Chapter 1344
Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 1344 Conflicts of Interest
The group of people who went north to aid in the construction will bring changes to Shandong, far more than just Chen Yixin.The military hopes to gradually hand over annoying civil affairs to professional departments, so that officers can return to the army to perform their duties.The executive committee has also realized that the occupied area of Shandong should not be maintained under military control for a long time. If this continues, it will affect Haihan's strategic layout in Northeast Asia sooner or later. It is time to incorporate it into the formalized management system.
Of course, not everyone is willing to accept this new arrangement. For example, Chen Yixin still has a certain degree of hesitation due to personal reasons.In addition, there are also some people who hold real power and can obtain benefits through their power, and they are inevitably somewhat dissatisfied with such an arrangement.
Whenever Haihan went to a place, the first activities to start were trade and immigration.Earning money and absorbing the population, these two things can almost be regarded as the basic national policy of Haihan, and they even take priority over the use of military means.In fact, most of the time Haihan resorted to military means to solve problems, and it was also to protect the smooth progress of trade and immigration, but the outside world may not be able to see through this essence.
Those who manage and handle these affairs have a lot of opportunities to profit from it. Even if they don't take the initiative to embezzle, there will be a steady stream of benefits, in order to ask these military officers who are temporarily in charge to provide some convenience.Of course, the convenience provided by such a small act of loosening their hands may be a great benefit to the other party.
Such an approach is actually not a secret thing in the military, but an unspoken rule that many people know.Most of the areas Haihan occupied overseas were occupied by force and then slowly managed. In the early stage, almost all local affairs were managed by the military. After a long time, there are many times. Naturally, some people are familiar with it and profited. The doorway, and then slowly spread in small circles.
Since it's not a secret, the big shots above naturally know about the tricks below, but as long as it doesn't hinder the overall situation and doesn't violate military laws, the big shots generally won't deliberately stop the shrimp soldiers and crab generals from finding some food by themselves.After all, if you want a horse to run happily, you have to give it something good to eat.This reasoning is superficial and practical, so even if there are military orders and regulations, power-for-money transactions cannot be avoided in the occupied areas controlled by the military.
Although Chen Yixin, who is in charge of civil affairs, disdains to use such means to gain his own interests, the military officers under him who are in charge of specific affairs may not have such a high level of consciousness. The amount of money and money they come into contact with is large, and it is not easy to resist the temptation .Among them, there are also those who are not greedy enough to swallow elephants, and who can't stop playing too much, but as long as they are found out, they will be severely punished.This year, the military court of the Shandong Garrison has judged several such cases, including a second lieutenant and company commander of the army.
It is difficult to say that this kind of phenomenon is banned, and it is easy to say. The difficulty is that this is the weakness of human nature. Even if a group of guys who play too much are arrested every once in a while to make an example, other people will still resist after a while Unable to resist the temptation of interests, he continued to engage in similar activities one after another.And the most effective governance method is to hand over these posts to the competent authorities and let the officers get away from them.As long as you completely cut off your relationship with these affairs, such incidents of using your power for profit will be greatly reduced.
However, not everyone can afford to let go of their interests, especially some people who are deeply entangled among them. Even though they have heard the news that the military is preparing to gradually hand over local jurisdiction, they still refuse to stop easily. The next move is to make money from the affairs of his subordinates.
The 27-year-old Tie Pingjiang has been a veteran of the army for six years. His current position is a quartermaster in the Haihan Army stationed in Fushan. In fact, before he came to Shandong, Tie Pingjiang was not in the logistics department. The official also took office after he came here.
The military needs of Haihan’s garrison in Shandong are divided into two parts. One is various materials that need to be transported from the south by sea, mainly armaments; the other is general-purpose materials that can be raised nearby the station, such as food, vegetables, Livestock and poultry and so on.Needless to say, the materials transported from the south, the quartermaster is only acting as a warehouse manager for registration, and there is no way to make profits.
