Those who should be killed were killed, those who should be exiled were exiled, and those who should be dismissed were dismissed. Throughout 1887, the Vienna Government was clearing out vermin and confiscating illicit assets.
As the major anti-corruption and anti-organized-crime cases drew to a close, 10,286 criminals had been executed, 96,412 exiled, and countless others fined or warned.
This included 1,274 corrupt officials uncovered within the government, 7,421 who voluntarily turned themselves in, 76 especially heinous offenders executed, and 376 criminal officials exiled. All personnel involved were dismissed from office, and 47.56 million Divine Shields in ill-gotten gains were confiscated.
Frankly speaking, the amount involved was far lower than Franz had expected. The average amount per person was only a little over five thousand Divine Shields. Clearly, the pigs had not yet been fattened.
No wonder everyone liked being anti-Semitic. Compared with confiscating Jewish assets, the corruption of bureaucrats was child's play—simply not in the same league.
Of course, this was also related to the Vienna Government's intensity in fighting corruption. Most people did not dare to offer bribes directly, while the threshold for transferring benefits was too high, blocking many paths to riches.
The purchasing power of the Divine Shield was still formidable. For frontline public servants, bribes of a thousand or eight hundred Divine Shields were simply beyond reach; the authority in their hands was limited.
Even when someone gave gifts, they were generally only worth a few Divine Shields, or perhaps a dozen or so—at most, a few dozen Divine Shields.
With so little money in total, taking a huge detour to play at transferring benefits was obviously unrealistic.
As a result, their gray income could only come from shares passed down from above. After all, they were the direct operators. For a transaction to proceed