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Therefore, the fight against corruption must be carried out dynamically, every now and then, with constant pressure, and it must be ongoing at all times. Any slackening will allow it to make a comeback. But most importantly, we must eliminate all those who dare to flee abroad.
You either die at home, or your whole family dies abroad. It's your choice.
Anyway, after Qin Shan took over the Zhonglian government, not a single official fled the area. Even if they died, they died peacefully at home.
Because Qin Shan would use nuclear weapons to force other countries to send them out, and those who escaped would be subjected to torture upon their return.
After the ten most brutal tortures of the Qing Dynasty were publicly tried, they were shown to the people of the whole country for a novel experience. If there were any victims, they could personally go up on stage to carry out the tortures. In any case, being shot was already considered a rather fortunate outcome.
Based on this, various automated management devices have been deployed throughout the country, especially intelligent devices for the economy, which have effectively blocked many loopholes for corruption. As long as you dare to take action, you can be caught red-handed.
Sure enough, with World Six approaching 2020, the number of corrupt officials executed in Qinshan has already exceeded eight figures.
The entire traditional bureaucratic system of the China Union has been completely formatted. Those who remain are truly ruthless individuals who "emerge from the mud unsullied." They were able to maintain their integrity in the previous official environment of the China Union, so there was basically nothing that could shake their spirit.
With the restart and cleanup of the bureaucratic system, many things have become simpler and more efficient. For example, the canal project, which had been planned by China United for ten years and was still unfinished, was completed in just one year with high quality and quantity. The canal project connects the north and south of the Central Plains and greatly strengthens the economic ties between various regions. Along with the canal project, the maglev rail train project was also launched.
Qinshan now has sufficient talent reserves and technical strength to implement new technologies, so Zhonglian has directly begun to eliminate old and outdated production capacity on a large scale. Because these maglev trains are already powerful enough to withstand tactical nuclear EMP bombs, the era of electric cars replacing gasoline cars has officially begun.
Because of Zoomlion's current electric vehicle technology, the charging efficiency is faster than refueling, and there is no need for a charger. After the electric vehicle enters the charging station, it drives onto the charging platform and is directly charged wirelessly in the air. It only takes ten seconds to fully charge the battery to 1,000 kWh. The average battery capacity of a civilian car is around 2,000 kWh. Qin Shan's civilian electric vehicle technology can achieve 10 kilometers per kWh (at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour). With 2,000 kWh, you can go anywhere in the world where there is a road.
If it's a maglev train, then urban multi-level transportation can all be implemented.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that China United is now developing towards a science fiction era.
Currently, a new science and technology city is under construction near Luoyang, and the capital will be moved there later. The planning there is more reasonable, the technology used is more advanced, and there is even a capital protection barrier, which is equivalent to an interplanetary energy shield, enough to withstand a fully equipped Tsar Bomba exploding ten kilometers away. With Qin Shan's technology, even if Britain worked itself to death, it would not be able to get its missiles within ten kilometers of the new city of Luoyang, not to mention that they do not have nuclear weapons.
With such impregnable defenses, all fortresses and major cities in the future will be equipped with this level of defense, letting the enemy experience the despair of trying to eat a tortoise shell.
"Arrest them all. Since they're willing to die, I have no reason not to bury them."
Qin Shan simply crossed out the list and handed it to the head of the Anti-Corruption Department, who respectfully accepted it and then went off to carry out the mission with a murderous aura.
The main function of the Anti-Corruption Department is to audit officials internally. The relevant personnel are all selected from the bottom level, and they are all pitiful people who have been ruined by corrupt officials. Many of the implementers are orphans. In the future, the talent pool of this department will also be selected from the children of martyrs. It is not that these people will definitely be honest for life, but compared with ordinary people, they have more motivation and will to kill those corrupt officials.
Then there are reports from the public, especially those made under real names.
The reason I say this is because people who file real-name reports are basically driven by a desire to take the other party down with them, or they are victims who have simply reached their breaking point. Some people say that this is called "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," which is nonsense. If you don't even have the courage to fight for your own rights, how can you expect fairness to fall from the sky? What's that saying again? "Give up your illusions and prepare for the struggle."
You must put this statement into practice and really do it in real life. Only in this way can you truly protect your rights. When you risk everything, the one who is most afraid is definitely not you. It's cruel, but it's also the only chance to fight for fairness.
What will you do if you lose even that opportunity?
Is this question so hard to answer? Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Huang Chao, the rebel leader—aren't there enough historical figures who practiced this? At worst, a common man's anger can lead to bloodshed. The more you resist, the fairer the world becomes; the more you endure, the darker the world becomes.
Therefore, the way to fight injustice is never to tolerate or make excuses, but to fight back with a knife.
A more equitable society tends to attract more people to participate, just as the Soviet Union's greatest weapon was its faith.
