In his previous life, he was disfigured and his eyes were gouged out, and he was reborn to kill ever

Zhao Bin quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.

"Subordinate officials dare not be greedy for money.

It's the common people who heard that King Jing and Princess Jing are coming to live in Yunyang County.

Seeing that the prince's old mansion was too dilapidated, he took the initiative to raise money and asked to repair it for the prince.

The people were extremely enthusiastic.

In a very short period of time, eighty thousand taels of silver were raised.

In addition, the government office also has a budget of 20,000 taels for the prince to repair the mansion, which adds up to 100,000 taels.

I didn't spend a single cent of my time as an official, and all of it was spent on the renovation of the prince's mansion.

Please take a closer look, Your Majesty. "

After hearing what Zhao Bin said, the people all understood.

It turned out that Zhao Zhizhou was the one who made his own decisions and secretly increased taxes on them in order to please the prince.

This Zhao Zhizhou really took these poor people as the main culprit in order to get promoted and make a fortune for himself.

It also caused them to almost blame the prince and princess wrongly.

Damn it.

Those who had cursed King Jing and Princess Jing behind their backs before were so embarrassed that their faces turned red, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to say another word.

However, the people did not dare to talk about Zhao Zhizhou in front of King Jing and Princess Jing.

After all, they still don’t understand the nature of King Jing and Princess Jing.

Although Zhao Zhizhou raised taxes without authorization, all the money he got was used to repair King Jing's mansion.

Maybe King Jing was angry on the surface, but he was actually grateful to Zhao Zhizhou in his heart?

Who doesn't want to live in a grand mansion?

From the perspective of King Jing, Zhao Zhizhou may have made a contribution.

So if they dare to stand up now and refute what Zhao Zhizhou said.

Maybe, Zhao Zhizhou will retaliate later.

The common people lowered their heads and dared not speak.

This made Ouyang Liuli anxious.

She hurriedly pulled Fang Ling's sleeves and complained softly,

“What is going on with the people of Yunyang County?

I have been indiscriminately blaming you, sisters.

Why are you forcibly raising taxes on them just for enjoyment?

Now Zhao Zhizhou personally admitted that it was his own idea.

The people didn't dare to say anything more?

It really pissed me off.

Sister, I really want to use a golden whip to wake them up. "

Fang Ling took Ouyang Liuli's hand and whispered:

“People don’t know whether the prince and I are on the same side as Zhao Zhizhou.

So I didn't dare to expose Zhao Zhizhou at all.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will get into trouble.

As ordinary people, how could they dare to take such a risk.

If you were to think from their perspective, you wouldn't be so angry. "

Ouyang Liuli pouted and said no more.

Fang Ling glanced at the guards who were dressed as ordinary people and were mixed in the crowd.

The guards nodded.

A guard took the lead and said loudly:

“My lord, this is not what Zhao Zhizhou said.

The money Zhao Zhizhou raised was the tax he imposed on us common people.

There are a total of 20,000 households in Yunyang County.

Zhao Zhizhou said that he wanted to repair the prince's mansion, so he charged each household an additional four taels of tax silver.

Your Majesty, the Princess is going to live in Yunyang County, so we are naturally happy.

But the life of our people here is already relatively difficult.

How could he willingly give four taels of silver per household to the prince to repair his mansion?

You must know that four taels of silver is enough for ordinary people like us to survive for half a year.

Are we crazy?

You are already so poor, but you still need to save money from your teeth to repair the prince's mansion? "

"That's right.

Originally, we heard that the prince and princess were good people who cared about the people.

We were all very happy when we knew that the prince and princess were coming.

But because Zhao Zhizhou deliberately raised taxes in the name of the prince, he almost misunderstood that the prince was a greedy and selfish person.

Damn it. "

Someone started talking, and then some people answered:

"Yes, it was Zhao Zhizhou who misled us.

He wanted to curry favor with the prince, so he oppressed us common people.

The prince and princess will bear the bad reputation.

It's really bad. "

"My lord, you must not let him off lightly.

Maybe he deliberately wanted to ruin the reputation of the prince and princess.

Never be lenient. "

The common people spoke directly to Zhao Zhizhou until his face turned pale, his body trembled and he almost fainted.

He bit the tip of his tongue to keep himself awake,

"Your Majesty, I am working very hard.

The lower official arbitrarily collected a little extra tax money from the people.

But all the money earned was used to repair the mansion.

The lower official did not take any money from it.

The official's sincerity towards the prince can be learned from all sources. "

After hearing his words, Qin Mu still frowned, with a sullen expression on his face, looking displeased.

Zhao Bin paused and continued:

“Furthermore, it is His Majesty’s wish to repair the mansion for His Majesty’s good fortune.

His Majesty has promised that the prince and princess must live comfortably.

It cannot be inferior to the mansions in the capital.

Otherwise, it would be a slight on the prince.

If His Majesty knew, he would definitely hold him accountable.

Only a low-ranking official would think about raising taxes for the people first, and then raising money to repair the mansion.

In the future, we will just look for opportunities to exempt the people from some taxes to offset them.

But I didn't want to cause a misunderstanding.

It's your fault, please punish me. "

When he said this, the mood of the people changed instantly.

They all looked at Qin Mu, wanting to see how he would decide on this matter?

Qin Mu frowned and thought for a moment before speaking:

"Your Majesty, I am very grateful.

It's just that His Majesty has always been frugal, even in the imperial palace.

It is not appropriate for you to have renovated my king's mansion so luxuriously.

Not to mention wasting money and laboring the people, I cannot live here with peace of mind.

If you didn't do it intentionally, I will punish you with thirty lashes. "

Thirty rods?

Zhao Bin instantly collapsed to the ground.

He has always been pampered, how could he withstand such a beating.

Even if you don't die, you have to lose half your life.

He looked up at Qin Mu, wanting to ask for mercy.

But seeing his cold eyes, he trembled and choked back his words of begging for mercy.

Qin Mu looked at Ye Feng,

"You personally take the people to the execution."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as Ye Feng raised his hand, two guards came forward and dragged Zhao Bin down.

When the people saw that King Jing had really punished Zhao Zhizhou, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the prince is a good person.

He is a good prince who truly cares about his people.

Qin Mu took Fang Ling's hand, looked at the people, and spoke slowly,

“The reason why this mansion can be built so well is because of everyone’s hard-earned money.

Therefore, the king and the princess cannot live in this mansion. "

As soon as these words came out, all the people showed expressions of disbelief.

“Such a nice mansion, so much money has been spent on repairs.

The prince and princess don't live there, so if they just leave it like this, wouldn't it be a waste? "

Some people whispered.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this mansion has been repaired anyway, you can just live there in peace.

We know that the prince is not squeezing our hard-earned money, and we will no longer have any resentment in our hearts.

It would be a waste to leave this mansion unoccupied, so why bother? "