How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 231: Mixed Praise 1 Xie Chengze, Great Acting Liang Wanda

As more and more students came to Beijing, news of Xie Chengze's deeds in Yizhou and Liaozhou spread quickly in Beijing. The Regent became famous overnight and was highly regarded among students.

The Cao family did not sit idly by, and quickly removed the banners all over the street. They also spread rumors that the Regent abused his power and accepted bribes, leading the public to believe that the Regent's behavior of "fighting violence with violence" was not desirable, causing Xie Chengze's reputation to become mixed again.

Indeed, the person behind the scenes of the Cao family was very smart. He found a weak spot in Xie Chengze. He first pointed out that Xie Chengze's means of making money in various places were not legitimate, and that the money snatched from corrupt officials was not used on local people, but on floods in Yizhou. This was equivalent to using the hard-earned money exploited from people in various places to establish his own achievements, which could not be regarded as serving the people.

Then, he started to stir up trouble between students from Yizhou and other places.

"Aren't you ashamed to use the hard-earned money of our parents to support the people of Yizhou?"

Any remarks involving parents would arouse public indignation. Conflicts between students from all over the country would be instantly intensified. Students bickering and arguing could be seen every day, and some people would even fight in the street over a disagreement.

Many court officials submitted memorials ordering Xie Chengze to handle the matter, and believed that Xie Chengze was unworthy of the position. Now that the prince has recovered from the poisoning, he should be in power.

Xie Chengze pretended to throw the memorial to the emperor, and said with a red face, "I will handle it myself! There is no need for you to remind me!"

It was said to be a matter of handling, but it was actually a cold treatment. The public opinion in the capital was still accusing the Regent of abusing his power for personal gain and being a bad minister.

Until Liang Wanda came to Beijing.

As the much-anticipated prefect of Yizhou, his arrival attracted students from all over the country to stop his car and ask him in a loud voice whether he had a clear conscience by using the hard-earned money of the people in other cities to support his own people.

Liang Wanda showed a surprised look on his face. He stood up and got off the car, and said to the students who blocked the road, "Students, why do you say that?"

"This is the fact, and the prefect is actually asking us?" The students were furious. They formed a human wall, blocking the street so that it was impassable. They were determined to get an explanation.

Liang Wanda sighed repeatedly, raised his hand and bowed to them, "I really don't know, I hope you can explain it in detail. If I am really wrong, I will report it to His Majesty."

Seeing that Liang Wanda asked so gently and was not angry as they had thought, the students looked at each other, and then someone told them that he used the hard-earned money snatched from corrupt officials all over the country to support the people of Yizhou.

Liang Wanda listened to it in a serious manner, then slapped his thigh with an expression of disbelief, "How could this be! I didn't even know that the silver was the hard-earned money that the Second Prince had snatched from corrupt officials! If I knew, I would definitely not use that money!"

"Does the prefect really not know about this?" The students looked at Liang Wanda suspiciously, their eyes full of distrust.

They still believed that Liang Wanda was in cahoots with the Regent, using the hard-earned money of their parents and local people to build his own achievements, and they naturally hated this behavior very much, which was more disgusting than the local officials who directly exploited them.

"I really don't know! Why would I lie to you?" Liang Wanda shook his head and sighed, his face full of sorrow and complaints, "How could the Second Prince deceive the world like this! When I enter the palace, I will definitely report this to the emperor! How can such a sinister and unscrupulous person be worthy of the position of regent!"

Seeing Liang Wanda so angry and dissatisfied, and even scolding the Second Prince in the street for being unworthy of his position, the students couldn't help but look at each other again, thinking that Liang Wanda might really be unaware, and he was also deceived, and everything was done by the Second Prince.

Then, Liang Wanda shouted to the guard beside him, "When I return to Yizhou, I will definitely smash the local merit list carved next to the water conservancy weir!"

"Damn Second Prince, he clearly said at the time that the silver was donated by the kindhearted people of various places. Seeing that Yizhou suffered countless casualties from the flood disaster, he donated silver to the people of Yizhou and hoped that we could overcome the difficulties. He also ordered us to write an IOU, and when the grain production is abundant in the future, he must give it back to the people of various places to repay the great kindness of saving their lives—"

Liang Wanda was so angry that his voice broke. "What do you mean by 'help from all sides when one side is in trouble'? It turns out that they were all a lie to me! This silver was not donated by the people from all over the country, but was stolen by the second prince by any means necessary!"

When the students heard this, they immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Wait, Your Excellency just said that the silver was donated by the Second Prince from the people of various places? Rather than the money he collected by himself?"

"He also asked you to write an IOU? He also told you to give back to the various places in the future?"

"When one side is in trouble, all sides come to its aid..." A student chanted these eight words and could not help but say, "What a great saying! When one side is in trouble, all sides come to its aid! I thought the regent was collecting money from all over the country for his own merits. I never expected that although the regent acted a little eccentric, he donated disaster relief money to Yizhou in the name of charity from the people of all over the country. He was spreading the kindness of the people of all over the country, rather than monopolizing the good name without giving back!"

“This move, although not perfect, is perfect!”

"According to the law, the money seized from the houses of corrupt officials is usually deposited into the inner treasury, and will not flow directly back into the pockets of the people. The regent will donate the seized money directly to the people of Yizhou in the name of the people. When the Yizhou Tianfu Farm is built, the grain will flow back to the famine-stricken areas. This is the embodiment of gratitude, and it is also the meaning of the existence of the national city!"

Many hands make light work, one person cannot carry a load of 1,000 pounds, many hands can move thousands of mountains, how come this doesn't complement the way of Yizhou opening up mountains and dividing rivers, and it gives people endless thoughts? !

"Although it is against the law, it is a word of morality. The law is strict, but people are kind. In an emergency, we must take the power. The regent took the wealth of the people to build the country of abundance. I dare to think that the regent is not at fault!"

"That's right! I agree!"

"We are ignorant and have misunderstood the Regent!"

The wind changed direction again, and the students stopped arguing and fighting. Jian'an was not stable enough to begin with, and it was a time when everyone was needed to help. How could they attack their future colleagues because of this? It almost chilled the regent's heart.

The atmosphere in the capital returned to harmony. The students also had a lot of feelings about the support from all sides when one side is in trouble. They were trying to find out whether they could form a real support from all sides and how to approach it.

Liang Wanda, who returned to the carriage, wiped his sweat silently, with a smile of success on his lips.

His acting skills are really great!

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Kunning Palace.

Cao Qingran took off the peach wood Buddhist beads from his wrist and placed them on the lacquered mahogany table.

"Your Majesty, no action?" she asked calmly, staring at the soul-breaking incense with her calm eyes, crushing it into powder bit by bit with her fingertips.

Nanny Qing hesitated for a moment before replying, "Your Majesty has not done anything in recent days. He has let the Regent handle everything, except for instructing one thing..."

"Oh?" Cao Qingran's voice remained calm.

"Except... ordering people to make new dragon robes."

The action of grinding incense paused, and Cao Qingran's eyes and voice showed slight fluctuations at the same time, "Do you know who it is prepared for..."

"This..." Nanny Qing paused, "It seems to be the size of the Second Prince."

Cao Qingran suddenly chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.