Chapter 649

Under normal circumstances, these issues would have little impact on the imperial court, but Chu Ying could not accept them. The reason was simple. As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant nest. If these people were allowed to be greedy and embezzle even a little bit of rations now, what would happen later? Would this situation only continue to worsen? Chu Ying had considered how to deal with these people. To execute them over such small matters seemed unjustifiable, as their personal loyalty to him was not in question. However, leaving them to their own devices would not work either. After much deliberation, the best solution was to remove them from their current positions and let them each retire as wealthy men.