Thousands of sparks

Chapter 123
In all fairness, Escobar belongs to the kind of administrative official who is not very capable and whose position is not particularly important, but who does know that he is afraid.

An administrative official who "knows fear" not only does not sound like an advantage, but even makes people want to laugh at it.But against the backdrop of other administrative officials in Newsale, Escobar's "knowledge of fear" turned out to be his biggest shining point.

In the empire, the administrative bureaucracy was a "family business".Yes, its essence is a business rather than a post of "serving the empire and the people".Behind any administrative bureaucrat who can become the head of a colonial administrative agency, there is the "effort" of several generations of one family or even multiple families.

Through long-term bribery of superiors and courteous aristocracy, these "administrative bureaucratic families" who have worked hard in the administrative system of the Newsea colony for generations eventually became the "heads" of a certain administrative department.If you don't earn a fortune, how can you be worthy of the sacrifices of your family for generations?
Nothing in this world can stop their belief in "making a fortune", not even the guillotine.

Of course, if every generation of department heads had this mentality, then the entire empire might not be able to last for a few years before it would be completely hollowed out.After all, no bureaucratic family is willing to see that after several generations of hard work, the department they serve in has no luxuries.

As a result, the administrative bureaucrats reached a consensus-of course corruption is allowed, but it cannot harm the foundation and future of this department.Any behavior that overdraws the future "corruption potential" of the administrative department is against the rules.

Violators will be boycotted by all administrative bureaucrats.They could even be terminated prematurely or assassinated while in office if necessary.And their descendants will be directly expelled from the administrative bureaucracy, and will be reduced to ordinary free people ever since.

Under such a strange "consensus", the administrative system of the empire has always aimed at "proper corruption" and "firm maintenance of sustainable corruption in this department".When everyone is trying to get corrupted, it becomes impossible to clean up the administrative department—you can’t kill all the officials in the administrative system, can you?

In such a big environment, Escobar is indeed an alternative.He has never been married until now, and he has no relatives who can inherit his status as an administrative bureaucrat.What is even more amazing is that Escobar is really "no ambition" to the extreme.His initial goal of joining the Newsale Interior Bureau was to provide free staff canteens.

Therefore, he was afraid of death, and he was even more afraid that he would be able to live after being removed from the position of Director of the Interior Bureau.Therefore, for the first time in his career, this Mr. Director tried to imitate other administrative officials to please the nobles.

Then, he was successfully imprisoned by Du Sande.

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"Escobar, come out." Two red-clothed postmen opened the door of the cell and said to Escobar, who was as gray as steel in the room, "Someone wants to see you."

"Mr. Bishop, or Mr. Deacon?" Escobar asked in a rough voice, "When will my execution be executed?"

"Neither." The red-clothed postmen walked into the cell and unchained him. "It's Acting Chief Dusand who wants to see you."

Hearing the news, Escobar was not only unhappy, but even more worried.

It wasn't until he met Du Sande that Mr. Director of the Internal Affairs Bureau realized that things seemed to be different from what he had imagined.

"First of all, answer the question you are most concerned about." Dusand said with a serious expression, "You will not die, and you will not be fired. You will continue to work in the position of Director of the Interior Bureau of Newsea."

Escobar was stunned for a while, and then suddenly burst into tears.

Before Dusand came here, he had imagined many possible reactions of Escobar in his mind.Such as getting angry, such as being disheartened, such as angrily accusing Du Sande of abusing his power...

However, the reaction of crying and crying was indeed not in Dusand's plan.

"Benevolence...kindness, thank you for your kindness..." Escobar choked up and said, "I will always remember your kindness..."

Dusand suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, he felt that he seemed to have completely knocked down the man in front of him.It seemed that as long as he spoke, this middle-aged man kneeling on the ground and crying would completely become his running dog or even a puppet.

This feeling is not good.

When I used to read online novels, the plots of "obeying the head" and "subduing the younger brother" really made people feel very happy.But when it was his turn to do this kind of thing, this feeling... was weird.

Completely defeating a person and making the other person completely his "running dog" will of course make Du Sande feel the pleasure of controlling other people's lives and even soul power.It seemed to be a pleasant feeling that slowly extended upwards from the tailbone, and even made Du Sande feel that the heartbeat was stronger.

But it also made Dussand feel a little uneasy.

To be honest, if the other party is just a dog-legged character like in an online novel, then there seems to be nothing wrong with doing this.Anyway, the other party is a jerk from the bottom of his heart, bad from beginning to end.Forcing the other party to become his slave completely, this is actually a good deed.

