Chapter 490 Spring Cleaning
It was a common practice in ancient warfare to send food and fodder before troops moved out, which also indirectly illustrates the importance of logistics.
In modern warfare, logistics is even more important. Bullets, artillery shells, food, medical first aid supplies, fuel, etc. are all necessities.
The biggest pain point in logistics management is loss.
No matter what materials are there, there will be loss during transportation.
There is no quota for loss, no standard, and it is difficult to define the amount, especially for food that will rot and spoil.
This also makes corruption extremely difficult to detect.
If we spend all our energy here, it will be more harm than good and may even cause logistical work to come to a halt.
The highest military department has taken action countless times, but has not found a good solution.
The final compromise was to carry out a major cleanup after the war, and kill the unlucky people who were unfortunately exposed as examples, as a way of giving an explanation.
This incompetent compromise has led to more rampant corruption in logistics.
Especially for a war involving millions of people, the supplies would pile up like mountains, and it would be a waste not to be greedy.
Anyway, if the sky falls, there is someone tall to hold it up, and it won’t crush me to death.
If I were more nimble, I wouldn't be one of those unlucky guys.
The boss took so much, so what if I take a little less?
The monk can take it, but I can’t?
After I finish this job, I will go back to my hometown to get married.
This trend of thought has become popular.
However, all this became a thing of the past after Lin Wen came.
But when Lin Wen led the military police and law enforcement team into the general logistics base, their nightmare began.
The ferocious Imperial Military Police arrested anyone they saw and took away more than 600 people in one day.
Fu Wenyu had been watching nearby since early morning.
After the emperor of the empire entered deep into enemy territory, logistics became a top priority.
As long as the logistics are cut off, the emperor will die there sooner or later, and he can take the opportunity to seize power.
Lin Wen is the first obstacle on his way to power and the vanguard general of the imperial faction.
If this general could be killed, the imperial faction would surely suffer a huge loss.
He had barely gotten away with the wanton killing at the grain base before, but that was only because the dead people happened to have committed capital crimes, and the Great Elder didn't want to escalate the dispute so he let him go.
Now that he is the official captain of the Imperial Military Police, he must strictly abide by the laws and regulations of the empire, otherwise he would be abusing his power.
Fu Wenyu immediately impeached Lin Wen in the Marshal's Headquarters, saying that he had maliciously disrupted logistics during the war, abused his power for personal gain, and used the sacred mission entrusted to him by the military police to seek personal gain, violating the Imperial War Law and should be arrested immediately.
Li Linyue argued with reason, and both sides cited the Military Police Regulations and refuted them one by one.
Finally, Li Linyue caught a clause.
"In urgent cases, the gendarmerie has the right to take away relevant suspects without any formalities to cooperate with the investigation, but the detention time shall not exceed 24 hours."
Fu Wenyu sneered, "With over 600 suspects, County Chief Lin has a sharp eye. Can he tell whether a person is good or bad at a glance?"
Li Linyue didn't take his words lightly. "If they are innocent, Lin Wen will naturally release them."
"Is it that simple? The arrests were in vain? What about the logistical impact? Who will be held responsible?"
A young general from the imperial faction couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at him, cursing, "Bullshit! When you stubbornly led the expeditionary force to complete annihilation in the Western Continent, where was your responsibility? Since then, the Empire has suffered a series of setbacks in foreign wars, and things are getting worse by the day. And you, a shameless old man, are still in a high position, yet you're speaking nonsense here?"
Bang!
Fu Wenyu kicked over the table in a rage, pointed at the general's nose and shouted, "Kill him! Kill him!"
Several generals rushed up and stopped Fu Wenyu who was about to draw his gun, but he continued to curse.
"What do you know, you brat? I was fighting for the empire out there, and you were still in diapers. I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. What right do you have to blame me?"
Li Linyue knew that the situation was not good, so she quickly asked the young general to go out and take shelter.
The meeting room was in chaos for a while before calm was restored.
Fu Wenyu sat in his seat, the veins on his forehead still clearly visible. He said coldly, "If someone only wants to find fault with others, then this matter will never be resolved."
The atmosphere was not right. Most of the Central Army officers sympathized with the old marshal. Li Linyue decisively pointed out, "What do you want?"
Fu Wenyu sneered, "I don't want anything to happen. I just want him to be held accountable for his wrongdoings. I believe that as long as half of the people are released because their guilt cannot be confirmed, he should be held accountable for the crime of abusing his power."
Li Linyue felt a surge of anger rising in her heart, which was rare. She said coldly, "You are abusing your power! Military police have their own standards for law enforcement. I..."
