Chapter 699

Is this Lu Wen so fierce today?

Although he, Yan Zheng, is known as the number one sprayer of Great Qian, there are some things he doesn't dare to spray.

There is no other reason, just fear of losing his life!

Is Lu Wen going all out?

Is he seriously ill and not long for this world?

Seeing this, Gao Yang couldn't help but stand out and say, "Minister Lu, this is simply a joke; is skinning and stuffing not ruthless enough?"

"Then how does Minister Lu think they should be severely punished to be considered ruthless?"

Upon hearing Gao Yang speak, looking at Gao Yang's face, Lu Wen's face twisted.

This bastard, he must be doing it on purpose.

If this strategy wasn't proposed by Gao Yang, he would slit his own throat.

Wu Zhao's eyelids trembled, and her phoenix eyes looked at Gao Yang.

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't bear to look and chose not to look at Gao Yang's face.

Lu Wen gritted his teeth and said, "This subject feels that all corrupt officials will have a fluke mentality; no matter how heavy the punishment is, it is only a severe punishment after the crime is exposed!"

"This move cannot make corrupt officials fearful; in my heart, any means aimed at the flesh is not enough to make people afraid. I feel that—family affection is the most powerful weapon in this world."

"Therefore, I propose that we should start from family affection; if one person is a corrupt official, it will implicate the descendants of three generations!"

"Take Scholar Cui as an example; if Scholar Cui is corrupt, then his descendants for three generations, and even the entire Cui clan, no matter how talented they are, will not be allowed to take the imperial examination, and they will not be allowed to enter the court as officials!"

"Because if there is a corrupt official within three generations, they cannot be officials; this is the price of corruption!"

As Lu Wen's words rang out, all the officials were shocked, widening their eyes one after another.

Some officials who had secretly accepted some silver felt their hearts tremble even more.

Holy crap!

So ruthless?

One person is corrupt, implicating three generations!

The path to the imperial examination for future generations is cut off?

Xu Xuanji, Wang Zhong, Wang Yifan, and others all took a deep breath; Lu Wen's move was too ruthless.

But these words sounded strange.

If they didn't look at the face and only listened to the voice, they would have felt without hesitation that this was what Gao Yang said.

Cui Xinghe was even more shocked; this example... gave him a feeling of extreme familiarity!

This doesn't sound like what Lu Wen said, but rather like...

Cui Xinghe stared straight at Gao Yang's position.

At this time, Lu Wen added, "And I feel that Your Majesty can also issue an edict: as long as the descendants and relatives of corrupt officials report them for the sake of righteousness, once verified, they can be divided half of the corrupt official's property."

"In this way, many 'great filial sons' will surely emerge, and the trend of corruption will surely be curbed!"

In an instant, all the officials were stunned, looking at Lu Wen in disbelief one after another.

Xu Xuanji, Cui Xinghe, Wang Zhong, and others were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

At this moment, even Yan Zheng's eyelids trembled fiercely.

Has this Lu Wen always been this brave?