Chapter 414: Clean Government Action

Not only did they completely destroy all kinds of facilities and hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies and oil supplies in the Tunisian military port, but they also sank or seriously damaged four Chinese ships, eight former Chinese ships, 11 cruisers and 27 destroyers, causing the Allied Mediterranean Fleet to lose most of its combat strength overnight.

After the Battle of Tunisia, most of the casualties of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet were lost, and the remaining dozen or so warships were also paralyzed in the ruined Tunisian military port.

The victory in Tunisia, together with the great victory in the north, greatly stimulated the enthusiasm for war within the empire, and the major newspapers and radio stations in China reported the war situation in a big way, which made the cohesion of the people in the country unprecedentedly improved, and Fang Xiaoyu took advantage of this opportunity to take action in the country.

As early as a few months ago, in the name of wartime, Fang Xiaoyu ordered the armed police force to cooperate with the government in implementing militarized management throughout the country. With the convenience of military control, all officials are surreptitiously monitored, which also makes it easier for the intelligence services to investigate.

The Inspectorate and the Intelligence Service have joined forces to conduct a thorough nationwide investigation, which has uncovered a large number of cases of corruption and abuse of power. Most of these problems were in the areas controlled by the former Lanfang Empire, and since most of these areas were received peacefully, in order to stabilize the local central government, it did not take much action for the time being, but retained most of its officials.

These officials of the Lanfang Empire were very corrupt back then, and they were still uneasy when they changed the dynasty, for fear that they would be dismissed for some reason, so they were really divided in the local area for a period of time, and when they saw that they did not have any major bad deeds, the central government did not remove them.

In the course of several years, these officials found themselves in their official positions, and in addition to being financially and judicially independent, they were still working in their original positions, and even their salaries had increased considerably.

Many people have been depressed for a long time, and their true forms have begun to be exposed, and local bullying of men and women and seizure of people's property have occurred from time to time, but the courts directly under the central government have been powerless in many cases. The local officials protected each other, but the people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and in this case, the court had no way to intervene, which made many people in the local area more and more rampant, until Fang Xiaoyu, who was interviewed privately, noticed the situation.

"Yin Zhang Hongzheng of Yiyang Prefecture, the Supervision Yuan suspects that you are suspected of embezzling the funds for the maintenance of the river embankment, causing the Hunhe River embankment to be in danger during the flood season, please come with us."

"Chen Qing, Minister of the Engineering Supervision Department of Hongyuan Prefecture, the Supervision Yuan now suspects that you have accepted bribes and helped unscrupulous businessmen cut corners, causing quality problems on the two bridges, please come with us."

"Zheng Ping, a businessman in Huaihua Mansion, the Supervision Yuan suspects you of illegal bribery and tax evasion, please come with us."

"Meishan Prefecture Police Chief Li Cheng, the Supervision Yuan now suspects that you have illegally embezzled other people's property and caused casualties, please come with us."

After several months of investigation, the Supervision Yuan had already found out the corruption situation in the country, and under Fang Xiaoyu's instructions, the Military Police of the Supervision Yuan cooperated with the armed police to carry out arrests nationwide.

Half of the Chinese Empire suddenly became chaotic, one by one high-ranking officials were thrown into prison, one by one the wealthy businessmen who colluded with high-ranking officials were controlled, and their assets were frozen.

The officials who are not the descendants of the former Chinese collar are all in danger, for fear that this is a major purge of Fang Xiaoyu's officials who are not in the lineage, and when the whole country is arresting corrupt officials and corrupt officials, many officials are on pins and needles, ready to run away at any time, the work efficiency of officials in various places has greatly decreased, and there has even been a slight chaos within the government.

The chaos in the country did not last long, and the central government, which had been prepared for a long time, soon began to take action, and as soon as the Supervisory Yuan began to arrest them, the central government and the major political schools sent a large number of probationary officials and graduates of political schools to various places to fill the vacancies of fallen officials.

With the military in charge of the country and the cooperation of the armed police, these new officials quickly took control of the situation on the ground. After all the dust settled, Fang Xiaoyu personally issued an edict, stating that the Chinese Empire would not pursue any acts before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and those officials who fell from power were all found to be substantiated, and those who violated the national law after the founding of the People's Republic of China would be sent to the court and punished accordingly according to law.

Seeing that the arrest of illegal officials and businessmen in China had ended, and seeing Fang Xiaoyu's edict, the hearts of those officials fell to the ground. The local people applauded the public hearings held by the lawless officials in various courts. This open trial has greatly calmed down the people's grievances and cleared up the cancer of officialdom in various localities, and in addition, the branches of the Supervision Yuan have been opened all over the country, and the atmosphere of officialdom will remain clean and honest for a long time to come.

