Chapter VI: Anti-Corruption "Fighting Tigers" (1)
In 1905, after Lu Xun was promoted to the head of the Department of Textbooks of the Ministry of Education, in addition to revising the history textbooks based on human nature, he also advocated abolishing the Four People's Principles of Politics courses offered by the Restoration Party in primary and secondary schools, and adding the content of civic education to the textbooks of primary and secondary schools, which was strongly supported by Song Xiaofei. After the education reform came to an end, Song Xiaofei's main focus was on the anti-corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. According to the "Regulations on the Punishment of Corrupt Officials" formulated at that time, the punishment of corrupt officials was very heavy, which made Song Xiaofei, a modern person, dumbfounded, for example, Article 2 stipulated: embezzlement of 500 yuan or more than 1,000 yuan is punishable by life imprisonment or death. You must know that Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University at that time, had a monthly salary of 600 yuan. Song Xiaofei felt that the rule of officials at that time was lax**, and he wanted the Independent Commission Against Corruption to vigorously rectify it. He also didn't expect that Tan Chongtong and Zhang Zuolin led the ICAC commissioner to fight the first "big tiger" that was Wang Zhixin, who was then the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion (Beijing Civil Affairs Chief), which is equivalent to today's Beijing City. Mayor, leading cadre at the ministerial level.
Wang Zhixin, a native of Laiyang County, Shandong, was promoted as a Taoist in the former Qing Dynasty, when Song Xiaofei served as the governor of Shandong, when he suppressed the Boxer Rebellion, Wang Zhixin assisted and was appreciated and reused by Song Xiaofei. But later, Wang Zhixin was sent by Song Xiaofei to the northeast as the patrol police chief of Jinzhou City to assist Xu Shichang in suppressing bandits, but he embezzled a sum of food, thinking that he was unaware, and was later found out. Because the amount was not large, and Zhao Bingjun and others tried their best to intercede, Song Xiaofei just dismissed him from his post and investigated it.
The reason why Zhao Bingjun interceded for Wang Zhixin was because Wang Zhixin saved his life and was kind to him. The relationship between the two is like siblings. Zhao Bingjun was in business when he was young, and went to the Northeast to sell wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain in partnership. Once, someone else ran away with a payment of tens of thousands of taels of silver. He went bankrupt. Drink all day long. Sometimes, I also go to the underground gambling house to play a few dice or cards, one to relieve boredom, and the other to make a little money.
At the beginning, Zhao Bingjun had good luck, only winning and not losing, so he became more and more addicted.
Zhao Bingjun gambled for the last time. It was in a restaurant, and it was already the third watch in the middle of the night. There is a square table in the living room on the second floor, which is crowded with people watching the excitement inside and out. Zhao Bingjun and local bullies Hong Tianba and Wang Zhixin. There is also a comparison with another person dealing cards, one hole card, each card is dealt to raise, and five cards are compared to the size. Behind each of them stood a service staff who looked like a little two. Hold a hot white towel. The four of them gambled while wiping their hands and sweat beads from their heads with hot towels.
The dealer was a white-bearded old gentleman, wearing a white silk robe, and his wrinkled hands, like dead bark, but as slippery as a loach. A deck of cards in his hand is dazzling.
I don't know if it's intentional. The other two shook their heads when they saw the cards and said that the cards were not good, and threw them, only Hong Tianba hit Zhao Bingjun every time, but lost to him every time. Hong Tianba proposed to increase the stakes, but Zhao Bingjun's hand was unstoppable and agreed. After gambling for dozens of rounds, seeing that the cost of doing business was slowly coming back, Zhao Bingjun was happy in his heart. Hong Tianba had a cigarette in his mouth, his bright eyes didn't move much, he looked indifferent, and his hands kept pushing the money on his table in front of Zhao Bingjun.
After all, the old gentleman who dealt the cards was old, and after dozens of rounds of cards, he gasped for breath, and beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead fell down from his face full of goosebumps.
At that time, it was almost dawn outside the window, the early roosters had crowed twice, and most of the onlookers had gone back to bed early.
"I'm out of luck tonight, let's be bigger, and we'll win in three games. After losing, I went home and hugged my wife to sleep. Let the old gentleman go back to rest. Hong Tianba yawned, took the last towel on the plate, and pushed out half of the silver in front of him.
Zhao Bingjun won thousands of taels of silver in one night, and he was carried away by the victory, so he didn't think about it, and nodded in agreement. He thought to himself, "If I win these three, I will never gamble and go back to business." ”
In the first game, Zhao Bingjun won again. In the second game, Zhao Bingjun just pushed the money on the table, and found that someone was pulling the corner of his clothes, and when he looked down, Zhao Bingjun's wife Guo Yunqing came up to the restaurant with a big belly, she knelt on the ground and begged him to go back, when she had a child in her belly who was seven or eight months old.
"What are you doing here?" Zhao Bingjun was very angry when he saw his daughter-in-law running out with a big belly.
"I'm alone at home, scared, can't sleep."
"After these two bets, I'll go home."
The people watching the excitement next to him came to the spirit, "I can't tell you about such a beautiful pregnant woman at the gambling table, I am proud of love, the casino is bound to lose, hurry up and wash your hands." ”
The old gentleman dealt another card, Zhao Bingjun turned over the card and looked at it, and sure enough, the card became rotten, so he yelled at Guo Yunqing, "You go back for me." ”
Guo Yunqing refused, grabbed Zhao Bingjun's hand, and insisted that he go home. Zhao Bingjun raised his hand, and Guo Yunqing fell to the ground.
