After Chen Lifu went to the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, he did not go directly to the director of the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau. Instead, he found Yang Taiping, the tax inspector who inspected Songjiang Prefecture, his old subordinate.
Chen Lifu wanted to use the power of the tax department to catch a group of morons at the Shanghai Terminal Company. Naturally, he did not make this decision out of the blue, but he also had a certain degree of certainty.
He was not familiar with the local tax officials of the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, but the tax inspector Yang Taiping who inspected Songjiang Taxation in this matter was his old subordinate, and it could even be said that he had promoted him single-handedly.
In addition, in the system of the Ministry of Taxation, the power of tax inspectors is very great. Pacific, who inspects Songjiang tax, is only a sixth-grade official, but in actual operation, he is currently the most powerful tax official in Songjiang Prefecture.
Because he has two major powers. The first one can bypass the Songjiang Prefecture Tax Bureau and mobilize the local tax inspection team. At the same time, he has the power to directly investigate and arrest tax evasion suspects. This tax evasion suspect includes anyone. In theory, even
It was the Songjiang Prefecture magistrate who evaded taxes, and he also had the power to investigate him and then arrest him.
Of course, in actual practice, ordinary tax inspections will not do this to administrative officials. When they really want to do this, they will usually report it to the Inspection Office, which will send higher-level fifth-level officials to handle such matters.
If there are mistakes in the investigation or arrest of local administrative officials, such as arresting the wrong person, the consequences will be quite serious, and they will be devalued and removed from office in minutes.
Therefore, more often than not, tax inspections target the two major groups of businessmen and landlords.
The second greatest power is to have the emergency power to deal with local tax agencies. This power does not mean that he has the authority to appoint and remove local tax officials. This power belongs to the Ministry of Personnel, but he can adjust the work of local tax officials.
scope, to achieve a temporary overhead, adjustment, and finally control the local tax power.
These two major powers basically ensure that every tax inspection goes to the local area, and it basically has the same authority as an imperial envoy, and the power is quite large.
However, the greater the power, the more cautious they become, because if they accidentally make a mistake, the result will not be that good.
In the past few years, when tax inspectors were showing off their authority outside, many tax inspectors were dismissed. Once a tax inspector made a mistake and was dismissed, the consequences were usually serious. Removal from office was light, and he could be imprisoned and beheaded at every turn.
Therefore, tax inspectors generally do not like to get involved in local political struggles. They only focus on one thing, and that is how local tax revenue can meet the expectations of the tax department.
Because only when the tax revenue of a place does not meet the expectations of the tax department and there are obvious problems, the inspection office will send out tax inspections. Otherwise, the inspection office will only have dozens of tax inspectors in total. How can there be so many manpower?
Every state capital conducts tax inspections.
Songjiang Prefecture is no exception. Because Songjiang Prefecture's economy is quite large, the Tax Department's tax revenue expectations for Songjiang Prefecture are also very high. When the tax collected does not meet the Tax Department's expectations, tax inspections will be sent to Songjiang Prefecture.
, not every period of time will have tax inspections stay in Songjiang Prefecture. Over the years since the founding of the Empire, the Inspection Office has sent a total of three tax inspections to Songjiang Prefecture, each lasting about a few months.
Yang Taiping arrived in Songjiang Prefecture in October this year. The reason why he appeared in Songjiang Prefecture was also affected by the Zhou Lide case. The Ministry of Taxation believes that since there is a large-scale corruption problem in the local area, there will definitely be tax problems, and
It won't be small, so Yang Taiping was sent.
When Chen Lifu found Yang Taiping, Yang Taiping was busy with something in the study with a group of subordinates. When he heard the subordinates reported that Chen Lifu was visiting, Yang Taiping immediately abandoned the group of subordinates and walked quickly
We arrived at the flower hall to receive Chen Lifu.
When he first saw Chen Lifu, Yang Taiping immediately said respectfully: "I have met the director!"
Yang Taiping did not refer to himself as a subordinate, as is commonly used when junior officials meet senior officials, nor did he call Chen Lifu "sir". Instead, he called himself a subordinate and called Chen Lifu "director."
Just from these two titles, it basically showed Yang Taiping's attitude, that is, he still regarded Chen Lifu as his boss and himself as Chen Lifu's subordinate.
Regarding Yang Taiping's attitude, Chen Lifu nodded slightly: "I haven't seen you for a few months, Taiping, you have gained a lot of weight. You still need to pay more attention to your body. If you don't have a good body, how can you serve the Holy Emperor!"
Yang Taiping showed a wry smile: "Director, what you are trying to teach me is that your subordinates don't want to be so fat, but you also know, Director, that I can gain weight even if I drink water, but I can't lose weight!"
