Chapter 301: Eliminate the harm

A thousand wealth is better than making money in the country.

Those materials collected and purchased from the local area are urgently used by the front line. Do the local officials not understand?

I understand, of course they understand...

But no matter how big the war on the front line is, can it make a fortune than them?

The worst thing is that the front line is defeated, and the country is paying a sum of money to the Japanese. What's the big deal? Anyway, the state can't pay them any compensation.

In the process of compensation, if the government has insufficient financial resources, maybe they can make a fortune. Aren’t they doing that in the past many compensations?

Moreover, some time ago, the government has been continuously reducing taxes, reducing this tax, and exempting that tax...

If you just reduce some miscellaneous taxes, it's fine, but you've even reduced the agricultural tax and liquor...

Please, can that be reduced?!

It doesn’t matter if you reduce it, where can we get the money?

You should know that in the past, there was the most oil and water on agricultural tax and lijin. At least you could just deceive and hide it. The benefits of large sums will be filled with your pockets.

But now, agricultural tax, lijin, and many miscellaneous taxes have been exempted. Not to mention the oil and water, even the jobs of many people in the yamen have been ruined.

You should know that in previous years, local governments could make excuses for poor quality of food and extortion at will, and land tax could be paid with money, and the handling officials would arbitrarily lower the price of money. For example, if the market price is 2,000 yuan and one tael of silver, he could set it to 2,400 yuan. The land tax was paid in a certain amount, and usually 80% was paid as the task was completed. If there was a flood or drought, the harvest was 80%, and the actual land tax could be paid by farmers. The excess of the silver and grain was paid in the pockets of the state, county officials and people below. In addition, people sued the case and county officials were also a good opportunity for the state and county officials to seek fraud.

But now that the agricultural tax is gone, they can't make a fuss about food.

Generally, lawsuits are not handled by the county magistrate, but are handed over to the police station and court...

When you reach this point, don’t be greedy? How to make up for your own losses!

Of course, this does not mean that the new policy fu has less money to these local officials, which makes them greedy.

After the establishment of the new policy, as long as it reaches the county level, it is still very common for 3000 yuan a month. 300 yuan. In the era when prices were not very high in the early Republic of China, it was enough to buy some luxury goods and even buy a car. In the luxury point, buying 300 or 50 yellow girls is actually almost the same...

However…

Compared with the clean bank issued by the Qing Dynasty, this amount of money is much worse.

Maintaining a clean silver...

It was originally a salary system for officials unique to the Qing Dynasty. The salary system, which was created since 1723, was originally intended to cultivate and encourage officials to be honest and avoid corruption. Therefore, it was named "有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有�

In addition, there are some extra income that seems illegal in our era but is very legal at that time...

No matter how much you pay, can someone give you more money to maintain?

Of course, it is impossible for all officials to only know how to be greedy, and similarly, there are not so many people who are not satisfied.

It’s just that officials protect each other and join forces...

Of course, the group of people needs to be protected by officials, but not the group of people. Since they cannot join the river, they can only kill you in the "river dirt"...

This is the case in the current local area. It does not mean that every local official wants to make a fortune from the materials transported to the front line. However, the darkness of the officialdom is indeed not necessarily smart people, but they are always fools everywhere, and you can only see it from the braided dramas in later generations.

What's more, they really did what they did, as long as the "official officials protect each other", they may not know.

Just like the case of grain supervision during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, almost more than half of the officials in Gansu Province participated in the case of grain supervision, but Qianlong didn't know it. It was not until someone reported that local officials had cheated and fed their pockets in Zhejiang's seawall project, which aroused Qianlong's suspicion. Soon, Qianlong learned from the report from Gansu that there was no drought in the local area. Qianlong immediately sent officials to Zhejiang to conduct a strict trial of Wang Danwang, and Wang Danwang had to admit it. Qianlong confiscated Wang Danwang's home and confiscated his property equivalent to 3 million taels of silver. At the end of the case, a total of 57 people were sentenced to death and 56 people were sent, and many others were implicated.

The exile was implicated in many people...

This is related to another idiom, law does not blame the masses...

In the case of grain supervision, most officials in Gansu Province participated in it, but only 57 people were sentenced to death, and the rest were only exile and implicated...

Why is this happening? Could it be that Qianlong doesn’t want to kill him?

There are too many people, and even if you want to kill, you will never be able to kill most of the officials in a province!

The local officials have the same idea now. Now the local people are greedy. Since this is the case, even if the incident happens, the law will not blame the masses. In addition, the government is still fighting with the Japanese in Shandong. In this case, even if the superiors want to deal with themselves, they must consider whether it will cause any chaos...

Thinking of this, naturally everyone began to become unscrupulous.

However, local officials may not have thought about one thing: all the materials transported to the front line are urgently needed on the Laiyang battlefield. These materials are equivalent to strategic resources and have a great relationship with the military.

With such resources, it is not only the Ministry of Justice, but also the military.

Especially the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau, they not only need to beware of people filling their pockets, but also guard against the Japanese's secret destruction.———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Now that these materials urgently needed on the front line have such a big problem, how can the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau not be able to report it? You must know that the main backbones of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau are all from the army. Even now, they have a close relationship with the National Defense Forces.

Moreover, Yan Guang was not Qianlong either.

Qianlong might not kill those corrupt officials for the sake of political stability, but Yan Guang may not have.

