Liao Qinghui, who was pulled aside by Li Moyun and Wan Shenji, was still staring at Li Youzhen who was lying on the ground with viciousness, wishing to go up and kick him to death. Thinking about how he was grateful to them in the past few years, he stood up for them several times, and this time he brought troops and almost made a big fuss about the government office for them. The anger in his heart surged one after another, which was really hard to contain.

Seeing this, Li Ling quickly stepped forward and pulled him: "President Liao, please calm down. They are already guilty. Even if you don't take action, the prefect will not spare them. Why do you have the same knowledge as them?"

Wei Liang also followed up and advised: "Yes, Liao Dutong, now Yang Wanquan has been taken into jail, and the charges on Li Youzhen are almost confirmed, and you are just blinded and exploited by them. Even if you have minor mistakes, it is nothing. Please don't mislead yourself, otherwise it will only make your loved ones hurt and your enemies!"

The two of them were so kind that Liao Qinghui calmed down for the time being and no longer wanted to take action. Li Ling also took this opportunity to look at Li Youzhen again: "Li Youzhen, I will ask you again last time. Can you admit that you have used your position to commit illegal activities over the years, embezzling public funds, and hiding superiors and subordinates? You have thought about it. If you dare to lie again, I will hand you over to Liao Dutong to deal with it!"

The threatening effect of the last sentence was immediate. After seeing Liao Qinghui's anger, Li Youzhen did not doubt that she would die if she fell into her hands. She shook her body and shouted happily: "The official confessed, I... I have indeed greedy for a lot of money in the past few years..."

"Wait a minute." Seeing that he finally confessed his guilt, Wei Liang was even more excited and immediately called a clerk, "You, let's record his related confession for me without missing a single trace!"

How dare the clerk refuse to obey under such circumstances? After whispering to take the order, he quickly took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and after prosecuting him, he sat aside and waited for Li Youzhen to admit his guilt.

Li Youzhen is really brave now. She dares not hide anything, so she truthfully explains all the mistakes she can think of—

From embezzling public funds with his power, to selling grains from Changping warehouses that should have been used for disaster relief, to accepting money from wealthy families who have committed crimes for him, and greed for money that should have been used for repairing the city walls and dams into his own pocket... It can be said that his courage is getting bigger and bigger, and the amount of money he greedy for more and more. In the end, even the local garrison pay was targeted by them, and they took it for several years.

When he explained these things one by one, even though Li Ling and the others had some psychological preparations, they were still frightened. The greed of these two assistant officials was really endless, and their methods were even more wise and cruel. How many people were harmed by them, and how many people were unwilling to ask for justice is not an exaggeration.

During this period, Liao Qinghui gritted his teeth and his eyes were so bitter that he almost rushed over again to vent his dissatisfaction with his fists and feet. Fortunately, Li Moyun and the others were guarding each other and finally dissuaded the person.

It was not until Li Youzhen confessed all the crimes truthfully and signed the recorded confession that Li Ling and Wei Liang breathed a sigh of relief. With his confession, even if Yang Wanquan was stubborn, they could easily seize the post and severely punish him.

In this way, their goal was achieved. Abandoned these two headed assistant officials, naturally no one in the government office dared to oppose the prefect, and it would be easy to regain power.

As Li Ling and the others were determined, the others in the hall were panicked, because Li Youzhen's move not only truthfully explained his crimes, but also led to the problems of other government officials. After all, there are many things that cannot be done by the two officials, and the benefits of corruption and bribery are not only obtained by the two of them. Naturally, the whole government and the whole government are all complicitors and are all profitable.

So after seeing Wei Liang put away the confession, the officials and the officials were stunned at first, and then they knelt down: "Master Tai, the villain knows that they are wrong, please spare your life!"

Wei Liang's eyes swept over the more than a hundred kneeling subordinates with complicated eyes. Since he took office, this was the first time they seemed so respectful and sincerely kneeled down to him.

Everyone present knew in their hearts that as long as the confession was really handed over, not only Yang and Li would be severely punished, but others would be afraid that they would not escape. The minor ones would be dismissed from office and exiled to the severe ones, and the severe ones would be exiled, and the suffering would be great. Now, everything is in the thought of the prefect Wei, and now they can only ask the prefect to be proud.

