Chapter 398 Unacceptable (first update, please subscribe)
When Dongfang showed a hint of fish belly white, Li Yian had already started his morning exercise.
Real morning exercise!
Just running!
The older a person gets, the less timid they become!
Although people are not old yet. But it’s never too early to keep healthy.
Exercising in the morning will only have benefits and no harm to your future longevity.
Besides, as an honest man with many hidden gems, it is also necessary to exercise more.
As usual, Li Yian ran directly out of the official residence. When he went out, he said hello to the guard and jogged towards the seaside.
In front of him and behind him, except for a few agents, he looked no different from ordinary people.
When Li Yian ran to the coastal road, he had jogged for almost a kilometer.
After taking a short rest, Li Yian continued running along the seaside as usual. The air on the coastal avenue in the early morning is very fresh, and he is not the only one running in the morning. Morning exercise has long become a part of the lives of many Nanyang people, which adds a lot of motivation to Li Yi'an.
After running for five kilometers along the seaside road in Taiping Bay, Li Yian gradually slowed down and walked a few hundred meters before starting his return journey. On the way back, he went to a nearby soup dumpling shop - as a city of immigrants, here you can eat delicacies from all over Tangshan.
The boss did not appear embarrassed because of the president's arrival, and the guests did not watch. Everyone has long been accustomed to all this - the president will do morning exercises like ordinary people, and have breakfast in the breakfast shop. Of course, the payment is the same.
When breakfast was served, Li Yian was drinking soup and eating soup dumplings. His breakfast was very simple - a basket of soup dumplings, a bowl of soup, and a tea egg, just like some people from another world. The denounced "poor man's breakfast".
However, Li Yian has long been accustomed to this poor life. You are an ordinary person, why bother pretending to be sophisticated?
I unfolded the newspaper on the table casually, but I just read it. Suddenly, his brows wrinkled.
The originally good mood was instantly ruined by the news in the newspaper.
“A senior official of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry committed adultery with his wife!”
I briefly read the news in the newspaper. The news was very simple. It was about the relationship between the director of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry named Ma and the wife of an enterprise executive. Adultery was exposed as tidbits!
"Shameless!"
Although every man has a thief in his heart, and even Li Yian himself has been a thief, he has never used his power to force a woman... People must have a bottom line.
Especially officials!
I only ate two soup dumplings and drank only a few mouthfuls of soup.
“Boss Chen, please pack your bag.”
After saying that, Li Yian stood up and left,
"You walk slowly."
Boss Chen of Chenji Soup Dumpling looked at the president holding the newspaper in his hand and walked out directly. Finally, I thought to myself.
"Something's going to happen..."
Something's going to happen!
Almost everyone had this thought in mind when they saw the tidbits about Director Ma.
Liu Chengyu arrived at the official residence early and waited for a long time before entering the office. As soon as he entered the office, he hurriedly apologized.
"Sir, it was a mistake of humble duty, and I have failed to trust you."
Li Yian did not raise his head. He was looking at a report in his hand, which was a report from the Security Bureau.
The contents of the report are shocking. In the past three years, more than 500 public officials have been prosecuted for duty-related crimes.
In other words... the crows here are actually not that white, but this also shows that supervision is still effective, but it is not enough!
Close the report in front of him, raise his head, Li Yian looked at Liu Chengyu and said.
"Are you betraying my trust?"
Li Yi'an asked.
“The power of the country belongs to the people, and the country is the people! The people hand over power to us and expect us to use the law as the basis to create a fair and just society! However, there are officials in the government who use their power to engage in malpractice for personal gain. , Corruption and bending the law, this is not only a crime, but also a betrayal of the trust and expectations of the people! ”
Li Yian's tone became a little excited. "Such a person has actually become a director step by step. You are not derelict in your duty! You are committing a crime!"
Liu Chengyu felt his heart tremble and opened his mouth, but no words came out. He had to bow his head again.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yian said.
“I thought that by strengthening supervision, improving corresponding systems, and providing high salaries, it would be enough to avoid all this from happening... And at the beginning, many people used the example of the customs to prove the correctness of this. ”
The reason why Li Yian mentioned the customs is because in this era, Tangshan Customs was definitely the most unique existence from the late Qing Dynasty to China. Originally, the customs was the most corrupt yamen in the late Qing Dynasty. However, the Customs later became a well-known clean agency and was even considered "one of the miracles in the history of world administration."
The person who created all this was an Englishman - Hurd. He did not want to change the face of customs just with the anti-corruption storm. Moreover, the system has been completely updated to eliminate corruption.
