sbdcsierra Chapter 212 Don’t try to lie to me
Chapter 212 Don’t try to lie to me
Is this helping him?
This is to send him to Mo Ling's bed.
He is not the silly Ah He, otherwise he would really be deceived by the cunning Lin Yu.
He was so surprised that he could think of letting him act like a spoiled child in Mo Ling's arms. If he was still Ming Qing, it would be possible.
But he is Ah He now. Even if he wants to help Ah He gain Mo Ling's favor, there is a prerequisite: he must not sacrifice himself again.
He didn't know about Mo Ling yet. People said that he had six empty palaces and was not interested in beautiful women. He really believed his lies!
Ever since this guy was disliked for that crappy technique, he secretly learned something new and is like a hungry wolf, unable to get enough and coming up with all kinds of tricks. What a bad guy!
Moreover, this girl is not easily seduced after getting into sex. She is not as calm as she was before. He was badly deceived by this girl in the first place!
If he could be given another chance, he would never provoke Mo Ling again.
This guy is a habitual liar. He pretends to be a gentleman outside, but he is actually a perverted bastard who relies on the waves instead of the oars to go boating.
He would never fall into this guy's trap again. Don't try to deceive him again. He is an experienced person now, not the inexperienced young man who was deceived by Mo Ling and helped him count money.
As night fell, the imperial meal appeared in front of Feng Jiuqing again.
A sneer appeared on Feng Jiuqing's lips. Tsk, Mo Ling was trying to boil him like a frog in warm water, getting closer to him little by little, and then coaxing him into submission.
He had used these tricks before, but they could only fool the inexperienced Ah He. He was still a little naive to fool him.
Feng Jiuqing sat obediently, glancing at the door from time to time.
Lin Yu stood beside him cheerfully and said, "Don't worry, young master. His Majesty should be here soon."
Feng Jiuqing's ears were slightly red, and he whispered: "I, I didn't look at Your Majesty."
I look at him, I just want to go home! If it wasn't to pave the way for Ah He, who would want to see him?
"Yes, young master is right." Lin Yu continued with a smile.
Mo Ling had a tantrum in Xuanshi Hall today. You wouldn't know until you check. Once you check, you'll be shocked.
The Grand Tutor asked him to rectify the administration of officials, so he sent Bai Yunjin and Prime Minister Lu to take charge of it, and they actually uncovered a shocking secret.
Because of the Changning earthquake, he issued an order to speed up the collection of summer taxes. However, who would have thought that the grain officials under him would use this as an excuse to collect twice the summer taxes, making it almost impossible for the farmers to survive.
Not only that, even the Minister and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue were all involved in it. The national treasury was empty, but these people's homes were full of gold and silver.
Not only did these people embezzle the summer taxes paid by the people, but even the money and grain that should have gone into the national treasury were embezzled by them.
No wonder, despite the bumper harvests in Jiangnan over the years, the national treasury still couldn't provide anything. It seems that all the money was eaten up by these parasites!
Mo Ling was furious and directly imprisoned all the people in the Ministry of Revenue, waiting for the Ministry of Justice to interrogate and convict them and execute them all.
Bai Yunjin brought people to raid the homes of many officials today, and the things they found could probably fill up half of the national treasury.
Looking at the boxes of silver and gold, Mo Ling's lungs ached with anger. These corrupt officials were so bold that they dared to embezzle anything!
When he was extremely angry, he suddenly thought of Xiao Qizi. After Yiran's death, he re-investigated Xiao Qizi's case and found out that it was not because Xiao Qizi's father was a gambler, but because Xiao Qizi's family could not pay the summer tax.
At that time, he was still wondering how he could not afford the summer tax since the tax rate he set was only 30%. But now it seems that under the control of these parasites, he is really afraid that he cannot afford it.
The imperial court wants 30%, plus an additional 10% due to losses, and these parasites still have to take 40%. If there were no other exorbitant taxes, the common people could still get 20%.
But from the information he got, with all the exorbitant taxes piled up, I'm afraid even if the common people handed over all their grain it would still not be enough. No wonder Xiao Qizi called him a tyrant!
He really had not noticed these things. There were countless ordinary people in the world who were as poor as Xiao Qizi's family, and whose families were broken up by these corrupt officials.
In the end, it was his negligence and he was not competent enough as the emperor. If not, Dai Viet would have been rich and powerful long ago. It was these parasites that ruined Dai Viet!
Before Mo Ling issued an edict to severely punish these parasites, the clan members came to him to plead for mercy as if they smelled something bad. He was usually gentle, so these clan members acted as if he had no temper.
Half of the national treasury was embezzled by people in the Ministry of Revenue, and these people actually said with certainty that those parasites in the Ministry of Revenue had made no contributions at all but had worked hard.
If embezzling money from the people and the national treasury is considered hard work, then such hard work would be better off not having it.
Mo Ling sneered and directly confined all the clan members who begged for mercy, without showing them any mercy at all.
It was not until night fell and the young eunuch beside him mentioned it that he remembered that Qingqing was still in the side hall and had not eaten yet.
Fortunately, he did not let Qingqing come to the Xuanshi Hall today, otherwise he would have scared Qingqing.
Mo Ling closed the memorial, stood up and went to the side hall. When he entered, Qingqing was not scared to tears by him. Instead, she looked up at him from time to time, with her ears a little red, which was very cute.
If Qingqing didn't remember anything and was not a little afraid of him, he really couldn't guarantee that he could restrain himself from moving Qingqing.
He took a deep breath, forced down the heat, and replaced the anger between his brows with a gentle smile.
"You must be hungry. Next time, you don't have to wait for me. Just eat directly."
Feng Jiuqing smiled, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Is it really possible?"
Mo Ling's eyes darkened a little. He hadn't seen Qingqing smile at him for a long time.
Ever since that incident, Qingqing would only curse him with hatred even in her dreams.
In reality, Qingqing would be so scared that she would cry when she saw him and would never smile at him. But today, Qingqing actually smiled at him, which was rare.
He couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic. When they were in Qianyuan Palace, Qingqing smiled lovely and would throw herself into his arms every time she saw him.
"Yes, what I said is the imperial decree, you can do whatever you want, no need to be restrained."
Feng Jiuqing nodded, and the smile on his face grew a little bigger, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Mo Ling smiled gently and said softly: "It's just a small matter, no need to thank me."
Feng Jiuqing looked at Mo Ling, then looked at Lin Yu beside him.
Lin Yu smiled and nodded to him. Feng Jiuqing seemed to have mustered up the courage to ask, "Your Majesty, can Ah He return to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Mo Ling was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face faded a little, "Why do you want to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion? Is it because you are not comfortable living in this side hall?"
Feng Jiuqing shook his head, and Mo Ling glanced at Lin Yu inconspicuously, as if blaming him for not taking good care of Feng Jiuqing.
Lin Yu was so scared that he knelt on the ground and quickly added: "Your Majesty, the young master missed home, so he wanted to live in the Prime Minister's Mansion."