Chapter 97: Your Majesty, gentlemen, great joy! Sheng State has become rich.

Wei Zhongxian demonstrated through his actions that Elder Ji was indeed a very charismatic person.

After Cao Ziming stayed with Ji Changsheng for two or three days, his righteous energy had evolved into something very flexible.

Wei Zhongxian only followed Ji Changsheng for one day and one night, but his operational efficiency was rapidly improved.

After Ji Changsheng finished saying "You gentlemen will suffer, and Your Majesty will bear the blame," Wei Zhongxian issued an order to confiscate the property.

In less than half an hour, Ji Changsheng, who was in charge, had already obtained the family assets that Wei Zhongxian had seized.

"Elder Ji, this is a bit... shocking."

To be honest, Wei Zhongxian was very ashamed.

He also likes to make money.

As a eunuch, he also accepted bribes.

But compared with these civil servants and generals in the outer court, he felt that he was really insulting the word "greed for money".

He is not worthy of being a corrupt official.

Even his deceased adoptive father, as a "genuine" "evil cult demon", was not worthy of being a corrupt official.

"Too exaggerated." Wei Zhongxian's three views were refreshed: "There is a small official of the fifth rank, but his family actually has 87 sets of blessed land."

As soon as Cao Ziming walked over, he heard Wei Zhongxian's words.

With a "thump", Cao Ziming fell directly to the ground.

"How many?"

Wei Zhongxian understood Cao Ziming's reaction very well.

He also thought he had misread the number.

"Eighty-seven sets of blessed land, and half of them are top-notch blessed lands... Mr. Cao, let me ask you a question. Am I richer than you?"

Cao Ziming was dumbfounded: "How can I be worthy of such a wealthy man?"

The most valuable thing on his body is the sword in his hand.

But this was passed down to him by his master.

Blessed land... He has none of those in the secular world.

There is a set in Danqing Pavilion, which belongs to Danqing Pavilion.

After he is sent to Xuandu Temple for exchange, he will be temporarily handed over to other disciples for use.

It must be said that Senior Brother Cao is a pure proletarian.

He was born to be suitable for following Ji Changsheng to make reforms... suitable for following Ji Changsheng to learn how to use the righteousness! "The most indignant minister of the Ministry of Revenue kept saying that there were no spiritual stones in the national treasury... The national treasury did not have spiritual stones, but 3.7 billion high-quality spiritual stones were confiscated from his home."

With a "thump", Cao Ziming fell to his knees again.

He shed tears of poverty.

"Three hundred and seven billion high-quality spirit stones. I have never seen so much money in my life." Cao Ziming murmured.

The best quality spirit stones can only be used by major sects and are only provided for practitioners to cultivate. They are not circulated in the secular world.

The limit that ordinary cultivators and common people can get is high-quality spirit stones.

But quantitative change leads to qualitative change. As long as there are enough high-quality spirit stones, they can naturally be exchanged for top-quality spirit stones.

Even in the world of cultivation, 3.7 billion high-quality spirit stones is an incredible number.

Let me put it this way, if someone donates 3.7 billion high-quality spirit stones to Xuandu Temple, the abbot can personally invite this great philanthropist to dinner and can also award this great philanthropist a charity medal.

Cao Ziming had indeed never seen so many high-quality spirit stones since he was born.

His three views were also refreshed.

Then his anger rose and he became murderous.

"Junior Brother Ji, you are absolutely right. These people really deserve to be killed. Letting them live is cruel to the people of the world. This is all the blood of the people of Sheng Country and the independent cultivators."

Obviously, this was not earned by the Minister of Revenue through his own ability.

"Before, when I followed Lord Wei's group to search the houses, I felt a little pity for the families of the convicted officials. Now I think about how naive I was. I feel sorry for the families of the convicted officials. In such a big country like Sheng, I don't know how many people have lost their families because of these parasites."

Cao Ziming was a little excited.

I felt both ashamed for being soft-hearted and angry at these parasites.

Junior Brother Ji is absolutely right.

What rules and laws are there to deal with these parasites? What morality is there to talk about? We should just kill them all.

Ji Changsheng ignored what Senior Brother Cao said.

Brother Cao has made rapid progress recently, and I believe he has strong self-regulation abilities.

Ji Changsheng was mainly looking at the amount of money Wei Zhongxian seized during the house search.

After a quick look, Ji Changsheng basically had the answer.

"It seems that the compensation for Danqing Fudi is enough?"

Wei Zhongxian nodded affirmatively: "That's definitely enough."

