The news of Guo Quan's death caused a shock among the high-level leaders of the Beijing Division, but there was not much repercussions among the people, because this Ministry of Industry Secretary was too low-key, so low-key that the vast majority of Jicheng people, and even the Han Dynasty people had never heard of this Ministry of Industry Secretary. While everyone was enjoying the complete transportation and water conservancy facilities of the Han Dynasty, they only admired the sage of the king and ignored Guo Quan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, who directly presided over the construction of these projects.

In fact, Guo Quan rarely appeared on the political stage of Jicheng, and since serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Han Dynasty, he has spent almost all his time on the transportation construction of the Han Dynasty.

Compared with Guo Quan's death, what shocked the people of Jicheng even more was the political earthquake.

The first thing that came out was one of the discussions, Li Can, who was in charge of maritime affairs, resigned, and will serve as the president of the Naval University Hall that is about to be prepared for construction. The inner reason is naturally not enough for the outsider also.

The second person who was affected was Wu Kai, another speaker in the political affairs hall. This seniority is not comparable to Li Can, when King Gao Yuan of Han was still helping the wind, Wu Kai was even the parent official of King Han, King Han started a family, which is indispensable for Wu Kai's full help, all along, Wu Kai has always been the most loyal supporter and confidant of King Han. This time, Wu Kai took the political capacity and led the Ministry of Labor, and it didn't seem to be much degraded, but everyone knew that the political hall was a transcendent existence, and he did not receive real posts in various ministries, but led the Ministry of Industry with the qualifications of political affairs, and in fact, he was dissatisfied with Wu Kai's work.

If these personnel changes are not enough to shake everyone's nerves. Next, the Ministry of Industry's purge made everyone dumbfounded, the Ministry of Works' left attendant Wu Kui was arrested by the king's guards in the Ministry of Industry's yamen and sent to the inspection institute, and then the officials of the Ministry of Industry went to the Ministry of Industry to seal the accounts, and began a large-scale audit of the accounts, and the Ministry of Industry's right attendant He Cheng was demoted to a foreign officer, and within a few days, the Ministry of Industry, there were 15 officials arrested.

The Ministry of Industry has always been a big hole for the Han Dynasty to swallow money, and the construction of two major transportation arteries. The laying of water conservancy projects throughout the country, as well as subsidies for transportation construction in various counties and counties, are all provided by the Ministry of Industry. In the slogan advocated by King Gao Yuan of the Han Dynasty, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and tens of millions of silver money goes out from here every year.

Guo Quan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has been away for many years, presiding over the construction of the main artery of east-west transportation, and Wu Kai, who is in charge of the Ministry of Industry's deliberations, is a hands-off shopkeeper who does not care about anything, which gives Wu Kui, the left waiter who is actually in charge of the Ministry of Industry's yamen, the opportunity to get up and down, and the inspection institute is stationed in the Ministry of Industry to check the accounts and search Wu Kui's mansion. The results were staggering.

Not only did he do things on the projects directly under the Ministry of Industry, but also colluded with the local government, but those who paid tribute to him and taught him. The final result is that the most needed ones are not obtained, and those who are not urgent can get a large amount of project subsidies. The case is found here. It has involved several large counties such as Langya, Yuyang, and Hejian. This made the hands of the prosecutor in charge of the investigation tremble, and he could only report the specific security situation directly to the king.

After Gao Yuan looked at the details of the case in the procuratorate, he didn't sleep all night, and the next day he directly summoned Chen Guansong, president of the procuratorate, Jing Shou, president of the court, and several politicians into the palace.

When it was dark, several high-ranking officials came out of the palace, Chen Guansong immediately announced the closure of the corruption case of the Ministry of Industry, and a number of criminals were transferred to the court, and Jing Shou of the Supreme Court was even more resolute, and the trial was held on the third day, and the main culprit Wu Kui, the former left waiter of the Ministry of Works, was sentenced to death and executed immediately, and the rest of the accomplices were all sent to Liaodong.

A major corruption case that shocked the big man ended at an unexpected speed.

"Fan Dengke, Wu Ci'an are all old ministers, and they have always been the most trustworthy people, but they were also involved in this scandal, and they actually bribed Wu Kui, thinking about it is shocking, Mr. Jiang, the Han Dynasty has only been established for a few years, and it has always been very strict in terms of corruption, why are there still people facing the wind?" Gao Yuan sat there a little decadently, looked at Jiang Jiaquan opposite and sighed.

