Chapter 172 Pay me back everything you owe me
The next day, when Lin Wen woke up, his spirit had recovered to 10%.
He jumped up immediately and rushed into Yang Shaohu's room.
Several doctors were still there, cleaning and suturing Yang Shaohu's wound.
The nails in his fingers had been removed, and the ten bloody nails were still on the tray beside him, looking very creepy. His ten fingers were wrapped in thick bandages.
Lin Wen said, "You guys go out. I've borrowed the Nine Transformations Golden Pill from the Medicine God. Mortals are not allowed to look directly at it while it's in use."
The agents looked at each other and retreated. "Yes! County Chief Lin."
Lin Wen reached out and touched Yang Shaohu's forehead.
【Yangzhi Pomelo Dew】
A green spell used during the Qi training period. It consumes 10% of the spirit, nourishes the body, recovers muscle damage, and improves natural recovery ability in the long term.
The pale white mist penetrated into Yang Shaohu's body.
To the naked eye, he seemed to have not changed much, but his energy became more active, and his complexion turned from dull to bright.
Apparently, he is recovering rapidly.
very good.
Lin Wen got up and went to another room, where he saw a woman who was being guarded by three agents and had not slept a wink all night.
She looked very haggard and dazed.
"I have rescued Shaohu. After treatment, he is no longer in danger of life and will recover soon," said Lin Wen.
The woman stared at him blankly, her pupils unfocused, and her spirit seemed to have returned from a deep void.
"Really?"
She used all her strength to utter those three words, not even daring to show any hope on her haggard face.
Lin Wen nodded: "You can go see him now, he is in the other room."
Long after Lin Wen left the room, he could still hear the crying that seemed to pour out all the pain and despair.
——
Shenjing.
Yongsheng Building.
Chang Hai led a group of council members and knelt respectfully on the ground.
"Yes, as long as we allow regular imperial personnel to enter Changshan County and take over all the supervision and inspection work in Changshan County, Changshan County will be exposed and destroyed without a burial place."
Above them were two dark figures, obscured by a curtain and unable to be seen clearly.
After a long silence.
A dark figure said, "Yes."
Another shadow said, "If this doesn't work, then you can just commit suicide on your own. Don't bother Chief Yu with it."
Their voices were slightly distorted and did not sound like natural sounds.
Chang Hai's head was covered in cold sweat, and he said tremblingly:
"I, I, my Lords, would like our Council to conduct a thorough investigation of Changshan County. I seriously suspect there's something fishy going on with the civilian donations. There must be something fishy about their funding source!"
The shadow's voice turned cold: "Impossible."
Another shadow said, "You can't afford the price."
Chang Hai said in disbelief, "It's just a county. Why is it so difficult for me to investigate it thoroughly? If a mere county governor had dared to oppose us like this before, he would have been killed long ago."
The shadow had no interest in answering him: "That's it."
Silence fell behind the scenes.
A moment later, a servant came out.
"Director Chang, please go back."
Chang Hai stood up and suddenly took out a rectangular gold medal from his body and stuffed it into the servant's hand.
"You, can you tell me why?"
The attendant glanced around in embarrassment, then carefully weighed the item. His eyes lit up as he quickly put the gold medal into his sleeve. He then leaned over to Chang Hai and whispered in his ear, "He has military authority, and military authority involves the imperial power."
"The struggle for imperial power is not your domain, so don't touch it."
"If we want to bring him down, we can only start from outside the Jiedu power."
The attendant saw Chang Hai's sudden realization and smiled, then immediately turned stern and said, "Please go back!"
Chang Hai bowed respectfully and quickly led everyone out.
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Two o'clock in the afternoon.
The meeting continues.
The atmosphere of the meeting was normal, and the judges did not care about the turmoil of last night, as if it was just a distant and trivial matter that had nothing to do with them.
The reviewers were full of confidence, but also a little uneasy.
As soon as the meeting opened, the reviewers headed by Chang Hai launched a fierce attack.
They produced new evidence, including Changshan County's output data and imperial reports over the years, trying to explain how such a poor area could hide so many wealthy people?
From this we can see that it is impossible for Changshan County to obtain so much funds.
Such a huge project and output value are all fake.
Changshan County must have falsified the data. Everything in Changshan County is controlled by the county governor, and the data it provides is completely unreliable.
Lin Wen didn't even want to say a word, Yun Zhixing was the one arguing the whole time.
He said that the materials provided by the review committee were even more false, and many of the data were not even real but artificially estimated. They denied the real data based solely on the estimated data, and used irrelevant supporting evidence to prove that they were falsifying data. This was simply the biggest joke in the world.
The two sides were arguing so fiercely that they wanted to roll up their sleeves and start fighting on the spot.
