Chapter 505: The Report Letter Sweeping Most of the Empire
Chapter 505: The report letter that swept through most of the empire
"This report letter lists seventy-three officials from major provinces such as Gansu, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Zhejiang, and Liangjiang in the Great Qin Empire, ranging from county magistrates to provincial chief envoys."
"Most of the crimes reported were serious crimes such as abuse of power, corruption and perversion of the law, withholding money and food for disaster relief, embezzlement of government funds, and malpractice for personal gains."
"Weichen selected some of the more recent ones who were easier to check for verification, and found that they can be corroborated one by one."
"Although it will take some time to obtain a complete chain of evidence, the evidence is only used when convicting. The information we have now can determine that the content of this report letter is completely true and not fabricated."
While listening to Zhou Pingan's introduction, Li Chen carefully looked at the report letter in his hand.
There is not much content, there is no header or tail, only names and their respective positions, and the crimes committed. Although it is concise, the content is detailed and clear at a glance.
You can tell at a glance that this is definitely the work of an expert.
Without decades of judicial and law enforcement experience, it would be impossible to write such a report letter.
The most terrifying thing is that this report letter involves a large number of officials, covering almost half of the Qin Empire.
After reading the last word, Li Chen slowly put down the report letter. He looked up at Zhou Pingan and said, "If this letter is published, it will be the largest corruption case since the founding of the Qin Empire."
Zhou Ping'an's expression remained calm, and he said calmly: "Based on past experience, large-scale corruption must be a hidden case. For example, a prefect, whose official rank is no more than fourth grade, but the prefect is in charge of the government, promotes good conduct, and is peaceful.
Prisons and lawsuits were all taxed and servitude was used to educate the people."
"There are also co-prefects, general judges and other officials in the government to assist the prefect in management. When the prefect commits corruption, he will most likely involve his colleagues and subordinates in committing corruption. No one is immune to the defeat of a government. The whole government will be corrupted together, and everyone will be involved.
, forming a nest case to ensure the safety of corrupt officials and resist the scrutiny of the court."
"If this is the case, then the states, counties and governments involved in this report letter may all fall."
"It is so important that even the current Holy Emperor would not dare to touch this letter of report easily."
After Li Chen listened silently, he suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question, "Do you know why disasters often come together with chaos?"
Zhou Ping'an bowed, and then replied: "Great disasters will inevitably lead to great thieves. Great thieves use force to disrupt the ban, break etiquette and law, and form private armies. Great disasters will also lead to great corruption. Great corruption will form gangs, prey on the people, deceive the superiors and hide from the inferiors, and harm the public and private interests."
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"The great thieves and great corruption made it difficult for the people to live, so great chaos arose."
Nodding, Li Chen pointed to the report letter and said: "The real corruption is not in the court, but in these pests who directly govern the people's livelihood and serve as officials for one parent."
"These people are the real corrupt people in troubled times. How greedy can a court official be? They don't care about the few grains of rice in the common people's rice jars. What they value is the government's funding, which can easily reach hundreds of thousands or millions."
The two money and interests are what they are jealous of."
"But these will not directly harm the interests of the people. Throughout history, no dynasty has collapsed because of corrupt officials. What really makes the people's lives miserable and rise up is the garbage of these common people!"
"but......"
Li Chen slapped the report letter hard, gritted his teeth and said: "Now, we can't touch them."
"Save all the files of the officials involved together with this report envelope, and then let Dongchang check it to see if they can find out who wrote the report letter. This person has a very evil heart."
