Chen Lifu didn't wait long in the wing room outside. About two-quarters of an hour later, an official from the Ministry of Personnel arrived. Then Chen Lifu received a badge representing a seventh-rank official, as well as an official seal and a
After receiving the letter of appointment, officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs told him to report to the Grain Collection Department of the Ministry of Taxation within three days.
When he received the official seal, Chen Lifu was still happy, but when he heard that he would be sent to the Grain Collection Department of the Ministry of Taxation, instead of being sent to the local administration or other Qing Dynasty officials as he had originally expected.
After taking up your position, I started to look a bit unsightly.
He knew about the Grain Recruitment Department. The reason why the Grain Recruitment Department was famous was not because of its other functions, but because this organization had the fourth largest armed force in the Tang Dynasty: the Tax Inspection Team!
The tax inspection team is notorious. Not to mention that many people were disgusted with the tax inspection team under the Ming Dynasty. Even under the Tang Dynasty, the reputation of the tax inspection team was not much better.
Especially among the gentry, these tax inspection teams are the most hated, because these tax inspection teams will come to them when they evade taxes.
This is when outsiders talk about the tax inspection team.
Moreover, this tax inspection team is not just an investigation agency, it has guns!
In ordinary state capitals, the number of tax inspection teams is relatively small, usually around dozens of people. However, in state capitals that are more chaotic and have heavy tasks, the number of tax inspection teams in a prefecture may even reach hundreds.
In addition to swords and other cold weapons, they also have muskets and artillery.
At the same time, the tax inspection team is also responsible for guarding tax checkpoints. The customs of several commercial and trade zones that open ports for trade are guarded by tax inspection teams.
Confiscation of homes and genocide is a common occurrence for them!
This kind of organization is also the organization Chen Lifu hates the most.
But what he didn't expect was that he would be assigned to the Grain Recruitment Department and serve as an inspector.
Inspection under the Grain Collection Department is a widely established position within the Grain Collection Department. Although this position seems to have nothing to do with the tax inspection team, if you hear its other name "tax inspection", you will know that this is
In fact, it is a serious position in the tax inspection team, which belongs directly to the General Administration of Taxation and Inspection under the Grain Collection Department.
The main responsibility is to inspect local tax inspection teams in various places and urge local tax inspection teams to strictly enforce the law.
The criterion for assessing whether a tax inspector is qualified or not is not anything else but how many tax cases he solved at his urging. In other words, it depends on how many businesses he raided and how much tax he recovered.
However, this kind of inspection is not permanent in a certain place, but patrols all the way. In addition, the grade is not high, and it is easy to conflict with the local tax officials.
Not to mention, whenever this kind of tax inspection goes to a certain place, for the sake of his own political achievements, he will always cause a bloody storm. At least a few typical people will be arrested and their families will be confiscated and their families will be exterminated. Therefore, this position is even more stinky among the civilian gentry.
Hear it, everyone regards him as the god of death.
This is normally closely watched by tax officials, and tax evasion is extremely difficult. Once tax inspections come, it becomes even more difficult.
During this period of time, Chen Lifu had carefully studied the official system of the Tang Dynasty. He knew the specific situation of the tax inspection after just a brief thought, and then his face dropped.
At this moment, Chen Lifu had several thoughts in his mind. He thought about whether to plead for mercy and apply for a transfer to another position. However, he had just seen another person who also tried to apply for a transfer, but was immediately rejected.
Someone said: Do you think the official department is run by your family? Just change it if you ask! I was blocked and came back.
Moreover, the rank of that man was two ranks higher than his, and he was a full sixth rank.
He is a seventh-grade official, but he is probably just a little transparent in the eyes of the officials, and his words are in vain.
He also thought about simply resigning, but when he thought about the people in the world clinging to chaos and tyranny, he just couldn't bear it.
After hesitating for a while, he did not say anything about changing or resigning until he was sent out.
After sighing at last, he took his entourage and prepared to go home first.
The next day, he took the silver badge of a seventh-rank official, took his official seal and appointment letter and went into the city again. He was going to report to the Grain Recruitment Department.
On the way back and at night yesterday, he had a fierce psychological struggle with himself, and made up his mind several times to resign. However, often not long after he had just made up his mind, looking at the official seal meant that he had given up on his previous determination.
That's all, for the sake of the common people in the world and the well-being of the people, even if the Food Recruitment Department is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, he has to go for it!
With a feeling of sacrifice, Chen Lifu came to the Grain Recruitment Department, but the Yamen of the Grain Recruitment Department was different from what he expected. The Grain Recruitment Department was not established directly in the Taxation Department Yamen like many department-level agencies, but in the Taxation Department Yamen.
