I am immortal in the immortal world

Chapter 28 The Prince's Rebellion
The harm of the aristocratic family is even worse than that of rebels.

The latter seems fierce as fire, but there is always a way to put it out.

The former has existed since ancient times. Anyone can see that the family is digging the foundation of the dynasty, but there are few ways to control it.

Zhou Yi shook his head slowly: "You are not the first to say this, nor will you be the last. The aristocratic family is deeply evil, but it is not a reason to become a corrupt official."

"Ahem, ahem, to put it lightly!"

After the prisoner mentioned Lu's house, he seemed to let go of it completely.

"I...my parents starved to death. It's because the officials were greedy for disaster relief food. Back then, they swore that they would clean up the imperial court and clean up the world!"

Zhou Yi became a little more interested: "Tell me about your experience that you thought you were bitter and bitter, but it was actually a cliché?"

"..."

The prisoner was quite helpless, but the death date was not far away, and this was probably the last word he spoke to others before his execution.

"I became a Jinshi in the cold window of ten years, and my parents and officials anywhere, I thought I could show my ambitions. However, the officials in the yamen are all occupied by local wealthy families, and they are ordered not to go out of the yamen hall, making it difficult to enter the countryside."

The prisoner glanced at Zhou Yi: "The most difficult one among them is you, a humble subordinate."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly, the imperial power and subordinate officials share the world, is it just talk?

"Traveling through several counties, not only failed to do anything, but became the laughing stock of the same class, and got a lot of comments every year!"

The prisoner murmured: "How can there be any ambitions in such a waste of time? Simply let them go, read, write and write every day, and don't care about the government affairs."

Ideals and prospects obliterate the reality and become a stupid official.

Zhou Yi asked, "What does this have to do with the Lu family?"

"In the sixth or seventh year of Hongchang, when I went to Changfeng County, it happened to be flooded...the rivers are overflowing, and people are like fish and turtles."

The prisoner recalled: "As usual, I submitted the memorial and asked the Ministry of Households to allocate money and food for disaster relief. According to the procedure, the imperial court must first inspect the disaster situation, and then draw up the disaster relief regulations. It took a long time to go back and forth."

"People in major disasters are almost dead, just pay less money. Minor disasters will pass by themselves, and there is no need to save them."

"I never thought that the imperial court would quickly order to transport grain from the surrounding counties and allocate another 30 taels of disaster relief money."

"With such a disaster relief effort, Changfeng County will surely be able to tide over the floods easily. I can't sleep at night, wasted ten years, and finally I can do something for the people to fulfill my parents' last wish!"

The prisoner paused at this point: "There was a famine back then, and my parents warned me at the end of my life: I will be a good official in the future and save the people from suffering!"

Zhou Yi straightened his standing posture. This prisoner was indeed a little different from the previous ones.

There are a lot of corrupt officials caught in the sky jail, and Zhou Yi listened to them explain his reasons for making money. It seems strange, but it is the desire for pleasure after all.

"Just as I was ecstatically preparing for disaster relief, people from the Lu family came."

The prisoner said angrily: "A lowly sect is pointing at the disciples of the Son of Heaven and cursing. Lu's family asked for food and money from the imperial court. Why should they distribute them to the common people?"

"However, this also let me know why the imperial court allocated money and food, which has nothing to do with the memorial!"

Zhou Yi said: "In the end, the relief money and food were sent to the Lu family?"

"What can I do?"

The prisoner said: "Changfeng County belongs to Luyang Prefecture, and the Lu family has been entrenched in the business for thousands of years. If you say nothing, you will embezzle money and food on the same day and commit suicide in fear of crime!"

"Then?"

In fact, Zhou Yi can guess the follow-up development without asking.

"The money and food were sent to the Lu family, and the people in Changfeng County suffered heavy casualties, so they had to sell their children and daughters to make a living..."

The prisoner sighed and said, "I was judged to be the first class back then, and the inspector censor praised the people for loving the people like a son and making great contributions to disaster relief. One year later, I was transferred to Luyang Mansion as the general judge!"

The general judgment of the local state government is also seven ranks, but one step from the county to the province is a promotion.

