Chapter 1237: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Twenty-Seven) Involvement

The news of Guo Quan's death caused shock among the senior officials of the capital, but there was not much response among the people, because the minister of the Ministry of Industry was too low-key, so low-key that most people in Jicheng, and even the people of the Han Dynasty, I have never heard of this Minister of Industry. While everyone was enjoying the Han Dynasty's complete transportation and water conservancy project facilities, they only admired the king's sage and ignored Guo Quan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who directly presided over the construction of these projects.

In fact, Guo Quan rarely appeared on the political stage of Jicheng. Since he became the Minister of Industry of the Han Dynasty, he spent almost all his time on the transportation construction of the Han Dynasty.

Compared with Guo Quan's death, what shocked the people of Jicheng even more was the political earthquake.

The first thing that came out was one of the political discussions. Li Can, who was in charge of maritime affairs, resigned and will take up the post of president of the Naval University Hall, which is about to be built. From the Political Hall, the political core of the Han Dynasty, he went directly to the president of the Naval University Hall as if on a pulley. Everyone knows that Li Can must have a big problem, but few people know the details, and the court did not explain this, but only stated that this was a normal personnel transfer. The internal reasons are naturally not enough to explain to outsiders.

The second person affected was Wu Kai, another political advisor in the political hall. The qualifications of this person are not comparable to those of Li Can. When King Gaoyuan of Han was still in Fufeng, Wu Kai even served as the official of the King of Han's parents. The King of Han started his career. Wu Kai's help was indispensable in this process. Wu Kai has always been the most loyal to the King of Han. Supporter and closest teammate. This time Wu Kai served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry in his political capacity. It didn't seem like he was being criticized much, but everyone knew that Zhengshitang was a transcendent existence. He did not hold actual positions in various ministries, but held actual positions in the Ministry of Industry with his political power. In fact, he was dissatisfied with Wu Kai's work.

If these personnel changes were not enough to shock everyone's nerves, the subsequent purge of the Ministry of Works shocked everyone. Wu Kui, the left minister of the Ministry of Works, was raped by the king's personal guards at the Yamen of the Ministry of Works in broad daylight. Arrested and transported to the Procuratorate. Immediately, officials from the Procuratorate went to the Ministry of Industry to seal the accounts and began a large-scale audit. He Cheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Works, was demoted to Yuanwailang. Within a few days, fifteen officials from all over the Ministry of Works were arrested.

The Ministry of Industry has always been a big hole for the Han Dynasty to swallow money. The construction of two major transportation arteries, the laying of water conservancy projects across the country, and transportation construction subsidies in various counties all came from the Ministry of Industry. Among the slogans advocated by King Gaoyuan of Han, if you want to get rich, build roads first, tens of millions of money go out from here every year.

Guo Quan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, has been away for many years, presiding over the construction of the east-west transportation artery. Wu Kai, who is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, is a hands-off shopkeeper who does not take care of things. This gives Wu Kui, the left minister who is actually in charge of the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the opportunity to take over. The Procuratorate entered the Ministry of Industry to audit the accounts and searched Wu Kui's residence, and the results were shocking.

Not only are they manipulating projects directly under the Ministry of Industry, but they are also colluding with local governments. However, those who paid tribute to him and respected him vigorously favored the establishment of project projects. The final result was that the most needed projects were not received, and those that were not urgent were able to receive large amounts of project subsidies.

The case is here. Langya and Yuyang have already been involved. Hejian and other major counties made the procuratorate officials responsible for the investigation tremble in their hands, so they could only report the specific security situation directly to the king.

After reading the details of the case in the Procuratorate, Gao Yuan didn't sleep all night. The next day, he directly summoned Chen Guansong, the president of the Procuratorate, Jing Shou, the president of the court, and several political advisors to the palace.

When it was dark, several senior officials came out of the palace. Chen Guansong immediately announced that the corruption case of the Ministry of Industry was closed, and all the criminals were transferred to the court. Jing Shou of the Supreme Court acted resolutely and opened a trial on the third day. The main culprit was the former Ministry of Industry. Wu Kui, the left minister, was sentenced to death and executed immediately, while all the other accomplices were sent to Liaodong.

A major corruption case that shocked a big man ended at an unexpected speed.

"Fan Dengke and Wu Cian are both veterans, and they have always been the most trustworthy people. They were also involved in this scandal. The dignified county governor actually bribed Wu Kui. It is shocking to think about it. Mr. Jiang, the Han Dynasty was founded by countless people. In the past year, the government has always been very strict on corruption, so why are there still people taking advantage of it?" Gao Yuan sat there a little decadently, looking at Jiang Jiaquan opposite and sighed.

