1008 Governor, Uncle Jiuhuang is the master of Qingtian
He is not in his position and does not seek his duties. Jiuhuangshu is a prince, not an emperor. The emperor can order the punishment of corrupt officials and stop the trend of giving gifts. As a minister, Jiuhuangshu does not want to do such a thing that will offend others and steal the emperor's limelight.
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The officials below gave gifts to show filial piety, which was also a sign of goodwill. Through the gifts given by officials, Uncle Nine Emperors could tell which people were the emperor's confidants and which officials could be used for his own purposes.
Uncle Nine Emperors has great power in the capital, but due to his status, his power in the local area has developed extremely slowly. This time he is so arrogant and has the intention of winning over local officials. Under such circumstances, how could he
Refuse to accept gifts from officials below.
He didn't want to speak frankly to Feng Qingchen about this. He just wanted to understand whether he could do something or not. It would be bad if he really wanted to come out.
Feng Qingchen couldn't accept the fact that he accepted the filial piety from the officials below, so he would let Feng Qingchen understand the consequences of not accepting the gift.
When Uncle Nine Emperors and Feng Qingchen sneaked into the Governor's Mansion in Liaocheng, it was already past dinner, but the lights in the mansion were still bright. Even though Uncle Nine Emperors didn't come, the officials from Liaocheng didn't leave either. They all stayed in the Governor's Mansion.
Of course, these people are not drinking and having fun. In fact, they don't even think about eating.
"Are you, Uncle Nine Emperors, dissatisfied with our officials in Liaocheng? Not only do you not accept our hospitality, but you even refuse to accept gifts."
"Yes, yes, I heard that Uncle Nine Emperors is not like this in other places. He will accept the gifts given by the officials below as appropriate."
"What should we do now? Why have we offended Uncle Nine Emperors?"
"What did we fail to do well? Could it be that the gift we gave was too light?"
The officials spoke to each other, with uneasiness and fear in their words. Finally, everyone looked at the governor with a mournful face: "Sir, please just say one sentence. Is the emperor dissatisfied with us? Or is it the Nine Emperors?"
Are you dissatisfied with us?"
"Yes, sir, what are we going to do? Uncle Nine Emperors will leave tomorrow. If we can't think of a way to let Uncle Nine Emperors leave like this, what should we do?"
"Sir, how about we go and find out if we have offended Uncle Nine Emperors in some way, and we can add 30% to the gift?"
"I heard that Uncle Nine Emperors has a confidante. Did we fail to please that confidante when we welcomed him today? The gifts we prepared were not worthy of that confidante, so that Uncle Nine Emperors became dissatisfied?"
Uh... Listening to those people getting more and more outrageous, the expression on Feng Qingchen's face became more and more weird.
Why does this have to do with her? It's none of her business.
The face of the governor of Liaocheng was frighteningly gloomy, and he had no authority at all during the day. Hearing everyone's discussion, the governor said seriously: "I will ask someone to inquire about it. You should also go back and make preparations and give the gift to me."
Add 50%, and if it still doesn't work, I have no choice but to wait for people from the capital to take my official hat off."
In the eyes of the governor, if Uncle Nine Emperors refused to accept his gift, it meant that his official career was over. When others heard this, they were extremely uneasy.
After another discussion, Feng Qingchen was no longer interested in listening and signaled Uncle Jiuhuang to take her away. After leaving the governor's mansion, Feng Qingchen looked at Uncle Jiuhuang's calm expression and asked, "Why don't you morning?"
Did you expect that?"
"Hmm." There is no need to think about such things at all.
"What will happen if you never accept the gift?" Feng Qingchen thought seriously.
If Uncle Nine Emperors never accepts gifts, these people will probably get used to it, and then they will not give gifts to Uncle Nine Emperors anymore.
"Official circles have official circles. If I don't accept gifts all the time, I won't be able to integrate into that circle. Qingchen, I am a prince, not an emperor." No matter what position he is in, he can't stay outside this circle unless he is an emperor.
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He needs the support of officials to do his work. In fact, the emperor also needs the same. If all the officials are offended and the people below him work together to deceive, even the emperor will not be offended.
"Okay, I understand." Feng Qingchen sighed depressedly.
She understood the darkness of the officialdom, but she could not accept that Uncle Nine Emperors was colluding with those officials. But if she thought about it, she could understand that since ancient times, no honest official could climb to a high position. Such officials would not be able to integrate into the officialdom and would soon be squeezed out.
If Uncle Nine Emperors wants to win over officials, he cannot act arrogant and arrogant, as this will only hurt the officials' hearts.
"It's good that you can think about it. There are some things that you don't have to do if you don't want to. Qingchen, if you want to change the laws of this world, you must have enough power. The rules passed down in the officialdom for thousands of years are not about wanting to
It can be changed by changing the situation. The late emperor also hated these officials very much. At that time, the late emperor made great determination to punish these corrupt officials, but the result was that all the officials in Dongling were almost wiped out, which almost shook the country.
Book."
There is nothing wrong with the emperor having supreme rights, but when his ministers are all enemies of him, the emperor has to compromise. In the previous dynasty, ministers deposed the emperor.
Feng Qingchen was silent for a while, then said, "What are you going to do about today's matter?"
"Nothing can be done. I'll just refuse the gift they offer tomorrow. I'll ask someone to give the emperor an excuse later and ask the emperor to send someone to find out the fault of the governor of Liaocheng." Since you refuse, just refuse to the end, and by the way,
The officials in Liaocheng were all in charge, and it was not easy to find out the faults of two officials.
"Ah... isn't this going too far?" Feng Qingchen felt uneasy about letting a governor step down because of his own reasons.
"Whatever you have done, if you have offended someone, you must remove the danger. No official in the officialdom is innocent, only those who stand on the wrong team. If you stand on the wrong team and offend people who should not be offended, there is no need to continue doing it.
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The fate of the governor of Liaocheng was already doomed when Uncle Jiuhuang and Feng Qingchen left. The next day, when Uncle Jiuhuang and Feng Qingchen left, the officials in Liaocheng indeed presented him with gifts that were fifty percent more generous than before.
Uncle Nine Emperors still didn't accept it.
There are official rules in officialdom. Jiuhuangshu didn't accept it before, but now the other party adds a gift, Jiuhuangshu accepts it. If word spreads about this, Jiuhuangshu's reputation will be ruined. Everyone thinks that Jiuhuangshu is a greedy person.
In the future, if any official makes a mistake and wants to find a way out of the Nine Emperors Uncle, after the gift is returned, he only needs to make the gift heavier. If he still refuses, it means the Nine Emperors Uncle is too greedy.
There are principles for accepting gifts. Jiuhuangshu refused to the end. Everyone just thought that the officials in Liaocheng had offended Jiuhuangshu and were in bad luck. Jiuhuangshu would not be affected.
After leaving Liaocheng, what Jiuhuangshu did before and what he did after that made the officials below feel at ease. But less than ten days after Jiuhuangshu left, there was news that the Liaocheng governor was arrested for seizing civilian land and beating innocent people to death.
Arrested and imprisoned.
All officials in Liaocheng who were close to the governor were imprisoned for various crimes...
Uncle Nine Emperors said that Liaocheng officials oppressed the people and deserved death!