Chapter 95: Frankness (Part 2)

"What I want to share with you below are some of the events that have happened in the country and some important information I have learned."

"Before I officially release this information, I want to explain to you that I chose to tell you the whole story of these things at this time, not because I have no choice, nor for some special reason, but because you are the masters of this country and because the government is responsible to you. And I am your emperor and also serve the overall interests of the people. Although in the traditional historical culture, there are so-called "family scandals should not be made public", so-called "tag for the respected ones", and so-called "meat eaters to plan", but I firmly believe that those who serve the people can face the problems that arise in their own governance process calmly and without fear, and have enough confidence to face the criticism and suggestions of the people. I also firmly believe that our people can think rationally and respond rationally."

At this moment, the whole country fell into deeper silence.

"Something happened in Gansu recently. Within the government and among our people, there are various speculations and various statements, which also force me to admire the imagination and creativity of the people. But I have no intention of giving any comments, and I also understand the whole story of all this very well. Curiosity is our nature as a human being, and our curiosity about politics is a characteristic that all citizens, as the master of the country, should have and indeed have."

People looked at each other, and some people couldn't help scratching their heads and showed a slightly embarrassed smile. Others looked solemn and dared not be distracted for a moment.

"I may know more information than most of you in general, and I think you can understand it. The operation of the government is not a simple matter to a large extent. Before sufficient evidence and grasping the whole picture of the matter, some irresponsible speculation may lead to unnecessary chaos and harm the overall interests of the people. And now, I choose to disclose some of the information we have to you in this way because these facts can be confirmed to a large extent."

"Things may be more complicated than some citizens imagine, and perhaps simpler than others imagined. To sum up, some officials in the Gansu government violated the law on some issues and violated some basic principles that government officials should uphold. Some of them are members of the Buxing Party, and they have lost the position and some basic principles that they should uphold as members of the Buxing Party, causing unnecessary harm to some citizens."

"Gansu Governor Lin Zhengdao, after investigation, was suspected of torture and forced confessions, artificially fabricated cases, used his power to crack down on dissidents, overestimated his powers and interfered in the work of police, prosecutors and judicial departments, and even violated the powers of the legislature. The Ministry of Justice is sorting out the case information and is about to be filed for public prosecution."

"As the chairman of the Party of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee of the Fuxing Party, he also violated the Party Constitution of the Fuxing Party, violated the Regulations on Discipline Supervision of the Fuxing Party, and violated the self-discipline statement of middle and senior officials of the Fuxing Party. In accordance with the Party discipline within the Fuxing Party, he was requested by the Fuxing Party Discipline Inspection Commission and approved by the Central Executive Committee to cancel his qualification as a member of the Fuxing Party."

"After investigation, Zhang Tiejian, director of the Gansu Provincial Police Department, was suspected of organizing torture, creating perjury, colluding with illegal civil organizations and certain individuals to crack down on political enemies, coercing public opinion representatives, and even colluding with procuratorial and judicial departments, undermining the supremacy of the judicial and inspection system, and violating relevant regulations of the police system. The Ministry of Justice is organizing case information and is about to be filed."

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When people heard that the "clever officials" who were originally extremely glamorous, just like Bao Longtu, and the "capable ministers" also brought various charges, people felt different after the initial shock.

Some people instinctively suspect that there is something "tricky" in it, but it is difficult to convince themselves that the emperor was lying specifically. As we all know, Lin Zhengdao is a capable minister who has been praised by the emperor and the late emperors, and they are also recognized as loyal to the royal family. There are also folk rumors that Lin Zhengdao is the emperor's "adopted son". Some people even swear that in the future, Lin Zhengdao "must be the prime minister."

Is this a repeat of the history of the emperor and his ministers? Did Lin Zhengdao do something that the emperor violated a taboo? Did Lin Zhengdao have a strange ambition?

Some people feel happy.

Some of them were officials, and naturally had a "white crow" complex. They always felt indescribable about Lin Zhengdao's behavior. They were so suspicious of such "clean self-discipline", "no stains", "full of loyalty and service", and looked like they were pleading for the people, and were suspicious of the senior officials who were lonely and loyal, but also rising to the top.

Although these people may also shout slogans like "Learn Lin Zhengdao" on weekdays, they always hide a certain feeling in their hearts. Seeing Lin Zhengdao and his group of confidants fall from heaven to hell in such a dramatic way, their hearts are filled with extreme pleasure and gloating.

The mood of the journalists is even more complicated.

Someone breathed a sigh of relief, and the most worrying thing about the news suppression seems to be impossible to see.

