Corruption has been an almost unsolvable problem that every ruling class has to face from ancient times to the present. It is born with power, and wherever there is power, there is the soil for him to breed. From the central court to the corners of the countryside, you can always find his traces. And the countless gray areas derived from this are countless.

It is impossible to completely eliminate corruption, so our ancestors said a long time ago that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when the people are observant, there will be no disciples.

This is actually a helpless sigh at the current situation where corruption cannot be burned out by wildfires and spring breezes.

Li Ze started to establish an anti-corruption system and supervision agency very early, but this did not make some people wary of it. On the contrary, some people always think that they are lucky people and think that their methods are perfect until they are self-destructive, and that they will only realize the feeling that they should not stretch out their hands, and that they will be caught if they reach out.

However, this kind of emotion will not be a wake-up call for later generations. On the contrary, those guys who keep going will only learn from the lessons of the unlucky person while sighing secretly that this guy is not lucky and make his corruption methods more hidden and advanced.

This has always been a cat and mouse game.

Just like a mouse can never disappear, cats can never be completed in their entire lives.

Under Li Ze's rule, the first person to be beheaded for corruption was Shen Congxing, the general of the right-leading guard. His position was extremely high. As one of Li Ze's initial teams, he was even more honest. Once he lost his head in the crime, he already showed Li Ze's zero tolerance attitude towards this matter, but this did not make others stop there except shocking it.

And after some political factors are mixed in such matters, it becomes even more difficult to deal with.

Just like this Cao Hing incident.

Cao Hung himself is nothing, but behind him is the Cao family, which is now known as the first family in the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Ze was still like a rootless duckweed, it was Cao Xin who chose Li Ze, which gave Li Ze a strong support. For more than ten years, the Cao family has stood firmly behind Li Ze. Whether it is military or political, it has always been one of Li Ze's most powerful arms.

In terms of military affairs, Cao Xin invested all his strength. In terms of politics, when Li Ze decided to crack down on land annexation, it was the first Cao family to divide the property and donate the excess land to the Wuwei Jiedu Mansion at that time. It was precisely because Cao Xin took the lead in disregarding the opposition of all the brothers under the rule of the Yuan Chengde Jiedu and forced the Wang family, the You family and the Yuan family to follow up. This made this policy unimpeded in Wuwei and laid a solid foundation for the land policy of the later New Tang Dynasty.

Cao Xin was the former chief minister.

Cao Zhang is the founder and pioneer of Li Ze's theoretical foundation for Yixing Society, and is now the third person in Yixing Society.

Li Mi, who was born in a secret camp and was the number one figure in a secret camp, served as the commander of Li Ze's personal guard camp, and is now the supreme leader of the Jing'an Army.

If such a family is involved because of Cao Hung's affairs, they will immediately cause a sensation in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty.

And this can even be said to shake Li Ze's ruling foundation.

Do people like Cao Xin, Cao Zhang, and Li Mi need corruption?

Of course they don't need it.

But sometimes, it’s not that they don’t want to get involved in these things.

Many times, they are even passively involved.

For example, this time in the construction of large-scale basic engineering projects in Hunan Province, when Cao's commerce appeared, many things were actually destined, and others also had this awareness.

Cao Qing didn't need to bribe some people at all, and the most plump piece of meat would fall into his mouth.

And this is also another kind of corruption!

Because the power of the Cao family is where it is placed.

Because local officials all understand that you can not give it to you, no matter which aspect, you can find too many reasons. Of course, the Cao family will never say anything in front of you, and will not seek revenge at a low level. But what does it mean to be inadequate to achieve things and to be more than enough to fail?

When you need to do something, when you need to get some support from the court, any one of the Cao family can openly press down on some things you urgently need to complete inadvertently than letting the Cao family get more rewards in the project, many of which can even affect the people's livelihood plans and future development in the entire place.

It is precisely because of this that local officials, including provincial governor Qian Biao, turn a blind eye in many cases, and even adopt a sheltering attitude towards many things.

