After giving his instructions, Wenren Sheng sent Li Da's three teenage adopted sons to get to work.
Children of this era were nothing like those of later generations.
To survive the hardships of life as refugees, every one of them had to be shrewd.
Two days later.
Li Da's three adopted sons had completed Wenren Sheng's assignment.
It was far too easy to find evidence of Censor Wu's illegal dealings.
Because he had never bothered to hide them.
To be honest, Great Ming officials committed evil deeds openly and brazenly.
Who would bother concealing anything? That would be superfluous.
If they truly ran into trouble, it would not be because they had done evil, but because they had offended an even greater official.
Once they offended a greater official, no amount of concealment would help.
There was always the charge of "harboring resentment," which could be used to deal with someone even without evidence.
Censor Wu's greatest crime was extorting respectable families.
He was exceptionally greedy for money.
In less than a year since arriving in Yanghe City, he had already colluded with Clerk Hu to swallow up thirteen merchants with little influence.
The sight of it was utterly disgusting.
Their average family fortunes ranged from three thousand to six thousand taels.
This time, he had set his sights on Xie Changeng because he wanted to take one huge bite.
Most merchants had some backing, or had used money to cultivate some kind of backing.
But relying on the prestige of an Imperial Inspector, this man ignored all rules and simply took what he wanted by force.
The other officials feared that he would impeach them to the court, so they chose to keep silent rather than invite trouble.
After all, Yanghe lay close to the northern frontier, where trade