Next to the Tongzhou Railway Station in the capital, the owner of the newsstand was shouting about his sales.
"Liu Binglong, the owner of Dingsheng Pharmaceutical, and Wang Heming, the owner of Heming Pharmaceutical, supply inferior drugs to the army.
They have been sentenced to death by Dali Temple.
Dozens of officials at all levels were dismissed because of this incident."
Prince Su Shu was sitting in the car, listening to the newsstand owner's hawking.
He discovered that there were unscrupulous businessmen supplying counterfeit and substandard medicines to the army, and immediately asked his father for instructions.
When my father learned about this, he was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.
Prince Su Shu used businessmen as an entry point to find out the officials in the Logistics Department who were colluding with them.
These officials were put to death and demoted, and the businessmen who did this were also sentenced to death.
This matter did not involve the senior management of the Logistics Department, but Jiang Zhiyu, the minister with leadership responsibilities, was reprimanded by the order, and Wen Qing, the left minister, who was responsible for the procurement and management of supplies, was transferred from his post.
While dealing with this matter, Prince Su Shu also went to the military factory to inspect the production of weapons and ammunition, and the grain warehouse to inspect the situation of military rations.
No problems were found in these areas, which further shows the Logistics Department's negligence in military procurement.
This matter has basically been completed, and everyone who needs to be dealt with has been dealt with.
A joint investigation by multiple yamen found nothing more serious.
Prince Su Shu knew that under the emperor's feet, these officials could not let go.
From ancient times to the present, one of the typical phenomena of official corruption is drifting.
For example, the Ming Dynasty's disaster relief funds and military pay, when actually distributed to the grassroots, were no longer as good as 20 to 30 percent of the original amount.
The Great China Empire had just been established, and my father took high-pressure measures against corruption.
But at the emperor's feet, major and important cases often arise.
Where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, no one can predict the specific situation.
Prince Su Shu took the initiative to ask for help and wanted to inspect the logistics along the material transportation route.
His idea was dissuaded by a coalition of civil and military officials.
These officials said that he was a member of the country and would never own or lose it, so it was not appropriate to go to a war-torn place.
This performance of the officials made Prince Su Shu even more suspicious.
But his idea of going to the front line was shattered, and he immediately pushed the court to send an imperial envoy to inspect the logistics.
As a candidate for imperial envoy, Prince Su Shu recommended Zhao Shiheng, the fourth-rank chief of the General Affairs Department.
Prince Su Shu had contact with this official, and he had a reputation for being upright and honest in officialdom.
Zhao Shiheng's wife's family is a wealthy businessman in Nanyang, and they are definitely not officials who can be bribed with a little silver coin.
His age is not much different from that of Prince Su Shu. He has not yet been polished into a veteran by the officialdom and is at the stage where his sense of justice is overwhelming.
What Prince Su Shu valued most about Zhao Shiheng was that he was an amateur.
He was born as the number one scholar in the imperial examination. After the imperial examination, he entered the General Administration Department and was not related to any faction.
A black car arrived at the entrance of the train station, and Zhao Shiheng, who looked a little immature, got off the train.
He was preparing to negotiate with officials at Tongzhou Railway Station when he saw the car of Prince Su Shu.
Zhao Shiheng immediately walked to the car door, bowed and said in salute: "I pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince. I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for your recommendation. I will definitely do my best to find the lawbreakers."
His heart was filled with excitement, and Prince Su Shu valued it. To a young official, it was like smoke rising from his ancestral graves.
Given the current situation in the empire, Prince Su Shu's position is stable.
Sooner or later the prince will be on the throne one day, and these officials who are favored by the prince will surely prosper.
Zhao Shiheng believed that even if there were some risks, it was worth getting close to the prince.
There was no strong support behind him, and apart from gaining recognition from the royal family, there was basically no ladder to climb up.
Prince Su Shu stepped out of the car and encouraged him: "Mr. Zhao carefully inspected logistics-related matters and reported to the court via telegram in a timely manner when he discovered anything.
The royal family will always be Mr. Zhao’s backing, and the empire is not afraid of uncovering any major cases.”
When Zhao Shiheng heard Prince Su Shu's promise, he smiled.
With the promise given by Prince Su Shu, he can investigate all cases with confidence.
Zhao Shiheng immediately stood up straight, stared at the prince Su Shu with his piercing eyes, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, your highness, the subordinates will conduct inspections carefully and will never protect any official, no matter how powerful his background is."
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Prince Su Shu stepped forward and patted Zhao Shiheng on the shoulder, encouraging him: "Master Zhao, have a good journey."
After Zhao Shiheng bowed and saluted, he boarded the train bound for Persia.
Taking the Persian Suez Canal route, Zhao Shiheng can directly check the situation of land transportation and sea transportation.
He boarded the freight train, whose seats were not as comfortable as those on the passenger train.
