Three girlfriends traveled through ancient times and killed people

After Chuntao came back from seeing off the two ladies, Xu Yahan called out softly, "Chuntao, please take the account book to my room and put it away first."

At this time, Xiao Qingze was not yet a formal shareholder. Considering the sensitivity of the account reconciliation, Xu Yahan decided to wait until he left before checking the accounts with the accountant.

"Yes, Miss Xu." Chuntao responded, then carefully picked up the account book and left.

Watching Chuntao walking away, Xu Yahan turned to Lao Liu and said, "Lao Liu, you should go ahead as well."

"Okay, I'll take my leave now." The accountant, Lao Liu, bowed respectfully and slowly left the yard.

At this moment, Xu Yahan and Xiao Qingze were the only two people left in the courtyard, sitting opposite each other. The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle, and Xu Yahan couldn't help but feel awkward. After all, that night, she had been drunk and had physical contact with the man in front of her. Now that she was sober, facing this man sitting opposite her, she couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Qingze naturally noticed Xu Yahan's abnormality, but at the moment he had no intention of caring about love affairs. The most urgent task at the moment was how to raise the 950,000 taels of silver. Only by successfully acquiring shares could he realize his greater ambitions and aspirations.

To him, everything in this world is under his control, including the woman in front of him who makes his heart beat. As for whether Xu Yahan enters the palace, it is not up to her alone to decide. Because this land and country belong to him.

If you were to ask what kind of business is the most profitable, gambling would be it.

At this time, Xiao Qing asked, "Mr. Xu, are you interested in going to the card table together to practice mahjong skills?"

Liu Rumei replied, "Very good." She had already dealt with the matters at hand and needed to find something to amuse herself. However, this Mr. Huang was indeed a mahjong master. Last time she played against him, she actually lost hundreds of taels of silver. As for the other two, it was even more miserable. They did not win a single game and lost nearly ten thousand taels of silver to Mr. Huang.

Even if they lost money, they still had a smile on their faces and did not show any intention of being stingy with the money.

After all, if you have a husband who is an official, why should you worry about not making any profit?

Xu Yahan couldn't help but feel pity and sighed, "The emperor is so pathetic."

Xiao Qing was surprised when he heard this: "Why did Mr. Xu express such emotion?"

"How stupid do you think the emperor was to allow so many corrupt officials to grow and proliferate?"

Xiao Qing's expression changed slightly, and he asked, "Where did Mr. Xu know about this?"

"The son of the prefect and the son of the minister can easily come up with a huge sum of tens of thousands of taels. We can tell without thinking that it must have been obtained through corruption and bribery." Xu Yahan said disapprovingly.

No matter when and where, there are always people who are corrupt, take bribes, and commit fraud for personal gain. However, some of these clever and cunning people act more covertly and cautiously, making it difficult for people to easily detect their crimes.

"Ms. Xu has a sharp eye!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh. This extraordinary woman from outer space was so outspoken and fearless.

But then he thought, since she was praised as a lucky star by the national teacher, maybe she really has some extraordinary qualities, and maybe she can help him? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.

"Mr. Xu, how do you think we can catch all these corrupt officials in one fell swoop?" The person who spoke had a frown on his face, and seemed quite dissatisfied with the current social atmosphere.

"Catch them all in one swoop? You are too naive." The man called Xu Dongjia chuckled and shook his head.

"What do you mean?" The questioner looked at him with confusion, obviously not understanding the deeper meaning.

Xu Dong's father sighed and explained, "As long as people have greed, corrupt officials will exist. If you kill a corrupt official today, another one will take his place tomorrow. Who can guarantee that the new official will not be corrupted by greed?"

Hearing this, the man couldn't help but fall into deep thought, muttering to himself: "Is there really no way out?"

Xu Dongjia patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Of course there are ways, but it is not easy to eradicate it completely. However, through some means, it can have a certain deterrent effect." After all, if corrupt officials can be easily eradicated, there would be no need to set up a special anti-corruption team.

"Oh? I wonder what your opinion is?" Xiao Qingze suddenly became excited and asked anxiously.

"1. Implement a supervisory system: Establish special supervisory agencies, such as the Censorate and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to monitor the behavior of officials. These agencies can report and impeach officials suspected of corruption.

2. **Audit Finance**: Regularly audit the financial status of officials to check for any unusual wealth growth or financial irregularities.

3. **Accept reports**: Encourage the public to report corrupt officials and provide protection and rewards to whistleblowers.

4. **Investigation and evidence collection**: The emperor would send his confidants or a special investigation team to investigate and collect evidence against officials suspected of corruption.

Xiao Qing couldn't help but clap his hands and exclaim: "Great, great, great, this plan is wonderful, it's really wonderful! If Miss Xu were a man, she would definitely have a bright future and unlimited potential!" At this moment, Xiao Qing thought to himself, if Xu Yahan was really a man, he would definitely recommend her to be an official in the court without hesitation. With her intelligence, talent, wit and strategy, she would surely become a pillar of the country and serve the court.

However, even if Xu Yahan was a woman, it didn't matter. Because she was exactly the lucky star that the national teacher mentioned, Xiao Qing was determined to let her enter the palace and be canonized as a concubine. Regardless of the fact that he had already favored Xu Yahan, the auspicious aura she carried was enough to make him insist on keeping her by his side.

At this time, Xu Yahan said softly: "What's wrong with being a woman? Women can also shine, and may even be better than men." Xiao Qing felt that the person in front of him was indeed extraordinary, so he praised her repeatedly: "Miss Xu is really unique and different! This must be what the national teacher meant by 'different'!" He stared at Xu Yahan, his eyes flashing with appreciation and admiration, as if he saw a dazzling pearl emitting dazzling brilliance.

"That's too much. How to govern the country and punish corrupt officials are issues that the emperor should worry about. They have nothing to do with us. Why don't you just continue playing mahjong?"

Anyway, there will be no intersection between her and the emperor.

The old emperor? He is obviously only thirty years old!

Xiao Qing felt that it was his responsibility to correct this erroneous statement: "In fact, the current emperor is very young, just in his thirties, and he cares about his people. He can definitely be called a wise ruler!"

"Ming Jun? Isn't that even more pathetic?"

"Why do you say that?" This was the first time he heard someone use the word "pitiful" to describe himself in all the years since he became emperor.

Xu Yahan whispered softly: "If he is really a tyrant and incompetent ruler, he only needs to indulge in sensual pleasures and debauchery all day long, and he will live a carefree and worry-free life. However, you call him a wise ruler. In this case, he is destined to work hard and run around all his life. Because he cares about the people, he must always work hard for the people to ensure the peace and prosperity of the country. Because he shoulders the heavy responsibility of the country, he has to give up himself and be loyal to the country wholeheartedly. As the saying goes, 'Those in high positions are always worried'! Tell me, isn't he worthy of pity?"

"Miss Xu is absolutely right." Indeed, his whole mind was focused on the country and the people.

It is really a great blessing for him to have such a wonderful woman who understands his inner world.

Xu Yahan, if you hadn't said this and expressed your unwillingness to serve in the palace, perhaps I would have considered whether to let you go. Unfortunately, now that things have come to this, you can't escape the fate of entering the palace no matter what.

"Don't talk about so many national affairs, let's go play mahjong." Xu Yahan said.

"Okay." Xiao Qingze looked at Xu Yahan with extremely passionate eyes.