Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Fu Jiao's expression suddenly changed color, Liu Piezi and others seemed at a loss.

"Sir, can we, can we... go now?"

Fu Jiao was no longer in a good mood. He didn't even look at them and just waved for them to leave.

Only Fu Jiao and officials from Buyeo County were left in the hall.

Everyone felt as if they were being stabbed in the back and trembling with fear.

How could they know that such a sudden change would happen?

"Wei Chengji, you are so brave!"

Fu Jiao was so angry that his forehead was throbbing.

Originally, this matter could have been reported as Wei Chengji misunderstanding the order.

Even if everyone knew that Wei Chengji's misunderstanding was not true, they would still turn a blind eye and not pursue the matter.

Even if someone wants to investigate, it won't be too serious if it's less than five hundred taels.

But now it has become more than two thousand taels.

If he were considered to have embezzled these more than two thousand taels, he would be hanged for it.

If he had told me earlier, even though the problem was serious, Fu Jiao wouldn't have been so angry.

But he dared to hide it from him at this time.

Originally, he had agreed to this assignment at great risk to Wei Chengji's uncle. He was an imperial inspector, and if he was found to be partial to someone or commit fraud, he would be punished three levels more severely!

The result was unexpected!

Wei Chengji actually dared to embezzle the money without telling him!

Still thinking about money at this time!

If he really reports the normal amount of money he has infringed upon, it would be fine if nothing goes wrong, but if something does go wrong, he would be guilty of dereliction of duty and partiality!

Even if the crime is three times more serious, it is not as simple as dismissal.

"I thought you were just flashy and incompetent, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant of your own life!"

Fu Jiao was so angry that he blurted out something without thinking, but he managed to hold back the rest of his words in the end.

Although everyone knew it, some things were inconvenient to say in front of so many people. Fu Jiao flicked his sleeves and walked to the back hall, obviously wanting to question Wei Chengji alone.

Wei Chengji was sweating profusely and followed Fu Jiao to the back hall.

When passing by the registrar, Wei Chengji suddenly became suspicious: there is something wrong with this registrar!

If he had not submitted Zhang Quan's petition, how could this have happened?

He must have done it on purpose!

When Wei Chengji thought of this, he immediately made up his mind.

When they arrived at the study in the back hall, Fu Jiao had already sat down in the main seat behind the desk.

"It's understandable that you took the money for the river invasion privately, even if it's a little higher. But you actually spent so much more than the actual silver for the river invasion, and you even planned to report it without telling me. I think you really don't want to live. Two thousand taels, if I report it, don't you know what will happen if it is discovered?!"

Wei Chengji did not dare to sit down, but hurried to the desk and explained: "Please calm down, sir. Please listen to my explanation. I really did not hide this matter from you on purpose. It was just that you were questioning me at the time, and I was afraid and confused and did not dare to tell the truth.

Originally, I was planning to find a suitable time after today to talk to the adults about it.

As for the amount of money that was embezzled, I had no choice.

The previous magistrate left a hole of nearly 10,000 taels, and I have not been able to fill it up despite all my efforts. This happened just in time, and I thought that since he had not reported the river beach land, I might as well take this opportunity to collect more and fill the hole.”

If things hadn't come to this point and it wasn't easy to regret, Fu Jiao really wanted to investigate how many tricks Wei Chengji had!

He is still making excuses even now.

"Don't say anything. Tomorrow, immediately, you will return all the land to the owners of the riverside land, and then report the riverside land normally. The money you collected for river encroachment should be regarded as the money the people paid for buying land.

In this way, even if this matter is dug up in the future, you will have something to say, just insist that you have made this plan. Even if others do not believe it, you have handed over the money in full, and the land is still in the hands of the landowner, so others can't do anything to you. "

Wei Chengji was shocked.

If we had known this earlier, we should have taken the initiative to return the money and land that had been invaded before the inspector came. Maybe no one would have taken advantage of the inspector's visit to spread rumors and cause trouble.

By then, this matter will be done secretly, and once the inspector leaves, he can collect land taxes again.

Although it is not as much as the money earned from river invasion, it is still a considerable amount when accumulated over time.

If the river beach is reported truthfully now, not only will the money collected for river encroachment previously be lost, but the land tax will also naturally have to be paid in the future.

Even if you add some extra money, how much will be left in your hands?

Why didn't you think of going back and returning the money and land that had been invaded in advance?

wrong!

I'm afraid that even if he returns the land in advance, there will still be people who spread rumors and make trouble. That person must be deliberately trying to trick him. It's not for the purpose of getting the land back, that person just doesn't want him to have an easy life.

No, we must find out who is spreading rumors!

This thought flashed through my mind, and the most important thing right now was how to reduce the losses.

Wei Chengji was frantically thinking of a countermeasure, trying to convince Fu Jiao to at least not report the land. At worst, he could just return the money for river encroachment to the landowner.

He even wondered in his mind whether he could agree to it first and then wait until Fu Jiao left without reporting the matter of the land.

Seeing that he did not agree immediately, Fu Jiao immediately guessed what he was thinking: "Don't think about not reporting the land and collecting land taxes privately.

As long as you don't report it, every penny of land tax you collect will be a hidden danger!

Don't report this matter through me. You should take care of it on your own.

At this point, I don't expect this mission to be done perfectly, I just hope that there won't be any more trouble. This time when I go back, I will repay the kindness of Master Wei."

Fu Jiao didn't say the following words, but the meaning was already very clear.

After repaying the favor, I will no longer have anything to do with the Wei family.

Wei Chengji knew that the situation was hopeless, and this was probably the best way to completely resolve the hidden dangers.

But Wei Chengji was really unwilling in his heart!

In this case, the river beach makes sense.

After all the hard work, I ended up making wedding dresses for the former county magistrate!

The former magistrate took advantage of the situation effortlessly, leaving him with nothing and also wasting the little bit of friendship between his family and Fu Jiao.

It’s all because of that damned Dianshi Wu Hui!

If he hadn't stuffed that complaint in, the subsequent series of events wouldn't have happened.

Damn it! What good did this do to him? Why did he want to hurt himself like this?

Wei Chengji completely lost his mind about returning here.

"Sir, you can't get away with the river trespassing money if this happens. I have an idea."