"Didn't the imperial court investigate and deal with many corrupt officials?"
"There are more than 40 people who can be ranked."
Traffickers and pawns, Sanjiaojiuliu have always been the most well-informed group of people.
Xu Yi, who realized that there was a hidden secret, followed the path of temptation.
"Ah."
"The biggest credit for those people being investigated and punished is not the Ministry of Punishment."
"But Mr. Zhou."
"If Mr. Zhou hadn't worked so hard to track down the whereabouts of the food, where would he have found so much evidence?"
"If Mr. Zhou hadn't provided the evidence to the Punishment Department and expected the Punishment Department to catch corruption, I really don't know how long it would have taken."
The waiter sneered, his words showing disdain for the superior Xingbu.
"Why do I see that most of the credit on that notice goes to the Ministry of Punishment?"
Xu Yi didn't know how it was written on the notice, but it was clearly written in black and white on the file.
The reason why so many corrupt officials were able to be caught was due to the day-and-night efforts of officials from the Ministry of Punishment.
As for Jingzhao Yin Zhou Qiping, the file only mentioned it briefly.
If what the waiter said is true, there must be some corruption involved.
"It's too late for some people to hate Mr. Zhou, so how can they show their merit to Mr. Zhou?"
The waiter sneered and spoke slowly.
Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. Although those officials were executed, who can be sure that they are the real masterminds?
“Didn’t those corrupt officials have a lot of gold, silver and food confiscated from their homes?”
"It stands to reason that with these gold and silver grains, Mr. Zhou can greatly alleviate the disaster victims around Chang'an City."
"Why did Mr. Zhou fail to provide disaster relief in the end and was executed by everyone in his family?"
The waiter obviously didn't want to elaborate, so Xu Yi had no choice but to change the topic.
"In the beginning, we obtained gold, silver and food from the homes of those corrupt officials. Mr. Zhou did save a lot of victims with that food."
"But later, for some unknown reason, the number of victims outside the city not only did not decrease, but increased in number."
"In the past, there was enough food for the people to eat for ten days, but it was often gone in two or three days."
"Logically speaking, even if the number of disaster victims doubles, they should not be consumed so quickly."
"It's a pity that before Mr. Zhou could find out the reason, he was impeached and dismissed from office for failing to provide disaster relief."
"Originally, everyone wanted to write a letter to the people to plead grievances for Mr. Zhou."
"Unexpectedly, the book of peoples has just been written and has not had time to be sent up."
"Master Zhou was found to be corrupt. Officials from the Ministry of Punishment found three boxes of gold from the guesthouse where Master Zhou stayed."
The waiter let out a long sigh and then said nothing for a long time.
The waiter didn’t need to elaborate on what happened next, Xu Yi understood it in his heart.
It was nothing more than a failure in disaster relief and the discovery of three boxes of gold in the house.
The Ministry of Punishment somehow obtained Zhou Qiping's confession.
In his confession, Zhou Qiping clearly stated the origin of the three boxes of gold - it was obtained from selling grain.
At that time, Emperor Zhengde was furious because of corrupt officials.
Zhou Qiping was directly hit by the gun and was punished for several crimes.
Zhou Qiping was immediately sentenced to death.
Just like those corrupt officials who were sent to the execution stand by his own hands.
A decisive decision came directly, without even waiting for next autumn.
As for whether the confession was obtained through severe torture, no one is delving into it now.
After all, everyone is dead, so what's the point of delving into it.
"I don't believe those three boxes of gold belong to Mr. Zhou."
"He must have been framed."
The waiter, who had been silent for a long time, raised his head and gritted his teeth.
This time the silent person was replaced by Xu Yi.
In her heart, Xu Yi was inclined to think that Zhou Qiping was wrongly accused.
However, without evidence, all statements are empty and powerless.
Since Zhou Qiping's incident, Xu Yi deeply felt the need for this disaster relief.
Much deeper than you imagine.
In the past, the food that was enough for the victims to last for ten days was exhausted in just two or three days.
No matter how many disaster victims there are outside the city, it is impossible for them to suddenly double in number.
Xu Yi would never believe it if he said there was nothing fishy about it.
As for Zhou Qiping selling grain, this is even more nonsense.
How could anyone be so stupid as to send more than 40 corrupt officials in front of them?
Then he has followed in the footsteps of those corrupt officials. Are they extremely greedy?
"Where is the Book of All Nations?"
Xu Yi set the table, interrupting the waiter's rambling talk and pouring out his speculations.
That Wanmin Book may be nothing more than a piece of waste paper to others.
But for Xu Yi, it may be an important weapon for him to open up the situation.
"In Wang's home."
"Why does the guest ask this?"
"The Book of Ten Thousand People is now a piece of waste paper."
The waiter looked at Xu Yi with confusion on his face.
"Who is Mr. Wang?"
Xu Yi did not answer the waiter's question, but instead asked about Mr. Wang's identity.
The Zhou Dynasty can be called old, but it has never been ordinary people.
The last time is also an old man who is well-known from all over the country.
"Mr. Wang is the elder of our area. It was Mr. Wang who organized us to write the Book of Ten Thousand People."
The waiter knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden from anyone who cared about it, so he spoke frankly.
"Take me to Wang's hometown. The Book of All Nations is useless, but this is the first time I have heard of the Book of All Nations written by tens of thousands of people."
Xu Yi said slowly with an interested expression.
"Your Majesty, you want to collect the Book of All Nations?"
The waiter seemed to have seen through everything. In fact, he was just deceived by Xu Yi's appearance.
"clever."
Xu Yi nodded and chuckled.
"But...but the shopkeeper is not here today, and I still have to look after the store..."
The waiter took a long breath, his face full of confusion.
"Don't worry about that, you just need to lead us two to a place."
"It won't take long."
Xu Yi chuckled and slowly took out the fourth piece of broken silver from his arms.
Then he slowly pushed four broken pieces of silver to the waiter.
There was a trace of struggle in the waiter's eyes, but the struggle eventually dissipated.
"Okay, I'm going to lock the door right now, but I can't waste too much time."
The waiter nodded heavily, then stood up and walked towards the store door.
"Aren't you afraid that we are bad people?"
Seeing the waiter return, Xu Yi couldn't help but joke.
"Won't."
"The younger one has lived for more than twenty years and has no other abilities. He has only developed a pair of eyes to see people."
The waiter smiled and pointed at his eyes.
"From the eyes of these two guests, I have never seen any evil thoughts."
"On the contrary, when Mr. Zhou was mentioned, the guest officer's eyes were full of pity."
The waiter smiled and looked at Zhao Shou beside Xu Yi.
People from various religions, traffickers and lackeys are used to seeing the world, and sometimes their judgment of people is more accurate than those of the pampered and well-off people.