First of all, Yan Guang was just an ordinary person with good luck, and his political mind was not as high as Qianlong. Furthermore, as an ordinary citizen from later generations, Yan Guang hated the most in his life, especially those who harmed national interests.

The most important point is that the Japanese have already exposed this matter.

Nowadays, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Beijing, Tianjin and other regions, anyone with a little bit of concern for the frontline wars knows that the military strategic materials transported to the frontline have been corrupted by some corrupt officials in the local area. At this time, even if Yan Guang wants to hide it, he must make some decisions.

Otherwise, not only will the people feel resentment, but even the soldiers of the National Defense Army who are fighting with the Japanese on the front line will do so.

This is probably the purpose of the Japanese.

After all, except for Shandong Province, which is already in military control, other provinces such as Hebei, Henan and Jiangsu have been affected. Moreover, the coverage is positive, which is a rare scandal.

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"This time I want to know how the Chinese man named Yan would deal with this matter!"

In front of Emperor Taisho, Shigeshino Okuma looked quite proud.

No wonder he was so proud, after all, what was placed in front of Yan Guang was indeed a very difficult thing to solve.

From being lenient? People in the world will definitely not accept it, let alone the laws of the country are there.

Although Yan Guang is actually similar to the emperor in China now, he is not a real emperor after all, and some things, such as pardoning criminals, cannot be done. So even if Yan Guang wants to be lighter, it is difficult to kill fewer people.

As for being strict and serious? At present, almost all the materials needed by the Shandong heavy army are prepared by Hebei, Henan and Jiangsu provinces. The officials involved in the case this time account for most of the officialdoms in these three provinces. In addition, if the amount involved is really heavy, at least 60% of the officials in the three provinces will lose their heads, and 20% will have to squat in prison for a while.

By then, the order in the three provinces was completely in chaos. Where did Yan Guang's materials be collected?

Without supplies, Yan Guang could not support his rather luxurious army (in Shigeon Okuma's opinion, heavy artillery, light and heavy machine guns and other evil weapons were used without any pain, which was quite extravagant). As long as the logistics of the National Defense Force was disturbed, the National Defense Force, which was confronting the Japanese army in Shandong, would not continue to use its extravagant heavy equipment to attack the Japanese army. By then, the National Defense Force would definitely not be the opponent of the Japanese army.

Of course, Yan Guang can also leave this matter aside and wait until the war is over before handling it.

In Shigetsuno Okuma's opinion, this is also the best solution.

But what Yan Guang would lose at that time was not only the fighting spirit of the frontline soldiers, but also the hearts of the common people.

In short, no matter how Yan Guang deals with it, this matter will bring considerable losses to Yan Guang.

And Okuma Shigeshino was sitting here and watching how Yan Guang knew that there was a pit in front of him, but he still wanted to jump in...

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Not only Okuma Shigeun knew that this was a pit, but others such as Song Dinghan, Xu Shichang and others could also see it. After all, this kind of thing is really too conspicuous.

Now, Song Dinghan, Xu Shichang and others are advising Yan Guang, hoping that he will let the matter go first, and when the war in Shandong is over, they will drive all the Japanese into the sea.

In this matter, not only Song Dinghan is like this, but also Xu Shichang is like this.

Of course, this does not mean that Xu Shichang doesn't want Yan Guang to be unlucky. After all, Xu Shichang is also a native of Beiyang. Although Yan Guang is powerful, he is not the Yuan Shikai who deserves Xu Shichang's loyalty...

In addition, the composition of the Kuomintang Party is quite loose, as long as Yan Guang falls, Beiyang under Xu Shichang may not be without a chance.

Xu Shichang would dissuade Yan Guang because this matter was too obvious. It was so obvious that there was no need to waste any scheming, and it could see clearly.

In this case, even if Xu Shichang advised Yan Guang to follow the path with the worst consequences, Yan Guang might not listen to him.

Moreover, if Yan Guang reacted, he would turn around and ask him.

"What do you mean?!"

How could Xu Shichang answer at that time? It’s impossible to say that he actually wants to harm you, right?

By then, the fate of Xu Shichang and Beiyang will definitely be quite miserable. Since this is the case, it is better to tell Yan Guang the most correct choice directly, so that he can get closer.

Time not only requires you to take the initiative to fight for it yourself, but also need to wait.

What you take the initiative may not be the time, or it may be poison, so even if Xu Shichang has some ideas, they can only be deeply hidden in his heart. Moreover, these ideas may not be possible in his life.

What's more, even if Yan Guang made the wrong choice this time, even resulting in the defeat of the war in Shandong, he might not have fallen down with the prestige accumulated over the years...

"well…"

Listening to the analysis of Song Dinghan and Xu Shichang and the others, as well as the dissuasion, Yan Guang covered his head with a headache.

Although he has been staying in Beijing, this does not mean that he doesn't know the local affairs—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The only thing he didn't expect was that the officials in the local area were so brave.

Most of the local officials in the three provinces participated in this matter.

Moreover, according to the analysis of the intelligence agency, in just over half a month, local officials have embezzled at least more than three million worth of materials in just over half a month.

And only a lot, a lot...

As for hidden means such as using inferior products as good products, because it is difficult to count, the people from the Military Intelligence Bureau cannot make comments. However, the materials they embezzled were enough to make them fall into their heads more than a dozen times...

"I really didn't expect that the war had just begun, and someone was dragging him down..."
To be continued...