"What a traitor! A traitor!"
Han Yuehua was so angry that her hands and feet were shaking.
"Fifty, no, six hundred thousand taels of silver!" Zhao Mingyu said, "This is the income of the mansion for the past ten years."
Although Zhao Jingzhou made a lot of gray income in Zhenbei Pass, most of it had to be distributed, and not much was actually given to the Zhenbei Marquisate, at most only 500,000 taels of silver a year.
They had already paid a lot of compensation because of Zhao Chenhan’s capture, and they were still trying to cheat and refuse to give it to Feng Siyuan.
Now that Zhao Lin had cheated her out of 600,000 taels of silver, Han Yuehua wished she could kill him with a single blow.
"Send someone to kill that rebellious son!" Han Yuehua said angrily.
Zhao Chenhan quickly said, "No! If the truth is revealed, it will affect my mother's reputation."
Han Yuehua angrily said, "What reputation do you still have now? All the money your father worked so hard to earn was given away for nothing by that rebellious son."
Zhao Chenhan said, "Brother, you did go too far, but you're still angry, so it's understandable. I believe that once your anger subsides, you'll definitely regret your actions."
"Hmph, what's the use of him regretting it? The money has already been given to others." Han Yuehua snorted coldly.
Zhao Chenhan smiled and said, "It's not given for nothing, at least I gained something."
"What did you gain?" Han Yuehua asked.
Zhao Mingyu and Zhao Mingya also wanted to listen.
Zhao Chenhan said, "It's not that I don't trust Fourth and Fifth Sisters, but the fewer people who know about this, the better."
Han Yuehua said: "You two go down first."
Zhao Mingyu and Zhao Mingya had no choice but to leave.
Zhao Chenhan said: "Feng Siyuan is willing to join me."
Han Yuehua asked, "Should I seek refuge with you, or with the Marquis' Mansion? Or with Prince Yu?"
Zhao Chenhan said: "Feng Siyuan is talking about joining me."
"Good son, I knew you could do it." Han Yuehua said happily, "Although Feng Siyuan is no longer a governor, but only a provincial governor, he can still be considered a high-ranking official. Now that there are people like him seeking refuge, there will surely be more in the future. Good boy, this trip was not in vain."
Zhao Chenhan asked, "Do you want to tell your brother-in-law?"
Han Yuehua thought for a moment and said, "Tell me, otherwise you'll have made a wasted trip and Prince Yu will be unhappy. Now that Feng Siyuan has joined us, we've accomplished something."
Zhao Chenhan went to Prince Yu's mansion and told him about Feng Siyuan's surrender. Prince Yu was indeed very happy.
"Good! You have made a great contribution!" said Prince Yu.
Zhao Chenhan said, "I dare not take credit for this. If it weren't for the prince, he wouldn't have surrendered."
Prince Yu nodded and said, "Your contribution is your contribution, and I will not take it away from you. As for Zhao Lin, he has repeatedly rejected my kindness and even defected to the Crown Prince. Does he really think I can do nothing about him?"
Zhao Chenhan asked, "How is your Highness going to deal with him?"
Prince Yu said: "Let him die!"
…
Everyone was waiting for Zhao Lin to make his first big move as a new official, but he remained very quiet. Apart from handling official business, he had not even met with the governors of the various prefectures.
Until a month later.
Zhao Lin ordered: "Call everyone here."
All the officials in the governor's office were summoned.
Civil officials include provincial governors, provincial judges, councilors, councilors, deputy envoys, and assistant censors.
Military officers include the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief, the assistant commander-in-chief, etc.
Other officials include Tongpan, Tuiguan, Lijing, Zhishi, Zhaomo, and Siyu.
In addition, the governors of various provinces also came.
A lot of people gathered together.
When the top leader takes office, these people naturally want to pay them a visit.
"Join Mr. Futai."
Led by the Governor Feng Siyuan and the Censor Su Di, everyone bowed and shouted.
Zhao Lin sat at the top, nodded slightly, and said, "Everyone, please take a seat."
Everyone sat down.
Zhao Lin said, "I called you all here today for no other reason than to get to know you and talk about my temper."
Everyone immediately straightened their backs and looked serious.
Zhao Lin said, "Everyone has heard of my name. I've also met many people before when I was collecting the Flower and Stone Gang, so I won't say much. The key point is my temper."
Zhao Lin had an expressionless face as he scanned everyone's faces one by one.
Some people looked at each other frankly, while others lowered their heads and dared not look at each other.
After looking at everyone, Zhao Lin said, "I have a bad temper, so please don't do anything that makes me unhappy. It could kill people. Understand?"
"Yes, we all understand."
Feng Siyuan spoke first, saying, "Don't worry, sir. We will definitely help you govern Jiujiang well."
Zhao Lin nodded. "Yes! It's all right, Lord Feng, as long as you have this awareness. Also, let me say one more thing. You may not understand my orders, but you must carry them out. Anyone who dares to disobey me and ruin my plans will learn what it means to be stuck between wanting to live but not being able to die."
threaten!
A naked threat!
Who could have thought that Zhao Lin, having just become the governor, would make such a blatant threat on the first day of the meeting with everyone.
Some people immediately became restless.
"Sir, is this too much?"
An official stood up and said with a bow, "If your order is correct, we will carry it out. But if it violates the laws of Daqi, do we still have to carry it out?"
Zhao Lin said with a straight face: "Who are you?"
"My name is Shangguan Yi, and I am honored to serve as the prefect of Fuzhou." said the official.
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "Shangguan Yi, though he's called a righteous man, often does unjust things. Whenever he takes a fancy to a girl, he uses coercion and bribery. If she refuses, he plots to murder the entire family, forcing several families to death. Lord Shangguan, is this true?"
Shangguan Yi's face flushed and his neck thickened as he cried out, "Unjust! This is unjust! Please, sir, investigate!"
Zhao Lin scoffed and said, "Let's put this aside for now. Before you became the prefect, your family was poor, but after you became the prefect, your family wealth exceeded one million taels of silver. The so-called three-year clean prefecture earned one hundred thousand taels of silver. You made far more than a hundred thousand. Lord Shangguan, how do you explain this?"
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