Fu Wenyu sneered and said, "Vote, the public opinion speaks volumes."
"I object..."
"Your Highness, your objection is invalid. Strictly speaking, you do not hold a military position, so it is not appropriate for you to express your opinion on this occasion, nor do you have the power to prevent a vote."
Anger burned in his heart, and Li Linyue clenched his fists.
Fu Wenyu was right, she had no power to stop the vote.
The identity of a princess is like a shackle. She is always successful in the middle and lower levels, but whenever she is involved in high-level struggles, this strong sense of powerlessness will come over her, making her feel the panic and anxiety when she and her father were hiding in hiding in her early years.
She had a father then, but now, her father was not with her.
The Marshal's vote was quickly concluded.
Fu Wenyu won the vote with a victorious smile, but the news from the front made his smile disappear in an instant.
"What did you say?"
Fu Wenyu grabbed the messenger by the collar.
"All six hundred and thirty-one people are guilty?"
The messenger was startled. He had never seen the old marshal lose his composure like this before. He replied in a trembling voice, "Yes, yes, Captain Lin, the evidence is irrefutable. All the officers involved have confessed their guilt and have been handed over to the Imperial Military Tribunal."
"impossible!"
Fu Wenyu said flatly, "How could all six hundred people be guilty? There must be something wrong with the evidence. Was it fabricated? Did he frame someone?"
The messenger stammered, "The evidence has been accepted by the Imperial Military Court..."
"Impossible, this must be fake news!" Although he said this, he already began to feel uneasy.
The messenger reminded: "Marshal, they have confessed their guilt!"
Fu Wenyu sneered, "It's just a confession forced under torture. You act like you've seen it before. Contact the Imperial Military Tribunal for me."
The Imperial Military Tribunal was very indifferent to Fu Wenyu's questions.
This is a department directly under the Supreme Council. It only recognizes evidence and all trial results must be reported to the Supreme Council. Any trial with errors will lead to catastrophic consequences. It is the most serious and unquestionable department.
They directly sent over copies of the evidence provided by Lin Wen.
It was a huge pile of videotapes, each of which was labeled with the people, things, time and place.
As soon as he saw this explanation, Fu Wenyu knew that something was wrong.
The soldiers were asked to play a random videotape, which was full of scenes of stealing and embezzlement.
The picture is clear and smooth, without any blur.
This is more than just irrefutable evidence.
Fu Wenyu said in disbelief, "More than 600 people, all of them have video footage?"
The judge replied coldly, "That's right."
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
Fu Wenyu frantically searched through the pile of videotapes, picked one out at random, and asked the guard to play it. Sure enough, it showed a similar scene.
After reading many volumes in a row, Fu Wenyu's eyes turned red. "It's so clear, isn't it a fake?"
The judge said indifferently: "After examination by the technical department, there is no trace of forgery."
"Could it have been filmed in a studio?"
The judge refused to answer such a naive question, collected all the copies, and returned to the Imperial Military Tribunal.
The princess's faction was already laughing. A young general shouted, "Marshal, what do you think?"
Fu Wenyu said coldly: "Reasonable doubt is the supervision of special personnel."
The princess's trusted maid, Long Ling, scoffed in a caustic voice, "Is it that simple? All this noise and disturbance for nothing? What will happen to law enforcement and the trial? Who will be held accountable?"
Fu Wenyu was furious: "Who are you? How dare you criticize the Imperial Marshal?"
Ling said loudly: "I am your mother. I accidentally gave birth to a bastard like you."
There was a burst of laughter at the scene. Fu Wenyu was furious and took out his gun to rush forward, but a large number of young generals from the princess's faction rushed forward, and the figures of the royal guards also appeared in sight.
Fu Wenyu knew that continuing to make a fuss would only damage his image, so he could only suppress his anger and turn away.
Li Linyue felt an indescribable peace and joy amid the crowds of young generals and their cheers.
A strange sense of security came over her, making her feel particularly at ease.
Li Linyue looked far away in the direction of the logistics base, and she didn't even notice the smile on her face.
——
It took Fu Wenyu a long time to suppress his anger, and he called his confidants to discuss how to deal with Lin Wen.
"We must first kill this little bastard." Fu Wenyu said coldly, "We must let him know that the army is not his Changshan Commandery. We can't let him do whatever he wants."
"Marshal, I've taken a close look. If County Magistrate Lin continues like this, the logistics will be paralyzed sooner or later."
"That's right. In the logistics field, there's basically no one who isn't greedy. Every official wants to take advantage of the situation."
"If he clears out all the officials, the logistics will collapse."