However, there are many tricks in the materials raised from the nearby areas of the station that can be manipulated.These materials are purchased with military expenses, and the power of pricing and inspection is in the hands of the quartermaster.Haihan has more than 2000 people stationed in Fushan County, and the daily consumption of materials is not a small amount, and a considerable part of them is sourced from local organizations.This means that if the quartermaster dials an abacus bead more or less, it will be a considerable number for the supplier, and the amount of profit will depend to a large extent on the degree of control of the quartermaster.
Since it involves a very practical issue of income, suppliers will naturally try to find ways to get through the joints and buy the quartermaster who is in charge of inspection and appropriation, and Tie Pingjiang has become one of their goals.At the beginning, Tie Pingjiang naturally rejected such "unruly" benefits. Even though he was a novice in the military supply industry, he knew that the benefits offered by suppliers should not be taken casually. He still understood the reason why he was short-handed. of.
But those suppliers would not regard Tie Pingjiang's refusal as the end point. They believed that Tie Pingjiang's attitude only showed one thing, that is, the price was not high enough to meet his psychological price.Suppliers with financial resources stepped up step by step until Tie Pingjiang was overwhelmed and defeated.
So starting from the beginning of the year, at the beginning of each month, several groups of people would put a bulging envelope in the manifest and deliver it to Tie Pingjiang.For the convenience of his use, these envelopes are not even filled with silver bills, but Haihan banknotes exchanged from no one knows where.The benefits he can get from these military purchase orders are far higher than the military pay by dozens of times, and the money comes without any effort. He just needs to follow the normal procurement process and settle the settlement at the normal market price. , there doesn't seem to be any problem with the accounts.
When Tie Pingjiang discovered that one month of such gray income was equivalent to one or two years of service in the army, it was indeed difficult for him to restrain his greed.And at this juncture, the garrison headquarters gave him a new task, asking him to also manage the local distribution and sales of Haihan products.
The Ministry of Commerce was supposed to be responsible for this kind of thing, and it had nothing to do with the military directly. However, the Ministry of Commerce only had two people stationed there, and they couldn't handle it at all, so they borrowed people from the military.And after Tie Pingjiang got this new errand, he found that Haihan exported a lot of goods here, and the gray income he could get here was even higher than the income he had cooperated with suppliers before. It is not impossible for partners to help carry the sedan chair and earn tens of thousands a year.
Tie Pingjiang had accumulated a lot of contacts in just a few months as a quartermaster, through which he quickly found a partner with strong economic strength.It's just that he didn't know that behind the collaborator he was looking for was Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou.
After suffering a big loss in attacking the Fushan Mine, Chen Zhongsheng's thoughts have become much more pragmatic. He believes that it is really not easy to completely drive Haihan out of the Dengzhou boundary, but instead of sitting and watching Haihan nibble away at the local resources, he would rather It's better to find a way to get more benefits from them.It just so happens that Dengzhou is waiting to be rejuvenated, and it would be good to use Haihan people's money to subsidize military expenses.
So Chen Zhongsheng decided to find some agents to come forward to trade with Haihan after concluding with several staff members.Although the relationship between the two parties is still in a state of hostility, Chen Zhongsheng also knows that Haihan products are extremely popular in the market, and the profits are quite high. This business can basically be sure that there will be no losses, and the money earned can be used to reorganize the army and strengthen The defense of Dengzhou City.
Chen Zhongsheng's agent represented the government of Terengganu, and there would be no problems in terms of formalities, financial resources, and connections, so the trade channel was quickly established.It's just that Haihan really doesn't know anything about the identities of these businessmen, or whether he is deliberately pretending to be confused and making a fake show for real, then Chen Zhongsheng doesn't know either.
But since there were many opportunities to deal with the military attache of the Haihan Army during this trade process, Chen Zhongsheng also specifically instructed the contractors to try to bribe the military attache of the Haihan Army and try to find out about the other side's military situation.Haihan officers like Tie Pingjiang who have already received benefits are naturally the easiest targets.
The place where Tie Pingjiang works is also outside Majiabao. It is a row of warehouses built by Haihan organization and manpower at the end of last year, which are specially used to store various materials purchased locally.This place is only a hundred steps away from Chen Yixin's office, and it is also convenient for him to give orders at any time.But even under Chen Yixin's nose, Tie Pingjiang still did not give up continuing to reap benefits from the affairs he handled.