In a natural disaster, the Lu family earned money and land, and the prisoner was promoted to an official position. Everyone is happy!
"Since then, I have become an official of the Lu family. I got the top grade in the examination every year. After more than ten years, I was promoted to Luzhou pastor and took charge of the administration."

The prisoner let out a smirk: "The same subjects who were ridiculed in the past have become close friends one by one. In order to be close to me, I gave money, donated to the oiran, wrote poems, and flattered me!"

"From now on, if I have money, I will be greedy, if I have an official, I will sell it, and I will be free..."

"It's also lawless!"

Zhou Yi snorted coldly. This person experienced frustration, despair, and completely fell in the fear of death.

The prisoner's eyes were gloomy, and his voice was ethereal: "What is law? That is the art of the imperial court governing the people! What is heaven? Your majesty is heaven, the imperial court is heaven, and scholars are heaven!"

Zhou Yi said: "However, you are going to die now."

"The moment I became a running dog of the Lu family, I was already dead."

The prisoner's eyes were empty and lifeless: "What if you kill me, no one can change the officialdom, and no one can save the court!"

Zhou Yi said coldly: "Corrupt officials are counted as one. If caught, they will be skinned and washed."

The prisoner said: "Then the ones replaced are another batch of corrupt officials!"

Zhou Yi asked: "So the court is rotten?"

The prisoner shook his head lightly, pointed to his face and said, "It's not that the imperial court is rotten, nor is it that the aristocratic family is rotten, but the scholars are rotten!"

Zhou Yi was slightly taken aback, this fellow was indeed somewhat different from the previous corrupt officials, and asked curiously: "You are a dog of the Lu family, and you are an official in Luyang, why did you end up in the prison?"

"The owner has fattened up the dog, so he wants to kill it and eat it, lest the dog turn over and call the shots one day."

The prisoner said: "In this way, the Lu family not only robbed the money, but also took over the hearts of the people. The corrupt officials who caused the disaster were arrested by the Lu family's Qingtian master, and the people applauded!"

"It seems that you are not the first dog."

"Not the last one either."

"You never thought of resisting?"

"is that useful?"

The prisoner's rhetorical question stunned Zhou Yi for a long time.

An aristocratic family that has been passed down for thousands of years is scary when you think about it. If you don't have golden fingers and cheats, you really have no way to start.

Leave the cell.

Zhou Yi informed Captain Zhu of the results of the interrogation.

"The Lu family!"

Captain Zhu's eyes widened: "Isn't it impossible to chase him back?"

Zhou Yi asked suspiciously: "Old Zhu, you have a problem, why are you so concerned about this matter?"

"It's okay! Lao Zhou is busy, I have something to go out."

Zhu Xiaowei repeatedly denied it, and then slipped away.

Zhou Yi frowned slightly: "Old Zhu, wouldn't he hire some big shot to do things for others? A few million taels of silver are enough to raise an army, and those are the only people that the entire Fengyang country can use!"

It's not about worrying about Captain Zhu's safety. Everyone has to bear the consequences of the path they choose.

Zhou Yi was worried that Yuchi would be affected. If Zhu Xiaowei was involved in a major case, his usual friend would inevitably be affected.

……

A prophecy.

The first month of the 18th year of Hongchang.

Before the joy of the New Year dissipated completely, a shocking case occurred in Fengyang Kingdom, causing turmoil in the court.

Zhao Chi, the crown prince of the Supervisory Kingdom, intends to kill the king!
Jin Yiwei arrested the imperial chef who tried to poison the chef on the spot. After interrogating overnight, they found the dragon robe and jade seal from the East Palace.

According to the confession of the eunuch of the East Palace, the prince ordered that he be called His Majesty on weekdays, and the prince concubine be called the Empress Empress, and the other side concubines should correspond to the harem.

Facing the conclusive evidence, Zhao Chi was irrefutable, and admitted that he had colluded with the Zhen Guo government in an attempt to plot rebellion.

Hongchang was furious!
The imperial army surrounded the town government's mansion, and Jin Yiwei searched the whole city to arrest the relevant prince's henchmen.

Captain Zhu is the new pawn who joined the Prince's command!
(End of this chapter)