Many officials burst into laughter immediately, thinking to themselves, isn't this guy slapping His Majesty the Emperor in the face
One hundred taels, even if you can say it, this is too low a price.
However, the few ministers who laughed out loud were shocked to find that they were immediately faced with the eyes of no fewer than hundreds of pairs of knives.
Among them, His Majesty the Emperor himself was included!
Wu Lie, the Minister of Punishment, was an extremely rare official with a strong character and even a pedantic character in the Yutang Empire.
Since he became an official, whether he was the first seventh-grade county magistrate or the current second-grade official, he has never accepted any funding or any interaction!
Even if someone invited him to have a meal or drink tea, he would never agree!
This person's management of himself and his family is even more stringent to the point of being almost unreasonable.
"Your Majesty granted me an official position and gave me a salary, which is the reward I deserve for serving the imperial court! But other benefits are not things I deserve! As the saying goes, I am short-handed and soft-spoken. I, Wu Lie, I cannot be sorry for the official position I hold, I cannot be sorry for His Majesty’s trust, and I cannot be sorry for the eyes of all the people!”
"Especially since I am now the head of the Criminal Department, in charge of the world's criminal laws! I should strictly discipline myself and examine myself three times!"
"Nothing like this can happen to me!"
"In my eyes, there is no extramarital justice. The law is the law! If a prince breaks the law, he will be guilty like the common people!"
After Mr. Wu took office, the number of cases in the Yutang Empire has indeed decreased a lot in the past few years, and officials have also dealt with matters in a cryptic manner.
No one dares to be as upright and unscrupulous as before.
It can be said that Mr. Wu is the one who can turn the tide and implement the current laws and regulations of the Yutang Empire!
Countless corrupt officials, even if they are not caught by him, will feel guilty when they see him and want to tremble and confess...
But it was this Master Wu who suffered many tragic events one after another.
The first is his beloved wife. Before Wu Lie was in her thirties, when Wu Lie was still the minister of the Ministry of Justice, her legs were chopped off due to retaliation. Afterwards, it was found that in addition to her legs being disabled, she had also been poisoned and her entire body had been poisoned. Paralyzed, like a living dead.
His son was also imprisoned for many days in retaliation. Although he survived by chance, he was not only weak and sick, but was also poisoned and blinded. To this day, he has not improved at all, and he only uses medicine to maintain his life.
And the medicines used to keep his wife and son alive are expensive and expensive.
As a result, Mr. Wu's life has been extremely difficult these years. Some kind people couldn't bear it, so they secretly sent a bag of silver to him in the middle of the night and placed it in the yard of his home.
But as soon as he discovers it, he will throw it out without saying a word!
Regardless of whether your move was a kind intention or a deliberate gift, in Mr. Wu's heart: I don't want the money that I shouldn't get!
Even if I die of poverty, starvation and misery, I don’t want it!
In fact, Lord Yun Yang, Lord Yun, had sent people to deliver silver and gold to Master Wu’s house many times, but even if he told him that it was from Jiu Zun, Master Wu still shook his head. It sounds like a rattle, but it won't be accepted.
Even sometimes, His Majesty the Emperor doesn’t want extra rewards!
I have done a good job and His Majesty gave me a reward. I want it. It is the reward I deserve and I deserve it.
However, I feel that I have not done a good job. Your Majesty gave me a reward, so why should I accept it? Why are you giving me a reward? Isn’t this unclear rewards and punishments? Not accepted!
Sometimes His Majesty the Emperor even gets so angry that his liver aches because this minister refuses to accept his reward.
For such an official to be able to spend one hundred taels now, this is already far beyond his limit!
"This, Wu Aiqing." His Majesty the Emperor had no reaction at all to the one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand pledged by other officials. However, when he saw Wu Lie taking out the one hundred taels, he suddenly felt his heart twitching and painful. .
"Let's forget about the money you pledged. Take this money back and take care of your own life." His Majesty the Emperor said with some regret.
"This pledge of donation is an act made by all the ministers, but the humble ministers are no exception, and they should not be exceptions. I still have seventeen, seventeen, two, three, and five cents at home, which is enough to survive this month." Wu Liegang Just like a smile appeared on the iron-colored face.
"But... there are still expenses for loving your wife and children. This donation is voluntary, and you have to do your best to help others." His Majesty the Emperor comforted him with gentle words: "Take it back."
Wu Lie said seriously: "Your Majesty, I also know that the hundred taels of silver pledged by me are just a drop in the bucket and will not help the overall situation. It is far from being comparable to others. However, I am a member of the Yutang Empire after all. If the empire is in trouble, I consider myself responsible. I am also obliged to donate funds. Furthermore, this money is my own money. I can take it if I want to. If I don’t want to take it, I can’t take it.”
This sentence is so cute.
In layman's terms, it is: I can spend my own money however I like. Do you have any control over it? You... Even if you are the emperor, do you still care about how I spend my salary? !
His Majesty the Emperor was almost stunned by these words.
