"Take it away!"
The next day at court, Yinzhen began to punish people. Yinzhen hated officials who disregarded the lives of ordinary people. He also knew that honest officials were rare, and that many officials were greedy for money. He could tolerate it within certain limits, after all, too much purity leaves no room for fish.
But he would absolutely not allow anyone to touch the money that the people had saved their lives.
When Yinzhen unleashed his fury, many people lost their official positions, their homes were confiscated, some were exiled, and others were imprisoned.
Of course, Suhetai, as a hero of this earthquake disaster, naturally received a reward. He was promoted in his official position and given many gifts, which made many people envious.
There was nothing he could do. Suhotai encountered many problems during the earthquake. If it were an ordinary person, they might have given up or lost their life. It was already a miracle that Suhotai returned safely.
Suhetai was stopped by someone after he left the court.
"Congratulations, Lord Suhetai! Congratulations, Lord Suhetai! Today is a joyous occasion for you, Lord Suhetai. Why don't we go out for a few drinks to celebrate?"
"Indeed, Lord Suhetai is a young man of great talent, and he is now the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. We should celebrate his appointment."
"..."
Su Hetai smiled and declined, saying, "Thank you for your kind offer, sir, but I have some trivial matters to attend to at home and need to rush back to deal with them. I cannot go out today and I apologize for not being able to accept your kind offer."
Everyone could hear Su Hetai's refusal. Since he was unwilling, they didn't make things difficult for him, after all, Su Hetai's family background was not something they could make things difficult for him.
It was one thing before, but now she has a cousin who is the Empress! She's not someone to mess with.
Suhetai declined these "kind offers." After he left, some people felt that Suhetai was a man of strong character and had a bright future, and that they should make more friends with him in the future.
Others felt that Suhetai was incredibly ungrateful, relying on the Empress's power to disregard others.
Despite the mixed reviews, Su Hetai didn't care. He believed in his own freedom and had no need to lose himself in order to please others.
Although the flood has temporarily passed, the root cause has not been addressed. Why did such a flood occur? Firstly, the weather is unpredictable, and secondly, the river has not been properly managed.
The way to control floods has always been a difficult problem. Yinzhen thought that he could go and check it out himself next year. He refused to believe that the floods were really uncontrollable.
Yinzhen has decided to travel to the south of the Yangtze River next year.
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