Shangguan Yi was about to speak when Zhao Lin said sinisterly, "Don't mention that house, the maids and servants, the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver, jewelry, and beautiful concubines. They all belong to someone else. You only have twelve hours to use them. If you dare to insult my intelligence like this, I will make sure you die a miserable death."
Shangguan Yi opened his mouth, then suddenly knelt down, weeping bitterly: "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life. I was confused for a moment."
Zhao Lin said calmly: "Tell me, where did those things come from?"
Shangguan Yi said dejectedly, "They were all given to me by others. I accepted them because I was so poor. My Lord, I will return them immediately. Please spare my life."
"Hmph, as a prefect, you commit murder for money, oppress the good, force women into prostitution, and accept bribes, which are the lightest punishments. A person like you also want to live? Come, strip off his official robe and hat, and take him to the prison. After I report to the Ministry of Justice, he will be executed according to the law to serve as a warning to others." Zhao Lin shouted loudly.
Two yamen runners came up immediately, took off Shangguan Yi's official hat, pulled off his clothes, locked the iron chain with a rattling sound, and then dragged the embarrassed Shangguan Yi away, staggering away.
All the officials were shocked.
Feng Siyuan gritted his teeth secretly.
No wonder Zhao Lin took more than a month to convene a meeting with all officials.
This is taking the opportunity to collect criminal materials.
Poor Shangguan Yi became the chicken.
None of the officials dared to say a word.
Zhao Lin glanced over and said, "Everyone, does anyone have any opinions?"
The officials shook their heads.
"Your words are the imperial decree, we must obey you." A prefect said hurriedly.
Zhao Lin's face darkened. "How dare you! You want to harm me?"
The prefect quickly knelt down and said, "Please calm down, my lord. I said the wrong thing and I deserve a beating."
He slapped himself lightly twice on the mouth.
Zhao Lin said with a straight face, "Okay, sit down."
Only then did the prefect dare to sit down carefully.
Zhao Lin said, "I called you here today mainly to discuss this matter. If anyone disobeys my orders in the future, or pretends to obey but secretly disobeys, Shangguan Yi will be the one who will suffer the consequences!"
Everyone was shocked.
What he said means that Zhao Lin has already obtained evidence of their crimes?
How many officials are clean?
There are countless officials in Daqi, who dares to say that he is clean?
Even if he himself is clean, he cannot prevent his relatives and friends from taking advantage of him.
To borrow a folk saying.
The officials of Daqi were dragged out and lined up to be beheaded, and none of them were innocent.
Everyone understood it.
Zhao Lin is using the crimes they committed to control them.
No one knows how much Zhao Lin has mastered.
No one dares to gamble.
Today's meeting ended like this.
Watching everyone leave, Sudi said, "You're likely to arouse their rebellious thoughts by doing this."
Zhao Lin said calmly: "It doesn't matter, I just need them to be obedient."
night.
This group of scattered officials all gathered at Feng Siyuan's house.
"The governor has gone too far and even threatened us. Lord Feng, you have to take charge of us." said a prefect.
Feng Siyuan said lazily: "The governor is doing this for your own good. As long as you listen to him, everything will be fine."
"Master Feng, why do you have to do this? I don't believe you are not angry."
Another prefect said, "We have already made our stance clear by coming here today. Sir Feng, there is no need to overthink it."
Feng Siyuan chuckled and said, "I don't understand what you mean."
"Hey, Master Feng, we are all family, no need to test each other."
The commander-in-chief asked, "Sir, don't you want to be reinstated?"
Feng Siyuan finally stopped his pretentiousness and said, "Since we're all on the same page, I'll be frank. I welcome Mr. Zhao to be the governor. He has connections, and having him as our colleague will benefit us all. However, he's too radical in his actions. This isn't good. We need to slow down."
"Please tell me how to slow it down, sir," someone asked.
Feng Siyuan said, "Didn't the governor order the government offices to be rectified, the treasury and granary to be thoroughly checked, and the backlog of cases to be cleared? Everyone, take your time to sort it out. Don't rush to give it to him. Let's sort it out for two or three months first."
"That's a good idea."
"It's a good idea to delay time without offending the governor."
"We're doing this for the sake of Futai. He's so young, and it's inevitable that he'll make mistakes if he's too radical. There are so many people watching him."
These people said one after another.
Feng Siyuan smiled lightly, picked up his wine glass and said, "I hope everyone will get better and better under the leadership of the governor."
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"It took half a month to compile a list of provincial officials. What's the point of having you?"
Zhao Lin scolded.
Experienced officer Peng Zhang quickly said, "Please calm down, sir. We've been working overtime to handle this. There are simply too many people involved, and it's going to take too long."
Zhao Lin sneered and said, "I've asked you to do this, so I know how long it will take. I'll give you three more days. If you can't finish it, you'll all be dismissed."
Peng Zhang's expression changed: "Why are you so harsh, sir?"
Zhao Lin said calmly, "If you can't even do this little thing, what's the point of having you?"
As for the list of officials in the whole province, they were not required to investigate and inquire one by one, but to compile and summarize the lists reported by various states and counties.
It took half a month to complete this task, which shows that these people are just procrastinating.
Peng Zhang said calmly, "Since Your Excellency wants to deal with me, I have nothing to say. Please do not bother me. I will resign on my own initiative and ask for your approval."
Zhao Lin looked at Peng Zhang coldly, but Peng Zhang met Zhao Lin's gaze without fear.
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "It seems you have already discussed it. Well, you can go now."
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