Chapter 1578 Chapter 1579: The Fifth Integrity Bureau
corruption!
Aslan had no expression on his face and leaned quietly on the sofa.
Official corruption, regardless of the era and background, appears over time.
It's just that Aslan didn't expect that the empire would have such a problem so quickly. He didn't expect it.
Avril looked at Aslan curiously. She didn't understand why the teacher was so calm after hearing the news, and didn't fly into a rage, nor did he look downcast.
Click!
Aslan lit a cigarette for himself and started smoking silently.
Wilson lowered his head and took out the data he reviewed and the report letter.
Originally this was Essien's matter, but unfortunately Essien had nothing to do about it. If he wanted to use Chongdian, the empire had only been at peace for a few years, and all the officials in that city were taken down at once. So many officials could not be replaced for a while, and even more
Not to mention that there is an unprecedented earthquake there.
Essien didn't know what to do and didn't know how to reveal the matter, so he let Will Xin be the bad guy.
After smoking a cigarette, Aslan's eyes flashed fiercely, and he picked up the report letter and suspected corruption accounts on the coffee table.
Aslan still didn't say a word until he finished reading.
Wilson whispered: "Your Majesty!"
Aslan waved his hands and stood up.
"Let Essien come to the imperial study to meet me!"
The Royal Study is Aslan's office in the palace. Due to Aslan's lazy character, the Royal Study is vacant most of the time.
Because of this vacancy, every time Aslan summons ministers there, it will have a major impact on the empire.
Wilson shook his body slightly, lowered his head and responded: "Yes! Your Majesty!"
Since Aslan asked Wilson to call Essien, he was asking Wilson to remind Essien to be prepared. If the answer at that time does not satisfy him, Essien, the minister of state, will also come to an end.
Avril couldn't understand this, and it wasn't until Aslan left that she asked: "Teacher Wilson, what was the teacher's attitude just now?"
"The eve of the storm!"
After Wilson finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the State Council. There was not much time left for him.
The royal study room of the imperial palace in Merlot, the imperial capital.
Aslan quietly looked at the information brought back from the Second Reich Security Bureau, which made his veins jump.
He did not expect that the province of Cleveland had been corrupted to such an extent.
Wilson's letter of report was only about the city of Braven in the Province of Cleveland, which suffered a major earthquake. Since the city of Braven was able to engage in corruption so blatantly, the Governor of the Province of Cleveland would not have been unaware of it.
The governor of the Province of Cleveland was the former Duke of Phillot, who rewarded Duke Phillot for his service to the dragon. However, Duke Phillot died of illness five years ago, and his eldest son Haynes took over as governor. In the same year, he also
Expelled Hathaway from the Firlow family.
"In just the past few years, these old nobles have begun to relapse into their old ways and really regard the land they control as their own territory."
Aslan was so angry that he threw the documents in his hand on the ground.
"Your Majesty, Minister Essien is here."
Aslan waved his hand and asked the palace maid standing aside to step back, preventing her from collecting the documents on the floor.
"Let him in!"
Essien outside the door cheered up when he heard the reminder from the palace maid responsible for delivering the message.
In the past few years, he has often entered the magic hyperbaric chamber. With the help of the Elf Holy Spring and various training resources, he and Wilson became a magician by chance. In the past few years, his cultivation has reached the level of an intermediate magician. In this life, he can only reach
The great magician has greatly improved the energy and lifespan of the two of them, so that they will not die of exhaustion at work.
Entering the imperial study room, he looked down at the documents on the floor. Several key words in them made him breathe quickly.
He understood, and His Majesty should also understand, perhaps even more clearly than he did.
He is still very aware of the combat effectiveness of the imperial intelligence department.
Since the establishment of the empire, Anbu has played an important role.
"Tell me what's going on!"
Aslan was not even polite to Essien and asked coldly: "Don't tell me you don't know anything?"
Essien trembled and fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty, forgive me! This is an old minister's dereliction of duty. Since four years ago, the province of Cleveland has been independent. However, at that time, various parts of the empire were using troops, and the annual taxes were paid on time, and even increased year by year.
, the old minister was so confused that he turned a blind eye to this, and did not expect that it would eventually lead to a catastrophe."
Aslan stared at Essien coldly, he really wanted to slap to death this old minister who had followed him from scratch.
The province of Cleveland is not an exception, but has become the norm, especially the original grand dukes of the Kingdom of Cleveland and the Northern Federation, who have vague plans to manage the province as their own territory.
Unless the Province of Cleveland made the matter too big and eventually exposed it to Wilson, he was still kept in the dark.
The Security Bureau of the Second Reich has always been responsible for counterintelligence and espionage work within the empire. It does not pay much attention to the surveillance of imperial officials. The information and documents on the ground are all found by the Security Bureau of the Second Reich from the public sentiment in various places.
It can be seen that the situation in Cleveland Province is so bad that many things are not even bothered to be done in a hidden way.
Aslan asked: "What are you going to do?"
Essien continued to prostrate on the ground, not even daring to raise his head, and a trace of sadness could not help but appear in his eyes.
He had already guessed the emperor's plan, but today he had to cooperate and could no longer refuse the emperor as before.
As early as a few years ago, Aslan wanted to complete the seven functional departments of the ANBU, and he also thought of a name, the Fifth Integrity Bureau, which specializes in supervising and arresting corruption and bribery cases by officials in various places.
But Essien rejected it for various reasons.
As a minister of state, he naturally knows the unspoken rules. It has become normal to use one's power to make profits. As long as it is not excessive, Essien has always turned a blind eye. After all, the nobles' territories have been confiscated, and the empire has given these old
Nobles have certain business privileges, such as tax reductions or preferential business policies.
However, there are very few nobles who can truly rise from the business world. In order to ensure the quality of life, most of them become local government officials.
Although the empire has vigorously developed education, and over the years, the civil servants it has trained have greatly eased the administrative pressure on the empire, but the power of most upper-level officials is controlled by the old nobles.
Therefore, Essien knew very well that if he wanted to rectify the government, it would be equivalent to starting a war with all the old nobles, which would definitely cause turmoil in the entire empire. Moreover, as a beneficiary of this system, many of his nephews also became imperial officials. He was even more
It is impossible to establish the Fifth Integrity Bureau. Essien knows very well what kind of people his descendants are.
Once the Fifth Integrity Bureau is established, they will definitely be among the first batch of officials to be fired.
"My lord, I suggest that your Majesty establish the Fifth Integrity Bureau."