At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

There is no doubt that this wave of people must die.

Kuai Liang sent this matter to Luoyang to let Guo Peng know about it, but within ten days, the emperor's order came.

All relevant officials were beheaded, and all family members, including the clansmen and friends involved in the case, ransacked their homes, confiscated all their belongings, and exiled them to the most remote county in Pingzhou to farm and change their household registration.

And the persons involved in the case who are found out later will be dealt with according to this standard.

I don't want to live, the criminals have no value in living with me, kill them all.

Of course, if someone voluntarily confesses his guilt and reports others and finds out, he can avoid death. Depending on the situation, other punishments can also be reduced accordingly.

Such rules have also been extended to the whole country.

Mr. Guo wants to see how much filth has been hidden in the local area over the years, and see what things these people can find out after biting each other that make him feel extremely happy.

This kind of rule was first promoted in Jizhou. Some officials who were terrified to die because of the emperor's order to kill were overjoyed, as if they had grasped the life-saving straw, and immediately said things that they were unwilling to say before. up.

Those who have unusual identities, those who are involved in the central government, and those who are involved in relatively high-ranking officials, all these things were revealed.

In order to keep themselves alive, these guys can do anything.

Anyway, dead friends don't die poor.

When Kuai Liang saw the results of these confessions, he was worried on the surface, but he was already happy in his heart.

The officials of the investigation team were not very good at hiding, and they directly showed joyful expressions on their faces. They looked very excited, and felt that the time for them to make great achievements and earn political achievements was coming.

The misfortune of some officials is always accompanied by the luck and superiority of some officials. This kind of opportunity is rare, and I don’t know when it will come. Therefore, for many officials, this time is a very rare and god-sent opportunity.

The outbreak of the Jizhou corruption case and the Liangzhou corruption case were not far apart.

After the big case in Liangzhou broke out, Yongzhou was soon involved, and some people in Yongzhou were involved.

The situation of officials in Yongzhou will not be much better than that in Liangzhou, but the officials in Yongzhou are really not deeply involved in the case of road construction and food corruption.

Many things were caused by Liangzhou officials themselves after the materials were allocated to Liangzhou.

They transported the goods to Yongzhou to sell the stolen goods. The officials in Yongzhou did not know that the goods were digested locally in Yongzhou, such as Hanzhong and Shangyong.

Some things were even transported to the Gyeonggi area to be digested.

So the investigation team tracked down those unscrupulous traders who helped sell the stolen goods in Yongzhou, arrested them for questioning, beheaded them, ransacked their homes, killed all the men, and sold all the women into slavery.

Some were sold to places like brothels, while others were thrown directly into military camps as the cruelest punishment.

A total of 23 merchants in Yongzhou were ransacked. They all lived in Chang'an City and earned tens of millions of dollars from the ransacking. It can be seen that these unscrupulous traders are not usually honest business people.

After learning that their homes were ransacked, there were many people in Chang'an City laughing and celebrating, which further proved that these vendors were not conscientious vendors.

To this end, the investigation team also investigated the mayor of Chang'an Market.

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The bazaars of the Wei Empire generally had a special area in the city. Small counties generally had only one city, larger cities had two cities, and national large cities had four cities.

There are four cities in Chang'an City, and the commercial trade is very prosperous. Guo Peng is even thinking about the opportunity to cancel the curfew, so as to promote the night market, enrich the people's spare time life, and increase income by the way.

However, in this wave, criminals appeared in the four cities in Chang'an City.

When the investigation team investigated these vendors, it was also found out that the prices set by these vendors for their commodities exceeded the amount stipulated by the law when they were in business.

Asking the surrounding people, there are many complaints among the people in Limin, saying that they have informed the mayor of this matter, but nothing has changed, and the price has even increased.

The mayor, who is responsible for stabilizing prices and prohibiting malicious price increases, did not respond to the report after receiving the report, and did not stop the illegal actions of these merchants in time.

After further investigation, the investigation team found out that the mayors of the four cities in Chang'an had accepted bribes.

As a result, the four mayors were dismissed on the spot and thrown into prison to await the trial of the third division.

According to Guo Peng's current anger, there is a high probability that he will be sentenced to death and his family will be implicated.

