The New Army's law enforcement is very civilized, and they will not easily use violence to resolve internal conflicts. Under Xiao Hexin's strict order, all New Army soldiers must smile and politely ask those officials to cooperate with the investigation, which is basically the case. There won't be any torture.
Yes, Xiao Letian has always been civilized when it comes to internal reviews. He will not hit you or scold you. He will only politely invite you into a single room for fatigue questioning.
Look how dark it is in the single room. Someone will light ten big candles and put a few glass mirrors behind it. Look at this photo. How clear your facial features are and how healthy your complexion is... Hey, what are you hiding from? Look here, look at us levelly.
We are all civilized people and do not use foul language. At most we are a bit irritated. For example, what is your name, your gender, your age, your position, where you live, and how many people you have. We will have short-term amnesia on these questions. , don’t get tired of asking you over and over again a hundred and eighty times.
You also have to make sure you eat and drink well. It has to keep you refreshed. If you want to sleep, come here and serve a cup of strong tea. If you don't drink strong tea, just drink the bitter foreign coffee.
Civilization, we want civilized interrogation.
Those civil servants in Ryukyu had never experienced such torture. More than eight hours later, when Xiao Letian got up, rubbed his hungover eyes, washed his face and had breakfast, the first batch of confessions had been delivered to him.
Xiao Hexin's injured leg may not be able to fully recover. Although he can walk very quickly with a cane, the injured leg is still slightly stiff. It is very difficult to walk without a cane.
"Report to the Prime Minister that ten tax collectors from the customs have confessed. They used their power to ask for bribes from the captain. Once their hands were loose, the ship of 100,000 tons became 80,000 tons. They also deliberately marked many high-priced goods. On the lower end, it seems that the black hole in customs tax revenue is as high as 20%..."
"The interrogation methods taught by the Prime Minister are really useful. If you don't beat or scold them, they will be recruited faster. I believe there will be a steady stream of confessions sent this morning..."
Xiao Letian did not directly respond to this matter but instead asked about Xiao Hexin's leg, "Rehabilitation training is still not enough, you can't lose the crutches. If this continues, it seems that you have to imitate Zhuge Kongming to command wars from a wheelchair... Sit down together eat."
Xiao Hexin sat on a chair, and the waiter next to him brought a bowl of porridge and a plate of small steamed buns. Xiao Hexin, who had been cooking all night, was not polite and ate each delicious bite.
"Okay, the crab roe dumplings at the Prime Minister's house are pretty good. If my tongue is fine, this should be the crab roe and crab meat from flower crabs... My legs don't matter. If I can really go to the battlefield in a wheelchair like Zhuge Kongming, then It's also a good story, I naturally became a Confucian general..."
"It's so hot...so hot. Compared to Sima Yun and Brother Luo Huo, I'm lucky. I won't have to charge in person in future battles. Do you think I took a big advantage?"
Xiao Hexin's loneliness could not be concealed in the jokes, so Xiao Letian quickly changed the subject: "What do you think about this corruption case?"
"Judging from the current confessions, the corruption story is 90% true. Lin Yuanmiao is the Minister of Household Affairs of Ryukyu. The money bag of Ryukyu is in his hand. He dare not reach out to Lotte Matheson, so he can only Started with other merchants..."
"Customs gets some tariff rebates, but that's just a small amount of money. The real big deal is in engineering... We in Ryukyu have too many big projects now. Although Lotte & Co. has deep pockets, it can only contract military-related projects, such as shipbuilding. factory, Nobel explosives factory, chemical factory, military factory...etc., as for other civilian projects, we can only use social bidding."
"The infrastructure project of the Nanshan arms warehouse was auctioned off by Japanese merchants, and the Mi Street reconstruction project was auctioned off by Fukang Company... There are many others. Lin Yuanmiao can naturally intervene in these civilian projects and ask for bribes. Things happen all the time..."
"In the final analysis, it is his self-reliance and support that contributed to his rise to the prime ministership and several civil strife. He has everything to rely on..."
Xiao Letian pointed his finger at the table, "Yes, if you have credit, you will be confident. If you have credit, you must turn the credit into money. This set of thinking has been like this for thousands of years..."
Xiao Hexin drank up the porridge in the bowl, wiped his mouth and smiled at the prime minister, "It's up to me. Let Lao Lin return the stolen goods. I'll kill his housekeeper later and knock the mountain to shake the tiger. There are no fish in clear water ponds." There is nothing we can do about this..."
"You think so too." Xiao Letian looked at him in disbelief.
"Hey... Prime Minister, don't look at me like that. I actually hate corrupt officials more than you do, but in the history of civilization for thousands of years, no one can eradicate corruption. We watched the King of Heaven enter Nanjing with our own eyes, and we also Look at how those high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Heaven have fallen, they are no worse than the corrupt officials of the imperial court..."
"Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were in the ancient times, so we won't go into details. Ever since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the historical data have been detailed, when did corruption stop? The master is just trying to balance it. If it gets too violent, he will suppress it. Really If that doesn’t work, just kill a few of them to vent their anger with the people, what else can you do?”
