Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

After receiving the orders from the two palaces and the Prince Regent, Quan Qing was completely relieved this time. How could he be afraid of that kid from Shandong this time? If you have the guts, go talk to the Prince Regent. Why me? Hehe, you won't get away with it. I'm just doing my job by order!

After handling this matter, Quanqing definitely gained both face and substance. With a stroke of his pen, almost all the corrupt officials with roots in Shandong had their punishments reduced, leaving only four or five unlucky ones as scapegoats. The others were all demoted or transferred. Since they had received benefits from Quanqing, these people naturally could not be ungrateful. Silver bills and treasures were naturally sent to Quanqing's home in an endless stream. As for the princes and ministers, they also showed their goodwill to Quanqing. This time, he was going to take advantage of them.

Quanqing is handling the punishment of corrupt officials in the Ministry of Personnel. Now Zhu Fengbiao has begun his great relocation. "Don't you, Liu Ye, want people?" Okay, here you are. I'll send all those thorns and stubborn people to you. I'll make you die of anger and exhaustion!

From the capital to Zhili, and then to Henan and Shanxi, the southern ones are too far away, so even the officials from several northern provinces, Zhu Fengbiao transferred more than a hundred people from various government offices at once, and then transferred a group of people from the idle jobs in the capital, and all rushed to Shandong to take up their posts. In order to save trouble, Zhu Fengbiao even did not fill out the appointment documents, and directly sent the people to Shandong. You can do whatever you want to appoint them, I won't bother with that. I have given you the people, as for how to use them and where to use them, that is your business in Shandong. I don't take your salary and I don't care about so many things!

After selecting the candidates, Zhu Fengbiao began to arrange positions for corrupt officials in Shandong according to the judgment of the Ministry of Justice, their background, qualifications and filial piety. The two big men enjoyed their work very much.

The news quickly reached Jinan, where Liu Ye happened to still be. Of course, after seeing the punishment clauses from the Ministry of Justice and the transfer order from the Ministry of Personnel, he was so angry he nearly vomited blood. Damn it! My brothers and I spent six months, sweating and tearing our hair, finally catching the corrupt officials in Shandong and sentencing them. And you, the Ministry of Justice, just gave me a word and overruled me. Why is all my hard work going to waste? A string of death sentences, only a few small fry left. Who the hell is this going to intimidate?

I was thinking of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, but now, I just killed a few bugs, and it can't even scare a chicken!

Liu Ye was furious, roaring, "Traditional virtues! Who the hell is trying to trip me up? How the hell can I do this? The imperial court is just watching them do this? What hope do we have?"

Guo Songtao, standing aside, had a sullen expression on his face. He replied, "Alright, Ziming, if you ask me, this time it's all your fault. You're just talking about Lu Mingsong, and you're giving Wenxiang a break. What's wrong with that? He's Prince Gong's favorite, and he helped you a lot back then. Now, there's just Lu Mingsong, and you insist on suppressing him and trying to kill him. Isn't this obviously going to offend Wenxiang? He's the Grand Councilor, a Grand Secretary, and extremely powerful in the court. You've humiliated him, so how can he not retaliate and give you a blow? Why bother?"

Liu Ye snorted coldly, "What a joke! Wen Xiang has indeed been good to me. He has been taking care of me since I came to Beijing from Tianjin. But let's be fair. I can't abandon justice just because of this. If a bastard like Lu Mingsong is allowed to go unpunished, I don't know what the future of the Qing Dynasty will be like. China will definitely be messed up by such a person, and then it will be the millions of people who will suffer! How can I explain to the elders of Yanzhou if I don't kill him?"

Guo Songtao smiled bitterly and said, "What can we do? The Ministry of Justice has already made its decision. Even if we ask for instructions again, it will be useless. Wenxiang will definitely put pressure on Quanqing. Quanqing doesn't dare to compete with Wenxiang..."

"I'm writing to Prince Gong right now to ask what's going on. How can so many corrupt officials be released without a second thought? They're not harming the people in Shandong, so why are they running off to other places to do so? Are the people in other places not human beings and deserve to be harmed?"

Liu Ye remained unyielding and sat down to write a letter. This time, he didn't care about his ugly handwriting and hurriedly wrote a memorial. He threw it to Zhu Hai and shouted, "Xiao Hai, immediately send someone to rush this memorial over 700 miles! I must fight!"

Ding Baozhen standing aside also had a grim expression on his face. He was the one who had worked the hardest. He was the Censor, and his biggest responsibility was to check the work style of officials in Shandong. Now, he had wanted to do a big job to let the court and the public see his ability, but he didn't expect that the Ministry of Justice would completely negate his six months of hard work with just one article. How could he hold back?

Ding Baozhen shouted, "Wait a moment, Ziming! I'll write a joint petition with you. Damn it! I'd rather quit my job than endure this humiliation!"

Li Junfeng echoed, "Yes, it's not just the Ministry of Justice, but also the Ministry of Personnel. What are they doing? What kind of people are they transferring here? Even though I'm far away in Dengzhou, I've heard about some of these troublemakers. They're all unruly. If all of them were shoved into Shandong, wouldn't Shandong be in chaos? Look at these documents. The Ministry of Personnel only stamped their seals, without even writing down their positions. What's the point of this? It's unprecedented!"

Guo Songtao smiled bitterly. Every one of these people was angry. However, Li Junfeng's words reminded him that the people transferred by the Ministry of Personnel only had ranks, not specific positions. In other words, all people and all positions had to be arranged by the Governor's Office!

"Look, Ziming, even though the people in the Ministry of Personnel are confused, they've done a pretty good job on this matter. Hehe, just as Boshan said, these people only have ranks and no fixed positions. Isn't this a great bargain for us? We can just recruit talented people and assign them to the right positions. This way, everyone can be put to the best use. Invisibly, this has helped us a lot!"

Liu Ye sneered and didn't reply. This was true. He would have more room to adjust. And to be honest, who had the time to get angry with these people now? It would be too easy for him not to kill that bastard Lu Mingsong!

Ding Baozhen snorted, "That's better than nothing. If he brings these troublemakers to Shandong and arranges positions for them, we will be even more unable to deal with them. Brother Bochen, you must make good use of this opportunity and subdue these troublemakers one by one!"

Guo Songtao smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhihuang, Ziming must be in charge of this matter. How can I handle it? I don't have the ability to control the situation!"

What will Liu Ye do? But Liu Ye doesn’t know that there is a trap behind it waiting for him to jump into!