Other officials in the market were also investigated together, and the review was carried out based on whether they knew about it and whether they knew about it and whether they did not report it, and almost all the officials in the market were wiped out.

The families of these people will also be implicated.

The county magistrate of Chang'an was held accountable for this and was fined half a year's salary.

The county magistrate of Chang'an was trembling, worried that the fire would burn himself, so he quickly ordered the county government to organize a special working group to comprehensively investigate the merchants in Chang'an City who did not set the price of goods according to the amount stipulated by the law.

After the Yongzhou investigation team arrived, the matter was fully taken over by the investigation team.

The four markets in Chang'an were quickly taken over by the county government officials, and a very comprehensive investigation was carried out. After an investigation, 26 merchants were found to have such measures, implicating more than 70 stores.

Nothing to say, ransacking the house, questioning the crime, and going to jail, all in one package.

Some people are very arrogant and report who their backers are, such as a certain county sheriff, a certain county magistrate, a certain state official, and even a certain central government official.

But the investigation team doesn't care, the investigation team will only feel extremely happy.

Because they have political achievements to reap.

I am not afraid that you have a background, but I am afraid that you do not have a background.

Under this general environment, reporting your background will simply save the officials of the investigation team a lot of trouble, and directly trace the source.

Too high a position?

Too high a social status?

Political relations too complicated?

It doesn't matter, report them all to the Third Division, and the Third Division will naturally sort them out and bring them together in front of the emperor. It's the emperor's decision, not theirs', as to what to do with them.

The rest is the matter of Luoyang Sansi and the emperor himself, which the emperor said before they set off.

Don't be afraid, you don't want to deal with anyone directly. If you encounter those who you find difficult and dare not do it, just tell me and I will deal with them.

The issue of corruption is always a sharp knife in the hands of the emperor. Whenever the emperor wants to do something, he can use corruption as an excuse, whether it is killing officials or giant businessmen, and he can make money without losing money.

Of course, it is best to let the emperor do this kind of thing. If any younger brother can't help it and wants to show off, then think about it, being a cruel official may not have a good end.

Don't be a cruel official, just be a sounding board, then there will be no problem.

The more investigations are made and the more they are dealt with in the end, the greater their contribution and the greater their chances of being promoted.

So the county magistrate, the sheriff, the celebrities around the state governor, the county magistrate's uncle, the county magistrate's servant, etc., were all pulled out and investigated.

Those who found the problem directly uprooted and traced the source, reviewed all the problems clearly, and sent them to Luoyang Third Division together.

Against the background of the limited power of local officials, those state governors and county guards have no administrative power and status, but they are quite powerless when faced with such things.

I can only hope that such things will not implicate them, and I dare not even think about saving people or interceding.

After Chen Gong heard about Mao Jie's situation, he very wisely declared that he was ill.

Anyway, he can be sure that his hands are very clean, and his family members in Luoyang are also quite clean. The clan members are strictly restricted by him on the land, operating the land, not engaging in business, and not allowed to take what's from others.

Under his strict control, he himself has no problems, so he will definitely not lose his status, and at most he will be fined a few months of salary to make a show.

He is very clear that under the current system of the Wei Empire, when encountering corruption among officials, as long as he keeps himself clean, there is a high probability that there will be no problems.

As for the officials around him hiding something from him, as long as there is no problem with the people he summoned by himself, he can even sit back and relax.

The problem lies with the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Punishment, not him.

Only a small part of the power to appoint and remove officials is in his hands, and most of the appointment and removal of officials are decided by the central government officials, and the judicial power and financial power have nothing to do with him.

If this is the case, the governor of the state must be held accountable, and the governor of the state is too wronged.

The reason why Mao Jie was fined was that someone around him didn't pay attention to his hands and even lied to him. He found out immediately, and then gave the results to the investigation team, basically ensuring that he didn't question.

As for those other people, whether they live or die has nothing to do with him.

Chen Gong's luck is relatively good here. The officials summoned by Chen Gong himself did not commit any crimes, so Chen Gong can basically escape unscathed. However, there are some problems with the Yongzhou legal system and financial system, and many criminals have been caught. people.

If this is investigated to the end, I don't know how many people will be killed.

