Chapter 557

In the evening, a manor on the outskirts of Vienna was brightly lit. Under the cover of the cocktail party, Ledes quietly entered a secret room.

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin!"

The one who spoke was Count Wittes, Austria's Deputy Minister of Finance. He was one of the top 30 in the Government of Vienna in terms of power.

Naturally, the other people in the room were not ordinary people either. Other than Sir Ledes, who was in charge of external contacts, the others were all high-ranking government officials.

If someone familiar with Austria's politics was here, they would see that there were high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Tax Bureau, the Police Department, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

It was almost like a replica of a small cabinet. If this was exposed, the Government of Vienna would have a magnitude 12 earthquake the next day.

However, at this moment, this group of high-ranking officials were sitting upright with nervous expressions, as if the sky had fallen.

Paul Bordis, the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau's Internal Affairs Bureau, was the first to speak. "The current situation is very serious. His Majesty is very dissatisfied and has ordered an investigation to be carried out.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Police Department are all involved. Even the Intelligence Bureau may be involved.

Director Gneiro has already sensed that there is a problem within the organization. He has directly ordered the heads of the investigation teams to answer only to him.

Right now, as the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, I can only access part of the investigation data. As for how far the investigation has progressed, it is still uncertain. "

After saying that, Paul Bordis's mood sank.

Deep in his heart, he was already regretting it. After all, he did not lack money. It was just that he could not resist the temptation and got involved in this mess.

Seeing that he was going to retire next year, the anti-Jewish movement broke out at this critical time. All of a sudden, the hidden problem was exposed. If he was not careful, he would not be able to keep his reputation.

Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world. It was not easy to take the capitalist's money. If you took the money, you had to do the work.

Heaven's net is wide, but it does not escape. Even the most covert transfer of benefits would leave traces when it came to the transaction of power.

Now all the Jewish capitalists involved were in prison, and any one of them could bite them out if they let their tongues slip.

Of course, these transactions were conducted through white gloves. From beginning to end, these big shots did not show their faces. In theory, they could sacrifice the pawns to protect the king and say they did not know anything.

However, this was only in theory. The crux of the problem was not whether they had received money, but that they had indeed provided convenience to the Jewish capitalists involved.

Once could be said to be an accident, but if it happened too many times, could it still be an accident?

Even if the arrested Jewish capitalists were stubborn and refused to admit it, they could still be suspected through these clues and slowly investigated.

Sometimes, evidence was not needed in politics. Evidence was only a weapon to send them to prison. It was not a necessity. Most of the time, suspicion alone was enough to send them home to farm.

This was not a good thing. Things that could be suppressed when one was in power. of one could go back home to of of farming.

The Austrian government's pursuit of responsibility was permanent. Even if they went to see God, they could still pursue the stolen money, let alone a living person.

If they wanted to retreat, they had to clean up all these messy things. This was the reason why everyone gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Count Wittes nodded, "This is expected. From the moment the government suddenly ordered the arrest of the Jewish capitalists, it means that the higher-ups have already suspected that there is a mole in the government.

The key is that we were too negligent and forgot that the higher-ups have already reached the limit of tolerance for the Jewish capitalists. This is why there is today's disaster. "

Capital had no borders, but the capitalists had borders. However, the Jewish capitalists belonged to the borderless type.

Originally, everyone was the same, but ordinary capitalists had a higher degree of identification with Austria. When it came to national interests, most people still chose to stand on the side of the motherland.

Only the Jewish capitalists had always stood on the side of interests. They never considered national interests, and they even often went against the government for their own interests.

With comparison, there was harm. The reckless behavior of the Jewish capitalists naturally incurred the dissatisfaction of the Government of Vienna.

However, the Jewish capitalists, who were blinded by interests, could not see this. Not only did they not correct it, but they also repeatedly challenged the bottom line of the government.

The anti-Jewish movement that broke out in Europe was really not unjustified. Just from the actions against the Jewish capitalists, the various governments basically had a good reason to do so.

Whether it was "manipulating the stock price", "hoarding", "selling shoddy goods", "abusing labor", or "colluding with foreign hostile forces, conspiracies …" these were all things that the Jewish capitalists had personally participated in.

This was also the root cause of the Jewish people's rapid decline after the outbreak of the anti-Jewish movement.

These were all solid evidence. Even if they wanted to defend themselves, they did not know where to start.

Even Count Wittes, who was closely connected to the Jewish capitalists, did not stand up to defend the Jewish people during the anti-Jewish movement.

Of course, this was also related to the targets that the Government of Austria had targeted. The scope of the attack was only on a small group.

They acted completely according to the law. In the face of solid evidence of crimes, even ordinary Jews mostly felt that these capitalists deserved it.

Paul Bordis, the head of the Internal Affairs Department of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, shook his head, "Not only these reasons, but more importantly, the pigs have been fattened.

Just the assets that have been seized so far have exceeded 3.5 billion DHR. In addition to the confiscated cash and some assets that have not yet been calculated, it is possible that the final amount will exceed 4 billion DHR.

This amount of assets is equivalent to the central government's revenue for more than ten years, or six times the combined revenue of all the states.

Even if the government handles all these assets and reduces them by half, it will still be 2 billion DHR.

With this money, our Near East Development Plan will not be short of money. The domestic urban transformation and road expansion project can also start.

This is similar to what we do. For corrupt officials who are capable and have less destructive power, even if we have evidence, we will usually fatten them up before killing them. "

From his disdainful tone, it could be heard that Paul Bordis did not have a good impression of the Jewish capitalists. If he was not involved, he would have hit them when they were down.

No, he had already hit the Jewish capitalists when they were down. To be exact, it was the top officials of the Government of Austria who had stabbed the Jewish capitalists in the back together.

No matter how good an order was, it needed people to carry it out. Looking at the number of Jewish capitalists arrested, it was clear that the various government departments had cooperated very well this time.

Apart from a few lucky people who were not in the country and temporarily escaped, the rest of the people who were arrested were basically caught.

It was the same for the seizure of assets. The fact that it could be completed in a short period of time was also the result of the cooperation of various departments.

In theory, they still had time to send a message to their superiors.

As the top officials of the Government of Austria, no matter how secretive the cabinet was, they would receive the information before the ordinary police received the order.

Of course, the reason why everyone gave up on leaking information was more because of the risk.

To put it bluntly, everyone was just partners in interest, and no one really treated the Jewish capitalists as one of their own.

No one knew beforehand that the government would investigate to the end, and everyone present had the idea of taking the opportunity to get rid of the Jewish capitalists and get rid of any future troubles.

Count Wittes: "Whether or not we are raising pigs is no longer important now. The Jewish capitalists are doomed this time.

The most important thing now is to find a way to escape.

Sir Ledes, you have contacted them. Is it possible to make them refuse to admit it? "

The invisible Ledes hurriedly replied, "Your Excellency, the capitalists are all spineless. Even if we have their families in our hands, it will be difficult to make them …"

Count Wittes nodded. "If that's the case, then we can only use extreme measures.

Alberti, you are the professional in this area. Do you have any good ideas? "