If at this time, there are still people who have not understood the intention of Li Xianbo to stand up just now, they are not worthy of standing in today's court.

Of course, it is impossible for His Majesty to arrest all the corrupt officials in the court or drag them out and behead them, so that not only the court will collapse, but the entire official system of Jingguo will collapse.

However, corruption is real, and His Majesty cannot be regarded as not seeing it, and if it is lightly exposed, I am afraid that this phenomenon will become more serious in the future.

His Majesty needs a step, and some officials in the court also need a step, or a chance to forgive their sins.

Now that opportunity has arisen.

After an official from the household department came out, another official stood up and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the students of the Arithmetic Academy are the pillars of the imperial court in the future, and the minister is willing to donate five thousand taels for the Arithmetic Academy." ”

As soon as the words fell, one person followed: "The minister is willing to donate 8,000 taels for the women's college." ”

"The minister donated 10,000 taels to the Academy of Sciences."

"Your Majesty has worked hard for the country, and he does not hesitate to reduce the amount of the internal government, and the minister is deeply ashamed and is willing to donate half of the family property......"

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The officials of the Manchu Dynasty have never been so patriotic and loyal to the monarch, and a "share worries for the monarch" will donate tens of thousands of taels at every turn, which will definitely be a strong stroke in the history books in the future.

During the Jinghe period, the emperor was merciful and exempted the taxes of many disaster-stricken state capitals, resulting in the emptiness of the treasury, and in February of the third year of Jinghe, the courtiers generously donated nearly one million taels of silver in one day, and even more, donated half of the family wealth, which was actually a model among the officials, and was used by many kings in later generations to spur the ministers......

On the top of the Golden Palace, Emperor Jing sat firmly on the dragon chair, and the expression on his face was much more soothing than just now.

I don't know when the table has been moved in front of me, and Ma Zhongcheng of the Imperial History Desk is sitting there, taking up a pen to record, and the courtiers are lining up one by one, scrambling to give away their family wealth.

For them, it's not a scattering of wealth, it's a struggle for life.

The officials present here have now left a criminal record with His Majesty, and His Majesty does not seem to want to pursue it at this time, but in such a situation, if someone pretends to be stupid, the end will not be much better than those who were dragged out just now.

Even some officials don't know how much they are greedy at all, and they have to roughly estimate a number at the moment, only more and not less, and if the surplus money in the family is not enough, they will smash the pot and sell iron, and they will have to make up the pieces, in case Your Majesty finds that the number is not right, they may use their official positions or heads to make up the number.

I really can't make it up, so I can only donate most of my family wealth and use sincerity to influence Your Majesty.

Ma Zhongcheng sat in front of the table, writing in italics with one hand extremely upright, looked up at the officials who came over, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu, how many tens of thousands of taels?" ”

"Twenty thousand."

"Lord Zhou?"

"10,000 ......"

"Guardian ......"

"Five thousand."

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"Boy, tell the old man honestly, did you come up with this idea?" Old General Xue stood behind the pillar, looked at Li Yi and asked.

"Xue Lao's words are not right, this kind of thing, there is a kid who can participate in it." Li Yi waved his hand, shook his head and said.

Old General Xue looked incredulous, to say that this kid didn't ...... with His Majesty and hooked up with ......His Majesty, to say that this kid didn't collude with His Majesty, how could he remind them to seize the opportunity just now?

Li Xuan was about to walk over there, but was grabbed by Li Yi, looked at him and asked, "Why are you going?" ”

"Donate silver...... Li Xuan looked puzzled and asked, "So many people have donated, don't you plan to donate some?" ”

Old General Xue shook his head, Li Mingzhu glanced at him and did not speak.

Li Yi sighed, waved his hand and said, "Go, go, go......"

Li Xuan looked at his expression, immediately stood still, and said, "No, is there something I didn't think of here?" ”

Li Yi pointed to the dozens of officials who were chatting on the side, and asked, "Why don't they donate?" ”

He is really beginning to wonder now if this guy's brain is really lacking and has no political sensitivity at all, and in this regard, Her Royal Highness the Princess is stronger than him as a woman.

