293, Night Raid on the Commandery Princess

Mr. Sun, the Governor, a real oddity in the government arena, burst into a sneer and spread his hands, saying,

"Truly think that with a silver mine there's money to be had? Anyway, not a dime of that silver ever falls into our government office's hands.

This year our office is scraping by just to issue salaries, I've got nothing to gift the imperial envoy. Maybe you two gentlemen can spare a little from your overflowing pockets? Enough to provide for the envoy's food and drink?"

Old Liu the Inspector frowned:

"Mr. Sun, let's not talk nonsense. Where would my Inspection Department get any money?"

Gao Lian, sitting at the head seat, interrupted helplessly:

"Come now, no inflammatory remarks. In my view, this is probably the envoy's strategy.

As far as I'm aware, when Yama Zhao first entered the Imperial Court, he arrested a bunch of officials from the capital, pretended to seek bribes, and then ended up detaining those who offered him bribes.