Years of the Republic of China 1913

Cen Chunxuan is 60 this year. He and Yuan Shikai are of the same generation. Whether it was the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, Cen Chunxuan is a famous figure.

After the founding of the Republic of China, under Fang Zida's suggestion, Yuan Shikai sent Cen Chunxuan to the south of the Yangtze River, first to monitor the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and second, to use his reputation to appease the people and deter the revolutionaries.Although he only held a false title at the time and didn't have much real power in his hands, Cen Chunxuan still did a great job, especially when Fang Zida first implemented policies to support industry and commerce in Jiangnan and other places. Cleared many obstacles for Fang Zida.

After Song Jiaoren's cabinet was replaced by Fang Zida's cabinet, Fang Zida quickly reciprocated by appointing Cen Chunxuan as the Minister of State Supervision, and raised the State Supervision Department to the same level as other cabinet ministries, directly responsible to the State Council.Therefore, although Cen Chunxuan is not yet a member of the cabinet, his current status is no different from that of the chief ministers of the cabinet. To a certain extent, he even has greater power.

The Ministry of National Supervision, this is Fang Zida's important step in order to prevent corruption, implement constitutionalism, and improve laws to follow and violations to be punished from top to bottom.The influence of China's feudal society for thousands of years and the complexity of its social grassroots structure have destined China's internal affairs or officialdom to be far more troublesome than Western countries. This can be seen from the simplest term, that is, "guanxi" .

Relationships, this thing has already penetrated into the bones of the Chinese people. Whether it is between the officialdom, the army, the business community or even ordinary people, this so-called relationship is everywhere. These intricate relationships lead to the fact that after a dynasty change in China, the new government maintains its vitality for decades and achieves rapid development because it destroys the previous social order and relationship ties during the dynasty change.However, as time goes by, new networks of relationships will gradually be established, and they will face similar problems as the previous dynasty, and the situation will become more serious as time goes on, eventually leading to corruption in the officialdom, lawlessness, etc. Problems erupt, if coupled with external pressure or drastic changes in internal factors.There will be wars, and then the new dynasty will replace the old dynasty.

This is a vicious circle formed by Chinese feudal society for thousands of years. No matter how brilliant the dynasty was when it was emerging, it could not escape the fate of final collapse.

Fang Zida clearly knew that if the Republic of China did not solve this problem, social conflicts would intensify within a few years, and this dire consequence was even more serious than the land problem.For this reason, Fang Zida's first important measure after becoming the Prime Minister was to establish a State Supervision Department, so as to prevent these problems from happening in the future through the operation of the ICAC.He placed high hopes on Cen Chunxuan, who has the title of official butcher, and became the first Minister of State Supervision.

After Cen Chunxuan took office, he made drastic moves and did a few practical things, which made Fang Zida feel complacent about his decision.But today, Cen Chunxuan, who rarely came to the State Council, suddenly found Fang Zida. Seeing his angry face, Fang Zida got up quickly and invited the old gentleman in.

"Mr. Yunjie, are you...?"

"A bunch of scum! Moths! I'm so mad!" Cen Chunxuan was so angry that he didn't even sit down.He patted Fang Zida's desk and began to curse.

Fang Zida thought to himself that the old man must have hit a wall somewhere, and he had nowhere to go to ask for help.With a wry smile, he walked aside and made a cup of tea for him himself.Then greeted him to sit down and talk first.

"What made Yunjie so angry?"

"Angry? This old man has murderous intentions, hum! Look at this first!" Cen Chunxuan threw a stack of documents in front of Fang Zida, with a bearded face and staring eyes.

After Fang Zida took it, he read it immediately. After reading a few pages, his brows became into Sichuan characters. As he continued to flip through the pages, his smiling face gradually became abnormally ugly.

Cen Chunxuan brought several files.According to the investigation and verification of the Ministry of Supervision, in various places, especially in rich areas such as Jiangnan, many big businessmen and even some well-known national enterprises are more or less signs of collusion with the officialdom.And this situation has become more and more serious with the rapid development of industry and commerce in the past few months, which is far from being mentioned.Regarding the auction of a batch of German light industrial equipment in advance, according to the understanding of the Supervision Department, although it is fair and reasonable on the surface, there are actually a lot of tricks behind the auction. The dominant merchants did not succeed in the auction, and eventually the equipment fell into the hands of a few newcomers.

In addition, nowadays, officials in various ethnic enterprises and business circles occupy cadre shares or dark shares and so on. The reporter almost exploded Cen Chunxuan's head. When he insisted on the pressure and instructed the staff below to continue the investigation, there was a situation where the supervision department faced many resistances and could not continue.