But as an imperial envoy, he enjoys far better treatment than anyone else.
While Zhao Shiheng was waiting for the train to leave, he saw workers loading supplies into the train box.
These substances are mainly medicines, as well as some items that Emperor Su He awarded to soldiers with outstanding performance in the army.
When Zhao Shiheng heard the train's whistle, he knew the train was about to depart and immediately went to his seat to sit down.
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The sound of the whistle woke up Zhao Shiheng, the imperial minister who was dozing off.
He looked through the train's glass window and saw the scene outside the window receding continuously.
He saw in the fields outside, there were many large smokestacks with burning flames on them.
There is a steam engine next to the big chimney, which is constantly pumping out the crude oil from the ground.
After Zhao Shiheng's journey of several days, he had already arrived at Obsidian Province, the terminal station of the train.
Trains transporting military supplies collect commodities from all over the country at Tongzhou Station and send them to Persia.
There will be no stops for rest at the train station in the middle of the train station.
At most, you just need to add some coal and water to ensure that the train has enough fuel to travel to the next train station.
With such a short stop, there was no time to unload the supplies in the car.
Zhao Shiheng did not need to get off at the train station on the way, and there was no chance to transfer the materials on the train at these train stations.
During his inspection of logistics matters this time, he mainly observed two things.
Whether the empire's logistics system is operating normally and whether materials are being subcontracted during transportation.
As long as there are no major problems with these two items, some minor problems will not affect the combat capabilities of the frontline troops.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The empire has only one requirement for the logistics department.
Deliver relevant materials to the frontline troops in a timely and accurate manner.
Zhao Shiheng listened to the train's flute and entered the train station.
The train station was built next to the pier. When Zhao Shiheng stepped off the train, he could see the huge freighter at the pier next to it.
After the train arrived at the station, the workers at the railway station were quick to unscrew the bolts that were fixed to the train.
A huge crane came over the train container and hoisted the container filled with supplies directly onto the large truck next to it.
These large trucks pull containers directly to the dock next to them.
The crane at the dock then lifts the container onto the freighter.
During the entire process of transporting the goods, the seals on the containers were not opened.
Zhao Shiheng looked at this transportation process and nodded secretly.
The logistics department's process for transporting goods is impeccable.
It can be seen from this detail that the Logistics Department has a comprehensive plan for material transportation.
As long as there is no human problem, follow this process and basically nothing will happen.
When Zhao Shiheng came to the port, he had no contact with officials from the logistics department.
He went directly to the local magistrate Yuan Zhixu, a friend of his same age.
Yuan Zhixu made great contributions to the expansion of oil production areas. He has been promoted to prefect and is a fourth-rank official like him.
There are some things that Zhao Shiheng cannot investigate clearly even if he spends several months investigating them.
But with the help of local snakes, you can quickly learn some inside stories.
Zhao Shiheng was not afraid at all that Yuan Zhixu would be colluding with the officials of the Logistics Department.
Civil servants and officials in the Metropolitan Government have always been two parallel lines, and it is difficult for them to intersect.
Zhao Shiheng also understood Yuan Zhixu's personality.
He is an official fanatic and will do whatever it takes to get promoted.
If Yuan Zhixu has room for advancement, he will never join in with these people and ruin his bright future.
Zhao Shiheng arrived at the magistrate's residence, and after receiving the information, Yuan Zhixu immediately came out of the residence to greet him.
"Brother Shiheng, we never saw each other again after we took office.
I really didn’t expect that we would meet again at this moment.”
As a local snake, Yuan Zhixu certainly had channels to know that the imperial court was about to send an imperial envoy to inspect his administration.
When he first heard the news, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Yuan Zhixu thought over and over again, but he still couldn't figure out how a little shrimp like him could be worthy of being sent as an imperial envoy by the imperial court.
He didn't do anything taboo, and the court wouldn't do that.
Yuan Zhixu learned that the imperial envoy was a friend of the same age as him, and immediately understood that the imperial envoy was not a problem to investigate him.
If you can see others being unlucky, you will not be affected.
Yuan Zhixu was very happy and had been looking forward to the arrival of his friend as soon as possible.
Zhao Shiheng saw Yuan Zhixu's warm invitation, and he followed Yuan Zhixu into the house.
Yuan Zhixu held a banquet at home, and while the two were drinking, they talked about their opportunities during this period.
Zhao Shiheng said with emotion: "Brother Zhixu was able to seize the opportunity of the war and become a fourth-rank official.
As long as you manage the place with merit, you will definitely be promoted."
Yuan Zhixu said politely: "I just took advantage of the opportunity, and now I am working hard to be a prefect.
Brother Shiheng is worthy of being an official in the capital, and he can inspect local areas on behalf of His Majesty. Even the governor and governor will give Brother Shiheng some slack."
The two of them drank wine, from the initial trial to the final chatting happily.
