allonlinenovel Chapter 962 What else wouldn't they dare to do!
Chapter 962 What else wouldn't they dare to do!
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At the Guide Prefecture post station, the door to Liu Kui's room was kicked open from the outside. A junior officer of the Imperial Guard led several brothers into the room, staring coldly at Liu Kui and saying, "Minister Liu, your case has been exposed!"
Then, the junior officer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard witnessed firsthand what it meant to change one's expression—Liu Kui's face changed from surprise and uncertainty when he broke down the door to a mixture of surprise and anger, and then to despair, with a hint of surprise, anger and fear mixed in with the despair.
If they fall into the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they will probably suffer a fate worse than death, and their families and even their entire clan will be implicated.
Liu Kui's expression changed repeatedly, but several Jinyiwei soldiers did not hesitate and rushed to Liu Kui's side. Two of them twisted Liu Kui's arms and two of them worked together to tie Liu Kui up with ropes, while the remaining one directly dislocated Liu Kui's jaw to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide, or to prevent him from hiding some poison in his mouth.
The Imperial Guard captain walked up to Liu Kui, patted his face, and then instructed several Imperial Guard soldiers, "Take him away and hand him over to His Highness the Crown Prince and the Garrison Commander for punishment."
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Beijing.
Emperor Zhu paced back and forth in the Qianqing Palace several times, his expression gradually changing from gloomy to ferocious.
"Beasts!"
"Bastard!"
"What wouldn't they dare to do!"
Emperor Zhu swept several textbooks off the table and roared, "We were wrong! We were too soft-hearted! We trusted them too much!"
"If it weren't for those two little rascals and Mr. Shan discovering something, we might still be kept in the dark!"
“Look, Mr. Qingtian, look at what they’ve done.”
"We were just a little careless, and they caused such a commotion!"
The Emperor Zhu was so angry that he trembled. After cursing for a while, he pointed to the textbooks on the ground and said to Liu Bowen, "They are trying to uproot our Great Ming! They are trying to destroy the eternal foundation of our Great Ming!"
Liu Bowen picked up a textbook with a bewildered look, but after flipping through a few pages, he closed his eyes.
I've seen people court death, but I've never seen anyone court death as recklessly as Liu Kui!
When Hu Yuantian's time came to an end, a certain local gentry led the people to welcome the king's army with food and drink.
Damn it!
If I remember correctly, the local gentry provided Hu Yuan with money, grain, and manpower!
A certain local gentry member voluntarily distributed his land to tenant farmers.
If I remember correctly, the gentry did not distribute the land to the tenants, but rather forcibly sold it to them.
Moreover, the reason for selling the land was that a certain prince consort introduced a progressive land tax system, and the local gentry chose to sell the land because they were unwilling to bear too much tax.
The "Introduction to Criminal Law" prepared for county schools was particularly absurd—a county magistrate embezzled a certain amount of tax revenue, but instead of spending it himself, he used it to repair roads. The question was, how should the magistrate be dealt with?
This isn't just blatant lying like the previous two examples; this is pure, utter nonsense!
The officials risked their lives to embezzle money and grain, but instead of spending it on themselves, they used it to build roads. Does this mean we are overestimating the officials' integrity or underestimating their intelligence?
If a county wants to build a road, it's either because the Ministry of Works decides to build a road in the county, in which case the national treasury funds the funds, or the county magistrate wants to build a road himself, in which case the county treasury funds the funds. What kind of nonsense is it to use money obtained through corruption to build a road?
However, the reality is that there's no limit to how absurd things can get.
Q: A landlord accidentally killed another landlord's dog while fighting over fertilized land with its manure. The two got into an argument, and the dog owner started the fight. The landlord who was fighting over the manure accidentally killed the dog owner. How should this landlord be convicted?
Liu Bowen sighed slightly, closed the textbook in his hand, tidied up the textbook on the ground, and then bowed to Emperor Zhu, saying, "Your Majesty, I am also responsible for this situation. It is because the Censorate failed to supervise properly. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."
Emperor Zhu chuckled coldly and said, "We'll talk about your Censorate's affairs later."
"We have already sent someone to notify the Embroidered Uniform Guard to arrest him."
"The Minister of Rites, the Vice Minister of Rites, and the people from that newly established publishing house—arrest anyone involved in this case, no matter who they are."
The Emperor Zhu's expression grew increasingly ferocious: "This time, we'll interrogate slowly, question them thoroughly. We want to see just who has the audacity to cause such a commotion right under our noses!"
At this point, Emperor Zhu pointed to a memorial on the table and asked Chen Zhong to give it to Liu Bowen.
"Mr. Qingtian, take a look at these two again."
“Those two bastards had someone produce an ‘Investigation Report’ and then co-authored this memorial. What’s inside is truly shocking.”
"We never imagined that people could be this bad!"
Liu Bowen, once again bewildered, unfolded the memorial, read it, and then opened the "Investigation Report" next to it.
Even though it was already June, Liu Bowen still felt cold all over, and his hands and feet trembled involuntarily.
Humans cannot, at the very least, be this bad.
A landlord opened soup kitchens and distributed grain during years of famine, and even lent grain to the people to help them get through the crisis.
Was he a good landlord?
Yes, if you lend out one bushel of grain, you have to get three bushels back.
As for natural disasters or not?
What does that have to do with me?
The agreed-upon rent amount must be paid in full.
No money or grain to pay rent?
That's easy! Sell your children, and I'll give you a fair price.
For example, a young woman in her early teens could be rented for three strings of cash, which is roughly equivalent to one-third of a cow. Isn't that a high price?
The gentry of a mere county managed to drive fifty-nine people to their deaths, ruin dozens of families, and whip nearly a hundred tenant farmers who couldn't pay their rent by tying them to wooden stakes. Various forms of private torture were rampant, and nearly a hundred children were sold or killed by him.
The gentry even went so far as to say, "If you are not satisfied, you can go to the county to sue me."
If you can walk to the county seat alive.
Even if you manage to survive and reach the county, do you think the officials will side with you peasants or with me?
Liu Bowen was terrified. In the end, he could only take a deep breath, cup his hands and bow to Emperor Zhu, saying, "Your Majesty, I will lead my colleagues in the Censorate to thoroughly investigate these old cases."
Go to hell!
They should all die!
These inhuman bastards are courting death themselves and constantly trying to drag others down with them!
Fortunately, this time they were dragging Li Shanchang!
Fortunately, most of my fellow townsmen from eastern Zhejiang have already died.
Otherwise, wouldn't I be in trouble again this time?