A dragon? Behold my dragon-slaying blade!
Chapter 185: The Abyss Gate of World Six
If the time spent in court is used as a standard to measure a ruler, then Qin Shan is a typical example of a corrupt and incompetent ruler who indulges in debauchery in broad daylight.
He sleeps with at least two of them at night, and they often have big parties. The ship girls have almost no restrictions on their admiral in this regard, at most they will play hard to get. So as long as Qin Shan wants to, he will spend his days and nights without stopping.
However, the people of Zhonglian did not think there was anything wrong with their regent.
For most people, the person who can improve their life is more valuable than any title. So what if a regent has a few more women? In ancient times, emperors were said to have three thousand beauties, but did the regent ever forcibly abduct women or men from the common people? No, right?
Looking at Zhonglian, which is even more prosperous than the Three Kingdoms Kill game, with its bulging wallets and increasingly cheap and high-quality goods on the market, the common people think that the regent is a good man. Following such a big shot is better than following any emperor. The only pity is that the regent is not the emperor. If possible, you can put on an extra layer of clothing. We don't mind.
Faced with Qin Shan, who could act recklessly without affecting his work, the officials in the capital could only feel envy, jealousy, and resentment. What kind of person was he? His physical condition was so superhuman. If they were to be exploited like that, they would probably see their grandmother within three days.
In fact, this is what the masses demand of rulers in most cases: prosperity and stability.
Throughout history, emperors have never lacked women in their harems, but ordinary people don't pay much attention to this. They are more concerned about how they live their own lives. Liking women and money are harmless little things, as long as they don't interfere with important matters.
Unfortunately, emperors who are masters of time management are very rare. Most of them make mistakes because people's energy is limited. If you spend too much time in bed having sex, you naturally won't have extra energy to use for important matters, unless what you're doing is considered important.
However, the number of girls around Qin Shan has indeed increased recently, but their information is completely blank. In addition, the servants in the palace are either orphans raised solely through connections within the palace, or intelligent robots (a fusion of humanoid technology from World Two and artificial intelligence technology from World Three). This has turned the palace into an intelligence black box, because these people will absolutely not utter a single word to outsiders. As for those intelligent robots, if you ask too many questions, they'll report you directly. Why are you inquiring about palace news? Arrest them!
This makes it impossible for any party to get involved in palace politics. You can't even hear what's going on inside, so how can you do intelligence work? As for sending someone in to serve the emperor, please, everyone knows that Jiang Lihua is a puppet now, and a puppet that Qin Shan doesn't care about at all. Not long ago, someone tried to break through this information black box, and then his whole family was arranged to be shot in the back with a rocket and judged as having committed suicide.
Qin Shan now adores this puppet emperor, because anyone from a powerful political family who gets close to her can be killed without any problem. As for those who criticize her for usurping power...
"I'm the regent now, of course I'm the one with real power. As for usurping power, I did it, so what? If you don't like me, you're welcome to come and kill me. But I'll also remind you, after deciding to rebel, it's perfectly acceptable for me to kill your whole family. Don't forget that I stole this position."
He actually said it! This guy actually said it in public!
That's right, I'm going to take over the throne. The emperor is just a figurehead now. If you're not happy, you can rebel, but only if the people are willing to rebel with you and you have ways to interfere with the new government's all-encompassing administration.
When it comes to dealing with these bureaucrats, Qin Shan has countless methods at his disposal. The crushing power of superhumans over ordinary people is on a completely different level; anyone who encounters them will face despair.
Moreover, to put it more realistically, if you want to rebel, you need to have the resources to do so.
Food, weapons, and manpower are all indispensable, but the problem now is that even if powerful people want to cause trouble, looking at the already fragmented aristocratic system and the masses who will not respond to their calls, plus the comprehensive nationalization reform, the money bag, the gun barrel, and the pen barrel are all in Qin Shan's hands. If you start a rebellion at this time, the local police station will probably take you down.
And indeed, as Qin Shan demonstrated his sincerity to everyone, various rebel groups appeared in different places under the banner of "protecting the emperor," and were then dealt with by the local police stations. The most outrageous thing was that when the local people heard that someone was rebelling against the regent, they joined the local armed forces overnight to arrest him. Until he was taken to the execution ground, he had a bewildered expression.
Before leaving, that idiot shouted in despair, "You scoundrels! You're all scoundrels! You have no loyalty to the emperor or love for your country!"
When these words reached Qin Shan's ears, he said in front of the entire court and Jiang Lihua, who was there as a figurehead, "This is what you call the will of the people. I've given the people the life they want. The vast majority of them don't want any trouble. But you bunch of brainless idiots, trying to sabotage me in this environment? Did you buy your family trees wholesale? Let's deal with this according to the standard of ten clans. I'll set a small goal: kill a thousand people first!"