"Your Majesty, money touches people's hearts. Throughout the ages, how many people have been able to keep their hearts calm? However, there are differences between them. Judging from the current investigation, Fan Dengke and Wu Cian are not trying to enrich their own pockets. It's about bribing Wu Kui for the sake of local development. This is quite different. The key is that Wu Kui was too courageous. What he did was caused by Guo Shangshu being away and Wu Kui monopolizing power. " Jiang Jiaquan comforted Gao Yuan and said: "The overall conduct of our Han officials is commendable."

"It's not a question of Guo Quan's presence or absence. Even if Guo Quan is in Jicheng, with Guo Quan's ability, I'm afraid he will be fooled by Wu Kui. The root cause is because of the lack of supervision by the officials of various ministries. In the past, there were The Control Yuan later canceled its control over senior officials due to the opinions of the council members. Now it seems that there is still a problem. "

"Your Majesty, this move must never be undone." Jiang Jiaquan said with a slight change of color.

"I know what you mean." Gao Yuan waved his hand, "Since secret supervision is unpopular, it cannot be restored, but we must put an end to this kind of thing from the system. Mr. Jiang, I am going to establish a new yamen. Let’s call it the Audit Bureau for the time being. Its main function is to audit the accounts of various ministries and government agencies. Such an audit must be done every year. In addition, when officials are transferred and leave their posts, they must pass the test of audit. What do you think of this? What are the measures? The reason why the Ministry of Works has such a big case is because the Ministry of Works’ accounts have not been audited for several years.”

"This idea can be considered, but Your Majesty, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, many new yamen have been added, and the bureaucracy has expanded too fast. This is also a problem!" Jiang Jiaquan said with some worry. "The central government has established an audit bureau, and the lower states and counties must also set up corresponding departments. After all, the number of people supported by the imperial court is increasing!"

"Some departments can be streamlined, such as the local guards, so we abolished them. This resulted in the loss of millions of personnel who had little combat effectiveness but still received salaries. However, some departments must be added, such as the Ministry of Works. In this case, not only money is lost, but also the dignity and credibility of the court." Gao Yuandao.

"According to what the king said, the officials of this audit bureau are very professional. Where do they come from?"

"Let's set up the stall first and temporarily allocate some manpower from Wang Wucheng of the Ministry of Finance and Mei Yipo of the Central Bank. Wang Wucheng is a famous iron rooster. This Wu Kui incident made him very angry. The Ministry of Finance has a large number of The money was stuffed into his own pocket by Wu Kui. If this audit bureau is established, he will definitely applaud it. As for the follow-up, we still need to start cultivating manpower in this field. Jicheng Comprehensive University will open a new subject. Specially train a group of such people, and strive to carry out this work within three to five years. In the near future, let these people work hard first, starting from the review of the central departments of the imperial court, white cats, black cats, general You have to cross the water.”

"Okay, since the king has made up his mind, the Political Affairs Hall will start doing this work in the near future." Jiang Jiaquan nodded.

Gao Yuan nodded, "The big man seems to be prospering now, but the old habits and rules have too much inertia. For a moment, if you want to stop the car and pull it back, it is not something that can be done in a short time. Sometimes I am too impatient, wishing that everything could happen according to my imagination. This incident at the Ministry of Works reminded me that the central department, right under my nose, could actually do something like this. For a big corruption case, the following is afraid that the secret will be even greater. We dare not dig deeper into this case. It is precisely because of this that there are strong enemies outside and hidden dangers inside. Sometimes when I think about it, it really makes me sleepy. Uneasy."

"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much!" Jiang Jiaquan said with a smile: "No matter how strong a person is, there will always be some problems in his body. As long as there are no problems with the main organs, it will not affect the person's survival. The Han Dynasty will be founded." In just a few years, many places have heard the news and surrendered. In order to appease these areas and stabilize people's hearts, the imperial court did not go to war. This is one of them. However, in our core areas, such as Jishi County, Liaoxi County and other places, there are still It's very clean. The food can only be eaten one bite at a time, and the road can only be walked step by step. For now, these are just small details. When the foreign troubles are eliminated and the world is unified, the king will have plenty of time to do these things. In fact, in my opinion , Your Majesty has done much better than any king in history. Unprecedented institutions like the Procuratorate, Courts, and Great Councils have ensured that our Han Dynasty is much more incorruptible than any other dynasty in history. Your Majesty Spring and Autumn are in full bloom, so why worry about not having enough time?”

"Time flies, seize the day. There are too many things to do." Gao Yuan murmured: "This continent is only a little bigger, and the outside world is very big. What I want to create is a In an empire where the sun never sets, wherever the sun rises, there is the flag of our great people.”

Listening to Gao Yuan's words, Jiang Jiaquan smiled bitterly. For him, everything Gao Yuan described was not only novel but also distant.

"Is it the thing that the king made for Kou Shuguang?"

"That's not a toy, that's a..." Gao Yuan paused mid-sentence. Talking about a globe to his husband now is like talking to a cow. "That is a real existence" (To be continued)