On this day, Zheng Ai, a businessman who specializes in providing wood and stone materials for Haihan, came to visit. He was also one of the merchants who sent red envelopes to Tie Pingjiang every month. He treats him as his big benefactor, so he is quite polite to him.
"Recently, a friend came to visit and sent some Laoshan Chunhao over here. I thought that Master Tie is a good tea person, so I brought some for Master Tie by the way today. I hope Master Tie will not be disgusted." Zheng Ai said at the same time. As he spoke, he respectfully handed a wooden box to the table in front of Tie Pingjiang.
Tie Pingjiang said with a smile on his face: "Boss Zheng is so polite! We are all from our own family, so why bring any gifts!"
While talking in his mouth, he had already lifted the lid of the wooden box with his hand, and saw that besides the tea leaves, there was a kraft paper envelope inside.Tie Pingjiang understood, and quickly put the wooden box in the drawer: "The gift-giving will not affect you well, let's forget it this time, Boss Zheng is not an example!"
Laoshan Chunhao is a kind of green tea produced in the northern Laoshan Mountains. It is not a famous tea in itself. Of course, Zheng Ai does not expect to make Tie Pingjiang obediently obey his orders with half a catty of tea leaves. The key is naturally the wooden box. inside the envelope.
Tie Pingjiang accepted it without reading the content, which made Zheng Ai heave a sigh of relief.He had also heard that Haihan was about to let military officers be gradually separated from civil management arrangements in the near future, and he was a little worried that these things would change Tie Pingjiang's attitude.But now it seems that Tie Pingjiang has no scruples, and he doesn't hesitate to accept the money.
Zheng Ai went on to say: "Master Tie, I have nothing else to do here today, but there have been a lot of messy news outside recently, and I will say it boldly, if you are wrong, don't get angry. There are rumors outside that it is your job... I'm about to be replaced, is this reliable?"
Tie Pingjiang's face darkened, and he put the teacup in his hand on the table, and a lot of the tea in it spilled out. Zheng Ai couldn't help shaking, thinking that his question was really too straightforward. Now I guess It made Tie Pingjiang angry.
"The rumors outside, you just believe one sentence? It was rumored a few months ago that the Haihan Army was going to attack Dengzhou City, did you believe it?" Tie Pingjiang said angrily: "Listening to the wind is rain, decades old Can you keep your focus?"
Zheng Ai was at least 20 or [-] years older than Tie Pingjiang, but he didn't dare to make mistakes after being taught such a lesson by a younger generation, but he still didn't give up on the question just now: "Then can you tell me about the rumors this time? How much is true and how much is false?"
The news Tie Pingjiang heard was of course much more accurate than what Zheng Ai said. The command headquarters’ plan to hand over civil jurisdiction to the exclusive department had actually been leaked a few months earlier. When the outside world heard the news , is basically a done deal.But Tie Pingjiang didn't want to tell Zheng Ai the real situation, because after the other party got to know the inside story of the matter, they would probably stop delivering benefits to him.After all, it is more practical to give money to an officer who is about to hand over his power than to keep it for the next officer in charge.
Although Tie Pingjiang knew that the headquarters planned to complete the handover work before the end of this year, he now had the idea of taking an extra month if he could get it. After making enough money, he could almost apply for retirement and use it to earn money in Shandong. With the money, I went back to the south to buy property and land to become a farmer, so I wouldn't have to go through life and death outside for the rest of my life.Prior to this, these rich natives in Shandong naturally squeezed as much money as they could. Anyway, the ill-gotten gains are not for nothing.
Tie Pingjiang said: "The more accurate news now is that the chiefs are discussing whether to hand over the military's civil management to the corresponding department, but this arrangement is still in the discussion stage, and it is still far from implementation. Those speculative news outside , all are unreliable. Don't think too much, with me, Tie Pingjiang, for a day, your business will be stable and will not be snatched away by others."
