Chapter 35 Isn't This a Pyramid Scheme?
Miao Run was indeed an honest and good official, but she was very poor. She was so poor that she was so poor that she couldn't bear to buy new clothes even when they were tattered!
Two lines of painful tears flowed from the corners of Miao Run's eyes.
You said I was greedy for money, just say it, why do you have to bring up this matter.
All the officials wished their eyes could see through things. They were really curious about what kind of person could wear bitter tea leaves into rags and still be reluctant to change them.
Even poor families wouldn't save to this extent, right?!
Even with his eyes closed, Miao Run could still feel the gazes of his colleagues and wished he could faint.
She suddenly opened her eyes and shouted to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, I will recruit you."
She had no choice but to confess. If she didn't, all her bitter tea would be stripped away.
"My dear, how could you be a corrupt official? I have witnessed the love the people have for you. Please don't joke with me!"
Obviously, Jing Chengji also wanted to eat melon.
All the officials followed suit.
"Yes, if Lord Miao is a corrupt official, then aren't we also huge corrupt officials?"
"Exactly, absolutely!"
[Hey, Miao Run actually confessed on his own initiative? Miao Run is quite popular in the court!]
Miao Run shook his head and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
[Host, this isn't hard to understand. After all, Miao Run is essentially a good person! Good officials are hard to come by. Although many officials in Jing State may not appreciate Miao Run's aloofness, they also acknowledge that she is a good official!]
Even if Miao Run later earned countless gold and silver, she still couldn't bear to replace the bitter tea leaves with new ones, because she felt that the bitter tea leaves had been patched up for a long time and had become attached to them.
Miao Run: Oh God, please take me now!
She has lost all her face!
This frugal habit moved all the officials.
But I felt something was wrong.
Miao Run actually loves money, but the people live in poverty, and she is reluctant to exploit them. However, she also wants a lot of silver. She wants to make a bed out of silver and sleep on it every day!
So, Miao Run thought about it day and night and came up with a great idea! She told a citizen who trusted her deeply that she had come up with a great idea that would help them make money!
Miao Run's face suddenly turned red and warm. She actually had no other choice.
She told the man that he only needed to recruit one person to invest. The investment was not much, only ten coins. Whoever recruited that person would receive one of the ten coins as a reward!
Jinghan cried out in shock.
【Isn’t this a pyramid scheme? 】
Jing Chengji and others were puzzled as to what pyramid schemes were.
The pyramid scheme model is to have an upline recruit people, and those people become their downline. The more people they recruit, the bigger the rewards! It's essentially a scam! But in that world, pyramid schemes lure people into a place and only let them out after they've swindled money. Otherwise, getting beaten is normal!
Only then did everyone understand what pyramid schemes meant.
Everyone cast their suspicious gazes at Miao Run. Did Miao Run also lock up and beat the people?!
Miao Run shook his head like a rattle, but I didn’t!
[Yes, host, Miao Run originally thought this was just empty talk, and that this method might not work, but the people just happened to believe Miao Run's words without a doubt! For ordinary people, they might not be able to come up with one or two taels of silver, but if they save up ten coins, they can definitely come up with it!]
Thus, the Miao Clan was born. Word spread from person to person, and everyone knew it was Master Miao Run. Anyone could lie, but Master Miao, who cared deeply about the people, certainly wouldn't! Furthermore, Miao Run didn't restrict the freedom of any of the people. Based on this, the people's trust in Miao Run doubled!
Miao Run was already extremely ashamed. She actually knew she was wrong a long time ago, but this matter could not be stopped just by her shouting!
All the officials were making faces at each other. They didn't expect that Lord Miao had become the leader of the Miao Clan. That was great. Lord Miao was really smart.
Even some officials seemed to be inspired and did some calculations. They found that with such a model, silver and money would flow to Miao Run continuously.
Some people even feel that if they had known this method earlier, they would not have taken the risk.
I never thought that because they were so high and mighty and looked down upon the people as if they were looking at something dirty, the people would be so foolish as to believe them.
[In the first year, Miao Run received 10 million taels, and this was after distributing rewards to the people!]
Jing Chengji and others were immediately shocked.
Ten million taels, the national treasury does not have this much silver from all kinds of taxes in a year.
Miao Run's old face flushed red. She wanted to say that she didn't spend a penny of the money. She just exchanged it for gold and silver, strung them together to make a bed, and she just touched it before going to bed.
But she couldn't say it.
The number of people joining the Miao Clan grows year by year. Everyone says Miao Run cares about them and has come up with a special plan for them. Besides, they've actually gotten the money! They're like people on a secret mission, quietly developing their business and determined not to let anyone who doesn't trust Miao Run find out!
[Miao Run has been running the Miao family business for ten years, and he has earned over 100 million yuan!]
More than one hundred million silver coins.
Wei Zheliang counted on his fingers. Wow, this was more money than the combined amount of money seized from the Sima Shi and Yu Fen families.
Jing Chengji also silently calculated in her mind, and she didn't have that much money in her private treasury.
She, as the boss of Jing State, is actually much poorer than her subordinates!
The eyes of the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Punishments turned red when they thought of the 20,000 taels of silver that they had finally collected after such a long time.
It can be said that the people were getting richer, and Miao Run was even richer! If you accuse her of fraud, she distributed the rewards that the people below deserved, without withholding any. If you accuse her of not being a fraud, she actually gained countless wealth!
[No wonder those pyramid schemes are so persistent, they're making a fortune with no investment. Like the 1044 scam I heard about before, the scammers are making a killing! It's so despicable!]
Miao Run shed tears of regret, she really knew she was wrong.
Miao Run actually wanted to stop the business in the third year. She was too scared. She had never seen so much silver before, so she asked people to stop it, but it was too late. Even the few people who knew that Miao Run was the instigator of this matter were of no use. In the end, whether Miao Run was there or not, the "business opportunity" here was discovered by smart people, and it developed even faster!
[One-tenth of the people in Jing Kingdom are from the Miao clan! ]
Jing Chengji:!!!
If Miao Runzhen waved his hand, wouldn't she be trampled to death by those people?!
If Miao Run had any ill intentions, she would have Jingguo destroyed from within.
Fortunately, Miao Run had no intention of rebellion.
There were also many civil and military officials in the court who thought of this matter.
Everyone stared with their eyes wide open, feeling a surge of fear.
[Oh my god, this Miao Run is really talented! No wonder you said she was a corrupt official, but strictly speaking, it seems that she is not!]
At this moment, Miao Run no longer had time to care about her big gold and silver bed.
"Dongdongdong~"
She kowtowed three times to Jing Chengji.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. I shouldn't have coveted the people's money. I am willing to return all the money to the people. I dare not ask for your forgiveness, but I only ask that you can spare my family. I didn't spend a penny of the money, it's all here!"
[I really didn't spend a penny. Not only that, every month I took my salary and bought some rice and flour, and sent people to the outskirts of the city to make porridge for the poor people! This was to ease my guilt, but...]
The system paused for a moment, and Miao Run's heart was in his throat, as if it was about to jump out of his mouth.
Isn’t this a good thing?
Why is there a but?
Could it be that Miao Run poisoned it?
However, due to Miao Run's actions, the people even thought she was a good person. They would even borrow money to join the Miao Clan!
Upon hearing this, Miao Run wished he could just hit his head against a wall and kill himself.
Her good intentions led to bad consequences. If she had known this, she would not have done such a thing.
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