But at the same time, Wei Liang also understood that if he really pursued the matter, he would completely clean up the government office. At that time, it would be great, but how should we deal with the subsequent troubles? How could he and Cao Jin support such a large government office? After all, he would be indispensable to this subordinate official who is familiar with the affairs of the government office.

Li Ling also saw his dilemma. The government office was different from his county office. It was so easy to turn around. Even if Huating County did not have those skilled clerks, it would not be too busy to handle the public for a while. But the government office was different. The daily affairs of Songjiang Prefecture alone were hundreds of, and the official duties delivered by the subordinate counties were delivered. Without these people, it would be delayed. If this was the case, all the consequences and the blame would be on Wei Liang.

However, it is not easy for the prefect Wei to let everyone go so easily, he must have a step.

After Li Ling understood this, he coughed and walked up: "Master, since everyone in the yamen knows the mistake, the subordinates think they should give them a chance. After all, they can only obey their superiors' orders. Maybe they have made mistakes, but it is not their true intention after all."

When everyone heard this, they quickly kowtowed again: "Yes, Bei Jie and others were forced to do it. Otherwise, they would not only fail to protect their responsibilities, but also be deceived by them. Please give up on your own and forgive me!"

Wei Liang's expression changed a few times, and he finally raised his hand: "You all get up. I will investigate this matter again. As long as you have not committed it on your own initiative, I will forgive you at your discretion."

"Thank you, magnanimous, I am grateful..." Everyone kowtowed again, and then stood up one by one, and the panic on their faces finally calmed down.

Liao Qinghui, who was standing beside him, frowned and disagreed. According to his temper, he had to investigate this matter to the end. No matter whether you are the main culprit or not, you have to pay the price for your mistake. But he also understood that he was not an official of the government office after all, and his own problems had not yet been passed, so he did not object.

Just when these people calmed down and thought that the matter could pass, Wei Liang said: "I can spare your mistakes for the time being, but you should reflect on yourself to prevent the same mistakes in the future. In this way, after you disperse, you will write down all the money you have greedy over the years and the things you have done that are harmful to heaven and reason, and send them to me within two days. If you refuse to pay the money you have overdue, you will have no intention of repenting. In this way, even if you are willing to help you, you will be powerless."

"Ah..." The officials' expressions changed suddenly, and their hearts became even more sank. I knew that the prefect was still worried about them and had to seize their handle.

They are all working in the yamen. Who doesn’t know that handing over this self-reflection letter means handing the knife to the prefect. In this way, as long as he disobeys the prefect’s order in the future, he can threaten it with this, and even directly convict himself.

This move thought that the control method was indeed very clever, and they also used open conspiracy, so they did not even have the chance to refuse. With this trick, it was enough to show that the prefect Wei was mature, and he was no longer the scholar who only knew the brightness and upwardness, but had a certain kind of power and conspiracy skills.

In Li Ling's happy eyes, everyone in the hall bowed and agreed again, but they had no choice but to hand over the handle to Wei Liang. He believed that after this, Wei Liang would completely take over the power of the government and no one could shake his authority in the yamen.

After sending these subordinates away, Wei Liang looked at Liao Qinghui: "Tong Liao, the matter is clear here. I also understand the situation of your Shanzi Camp garrison. When this corruption case is concluded, the food and wages that are not paid in the past few years will be sent back in full, and you will never feel embarrassed."

Looking at the solemn Magistrate Wei, hearing his promise, Liao Qinghui was not only happy, but also felt a little guilty. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "The magistrate is so impartial and decisive, which really makes Liao deeply admire him. I thought I was so confused before, and I almost did a big mistake. I deserve to be severely punished."

"Haha, Liao Dutong is wrong, what are you wrong? If you hadn't brought troops to the government office in time to shock the whole audience, then Li Youzhen might not admit his guilt and would have brought others to argue. So Liao Dutong, you are not only innocent, but also made contributions. I hope you can continue to work with the prefect in the future to protect the stability of my Songjiang Mansion." Li Ling suddenly said.

But it made Liao Qinghui stunned, and then realized that he looked at the young county magistrate with some gratitude, and then nodded vigorously: "Of course. Wei Prefecture, County Magistrate Li, what difficulties do you have in the future? Just ask someone to pass on the message. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse!"

"In this way, I will thank you for the Lord Liao first." Li Ling hurriedly bowed and thanked him, and then Wei Liang also understood that he was preparing for the possibility of a change in the Luotian Sect in the future, so he also stood up and said the same thing.
Chapter completed!