Ben Hain is a very ordinary name, but behind this name stands an extraordinary person, Powers.
Ben Hain is the child of Powers's younger brother from his first marriage, who died of illness before his second marriage.
The second marriage did not affect the relationship between Powers and his ex-wife's family members. On the contrary, the relationship became closer. This is all because Powers' current wife's natal family is more powerful than the first wife's. It has some power, but not many people can use it.
This is back to the situation that Dufo encountered before. Only pain can make people have the courage to find a way to escape, and the enjoyment of abundance will wear away people's will.
Powers has always felt huge guilt for being unable to save his ex-wife's life, so he was very kind to his ex-wife's family, which is a kind of conscience compensation.
His ex-wife’s family has been secretly doing things for Powers, and some of them have entered the core of the Powers Group, and Ben Hain is one of them.
Because Powers' ex-wife has died, most of these people's relationship with Powers is not known to outsiders. They are the kind of people who will not be paid special attention to. This is also in line with Powers's principle of using them - to hide it as much as possible. Own.
Of course, this kind of secret is only for most of the upper class of society. It cannot be hidden from people of the same class as Powers. There are a few people in the entire empire who know about it, and Mags is one of them.
Maggs wanted to support Powers in coming to power to reduce the grievances of the popular faction within the new party and divide the popular faction. Naturally, he also knew some of the differences between Powers and Dulin. He had already told Dulin about these things.
Besides, even if Maggs doesn't mention it, Ben Hain, who is quite famous in the central part of the empire, has always been walking on the fringes of the business and political circles as a broker, but he is not that famous.
Du Lin met Ben Hain once at the Kaile Hotel, but the two had no contact or friendship at the time and did not say hello.
Two senior agents from the Imperial Capital Investigation Bureau were connected with Ben Hain, and it didn't take anyone to guess that the instigator behind these people was Powers.
Coupled with the previous disagreements and conflicts between Dulin and Powers, Dulin had enough reason to believe that Powers was mobilizing the resources at hand to investigate him. This made Dulin a little angry. He did not like those who did not follow the rules. people.
According to the provisions of the Imperial Charter, even if someone in the cabinet nods to investigate him, he must go through an impeachment process to lose his position as governor before he is eligible to open a case for investigation.
The agents began investigating Dover during his tenure, in apparent violation of the Charter.
Powers must have been so angry with him that he would think of using such an outrageous move, even though Powers had done enough to protect himself - cutting off Ben Hain's line when necessary was enough to get rid of him. Get out of something.
Moreover, the cabinet will not conduct investigations and pursue them with too much fanfare, because it also involves other issues, such as abuse of power and dereliction of duty. At the critical moment, it is the more important institutions of the empire that are connected with this matter. Directorate of Police Investigations.
Once the investigation continues, it is very likely that a hole will be discovered. The biggest hope for any regime in the early stage of taking power is to have a smooth transition period of power, allowing the newly elected ruling cabinet to firmly grasp the power within the empire, and then start embark on a political struggle.
At this time, the cabinet will never agree to continue the investigation, so it is obviously inappropriate to pursue this thread without letting go.
The nature of politics would make Ben Hain a small casualty, but at most it would only be to lock him up and bribe the top officials of the Bureau of Investigation to violate the rules and investigate serving government officials, which is far from a serious crime.
If Benhain had a good enough lawyer to defend him, he might be out of jail in as little as six months.
After hanging up the phone, Du Lin immediately called Mags. After retiring, Mags rarely had the chance to be woken up in the middle of the night. He still missed the life that he often had in the past. He sat in the study and answered Du Lin. Lin's phone call, Du Lin could tell from his voice that he was in a good mood and his physical condition should be good.
"This is my second late-night call within six months of my retirement. You're lucky, kid." The old man laughed as he spoke, "I'm not used to being able to sleep until dawn all of a sudden, so late at night." What's wrong with calling me?"
It's actually not late at all, it's only less than ten o'clock, but most old people like Mags, especially those with aristocratic status, have long been accustomed to starting to rest before eight-thirty, by slowing down their metabolism. Delay your own life.
Power and wealth, no matter how precious, are not as precious as one's own life. This is the consensus of almost all noble people.
Du Lin sorted out his thoughts and said softly, "Powers used people from the General Bureau of Investigation to investigate me behind the scenes. How do you think I should handle it?"
The moment he heard Du Lin's words, Mags was stunned for a moment. He could not imagine that Powers would actually let someone investigate Du Lin. But then he thought about it, and the two of them had conflicts from the beginning when they came into contact under his control. Heavy, during this time he also heard about Powers being blocked by Du Lin after running for the Chamber of Commerce. In fact, the old man did a very good job many times. The only flaw was that he easily fell into a state of rage.
Once he is in a state of rage, he often does things without thinking. At the same time, he has been the whip of the New Party for a long time. Even if he does some stupid things in a state of rage, he will not admit it, let alone admit his fault for it.
His job was also the main reason for his change in temperament, but he was able to be so stupid. Should we say that Du Lin really made him mad and made such a stupid decision, or should we say that he was already that stupid?
After thinking for a moment, Mags suddenly burst into laughter, "I'm already retired, so what's the point of calling me? What I say now may not be more useful than what you say... "
He smiled and sighed, "Okay, I should go back to sleep. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do."
Although Mags didn't say anything, Dulin already knew what to do. The purpose of his call was not to seek help from Mags. In Dulin's heart, Powers was not What a big trouble, on the contrary, this call was actually made by Dulin to Maggs for Powers.
Magers later figured it out and expressed his attitude. After Dulin hung up the phone, he thought for a while, picked up the phone and called Savi, "Please go to the Imperial Capital and bring someone back for me."
Since things happened from Ben Hain's side, it naturally had to end from there.
Now is not a good time to fight Powers head-on. As soon as the old party came to power, the new party broke out with internal fighting. This will make people disappointed in the new party, and more scandals may break out, and Dulin My current identity is a bit sensitive.
Secondly, even if he wants to launch a political struggle to fight Powers, he lacks sufficient strength and foundation in his hands. It is better to hide his cowardice than to reveal his cowardice in his tone. Let it go first and wait.
But small players like Ben Hain who have nothing to do with politics can start to be eliminated gradually.
(End of chapter)