"Yes, it's him."
Chen Songtai said.
Qin Ying said, "I remember that Zhao Kuo seems to be the Minister of Revenue, a second-rank official."
"Yes, there are many second-rank officials, but only the Minister of Revenue has the greatest power. He is in charge of land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food and wages, and financial revenue and expenditure."
Chen Songtai's face was solemn, "Zhao Kuo has thirteen properties in the imperial capital, and six restaurants. With his salary, it is impossible for him to do these businesses. He must be greedy. As a student brought up by Wang Mingsong, his greed must have been due to Wang Mingsong."
Hearing this, Qin Ying immediately became energetic.
To bring down Wang Mingsong, it is not necessary to start with him personally.
It is also a good strategy to attack from the side and follow the clues.
The punishment for corrupt officials in all dynasties is very severe. If Qin Ying can get evidence of Wang Mingsong's corruption, then he can seize this pain point and hit him hard, and it is not impossible to send him back to his hometown.
"Since the Grand Master knows that Zhao Kuo is corrupt, why not investigate him?" Qin Ying asked.
Chen Songtai shook his head and said with embarrassment: "It's too complicated. I have advised your majesty many times, but your majesty has not made up his mind to investigate corruption thoroughly."
Hearing this, Qin Ying can understand his old father.
Zhao Kuo has the Wang family as his background. Pulling out the carrot brings out the pit. When Emperor Qin Mu of the Han Dynasty came to power, he was supported by the family behind him.
Therefore, even if he knew that Zhao Kuo was corrupt, he would probably turn a blind eye. As long as it was not excessive, it would be fine to give him a warning from time to time.
"Okay." Qin Ying
Cheered, "Thank you for telling me, Grand Master. Father is concerned about the favor of the family and cannot act rashly. I don't have such concerns."
Hearing this, Chen Songtai's eyes lit up, "Your Highness, are you going to intervene in corruption?"
"Every man has a share of responsibility for the rise and fall of a country, not to mention that I am a prince, I must crush all these blood-sucking insects to death!"
Qin Ying's words were passionate.
"Dad, haven't you finished talking yet?"
Chen Churui's voice came from outside the door: "The crabs have been caught."
Qin Ying laughed: "Okay, let's eat crabs!"
The servants came in with a bunch of crabs.
"These crabs are big enough."
The crabs caught by the servants were much bigger than those brought by Qin Ying, and they waved their claws fiercely.
"This is to eat crabs, and you need to use the eight crab pieces."
Qin Ying took the crabs and started to process them.
"Eight Crab Pieces?"
Chen Churui listened curiously, her eyes twinkling.
"It's a tool for eating crabs."
Qin Ying explained while quickly cleaning the crabs and gutting them.
Chen Songtai didn't say anything else, just sat quietly waiting for the delicious food.
Qin Ying's cooking of crabs attracted many servants and maids to watch.
Before today, they had no idea that the pest in the field, which was baring its fangs and claws and rampant, could be eaten!
Soon, after Qin Ying's skillful cooking, crabs of various flavors were served on the table.
Qin Ying also popularized the use of the eight crab pieces.
Those servants and maids were also very lucky, and they ate crabs by chance, and they all praised them.
A large table of crabs, eaten until the evening.
Chen Songtai sent Qin Ying out to the door, and Lao Huang was already waiting with a horse not far away.
"Will you come again?"
Chen Churui was reluctant to leave Qin Ying.
The rumors about Qin Ying were mixed.
But she didn't care. Today, Qin Ying invited her to eat crabs and promised to give her a special collection of poems.
The most important thing was that Qin Ying was handsome and had an extraordinary demeanor. For a young girl, he was extremely lethal.
How could such a person be as unbearable as the rumors in the outside world said?
"As long as the Grand Tutor doesn't mind, I will come often in the future."
Qin Ying laughed.
"That's settled."