He first established a new accounting system, auditing system and employment system that "must take exams before entering the company". Hurd was also very decisive in dealing with violations. “Those who engage in dishonest behavior such as corruption, embezzlement, misappropriation, and bribery will be immediately dismissed once reported to the General Taxation Department by the Taxation Department.”
In conjunction with the above system reforms, Hurd also carried out wage system reforms. Through the improvement of various aspects of the system, the miracle of customs was created, and it has even continued to this day, becoming an alternative in Chinese officialdom in this era.
It is precisely because of Ruyin that Nanyang has learned from the customs rules and regulations and employment system from the beginning. I just want to be able to establish a clean officialdom.
However, Ma Pengcheng's incident forced Li Yi'an to reflect on the fact that rules and regulations are good, but the question is why are there still people who pretend to be public and use their power for personal gain?
This question has to make people think deeply!
“We are indeed improving the system, and the system is effective, but the system... must be respected, and the same goes for the law!”
Looking at Liu Chengyu who was hanging his head in silence. , Li Yian said.
“I will hand this matter over to a specialized agency for investigation. If it is just an affair with a woman, then it will be punished according to the law. If it involves abusing power for personal gain, it will also be punished by the law. A glimpse of one thing will tell the whole story... If he takes bribes!”
There is indeed a law in Nanyang about the so-called sexual intercourse between women, but this law prohibits married women from having sex with other people, not men. Even the marriage system in Nanyang does not require monogamy, but follows tradition. For example, natives can marry four wives according to traditional customs, while Chinese can also marry multiple wives according to tradition. However, in In the inheritance law, the inheritance rights of concubines and their children are clarified.
So from a legal perspective, being a thief in Nanyang is definitely not just a matter of morality, but a matter of law - it is absolutely illegal.
Such a straightforward inequality can be written into the law, well, this is the time. That's the way it is in this era.
Although Li Yi'an did not say anything further, Liu Chengyu already understood what the president meant - he needs to take responsibility for the oversight!
"Sir, if he is involved in a public-duty crime and bears the responsibility for unfavorable employment and dereliction of supervision in his humble position, I will resign sir and apologize to the public to show responsibility!"
"Someone must be responsible for the oversight. Not just you, but the examiners and investigators who were interviewed for promotion must be held responsible. They will be removed from their original positions, demoted, and banned from promotion for life."
Nanyang’s public employee promotion system draws on the civil service system of Britain, the United States and other countries. In addition to appointment promotion, there is also seniority promotion. After reaching a certain number of years, those without faults will be automatically promoted after passing the assessment. Then there is the promotion examination. Examination results will prevail, and promotions will be based on a combination of years and merit. Each department gives priority to promotion within the department. Candidates are first searched within the department. If there is no suitable candidate, the job will be opened to other departments. If there is no suitable candidate, the job will be opened to people outside the government.
This system may seem complicated, but it minimizes the space for manual operation. But it is inevitable that there is still room for human manipulation, such as interviewers and background investigators, so... the crime of oversight must be investigated.
Only by pursuing the investigation can they learn a lesson. Only in this way can they learn lessons.
And Liu Chengyu... To a certain extent, he didn't need to resign originally, but now he needs to, because Li Yian needs to kill the chicken to show the monkey. This world has always been like this, there is nothing fair or unfair.
"As long as you understand! There are some things I don't want to do, but sometimes we have to do it. For a longer-term future, this future is not just for us, but for everyone!"
< br>“I understand!”
Liu Chengyu bowed again. The most important thing about this is to let everyone take a warning. And he... must be responsible.
Nodding slightly, Li Yian said.
“I plan to establish a Public Official Crime Investigation Bureau, which will be responsible for investigating crimes committed by public officials. The targets of the Public Investigation Bureau’s investigation include not only ministers-general, congressmen, the president of the Supreme Court and other senior public officials, but also the president. Even I am no exception. The Public Investigation Office can directly prosecute police, prosecutors, judges, etc. "
Sometimes people have to have the courage to heal their wounds in order to fundamentally change everything. Li Yi'an has never been an idealist, but one thing is for sure, as a realist, he fully understands the impact that corruption in public officials will have on society, and may even affect the fate of a country.
Just like officials from various African countries, they are extremely corrupt in their positions, and their ultimate goal is to immigrate to Europe and the United States. This is generally the case in Southeast Asian countries.
Therefore, some things must be eliminated from the source, and we must attack hard from the beginning. Once it becomes a disaster, even if we attack hard in the future, it will only be a lonely one. .
Once you get used to many things, you want to reverse them...it’s hard to get back!
(End of this chapter)