After looking at the simple summary, he knew that it was an astronomical figure.

The spiritual stone problem that troubled the officials in the court was perfectly solved in his hands.

Wei Zhongxian found it ironic.

Those people always say that eunuchs like them are not good people.

Wei Zhongxian also admitted that he was indeed not a good person.

His godfather had just been killed by Ji Changsheng, and he immediately hugged Ji Changsheng's thigh and started licking it. This is certainly not something a gentleman would do.

But no matter how useless he was, he still felt like more of a human being than these guys.

So shameless.

Too greedy.

"Elder Ji, we haven't finished confiscating the homes of these criminal officials yet. At present, we have only collected half of their property at most. We will have to count them carefully later." Wei Zhongxian reported: "I am sure that if we only pay compensation to Danqing Fudi, there will definitely be some surplus, and it will be a lot more."

Normally, if there was a house search, he would have kept half of it.

But now that he was working with Ji Changsheng, he had no intention of intercepting anything.

Wei Zhongxian's whole mind was now on the "Golden Jade Pill" that Ji Changsheng had promised him.

And as Ji Changsheng said, try to live like a human being.

With Ji Changsheng around, and after all these evil spirits were wiped out, Wei Zhongxian felt that he might really have a chance to become the kind of person that Ji Changsheng gave him the name for.

"good."

Ji Changsheng patted Wei Zhongxian's shoulder approvingly.

Only then did he see Cao Ziming losing his composure.

"Brother Cao, there's no need to lose your composure. You'll get used to it after seeing it more often."

Ji Changsheng had seen even more exaggerated things in his previous life.

An ordinary petty official, once he got power, dared to embezzle nine-digit amounts.

The most bizarre thing is that there are people who only dare to be greedy but not to spend.

It is euphemistically called being afraid of being poor.

Art comes from life.

What was shown on a certain TV show was not an exaggeration.

In comparison, these things are not new in Sheng State.

"If I wasn't sure that I could get enough spiritual stones from these people's homes to pay for Danqing Fudi's 'Ru Gou', I wouldn't act rashly." Ji Changsheng said sarcastically: "My confidence in these thieves who stole the country has never wavered. They can make the country and the people suffer, but they must not make themselves suffer. We have no choice but to make them suffer."

Cao Ziming gritted his teeth and said, "We really need to make them suffer. If they don't suffer, 99% of the people in Shengguo won't be able to be happy."

"Wei Zhongxian, continue copying. Copy out all the spiritual stones they have hidden in the bottom of their boxes. Senior Brother Cao, you supervise. If you find those who are truly incorruptible, record them silently. We will not let a bad person go, nor will we wrongly accuse a good person."

Cao Ziming was very moved: "Junior Brother Ji, you can still remain rational and calm even at this point. I really admire you. Now I just want a river of blood to flow."

He was a little bit carried away and just wanted to kill people.

Ji Changsheng actually had a stronger murderous intent than him.

After all, killing people now is a good deed in Ji Changsheng's eyes.

However, the legal consciousness deeply rooted in his bones and the ethics of a righteous disciple still made Ji Changsheng insist on following the procedures.

"Brother Cao, don't be impatient. Let's go through the procedures. If you want to kill someone, you still need a reasonable reason. I'll find one for you."

"What's the reason?"

"Congratulations to His Majesty and all the officials in the court."

This is what Ji Changsheng said and did.

Three minutes later.

The Golden Palace.

Ji Changsheng followed the normal procedure and asked the guard on duty to report.

Only after obtaining the emperor's permission did Ji Changsheng enter the Golden Palace.

Let’s start by abiding by laws and regulations from myself.

As soon as he entered the Golden Palace, Ji Changsheng heard the familiar sound of quarreling again;

"Your Majesty, even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. I really can't conjure up a spiritual stone."

"I know that your majesty cares about the people, but the national treasury is currently unable to provide enough."

"Your Majesty, you cannot think of everything for the people. Many people are very short-sighted, and they only think about their own little piece of land. They don't understand the difficulties of the court."

"Now our Sheng Kingdom is fighting against the Ying Kingdom in the north, the Qi Kingdom in the south, and there are floods and earth dragons in the southwest. All of these things depend on the spiritual stones in the national treasury. Your Majesty, we really don't have spiritual stones. Let the people suffer, and I am willing to bear the blame."

"I have only one thing to say - if Your Majesty can fill the national treasury, I can cancel 'Ru Gou'. Now the national treasury is empty and there are no spiritual stones. Everything is just talk. It is absolutely impossible to cancel 'Ru Gou'."

