Chapter 85: Loss
As Meng Yuanhua said, Liang Kui is a cabinet member who is in charge of the supervision power of Jinguo, and he is in a high position, but he is not a person from Qin Su, and according to the time of entering the cabinet, he should be a person from Gu Jinxian;
This is the dispute in the highest power circle of Jinguo today;
Since Zhou Xizong, the lifelong second-generation prime minister of Jinguo, although the third-generation prime minister has carried out cabinet rotation every ten years in accordance with the constitution, it is the highest power, and no one will be willing to hand it over;
In this way, although the rotation has been carried out in accordance with the constitution, since the third generation of prime ministers, they have placed their own people in the cabinet to check and balance the new cabinet; nominally, they have stepped down from the prime minister, but in fact they still control the power, although they are no longer the prime minister's powers, they can also compete with the prime minister, and the new prime minister is constrained everywhere to achieve control over the cabinet;
The fourth generation of prime ministers is the cabinet of Gu Jinxian, who reached an agreement with various families, and at the same time had the help of the former prime minister, so that he could completely empty the prime minister, and then actually control the supreme power of Jinguo;
Qin Su, the new prime minister of the cabinet, is the fifth-generation prime minister of Jinguo, and naturally he cannot tolerate people like Liang Kui; sooner or later, he will have to purge the restraining forces left by his predecessor like Liang Kui;
However, how Meng Yuanhua said, Liang Kui is in charge of the Supervision Department, and he is a powerful figure; Qin Su attacked Liang Kui when he came to power, which may not be a little bold, but a tough wrist;
Now that this is the beginning of the year, Qin Su still doesn't know much about Zhuang Feng, and he can't see more, but listening to Meng Yuanhua say this, Zhuang Feng thinks a little more;
"Qin Xiang is generous;" Zhuang Feng thought for a while and sighed there;
"Indeed;" Tang Guiyi also responded;
Meng Yuanhua also nodded;
"Hua'er, what do you think of this?" Zhuang Feng thought for a while and asked there;
"I can't see much about this one thing, it depends on who is unlucky next;" Meng Yuanhua said thoughtfully;
Zhuang Feng nodded and didn't say anything more;
Now that the new cabinet has been confirmed, the transfer of power has also been carried out, but the new cabinet with Qin Su as prime minister has not done more, and there is no more to be seen;
After ending the chat, Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua went to the office of the metropolis and continued the affairs of Qiaozhou, and Zhuang Feng became an idler;
Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua are busy with the affairs of Qizhou, and the other corresponding personnel are also busy.
Zhuang Feng is idle, and the power dispute in Jindu has also entered a new stage;
Taking Liang Kui as the starting point, a large number of relevant officials were implicated, from the ministers of Jindu to the states and provinces, and even the relevant officials when Liang Kui became the governor of Shaozhou ten years ago were involved, and they turned over old accounts there; not only officials, but also some businessmen and figures in the rivers and lakes were involved;
It's about Shaozhou, this Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua talked a little more with it;
Regarding the information of Jindu, with Zhuang Feng's strength, there is no way to find out in advance, and the matter of this Liang Kui can only be known from the news;
The water in Jindu is so deep that even the forestry industry in Jindu died unexplained;
But in other words, this is really normal, if the people who control the highest power in Jinguo can't even handle their own capital, and let others spy on the information, then there is no need to maintain this peaceful and prosperous world;
Although it is impossible to know the movements of the cabinet, Zhuang Feng and they can see through the real intentions behind it from these seemingly ordinary news;
"Let's talk about it, how do we deal with the affairs of Shaozhou;" Zhuang Feng said in a rare and serious manner;
"Ye'er, everything from ten years ago has been involved, and this Qin Xiang's methods are too ruthless, it's to kill them all;" Tang Guiyi was looking at the latest news on the news, and he was a little unhappy there;
"Looking at Qin Suting's Confucian demeanor, I didn't expect to be a ruthless character;" Meng Yuanhua also said;
"Seventh brother, let's say it, you have stayed in Shaozhou for the longest time;" Zhuang Feng did not follow where to evaluate Qin Su, but talked about the current situation;