At this time, the old gentleman dealt the last card, and Zhao Bingjun was upset and threw the card away. Hong Tianba showed his hole cards at this time, laughing, his cards are not as good as Zhao Bingjun.
Guo Yunqing stood behind Zhao Bingjun at this time, or let him go home, Zhao Bingjun was furious and slapped Guo Yunqing in the face, this was the first time he hit his wife, Guo Yunqing cried whining, pear blossoms with rain, Chu Chu was pitiful.
Hong Tianba rubbed his eyes, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "I'm also sleepy, don't embarrass my younger siblings, let's play the last one." ”
The old gentleman was dealt the fourth card, as if he was too tired, his hand shook, all the cards in his hand fell to the ground, he said, "I'm sorry, I'm dizzy", and went to pick up the cards on the ground. The old gentleman didn't pick up a card next to Zhao Bingjun's feet, so he secretly replaced the hole cards in his hand while everyone was not paying attention, and his card became the largest.
Hong Tianba came back from going to the toilet, saw his last card, and laughed, "Damn, I lost all night, and finally came with a big card, and I let it out." He threw away all the money in front of him, and staked the gold watch on his wrist and the thumb-thick gold necklace around his neck. Then stared at Zhao Bingjun, "Brother, do you dare to compare with me?" ”
According to the rules, Zhao Bingjun also needs to take out the same money to open the cards, he pushed out all the money in front of him, and put the valuable things on his body on the table, "I only have so much, open the cards." ”
"Your money is obviously not enough to match my bet, is it still valuable?" Hong Tianba looked at Guo Yunqing, who had a big belly.
Zhao Bingjun thought to himself, anyway, I won it, so he slapped the table, "I'll bet my wife too, it's enough." ”
When Guo Yunqing heard it, it was like five thunderbolts, crying and crying. Zhao Bingjun yelled at her, "You woman, what are you crying about." ”
"Okay, a gentleman is hard to chase after a horse!" Hong Tianba laughed, stared at Zhao Bingjun's hole cards and said, "I'm worried about being old and having no children, if I win, I will have a wife and children." My brother and sister are really beautiful embryos, I want to get her and have a few more fat boys! After speaking, he shook his hand and showed his hole cards, "You are bigger than me, and the money and things on the table are all yours." ”
Zhao Bingjun was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Hong Tianba's hole cards to be exactly the same as his own, if he showed his hole cards, it would prove that he was cheating, he had seen Hong Tianba use a knife to chop off five fingers of a cheater. His legs trembled and his head was sweating profusely.
"Open the cards, why don't you open them, if you don't open them, you admit defeat." Hong Tianba stretched and said, he took out a shiny knife from his trouser pocket. Zhao Bingjun's brain was stunned all of a sudden, he didn't know how he went home alone that day, the way was full of wild dog barking, heavy rain, he finally fainted in the mud, when the sun shone on the river, he pounced, threw himself into the river.
As a result, Wang Zhixin rescued Zhao Bingjun, brought Guo Yunqing back to him, and told him the truth: "Hong Tianba and the white-bearded old man are in a gang and specialize in deception
An honest man like you. I have already killed Hong Tianba, help you bring your sister-in-law back, you can live a good life. ”
Zhao Bingjun immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Wang Zhixin to thank him, saying that he would never forget his help. Later, Zhao Bingjun was appreciated by Song Xiaofei and gradually made his fortune, preparing to build China's earliest modern police system in Tianjin, and founded the Tianjin Detective Team and Tianjin Police Academy. Soon, the two patrol schools in Tianjin and Baoding were merged, renamed the Beiyang Patrol Police School, and patrol police training centers were set up in various counties. Wang Zhixin followed Zhao Bingjun and has been in the police for many years, rising step by step. After Zhao Bingjun became the chief of the national police, Wang Zhixin was promoted to the post of governor of Gyeongzhao Prefecture and became the supreme head of Gyeonggi.
Jing Zhao Yin was renamed from the official name of Shuntian Yin in the Qing Dynasty and governed the Beijing area and twenty-four nearby counties. In the Qing Dynasty, the government of the general big city was called the government, the highest governor was called the prefect, and the Shuntian province was called the capital area, and in order to show the specialness, the official name was Fu Yin.
Wang Zhixin was originally a greedy person, and his official reputation has never been good, but after being punished by Song Xiaofei, he still restrained himself. The predecessor of Jingzhao Mansion Yin Zhao Bingjun strongly recommended Wang Zhixin, but Song Xiaofei thought that he was a prodigal son, so he ignored his previous suspicions and let him be the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion. Unexpectedly, as the days went by, he healed his scars, forgot about the pain, and let go of corruption. Of the 24 counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture, except for one county civil affairs chief who was exempted because he was the nephew of Prime Minister Sheng Xuanhuai, the remaining 23 county officials wantonly bribed money, each of whom paid several thousand filial piety, and his stolen money amounted to more than 50,000 yuan.
Tan Hui heard about Wang Zhixin's corrupt behavior, secretly investigated, verified the evidence, and soon found evidence of Wang Zhixin's corruption crime, because it also involved a big man like Zhao Bingjun, and quickly reported it to President Song Xiaofei.
Song Xiaofei said to Tan Huitong, who came to report: "Check to the end, don't be soft!" (To be continued......)
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