Regarding this question, Xu Mingwei thought for a while before answering Su Yonglin.
"I did think about it, but I didn't feel it. Compared with the fear of being arrested and brought to justice, the real feeling of getting money is more practical. We all know that if we commit crimes, we will be caught and beheaded, but we still can't resist the real money. .”
At this point, Xu Mingwei seemed to look away again and smiled weakly.
"Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, being an official is either for promotion or to get rich, that's all. There are no officials who are not corrupt, only officials who are greedy for power and officials who are greedy for money."
Su Yonglin looked at Xu Mingwei and was silent for a while.
"Do you believe there are officials who are neither greedy for money nor greedy for power?"
Xu Mingwei thought for a while.
"Believe, I believe, there are people like that. They are probably the kind of people like Mayor Guanshan. They are just old and feel that there is no hope of promotion, so they are discouraged and only seek a good reputation. This is meaningless. , give him a chance, he is either greedy for money or greedy for power."
"There is another kind of official who doesn't need money, power, or fame. He only serves his ideals and wants to make the world a better place. Do you believe in the existence of this kind of official?"
Su Yonglin's question shocked Xu Mingwei.
"Does such an official exist? Your Majesty, the guilty minister is about to die. Please don't lie to the guilty minister. Such an official should not exist. How can he still be called an official? He is a saint!"
Su Yonglin was silent and said no more.
In this world, are there more saints or more officials?
He didn't want to answer the question.
On April 13, under the escort of the guards, Su Yonglin and Xu Mingwei arrived in Xucheng County. They entered Xucheng County in broad daylight and went to the government office in broad daylight to personally "visit" Chen Luo, the governor of Dongping.
There is no doubt that Chen Luo had no idea about all this. He had no idea that the Emperor of the Ming Empire had come under his nose and was preparing to sound his death knell.
As the Governor of Dongping, Chen Luo does not need to do anything with the government affairs of Xucheng County itself. That is the matter of the Xucheng County Magistrate.
Mao Qiuzhi, the magistrate of Xucheng County, was his father's student and his best friend. In order to arrange for Mao Qiuzhi to be the magistrate of his jurisdiction in Xucheng County, he really went through a lot of troubles.
Fortunately, the imperial officials at that time were more tolerant of the Shandong scholars who contributed money to help the imperial court complete the Liaodong immigration plan, so he finally achieved his goal and arranged Mao Qiuzhi as a confidant.
Therefore, relying on Mao Qiuzhi to run up and down for him, the entire political situation of Dongping Prefecture is still controlled by him. His power cannot be competed by the lower-level officials of Dongping Prefecture.
But this time, Mao Qiuzhi "neglected" his duty, and Chen Luo didn't notice anything.
So when Su Yonglin and Xu Mingwei appeared in the lobby of Dongping Mansion, Chen Luo was at a loss.
He didn't know why Xu Mingwei knelt in front of a young man, and when he turned to look at him, there was a touch of ridicule on his face, as if he was watching his joke.
He had never met Su Yonglin, but he only knew his name. He didn't know what was going on with Su Yonglin sitting here.
"Magistrate Xu, who is this?"
Chen Luo looked at Su Yonglin who was drinking tea calmly with vigilance. He felt that he was very powerful. He seemed to be in a high position. Moreover, the two warriors serving this young man were also very strong. At first glance, they were Kong Wu. He has the strength to make one person equal to ten people.
So he panicked a little, and his body tensed up unconsciously.
Xu Mingwei turned his head and looked at Su Yonglin who was sitting upright, kneeling on the ground.
"The guilty minister Xu Mingwei, please bow to my emperor. Long live my emperor."
One sentence was like a heavy hammer hitting Chen Luo's frail body. It hit him so hard that his head was completely empty and he could hardly breathe normally.
"Emperor...Emperor...Emperor..."
Just at this moment, Su Yonglin's eyes came over, and Chen Luo suddenly felt pain like needle pricks in his body. He involuntarily stepped back, and then accidentally fell to the ground.
"Ouch, what's going on? Why can't Chen Fuyin stand still?"
Su Yonglin put down the tea bowl, leaned back, relaxed his body, and looked at Chen Luo indifferently.
"I heard that Chen Fuyin covers the sky with one hand in Dongping Mansion and says that he is not afraid of heaven or earth, and everyone must listen. I wonder if I, the emperor, will also listen to you when I arrive in Dongping Mansion? Do I also follow what you say? Otherwise, the emperor won’t be able to continue, right?”