"Liang Kui didn't stay in Shaozhou for a long time, but this Liang Kui is indeed a character who is not taboo, and it was also because of him that he arranged to gather a lot of officials in Shaozhou;" Tang Guiyi said;
Zhuang Feng and Meng Yuanhua did not answer, waiting for Tang Guiyi to continue;
"Judging from the current situation, the people who had direct contact with Liang Kui back then must be handed over;" Tang Guiyi was quite unwilling;
However, there is no way to do this, Jindu is still the legitimate ruler of Jinguo, unless Zhuang Feng pulls the flag to separate the southwest, otherwise he has to follow these rules;
"Well, what will be the impact on Shaozhou after handing over these people?" Zhuang Feng continued to ask;
"The officials don't have much influence, our people are all small officials with real power, such as big officials like Vice Prefecture, but not in Shaozhou;" Tang Guiyi said truthfully;
"The commercial impact is relatively large, and we have a lot of business dealings with the Jin-affiliated enterprises in Shaozhou;" Tang Guiyi continued, thinking for a while, and then said: "Almost all the Jin-affiliated enterprise business will be lost;"
Zhuang Feng listened to Tang Guiyi's words and nodded there: the so-called Jin-affiliated enterprises are the state-owned enterprises of Jinguo, including the enterprises directly operated by the Jinguo government, the subordinate enterprises directly affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce, and the enterprises controlled by the government;
According to what Tang Guiyi said, this is a big loss if it cuts off the business of Jin's enterprise;
"Such a big loss, Qin Xiang is not going to let people live;" Meng Yuanhua also knew how huge such a loss was, and said a little unhappily there;
"It's been like this since ancient times, the people above play power games, but the unlucky ones are the people below;" Zhuang Feng said with emotion;
Tang Guiyi looked at Zhuang Feng's emotional appearance, and reluctantly smiled there, and said at the same time: "Fortunately, there is no loss on the rivers and lakes, Liang Kui didn't like the people on the road back then, and there was no more contact;
"Don't be so discouraged, Shaozhou's losses will be recovered;" Zhuang Feng said with a smile;
Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and seemed to have other meanings, so they looked at Zhuang Feng and signaled to continue;
"Shaozhou's biggest loss is not actually business, but officialdom; business is just a matter of money, and there are always losses and gains in business, just this year's business is a loss; but it can't be a clean loss, and if it loses in business, it has to be recovered in officialdom;" Zhuang Feng said quite confidently;
Zhuang Feng looked at Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua and looked at him without speaking, lit a cigarette with the habit of smiling there, and continued: "Let the people below take advantage of this opportunity to take the position;"
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Tang Guiyi finally understood Zhuang Feng's intentions;
With the fall of Liang Kui and the involvement of Shaozhou, the officialdom of Shaozhou must be a purge;
This kind of officialdom purge has losses for Zhuang Feng and them, but at the same time, it also has benefits;
The loss is unavoidable, and some officials in Shaozhou will definitely have to hand it over; at the same time, the official purge in Shaozhou will also vacate many positions, and these positions have not been sat by Zhuang's people before, and now this opportunity has come;
Originally, the power of Shaozhou's officialdom was insufficient, and if there was an opportunity, it would naturally have to be used in a big way; as for how to use it, wasn't it a matter of money? Shaozhou's business was losing money, but there was still money to buy some official positions;
"Shaozhou, it's finally back again;" Tang Guiyi thought about this, and said jokingly there;
"Actually, Qin Xiang is also quite good, and he also sent Shaozhou to us as a New Year's gift;" Meng Yuanhua also jokingly said with Tang Guiyi's words;
After Meng Yuanhua finished speaking, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi looked at Meng Yuanhua with a rather surprised expression;
In the impression of Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi, Meng Yuanhua seems to be a little lacking in this level of dispute, but listening to the joke just now, he seems to fully understand the meaning of what Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi just said;
Meng Yuanhua looked at Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi's surprised expressions, and also knew what Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi were thinking, so he made a smug smile with him, and said at the same time: "Look at people, don't you know, can't I know what you understand?"