After a while, Li Xuan finally suddenly realized, "High, really high, which immoral guy came up with this method, if those corrupt officials know about it, they must not hate him to death?" ”

"Thank you, Uncle Li." When an unfamiliar official walked over, he stopped beside Li Yi for a moment, arched his hand, and whispered.

In Li Xuan's surprised eyes, another person came over, lowered his voice and said, "Lord Li's kindness is remembered by the lower officials. ”

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"A suggestion for you." After dealing with a few people, Li Yi looked back at Li Xuan and said, "After you go back, eat more walnuts, remember not to use the door clamp ......"

Her Royal Highness the princess walked over from there, frowned slightly, and said: "Unexpectedly, there are so many moths in the imperial court, and the fifth-grade officials and sixth-grade officials are still like this, if it goes up a little higher, wouldn't it be even more daring and reckless?" ”

Li Yi shook his head and said: "Petty officials are hugely greedy, and the higher they go, the less common this phenomenon is. ”

The higher the official rank, the more attention will be paid to reputation, and countless people will stare at every move, not to mention, tens of thousands of taels of silver, for them, disdain, at that level, which official does not have a huge family and power behind him, and how stupid a person will do it if he delays his career for silver.

On the one hand, these officials can't be easily moved, on the other hand, Li Yi checked the results of the account inventory, except for a few, the rest of the degree is relatively slight and harmless.

After all, Jingguo's annual tax revenue does not exceed 10 million taels, and the old emperor is not blind, so he has disappeared too much at once, and it is impossible not to see it.

Of course, this is Kyoto, and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the situation outside Kyoto is definitely much more serious than here.

The old emperor really got into the eyes of money, and today's early dynasty will not disperse until a long time.

Today's early dynasty, after all, is still beyond everyone's expectations, there is thunder, but it doesn't last long, it's more of a breeze and drizzle, the difference is that if someone doesn't know each other, the drizzle may be followed by thunder.

How much I am greedy I still have points in my heart, this time His Majesty is extrajudicial and gracious, but he only disposes of a few typical ones, and the rest of the people, if they take the initiative to donate silver, will not be held accountable, but it is only this time.

If you have escaped this time, you may not be able to avoid the next time, some people in the court, from now on, I am afraid that you will have to do things carefully, if there is any more out of line, then the new account and the old account will be counted together......

Of course, in the eyes of those officials who have not been affected, His Majesty's move is really clever.

After today, the situation of the entire court has changed greatly, and all forces have been reshuffled, especially the Shu King line, which has suffered heavy losses, among which the Qin family, the Chen family, the Cui family and other big families have suffered a lot of losses, but they have not been shaken by the fundamentals, but for those officials who have a shallow foundation, they have been taken by His Majesty, and they can only ask for more blessings in the future......

It is foreseeable that in the future, His Majesty's control of the entire court will reach the peak of the past, and even reach the peak that the previous emperors of Jingguo did not reach......

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"Your Majesty, that's the matter of the academy repairing the lake......" In the apse, Li Yi looked at Emperor Jing and asked tentatively.

"Thirty thousand taels." Emperor Jing seemed to be in a good mood, waved his hand and said, "I only give 30,000 taels, and you can figure out the rest yourself." ”

After Li Yi was stunned, he immediately arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will retire first!" ”

Looking at his decisive move, the expression on Emperor Jing's face froze, and he asked, "How much silver did you originally plan to ask me?" ”

Li Yi had already stepped out of the palace gate with one foot, turned around and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister originally planned to ask for 50,000 taels, but the treasury is tight, and the remaining 20,000 taels, the minister should find a way by himself." ”

"Should I have said 10,000 taels just now?" After Li Yi's figure disappeared, Emperor Jing touched his chin and said with a look of regret.

Changde thought for a while and said, "Looking at Li Xianbo's straightforward and decisive appearance just now, it's okay to be afraid of five thousand taels." ”