With the arrival of the summer of 1920, Nanjing, the new capital of the Republic of China, also entered the worst season of the year, extremely hot and humid weather, coupled with the dirty environment in all the major cities of China in this era, and the poor drainage of Mao Bo turned Nanjing into a smelly and hot stove, so that most of the staff of the Nationalist Government from South China began to miss the typhoons that frequently visited Guangdong in summer

At the door of a mansion on the bank of the Qinhuai River, a brand-new black car slowly retreated, and someone was already waiting for the arrival of the car at the door, and a middle-aged man wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a sun hat got out of the car, and it was General Chen Jiongming, who had just come from Beijing. He wiped his sweat and smiled reluctantly to greet his master, and then hurriedly walked into the hall of the bungalow, standing in front of a Watson brand electric fan made by Hu, and wiped his sweat with a cold towel handed by the servant

Chen Jiongming smiled bitterly: "This Nanjing is worthy of the four major furnaces, hotter than our southern Guangzhou, Guangzhou's summer is so windy and rainy, Nanjing here is really like staying in a steamer to steam!" I knew it was so hot, so I stayed in Beijing for a few more days, so why bother to come here to suffer? ”

The owner of the house is the "King" political councilor Lin Hu, he is Chen Jiongming's best friend, once followed Chen Jiongming to fight against Sun Yat-sen, and later ate back grass together, but Sun Yat-sen and Chang Ruiqing did not treat this outdated Gui general, and later relied on his old subordinate Li Zongren in the Gui army to speak to Bai Chongxi, so he got a political commissioner who did not have much real power, naturally he was dissatisfied, and when he heard Chen Jiongming complain, he couldn't help but complain: "But not? What's good here, it's hot in summer and cold in winter, if you can do things, alas, it's a pity, but now that Mr. Sun is gone, Nanjing has become the world of his surname, and we people have never been on the same line with him, so it's really not interesting to have a meal" He suddenly lowered his voice, "Jing Gong, why don't we go into some with the people of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy?" If the two sides can be combined, maybe something can be done."

When it came to the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, Chen Jiongming couldn't help but glared at Lin Hu, those were all for Chang Ruiqing, or idle characters who had nothing to do, if they really wanted to get together with them, then there was really no chance to do anything, and this time he was called to Nanjing by Chang Ruiqing, and the other party seemed to have used him, a centrist figure who had little to do with the main factions of the two parties, to be the director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption - it sounds like a very important official position

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shook his head at Lin Hu: "Yin Qing, our current intermediate position may not be a good thing, let's get to know you thoroughly, when I met Mrs. Sun today, she revealed to me that now the above intends to set up an anti-** agency subordinate to the legislative department, what is it called the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which is specially used to crack down on corruption within the national defense forces of the national government at all levels** The director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption may have to arrange for me to do it."

"Independent Commission Against Corruption?" Lin Hu's eyes seemed to light up, and then he shook his head again: "Gong Jing, this errand is not easy to do, it is too offensive."

"Are you afraid of offending people when you do things?" Chen Jiongming said: "Moreover, cracking down on the government and rectifying the rule of officials is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

"That's just a partisan struggle, it's the fault of the Kuomintang to find GD, and the problem of GD finding the KMT is probably Chang Ruiqing, who is divided into several factions of dog-eat-dog, right? Jing Gong, you are a character who doesn't have much contact with both ends now, if you really become the director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, if you don't do it, you will offend the people on both sides together, and then you will attack it in groups! ”

Chen Jiongming smiled indifferently: "What about the group attacking?" If there is such a day, it just means that I, the director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, have made achievements."

Lin Hu frowned, as if he wanted to say something, and finally swallowed it back, Chen Jiongming glanced at him: "What's wrong?" What can't you say in front of me? ”

Lin Hu snorted and said: "It's okay to say this in front of Jing Gong, of course the figures of the two parties want to make some money, but at the moment it is a situation where the two parties contain each other, everyone must pay attention to some influences, not too out-of-line, but what about those who are above the two parties?" Even a character like Jiang J Shi Hu Zhantang didn't dare to touch the tiger's buttocks! If this ICAC director asks someone else to do it, it will be over with a blind eye, but you can show your temper."

