Traveling through the Qin Dynasty, I seized the throne of Ying Zheng's father

Chapter 267 Ying Zheng's Orders

Even though the emperor held the power of life and death over the entire country, a minor matter in a local area would not possibly reach Ying Zheng's attention. Someone must have told Ying Zheng something.

Or perhaps someone provided Ying Zheng with some evidence, letting him know that there was something wrong with the officials in this area, and that they needed to know more about the situation, specifically how many officials in this area were involved.

Only by knowing more details can we be better prepared to remove this cancer.

Since this matter has escalated to the point of involving Ying Zheng, it must be no small problem. Taking rash action could cause setbacks and bring them further trouble.

Fusu felt that this was probably Ying Zheng's doing, wanting to thoroughly clean up the officialdom in this area, and now they needed to gather more evidence.

In preparing reserves for these officials, it is essential to ensure that if these officials are arrested, the court can quickly fill the vacancies and allow them to continue operating normally.

It's impossible to disrupt the lives of ordinary people just to arrest officials who commit crimes in this area. Although the impact might not be that significant, what if we actually took action?

These gaps must be filled in order for this place to function properly.

Fusu had basically guessed Ying Zheng's intentions. This move was indeed to avoid disturbing the people and to allow them to live peacefully, rather than being drawn into the chaos.

Ordinary people's lives are so cheap; if they get involved, they could very well lose their lives.

When General Chen heard Fusu say that the Emperor had actually given him a secret recipe, he was immediately incredulous. His eyes widened so much that he couldn't close them at all.

This seemed completely different from what he had imagined.

General Chen never imagined that this place would have such a big problem, even alarming the Emperor.

Minor matters would never reach the Emperor's attention. Based on this fundamental logic, General Chen instantly understood the magnitude of the problem.

Seeing that General Chen understood, Fusu then took a few steps forward.

He then said, "You are also a member of the court, so you naturally know that the Emperor would not deal with such trivial matters, but this time the Emperor wants me to intervene and investigate the cause of this matter."

“Although I don’t know exactly what happened here, since His Majesty specifically brought it up, it must be something very serious, something that requires our investigation and handling. It’s definitely not a trivial matter.”

"Although Lord Zhou is just a minor county magistrate, we are not sure if he was involved. He must have considerable power behind him to be able to become a county magistrate."

Before Fusu finished speaking, she meant that Lord Zhou was so young yet he was able to become a county magistrate, so there must be powerful forces supporting him behind the scenes.

It was impossible for someone from a humble background to become an official during the Qin Dynasty, so those officials were all involved in complex power struggles.

Unlike later generations, when people from humble backgrounds had a chance to rise to prominence, now is the time when powerful families hold sway.

Every official was a person of upright character recommended by a prominent family.

However, whether someone is truly of good character cannot be determined by those aristocratic families. It requires a long period of observation and evaluation of their actions and conduct to truly discern a person's character.

Therefore, Fusu did not think that Lord Zhou was innocent. Since she had the support of her family to become the county magistrate, and her family happened to be here.