all for lining your own pockets!"“I passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty-two and entered the service at twenty-three. Now, it has been eighteen years. I dare not say that I have worke...aid to be rotten to the core. When you go there, this palace won't be able to give you much help. Even the Dongchang branch has been destroyed and needs time to rebuild. So you can say you are complet...