On the top floor of the Imperial Cloud Palace, in the top garden, Lant faced Zhang Chen, the great-great-grandson of the Emperor of the Empire and the God Emperor, alone.
After coming to this world, Lant had the illusion that the most powerful beings not only seemed very friendly, but also didn't care about their own safety. Over the past year or so, he has really met a lot of kings, emperors, gods, and legends. Most of the situations during this period were just like today, one-on-one interviews.
"If you ignore that they are all legends and demigods, they are indeed approachable." Lant thought to himself.
The emperor looked at Lant and said with a smile: "Even the Red Dragon Rock, after hundreds of years of civil and military struggle with the imperial capital bureaucrats, had to make a compromise and admit that the Dragon Kingdom belongs to the entire human empire. How dare you, a newly high-ranking lord, challenge them?"
"Your Majesty, I have no intention of challenging the bureaucracy, just like I don't think the bureaucracy wants to challenge the Magic Network."
"Ha, your tone is really not small." The emperor said casually.
Lant took out a metal plate from the space ring and said: "Your Majesty, I have some interesting historical materials here that I would like to present to you."
"Don't worry," the emperor said nonchalantly, "Frank and Sir Han Fei are already outside the door. You can express your thoughts in front of them. If you can convince them today, you might be able to avoid this incident. disaster."
Lant had no intention of whispering to the emperor, and the two legendary lawyers didn't keep him waiting too long.
"Your Majesty, King Mengqiya..."
Just as Han Fei was about to salute, he was stopped by the muntjac: "Sir Han Fei, please speak less. Every time I listen to your speech, I always fall asleep before the end!"
The emperor smiled and glanced at the legendary lawyer, and said: "You two, I already know what happened. Lant just said that there are some interesting documents for me to see, but I specially waited for you two to arrive. You might as well listen to what he has to say first.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After receiving the emperor's signal, Lant took out a metal plate from the space ring. There were neat and dense patterns on the metal plate.
"Your Majesty, I obtained a document from the Goblin Era before I came here. This document is a mid-term review document of the Mogluk Interstellar Mine Fund by the Audit Office of the Supreme Council of the Empire.
In this document, the operating funds of the Interstellar Mine during its first 100 years of operation were audited.
The audit found that the fund’s operating team was severely corrupt, inefficient, enriched themselves, and relied on nepotism. They had long used the fund’s public funds to acquire and push up the fund’s stock price, bringing high profits to fund shareholders and management, and refinancing the profits. ization, and repeatedly increased the financing leverage. As of the audit period, the cost of every 1 million gold coins raised reached an astonishing 2 million gold coins. "
Lant handed the metal plate to the attendant respectfully. The attendant just raised his hand, and the metal plate rose into the air, emitting a weak light.
The Emperor, Han Fei, and Frank are all legends. No special tools are needed. You can roughly tell the contents of the metal plate just by looking at the light.
"Sir Lant, this metal plate of yours has nothing to do with the current Department of Finance!" Although Frank was quibbling, even Lant could tell that he was lacking in confidence.
"Of course, as I said, this is just material from the goblin era tens of thousands of years ago. I never thought that what happened in that fallen empire would happen again today."
Rant was smiling when he spoke, and stopped Frank for a moment, "But I would like to ask your Lordships to read the appendix of this document. The audit found that the fund's operations provided financing to other mechanical laboratories and factories. services, setting all kinds of outrageous conditions, and grabbing illegitimate benefits.
Among the terms listed there are many provisions such as gold coin repayment system to increase the difficulty of repayment, binding financing plans, debt-for-equity swaps and other forms. And these conditions look very similar to the document that Mr. Jacob of the Department of Finance forced my wife to sign, and even many of the expressions are just translated from..."
"Lant," the emperor suddenly interrupted Lant. He still seemed to be smiling, but Meng Qiya, the muntjac in his arms, was rubbing against him desperately.
"As you just said, those things happened tens of thousands of years ago. The current Imperial Finance Department is clean and efficient, and it is impossible to repeat the mistakes of the past."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lant nodded quickly.
"Lant, you have been working very hard recently. I heard that you just signed an agreement with the orcs and started to help Lady Natasha defend the White Mountain Peninsula. Teacher Klein always told me that you spared no effort when fighting and were not afraid of Poseidon. Threatening, even asking for little in return.”
The emperor was very clear about Lant's situation. Apart from taking in all the captured mermaids and sea monsters, Lant did not ask for anything in return for his troops in the northeast, nor did he use this to ask Klein or the Tower of Purity for anything. The conditions are indeed very rare.
At this time, the emperor looked at Frank and said angrily: "You guys in the Department of Finance can't see Rand's great achievements, but you still cling to the expediency of other people's battles, and take advantage of the absence of other people's lords. Going to the territory to negotiate with his wife, is this the behavior that an imperial official should do?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this was an oversight on my part. It has now been found out that the man named Jacob was originally a non-staff member of the Department of Finance. He took up his current position because the former assistant secretary was preparing for a high-level promotion. He is involved with the orcs. , secretly formulated the terms of negotiation without the knowledge of the entire Treasury, and imposed them on Sir Lant’s territory, which has now been expelled from the Treasury.”
In just a few minutes, Frank had concocted a whole set of explanations, completely placing the blame for the entire Finance Department's sharpening of Lant on Jacob alone.
"All the agreements he signed are illegal and invalid. Mr. Rand only needs to pay the Department of Finance an interest-free subsidy of 400,000 gold coins."
"Then you can't escape the responsibility of improper employment!" The emperor began his performance, "Don't worry, Rand, the Department of Finance will definitely give you a reasonable explanation. The empire will not let anyone with meritorious deeds suffer!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lant understood that the chorus between the emperor and the chief secretary of the Department of Finance gave him an explanation: all problems were the responsibility of temporary workers, and the image of the empire was smeared by these guys.
"Since this is all a misunderstanding, please allow me to resign, Your Majesty."
"Of course, but Lant," the emperor suddenly stopped him, "although your document does not conform to the facts, it is very useful for reference. I hope you can keep it."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lant said with great respect, but his heart was full of joy, and he turned around and left.
Seeing Lant leave the garden completely, the emperor put down the muntjac in his arms and took the metal plate in the air into his hand.
"Financing 1 million requires a handling fee of 2 million..." The emperor did not move, but his voice echoed in the air, "This sounds so familiar!"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, there are some costs that cannot be helped..." Frank was completely panicked.
"My money! They took 2 million and gave me 1 million. Do you still want me to thank them?"
The emperor's anger echoed throughout the room, even to the ley lines.
(End of chapter)
