Chapter 274 Establishment of the Supervision Office
Accompanied by Ma Jun, Ao Lie inspected the achievements of the surveillance in the past six months. In addition to the weapons, armor and relevant agricultural tools that have been established, the development of new warships and Tiannv Flowers has also begun to take shape. What surprised Ao Lie was that although the new warships have not been manufactured, the pole has been developed in advance.
Ao Lie was also fortunate to witness the power of the pole. This kind of killer weapon for water battles was perfectly made in advance by Wang Hun and Ma Jun. It was composed of two huge logs of seven feet long. One log was inserted straight on the ground, which played a fixed and supportive role. The other log had an acute angle with a very small angle between this log. The ropes were woven by beef tendons and other things that were not afraid of water. The bull tendons passed through the pulley on the first log, restraining the second log to tilt in the air.
In the first experiment, as the second log that hit, there was nothing tied to the impact. When Ma Jun loosened the rope at the bottom of the first log, the second log that was responsible for hit fell from the sky with huge inertia, which made the ground tremble. Then, Ma Jun asked several craftsmen to work together to lift a large millstone weighing 50 kilograms, tied the millstone to the top of the second log, and then everyone worked together to pull the falling log into the air through the rope on the fixing rod. Prepare for the second test.
This time, because of the 50 kilograms of weight tied to the top of the impact rod, the descent of the impact rod became faster, and the power it emitted was naturally greater. With a loud bang, the impact rod fell heavily to the ground. The millstone tied to the top made a deep pit of five steps on the ground.
After two tests, Ao Lie was very satisfied with the results of Ma Jun and others. Once such a stick is equipped on a new warship, it will inevitably give Gan Ning's Qilin Navy's combat power to a new level. Moreover, the usage of the stick is very simple and is also very easy to maintain. Just check regularly to ensure that there will be no cracks on the fixed pole and the main body of the impact pole, and the pulleys on it are not damaged. This is not a problem for the Kirin elite.
According to Ma Jun, every time they make a stick, they will also make relevant accessories for the navy soldiers, so that they can replace them at any time. As for the main bodies of the two logs, they are made of solid wood. Generally speaking, they do not need to be replaced, and they can maintain a service life of one year at least.
After inspecting several other new technologies, Ao Lie made some comments on the development of the Tiannv Flowers and the new warship, and later experience and knowledge helped Wang Hun and Ma Jun overcome several difficulties. After that, Ao Lie walked out of the prison. On the way back, the official's corruption and abuse of power always lingered in Ao Lie's mind and lingered.
Returning to the Grand Governor's Office, Ao Lie immediately summoned all his subordinates to discuss and try to get corruption and other things. They were strangled to the forefront. When everyone heard that officials were corrupt and abused the law, they were very angry. Most of these people had experiences of being alone with Ao Lie, or had lived and died on the battlefield with Ao Lie. There was no doubt about loyalty to Ao Lie. Naturally, the phenomenon of corruption was not what they wanted to see, so they expressed their opinions and proposed various effective methods.
After some discussion, Ao Lie finally decided to take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, increase the salaries of all officials in the five northern prefectures. According to the previous salary system of the Han Dynasty, Ao Lie added an unequal salary to them in the corresponding official ranks. Even for the lowest official positions, the salary increased by thirty stones. The heads of civil and military affairs such as Zhuge Liang and Lu Bu were to increase the salary of 200 stones. According to the size of the position and the contributions, the salary increased by officials at each level was different.
This was solved by Ao Lie imitating the system of high-paying and honest support in some later countries. The personal charm of the leader and generous treatment were the most effective way to eliminate corruption. In view of the fact that the world was not unified and the army still needed to reserve a large amount of food and grass, while Ao Lie increased his salary to his officials, he also changed the way of paying salaries, no longer directly distributed food, but instead converted it into copper coins. This not only ensured that the army had sufficient food and grass reserves, but also eliminated the cumbersomeness of the officials after receiving their salaries, but also eliminated the cumbersomeness of changing it to money. This policy won unanimous recognition from the civil and military officials.
On the other hand, it is the establishment of the Supervision Department. As the name suggests, the Supervision Department is responsible for supervising those illegal things in the civil and military officials system. Unlike Shadow's responsibilities, the Supervision Department only has the power to supervise corruption, while Shadow is a comprehensive supervision. The specific responsibility of the Supervision Department is to supervise past economic cases or are currently occurring, and at the same time, it is responsible for the supervision and implementation rights of every sum of money and grain, ensuring that there will be no deficits during this period, and ensuring that every copper plate is spent in the corresponding place.
