The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Those who failed the exam went on stage to be beaten. Those who scored 59 and 30 were both beaten. The two who scored in the teens sat in their seats motionless.

After class, both of them looked very confused.

The Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue were in similar moods at this time.

The two of them remained expressionless, but were completely puzzled.

Why didn't you catch me?

No matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn't figure it out. Soon the meeting was over. Everyone who was on duty was on duty, those who were supposed to work overtime worked overtime, and those who were supposed to go home went home.

After what happened, the two prime ministers and the rest of the cabinet certainly couldn't just go home.

Everyone walked slowly outside and went to the smoking room to smoke together.

A package of thirty taels of silver specially supplied to the Forbidden City was opened by the Right Prime Minister and distributed to everyone.

Everyone skillfully lit cigarettes with matches and began to sit on the sofa chairs, puffing smoke and thinking about family and national affairs.

Each person smokes at least half a pack of cigarettes every day. Fortunately, the Holy Emperor is kind-hearted and gives twenty packs of top-quality cigarettes to ministers of the third rank and above every month.

The Minister of Works and the Minister of Punishments also loved smoking, especially the Minister of Works. He usually had a heavy workload and often stayed up late to work overtime to read various reports from his subordinates and solve problems. If he stayed up late, he would smoke half a pack of cigarettes more.

The Right Prime Minister exhaled a puff of cigarette, crossed his legs and lay down, imitating Jia Rong's awkward but comfortable sitting posture, "Two seats are missing."

The right prime minister did not gloat over the misfortune, but rather felt a little sad.

The left prime minister raised his head and exhaled towards the sky, then said with a smile: "What could it be? The Minister of Works has made contributions, it's just a small matter."

There is a place for newspapers and books in the smoking room, not only today's newspapers, but also various works of the Holy Emperor.

For example, the repeatedly watched "On the Ruler, Ministers, and Husband and Wife", written by Sheng Rong.

Calling the emperor by his name was considered disrespectful, and emperors generally would not use their own names directly, let alone publish their names in newspapers or in the author column.

Jia Rong's courtesy name was basically not called anymore, because no one was qualified to call him by that courtesy name.

The Minister of Revenue raised his hand and held up a cigarette, and he agreed with a smile, "What the Left Prime Minister said is right. Those more than ten people were arrested and taken to the Xuanwumen Detention Center between the Imperial Palace and the Holy Palace. I have visited that place with people from the Ministry of Works before. It is well built and does not look like a prison at all."

The Minister of War was suspicious. "Are they really arresting people for corruption? I feel like the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice don't have that many things to do. They're all pretty good. I never thought they would be arrested for these things."

After hearing this, the others shut up, smoked, and were thinking about things.

When it comes to corruption, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue are the biggest contributors.

Especially the Ministry of War. In recent years, the wars have not only been funded by the emperor's military pay, but the generals and cadres under its command have also given the Ministry of War a lot of money, hoping to recommend themselves to fight in the war.

In addition, there is the huge military expenditure problem of the navy and the army, and the Ministry of War is also involved.

If we were to ask which department among the six ministries has the most serious corruption, the Ministry of War, which is at the forefront, would definitely deserve the title.

The Minister of Rites said, "I think it's because of the coronation ceremony. I saw that the emperor looked unhappy that day. Something must have happened."

Everyone seemed to be thinking about it, and they finally found a convincing reason.

After all, although Jia Rong often lost his temper, he rarely implicated innocent people, and even those who were guilty would be given lenient sentences.

The reason they started arresting people this time must be that something went wrong with the people in the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice.

The Right Prime Minister took a puff of his cigarette and thought, "It feels like the Ministry of Justice hasn't done anything in recent years. Even in this case, the arrests were made by the Royal Guards, and the investigation and interrogation were done by the Supervisory Office, so the Ministry of Justice has nothing to do."

The Minister of Personnel said: "Many people from the Ministry of War want to go to the Ministry of Justice. It happened a few days ago. It seems that when a family member came to the palace, he told His Majesty about this matter, saying that the officers and soldiers in the army are suitable to work in the Ministry of Justice."

The Right Prime Minister looked at the Minister of Personnel and asked, "How did you know that?"

The Minister of Personnel explained, "A few days ago, the emperor received the ladies of the imperial family from all over the country who came to Beijing. Someone from my hometown also went there and told me about it when he came back."

The Minister of War quickly asked, "What did the emperor say about this matter?" The others also looked at the Minister of Rites while smoking.

Some people have finished smoking one cigarette and are lighting their second one.

It was hot outside, but the house was cool and comfortable because of the ice and unique ventilation and insulation design.

The Minister of Personnel said: "Your Majesty said that it is fine for those soldiers to go into battle and kill the enemy, but forget about enforcing the law and conducting interrogations. They will only become cruel officials who do not take human life seriously, but..."

The Minister of War quickly asked, "But what?"

The Minister of Personnel replied, "However, several wives of nobles who had won military honors were also present at the time, and they all knelt down to speak for their husbands."

"Your Majesty is merciful and has agreed to arrange for retired soldiers to work in the Ministry of Justice and set up a National Discipline Hall in the Ministry of Justice, so that these people can be responsible for court affairs and do not have to go around the streets to investigate those civil cases."

The Right Prime Minister smiled and said, "Your Majesty is a kind-hearted person. He will not be harsh to those who have made contributions. Don't worry."

Everyone nodded, and they all felt that the Holy Emperor was merciful.

More than ten days later, the Minister of Justice was beaten to death by extortionate bandits in the Xuanwumen Detention Center.

The bandit tried to escape but was quickly caught by a group of people.

The new six departments, several cabinet ministers, and several affiliated departments were interrogating the surviving bandit at the same time.

After realizing that the bandit was a repeated extortionist who only wanted to teach him a lesson so that his family would give him money, and that he had not committed murder, the bandit was quickly taken to the Ministry of Justice prison.

Soon, the Beijing camp had a tacit rule that those who were guarding the house and had been on the battlefield would not be wanted!
Especially those soldiers who have just returned from the battlefield after killing people must not be used to guard the house or guard important people.

Because the Minister of Punishments died in an accident, the Minister of Works, who had been in jail for more than 20 days, was given special mercy by the Holy Emperor Jia Rong and allowed to return home to reflect on his mistakes.

Jia Rong in May and Jia Rong in June are the same person, but the things they want to do are definitely not the same.

Things that need to be done in May should be done, and there will be things to do in June.

Jia Rong no longer cared about being a tyrant or building a canal and palace, and he left the task of dealing with corrupt officials to the investigation teams of various departments.

"The weather is too hot and people are restless."

"Be civilized, set a new trend, abide by the law, be polite and kind to others."

"Please take the gun back first."

Jia Rong suddenly felt that he was not invincible, and that privately manufactured weapons by civilians would also cause many problems.

Moreover, although the arms business is profitable, the popularization of arms technology will not give rise to any gun-and-cannon wizards.

Guns have limits...

But the human body does not work like that. Jia Rong discovered that he was already in his thirties, and from the age of ten to now, his body had never stopped growing, even if he did not exercise.

Can I protect myself from bullets?

Jia Rong suddenly had a very dangerous idea.

Once this thought comes into my mind, I can't suppress it.

Soon Jia Rong tried to prick his thigh with a needle.

pain!
"never mind!"

Jia Rong threw away the syringe and ignored the matter.

Jia Rong soon went out to play again, studying cultural courses with the girls from the technical school, helping pregnant women deliver babies with Ling'er and Qiao'er, who were both fifteen or sixteen years old, and giving physical examinations to Wang Xifeng and others. (End of this chapter)