Chapter 19 Rectifying the Rule of Officials and Fighting Corruption in Action

The next morning, Prime Minister Liu An proposed the establishment of the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Bureau of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, referred to as the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the ICAC. When Shui Wuji heard this, he immediately knew that it was my whole moth. It's a name that no one else can think of.

In the imperial history, Tang Xiaozhong immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, Weichen is opposed, and the supervision of hundreds of officials has been the responsibility of our Metropolitan Procuratorate since ancient times, and the establishment of a new department will only make the organization bloated, the distribution of regulatory powers unevenly, and the scope of management of each person is confused." ”

At this time, I stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Anti-Corruption Bureau only investigates corruption, bribery and official dereliction of duty, and in the future, such cases can be directly transferred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can preside over other cases across the country, so that the responsibilities are clear, and the burden of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can also be reduced." ”

In the end, the imperial historian also raised objections, but there are more people who support it, Prime Minister Liu An, the military department Shangshu Shui Wuji, the Ministry of Officials Shangshu Long Yutang and the household department Shangshu Zhang Chongdu have a lot of relationship with me, Liu An and Shui Wuji in the middle needless to say, Long Yutang is Long Feng's grandfather, and Zhang Chong of the household department has been on my warship, the money bag is getting more and more bulging, during this time I am asking for advice on the operation mode of the National Bank, of course, I did not hesitate to raise my hands in favor.

The emperor immediately issued an order appointing me as the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the ICAC, responsible for the formation of new functional departments, and the officials could be selected from other departments and from the imperial examinations.

With the emperor's decree, it is much simpler, I got all the officials who have been excluded in the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the past few years, those who are talented stay, and those who are not talented leave, and I selected this year's new champion Lu Youcai, Lu Youcai was born in a commoner, and the reason why he can be the champion in high school is entirely because His Majesty wants to suppress the nobles and families.

But what I like is Lu Youcai's character, only the poor know what the people need, only to understand the people's suffering, and I hate the kind of officials and gentry who oppress the people.

Everything was ready, and the offices of the anti-corruption bureaus in the following state capitals were set up one after another, and in the summer, dozens of cases involving officials were handed over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Among them, the most reported came from Jiangnan, and the letter said that Liu Chengfeng, the imperial history of Jiangnan, deceived his superiors and subordinates, formed a party for personal gain, embezzled and accepted bribes, forced a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan to die, and occupied his family's ancestral home. Poor Qian Million's family raided their family and wiped out their family, and their only daughter was also missing.

I sighed, closed my eyes, and the appearance of Qian Million's death came to mind, and even the appearance of her daughter was portrayed seven or eight points, heavenly and human sense, as my cultivation increased, the extension of my thinking became farther and farther, and I even felt that I could enter another space for a short time.

It seems that this matter can't be faked, I believe in my subconscious, right and wrong, and I know that Jiangnan is imperative.

"After the Feilong River, it belongs to the boundary of Jiangnan, and the richest places in Jiangnan are Jiangzhou and Huaizhou," Lu Youcai introduced to me all the way.

I smiled and said, "Your family is from Xiangbei, why are you so familiar with Jiangnan?" ”

Lu Youcai hesitated for a moment and said: "Let the director smile, my mother is from Jiangnan, she grew up in Jiangnan when she was a child, and then her grandparents died of illness, and there were fewer people who came back, and several uncles looked down on my father, so that they broke off contact later." ”

I patted Lu Youcai on the shoulder and said, "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and when you get ahead, they will naturally come to you, whether you recognize them or not, but it depends on your mood." ”

Lu Youcai smiled shyly: "That's right, I still have to admit it, I won't make it difficult for my mother." ”

I laughed: "Not bad, not bad, filial piety first, you don't have to say anything about your character, it's very good!" I'm optimistic about you. ”

Lu Youcai hugged his fists: "Thank you Lord Hou for your love." ”

When I arrived outside Jiangzhou City, I was startled, the gongs and drums were noisy, the flags were waving, there were many officers and soldiers on both sides of the avenue, and a big-bellied official with a group of people greeted me: "Liu Wenjin, the assassin of Jiangzhou, visited the Hou Ye, and Liu Yushi has set up a banquet in Wangjiang Tower to catch the wind for the Hou Ye." ”

I glanced at Liu Wenjin and said, "The news is very well-informed, why didn't Liu Chengfeng come?" Are you the same Liu as his Liu? ”

Liu Wenjin's heart was pounding: "Back to the Hou Ye, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Liu Yushi is busy with official business, and he will arrive later." ”

I waved my hand and said: "My identity this time is the director of the anti-corruption bureau, just call me Director Hua, I am still young, I don't want to be your grandfather." ”

Liu Wenjin looked embarrassed: "Yes, Director Hua, please, the villain will lead the way." ”

I don't care: "Okay, then I'll go and meet Liu Chengfeng and Liu Yushi." ”

As soon as I walked through the Fucheng Avenue where there were many officers and soldiers, I suddenly heard a woman's cry: "My lord, I am wronged, my lord, the little woman wants to avenge her grievances, I am wronged!" ”

I hurriedly got off the sedan chair, and I heard Liu Wenjin shout: "Bold thief, dare to block the errand, someone is coming, arrest and enter the prison to listen to the fate." ”

When the woman saw me coming, she struggled to rush towards me, Liu Wenjin's face changed greatly, and he ordered the soldiers on the left and right: "Release the arrow, release the arrow immediately." ”

A few arrows burst into the air, and the woman's beautiful face was full of horror, and her heart closed her eyes as if she were dead.

