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◎ Applause! They know how to attack themselves. ◎
Although Master Kang did think it was normal to be scolded by the little kid from the Lin family, he was still a little upset when he was really scolded.
No, you Lin Moyu, are you saying that my tours for so many years have been in vain?
Aren’t they of any use except for the loss of labor and property?
This is too hurtful.
Master Kang couldn’t accept it for a while, but he still couldn’t refute Mo Yu.
After all, he also knew that he spent a lot of money on the tours, especially under Mo Yu’s repeated brainwashing, he actually began to care about the financial situation of the national treasury.
Unexpectedly, if you don't pay attention to it, you will find that the problem is really big.
Not to mention that every time he goes on a tour, it is really a huge expense item. Even if he has to reduce taxes in disaster-stricken areas, it is also a big gap.
Add to that the fixed expenses, such as military expenses and river construction, and it has really been in deficit for many years.
This is not to mention that the local officials took advantage of his tours to oppress the people and forced the people to pay more land tax to cover the expenses of the emperor's tours...
Originally, he really didn't think about these things carefully.
But he didn't think about it himself, and Mo Yu helped him think about it. Not only did he think about it, but he also had to share it with everyone present, which was very uncomfortable. It
was basically equivalent to a public execution.
Who can stand it?
Master Kang felt that his lifelong reputation was about to be lost at this moment, so he hated those who made him look bad even more.
Ashan was of course the first to be hit, and Zhao Shixian had already been dealt with before, so what should he do now?
What else should he do to save a little face?
Master Kang fell into deep thought.
Fortunately, at this time, they arrived in the territory of Jiangnan. Master Kang suddenly had an idea and remembered the ancient upright official Chen Pengnian mentioned by Mo Yu.
Speaking of which, this Chen Pengnian was a member of the imperial examination.
Although he was not in the top three, he was a Jinshi from a proper family, so his talent was naturally guaranteed.
Mo Yu mentioned an incident when he was giving spoilers. It was about Chen Pengnian delivering the imperial edict at the site of a former brothel.
Although Master Kang felt that what Chen Pengnian did was a little unkind, he didn't take it too seriously. After all, his focus at the time was still on Ashan's corruption and clique-building.
Of course, Ashan used his title of His Majesty to plunder the people's wealth for his own benefit. This was too much. Ashan
's memorial did indeed describe in detail how Chen Pengnian, the prefect of Jiangning, chose the site of a former brothel in the most prosperous red-light district of Jinling City to deliver the imperial edict.
Ashan's original intention was to take this opportunity to kill Chen Pengnian. After all, once Chen Pengnian was accused of blasphemy against the emperor and disrespecting the emperor, he would definitely be in trouble.
And this is indeed the case in history.
Mo Yu has seen Chen Pengnian's original ending from the information given by System 006.
This honest Chen offended Ashan all his life, and was finally sentenced for declaring the imperial edict and blaspheming the emperor at the site of a brothel.
Originally, this was considered a serious crime and he was beheaded. But because Master Kang appreciated his talent, he changed the sentence to dismissal and sent him to Wuying Palace to edit books...
This is quite similar to his predecessor Chen Menglei.
However, Chen Pengnian was still a little luckier than Chen Menglei. Although he had been wronged, he made a comeback.
Of course, before his comeback, this Lord Chen also suffered a lot like Chen Menglei. He
was convicted of preaching the imperial edict at the site of a former brothel and was dismissed from his post. After revising books in the Wuying Hall for a period of time, Chen Pengnian was convicted again for another matter.
This time, it was Galin who took action - it always feels that honest officials seem to be particularly easy to attract the concentrated fire of various corrupt officials and bad guys. Maybe they are nemesis to some extent.
Anyway, after Ashan overthrew Chen Pengnian and turned him from the prefect of Jiangning into a book editor, Galin launched a second wave of attacks, and this time he was directly exiled.
It is ironic that Galin reported Chen Pengnian for "corruption". Reporting
an honest official for corruption and succeeding is simply a myth like the Arabian Nights.
But he really succeeded.
The cause of the incident was that Galin wanted to impeach the former governor of Jiangxi for embezzlement, and after calculation, Chen Pengnian was also involved.
Master Kang certainly didn't believe it, because he was willing to let Chen Pengnian, a minor official suspected of insulting him, go because this kid was an honest official who truly served the people.
Of course, insults should be punished with minor punishments, so demotion is inevitable.
Master Kang originally planned to let Chen Pengnian write a book in Wuying Hall for a while. On the one hand, he wanted to give an explanation to those people in Ashan who were biting him, and on the other hand, he wanted to protect Chen Pengnian and let him avoid the sharp edge of these people so that he would not be hurt by a head-on confrontation.
Who could have thought that after one wave of troubles, another wave would rise. Ashan left, and then Galin came. They were all chasing Chen Pengnian and wanted to kill him.