Ao Lie established the definition of the Supervision Office by imitating the Independent Commission Against Corruption in later generations. Ao Lie has made a decision. He decided to let the upright Tian Feng take the responsibility. With Tian Feng's character, even if someone only embezzled half of the copper coins, Tian Feng will definitely find him out. Let the finances be transparent and rationalized in the operation process. Ao Lie believes that Tian Feng is the most suitable candidate.
Tian Feng agreed to Ao Lie's appointment at once. His job was a advice, but as Ao Lie became more and more mature, there were few wrong decisions, which made Tian Feng think that he had become a free job. Of course, this was the situation he hoped to see. The lord did not make mistakes or made fewer mistakes was Tian Feng's original intention to serve Ao Lie. As for the position of Chief of the Supervision Department, Tian Feng felt Ao Lie's value for himself again, so he worked tirelessly and took on a double-position.
No organization can exist only as a commander, otherwise it will be a veritable commander. In the Supervision Office, Ao Lie must equip Tian Feng with a considerable number of personnel to supervise the economy of the five northern states. For this reason, Ao Lie and his generals once again discussed the candidates. Except for the commanders of the four elite troops who were not drawn, the rest of the generals recommended those loyal people under Ao Lie. Finally, according to the list elected by the generals, Ao Lie then dispatched 200 people from the shadow members responsible for Li Ru, and then formulated a list of personnel in the early stage of the Supervision Office, totaling 1,000 and 9. These people will be led by Tian Feng in the future. They will gradually spread around with Yanjing as the center, first controlling all the money and grain in Youzhou within their sight. Then, they will expand personnel and spread to the entire five northern states.
The establishment of the Supervision Department can also be regarded as a solution to Ao Lie's heart disease. Once the corruption trend is formed, it will not be so easy to control it. Taking advantage of the fact that only a few officials are corrupt and abused the law, the establishment of the Supervision Department is just right. In fact, Ao Lie is not worried about his old subordinates and old brothers, and even Ao Lie has no such concern for more than 95% of the officials under his command, because these people have followed Ao Lie all the way and witnessed the rise of the five northern prefectures. The sense of accomplishment of expanding territory is incomparable to officials from other prefectures and counties. They are willing to treat the five northern prefectures as their homes as their original construction. This sense of identity and belonging cannot be described in words.
However, Ao Lie could not guarantee that everyone's sense of identity and belonging would restrain their selfishness. After all, in the face of a large amount of money, there would still be people who were moved for various reasons. Moreover, in the future, Ao Lie would march into the Central Plains, sweep across Xiliang, and seize Sichuan and Shu... As the territory expanded, there would only be more and more officials under his command. For these latecomers, the sense of belonging and identity in their hearts would never be as strong as the officials under their command. The further south, the more people value money. The long-term generous life has made them accustomed to the big fish and meat of each meal, rather than being as hard as the north. At that time, it would inevitably be that people would fill their own pockets and suffer losses. Ao Lie would not want to see such borers, so the establishment of the Supervision Department is very necessary. Whether it is based on the present or looking at the future, it is an important institution to ensure political integrity.
Political integrity will have an important positive role in promoting the institutions of various countries and at the same time ensure the stability of people's livelihood, so as to ensure the stable development of the country. While completing the unification of the world, every Han people, including those who have accepted the sinicization, will live a stable and happy life. This goal that Ao Lie has been pursuing is absolutely inseparable from political integrity.
The Supervision Department had an immediate effect as soon as it was established. Three officials were caught by Tian Feng and regarded as a typical example of the negative. Among these three people, the person with the most embezzled 200,000 yuan embezzled within three years; and the least embezzled only once, and the number was only a mere fifty copper coins. However, no matter how many, since they have been caught, they should be done in public. According to the provisions of the Yanjing Law, the person with the most embezzled was executed in public, while the person with the least embezzled only needs to add the fifty copper coins that he had greedy and was dismissed.
Fearing from Ao Lie's usual reputation and grace of knowing one's favor, and the decisive behavior of the Supervision Department, the four officials took the initiative to surrender themselves to the Supervision Department, confessed their greedy cause and effect, and took the initiative to hand over the greedy money. Ao Lie did not punish these four officials, but just removed them from their post after earnest teaching.
Chapter completed!