Cao Qing's face was full of joy and he said: "Then I can borrow your good words, haha."
While they were drinking and chatting happily, they heard a bang and the door was kicked in half.
Everyone looked towards the door. When Cao Qing saw it, his expression changed greatly, but he also thought that his Majesty had returned to his official position in person, and he was emboldened by the saints. He was full of confidence and said: "Lu Shangshu, is it inappropriate for you to break into the official residence privately like this?
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Li Xiaotian said nothing and walked towards Cao Qing step by step.
Since the incident at the inn, Cao Qing knew how powerful the Lu Shangshu was in front of him. Seeing his murderous look, Cao Qing was quite panicked. He quickly took out his life-saving cards and reminded him: "I am reinstated by the king's decree. How dare you
If you do something bad to me, you are disobeying the imperial edict, and you will be punished!"
Li Xiaotian stopped half a foot away from Cao Qing. Cao Qing breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Xiaotian was shocked by what he said. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaotian suddenly punched out. The punch did not touch his body, but An Jin hit Cao Qing.
Qing was directly knocked away a foot away, his back hit the pillar of the big room, and he lay on the ground on all fours, already dead. Li Xiaotian waved his hand and left gracefully.
In fact, when Li Xiaotian entered Pianzhou City for the second time, Cao Qing knew it immediately. At first, he was still a little uneasy. Later, when he saw that Li Xiaotian did not cause trouble for him, he thought he was afraid of the Holy Power, so he
He thought that even if Li Xiaotian suddenly made a comeback and wiped out the Dilong Gang, he still had no idea. If this guy had remained cautious and knew that Li Xiaotian had gone to the Dilong Gang, packed up and ran away, he might have been able to escape.
I blame him for being overconfident, and I didn't expect that Li Xiaotian was a person who didn't act according to common sense, and he actually disobeyed the holy will for a mere farmer.
On the way back, Li Xiaotian kept frowning and thinking deeply.
When they arrived at the Dilong Gang, the imperial guards had already finished ransacking the house. Geng Nian and them were waiting for Li Xiaotian at the gate. It is worth mentioning that Lei Ming was also among them.
"Brother Lu, it's not interesting for you to come back to the city and you didn't even notify me of such a big movement." Lei Ming half-complained when he saw Li Xiaotian.
"It happened suddenly." Li Xiaotian replied in four words, looking worried.
Because Lei Ming appeared on the way, Geng Nian exchanged the gold coins copied by the Dilong Gang for gold tickets. When he saw Li Xiaotian, he gave him the gold tickets and said: "Send it to the state treasury."
Li Xiaotian looked at the golden ticket in his hand and was fascinated. After a moment, he said: "The national treasury does not need this little money, and this money has nothing to do with the treasury. If we had not done justice for heaven, the Dilong Gang would still exist. We would not
He destroyed the Dilong Gang in the name of the imperial court, but he simply saw injustice and eliminated harm to the people. Therefore, this money does not belong to the national treasury, and the national treasury does not deserve this money."
With that said, Li Xiaotian distributed the gold coins in his hands and forced them to all the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards only followed Geng Nian's lead, but Geng Nian didn't say anything, and no one dared to take it.
Geng Nian felt that what Li Xiaotian said was reasonable and said: "Take it."
Immediately, the imperial guards cheered and thanked Li Xiaotian and Geng Nian in unison.
"Commander Geng, please take the imperial guards back to Shang'an City first. I still have some things to deal with." Li Xiaotian suddenly said to Geng Nian.
Geng Nian asked: "What's the matter?"
Li Xiaotian said: "I think the stolen money should not belong to the national treasury, but should be returned to where it came from."
Geng Nian said: "Are you sure?"
"I have thought very clearly that these stolen money were obtained by the big state herdsmen from exploiting the people. In short, this money is the hard-earned money of the people. If it is put into the national treasury and confiscated, doesn't it mean that it is national corruption?
We have taken away the people’s hard-earned money, so we should take it from the people and return it to the people." Li Xiaotian said sternly.
"In other words, are you going to visit Qiu Kingdom again and return all the more than 10 million gold coins?" Lei Ming was very puzzled.
Li Xiaotian replied: "My enemy, I need a little help from Brother Lei on this matter."
"It's okay to help, but have you ever thought about the consequences? Every time you ransack your home, you have written a memorial and reported it. In a sense, the stolen money has already been entered into the national treasury. If you do this, it is unauthorized.
If you use state funds and use them openly and above all, everyone in the official circles will definitely know it, and you will definitely not be able to reap the benefits." Lei Ming gave Li Xiaotian an analysis.
"On this journey, we have eliminated corrupt officials. I have seen how many Liming people have been exploited and suffered hardships they should not have to endure because of them. To me, those corrupt officials are invisible philistines.
Countless people died indirectly because of them. These more than 10 million gold coins, which look like glittering gold, are actually mountains of corpses and seas of blood. If they are allowed to enter the national treasury, what difference will there be between me and those corrupt officials?
Or worse? Therefore, I must return this money." Li Xiaotian spoke righteously.
"My respected Brother Lu, after all, you are also a person who has come out of the mountains. You should understand better the principles of survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle. There are so many injustices and injustices these days. Don't you care if you see one?
?Why are you confused and confused at this time?" Lei Ming persuaded.
"Natural selection is the law of animals, but I have not forgotten that I am still a human being. I also know that the Tao is ruthless. Especially after I became a monk, with the fighting again and again, my cultivation level increased step by step. I can feel
Until I lose my humanity bit by bit and become cold, ruthless, and cruel, before it completely disappears, fortunately I can still do some things that are worthy of my heart and obey my heart. Maybe this is my Taoist heart." Li Xiaotian means.
Sigh deeply.
"You talk a lot, but you are right." Lei Ming curled his lips and continued: "Listening to what you said, I feel that if I don't help you, I will lose my humanity. Distributing more than 10 million yuan is a big project.
It's easy to get things done when there are many people, count me in."
Geng Nian said coldly: "Add me."
"Since the two of you strongly recommended yourself, Cao Qing, the governor of Pianzhou, has just died, and the distribution of the money in Pianzhou is entrusted to you. I suggest that you directly hand over the money to the county magistrates, and then force them to distribute it to each household.
This is simple and effective. As for other states, I can go alone. I am the Minister of Household Affairs, and with the Holy Gold Medal, I can order the pastors of each state to distribute and return to the people. I can calculate the steps and everything can be completed and returned within seven days.
." Li Xiaotian said the plan.
"This is a very good plan." Lei Ming agreed deeply.
Now that the general plan was decided, everyone came to Lei's Chamber of Commerce to implement the details. Li Xiaotian exchanged the gold tickets with Lei Ming for gold coins, and then borrowed four storage bags from him. After all, it cost more than 10 million gold coins.
, of course, it is more convenient to carry it with a storage bag, and the stolen money from various major states is divided into categories for Li Xiaotian to easily get. Finally, Li Xiaotian asked Lei Ming to take A Niu in to work as a handyman in the chamber of commerce. Lei Ming's conscience found out that he actually took himself from the buyer.
20% of the hard-earned items were returned to Li Xiaotian. He did not want to eat the blood buns of ordinary people.