…

When Ji Changsheng heard this, he spoke decisively: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, great joy, we have spiritual stones."

"Um?"

Everyone looked at Ji Changsheng.

The prime minister, who was about to curse, immediately swallowed his words back.

Although he had not yet received the news that Ji Changsheng had directed the bloody palace coup last night, it was confirmed that Ji Changsheng had killed the Crown Prince and the Princess of the Eastern Palace.

The prime minister was very worried that after he scolded Ji Changsheng, he would have to go to accompany the prince.

A steady hand.

Others had the same idea.

Although we cannot use swear words, we still have to question.

"Elder Ji, what are you talking about?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Ji Changsheng said sternly: "Your Majesty, aren't you and the other lords worried about the empty treasury? I'm here to tell you the good news. Sheng State has money now, so you don't have to worry."

"That's just... complete nonsense."

The Minister of Revenue wanted to use even dirtier words.

But thinking of Ji Changsheng's glorious achievements, he could only describe it as "nonsense".

"Elder Ji, you are an outsider, so please don't interfere in Shengguo's government affairs."

With just one sentence, the Minister of Revenue excluded Ji Changsheng from government affairs.

What Ying Hongye said is right.

There will be a lot of verbal battles and power struggles in the court today.

Unfortunately, Ji Changsheng didn't want to play power struggle with them at all.

"I have never interfered in the government affairs of Sheng Kingdom. It is because His Majesty feels that he is a new king and lacks virtue, so he kneels down to ask me to come out and support him."

Ji Changsheng threw the responsibility to the emperor without any psychological pressure.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne and looked at Ji Changsheng with grief and anger, but could not say a word.

There is no place to talk about the sadness.

The emperor didn't speak, and the ministers could do nothing.

The Minister of Revenue still reminded: "Your Majesty is young and ignorant, Elder Ji should understand. According to the "Xianmen Convention", a cultivator like you is not allowed to interfere in Sheng's internal affairs."

"Of course, everyone who knows me knows that I have always abided by the law."

Ministers: “…”

It's hard to comment.

But I dare not say no.

Just keep silent.

Ji Changsheng continued, "I am not here to interfere in the internal affairs of Sheng State. I am here to tell you and your majesty the good news. Your majesty, gentlemen, Sheng State is really rich now."

The Minister of Revenue frowned and asked, "Elder Ji, I am in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. Could it be that I am not as knowledgeable about the national treasury as you are?"

Ji Changsheng said patiently: "You understand the national treasury, but you don't understand the private treasury."

"Private vault? What is a private vault?"

It was the first time that the Minister of Revenue had heard this word.

Ji Changsheng explained: "You gentlemen saw that the treasury was empty and the people of the world were living in poverty, so you generously donated money to support the treasury. In this way, Shengguo will have money, right?"

The Minister of Revenue was so angry that he laughed: "Elder Ji, my salary is meager, and it is not enough to support my family, how can I support the national treasury?"

After the words fell, the Minister of Revenue felt that this was too disrespectful to Ji Changsheng, so he immediately added: "Of course, since Elder Ji said so, I will definitely respond. However, my family has no extra money, so I am willing to donate one hundred high-quality spirit stones to enrich the national treasury."

"Minister Niu is truly a role model for our generation."

"I am also willing to donate fifty spirit stones."

"I am about seventy."

…

According to the unspoken rule in official circles, if you are donating money, your donation must not be more than that of your boss.

Otherwise you will be in trouble.

Seeing his ministers donate so generously, the emperor sitting on the dragon throne was very moved.

They are all loyal ministers.

Ji Changsheng was also very moved.

Even though their homes had been confiscated, they were still willing to donate the spirit stones they had stored outside.

Although the donations were not much, wasn't it worth being touched? "You are truly loyal to the court, but there is no need for donations. This elder is not here to collect levies."

Ji Changsheng's words made everyone put their worries to rest.

It’s better not to apportion it.

Ji Changsheng continued, "I said, I'm only here to announce the good news. Your Majesty, gentlemen, you were just discussing whether the national treasury can afford the spiritual stones to compensate if 'Ru Gou' is cancelled. I assure you that the national treasury can definitely compensate at least the Danqing Fudi family."

"Elder Ji, please don't speak nonsense." The Minister of Revenue frowned again and said, "I am in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and I know the matter of spirit stones best."

"Minister Niu, you only know one side of the story, not the other."

"What's the second one?"

"Just now, the Six Gates seized 3.7 billion high-quality spirit stones from Minister Niu's house."

Snap!

