Chapter 31: Scandal
Speaking of the descent of officials, on the surface, this is just an ordinary talent flow phenomenon. After all, a senior bureaucrat who once held a leading position in an important state organ was already a very good managerial talent, and after leaving the position he originally held, it seemed that he moved to a senior executive who had a close relationship with the receiving unit to serve as a senior executive.
But if you really have to investigate it seriously, I'm afraid the reason for this is not so simple. Senior officials who have left the core institutions of the state, like immortals who have descended to earth, tend to have a closer connection between the receiving unit and the state organ in which they once served.
After a day's work, Lin Shuichi went straight to the bar he frequented in the Roppongi area and waited for Shohei Kono's arrival. Lin Xiuyi ordered a cup of Salty dog and a charcoal-roasted ginkgo fruit as usual. Just as the first drink was at the bottom, Shohei Kono suddenly walked into the door of the bar with a man he had never seen before.
"Xiu Yijun, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!"
Kono-kun said apologetically to Lin Xiuyi.
"No, I've just arrived, what's the drink?
"No need, just like you!"
After getting a response from Kono-kun. Lin Xiuyi ordered three more cups of Salty dog. Then Shohei Kono introduced Lin Xiuichi and said:
"Shuichish-kun, this is the Mizuda senior who took great care of me in college, and the Mizuda senior is now working in the personnel department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, so it's only fitting to ask the Mizuda senior directly about what you asked. Senior Mizuta, this one is the Lin Xiuyi Police Department that I talked to you about during the day, and the Forest Police Department is now in the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Search Department, but he is the management officer, and like you and me, Xiu Yijun is also an elite bureaucrat......"
After Shohei Kono introduced the two parties as an introducer, Lin Shuichi and Mizuda seniors exchanged business cards. After the two greeted each other, the bartender came over with three glasses of Salty dog. It wasn't until the bartender took away the wine glass that Lin Xiuyi had used and left straight away, that the senior Mizuda lowered his voice and said to Lin Xiuyi and Kono Shohei:
"Entrusted by Kono-kun, I investigated the former manager named Shuntaro Kobayashi a little, and found that his resignation back then was really not such a simple thing......"
Hearing the words of the senior of the paddy field, Lin Xiuyi and Shohei Kono couldn't help but straighten their ears and lean towards the senior of the paddy field, the senior of the water field looked at the surrounding environment vigilantly, and then whispered in a weaker voice in the ears of the two:
"Counselor Kobayashi's resignation should be related to a sexual assault incident, it is said that during his inspection of the school below, he once drunk and insulted a female student who was about to graduate, and accidentally made the other party pregnant. Because this matter was so bad that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture had to suppress it. In the end, it seems that it ended in reconciliation, and the Metropolitan Police Department was not informed of the incident. However, since this kind of thing has happened, it is already great luck for Shuntaro Kobayashi to be able to save his reputation, and resignation is of course an inevitable punishment......"
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, Culture, Sports, and Culture, as educators, would never have dreamed that Kobayashi Shuntaro, who was an educator, would do such a thing, knowing that the other party was the chairman of the board of directors of Kaisei High School, the most prestigious high school in Tokyo!
"This kind of thing happened, but why did the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture forcibly suppress it? You must know that such a bad act can be considered a criminal act that violates the criminal law......
Lin Xiuyi angrily questioned the senior of the paddy field.
"Even as a member of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, I regret that this happened, but since you asked why, I might as well explain it to you. Shuichi-kun, did you know that the current Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was an institution that merged from the former Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the period of merger of these two institutions happened to be the time when Shuntaro Kobayashi provoked the sexual assault incident......"
Hearing that Mizuta's seniors mentioned the merger of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology, Lin Shuichi more or less understood why the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture risked committing a crime and was willing to suppress this matter.
"Is it to prevent bureaucrats from the former Department of Science and Technology from taking control of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?"
Lin Xiuyi asked in a whisper in the ear of the senior in the paddy field.
"Hey, it seems that Shuyi-kun has understood! That's how it happened, the sexual assault incident provoked by Shuntaro Kobayashi happened to happen at this critical moment when the two major institutions merged. If the sexual assault scandal of officials of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology had broken out at this time, the bureaucrats of the former Ministry of Science and Technology would have had the upper hand in the newly established Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, so in that case, the officials of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology would have had to suppress the matter......"
Mizuta's seniors admitted the incident in front of Shohei Kono, and at this moment, Shuichi Hayashi and Shohei Kono felt both angry and helpless in their hearts, angry that the officials of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture actually committed this kind of cover-up in order to compete for power and profit. Helplessly, this incident happened 20 years ago, which has exceeded the criminal prosecution period, and even if the evidence is conclusive, the criminal suspect of that year will not be punished by any law.
"I'm ashamed to say it, in fact, when I found out these inside stories from the materials in the archives today, I felt a burst of fear from time to time behind it, if it weren't for the fact that this incident had passed the criminal retrospective period, and most of the bureaucrats who handled this matter back then had retired, I wouldn't have dared to tell Xiu Yijun, who was a police officer, about it. But now that I know about it, I can't bear it in my conscience if I still choose to keep my mouth shut, so I will do my best to help you if you need it......"
Senior Shuitian lowered his head and said to Lin Xiuyi with some shame. Although he did not handle this matter single-handedly, as a member of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Mizuda Senpai also felt very ashamed. The thought of the bureaucracy for which he served would do such a lawless thing would make Mizuta's conscience strongly condemned.
"Senior Mizuda, thank you very much for the courage to speak honestly and honestly. I think I already know everything I want to know, and I have understood the reason why the murderer wanted to kill, and if the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture had not committed such a disgraceful act, perhaps, this tragedy would not have lasted to this day. ”