The turmoil of the Chinese Empire attracted the attention of the whole world, and the major powers were very puzzled, not understanding why Fang Xiaoyu chose to deal with domestic corruption at such a time when the war was tight. Now that the situation on the front lines of the Chinese Empire is very good, it would be a pity to miss a good opportunity because of the internal turmoil.

Therefore, when the Chinese Empire began to arrest corrupt officials and caused domestic political turmoil, the Entente countries seemed to see hope, and they stepped up their preparations for war, while secretly praying that the Chinese Empire could be more chaotic, so that the Entente side would have a chance to breathe.

Compared with the schadenfreude of the Entente side, the Allied side was secretly anxious, and the Yaman Emperor Wilhelm II even privately said that Fang Xiaoyu's move was too reckless, and no matter how big the domestic problem was, it should be solved after the war.

In fact, all governments did not understand Fang Xiaoyu's intentions, Fang Xiaoyu knew very well that there would be no real winners in a world war like this, and the national strength of all countries would be weakened to a certain extent after the war, even if they planned like themselves, they would not be an exception, and after the war was the time when the country was the weakest, it could not cause domestic turmoil.

Fang Xiaoyu also has a consideration: the early post-war period will be a time when the world pattern is broken and interests are redistributed, if there are constraints within the country at that time, it will seriously affect the country's interests, and once it is in peacetime, such a large-scale crackdown on corruption will have great sequelae.

When the Chinese Empire restored calm in just one month, the countries realized that Fang Xiaoyu was indeed very scheming, and he took advantage of the opportunity of the whole country entering a state of war, as well as the opportunity of the unprecedented cohesion of the people with a military victory, to reduce the risk of political turmoil with military management, and at the same time, to use thunderous means to not give those corrupt officials any chance to react, so as to quickly calm the domestic turmoil.

It's one thing to watch others do it, it's another thing to do it yourself, although all countries understand Fang Xiaoyu's methods, but no one dares to follow suit, although they also know that there are many corrupt officials in their country, but no one has the confidence that they can complete such a large-scale officialdom purge in a state of war, at least they don't think they have as strong control over the country as Fang Xiaoyu.

Just when the countries were paying attention to the political situation of the Chinese Empire, no one noticed that the eight newest Shannan-class battleships quietly left several shipyards located in Kaidao, Ryukyu Island and Moore Harbor, and they would secretly conduct sea trials for half a year, and then join the sequence of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

Regardless of the power of the Shannan-class battleships, it will take half a year of sea trials to join the active service anyway, and it will not affect the current war at sea in the slightest, and the current Chinese Empire still needs to rely on existing ships and wartime allies to support sea supremacy.

The victory in Tunisia was a shot in the arm for the Allied navy, which had been languishing, and the navy of the Grand Duchy of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Habfsburg, which had been blocked in the Adriatic Sea, was finally liberated, and their warships were finally able to cruise the Mediterranean again.

The fleets of the two countries once again went out of the port to patrol the Mediterranean, which strengthened the control of the Allied navies over the entire Mediterranean, and for a time the Mediterranean completely became the world of the Allied Powers and the Imperial Chinese Navy, which made the colonial forces of the Southern Subcontinent of the Allied countries, which relied entirely on sea transportation for supplies, suffer a great impact on logistics, and for a time their combat effectiveness declined a lot.

In desperation, the Allied supplies could only take a long detour and unload from the west coast of the southern subcontinent, and this increase in the sea transportation line gave the Yaman Empire more opportunities for the submarine force, and the land transportation line also became long, so that the Allied colonial army, which was increasingly consumed, gradually fell into the dilemma of lack of food and ammunition.

Su Zhizhen immediately seized this fighter plane and used the superiority of the air force to bomb all kinds of material warehouses in the rear of the Allied countries one after another, making their material supply even worse.

Faced with this situation, the Nantes Empire and the Thar Empire had to send the newly copied four-engine bomber Handley Page 100 to the battlefield, but they did not carry out bombing missions, but imitated the way of the Chinese Imperial Air Force in the Far East Battlefield to deliver supplies to the Southern Army, and the first air supply operation on the Western Continent was unexpectedly born in such an embarrassing environment.

In order to protect these bombers carrying supplies, the Allies sent a large number of fighters to the two sides of the Mediterranean. In order to block the air transport line of the other side, he mobilized all the air forces in his hands, and transferred part of the air force wing from the northern battlefield that had gradually subsided, ready to do a big job and teach these Allied guys a hard lesson.