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Chapter 759 - 759 679 Changing the Door Plaque_1
Chapter 759 - 759 679 Changing the Door Plaque_1
?Chapter 759: Chapter 679, Changing the Door Plaque_1 Chapter 759: Chapter 679, Changing the Door Plaque_1 The Yan Family became famous, not only because of the Zhongyi Archway bestowed by His Majesty, but also because of the donation of two hundred thousand dan of medicinal materials.
Everyone knows, archways that extol virtues and are passed down as heritages are not easily bestowed by the Emperor, let alone having personally inscribed the words ‘Loyalty and Righteousness.’
The reactions of the officials varied.
The magnanimous ones were simply envious in secret.
The narrow-minded and jealous ones accused the Yan Family in court as soon as they arrived.
“Your Majesty, the Yan Family has a background of agriculture and scholarship. How could they afford to donate two hundred thousand dan of medicinal materials? Yan Zhigao must have been embezzling and accepting bribes. Please deal with Yan Zhigao severely, Your Majesty,” they said.
The Emperor quietly observed the righteously indignant Imperial Censor from the Jiang Family below, sweating profusely, until He slowly spoke, “If My loyal subject speaks so righteously, then do you have evidence?”
The Imperial Censor had no evidence. He just felt that even an old aristocratic family couldn’t come up with two hundred thousand dan of medicinal materials, let alone the Yan Family, which came from a humble background.
Before the Imperial Censor could figure out how to respond, Wu Jingyi jovially stood up and said, “Your Majesty, as the official in charge of overseeing the collection of medicinal materials, I began investigating the source of these materials as soon as I learned that Magistrate Yan intended to donate.”
“Over the years, the Yan Family indeed acquired a considerable amount of farmland, however… aside from a small portion of fertile lands, most were developed from barren fields.”
“It is well known that the land in Ningmen Prefecture is barren. After Yan Zhigao took office as the Magistrate, seeing so much wasteland unused, he took the lead in developing it out of a sense of distress.”
“Now, the increase in tax revenue in Ningmen Prefecture can be largely attributed to the cultivation of barren land.”
An official raised doubts: “Barren land is infertile, even if medicinal plants could be grown, it’s impossible to produce so much.”
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