But some reporters also felt sorry for themselves. They were originally looking forward to using "scoop" to show their faces. Even if they were suppressed by the government, it would be worth it. As long as they were not completely banned... But they never expected that it was His Majesty himself who stole the limelight. This matter can be regarded as God's will.

However, since the government has made such a statement, there is still article to do in subsequent news. In short, everything depends on everyone's ability, first serve!

But most people naturally felt a special respect in their hearts for this emperor who seemed to be standing in front of them and making everything open: unlike the previous achievements of great men and their fear and gratitude for the great power, this respect was more admiration from the heart, and the kind that was more like a person who could hear breathing around them, admired by understanding them, which was more friendly, more infectious, and more real.

The main personnel involved in Gansu have completed their explanations.

The ins and outs of the case, the roles played by each person have been explained, there is no trace of deliberate concealment, everything is logically smooth and shocking enough.

Lin Zhengdao and Zhang Tiejian, the halo of political stars, gradually collapsed, and the "skeletons" and "remnants of the society" under the publicity of Gansu media and many other local media following the trend are not unforgivable bad people. They all have their own problems, some have mistakes, some have immoral and disgraceful sides, some have dirty and evil sides, but they can also see valuable persistence, some have simple justice, but also have weakness and betrayal, and some infringement on the rights and interests of others.

This is an extremely wonderful tragic comedy. Everyone has their own role and performs extremely wonderfully.

Many people who are politically sensitive and have their own opinions can't help but feel a little proud of their foresight: these things are indeed the same as they guessed.

Many people look at each other and have a tacit understanding. His Majesty’s revelations are so easy to explain. As for the deeper truths behind them, let’s leave some room for imagination.

The gods fight, and the little ghosts retreat.

"I also need to confess to you that this matter also involves some officials in the center. According to preliminary investigations, it may involve power organs such as police, judicial, propaganda, and taxation. In addition, the Executive Committee of the Baxing Party has also made adjustments to the Executive Committee involved in the case in accordance with the Party discipline, and a formal resolution will be made soon."

The bombshell. It was an uproar.

The person who was already full of confidence and believed that he had mastered the entire lineage was even more shocked.

Do you still want to... continue to explode?

The reporters have already held their breath.

This is more explosive than the so-called headlines.

And the officials are already confused. What kind of phlegm did Your Majesty exert? It is not enough to collapse Gansu, and you have to lift the center off? How far is the fight between the gods above to make His Majesty himself churn out all these things?

"The facts involved in the case of the central officials are currently under investigation. The Baxing Party members in the Congress have joined forces with other parties in the ruling alliance to request the Congress to establish an investigation committee and appoint ** prosecutors to conduct strict investigations. Those involved will be investigated to the end, and the Baxing Party Executive Committee has also made a decision to cooperate fully in the investigation and give the people a truth."

"Here, I would also like to confess to you that according to the confession of Lin Zhengdao, Zhang Tiejian and others involved in the case, the main motivation for their crimes was to attach too much importance to the interests of the party, to ensure the ruling status of the Baacamino Party and to re-election next year, political struggle measures were adopted."

"According to the information currently available, this matter was arbitrary and was not instructed by other people in the center. Lin Zhengdao believes that the political reform ideas proposed by the Liberal Party, the Civic Party and many socialites were directly targeted at the Baak Party and the ruling alliance, which seriously threatened the prestige of the government and social stability. However, Lin Zhengdao did not take legal means to refute it. Instead, based on his superstition of power, he took another path: in the name of attacking the remnants of the Society, equating the Liberal Party and the Civic Party with the previous Chinese Democratic Party, Al Shabaab and other treason organizations, and even connecting them by fabricating the case. He believes that if he does this, he can suppress the voices of the Liberal Party and the Civic Party, and help the Baak Party win the re-election of the Congress next year, and help the government strengthen its authoritarianism."

Shocked, total shock.

For most ordinary people, party disputes are still just vague concepts. The intuitive understanding is roughly a criticism of competitors' political views by different party propaganda machines during the past elections, and a list of past actions. Such incredible high-level political struggles such as such, even to launch large-scale social movements to discredit hostile parties. Such plots have only been read in some historical novels. Never thought that such a secret thing would be opened in front of the people at this moment!

Many officials are completely unable to believe their ears.

At the level of Lin Zhengdao, it is not just individuals who make every move. Especially political stars like him, according to past practice, if they want to suppress them, they are basically just excuses such as illness and family reasons, and they slowly disappear after being equal. If they want to fight, they are basically labeled as treason or starting from morality, and they must not shake out the political game behind them.

Even if the emperor uncovers such secrets, what unpredictable political consequences will he suffer?

But this person said it.

Open and upright, calm and fearless.