At the end of December, not long before the new year, the corruption case in Liangzhou was the first to announce the way to deal with it.

120 Six officials were killed, and more than 20 people in Liangzhou's judicial system and financial system were beheaded.

Those officials who committed crimes were all killed, no matter how much they were responsible for, they were all beheaded, their family members were arrested and exiled, their property was confiscated, and there was a very special punishment.

After their family members who are still alive are exiled, they can only live on salted rice and rice for a lifetime, and they are not allowed to eat anything else. until.

When Chen Gong heard about it, he sighed and shook his head.

I feel that the bigger the magistrate does, the less interesting it is.

Because of the lack of power and the limited power, a high-ranking official like him has a very limited deterrent effect on local officials. If something happens, it will be difficult for him to control the situation.

Yongzhou Facao speaks louder than he speaks.

But people like Mao Jie, Chen Gong and others joined the Guowei Group relatively early, and generally have deep relationships with senior officials in power in the central government.

Under the system of the Guowei Empire, all officials with connections in the central government fart louder than others in the local area.

That is to say, although the power of these local high-ranking officials is limited, they have a good relationship with those who really hold power and have a backstage, so these local bureaucrats dare not really confront them, lest they be targeted by the forces behind them and threaten the future. official career.

Everyone cooperates with each other, hello, me, hello, everyone.

But if it has nothing to do with the central government, it will be difficult to talk about it.

Take Xian Yufu for example, it doesn't matter if he is in the central government, and he is not very stable in Youzhou. Although he has been the governor of Youzhou for almost ten years, he still speaks quietly and dare not fart loudly.

This is a rather embarrassing situation.

Chen Gong didn't have this kind of worry. His relationship with the Central Committee should not be too deep. The relationship between him and Cao Cao was known to be good.

Who is Cao Cao?

Everyone knows it, so there is no need to say more.

Therefore, Chen Gong knew very well that as long as he cooperated honestly, there would be no problem, and it would not hinder his business if all the officials who held power were killed.

For the first time, he discovered that such a strict restriction of power is actually a good thing.

But the more this happened, the more he yearned for the central government.

First of all, local power is meaningless to stay in the local area. It is better to go to the central government. Only by going to the central government can we truly control power, and control power under the eyes of the emperor.

Originally, Chen Gong was also by Guo Peng's side to advise and counsel the military for him. If it wasn't for the temporary lack of a Yongzhou governor, he would not have stayed in Yongzhou as the governor until now.

Originally, the power of the governor of Yongzhou was quite large, but after Guo Peng became the emperor, the power of the governor began to be tightened on a large scale, and the power of the central government began to expand on a large scale.

This has resulted in the current situation where local officials have to go to the central government with their heads squeezed.

This large-scale corruption investigation may not necessarily be a bad thing in Chen Gong's opinion. At least if he can perform better, he might be able to ask Cao Cao to help him run it and see if he can be transferred to the central government.

Ever since Guo Peng proclaimed himself emperor, Chen Gong never gave up his plan to enter the central government.

Some time ago, the rumors were raging, and the old officials from Qingyan and Yanzhou were severely attacked, and Chen Gong also temporarily stopped.

But the current wave of anti-corruption actions may be another opportunity. If it can be seized, it would be great to be transferred from the local government to the real power department of the central government?

Therefore, when the investigation team was investigating the case, Chen Gong stayed away and stayed behind closed doors. The investigation team would do whatever they wanted, investigate however they wanted, whether arresting people or killing people, he would cooperate in everything.

I hope that His Majesty the Emperor can see him, see him so loyal, and then do a good job and transfer him to the central government, so that he doesn't stay in Yongzhou anymore, facing endless things and endless troubles.

By the way, how did this wave of anti-corruption actions come about?

His Majesty the Emperor will not just launch a wave of anti-corruption actions for no reason, right?

With so many heads falling to the ground, it didn't look like they were playing around casually.

There must be some big move by the court.

Chen Gong decided so.

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Of course the imperial court made big moves, big, big moves.

In order to make this big move go smoothly, Guo Peng ordered such a large-scale anti-corruption operation.

Unlike local chief officials, power is limited, and it has little to do with him if there is a problem with the people below. Central chief officials are different.