Chapter 1224: 1225 are all ordinary people
Chapter 12241225 are ordinary people
In order to prevent his official team from quickly becoming corrupted, Tang Mo tried his best. The secret service is only part of it. A series of methods of self-examination, self-investigation, self-correction, and self-cleansing make it much more difficult for officials of the Tang Empire to do than officials from other countries.
Even so, corruption of officials is still inevitable. This is the dark side of human nature, which is more difficult to look at than the sunshine.
Liu San’s investigation this time was just a drunk driving incident. Zhang Shi, who happened to be investigated, had not committed any other crimes, so there seemed to be no problem.
In fact, just a few days ago, something like this happened in Linshui: investigators from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were ordered to investigate a corruption case involving an official.
The official was supposed to be taken away to assist in the investigation, but as soon as several Ministry of Internal Affairs cars stopped in the yard, the official under investigation jumped from the building and fell to his death in front of the investigators' car. .
This matter became a big deal: this kind of matter was reported directly to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty according to regulations. Tang Mo was furious and directly ordered the relevant departments to investigate the matter thoroughly.
As a result, many things could no longer be concealed, and the whole situation became increasingly out of control. The list of people involved in the case came to light, and the total number of people who gave and received bribes turned out to be hundreds.
At the beginning, there was an anti-corruption storm within the Tang Empire. Relevant officials were dismissed one after another, some were sentenced, and some were executed.
All the way up, even an old minister who had followed Tang Mo since the Bunas era was reprimanded by His Majesty the Emperor in person.
Several influential businessmen in Linshui were subsequently arrested. At first, everyone thought it was nothing serious. At most, they could just find a few scapegoats and pay a fine.
But soon everyone discovered that things were not that simple. No matter how many activities these wealthy businessmen tried, they could not save their mainstay from jail.
Then the executive department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to clean up these wealthy families, and the whole family was implicated, and no one was spared.
The Tang Empire's ruthlessness in this regard once again exceeded people's imagination. It was only then that everyone recalled that the Tang Empire had zero tolerance for collusion between officials and businessmen and corruption.
A few businessmen who fled the country had not had time to rejoice in their wisdom for a few days before the iron-blooded revenge of the Tang Empire followed them as they fled.
Within half a month, a businessman who had fled to Sussus was inexplicably beaten to death in the street at the door of his home.
An elf noble who fled back to the country even appealed to Yang Mu I, but he did not escape the disaster: he was poisoned to death in his own home. Yang Mu I was still sending a message to the Tang Empire to plead for mercy, but the message had just been sent out. , the news that the man was poisoned was sent to Yang Mu I, who was so angry that he almost dropped the telegraph machine.
When the last businessman who corrupted the officials of the Tang Empire was found hanging from the beam of his home, the whole thing came to an end.
Those days were really panic-stricken. Everyone was worried that they would be retaliated by the field personnel of the Tang Empire's intelligence department and die inexplicably in an inexplicable place.
After Liu San sent the report about Zhang Shi back to the archives of his superior department, he returned to his office. He is busy every day as an investigator and is unpopular most of the time.
However, those who are familiar with them know very well that they are a group of people who are not interested in people. Their job is to ensure that officials do not abuse their power, oppress the people, and cause civilians to suffer.
The officials were so nervous when they saw them, and the common people felt so relieved when they saw them. Watching the country getting better day by day, Liu San feels that his work is meaningful. Because the time is so short, the names of their generation are very contemporary. The people who named them at that time were not very educated, so their names were very weird.
Many people are named after numbers, and some were changed by their teachers in school because their names wanted to sound nicer to them.
Some people stubbornly believed that names were given by parents and elders and should not be changed at will. In the end, they were retained and are still used today.
Hence, among the middle-level officials of the Tang Empire, middle-aged people basically had unpleasant names. Young people's names are slightly better, and most of them are changed in school.
For example, Liu San's partner Zhao Hai sounds pretty good at first glance...but Zhao Hai was born and raised in Sishui, and went to college in Tongcheng. Where has he ever seen the sea? Therefore, the word "Hai" in his name is probably found by the teacher in school.
“What’s for dinner?” Liu San tugged at his collar and asked Zhao Hai, the follower who was sorting out documents and filing for today’s work. He had never seen the sea.
"In the evening? Boss, I have something to do tonight." The young man scratched his hair shyly, his face full of stories.
"Hey! There is an enemy situation." Liu San was busy with Zhang Shi's investigation and was in a good mood. He smiled and looked at his little follower: "Tell me, are you going to visit Chang'an or Sijixiang?"
These two restaurants are relatively good places in Sishui City, and a meal is not cheap. Under normal circumstances, people are not willing to go there.
But if you are taking a girl to solidify your relationship, that is another matter. Anyway, they, the public officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can enjoy the welfare housing provided by the Tang Dynasty Empire. It is not an unacceptable thing to spend half a month's salary on a splurge.
"Look at what you said, if I go to visit Chang'an, you won't be able to investigate me?" Zhao Hai giggled, and he couldn't hide the happiness.
“That girl from last time?” Liu San’s Bagua fire was burning brightly.
“Well, she finally agreed to go out with me for a walk, so I won’t eat with you tonight.” Zhao Hai felt embarrassed and gave the thirty-eight-year-old single Liu Sanyi a knife.
It hurts, it hurts so much! Liu San deliberately pretended to be distressed and touched Zhao Hai with his hand: "I didn't expect that you, a thick-browed and big-eyed person, would also betray me! Alas..."
Liu Hai didn't answer this sentence. Almost everyone in the department knew that Liu San actually had a sweetheart. A nurse at Sishui Hospital.
She died unexpectedly when she was transferred to Fengjiang to study battlefield medical treatment two years ago. Liu San and she were originally planning to get married that year. Since then, Liu San has not been looking for a partner and is now single.
Although he never mentioned the matter again, he often pretended to be indifferent. But everyone knows that he hasn't given up yet.
There was silence in the office for a long time...and then, there was an imperceptible sound of Liu San inhaling.
(End of this chapter)