Marshal Qiu and Leng Daoyin laughed out loud at the same time. The two old guys laughed loudly and pointed at Wu Lie: "This is his donkey!"
Wu Lie replied firmly: "You are the donkeys! Your whole family is a donkey!"
puff…
His Majesty the Emperor turned angry and laughed, even more so.
Except for Wu Lie, anyone who dares to speak harshly to the swordsmen of the military would not think twice about it!
This is something that not even His Majesty the Emperor dares to say!
But Wu Lie dares!
And what he said was righteous, upright, upright, and high-spirited!
In his own words: Throughout my life, I have been worthy of the heaven, worthy of the earth, worthy of the king, and worthy of the people!
No matter how powerful you are or how powerful you are, am I afraid of you? !
The civil and military ministers of the court couldn't help but snicker when they saw the expressions on the two old marshals' faces that they were still unable to recover after eating shit.
These two old hooligans have always used brutal methods to run rampant in the court, and today I finally saw them being beaten and speechless. It was really satisfying!
"I am willing to donate another five hundred thousand silver!"
A gray-haired veteran stood up and said: "Even if I sell the iron, I still have to donate it. Just to see these two old guys being scolded and deflated, I feel happy, so I donated the money happily!"
Du Ruobing, the prime minister of the day, stepped forward.
The old man's smile was as bright as a blooming chrysanthemum. This poor old man has been scorned by these two old gangsters all his life. I thought that I would have no chance to take revenge as I was about to be buried. Today, someone actually helped me vent my anger. How can you not pay for the theater ticket...
"It's a pity that I only have 500,000 yuan for the coffin; otherwise, it would be worth even 1 million to replenish it!"
The old prime minister looked relieved.
His Majesty the Emperor lowered his head and covered his forehead with his hands.
It can be seen that the old prime minister is really willing to die without regrets, otherwise he would not be able to say this...
During a fund-raising event, His Majesty the Emperor collected money like crazy and collected almost 19 million silver!
As if a large amount of money fell from the sky into his account, His Majesty the Emperor breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he suddenly felt evil and a thought lingered in his mind: "There is something wrong with the wealth of these bastards... especially a few of them." , If you just rely on your salary, you won’t be able to come up with so much money if you don’t eat or drink for another hundred years... And I haven’t heard of any property in the family. Where did the money they pledged come from? "
His Majesty the Emperor was thinking in his heart, and the look in his eyes when he looked at several of them suddenly changed.
Finally, the fund-raising hosted by His Majesty the Emperor was completed. The ministers all breathed a sigh of relief. Then, they all began to feel pain...
"Next step, I and all the Qing family will bring out some things, and then send people to auction them at the auction house outside... I believe we can get some money... plus the donations raised today, it will probably be enough. "
His Majesty the Emperor was still not satisfied and took another move.
"Ahem..."
All civil and military officials in the dynasty coughed collectively.
Your Majesty, you are so greedy for money...
…
The meeting is over.
Wu Lie walked out of the palace gate and looked up to see Marshal Qiu Jianhan blocking him in front.
"What are you doing?" Wu Lie looked at Qiu Jianhan warily.
Old Marshal Qiu was the leader of the three major gangsters in the Yutang Empire, and had always had a bad reputation. It was one thing for Wu Lie to dare to retort and scold the Old Marshal, but for Old Marshal Qiu to settle the score and beat someone up, it would not be a big surprise. thing!
The old marshal snorted, threw a bag of silver over, and said: "This is the two thousand taels of silver I lent you. Remember to return it to me when you have money in the future! This is lent to you, kid, not for free." !”
Without saying anything, he turned around and left.
Wu Lie held the bag of silver, his throat squirmed, he felt a heat in his heart, and he was speechless.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think of last night -
At three o'clock last night, Wu Lie cleaned his wife's body and took medicine, but he heard another painful moan coming from his son. However, it was when his son got up at night that he tripped because of his blindness. Due to his weakness, it was difficult to maintain the balance of the body, and he fell heavily to the ground. He quickly gave his son some medicine and helped him to bed. Then when he was so tired that he was about to fall asleep, suddenly someone floated like a cloud. Come in.
"Master Wu."
"Who?" Wu Lie was very calm at that time.
"I am an acquaintance of Mr. Wu." The person who came was wearing black clothes and covering his face, but his voice was very friendly: "Mr. Wu should have heard of me. I am the eighth of the Nine, Feng Zun."
As he said this, he stretched out his hand, and in this airtight room with closed windows and doors, a gentle breeze began to blow.
The wind blew back and forth, stirring and gentle, and so on. It lifted the objects in the room and hung them in the air, but then gently put them down. From the beginning to the end, the man in black did not move his hands or feet except for the initial wave.
"Are you really facing Master Feng Zun?"
Wu Lie was excited: "You..."
"There is no need to say anything else. I just hope that Mr. Wu will keep the news that Feng is still alive." The Feng Zun said: "I came here today because I heard that Mrs. Wu and Mr. Wu are ill. I can't help you. force."