Please ask me to be the emperor

"Ah, ah, Hunjun, Hunjun, ah..."

With screams one after another, a man who looked like a civil servant was trapped and dying.

It turns out that this clamping stick is made of three poplar wood and is specially designed to clamp people's ankles. If you are not careful, it can break someone's ankle and cause disability. It is very vicious.

However, Liu Zongmin and his team were already familiar with driving and were not worried about injuring anyone.

"Chen Hanlin, are you convinced?" Seeing that the torture was almost over, Liu Zongmin asked with a cruel smile on his face.

"I don't accept it... I don't accept it. I have always been an upright official. How can I have money with bandits like you..." "Chen Hanlin" couldn't help but said with grief and anger.

"Oh? Not convinced? Let me show you how much money this upright Chen Hanlin has embezzled!" Liu Zongmin sneered and shouted to the people on the street.

"Come here, bring them all up!"

Following Liu Zongmin's order, seven or eight soldiers immediately carried out three or five boxes from Chen Hanlin's mansion.

These three or five boxes were opened one by one, and the snowflakes of silver inside were revealed, which made people's eyes dazzled.

"Wow, I've never seen so much silver in my entire life!" The people watching were immediately eye-opened.

While these people's eyes were wide open, they could not help but feel an uncontrollable anger welling up in their hearts.

Someone had long shouted loudly: "Kill him, kill him, kill this dog official, just for the sake of the people's fat and the people's anointing!"

Along with the angry cries of the people watching, things like rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs, and small clods of soil were thrown at him.

It's over, it's all over!

Chen Hanlin suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, as if someone had poured cold water on him for three or nine days.

He is not afraid of being tortured by Liu Zongmin. After the torture, he becomes an iron-clad hero.

He is not afraid of being inspected by Liu Zongmin. After the inspection, sooner or later he will "come back after all his money has been spent."

He is not even afraid of beheading. Even if he is beheaded, his family property can still be passed down to future generations, and his name can still be left in the history books.

However, Liu Zongmin's street torture and public search revealed a lot of money, which shattered all his illusions.

Now, he is a "corrupt official" who is angry with both people and gods and has a notorious reputation.

Not only is the money gone, but so is the reputation.

"The Chen Hanlin family found a total of 7,215 taels and three-quarters of silver. Thanks to the kindness of King Shun, we will keep one and fifteen taels for daily use. The other silver taels will be confiscated and reserved for His Majesty's ceremony!" The female clerk sent by Zhang Shun checked and found out clearly. She couldn't help shouting loudly with a clear voice and writing down the amount quickly.

"This bitch official has only been an official for a few years, but he is so greedy!" The people around him couldn't help but talk about it, and at the same time they looked greedily at the white coins.

However, what shines brighter than these pieces of silver are the sharp long knives in the hands of Liu Zongmin's guards.

"The next family, let's see if Liu Yushi is richer than Chen Hanlin's family!" Liu Zongmin was obviously surprised to find so much silver in one go, and he couldn't help but get excited for a while.

Following Liu Zongmin's order, the soldiers quickly unclipped their sticks, leaving Chen Hanlin on the ground, and hurriedly rushed to another mansion.

"You are a fool, you are a fool. You have plundered your servants, which is unprecedented since ancient times. You will die sooner or later!" Chen Hanlin struggled to get up and cursed with all his strength.

However, when the onlookers saw that this was over, they ran to the next house without looking back, not even bothering to pay attention to what he said.

"Alas, the people are in dire straits, the people are in dire straits!" While Chen Hanlin was struggling, he didn't see a few well-dressed soldiers sighing in a teahouse not far away, as if their parents were dead.

"This is too cruel. Not only does it cost money and life, but it also requires a reputation as a bad person. It's so hateful. Could it be that the world is so big that no one can control this rebellious minister and traitor?"

In the eyes of some elites, Zhang Shun's deception was ineffective and had long been known to others.

"Actually...it's not like there's nothing..."

"Oh, I wonder what this brother's plan is?"

"Strategy? One is to find two taels of straw and pierce a scarecrow. When you can't sleep at night, you can prick him with a needle; the other is to draw a circle and curse him!"

"What...what's the use of this?"

"Prevent anger from hurting the liver, happiness from hurting the heart, sadness from hurting the lungs, thoughts from hurting the spleen, and fear from hurting the kidneys!"

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Not to mention the heated discussions inside and outside the capital, Huang Daozhou, a member of the Imperial Academy, was furious when he heard about such a "scandalous incident" and went to visit the assistant minister Kong Zhenyun early.

Kong Zhenyun was originally the second in the list of the famous Zhuang Jichang. He had been serving as an editor of the Hanlin Academy and had never intervened in the disputes between various parties.

It just so happened that he was not only a descendant of Confucius, but he was also upright and stubborn, and his stance tended to be neutral, so he was respected by many scholars.

Therefore, when Huang Dao saw Kong Zhenyun on Monday, he couldn't help but said loudly: "I heard that the Lord is an upright minister. How can I sit back and watch the reckless people use your Majesty's name to cause trouble in the court?"

When Kong Zhenyun heard this, he was angry and funny. He couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Youyuan, I don't know the details of the court, but I don't blame you!"

"Then 'Shun...King Shun' has always had reckless ambitions, how could I not know?"

"But...however, the current Holy One is really...it is really...alas!"

"An old saying goes: A son does not speak of his father's faults, and his ministers do not expose the emperor's evildoings. Why did the elder say this?" Huang Daozhou couldn't help but asked unhappily after hearing this.

"Having said that, there are some things I have to tell you." Kong Zhenyun sighed and shook his head.

"There are four shortcomings in today's saints. One is: lewdness and lust. As soon as he enters the palace, he misses other people's wives and daughters, which corrupts moral ethics."

"The second one is: stubbornness. Ever since His Majesty entered the palace, the old man has given many advices, but he has not listened to them. Instead, he has clever words, persuasive words, and forced sophistry. He does not know his mistakes and refuses to correct them."

"Third: Greed for money. This plan to torture hundreds of officials is certainly the true face of King Shun, but His Majesty is indispensable for fueling it."

"Fourth: Negligence in government affairs. The cabinet minister said it again the first day, but when asked again the next day, his face was blank."

"You said...you said that with such a monarch on the stall, what can we do?"

"This...could it be that he was allowed to do whatever he wanted?" Huang Daozhou couldn't help but said with sadness and anger.

Upon hearing Kong Zhenyun's words, Huang Daozhou became a little desperate.

It's not scary that His Majesty is a puppet, but what's scary is that he is not only a heartless Empress Liu, but also a standard fatuous king.

How can you fight such a person against a "submissive thief" who is as cunning as Cao Cao and as hypocritical as Wang Mang?

"Let's do it this way. If it doesn't work, I'll make a recommendation for you tomorrow. You can go and persuade King Shun. If you can persuade him to change his mind, it's better than grabbing land with my head." Kong Zhenyun couldn't help but feel yin and yang. responded.

Good guy, I have already said this, pressing forward step by step, what do you mean?