After discussing with the jury for a while, host Yang Jiehua did not vote, but directly announced:
"Due to the dispute between the two parties, the authenticity of the data is difficult to determine. The trial team has now unanimously decided that Kong Xiangxi will dispatch regular personnel to Changshan County to conduct a comprehensive review of Changshan County's statistical data."
Kong Xiangxi bowed slightly. "As ordered, I will dispatch the most impartial and professional team to Changshan County to ensure that every piece of data in Changshan County is authentic and without any errors or omissions."
A triumphant smile appeared on Chang Hai's face.
Yun Zhixing's face darkened. He knew that the decision made by the jury would be difficult to overturn.
At this time, Lin Wen suddenly stood up: "I have something to say."
Yang Jiehua looked at him with an unreadable expression: "Chief Lin, this is the decision of the jury."
Lin Wen said, "I just want to ask, is Changshan County an extremely impoverished area in the empire?"
Yang Jiehua remained silent. Chang Hai, standing beside him, said loudly, "Of course it is. I just produced irrefutable evidence, isn't that enough to prove it? He's so poor he can't even afford to wear pants!"
Lin Wen then asked, "Did Changshan County suffer a flood?"
Chang Hai sneered, "Changshan County is utterly corrupt. Just a little rain, a slightly stronger than usual flow, and it's already washed away all the dikes, making it the worst-hit region! Its output value won't skyrocket; it's only likely to plummet!"
Lin Wen asked sternly, "Are the people from Changshan County civilians of the Empire?"
Chang Hai realized something was wrong: "You, don't discuss irrelevant things. We are discussing your fraud..."
Lin Wen raised his hand, picked up an ink bottle, and swung it with all his strength.
The ink bottle hit Chang Hai right on the forehead, and with a bang, the dark ink splashed all over his face.
There was a commotion during the meeting and guards appeared at the edge of the venue.
Chang Hai was furious, then overjoyed. He shouted, "Master Yang! Master Yang! He beat people, he beat people openly! According to the law, according to the law, he should..."
Lin Wen interrupted him sharply, "Changshan County is so poor, with only 600,000 yuan in annual support funds. And with such a severe flood, only 100,000 yuan in disaster relief funds. On average, every Changshan County resident received only 0.5 yuan!"
"I'd like to ask, is this how the Imperial Headquarters, which is responsible for assisting with Imperial affairs, does things?"
"Are you bad at math? Or do you think you can fill your stomach with 50 cents?"
Xu Chengfeng immediately said, "According to the plan drawn up by this headquarters, the Empire stipulates that annual aid funds to Changshan County are 12 million, and disaster relief funds are 36 million. There are three phases, totaling 108 million. A total of 6,100 tons of various materials, with a total value of 160 million."
Lin Wen sneered, "So there are so many! How come I haven't seen any yet?"
Xu Chengfeng replied, "Because the Council has questioned the rationale of the funding issue, it has been under review. All supplies, except for food, have been seized by the Council."
Lin Wen sneered: "The food was delivered after it was rotten."
He turned to Chang Hai and asked, "Is this reasonable?"
Chang Hai's face was as dark as ink. He shouted, "Of course it's reasonable. This is the legal duty of the Supreme Council! The Council can of course review the whereabouts and sources of any materials and funds! This is the sword bestowed upon the Council by the Empire!"
Yunzhou Governor Zhao Chaoyang said, "Indeed, this is the statutory duty of the Council, and no one has the right to interfere. During the last joint meeting, several Excellencies specifically reiterated this point."
Chang Hai was still laughing when he heard the first half of the sentence, but his face suddenly fell when he heard the second half.
At this time, someone also realized: "That's not right. After the joint meeting, the power to inspect the imperial aid materials has been transferred to the Imperial Headquarters. It is now the power of the Imperial Planning Bureau."
The head of the Imperial Planning Bureau was a fat, round-faced man. He spoke slowly, "The Council refused to cede power to me, and when I tried to clean up past audits, I was met with strong interference from the Council."
Yang Jiehua's eyes swept over Chang Hai's face: "What's going on?"
Chang Hai's face turned completely black, as if ink had been splashed on it.
He trembled and said, "But, there may be some misunderstanding. I, we..."
Yang Jiehua said, "Please immediately implement the resolution of the Supreme Elders Council and prioritize the inspection of Changshan County's aid supplies. If there are no obvious problems, release them as soon as possible. From now on, all emergency aid supplies from the Empire will follow this example."
Chang Hai knew it was all over. The power that the Supreme Council had tried every means to retain was torn apart by him.
This is a perfect entry point, and this entry point was even proposed by the review committee itself.
Although it is only the power to review aid materials, it is nothing compared to the vast scope of the Council's powers and will not shake the Council's authority.
However, it set a very bad precedent.
And he will be the scapegoat for this failure.
Yun Zhixing was full of admiration. He felt more and more that County Chief Lin's wisdom was as deep and broad as the ocean. He was indeed worthy of being the man favored by the First Princess.
(End of this chapter)
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