"Report to the Southwest King, the third prince, the prefect's Yamen and relevant personnel from the Department of Commerce have all arrived and are waiting in the Yamen lobby."
Prefect's Yamen.
A soldier reported respectfully.
The Ezhou magistrate's office was now taken over by Lin Bai and Zhu Tai.
The talented man didn't talk nonsense. After taking over, he directly asked the people below to summon the relevant persons in charge.
"knew!"
Lin Bai nodded, then looked at Zhu Tai, "You will be in charge next!"
"ah?"
Zhu Tai was startled for a moment, seemingly in a trance.
After all, such a big thing happened, Zhang Weimin was killed directly, and the great talent was so powerful, he was still a little frightened, and he asked with some uncertainty: "Is this prince presiding?"
Lin Bai rolled his eyes, "Nonsense! Don't you want my support? Do I have to take part in everything?"
"You will come forward later to punish all kinds of chaos in Ezhou New City. Get to the bottom of the corruption problems in Ezhou New City and boost the confidence of the people..."
Zhu Tai's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this. This was indeed a good opportunity to show off.
If the corruption in Ezhou New City can be thoroughly investigated, not only will it gain the favor of the people of Ezhou, but it may also be possible to win back the favor in the court.
The key is that he didn't come here under orders at all, and the talented man killed Zhang Weimin, which made him somewhat guilty.
But that’s it now, just do it!
He gritted his teeth.
Lin Bai continued: "By the way, I would like to inform all workers that Ezhou New City has restarted work. All workers' wages will be paid as soon as possible after verification."
Zhu Tai glanced at him and couldn't help but said: "You pay so much wages?"
Lin Bai felt a pain in the corner of his mouth, but he still said: "Southwest will advance the payment first, but this account must be settled on the court. Which officials have been corrupted and how much must be thoroughly investigated."
Zhu Tai asked: "What if it's not enough?"
Lin Bai said: "Simple, the Ministry of Commerce has repurchased so many project contracts and put them up for auction for businessmen to take over."
The talented man is not very worried about the situation in Ezhou.
It's just some unpaid wages. As long as the workers are appeased and some industries are transferred over. With industrial support, the problem will not be too big. The reason why Ezhou New City is like this is because businessmen left in large numbers. The court was unable to take over but took over forcefully, and there was no blood. Ability, so...
As for corruption, there are accounts that can be checked. Who has embezzled and how much they have embezzled will be revealed.
To put it bluntly, even if the court has no money, it still has land.
The transfer of industries from the southwest will also require land, and it can be offset by this, so it won't be a problem.
We must not engage in loss-making business. There is no problem in making advance payment temporarily, but it must be made up later, and the interest cannot be less.
Business is business, charity is charity.
As for the people in the disaster area, throwing some money or something, the talented man said it would not be a big problem.
But once a new city as big as Ezhou is built, there will be endless opportunities to make money in the future. Naturally, the Southwest Palace cannot give money in vain.
Zhu Tai naturally had no objections. It was not appropriate to let Southwest handle all of them, and it was unrealistic for the Ministry of Commerce to keep so many projects. It just so happened that he could take this opportunity to take over the Ministry of Commerce, but I didn't know if that would work.
However, after taking a look at the great talent, he suddenly felt confident.
"Okay! The prince will go and meet them."
He immediately stopped talking and led a group of guards to the Yamen lobby.
Yan Gang looked at his back, hesitating to speak, but finally said: "Uncle, you can come forward on your own."
This was a good opportunity to intervene in the court, and Yan Gang obviously didn't want Lin Bai to miss it.
Wu Qiaojun glanced at her husband and said, "Are you afraid of your majesty's conflict?"
Lin Bai smiled.
He really didn't know what Lao Zhu was thinking. By killing Zhang Weimin, he was already provoking the imperial power, but in order to shock the situation, he didn't bother to pay attention to it.
After the situation is under control, forget about the rest. Let Zhu Tai come forward if he can!
It can be regarded as giving Lao Zhu face.
What's more, the talented man didn't care about intervening in the court at all. He came this time simply to help the trapped businessmen and workers and the victims of the disaster in northern Shaanxi and Hedong.
The government affairs of Ezhou New City were left to Zhu Tai.
At this time, a soldier came in and said, "Your Majesty, the person in charge of Ezhou of the Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, Feilongwei Qianhu Liu Baichuan, is asking for an audience."
Liu Baichuan?
Lin Bai was startled.
He had some impression of this name. When he was in Ping'an County, the Feilong Guard Baihu who followed Xiao Wu seemed to be named Liu Baichuan. Was he the same person?
"Invite him in!"
"yes!"
The soldiers retreated quickly.
Soon, Liu Baichuan walked in and bowed respectfully, "I have met the Southwest King in my humble position!"
Lin Bai smiled and said: "It is indeed you! When I heard this name, I thought I heard it wrong. Congratulations to Mr. Liu for being promoted to Qianhu."
Liu Baichuan said quickly: "It's all thanks to the prince that Ping'an County is a great success, and I was lucky enough to be promoted from a humble position."
Lin Bai said: "Master Liu, there is no need to be humble. You were promoted because you were loyal to your duties and have nothing to do with me. Just like in Ezhou right now, didn't you do a good job?"
The talented man's eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of irony.
The Ministry of Commerce was established by him, as was the Supervision Bureau. The Supervision Bureau's duty is to monitor the commercial situation in various places. And the great talent said in front of everyone in Ezhou that the door of the Supervision Bureau will always be open to the people, but in fact, Something like this happened in Ezhou, but the Supervision Bureau did nothing.
Forget it, especially today, the workers have rebelled, but the Inspection Bureau has not appeared until now.
It is said that the great talent is dissatisfied with the Commerce Bureau.
Then his dissatisfaction with the Supervision Bureau became even stronger, and his eyes became extremely cold.
Liu Baichuan clearly felt it, his face turned slightly pale, and he said: "Being humble is a crime, and being humble is also forced. Since the prince left, the Supervision Bureau has been slowly marginalized and has limited rights. This time Xincheng owes wages, and the superiors have told us that we have no right." Ask."
Lin Bai snorted: "The higher-ups told you? Is this what Xiao Wu told you?"
Liu Baichuan said hurriedly: "Back to the prince, it is not Commander Silver Dragon. After the prince left the Ministry of Commerce, Commander Silver Dragon was quickly transferred from the Supervision Bureau. Currently, Commander Iron Hand is in charge of the affairs of the Supervision Bureau."
What?
Xiaowu has been replaced?
Lin Bai really didn't know, mainly because he didn't care at all.
The commercial department that I had finally established with great effort has changed beyond recognition since I went to the Southwest?
"Then why are you here now?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Baichuan handed over a directory and said: "Although I have not gone to the dock, I have been checking the identity of the people behind it. These are the names of those who took the lead in deliberately causing trouble under Zhang Weimin's order, as well as their information. "
"In addition to this, there are also lists of corrupt officials."
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