Soul swap tyrant always wants to have a baby

The officials who were chatting, drinking tea, or slacking off were almost scared to death when they suddenly heard a chorus of voices.

Many of these minor officials of the eighth and ninth ranks were not even qualified to attend court, let alone see the emperor.

So these people have a natural awe of the emperor.

No matter they were chatting or drinking tea, they all came out trembling with fear and knelt down.

After everyone came out, Leng Yi did not let anyone get up. She started to visit each room one by one to see what her good ministers were doing with the court's salary.

The more Zhong Liyuan looked at each department, the colder his heart became. Household registration management, land management, tax management... These departments had quite a few things to deal with, but there were only one or two people in each department who actually did the work. The rest were either absent or had unimportant things on their desks. There were no account books or anything related to the work.

Leng Qingyi had almost visited all parts of the Ministry of Revenue when the Minister of Revenue hurried over.

He even saluted Leng Qing with a nervous look on his face.

"Minister of Revenue, I think I need an explanation."

"Your Majesty, I am currently on my way to collect a debt from another official. You know that if I leave this matter to my subordinates, there is a high probability that the money will not be collected, so I have no choice but to go in person."

Leng Qing raised his eyebrows and looked at the wealthy Minister of Revenue.

“How much will come back?”

"Your Majesty, not much is being returned. Those officials all claimed their families were poor, and most of them only returned a few hundred taels."

"Is that so? Then I have to carefully consider whether you are qualified for this position. You can't ask me to go and collect the debt myself."

"No, no, no, how can I trouble Your Majesty to do this? I can handle this matter."

"Putting this matter aside, please take a good look at what your men are doing. Is this how you serve the people on a daily basis?"

"It's because I've been busy these past few days and haven't been able to properly supervise them, so they've let their guard down. I'll definitely keep them on track."

Leng Qing looked at the people on the ground. Most of them were dressed in extraordinary clothes. It was obvious that they were from wealthy families who were sent here to live a miserable life.

"Count those who are not in the yamen today and dismiss all those without legitimate reasons. I want to see the memorial tonight."

"Yes."

The Minister of Revenue wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and glanced sternly at the people below.

"Minister of Revenue, you must know that whatever I want to know will be known to me. Don't do anything under my nose."

"Yes, I dare not."

Leng Qingyi ignored them and glanced at the young men who were kneeling on the ground in simple clothes and kneeling straight.

There are still seedlings that can be cultivated, but they are suppressed by the powerful.

The next place after leaving the Ministry of Revenue is the Ministry of Personnel, which is obviously better than the Ministry of Revenue.

At least there were no playboys gambling or playing dice at the gate of the Ministry of Personnel.

After entering, at first glance, everyone seems to be doing their work in an orderly manner, but a closer look reveals clues.

Obviously someone had tipped off her, and all this was done for her to see.

The Minister of Personnel also rushed over shortly after Leng Qing entered the yamen.

"How are your preparations for the imperial examination?"

"Your Majesty, the provincial examinations are being prepared, and the metropolitan examinations will be held in the spring."

"Have the test questions been released?"

"The general outline of the examination questions has already been prepared. As for the provincial examinations, they will be organized by the lower-level prefectures. Officials will be sent to each prefecture to supervise and inspect them."

"Give me three sets of examination questions, and I will choose which one to use when the time comes."

"Yes."

After the six departments were completed, Leng Qingyi arrested many children from wealthy families who did not work, made trouble, or engaged in workplace bullying.

It was already dark when they returned to the palace. Leng Qingyi, with a large group of young people in extraordinary attire, walked to the palace gate. When he saw Nie Yueming waiting at the gate, his eyes flashed.

"Nie Yueming, hang these people at the gate of the palace. No one can take them down without my permission."

After receiving the order, Nie Yueming raised his eyes and glanced at the bunch of dandies brought back by the emperor, and his eyelids twitched.

He felt that there were some familiar faces among them, all of them were second sons or illegitimate sons of large families or high-ranking officials.

Although Leng Qing's trip was not a big deal, he did not deliberately put on a show either. He went around all six departments and learned everything he needed to know.

Those whose sons were caught by the emperor for committing crimes also knew that their sons were hung at the gate of the palace.

But they dared to be angry but not to speak out. After all, the emperor was really crazy now, and when he was crazy, he would punish people directly regardless of whether there was evidence or not.

Although they were anxious, they were relieved to learn that their children were not punished but just hung at the door.

They were really afraid that the emperor would just kill the person without caring about anything.

The next morning, Leng Qingyi summoned the director of the Imperial College to the palace and told him roughly what the people hanging at the door had done.

He was asked to write down the reasons why each person was hung there, and to clearly state the price of ransom for each person: 100,000 taels of silver.

This is another huge windfall.

As expected of someone who could rise to the position of Director of the Imperial College despite being from a humble family, his literary talent was no exaggeration; his sharp and to-the-point language made Leng Qingyi very pleased.

Those who had originally wanted to go to the palace early in the morning to plead for their disappointing sons felt a little disappointed when they saw the notice posted at the palace gate.

No expectations were placed on these second sons and illegitimate sons, but their fathers and eldest brothers had some power, so they relied on the power of their fathers and brothers to do whatever they wanted in the capital.

His family spent a lot of money to buy him a small official position, but he still doesn't do his job properly. That's bad enough, but he was caught by the emperor, which is asking for trouble.

But there is no way around it. These people who can do evil things outside, although they are neither high nor low, are deeply loved by their parents or grandmothers at home, which gives them the opportunity to become arrogant.

The notice clearly stated what they had done. Openly insulting the emperor and gambling at the yamen were crimes that could result in the death of their heads. Now the emperor only wanted 100,000 taels of silver and did not punish their children. What else could they say?

The people Leng Qing captured were all families that could afford 100,000 taels of silver. Even though it hurt their hearts, they could still come up with it, so they had no choice but to pay the money and take their children home to be taught a lesson.

At noon, Nie Yueming came to report that there were still three of those playboys who had not been redeemed. They were almost dying under the scorching July sun.

"Go to their house and ask if they still want this man. If they do, pay the money. If not, castrate him and bring him into the palace to work for me."

Upon hearing this, Nie Yueming shuddered again, but he could only go down tremblingly to convey the emperor's intention.

The remaining three families were somewhat related to the royal family, and they thought that even if they didn't take the money, the emperor couldn't do anything to them.

Although those three families were related to the royal family, there were no officials in their families who held important positions in the court, so they did not understand the emperor's temper.

When she suddenly heard that the emperor wanted to castrate her own child and make him a eunuch, she immediately became angry and went to the palace to ask the empress dowager for an explanation.