Chapter 2501
Summer 1655, Sanya, Hainan.
"Xu~"
Following the coachman's shout, a carriage painted green stopped outside the gate of Fort Victory. The large and eye-catching yellow "mail" character on the carriage indicated the special function of this carriage.
After the car stopped, the two staff members who were waiting in advance pushed the car forward. The postman in a green vest got out of the car, opened the door at the rear of the car, and began to take out various mails from the car and put them into the car.
Most of the mail sent to Fort Victory was of an official nature, and the vast majority of it was shipped by sea. There are post offices in the port centers of Victory Port and Sanya Port. After the official mail is unloaded at Fort Victory, it will be delivered to the port post office as soon as possible, and then the post office will prioritize delivery.
Generally, mail can be delivered to Fort Victory within two hours after being unloaded. Some urgent mails sent back by dedicated official ships can be delivered even faster.
With the expansion of Haihan territory, the number of official mails sent to Fort Victory every day is also increasing. Now it must be delivered at least two to three times a day to complete the task.
The postman loaded the mail into the car, took out the delivery slip and asked the staff of Fort Victory to sign for it, then closed the car door and drove away. After these mails are loaded into small carts and sent to Fort Victory, they will undergo the next round of sorting and security inspection.
All mail sent through the postal department and delivered to travelers will be opened and inspected at this link to ensure safety before being sent to the recipient. Really high-level confidential emails are usually transmitted through special channels of the military or intelligence agencies, so this kind of disassembly and inspection does not pose much risk of leaking secrets.
As for the letters sent to Fort Victory, more than half of them were sent to Gu Kai's office.
As the head of the Haihan judicial system, Gu Kai now holds a high position of authority. Not only does he have to formulate various laws and regulations for the country, but he is also responsible for part of the internal affairs supervision and handling of special judicial issues that occur to the public.
Although the Ministry of Justice had built an independent office building outside Fort Victory many years ago, Gu Kai was still happy to stay in the small office in Fort Victory to handle various official duties, and would only return to the Ministry of Justice for occasional meetings. Over there in the building. Therefore, all kinds of official mail sent to Gu Kai are usually sent to Fort Victory.
Gu Kai glanced at the mail that the secretary put on the table and asked casually: "Where did the more mails come from today?"
The secretary responded respectfully: "Most of them come from Zhejiang, accounting for about 70%."
After sending the secretary away, Gu Kai opened a few emails at random and looked at them, shaking his head while reading. Finally, he took a few emails from them, got up and left the office.
"Look at this. In the past few days, all the reporting letters have been sent from Zhejiang!"
Tao Donglai raised his head, looked at the pile of letters Gu Kai put on his table, smiled and said, "Sit down and talk."
Gu Kai sat down on the sofa chair opposite Tao Donglai and said angrily: "Zhejiang is in such a mess, I really don't know how Shi Diwen is taking care of it!"
Tao Donglai asked: "Do you think the contents of these letters are credible?"
Gu Kai said: "It doesn't matter whether the credibility is high or not. I'm worried that these messy things will affect the implementation of the capital relocation project!" Tao Donglai said: "I think we still have to believe in Shi Diwen's ability. He dares to propose Such a plan is definitely not impulsive, and he should have made all preparations long ago. If he can't even control local public opinion, how has he managed the Donghai Region step by step over the years? "
Gu Kai said: "Of course I believe in Shi Diwen's ability, but so many local people have opinions about him, which is not a good thing after all."
Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be as serious as you think. In my opinion, these reporting letters were deliberately released by him, and maybe some of them were arranged by himself."
Gu Kai said in shock: "You mean, he might be deliberately playing a trick?"
Tao Donglai smiled and said: "I'm not sure, but it should be possible. You might as well think carefully about the origin and content of these reporting letters."
Shortly after the executive committee announced the plan to move the capital, anonymous letters of complaint from Zhejiang began to increase. Most of the contents of these letters questioned Shi Diwen's abuse of power, nepotism, personal enrichment, forced expropriation, etc. in the capital relocation project, and called on the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Justice to thoroughly investigate the problems that have arisen in the capital relocation project.
Reporting local officials from overseas colonial regions to Fort Victory, unless it involves major matters such as national security, will generally not attract special attention from the Executive Committee, and Gu Kai has also dealt with these matters. The reasons that made Gu Kai feel uneasy this time were that firstly, there were too many reporting letters, and secondly, it involved the great cause of relocating the capital.
But after listening to Tao Donglai's words, Gu Kai quickly realized what was unusual about this.
If we count from the time of the capture of Zhoushan, Shi Diwen has been in Zhejiang for more than twenty years. His power and prestige in the local area is extremely high, and his influence is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty and the Haihan Executive Committee. Under such circumstances, anyone who dares to oppose Haihan will undoubtedly take great risks, and must be familiar with Haihan's power structure to "complain" by writing an anonymous letter to report.
Are there really so many people in Zhejiang who have the courage and ability to go against Shi Diwen? Even if there were, could the letters they wrote really pass the screening and be sent to Sanya smoothly? If Shi Diwen couldn't even guard against these means, how could he still be qualified to occupy a top spot in the executive committee's lineup?
Gu Kai quickly figured out the key point, and suddenly felt that Tao Donglai's words did make some sense. Reporting yourself may sound a bit unbelievable, but if Shi Diwen plays a trick first, and someone really wants to report him for this kind of thing later, it probably won't have any effect.
Gu Kai believes that the answer to whether Shi Diwen committed the behaviors alleged in the report during the capital relocation project is yes, but this is actually not a big deal, let alone guilty. They are all high-ranking officials who have been in power for many years, so they naturally understand the various difficulties in governance. If Shi Diwen abides by the laws and rules in everything, the capital relocation project may not be completed even if it takes several generations, let alone ten years. .
Of course, the overall situation is the top priority for this kind of matter. As long as Shi Diwen can ensure the smooth implementation of the relevant projects, the executive committee will not pursue any irregularities in the process.
Gu Kai said: "Then I will just suppress this matter?"
Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "That's not necessary. Shi Diwen asked these reporting letters to be sent over, and he probably still wants to see Sanya's reaction... You can send an official document in the name of the Ministry of Justice to let him have some advice. If you don’t change it, you will be encouraged.”
Gu Kai, who had known Tao Donglai for many years, naturally understood immediately: "Let him know that the executive committee already knows his intentions, and that will be enough."
"That's right." Tao Donglai nodded and said, "Shi Diwen is a smart man, so we must respond in a smart way."
(End of chapter)