"Brother Zhixu, I accepted the commission from His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince to inspect the army's logistics and supply issues.
Your place is an important node for material transfer. Brother Zhixu should know about any problems in the end.
If you are willing to provide some clues, I will put in a few nice words to His Highness the Crown Prince, and Brother Zhixu will have the opportunity to be transferred to the interior of the empire."
When Yuan Zhixu heard this, his eyes lit up.
If he can become the prefect, he is already very lucky.
Without the support of noble people, you can only choose to endure qualifications.
Without the care of a noble person, I would do things with trepidation, fearing that something would go wrong.
Even if you get some merit, you will be picked off by others.
Joining the prince Su Shu is the faction that all local officials aspire to.
There are not as many messy things as other factions, and the prospects are still bright.
Yuan Zhixu thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons.
He finally let out a long sigh and said: "We are just good friends, so I guess I can give Brother Shiheng a piece of advice.
The water here is very, very deep.
Logistics Minister Jiang Zhiyu came here to inspect, and he couldn't do anything about the situation here.
How could no one keep an eye on such a huge amount of military supplies?
In troubled times, what is most valuable, arms and medicine.
Nowadays, the few remaining countries in Europe have been continuously compressed by the empire.
In order to survive, these countries are prepared to go bankrupt and purchase weapons and equipment.
An ordinary rifle is worth eighteen taels of silver coins in China, but when sold to France, the price is as high as three hundred and seventy taels of silver coins.
This is nearly twenty times the profit, how could no one be tempted.
That is to say, European countries cannot use diesel and gasoline, and can only buy some gasoline to use as kerosene.
Otherwise, these lunatics would dare to sell ships of gasoline to European countries."
When Zhao Shiheng heard these things, the pupils of his eyes gradually dilated.
He originally thought that the officials of the Logistics Department were only exchanging some materials or enriching their own pockets.
Zhao Shiheng really didn't expect that someone would dare to smuggle the empire's weapons and ammunition to an enemy country.
In the empire, this was a serious crime against the nine clans.
Zhao Shiheng asked in surprise: "Is this true? Someone really dares to do this.
The Royal Army and Royal Navy have extremely strict control over weapons and ammunition.
How could the military hide the massive loss of weapons and ammunition?"
Yuan Zhixu said with a solemn expression: "I don't need to lie to you, I only talk about these words at home, I won't say a word when I leave the room.
It is a serious crime to punish the nine tribes, but some people cannot be punished by the nine tribes.
These weapons, ammunition and medicines were stolen and replaced in the name of transportation damage.
Just look at the list of damaged materials in the logistics department and you can easily find clues."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Zhao Shiheng heard what Yuan Zhixu said, he already understood the complexity of the matter.
The only people who meet this condition are members of the royal family.
I don’t know if it’s a prince of the royal family or someone from a close branch of the royal family.
The identities of these people are very conspicuous. As long as he knows a little bit, he can know who this person is?
Zhao Shiheng picked up a glass of wine and said, "Let's drink today and have a good time."
He has already recorded this clue deeply in his mind.
With the support of his master, Zhao Shiheng wandered away from his friend's mansion.
He returned to his apartment and immediately became sober from his hangover.
Zhao Shiheng and his men raided the address of the Logistics Department overnight and took away relevant records of damaged goods from the Logistics Department.
After he returned, he immediately worked with everyone to find loopholes in the records.
The sky was getting darker. After Zhao Shiheng's unremitting efforts, he finally found the contradictory points.
He judged that three ships were reported damaged, but in fact only one ship was damaged.
Zhao Shiheng led people to investigate the items left behind by the damaged ship, which supported his judgment.
After he obtained the exact results, he took the radio and personally sent a report to Prince Su Shu.
Without the instruction of Prince Su Shu, he really didn't dare to continue investigating this matter.
When it comes to scandals involving the royal family, he recklessly investigates them and easily gets himself involved.
After Zhao Shiheng finished sending the telegram, he kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
Until he heard the familiar ticking sound on the radio and immediately concentrated on receiving the telegram.
Even though it was already evening, Prince Su Shu immediately sent a telegram back to Zhao Shiheng.
Princess Su Ling of Yihe and Prince Consort Zhong Mengyuan, the court will find reasons to transfer them.
Zhao Shiheng will investigate this case strictly and must investigate this case thoroughly.
But we need to investigate quietly and don't make this matter a big deal.
Princess Su Ling of Yihe is the princess of Renfei.
There were rumors that this princess was a bit domineering. He really didn't expect that this princess could do such a thing.
The royal princess was not short of money at all, and Zhao Shiheng really couldn't find a reason for them to do this.
He got the order to start secretly investigating the case.
This case is very complicated. Even after the war in Europe, he may not be able to investigate the whole case.
But cutting off this smuggling chain will definitely help the army reduce some casualties.
