There are two types of ugliness, one is ugliness in appearance and the other is ugliness in heart.
Since ancient times, people have been very idealistic and believe that appearance comes from the heart. People who look ugly must have a very ugly heart. Therefore, when selecting officials, you must choose people who are square and dignified. Ugly people are definitely not acceptable.
But countless historical facts tell people that being ugly and being ugly are two different things.
Just like Qiu Dao, he doesn't look like a man from the countryside. The men from the fields look like they are forty or fifty years old when they are in their twenties, and they look premature and old.
Qiu Dao did the opposite. He was almost thirty years old, but he still looked like a twenty-year-old youth. As he grew older, he became more and more handsome. He stood out among a group of mud-legged people.
He is from Shandong. He only joined Su Yonglin's subordinates after Su Yonglin established the Shengjie Army. He was able to stand out and become the director of the Dongping Prefecture Branch in such a short period of time. In addition to being really smart, his appearance is also a plus point for him.
As visual creatures, humans naturally like beautiful things, including good-looking people.
But human eyes don't have the ability to see through people's hearts. What's more, people's hearts will change. There is no heart that never changes, no.
So Su Yonglin can't see through people's hearts either.
It was too difficult for him to see that a pure warrior would degenerate into the most disgusting form in the future because of the temptation of two beauties.
"I don't know if everyone will eventually become the person they hate the most, but obviously, I am not yet, and you are already."
Su Yonglin took out a stack of papers and threw them next to Qiu Dao's hand.
"Two beauties make you turn a blind eye to more than 40 million yuan in project funds and building materials. These two beauties are not necessarily too expensive, right? You won't need so much money to marry a wife, right? What do you think? ?This business is really uneconomical."
The evidence to prove that he had committed a serious crime was at hand, but Qiu Dao never had the courage to pick it up and look at it.
He was speechless, unable to utter a single word. In addition to regret, he still felt remorse.
Su Yonglin was extremely disappointed with him.
The purge of Dongping Mansion has already begun, and this is only the first step in anti-corruption and revolutionary actions in Shandong. No one can escape.
From April 13th to April 16th, Chai Yang's troops took Su Yonglin's warrant and went to counties and towns in Dongping Prefecture to arrest criminals. More troops went to different state capitals and counties. Town, arrest and dismiss those on the first batch of lists.
No matter who they are, whether they are members of the Renaissance or not, they will be automatically dismissed from their posts from the moment they are arrested.
A purge targeting the entire Shandong officialdom is slowly beginning.
Su Yonglin didn't care about the specific implementation. He could just leave these things to more professional people.
Following Su Yonglin's move south, the judicial forces of the Third Division of the Central Committee quickly rushed to Xucheng County and gathered together to prepare to follow the emperor's order to put the criminals on trial.
The entire Dongping Prefecture's armed forces were ordered to assemble by Su Yonglin and were ready to take action at any time.
The entire township farmers' association and village farmers' association in Dongping Prefecture received the order and immediately took action to organize the villagers' self-defense forces, ready to accept orders and carry out tasks where they should go.
The entire Dongping Mansion was in motion.
And this unusual action is not felt by everyone.
At least from the perspective of ordinary urban people, they haven't felt that anything has happened yet, and they can do whatever they need to do. It is no different from usual. Their daily lives have not been disrupted yet.
But changes have indeed occurred.
Su Yonglin was in charge of Dongping Mansion and directed the purge of Dongping Mansion. He investigated the official organization of Dongping Mansion headed by Chen Luo and Qiu Dao.
In the first batch, a total of 27 criminal officials and 69 officials were seized, all located in Dongping Prefecture, Xucheng County Prefecture, and the Dongping Prefecture Branch of the Fuxinghui Yellow River Project. They were deprived of their positions, and they and their families were tightly controlled.