People like Qian Bing and Zheng Wenjun have pressed so many cases of infringement and property robbery and murder cases, and without the acquiescence of these real bigwigs above the place, can they do it? There are also supervision in the local area, including Jing'an and Yixingshe organizations. But these people are involved in the overall gains and losses, and after calculating, they find that it seems that only by pressing these things down may be more in line with the interests of the local area.

In their opinion, sacrificing the interests of a small number of people can win more benefits for more people, which is cost-effective.

In their opinion, this is for the overall development of the entire place.

As for what the people who were sacrificed thought, they naturally couldn't count in the face of their overall situation.

A grain of ashes from the times fall on one's heads and is a mountain.

Li Ze was very angry because the institutions he had painstakingly arranged to suppress each other collectively lost their voices on these matters and did not play the role they should play at all. In the end, he learned of the news, and actually passed the internal notification of the Intelligence Committee.

Li Ze was helpless. From the perspective of local officials, he seemed to be unable to find any real faults in what they did. You can ask them for their sins, but these people could even stand in front of themselves and say to themselves very openly that he was wholeheartedly considering the people.

After anger and helplessness, Li Ze discovered that he really couldn't make this matter public and launched a vigorous anti-corruption campaign.

And what he can do is to calm down.

Losing money! Those who suffer losses will receive higher compensation than they deserve.

Debt! People with blood on their hands must pay the price for their behavior. But Li Ze also knew that these guys who needed to lose their heads were just small people. Will Cao Qing's hands be bleeding? Absolutely not. He or he didn't even know about the murders that happened below.

But there are many different ways to calm things down.

On the surface, we cannot punish the Cao family, but private punishment is necessary.

The Cao family withdrew from the construction of basic engineering in Hunan, and all the previous investment was wasted.

Cao Hung was driven to the Nanyang Plantation and was not allowed to return to the local area within ten years.

The Cao family's business will definitely suffer great setbacks in the future. In various places, they will never be able to receive any care in at least a short time.

These punishments will not be made public, but will be widely circulated in a small circle. This is a powerful warning from Li Ze to these people.

The Cao family made a mistake, and it all ended up like this. So you think about it yourself, how about you compare to the Cao family?

Now is the time for us to converge.

If you still dare to reach out and grab it, then the next time will be the time to buy it.

Li Ze believes that these people are smart people, and at least for a long time, these people will restrain themselves.

Li Ze didn't know how long this period would be, but he knew that such things would definitely repeat themselves.

The personnel replacement work of the imperial court has actually begun silently, and more new generations have appeared. The old generation is over and the rotation has begun. The cards are also reshuffled.

"With a little power, no matter who it is, it will be used to cash in consciously or unconsciously." Li Ze lay on the bed, and said helplessly to Xia He who was taking off his makeup: "Just like me, isn't it? Our family's fresh wine count, a table of wine and meals start at least 100 yuan. This is the salary income of ordinary people for a year. Is this table of wine and meals really worth so much? Of course it is not worth it, but I still flock to it. Why, isn't it because he is royal? Qiaoer raises money everywhere, and just opens her mouth, and you can get it, isn't it because it's because it's because it's because of it? Qiaoer raises money everywhere.

Is she the queen? Officials will receive gifts from their subordinates during festivals. Even if there are strict regulations in the Supervision Law, they will give them even if they give them, because if they don’t, they will really remember you. Even if they don’t give them, they can really remember you. Even if they are an ordinary servant, they can have countless open reasons to make things difficult for those who are lower-level than him. But if you give him a little sweetness, even if you give him a little fruit and a little snack, maybe he can let you go. This is reality."

"Since this is the reality that cannot be changed, what are you so upset about, young master?" Xia He smiled and went to bed, snuggled beside Li Ze and said, "It's just that these things are too lush, so cut off a batch. It always takes time to grow. After it gets chopped, cut off, and repeats itself. As long as you walk forward on a large level, you're always saying that no matter how bright the sun is, there are shadow parts that cannot be illuminated? Even gods can't do things, you can't be demanding that you can do it. Now, it's pretty good."

"Yes, from a broad perspective, it's really good. At least I've done a good job compared to those guys before, but people's hearts are always insufficient." Li Ze sighed. "I want better, but I'm always unable to do it."
Chapter completed!