Fuck, you bastard, this is killing people in front of Lao Tzu, so what's the deal? As soon as I waved my hand, several arrows immediately changed direction and trembled slightly as they were nailed to the city wall.

The woman opened her eyes and found that her whole body was intact, and she immediately knelt down towards me: "My lord, the little woman Qian Linglong has a grievance to be avenged, and her father Qian Wanwan was persecuted to death by the Jiangzhou government, and please find out." ”

I waved my hand and said, "Come here, follow me, this is not the place to talk, let's find a place to eat first." ”

Liu Wenjin was in a hurry: "Director Hua, Lord Yushi is in Wangjiang Tower..."

I interrupted him and said, "No, I like to spend my own money on my meals, so I feel at ease." After speaking, he ignored him, took Lu Youcai and left.

I found a small restaurant, fried a few dishes casually, we chatted while eating, Qian Linglong was a little restrained, I found out that Qian Linglong was quite a bit beautiful, although she was wearing ordinary cloth clothes, it was difficult to hide everyone's beautiful temperament.

It turned out that Liu Chengfeng learned that Qian Million's ancestral house was a feng shui treasure and wanted to exchange it for a large piece of land nearby, and promised to take care of it as long as it was Qian Million's business.

So Liu Chengfeng first instructed Liu Wenjin to seal up Qian Million's cloth village, saying that there was a quality problem and asked to suspend business for rectification, but there was no standard for rectification and time to resume work. Later, a spy of the Huoyan State in the cell pointed out that Qian Million was the internal response of the Huoyan State, so Qian Million collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and the evidence of the crime was conclusive, and the family was exterminated, and only Qian Linglong escaped by luck because of her escape from marriage.

Of course, I won't fully believe Qian Linglong's words, which are auspicious, and I have to investigate and collect evidence.

As he was talking, someone suddenly shouted, "It's water, it's water." ”

I was shocked, this water should have meant fire in ancient times. Hurriedly led everyone to rush out, the fire at the door was fierce, as if an oil drum was burned, thick smoke everywhere, I waved my hand to sweep the oil drum to the open space outside, looked around, saw that the window was nailed, I struck out with a palm, the window was torn apart, and everyone jumped out of the window in turn.

As soon as he stood outside, Liu Wenjin arrived. I thought to myself, it's fast enough, this bastard won't be watching from the sidelines.

I didn't talk nonsense to him: "Lord Liu, hurry up and arrange someone to put out the fire, and you must save everyone safely." ”

Liu Wenjin responded "yes" repeatedly. Fortunately, the oil drum was knocked away by me, and Liu Wenjin personally went to the scene and commanded on the spot, and the fire was quickly controlled.

I'm depressed, this is someone trying to kill it! The harder Liu Wenjin worked to put out the fire, the more I doubted, if there was no ghost in my heart, would he fight with his life?

After several days of investigation, the information was concentrated in my hands, and the case involving Liu Wenjin and Liu Changfeng was enough to write a novel, including some reports from Huaizhou Thorn Shi Ma Dingfang, but there was no evidence, and all the witnesses were unwilling to testify in court.

This Liu Wenjin is almost fifty years old, and he actually married a thirteen-year-old concubine. I said to Lu Youcai: "The legal age of marriage in our Shui Rou Kingdom should be eighteen years old, can we convict him on this basis?" ”

Lu Youcai replied: "My lord, the legal age is not only eighteen years old, but people and remote areas generally marry early, women marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and there are few convictions in the law. ”

I feel very uncomfortable, this thirteen-year-old is still a little girl, why did I let this dog official spoil it. Thinking of this, I also blushed, Xiao Yu seemed to be only fourteen years old when she followed me, but Xiao Yu is a native of Musheng Country, and the legal age of marriage for women in Mu Shengguo is fourteen years old, so we are not violating the rules, besides, in order to be able to cultivate at that time, I was indeed a little impulsive. To say that the violation is that the princess is a little younger, she was not yet seventeen years old at that time, but aren't we still married? Few people knew about the emperor's marriage.

This Liu Chengfeng is really a old fox, all the evidence that can implicate him has been destroyed, unless Liu Wenjin and Ma Dingfang can personally testify against him, and these two must have Liu Chengfeng's handle and some criminal evidence in their hands, not to testify against him, just to save his life. As Liu Chengfeng's dogleg, he will keep a hand no matter what. I heard that this Liu Wenjin is Liu Chengfeng's distant nephew, and he can become the Jiangzhou Assassin History, but it is all Liu Chengfeng's support, so he was promoted from a county lieutenant all the way to the Jiangzhou Assassin History, it seems that it is impossible for Liu Wenjin to betray Liu Chengfeng, and he has to start from Ma Dingfang.

After thinking about it for a long time, I had no clue, and it seemed that it would not work to take the ordinary road. Extraordinary measures have to be used.