wait until he went to the front line tomorrow. , as long as the villain behind is causing trouble, and the three become tigers, he must take it back for interrogation, and then there will be no more.

Thinking of this, Liu Yong was terrified, and said bravely: "The officials of the imperial court are all over the country, and sometimes illegal things happen, but generally speaking, the officials of our imperial court are good."

"Then is there or not?" Zhao Fei looked at Liu Yong impatiently, this old man is even more cunning than a fox, why must he tell the truth?
Did I kill corrupt officials for my own sake?

It's for you, for your great cause of Pingbei, why don't you understand my painstaking efforts?
Thinking about it this way, Zhao Fei felt that Liu Yong in the audience was so ignorant and didn't know that he was kind to him at all, so Zhao Fei looked at Liu Yong with a cold gaze.

Liu Yong naturally felt Zhao Fei's gaze, but this kind of thing must not come out of his mouth, how many people would be offended!

Liu Yong naturally understood Zhao Fei's intentions, but did Liu Yong Pingbei because of him?It's not for your emperor's great cause, why bother to embarrass your ministers on such a small matter?
But there are some things that Zhao Fei can say, but he Liu Yong can't say, otherwise it will be disrespectful, and it is a serious crime of copying the family and exterminating the family.

Killing corrupt officials is to raise money for the court, but the way to raise money is not the same as killing corrupt officials.

Gritting his teeth, and not caring about someone scolding him afterwards, Liu Yong bent over and knelt on the ground and said, "The old minister really doesn't know who is a corrupt official."

"You don't know." Zhao Fei's tone was cold.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I really don't know." Liu Yong gritted his teeth and said, "Qizou Your Majesty, I have another matter to report."

Zhao Fei's expression changed, but he still looked at Liu Yong coldly, and said a word: "Say!"

"I implore Your Majesty to accept the donation to the national treasury." After Liu Yong said this, his forehead was sweating a lot. It could be seen that he had really made a difficult decision when he said this.

His eyes lit up, and then Zhao Fei froze.

He is not Xiaobai when he first came here, he doesn't know anything, although he doesn't know everything, but he still knows almost everything that should be known.

The so-called donation is to encourage rich people to actively donate money and materials to the imperial court. For those who donate, the imperial court will acquiesce that these people are loyal and patriotic.

For those who are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, the imperial court will naturally encourage them, so they will rank those who donate according to the amount of donation, and select them for appointment.

It sounds like that, but to put it bluntly, it means spending money to buy an official. There are so many people who are willing to contribute in this world. If you really talk about dedication, don’t ask for money for work. !

For example, if you spend 1 taels of silver, you can get the top hat of a seventh-rank official, and 10 taels of silver can get you a top hat of a fifth-rank official. If you donate 100 million taels, the imperial court will directly reward you with a title to pass on to the family.

I don't know which genius came up with this donation policy. It has alleviated the financial crisis of the imperial court many times in history, but the adverse impact it caused is also huge.

You think, someone spent 1 taels of silver to be a seventh-rank official of the imperial court, and naturally he had to earn it back during his tenure. Naturally, the little salary of the imperial court was not enough, so he could only corrupt the law.

Every time a donation is accepted, the imperial court will do some great things, and after the big things are done, the imperial court will always fall into the work of fighting corruption and promoting integrity.

In general, the pros and cons of the many achievements of the imperial court’s collection of donations account for half of the gains and losses. As for whether the benefits outweigh the harm or the harm outweighs the benefits, it depends on what those in power do.

Whoever is in power is naturally the emperor.

As far as Zhao Fei is concerned, even if he has no idea in his heart, he can't publicly say that he is not good enough. Facing Liu Yong's bowing down, Zhao Fei secretly licked his lips and said, "Are you sure you think clearly?"

Opening the donation, as the boss of the imperial court, he naturally has to bear the responsibility, but as the proposer, Liu Yong can't escape, if the consequences of accepting the donation are serious, people in the world will not treat him as the emperor, but Liu Yong, who is the initiator Absolutely be hacked into pieces.

Liu Yong also knew what his current situation was, but he couldn't follow the emperor's wishes to find a corrupt official. That would mean that a dead Taoist friend would not die a poor man, but in the end he would never end well.

As for accepting donations, of course I have to bear the responsibility, but as long as I pacify the north, people in the world will only be grateful to me, and that little thing is just that.

Thinking of this, Liu Yong kowtowed deeply and said, "I have thought it through clearly."

(End of this chapter)