Chapter 794: Chapter 8: War! War!
Feng Province Provincial City, Inspection Departnt.
Several black sedans stopped outside the gates of the Inspection Departnt, and more than a dozen officials in blue uniforms stepped out of the cars, heading straight towards the entrance.
“Who are you?”
The guards at the gate quickly asked.
The leading official took out a docunt stamped with an emblem:
“We are from the Inspection General Office of Datong Prefecture, ordered to investigate the case!”
The two guards, upon seeing the stamp of the Central Monitoring Pavilion on the docunt, were taken aback and about to speak, but the group of officials from Datong Prefecture had already barged inside.
Soon, the people at the Inspection Departnt were alerted.
“People from the Inspection General Office of Datong Prefecture? Investigating us? They must be out of their minds!”
Many officials’ first reaction was to find the situation absurd.
The Feng Province Inspection Departnt was responsible for the inspection duties of an entire province, overseeing all prefectural Inspection General Offices, and had always dispatched teams to investigate local officials, never expecting local officials to co investigating them.
It was simply an inversion of the natural order!
The officials from Datong Prefecture had already entered an office building.
“Zhuang Hui?!”
In the lobby on the ground floor, an official from the Inspection Departnt suddenly shouted loudly.
He had recognized the leading person.
The official nad Zhuang Hui from Datong Prefecture turned to look, smiling: “So it’s Lord Ma.”
Ma Xiangwen approached, frowning:
“What are you doing?”
He was the Inspector of the Inspection Departnt, a fourth-tier Sitting Official, Level 14 official.
The Zhuang Hui he was questioning was rely a Third Rank appointed official, Level 12.
By convention, the Feng Province Inspection Departnt dispatched teams annually for routine local inspections. Previously, it was always Ma Xiangwen leading the team to Datong Prefecture, and the person responsible for liaising with his team was Zhuang Hui, which is why he recognized Zhuang Hui at a glance.
Zhuang Hui: “Acting on orders to investigate the case.”
Ma Xiangwen angrily retorted: “On whose orders? Who has the authority to have you investigate us?!”
Zhuang Hui leisurely displayed the docunt in his hand for the other to see.
Ma Xiangwen was stunned, initially noticing the red stamp at the bottom, the stamp of the Central Monitoring Pavilion, which carried matching magic aura and couldn’t be faked.
But, unlike the guards outside, he wasn’t intimidated by this stamp.
The na of the Central Monitoring Pavilion was indeed formidable, but the credibility of this docunt would depend on who endorsed it.
He had seen many instances of people brandishing authority falsely.
Thus, he inspected the docunt’s second stamp, which by its style, was a personal stamp of a Central Cabinet mber.
This forced Ma Xiangwen to be cautious.
A docunt personally approved by a cabinet minister certainly held significant sway locally!
Ma Xiangwen finally saw two characters in the stamp—Li Fei.
At this point, he couldn’t maintain his composure any longer.
“Lord Ma, have you seen clearly?”
Zhuang Hui mockingly asked.
Ma Xiangwen glared at him:
“Who are you investigating?”
“Who are we investigating? That would be quite a few!”
Zhuang Hui waved his hand, a subordinate stepped forward showing Ma Xiangwen a second docunt:
“Ma Xiangwen, you are suspected of embezzlent, bribery, and job-related cris. Please cooperate with our investigation next!”
Ma Xiangwen’s expression changed dramatically.
He looked at the second docunt, which listed hundreds of nas densely, including not only his na but also many of his colleagues.
To his surprise, he even saw the na of the Inspector General of Feng Province’s Inspection Departnt in the docunt!
That was a Level 16 cabinet official!
Ma Xiangwen swayed slightly, his mind fixated on one thought:
Unbelievable!
“Lord Ma, do I need to teach you how to cooperate?”
Zhuang Hui said, feeling imnsely satisfied.
Previously, Ma Xiangwen led the team each year to Datong Prefecture for inspections, treating Zhuang Hui and others like servants!
Dealing with the ‘esteed guests’ sent from above was the most agonizing task each year for Zhuang Hui and others.
Now they finally had a chance to investigate Ma Xiangwen and colleagues, they finally could hold their heads high!
As Zhuang Hui and others barged into the Feng Province Inspection Departnt, another team from the Inspection General Office of Datong Prefecture broke into Hongyi University.
The power and resources controlled by the thirteen universities were extraordinary and directly governed by the Central Cabinet. Without authorization from the Central Cabinet, local governnts had no rights to directly inspect the university.
Thus, each university enjoyed a highly exceptional status.
The presidents of the thirteen universities, in terms of rank, were equivalent to Level 17 cabinet officials, sa ranked as governors!
This made it even more difficult for local governnts to directly act against universities.
However, today those who broke into Hongyi University happened to have this authorization, because Li Fei, the Cabinet Minister and Blue Patrol Envoy, granted them the authority!
In the Vice Principal’s Office, Nolan Zhi received the news.
“…Sect Master, they say so Elders are suspected of misappropriating public resources and want to take them back for investigation!”
The lecturer reporting was a disciple of the Green Mountain Sword Sect, so the titles used were still from the sect.
The so-called Elders he referred to were also professors at Hongyi University.
Bang!
Nolan Zhi slapped the desk heavily, with a face full of anger:
“Outrageous! What qualifications do they have to directly take away people from Hongyi University?”
“Sect Master, they say they are acting on orders from the Central Monitoring Pavilion, a direct order from Blue Patrol Envoy Li Fei Li Cabinet Minister!”
“Li Fei….”
Nolan Zhi gritted his teeth.
With Xu Jing, the president, mostly in retreat, he was practically the executive head of Hongyi University.
He was originally the Sect Master of the Green Mountain Sword Sect, later leading the entire sect to rge into Hongyi University, becoming the university’s Vice Principal.
Thanks to the university’s resources, the Green Mountain Sword Sect had developed rapidly over the past two years!
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