Chapter 2575
After many days, I came to Shi Diwen's official residence in Hangzhou again. It was still as busy as ever. People who came to see Shi Diwen lined up outside the gate early. Tao Hongfang and Bai Letong had special status, so they did not have to queue up like others. After the concierge stated their identity and purpose of visit, Shi Diwen's attendant quickly came out and took them in.
Shi Diwen showed no signs of surprise at their arrival and nodded to let them sit down first. Seeing that he seemed to be reviewing some documents, the two of them didn't dare to disturb him, so they sat down and waited.
It took Shi Diwen about a cup of tea to finish the work at hand. He pressed the call bell on the table to call the secretary in and handed the signed documents to the secretary for processing.
After sending away the secretary, Shi Diwen rubbed his eyes tiredly and said: "Everything is good in Hangzhou, but there are too many things. Just reviewing documents every day takes up most of the day!"
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Tao Hongfang responded knowingly: "Uncle Shi has to deal with all kinds of things every day. It's really hard, so he should take good care of himself!"
Shi Diwen smiled and said: "There are so many things, and there must be someone to do it. So I hope that the department at Fort Victory can move to Hangzhou as soon as possible, so that someone can help me share some of the work, and I can be a little more relaxed. ...Tell me, you guys came here unexpectedly today, must you be in some kind of trouble?”
Tao Hongfang smiled and said: "It's not a trouble, it's just that we can't make up our minds about some things, so we wanted to ask Uncle Shi for advice on what to do."
After Tao Hongfang finished speaking, he winked at Bai Letong next to him, indicating that he, the client, would have to say the next words.
Bai Letong knew that this kind of matter could not be pushed back and forth, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle Shi, we accidentally learned during a visit recently that several officials in the rural trial office failed to comply with due standards and were suspected of dereliction of duty! ”
After Shi Diwen heard this, his expression did not change much, and he just asked in a deep voice: "Where is the evidence?"
Bai Letong immediately took out the list provided by Xu Wenlin and presented it to the table in front of Shi Diwen: "Uncle Shi, the people listed on this list all have close personal relationships with several officials from the township trial office. , and these people seem to be participating in this rural examination. According to the principle of avoiding suspicion, these officials from the rural examination office should have offered to resign long ago, but they have never done so. I suspect that they are deliberately concealing it and seeking personal gain! Uncle is aware of it!”
Shi Diwen asked while looking at the list: "Have you verified the identity information on this list?"
Bai Letong said: "The incident happened suddenly, and we didn't have time to verify it one by one."
"Then where did you get this list?" Shi Diwen asked.
"Yes... someone took the initiative to report it!" Bai Letong was not in a position to expose Tao Hongfang's information channels directly, so he could only give a vague answer to this question.
Shi Diwen said: "So, it's just hearsay and unconfirmed news?"
Bai Letong said: "We are worried that the investigation will continue to alert others, so we want to report it directly to you, and then use official means to verify whether the information is true." Regarding how to describe the method of secret investigation more reasonably, Tao and Bai said It had been totaled the night before. They wanted to keep Shi Diwen's attention on the truth of the matter as much as possible, rather than where the intelligence information came from and whether the process was legal.
Of course, the most important thing is to try to avoid mentioning Shi Diwen's responsibility for oversight during this process, so as not to make Shi Diwen feel shameless and affect the subsequent investigation work.
Shi Diwen nodded and said: "I understand. You are worried that these officials in the township examination office will practice favoritism and admit students who have personal relationships with them. However, if these officials are to be dealt with immediately, then this year's township examination may be held. It’s causing a lot of trouble, have you considered a solution?”
"This..." Bai Letong was speechless for a moment. Of course he hoped that Shi Diwen could catch all the violators in one go, but he did not consider how the upcoming rural examination would be organized after these people were cleared out from the township examination office. He didn't know if there were other candidates available under Shi Diwen, but he knew that it would be difficult for him to be alone and take over all related work in a short period of time.
"Hongfang, what do you think?" Seeing that Bai Letong couldn't answer, Shi Diwen asked the question to Tao Hongfang.
Tao Hongfang actually didn't think about the consequences of this. Of course he couldn't come up with any effective solution after being asked, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "My nephew thinks that no matter how we deal with it, Everyone should focus on the overall situation and not affect the smooth progress of this year’s provincial examination.”
Shi Diwen nodded slowly and said: "That's right. No matter what problems there are before, it cannot affect this year's provincial examination. This is the top priority for us. Since neither of you can come up with a feasible plan , how about you listen to my solution first?”
The two of them would not object, and they quickly concentrated on listening to Shi Diwen's solution.
Shi Diwen said: "Although these people from the rural examination office are suspected of seeking personal gain, there is currently no credible evidence. It would be unfair to rashly convict them. And if we really want them all to leave, what will happen next?" The upcoming rural examinations will also be greatly affected, so my opinion is to let them stay in their posts for the time being and preside over this year's provincial examinations. Other matters will be discussed after the provincial examinations are over. If it is found that they have committed fraud, then. Just deal with it according to the law.”
Bai Letong frowned and said, "Do you mean to pretend that nothing happened and completely ignore their behavior? If they really committed fraud, wouldn't it be unfair to other candidates who participated in the provincial examination to investigate and deal with it after the provincial examination is over? ?”
Shi Diwen said: "Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. Letting them continue to preside over the provincial examination does not mean to sit idly by and ignore the taboos they have committed. Just use some means to prevent them from using their power for profit." .”
The method Shi Diwen gave includes two points. First, starting from now, let all the people in the township examination office who have access to the examination questions live together and cut off contact with the outside world until their freedom is restored after the township examination is over. Isolate them from information exchange channels with the outside world to the greatest extent possible.
The second is to verify the identities of the students on the list. If it is confirmed that they have personal relationships with the examiners of the township examination, then these people will be disqualified from participating in this year's township examination. In this way, even if they have channels for fraud, they will not be able to gain any benefits from this rural examination.
The two measures are implemented simultaneously, so that when people inside and outside lose contact in both directions, the possibility of cheating in the rural examination is reduced to a minimum.
(End of chapter)