After hearing this, Su Keji took the initiative to confiscate the property. Ma Qi and Wang Shu couldn't help but secretly praised. Su Keji's reaction was not slow. He deliberately showed Zhenwu that he could not be greedy for so many bribes. This is a typical example of retreating to advance.

Although the officials of the prefectures and counties were a little nervous, they were not too worried. They had falsely reported the amount of blackmailed, but this was simply a confusing account. Even if they had not copied so much money, they could not accuse them of false reports based on this. In these few years, Su Keji might have squandered it or transferred it. Who can tell it clearly?

Zhenwu glanced at everyone before staring at Su Keji, saying, "As a rank-in official, I don't want to repay the emperor's kindness, but I'm just greedy. How could I take the rules and regulations of the court seriously?" He paused slightly, and then he said in a deep voice: "I'll temporarily put Su Keji in prison and immediately send someone to search all Su Keji's property in Taiyuan and the capital."

Ma Qi, the king hurriedly bowed and said, "Slave obeys the order."

Su Keji knew that he was not spared. He hated these prefecture-county officials who were in trouble. At this moment, he kowtowed quite a bit: "I thank the emperor for his kindness." As he said that, he took off his top clothes and kowtowed three times before he said in a deep voice: "I have to bear the emperor's grace, and my crimes cannot be forgiven. Today, all the officials in Shanxi are self-inflicted. However, Shanxi officials are not only bribes, but also bribes, but all the prefectures and counties are deficient. The officials in prefecture-county bribes are to conceal the deficit."

This sentence seemed like a thunder thunder was shattered. All the officials of the prefectures and counties were shocked. Zhao Fengzhao knelt down first and said, "Emperor, Su Keji was slandering people, intending to confuse the public, attempting to expand the case and evade punishment. I beg the emperor to investigate clearly."

Su Keji immediately said, "Emperor, the criminal ministers are already doomed, so why should they escape? Emperor. Administration is the foundation. Otherwise, no matter how good the new policy is, it will be in vain. The criminal minister begs to pray that the emperor will vigorously rectify the administration and protect our Qing Dynasty for generations."

No one in the audience expected that Su Keji would drag them into the water. You said that he would bite them into the bones, not to mention that his immediate boss bit him back. The crowd couldn't help but feel frightened. Seeing this situation, Ma Qi and Wang Yu couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing how to make a statement.

Zhenwu did not expect that such a situation would happen. He did not expect that Shanxi's deficit would be so serious. He couldn't help but glance at the governor Su Zhan. Su Zhan was sweating in cold sweat after seeing this. He didn't expect that things would turn out like this. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am a good person to keep myself clean. I dare not bribe or exceed the rules. I pray to the emperor to investigate clearly."

After hearing this, Zhenwu looked at Su Keji again, pondered slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Come out."

Su Keji had already made a fuss and said loudly: "Emperor, what I said is true. If there is half a false statement, heaven will be punished by the earth..." Before he finished speaking, the two guards had already lifted him out.

After these twists and turns, Zhenwu was no longer in the mood to speak. He glanced at everyone and said, "Taiyuan Prefect Zhao Fengzhao was corrupt and bribed. He was resigned and was waiting for investigation. He was investigated by Ma Qi and Wang Yu. He was the position of Taiyuan Prefect, and Fang Bao took over."

Zhao Fengzhao also resigned and was waiting for investigation. All the officials were in a state of sank. Isn’t this a big shot at each of them? What does Zhenwu mean? The governor Su Zhan immediately raised Lao Gao with a heart, for fear that Zhenwu would point him.

Zhenwu was obviously depressed, and he glanced at everyone silently, and then said, "Let's kneel down and rest."

Back to the internal office, before he could sit down, a guard came in and bowed to report: "Report to the emperor, Ma Qi, Wang Yu, Kui Xu, Fang Bao were looking for a meeting outside."

"Let them come in." Zhenwu ordered casually, knowing very well that the few people were estimating the deficit in Shanxi that was too great. They came to find out the truth. This matter was indeed a bit confusing for him. At first, he was unwilling to investigate the deficit at this time. The reason why Ma Qi and Wang Yu ordered to investigate was that they had already wiped out the deficit in Shanxi when Gali left office. In just a few years, even if there was a deficit, it would not be too big. Moreover, the investigation of Su Keji's corruption in bribery must involve Shanxi's deficit.

Today, Su Keji and a group of officials from prefectures and prefectures and counties bite dogs, and said in one word that the nine prefectures, six prefectures, and eighty-seven counties in Shanxi were all in deficits, which really shocked him.

Ma Qi, Wang Yu, Kuixu, Fang Bao and the other four came quickly. After coming in to see the ceremony, they got up and prepared to kneel down. Zhenwu waved his hand and said lightly: "Don't give me a gift, I'll give you a seat."

After waiting for the four people to sit down, he said, "What do you think about today's matter?"

Ma Qi pondered slightly and said, "When I go back to the emperor, I think what Su Keji said should be true, and the deficit situation in Shanxi is probably very serious."

Seeing that no one answered, Fang Bao pondered: "Emperor, if the deficit in Shanxi is serious, once a strong investigation is conducted, it is likely to lead to unstable people's hearts. The ministers are worried that it will affect the trial of the gentry's share of the acres and the gentry's food as a whole."