There is an independent government office nearby.
After verifying his identity with the guard, he was led into the grain collection department's yamen. Although the grain collection department's yamen occupies an exclusive area, so although the place is not big, it appears to be much more spacious.
After a while, he was brought to a person, and this person was also his immediate boss, the director of the Inspection Division of the Grain Recruitment Department. This person did not chat much with Chen Lifu. After a few simple words, he asked
Ask the people below to take Chen Lifu to the office on one side.
After all, Chen Lifu is also a seventh-rank official. Even among the cabinet ministries, his rank is not low. Although he does not have an independent office, he is in the same office as the other inspectors.
A few days later, Chen Lifu was still hot in the Grain Recruitment Department when he was ordered by a piece of paper to be sent to Chizhou to inspect taxation together with another inspector of the sixth grade. This started his career in the Tang Dynasty.
Official life!
And before he arrived in Chizhou, his name had already been spread among the gentry in Chizhou, and his reputation was very loud. Of course, this reputation was not the clear name that Chen Lifu wanted, but a bad name!
I don’t know how many gentry and landowners prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky: "Let Chen Lifu, a Tang thief, die early and be reincarnated, so that he will not come to Chizhou to harm everyone!"
Chen Lifu seemed to be aware of the possible attitude of the outside world towards him. Several of his friends in Chizhou who he knew in the past even wrote to him, asking him to resign soon, so as to avoid ruining his reputation and being infamy for thousands of years!
Chen Lifu felt very complicated after reading these letters!
Because what these friends said is actually what he wants to do to a certain extent!
But he can't do this!
The world still needs him to help, and the people still need to save themselves. How can they be frightened by the mere difficulties in front of them? As for his posthumous reputation, when he endures hardship and finally succeeds in overturning the chaos and tyranny of the country, people will know:
He is a good official!
Chen Lifu took office with mixed emotions, but outside the city of Zhaoqing in the far south, a huge army was slowly advancing towards the north. This team was the team that moved the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
Naturally, the only army near Zhaoqing was the Guards. This time the capital was moved, Li Xuan once again transformed into an emperor on horseback and personally commanded the Guards.
Except for a few members of the royal family and some important ministers, they did not take anyone else with them, but let them slowly go north behind.
As for himself, he led the Guards, the royal family, and some important officials to go northward first.
Originally, the Navy initially suggested going north by sea, but this move was strongly opposed by many ministers in the DPRK and China, because sea navigation these days is still too dangerous, even if the Navy sends a cruiser of more than 500 tons
Move it out, but if you don't do it, it will sink in the storm.
Even Li Xuan himself is somewhat reluctant to go out to sea on ships of this era. The uncertainties are too great and the risk is very high.
Li Xuan, who had always valued his own life, acquiesced to the opposition of the ministers of the DPRK and decided not to go by sea, but by land. Although the speed would be slower, safety was guaranteed.
The total strength of the entire Guards was about nearly 10,000 people, and then the royal family and the convoy of important ministers were about several hundred people. The marching speed along the way was not slow.
When they began to enter Jiangxi, the large team at the rear was still in Shaoguan!
As for this road, the mountain road is rugged and the road is not very easy to walk. However, this does not affect Li Xuan's interest. As an emperor, he naturally has special treatment. He can ride in a special carriage or a sedan chair. Occasionally, the interest comes.
, you can also ride a horse directly.
Although he was on the road every day, Li Xuan regarded this trip as a sightseeing tour.
If it weren't for the purpose of heading north with the Guards, Li Xuan's speed would actually be faster. After all, there is a huge difference between the speed of ordinary people rushing and the speed of the army.
But if you let Li Xuan go north alone without the Guards, to be honest, he really doesn't have the courage.
If he encounters some mountain bandits on this road, or some hypocritical gentry and landlord rebels and intercepts him, or even his troops rebel, his life will probably be in danger.
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Therefore, he would rather struggle slowly with the Guards than head north to Jinling City first.
The Shengjia set off from Zhaoqing, and after many days of tossing, they finally entered Jiangxi. After entering Jiangxi and arriving at the edge of the Gan River, the team loaded onto the fleet of boats that had been prepared in advance and sailed down the Gan River, passing through Ganzhou.
, Luling, Nanchang and then enter Poyang Lake.
At this time, Li Xuan is not far from Jinling City, which also means that it won't take long for Li Xuan to see the painted boat on the Qinhuai River with his own eyes!