"You mean Chang Yaoru is fishing in Da Lao?" Chen Jiongming asked with a frown

"Of course it's not Chang Yaoru," Lin Hu replied with a wry smile: "Of course he, the emperor, doesn't need money, but what about the people around the emperor?" ”

Chang Ruiqing is still working in the military commission station in Tangshan, which is located in the suburbs of Nanjing, and in the mountains, so the temperature is slightly cooler, but he is wearing a military uniform with long sleeves and trousers, and he has not even loosened the wind and discipline buttons, and sweat is constantly dripping down his head, but fortunately, there is an electric fan blowing at him - in this era without air conditioning, having such an electric fan is already considered a non-toothy enjoyment, but his current attention is not on enjoyment, but is attracted by a large number of government affairs that can never be handled

The situation that China is facing now is probably the best in the history of the two planes, right? Although the signing of the "Sino-Japanese-Russian Non-Aggression Pact" also alienated the relationship between Britain, the United States and France and China, they did not deliberately suppress China, these powers are masters of playing balance, and in their opinion, China's development is always a threat to Soviet Russia and Japan! The treaty is nothing more than a piece of waste paper that can be torn up at any time -- it's just a matter of price, so they have taken a wait-and-see attitude towards China's development, and they have neither opposed nor supported it

However, Japan and Soviet Russia, the two great enemies in China's history, now do not dare to look at the "Non-Aggression Pact" as waste paper, because this treaty was not given to China by the two countries, but was fought by China with strength on the battlefield! Moreover, because of the existence of the Far Eastern issue, the possibility of Japan and Russia joining forces is close to zero, but China is free to choose to join forces with one of the two countries against the other

Following the start of the second phase of the Pukou Iron and Steel Project, the Central First Aircraft Plant, the Pukou Yongli Chemical Plant, and the Longhai Yuehan Railway Project, the expansion project of the Hanyeping Coal and Steel Complex, the Jiangxi tungsten mine and copper mine project, the Shandong Zhaoyuan and Fujian Zijinshan gold mines, the Heilongjiang Oilfield, Shanxi Datong Coal Industry, and the Chahar Longyan Iron and Steel Plant have also been incorporated into the First Five-Year Plan. According to the joint report of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce, in the eight years of the Republic of China alone, the capital of domestic national industry and commerce increased by 300 million yuan, and at the same time, nearly 200 million yuan of overseas Chinese capital flowed into the rural economy. However, rural poverty remains as it has always been, and it seems unlikely to be improved in the short term

However, the greatest achievement of the Nationalist Government is not in the economic field, but in education, a six-year compulsory education system that basically covers all provinces of the country has basically taken shape, tens of millions of school-age children have entered the classroom to receive education, and at the same time, secondary schools, colleges, vocational schools and vocational education have also developed smoothly because of the continuous and large investment of the Nationalist Government and the effective use of Belarusian exiled intellectuals, and it is estimated that within 10 years, China will be able to train enough engineers and skilled workers for its heavy industry system

In short, the current situation is very good! The situation at home and abroad is stable, industry and commerce are developing steadily, people's lives have improved, and education is developing at a high speed! The whole country seems to be on the track of rapid development, and the only problem that plagues Chang Ruiqing is probably the ** that has become increasingly strict with economic development

Chang Ruiqing is now a little envious of the protagonists in the novels in the later generations, they never seem to be troubled by ** problems, and they always seem to be able to find enough young men who don't want to die, don't want money, don't want beauties, and have no ambition and talent, to work for themselves! And our Chang Da revolutionaries seem to be forever surrounded by a group of ** elements and careerists - in his place, those who don't want money must love power, those who don't want life must have no brains, and those who don't want beautiful women must be afraid of their wives or have physical problems, in short, that kind of perfect person is basically nothing

After the domestic appearance gradually stabilized, the issue of governance was put on an important position early, because there are some ** elements around him, so Chang Ruiqing's anti-corruption work is far more difficult than that of a certain party ruled by a saint in history, and it seems that it will not have any effect in China under his rule alone, so Chang Ruiqing deliberately created a two-party restraint ruling system, eliminating the struggle for power and profit between the members of the two parties in the parliament and the government to control the Cheng dù, At the same time, freedom of speech and the press is guaranteed to a certain extent, and the news media is held accountable for monitoring the government

But Chang Ruiqing also knows that in some democratic countries that implement multi-party systems in later generations, the problem is also not sincere, obviously relying on parliament and the media alone is not enough to effectively govern, and China for a long time, but also need to implement a large government of national socialism, but also rely on state intervention to promote the construction of heavy industry and economic development, this system is simply a hotbed, in view of this, Chang Ruiqing decided to set up a direct responsibility to the parliament, the power of the anti-** special agency - the Independent Commission Against Corruption

Just looking at the name of this anti-** agency, you can know that Chang Ruiqing has really made up his mind this time, and this institution is also subordinate to the legislature, belongs to a relatively independent anti-** organ, and is part of external supervision rather than internal supervision, which should have some effect and now is the time when the national government was first established, if the tradition of clean government can be established at this time, it should be very beneficial to the future of the country

For the selection of the first director of the ICAC, Chang Ruiqing also went through some careful consideration, in his vision, the ICAC will be a simple independent law enforcement agency specializing in fighting corruption, not a partisan struggle or a tool used by him to fight political opponents, so its first head should also be a figure who is not too close to the main factions of the two parties and himself, but he needs to have enough prestige, and at the same time, he must not be afraid of power and dare to adhere to principles. He must also be honest enough, and Chen Jiongming, an outdated Kuomintang bigwig, seems to be the most suitable candidate

Footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and the voice of Zhang Junmai and a Cantonese guy discussing was faintly heard outside, and the voice of Zeng Qi, director of the second division of the chairman's chamberlain, also sounded: "Gong Jing, Mr. Junmao, you are here together, who is first and who is second?" Then I heard Zhang Junmao's Shanghai accent: "Jinggong, you invite first, you invite first" and then Chen Jiongming's Cantonese accent sounded: "Let's go in together, my matter will be finished in two or three sentences, okay, if it doesn't work, pull it down!" ”

Why does this sound a bit of gunpowder? Chang Ruiqing frowned, put on a smiling face again, walked to the door of the office and opened the door and said with a smile: "Mr. Jinggong Junmai, come in!" Mu Han, I have something important to discuss with Mr. Jing Gongjun today, and let everyone else wait first."

Chen Jiongming and Zhang Junmao walked into Chang Ruiqing's office, sat down on the chair Chen Jiongming came to Chang Ruiqing's office for the first time, frowned and looked at this luxuriously decorated room Compared to Mr. Sun, Chang Ruiqing's life seems to be a little corrupt Zhang Junmai just came back from an inspection in Shanghai, holding a bag of Wen Jiàn in his hand, just looked at Chang Ruiqing quietly, and did not speak

Chang Ruiqing sat down and said with a smile: "Mr. Jingcun, Mrs. Sun has already looked for you, right?" I think you have to be the director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, so you should not shirk your resignation."

Chen Jiongming smiled reluctantly, and said lightly: "At the moment, our national government and national defense forces are not much **, at least compared to the former Qing Dynasty and Beiyang, is the anti-corruption and anti-corruption matter really so urgent?" ”

Chang Ruiqing was stunned for a moment, and he also heard something wrong from Chen Jiongming's words, he nodded heavily, and said affirmatively: "The current ** is not strict, so we must vigorously suppress corruption, and establish a clean political atmosphere in our country, if it really reaches the ** Cheng dù like the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Beiyang, I am afraid it will be too late to fight corruption."

Chen Jiongming nodded, with some appreciation on his face, and continued: "Commission, do you know where the biggest difficulty of anti-** is?" ”

Chang Ruiqing said: "The key to anti-corruption is not to severely punish and sentence heavily, but to catch corruption in every case!" ”

Chen Jiongming nodded approvingly: "A good one must be caught when he is greedy!" People in the world always have a fluke mentality, if you can't catch every greed, it is impossible to really deter ** elements only by strict punishment and strict law, but it is not so easy to do it, and some people are not so easy to catch! ”

Chang Ruiqing listened to Chen Jiongming's words, and just smiled faintly, as if he didn't care, he smiled: "Is there anyone who is not easy to catch?" Even if I'm often corrupt, Jing Gong won't turn a blind eye, right? ”

Chen Jiongming looked at Chang Ruiqing with an indifferent look, and sneered: "The person who is not easy to arrest now is not the chairman, but the two chairmen!" ”

The smile on Chang Ruiqing's face suddenly stiffened, such as Mrs. is a little wife, our Chang Da Revolutionary is really not very strict with himself in this regard, now there are four people in Chang Ruiqing's family who have the identity of a little wife, in addition to an alternate little Lori Among these four women, except for Pan Xiaoqian, who has no public office and cannot commit the crime of corruption, the other three women have the identity of public servants! And Chang Ruiqing has always been fond of them, and there is no constraint

Seeing that Chang Ruiqing didn't speak, Chen Jiongming continued to say: "Commission, now the Independent Commission Against Corruption has not been established, and I have no means to investigate corruption, what I said is some rumors."

It is rumored that the two sisters of the Zhao family invested 50,000 yuan to buy about 5,000 acres of newly silted saline-alkali land at the mouth of the Yellow River at a very low price, and now after the land reform in Lijin County began, 5,000 acres of saline-alkali land have been exchanged for 250,000 face value of permanent interest coupons! And the official who presided over the land reform in Lijin County was quickly promoted to the deputy mayor of Qingdao City!

It turns out that since the end of the Northern Expedition, the National Defense Forces have started a series of large-scale anti-bandit operations in Shandong, Henan, two provinces where bandits are rampant, and tens of thousands of bandits have been killed and tens of thousands of people have been captured, including some Shandong bandit leaders who once had a friendship with the Zhao family, but these Shandong bandit leaders were sheltered by the two sisters of the Zhao family before they were sentenced, and they all turned into meritorious personnel who had participated in the National Revolution, and most of them were released from prison! The sisters of the Zhao family naturally accepted huge bribes from them, estimated to be hundreds of thousands of yuan!