The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Former Minister of Industry

Miss Liao walked into the room and looked at her mother and nanny who were packing up.

"Mom, are we moving away?"

Mrs. Liao looked at her daughter and sighed, "Yes, your father is no longer the Minister of Industry. This time, thanks to the emperor's generosity, he was able to return safely. But now that he is no longer the Minister of Industry, he can no longer live here."

Mrs. Liao looked at the villa again. This three-story villa, covering an area of 400 square meters, has running water and 24-hour hot water available.

The houses are also designed to last a hundred years and have complete drainage facilities, including flush toilets and solar-powered iron buckets for bathing in the summer.

The house has its own small garden where you can plant some flowers and plants.

The most important thing is that it is only ten minutes away from the palace!

The land including the Imperial Palace and the Sacred Palace is the Inner Ring, and only royal vehicles and official vehicles can use the Inner Ring.

The large circle outside the Holy Palace is the place for daily office work and the military area surrounding the palace. There are also schools for princes and children of nobles.

Outside is the Second Ring Road, which is the government office area.

Tens of thousands of officials and an increasing number of civil servants in the capital work within the second and third ring roads, and live outside of them.

Only ministers and important officials can live in the Second Ring Government Office District with their families during their tenure.

Miss Liao looked at this luxuriously decorated palace villa with reluctance in her eyes.

"I heard that they will start laying electric wires this year, so we will have electric lights ready to use at any time."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liao smiled and said, "We can keep our kerosene lamps and candles lit. The emperor is magnanimous and only dismissed your father from his post. It will not affect your brothers and you. In addition, the rewards he has given us over the years are enough for our family to spend a lifetime."

Although she was dismissed from her post, Mrs. Liao was not too sad.

First of all, no one is in trouble, and secondly, there is not much money lost.

Jia Rong's property was not confiscated. It might be because of the farce of the Minister of Justice being beaten to death by bandits that people thought Jia Rong was concerned about his reputation and felt embarrassed to see someone die in prison, so he was too embarrassed to continue punishing him.

Miss Liao nodded and watched the servants pack up their belongings.

Mrs. Liao quickly looked at her daughter again, "Our family is now a Beijing resident, and your father has already bought a house outside the city. In the future, your father will also have the ability to teach and educate people. If you have the ability, you will not have to worry about having no food to eat."

"That's you." Madam Liao sighed, "If you want to get married, that would be great. If you don't plan to get married, you'd better find a way to go to the Holy Palace."

Miss Liao knew very well that if she were in the palace this time, her family would not have suffered such a thing.

"Don't worry, mother. I will study hard and enter the Holy Palace to serve His Majesty in the future! I will be loyal to His Majesty!"

Mrs. Liao felt very relieved after hearing this. "Your Majesty is kind-hearted and magnanimous. Your father embezzled five million silver coins this time, which was a capital crime. Fortunately, Your Majesty spared him and us because he remembered that although your father did not fight in the battlefields in recent years, he also made many political achievements."

As the daughter of an official family, Ms. Liao was also aware of the levels of corruption.

The punishment varies depending on the amount of embezzlement, with the most severe being for amounts over one million.

Now that the Liao family has been spared the death penalty, not only have they taken back the money they embezzled this time, but they have also imposed a symbolic fine.

Whether it is magnanimous or not, the Liao family themselves have the most say.

Miss Liao knew very well that this was a great favor, and she also knew that the Holy Emperor had always been a monarch with great talent and strategy, but also kind and generous.

The experience and fate of the Liao family has greatly inspired everyone! !
Everyone in the court praised the Holy Emperor for his kindness and wisdom!
Anyway, the court is not short of money, and the emperor has more money than he can spend. What's wrong with me spending a few more?
Even if something happens, there are tall people to take care of it. Besides, at worst you can just retire and enjoy your retirement!
Soon, everyone spent two or three months happily together.

On August 20th, the sixth year of the Holy Dynasty, the weather was fine.

"Greetings to His Majesty! Long live the Holy Emperor!"

Jia Rong's mood was as bright and cheerful as the sun outside at eight o'clock.

The ministers were kneeling on the ground, unable to get up. Jia Rong was in a rare bad mood.

After both sides were silent for more than thirty seconds, Jia Rong slowly spoke.

His voice passed through the microphone, was transmitted to the loudspeakers in all directions, and then to the ears of ten thousand officials.

"In the market outside the Holy Palace, being a rickshaw driver is an enviable profession, because if you work hard and are willing to endure hardships, you can earn five to ten taels of silver a month."

"Five silver dollars is not a small amount. The expenses in the capital are much higher than those in other cities, so the income is naturally higher as well."

"As a rickshaw puller, you can earn three yuan in Suzhou, but five yuan in Beijing."

"One tael of silver is still one yuan, and one yuan is still one tael. I have mentioned several standards for corruption."

"If you embezzle more than 10,000 taels, you will be dismissed and sent home."

"If more than 100,000 taels are embezzled, the crime is death, but the rest of the people will not be implicated."

"If the embezzlement exceeds one million taels, the person will be sentenced to death, and all property will be confiscated. The men in the family will be exiled to Luzon to work as miners, and the three generations of descendants will not be allowed to go to school. The women will be sent to the Jiaofangsi. The elderly can keep one acre of thin land and one house without punishment."

Jia Rong looked at everyone seriously and said, "Don't joke."

Suddenly, countless people began to sweat profusely.

When some people were feeling fear, expectation and relief, Jia Rong spoke again.

