I want to ruin the country

Wang Liuqi and Meng Fanggui tried their best to explain, but Ma Zhengqi was not stupid and knew that there was a big problem here, so he reported it to his superiors immediately.

After Ruijin learned about it, it was even more decisive and directly sent the Left Vice Minister Ulidu to Baoyi Granary to work on the spot!

Now it can no longer be concealed, and the truth is revealed.

Wulidu reported the situation here to Ruijin, who was also furious.

"No wonder the Emperor always says there's something fishy going on. Turns out there's something fishy going on!"

Ruijin's working style has also changed. He is no longer timid, but resolute and decisive. According to him,

"If I continue to be an official like before, I probably won't even make it to the Mid-Autumn Festival in August and will have to go home and recuperate like Zaiquan!"

No matter whether it is for the sake of his official hat or to be worthy of the emperor, he will never show mercy and will report any crime he finds.

Lin Zexu and Du Shoutian were even more decisive and would arrest you without any negotiation.

Baoyi Warehouse arrested twenty or thirty people from Wang Liuqi and Meng Fanggui down there.

Wang Liuqi and Meng Fanggui were doomed to be beheaded. Wang Liuqi was so regretful. He didn't get a penny of the money he greedily obtained, and even lost his head for a woman!

There are many such incidents all over the country. People are arrested today and tomorrow. In a short time, Wang Jindou’s Dali Temple prison is overcrowded!

He was so busy that he had no time to rest. The sound of beatings could be heard in the lobby every day. The prisoners were screaming in pain, and it was creepy to hear from afar.

Yining was even more ruthless and ruthless towards these parasites, and punished them with more severe punishment.

Just like what the Tianqiao storyteller said, heads were rolling and ghosts were howling!

Chen Fuen went all the way south, providing relief and buying food at the same time. At the beginning, he was unable to make ends meet, but gradually he had a surplus after providing relief.

He also investigated corruption and official warehouses, and he really found many problems. After he reported them, countless people were beheaded or had their hats and feathers lost.

As relief efforts spread throughout the country, the people were finally no longer hungry, and the common people's admiration for the emperor was like a surging river, endless!

Some people placed a longevity tablet for the emperor at home, hoping that such a good emperor would live for ten thousand years. The people finally had hope!

At the same time as the anti-corruption campaign, the strictest smoking ban in history also began, and all overt and covert smoking dens across the country were closed down.

The caught cigarette dealers were beheaded for their heinous crimes, and those who did not kill were sentenced to life imprisonment. However, they could not be kept in prison in vain, so they were punished by being sent to construction sites to repair rivers.

Yining issued another decree that any tobacco dealers caught in the future, no matter how many there were, would be beheaded!

The difference this time is that if such places resurface in the local area, the first ones to suffer will be the local baojia and lizheng. The emperor said that they are equally guilty as the tobacco dealers!

This scared these people, and they wandered around the streets every day, fearing that there would be a smoking den in their jurisdiction!

With their source of cigarettes cut off and nothing to smoke, it’s hard for those addicts to quit!

Lin Zexu adopted the one-vote veto method of family planning in later generations. As long as there is a tobacco shop in your county, all other achievements will be reset to zero!

This made the local officials tremble with fear, and they had no choice but to try their best.

However, this made the foreign opium traffickers angry again. They had no way to fight against the imperial court, so they turned to their own government for help, just like they had done in the past.

After the fall of the Kong family in Qufu, the scholars and educated people in Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in a state of panic.

"The Emperor has touched the descendants of Confucius, which is equivalent to touching our foundation. We cannot serve such an Emperor!"

"Yes, we must submit a joint petition, asking the Emperor to issue an edict of apology!"

"Yes, we want the Emperor to choose a new Duke of Yansheng from among the descendants of Duke of Yansheng!"

These discussions are rampant!

After the Jingkang Incident, the Southern Branch of the Kong family, which had fled to Quzhou, Zhejiang, carrying Confucius' statue and seal because of the invasion of the Jin army, also took advantage of this trend and wanted to restore their lost glory.

The scholars did not dare to rebel, but they could still make trouble and bark like a group of mad dogs.

There was an old scholar in Jiangning Prefecture named Wu Shide, who was fifty-five years old this year. He had been taking the imperial examination for more than twenty years since he passed it at the age of thirty, but he still had not passed.

His ancestors were originally poor, but after working hard, they passed the imperial examination and became the magistrate of Jiangning.

He once served Mr. Kang Xi when he went to the south of the Yangtze River.

This became Wu Shide's topic of conversation. He would call him "Emperor Kangxi" or "Old Buddha" when he spoke, as if Kangxi was his real ancestor.

He owned nearly 10,000 acres of land, and there were countless acres of land donated by nearby farmers, so his family was extremely wealthy.

He believed that all these benefits were brought to him by Confucius, so in his heart the first great benefactor was Confucius, and the second was Emperor Kangxi.

If anyone who stands by him tries to be disrespectful to these two, he will definitely argue with you about who is better, and it's not surprising that they'll even come to blows!

In his heart, he regarded the Golden Palace in the capital and the Kong family in Qufu as holy places. Every time he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he would make a special trip to the Kong family mansion to pay homage.

When he heard that something had happened in the Confucius Mansion, he was heartbroken and cursed Kong Fanhao for bringing shame to Confucius.

Later, I heard that the emperor had raided the Kong family, and my resentment towards Kong Fanhao was transferred to the emperor.

"Even though what Yanshenggong did was wrong, it's fine to teach him a lesson, but why did they confiscate his property?"

After all, Kong Fanhao was in the wrong first, and he couldn't scold the emperor publicly.

Finally, when he saw that the emperor had not appointed a new Duke of Yansheng for a long time, he became anxious. This was unacceptable. Without Confucius and the Duke of Yansheng, all the scholars in the world would be uprooted.

He first contacted several scholars and went to the Jiangning government office to ask to see the prefect, asking the prefect to write a letter to the emperor on their behalf, asking him to appoint a new Duke of Yansheng as soon as possible.

Wu Shide still had a certain appeal in the local area, and the prefect had no choice but to agree because of his pestering.

Of course, the letter fell on deaf ears and received no response. Wu Shide was extremely worried and distressed all day long.

I had been planning to leave for the capital to take the imperial examination in the next two days, but suddenly I heard that the emperor was not planning to appoint another Duke of Yansheng.

Wu Shide was so shocked that he completely exploded. He refused to eat or drink, and was as strong as a wind demon. He completely lost confidence in the current emperor and the court.

He began to contact some like-minded candidates to boycott the exam.

"Since ancient times, the Great Sage Confucius has been the teacher of all scholars in the world. Now the Emperor has actually raided the Confucius Mansion and rejected the Great Sage Confucius. This is to cut himself off from the world.

If the ruler is no longer a ruler, we no longer need to serve him loyally. We absolutely cannot be officials like him! Let those illiterate peasants be officials instead!

You won’t believe it, but there were actually people who believed what he said. In total, he contacted more than a hundred candidates and persuaded them not to come to the capital to take the exam.

When the Jiangning prefect heard the news, he felt that the matter was of great importance and dared not conceal it, so he hurriedly reported the matter to the Ministry of Rites.