Qin Shan liked the expansion of the purge of the bureaucratic system. He could guarantee that he wouldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately. The executors were all ship girls, and the reviewers were also ship girls. In addition, a few had recently returned, and manpower was abundant again. With the assistance of intelligent robots, Qin Shan could proudly announce that he had a civil servant team that would never be corrupted.
Half of the officials in the court did not lower their heads, but boldly looked directly into Qin Shan's eyes, and their performance pleased Qin Shan.
At least in the first three rows, half of the people can say with a clear conscience that they and their families have lived up to the expectations of the country and the people. As for the other half, those who are standing here have all been vetted. At most, they are afraid or lack confidence in their families, but they are capable. As long as they don't cause any trouble and their families know what they can and cannot do, they are all good cadres of the country and the people.
It's okay if you touched it, just be careful in your next life (~―▽―)~.
What was Emperor Jiang Lihua's reaction?
Reaction? No reaction at all. Or perhaps her personality was never suited to be emperor. She was just a young girl who was pushed to the throne because of her bloodline. This relatively leisurely life was actually what she liked best.
Because Qin Shan really didn't restrict her much. Even when she wanted to leave the palace, Qin Shan said, "Why do you need my approval to leave your own home? Go out if you want to. It's good to see the suffering of the people and it can help you straighten out your conscience."
Meanwhile, many forces operating in the shadows ceased their activities after discovering that Qin Shan didn't care about the emperor at all.
They even suspected that Qin Shan was using the emperor as bait, waiting for them to walk into his trap. Once these people took the bait, he would kill them all with nuclear weapons, send the emperor and them to heaven together, and then tell the whole country, "I killed the emperor, so to compensate everyone, from today onwards, I, Qin Shan, will be the emperor. Who agrees, who disagrees?"
It could also be, "Oh dear, the emperor has sacrificed himself for the country, it's truly a pity. But I don't want to be the emperor now. How about this, I'll choose a new emperor to take the throne, what do you all think?"
He's capable of it, absolutely capable of doing something like that!
A person with such overwhelming strength can act so recklessly, leaving their opponents utterly hopeless.
However, just as everything at Zhonglian was on track and beginning to develop in all aspects, Qin Shan received an unexpected intelligence report.
In the territory of Canada in North America, a gate to the abyss appeared.
Chapter 186: The Reaper's Shadow
"Excellent, this world is about to begin its transformation into something extraordinary."
Qin Shan was well aware of what the appearance of the Abyss Gate meant. He just didn't know if the Abyss Gate had followed them there or if it was randomly generated. Regardless of the reason, once it appeared, its impact on the entire world would be permanent and irreversible. And what changes would occur in World Six, a world with an already bizarre technological tree?
"A trivial problem."
The emergence of superhumans among the enemy has indeed made things more troublesome, but superhumans don't appear overnight. Humanity took hundreds of years to progress from the first rank to the highest known rank in Qinshan's time—the ninth rank. Even if you compress that to the extreme, and allow ample time for development during a period of peace, it would still take at least a century. Moreover, the actual situation isn't that optimistic.
The extraordinary transformation of Earth was suppressed by the Qin Mountains, so any extraordinary individuals among the plants and animals were eliminated the moment they appeared.
But if an Abyss Gate appears in Britain in World Six, well, this isn't Earth's home planet. Qin Shan is quite interested in witnessing the changes brought about by the world's transformation. In his previous life, he only had one sample—Earth. Now, there are countless samples like this, which will definitely serve as a reference for the development of Earth's transformation.
"Oh right, let's go and collect the Abyss Gate first; it's a backup world portal."
So Qin Shan led a team to North America and took down the Abyss Gate in the Ottawa area of Canada. The strange celestial phenomena that briefly appeared there have since increased the workload and discussion among Canadian astronomy enthusiasts.
But what they didn't know was that change had already quietly begun.
The day after the Abyss Gate appeared and disappeared, a bank robbery occurred in the Ottawa area. For Britain, which was already thriving and full of vitality, robbing a bank was nothing to be surprised about; they were just naive.
The robbed bank can now happily balance its books, but what's worrying is that the bank was robbed again the next day, and even the police were shocked by the arrogance of the criminals.
"Are you going to eat at someone else's place? Oh my god, we police are already on duty, and you're still being so disrespectful, you're too arrogant. We have to teach you a lesson."
Then that evening, footage of a man with superhuman strength, wearing a full set of heavy bulletproof vest, speeding down the road and crashing into police cars made headlines on the British news.
This caused the entire nation of Britain to lose its composure.
"Holy crap, is this some kind of blockbuster special effects movie?"
"Have our country's TV stations started producing special effects news?"
"I'm a professional, and from my perspective, I can tell you that it's all true."
