"I obey."
Song Qing and Xia Gongming looked at each other, walked to Young Master Liu's side and stopped with playful expressions.
Xia Gongming put his hands in front of him and glanced sarcastically at the group of prisoners in front of him.
"Colleagues, I am here.
I wonder how much money you guys plan to give me as salary to buy your lives?"
Hearing Xia Gongming's sarcastic tone, except for a few insiders, other officials showed a look of doubt on their faces.
What money? What life?
The officials who were still a little confused at first came to their senses after hearing Xia Gongming's words.
Since the chief minister of the current cabinet dared to speak openly about what happened in Zhao Prison last night in front of the current emperor.
In this way, the so-called cousin of His Highness King Wuyi.
The so-called Mr. Yang.
His identity is self-evident.
His true identity was standing in front of him and others, this man wearing a flat crown on his head and a black dragon robe, exuding a majestic aura from head to toe.
His Majesty the current emperor, Liu Mingzhi.
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows and looked coldly at the group of officials in front of him who were shaking like chaff.
"My dear friends, you are all smart people. I think you already understand your true identity."
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty."
Young Master Liu took out the stack of rice paper filled with confessions written by Liu Chengzhi, Xiao Kaitai and his brother and sister from his sleeve, and threw it to the ground.
"My dear friends, please take a look at the confession you made last night.
If any of you feel that there is something wrong with your confession, I allow you to defend yourself at any time.
If not, just sign and pledge it."
After Master Liu finished speaking, he turned to look at the little cutie who was kneeling on one of the first seats.
"Yue'er."
"My son is here."
"Um."
"My son understands."
The little cutie immediately stood up, picked up the four treasures of the study and a box of ink pads that had been prepared, and walked towards Young Master Liu.
The little cutie stopped and directly placed the four treasures of the study and the ink pad on the ground.
"My lords, please."
A group of prisoners looked at the Four Treasures of the Study placed on the floor and kowtowed to Young Master Liu.
"I realize my mistake. Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please spare my life."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please spare my life."
Young Master Liu casually put his hands behind his back and stared at the two youngest officials among the group of prisoners, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
"Yuan Fei, Chu Xuanran, you two bastards, get out of here."
Hearing Young Master Liu's scolding, the two youngest officials supported themselves and came to Young Master Liu with their whole bodies trembling.
"His Majesty."
"His Majesty."
Young Master Liu glanced down at the two of them and sighed with a complicated expression.
"Yuan Fei, Chu Xuanran, you two are the two of you who were the enemies of Dalong Chengping in the fourth year.
The second-level Jinshi that I personally appointed.
Alas, you two are really enough to make me proud!"
“I know the crime, I know the crime.
I have betrayed His Majesty's great kindness and great expectations. I really deserve to die.
I plead guilty,"
"I am ashamed of Your Majesty's grace, and I am willing to plead guilty."
"Your Majesty, if you are brave enough to offend me, I will give you another big salute."
"Your Majesty, the guilty minister has also saluted you."
After the two people kowtowed heavily, they turned around and picked up the pen in the tray, found their confession on the ground, and wrote down their names without hesitation.
Then, the two picked up the ink pads and pressed their fingerprints on the confession.
The other prisoners saw this.
Some people sighed heavily.
Some people raised their hands and slapped their faces hard several times.
Some people kowtowed heavily to Mr. Liu.
Then they also found their own confessions one after another, and began to sign and stamp them with a miserable expression.
“I am unworthy of His Majesty’s grace and deserve to die.
Please, Your Majesty, grant me death."
Young Master Liu looked sadly at the officials who were all willing to plead guilty, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
"You guys, if you had known this, why did you do it in the first place?"
"I know I was wrong."
Young Master Liu frowned slightly and was silent for a moment, looking around the hall calmly.
"Everyone, I have a question to ask you."
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, now that the matter is at this point, I will tell you everything I know and will tell you everything I want to say."
"I want to ask you, do I give you a very small salary? Have I treated you badly?"
"Reporting to your majesty, your majesty has given you a lot of salary for your ministers, and your majesty has never treated your returned ministers badly."
Young Master Liu nodded slightly, turned around and glanced at Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"Xia Lao Aiqing, Hu Bu."
"I'm here."
"You two, one is the chief minister of the current cabinet, and the other is the Minister of Household Affairs who is in charge of the world's money and food.
Therefore, you two should be very clear about the salaries of civil and military officials.
I ask you two, it has been more than six years, nearly seven years, since I ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor.
How many times have I increased your salary in total over the years?"
"Your Majesty, except for the first year of Taiping, your Majesty has raised the salaries of ministers five times in total."
"Old Xia loves you."
"His Majesty?"
"What's your annual salary now?"
"Your Majesty, not counting silk, tea, various grains and other items, the veteran's annual salary is three thousand two hundred taels in cash."
"Tobe, what about you?"
"Your Majesty, my current salary for one year is 2,800 taels of silver."
"When the new dynasty was first established, how much was the salary of a county magistrate?"
To be continued...