Chapter 840: The Little Cabinet
Chapter 823 The Small Cabinet
In the evening, a manor house on the outskirts of Vienna was brightly lit, and under the cover of a cocktail party, Ledus quietly stepped inside a secret room.
“Now that everyone is here, let’s get started then!”
The one who spoke was none other than Count Wittes, the then Undersecretary of the Austrian Treasury, a big shot whose power ranking in the Vienna government could be in the top thirty.
The other few people in the room, naturally, were not idle. Apart from Sir Ledes, who was responsible for the peripheral contacts, the others were all high government officials.
If someone who was familiar with Austrian politics was here, they would have noticed that there were senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, the Police Department, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the six major key government departments.
It’s almost like a replica of a small cabinet, if this is exposed, tomorrow the Vienna government will erupt in a twelve magnitude earthquake.
However, at this moment, this group of big shots are sitting upright and apprehensive, as if the sky is falling.
Paul Bodis, the Internal Affairs Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, was the first to speak, “The situation is very serious now, and His Majesty is very unhappy with the present and has ordered an investigation to the end.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Police Force have all stepped in, and even the Intelligence Bureau is likely to intervene.
Director Gennello has already sensed that there is an internal problem, and has directly ordered the heads of the investigation teams to be accountable to him alone.
Now I, the Director of Internal Affairs, only have access to some of the investigation information. It’s impossible to determine exactly how far the investigation has progressed.”
When he finished speaking, Paul Bodis’ mood dropped.
Deep down he had regretted it, knowing that he himself was not short of money, but just did not resist the temptation for a moment to get involved in these rotten things.
Looking at the next year will be retired, in this critical time occurred anti-Semitic movement, all of a sudden to cover up the problem in the open, a bad he is going to be late in life.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world, capitalist’s money is not good to take, take money to do things.
The net of heaven is wide meshed, but there is no leakage. And then the hidden transfer of benefits, met the power transactions, will leave traces.
Now the Jewish capitalists involved, all in prison, any one loose lips, may bite them out.
Of course, these transactions are carried out through white gloves, from beginning to end they these big shots have not shown up, theoretically speaking, you can abandon the car to protect the commander-in-chief, pushing the claim of ignorance.
Except that this is limited to theory; the point is not whether they took the money, but that they did facilitate the Jewish capitalists involved.
Once in a while, it can be said to be an accident, but if it happens more often, can it still be said to be an accident?
Even if the arrested Jewish capitalists have an iron head and are dead set on denying it, they may still be suspected if they are slowly investigated through these clues.
Politics sometimes do not need evidence, evidence is just a weapon to send them to prison, not a necessity, often just suspicion, can let them go home to farm.
That’s not a good thing, what can be suppressed when you’re in a position of power is not the same as being able to suppress it when you’re back home farming.
Austrian government recourse is permanent, even if you see God, you can recover stolen money, let alone a big living person.
Want to retreat in one piece, it is necessary to clean up all these messy rotten things, which is the reason why the people gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Earl Vitus nodded: ”This is expected, from the time the government suddenly ordered the arrest of the Jewish capitalists, it means that the above already suspects that there is a mole in the government.
The key is still that we were too negligent, forgetting that the higher-ups have already tolerated the Jewish capitalists to the limit, which led to today’s woes.”
Capital has no borders, but capitalists have borders, yet Jewish capitalists are of the borderless kind.
Originally, we were all equally rotten, except that ordinary capitalists identified a little more with Austria, and when it came to national interests, most people still chose to side with the motherland.
Only the Jewish capitalists have always sided with their interests, never considering the national interest, and even going against the government from time to time for the sake of their interests.
With contrast, there is harm. The recklessness of the Jewish capitalists naturally incurred the displeasure of the Vienna government.
However, the Jewish capitalists who were blinded by their interests could not see this, and not only did they not correct themselves, but also challenged the bottom line of the government “again and again and again”.
The anti-Semitic movement that has broken out on the European continent is not really a miscarriage of justice. In terms of actions against the Jewish capitalists, the governments of various countries basically have their names on the line.
Whether it is “stock price manipulation,” “hoarding,” “substandard products,” “labor abuse,” or “collusion with hostile forces outside the country,” it’s not a bad idea. “Collusion with hostile forces outside the country, conspiracy ……” are the Jewish capitalists have been personally involved.
This is the fundamental reason why the Jews were quickly plunged into a situation where everyone was criticized after the outbreak of the anti-Semitic campaign.
It’s all solid evidence, and even if they want to mount a defense, they don’t know where to start.
Even the Counts of Vitus, an interest group closely linked to the Jewish capitalists, did not come forward to defend the Jews in the anti-Semitic campaign.
Of course, this also has something to do with the Austrian government’s targeting, putting the scope of the crackdown on that small group.
Completely in accordance with the law, in the face of tangible evidence of crime, even ordinary Jews, most feel that these capitalists deserved it.
Paul Bodis, Director of Internal Affairs of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, shook his head: ”It’s not just these reasons, but the more crucial thing is that the pigs have been fattened up.
The assets seized so far alone have exceeded three and a half billion Shendian, and with the confiscated cash, and a portion of the assets that have yet to be counted, it’s possible to end up with more than four billion Shendian.
This amount of assets was equivalent to the financial income of the central government for more than ten years, or six times the combined financial income of all the states.
Even if the government dealt with it, and all of these assets shrunk by half, that would still be two billion divine guilders.
With this amount of money, we won’t be short of money for our Near East development program. Domestic urban renewal and road expansion projects can also be started.
It’s similar to the work we do, for corrupt officials who are capable of doing good work and less destructive, even if they have evidence, they usually fatten up before killing them.”
From the disdainful tone, it could be heard that Paul Bodis did not have a favorable opinion of the Jewish capitalists, and if he had not been involved, he would have gone up to the well.
No, he had already fallen on the Jewish capitalists. The top of the Austrian government, to be exact, have come together to stab the Jewish capitalists in the back.
Even the best orders need people to carry them out, and just look at the number of Jewish capitalists who have been arrested, and this time the various branches of the government have worked together very well.
With the exception of a few lucky individuals who were out of the country and escaped for the time being, basically everyone else who was to be arrested fell into the net.
The same is true for the seizure of assets later on, which could be accomplished in a short period of time, also as a result of the cooperation of various departments.
Theoretically, they still had time to ventilate.
As the top echelons of the Austrian government, no matter how secretive the cabinet was, they would have received the news before the ordinary police received the order.
Of course, the reason that made everyone give up on tipping off was more because of the risk.
To put it bluntly, everyone was just a partner in profit, and no one really considered the Jewish capitalists as their own.
No one knew beforehand that the government would investigate to the end, and there was no lack of people present who had the idea of taking advantage of the opportunity to kill the Jewish capitalists and put an end to the future.
Count Vitus: “Whether it was pig farming or not, it doesn’t matter now, the Jewish capitalists are doomed this time.
As a matter of urgency, we still need to find a way to get out.
Sir Ledus, you’ve been in contact with them, is it possible to get them to dead-end their denial?”
The little transparent Ledus hurriedly replied, “Your Excellency the Count, capitalists are all soft bones, even if we get hold of their families, it will be difficult to make them ……”
Earl Vitus nodded, “In that case, we can only resort to extraordinary means.
In this regard Alberti, you’re the professional, what’s the best way?”
(End of chapter)