Chapter 1682: The Old Master King Who Resents Heaven and Earth (56)
As a result, everyone looked at Wei Fengqing more and more strangely, and everyone looked at Gu Mo more and more strangely.
It happened that King Xian was packed up and thrown back by Wen Bolan again, leaving King Xian to manipulate him. The generally accepted version that finally spread was that the Queen fell out of favor. In order to maintain her favor, she sent her own son to the dragon bed, while Wei Fengqing and the Queen's mother and son
Deep in love, in order to help the queen, she was willing to lie under the old emperor...
No one with brains would believe the false rumors that make people think Spartan. But people don’t like to use their brains when eating melons. This melon brings together all kinds of hot topics and is deeply loved by people who eat melons.
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Some people also expressed doubts about this, "No way? Doesn't His Majesty refuse to lift it?"
"Don't you know? I heard that King Xian brought back a secret medicine from the Kingdom of Chen that can restore His Majesty's glory!"
Gu Mo, "..."
Where did you hear that? Only the two brothers knew about King Xian giving her the medicine. Even if King Xian didn't stab her out, they wouldn't believe it even if they beat Gu Mo to death.
When this rumor reached Queen Zhou's ears, she also looked like she had seen a ghost. She was probably too angry. She actually broke out of Yong'an Palace and went straight to Yangxin Palace.
At that time, Wei Fengqing had just been beaten by Princess Lingxi, her clothes were torn to tatters, and she looked miserable.
Gu Mo pretended to get him medicine. Among the pile of medicines were the two secret medicines given by King Xian. As if he was afraid of making a mistake, King Xian thoughtfully wrote the very shameful name of the medicine on them.
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Gu Mo found it irritating, so he picked it up and wanted to throw it away.
Just when the queen broke in, she happened to see Wei Fengqing disheveled! She was leaning to the side in a ravaged state. She happened to see Gu Mo holding the shameful medicine as if he was about to take it...
Queen Zhou, "...!!"
My pupils were instantly hit by a magnitude 20 earthquake!
Her extremely shocked look made Gu Mo who was holding the medicine inexplicably embarrassed. Gu Mo also forgot how to react for a moment, but he opened the box very skillfully with his limbs, put the medicine into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed.
Said: "Queen, I still have some important matters to discuss with Jiu Qiansui, you go out first."
Queen Zhou's eyes widened, what could be discussed after taking the medicine?
"You, you..."
She was so angry that she was trembling and speechless. Finally, she suddenly stepped forward and slapped Wei Fengqing, who was seriously injured, hard.
"Shameless thing, I misjudged you!"
Then Queen Zhou ran away wiping her tears.
Wei Fengqing trembled with anger and looked at Queen Zhou's back with sinister eyes.
Although he has no expectations for this mother, it doesn't mean that Queen Zhou can treat him like this?
"Nine thousand years old, don't be angry. The queen is very impatient. She really loves you from the bottom of her heart and has always wanted to make it up to you. This time it's probably..."
Gu Mo sighed, as if it was difficult for Queen Zhou to find an excuse to clear her name!
The rumors between Gu Mo and Wei Fengqing became more and more outrageous under the perseverance of King Xian.
However, this outrageous rumor can be said to have come in time, and it will be very helpful for what Gu Mo will do next.
Because this was seen as a fight between Wei Fengqing and the emperor, the emperor suddenly began to gain the upper hand, otherwise would Wei Fengqing be reduced to selling out her lust?
Therefore, almost no one in the DPRK dared to object to the next few decrees issued by Gu Mo.
These decrees are all based on the current situation of empty national treasury.
In fact, the empty treasury is not only an economic problem, but also closely related to corruption in officialdom, and officialdom is related to institutional issues.
Because there have been no major natural or man-made disasters in New Zealand in recent decades, the country cannot be too poor in nature. Therefore, if the country is poor, it is poached by corrupt officials, and all the country's money goes into the pockets of corrupt officials.
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You said you should investigate, but no one is cooperating with you and nothing can be found out. These corrupt officials are all old fools. They are all famous people who have corrupted others. They are all expenses that must be paid out of necessity. Therefore, the former emperor of the New Kingdom
The efforts are of no use.
But now, Gu Mo took advantage of this moment to take action against the accumulated abuses and ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the money and food deficit.
Wei Fengqing didn't pay attention to Gu Mo's actions at all.
Because he knew that Gu Mo would never succeed. In this officialdom, everyone is corrupt, and officials naturally protect each other. Gu Mo's reform of the government system has harmed the interests of so many officials, and in the end I am afraid he will only be ruined.
What's more, there are policies and countermeasures at the top, how could Gu Mo possibly outsmart those officials who are full of scheming?
In the end, she will realize that she has only worked in vain.
Everyone thought this way, feeling that Gu Mo's reforms would end up in an embarrassing situation, starting at the end but ending at the end.
However, Gu Mo did not act according to common sense from the beginning.
She first studied the countermeasures of these officials before starting to formulate policies. In the end, instead of asking corrupt officials to investigate corrupt officials, she directly sent imperial envoys to the local areas.
Those sent are the kind of old Hanlin who are not very popular in the court and have poor political performance but are about to retire. They pay most attention to the reputation of scholars. When they become officials, they are aiming for a clean reputation. They don't understand what you do in the officialdom.
Because of the benefits that come to me, I am marginalized.
This kind of person is pedantic and likes to go against the trend. It is not something ordinary people can handle, so they are usually the most disliked.
But for this kind of thing, they are the most suitable.
And precisely because they are solitary, they strive for fame but struggle all their lives without achieving any prominent reputation, and they are eager to leave great political achievements that will be remembered in history before they retire.
Now that Gu Mo has asked them to become imperial envoys, isn't this a good opportunity?
Of course, Gu Mo had also given enough consideration to their safety. He could not let them become mere commanders, so he mobilized personnel from various places to form an investigation team. On the one hand, they would help with the audit, and on the other hand, they would find out corrupt officials. Naturally,
The previous officials concerned must be removed from their posts and questioned on the spot, and they will take the lead.
On the one hand, in order to ensure the personal safety of the imperial envoys, Gu Mo also hired people from the private sector or hired escort bureaus to serve as bodyguards. The remuneration they received was calculated as a percentage of the amount of the officer who was inspected. In this way, after the investigation,
The more money they have, the higher their remuneration, and naturally they work hard to protect the safety of the imperial ministers.
What's more, if they do a good job, they are equivalent to having their name with the emperor, so naturally they can't slack off.
Therefore, the audit operations of the imperial ministers were quite smooth.
Those local officials did not expect that Gu Mo would also use private gangs and Jianghu people, but they were caught off guard.
Later, the corrupt officials reacted and began to find ways to borrow money and food to make up for the shortfall. This money and food were usually borrowed from local wealthy households and kept in the treasury. When the auditors left, they returned the money and food.
Because it is an official loan with high interest rates, wealthy businessmen are naturally willing to cooperate, and collusion between government and businessmen is a win-win situation.
