Chapter 811: Chen Lifu's meritorious service and promotion
In early April, in Chizhou Mansion, Chen Lifu dragged his extremely tired body back to his residence, but the screams and curses of more than a dozen gentry were still replayed in his mind.
In the indictment submitted by the inspector of the Chizhou Prefecture Supervisory Office, it was claimed that these ten people not only evaded taxes on their own, but also jointly encouraged a large number of gentry, landlords and businessmen to evade taxes. After the matter was exposed, they also tried to resist with force, and during the arrest process
They resisted with force, resulting in the death of a member of the tax inspection team.
For such a heinous crime, not being severely punished is not enough to deter those who come after him. The crime must be punished with an additional first-class punishment.
The Chizhou Supreme Court finally made a verdict: the fifteen ringleaders were sentenced to execution, and the more than thirty accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment, exiled for three thousand miles, and all family assets confiscated.
Just during the day, among the dozens of tax evaders and tax resisters arrested in the past few days, the fifteen most serious ones were sentenced to death by the Chizhou Prefecture Court!
Chen Lifu, on the other hand, watched the entire execution process with other tax officials. During the entire process, Chen Lifu's face was expressionless, with no trace of sadness or joy.
But inside his heart, he collapsed at that moment.
Because everyone knew that although he was not the executioner, he was the one who signed the arrest documents personally. To a certain extent, he was the one who single-handedly sent these people to the butcher's knife.
However, because of this verdict, the execution of more than a dozen principal criminals on the spot also caused a great shock. Almost on the same day, many people began to take the initiative to declare taxes at the tax department yamen. The excuses used were nothing more than forgetting or forgetting for a while.
It's an excuse like not paying attention.
The officials of the tax department are too lazy to pay attention to their various excuses. As long as they obediently pay the taxes, they will not have to worry about other things.
In order to further stimulate them, the Chizhou Prefecture Taxation Bureau once again issued a notice stating that as long as the tax arrears are paid before April 30th, the past will be forgotten.
If you deliberately default or conceal your tax return, the fine will be doubled. If you refuse to pay the tax at that time, it will be a serious crime of tax resistance.
Therefore, in the following days, Chizhou Prefecture's tax collection work showed explosive growth, and many unreported acres were cleared out one by one.
In just a few days, the Chizhou Taxation Bureau discovered that the number of acres in Chizhou was actually more than they originally estimated, because the agricultural tax collected also exceeded the estimated amount.
In mid-April, Chen Lifu received an official document from the Inspection Office of the Grain Recruitment Department, which was still sent by his immediate superior. The official document highly praised Chen Lifu's thunderous measures in Chizhou Prefecture and believed that this move was effective.
It has curbed tax evasion and contributed to the country's fiscal health.
He also said that he had repaid his merits, and if nothing unexpected happened, his grade would be raised by one level. At the same time, he was asked to return to the capital first, and then prepare to go to Dezhou to inspect the tax, saying that there were also some problems in the tax work in Dezhou.
Seeing this official document, Chen Lifu sighed, and then ordered his entourage to start packing and prepare to go to Texas.
He is not willing to stay in this sad place like Chizhou any longer!
Not only did Chen Lifu himself not want to stay in Chizhou, but actually the gentry and landlords in Chizhou also wanted Chen Lifu to get out as soon as possible!
This Chen Lifu has only been here for a few months, but he has already destroyed dozens of gentry families in Chizhou Prefecture. Chen Lifu's reputation is already terrible among the gentry class in Chizhou Prefecture.
Many people privately and even publicly called Chen Lifu a treacherous and traitorous minister, not to mention a notorious reputation for being bloodthirsty.
Of course Chen Lifu also knew about this!
But he did not refute, thinking that he could not refute at all. Now, he can only grit his teeth and continue to rush forward. When one day he has enough power, he will definitely bring order to the chaos.
By that time, the world will definitely give itself a fair reputation!
Before that, he could only endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and at the same time do some things within his power, such as rectifying the tax inspection team.
In fact, after Chen Lifu's rectification, the Chizhou Tax Inspection Team is no longer as messy as it used to be. Although its behavior is still violent and brutal, at least it does things more legally and reasonably, and will not just give people deductions casually.
A hat for tax evasion.
The original gangsters and gangsters were also cleaned out by Chen Lifu, and he followed the example of the patrol yamen and recruited members of the tax inspection team who were from Liangjiazi.
Chen Lifu's move to rectify the tax inspection team in Chizhou Prefecture also attracted considerable attention from the top officials of the tax department, who believed that this move would help improve the reputation of the tax inspection team. Of course, more importantly, it could eliminate corruption within the tax inspection team.
At the same time, law enforcement is more efficient and more money is collected.