Xiao Letian fell into deep contemplation and waved Xiao Hexin to retreat. He sat in the study and did not work all morning.
The fate of businessmen in all dynasties in China was not very good. There is no need to mention Shen Wansan in the early Ming Dynasty and Hu Xueyan in the late Qing Dynasty. These are the most typical examples. Among them, Hu Xueyan's fate is the most lamentable.
In the eighth year of Guangxu's reign, Hu Xueyan, a second-rank official, spent 20 million taels of silver to build a silk factory and purchased Jiangnan silk at high prices. He single-handedly tried to confront foreign merchants. The core purpose was to restore China's pricing power over raw silk products.
Such a bold and reckless action completely angered the foreigners. The little Qing businessmen actually dared to snatch the pricing power of goods from us. Who will die if you don't?
The brutality of the raw silk war cannot be described in a few words. Hu Xueyan almost succeeded. In the end, he even forced foreign businessmen to shout the slogan not to buy silk for a year, in an attempt to break Hu Xueyan's capital chain alive.
Foreign merchants, Dongting Mountain gangs, hostile forces within the imperial court, and finally a piece of business information about a bumper raw silk harvest in France and Italy, completely defeated this red-top businessman.
It is undeniable that Hu Xueyan's intention to dominate the raw silk market is to make money, but for a national businessman, it is definitely a good thing for the country and the people to seize the pricing power of raw silk from foreigners.
It's a pity that no one cares about benefiting the country and the people. When Hu Xueyan's funds were cut off, his Fukang Bank not only did not receive support and protection from the state, but it was met with crazy runs by officials and businessmen.
The Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and ordered all Hu Xueyan's crowns to be removed. Without the protection of his official body, this wealthy businessman became a dying whale on the beach, and could only let others cut his flesh.
This was the only businessman in the late Qing Dynasty who dared to go to war with international capital. He and Sheng Huaixuan took completely different paths. Even though they both had official status, Hu Xueyan was considered a national businessman at heart, while Sheng Huaixuan was a pure businessman. As an official and businessman, playing politics is his strength.
So after that, the Beiyang God of Wealth lived a lifetime of wealth and honor, but Hu Xueyan died of loneliness.
"What on earth is a businessman in the eyes of these officials? A rag that is thrown away after use, asking for bribes at will without any psychological burden, carving up corpses like a Shiba Dog and adding insult to injury, damn..."
While Xiao Letian was meditating, the interrogation work also made significant progress. The housekeeper Lin Yuanmiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, finally couldn't stand it anymore and confessed all the secrets between him and the master.
In the six months since his victory over the French Expeditionary Force, Lin Yuanmiao had achieved success and the new army was so powerful in East Asia that businessmen from all over the world did not dare to refuse, so he made a lot of money.
He didn't dare to start the business of Lotte Foreign Company, but he didn't have any psychological burden at all by taking advantage of other businessmen. Within half a year, Lin Yuanmiao actually amassed 700,000 silver dollars.
Xiao Letian was shocked after seeing the confession. He has had such a big appetite for half a year. This will be something he can do in the future. But before he could get angry, the sentry at the door ran in and said, "Report, Lin Yuanmiao, Minister of Household Affairs" Kneel down at the door of the Prime Minister’s house and apologize to the Prime Minister.”
"Let him kneel down and leave him alone." The furious Xiao Letian got up and slapped the case.
The case of Lin Yuanmiao shocked the entire East Asian business community. When Lin Yuanmiao knelt for eight hours and finally fell into a coma, and when the prime minister did not see the Ryukyu ministers for three days, the business circles of Japan, North Korea, the Qing Dynasty and even Hong Kong were in a panic. .
Wherever there are businessmen, there are people talking about this lawsuit, and some people have even made a bet to see whether Xiao Letian will take action against Lin Yuanmiao.
Three days later, Lin Yuanmiao's son Lin Zhen sold all his family property and personally carried thorn strips on his back and pulled a silver cart through the streets of Ryukyu to apologize to the prime minister.
There were one million silver coins on the silver cart, which were all the property of the Lin family. Lin Zhen burst into tears. He was already planning to board a ship to study in Prussia, but the big change in his family almost broke him.
"Prime Minister... I, the Lin family, are willing to break up our family and atone for our sins. Please forgive me, Prime Minister..." Lin Zhen knelt at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, blood flowing from the thorns on his back.
After a while, his comrade-in-arms and good friend Xiang Ying ran out crying. He conveyed the Prime Minister's message to Lin Zhen, "Lin Zhen, is the salary given to your father by the Ryukyu court not enough? The dividends given by Lotte Matheson to your family's shares are very small." Or is it that your father’s contribution has been so great that the national law cannot control it?”
Lin Zhen kowtowed like a fool, "The Prime Minister taught us that our Lin family was wrong... I don't ask for anything else. I just ask the Prime Minister to spare my old father's life and let him resign to serve the people."
The Lin family was really scared. After the case was announced, there was no follow-up for six days. The horror of having a sword hanging above your head was far greater than cutting it off. Xiao Letian might as well just pronounce the sentence. This frightening feeling made the Lin family collapse.
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