Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1444 - 1236

As the saying goes, "From above come the policies, from below come the countermeasures."

Since these fellows want to exploit this kind of loophole, Lin Yi naturally would not allow it.

Precisely because of this, he had already thought of a countermeasure: make each individual submit a property declaration at any time.

In other words, right now no matter how much you’re worth, as long as you submit it truthfully, I won’t interfere with you.

But if you falsify it or don’t submit it, then don’t blame me for being ruthless.

Or rather, I’m giving you a chance now: each one of you must fill out and hand in a form, reporting all the assets you currently hold and every detail of your situation.

And let me tell you, this is something I’m allowing, and for now I will not hold you to account; but if I find out about it afterward, then you’re in for a very rough time.

Or say you don’t report in from time to time, or right now you’re clearly worth ten thousand taels, yet you only report one thousand taels, sorry, if when I investigate, if my people uncover that you have huge expenditures that don’t match, then don’t blame me for being ruthless, because I will absolutely not consider those remaining nine thousand taels as your prior property. That is to say, I’m giving you this one chance—if you can’t seize it, then everything is over.

To sum it up in one sentence: you may have money, but you must explain it, and it must be aboveboard; after this, no exceptions will be allowed.

And precisely because this decree was issued, you could say the entire officialdom of Dayou underwent a sweeping purge.

It received a thorough reordering; it’s no exaggeration to say that the bureaucracy from now on will be clear and upright, and these officials will certainly tuck their tails between their legs.

Of course, there is another possibility: they can voluntarily give up any current official post.

That is to say, as long as you no longer serve as an official, fine, no problem—going forward I won’t pursue you.

Of course, the precondition is that you haven’t committed crimes that outrage Heaven and reason; if you have done things that, in my view, offend Heaven and destroy conscience, then even if you don’t hold office, you still have to bear the consequences.

This is absolutely not some simple, obvious, easy little matter.

You could say whatever crime you’ve committed, that’s the consequence you’ll have to bear.

This is something Lin Yi absolutely will not relax on.

And precisely because this policy edict was handed down, those officials one by one grew apprehensive, all secretly calculating in their hearts whether it would be better to resign and go home, or to grit their teeth and carry on?

Of course, the precondition for resigning and going home is whether over all these years you have committed any crimes that outrage Heaven and reason.

Once they looked closely, sure enough, not a single one of them was completely clean; precisely because of this, they could only swallow their grievances and continue in office.

As for those officials who had originally amassed great fortunes, they became all the more terrified.

They divided their silver into batches and hid it carefully, then reported every bit of property that could be exposed, declaring exactly however much they now had "legitimately."

Of course, as for when they might ever be able to spend the silver they hid away, that they did not know.

In short, they also did not believe Lin Yi could keep his eyes on them forever.

[To be continued...]

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