On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Lin Zhen rolled his eyes at Lin An who was watching the fun.

"You have no manners. Hurry up and pour me another cup of tea."

"Yes."

Lin An then ran back happily. At the same time, Lin Zhen said to the old man, "Grandfather, if I were Gu Beichen, I would spend all these 100,000 taels of silver on cutting-edge things."

"First, with the flood in Liaodong, the people need food and cloth the most, because they need to have enough food and warm clothes. So I will find a grain merchant and buy food at three times the usual price, and then find a cloth merchant and buy cloth at five times the price..."

Before Lin Zhen could finish his words, Lin Zhenxian said, "Wait, why are you paying so much more? Are you sick?"

Lin Zhen:......

"Grandfather, please listen to what your grandson has to say first."

"If we buy the grain at triple the price, the grain merchants can issue proof of the sale, and Gu Beichen can use this to submit a memorial to the court, saying that grain prices have risen due to the rainy season. Your Majesty doesn't understand farming or grain prices, so he'll just take a look and nod in agreement."

“This is where the corruption begins.”

"The Gu family is not stupid. They will negotiate prices with grain merchants and then give them rebates. For example, if the current price of a dou of rice is two cents, they can buy it for six cents. After reporting the purchase to the court, and after confirming that there is nothing wrong, the grain merchant will refund five cents to him."

"Because we all know that large quantities mean low prices, merchants can make a profit with a penny per bushel of rice, and the Gu family can get even more. The same goes for cloth, but the reason they charge five times the price is because it's summer now, and clothes aren't the most important thing for the victims."

"When people are hungry, their only concern is to eat. Covering one's body is a thought that only arises when one is full. It's no exaggeration to say that a starving woman would lose all sense of shame and strip off her clothes just for a bite of food, allowing others to watch and even play with her."

"Therefore, there is more room for manipulation in the cloth, and the more greed there is. My grandson deduces that if the 100,000 taels of silver were handed over to the Gu family to handle, they would have embezzled at least 60,000 taels to make up for the huge loss the day before yesterday."

Lin Zhenxian took a deep breath, and then anger surged in his heart.

He slammed his palm on the stone table and roared, "If the Gu family really dares to do this, I will get rid of them even if I have to bear the name of rebellion!"

"Grandfather, there's no rush. Every country and every dynasty on our land has come this way. If only 40,000 taels were left, it would be fine. The most serious thing is that this is just the beginning of corruption."

"Forty thousand taels worth of relief grain and cloth will be delivered to the local areas. Local officials, whether they are county magistrates or prefects, will covet these things. If I were the prefect of Liaodong, I would replace the relief grain with bran and millet husks, which are used by livestock. As for the cloth, I can withhold it all, because the victims don't need clothes at all."

"Then I'll reduce the replaced grain by half and ship it to the county level. At the same time, I can take the replaced grain to the grain merchants and exchange it for cash. Thus, corruption is formed. At this point, 20,000 taels have been reduced from the 40,000 taels."

"County officials were even more direct. They could choose to embezzle grain and cloth in exchange for money. They could also use these materials to exchange for the labor of the people, or for the children and beautiful women of the affected families, and then trade them with other men. Some even took the opportunity to seize the farmers' land. Although the supplies they ultimately received were small, the corruption they embezzled was the most rampant, because they were the only ones who had direct contact with the affected people."

"In order to avoid starvation, the common people had no choice but to compromise with the imperial court and rely on the bran fed to livestock to survive, even selling their children and even their bodies."

Tears welled up in Lin Zhen's eyes, as if he recalled something. He slowly raised his head and stared at the moon.

"A disaster, but in the end, the officials made a fortune, while the common people suffered terribly and struggled to survive. So, Grandfather, your 100,000 taels of silver are doomed to be wasted."

Lin Zhenxian was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

He never imagined that the imperial court was so corrupt, and he never imagined that the local areas were so decadent!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Lin Zhen was right. With one last slap, he cracked the stone table and roared to the horizon, "Fuck you, Gu Yunting! I'm bringing my troops to raid your house right now!"

After saying this, Lin Zhenxian shouted to Lin An with red eyes: "Lin An! Pass on my order, everyone in the Bear Hunting Camp assemble!"

"Yes!"

The Bear Hunting Camp is a unit that uses formations and is also Lin Zhenxian’s most proud army.

This team of less than 10,000 people, if formed into a battle formation, could be as strong as 100,000 soldiers!

So it is called: Bear Hunter (male).

Lin An's blood was boiling with excitement. He wanted to rush into Gu's house and twist Gu Yunting's head off and kick it like a ball. He immediately took out fireworks and was about to light them.

Lin Zhen quickly stopped him.

"stop!"

"Grandfather, you absolutely can't do that!" Lin Zhen ran over and hugged Lin Zhenxian, but was pushed away by him.

"Boy, don't get involved in this! I didn't mess with the Gu family before because of the late emperor's favor. Now they dare to plunder the people's wealth and make their lives worse than death. How can I tolerate them?"

"Grandfather, please listen to your grandson. It's not too late to get angry!"

Lin An looked at the father and son, and finally put the firework stick back in his hand.

Lin Zhen said, "Grandfather, let alone Daqian, there are tens of thousands of corrupt officials in the entire Chinese continent. Kill one batch and there will be another batch! It's impossible to kill them all!"

"Then what do you say we should do? Are you going to let me watch the people die of hunger and cold?"

"Grandfather, His Majesty doesn't trust us now, so we can only act in secret..."

Before Lin Zhen could finish his words, Lin Zhenxian spitted all over his face: "Get lost, I've always been aboveboard, how could I have ever been in the dark?"

"I... my grandson meant that everything we just did was just speculation. If we rashly raid the house or go to His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely not believe us."

"At this time, we only need to secretly keep an eye on the Gu family. If they really mistreat the people, His Majesty will believe us if we have witnesses and evidence. He might even give you the task of disaster relief."

"Do you think that if you personally go to provide disaster relief, will those petty officials dare to embezzle money?"

"Not only will they not dare to embezzle, they will also do everything they can to win your favor. At the same time, His Majesty will also reward us for our successful disaster relief efforts! Our family is too powerful. If we don't rebel, we must find a way to gain His Majesty's trust!"

With just a few words, Lin Zhen pulled Lin Zhenxian, who was on the verge of going berserk, back to normal.

He sat down on the stone bench again and blew the powder off the stone table.

"Kid, just do as you say."

"If these people still dare to embezzle after I go there, I'll kill them all! No one can stop me!"