(End of this chapter)
The group of people who went north to aid in the construction will bring changes to Shandong, far more than just Chen Yixin.The military hopes to gradually hand over annoying civil affairs to professional departments, so that officers can return to the army to perform their duties.The executive committee has also realized that the occupied area of Shandong should not be maintained under military control for a long time. If this continues, it will affect Haihan's strategic layout in Northeast Asia sooner or later. It is time to incorporate it into the formalized management system.
Of course, not everyone is willing to accept this new arrangement. For example, Chen Yixin still has a certain degree of hesitation due to personal reasons.In addition, there are also some people who hold real power and can obtain benefits through their power, and they are inevitably somewhat dissatisfied with such an arrangement.
Whenever Haihan went to a place, the first activities to start were trade and immigration.Earning money and absorbing the population, these two things can almost be regarded as the basic national policy of Haihan, and they even take priority over the use of military means.In fact, most of the time Haihan resorted to military means to solve problems, and it was also to protect the smooth progress of trade and immigration, but the outside world may not be able to see through this essence.
Those who manage and handle these affairs have a lot of opportunities to profit from it. Even if they don't take the initiative to embezzle, there will be a steady stream of benefits, in order to ask these military officers who are temporarily in charge to provide some convenience.Of course, the convenience provided by such a small act of loosening their hands may be a great benefit to the other party.
Such an approach is actually not a secret thing in the military, but an unspoken rule that many people know.Most of the areas Haihan occupied overseas were occupied by force and then slowly managed. In the early stage, almost all local affairs were managed by the military. After a long time, there are many times. Naturally, some people are familiar with it and profited. The doorway, and then slowly spread in small circles.
Since it's not a secret, the big shots above naturally know about the tricks below, but as long as it doesn't hinder the overall situation and doesn't violate military laws, the big shots generally won't deliberately stop the shrimp soldiers and crab generals from finding some food by themselves.After all, if you want a horse to run happily, you have to give it something good to eat.This reasoning is superficial and practical, so even if there are military orders and regulations, power-for-money transactions cannot be avoided in the occupied areas controlled by the military.
Although Chen Yixin, who is in charge of civil affairs, disdains to use such means to gain his own interests, the military officers under him who are in charge of specific affairs may not have such a high level of consciousness. The amount of money and money they come into contact with is large, and it is not easy to resist the temptation .Among them, there are also those who are not greedy enough to swallow elephants, and who can't stop playing too much, but as long as they are found out, they will be severely punished.This year, the military court of the Shandong Garrison has judged several such cases, including a second lieutenant and company commander of the army.
It is difficult to say that this kind of phenomenon is banned, and it is easy to say. The difficulty is that this is the weakness of human nature. Even if a group of guys who play too much are arrested every once in a while to make an example, other people will still resist after a while Unable to resist the temptation of interests, he continued to engage in similar activities one after another.And the most effective governance method is to hand over these posts to the competent authorities and let the officers get away from them.As long as you completely cut off your relationship with these affairs, such incidents of using your power for profit will be greatly reduced.
However, not everyone can afford to let go of their interests, especially some people who are deeply entangled among them. Even though they have heard the news that the military is preparing to gradually hand over local jurisdiction, they still refuse to stop easily. The next move is to make money from the affairs of his subordinates.
The 27-year-old Tie Pingjiang has been a veteran of the army for six years. His current position is a quartermaster in the Haihan Army stationed in Fushan. In fact, before he came to Shandong, Tie Pingjiang was not in the logistics department. The official also took office after he came here.
The military needs of Haihan’s garrison in Shandong are divided into two parts. One is various materials that need to be transported from the south by sea, mainly armaments; the other is general-purpose materials that can be raised nearby the station, such as food, vegetables, Livestock and poultry and so on.Needless to say, the materials transported from the south, the quartermaster is only acting as a warehouse manager for registration, and there is no way to make profits.
