The First Tyrant of Daxia

Shortly after.

The memorials of distress from various prefectures broke down the threshold of Qin Yun's imperial study!

In the imperial study room.

"Your Majesty, a total of 47 counties and prefectures are in financial crisis, and urgent reports have been sent to the capital."

"The troops stationed in Chongzhou have also started to make trouble, saying that their military salaries have not been paid for a long time, and there are also problems with taxes!" Guo Ziyun's face was solemn.

Qin Yun looked at the memorial and found that the actual situation was even worse than what Guo Ziyun said.

"Asshole, Wang Wei is deliberately going against me. He just took sick leave and stayed at home to recuperate this morning, but all the memorials from various prefectures were submitted to me this afternoon!"

"These bastards obey Wang Wei's orders and ignore my existence. They all deserve to be killed!"

Qin Yun was furious and threw the memorial heavily to the ground!

Guo Ziyun, Zhao Heng, Huang Yanqing and others were all shocked.

"Your Majesty, after Wang Wei took sick leave, most of the Ministry of Revenue stopped functioning, and many of the court's financial expenditures could not be implemented."

"There are also major problems with tax collection in various places, the handover of account books, etc. If this continues, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

Qin Yun's face was cold, and he snorted, "This old thief wants to use this to make me back down, but I just won't back down!"

"Guo Ziyun, I order you to go to Chongzhou immediately and secretly investigate the withholding of military rations and the financial shortage. There must be something wrong if it suddenly becomes like this!"

"This Wang Wei is playing with fire. If we catch him, we'll kill him immediately!"

Guo Ziyun bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

He turned to leave, but Qin Yun stopped him again: "Wait, I have sent a team of imperial guards to protect you along the way. You must carry out your duties with my imperial decree to avoid any obstruction."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Ziyun said.

After Guo Ziyun left, Qin Yun quickly transferred some capable people from the Academy of Bachelor's Degrees, the Ministry of Works and other departments to take over this mess.

First of all, we need to deal with the financial emergencies of dozens of states and counties. We should allocate funds where necessary and impose severe punishments where necessary.

As long as there was a problem, Qin Yun would not tolerate these ministers of the Ministry of Revenue who were stirring up trouble.

The first person to be brought down was the Minister of Revenue!

Yuan Mansion.

The imperial guards sealed off the place and used lightning speed to arrest the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Yuan Feixiang.

"What do you want to do? What crime have I committed that you dare to arrest me!" Yuan Feixiang, with disheveled hair, struggled and yelled continuously.

"Bang!" The imperial guard punched him on the head, and the old guy immediately became obedient.

Tao Yang is here, supervising personally.

He shouted to the entire Yuan Mansion: "Prime Minister Yuan Fei is committing treason, pretending to obey but secretly disobeying, and withholding food and salaries from officials in Cang County and other thirteen places!"

"By His Majesty's decree, I will be thrown into the Heavenly Prison and await your fate!"

The Yuan family was crying and making a fuss.

At the gate of the mansion, the people pointed and talked, watching with fear as the imperial guards drove away in the carriage.

Timely.

A man with shifty eyebrows and rat-like eyes squeezed into the crowd, grinning wickedly, and shouted in a tirade: "This is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, how can you arrest him just like that? Your Majesty has been too bloodthirsty recently!"

Then, someone continued.

"Who can be blamed for this? Didn't you hear that the Minister of Revenue withheld financial approvals from other small places? If we don't punish him, who else should we punish?"

"Humph, a high-sounding reason. Does the emperor need a reason to kill people? This is the nth batch of people he has killed this month?"

"Hurry up and go to the East Market. More than a dozen people from the Ministry of Revenue have had their homes confiscated. It's so tragic. Their wives and children are all homeless on the streets. The current emperor is really a tyrant!"

"Shh...keep your voice down...don't you want the head anymore?"

The shifty-eyed man sneered upon seeing this and quietly left the crowd.

Mission accomplished, go back and claim your reward.

"..."

The arrest operation continued into the night.

The entire imperial capital was in a state of panic.

No one knows who will be the next target to be arrested, especially the Wang Wei Group.

