Li Rui's heart skipped a beat. More than two hundred taels of silver was not a small amount of money.
The man heard Li Rui's voice and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes..."
As he spoke, he tremblingly took out a thick stack of white slips from his arms, handed them to the yamen servant, and then knelt here again: "Eight years ago, when the grassroots opened the tavern, there was a first
One account. Then there are so many more..."
Li Rui looked at them one by one.
Although each amount is not a lot, the accumulation over many years is indeed a lot!
"In the county treasury, I took out the silver according to the bill and returned it to him!" Li Rui said after verifying.
At this time, the master said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the county magistrate said that the money in the county treasury is not as good as in your own pocket. Therefore, except for the entries and exits, there is no money in the county treasury."
The county treasury has been empty for several years..."
"hehe……"
Li Rui snorted coldly: "Our county magistrate is really good at it!"
If a goose plucks its feathers, that's nothing more than that.
This is simply scratching the surface!
The master smiled bitterly, knowing that he might not be able to escape his bad luck.
"You should go back first. I will find a way to help you make up for this money..." Li Rui sighed and said.
"..."
The man seemed a little embarrassed, but in the end he left with a lot of thanks. In fact, Li Rui could also understand what this man was thinking. If he couldn't get it this time, he might really be in danger. But now,
Li Rui didn't have any money on him either.
I can’t even get out one hundred taels!
Immediately afterwards, many people came in one after another to complain.
Li Rui also accepted them one by one.
One by one, one by one, it makes people angry.
Li Rui was angry at first, but then gradually became numb. He felt that this Qinghe County was already soaked in rice - it was rotten!
From the county magistrate to the government officials.
Everyone is plundering the people, and everyone is misbehaving.
Here are just the ones that have been moved to the table. I don’t know how many more are hidden in the dark!
Things in Qinghe County must be handled strictly. Even if you kill a chicken to show it to a monkey, the chicken will die without a burial place!
At this time, Xu Tong, wearing armor, quickly entered the county government office. When he saw Li Rui, he knelt down and said: "I would like to report to the prince that Wang Zhifeng, the magistrate of Qinghe County, has been arrested. He is now waiting for the prince's fate outside the county government office!"
"He left it to you!"
Li Rui waved his hand and said in a cold voice: "He has scraped three feet of the ground in Qinghe County over the years! He has harvested a lot of people's fat and anointing. I want him to spit it out bit by bit."
"yes!"
Xu Tong nodded.
Then he hurried down.
After finally pacifying the people outside the county government office, Li Rui sat in the courtroom, feeling a little tired for a moment.
In this era, information technology is not developed. The government orders from above are blocked, and the people below are unable to read and write! In this case, whatever the officials say is what they say. Ordinary people have no possibility of arguing.
Complain?
The official character has two pronouns.
How can a commoner with an ordinary head compete with someone who receives a royal salary?
Under Xu Tong's questioning, Wang Zhifeng could not hold on for too long and confessed everything he had done. Immediately afterwards, Li Rui led Xu Tong into Wang Zhifeng's home.
After a while of searching!
Xu Tong's face was livid, he came in front of Li Rui, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the investigation has been completed!"
"How much?" Li Rui's voice was very soft.
"The gold, silver and jewelry can be equivalent to a total of 400,000 taels of silver, the other antiques, calligraphy and paintings can be equivalent to a hundred thousand taels, and the land deeds and real estate properties can be equivalent to a total of 200,000 taels of silver!"
"Bang……"
Li Rui slapped the door frame inside hard.
With a sinister look in his eyes: "If you say you can clean up the magistrate in one year, you will get one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver!"
"I always thought it was just a joke. But now I know that I still underestimated these beasts!" Li Rui gritted his teeth: "Six hundred thousand taels of silver, so much silver, it's just
It took five years in a small Qinghe County!"
"Son..."
Xu Tong said with some embarrassment: "Actually, this is normal. In this place, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is normal for petty officials to be extremely corrupt. Moreover, this does not include the money he used to pay homage to the adults above him. It is only in his own hands!
There are already so many!”
"But this is also good news. Master, you are short of money now. With these 600,000 taels, disaster relief should be enough!"
Li Rui took a deep breath.
Why didn't he know? The fact that Qinghe County could plunder so much cash was beyond his expectation. He originally thought that a small Qinghe County could extract 100,000 taels of silver, which was already pretty good. However,
He still underestimated these moths.
This six hundred thousand taels of silver is considered a huge sum of money.
When he first arrived in Liangzhou, this money could be regarded as his start-up capital.
"Where is Wang Zhifeng?" Li Rui asked softly.
"I fainted from crying just now. I'm in the squad room now. I don't know if I've woken up yet! I've sent someone to guard me. I can't escape!" Xu Tong replied.
"Let's go and see us, the magistrate of Qinghe County!"
While talking, Li Rui came to the squad room under the leadership of Xu Tong.
Sitting on the stool was a middle-aged man. He was a little fat, and his face looked extremely smart. His long hair was spread over his shoulders. He was tightly tied there with a hemp rope. There were deep tears on his face.
, head tilted to one side, still asleep.
Xu Tong hurriedly found a chair for Li Rui.
After Li Rui sat down, he looked at Wang Zhifeng in front of him and suddenly became angry: "Wake him up!"
At this time, an auxiliary soldier came forward with a basin of cold water in his hand and poured it on Wang Zhifeng's face.
Wang Zhifeng suddenly woke up from his drowsiness.
"No, no, don't kill me..."
Wang Zhifeng was already in a daze. After waking up, he yelled.
"Pah, pah..."
Xu Tong stepped forward and slapped Wang Zhifeng twice in the face: "You are so f*cking yelling here, disturbing the prince, even if you are late, it is not an exaggeration for you!"
"Your Highness!"
At that time, Wang Zhifeng seemed to have grasped the last straw and hurriedly wanted to kneel on the ground. However, he was tied to the chair and could not move: "Your Highness, I am willing to serve you from behind.
, I just ask you to save my life!"
"Don't worry, I won't kill you!"
Li Rui's voice was very soft, and then he continued: "But, I ask you a few questions, and you have to answer them honestly!"
