Looking at the thick account book, Ding Shuo's face turned pale and he murmured, "Your Highness! I was wrong. Please give me another chance. I will never embezzle a single cent. Please..."
Without even hearing Ding Shuo's regretful words, Ji Wan turned to the next person kneeling in a row and asked, "Where's this person?"
The barrage of comments quickly responded, "This is Yincheng County Magistrate Deng Cang. He ordered someone to rob the title deed of my prosperous shop!"
"He also robbed my house..."
'He robbed many houses!'
"Deal with them according to the same law. From now on, if anyone makes a mistake, I will not tolerate it!" Ji Wan pointed at the officials kneeling in a long row.
The longer it took for the advisory team to deal with these people, the angrier she became. The longer it took, the more people there would be, and it would take more than a day or two to investigate all the crimes they had committed.
Now that she can finally give an explanation to the people, she feels a lot better!
The strong soldiers on both sides picked up Ding Shuo and threw him directly onto an open space. In front of the people in the live broadcast room, they shook their heads left and right in front of their palms and spat twice.
Then they all raised the wooden sticks in their hands and swung them hard!
'Bang!' 'Bang!'
"Ah! Your Highness! I was wrong, Your Highness! Please spare my life, Your Highness!"
Ding Shuo knew exactly how much money he had embezzled. If he was punished according to the law, he would die here today!
He really knew he regretted it. There is no official in this world who is not corrupt.
The world is in such a mess, if he doesn't make some money, what will happen to the officials below him if Fanzhou breaks out in chaos and Ji Wan is dragged down?!
Ji Wan had specifically requested that people be beaten in public. She had already agreed with the people before her advisors returned.
"Whoever commits the biggest mistake or embezzles the most money will be severely beaten! Beat him in front of the villagers, so that you can vent your anger together!"
The people were naturally happy to watch it, and many of them said "well done!" and "well done!" in the comments.
Countless people were dragged away to be beaten with sticks. Ji Wan did not make things difficult for those who held official positions but did not do their jobs. He just took out their original appointment documents in the Government Affairs Hall and returned them to him one by one.
Then they were asked to make up the wages they had received in the past few months.
After dealing with all these people, Ji Wan turned off the live broadcast and went into the Government Affairs Hall with several advisers.
After finishing their tasks, the counselors returned to the government office, their faces showing a bit of relief. "Your Highness, you were poisoned yesterday..."
"Ahem, fake, all fake. It's just right that I would like to introduce Mei Niang to you! Mei Niang's name is Hu Yanmei, and she is a master of martial arts. You all should get along well with Mei Niang in the future."
Ji Wan wisely chose to change the subject and stretched out his hand to direct the counselors to look at Mei Niang.
Since Mei Niang has agreed to work under her, she naturally has to welcome her solemnly.
"My humble servant greets all of you gentlemen." Mei Niang curled her red lips and bowed.
"I watched the live broadcast of Mr. Huyan's fight with the assassin. He is extremely powerful." Yan Peinan was the first to show goodwill to Mei Niang.
Mei Niang's face was rarely shy. "It's not even one ten-thousandth of Mr. Yan's grace and grace when he defended the city for His Highness during the war."
When Mei Niang received the mission to kill Ji Wan, she would receive detailed information from the organization, and naturally she would also know the details of several counselors around Ji Wan.
After several counselors exchanged greetings, Ji Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Hehe, finally no one asked the question about pretending to be poisoned anymore!
"Your Highness!" Pan Zhuo's eyes were filled with resentment.
"Hmm? What's the matter, Mr. Yuqing?" Ji Wan looked at the sky and the earth, but didn't look at Pan Zhuo.
"What you did this time was truly too risky! And the people saw it..."
Ji Wan said awkwardly: "It won't matter if the people see it. After all, I'm fine..."
"Your Highness has no children. It would be detrimental to political stability if the people saw you in such a dangerous situation!" Cao Ke also personally stepped forward to support Pan Zhuo.
He and Pan Zhuo had the same idea. Ji Wan had no children. If something unexpected really happened and there was no one to succeed him, wouldn't the business that His Highness had worked so hard to build be gone in an instant?
Should Madam Xiling be asked to take over?
"I'm alone..." Ji Wan was brainstorming frantically in her mind. What excuse could she use to temporarily get away with it?
"You two gentlemen are right. Your Highness is taking too much of a risk. However, if... Your Highness has a descendant who can carry on the family lineage, then Fanzhou and Qingshizhou will be much more stable."
Hearing the tone of their voice, Yu He naturally understood what the two counselors meant, and immediately agreed.
Indeed, with an heir, most mothers will set an example, and Your Highness will be more cautious in his actions.
Ji Wan: "..." No, she's only fourteen, and she's being pressured into getting married?!
Although people got married at the age of fourteen in ancient times, she couldn't accept it!
Yan Peinan held a different opinion: "If Your Highness is looking for a husband, how many people in this world are worthy of Your Highness?
Do you want your Highness to sacrifice the kingdom he built with so much hardship to make a wedding dress for others?"
After saying that, Yan Peinan thought about that possibility again in his mind, and felt more and more disgusted with his future husband who was nowhere to be found.
"Mr. Yan, Your Highness holds great power, how could you possibly degenerate into marrying and becoming someone else's wife?
Finding someone with a clean background, killing the father and keeping the son is the right path." Pan Zhuo always disregarded worldly ideas, and only he could say such shocking words.
Although Cao Ke, Yu He and Liang Yan, who was standing aside as a background, were also somewhat shocked, they all nodded in agreement in the end.
If you were to find a prince with a similar background or who holds the same power for Your Highness, there would definitely be a competition to determine who is superior.
Either you have more power or I have more troops; either you have more territory or I am rich.
If we are not careful, we will become enemies. How can we have a peaceful life?
Liang Yan, in particular, found it unbearable the thought that someone was trying to dominate Ji Wan.
Ji Wan shook her head and said, "Gentlemen, I am only fourteen years old now. It is too early for you to talk about children now!"
"It's not too early, Your Highness. You'd better make plans early." Cao Ke advised earnestly.
After hearing Pan Zhuo's proposal, Yan Peinan changed his previous attitude and advised Ji Wan: "Yes, Your Highness, if you plan earlier, we can also conquer more of the world for the future little prince."
Ji Wan held his forehead and said, "Please don't make things difficult for me."
Then he cleverly changed the subject again: "My Lords! There are frequent civil unrests and conflicts in the Northern Rong. I want to send people to the Northern Rong..."
"Who does Your Highness want to send?" Yan Peinan's gaze fell on Cao Ke, who was from the Northern Rong Kingdom like her.
They all came from the Northern Rong Kingdom and knew the domestic situation there, so they could send anyone back...
Seeing that the topic had finally been changed, Ji Wan breathed a sigh of relief: "Is there anyone willing to go?"
Cao Ke was the first to step forward: "I am willing to go!"
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