"But that was set for those who have made contributions and returned from the front lines. It certainly cannot be applied to officials in the imperial court." Many people breathed a sigh of relief. He is worthy of being the Holy Emperor!
This is the Holy Emperor of the Holy Dynasty!
The Holy Emperor said calmly: "An adult can support himself and his wife, that is, a family, with five taels per month."

"Five taels for one family, fifty taels for ten families, five hundred for two hundred families, five thousand for two thousand families, fifty thousand for two thousand families, five hundred thousand for two hundred thousand families!"

"Five million taels, one million family!!"

"Those who have embezzled more than five million yuan in total will not be allowed to go home today. They should die if they deserve to. After death, their bodies will be handed over to medical students for dissection to promote medical progress."

"I will watch you die!"

"If you don't die, I will feel sorry for those millions of families and tens of millions of people!"

"Come here, announce the list. If there are any innocent people, just say it on the spot. Don't waste time begging for mercy. If you have time, tell us the evidence. Or, I will give you a chance to protect your family and bring out substantial evidence to report those who are also corrupt and taking bribes and harboring evil intentions."

"If the amount is huge, your sons and grandsons will die with you. If you can redeem yourself by telling the truth, I will give you a dignified death, and your parents can return to their hometown to live in peace. I will not execute all your clans."

Jia Rong quickly captured two thousand people.

There are only two thousand people who are not guilty of corruption, but the prison is too small to accommodate so many people.

Some people think that death can threaten Jia Rong and make him cautious.

A group of ridiculous people discussed in the cell who would commit suicide honorably, and the rest would take care of him in the future.

Twenty accountants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought thousands of people to every household to collect silver, silver coins and silver notes, and collected more than 100 million on the first day alone.

The families of several corrupt officials were still implicated. Except for their elderly parents and young sons who were sent back to their hometown, the rest of their concubines, daughters, granddaughters, etc. were sent to the Jiaofangsi.

Not only did Jia Rong have too much money to spend, he also had too many women.

Compared with money and women, Jia Rong prefers to lead a group of male and female medical students to dissect corpses on the operating table in the hospital classroom and explain to everyone what modern medicine is and what the human body structure is.

The Holy Lord took the lead, and the person being dissected was a corrupt official who deserved to be executed by slow slicing. In addition, as he was the greatest doctor in ancient and modern times, the medical students who had already dissected cats and dogs quickly began to watch attentively.

The book "Human Body Structure" that Jia Rong had prepared long ago was soon published.

The corruption throughout the holy dynasty was temporarily curbed by a pair of powerful hands.

Although it is okay to be greedy a little, if it is too big, you have to think about the consequences.

All those who embezzled more than one million were killed by Jia Rong, and their bodies were cut into pieces, some even made into standing specimens in the medical classroom.

The impact was extremely strong! Many people waiting in line in the prison were even scared to death!

Those who are frightened to death will naturally go on stage early, after all, legal corpses are rare.

The progress of traditional Chinese medicine relies on the patients who were not cured or were cured, while the progress of modern medicine relies on the contributions of every living and dead person.

Soon there were not enough corpses, but fortunately Jia Rong had a flexible standard, and soon even those who embezzled more than 100,000 yuan had to go on stage to receive their rewards.

For a time, people in the capital were in panic and officials were struggling to make a living.

There were too many people who had to refund their money, return stolen goods and pay fines. Jia Rong clearly did not collect much taxes this year, but the overseas reparations, tributes from various provinces, as well as commercial taxes and shipping taxes, added up to make him ten times richer than last year.

On December 20th, the sixth year of the Holy Dynasty, the weather was gloomy and there was light snow.

"Greetings to His Majesty! Long live the Holy Emperor!"

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jia Rong looked at the hall where electric lights had been installed. This year, both the Holy Palace and the Imperial Palace had electricity, but the main places that used electricity were lights, followed by washing machines, hair dryers, electric ovens, flashlights and the like.

"One hundred and thirty-five people were executed this year. All of them were convicted of corruption and had embezzled more than 100,000 taels. More than 90% of them had embezzled more than 1 million taels. There were also many who embezzled public funds for their own benefit!"

"Since the amount is small and he has made achievements in government, I will show leniency and allow him to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence."

"It is not a pity for those who are mediocre and have insatiable desires to die."

"It's the end of the year, let's have a good year this year. From salary to year-end bonus, I have given you ten times the silver I used to give you. I have also satisfied you with your daily food, clothing, housing and transportation. I have never treated you unfairly. Why don't you learn from the left and right prime ministers and keep a clean name?"

The left and right prime ministers were indeed not greedy.

It's not that he wasn't greedy, but after reading Jia Rong's On the Ruler and His Ministers, he suddenly realized and chose a more advanced way to make money.

Use information technology and intelligence to help family members and students make money instead of stealing money directly from Jia Rong's pocket.

The Ministers of War and Revenue were more aggressive in making money. They would take any kind of money and even sell official positions secretly.

Now, not only was he dismembered, but his wife and daughter were also sent to the Jiaofangsi, and his son and grandson were sent directly to mine.

At this time, the benefits of entering the palace before were reflected. Daughters who had entered the palace to study before, or women who had served Jia Rong in the palace, would not be affected by their family members' crimes, and could remarry normally and retain certain property and houses.

If there are children, the son will be exempted from the crime, while daughters will not be subject to restrictions and will have priority to enter the palace when they grow up.

This preferential policy gave a way out to ministers who valued their families. At least many of the hundreds of officials who died did so because of this preferential treatment, as their children were not implicated, were not sent overseas to mine, and were not sent to the Music Bureau to be beaten.

It just so happened that Jia Rong's concubines were unable to serve because they were having children, so many well-read ministers soon worked harder to send their wives and daughters to the Imperial Palace for further study. (End of this chapter)