My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 3050 People can be deceived, but heaven cannot be deceived
Young Master Liu smashed the rice paper in his hand on Zhou Guangming's head, and snorted coldly with anger in his eyes.

"Hmph, sin deserves death, sin deserves death.

Do you think that you want to pay for the evil deeds you have committed just because you deserve death? "

"Criminal ministers dare not, criminal ministers dare not."

"Don't dare? I think you are very brave!

You can do things like bending the law for personal gain and disregarding human life, what else in this world you dare not do? "

Young Master Liu ignored Zhou Guangming who kept kowtowing, and walked to the middle-aged official on the far left without haste.

"Hou Changbin, Inspector of Hezhou."

"The sinner is here."

First Young Master Liu picked up a piece of rice paper and turned to look at a middle-aged man sitting in the corner of the hall.

"Don't drive Zheng Kuo in Hezhou?"

The middle-aged man who was watched by Young Master Liu was taken aback for a moment, and after he realized it, he hurriedly trotted towards Young Master Liu.

"Don't drive Zheng Kuo in Hezhou before the guilty minister, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live long live long live."

"Exemption."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Zheng Aiqing."

"The old minister is here."

"You are Dalong's court official and my subject.

I have neither punished you nor dismissed you to investigate, so why did you come from Hezhou, the criminal minister, don't tell me! "

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Young Master Liu pinched the rice paper in his hand, re-examined the content on it, and then threw it directly in front of Hou Changbin, governor of Hezhou.

"Crafting money and breaking the law, secretly reselling food and grass in the government, and raising taxes privately under clever pretexts.

When you served as a parent official in Hezhou, in just two and a half years, all the things you embezzled were combined, and there were more than 50 taels of silver.

More than 50 taels of silver, this is the people's anointing of the people of Hezhou!

Hou Changbin, you really have a big appetite!

What a big appetite!

I really want to cut open your stomach with a knife, and take a good look at how big the space is in your stomach. "

Hou Changbin looked at the confession in front of him trembling like a sieve, and after hearing what Young Master Liu said later, he directly collapsed on the ground.

"The guilty minister is guilty."

"Zheng Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

"You are credited for exposing Shangguan Hou Changbin for corruption and breaking the law. I will remember your credit in my heart."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the duty of the old minister, and the old minister dare not accept the reward."

Young Master Liu waved his hand with a smile on his lips, and took out a piece of folded rice paper from his cuff.

"Those who have meritorious service must be rewarded, and those who have done wrong must be punished, this is the rule of the imperial court.

You have done great service to me and to the court, so why don't you dare to be rewarded. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, old minister, long live my emperor."

Young Master Liu happily shook his head, and handed the rice paper in his hand to Zheng Kuo, Biejia of Hezhou.

"I love you, you have made such great contributions to the court.

I have drawn up a reward book in advance, you can read it first. "

A look of joy flashed in Zheng Kuo's eyes, and he respectfully took the rice paper from First Young Master Liu's hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, sir."

"Hey, you deserve it.

Let's take a look at the rewards I have given you, Zheng Aiqing. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, please bring it up to me directly. "

"I dare not, I dare not."

Zheng Kuo humbled himself, pretending to be calm and opened the rice paper in his hand.

After seeing the content on the rice paper, the joy hidden in Zheng Kuo's eyes suddenly disappeared, replaced by a strong sense of fear.

Young Master Liu glanced at Zheng Kuo calmly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

"Zheng Aiqing, how is it? Are you satisfied with your reward?"

Hearing First Young Master Liu's inquiry, Zheng Kuo's body trembled suddenly, and the rice paper in his hand slipped quietly from his fingertips.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

"Hehehe, it seems that Zheng Aiqing is very satisfied with my reward!

That being the case, then you take it well. "

Zheng Kuo's legs went limp, and he slumped down on the ground.

"Zheng Kuo, Zheng Kuo, even I have to sigh for what you have done.

He used the court's knife to remove his superior, and took this opportunity to cover up his crimes.

Tsk tsk tsk, it really is a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone! "

"His Majesty!"

"Although Hou Changbin is greedy for money, he has never directly killed others.

But you bastard, not only took bribes, but also committed a reckless act. "

"Hou Changbin."

"The criminal minister is here, the criminal minister is here."

"Do you really think that the son of the rich merchant Lin's family died young because of you?"

"what?"

Young Master Liu looked at Hou Changbin's stunned expression, and kicked the rice paper that fell from Zheng Kuo's hand to the ground.

"Take a good look for yourself, and see how your good colleague who has been with you for three years treats you, a superior, secretly."

Hou Changbin came back to his senses, and subconsciously picked up the rice paper on the ground.

When he saw the content on the rice paper, Hou Changbin glared angrily at Zheng Kuo who was sitting slumped next to him.

"Dog thing, it's you, it's you."

Young Master Liu ignored the two of them, and looked sideways at an official kneeling in the second row.

