"Master Zhang, I'...... The lower official is guilty, the lower official is guilty," Wang Dezhao, who heard Zhang Fan speak to himself in that stern voice again, couldn't stand this feeling anymore, left his seat, and came to Zhang Fan's front with a "poof" and knelt down so straight, the one who knocked his head was really called a sound, and Zhang Fan who listened to it was a little painful for him.

"Oh, Lord Wang is guilty," Zhang Fan still didn't say why he was so to him, and still asked, "Is this...... The official was a little confused, and he didn't know what crime Lord Wang had committed to make such a big gift."

"Lord Zhang, my good Qincha lord, you have beaten a lot of people, spare the lower officials, don't torture the lower officials," Wang Dezhao said this sentence can be described as tears, if you are more careful, you can really see the tears on his face, "The lower officials know that the adults are here to thoroughly investigate the corrupt officials, and now that the huge greedy Liu Shan has been punished, and the lower officials are also ...... Xia Guan knew that Xia Guan was not clean, and even threatened the adult's uncle Zhang Yuanwai, but Xia Guan was also an unintentional mistake, and now please ...... Please also ask Lord Qincha to spare me, and don't ask for my life,"

Zhang Fan heard his words, he had already laughed in his heart, and even on his face, he almost couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, Zhang Fan's face straightened, and he still had a serious expression, but it was much better than just now, and asked Wang Dezhao: "Wang Dezhao, let me ask you, you said that you were not clean as an official in the past, can you tell this official in detail, what have you done?"

"Xiaguan...... Xiaguan ......" Zhang Fan asked this, Wang Dezhao was not easy to answer, he squeaked for a while, and said: "...... In the past, the lower officials withheld the money issued by the yamen to catch fast; Every year, when collecting taxes from the surrounding townships, the lower officials will also make some hands to collect more, but the lower officials dare to assure the adults with their lives that the lower officials will never collect more, and there has never been a situation where the people are not making a living; Every year, when the lower officials pay taxes and silver to the household department, they will always do something in the accounts, making a little bad harvest, so that they can keep some silver privately, but it is not much, and the household department will not notice such a small difference at all; Last month, the lower officials also demanded some silver from all the big families in the city who had some land in their names in the name of Hai Rui, the governor of the heavens, in the name of investigating Haohao's strong encroachment on fertile land; The lower official also ......"

Zhang Fan listened to Wang Dezhao tell him about his crimes at the beginning, but gradually, the more Zhang Fan listened, the more wrong he became, and the more he listened, the more impatient he became. It is to let him be the prefect of such a prosperous place in Yangzhou for another ten years, he can't be greedy for much money, Zhang Fan gave Wang Dezhao a rough calculation, according to his kind of greed, he can't be greedy for five thousand taels of silver a year, and it is still a good harvest year, if there is a drought or flood, let alone a big disaster, it is a small disaster, Wang Dezhao can't be greedy for these silver.

The people of the Song Dynasty said a sentence, "Three years to clear the prefect's house, 100,000 snowflakes of silver", this sentence is satirizing the various system loopholes in the local area, even those who are relatively honest officials, in case the prefect has been doing three years can also get a hundred thousand taels, if those who are already holding the intention of corrupt and bending the law to be officials, then I don't know how many silver taels can be greedy every year.

From this point of view, although this Wang Dezhao is greedy, and he is very greedy, but in fact, he is much better than some officials with a reputation for being honest, which really makes Zhang Fan a little puzzled, after all, the first impression of this Wang Dezhao is definitely not a clean official, his fat, anyone who looks at it will feel that it is because of corruption and bending the law, and the fact is that the Ming Dynasty officials have very little money every year. Even if he achieves the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, which is now above 10,000 people under one person, the annual income is not much, and Wang Dezhao spends almost all the money he embezzles in several places every year, which is why he has such a look.

To tell the truth, Zhang Fan still didn't believe that Wang Dezhao had only done this kind of sneaky small business until just now, in his mind, Wang Dezhao must have done something big, but he kept hearing Wang Dezhao finish speaking, he didn't say anything big, the biggest thing is something related to Uncle Zhang Fan, the funny thing is that the incident was interrupted because of Zhang Fan's arrival, if Zhang Fan really wanted to investigate, he could only go to Wang Dezhao's trouble in the name of personal grudges, if he wanted to go on the right path, there was not even a piece of evidence.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Zhang Fan believes that Wang Dezhao is now frightened by himself, and must have said everything he has done, but Zhang Fan has not heard any unforgivable mistakes, and Zhang Fan feels that Wang Dezhao is now so frightened that even a little trivial thing has been said, thinking that these should be what he did.

