Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 845: Qing Chen’s Anti-Corruption Chronicle

In the Marquis's office, Qing Chen sat behind his desk, while Barton lay lazily on the sofa, his feet propped up on the coffee table.

"Investigate, I give you the power to investigate!" Marquis Barton said with certainty. "Isn't this inappropriate?" Qing Chen asked hesitantly, "Shouldn't promotions and dismissals in the forward base follow the formal process?"

It seemed a little too hasty.

But the handsome Marquis waved his hand and said, "There's nothing hasty about it. I'm the highest commander of this forward base, I have the authority to apply for merits, and I have the power of life and death over everyone. As long as you can find the termite (corrupt officials) in the forward base and obtain concrete evidence, I can report it to the Royal Capital. In wartime, I can act first and report later. If someone comes to me, I'll go to my wife...Actually, even if I don't go to my wife, no one can touch me."

Qing Chen thought to himself, that last explanation was really superfluous.

Marquis Barton added, "By the way, suppressing corruption in wartime also earns merits. You don't necessarily have to go to the battlefield to earn merits. What level are you now?" Qing Chen said, "Level 6 freeman."

"Okay, it's absolutely no problem to promote you two levels to level 8 freeman. If you find enough problems, you can even reach level 9 freeman," Marquis Barton said, "Continue looking at the accounts on the computer. If you have any questions, just call the relevant person in charge for questioning."

Qing Chen's eyes lit up. He could earn military merit without even going to the battlefield? Qing Chen asked, "What if someone resists? And I need an assistant. Do you have your own people in the forward base, Marquis?"

"Yes, I have a group of experts around me!" Marquis Barton said confidently. But Qing Chen was skeptical.

Marquis Barton made a phone call, and after a while, a seven-person team walked in. Qing Chen keenly sensed that these people were experts: three Caucasians, three Asians, and one African American.

However, Qing Chen hadn't seen them in the forward base before.

Marquis Barton spoke to the seven very politely, "Um...how have you all been lately? Brian, these seven are members of the Fireline Squad, they're all experts."

The captain of the Fireline Squad said, "Marquis, you called us here, it wouldn't be to have us play Virtual Realm with you again, would it? We still need to Cultivate, we don't play Virtual Realm. Fifth Princess said we don't have to accompany you, we only need to protect your personal safety."

Qing Chen understood. These were experts sent by the Fifth Princess to protect Barton, and also to make sure Barton didn't play with female slaves...Barton said triumphantly, "I don't need you to accompany me to play Virtual Realm anymore, I have White Light with me now." The Fireline Squad looked at each other.

How could they not play Virtual Realm?

They just thought Marquis Barton was too weak, and didn't want to bring him along.

So, of course they had heard of White Light, but they thought White Light was willing to bring this Marquis...it was quite absurd. The captain hesitated and asked, "You wouldn't have given White Light your Royal Capital residence, did you? Does Princess know about this?"

Marquis Barton was unhappy, "Do I need to use such methods? I rely on my personal charm. White Light thinks I'm pretty good. Of course, if White Light wants it, I can give it to him. It's my ancestral property, I don't need my wife's consent."

At this time, to save face, he didn't mention how he met White Light...

As he spoke, Marquis Barton glanced at Qing Chen, the implication being: don't tell White Light about this, you must keep it a secret, and you will be rewarded with wealth and honor...

The captain thought for a moment, "What did you call us here for?"

Marquis Barton said, "It's like this, I'm going to purge a group of termite (corrupt officials) in the forward base, but I'm worried that someone will resist, so please stay here for a while and help control the situation."

The captain said helplessly, "This is the nineteenth time you've said you're going to purge in five years, but you can't even understand the account books, and we're rough people who can't understand them either, so let's not waste time."

The captain glanced at Qing Chen and said frankly, "You have too many people around you who want to take advantage of the situation. They claim they can help you manage the forward base well, but they're just new termite (corrupt officials)".

He regarded Qing Chen as a scheming villain, because there were always such people around Marquis Barton.

According to the famous "flies don't bite seamless eggs" theory, this Marquis Barton was like a rotten egg that had fallen on the ground and had its shell broken. A fly's favorite.

Marquis Barton said with a hint of pleading, "Just this once, help me one more time!" Qing Chen sighed, this was probably the most humble Marquis he had ever seen. Was this the status of the royal son-in-law? Or perhaps it was due to the Marquis's incompetence.

He didn't even have his own slave army, and could only ask the Fifth Princess for help.

Of course, this was also an opportunity for Qing Chen. He could personally help Marquis Barton build a slave army.

Marquis Barton said, "You know, the empire is going to launch an expedition against the East Continent. My wife said that a forward base needs to be established there too. The candidates haven't been decided yet...If you don't help me, I'll call my wife!"

