Accompanied by Ma Jun, Ao Lie inspected the results of the last six months of the prison. In addition to those weapons and armor that have long been finalized, as well as the relevant agricultural tools supplied to Guang, Ming, and Tongzhou, the development of new warships and Tiannu Sanhua has also begun to take shape, and what particularly surprises Ao Lie is that although the new warships have not yet been manufactured, the shooting rods have been developed in advance.

Ao Lie was also fortunate enough to witness the power of the clapstick. This kind of water battle weapon was perfectly manufactured in advance by Wang Hun and Ma Jun, composed of two huge logs seven zhang long, one log is inserted straight into the ground, playing the role of fixation and support, and the other log is connected with a rope made of things that are not afraid of water such as cow tendons. The tendon passes through the pulley on the first log, restraining the second log from hanging in the air.

The first test, as the second log of the impact, was not tied to anything. When Ma Jun loosened the rope at the bottom of the first log, the second log responsible for the impact fell from the sky with huge inertia, and the ground trembled. Subsequently, Ma Jun asked several craftsmen to work together to carry over a large grinding disc weighing fifty catties, tie the grinding disc to the top of the second log, and then everyone worked together to pull the fallen log back into the air through the rope on the fixed pole. Prepare for a second test.

This time, because of the fifty pounds of weight tied to the top of the impact bar, the impact bar descended faster, and the power emitted was naturally greater. With a loud bang, the ramming rod slammed to the ground, and the grinding disc tied to its top smashed a five-step square pit on the ground.

After two tests, Ao Lie was very satisfied with the results of Ma Jun and others, and once such a slap pole was equipped on a new warship. It is bound to bring Gan Ning's Qilin Naval Army combat power to a new level. Moreover, the use of the lever is very simple, and it is also very easy to maintain, as long as it is checked regularly to ensure that there are no cracks on the fixed rod and the body of the impact rod, and that the pulley on it is not damaged. This is not a problem for the Kirin elite.

According to Ma Jun, every time they make a racket stick, they also make related accessories. Provide it to the sailors so that they can change it at any time. As for the main body of the two logs, they are made of sturdy wood, which generally does not need to be replaced, and can last for a year at the shortest.

After inspecting several other new techniques. Ao Lie made some comments on the development of the Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers and the new warship. Experience and knowledge in the afterlife. Helping Wang Hun and Ma Jun, they overcame several problems. After that, Ao Lie walked out of the prison, and on the way back, the matter of the official's corruption and perversion of the law always lingered in Ao Lie's mind and lingered.

Return to the Metropolitan Governor's Palace. Ao Lie immediately summoned all his subordinates to discuss it, striving to nip things like corruption in the bud to the greatest extent. When everyone heard that there were officials who had corrupted the law, their hearts were full of anger. Most of these people have had the experience of being alone with Ao Lie, or have been born and died on the battlefield with Ao Lie, and their loyalty to Ao Lie is undoubted, and the phenomenon of corruption is naturally not what they want to see, so they have expressed their views and put forward various effective methods.

After some discussion, Ao Lie finally decided to take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, to increase the salary of all officials in the five northern states, and according to the previous system of the Han Dynasty, in the corresponding ranks, Ao Lie would increase the amount of money to them. Even for the lowest official position, Yulu also received an increase of 30 stones, and the heads of civil and military affairs like Zhuge Liang and Lu Bu increased their salaries by 200 stones, and according to the size of the position and the amount of contribution, the increase in Yulu for officials at each level varied.

This point was pondered by Ao Lie's imitation of the high-salary and incorruptible pension system of some countries in later generations. A leader's charisma, coupled with generous treatment, is the most effective way to eradicate corruption. Due to the fact that the world is still not unified and the army still needs to reserve a large amount of grain and grass, Ao Lie increased the amount of money to the officials under his command, and also changed the distribution method of the money, no longer directly distributing grain, but converting it into copper coins. This not only ensured that the army's grain and grass reserves were sufficient, but also avoided the cumbersome need for officials to exchange money for money after they came to receive it.

On the other hand, it is the establishment of the Ombudsman. As the name suggests, the Supervision Department is responsible for supervising those illegal things in the civil and military official system. Unlike the Shadow's role, the Ombudsman only has oversight over corruption, while the Shadow has all-round oversight. The specific responsibility of the Supervision Department is to supervise and inspect economic cases that have occurred in the past or are occurring, and at the same time be responsible for the supervision and implementation of the use of each sum of money and grain, to ensure that there will be no deficit during the period, and to ensure that every copper plate is spent in the corresponding place.

