System, help me become the empress

Chapter 220
The results of He Liu's investigation came out.

As expected, he is inseparable from his son-in-law Honglie.

Hong Lie's background is not good, but he has a face that is very pleasing to girls. The youngest daughter of He Liu's family fell in love with him at first sight.After He Liu found out, he strongly opposed this matter, but his youngest daughter insisted that her father was hindering her free love, so she almost eloped with Honglie.

This incident happened about two years ago, and there was a lot of trouble in the court at that time.Because she was an old woman, He Liu had always indulged her daughter, even though she looked down on Hong Lie in every possible way, she had no choice but to endure it.

After the two got married, He Liu saw that Honglie was really good to his daughter, so he never targeted him again, and even troubled his good friend to help Honglie find a stable job.

Honglie claimed to be from Dagan Taizhou, but in fact his father was a Dagan who fled from Japan. Because of his blood relationship, Honglie could not take the Dagan imperial examination. He thought that his father-in-law who was in charge of the imperial examination would help him win Suddenly, who knew that He Liu had only arranged an unremarkable middle school teaching job for him.

Of course, an ambitious and calculating person like Hong Lie couldn't express his dissatisfaction on his face.

During middle school, he seized every opportunity to climb up, and gradually got the opportunity to teach basic courses in college.He believes that as long as the contacts are well managed, it may not be impossible to enter the officialdom by this road.

After thinking about it, Honglie felt that he still had to take advantage of He Liu's influence.

In order to please his father-in-law, Honglie began to give him all kinds of good things, but He Liu has been a minister of the Ministry of Rites for so many years, and ordinary things can't catch his eyes, let alone Honglie who doesn't have much savings?
At this time, Honglie accidentally met a Taizhou fellow in middle school and gave him an idea. He said that he knew that there was a kind of medicinal material that was particularly good. I am full of energy, and I will never forget this medicinal material in the future.

Hong Lie was moved when he heard it. As for whether the drug has side effects or not, he has nothing to do with it. Anyway, He Liu is not his old man.

It wasn't until the beginning of this year that Honglie knew that the thing he used to soak He Liu's water was called opium, and taking it for a long time would not only make people addicted, but also shorten their lifespan.

Honglie broke out in a cold sweat, and at the same time he was thankful that he didn't try this thing. In order to avoid being discovered, he usually kept a low profile in his work.

He originally thought that this matter could pass so silently, but the fellow who had provided him with opium before suddenly made an attack and asked him to use his contacts to do things for him, otherwise his murder of his father-in-law would be made public.

In addition, at this time, He Liu began to feel addicted to the "supplements" sent by Honglie from his hometown, and repeatedly asked Honglie if he could send some to him.But if there is no 'that person' to provide opium, where can he turn it into a 'tonic'!

In this way, one wrong step, one step at a time.

Hong Lie was firmly controlled by his "fellow townsman". Gradually, he found that besides himself, this "fellow townsman" actually controlled many people.He couldn't help but began to wonder if his future would be many times better than it is now if he sincerely took refuge in this fellow villager.

Good times are not long.

After Honglie found out about He Liu's accident, his first reaction was to run away. Unfortunately, he was invited back by Jin Yiwei before he left the city, saying that during the investigation period, all relevant personnel were not allowed to leave without authorization.

Later, seeing He Liu force his daughter to divorce him with his own eyes, Hong Lie's heart sank. He knew that the matter would most likely not be kept secret. Now he only prayed that the matter of him using opium for He Liu would not be revealed. This is a capital offense!
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The trial process in Dali Temple was conducted in a low-key manner. Although the court officials knew in their hearts who was involved in the accident, Xu Youxi had never explicitly mentioned this matter to the outside world, so it was considered as a way to save He Liu's face.

After He Liu was informed of the incident by Dali Temple, he felt ashamed to face His Majesty.Although His Majesty did not say that he would deprive him of the position of Minister, the most important thing in a man is self-knowledge.

After he voluntarily begged His Majesty for drug rehabilitation, he hoped that he could retire and return to his hometown. Except for a few acres of Susukida in his hometown, he voluntarily gave up any preferential treatment from the court.

Xu Youxi thought of his contributions to the Ministry of Rites in Heliu these years, and his application was approved, and the retirement allowance for the court officials was also quite large.

The matter of He Liu's resignation caused an uproar in the court. No one would have thought that He Liu, who has always been cautious in doing things, would encounter such a thing.

It can be seen that "rituals" cannot be collected randomly, and serious problems may occur between even close people.

At the same time, people in the court were panicked for a while. It turns out that opium can be soaked in water as well as inhaled?Isn't that very easy to get tricked!

Xu Youxi suddenly ordered to organize medical examinations for all court officials, and the Xinyi Pavilion was responsible for checking whether everyone had been exposed to drugs.

Jin Yiwei also began to thoroughly investigate the "folk" that Honglie called, but it was a pity that the man was very cunning, and he ran away ahead of time as soon as there was a sign of trouble. Let's go to Taizhou to find him. The local yellow book shows that there is no such person.

That person's identity in Shangjing was the owner of a medicine store, and he worked as a school doctor in a middle school.Someone just happened to take a picture of that person's face, and Jin Yiwei arranged for an artist to copy a % similar one, and then took it out to arrest the criminal.

At the same time, Ganbao also reported the ins and outs of this scam.

Rong Yingran became the new minister of the Ministry of Rites, and also became the fastest promoted among his generation, receiving congratulations from countless people in the court.

To be honest, it is inevitable that Rong Yingran can get to where he is today. Just because he has established a "public school-middle school-university" integrated education system, it is enough for him to be famous through the ages, and even many folks People once thought that Rong Yingran was the Minister of Rites.

More than three months later, the people sent by Jin Yiwei to investigate the source of opium came back, and confirmed that the massive planting of poppies in several colonies was guided by the colonists.

It is said that in the warehouses where food was supposed to be stored in the colonized countries, there are now countless amounts of opium hoarded.

There was basically no food grown throughout the year, and large-scale famine broke out in several colonial countries one after another.Because the opium piled up in warehouses could not be sold at all, the price of local opium became extremely low.

In order to alleviate the hunger, the people of the colonized countries even began to actively smoke opium and built opium dens everywhere. More and more places fell, and the situation of the whole country became worse and worse.

Xu Youxi originally planned to propose cooperation with these colonial countries, and Dagan was willing to send troops to help them drive the colonial countries out of the territory. The two sides worked together to deal a heavy blow to these colonial countries.

Doing so can minimize the cost of war.

But now Xu Youxi is starting to hesitate. Can she really support a country whose people are completely addicted to opium?

"The only way to truly save the country is to emancipate the mind."

Xu Youxi decided to provide 150 places for admission to Beijing to young people from several colonial countries first, and try to see the situation.During this period of time, Dagan will provide these international students with food, accommodation and war shelter, but the premise is that the people who come here must have no contact with opium.

Anyone who has the experience of smoking opium will be directly deported and the enrollment quota will be voided.

　only so much today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)