"That's right. Even if he has mastered unknown scientific technology and can obtain irrefutable evidence, what good does it do? Don't you know that clear water holds no fish? If you don't give them money, why would they work for you?"
"good!"
Fu Wenyu finally smiled.
"When Li Longxing dies on the front lines, I'll punish him from behind. Let them laugh, but there will be a day when you'll cry. And that stinky bitch, if I don't kill her, I won't be called Fu."
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In the logistics base.
Lin Wen was so happy.
[Luan Zhao Shui] is so useful, especially in a newly built logistics base like this one. There is no need to look for it. With a flick of the magic power, crimes and illegal activities will be everywhere.
Lin Wen specially borrowed a professional high-speed camera, which uses a charge-coupled device and can record 6,000 frames per second into the storage medium.
This greatly improved Lin Wen's efficiency, allowing him to use one hour as if it were two hundred hours.
Not only that, Lin Wen also asked them to do pre-processing.
After they took Lin Wen, who was convicted of corruption, away, they obtained certain information through preliminary interrogation.
Then summarize the information, mark the suspicious points, and hand it over to Lin Wen.
This will greatly improve Lin Wen's efficiency.
Within one day, Lin Wen arrested 1,400 corrupt elements.
The second day was even more efficient, with more than two thousand people imprisoned, and the Imperial Constitution Corps had to call in more personnel to assist.
The Imperial Military Police was originally a high-ranking military position. Each military policeman had the authority to mobilize law enforcement teams. With a team of more than one hundred people, they could directly mobilize several thousand troops.
With the assistance of so many people, all 3,400 quartermasters were sentenced to be shot.
Their numbers were so large that even the Imperial Military Court was frightened and had to consult the Supreme Council before taking action.
Li Linyue was also very worried and sent someone to advise Lin Wen not to make too many enemies and not to affect the logistics work, and to just achieve the purpose of warning.
However, Lin Wen not only ignored it, but made it worse.
On the third day, Lin Wen sat in the large office and ordered all logistics officers to line up and jog past him one by one.
Lin Wen just pointed his finger, and the law enforcement officers, like wolves and tigers, dragged the unfortunate guy out who was howling like a ghost.
In just one day, more than 6,000 people were captured.
There are four logistics bases on the Western Front, and the staff in the bases are counted as front-line logistics personnel.
According to military rosters, there were a total of 360,000 frontline logistics personnel and 11,000 quartermasters of all ranks.
Lin Wen killed more than 9,000 people in one breath, accounting for more than 80% of all officers.
The entire logistics system was emptied out, and all the stale garbage and filth were cleared away by Lin Wen.
He opened the door and let new air flow into the big house.
That’s not all.
Lin Wen knew very well that in a system, if there was only corruption but no one to get things done, the system would soon collapse.
The fact that the empire's logistics system can still function normally despite such serious corruption shows how many people work diligently within it.
Lin Wen found these hardworking people and promoted them to corresponding jobs, making them responsible for the work that was ostensibly done by those officials but was actually mostly done by them.
He also used magic to find several people who were most suitable for coordinating the overall situation and asked them to be responsible for coordinating the logistical work.
Lin Wen is now almost the uncrowned king of the logistics base, and no one dares to question his actions.
In this way, a new system was built, and the promoted staff quickly adapted to this job which was not much different from their original one.
The empire's logistical gears were cleaned of oil and sludge and began to run at a rapid speed.
And in the Marshal's Headquarters.
Fu Wenyu looked at Lin Wen's indiscriminate killing and arresting, and laughed so hard that his eyes almost disappeared, and he was just waiting for the logistics to fail.
But what no one expected was that the logistics not only did not collapse, but the efficiency increased greatly.
The amount of supplies delivered to the front line every day has more than doubled, and all the previously unsolvable problems have been solved.
Not only did the logistics staff not go on strike in protest, they worked even harder.
Fu Wenyu sent someone to investigate, only to find out that Lin Wen was actually using ordinary staff to temporarily replace officials.
The dust that no one cared about before now shines brightly in the officials' posts.
He couldn't believe it.
But the facts slapped him mercilessly until he accepted it.
Fu Wenyu furiously attacked Lin Wen in front of the Marshal's Headquarters for exceeding his authority and promoting officers without authorization, and demanded that all those who exceeded their authority be punished.
However, this foolish proposal was not passed and instead damaged his image and prestige.
The smooth logistics made the generals of the Central Army very satisfied. Endless logistics was what they had always dreamed of.
The old marshal's unreasonable behavior made them feel that the marshal was really old.
(End of this chapter)
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