What made Master Kang most helpless was that this time he specially sent people to verify the loss, and found that Chen Pengnian really had a problem of false reporting.
Thus, Chen Pengnian was convicted once again and sentenced to exile to the Northeast.
Master Kang had no choice but to issue a special pardon once again, keeping Chen Pengnian to continue editing books, at least he didn't send this old Chen to the Northeast to suffer.
Mo Yu listened to System 006 introducing these past events to him, and somehow he remembered the story of another old Chen, that is, Chen Menglei.
That person was not as lucky as Chen Pengnian. After being betrayed by his former friends and framed by villains, even if they had a change of heart and wanted to save him, they could not save him from the fate of being exiled to the Northeast.
After being sentenced to exile to the Northeast by Master Kang, Old Chen was once again sentenced to exile to the Northeast by the four great masters who succeeded the throne because of his stance.
This is...
I don’t know if it’s because of the incident with Chen Menglei that Master Kang has become much more tolerant towards Chen Pengnian, who also has the surname Chen.
Not only did he pardon him twice, but both times he used the excuse that he cherished Chen Pengnian’s talent and let him edit books in Wuying Palace - just, really don’t be too obvious.
Mo Yu silently filled in the strange plot of "stand-in Bai Yueguang" in his mind, and didn’t notice that Master Kang’s face had turned a little green.
Of course, this did not affect the old man’s courage to move forward.
Although it is said that patrolling is more labor-intensive and costly, but, this time it has already been out, and there is definitely no way back.
Master Kang felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that he might have to gradually reduce the number of patrols in the future.
But he is also a person who is very good at self-comfort. Now that he is out, he might as well enjoy this tour.
If a few more corrupt officials are caught, won't there be enough money for another tour?
As long as the interests of the people are not harmed, he should not be scolded too cruelly, right?
Master Kang quickly completed a new round of self-attack and continued to devote himself to this trip to the south of the Yangtze River.
His main purpose of coming out this time is still to inspect the river works. Simply put, it is to see how the Yellow River embankment and flood control and disaster relief projects are being built.
This is also the main purpose of his previous southern tours.
The previous few times felt good. Although there were some minor episodes this time, it did not affect his mood too much.
Governor Zhang Penghe of the River Channel also came to pick him up this time as usual.
He came with Ashan, the Governor of Liangjiang, but they were comrades-in-arms when they came here. After returning to Jiangnan, Ashan had become a prisoner.
After all, this person was also the one whose crimes were exposed by the young master of the Lin family. Based on previous experience, it is estimated that he is more likely to be in danger than to survive.
Governor Zhang has been very indifferent to this. After all, he has a clear conscience and is certainly not afraid. However, those officials who have some problems are of course trembling with fear, fearing that they will be named.
However, as time goes by, Governor Zhang is gradually unable to cope with it.
After all, this young master of the Lin family is not only targeting corrupt officials, but also those who do not act and have mediocre abilities.
As for those who are capable and willing to work, they are not perfect either. For example, Old Zhang has been complained about several times. It must be said that this is really socially dead.
The only thing to be happy about is that in this way, the distance between him and Wansui Ye has been invisibly shortened a lot - as people who are both disliked by the little gods of the Lin family, they are like brothers.
And the reason why Master Kang and Governor Zhang are so tolerant and patient towards Mo Yu is also very realistic.
Because he really knows how to manage rivers.
As long as you know how to manage rivers, you are our little god.
What's a few complaints? Even if you scold us or beat us, we are willing!
Anyway, such a little guy is not that powerful.
Master Kang and Governor Zhang completed their own strategies without any instruction and in a very tacit understanding, giving Mo Yu layer after layer of "child prodigy" halo.
Mo Yu did not disappoint everyone's expectations and casually contributed some ideas for river management, which made Master Kang and Governor Zhang burst into tears.
Master Kang was even more excited and started to compose poetry on the river bank, and told all the companions that the place where they stood had been flooded by the Yellow River before, and now they can stand on the embankment, thanks to the blessing of the little fairy.
Mo Yu didn't react yet that the little fairy was talking about him. It was not
until he was cheered and sincerely thanked by the people who heard the news that he realized that he was deified again...
Well, it can be regarded as a good thing.
Because they dealt with several corrupt officials and confiscated a lot of property along the way, Master Kang felt that he was in great shape and even felt that he could continue his tours.
Perhaps because he was in high spirits due to good things happening to him, Master Kang made an exception and allowed Mo Yu to follow Lin Ruhai back to Suzhou to visit a relative.
Mo Yu was still thinking about what relatives he could visit in Suzhou, but Lin Ruhai had already thanked him and left the team.
It was quite sudden.
When he arrived at the old house in Suzhou, Mo Yu knew what they were going to do this time.
It turned out that Jia Min had discussed with Lin Ruhai before, and this time, she would take the opportunity of accompanying him to bring Feng and Zhen Yinglian back to the capital together.
[Author's words]
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