"Don't dare, don't dare;" With Meng Yuanhua's words, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi should be reconciled there;
"I know what you think, I didn't understand it before, but this year, I followed Brother Qi all day long, and listened to him nag about some things, but in fact, I understood that it was just like that, what could I not understand;" Meng Yuanhua said disapprovingly;
Listening to Meng Yuanhua's words, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi were both abrupt;
The so-called one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black; there are people like Zhuang Feng by his side, and the influence of that year's time, in terms of Meng Yuanhua's intelligence, is naturally familiar with those messy things;
"Yes, progress is quite fast;" Zhuang Feng understood, and laughed there;
"That is, this seat is naturally beautiful, and it is difficult to give up on yourself;" Meng Yuanhua was quite proud of it;
"That's it, this matter will be handled by you and Brother Qi, no problem, right?" Zhuang Feng followed Meng Yuanhua's words and said there;
"No problem;" Meng Yuanhua replied proudly;
Zhuang Feng looked at Meng Yuanhua and laughed with him, laughing quite happily;
Zhuang Feng's words are not a joke, although Meng Yuanhua can now understand these disputes, but he has not yet experienced the operation himself; now Zhuang Feng asked Meng Yuanhua to operate it himself, and then there is Tang Guiyi's main control, which is also an excellent opportunity for Meng Yuanhua to exercise;
Tang Guiyi also understood Zhuang Feng's intentions, and didn't say anything;
Regarding Shaozhou's response, he made a decision in Meng Yuanhua's joke, as for the specific operation, Zhuang Feng is too lazy to pay attention to it;
However, as the boss, Zhuang Feng is not completely unconcerned, and there are still some contributions, for example, Zhuang Feng once again took out a piece of information about Shaozhou to Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua;
With the information from Qizhou before, Zhuang Feng's information in Shaozhou did not shock Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua, but he secretly speculated that Zhuang Feng still had those materials in his hands that he did not take out;
Time passed, and Shaozhou was involved in Liang Kui'an, which caused an earthquake in Shaozhou officialdom, and a large number of officials were arrested and imprisoned;
Dealing with corruption and bribery is naturally the most effective means to win the hearts and minds of the people, and the people of Shaozhou are naturally very happy, but this time's officialdom is somewhat different from the past;
If it were placed in previous bribery cases, most officials would consider themselves unlucky and temporarily go to prison for a few days;
Yes, it's just a temporary stay in prison, and it's a holiday;
It has become a common practice in Jinguo over the years, and the officials who have fallen in the purge, except for the chief evil, will be temporarily imprisoned, and then in a few months or a year and a half, or a few years at the latest, these officials who should have been sentenced to heavy sentences will appear in other places in a grand manner and continue to serve as officials;
Such a phenomenon has become the norm in today's Jinguo, perhaps this is one of the so-called scenes of the end of the dynasty, although it seems that Jinguo is still peaceful and prosperous;
Shaozhou's purge was not much different from usual, led by Liang Kui, plus several other Shaozhou officials were sentenced to heavy punishments, and the officials involved in the case were also sentenced to heavy punishments, and then went to prison to stay;
According to the rules, the affairs of Shaozhou are over, and those who are implicated will stay in prison as if they were on vacation, with no one to plead or shout, everything is as usual;
Originally, the matter ended like this, but now there is an accident; it is not that those people are unwilling to take a vacation in prison and make trouble there, but that some inconspicuous officials have reported to the procuratorate, so that the officials who were not involved in the original are involved, resulting in the situation that the officials in Shaozhou are going to be six or seven out of ten, and all the yamen in Shaozhou are almost empty;
When such an unexpected situation happens, Jindu also knows what is going on; it's not that the little official doesn't understand the rules of officialdom, and he is not afraid of retaliation after being re-official; there is someone behind this matter, and who this person is, Najin knows it from top to bottom, who let Zhuang Feng come back in such a high-profile manner;
Although he knew that Zhuang Feng was behind it, Jindu had no choice, because those reports were public, and the procuratorate would not be able to explain them to the public if they did not deal with them;