But these are not the point, Zhang Fan now has some things to use Wang Dezhao, but before using him, Zhang Fan has to beat him well, and when Wang Dezhao finishes speaking, Zhang Fan immediately deliberately straightens his face, squints at Wang Dezhao and says: "This official remembers that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu has issued a royal order, but anyone who is an official and embezzles more than ten taels of silver will be executed immediately. But this imperial decree is still available, and it is still useful, but now it has become a tool for political enemies to fight each other, but if the official wants to use it, he can still use it."

"Knock knock......" Wang Dezhao heard Zhang Fan say this, and immediately began to kowtow, and the force was indeed spared, Zhang Fan could even see some blood stains on the ground from the moment he raised his head.

"Stop, stop, what are you doing," Zhang Fan immediately stopped Wang Dezhao from doing this, too, if it goes on like this, people are estimated to faint.

"My lord, I ...... I beg you not to kill me," Wang Dezhao pleaded in a mournful voice, his voice trembling with great fear.

"Did I say I was going to kill you," Zhang Fan asked rhetorically and said, "Get up for me and sit down in my seat,"

Wang Dezhao listened to Zhang Fan's words, but he was a little hesitant and refused to move, it seemed that he didn't trust Zhang Fan, and it was also said that any official who committed a crime told the commander of Jinyiwei that he had committed the corruption and perversion of the law, and I believe that it would not be like Zhang Fan is showing now, he looked completely indifferent, and even asked him to sit down and drink and eat food together, which is just human nature.

"Why, do you want me to send someone to check on you now," Zhang Fan said in a low voice when he saw that he didn't move, but there was endless threats in those words.

When Wang Dezhao heard this, his body trembled again, and he quickly sat on the stool tremblingly, Zhang Fan looked at Wang Dezhao's face, and saw that there was indeed a wound on his forehead, but maybe it was because the flesh on his head was too thick, and there was not much blood flowing, and the wound was also very latent and the blood on the ground just now was just a wound rubbed on the ground and wiped on.

Looking at Wang Dezhao, who looked cowering, Zhang Fan asked a question in his heart: "Tell me, you just said that Liu Shan is a huge greed, how do you know this, could it be ......?"

"Don't get me wrong, my lord, I don't have the slightest relationship with that Liu Shan," Wang Dezhao hurriedly shook his hand and said, "When I just took office as the prefect of Yangzhou that year, that Liu Shan did look for me, and it seemed that he wanted to pull me into the gang to do something big, but my lord, I have a greedy heart, but I still have to be more precious to my own life. But some truths are still understood, if you do something like Liu Shan, something will happen sooner or later, so I didn't want to have anything to do with Liu Shan at all, and he didn't say what he was going to do, so I had already rejected him, for fear that after listening to it, I wouldn't be able to get rid of the relationship.

"Although I don't know what he is, but I am also very curious, so I secretly checked Liu Shan, and I didn't find anything in the first year, until the second year, when I was about to give up, I found that Liu Shan had some connections with many officials in the whole of Jiangsu, and after knowing about this matter, I never asked about it again,"

"Oh, that's what happened," Zhang Fan listened to his words and said, "You understand very well, you know that Liu Shan is doing something that wants to lose his head, but he can resist the temptation and withdraw in time, which is shrewd, it seems that I underestimated you, I didn't expect you to be smarter than you looked,"

"My lord has won the award, how smart is Xia Guan," Wang Dezhao said a little embarrassed, "Xia Guan is cowardly, just worried about his own life,"

"Anyway, at least you say it's still good," Zhang Fan said, "Although you are so greedy, but because you are afraid that your life will not be guaranteed, so even if you want to get some silver to spend, you are looking for something that will hardly be noticed to do, and get a little pocket money, so speaking of which, you can be regarded as a clean official in the Ming Dynasty today,"

"My lord said with a smile," Wang Dezhao also said with a smile, but the smile on his face was really helpless.

"What's the matter, I have something I need your help with now," Zhang Fan said the purpose of asking him to come over today, "Would you like to help me?"