This time, the superiors asked him to go to Texas with the intention of letting him go to Texas to rectify the chaos of the tax inspection team. If he does a good job, it won't be long before more important responsibilities will fall on him.
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as full of waste. For officials who can do things and do them beautifully, the speed of promotion is naturally extremely fast.
Chen Lifu himself didn't know it yet, but he had already been included in the list of key personnel for training by senior officials of the Ministry of Taxation.
After leaving Chizhou with mixed emotions, Chen Lifu first returned to the capital. On the one hand, he reported on his work, and on the other hand, he was away from home for several months and was preparing to go back for a visit.
After Chen Lifu quickly returned to the capital, he had just arrived and before he had time to report on his duties, he had already been promoted. His superiors reported his success and his rank was promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, and he still served as a tax inspector.
The inspectors in the Inspection Office of the Grain Recruitment Department have different grades, ranging from the seventh grade to the fifth grade. However, the corresponding powers of the inspectors of different grades are also the same, from the sixth grade to the seventh grade.
The third-level inspections basically inspect areas at the state capital level, while the fifth-level inspections often inspect the tax work of a province, and will bear the title of deputy director of the inspection office.
After being promoted, Chen Lifu's depressed mood calmed down a lot when he saw the badge from the sixth grade.
After completing his debriefing and receiving the task of inspecting Dezhou, Chen Lifu calculated the time and found that he would be able to catch up when he set off for Dezhou in three days, so he planned to stay in Jinling for three days.
The past inspections in Chizhou could be said to have made him exhausted mentally and physically. It didn't matter if he was busy all day long, the most important thing was that he was tired mentally.
After coming out of the Grain Recruitment Department's Yamen, Chen Lifu passed through several streets and saw that there were obviously more people dressed as scholars on the streets. When he saw this scene, he didn't react at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood
, these must be candidates from all provinces gathered in the capital to prepare for the April exams.
Because of the capital relocation at the beginning of the year, the Xuanping Five Year Examination was postponed from February to late April to give scholars from all over the country sufficient preparation time. Otherwise, many scholars in remote areas would not be able to make it in time.
I rushed to take the imperial examination.
"Postponing the time is a good policy and will not prevent the scholars from catching up. However, holding the imperial examination once every year is too frequent!" Chen Lifu sat on the carriage and looked at the scholars outside.
I was thinking like this: "It takes several months to go back and forth. If I don't win for several years and I have to go back every year, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money!"
But at this time, Chen Lifu naturally didn't know that although the Tang Dynasty held an imperial examination every year, the number of people admitted to each imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was very large, and the proportion was also quite large.
In the general examination held in the fourth year of Xuanping reign, about 2,000 people took the examination, and a total of more than 500 people were admitted to the Jinshi and doctoral programs. Later, because of the large vacancy of officials, many people failed to pass the examination, but the results were still relatively good.
More than a hundred good scholars were also directly awarded officials.
Basically, as long as you can pass the examination and have a slight grasp of the new subject, your chances of passing the exam are not small.
And you can see this from the fact that the official positions awarded to new scholars and doctors in the Tang Dynasty are getting lower and lower. In the early years, even the top three Jinshi were recently in the seventh rank, but last year, the top three Jinshi were only
Was awarded from the seventh grade.
But this year, I heard that the official positions awarded will still start from the seventh rank.
Not only that, in fact, the Tang Dynasty has begun to strictly control the grades of new scholars, not to mention Jinshi and doctorate.
If a scholar and a scholar want to directly become an official, they will often only be awarded the eighth rank after the official selection. As for the scholar, they are now awarded the lowest rank, the ninth rank.
Of course, the above is just their starting level, and there is no limit to their promotion after work. Li Xuan has already commanded the world, and his fame will not affect his subsequent promotions. He can serve as a minister, minister, or even enter the imperial study room. There are no requirements for fame.
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The reason for lowering the grade is because the Tang Dynasty currently recruits a large number of officials every year, and at the same time, there is a huge gap for grassroots officials. The Tang Dynasty has been established for many years, and some middle and high-level positions, such as the seventh grade or above
Although there is also a shortage of positions, the gap is not that big.
However, the gap for grassroots officials below the seventh rank is quite large. Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty would not have always encouraged talents to become officials, and clearly stipulated that scholars who had not yet obtained Jinshi or doctorate degrees could become officials.
You can still take part in the examination.
However, the situation of the new scholars was not something Chen Lifu could worry about. He had been away from home for several months, and now he was going back home to have a good rest for a few days, and then prepare to inspect Texas.
According to the information just obtained in the Yamen, the situation in Texas is not optimistic. The tax situation is actually one-third less than the rated amount. Needless to say, there must be a lot of tax evasion.
At the same time, there seem to be many problems within the local tax agency. This time, Chen Lifu's mission in Texas is not easy.