Because there were a large number of vacancies, it was difficult for the remaining officials who were not involved to hold so many official positions, so Su Yonglin immediately ordered the Zhongdu Civil Affairs Department and the Organization Department of the Renaissance Society to select young and qualified officials to rush to Shandong to prepare to take over these positions.
Since we have to do it, we must do it thoroughly, and get rid of the Shandong officials in the central government before they can react, so as to eradicate their foundation in one fell swoop, so that when they purge the Shandong officials in the DPRK, they will It’s hard to resist.
The torture of these prisoners and petty officials also began immediately.
There is no need to worry about them, they will be punished directly.
Of course, basically none of them had the guts to resist to the end. The more greedy they were, the more afraid they were. Some even confessed everything they knew without even being punished.
In total, they handed over fifty-one landlords and tycoons and thirty-six wealthy merchants - and handed over the gloves they used to clean the stolen money.
Of course, these glove tool men would not be let go. Su Yonglin put them on the purge list and sent a judicial team to "purge" them.
If you dare to resist, you will be killed on the spot without mercy!
Su Yonglin personally participated in the formal criminal trial of Chen Luo, Qiu Dao, and Xu Mingwei, and listened to the harsh review of them by officials from the Ministry of Justice, and the process in which the three of them explained everything they had done without being severely punished, just like pouring beans through a bamboo tube. .
Su Yonglin paid special attention to Qiu Dao's description of his criminal process.
He said that he felt like he was possessed by an evil spirit. He was deeply infatuated with those two beauties. He thought about them all day long. He couldn't think of it anymore after leaving them for a while. He was looking forward to finishing work and returning home soon. Go home and have fun with them.
Thinking about it now, he was really strange during this period, so strange that he didn't even know how he had fallen, and how his previous ideals had disappeared without a trace.
Why did you inexplicably accept Chen Luo's embezzlement of the Yellow River Project funds?
Kneeling in the courtroom, he couldn't figure it out.
Of course, this is not important. What is important is that he confessed to all the crimes he committed. The crimes have become an ironclad fact.
In the end, all three were sentenced to death. Three days later, they were beheaded in public without any mercy. Their family members who participated in their crimes were also beheaded.
Except for Xu Mingwei's family members, they were all sent to the frontiers to work in jobs designated by the court. They used their hard-earned hard-earned money to make up for the national financial losses until the repayment was completed or the family was exterminated.
Xu Mingwei's family received a certain reduction in sentence because of Xu Mingwei's voluntary disclosure of criminal information, and were allowed to stay locally and engage in work designated by the court. However, they were also required to repay public funds and debts until they were repaid or the family was exterminated.
Never forgive.
After the three court hearings, Su Yonglin came up with an impromptu idea. He asked officials from the Ministry of Justice to bring the two beauties that Chen Luo gave to Qiu Dao to him for him to see. He wanted to see what kind of national beauty could make them Qiu Dao was possessed.
At first glance, he found that these two women were indeed extremely beautiful, with soft voices and graceful postures. They were crying in front of Lihua Daiyu in a big scene, which made me feel pity for them.
It should have been specially trained by someone sent by Chen Luo to serve those in power in exchange for what he wanted.
But can just two women like this completely destroy the people he has high hopes for?
Did he misjudge the person, or did he have too high expectations for human nature?
Su Yonglin covered his forehead and rubbed his temples.
After hearing the news, Tian Guizi, who came from Kaifeng and stood aside, asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you want to deal with these two witches?"
"Witch?"
Su Yonglin smiled bitterly: "What kind of witch? Under Chen Luo's hands, can they decide their own destiny? What they do is just to survive.
Qiu Dao's confession never mentioned that the two women had guided and induced him to commit crimes. They were not wrong. What was wrong was the people who asked them to do such things, and those who could not withstand the temptation. "
Tian Guizi was silent for a while, and then said with disgust: "But you can't just let them go, right? Qiudao's downfall was indispensable to the actions of these two witches. They used despicable and despicable means to seduce important officials of the country. Their crime Be punished!"
