Yi Xingchen was in the study of the Xinghua City Palace to deal with state affairs, and Prime Minister Eli came to meet him. Eli, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", informed Yi Xingchen that he and the new prime minister had completed the handover of state affairs.

Yi Xingchen nodded with satisfaction, he knew that this also meant that within three days, the appointment ceremony of the new prime minister could be prepared. And Eli also took the opportunity to put forward a suggestion, hoping that Yi Xingchen could personally come forward to preside over the prime minister's appointment ceremony this time.

Yi Xingchen was still noncommittal, Eli thought about it, and then continued to say some thoughts.

Eli believes that if Yi Xingchen can personally appoint the new prime minister and cabinet ministers, it can highlight the formality of the appointment ceremony and make the new cabinet system more centripetal.

Yi Xingchen thought about it, Eli's words were indeed reasonable. Come to think of it, he did run around because of all kinds of things, big and small, and he was quite in a state where the dragon saw the beginning and the end. However, as the ruler of a country, it is obviously not very suitable to be in such a state for a long time, so it is indeed his duty to personally deal with necessary occasions and major matters.

Therefore, Yi Xingchen asked Eli to hand over the list of confirmed cabinet ministers to himself, and at the same time informed Eli that he agreed to Eli's proposal and would personally preside over the appointment ceremony of the new prime minister. At that time, the relevant specific work will also be determined.

When Eli heard this, he was also smiling.

Looking at Eli's relaxed expression, Yi Xingchen smiled and said, "I have already arranged for you to be the president of the Republic of Xinghua Island, and welcome your family to join Xinghua Island and become residents of Xinghua Island." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Eli smiled, and then he bowed respectfully.

Yi Xingchen looked at the back of Eli leaving, and couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart. With Eli's retirement, a new term of cabinet officials is about to be elected, and at the same time, it will also mean that the development of the Xinghua Empire has once again turned a page, and the next chapter is about to begin.

Looking back. It seems that the establishment of the Xinghua Empire is only yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, everything has been replaced by the old and the new, and the empire is growing stronger and stronger. Now, the Xinghua Empire is not only no longer the fragmented old country that was destroyed by other countries in the past, but also a great power on the Firmament Continent that cannot be underestimated.

It is useless to be sentimental for a while, and to think too much. Yi Xingchen shook his head, unwilling to let his thoughts be too immersed in the past.

He motioned for Yan En to come closer, and ordered: "Yan En, tomorrow the official ceremony of the appointment of cabinet ministers will be held, and it will be recorded in the itinerary, but it should be three hours in advance, tell me to prepare." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Wechen has been documented. Yan En replied.

Personally appointing cabinet ministers and presiding over the appointment ceremony is an important event related to the national system in the Xinghua Empire, and Yi Xingchen will naturally treat it solemnly.

Yi Xingchen thought for a while, then turned to his secretary Wei Wenyuan and said, "I need the policy program of the new cabinet. ”

The secretary Wei Wenyuan received the order, and then went to the document management office of the palace, retrieved the new prime minister's policy program, brought it and presented it to Yi Xingchen, and then waited aside to listen to the dispatch.

After Yi Xingchen took it, he opened the document and read it carefully. Although the candidate for the new prime minister has been decided, Yi Xingchen still doesn't know much about this new official who is about to take office. Therefore, he needs to take the new prime minister's policy platform and revisit it again so that he can understand the specific policy ideas of the new prime minister in advance.

After reading it carefully, Yi Xingchen also understands that in general, the new prime minister's policy program has two main focuses.

The first is to focus on urban construction. It advocates comprehensive and equal universal education, with nuclear power plants as the center, vigorously developing industry, while improving the welfare of the people and refining various security systems;

The second is to stop foreign wars step by step and to recuperate for a period of time. Because of the recent continuous wars, the war potential of the Xinghua Empire has been greatly consumed, and the burden on the country has also increased.

Yi Xingchen has no objection to these two claims, especially for the second claim, which happens to be what Yi Xingchen is thinking. Continuous wars are unbearable for any country, not to mention, through the last few wars, the empire has already gained a lot of war dividends. For these dividends, even if the empire obtains them, it will take time to digest them slowly, otherwise, if the dividends are not cashed, it will actually be of no benefit to the country.

