After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

The experienced Li Lianggong had been led into trouble by his daughter too many times. Even if he was moved, he still remembered to remain cautious and did not dare to agree easily.

"Dad, as long as you don't object, it's fine. I haven't visited Master for a long time. When you're done with your rest, I'll stay with Master for a few days, so I can show my filial piety."

No one knows a father better than his daughter. Although Li Lianggong did not agree completely, it seemed that he no longer objected. Li Shiliu was delighted.

After she had fooled her father, the only thing left was her master. Li Shiliu didn't dare to fool her master who had brought her up since she was a child, as that would lead to failure. Sincerity was her only weapon, as her master's level was much higher than hers.

Some are happy and some are sad. While the Minister of Revenue Li Lianggong is resting at home and eating delicious turtles, some important officials in the court are miserable, such as the Minister of Works Wang who is now in jail.

Minister Wang of Works comes from the Wang family, a family of aristocrats that has existed for five generations. The Wang family is the most top-notch aristocratic family and has stood for more than 100 years, having gone through wars, turmoil, and changes of dynasties.

However, since the founding emperor, the Da Chong Dynasty has been trying to reduce the influence of the aristocratic families on the court. After so many years of efforts, although the aristocratic families with complicated connections have caused several major disturbances, their influence in the court is no longer as great as before.

After all, Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of Works is a talent cultivated over many years by a family with a long history. He is a down-to-earth and hard-working person with good political skills, but unfortunately, he was born into a family with a long history and was destined to be on the same page.

Emperor Jiade, who had been fighting with the aristocratic families for many years without losing, actually admired Minister Wang privately. That is why he made him the powerful Minister of Works even though he knew that the aristocratic families strongly supported him.

Unfortunately, in the end, they still had different ideas and could not work together.

The annual embezzlement of river repair funds is definitely not something that was done by just the Du Shuijian of the Ministry of Works. The money was not taken by just one person. How much of it went into the pockets of Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of Works and the Wang family behind him? This requires a thorough investigation.

Minister Wang of the Ministry of Works was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Dali Temple, but this time, the Dali Temple Minister Meng Qisui did not act rashly. He was polite to Minister Wang and at least did not torture him.

However, the Wang family was furious about this incident, and even alarmed the old patriarch of the Wang family who had not been involved in the affairs for many years.

Shangshu Wang is the cousin of the current head of the Wang family, and the old head of the Wang family is Shangshu Wang’s uncle.

Of course, they were well aware of Emperor Jiade's suppression of the aristocratic families, but he was a shrewd and capable emperor. Since ancient times, when the emperor is strong, the ministers are weak, and when the emperor is weak, the ministers will naturally be strong.

Originally, he wanted to add fuel to the fire and let the then 11-year-old Emperor Jiade ascend the throne. Although the eldest princess was powerful, she was a woman after all, and her status was not right and her words were not reasonable. The aristocratic family did have a few years of prosperity in those years and reaped a lot of benefits.

However, what the noble families did not expect was that Emperor Jiade, who had taken power as an adult, was not at all like his useless father, the late emperor. He was actually so powerful that the noble families could hardly raise their heads over the years.

The Xie family, which has been living off its wealth, is now in ruins. They actually gave up most of their wealth for a mere title of county earl. They are really hopeless.

But this also shows that the Xie family has blatantly surrendered to the emperor.