People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 616 Blade

After watching Hu Tao leave with the documents, Xu Chen leaned back in his chair and relaxed. Today's conversation was not easy at all. In addition to discussing some technical issues, they also discussed many major engineering construction matters.

The Ministry of Industry is a technical department. Generally speaking, it has a relatively low presence in the central departments. However, Xuanxia is now in the period of large-scale civil construction, and the importance of the Ministry of Industry has also risen. Not to mention that the Ministry of Industry is also responsible for major scientific research projects. Therefore, Xu Chen also attaches great importance to the work of the Ministry of Industry.

If you keep asking about it frequently, you will have a very clear understanding of the current engineering construction and scientific and technological research and development situation. However, even if you pay so much attention, it does not mean that there will be no problems.

When the plate gets bigger, it's harder to manage the people. No system can be transparent from top to bottom and completely eliminate darkness. The same is true for Xuan Xia now.

On Xu Chen's desk are cases involving various institutional and quality issues in major projects across the country over the years. Xu Chen can imagine how many cases of collusion and corruption are involved without even looking carefully.

But Xu Chen had to admit that this was actually a kind of progress. At least these things were not allowed in Xuan Xia.

When it comes to the Han Dynasty's aristocratic families, these problems do not exist at all, because these behaviors are part of the political ecology of the Han Dynasty. The powerful and aristocratic families support and exchange interests and careers with each other, and no one would accuse them of doing anything wrong. After all, even the emperor has begun to openly sell official positions and titles, so what is this kind of thing?

From this perspective, we have to say that Xuan Xia has made great "progress" now. This is not meant to be ironic, but a fact.

It would be a truly terrible thing if there were no corrupt officials in a country. It could only mean that the act of "corruption" itself is allowed, or that the regulatory function has completely failed and is completely unable to effectively correct errors.

Therefore, Xu Chen understood very well that "greed" was not the biggest problem. It was something that could not be stopped. When there were no more cases of corrupt officials coming to him and people began to say that the world was clear and bright, that would be the really dangerous time.

Seeing the pile of case files on the table, Xu Chen's eyes were filled with calmness. It was not a bad thing to see such cases being sent to him continuously.

"You have done a very good job. I am very satisfied."

In the quiet room, Xu Chen didn't know who he was talking to, but then a figure walked out from the cubicle next to him. It was a face that was very familiar to Xu Chen.

Tian Shitou walked to the front with a serious and stern expression, and his words were a bit stiff.

"As a subordinate of this position, I will definitely not let down the Divine Religion and the people. Nothing can make me more excited than pulling these parasites and scum out of the team. Although these achievements are not small, I know that this is far from enough. There will be more of these guys after they are killed. Greed never sleeps, and I will always stay awake!"

Hearing his cold words, Xu Chen couldn't help but look at him, then smiled and shook his head.

Of course he knew that Tian Shitou was not pretending to be profound, but this was a temperament that had been slowly formed over a long period of time on this special front. However, this was something Xu Chen was happy to see, as this position required a will as sharp and cold as a knife.

"How are your investigations into the many engineering corruption cases in the Ministry of Industry going?" Xu Chen asked calmly, tapping the files on the table with his fingers.

Tian Shitou said in a deep voice: "My subordinates have been secretly investigating these cases. So far, there is no evidence that it is related to Minister Hu. It can be basically confirmed that it is only a problem of the relevant officials themselves. It is not connected to Minister Hu, and it has not even reached the central level." Hearing this, Xu Chen nodded calmly, and his eyes inexplicably relaxed a little.

With such confirmation, it means that the central government of the Ministry of Works is still clean. Many cases are caused by problems in the grassroots government offices. In this case, they are just minor problems, which shows that the central government of Xuanxia is still relatively clear.

Of course, Xu Chen also understood that this was only temporary. As time went on, a huge network of interests connecting the central government to the local levels would sooner or later emerge within the system. But at least while he was still alive, it would not come to this. The current investigation results were enough to make people feel relieved. As for what would happen in the future, that would be the struggle that future generations would have to go through.

Tian Shitou said it well, greed never sleeps, so we must always stay awake on the right path.

"The splitting and reorganization of the court institutions has almost been completed. Now that the world is stable, I don't need any captains of personal guards around me. You can go to the front-line government offices to make use of your talents. The court has set up the Censorate to directly communicate with the local authorities to supervise the officials of the country. I intend to send you to the position of Censor. Are you qualified for the position?"

While Xu Chen was slowly organizing the documents on the desk, he casually chatted with Tian Shitou.

Tian Shitou did not look surprised when he heard this. Instead, he was very calm because this was something that was expected. Although there were a lot of reorganizations in the court institutions, everyone knew who would hold important positions.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. I know my responsibilities. The court needs me to make this knife, so I will definitely keep it sharp at all times!" Tian Shitou took a deep breath and responded solemnly.

Xu Chen nodded and said, "I trust you, but this job is not like the secret front during the war. You can't do anything reckless with your internal work. You have to grasp the scale."

Before Xuan Xia conquered the world, one of Tian Shitou's important tasks was to control the secret intelligence front, and he also made great contributions to Xuan Xia's conquest.

However, many of the working methods of this secret front can be used against the enemy, but cannot be used within Xuanxia.

During war, in order to obtain intelligence to support their own war, intelligence personnel can use deception, inducement, corruption, assassination and other shady means to achieve their goals. There is nothing wrong with this, but such means can only be used against external parties. If they are used internally, it will be a mess.

Internal regulatory review requires a more formal approach. This is not a secret battle, but a fight under the sun.

This is precisely the difficulty of this job, which will test the professional capabilities of Tian Shitou and local censors even more. Whether they can still do a good job after coming from the secret front to the front battlefield is worthy of Xu Chen's subsequent review.

Tian Shitou had anticipated this, and he certainly knew that this job was no longer the same as before, but he did not retreat or have any self-doubt.

"With my subordinates in charge of the Censorate, any evil will be brought to justice!"

(End of this chapter)