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Chapter 436 The Case of Corruption Nest in Official Factory

Tao Zhigui realized it later and hurriedly ran to climb over the courtyard wall.

Although he was slender, he was not as agile as Liu Minxi. In his anxiety, he couldn't help but pull Liu Minxi's leg. As a result, they fell together and fell into a gourd on the ground.

Seeing that Liu Minxi was about to "succeed in escape", she was so angry that she cursed.

"You idiot, why are you dragging me? I can't pull you up if I go up? Can you get up if you drag me down?"

While talking, Liu Minxi couldn't help but punch and kick Tao Zhigui.

Although Liu Minxi is fat now, it is because of her age. When he was young, he was actually a helpless gangster on Wuyang Street. Later, he changed his gender, read some books, and got out.

Tao Zhigui was not helpless, so he started to struggle with him.

When the guards came in, they saw that the two men were gray-headed, bruised and swollen, and they no longer looked like officials.

Just like that, both of them were caught by the Guards.

After being arrested, Liu Minxi rolled her eyes and suddenly shouted: "The humble minister is wronged, Your Majesty!"

Only when he heard the shouts of the Guards did he realize that they were arresting corrupt officials.

The sentry officer of the Huben Guard next to him sneered after hearing this, "Unjustly accused? Why are you running away if you are unfairly accused?"

Liu Minxi argued: "I mistakenly thought it was a mutiny."

Although she was not beaten, Liu Minxi still suffered a lot. On the contrary, Tao Zhigui, who was more honest because of fear after being arrested, did not suffer much, but he definitely felt uncomfortable.

As for the Wuyang Inspectorate, there are naturally problems. Otherwise, as Wuyang is a military industrial center, as long as the Inspectorate reports problems to the superiors, it will definitely be taken seriously, and corrupt officials such as Tao Zhigui and Liu Minxi will not be allowed to go free for more than half a year.

When he was first transferred to Wuyang County Magistrate last year, he also wanted to do something good, but he failed to withstand the corruption of Liu Minxi and other officials and some businessmen, and fell into it unknowingly.

"Dog Officer, wait until the charges are proven and you will be executed!"

Speaking of which, although Tao Zhigui, Liu Minxi and others were corrupt and wielded power, the time was still short after all, and the people did not feel it clearly - at least compared with the previous Ming Dynasty, Wuyang, under the governance of corrupt officials such as Tao Zhigui, still seemed very "Qingming".

Unexpectedly, the guards went out everywhere at night to arrest people, which made many people panic and thought there was a military rebellion.

Thinking about it now, if he had resisted the temptation and instead taken down Liu Minxi and several corrupt officials, and then managed Wuyang better, he might not have had the chance to fall into the eyes of the Holy Spirit and rise to great heights from then on.

The sentry officer and the surrounding guards were furious when they heard this, and almost couldn't help but punch and kick them.

Now that Damei is about to dominate the world, the country is booming, and some good policies have been introduced to benefit the people. Therefore, in places like Wuyang that have long been under Damei's rule, they are still quite popular among the people.

"···"

What a misstep that will lead to eternal regret.

But he still didn't quite understand, how could Liu Sheng know that there was something wrong with him as soon as he came?

Could it be...that Liu Sheng was a descendant of an immortal and possessed supernatural powers and magic, just like in the rumors?

Thinking of this, Tao Zhigui completely lost hope and felt extremely regretful.

"He is indeed a bad official!"

By now, he has determined that the things he did must have happened.

"Dare you accuse our Guards of mutiny? I think you are tired of living!"

However, the people's hatred of corrupt officials cannot be changed, not to mention that Tao Zhigui and others do not have a good reputation in Wuyang.

Liu Sheng's arrival originally made the people of Wuyang quite happy.

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That night, dozens of people, ranging from Tao Zhigui, the magistrate of Wuyang County, to minor officials who were not even officials, were arrested by the Guards and sent to the Xiuyi Guards for interrogation.

As for those serious businessmen who had suffered losses at the hands of corrupt officials, they naturally applauded.

The next morning.

When people in and outside Wuyang County met each other, they couldn't help but discuss this matter——

"Have you heard? Last night, the Guards arrested corrupt officials all over the city. Even the magistrate of Tao County was arrested!"

"Is Tao Zhixian also a corrupt official?" "You haven't dealt with Tao Zhixian, how do you know he is not a corrupt official?"

"I've never dealt with him, but he once visited our area for inspection. He doesn't have much official airs and seems quite friendly, right?"

