First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

At that time, Emperor Jing's rule was already shaky, and the custom of selling official positions and titles was prevalent in the capital. Anyone who bought an official position or title did so not only to bring honor to his family, but also to make money.

Even the buying and selling of minor official positions has become a target of investment for some businessmen.

Once you become a minor official, you want to become a higher-ranking official. If you want to get excellent performance in the performance evaluation, you naturally have to give gifts. The more valuable the gifts, the higher the price of the official position, which becomes a vicious cycle.

When Emperor Jingdi saw uprisings everywhere, he also realized the deep-rooted bad habits in the court, but it was difficult to change the situation, so he came up with a solution and sent out censors to clean up the so-called corrupt officials.

Firstly, the confiscated property can also be confiscated, and secondly, a few corrupt officials can be arrested to quell public grievances.

Therefore, as long as the crime of corruption was proven, Emperor Jing would impose very severe punishment on these minor officials.

Confiscating property and exiling people both require connections, and in the end the entire clan will be killed!

This was also one of the reasons why Emperor Jing's rule collapsed so quickly, as all officials felt insecure.

The Prince of Chenliu and the Prince of Huainan were fighting for the people's interests. They would punish corrupt officials wherever they went. For the corrupt and murderous Ye family, they would not just kill Ye Shizhi's father, but would kill the whole family of the corrupt officials to appease the people's resentment. They were just a little better than Emperor Jing.

Some officials who were not so corrupt would rather surrender to the King of Chenliu and the King of Huainan. After all, whoever became emperor needed officials to govern the local area, and the transition from the old to the new always took time.

Ye Shizhi looked at Su Jixiang with a bit of sadness.

"What do you mean? Should I thank this bastard?" Ye Shizhi asked gritting his teeth.

The boy's voice was hoarse and filled with resentment.

"Of course you should thank him!" Su Jixiang said, "If you do something wrong, you will be punished. This is only natural. You are in the Ye family. Where do you think your luxurious clothes and delicious food come from? Isn't it accumulated by the lives and blood and sweat of the people oppressed by your father? You should repay the cost of sitting back and enjoying it. Now not only do you not repay, but you want to assassinate the person who helped you repay the money to the people. Aren't you an ungrateful person? Besides, you call him a dog thief. Although he is also a dog, he is definitely not a thief. He does things openly and honestly. When he came out of the mine, if he had killed your whole family, I'm afraid others would be even happier to see it. You said that killing someone means paying with a life, but there are more than ten or a hundred lives that died in your father's hands. Is it reasonable for your father to repay others with only one life? Isn't it possible that even if the lives of your entire family were used to fill it up? But he spared your life. Do you know what his purpose is?"

When Wei Ling heard Su Jixiang say that he was a dog, he paused for a moment and looked at Su Jixiang with a questioning look. What did this mean? How could he be a dog?

However, seeing that she was talking seriously to Ye Shizhi, he smiled slightly and shook his head.

Ye Shizhi was fooled by Su Jixiang and felt dizzy. He felt that all his previous cognitions seemed to have collapsed under Su Jixiang's preaching.

Shouldn't murder be punished by death?

Su Jixiang was saying that his father had killed so many people that even if all the lives of his family were taken, it would still not be enough...

Ye Shizhi looked at Su Jixiang blankly and shook his head.

"He is giving you a chance. Death is easy. Are you determined to die when you come to assassinate Wei Ling?" Su Jixiang asked softly.

Ye Shizhi nodded.

He knew that it would be difficult to assassinate Wei Ling. After all, he had the Black Tiger Guards by his side, and he himself seemed very difficult to deal with.

His mother once told him not to seek revenge and just wanted him to grow up in peace. He did so before, until one day someone came looking for him...

"Look. Death is the easiest." Su Jixiang gestured and pinched his neck with his hand. "You can't even beat me, let alone him. He could have strangled you to death in the store before, but he didn't. You know, living and bearing your father's sins is the hardest. The opportunity he gave you is to let you live well. Only by living can you learn skills well and serve the people in the future! Only by serving the people well and being willing to be a servant of the people can you help your father atone for his sins and redeem his soul."

Wei Ling... He almost spit out a mouthful of milk tea...

He doesn't seem to be as great as Su Jixiang said... He tied Ye Shizhi here just to see if anyone would come and kill him...

Serve the people... be willing to be a hardworking ox for the people... but these two sentences sound good!

"Look, what you are drinking now is called milk tea. It tastes good, right?" Su Jixiang continued.

Ye Shizhi nodded.

It was indeed delicious, the best thing he had ever tasted in his life.

"Do you know what is needed to make this thing?" Su Jixiang asked.

Ye Shizhi shook his head again.

"It needs sugar! It needs tea leaves, it needs milk, and it needs an iron pot, an iron shovel, firewood, and a stove. If one of them is missing, it can't be made." Su Jixiang said to Ye Shizhi, counting on his fingers, "You may not realize how many people have worked hard to get the clothes you wear, the things you use, and the meals you eat. And you think you can take these things for granted, but where in the world are there so many things that are taken for granted? Without the hard work of the people, where would these things come from! Your father has taken away the labor income of so many people, and caused so many people to be separated from their wives and children, and their families to be destroyed. Do you think these are still what you should have as a matter of course when you were born? We are all human beings, don't you think about why they are treated like grass and can only be sold out by your father?"

Ye Shizhi's eyes dimmed.

He has also gone through hard times in recent years.

After his mother was driven out of Mangcheng with him, she used the banknotes she hid on her body to buy some property in a nearby village, but she didn't know how to run it, and within two years, she had spent almost all the money she had. The days of luxury were gone forever, and they had to tighten their belts to make ends meet.

Even if you are very frugal, your life will get worse day by day.

"Okay. You should read this booklet carefully tonight, and think carefully about whether what I said is correct. Did Wei Ling save you? Did he save your family? Then you tell us whether you want to stay alive and I will forgive you for your sins." Su Jixiang patted the young man's shoulder and said slowly.

She stood up and looked at Wei Ling, who quietly gave her a thumbs up! Su Jixiang was going to make the black one white!

Su Jixiang seemed a little proud.

After all, she was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze as a revolutionary successor! Such a reasonable thing would not be difficult for her!

Full of positive energy!