It's just that Yi Xingchen added to the two propositions, so he ordered Wei Wenyuan to write down his words first:

"Industrial development should be the mainstay, commerce and trade should be equally emphasized, and education should be strengthened. The cabinet was asked to open up a number of foreign markets and digest domestic industrial products. It must not happen that our industry has risen, but the products we produce are not digested by the market. ”

"In addition, the war can be stopped, but the army cannot relax. Jiangzhou will not let go first, and a large number of troops will still be needed to defend it. It will take a long time to digest the war, and allow the Jiangzhou command in Lyon, Jiangzhou to resume production and be as self-reliant as possible. ”

Yi Xingchen needs Wei Wenyuan to take all the notes at this time, because these additional words will be handed over to the new prime minister as the emperor's opinions when the new cabinet takes office, and they will also be included in the agenda as opinions that need auxiliary reference when the cabinet is deliberating, and even become part of the governance plan.

After dealing with the issues related to the cabinet handover, Wei Wenyuan then presented Yi Xingchen with three newspapers.

These three newspapers are Xinghua Royal Daily, Xinghua Morning News, and Xinghua Business Daily.

Except for the first Xinghua Royal Daily, which was founded with royal funds and had a royal background, the investment funds of the other two newspapers did not belong to the royal funds. However, this does not mean that the other two newspapers do not have the slightest background behind the scenes. On the contrary, the Xinghua Morning Post is the mouthpiece of the cabinet, while the Commercial Daily is invested and run by the Xinghua Chamber of Commerce.

These three newspapers were the only three newspapers in the empire that could be distributed throughout the country. Of course, the content of the main reports of the three newspapers also has its own focus.

However, although these three newspapers have a certain amount of support, due to the provisions of the imperial state system, the imperial officials cannot directly access the management or interfere with the daily operation of the newspapers, and even the Xinghua Royal Daily, which is sponsored by the royal family, must not affect its objective attitude and opinion reporting as a media. In other words, newspapers recruit journalists from all over society, and whatever news the newspaper wants to report, as long as it does not violate the country's constitution and laws, the editorial department of the newspaper decides whether to use the manuscripts of the newspaper's reporters, and the imperial officials are not allowed to exert pressure to interfere with their freedom of objective reporting for any reason.

Such a system is effective, which not only restricts the media's reporting to be objective and fair, and there is no incitement or extreme rhetoric or opinions, but also restricts the government from interfering with the freedom of speech of the press, thus protecting the freedom and openness of the media.

Therefore, many officials, including Yi Xingchen and cabinet ministers, can obtain some news from all over the country by reading newspapers, so as to keep abreast of some situations in various parts of the empire, and more importantly, through such media, they can ensure that the news information obtained is objective, timely and accurate. Because, under the protection of the system, even if the newspapers and publications expose some undesirable phenomena that objectively exist in the empire, or even unreasonable and illegal acts involving official forces, the officials cannot exert pressure to make the newspapers distort the facts and cover up any kind of ugly acts through black-box operations.

This is true even for the government, let alone ordinary people, so as long as you read the newspapers and periodicals, you can know the facts of the world.

Yi Xingchen opened the Xinghua Royal Daily, and when he read the fourth edition, he couldn't help frowning, and after reading all the relevant reports, Yi Xingchen's eyes were cold and full of murder.

"In the Wangdongcheng corruption case, officials jointly embezzled education funds and ate and drank...... Has the report in this newspaper been thoroughly investigated? Has it been verified?" Yi Xingchen asked in a cold voice with a very serious expression.

Yan En replied: "It has been confirmed by the Intelligence Bureau, and it has been confirmed to the specific relevant personnel. ”

"How did the cabinet deal with it?" Yi Xingchen was not satisfied with this, but asked further, what he wanted to know was the final result.

"Prime Minister Eli gave instructions to arrest all of them and conduct a review. Yan Endao.

