"That's all about the empire first, and more importantly, what will happen to the emperor next."

Heaton said all this, not expecting Gozzi and Bud to help much, but just to give them a general understanding of what kind of situation the empire is in now, and the change of their mentality.

I don't know when it started, maybe it was the conversation with Lan that gave Heaton a hint of the idea of changing the status quo of the empire.

The change of people's thoughts is often in an instant, and the previous mentality is unnecessary, because with the army and the world's highest armed force, whether the empire changes or not will not affect his position under Heaton's ass, but that day and Lan's dungeon conversation, he actually felt a trace of sadness in Lan's heart.

Heaton is a sane person, and naturally he is aware of his own thoughts, and he can't help but sneer in his heart.

A person who adheres to a selfish heart can even give birth to empathy.

Perhaps, this is the human being.

Heaton wasn't a man who shy away from his heart, and he thought about what he would do if he wanted to change the empire.

"Nangakidd and Hinhemi did not show any closeness during the reign of the minister, and the external comments are okay, and after the minister's death, Gozzi also investigated the people in the court, you can probably talk about the results of the investigation."

"Your Majesty, when the minister was in power, the people who behaved extremely close were called the faction of the minister, and the remaining neutral officials also had their own relations, and the minister would not kill because he did not stand up, as long as he paid bribes and behaved respectfully, he could be safe.

Nangakidd and Xinghemi are generals, but because the army is too deeply infiltrated by the minister's people, and the atmosphere of the imperial capital at that time, these two people are people with little power, but these two people are always generals who served before the minister took the throne, and the network in the imperial capital is still not small.

When I was investigating the officials of the imperial capital, Your Majesty, you also read that report, and most of the officials in the imperial capital were similar to these two people. ”

There is nothing wrong with this resemblance, and it is not a member of the minister's faction.

are all people who don't have much ability and are thriving in their own positions.

Abbreviated as Lao Youzi.

After Heaton came to power, he purged only people from the minister's faction, and these people were all people who did things that hurt nature and reason, and took large bribes when the minister was in power, and the crime was unforgivable.

Officials of conscience?

There won't really be conscientious officials, it's impossible, but when the minister is in power, he can be labeled as a conscientious official, but in fact, when there is no way to rise, the officials who go to the imperial capital will either climb up to the waste like the minister for a while, or they are human spirits.

Where there are people, there is fighting, and the reason why Liwa was arrested in the previous life was because he offended Gao Gao because he didn't know how many years ago.

Therefore, the people of the imperial capital have their own network of interests, which is large or small, but it always exists, and it definitely exists, and cannot be eliminated.

"Your Majesty, after so many days of investigation, the reason why these two people defected is precisely because General Najeta has rectified military discipline, and their hand of privately selling arms cannot reach in again."

"Probably more than that."

Heaton groaned, not quite satisfied with the answer.

"Yes, Your Majesty, their hands are very secretive, and the matter of arms never goes through their own hands, and there were many similar things when some of the Guards resold firearms.

Old or damaged guns are actually easier to deal with, and can still be sold to people in the slums through special channels, and then resold to foreign people or rebels, and they are all traded in small batches, a few or one, and no one cares.

These people sold the guns to the homeless, who in turn sold them to the merchants, who bribed the mayor of the western district through a drinking party, and the mayor of the western district occasionally returned them to the two men under the pretext of treasure appreciation or gifts. And firearms, in this way, flowed into the hands of foreign peoples and rebels.

One of the most difficult places to find is the link between the merchant and the mayor of the western district, because all this is a simple official and business entertainment, and the procedures of the merchant are issued by other institutions of the empire, and the mayor of the western district has never interfered in any of the checkpoints of the merchant, and the bribe is not a large amount of money, but an occasional small gift. ”

These merchants are the hubs of the direct network of interests in the imperial capital or the empire, and money is not the first thing to be traded, no one is short of money, and the money is too naked, in exchange for a rare treasure, or a valuable part of a dangerous species, or collected or re-sold, and the excuse for giving it is an ordinary gift.

Merchants were an indispensable group for the economic development of the empire, because there was no fast means of transportation, and the empire was too vast, and the local specialties and customs were different, so it was born.

Every time you go to business, the time is long, and there are many dangerous species or bandits on the road, which can be operated.

"That is to say, Nangakidd, Hinhemi, the mayor of the Western District and even the oil merchants have contacts, even indirectly, but, Gozzi, that's not what I want to hear."

In the end, among these people, only Nangakidd and Hinhemi have some power, but they are not important people after all, and they are not worth mentioning.

"Interior Minister Yumaz, two years ago, Nangakidd and Hinhimi had a party, and at the meeting Yumaz was seen talking to these two people."

Gozzi named an almost impossible person.

Because in his investigation, only this point is somewhat suspicious, it was two years ago.

The internal affairs officer of Yumaz, unlike Lan's taxation, is responsible for government affairs such as engineering.

For example, water conservancy, or the construction of facilities.

It's a big and important position, but it's not so important to the current empire.

It is even more incompatible with Nanga Kidexinghemi.

"Investigate, if you can't investigate, arrest it."

Heaton ordered directly, too lazy to dwell on such a thing, he would definitely not be caught wrong, and he would be charged with any crime.

"Yes!"

Gozqi responded, and the matter within the imperial capital officials was the best to solve, and Yumaz was only asked because he was very likely to have a connection with the rebels, and even contributed to the rebels' plans in the future.

"Your Majesty—" Bud was still a little dazed after listening to it for so long.

He had known Nangakidd and Hinhemi for a long time, and he never expected them to defect, and even got involved with the interior minister.

"General Bude, which is not the key whether they defected or not, but they have been in power for so many years, and many of the people who have interests in him may be retired from the army and become ordinary people, but this number will definitely not be small, once it is instigated by its contact, the impact on the civilians of the imperial capital is huge, and Yumaz is not important, he contacted the rebels to plan this turmoil, so he needs to be pulled out, and by the way, see if you can catch more fish."