After crossing over, he has no taboos among the zombies.

Eight generations have insisted on one thing. Let's suppress the urge to judge first.

Just based on this persistence, I want to ask you, are you convinced?

Of Gao Liheng's eight ancestors, one was skinned, one was beheaded, and the other six were imprisoned, exiled, or demoted. Almost no one was spared.

but!

No matter how the Gao family's official career rose and fell, except for the two most senior ancestors, the others basically escaped unscathed, and no one lost their life because of corruption.

why?

It was difficult for the first two to start a business.

At that time, the world was still in a state of chaos and the golden signboard had not been established, but he lost his life.

The world became increasingly darker, and with the Gao family's reputation established again, it was like a fish in water.

Even if something happened, Gao Bancheng would not confess. No matter what the crime was, he would insist that it was all his own. He was so particular.

Which gang wouldn’t like subordinates like this?

Everyone was vying for the position. Whichever gang Gao Bancheng took office in would celebrate with rejoicing.

No matter how big the hole is that Gao Bancheng has embezzled from generation to generation, they can always "miraculously" survive, and after a period of time when the limelight has passed, they will make a comeback.

Thus, the Gao family became an evergreen family in the officialdom of Dali, passed down from generation to generation.

Okay, I’ve finished talking.

We also have to talk about the "technique".

The so-called Taoism, without the technique, cannot support this Taoism.

What technique?

Of course it is the art of corruption.

It's okay to be generous in offering sacrifices, but the problem is that you have to have something to offer.

Gao Bancheng has plenty of ways to deal with this.

The first is corruption, the second is exploitation, and the third is plundering.

There is no need to say much about corruption. All the money and grain allocated by the higher authorities were confiscated. If even half a copper coin was leaked, the Gao family's golden signboard would be lost.

What, the higher-ups won’t allocate money?

There is a way.

Today they report a flood, tomorrow they report a drought, the day after tomorrow they report a locust plague, and the day after that they report a plague.

Anyway, no matter where Gao Bancheng goes, judging from his resume, he is a combination of plague god and disaster star.

If you serve as a county magistrate for three years in the prosperous Jiangnan region, he may report two years of drought, two years of floods, and a locust plague in between.

Even the rules of time have changed.

When there is a disaster, there must be disaster relief, and disaster relief requires the allocation of money and food.

When the disaster report was sent from the county to the prefecture, the prefect took a look at it, smiled slightly, stamped it with his seal, and sent it to the state.

The governor of the state took a look at it, smiled slightly, stamped it with his seal, and sent it to the capital.

When the bigwigs in the cabinet of the capital saw it, they smiled slightly, stamped it with their seals, and sent it to the emperor.

The emperor only has two eyes, how can he see so much? There are people who have not attended court for thirty years, and there are plenty of ways to fool him.

The imperial seal was stamped and presented to the Ministry of Revenue.

The Minister of Revenue took a look, smiled slightly, and stamped it with his seal.

Allocate money!

Divide the spoils!

Let’s go to Yihong Courtyard and watch the beauty playing the flute and the courtesan twisting her waist.

Hey, someone may say again, this is not a difficult thing to do, others do it too.

Different.

The Gao family had a strong reputation and was trusted by everyone. If anything went wrong, the Gao family would shoulder the responsibility. Everyone who saw the money was allocated a share, and once it left the treasury, everyone could calculate how much they would get.

Therefore, once Gao Bancheng submitted the disaster report, it was equivalent to blowing the horn for dividing the spoils.

Only Gao Bancheng can blow the horn. If others imitate him, it is easy to cause trouble. Even if the thing is finally done, you will not feel at ease when the money falls into your pocket.

Who knows, the truth might be revealed.

Hey, it’s just corruption everywhere.

When corruption in a county becomes almost rampant, he will be transferred to another place to take up his post.

When you have changed your position, you will be promoted.

A prefecture is always better than a county.

Gao Banchenghua has even more things to do, and several disasters can happen in one prefecture at the same time.

Okay, this is the first technique, called corruption.

Then comes the second technique, exploitation.

Who are being exploited?

Of course, they are the wealthy families who have no roots.

There are even more tricks. Blackmail, extortion, false accusations, frame-up and entrapment are all common practices.

Gao Bancheng's favorite thing is litigation.

If you bring any minor dispute or friction between two families to him, he can find you guilty of a capital crime.

Then they started collecting money. Whoever gave more money would be fine, and whoever gave less money would be stabbed.

Those who filed the lawsuit were dumbfounded and regretted it deeply.

But what's the use of regretting it? Just give him the money.

When lives were at stake, the two families competed to give until one could no longer afford to give.

Okay, case closed.

The winner will not give up and will get double the wealth.

When the common people saw that the lawsuit was too dangerous, gradually no one dared to file it.

No one hits?

It doesn't matter?

Gao Bancheng has a lot of people under his command who are good at causing trouble. Once he sets his sights on you, he will cause trouble for you even if your whole family does not leave the house.

Just kill a beggar and throw him into the yard.

Someone come, kill someone.

The officer jumped out immediately and said, "The body is still warm. Come on, let's talk."

What can I say?

Of course it’s silver.

Since ancient times, there have been plenty of ways for county magistrates who have confiscated property and bailiffs who have exterminated families to make money, as long as they are cruel enough and thick-skinned enough.

No matter where Gao Bancheng takes office, the local area will be in chaos and snowy in June.

Okay, this is exploitation.

The last step is to collect.

Who to plunder?

Of course it’s the common people.

Gao Bancheng was very adept at creating various pretexts, imposing heavy taxes and levying exorbitant fees.

Have children, collect taxes.

When someone dies, we collect taxes.

Passing through, collecting taxes.

Cross the river and collect taxes.

Dig wells and collect taxes.

Shit, collect taxes.

Drink alcohol and collect taxes.

Go into the city and collect taxes.

Go out of the city and collect taxes.

As for doubling the normal grain tax and suppression pay, reducing the fire consumption by half, replacing the large measure with a small measure and the small measure with a large measure, that is not a big deal.

There is also forced donations, and the water level is high today.

Worship the river god.

Everyone donated money.

The river will dry up tomorrow.

Worship the river god.

Everyone donated money.

The day after tomorrow, if there is an auspicious sign somewhere, we will worship the gods and donate money.

Generally, officials forced the rich to take the lead in donating, and then the people would follow suit. After the matter was accomplished, the rich’s money would be returned in full, and the people’s money would be divided into a 30% and 70% share.

By the time Gao Bancheng got there, if he could get back even a penny of the money that fell into his pocket, it would be considered a shattered reputation for the Gao family.

In short, no matter where Gao Bancheng takes office, his term will only be three years at most.

In three years, no matter whether they are rich or common people, they have all become poor. If you don't change your position and take office in another place, the people will rebel.

This is an official who is corrupt, abuses power, flatters his superiors and bullies his subordinates.

Or passed down from generation to generation.

He deserved to die in vain.

As for Gao Liheng's death, he had committed so many sins that Qin He couldn't figure out which one had taken his life.

I'm afraid we'll have to find some clues by comparing it with the shadow play of another headless corpse.

What is basically certain is that the murderer was indeed a corpse.

The blow was fatal, and Gao Liheng's head fell to the ground, leaving only the claws of the corpse but not the face.

The shadow lamp captivated the soul, the judgment was weighed, and the black-robed man spoke with golden words: "Foxes and rats occupy one burrow, while tigers and snakes roam the nine roads. No matter whether the heaven has eyes, the earth has no skin. Officials are fat as gourds, while the people are rotten like fish. Who dares to ask about the fair justice? Where is the blue sky?"

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