"Forget about being a professional, I was there the whole time! That dumbfounded blond guy next to Trump was me!"
Is this the prelude to the Hulk appearing?
"Really? Really? Really?"
As the discussion intensified, British officials also noticed something amiss. After conducting an on-site investigation, the British authorities could no longer remain silent, because the identity of the superman had been revealed: he was indeed a local and a member of the resistance organization.
Has the resistance developed any technology that could turn people into superhumans?
"Although this is not my area of expertise, my professional skills allow me to be certain that without the financial and technological support of a major power, it would be impossible for the resistance organization to develop such a thing with its limited research capabilities."
Dr. Lloyd offered his judgment from his professional perspective, but the British authorities were clearly skeptical.
However, they will soon stop worrying about this issue. Without Qin Shan's intervention to suppress it, even a fraction of the awakened individuals would be a considerable mutation in a population of one billion.
The total population of World Six is 4.5 billion, of which the Central Union has 1.3 billion, the European Union has 900 million, and the Empire has 1.3 billion.
The situation on Zhonglian's side will definitely be stabilized under Qin Shan's control to prevent a runaway situation. Special plants and animals will be disposed of, leaving only the safe supplies needed by humans.
However, the European Union and the Empire obviously did not have this advantage, so they soon began to face the impact of a large number of awakened superhumans on their national order. After all, it is said that heroes break the law with their martial arts, especially after the emergence of superhumans, individuals who condense their great power. When a person can really stand on the ground under a hail of bullets, he will definitely think about doing something more exciting.
In this situation, those extraordinary individuals who engage in extreme sports are actually considered part of a stable society. But what about those extraordinary individuals who are dissatisfied with society and feel a sense of injustice, and who feel they should change the world?
Whether the changes are good or bad is hard to say, but they will certainly disrupt local order, which will increase the management costs of the entire society.
For a country at war, the emergence of such internal instability is like martial arts masters competing in internal strength, only to be suddenly struck by someone with a fatal kick that could cripple them. They might not die, but they'd be writhing in pain on the ground.
However, this was beyond Qin Shan's concern; the new world was calling, and he had to act immediately...
"Grass!"
Well, Qin Shan is back. It took him an hour, and he practically crawled back, looking quite disheveled.
The grass symbolizes his current mood, because the world opposite him is being gradually destroyed.
The enormous man-made celestial body blotted out the sun, with metal tentacles reaching towards the earth, constantly drawing something out. At the same time, a large number of individuals with combat power equivalent to sixth-tier superhumans roamed in the air. Qin Shan only tested it slightly, and an uncountable number of sixth-tier individuals swarmed over, forcing him to open the door and run away.
This was the first time he had ever been so embarrassed since he acquired the system.
"Admiral, the world on the other side is very dangerous," Lexington said with great concern.
She might not care about her own life or death, but if Qin Shan lost even a single hair, the ship girl would be heartbroken.
"It is indeed very dangerous, but it is precisely because of the danger that it is valuable. By the way, let's give the data we have collected to the Brain Matrix for analysis and see if the other side is a world where the Reapers have appeared."
Sixth-tier transcendents pose little threat to Qin Shan, but it depends on the number. The massive swarm that suddenly rushed over contained more than 100,000 sixth-tier individuals within Qin Shan's perception range.
What does this mean? Imagine 100,000 Fujian-class aircraft carriers charging towards you at the same time.
Honestly, an ordinary person would be so shocked that they wouldn't even be able to feel fear in time, and would be swept away by the shock.
But the more dangerous a place is, the more unique its charm becomes.
Qin Shan hadn't felt that overwhelming fear of Mount Tai pressing down on him in a long time. The rare experience of this feeling made him feel irresistible and eager to explore it more deeply.
The 114 and 115 Brain Matrix, which served as the carriers of the Amudax civilization, quickly sent back messages.
114: "In our database, this unit is the harvester's worker bee, a silicon-based life form whose main job is to detoxify the harvester's targets."
Qin Shan: "So this 'harmlessness' should at least be enough to threaten the harvesters' normal harvesting."
After all, the target's resistance is as weak as a baby's fist, so there's no need to send combat units. I'll just go for it, what are you going to do about it?
This time, 115 answered: "That's right, the other side is at least a civilization with interstellar travel capabilities, with its own orbital fleet and planetary-level defense perimeter."
Qin Shan reopened the video and pointed to the worker bees, saying, "There are quite a lot of them."
114 replied, "According to the Reaper's operational standards, at least one billion worker bees like these would be deployed on a typical planet."
"Sixth tier, one billion..."
For the first time, Qin Shan felt incredibly weak and powerless.
Currently, the industrial star system under the jurisdiction of Kitazaki and Yubari can mass-produce combat units, which are equivalent to first-order superhumans.