Thinking in his heart, Zhao Lin remained calm on the surface and bowed to Bai Shiyuan, saying: "Please take good care of me in the future, Master."
After all, Li Xingye said at the last banquet that Bai Shiyuan was the mentor of all the successful candidates in the provincial examination, and Zhao Lin also acknowledged it.
Zhao Lin naturally didn't care about this little face. He just let her yell at him. At worst, he could go back and get back at the woman who bullied him.
Li Xingye was delighted. He could see that although Zhao Lin was young, he wasn't the type to care about appearances. He called out to him, saying, "This mission is crucial, but with you here, I'm sure it will be accomplished smoothly. Zhao Lin, do you have any ideas?"
Zhao Lin said, "Your Excellency, I still say the same thing. It will certainly cost the people money and time, but we must control it, otherwise it will easily lead to disaster."
If someone else said this to his face, they would definitely get angry, because this is something you are doing for the emperor.
However, Li Xingye was a man of integrity and nodded, saying, "That's why we all need to come up with a solution together. If you have any ideas, please share them with Lord Bai so that he can hear them."
Zhao Lin was shocked and asked, "Can you kill people?"
Li Xingye was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Who do you want to kill?"
Zhao Lin said, "Those who took advantage of the opportunity to embezzle the people's money."
Li Xingye thought for a moment and said, "Our country has its own laws. Of course, we can't kill people at will. But if you really break the law, I will not tolerate it."
Zhao Lin said, "With your advice, it's easier to deal with. My suggestion is to send one person to each place to monitor the situation. If any officials take advantage of the situation to plunder the people and don't deal with it, then the person who monitors the situation should be executed to serve as a warning to others."
Li Xingye's staff were in an uproar.
If we really send people down to keep an eye on them, they or their relatives and friends will definitely be among them, and there is no doubt that they will take the opportunity to do something.
If we follow Zhao Lin’s suggestion, a lot of people will die.
Someone immediately said, "That's inappropriate. This kind of thing can't be stopped. Isn't it too much to kill one of your own people for this?"
Zhao Lin looked at the man coldly and said, "How can you be considered one of us if you're colluding with corrupt local officials? Does that mean you're already prepared to embezzle money?"
"Don't, don't spit blood." The man said quickly, "I have followed you for ten years. When have I ever done anything illegal? Sir, please don't listen to Zhao Lin's nonsense."
Li Xingye waved his hand and said, "Zhao Lin was just saying it casually, don't take it seriously. But what Zhao Lin said does make sense. If the people we send to supervise collude with the local authorities, corruption will easily occur and go undetected."
Zhao Lin interrupted, "This requires strict laws to enforce."
Li Xingye nodded and asked, "Master Bai, what do you think of this suggestion?"
Bai Shiyuan said, "This is too harsh. His crime doesn't deserve death, so beheading him isn't necessary."
Zhao Lin said, "Master Bai, you're wrong. Do you believe that even with such strict regulations, there are people who dare to risk their lives to do it? A great thinker once said that as long as there's a 300% profit, those people will risk their lives to do it. This is more than 300%, it's a ten thousand profit with no investment."
Li Xingye's eyes lit up and he said, "Great! A 300% profit is enough to risk your life. Which great thinker said that?"
Zhao Lin hadn't expected his casual remark to be taken seriously by Li Xingye, so he could only reply, "I heard this from a scholar named Marx. I admire his words so much that I call him a great thinker."
Li Xingye frowned slightly: "I have never heard of anyone named Marx."
The others also shook their heads.
Zhao Lin said, "That's not important. What's important is the huge profits involved. If we don't take precautions, the consequences can be imagined. After all, some people even dare to embezzle disaster relief funds."
Everyone's expression changed slightly.
The Bai family is very close to the prince.
Bai Shiyuan's expression remained unchanged as he said, "What Zhao Lin said makes sense."
Li Xingye slammed the table and said, "Since you all agree, let's set the rules. Anyone who dares abuse public power for personal gain, exploits the opportunity of supervision to enrich loyal officials, or harms the people, regardless of the size of the offense, will be beheaded in public. How do you say that?"
Zhao Lin said: "Your Excellency is wise."
In fact, up to now, Zhao Lin has not yet integrated into this world. Everything he does is for the purpose of living a better life. As for the life and death of others, he does not care.
But even though he didn't care, he didn't want another Liangshan Water Margin incident to happen because of the Hua Shi Gang incident. It's not easy to live in troubled times.
Zhao Lin just wanted everyone to live in peace. It would be enough for him to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi (a scholar) and an official of moderate status.
Therefore, both publicly and privately, Zhao Lin would not allow anyone to cause trouble because of the Hua Shi Gang matter.
Once the tone of killing is set, everything else becomes easy to solve. It's just a matter of arranging which people will go to which state and province, how much each person will get, and who will be assigned to supervise these people.
After the final discussion and the people assigned to various places, Li Xingye formed an inspection team with Bai Shiyuan as the team leader and Zhao Lin as the deputy team leader, each leading ten people, responsible for inspecting the whole country.
Li Xingye himself stayed in Shengjing Prefecture to coordinate with all parties.
After the discussion, everyone dispersed.
"Zhao Lin."
Before leaving, Bai Shiyuan called Zhao Lin and hesitated for a moment. When Zhao Lin began to get impatient, he said, "Zhiyi is a good girl. Don't let her down."
Zhao Lin shouted, "How could I not know that she's a good girl? Do I need you to tell me? Why are you pretending to be a good man? If a good man takes her home, I won't take a penny. You dare not? Bah, you scumbag!"
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