As for the definition of the Supervision Department, Ao Lie was modeled after the Independent Commission Against Corruption in later generations, and the first person to serve as the chief officer of the Supervision Department, Ao Lie had already made a decision, and he decided to let the upright Tian Feng take the responsibility. With Tian Feng's character, even if someone only embezzles half of the copper plate, Tian Feng will definitely find him out. To make the finances transparent and rational in the process of operation, Ao Lie believes that Tian Feng is the most suitable candidate.

Regarding Ao Lie's appointment, Tian Feng agreed. His job is to admonish, but as Ao Lie becomes more and more mature, it is rare to make wrong decisions, which makes Tian Feng once think that he has been reduced to an idle position, of course, this is the situation he wants to see, the lord does not make mistakes or makes fewer mistakes, which is Tian Feng's original intention to serve Ao Lie. As for the position of the director of supervision, Tian Feng once again felt the importance of Ao Lie to himself, so he worked tirelessly and took on the dual position.

In any organization, there is no way that only the chief exists, otherwise he will be a veritable commander of the light pole. In the Supervision Department, Ao Lie also had to equip Tian Feng with a considerable number of personnel in order to play the role of supervising the economy of the five northern states. For this reason, Ao Lie and his generals once again discussed the candidates, except for the commanders of the four elite troops who were not transferred, the rest of the generals recommended those loyal men under their command to Ao Lie. In the end, according to the list recommended by the generals, Ao Lie transferred 200 people from the Shadow members in charge of Li Ru, and then drew up a list of the initial directors of the Supervision Department, a total of 1,000 people and 9 people. These people will be led by Tian Fenglai in the future, and they will take Yanjing as the center and gradually spread around, first controlling all the money and food in Youzhou within their sight. Then the personnel expansion was carried out, spreading to the entire five northern states.

The establishment of the Supervision Department can be regarded as a solution to Ao Lie's heart disease. Once a corrupt atmosphere is formed, it will not be so easy to control it, and the establishment of the Supervision Department is timely at a time when only a very small number of officials are corrupt and pervert the law. In fact, Ao Lie is not worried that his old subordinates and brothers will have similar problems, and even for more than 95% of the officials under his command, Ao Lie has no such worries, because these people have followed Ao Lie all the way and witnessed the rise of the five northern states, and the sense of achievement of expanding the territory is incomparable to the officials of other states and counties, and they are willing to build the five northern states as their own homes, and this sense of identity and belonging cannot be described in words.

But Ao Lie doesn't dare to guarantee everyone's sense of identity and belonging, which will restrain their selfishness, after all, in the face of a large amount of money, there will still be people who are tempted for various reasons. And in the future, Ao Lie will march into the Central Plains, sweep Xiliang, and capture Sichuan and Shu...... With the expansion of the territory, there will only be more and more officials under their command, for these latecomers, the sense of belonging and identity in their hearts can never be as strong as the current officials, the further south, the more people value money, the long-term affluent life, has made them accustomed to the big fish and meat of every meal, and not as bitter as the north. At that time, it is inevitable that some people will enrich their own pockets and suffer a deficit. Therefore, the establishment of the Supervision Department is very necessary, whether it is based on the present or with an eye on the future, it is an important institution to ensure political integrity.

Political integrity will play an important positive role in promoting various state institutions, and at the same time, it will also ensure the stability of people's livelihood, so as to ensure the stable development of the country. While completing the unification of the world, let every Han people, including those of different races who have accepted Sinicization, live a stable and happy life, this goal that Ao Lie has been pursuing, is absolutely inseparable from political integrity.

As soon as the Inspectorate was established, it had an immediate effect. Three officials were found out by Tian Feng and were regarded as negative examples. Of the three, the one who embezzled the most money embezzled 200,000 yuan in three years; And the least one, the number of embezzlements is only once, and the amount is only fifty copper coins. But no matter how many there are, since they have been found out, they should be done officially. According to the provisions of the Yanjing Law, the person who embezzled the most money was executed in public, while the person who embezzled the least only needed to make up the fifty copper coins for embezzlement and then be dismissed.

Intimidated by Ao Lie's consistent prestige and knowledge, as well as the vigorous and resolute actions of the Supervision Department, the four officials took the initiative to surrender themselves to the Supervision Department, confessed the cause and effect of their greed for ink, and took the initiative to hand over the money they had embezzled. Ao Lie did not punish these four officials, but only relieved them of their posts after some earnest teaching.

Seven officials fell before and after, in this process, Ao Lie and the Supervision Department were enforced with grace and power, and those who refused to admit their mistakes were punished with death, and those who took the initiative to admit their mistakes and handed over the greedy ink were benevolent, which had a lot of shock to other officials, and the officials in Yanjing were all taken as a warning, and for a while, a wind of honesty quietly rose in Yanjing. As a result, Yanjing and even the entire Youzhou, for a long time after that, there was no longer a phenomenon of greed for ink. (To be continued......)