Chapter 992: What does the oath Gao Yang made have to do with me, Gao Wenhe?

Gao Yang suddenly reprimanded, his voice carrying endless majesty.

Instantly, Hu Dehai's legs went weak, and he knelt down directly.

"Lord Gao, what mistake did your subordinate commit?" he asked, feeling uneasy in his heart.

Gao Yang wore a cold sneer, his eyes extremely cold.

"What mistake?"

"You still have the face to ask me what mistake you committed?"

"The commoners' voices are so loud, and since you were questioned, the crowd below has been noisy and agitated. Are you really unaware of this?"

Gao Yang stared straight at Hu Dehai, his eyes carrying fury.

Hu Dehai looked up, looking at Gao Yang's eyes.

He said with a trembling voice, "Lord Gao, your subordinate does not know."

"Do not know?"

Gao Yang wore a cold sneer, "Then let me help you recall!"

"The Wanan County embankment has been in disrepair for a long time. You asked the imperial court for funds while forcibly ordering the local commoners to donate money, totaling 150,000 taels. Is there such a matter?"

Hu Dehai's heart suddenly panicked, and he said, "Lord Gao, there is indeed such a matter, but your subordinate did this to alleviate the pressure on the imperial court."

"These donations were all voluntary by the commoners, and there was no force!"

Gao Yang's eyes became increasingly cold, "Voluntary?"

"Those who didn't donate, those who didn't cooperate, the yamen runners went to their homes to beat and scold them. Is this also called voluntary?"

"If you were truly for the embankment, truly for the imperial court, I could tolerate you for three points and spare your life, but of the 150,000 taels of silver, you alone embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels, and your subordinates also embezzled 30,000 taels!"

"Of the 150,000 taels of silver, only 20,000 taels were used to repair the embankment!"

"This year, the heavy rain caused the embankment to collapse, and 3,633 people died or were injured in Wanan County overnight!"

"Hu Dehai, how do you explain this?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Let alone the commoners, even Meng Ziyi was shocked.

He stared at Hu Dehai in disbelief.

150,000 taels, this person actually embezzled 100,000 taels alone, and counting the embezzlement of his subordinates, could the embankment not collapse when encountering a rainstorm?

He had also heard of this matter.

But Lu Hanhai definitely didn't say it like this!

As if understanding something, Meng Ziyi looked at Lu Hanhai fiercely, his eyes carrying disbelief.

Lu Hanhai's eyes dodged, and his whole person was panicked.