"Bah! This person is a hypocrite. I have a cousin who is in the iron business. The pig iron in the officialdom is of good quality and cheap. Once it is sold to the private sector, the iron merchants are all vying for it.

However, the iron materials from official factories must be given priority to other official factories, such as our Wuyang Arsenal, and the remaining iron can be sold to the private sector.

The quantity of goods was limited, and everyone was vying to buy it. The official factory divided the iron materials into batches for everyone to bid - that is, they secretly quoted prices, and the one with the highest price would sell to whomever.

As a result, several times, my cousin's rivals won the iron materials at a price that was only one penny per catty higher than his.

Think about it, if there were no ghosts in the official factory, how could things be so coincidental? Who is in charge of our Wuyang official factory? Isn’t it the Commerce Bureau and Tao Zhi County? "

"···"

Following the discussion, Tao Zhigui, Liu Minxi and other officials' originally hidden corruption and power-seeking behaviors were exposed by many people who knew about it, and some of them were even victims.

This undoubtedly made it easier for Xiuyiwei to investigate the criminal evidence of Tao Zhigui, Liu Minxi and others.

What the people in the county don't know is that compared to the actions of the Guards in the city last night, the actions of the Guards in the official factories in the south were larger in scale and faster, it could be said to be as fast as thunder.

Tao, Liu and other officials were corrupt and wielded power, in the final analysis, for the purpose of making money. In this case, they naturally had to surround Wuyang's large and small official factories.

Because in Wuyang today, nothing is more profitable than official factories.

There is no shortage of iron ore in Wuyang, and the hydraulic problem has been solved after the treatment. As for the problem of craftsmen, it only needs a transfer order from the Da'ei court.

Therefore, after the government-run iron mines, iron plants, steel plants, etc. were established one after another, Wuyang's steel output increased sharply. In addition to supplying military needs, there was still some surplus.

So under the document of the Da'ei imperial court to invigorate the local economy, pig iron began to be sold to the private sector, making it a way for official factories to generate income.

After the matter was implemented, the government-run iron mines and iron factories in Wuyang did generate revenue, but they also gave corrupt officials such as Liu Minxi an opportunity to manipulate them. They used the benefits obtained from them to win over and corrupt other officials, and then brewed this little It’s not a small case of corruption.

Compared with the county town, there were more officials and other personnel involved in corruption cases in the mining area. Nearly a hundred people were arrested by the Guards based on the pictures!

Of course, this is also the reason why Wuyang's government-run iron mines and iron plants are large in scale and have many managers. In fact, the proportion of officials involved in corruption is not that exaggerated.

Because of the corruption case, Liu Sheng stayed in Wuyang for three full days before leaving.

At the same time, the inspectors of the Henan Supervisory Office and the sentencing envoys of the Trial Hall in Da'ei personally led their teams to Wuyang and were ordered to launch a formal investigation, trial, and judgment on the Wuyang corruption case.

In fact, in the past three days, Xiu Yiwei had already investigated all the evidence of the crimes of Tao Zhigui, Liu Minxi and others.

Liu Sheng asked the Supervisory Office and the Judgment Hall to be responsible for the final finishing work, just to follow the procedures.

Even Liu Sheng could roughly estimate how those corrupt officials would be sentenced by the court.

At least three to five officials whose corruption is serious enough to commit murder will be sentenced to beheading or hanging - Liu Minxi, who is the real core of the corruption gang, must be among them.

The remaining criminal officials will also be fined with all or part of their property confiscated, and fined with hard labor for several, ten or even twenty years!

As the founding emperor of Da'ei, Liu Sheng did not want to personally convict these people for the sake of quick success, disrupting Da'ei's judicial procedures and damaging the majesty of the law, but he also ordered severe punishment.

Therefore, these officials and other personnel involved in the corruption case will be sentenced to at least three years of hard labor, which can be said to be worse than those of the Ming army and Shun army who were captured by the Yi army...

The Henan inspectors and punishment envoys could probably guess Liu Sheng's thoughts. Only one day after the imperial commander arrived in Ruyang, they completed the trial of this corruption case and sent the results to Liu Sheng for reading.

Liu Sheng took a look and found that it was indeed similar to what he expected. Liu Minxi was sentenced to beheaded by the Queen of Autumn, and Tao Zhiru was exiled to the Xuan Mansion and sentenced to twenty years of hard labor.

The Wuyang corruption case was settled, but Liu Sheng's brows did not relax.

This corruption case reflects many problems, especially those related to government factories.

This made him wonder whether the official factory system established during the Kueibu period should be reformed.

(End of this chapter)