Chapter 1590: A Setup

Ping'an. Considering the corrupt and stagnant bureaucracy of the Qin Dynasty for over a hundred years, if Ping'an followed the conventional path of examinations and official titles, he would never ach...ght now, the imperial court is so strapped for cash that even paying officials' salaries by year-end is becoming a problem.Xu Changqing stole a glance at Li Chen's face and boldly said, "As the year-e...