Chen Lifu glanced at Yang Taiping. This guy was not much taller than himself, just over 1.7 meters tall, but he probably weighed more than 80 kilograms. This weight was not muscle, but fat, not to mention width.
The official robes worn by the great Confucians were tight on him.
He immediately said: "Didn't it be said in the Tang Dynasty newspaper recently that exercise is good for your health? You should exercise more on weekdays. This body must be kept in good shape. Otherwise, when the inspectors from the Ministry of Civil Affairs see you like this in the future,
I won’t have a good impression of you!”
Imperial officials represent the face of the empire and the emperor, so they should not be too ugly as officials.
An official may not be handsome, but he must at least be an ordinary person. People with obvious flaws in appearance will basically have a hard time passing the examination.
This is not a unique requirement of the Tang Empire. Traditional feudal dynasties have done this. People who are too ugly and even make people visibly sick to their stomachs are basically impossible to pass the imperial examination and become officials.
Of course, people with good looks will not get any special benefits from this. The empire will not let a person become an official just because he is handsome. It just requires imperial officials to have at least an ordinary appearance and not be too intimidating.
, ruining the face of the empire.
For example, if the county magistrate or prefect who represents the herdsmen of the emperor is extremely ugly, and the people look at this person and feel like seeing an evil ghost, the impact will definitely not be very good.
"What the director said is that after I finish my business in Songjiang Mansion, I plan to lose weight!" Yang Taiping naturally knew that this kind of traditional unspoken rule of officialdom, in the imperial officialdom, handsomeness cannot be
Bonus points, but for a person like him who is wide and fat, and looks fat and pig-brained, people will think you are a born corrupt official, so your influence points will inevitably be lowered a few points.
At this time, Chen Lifu continued: "Speaking of matters in Songjiang Mansion, you have been here for a few months. Have things been sorted out? Can this free up some manpower?"
Chen Lifu's words were naturally not meant to interfere with Yang Taiping's tax inspection affairs in Songjiang Prefecture. Even he did not have the authority to interfere in this matter. Now he is no longer the director of the inspection department, but a local official.
Improper taxation, if the trouble becomes serious, will inevitably lead to impeachment, and even attract the censor to cause trouble.
The key point of his words is the following sentence: Free up manpower!
Hearing Chen Lifu's words, Yang Taiping did not answer immediately. Instead, he pondered for a while and said, "The situation here in Songjiang is more complicated. I have been here for several months. Although I have done a lot,
But I’m afraid there’s still some way to achieve expectations, but as for the manpower, I’ll wait and see if we can allocate some!”
Yang Taiping didn't ask Chen Lifu why he was asked to transfer manpower, because he knew without asking that Chen Lifu, an old boss, would not make things difficult for him. Therefore, although the current affairs were still relatively large, it was still better to allocate some manpower.
It can be done.
Seeing Yang Taiping's reaction, Chen Lifu nodded secretly in his heart!
This person has finally not wasted his cultivation in the past few years. He is still grateful. At the same time, he can clearly distinguish the situation and is not stupid!
I won’t talk about gratitude. It’s just a secondary thing. Chen Lifu doesn’t care much about it. After all, you can’t expect an official to be truly grateful.
What Chen Lifu cares about is that he can understand the situation clearly and does not stupidly and several other subordinates from other inspection divisions. Chen Lifu has just resigned, and he has shown that he is out of touch, and he turns around to please the new inspection division.
The director, and then, was mentioned by the new director of the inspection department to serve as a tax officer in Yunnan and Guizhou. There is probably no hope of returning to Jinling City in this life.
They also didn't think about it. Chen Lifu had been in charge of the inspection office for several years, and during his tenure he also purged and rotated the people in the inspection office. The remaining people, whether in their own eyes or in the eyes of outsiders, were nothing.
They are direct descendants of Chen Lifu.
After the new director of the Inspection Division took office, in order to maintain his influence and eliminate Chen Lifu's influence, the first thing he did was to replace Chen Lifu's direct descendants one by one, and then promoted new people to form his own
Team.
Almost all previous directors of the Inspection Division have done this!
However, precisely because all the previous directors of the Inspection Division have done this, a very interesting situation has formed. Today, Chen Lifu’s old subordinates can directly abandon Chen Lifu and join the new director of the Inspection Division. This also means that now
The old subordinates promoted by the director of the Inspection Division will also abandon him in the future!
Therefore, those who please the new director of the Inspection Division will not be exempted from being kicked out of the Inspection Division. Even their direct betrayal of Chen Lifu will ruin their own reputation.
In official circles, reputation is sometimes very important!
Since we are all going to be kicked out of the inspection office one after another, it is better to maintain a good reputation and continue to cling to Chen Lifu's lap. This way, when we are kicked out of the inspection office, we can rely on Chen Lifu's strength to find a better place to go!