The Fourth Financial Crisis

Although the amount of corruption committed by He Mingyuan in his career was staggering, Yang Lu's focus was not on that. Instead, it was a name He Mingyuan mentioned inadvertently that caught his attention.

"I almost forgot, you have worked in Luoxia City for almost twenty years, so you should be quite familiar with the situation of Luoxia Sect!"

He Mingyuan didn't know why Yang Lu suddenly mentioned this, so he could only say: "I just understand it a little bit, I understand a little bit..."

Yang Lu then asked: "Then have you heard about Luoxia Sect's recent financial problems?"

He Mingyuan shook his head, and then nodded: "I haven't heard about this, but it is only a matter of time that the Luoxia Sect's finances have problems. The internal corruption of several chambers of commerce under the Luoxia Sect is simply shocking. The major cultivation families in Luoxia City They are all trying to get benefits from the accounts of major chambers of commerce without telling each other. Compared with those greedy cultivator families, the money I got is just a drop in the bucket!"

The news revealed by He Mingyuan corroborated with the news from the Haiya Department.

Since the Murong family, the largest family in Luoxia City, personally led the sale of Yangjiang Port shares at a low price, it makes no sense that the other families in Luoxia City are all gentlemen.

Now it seems that there are no good people in Hongdong County at all.

Although the Luoxia Sect is nominally the overlord of Luoxia City, it only has a shell left, and its interior has long been completely hollowed out by the major families. The major families have enjoyed the benefits of ruling Luoxia City, but have put aside their obligations to rule Luoxia City. Throw it to Luoxia Sect.

Since the social order in the world of cultivation is maintained by the cultivation sects in various places, if the Luoxia Sect's finances cannot continue to operate, the entire Luoxia region may be in chaos.

If it were an ordinary vassal sect that acted recklessly and allowed the local situation to collapse beyond control, the Wuliang Sword Sect would most likely directly order other cultivators to take over Luoxia City for the sake of maintaining stability. At that time, the entire Luoxia Sect cultivators would be in trouble. The outcome is a chicken and a egg.

However, the Luoxia Sect, which is backed by the Ascension Immortal, is not a direct sect of the Wuliang Sword Sect, but an independent sect similar to the Golden Knife Sect. This makes the Luoxia Sect's senior officials even more unscrupulous in their corruption.

But the golden sign of the Ascending Immortal is not omnipotent. After all, the Ascending Immortal has left this world for many years. If the situation is really uncontrollable, even if the senior officials of the Luoxia Sect will not be raped, they will inevitably shed their skin.

It's not that the major families in Luoxia City don't understand the simple truth of "if the skin is not there, the hair will be attached", but it is already so difficult to manage the chamber of commerce, let alone the larger and more bloated cultivation sect.

Even if a certain big family wants to reverse the situation, they cannot stop the complex interest groups within the sect from harming the public and enriching themselves, nor can they prevent all aspects of leakage. In the end, they can only join other forces that divide the sect's assets. Before this big ship sinks, they want to The solution was to remove a few boards and pull out a few rivets and sell them.

The situation of the Luoxia Sect is probably just a microcosm of the major sects in Zhongzhou.

Yang Lu originally thought that the Shanying Faction and the Haiya Faction, which were so ugly during the Tianshu Rebellion and the Outlying Island War, were bad enough, but he slowly realized that whether it was the Haiya Faction, an ocean-going trade trust, or the Mountain Eagle Faction, This military-managed autocratic sect is actually considered the top student among the local sects in Zhongzhou.

Because these two sects at least still have the ability to stir things up.

In the Jiuzhou cultivation world, sects like the Luoxia Sect, which have been lying flat and in ruins, are probably the real norm.

This kind of bad sect has already tried its best to be able to stick to the paper. If it wants to carry out big actions such as the Outlying Island War and the Zhongzhou Reform Pilot Project, the money may have been spent first, but in the end it didn't even make a splash.

