"Don't think about the consequences of this matter. You can't figure out the consequences for the court. It's just a thousand silver dollars. In the eyes of the court, it's just drizzle..."
"But if you get wet in the drizzle, you will catch a cold and die! What I'm afraid of is that this kind of thing will be known by everyone, so you are right to find me. Don't be stupid and hand it over to the court directly!"
"You have to secretly hand it over to Lord Long Live! The benefits here are huge. First of all, you are showing your loyalty, and at the same time, you are taking away the blame!"
"And your behavior of not going to the Ministry of War, not to being a superior, but to go directly to the emperor's family, is the way to be a close official of the emperor!"
"Your subtext is to tell Lord Long Live that I only listen to Long Live. No one else believes or listens... You taste it, taste it carefully!"
"I can guess that after Master Long live found out about this, instead of being angry, he would reward you with all the money. In other words, after taking away the banknote, there will be other rewards for you later!"
"In this way, what you receive then will be the emperor's wishes, not his Lian Xing's favor!"
"It will do you all good and no harm at all!"
"But doesn't this push Lian Xing into the fire? Isn't it a bit bad..." After all, Xie Ting is not from an official family, but he is still kind!
The Sanbao rubbed his face helplessly, "Ouch... I don't even understand this, my silly brother, come on, let me explain..."
"Lian Xing had a very deep intention in giving you a bribe. Whether you hid the money privately or turned it over, he has already analyzed the consequences of these two things thoroughly!"
"You collected the money privately, and then he established a secret relationship with you, which may be used someday in the future! He will not suffer a loss. If you buy such a line for one thousand silver dollars, he will take advantage of it!"
"The second way is that you, Xie Ting, don't give him face and hand over the money! On the surface, it seems that he has been accused, the corruption has been exposed, and he seems to have suffered a loss, but the fact is definitely not what you think..."
"If you hand over the money, Lian Xing will take advantage even more!"
"Huh? You're still taking advantage..." Xie Ting's mind couldn't turn around anymore.
"Of course! Think about it, the dignified head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the chief steward of His Majesty's inner treasury, actually gave gifts and bribes to a company commander of the Imperial New Army. There must be many officials impeaching him!"
"But the more he impeaches this Lian Xing, he will cry on the surface, but he will laugh in his heart!"
Sanbao looked at Xie Ting with a smile and found that he was stupid and didn't understand what he meant. The door opened in front of him revealed a world that a simple mountain man like Xie Ting had never seen. Got it!
"Brother! If you think about it carefully, Lian Xing is just a wallflower and is not very loyal to anyone. In this night rebellion, Lian Xing did not show up. He must be hiding. Long live the Lord, can you not be angry with him?"
"Lian Xing just went out of his way to express his position by doing such a dirty thing as giving a gift to the company commander of the Yulin New Army. He is actually expressing his feelings to Long Live!"
"Look at how lucky I am, I have gotten so far as to give a gift to a young company commander of the Royal Forest Army. What does this mean? It means that I really want to join the emperor. This is a complete change of heart!"
"Second point, I, Lian Xing, was forced to give money to the junior company commander. This proves that I, Lian Xing, am not a powerful official who forms cliques for personal gain! Why don't I give gifts to Ma Ming, Fu Qing and other high-ranking officials? That's not the case. Because I can’t reach that level of relationship, is there nothing I can do?”
"Look! He suddenly washed away another layer of his image as a powerful official, and only retained the label of a corrupt official!"
"There is a third point. This is called a strong man cutting off his wrist! If you think about it, choose the lesser of two evils. In front of you, one is the crime of treason, the other is the crime of forming a party for personal gain, and the other is the crime of corruption..."
"With so many sins, you have to choose one, right? You have to claim one. Do you want to deny any sin? Then just wait for the emperor to behead you and confiscate your property!"
"So he can only choose the lightest crime and take the initiative to put it on his head. I will confess to the same crime first without even having to say anything, so that Your Majesty will have an excuse to punish himself!"
"Spread out his anger! He has to let the emperor vent his previous grievances! Once the anger is gone, he can slowly come back to things later!"
"This is called sacrificing soldiers to protect the car! If you admit the crime of corruption, the lives of your whole family will be safe. This is a truth that only an old fox understands!"
"Fourth point, think about it, the court is about to explode right now! With so many traitors to the party, His Majesty will definitely raise a prison! And what Lian Xing is playing today is a dangerous move! He is gambling on his life ah!"
"He wants to use his body as a raft and let His Majesty step on him and fire! He jumps out first to take the blame, so that His Majesty can vent his anger and torment him! Then the whole court saw that even the emperor's close ministers like the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were punished So tragic!”
"Who has the nerve to intercede for Prince Gong and the others? People will wonder, how can Prince Gong be judged for the crime of treason when His Majesty punished him for even embezzling a small amount of money?"
"Look, this is called contrast! What Lian Xing wants is to save his own life, and the emperor can decide the rest of the crimes! In this way, he will become the cannon for Long Live to fire at Prince Gong!"
"If the crime of corruption involves confiscation of homes, does rebellion and rebellion lead to death? Tell me, does it mean death?"
ah! Xie Ting yelled, "So that's what it is... He's working hard now to make a comeback in the future?"
"He has calculated it. I, Xie Ting, am an ignorant country boy. If I encounter such a huge amount of embezzlement, I will definitely not dare to take it. I will definitely turn it over!"
"As long as I hand it over, he will become a criminal that Long Live Lord can deal with! Your Majesty will deal with him for corruption first, and then deal with Prince Gong and others for treason!"
"And what's even more frightening is that both Long Live Master and Lian Xing didn't need to say it explicitly. As soon as this matter was revealed, they knew it well? Will they cooperate tacitly?"
"Hey! I'm enlightened..." Sanbao patted Xie Ting on the shoulder, "I'm not wrong about you. If you can turn things around so quickly, you will definitely have a bright future!"
"Hey... I have a beautiful cousin in my family. How about I propose marriage to you? You can't refuse... Don't talk nonsense about Manchus and Han not being allowed to intermarry! What are you afraid of when Long Live Lord makes the decision..."
Xie Ting let out a long breath and looked up at the majestic palace on the Wufeng Tower, at the red paint mottled by the vicissitudes of history, and at the withered grass that accidentally came out of the tiles!
The history of this imperial city is all written by conspiracies and conspiracies. This is really not a place where honest people can survive!
Xie Ting didn't have time to joke with Sanbao, "Thank you for clearing up the confusion! I don't have much intention. When the holidays come, I will spend two months' salary to treat my brother to dinner..."
"Now I have to go to the palace. Since I have to see His Majesty, I have to hurry up sooner rather than later!"