It was a clear day with the sun shining brightly, and he himself was in the Golden Palace, but Minister Niu still heard a bolt from the blue.

He subconsciously thought he was hallucinating.

"Elder Ji, could you please say it again? I didn't hear it clearly just now."

Ji Changsheng is such a good person. Since Minister Niu asked him to say it again, he would satisfy the dead man's request.

"Just now, the Six Gates gathered together the inner guards and seized 3.7 billion high-quality spirit stones from Minister Niu's home."

Seeing Minister Niu's dazed eyes, pale face, and trembling body, Ji Changsheng knew that Minister Niu must be very happy, and he was very happy for him.

"Minister Niu, you have been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for so many years, but you have never seen so many spiritual stones in the national treasury, right? Don't worry, this money will belong to the national treasury from now on. The problem that has plagued the empty national treasury for many years has disappeared. Cry it out, it is not a sin for a man to cry."

Ji Changsheng felt that he was truly kind-hearted.

He fully understood Minister Niu's ecstatic mood at the moment.

"These 3.7 billion high-grade spirit stones alone are almost enough to compensate for the insufficient area of ​​the blessed land of Danqing Blessed Land. Your Majesty, gentlemen, are you very surprised? Hey, Minister Niu, are you so surprised that you almost fainted? How can this be possible?"

Ji Changsheng raised his hand and a stream of water appeared from the void, pouring it directly on Shangshu Niu's head to help him wake up.

How can I faint at such a happy moment? Let's rejoice together.

Minister Niu came back to his senses and looked at Ji Changsheng with bloodshot eyes and trembling lips.

"Ji Changsheng, you raided my house?"

Ji Changsheng couldn't let himself be blamed for this, so he seriously corrected him, "It was the Six Gates and the Inner Guards who did it. This elder never does such shameless things as competing with the people for profit."

Minister Niu's trembling spread from his lips to his entire body: "Did you really rob my house?"

Ji Changsheng thought about it and asked tentatively: "Like copying?"

"puff!"

Minister Niu was so angry that he vomited blood.

"If it's enough", is it enough? He still has a rough idea in his mind.

As for "like plagiarism", whether it was plagiarism or not? He naturally had an idea in his mind.

Moreover, how could the number of 3.7 billion high-quality spirit stones be so accurate if his house had not been raided?

"Ji Changsheng, you will not die well!"

After saying this, Minister Niu really fainted.

This time, Ji Changsheng did not use the awakening spell on Minister Niu again.

He just sighed lightly and said with relief: "Minister Niu fainted with joy. He has been in charge of the national treasury for many years. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. This elder understands his ecstatic mood and will not bother with him. Your Majesty, I am a kind-hearted person who cannot bear to see blood. Please give me a favor and let Minister Niu die a decent death - lingchi at Caishikou."

Ji Changsheng's kindness and generosity made all the officials and His Majesty shudder at the same time.

The Prime Minister was the first to react.

He is the Prime Minister after all.

My mental quality is still better than others.

He knew that Minister Niu could not be saved.

Three billion seven hundred million high-quality spirit stones were searched out of his house, and even the gods could not save him.

"Elder Ji is indeed merciful." The Prime Minister first praised Ji Changsheng, and then immediately drew a line between himself and Minister Niu: "I usually see Minister Niu dressed simply, but I didn't expect him to accept so many spirit stones in private. He deserves to be executed by slow slicing."

Ji Changsheng praised the Prime Minister: "The Prime Minister is still aware of the overall situation. No wonder his official position is higher than that of Minister Niu and his family property is larger than that of Minister Niu."

The prime minister's heart almost stopped: "Elder Ji, you are joking. I am a clean-handed person, completely different from a parasite like Minister Niu."

"Yes, we didn't find many spirit stones in the Prime Minister's house." Ji Changsheng nodded and said, "We only found a spirit card of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce in the Prime Minister's house. The Prime Minister's wife said that there are 9.8 billion high-quality spirit stones in the spirit card."

At this point, Ji Changsheng praised the Prime Minister again: "The Prime Minister's spiritual card did not break through 10 billion. I didn't expect this."

The prime minister's face was livid. "I am a veteran minister of three dynasties. Emperor Gaozu personally granted me a red-lettered iron certificate. How dare the Six Gates and the inner guards raid my house? Where is the national law? Where is the imperial edict?"

Ji Changsheng really didn't know that the Prime Minister had such a background.

He is a reasonable man.

So he said to the Prime Minister: "You want an imperial edict? Then I will ask His Majesty to write one for you now."

(End of this chapter)