"Your Majesty, wealth is touching people's hearts, throughout the ages, how many people have been able to stop their hearts? However, there is still a difference between them, judging from the current investigation, Fan Dengke and Wu Ci'an did not pay bribes to Wu Kui for the sake of local development, which is still very different. The key is that Wu Kui is too bold, and what he did was because Guo Shangshu was always outside, and Wu Kui monopolized power. Jiang Jiaquan comforted Gao Yuan and said: "The overall ethics of our Han officials are still commendable. ”

"It's not a matter of Guo Quan's absence, even if Guo Quan is in Jicheng, with Guo Quan's ability, I'm afraid that he will be played around by Wu Kui, and the root cause is because of the lack of supervision by the members of the ministry, there used to be a Supervision Yuan, but later because of the opinions of the councilors, the control of the officials was canceled, and now it seems that there is still a problem."

"Your Majesty, this move must not be reversed." Jiang Jiaquan said slightly.

"I know what you mean." Gao Yuan waved his hand, "Since the secret supervision is unpopular, it naturally cannot be restored, but we must put an end to this kind of thing from the system, Mr. Jiang, I am going to set up a new yamen, tentatively named the Audit Bureau, the main function is to audit the accounts of various ministries and offices, and such an audit must be done once a year, and when officials are transferred and leave their posts, they must pass the test of auditing, what do you think of this measure?" The reason why the Ministry of Industry has such a big case is because the accounts of the Ministry of Industry have not been audited for several years. ”

"This idea can be considered, but Your Majesty, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there have been a lot of new yamen, and the bureaucracy has surged too fast, which is also a problem!" Jiang Jiaquan was a little worried. "The central government has set up an audit bureau, and the following states and counties must also set up corresponding departments, and after calculating the accounts, there are more and more people supported by the imperial court!"

"Some departments can be streamlined, such as the local guard, we will cut it, this time there are millions of people who do not have much combat effectiveness, but still receive salaries, but some departments must be added, such as the Ministry of Industry, the loss is not only money, but also the majesty and credibility of the imperial court." High and far-reaching.

"According to the king, then the officials of this audit bureau are quite professional. Where do people come from? ”

"Let's set up the stall first, temporarily transfer some people from Wang Wuchang of the Ministry of Finance and Mei Yipo of the Central Bank, Wang Wuchang is a famous iron rooster, this time Wu Kui incident, he is angry, a large amount of money from the Ministry of Finance was stuffed into Wu Kui's own pocket, if this audit bureau is established, he will definitely clap his hands in favor, as for the follow-up, or to start training this manpower, Jicheng Comprehensive University will open a new department, specially train a group of such manpower out, and strive to come out within three or five years, To carry out this work, in the near future, let these people work hard first, starting from the first review of the central departments of the imperial court, white cats and black cats, they must always cross the water. ”

"Okay, since the king has made up his mind, the political hall will do this work first in the near future." Jiang Jiaquan nodded.

Gao Yuan nodded, "Dahan seems to be thriving now, but the old habits and discipline inertia are too great, for a while, want to brake the car, pull it back, it is not something that can be done in a short time, I am sometimes too anxious, I can't wait for everything, can come according to my imagination, the Ministry of Industry This matter has given me a wake-up call, the central department, right under my nose, can still have such a big corruption case, I am only afraid that the cover is bigger, this case does not dare to dig deep, can not dig deep, It is also based on this that there are strong enemies on the outside and hidden dangers on the inside. ”

"The king is too worried!" Jiang Jiaquan smiled and said: "No matter how strong a person is, there will always be some such and such problems in his body, as long as the main organs are fine, it will not affect the survival of this person, the Han Dynasty has only been established for a few years, and many places are attached to the wind, and the imperial court has not made a big move in order to appease these areas and stabilize people's hearts, this is one of them, but in our core areas, such as Jishi County, Liaoxi County and other places, it is still very clean, the rice can only be eaten one bite at a time, and the road can only be walked step by step, at the moment these are all small sections, In fact, as far as I am concerned, the king has done much better than any king in history, such as the procuratorate, the court, the great council, these unprecedented institutions have ensured that our Han is much more incorruptible than any dynasty in history, the king is in full bloom, why worry about not having enough time? ”

"Time flies, there is too much to do." Gao Yuan muttered: "This continent is only a little bigger, the outside world is very big, what I want to build is an empire where the sun never sets, as long as the sun rises, there is the banner of our Han." ”

Listening to Gao Yuan's words, Jiang Jiaquan smiled slightly bitterly, for him, everything that Gao Yuan depicted was not only novel but also distant.

"It's the thing that the king made for Kou Shuguang, right?"

"That's not a thing, that's a ......" Gao Yuan said halfway, and then paused, and now talking to Mr. about the globe is tantamount to talking to the cow. That's a real thing" (to be continued......