"Chunyang County, Yuezhou..."

After half a day.

Young Master Liu lightly swept over the officials who were slumped on the ground, with his hands behind his back, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he walked gently in front of the remaining officials.

"Lv Changsheng, governor of Lingzhou, Han Gaoju, governor of Yuezhou, magistrate of Yushan County under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou..."

First Young Master Liu read out the names of ten prisoners in succession.

"My loves, what's the matter? Did you really not recognize my voice?"

As soon as Young Master Liu's questioning words fell, four or five officials among them trembled suddenly.

"King Wu Yi, Mr. Xia loves you."

"The minister is here."

"Aiqings are waiting for the two of you to save your lives, and you two have not come over to say hello to them."

"My minister obeys."

Song Qing and Xia Gongming looked at each other, walked to Young Master Liu's side with playful expressions and stopped.

Xia Gongming folded his hands in front of him, his eyes mockingly scanned the group of prisoners in front of him.

"Everyone, my cabinet is here.

I don't know how many silver salaries you guys plan to give to this pavilion to buy your lives? "

Hearing Xia Gongming's ironic tone, apart from a few insiders, other officials showed a hint of doubt on their faces.

What silver?What are you buying your life for?
The officials who were still a little bit puzzled in their hearts immediately reacted after hearing Xia Gongming's words.

Since the chief minister of the current government cabinet dared to speak in front of the present emperor, what happened in Zhao Prison last night in a big way.

In this way, the so-called cousin of His Royal Highness King Wuyi.

The so-called Lord Yang.

His identity is self-evident.

His true identity was standing in front of himself and the others, this man wearing a flat sky crown and a black dragon robe, exuding majesty from top to bottom.

His Majesty the current emperor, Liu Mingzhi.

Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows, and looked coldly at the group of officials who had become trembling like chaff in front of him.

"My dear friends, you are all smart people. I think you have already understood your true identity."

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty."

First Young Master Liu took out from his cuff the stack of rice paper that had been filled with confessions by Liu Chengzhi, Little Cutie, his brother and sister, and fell directly to the ground.

"My dear friends, please read the confession I gave myself last night.

If any love minister feels that there is a problem with his confession, I allow you to defend yourself at any time.

If not, just sign and draw. "

After Young Master Liu finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the little cutie who was kneeling on one of the first seats.

"Moon."

"My son is here."

"Ah."

"My son understands."

Cutie immediately stood up, picked up the four treasures of the study that had already been prepared on the futon, and walked towards First Young Master Liu with a box of ink pads.

The little cutie stopped in her tracks, and directly put the Four Treasures of the Study and ink pads in her hands on the ground.

"My lords, please."

A group of prisoners looked at the Four Treasures of the Study on the ground, and quickly kowtowed to First Young Master Liu.

"The guilty minister knows his mistake, Your Majesty forgives the sin, Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"Your Majesty, forgive me, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Young Master Liu put his hands behind his back casually, staring at the two youngest officials among the group of criminals, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Yuan Fei, Chu Xuanran, you two bastards, get out of here."

Hearing Young Master Liu's scolding words, the two youngest officials stood in front of Young Master Liu tremblingly supporting their bodies.

"His Majesty."

"His Majesty."

Young Master Liu looked down at the two of them, and sighed with a complicated expression.

"Yuan Fei, Chu Xuanran, the two of you are the Enke in the fourth year of Tailong Taiping.

The second-class Jinshi I hand-picked.

Sigh, you two are really enough to make me look good! "

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty.

I have failed His Majesty's long grace, and failed His Majesty's high hopes. I really deserve death.

The minister pleaded guilty,"

"The guilty minister is ashamed of His Majesty's grace, and is willing to plead guilty."

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister has the courage to give you another big gift."

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister has also saluted you."

After they kowtowed heavily, they turned around and picked up the brush in the tray, found their confession on the ground, and wrote down their names without hesitation.

Afterwards, the two picked up ink pads and pressed their fingerprints on the confession.

The rest of the prisoners saw this.

Some people let out a heavy sigh.

Some people raised their hands and smacked their faces vigorously a few times.

Some people kowtowed heavily to Young Master Liu several times.

Afterwards, they also found out their own confessions one after another, and began to sign their names with a miserable expression.

"I am ashamed of your majesty's grace, and deserve death.

Your Majesty, give me death. "

Young Master Liu looked at the officials who were all willing to plead guilty, with a look of melancholy in his eyes.

"Wait, I knew this earlier, so why bother?"

"I know I was wrong."

Young Master Liu frowned slightly and fell silent for a moment, his eyes calmly scanned the hall.

"Everyone, I have a question I want to ask you."

"Your Majesty, please, the matter has come to this point, and the ministers must know everything and say everything."

"I want to ask you, do I give you very little salary? Have I treated you badly?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has given a lot of salaries to ministers and others, and His Majesty has never treated Guichen etc. badly."

