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◎Shame! Or you can scold me a few more times?◎
Of course I will fork him out and investigate him thoroughly, and then see if I can get anything out of him.
There is a saying that goes, "Eat my food and spit it out." Since he made money by taking advantage of his position as an official, he should use it for the people.
Master Kang felt that this was quite right, and he brought people with him this time. Since there was such a top-notch product in front of him, it would be a bit unfair to not explore it carefully.
If he couldn't even catch the clues that were delivered to his door, then there was no point in his career.
Therefore, Master Kang waved his hand and arranged for Zhao Shixian.
Before Zhao Shixian could figure out what excuse to use, he was dragged out and handed over to Lin Ruhai and the Thirteenth Prince.
Although Mo Yu didn't know what happened, he also gave Master Kang a thumbs up.
[To be honest, this job was originally the job of the Fourth Master. Master Kang, it is really too expensive for you to patrol everywhere year after year. In addition, your habit of being soft-hearted has made this group of corrupt officials, big and small, so arrogant...]
[Although I don't know why recently, your change of style this time may not be a bad thing. But no matter what, the Fourth Master is still good at this. Only those insecure children can really be cruel enough to do such an offensive thing. 】
【Alas, what a pity, even if he became the emperor in the end, what
's the point, he just went to another place to continue healing himself. 】 【It seems that he didn't heal much in the end, he just spent a lot of time to torment corrupt officials. 】
Mo Yu's complaints reminded Master Kang of the Fourth Prince again.
Since the last time, well, it seems that this time has happened quite a lot recently. It was after the little kid from the Lin family predicted that the Fourth Prince would inherit the throne in the future, although Master Kang had mixed feelings, he couldn't help but pay more attention to the Fourth Prince.
Indeed, the Fourth Prince is not as noble as the Second Prince's biological mother, nor is he as smart and studious as the Eighth Prince, and he doesn't even have the chivalrous heart and courage of the Thirteenth Prince, but he does have the qualities necessary for an emperor.
Apart from other things, this ability of "managing money" is even more impressive than that of his father.
Originally, Master Kang had never thought about money.
He ascended the throne at the age of eight. When he was young, he was blessed by his grandmother, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. When he grew up, he had the help of many loyal ministers and generals. He also accomplished many great achievements that few emperors of previous dynasties could accomplish. In this way, it was normal to be a little arrogant.
What's wrong with him liking to go on tours?
Yes, it costs money, but isn't it also for inspecting the country, checking the performance of officials, and most importantly, to see the construction of water conservancy projects?
Of course, the local customs and people's lives are also what he needs to pay attention to.
Master Kang thought that he had no major problems, even if he spent a little more money, it was not a big deal.
As the saying goes, "Those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters." Compared with his great achievements, this little thing is nothing.
Especially recently, he was very sensible in preparing to deal with several corrupt officials. Although he had dealt with them in the past few years, it was definitely not as strong as this year.
Master Kang continued his southern tour while thinking about his merits and demerits. After thinking about it, he still didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.
So for Mo Yu's "accusation", he was actually still quite unconvinced in his heart.
Fortunately, Mo Yu only complained about him casually that day, and said a lot of good things about the fourth son, and didn't say anything more about other things.
Master Kang comforted himself and felt that these things were nothing.
Since the fourth son can do it well, there is no reason for him, the emperor, to do worse than the fourth son.
To be honest, in the eyes of Master Kang, although each of his sons has advantages, the shortcomings of each of them are also very obvious.
Especially he always compares these sons with himself - what a joke, who among them can compare with him.
To be honest, when it comes to being an emperor, Master Kang basically has no rivals in the entire Qing Dynasty.
Those who were ahead of him were either fighting wars or busy finding their feet. Even the founding emperors were only good at fighting wars, and they did not show any ability to govern a prosperous era.
He was different. He could both fight wars and govern a prosperous era. The so-called civil and military skills, and the success of both civil and military affairs, were referring to an emperor like him. Otherwise,
how could he be called "the greatest emperor of all time."
Those who were behind him were even worse. The prince was okay at first. I thought he was my second self, and I spent a lot of effort to train him.
Who would have thought that the child who was so smart, obedient and well-behaved when he was young would become more and more useless as he grew up, and finally did such a treasonous thing as "spying on my body."
It's just that I'm over fifty years old and still so strong, and I can't wait any longer.
Humph, I just won't let you have your wish.
