The most arrogant in history

Xie Baoshu stood up, straightened his clothes and said:

"I have been in the borderland for a long time, and it is rare for me to see the emperor. When I saw the emperor today, I was so excited that I knelt down..."

Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved his hands, saying, "This won't happen again. If it happens again, I'll fire you on the spot!"

Ye Kun doesn't like people who flatter others.

If Xie Baoshu likes to kneel down to the emperor, then he must also like those of lowly positions to kneel down to him!

Xie Baoshu bowed his head and said, "I will always remember the emperor's kindness!"

Ye Kun shook his head: "Okay, Xie Baoshu, come with me to the car and tell me about the situation in Taiyuan County."

Ye Kun had been to Taiyuan County before.

That was when we were fighting for the world, and we came and went in a hurry, so I basically have no impression of it.

But Ye Kun knew that the most important city in Shanxi was Taiyuan.

It is well connected and is a strategic location across the country. Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son of the Tang Dynasty, started their rebellion in Taiyuan and eventually took control of the country.

Xie Baoshu got on the car, sat on one side with his butt tilted, and reported his work carefully.

He calls me "Your Majesty" every time and "Your subject" every time.

Ye Kun felt very tired after listening to Xie Baoshu's work report, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, Mr. Xie, I'll give you half an hour. Can you tell me the general situation of Taiyuan County?"

Xie Baoshu nodded hurriedly and briefly introduced the basic situation of Taiyuan County.

After listening to it, Ye Kun nodded and said:

"Taiyuan is very important. We will redivide the provinces in the future. And Taiyuan will definitely be the capital of Shanxi Province. So this place needs pragmatic officials. Practical officials are required to act vigorously and decisively, rather than being slow in talking and doing things. Governor Xie, I have a suggestion for you - do what can be done today, and never postpone it until tomorrow. This is called being vigorous and decisive."

Xie Baoshu stood up, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty's wise words, I will remember them forever!"

Ye Kun and Sang Buyi looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

The post station is not far ahead.

Ye Kun will rest at the inn here tonight.

Xie Baoshu had already arranged for relevant personnel to clean the post station thoroughly, sprinkle clean water on the streets, and pave the road with yellow earth, which reached ten miles away.

The residents and ordinary people on both sides of the road were driven out.

Ye Kun was very angry. He got off the carriage, asked for an engineer shovel, dug up the loess on the ground, and sneered:

"Xie Taishou, you are really capable. In just one or two days, you were able to organize the people and laborers to add half a foot of loess on the stone road. It's amazing."

Xie Baoshu bent down and said, "In reply to the emperor, the stone road is too bumpy and the emperor's carriage can't stand it. Therefore, I added a layer of half-dry and half-wet loess on it. In this way, there will be no dust and it will not be too bumpy..."

"Haha, you are so thoughtful."

Ye Kun nodded and asked again: "Have all the roads ahead been treated the same way? All the way to Taiyuan City?"

Xie Baoshu spoke the truth: "I have already sent people to work overtime overnight to pad the stone road with loess..."

"shut up!"

Ye Kun couldn't stand it any longer, pointed at Xie Baoshu and said:

"Every time I wanted to come down for a walk, the nine ministers and Sang Buyi and others would not allow me to do so. It's because you flatterers harass the people without restraint in order to please me!

This stone road is fine, but you ordered the people to bring in soil from far away to pave the road. After I leave, the soil will have to be cleared away. Tell me, by making the people suffer like this, are you trying to get them to rebel?"

thump!

Xie Baoshu was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I will correct my mistakes immediately..."

"Immediately give the order to stop all the welcoming and sending-off activities, just pretend I'm not here."

Ye Kun held back his anger and continued, "In order to please the emperor, Xie Baoshu harassed the people without restraint and abused their power. He is punished with a serious offense. When I return to Zhuo County, I will bring Xie Baoshu back to Zhuo County and arrange for him to train in the busiest department!"

"Your Majesty, I accept your command and thank you!" Xie Baoshu knelt down and kowtowed.

"If you like kneeling, just keep kneeling! When you feel you have had enough, stand up!"

Ye Kun turned away.

Xie Baoshu thought about it and stopped kneeling. He stood up and followed Ye Kun, waiting outside the door.

Ye Kun also knew that Xie Baoshu was outside the door, but he ignored him and drank with Sang Buyi while discussing the government affairs of Taiyuan County.

Sang Buyi was known for his iron calculations; he knew the resumes of all officials above the fifth rank in the country accurately, without any mistakes.

He also has a clear understanding of the government affairs, taxation, various revenues and expenditures in various places.

Xie Baoshu was listening outside the door, and the more he listened the more frightened he became.

Sang Buyi was drinking while looking through the accounts:

"This is the general ledger for the Coal Transportation Avenue. There is a record on it that a mule died while transporting stone materials. The mule's fur and meat were sold for 700 coins. Is a mule so worthless now?"

Ye Kun took a quick look and said with a smile, "I think there is something fishy going on."

Sang Buyi nodded, called Xie Baoshu and asked him what was going on with the record.

Xie Baoshu trembled and whispered:

"A mule costs about five taels of silver. A mule that just died costs about three taels of silver. There are only seven hundred coins recorded here. Obviously, obviously..."

"Obviously unreasonable, right?"

Ye Kun sneered: "What's even more unreasonable is that you didn't see the problem with this account book, but Sang Buyi saw it at a glance."

Xie Baoshu began to sweat, and he bent down and said, "Your Majesty, I have only reviewed this account book, and it still needs to be submitted to the Ministry of Finance and Taxation and the Ministry of Justice for review. I thought that I was careless because there are two more reviews later."

"No need to explain. Go check this account and find out what's going on." Ye Kun waved his hand and blasted Xie Baoshu out.

Ye Kun was very dissatisfied with Xie Baoshu's performance.

This is a typical fawning official who has no ability at all and can only say a few flattering words!

The next morning, Ye Kun got up and watched the sunrise outside the inn.

Xie Baoshu came forward with two dark circles under his eyes to serve, bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, the account from last night has been calculated. The dead mule was sold to the wine shop for 2,700 coins. But when I was recording the account, I was careless and recorded it as 700 coins."

"Hahaha, what a careless moment!"

Ye Kun laughed and said, "If Sang Buyi hadn't found out, everyone would have been careless for a moment, and the guy who reported the money would have made two thousand dollars. I tell you, there is no such thing as carelessness here, it's just a long-planned plan, and the guy was tempted by the money!"

Xie Baoshu lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty is right. There are many cunning officials among us. I will investigate them strictly to prevent them from happening again."

Ye Kun frowned and said, "Order the man who reported the debt to be detained and handed over to Lord Ma Zhao of the Ministry of Justice for personal trial. All his property will be confiscated and his fate will be decided after the investigation is complete."

Xie Baoshu nodded and asked again: "Your Majesty, do you want to punish that person and his entire clan?"