Looking at He Mingyuan who admitted his mistake honestly, Yang Lu finally concluded: "Old He, I don't blame you for what happened this time. If similar things happen next time, be sure to report it to the Chamber of Commerce first. I won't do it this time." I will hold you accountable, but I won’t let you go so lightly next time. Since you have worked for Luoxia Sect for a long time, write a summary of what you saw and heard in Luoxia City and show it to me. Should know what I want to see.”

He Mingyuan immediately lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Consultant Yang, I will go back and prepare a report material for you right away!"

Seeing that He Mingyuan's crime was about to be revealed so lightly, some people were not happy.

Ji Sihan quickly stepped forward to persuade him: "Counsellor Yang, as the top person in charge of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce's anti-corruption work, this person named He actually took the lead in breaking the rules of the Chamber of Commerce. If this matter is raised high and put down lightly, I'm afraid It will set a very bad example for the Chamber of Commerce. In my opinion, this person must be severely punished according to the rules of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce!"

Yang Lu said with a smile: "Steward Ji, you did a great job this time! But since Steward He is willing to spend his own money to train a successor for our Qingning Chamber of Commerce, this gift is not a light one, and it can be regarded as making up for the merit!" "

Although Ji Sihan was still unconvinced, he did not dare to contradict Yang Lu's decision in public.

However, seeing that Ji Sihan wanted to continue to bite him, He Mingyuan smiled coldly: "Consultant Yang, I was busy explaining my own affairs just now. I haven't had time to report to you the latest situation I have learned. I now have a reliable The evidence proves that Ji Sihan, the manager of the Luanshicheng Mine, used public funds from the Chamber of Commerce to bribe Jiang Ge, the deacon of the Luanshicheng Mining Committee!"

With He Mingyuan breaking the shocking news, it was Ji Sihan's turn to be shocked. Even in the Guyun Sect, few people knew about his relationship with Jiang Ge, the deacon of the Luanshi City Mining Committee. He Mingyuan had never been to Luanshi City, so how did he know?

He stared at He Mingyuan who was kneeling on the ground and reprimanded loudly: "You have no evidence, so don't talk nonsense here!"

"Humph, of course He has evidence!"

He Mingyuan stood up slowly, and then took out a small portable photo stone from his arms; "Advisor Yang, in order to find out the criminal facts of Guanshi Ji, I specially sent someone to bribe the waiter of Chongyanju, a restaurant in Luanshicheng, to bring this I secretly placed the photographic stone in the private room where Manager Ji often goes, but I didn’t expect that I would actually find the decisive evidence!”

Ji Sihan was shocked and said, "You actually put the photo stone in the private room of Chongyanju?"

"How's it going? You didn't expect it!" Seeing Ji Sihan's shocked expression, He Mingyuan smiled proudly, "I hid the photo stone among the Kowloon Opera Pearl ornaments in the private room. That ornament was originally Driven by spiritual energy, it is always emitting spiritual energy fluctuations, which can perfectly cover up the weak spiritual energy fluctuations generated by the image stone. Even if Jiang Ge, the deacon of Guyun Sect, is a Qi Refining Dzogchen practitioner, it is absolutely impossible to detect its existence!"

"I didn't know about this in Luanshi City for so many years. How did you know about this?"

However, He Mingyuan just curled his lips and said: "Money can make all the difference. Even if I don't know the secrets of Chongyanju, don't the mortal waiters in Chongyanju know about it? This kind of little trick can only be found in Chongyanju often." The waiter serving tea and water at Ju Ju can find out, but I guess the boss of Chongyan Ju and the senior officials of Guyun Sect don’t know!”

After saying that, He Mingyuan also handed over to Yang Lu and Li Qingning and said: "Consultant Yang and Miss, don't worry, I paid all the expenses for this image stone out of my own pocket, and I definitely did not spend a penny of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce!"