"The Regent said that absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption! Think about Ji Tai, he is an example of power that has lost its restraint and turned into a huge corruption!"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Imperial City Department jointly ransacked his home. You would never imagine how much money that old guy had embezzled!"

Everyone stuck their heads out and asked curiously: "How much?"

"Is it tens of thousands taels?"

"Oh, you don't think that the prime minister is a high-ranking official! In his position, he has at least 100,000 taels of ink!"

"So much? How many lifetimes will it take for us, ordinary people, to earn a hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Qian Guodong smiled slightly: "Look at your little knowledge, let me tell you, Ji Tai has been greedy for 100 million taels of silver during his more than ten years in office!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked, and only a "hiss...!" sounded in the tea garden.

"This is the corruption that comes with unfettered power!"

"So the regent's move not only set a precedent in history, but also put a cage on all officials in the court...including the emperor!"

"If a minister is corrupt, he will be punished by the laws of the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple!"

"...Then what if the emperor made a mistake?"

"If the emperor makes a mistake, the regent said, he is as guilty as the common people!"

The crowd was silent again. After a while, someone cautiously asked: "Mr. Qian, you...how do you know?"

Qian Guodong picked up a cup of tea and blew it, "Because Nian Chengfeng, the Secretary of the Zhongshu Province who was entrusted with the important task by the regent, was once my classmate and colleague!"

At this moment, another voice came: "But there is a rumor in Kyoto recently, saying that... Xi Wei and that person, Xiao Mantou, the former master of Wanxi Zhai, have an illegitimate daughter."

"It is said that Xi Wei's illegitimate daughter is in Kyoto, right next to the regent... Everything Xi Wei has done includes framing the Chehou Mansion twenty years ago, and also including the murder of Empress Lu, which caused the whereabouts of the eldest son of the emperor to be unknown, etc.

Waiting, all for the purpose of helping the regent ascend to power today..."

"The Regent will become Xi Wei's son-in-law, and they will share the country... The Regent, he is not the eldest son of the emperor!"

"They, they teamed up to steal the country!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qian frowned and his heart sank, "Where did this rumor come from?"

"I don't know this, but there is indeed such a saying. There are still many people saying it. I'm afraid it will be known all over the city in a few days."

Suddenly the wind started blowing.

Qian Guodong suddenly felt a chill.

He stood up with a serious look on his face: "You can't spread rumors!"
Chapter completed!