Su Yonglin smiled.
Seeing Su Yonglin's smile, Chen Luo suddenly felt great fear in his heart. All his elegance, calmness, and calculation disappeared completely. He rolled and crawled in front of Su Yonglin, kneeling and trembling.
"My... Chen Luo, Yin of Dongping Prefecture, pays homage to your Majesty... Your Majesty... Long live your Majesty!"
He slammed his head down hard, making a muffled sound, as if to show his sincerity and respect.
Su Yonglin was indifferent to this.
"No, Dongping Prefecture, who covers the sky with one hand, is the so-called strong dragon who cannot suppress the local snake. When I, the emperor, come to your territory, I am the one who should kowtow to you, right?"
Chen Luo was scared crazy.
"No! No! Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I heard from you that I can never cover the sky with one hand! In the whole world, is it the land of the king? Is it the land of the king? Is it the ministers of the king! The world belongs to your majesty! Everything belongs to your majesty! I...I just He is just a servant of His Majesty!"
Chen Luo kowtowed hard and hit the ground one by one, making a muffled sound.
"Stop, don't smash your brain. If your brain is smashed, I won't be able to ask questions."
Su Yonglin raised his leg and pressed the toe of his shoe against Chen Luo's forehead.
Chen Luo trembled all over.
"Your Majesty...what do you want to ask, Your Majesty?"
"What do you want to ask?"
Su Yonglin smiled and said, "I should ask you this, and you should say it. Look at Xu Mingwei and think about what he will say to me. Okay, go ahead. You have at least three things to say."
Chen Luo turned his head and looked at Xu Mingwei, who was kneeling on the ground expressionlessly.
"Your Majesty, I definitely can't cover up the sky with one hand! I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty's minister!"
"That's not what I want to hear."
Su Yonglin shook his head.
Chen Luo panted rapidly while thinking urgently.
"Oh! Oh! I...I have never thought of rebelling! Absolutely not! I will always be loyal to Your Majesty! Dongping Mansion is His Majesty's Dongping Mansion! It is the Dongping Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, not my own!"
"That's not the case either. Think about it again."
Su Yonglin still shook his head.
Chen Luo was like Shi Lezhi who had suddenly become demented. He couldn't say anything. In a hurry, he actually reached out and tugged at the corner of Xu Mingwei's clothes.
"Say! Say! What does His Majesty want me to say? What does Your Majesty want me to say?!"
"How do I know what His Majesty wants you to say?"
Xu Mingwei looked indifferent: "Anyway, I have told His Majesty everything that needs to be said, and Your Majesty also knows everything that needs to be known. You can weigh the rest yourself. But in the final analysis, Chen Luo, it turns out that you are also a silver pewter spearhead. Ah, I thought you would really remain calm even if the mountain collapsed! Hahahaha, it turns out we are all in the same boat."
Xu Mingwei sneered, making Chen Luo very dissatisfied.
"What did you say? How dare you talk to me like this?!"
"In front of His Majesty, do you still want to show off your power to me?"
Xu Mingwei sneered and looked at Su Yonglin: "Your Majesty, have you seen it? Chen Luo is such a bastard who bullies the weak and fears the strong."
"you!!"
Chen Luo became anxious and quickly lay on the ground to plead guilty to Su Yonglin.
"Your Majesty! I am not! Xu Mingwei is slandering me!"
"Slandering you?"
Su Yonglin looked at the ugly Chen Luo with disgust, and said, "Weren't you the one who used the money from the Yellow River Project to distribute money to all the important officials of Dongping Prefecture in this lobby?"
Chen Luo's body trembled.
"The mayor of Guanshan Town was unwilling to take the money. If you were unhappy, you sent people to his official office to harass him and persecute him to the point where he couldn't bear it and resigned and returned home. Isn't it your doing?"
Chen Luo wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Aren't you the one who told the officials, big and small, who had received the benefits, that once something happened, they were not allowed to bite and they had to admit it themselves?"
Chen Luo was about to cry.
"I bribed my director of the Yellow River Engineering Department with two beauties and made him turn a blind eye to what you were doing. Does such a thing have nothing to do with you?"
Chen Luo cried.
Cried loudly.
Crying heartbreakingly.
