The silver was not counted until the sun was almost setting.
Ninety-five million two hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver.
There are also countless rare and precious treasures.
They were all found among the officials implicated by Yan Song.
Upon hearing this number, Wang Zhongxian gasped.
Okay, okay!
I was just trying to persuade Brother Li not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, but now it seems we still killed too few.
Each of them wore official robes covered in patches, yet the silver they embezzled in secret was more than the national treasury.
When corrupt officials like Shi Chong saw the silver that had been confiscated, they no longer dared to be defiant and one after another knelt on the ground and began to beg for mercy.
"My lord, I don't know why this silver ended up in my house. I'm innocent! It's all because of that scoundrel Yan Song who framed me."
"My lord, please spare me! I dare not spend a single penny of this money. I'm terrified of poverty, so I've collected some silver. I've never spent a single tael of this ill-gotten silver. Now I offer it all to you, my lord. Please, my lord, spare me!"
Shi Chong knelt on the ground and began to wail and beg for mercy.
Li Chang'an looked at him and shook his head: "Foolish! Even if I kill you, all this silver will still be mine!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Chong collapsed to the ground, his face turning pale.
Then he burst into laughter: "What kind of disciple of a deity are you? Aren't you just like us? It's just that we embezzle from the common people, while you embezzle from us. What are you pretending to be a good person for!"
Hehe~
Li Chang'an sneered, then said to the onlookers, "Listen up, everyone! You all deserve credit for bringing down these corrupt officials this time!"
"Later, you will calculate and report all the taxes that have been embezzled by these corrupt officials over the years, as well as the taxes that the imperial court has imposed on you. I will return these taxes to you!"
This one sentence silenced the noisy crowd.
They all thought they were dreaming.
When corrupt officials were investigated and their assets confiscated before, wasn't all that money put into the national treasury?
Why were they given some this time?
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