Similar corruption incidents, if they had occurred in the previous France, the authorities would have gone to great lengths to suppress them rather than investigate, let alone report them in the newspapers.
The reason is that the interest groups involved are too immense, which would shake the entire ruling class and provoke unrest.
Just like the Panama Canal scandal of the past, everyone knew what was happening, but there was nothing that could be done against the capitalists and politicians.
The military and civilians seemed only capable of taking to the streets in protests or "mutinies."
But now that France is under Shire's control, he certainly doesn't need to and won't treat these hidden capitalists kindly, immediately reporting the corruption cases in Merit Newspaper one by one.
No extra edition, just normal reporting by the next morning.
Shire hoped to create a psychological suggestion of "business as usual."