Wang Fei said, "I personally think that Su Keji is right. Administration is the foundation. No matter how good the new policy is, it depends on officials to implement it. If a group of corrupt officials and cruel officials implement the new policy, it is tantamount to harming the people."

Ma Qi secretly complained that Zhenwu had only been a year since he ascended the throne, and it had only been quiet for half a year. After the change of the regime, he kept making great moves. If one would throw out another rectification of the government and clear the deficit, wouldn’t the court and the country be in chaos? He immediately said: “At present, Jiangnan is vigorously promoting the establishment of acres of resident, and the gentry has received a great response. If one vigorously clears the deficit and rectifies the deficit at this time, it would be a pity that he would be too hasty.”

"I don't dare to agree." Wang Xiao immediately said: "If the Shanxi deficit case has not been exposed, it is naturally not appropriate to cause trouble. However, the Shanxi deficit case has been revealed, so there is no reason to cover it up! Otherwise, officials from various provinces will increase the scale of the deficit, and within a few years, it will develop to a point where it is difficult to return."

"If things are light, urgent, slow, and severe, how can we generalize them?" Ma Qi said without showing any weakness: "When the emperor was at the beginning of his reign, he should only be the supreme rule of stability, clear up the deficiencies and rectify the administration. It has been slowed down for a year and two years, and it is not wrong, and it is better than the restlessness of the court and the country."

Seeing that the two of them were out of control, Zhenwu couldn't help but cough, stop the two of them from continuing to argue, then looked at Fang Bao and said, "What do you think?"

"Go back to the emperor." Fang Bao bowed slightly and said, "When the imperial court tried to open acres in Guangdong, it also vigorously rectified the administration of officials. The ministers secretly thought that there was no conflict between the two, but only needed to properly control the scope. However, Taiyuan tried not only to open acres in acres, but also to serve as a gentry, pay food together, gentry supervise local officials, and abolish sacrificial measures. If the deficit is cleared and the administration of officials is rectified, the officials and gentry will be in chaos, which is not conducive to the trial of the new policy."

"What a slave thinks is not completely unfeasible." Kuixu, who has not spoken, said at this time. He is now temporarily acting as the governor of Shanxi, which gives him the opportunity to join the cabinet and become the prime minister. This opportunity is the new policy. Zhenwu likes innovation, which is famous. The new policy this time is an absolute big deal. It not only stabilizes the income of the court, but also weakens the power of the gentry, but also a part of rectifying the administration of officials. Whether it is the gentry to supervise local officials or abolish Huaxian, it is all about preventing corruption among officials from the system and fundamentally.

Moreover, Zhenwu once said that the new policy should be vigorously promoted, so Kuixu naturally wanted to seize this opportunity. If he could ensure that the new policy was successfully promoted in Shanxi, when the new policy was promoted nationwide, he would naturally support it when he entered the cabinet and became the prime minister.

After a slight pause, Kuixue continued: "Emperor, Shanxi gentry is rich, but they are different from Jiangnan gentry. Shanxi gentry mainly relies on commerce and trade, and most of their children abandon literature and go to business. Although they have money, they have no status. In order to gain status, they have no ability to pay donations and bribe local officials.

The imperial court is now full of national strength and has not been admitted for many years. If Shanxi gentry wants to gain status, they can only bribe local officials. This is the fundamental reason why Shanxi officials are greedy for bribery in other provinces.

As the saying goes, a person who eats a weak mouth and a person who takes a short hand. If you want to try the new policy in Shanxi, slaves think that the existing local officials must be replaced. In addition, the gentry in the new policy supervises local officials and abolishes the two principles of the two principles of the gentry in Shanxi will inevitably be very popular with the gentry in Shanxi, and there will be no great resistance.

At present, there are many supervisors stranded in Shanxi to supervise disaster relief matters. They can be ordered to cooperate, clear up deficiencies, rectify the administration of officials, and implement the new policy at the same time. Moreover, the new policy can not be limited to the Taiyuan Prefecture, but can be tried throughout Shanxi."

Ma Qi said in a deep voice: "Shanxi has tried the new policy on such a large scale, so don't you worry about causing panic in other provinces? Now Jiangnan is implementing the implementation of acres of taxes and a gradual progress is the right way."

"Shanxi's commerce is prosperous, and Shanxi merchants are spread all over the country. The Taiyuan trial is no different from the Shanxi province's trial." Kuixu said without showing any weakness.

Wang Fei also immediately said: "In fact, it is a common tradition to spread the resident into the acres and pay grain with the gentry and work together. It is a tradition of the same lineage, and there is no need to divide it into two parts."

Fang Bao also agreed to the trial implementation in the whole province of Shanxi. In this way, the pressure on him will be greatly reduced. Trialing the new policy is undoubtedly an offense to all gentry all over the world. He does not want to be criticized by the gentry all over the world. If it is fully trial implementation in Shanxi, this reputation will be supported by Kuixu, the governor of Shanxi.

After a moment of pondering, he spoke: "When the Emperor was at the beginning of his reign, officials in the world were watching. Since the deficit case in Shanxi has been revealed, it must be investigated strictly. This not only concerns the emperor's reputation, but also the emperor's purpose of governing the country.

It is not only a comprehensive cleanup of deficiencies, but it is natural to rectify the administration of officials. It is also natural to try out the new policy. In this way, it is better to simply carry out comprehensively throughout Shanxi to rectify the administration of officials and pilot the new policy, which is not only thorough, but also saves manpower, material and financial resources."

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Chapter completed!