After Lin Xue finished eating and drinking and left, Lin Beichen immediately summoned the 50 guards.
It wasn't until after inquiring about their experiences that they learned that the once-powerful team had now become highly sought-after innate experts by martial artists from various countries.
With these 50 innate experts in charge, the fate of his Tianqi Kingdom will be stabilized.
He can then sit on the throne more smoothly, and if those old ministers dare to threaten him with their lives again...
Don't blame him for not cherishing past relationships!
Having resolved the military issue, the emperor did not truly relax; rather, more important matters weighed upon him.
The national treasury is now empty; even though they have military power, they are still short of money.
Tax revenues in various regions are decreasing, and the national treasury has reached a point where income cannot cover expenditures.
These past few days, Lin Beichen has been so worried that he can barely eat, and he has lost a lot of weight.
Seeing the emperor like this, Eunuch Liu felt a pang of pain in his heart.
So he took it upon himself to go find Lin Xue.
"Your Highness, you should hurry and persuade the Emperor. If he keeps not eating, his health will collapse!"
Liu Gonggong, no longer displaying his usual arrogance, knelt before Lin Xue and earnestly pleaded.
Why can't you eat, Your Majesty?
Something unusual must be going on; something big must have happened again.
"It's because the national treasury is empty and there's no money to be made, and those old ministers don't know how to share His Majesty's burdens at all. They all just stretch out their hands and ask for money."
When Eunuch Liu talked about this, his eyes were filled with anger.
Lin Xue understood immediately.
She hadn't originally intended to take action against these people so soon, but since they couldn't wait to act like clowns and insisted on reminding her, she decided to take action.
Let's start by targeting them!
"Eunuch Liu, please rise. Your devotion to the Emperor is something I, the princess, have witnessed!"
"Hanmei, go and get the things I've been organizing these past few days."
As Lin Xue finished speaking, Han Mei went directly into the inner room and took out a stack of papers from a drawer.
"Give this to my elder brother, and his worries will surely be relieved!"
These are all pieces of evidence against corrupt officials, from high-ranking officials to local clerks.
All the evidence against corrupt officials is in this stack of papers.
However, Lin Xue also knew that the court had no one to rely on at the moment and it was impossible to bring all the corrupt officials to justice all at once.
However, it is possible to confiscate a portion first, which would alleviate the pressure on the national treasury.
It's not too late to take down the rest once the talent pool is gradually filled.
However, this is only a temporary solution and not a cure.
She has plenty of ways to make money, but she can't reveal them all at once.
We must proceed gradually.
Not long after Eunuch Liu left, the emperor summoned Lin Xue to his study.
"My dear sister, I had no idea you had done so much during this time!"
"I never imagined that the officials below could be so corrupt!"
"But we can't find anyone to replace them right away, so we have to deal with a few big corrupt officials first to relieve the pressure on the national treasury. We'll deal with the others later."
Lin Beichen sighed; he felt utterly pathetic as an emperor.
His sister had presented him with all the evidence, yet he still couldn't bring himself to take them all down.
Thinking this way, he felt guilty towards his younger sister.
"Brother, I understand everything you're saying!"
"Let's not rush. Let's just copy a few to tide us over. We can copy a few more when we run out of money later."
Lin Xue had anticipated this, so she didn't take it to heart.
"My dear sister, you have rendered such a great service this time. May I ask what your request is? As long as it is within your power, I will not refuse!"
This matter is of utmost importance, and he absolutely cannot let the outside world know that this evidence was found by his imperial sister.
This will only bring trouble to the princess.
Lin Beichen had thought it through clearly and had already attributed the credit to the innate expert.
With a powerful expert in the Innate Realm in charge, even if the officials wanted to do something, they wouldn't dare to do it.
They might have the guts, but they don't have the ability.
"Brother, why don't you give me more permanent land? I'd like to study the issue of grain production that the people are concerned about."
Lin Xue quickly realized what she needed.
Nothing appears without a reason. The set of skills she taught was only said to have been discovered accidentally in the mountains while she was traveling.
But these high-yield grain seeds cannot be taken out directly.
They could only find a reason to ask for some land to grow more grain so that they could provide enough food for disaster relief when the south was flooded.
"Alright, Your Majesty still has several thousand acres of land in the suburbs of the capital. Keep some for your own use, and the rest is all yours!"
The emperor went to the inner room and handed a stack of land deeds to Lin Xue.
"I'll manage these land deeds for you for two years, and then I'll return them to you!"
"Once the world is at peace, I will no longer have to worry about these trivial matters. At that time, I will be able to eat, drink, and have fun. My royal brother will have to take care of me for the rest of my life."
The brother and sister chatted for a while longer. Lin Beichen had always doted on the original owner of this body, and after Lin Xue came and made great contributions to him, Lin Beichen would be even less likely to mistreat his sister.
With evidence of the crimes committed by those corrupt officials, the emperor unleashed his fury and punished several of the most heinous ones.
Because the confiscation happened so suddenly that the other party did not have time to transfer the property, the amount of money confiscated exceeded several million taels of silver.
All of this money adds up to more than his national treasury.
This infuriated the emperor.
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