"The above is the third important content I want to share with you today: what I can determine the situation in the Gansu case, and how we will face this incident, take what actions to reduce further losses, find out the truth, and be responsible to the people."

"What I will share with you below is why this incident happened and what kind of warning it brings to us."

"First of all, as far as Lin Zhengdao's own view is concerned, he believes that this is the greatest loyalty to the Baath Party and even to me. I have no intention to evaluate the right or wrong of his views, nor to evaluate the relationship between this and our traditional culture. I just want to express my views to all the people here: loyalty is very important to the party and me. Loyalty is bravery, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, the seven virtues of the empire, and loyalty is the first."

"But all loyalty is greater than loyalty to the country. I am the general representative of the people and the emperor of the people. I must be loyal to me and fundamentally be loyal to the people. The Baath Party is committed to the revival of the country, and the loyalty of Party members to the Party cannot be higher than loyalty to the country and to the people. In the name of loyalty to the Party and to me personally, it is a wrong and dangerous practice to separate the interests of the Party and me as the emperor and the interests of the people."

"Someone has told me many times that Lin Zhengdao is loyal to me and to the party. If he does not protect him this time, people will be dispersed, the party will collapse, and the country will collapse."

"But I want to say here: Loyalty is not a tool for unprincipled protection. All loyalty is based on a belief, essentially a kind of dedication. This dedication is limited by the law and will also obtain rewards that are in accordance with the law: the loyal object will be rewarded with sincerity to the loyal one."

"Lin Zhengdao, because of his own understanding of 'loyalty', is about to be fairly tried by the court. Many of his subordinates and colleagues, who violate the law, will be punished according to the law regardless of their motives. But I believe that people with similar understanding of loyalty are far more than them, and the acts of trampling on the law and undermining fairness and justice in the name of loyalty are far more than just happening in a place in Gansu."

"But none of this can be a reason for us to tolerate indulgence. Looking at the history of the East and the West, all the greatest sins are done in the name of sublime. They advocate the sacrifice of others and the selfish interests of a few people under the guise of high-sounding guise that the common people, as the weak, have been pushed into the abyss of suffering again and again."

"Loyalty, and even all noble names, cannot be used as an excuse to undermine the public contract of society. Even those officials who have repeatedly shown high loyalty to the country and nation and can be trusted, must give the greatest vigilance against their behavior of wantonly breaking the rules in the name of false noble names and take action. Once indulging such behavior is equivalent to tempting them to move forward step by step towards the path of no return. Today, they engage in party struggles in the name of loyalty, trampling on the law, abandoning fairness and justice, and act arbitrarily in the name of party interests. Tomorrow, they will manipulate the country in the name of loyalty to fool the people, stand on the opposite side of the overall interests of the people, and become thieves of state power."

"I believe that today I said these words here, and some people will question, thinking that since that is the case, why do I have to be loyal to you and to the Baath Party. I am very clear that I cannot force you to be loyal, and even people can shout loyalty on their lips while actually doing things that are not loyal. But I can say frankly here that I am not afraid of losing my loyalty because of this. Because a loyalty that ignores fairness and justice and the law is not the loyalty I need, nor the loyalty advocated by Huaxia New Studies, nor the loyalty advocated by Haotian Zhenyi."

"In our traditional culture, loyalty is often associated with righteousness, that is, the word "loyalty and righteousness". Simple loyalty and unprincipled loyalty are often called "fool loyalty". The times change, whether loyalty or righteousness, their meanings are constantly evolving. Today's righteousness is not the same as yesterday's righteousness, and today's loyalty is not the same as yesterday's loyalty. But at least this principle is consistent: loyalty must obey certain principles and conditions. Under the banner of loyalty, and seek fame, wealth and status for oneself under the name of loyalty, such behavior requires even more resolute resistance and punishment."

"Lin Zhengdao, perhaps it is out of loyalty, maybe he believes that his 'loyalty' can be rewarded enough, but I can be sure that I do not need loyalty at the expense of violation of the law, fairness and justice, nor will I provide protection for such 'loyalty'. And the colleagues of the Baath Party Executive Committee have expressed the same view."

"As for my personal loyalty, I hope that your loyalty to me is based on the spirit I uphold, and the cause I have done and are engaged in, on my behalf as the incarnation of the country, serving the people, rather than I can give you privileges beyond the law, and to give you incredible wealth and glory."

"This is what I want to share with you: loyalty is not an excuse for trampling on the law, fairness and justice. He is based on faith and is a kind of dedication. The object of loyalty sacrifices itself, not the sacrifice of others, to reflect his loyalty. The reward he receives is only the result, and it cannot be the purpose of loyalty."

"Otherwise, it will no longer be loyalty, but speculation."

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