If Zhuang Feng did this, it would be forgotten, although it made Jindu embarrassed and made Shaozhou basically lose its administrative power, but he also got the list of Zhuang Feng's officials in Shaozhou;
If you think like this, it is wrong, under Tang Guiyi's operation, or Meng Yuanhua's idea, you can't just let your own people do this, there are not too many people in Shaozhou, even if you do this, there are not many people who can get to the top;
So Meng Yuanhua came up with an idea and sent people to take the money to mobilize the officials there who were usually unsuccessful in Shaozhou;
Meng Yuanhua's idea has a high success rate, one is that there are really a lot of officials in Shaozhou, and there are a large amount of settling-in expenses for his family's rich life regardless of whether they succeed or not, and if they succeed, they will naturally be promoted;
Under such a temptation to only make money and not lose money, the entire Shaozhou was in chaos, and endless inspections and reports appeared there;
For this reason, Hu Jia also made a special trip to contact Zhuang Feng, hoping that Zhuang Feng would not pretend to be crazy; if Zhuang Feng was allowed to fool around there, the entire administrative system of Shaozhou would be paralyzed;
As a condition for Zhuang Feng not to continue to pretend to be crazy there and stop, Zhuang Feng's condition is that Shaozhou must have those local officials who have reported to supplement Shaozhou's officialdom;
For this condition, Hu Jia chose to agree, or Hu Jia had to agree;
One is that Zhuang Feng continues to mess around with there, and it is really possible to paralyze the administrative system of Shaozhou, and once the administrative system is paralyzed, the consequences are unimaginable;
Of course, there is also a way to stop Zhuang Feng's behavior, that is, to send troops to directly clean up Zhuang Feng; but now that Hu Jia and Qin Su are standing together, they want to maintain this peaceful and prosperous world, so naturally they can't use the army as a big killing weapon, and they have to make an agreement with Zhuang Feng;
Moreover, the purge in this young state is too great and almost paralyzed, and it is impossible for officials from other places to deal with the aftermath, so they have to rely on these local officials;
With this, Hu Jia and Zhuang Feng reached an agreement, and Shaozhou gradually calmed down in the deployment of a group of officials;
Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua also returned to Jiangzhou when Shaozhou began to calm down;
"Hua'er, I can't see it, you're quite capable;" Zhuang Feng looked at Meng Yuanhua who had returned to Nanyuan, and chatted with him;
"Where is it, this is all the credit of the Seventh Master;" Meng Yuanhua said and smiled, but there was something strange in his smile;
"Your idea, your operation, how is it my credit;" Tang Guiyi said with some unhappiness;
Zhuang Feng looked at Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua talking there, and also said: "I know what you think, the disputes have always been like this;"
Zhuang Feng is right, Meng Yuanhua is the first time to experience such a battle, and he is still a little uncomfortable with those who are still clean and honest in the morning, and by noon they have become the scene of evil officials who everyone can kill;
"No, I, I don't know how to say it;" Meng Yuanhua looked at Zhuang Feng, wanting to explain something;
"I know, you saw that the families of those officials were also affected, and you think they are innocent, right?" Zhuang Feng followed Meng Yuanhua's words;
Meng Yuanhua looked at Zhuang Feng, nodded with that, and lit a cigarette with a sigh there;
Zhuang Feng smiled and did not speak;
Tang Guiyi knew Zhuang Feng's character, and he didn't like to say some things too directly, especially Meng Yuanhua was still a little uneasy there;
"It seems that they are innocent, but have you ever thought that they also have a share of the hard-earned money of the people looted back by those officials;" Tang Guiyi interjected to the side;
With Tang Guiyi's words, Meng Yuanhua became even more silent;
After continuing Shaozhou, Jindu cleaned up Duzhou;
From the governor to the county and township, a large number of officials were arrested, and the charges were naturally bribery-related, and the intensity was not much different from that of Shaozhou; since ancient times, cleaning up officials on charges related to corruption and bribery was the most popular behavior;
Qin Su's behavior also seemed to be winning over the people's hearts, but Zhuang Feng didn't think so;
The geographical location of Duzhou is located in the western part of the northern plain of Jinguo, bounded by the Shihe River, connecting to the northwest to the west of the Shihe River, and to the east and south is the northern plain of Jinguo, which is also the elite of Jinguo.
