Thinking about what Iris just said, Michael felt a bit of familiarity. It seemed he had seen some similar stories in human history on Earth.
There were some emperors who valued and employed corrupt officials, making many later generations think they were stupid.
But the truth was most of those corrupt officials actually had real talent. They were greedy but usually didn't do things to the point of making everyone furious.
Actually, their talent helped the kingdom gain much more benefit compared to the damage they caused.
There used to be a saying like this: "White cat or black cat doesn't matter, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat."
Corrupt officials and honest officials can be compared to white cats and black cats. The greedy ones always think of ways to develop the economy to get money, the honest ones don't need money but instead cultivate people's morality.
