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The next day, inside the Yingqiuqi Palace.
Zhang Tianshang reported many high-ranking officials at the court meeting according to Qi Xiaobai's intentions.
Of course, these high-ranking officials were not randomly reported by Zhang Tianshang, they were selected after his very deep selection.
These people have a common characteristic, they are all in high positions, they are all born in the cold window and Zhang Tianshang, and there is no scholar clan behind them.
Zhang Tianshang knows the truth that persimmons are soft pinching, although these are all high-ranking officials, they have no backers, and there is another point, they are just mediocre people among high-ranking officials.
This kind of killing will be killed, and it will not cause any loss to Qi Guo, after all, although this group of people has been studying hard for many years, and they are more knowledgeable than ordinary people, but they are just some ordinary mediocre talents, and after killing, Qi Guo will not cause a little loss.
However, they are all in high positions, and if they are reported and punished, it can give some warning to the scholars and other executives to know what to do.
Qi Xiaobai is ready to fight corruption, and let himself take the lead in fighting corruption, when the time comes, he will definitely fight against some scholars, he is now also a chicken to show the monkey, if these scholars are smart, they will definitely be willing to hand over their property and confiscate it like themselves.
Of course, if he meets someone who is not smart, he Zhang Tianshang will have to deal with them, but Zhang Tianshang still thinks that there are many smart people.
The officials who were reported all glared at Zhang Tianshang, and they did not expect that they would be reported by Zhang Tianshang.
Zhang Tianshang is actually from the same background as them, and it stands to reason that they are a faction, of course, this is just what they think, and Zhang Tianshang once thought so.
Later, he found that these people all went to seek refuge in the Shi clan, and they gradually separated from Zhang Tianshang.
The most important thing is that they know that Zhang Tianshang is a huge greed, and compared to greed, they feel that they are incomparable to Zhang Tianshang.
After all, the treasury managed by Zhang Tianshang and the economy of Qi must be higher than them, but Zhang Tianshang's contribution far exceeds theirs.
This is also the reason why Qi Xiaobai knows that Zhang Tianshang is a huge greedy person and still stays, because Zhang Tianshang is a talent, the economy of Qi State, and the economy of Yingqiu City are very good, which is very due to Zhang Tianshang's contributions.
So Qi Xiaobai was reluctant to kill Zhang Tianshang, of course, the treasury of Qi was empty, and Zhang Tianshang, who was a huge greed, was entangled in his family, and Qi Xiaobai wanted to enrich the treasury of Qi in the name of fighting corruption, and this Zhang Tianshang immediately made an example, that is, to donate all his family property.
Although this is poor, it has won the favor of Qi Xiaobai, and when the treasury improves, it is not a problem to have so much money.
Of course, to enrich the treasury with corruption, this is also where Qi Xiaobai got inspiration from Zhang Tianshang, if Zhang Tianshang didn't say donating money, maybe Qi Xiaobai couldn't think of this.
Zhang Tianshang reported more than ten ministers at once, and Qi Xiaobaizi sat on the chair, very happy in his heart, but his face showed a very sad and angry look.
"Minister, also report, Zhang Tianshang is corrupt!" At this time, an official pointed to Zhang Tianshang and said.
"You say Zhang Tianshang is corrupt?" Qi Xiaobai looked at the group of people and asked.
"Return, Duke Huan Yes, if we are corrupt, but compared to Zhang Tianshang, it is simply a small thing!" Where did an official say.
"But did you Zhang Tianshang donate all your family property to the treasury yesterday?" Qi Xiaobai glared at everyone and said.
Everyone was stunned, the officials kneeling on the ground were stunned, and those who were standing were also stunned, Guan Zhong was also a little surprised, they didn't expect that Zhang Tianshang, who was so greedy for money, would be willing to donate all his family property.
Guan Zhong guessed what Qi Xiaobai was going to do from the beginning of the court meeting, and he also agreed with Qi Xiaobai's actions very much, after all, now that the treasury is empty, they must find a way to enrich the treasury to give the treasury an urgent need.
"You disappointed me so much, you are just corrupt, and you even framed the important ministers in the court, and framed the people who are dedicated to the country and the society!" Qi Xiaobai said indignantly.
Qi Xiaobai stood up: "Look at yourselves, are you feeling good about corrupting so much money?" ”
"You take out your heart and see if it's still red?"
"I'm very sad and indignant, you are usual, you are all standing aside with a breeze on your sleeves, I thought that everyone was the pillars of the imperial court, if it wasn't for Zhang Tian to report you, I didn't know that your hearts were so black, you were actually moths in the Qi country!" Qi Xiaobai said angrily.
Qi Xiaobai was actually still shocked, although Qi Xiaobai knew that there was corruption within the Qi State, but he didn't expect that the corruption was so serious, and these more than ten officials were corrupt together, as high as nearly 20 million......
In fact, when Zhang Tianshang reported them, he was also stunned when he turned over their bills, and he didn't expect that there would be so much corruption among these people.
Of course, the reason why they have so much money is because they help businessmen do things, and businessmen are the richest people in Qi country, and money is indispensable for doing things for businessmen.
They have made a lot of policies for businessmen, helping businessmen get rich, and when they help businessmen get rich, they endanger the interests of Qi State, of course, they don't care about this, as long as they have money, it's fine.
Of course, the more than 20 million also include the assets of the merchants, after all, the merchants they help are also corrupt elements, and they also need to be confiscated, and the ten of them plus the businessmen they help have enriched the treasury of Qi with more than 20 million assets at once.
The amount of 20 million is very much, Qi Xiaobai gave 30 million to the Chu State, and let him go to the Central Plains to start a war, and although 20 million is not as much as 30 million, 20 million is two-thirds of 30 million, ten ministers and a group of businessmen have such a huge self-proclaim, which is indeed shocking.
20 million can alleviate Qi Guo's urgent need now, but Qi Xiaobai tasted the sweetness and didn't want it to end like this, he still let Zhang Tian do it.
After today, Qi began to usher in the anti-corruption storm, all officials are in danger, of course, some smart officials in order to survive, before Zhang Tianshang did not find them, they first went to Zhang Tianshang to donate their family property, to ask for their lives.
Of course, after they survived, they did not want to stay in the officialdom, and they all resigned and returned to their hometowns.
However, because Zhang Tianshang wanted to confiscate their family property, he ushered in the resistance of many scholars, among which the scholars of Xuzhou 'Zhongcheng' resisted the most.
Among them, a 'Zhongcheng' rebellion broke out, and they rebelled in the name of the Qing monarch's side, and they asked Qi Xiaobai to dispose of Zhang Tianshang, force Qi Xiaobai to let Chan, and welcome Qi Jiu to the throne.
The Zhongcheng Rebellion was organized by the Yue warriors who had been attached to the Qi State, and they instantly formed an army of 30,000 people and broke through the three cities in three days!