But after traveling to Newsail, Dusand found that his understanding at the beginning seemed to be a bit off-whether it was Yunhe who lived in his previous life or the current Newsail, there is no such thing as "the inside and the outside are the same" in the world. "people.

A good person who is consistent inside and outside can be called a gentleman or even a sage.And the bad one is the same inside and out, at least he can be regarded as a complete "asshole".However, how can there be such a person in the world?

People are very complicated creatures. Even obese and incompetent people like Escobar were at least diligent and conscientious when they served as the Interior Bureau in the past. They managed to maintain the existence of the entire Interior Bureau system when the appropriation was cut in half.What's more, regardless of whether "cleanness" is out of Escobar's original intention, he can be regarded as the most "non-corrupt" person in the entire Newsale administrative system.

Escobar is certainly not a good guy, but he is certainly not a complete bad guy either.He is more like an ordinary person with no ambitions but no malice.More importantly, in Dusand's eyes, Escobar is a "person", not a prop or "NPC" waiting for him to rule and dominate.

Du Sande did not think he was qualified to dominate such a "person".

In his heart, he believed that he was not qualified to dominate any "person".

Are you happy to accept the younger brother?Of course cool.But... when a person obeys himself from life to soul, besides the pleasure, what Du Sande feels the most is pressure.He didn't feel that he could bear such a heavy responsibility, and he didn't even feel that he was qualified to accept this "loyalty".

Dusand looked at the howling Escobar, then sighed.

"I want to apologize to you," he said to Escobar. "You embezzled public funds to prepare for the construction of schools, not more urgent student lunches and teacher salaries. These funds are actually surplus funds, and the embezzlement did not As a result, the work of the Internal Affairs Bureau was affected. You did not make profits for yourself, at least not directly. And without knowing the situation, I directly declared that I would hang you on the gallows..."

It’s okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Escobar cried even harder.He seemed to be really sad, but there were some... different feelings in it.

Now Dusande couldn't care less about carefully discerning what this bald old man in his 40s was crying about. He was so embarrassed that he could hardly breathe.

It's a pity that you have to deal with the life you take care of yourself.Those who were caught by themselves would naturally have to be released by themselves.Du Sande bit the bullet and said, "According to the relevant regulations, you need to refund all the embezzled funds. And add 20% as a penalty, so the total is [-] gold pounds. I will pay for you—— Take it as compensation and punishment for my abuse of power."

"From now on, you resume your original job and continue to be in charge of the work of the New Saal Interior Bureau." Dusand finished his decision as quickly as possible, "I will issue an announcement to record in detail what you have committed. Mistakes, and the mistakes I made. I believe this document can help you regain control of the Internal Affairs Bureau as soon as possible."

The wailing gradually stopped.Dussand thought it was Escobar who was understanding the information, and he said at a faster speed, "The next work will be very arduous and difficult..."

"I've heard." Escobar's voice was still hoarse and difficult, but Dusande heard a huge difference.

It seems that the Director of the Internal Affairs Bureau who is obedient and trying to please himself has never existed from the beginning.Escobar's voice was full of firmness, and he said hoarsely, "Nuezaar's situation is very difficult now."

"Yes, it's very difficult. It's so difficult that I can't even tell you how troublesome it is now in a few simple words." Dusande sighed, and now there are only himself and Escobar in the room , Some things that could not be said before, but can be said here without any concealment - Escobar will not pose any threat to himself anyway.

"Forgive me...to be blunt, my lord." Escobar struggled to get up from the ground, he patted the dust on his body, and said, "Although I have been locked in prison, I have heard more or less Some outside news." He raised his head and said to Du Sande, "I don't know how much you know about the empire, but in this situation, if you want to survive, if you and your family want to Survive, if you want as many people on Newsail to survive as possible..."

He took a deep breath and said tremblingly, "Mr. Lord, please take up your arms. Only by becoming a new rebel can you lead Newsail and win a sliver of life from the empire's butcher knife. "

As if to show Dusand that he was serious, he lowered his body again, knelt down on one knee, and said solemnly with his right hand on his chest, "I don't know what kind of future you want to bring to Newsail. But I can be sure that any future you bring will be far better than the upcoming imperial butcher knife. I am willing to follow in your footsteps with everything I have, until my body decays, and my soul will always be for you pray."

Escobar raised his head again, and he pleaded, "Mr. Lord, for the lives of 400 million people, I implore you... to become emperor."

(End of this chapter)