Beiyang reactionaries

"Clean up the administration of officials."

"Prime Minister, this incident has become known all over the country, and everyone is paying attention to it. If our government does not respond, then what is the point of our establishment of the Anti-Corruption Bureau? We do not care about such a big matter , How will the government clean up the bureaucracy in the future. When we investigate, they will ask, why didn’t we investigate the original case? Then what qualifications do we have to continue the investigation.”

"this?"

Duan Xun was silent.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Chief Prosecutor Weng, do you really want to investigate?"

"Prime Minister, as long as the Prime Minister continues to put me in charge of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, I think this kind of thing cannot be tolerated and must be investigated. Unless I am not in charge of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, how can such a sensational corruption case be turned a blind eye and closed. past."

Weng Jingtang gave a stiff answer.

Duan Xun let Weng Jingtang take charge of the newly established anti-corruption bureau, and Weng Jingtang was very happy.As an aspiring prosecutor, one of Weng Jingtang's dreams is to supervise the officialdom.

The Anti-Corruption Agency is a good fit for him.

Now that such a big case came out, how could Weng Jingtang be honest.Weng Jingtang thinks this is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to show the strength of the anti-corruption bureau.

"President Dong, what do you think?"

Dong Kang nodded slightly.

It's really funny in my heart.Although Dong Kang didn't know the specifics, he understood how such secret data could be easily leaked by newspapers.Even people at Dong Kang's level don't know that Duan Xun is secretly investigating Hubei's finances, how can outsiders know casually.After working with Duan Xun for more than two years, Dong Kang thought he knew Duan Xun very well.

Who knows who disclosed this data.

Now Duan Xun obviously wanted to check it himself, but he acted very embarrassed, and then pushed it to himself.

But Dong Kang is a smart man, knowing that Duan Xun wants to express his opinion.So Dong Kang immediately said: "Prime Minister, I think what Prosecutor Weng said makes sense. We just set up the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and such a big thing happened. How should the work be carried out. Moreover, Wang Zhanyuan has a huge amount of corruption, so he should check it out."

"Ok."

Correct.

Although this matter was led by Duan Xun, the Ministry of Justice must first speak out about the investigation.So Duan Xun showed a very helpless look, as if he was being forced by the Ministry of Justice.This gesture must be made.

Duan Xun frowned and asked, "Procurator Weng, how do you want to investigate?"

"Everything is based on evidence."

"Then can I make a suggestion?"

"Prime Minister, you say."

Duan Xun sighed and said: "Procurator Weng, I don't want to use administrative orders to restrict your normal work. I just want to give you a suggestion. Some historical problems have their own reasons. Just like when Wang Zhanyuan supervised Hubei, because The unscrupulous embezzlement of finances by him and his people also corrupted the official circles in Hubei, and even became a kind of unspoken rule. Many officials just follow the trend because of the unspoken rules. I wonder if these can be treated differently.”

"What does the Prime Minister mean?"

"Severely punish the principal offender, lightly punish the accomplice, and forgive the coercion. I don't know if this violates the spirit of the law."

Weng Jingtang thought about it.

He didn't answer directly, but pondered for a long time.

Finally, he nodded and said: "What the Prime Minister said is actually in line with the spirit of the law. However, no matter whether they are accomplices or coerced accomplices, the only way to get a light sentence or to forgive them is that they are not involved in many cases and actively repent. As long as they actively Repent, return the proceeds of corruption, and do not pursue legal responsibility."

"it is good."

Although Duan Xun had no expression on the surface, he was overjoyed in his heart.

Duan Xun was afraid that Weng Jingtang would ignore him and turn Hubei's officialdom upside down.This is not Duan Xun's original intention. Duan Xun just wants to catch Wang Zhanyuan and some of his cronies.

Of course, Duan Xun's thoughts are somewhat consistent with Weng Jingtang's, but the reasons are completely different.Duan Xun started from politics and stability.And Weng Jingtang is from a legal point of view.

"President Dong, then your Ministry of Justice will respond to this case. Let the newly established Anti-Corruption Bureau start with this case."

