C151 (1/2)

However, at this time, Lin Yi had only read the first few pages, yet he was already burning with anger. He had long heard of the suffering of the people in Jiangnan, and every year, the Ministry of Revenue would distribute countless amounts of food for disaster relief, as well as an incalculable amount of funds. But why would there be people suffering from disasters every year?

But from the looks of it now, he was right!

Lin Yi recalled that Su Mu had also mentioned to him before that there were corrupt officials in the past few dynasties. For the Great Ying Empire, they could be considered as peaceful people in the country and they would enjoy life. A few small villains should not be able to bring about any big trouble, but who would have thought that it would be so serious?

As he thought of this, an indescribable anger appeared in Lin Yi's heart. He smacked the dragon throne with his hand and stood up, then walked to Li Chengyan's side and said, ”Li Chengyan, did you really see the victims' migration to the capital with your own eyes?”

Li Chengyan took a look and paused for a moment. He nodded towards Lin Yi and then kneeled down on the ground, his courteous gesture extremely sudden and his face was filled with unspeakable sorrow. Suddenly, Lin Yi felt that if he did not deal with this matter, he would become an unconscious king.

Lin Yi shook his head and said to him, ”Li Xiang, you are loyal, loyal, loyal, and devoted to your country and your people. It was my mistake to blame you in the past. Hurry up, I shouldn't disobey your words!”

Ever since he had told Lin Yi about Su Mu, this Li Chengyan had become extremely unfavoured. Because he had lost his favor in front of Lin Yi, the ministers of the court viewed him as nothing. It was as if he had become their Prime Minister, and they would not say anything to him.

Now that he could hear Lin Yi's words, Li Chengyan was naturally very excited. Tears welled up in his eyes, suddenly realizing that he no longer cared about the things that happened in the past. No matter how Lin Yi used to treat him, as long as he still valued him, then everything was worth it.

Li Chengyan had grown up reading the Book of Virtue since he was a child. He was in his forties now, and in his heart, he was loyal to the king. If the king wanted his subjects to die, the subject had no choice but to die!

Li Chengyan had served a total of three generations of emperors, and both Lin Yi's grandfather and father were kings. Li Chengyan had served a total of three generations of emperors, and Lin Yi's grandfather and father were emperors.

Now, Li Chengyan stood up, and shakily said to Lin Yi, ”Your majesty, this humble subject has no selfish motives at all. This humble subject knows that you are still young, and may be easily bewitched by these people, but no matter what, you should not let these victims be displaced!”

Lin Yi closed the imperial report and placed it in the hand of An Zi, who was standing to the side. He said, ”An Zi, pick out all the imperial reports related to the flood in Jiang-Nan for me. I want to read them all tonight!”

After Lin Yi finished saying these words, the ministers who had been rejecting Li Chengyan's words all fell into a state of silence. Not a single one of them actually dared to say a single word.

Lin Yi coldly looked at them, then said, ”What? Could it be that all of you feel the opposite of what Li Chengyan did today? ”Wang Yaozu, I always thought that you were a loyal, patriotic person who doted on you, but I never thought that you wouldn't even know the hardships of the people. You are a young man, and are a top scholar.

Wang Yaozu bitterly smiled, stood up, and presented the imperial report in his hand to Lin Yi as well. Then, he said in a loud and clear voice, ”Your majesty, this humble subject's imperial report has already been written since yesterday. I originally wanted to hand it to you, but now it seems that Li Xiang has done something that this humble subject has been hesitating about.