Helpless, Cen Chunxuan could only run to Fang Zida for help.Although he is the head of the Supervision Department and has a lot of power in his hands, Fang Zida made it clear to Cen Chunxuan when he established the Supervision Department that no matter what case the Supervision Department handles, it must have real evidence and act according to the law. It must not be like Cen Chunxuan back then. When he served as the governor of Sichuan and Guangdong and Guangxi in the previous dynasty, he impeached more than [-] officials in one go, as if he became famous all over the world with his title of official butcher.

Now that the Republic of China is a democratic country, with the implementation of constitutional government, if the Ministry of Supervision wants to perform its duties for a long time and play the role of a clean government, it must act in accordance with the law.Handling a case based on rumors, personal dislikes, etc. is totally unworkable, so when Cen Chunxuan encountered this situation, although he wished to arrest all the suspects in one go, he finally suppressed this idea and took the initiative to find Fang Zida.

Closing the things in his hands, Fang Zida couldn't help but sigh secretly.There is indeed no shortage of smart people in China. It is said that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Often a good scripture is read by a crooked monk.Of course, this crooked-mouthed monk is definitely not referring to Cen Chunxuan, but those officials and others who set up obstacles for him.Since the State Council has made it clear that the Ministry of Supervision is a department that focuses on evidence, if Cen Chunxuan cannot be persuaded, collusion between the top and bottom will prevent the supervision from investigating and verifying. This is equivalent to paralyzing the work of the Supervision Department in disguise. There is no place to make it, so it's strange if you don't get angry.

Fang Zida is aware of Cen Chunxuan's difficulties, and at the same time admires Cen Chunxuan.When Fang Zida appointed him as the Minister of Supervision, Fang Zida was still worried that Cen Chunxuan's temper might cause some trouble, even to the point of asking him to help wipe his ass.Who would have thought that Cen Chunxuan promised Fang Zida that he would never deal with things according to his previous likes and dislikes, but promised to handle all cases with the principle of "fairness, justice, and openness" and the law as the criterion.Now, Cen Chunxuan has indeed done this well, but it also hindered his work.

"How about the internal staff of the Supervision Department? Are they involved?" After a moment of deep embarrassment, Fang Zida asked this question.

"This..." Cen Chunxuan did not expect Fang Zida to be the first to ask about the internal situation of the Supervision Department. After all, he is an old man who has served as governor for several times, so he immediately understood what Fang Zida meant by asking this question.Wei Wei thought about it, and Cen Chunxuan replied: "I can't guarantee absolutely."

"I understand." Fang Zida nodded and said, "Mr. Yun Jie, I, Fang Zida, would like to make a statement here today. I will fully support the work of the Supervision Department, whether it is now or in the future, and this kind of support It will never be weakened, and the supervision system must become a fixed mode of our government's operation forever, so as to completely prevent corruption from happening."

"Okay! With your words, I feel at ease. But Zhang Ming, you have to give this old man the right! This old man has to arrest all these people. As long as he enters the supervision department, this old man won't be afraid that they won't say anything!" Cen Chunxuan was very angry. He said happily, even gearing up like a young man, as if he was going to do a big job.

Seeing his appearance, Fang Zida couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said, "The Supervision Department has the right to routinely inquire, but it has no right to arrest people without convincing evidence. And Mr. Yunjie, if you do this Let alone me, the Ministry of Justice will be the first to impeach you to the cabinet and Congress, and I don’t want Mr. Yunjie to go to Congress to be questioned by members.”

"But how can it be done if you don't do this? You... don't you want the horse to run fast and not eat grass at the same time? Zhang Ming, ah, I am not talking about you. This old man is far more important than you in the officialdom. To be clear, which of these people who say something ugly doesn't have shit on their ass? After entering the prison, I guarantee that they will be checked and found out, only in this way can we succeed!"

"This is absolutely impossible!" Fang Zida raised his hand and retorted firmly: "Mr. Yunjie, what is the purpose of the country's establishment of the Supervision Department? It is to use the law to deter people from happening, so as to prevent such things from happening. If the Supervision Department takes the lead in sabotaging Law, is this still the rule of law? No! This is the rule of man! At that time, what is the difference between our government and the Qing Dynasty? The people all over the world love upright officials. How many people are there? It is definitely not a long-term thing for the rule of man to replace the rule of law, Mr. Yunjie, you hate evil like a vengeful, and you were known as the official butcher, but are there more or fewer corrupt officials in this world?"

Fang Zida's words made Cen Chunxuan dumbfounded for a long time and could not answer. Fang Zida was right. Cen Chunxuan impeached more than 40 officials when he was governor. As it used to be, not only are there no fewer corrupt officials, but there are more and more corrupt officials. This result makes Cen Chunxuan extremely helpless.

Seeing Cen Chunxuan's dejected look, Fang Zida couldn't bear it, and comforted him: "Actually, Mr. Yunjie, if this matter really needs to be resolved, there is still a way. How about I give you an idea?" (To be continued. .)