Pig Killer

Chapter 352

"Cough cough..." Zhang Jixian was so shocked by her shocking words that he kept coughing.

"Did I say something wrong?" Shen Hui'e said, blinking her innocent big eyes at him.

"No!" Zhang Jixian waved his hand slightly.

"I understand. Eunuchs have no offspring. At most, they are greedy for money. Moreover, their power comes from the emperor. Without the emperor, they are nothing." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "From the emperor's point of view, he prefers to use eunuchs." He nodded in understanding, "No wonder eunuchs have so much power."

"I thought you would discriminate against people like them." Huang Zhongchang looked at her in surprise and said.

"Aren't they all human?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with compassion and said, "Who would enter the palace to be a eunuch unless they had no other choice!" Then she added, "There's nothing wrong with eunuchs. We are just afraid of them forming cliques and disrupting the government."

"Alas... they are all pitiful people." Huang Zhongchang sighed and said, "I just don't understand, now that they have enough food and clothes, why are they still fighting? Can't they just live in peace?" Pointing outside, he said, "Look at the king and this young general Yu, what are they fighting about!"

"Desire is insatiable. If you want greater benefits and have tasted the deliciousness of power, no one can refuse." Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes and said, "If you climb high and look far, you will experience the feeling of looking down on all the mountains."

"I understand." Huang Zhongchang thought about it seriously and said.

"Dad, have you ever climbed a mountain?" the big tiger asked, looking at him with his dark eyes.

"I stood on a high place when I was building the imperial mausoleum." Huang Zhongchang looked at them with deep eyes and said, "I feel the earth under my feet."

"As long as life continues, struggle will never cease." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating black eyes and said, "This is human nature. It is unavoidable."

"This second emperor is really a coward for being an emperor." Huang Zhongchang sneered, "He has been dead for so long, I wonder what happened to his body?"

"It must be smelly!" Zhang Jixian said with great relief, "Maybe there will be flies flying around and maggots and crickets pupating everywhere."

Shen Hui'e coughed twice and said, "Well, there's no need to describe it in such detail."

"Okay, I won't tell you. Anyway, it's been hot since we got the news." Zhang Jixian chuckled, "Haha..." He laughed heartily, and tears came down while he was laughing.

Huang Zhongchang looked at him worriedly. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Hui'e pulled his head and shook it slightly at him, "He is crying with joy. Let him vent it out, and his body will feel better."

Huang Zhongchang blinked when he heard this, pursed his lips, and waited patiently for Zhang Jixian to calm down.

"Then the emperor can't defeat the ministers?" Huang Zhongchang looked at them with doubtful eyes and said, "He even has to support the eunuchs. To be honest, this is beyond my imagination. I thought the emperor could get whatever he wanted."

"How is that possible?" Zhang Jixian looked at him with amusement and said, "The court is full of twists and turns, and they are fighting with the court officials all the time. When you are strong, they are weak, and when you are weak, they are strong."

"The emperor wants to rule the country, and the civil officials want to share power. The emperor wants to collect taxes..."

Before Shen Hui'e could finish her words, Da Chong continued, "Civil officials have the right not to pay taxes."

"Yes! The emperor wants to run the business officially, while the civil servants want to run the business privately by their families." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Government-run?" Huang Zhongchang scratched his head when he heard that.

"For example, salt and iron ore." As soon as Shen Hui'e finished speaking, Huang Zhongchang jumped up and said, "No, it must not be privately operated." He said in horror, "If officials were to privatize it, the price would go up to the sky! I understand now, they dare to do anything for the sake of profit. If the iron mine is privatized, they will rebel!"

"These are the main points of the fight." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her clear eyes and said, "Of course, the civil servants are not united, but when the interests of all the civil servants are involved, they will naturally fight collectively. They will scold you in various ways, accusing you of competing with the people for profits."

"What?" Huang Zhongchang suspected that he had misheard. "Competing with the people for profit, they are obviously nobles, how can they still be called people! We are the common people, okay?"

"They are pursuing their own personal gains under the pretext of working for the welfare of the people." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and bottomless eyes and said, "These civil servants were like white lotuses in the prosperous times, pure and innocent, and they looked like they were working for the people of the world, but they fought against the unjust emperors and rootless eunuchs every day."

Huang Zhongchang slammed the table and said, "How shameless they are! They are actually using the name of the people."

"They are so shameless. The emperor is in cahoots with them. The pens in their hands can praise the emperor to bits, saying he is benevolent! He is a saint! The officials' deficits are not pursued, and corruption is not investigated. These civil servants are simply too happy. They praise the emperor as a saint." Shen Hui'e said with a face full of sarcasm, "If the emperor severely punishes corruption and cleans up the bureaucracy... then the emperor will be miserable."

"What do you mean?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in confusion and asked.

"I have mentioned the pen before! The civil officials also have the pen. They dared not to do so when they were alive, but now they are gone! Look at the attitude of these civil officials towards the emperor. You support the eunuchs and cause chaos in the court. Can you say anything good? What tyrant, what promiscuous, what disgusting, what can I make up for you?"

"This is really too much." The tiger said angrily, slamming the table.

"Look at the king now. He has a bunch of civil officials around him, and he wants to compete for power with a general who has military power." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "It's just a foolish dream! If you force them, just kill them and see who is harder, the knife or the neck." He snorted coldly and said, "These civil officials just rely on their reputation. If they really meet a reckless man, they dare not say a word."

"You are a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong." Huang Zhongchang said rudely, "Why don't you say anything, Mr. Zhang?"

"What did I say?" Zhang Jixian looked at him with his dark eyes.

"Mr. Zhang, do you feel uncomfortable with our frank discussion?" Shen Hui'e said, looking at him with her glassy eyes.

"Uh..." Zhang Jixian's eyes wandered when he heard that, and he didn't dare to look her in the eye.

"Mr. Zhang, you look so guilty! Just tell me what you want to say." Shen Hui'e looked at him with amusement and said, "It's not like these things can't be told to others. There's nothing new under the sun. We all know it."

"A newbie wouldn't understand!" Zhang Jixian said deliberately.

"You'll understand once you get a bloody head. Either go with the flow, sit on the bench, or stick to your beliefs." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her dark pupils.

"It's not easy to stick to your beliefs. After all, money can move people's hearts." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes and said.

"It seems that Mr. Zhang has experienced this." Huang Zhongchang smiled when he heard this.