Chen Churui said expectantly. Qin Ying nodded, bid farewell to the Grand Tutor, and walked towards Lao Huang.
He got on the horse, stepped on the mottled sunset, and slowly went to the palace.
On the way, Qin Ying kept burping.
The breath he exhaled smelled like crabs.
"Lao Huang, are you familiar with Zhao Kuo?" Qin Ying suddenly asked.
"No." Lao Huang replied.
"It's been a long time since I went to a brothel to listen to music. Let's go to Zuixianlou tomorrow."
Qin Ying looked up at the setting sun and suddenly changed his tone.
Old Huang nodded and remained silent.
They returned to the palace without saying a word.
Qin Ying habitually went to Tingchao Pavilion to see Liu Yunxian.
At first, it was because of her injury that she couldn't move around. Later, she got used to living here, so she didn't
move back to Wutong Garden.
And every day Wei Zhiyan would chat with her to relieve her boredom. If she moved back to Wutong Garden, she would be bored facing eunuchs and palace maids all day, right?
Just as Wei Zhiyan's face flashed through Qin Ying's mind, a person walked out of Tingchao Pavilion.
"Wei Zhiyan?"
"Qin Ying!"
The two happened to meet and shouted each other's names at the same time.
"You haven't come all day, and I thought you wouldn't come."
Wei Zhiyan said with a cold face.
In the past, he came to accompany Liu Yunxian three times a day, morning and evening.
Are you tired of her now?
What a dog man, so unfaithful!
Qin Ying had no idea what she was thinking, so he could only say, "I'm going to do some business today."
"What else can you do?" Wei Zhiyan rolled her eyes at him, then changed the subject and sneered, "I heard that the eldest and eighth princes have returned? Tsk tsk, your evil plan has failed."
Qin Ying's face was dark.
This woman, if she doesn't mock him for a day, she must feel uncomfortable or something?
Qin Ying gave her a cold look, and didn't intend to pay attention to her, and went straight to the Tingchao Pavilion.
"Stop!" Wei Zhiyan stopped him and shouted with an unhappy face, "Are you polite? I'm talking to you."
Qin Ying had no choice but to say, "Princess Wei, I can't afford to offend you, but I can always avoid you, right?"
"I have something to tell you."
Wei Zhiyan still blocked him.
Qin Ying said, "Just say it."
"I want to go back to Wei."
Hearing this, Qin Ying immediately said, "I'll arrange a carriage to take you back tomorrow."
He had said long ago that Wei Zhiyan could come and go freely.
"I want you to take me back." Wei Zhiyan insisted.
Qin Ying frowned, a little impatient, "Wei Zhiyan, don't go too far. Your Wei Kingdom is still surrounding my Han Jiangnan. I am very generous to let you go back."
Wei Zhiyan's jade face was cold and she looked indifferent.
She said, "What I mean is that I want to go to Jiangnan with you."
I didn't expect Wei Zhiyan to know that he was going to Jiangnan.
"No!" Qin Ying refused directly, "Why are you going to Jiangnan?"
"Without me, can you withdraw your troops?"
Wei Zhiyan sneered sarcastically, "Do you know who led 100,000 troops to besiege Jiangnan? That was the vanguard officer of the left camp of my Wei State, Lu Feng!"
Qin Ying said impatiently: "I don't care who he is. Even the king of heaven will have to withdraw when he sees me."
"I'm curious, where do you get your confidence from?"
Wei Zhiyan stared at him and snorted coldly: "This is not a literary fight. There will be bloodshed on the battlefield. If you don't want to die, you'd better let me go with you. Lu Feng should withdraw his troops when he sees me."
Qin Ying walked past her and walked into Tingchao Pavilion, saying:
"I won't stop you from going back to Wei, but you'd better not go to Jiangnan. The people there have been besieged for a month, and they must hate the Wei people to the bone. If you, the princess of Wei, go there, I don't know if you can withdraw your troops. You will definitely be beaten to death by the people in Jiangnan."