Chapter 204 Isn’t it a waste of money to build a dam? The prince felt a little nervous when he thought about how he had not gained any benefit from his confrontation with Yun Shu in the past few was eager to know what happened. But the young eunuch who came to see him didn't know, and it was even more impossible for Yun Shu to take the initiative to tell him. He could only watch Yun Shu and the imperial guards leave. The only thing that could make people feel a little relieved was probably that Yun Chuhuan was also in the team—— If it really was something big...it shouldn't be possible to bring along Yun Chuhuan, this useless burden, right? …… She didn't know that she had been defined as a "useless burden" by the prince. After Yun Chuhuan left the palace, the first thing he did was to send Xiao Anzi to the Ministry of Industry to find Xiao Yuanzi to ask for a way to remove the cement. As for himself, he happily followed Yun Shu and the others all the way to the Tang Mansion. Because the position of the Water Department Doctor in a place like the capital was not considered a very important position. Tang Bingfu's mansion was naturally not on the same street where the real court officials lived. Yun Shu was led by the imperial guards, and when they finally arrived at the gate of the Tang Mansion, she almost thought she had come to the wrong place: "Commander Ye, are you sure it's here?" "Your Highness, do you think that the Tang Mansion doesn't look like it has any money?"
Without Yun Shu explaining clearly, Ye Yunhu understood what she meant immediately: "When I first started to confiscate property a few years ago, I also found it strange. After seeing this more often, I understood that these bastards were very bold when they were greedy for money, but in fact they all knew that what they were doing would cost them their lives. After getting the silver back, he didn't dare show it to others and had to pretend that he didn't have much money. The Tang Mansion looks like a normal mansion after all. Your Highness, you have never seen a shabby brick house that looks like an ordinary person's home from the outside, but once the wall is removed, all the broken bricks are filled with gold nuggets!" "..." She had indeed never seen this. Yun Shu couldn't quite understand: "But if this money can only be hidden and not used, then what's the point of being greedy?" "You can't use it openly, but I didn't say you can't use it behind the scenes!" Ye Yunhu raised his eyebrows: "I heard that the reason Tang Bingfu's property was confiscated this time was not just because of corruption, but also because he bought an official position?" The money used to buy the official position could not have been obtained through any legitimate channel. Yun Shu immediately understood. After reining in his horse and stopping at the gate of the Tang Mansion, Yun Shu was still gazing at this ordinary-looking mansion, secretly wondering if the wall bricks were also made of gold bricks. Ye Yunhu had already dismounted from his horse, and went straight forward to kick the door with a bandit-like aura: "Brothers, search!" Yun Shu: “…” She had been thinking in the wrong direction before. Apart from the fact that he looks a bit like a scholar, his temperament has nothing to do with being gentle and refined! "I told you earlier that raiding a house would be so much fun!" Yun Shu was still lamenting Ye Yunhu's style of behavior, which was like a bandit coming down the mountain. Yun Chuhuan, on the other hand, was already in a state of middle school mentality: "That kick just now was really powerful! It would have been even better if I were the one to kick!" "Isn't it appropriate?" Yun Shu was beside him and poured cold water on him: "You haven't learned martial arts before. If you kick the door, you probably won't be able to open it. You'll just get hit on the butt."
Yun Chuhuan: “?” "Then, then I can go with Commander Ye!" After silently imagining the scene described by his fifth sister, Yun Chuhuan said stubbornly, "The two of us will definitely be more powerful together!" "No, the two of you together will only make your short legs more obvious." There were faint sounds of screaming and crying coming from the Tang residence. Yun Shu pretended not to hear and continued to complain about Yun Chuhuan: "Kicking the door is still Commander Ye's job. Your legs can't reach it, so the most you can do is kick the air." Yun Chuhuan: “???” It was clearly a very cool scene, but once his fifth sister described it, the situation became a collection of embarrassment for him! Yun Chuhuan puffed up his cheeks, and happened to see some curious people gathered around to watch the fun. He changed the subject: "Don't you guys prepare some rotten eggs and vegetable leaves for watching the fun? Tang Bingfu didn't build the dam properly, and instead embezzled the money allocated by the court. He is a corrupt official!" "He is greedy for the money of the imperial court, not ours." Among the crowd, someone brave enough smiled and replied: "Those rotten vegetable leaves can be used to feed the chickens and ducks at home!" "Who said it's not your money?" People know that these days people basically only care about their own little piece of land, but they don’t know that they have become so indifferent to the matter. Yun Shu couldn't help but continue: "The money of the imperial court is earned through taxation, and those taxes are all paid by you. This Tiansheng Dynasty is not only the Tiansheng Dynasty of the imperial court, but also the Tiansheng Dynasty of all the people of Tiansheng. Building roads, dikes, and city walls, all of which were paid with the hard-earned taxes of the people. Among the 80,000 taels of silver that Tang Bingfu embezzled for building the dam, there might be some money that one of you saved from your own pockets and handed over to the national treasury." "What? That's our money?" The onlookers were stunned when they heard this, and felt as if they were eating a melon on their own head: "I paid more than three taels of silver in taxes last year! Could it be that I am in the Tang Mansion now?" "If that's the case, shouldn't the money be returned to us after the Tang Mansion is raided?" "You're thinking fart!" Someone who really understood what was said twitched his mouth and immediately retorted: "Hasn't it been made clear just now? The court is not collecting taxes from us for no reason. The court collects those taxes in order to make Tiansheng better and provide us with better protection. But this Tang guy is a bad person. He embezzled the money that was supposed to be used to build the dam to protect us. Now that your majesty has ordered a search of the house, the silver that is found must be used to rebuild the embankment!" "But what can we repair in the capital's dikes?" The person who spoke first said dissatisfiedly:
“Isn’t that thing just built for display? It doesn't rain much here in Beijing, and every time it rains it's just a little bit, so it's hard to cause a flood. In other words, isn't that repairing the structure just a waste of our money? Instead of wasting it, why not return it to us and give each of us a few taels of silver?" "That's quite right." Rainfall in the capital is indeed rare, and this statement resonated with many people: "I'm over 30 years old, and I don't remember ever seeing the dam outside the city being used!" There is one more chapter, later~