Chapter 1573: High Status and Power

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“If Tao Zhen had money, he would have gone to the capital to find out if it was Shi Yuan’s decree. The capital is under the control of the Emperor, so no one would dare to disobey Shi Yuan’s decree. It would be easy to find out that it was a tax reduction, not a tax increase.

“Once Tao Zhen confirms that there is a problem, he will find a way to let Shi Yuan know. If other people also feel that there’s a problem and go to the capital to see what’s going on, it should be the same.

“Even if there isn’t anyone like Tao Zhen who thinks there’s a problem going to the capital, let’s try to think of several other ways. For example, Treasure Bank has branches in both the town and the county. Didn’t any of them tell the people in the central bank about it? Treasure Bank’s main branch is in the Imperial Capital, and they have a firm backer behind them.

“In short, it’s impossible for anyone in the capital to know about the situation here.

“This goes back to what I said just now, there must be someone in the Imperial Capital who knows. They must protect them so that the officials here can keep scamming the people. That person must have a high position to be able to suppress so many people. And how many people with high positions and power can there be?

“We can rule out the emperor, Shi Yuan. The rest are easy to investigate. Let’s just assume that they are all suspects. I don’t think we need to ask many people to know who the higher-ups are. It shouldn’t be the Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor who were killed by Shi Yuan.

“One of them is the Prime Minister, and the other is the Vice Prime Minister. Although they are powerful, they may be both dead.”

“That’s right.” Xue Yan nodded.

“However, since Shi Yuan issued the decree to reduce taxes, it’s obvious that he has the people in his heart. Then, it’s doubtful that he’s a tyrant. He might not be a tyrant. The Prime Minister that was killed might not have been loyal to the people, and the Imperial Censor that he killed might not have been as straightforward as he appeared to be.”

“Indeed.” Xue Yan nodded once again.

“We have to find out who that high-ranking person is, only then will we have a better idea and resolve this matter once and for all. Otherwise, there might come a situation where we get rid of some of the people at the bottom but not the important ones at the top. That would not be of much use. We already know the people below us, that is, Magistrate Dian and the others. If we can find the people at the top, we won’t need to spend too much effort on the people in the middle. We can just interrogate the rest and wipe them out.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Yes.” Xue Yan also felt this way. “Then tomorrow, we will go to Min An Restaurant again. All the high-status people often go there. I believe that the waiter in that restaurant knows a lot of things. If we give him some money and ask the waiter about the current high-ranking officials in Da Chen, the waiter will tell us. After all, this is not a secret. As long as someone has a little status here, they will know who the high-ranking officials are. Let’s do this first and then plan what to do next. In the future, when we go to the capital, even if we don’t ask around, our goal is very clear. We know who they are.”

“Yes.” Jiang Yue naturally had no objections.