The captain sighed, "You don't have to keep threatening us with this. We don't have any malice, we just think you're better off playing Virtual Realm peacefully, and the Princess thinks so too."

Marquis Barton didn't care about that. Seeing that the Fireline Squad agreed, he said to Qing Chen, "Let's begin!"

The captain of the Fireline Squad looked at Qing Chen and said frankly, "How do you plan to investigate? The corruption in the forward base is complex and multifaceted. If you can't find out, just say so, don't waste our time."

"It's not that complicated," Qing Chen sat in front of the computer and glanced at it twice, then immediately picked up the internal phone, "Let Sancho come to the Marquis's office."

Sancho was a middle-aged white man, his information showed he was a level 7 citizen, and even had the opportunity to be promoted to Baron.

After he came in, seeing Qing Chen sitting behind the desk, he frowned, "Who are you? Why are you sitting in the Marquis's seat?"

Qing Chen looked at the information on the computer and said, "Who I am is not important, what's important is that I'm here to state a few things. If there are no questions, we'll handle it officially."

Sancho wanted to scold Qing Chen, but he glanced at the Fireline Squad and finally held back, "Speak."

Qing Chen: "First, the Third Division's infantry regiment has a total of 1302 people, the regiment commander is Baron Vince. Nine days ago, they set out for the Forbidden Forest, unexpectedly encountered giants, and then returned to the forward base, right? You're in charge of entry and exit registration for the base, you should know."

Sancho narrowed his eyes, "That's right."

Qing Chen: "Your registered information shows that 817 people returned, 487 died, all of them were Baron Vince's slaves. Therefore, the forward base issued 487 people's compensation to Baron Vince. After replenishing the troops, you issued 487 people's supplies, weapons, and ammunition again."

Sancho: "Do you think I'm falsifying information? You can check the surveillance at the base entrance yourself, he really only came back with 817 people."

Qing Chen: "Of course you wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. But I found something interesting: Baron Vince returned to the forward base with 816 people eight days ago, and he replenished 487 people six days ago. But I found Baron Vince's surveillance footage when he reported to the forward base, as well as the surveillance footage after replenishing the troops, and found that these 487 new slave soldiers...look exactly like the 487 who died. So, did Baron Vince recruit the 487 twin brothers of the deceased slave soldiers? That's quite a coincidence."

Qing Chen looked up at Sancho, "These hundreds of slave soldiers are really old actors."

Baron Vince had been cooperating with the officers of the forward base to repeatedly defraud compensation and repeatedly receive weapons and supplies, falsely reporting military information.

The captain of the Fireline Squad found it somewhat surprising and leaned over to look at the screen. The things Qing Chen could see by simply taking a picture from the high-definition surveillance and making a comparison, no one had ever investigated deeply before.

This Baron Vince didn't come to the forward base to fight, he was here to do business. After a battle, he could easily earn millions.

The most crucial thing was that the false report of the appearance of giants had a greater impact. Sancho said, "I'm only responsible for entry and exit registration. I don't know about these things. I'm not responsible for the distribution of compensation and weapons."

Qing Chen nodded and looked at the Fireline Squad, "Take him to the restroom, confiscate all communication devices, and prevent anyone from colluding with him."

The captain of the Fireline Squad glanced at him and waved to a subordinate, he also became interested.

Marquis Barton, who had originally planned to enter the Virtual Realm, also stopped and sat on the sofa watching Qing Chen's performance. To be honest, this was the first time he had ever known...

Marquis Barton muttered, "Baron Vince often sends me gifts, I didn't expect him to be this kind of person."

Qing Chen said, "It's not just Baron Vince, there are more than ten barons. When I catch all the officers of the forward base, I can take them all down at once."

Marquis Barton:..."

He suddenly realized that Qing Chen was serious.

Marquis Barton asked, "If you continue to investigate, how many clean officers will be left in my forward base?" Qing Chen grinned, "I don't know."

He ignored the changes in the attitudes of others and made another internal phone call, "Daniel, who is in charge of compensation, come to the Marquis's office."

Daniel walked in and looked around, "I heard Sancho was called? Where is he?"

Qing Chen said calmly, "His disappearance makes you nervous, doesn't it?"

Daniel raised his voice, "What am I nervous about?"

Qing Chen said, "Sancho has already told everything about Baron Vince defrauding compensation, what do you want to say?"

Daniel's fists clenched, "Baron Vince? I don't know Baron Vince, I'm only responsible for the distribution of compensation. The base determines how many people died, and I distribute the money accordingly. What's the problem? If Sancho made a mistake, it's Sancho's problem."

These people were very cunning. Each person was only responsible for their own part of the work. The mistake started with Baron Vince falsely reporting military information and defrauding compensation. If Baron Vince didn't implicate others, these officers were just "deceived".