Duzhou is simply the barrier of Jinguo to the northwest, bounded by the natural basin of the Shihe River, defending against danger from the northwest;
Such a place is extremely important to Jinguo or Jindu;
Then Qin Su formed a new cabinet to clean up Duzhou, it seems that it is not to win the hearts of the people;
Because this state belongs to the heart of the Jinguo, it is also where the elite of the Jinguo is located, or the five states of the heartland of the entire northern plain, which is the basis of the rule of the Jinguo today;
In such a place, there is no local power like the Zhuang family, and the five northern states are directly controlled by Jindu, and no power is allowed to interfere;
Without the intervention of local forces, even if it is to purge the officials in Duzhou, it will not be able to use such strength;
Judging from the current situation, the clean-up force of Duzhou is comparable to that of Shaozhou, and Shaozhou's purge is so that even the administrative system is almost paralyzed, that is because of Zhuang Fengshen and in it; but there are no local forces involved in this Duzhou, so it is a bit unusual to purge even the administrative system to the point of paralysis;
At the beginning of the matter in Duzhou, Zhuang Feng also paid attention to it there, thought a lot, but did not have much clue;
I didn't expect more Zhuang Feng to chat with Tang Guiyi about Duzhou;
"Seventh brother, you see that this state is very lively;" Still in the Nanyuan Flower Hall, Zhuang Feng said with a cigarette in his habit;
"It's lively enough;" Tang Guiyi said without being salty or light;
"Whose family is Duzhou?" Meng Yuanhua asked;
"Duzhou doesn't belong to anyone;" Zhuang Feng replied;
Meng Yuanhua looked at Zhuang Feng and looked quite curious;
"That's the Jinbei Plain, which is directly controlled by Jindu, and can't accommodate local forces;" Zhuang Feng explained;
Meng Yuanhua listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and looked a little bored there;
I thought that Jindu had something to watch for the cleaning of Duzhou, but it turned out that this was really purging the officials of Duzhou, which didn't mean much to Meng Yuanhua;
"There is no family, it seems that Qin Xiang is really purging the officials and giving the people a peaceful and prosperous era?" Tang Guiyi is still not salty or light;
"Is there still a place in Jinguo to rule Qingming, why is Duzhou preferred?" Zhuang Feng said;
"Isn't that the barrier of Jinbei? If you want to rule this peaceful world, you must at least protect yourself;" Tang Guiyi didn't think there was anything wrong with the first knife in Duzhou;
Zhuang Feng glanced at Tang Guiyi, couldn't he Zhuang Feng think of this? Zhuang Feng still didn't think of the real reason behind Jindu's ruthless treatment of Duzhou; however, Zhuang Feng believed that Qin Su, the newly baked prime minister, would not really start to govern this peaceful and prosperous era just after Liang Kui;
Now that Qin Su will take over the power, the disputes in the capital city have not yet had an obvious result, which will attack the local state and province, which is not what the supreme power of the Jinguo should do;