Yi Xingchen sighed: "Eli is about to step down, and there is such a thing, which really damages his reputation." After a pause, Yi Xingchen wrote a sentence in the newspaper: Strictly investigate, do not let go of a corrupt element, deal with it according to law, and punish according to the law.

This instruction was handed over to the court. Yi Xingchen thought for a while, and then said, "Yan En, summon Eli and other cabinet ministers, I want to see them." ”

"Your Majesty, are you going to see the cabinet minister of Eli's cabinet?" Yan En was stunned when he heard this, Yi Xingchen had just met Eli, and Eli seemed to have retired for less than an hour.

"Yes. Yi Xingchen said.

However, the emperor's words cannot be questioned. According to Yi Xingchen's request, Yan En sent someone to find Eli and informed the ministers of Eli's cabinet. After a while, Eli and other cabinet ministers who were about to step down gathered in the palace study.

"Today, I've read the newspapers, so I'm calling you over again. There have been cases of official corruption in Wangdong City, and I am very dissatisfied. In view of this, I have decided to set up the General Anti-Corruption Department to deal with corruption cases in official institutions and subordinate business units. Yi Xingchen said.

"I agree!" As soon as Yi Xingchen's words fell, Eli immediately responded. The rest of the cabinet ministers also nodded their heads.

On the contrary, as the empire continues to grow, it is likely that there will be again, three or more similar situations in the near future, so it is no longer possible to prevent such a thing from happening, but it is more important to prevent the recurrence of similar things while dealing with the current problems.

Otherwise, if a country's government officials are not honest, the impact will often not only affect individuals, but will not be limited to personal style and moral issues, but will trigger a series of subsequent vicious reactions. For example, it will lead to public resentment, the proliferation of similar corruption, the lack of way to report, and even collusion between officials and businessmen.

Therefore, the establishment of an anti-corruption agency at this time and the establishment of a relatively complete anti-corruption mechanism will not only curb the corrupt behavior of officials, but also play a role in alerting and supervising officials in various departments.

"Your Majesty, Wechen believes that the Anti-Corruption Administration should not be placed under any one department, and should operate independently, with special funds and independent investigation powers. Eli also made a supplementary observation.

"Well, the Anti-Corruption Authority's independent investigation can require any official agency to submit any relevant information on an official's income and expenditure, and no official can refuse a reasonable request from the Anti-Corruption Agency. Eli, before you step down, you must first pass the founding instrument of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and I will sign and approve it, and first establish the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Then slowly appoint the head of the General Investigation, recruit investigators, and enrich the ...... of the Anti-Corruption Administration," Yi Xingchen said.

When Yi Xingchen read what happened in the newspaper, his first reaction was that he decided that the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Administration was imminent! He particularly did not want to delay the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Administration any further or hand it over to the next cabinet for discussion and establishment, because that would not benefit anything but delay the implementation of the rule of law and delay the implementation of the rule of law.

What's more, even if it is determined that a new department will be established, there are still many relevant special items to be determined one by one, which will take a lot of effort and time to discuss and implement. For example, the Anti-Corruption Agency will not be controlled by the Cabinet alone, but will be overseen by the Royal Family, the Parliament and the Cabinet. The appointment of the Director General of Anti-Corruption must be decided by the Emperor himself. In addition, the parliament will also need to hold a special agenda discussion on the newly established department, including the need to discuss the laws and regulations applicable to the Anti-Corruption Agency, as well as the restrictive actions of the Anti-Corruption Agency, as well as the rules and regulations of the anti-corruption agency that the emperor cannot remove the director at will, and the cabinet provides funds for its operation.

Now, as Yi Xingchen requested, a resolution on the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Administration must be passed as soon as possible and its departmental functional system must be implemented quickly.

Therefore, with unprecedented speed, under the personal chairmanship of Yi Xingchen, everyone voted to pass the resolution, and Eli and other cabinet ministers, almost in the palace study, signed a document agreeing to the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Administration, and implemented the resolution into a statutory document.

It didn't take long for the official document of the Xinghua Empire to set up the Anti-Corruption Administration, which was released to the whole country through official channels.