Don't talk about the eldest prince, he is
just a fool. The third prince is stupid because of reading too much, it would be good if he could be a wise king like his second brother.
As for being an emperor, it's still a little bit lacking.
The eighth prince... let's not talk about him, relying on his cleverness, he dances around in front of me. If I didn't want to use him to balance the power among the princes, I would have sent him into exile long ago.
Just look at the fact that the fourth prince succeeded to the throne in the end, and you can tell that the others are even worse.
I thought the fourth prince's personality seemed the most peaceful, with a bit of a non-competitive attitude, but the kid from the Lin family actually said that this kid is the type who says one thing on the surface and does another behind the scenes.
He pretended to be so "friendly and respectful" and "harmonious" in front of me, but after he ascended the throne, he immediately turned against me and dealt with all the brothers who had competed with him for the throne.
The worst ones were the second, eighth and ninth brothers.
The third brother was not so good either.
Even his sons followed suit, and in the end, even the second brother's eldest son Hongxi was not spared.
What the kid from the Lin family said was right. The fight for the throne was always bloody and caused fratricide, which was really uncomfortable.
So is there any way to solve this problem?
I have to find a chance to ask the Lin family kid some other day.
I just don't know how to ask him the questions he wants to know.
Master Kang was in a mess, and for a while he was in no mood to engage in those social activities.
But the only consolation is that the people are still very welcome to his arrival.
Especially the disaster victims.
Just because of Master Kang's words, they have received more meticulous and practical care. How can they not be grateful and thank God for his grace?
Facing the simple and warm sincere gratitude of the people, Master Kang's mood, which had been gloomy for a long time, suddenly improved a lot.
However, at this time, he heard Mo Yu's new complaints about him.
After watching Zhao Shixian being suddenly dragged out by Master Kang for a thorough investigation last time, Mo Yu was thinking that Master Kang might be thinking of taking some of the corrupt officials' wealth this time.
How cool it is to catch corrupt officials.
Not only can you catch them for sure, but you can also make money every time you catch them.
I heard that Zhao Shixian, the governor of Shandong, was found guilty of corruption, abuse of power, and taking human life lightly after a casual investigation. After raiding his private residence in Jinan, they casually seized various properties equivalent to one million taels of silver.
Of course, it is still far less than Heshen, but it is also among the top corrupt officials that Master Kang has seized in the past two years.
Thinking that he had indeed planned to promote this greedy old man to the governor of the river as the young man from the Lin family said, Master Kang was in a low mood for a while.
Finally, he cheered up again - I can be regarded as pulling back from the brink and returning to the right path, isn't that a great thing?
Okay, it's all thanks to the "advice" of the young man
from the Lin family, right? Oh, the person who tried this case is still the biological father of the young man from the Lin family, Lin Ruhai.
...
So this matter was contracted by the father and son of the Lin family again.
Well, a little uncomfortable, but also a little happy...
Well, very happy.
Otherwise, what else should I give them?
When he came to his senses, Master Kang found that he couldn't help but give the Lin family a lot of things.
There were Lin Ruhai's, Lin Moyu's, and their female relatives.
Well, really, if this continues, there will soon be no more rewards to give. What should I do?
A faint sadness welled up in Master Kang's heart, and he even hoped that Mo Yu would complain about him or their family again, so that he could feel "balanced".
To be honest, based on the contributions of Lin Ruhai and Mo Yu, father and son, in the past two years, he really couldn't get over this hurdle. Their
contributions were so great that he didn't know what reward they should get.
Although they had been given various special awards, and even Lin Ruhai's official promotion was like a rocket, it still felt not enough.
But he also knew that this kind of special and exceptional promotion and reward could not be completely unlimited.
Although he was the emperor, he couldn't completely ignore everything - he certainly didn't have absolute freedom. Among the limited freedom, there were not many things that could make him feel guilty.
The Lin family father and son were obviously one of them.
Thinking about how much money the father and son had contributed to him, and even helping him make money continuously, Master Kang felt guilty - how about you, kid, scold me a few more times?
You can also scold my brothers.
Just consider it as a way to relieve your boredom, and it will also make me feel more comfortable - after all, I just rewarded you, and I definitely can't reward you again in a short time...
Master Kang welcomed his 51st birthday in this contradictory mood. He originally thought of not celebrating, but unexpectedly someone gave him another difficult problem.
It turned out to be another free gift.
The arrival of this person made Master Kang satisfy his two wishes of being scolded and making the national treasury rich again.
[Author's words]
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