Chapter 538: Special Campaign to Crack Down on Organized Crime and Evil
Ying Yuan was so incompetent that he could tolerate anything because of the loss of his country.
But there are only two things that I cannot tolerate.
First, it is intolerable when it involves family members.
Second, we cannot bear to see those who have paid a price for their country, even their lives, suffer injustice.
To be honest, those old soldiers during the Chengping period were all meritorious officials.
Now is an era of great contention among nations.
If it were in peacetime, the old soldiers would all be heroes.
Ying Yuan could not bear the injustice suffered by the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country.
He frowned tightly, looked at Ji Gang who was kneeling on the ground, and said word by word:
"Even the heroes of the Qin Dynasty, the Zhang family and their son dared to treat them like that."
"What if it's a civilian?"
Having said that, he waved towards the commoner woman.
Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian, who was standing by, immediately understood.
"Miss Ah Qing, the two of you will rest with me for a while and wait for His Majesty to summon you, okay?"
Hearing this, Ah Qing nodded slightly, helped the woman up, and followed Wei Zhongxian out of the hall.
After they left, Ying Yuan finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore and kicked Ji Gang hard again.
He kicked the latter to the point of vomiting blood.
Ying Yuan gnashed his teeth and said, "I know in my heart that the affairs of the thousand households have nothing to do with you."
"On a normal day, you embezzle money and want to fill your pockets a little more, but I can tolerate it."
"However, you should never attack ordinary people and meritorious officials!"
Ji Gang didn't dare to argue. He just kept kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I know I was wrong!"
Ying Yuan snorted coldly.
"If anything can be covered up with the excuse of admitting one's mistakes, what use is there for the laws of the Qin Dynasty?"
Before, in order to prevent his country from being destroyed by incompetence, Ying Yuan had always turned a blind eye to the greed of officials at all levels.
I even hope they will be greedy.
However, he would never allow anyone to reach out to ordinary people.
This is absolutely intolerable.
Even now, if officials want to embezzle and ask for money from businessmen or wealthy families, Ying Yuan doesn't care.
Because he now has two main goals.
First, under the premise that the country will not be destroyed due to incompetence, pave the way for future generations.
Second, he was incompetent and his country was destroyed, so he wanted to become an immortal after becoming emperor.
But the premise of a country’s demise cannot be at the cost of the suffering of civilians.
This is something Ying Yuan has never wanted to see.
Now, it was happening nakedly in front of him.
Ji Gang was speechless, and gradually, under the pressure of Ying Yuan's supreme majesty, he burst into tears.
Seeing this.
Ying Yuan sighed heavily, slowly closed his eyes, and thought a lot in his mind.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes and asked seriously:
"How many people like the Zhang family father and son are there in our Great Qin?"
"How many evil people are there among the people, committing all kinds of evil and bringing disaster to the community?"
"How many cases of collusion between officials and businessmen, and between officials and gangsters, exist?"
Three questions in a row left Ji Gang stunned.
He didn't know how to answer.
There have always been evil people and bandits everywhere, and they have existed since ancient times. How can he answer?
However, it was his appearance that made Ying Yuan feel at ease.
"Aristocratic families, merchants, officials, bandits, oppression and exploitation are everywhere... Do you still let the common people live?"
After saying this, Ying Yuan shook his head and instructed Ying Chuan:
"Xuan Baiguan, come to court."
About half an hour passed.
Civil and military officials in Xianyang City gradually came to the court hall.
They were talking among themselves,
"Your Majesty suddenly summoned us. What happened?"
"Is there another war?"
"Has Your Majesty decided to attack Chu?"
"He Shangshu, if we were to attack Chu today, would your Ministry of Revenue have no problems?"
"No problem, but I wonder how many troops Your Majesty will mobilize? Some supplies may need to be prepared in advance."
“…”
As their discussion deepened.
Gradually.
Ying Yuan also came to the court hall.
In an instant, all the officials knelt down and shouted "Long live Your Majesty."
After all the officials stood up, Ying Yuan looked at them and said sternly:
"I have just heard your discussion. I have called you here today not to attack Chu, not because of external troubles, but because of internal troubles."
He told the story of the woman.
All the officials were suddenly shocked.
Because they could feel the anger in Ying Yuan's tone.
"During the Chengping years, I once rode into the Jianghu because I didn't want the Jianghu people to disturb the people."
"I know that the evil people in this world cannot be eradicated, but does that mean the court shouldn't do something about it?"
"Zhang Tiande, as the governor of Qingzhou, neglected his son and allowed him to cause harm to the people."
"Banditry is rampant everywhere. Countless people resemble the Zhangs. The people of Great Qin fear for their lives even when traveling far..."
"You say, this is a prosperous era? Is it?!"
At this point, all the officials were speechless, and some even looked ashamed.
How could they not know that what the emperor described happened frequently all over the country?
Let’s not talk about anything else, just say it’s in Xianyang city.
In some streets, there are still people collecting protection fees.
The housing prices in Xianyang City are already high, and it is difficult for some vendors to raise enough money to pay their rental debts.
They also have to worry about being harassed, threatened, or even beaten by bad people.
What’s worse, some people in the society openly colluded with wealthy merchants to sell things like Wu Shi San.
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