And it just so happened that Vince had a title, even if he was punished he wouldn't go to jail, at most his title would be demoted or revoked, he was unafraid.

But only by nailing down Vince, making him reveal the whole thing, was there a possibility of uprooting the officers of the forward base. Qing Chen had the Fireline Squad take Daniel to isolation as well, then turned to Marquis Barton, "Can we handle Baron Vince?"

Marquis Barton thought for a moment, "Wait a moment, I'll make a call."

As he said, he picked up his phone and dialed, "Honey...yes, I'm in trouble again..."

A delicate female voice on the other end of the phone said, "Tell me, what's wrong? I'm still busy with government affairs."

Marquis Barton said, "I caught a baron defrauding compensation..."

Qing Chen corrected from the side, "Baron Vince is just one example, I have evidence of 12." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Marquis Barton said, "12..."

Fifth Princess asked again, "How much is the amount involved?"

Marquis Barton said, "Huge."

Qing Chen added, "The total amount involved is over 4.1 billion, and this is just one case. The case of ghost payroll, the case of the depreciation of military weapons...

I haven't even started investigating those yet." It must be said that the gift from the Old Master on Ginkgo Mountain finally came in handy.

The Old Master sacrificed the logistics officer and audit officer of the Qing Family to Qing Chen, so he was very clear about how the army was corrupt.

Even though the army systems of West Continent and East Continent were different, the places that could be corrupted were actually the same. The officers of the forward base could fool Marquis Barton, but it was much harder to fool Qing Chen.

But the problem was that the buttocks of these officers of the forward base were too unclean. One case was enough for the death penalty, and there was no point in continuing the investigation...

Fifth Princess fell silent after hearing the amount involved, after two minutes: "Pack the evidence and send it to me to have a look."

Qing Chen quickly compiled Vince's evidence and sent it over.

Only 10 minutes later, Fifth Princess said, "Arrest them first, I'll find a way to kill them, I'll go find my father. Also, catching 12 barons for corruption, your Marquis level can finally be upgraded."

Marquis also had levels. The highest is level 9, and Barton is the lowest level 1.

Each level corresponds to different positions. Level 1 can only come to such a remote place. At level 3, you can go to the Royal Capital to manage the Food and Drug Administration like Kennedy Marquis. At level 5, you can be responsible for the Royal Capital's garrison work, this is the true core of power.

This means that the couple can reunite...

Fifth Princess suddenly said, "Who is the person next to you?"

Marquis Barton thought for a moment and said, "My housekeeper of the forward base, he's a talent!" Qing Chen became the housekeeper...

Fifth Princess smiled, "You finally have someone useful by your side, I'm very satisfied with the things he compiled, use him well, and keep him."

Marquis Barton smiled, "Don't worry, after the war is over, I'll go back to the capital to see you, and you'll help me with this too, I miss you, just as the tide cannot be separated from the moon's gravity, I also cannot be separated from you..."

Fifth Princess: "You dead ghost."

Qing Chen probably understood how this guy got into the royal family.

Marquis Barton and Fifth Princess got along for a while, hung up the phone and said to the Fireline Squad, "Arrest people according to the housekeeper's instructions, arrest all those little nobles and interrogate them, and nail down all the evidence."

Qing Chen looked at Barton, "I'll conduct a surprise interrogation tonight and compile all the evidence into written materials. How should the officers of the forward base be handled?"

"This doesn't need to trouble my wife, those who should be sent to the military court will be sent to the military court, and those who should be killed will be killed," Marquis Barton said.

Qing Chen asked, "How much corruption can be directly dealt with?"

Marquis Barton was a little at a loss, he didn't even have a clear idea...

"Those who embezzled less than 50,000 will be let off with a warning; those who embezzled between 50,000 and 1 million will be dismissed and sent to the military court; those who embezzled more than 1 million will be directly killed," Qing Chen suggested.

"Okay, let's do it that way."

Qing Chen and the Fireline Squad turned and left. The captain of the Fireline Squad said calmly in the corridor, "You deliberately set this threshold, didn't you? According to the crimes you've caught, none of those officers will survive. Then there will be no one left to work in the forward base, aren't you afraid that the forward base will become a mess?"

The standard of directly killing those who embezzled more than 1 million yuan seemed objective, but the problem was that the amount of money involved by those officers was all over 1 million yuan. The Fireline Squad inwardly sighed, this new housekeeper was going to kill all the officers of the forward base...

Qing Chen said, "Only kill the officers, not the soldiers. There will always be people to work."

Then the forward base will be reshuffled. With Marquis Barton's nature of being a hands-off boss, the forward base will be in Qing Chen's hands.