"Brother Wang, it's me. The President is looking for you." Wang Xiaoshan led a few guards in.

Wang Huaiqing asked in surprise: "The President is looking for me? There is no need to encircle my mansion, and I, Lao Wang, did not rebel."

"Brother Wang, please beg for your own blessings. I heard that Cen Chunxuan from the Independent Commission Against Corruption participated in your book." Wang Xiaoshan revealed a little information to him.

Wang Huaiqing said indifferently: "Independent Commission Against Corruption! I thought it was a matter of birds. Didn't I just take a few taels of silver? I'll ask the president to judge."

Wang Huaiqing took big steps and followed Wang Xiaoshan out indifferently.

At the same time, patrol officers appeared in the palaces of dozens of officials in the capital. Without saying a word, these people took out the notice from the Independent Commission Against Corruption as soon as they entered the door, and then quietly took the officials down.

However, the police leader Zhao Bingjun personally brought several patrol officers to the Li Mansion in the west of the city.

Li Hongzhang was listening to Peking Opera in the mansion. Zhao Bingjun's sudden intrusion made him feel a little shocked and he felt something was wrong.

"Zhongtang, this is the arrest warrant of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Please go there with me." Zhao Bingjun didn't say much, and said seriously after Li Hongzhang stepped back.

Independent Commission Against Corruption? Li Hongzhang’s first thought was not whether he had embezzled or not, but whether he had some things that had made Ye Zhikui dissatisfied recently.

He didn't believe that if he would be arrested if he was greedy for money, he would be arrested. This was a political infighting, and Li Hongzhang thought to himself.

"Let me change into a piece of clothing." Li Hongzhang stood up and said lightly.

"Please take care of yourself in the middle hall!" Zhao Bingjun stretched out his hand and then waited quietly on the side.

...

"Are you here?" Ye Zhikui sat alone next to the table, filled with wine and food.

"President, I." Wang Huaiqing originally came to Ye Zhikui with grievances, but now when he saw this, he didn't know where to speak.

"Come on, sit down and have a drink with me." Ye Zhikui glanced at him and said lightly.

Wang Huaiqing lowered his head and sat opposite Ye Zhikui.

"Maoxuan, I feel like I was stabbed in my heart. It hurts. When you saved my life back then, I have always regarded you as a brother who can be sympathized with you. Instead, I have harmed you and made you arrogant because of your favor. Think about it, how much you have been greedy? These are the hard-earned money of the people, donated to the brothers on the front line. Take a little, I take a little, and put it in the hands of the brothers. How many injured and disabled brothers are now living a difficult life? Have you ever thought about it?" Ye Zhikui said heartbrokenly.

"President, I." Wang Huaiqing looked at the painful Ye Zhikui and opened his mouth, but still couldn't speak.

"You said, if you are short of money, you can tell me. I, Ye Zhikui, are not a stingy person. Why should I take the government's money? Take the soldiers' money? Go back, hand over the greedy ones, and then live a peaceful life." Ye Zhikui turned his head, unwilling to see this scene.

In fact, Wang Huaiqing's greed for the number of greedy men was enough to be sentenced to death, but Ye Zhikui was still thinking about his old love and asked him to take off his military uniform.

"Maoxuan, take this money away. If there is any difficulty, come to me, Ye Zhikui." Ye Zhikui pointed to the large stack of silver notes on the table. These are enough for Wang Huaiqing to spend the rest of his life.

"President, Maoxuan is embarrassing you." Wang Huaiqing knelt on the ground, burst into tears, then kowtowed a few times, picked up the silver notes on the table, turned around and left.

The next day, Ye Zhikui received news that Wang Huaiqing paid the greedy silver, and used the silver given to him by Ye Zhikui to disperse his wives, concubines and children, leaving a sentence, "My life is the President. Since the President abandons it, he will have no face to live in the world. Then he hangs himself in his own house.

Sorry, sorrow!

Ye Zhikui didn't say anything, didn't eat or drink all day.

Wang Huaiqing's death was only the opening. Later, Foreign Minister Li Hongzhang was dismissed, but to the outside world it was said that Li Hongzhang resigned due to illness and Wu Tingfang took over his position. Next, dozens of officials from the capital were escorted to prison.
Chapter completed!