However, there are many tricks in the materials raised from the nearby areas of the station that can be manipulated.These materials are purchased with military expenses, and the power of pricing and inspection is in the hands of the quartermaster.Haihan has more than 2000 people stationed in Fushan County, and the daily consumption of materials is not a small amount, and a considerable part of them is sourced from local organizations.This means that if the quartermaster dials an abacus bead more or less, it will be a considerable number for the supplier, and the amount of profit will depend to a large extent on the degree of control of the quartermaster.
Since it involves a very practical issue of income, suppliers will naturally try to find ways to get through the joints and buy the quartermaster who is in charge of inspection and appropriation, and Tie Pingjiang has become one of their goals.At the beginning, Tie Pingjiang naturally rejected such "unruly" benefits. Even though he was a novice in the military supply industry, he knew that the benefits offered by suppliers should not be taken casually. He still understood the reason why he was short-handed. of.
But those suppliers would not regard Tie Pingjiang's refusal as the end point. They believed that Tie Pingjiang's attitude only showed one thing, that is, the price was not high enough to meet his psychological price.Suppliers with financial resources stepped up step by step until Tie Pingjiang was overwhelmed and defeated.
So starting from the beginning of the year, at the beginning of each month, several groups of people would put a bulging envelope in the manifest and deliver it to Tie Pingjiang.For the convenience of his use, these envelopes are not even filled with silver bills, but Haihan banknotes exchanged from no one knows where.The benefits he can get from these military purchase orders are far higher than the military pay by dozens of times, and the money comes without any effort. He just needs to follow the normal procurement process and settle the settlement at the normal market price. , there doesn't seem to be any problem with the accounts.
When Tie Pingjiang discovered that one month of such gray income was equivalent to one or two years of service in the army, it was indeed difficult for him to restrain his greed.And at this juncture, the garrison headquarters gave him a new task, asking him to also manage the local distribution and sales of Haihan products.
The Ministry of Commerce was supposed to be responsible for this kind of thing, and it had nothing to do with the military directly. However, the Ministry of Commerce only had two people stationed there, and they couldn't handle it at all, so they borrowed people from the military.And after Tie Pingjiang got this new errand, he found that Haihan exported a lot of goods here, and the gray income he could get here was even higher than the income he had cooperated with suppliers before. It is not impossible for partners to help carry the sedan chair and earn tens of thousands a year.
Tie Pingjiang had accumulated a lot of contacts in just a few months as a quartermaster, through which he quickly found a partner with strong economic strength.It's just that he didn't know that behind the collaborator he was looking for was Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou.
After suffering a big loss in attacking the Fushan Mine, Chen Zhongsheng's thoughts have become much more pragmatic. He believes that it is really not easy to completely drive Haihan out of the Dengzhou boundary, but instead of sitting and watching Haihan nibble away at the local resources, he would rather It's better to find a way to get more benefits from them.It just so happens that Dengzhou is waiting to be rejuvenated, and it would be good to use Haihan people's money to subsidize military expenses.
So Chen Zhongsheng decided to find some agents to come forward to trade with Haihan after concluding with several staff members.Although the relationship between the two parties is still in a state of hostility, Chen Zhongsheng also knows that Haihan products are extremely popular in the market, and the profits are quite high. This business can basically be sure that there will be no losses, and the money earned can be used to reorganize the army and strengthen The defense of Dengzhou City.
Chen Zhongsheng's agent represented the government of Terengganu, and there would be no problems in terms of formalities, financial resources, and connections, so the trade channel was quickly established.It's just that Haihan really doesn't know anything about the identities of these businessmen, or whether he is deliberately pretending to be confused and making a fake show for real, then Chen Zhongsheng doesn't know either.
But since there were many opportunities to deal with the military attache of the Haihan Army during this trade process, Chen Zhongsheng also specifically instructed the contractors to try to bribe the military attache of the Haihan Army and try to find out about the other side's military situation.Haihan officers like Tie Pingjiang who have already received benefits are naturally the easiest targets.
The place where Tie Pingjiang works is also outside Majiabao. It is a row of warehouses built by Haihan organization and manpower at the end of last year, which are specially used to store various materials purchased locally.This place is only a hundred steps away from Chen Yixin's office, and it is also convenient for him to give orders at any time.But even under Chen Yixin's nose, Tie Pingjiang still did not give up continuing to reap benefits from the affairs he handled.