Wangfu.

"Dad, this dog emperor has gone crazy. More than a dozen officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the National Treasury have been arrested. What should we do? The situation is no longer under our control?!" Wang Ming frowned.

Wang Wei was wearing a gray robe and sitting there drinking tea like a rich man.

"Ming'er, you are still too young."

"Look at the imperial capital, there is resentment everywhere, and officials are in a state of panic. In the long run, the reputation of the young emperor will become increasingly bad, and not only the people, but also the officials will not be able to bear it."

"It seems like he has the upper hand, but in fact he is digging his own grave!"

Wang Ming frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "But if the emperor continues to investigate like this and arrests people without regard for the consequences, we will suffer great losses in the end."

Wang Wei looked at his son with some disappointment. He was brave but lacked wisdom.

His eyes were deep as he said, "I caused chaos in the Ministry of Revenue so that he could arrest people. This is called cutting off one's own arm! Just wait and see. When the taxation and finance of the whole country are in complete chaos, the emperor will know how to regret it."

"Moreover, in the long run, discrediting the emperor will be of great use if we really want to change the world in the future."

Wang Ming seemed to understand and nodded.

He frowned slightly and added, "Guo Ziyun went to Chongzhou."

"Chongzhou?" Wang Wei raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Let him go. He won't find out anything anyway. By the time he finds out something, the court will be in chaos."

The imperial palace and the imperial study were brightly lit.

More than a dozen scholars and officials were transferred here to urgently deal with the mess in the Ministry of Revenue.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not?" Qi Yong, the Minister of Justice, rushed over from outside the palace and asked hesitantly.

"Go ahead." Qin Yun said as he reviewed the memorials.

Qi Yong frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the civil and military officials are now dissatisfied with your unrestrained arrests and punishments."

"Besides the palace, people on the streets are slandering your majesty for being cruel and bloodthirsty, and saying that Concubine Shu is a witch who is harming the country."

"Even the children made up nursery rhymes for you."

"Today, officials from the Ministry of Revenue and other departments were arrested, and the voices against you have reached a climax. I wonder if Your Majesty can stop for a while and ease up a little, otherwise, if things go on for too long, something serious will happen."

Qin Yun frowned and put down the memorial: "This is Wang Wei's plan, deliberately adding fuel to the fire, don't pay any attention to it."

"Your Majesty..." Qi Yong wanted to persuade him again.

Qin Yun's eyes were deep, and he said slowly: "Qi Aiqing, I know you are loyal, but at this point, there is no room for easing up."

"What I want is to withstand the pressure, find evidence, and then eliminate Wang Wei. Wang Wei, on the other hand, exerted pressure in various ways, inciting officials and the people to protect him."

"If I back down, he will win, and my reputation will be ruined. This is a game that has already begun. From now on, it depends on who has the last laugh."

"These people will eventually understand my good intentions..."

After hearing this, Qi Yong had no choice but to give up.

He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, since you have a plan, I will not say anything more."

Qin Yun nodded and suddenly asked, "Is there any talented person in the imperial capital who has both literary and artistic achievements and a good reputation, and whose family background is clean?"

Qi Yong was stunned for a moment, then said: "Yes!"

"Who?" Qin Yun asked.

"The eldest son of the Henan Li family..."

"Change it. I don't want these powerful officials' children."

Qi Yong frowned and thought for a while: "Yangchun Academy, Gu Chuntang."

"What's the origin?" Qin Yun asked.

"He comes from a poor family, but his grandfather and three generations were all scholars. This kid has high attainments in literature. Almost all the Confucian scholars in the court have read his articles. Moreover, he is a man of high moral character and good character. Even the Grand Tutor Wei Zheng praised him very much." Qi Yong said.

Qin Yun raised his eyebrows. Wei Zheng also praised him?

"Okay, I understand. Go down and investigate his background. Come back and tell me if there is any problem."

Qi Yong nodded and left.

Shortly after.

Eunuch Xi came to report: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine wants to see you, saying that she wants to discuss something with you."

"Which concubine?"

"Noble Consort Wang."