Young Master Liu nodded slightly, turned around and glanced at Jiang Yuanming, Minister of the Household Department.

"Old Xia Aiqing, Ministry of Household Affairs."

"The minister is here."

"You two, one is the chief assistant of the cabinet of the current dynasty, and the other is the minister of the household department who is in charge of the world's money and food.

Therefore, the two of you should be very clear about the salaries of civil and military officials.

Let me ask you two, it has been more than six years, nearly seven years since I ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor.

In these years, how many times have I raised your salary for you? "

"Returning to Your Majesty, except for the first year of Taiping, Your Majesty has increased the salaries of ministers and others five times."

"Old Xia loves you."

"His Majesty?"

"What is your annual salary now?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, excluding silk, tea, various grains, etc., the annual salary of the veteran is 200 taels in cash."

"Tobe, what about you?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the annual salary of the veteran is 800 taels of silver."

"When the new dynasty was first established, how much was the salary of a county magistrate?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the current silver is 110 taels of silver, plus other items, the conversion is about 150 taels of silver."

"now what?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the annual salary of a magistrate of a county is about 360 taels if it is converted into silver."

First Young Master Liu let out a breath, turned around and looked around at all the people in the main hall for a week.

"People."

"The grass people are here."

"How much does your family need for food and clothing for a year?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it's hard to say, it depends on the situation.

If the grass-roots families want to live a little more prosperously, they need about 60 taels to 100 taels a year. For a more ordinary life, 30 taels or 50 taels are enough.

In other people's homes, grass people don't know. "

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are a total of eight people in the woman's family, and the annual expenses are about three to fifty taels of silver."

"Returning to Your Majesty, Caomin's home is a merchant. There are many people in the family, and the life is richer. One year..."

After all the courageous people had finished talking about their situation, Young Master Liu raised his head and sighed.

"I vaguely remember that 20 years ago, about ten taels of silver or 20 taels of silver were enough for a family's food and clothing for a year.

At that time, the annual salary of a county magistrate was more than 100 taels of silver.

Now the people's annual food and clothing costs are about three to fifty taels of silver.

People from well-to-do families spend only about a hundred taels of silver a year.

However, the annual salary of a county magistrate has grown to more than 300 taels of silver.

With more than 300 taels of silver, even a family of twenty people can still live a very rich life on weekdays.

County magistrates have such salaries, let alone state officials, officials of all sizes, and officials of all sizes in the capital.

Your current life is beyond the reach of [-]% of the people in the world!
That's it, you're not satisfied with that!

"The guilty minister deserves death."

Young Master Liu sighed, turned around and walked towards the dragon platform.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Young Master Liu quietly glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall through the Mian in front of him.

"It has been more than six years since I proclaimed myself emperor.

In the past six years, my imperial mausoleum has been repaired three times and stopped three times.

Hehehe, when the national treasury is tight, I would rather my imperial mausoleum temporarily suspend work.

I have never owed you a copper plate of salary.

But what about you?This is how I repay me.

The purpose of supporting scholars in the imperial court is to help you govern the world and to shepherd the common people.

And you are the officials of the imperial court and the parents of the people of one side.

Instead of treating the common people kindly, he committed such evil deeds that the sky is angry and people complain.

If I forgive you, how will I face these people in the court?How to face the people all over the world? "

"Your Majesty plead guilty, please give me death."

"Moon."

"My son is here."

"confession."

"Yes."

The little cutie quickly ran up the dragon platform, and put a stack of rice paper in her hand on the dragon table.

"Father."

First Young Master Liu raised the vermilion pen in his hand, and scratched heavily on the rice paper.

"King Wuyi."

"The minister is here."

"Get out of the palace gate and execute the sentence."

"My minister obeys."

"Come on."

"I'm waiting."

"You and I will follow this officer and escort all the prisoners out of the palace gate."

"Order."

After more than 20 prisoners were escorted by the soldiers of the Imperial Army, they did not struggle.

Looking up at First Young Master Liu sitting on the dragon chair, he bowed and saluted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my lord, long live my emperor."

Young Master Liu watched the crowd go away, and looked down at Xiao Chengzi.

"Xiao Chengzi."

"The old slave is here."

"Take a few people and send the food on the ground to the prisoners, so that they can eat and drink enough before going on the road."

"The old slave complies."

"correct."

"His Majesty?"

"Bring a few more jars of fine wine and send them along.

Drink some wine and hit the road without pain.

It's not in vain for me to have a fight with their monarchs and ministers. "

"The old slave obeys the order, the old slave will leave first."

"My lords, my loves."

"Sir wait."

"Wait, have you seen the fate of these prisoners? .

I don't want their today to be your tomorrow. "

"I dare not wait for death."

"I'll tell you one more thing today, and I'll keep all of you in my heart.

People can be bullied, but heaven cannot be bullied! "

"The minister will definitely remember it in his heart, and he will never forget it."

(End of this chapter)