On this day, Zheng Ai, a businessman who specializes in providing wood and stone materials for Haihan, came to visit. He was also one of the merchants who sent red envelopes to Tie Pingjiang every month. He treats him as his big benefactor, so he is quite polite to him.
"Recently, a friend came to visit and sent some Laoshan Chunhao over here. I thought that Master Tie is a good tea person, so I brought some for Master Tie by the way today. I hope Master Tie will not be disgusted." Zheng Ai said at the same time. As he spoke, he respectfully handed a wooden box to the table in front of Tie Pingjiang.
Tie Pingjiang said with a smile on his face: "Boss Zheng is so polite! We are all from our own family, so why bring any gifts!"
While talking in his mouth, he had already lifted the lid of the wooden box with his hand, and saw that besides the tea leaves, there was a kraft paper envelope inside.Tie Pingjiang understood, and quickly put the wooden box in the drawer: "The gift-giving will not affect you well, let's forget it this time, Boss Zheng is not an example!"
Laoshan Chunhao is a kind of green tea produced in the northern Laoshan Mountains. It is not a famous tea in itself. Of course, Zheng Ai does not expect to make Tie Pingjiang obediently obey his orders with half a catty of tea leaves. The key is naturally the wooden box. inside the envelope.
Tie Pingjiang accepted it without reading the content, which made Zheng Ai heave a sigh of relief.He had also heard that Haihan was about to let military officers be gradually separated from civil management arrangements in the near future, and he was a little worried that these things would change Tie Pingjiang's attitude.But now it seems that Tie Pingjiang has no scruples, and he doesn't hesitate to accept the money.
Zheng Ai went on to say: "Master Tie, I have nothing else to do here today, but there have been a lot of messy news outside recently, and I will say it boldly, if you are wrong, don't get angry. There are rumors outside that it is your job... I'm about to be replaced, is this reliable?"
Tie Pingjiang's face darkened, and he put the teacup in his hand on the table, and a lot of the tea in it spilled out. Zheng Ai couldn't help shaking, thinking that his question was really too straightforward. Now I guess It made Tie Pingjiang angry.
"The rumors outside, you just believe one sentence? It was rumored a few months ago that the Haihan Army was going to attack Dengzhou City, did you believe it?" Tie Pingjiang said angrily: "Listening to the wind is rain, decades old Can you keep your focus?"
Zheng Ai was at least 20 or [-] years older than Tie Pingjiang, but he didn't dare to make mistakes after being taught such a lesson by a younger generation, but he still didn't give up on the question just now: "Then can you tell me about the rumors this time? How much is true and how much is false?"
The news Tie Pingjiang heard was of course much more accurate than what Zheng Ai said. The command headquarters’ plan to hand over civil jurisdiction to the exclusive department had actually been leaked a few months earlier. When the outside world heard the news , is basically a done deal.But Tie Pingjiang didn't want to tell Zheng Ai the real situation, because after the other party got to know the inside story of the matter, they would probably stop delivering benefits to him.After all, it is more practical to give money to an officer who is about to hand over his power than to keep it for the next officer in charge.
Although Tie Pingjiang knew that the headquarters planned to complete the handover work before the end of this year, he now had the idea of taking an extra month if he could get it. After making enough money, he could almost apply for retirement and use it to earn money in Shandong. With the money, I went back to the south to buy property and land to become a farmer, so I wouldn't have to go through life and death outside for the rest of my life.Prior to this, these rich natives in Shandong naturally squeezed as much money as they could. Anyway, the ill-gotten gains are not for nothing.
Tie Pingjiang said: "The more accurate news now is that the chiefs are discussing whether to hand over the military's civil management to the corresponding department, but this arrangement is still in the discussion stage, and it is still far from implementation. Those speculative news outside , all are unreliable. Don't think too much, with me, Tie Pingjiang, for a day, your business will be stable and will not be snatched away by others."
(End of this chapter)