"Yes."

332 Customs

The influence of "declaration" is really great.

After they produced this report, newspapers across the country soon followed suit.There are hundreds of newspapers, big and small, in the country, and there are hundreds of well-known newspapers. Of course, there are not one or two newspapers controlled by the government.They also followed up to add fuel to the fire.

Of course, there is Duan Xun's handwriting behind it.

Anyway, Wang Zhanyuan's misappropriation of Hubei's finances is now making a lot of noise, and almost no one knows about it.The news is like this, when a new news comes out, it will cover up the old news.The "Tao Chengzhang case" at the beginning of the year, the "Shandong issue bill" later, and the previous "restoration case" have all been covered by this matter.Everyone is talking about this matter, and no one has mentioned the things that caused a national sensation before.Soon the "Declaration" disclosed Jiangxi's financial data again, this time targeting Chen Guangyuan, the former Jiangxi warlord.

Things are getting bigger and bigger.

Finally, on September 1921, 9, Dong Kang, Director of the Ministry of Justice, made a public statement about the turmoil.Weng Jingtang, deputy prosecutor general of the Attorney-General's Office and director of the newly established Anti-Corruption Bureau, was appointed to take full charge of the case.Originally, it was only to investigate Wang Zhanyuan's corruption case, but following the disclosure of Jiangxi Finance, Chen Guangyuan's corruption case was also investigated.

The name Weng Jingtang is enough to shock a bunch of people.

After all, Weng Jingtang did not say that he was a hard rock in the judiciary in his early years. He was stunned and sued many big figures in the political circle.In the past year, Weng Jingtang has investigated many cases that have shocked the whole country. Starting from the "Tao Chengzhang case" and "Tang Hualong case" at the beginning of the year, the previous "restoration case" and the current "corruption case" are all big cases that have caused a national sensation. .

Who are the targets.

Since the beginning of the year, almost all the big names in Chinese politics have been investigated.Now it is absolutely frightening to investigate Wang Zhanyuan and Chen Guangyuan, the former direct line bosses under Feng Guozhang's banner.

And Weng Jingtang was in charge of the case, so he really didn't care.

Regardless of who it is.

Therefore, when the Ministry of Justice appointed Weng Jingtang to be in charge of the case, many people couldn't sleep, worrying that Weng Jingtang, a stunned young man, would make things worse.Sure enough, Weng Jingtang acted swiftly and resolutely, took a bunch of information from Jiang Hongyu, and immediately threw himself into the investigation.And investigate and announce the case again and again.Wang Zhanyuan's corruption case is becoming more and more clear, and the corruption figures are becoming more and more accurate.

But when the matter was handed over to them, Duan Xun immediately withdrew his hand.

Duan Xun's work is like this.

Arrange some people to be responsible for certain things, and then Duan Xun will not interfere with the specific work.What Duan Xun has to do is to monitor the development of the matter and wait for the final result.

Duan Xun has a lot to do, and it is impossible to focus on just this.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Kang, the customs affairs need to be expedited, and the matter must be finalized before the US meeting at the end of this year."

customs.

Duan Xun has dealt with so many things this year, but for Duan Xun, the most important thing is the customs issue.Because customs have too much influence on China's economy.Although China's economic strength is not strong, it is a big country after all.

As China enters into a modern country, there are many products that need to be imported.In particular, Duan Xun has imported a large number of machinery and equipment from Japan in recent years, costing hundreds of millions every year.There are more other commodities.Similarly, as a big country, China does not export one or two things every year.In particular, China is a raw material, that is, there are a lot of resources.

Starting from coal, iron ore, antimony ore, tungsten ore, tin ore, as well as tung oil, bristles, wool, sheepskin, and even flour and peanuts will be exported in large quantities.The annual export volume is hundreds of millions of silver taels, which is amazing when converted into silver dollars.Among them, the annual export value of tung oil is hundreds of millions, including the export of peanuts, which is also hundreds of millions.The export of various other resources is even more amazing.

So customs is one of the things that Duan Xun is most concerned about.

"Prime Minister, the opposition in the UK is very strong now."