There are really a lot of people involved in this corruption case.

The 126 officials involved in the case, large and small, are almost all over the state and county governments.

From the Wu Meng in the state capital, the bow and horse in the prefecture, and the clerk in the book, to the county government's Hu Cao, Cang Cao, Jin Cao, and even the master of the Jiuquan County Taishou were also suspected of being involved in the case and were taken away for investigation.

Whether they are officials from the noble clan or from a poor family, or the lowest-level officials from Li Shu, they are all suspicious or have been determined to have committed crimes.

The investigation is not over, it is still continuing, and the accountants brought by Chen Zhen took out all the financial statements accumulated by the state and county governments for the past years and recalculated them.

According to the data of the Central Ministry of Finance and the Audit Department, one by one, to see if there is anything wrong.

If there is a problem, it will be another fierce investigation, and there will be no problem at all before it can be let go.

That is to say, the establishment of the four counties in Hexi is still short, and there are not so many accumulated financial files, so it is easier to review, so Chen Zhen quickly sorted out the things that needed to be sorted out.

For example, in places like Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Jizhou, it is really a headache to investigate the old files.

It is estimated that it will take more than a year from the very beginning of this major corruption case to the time it has been examined.

It took more than a year to find out that so many officials, officers, and their families and friends were involved in the case, and it is no wonder that Mao Jue was angry and turned blue while shouting lucky.

He knew that official corruption was inevitable, but he didn't expect that this matter would involve so many officials.

He also specially picked up the grain on the road construction site, and specially used soft persimmons to start, thinking that it would be seamless and nothing would happen, but when the incident happened, he realized that he had hit the iron plate.

The same is true for Cao Ren's side.

Although the first time to launch a proactive investigation and take the initiative to cooperate with the central investigation team, it can be regarded as a preliminary impression.

However, it was found that more than 30 low-level officers and quartermasters were involved in the case, and such a number of people involved also made Cao Ren's face pale.

There are more than 30 officers and quartermasters involved in this corruption case!

Such a high salary can't feed you, and you still have to be corrupt! And ruin the reputation of my Northwest Corps!

A bunch of bastards! Darn!

Cao Ren really had the heart to kill them.

In wartime, Cao Ren would directly order them to be beheaded in front of the whole army, and use their blood to wash away the shame of the Northwest Corps.

By the end of November, the situation of the road construction and grain corruption case was basically clear, and the specific details had been almost straightened out.

So Chen Zhen convened a meeting of the four county Taishou, Mao Jue, Zhao Xian and Cao Ren.

"This is the case, this case can almost be regarded as a clear investigation, the situation is very bad, there are a total of 126 officials and 37 military personnel involved in the case, and a total of 916 relatives, friends, etc., who have participated in the entry by extension of these people.

They banded together to deduct the grain that should have been sent to the road construction site, and then used their respective connections to hand over these materials to the merchants, and transported them to Yongzhou together to sell in exchange for money. ”

Chen Zhen roughly summarized the results of this case and explained some of the findings.

For example, the reason for the corruption of some officials is that they are not strict in the control of their children, and the children of the family wantonly squander their wealth to buy luxury goods from the Western Regions, and spend all the money in the family, so that there is no money to do things in the family, so they become corrupt.

Some officials wanted some luxury goods but did not have enough money to buy them, and it was obviously not enough to rely on money, so they thought about these road construction food supplies.

Some officials are looking at everyone taking it, and their hearts are unbalanced, thinking that it is nothing for the road builders to suffer a little and starve, and they can't suffer losses, so they also take it.

There are also some people who don't want to take it themselves, but when they see that their colleagues around them are taking it, they are worried that if they don't take it, they won't be able to mix it up in the future, which is not conducive to unity and friendship, so they follow it.

Of course, the reason for the worst guy was also put forward, and Chen Zhen focused on criticizing it, saying that how such a morally corrupt bastard got into the work team, the county government concerned, including the county government, must be strictly held accountable.

This is not a joke, but from these people, Chen Zhen can summarize several conventional reasons for official corruption.

And then what do they do about those general reasons?

In the end, Chen Zhen said that he would send these situations back to Luoyang, so that the Luoyang Third Division would know the results of the review and ask for the punishment plan.

Of course, the review doesn't end there, it just begins.

Liangzhou's own investigation is very good and worthy of praise, but other issues should also be examined.

A corruption case has already hurt the officialdom in Liangzhou, if other problems are found, what will happen?

Mao Jue didn't know, Zhao Xian didn't know, and Cao Ren certainly didn't know.

They had dealt with a lot of things urgently, but the gravity of the situation was still beyond their imagination.

It can only be said that this matter was initiated by them and highly cooperated, so that they grasped a certain degree of initiative, and were not regarded as the target of attack by the central investigation team, otherwise the problem would be more serious.

"No matter what happens next, who to investigate, I will resolutely support Chen Jun, Chen Jun, no matter what you do, if you find someone who is corrupt and perverts the law and damages His Majesty's prestige, Mao will not tolerate it!"

Mao Jue immediately made a statement.

Then Zhao Xian and Cao Ren also made a statement.

The devil knows what else will happen after that?

But at this time, if you want to keep everyone's political future, you must have some hedging means to balance the negative impression of Liangzhou officialdom.

The best candidate is Zhuge Liang.

So Mao Jue immediately summoned Zhuge Liang and introduced Zhuge Liang to Chen Zhen, so that Chen Zhen knew about Zhuge Liang's existence, and Zhuge Liang took the lead in detecting and investigating the road construction grain corruption case.

He wanted Chen Zhen to know that there were corrupt officials in Liangzhou, but there were also talents like Zhuge Liang.

Chen Zhen knew Zhuge Liang.

At the beginning, in the academic hall outside Xiangyang City, Chen Zhen was also one of the students.

For Zhuge Liang, who is about the same age, although Chen Zhen has never had any in-depth contact with Zhuge Liang, he has had some conversations with Zhuge Liang, and as one of the few scholars who did not commit mental violence to Zhuge Liang, he still knows Zhuge Liang quite well.

I heard that Zhuge Liang went to Liangzhou to be an official before, but he didn't think about it for a while, but now he suddenly remembered that when he saw Zhuge Liang, he was also quite sighed.

"Kong Ming, don't come unharmed."

"Xiaoxian, you too, don't come unharmed."

Mao Jue was quite surprised that the two of them showed an old friend when they first met.

Later, Mao Jue learned that although Zhuge Liang was from Xuzhou, he had lived in Jingzhou for a long time, and his wife was also from a Jingzhou family.

Doesn't this mean that if Zhuge Liang takes off, he will have the resources of both Xuzhou and Jingzhou?

The people of Xuzhou will support him because of his background, the people of Jingzhou will also support him because of his wife's background, and Zhuge Liang will get the support of the scholars of these two states.

At present, the traditional forces of the three prefectures of Qingdao, Yanji and Hebei have been attacked, and it has become a trend for scholars from disadvantaged areas to be supported and promoted.

This trend is unlikely to change significantly for the foreseeable future.

Mao Jue has already seen this.

Although Mao Jue was unhappy, he complained a little bit in his heart that Guo Peng was not emotional, but in the power field, having more emotions would hurt people.

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