As if overnight, the atmosphere in Quanzhou City began to become tense.

The common people will not have this feeling, but every official in the Quanzhou officialdom can personally experience this uncomfortable sense of oppression, especially when there are many more staff members of the Investigation Department of the Department of Commerce near Quanzhou Port, which makes many people smell a cold smell that is not very safe.

"There's still room for it, isn't it?"

When the president of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce found Ma Qiliang, the latter laughed: "He now asks you to count again, can't you just align the numbers?" ”

In other words, if the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce was willing to equalize, there would not be so many moths.

If the number is flat, you will have to make up the tax, and in the final analysis, it is still a money word.

"There are a lot of cats in the shipping division itself, how many ships are out every day, and how many goods are placed now, I remember to be sloppy at will, and this account book is not something that a blind person can see."

Regarding Ma Qiliang's criticism, the chairman of Quanshang was still stubborn.

"The money is not earned by our family, you don't know the boundary of Quanzhou Port, in addition to the yamen of the shipping department, even the imperial front division is guarded by the father-in-law, all the way back to the source, maybe you can find out our great monarch father."

"Presumptuous!"

Ma Qiliang glared: "Is it okay to talk nonsense?" ”

After being scolded, the businessman was a lot more honest, but he couldn't sit down now, and he couldn't calm down at all: "Xu Bin reported to me that he wanted to recount the logarithms, and he checked nearly 3,000 shipping ships last year.

How much does this tariff money only have in my pocket? If you want to pay the money, then everyone will come together to reconcile the accounts with the household affairs department, or if the lengtouqing reconciles the accounts with the household affairs department, it will be all over. ”

Smuggling, tax evasion.

The two major crimes of killing heads are stacked together, and no one wants to end up killing their heads and stealing their homes.

These words made Ma Qiliang laugh and raised his eyebrows: "Are you here to ask me for money, or are you here to threaten me?" ”

"Don't dare." The businessman confessed, but his expression was still so plain: "I'm just talking about the fact that the smuggling in Quanzhou Port is not done by me alone, nor is it done by the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, the whole Quanzhou is smuggling, and the money is also shared by everyone. ”

"I see, I'll talk to him."

Ma Qiliang sent off the head of the Quanshang Chamber of Commerce on the front foot, and before he could think about how to deal with Zhu Wenqi's countermeasures, he heard the rumor on the back foot that Zhu Wenqi came to him!

This made Ma Qiliang feel caught off guard, thinking that he was an uninvited guest, but he never thought that Zhu Wenqi didn't talk to him about whether there was a smuggling problem in Quanzhou Port at all, but said something like that.

"Xiaguan has just arrived, many things are not very familiar, I know that you are listening to the instructions, so that you can know how to carry out the next step, the government is busy, and I have also explained that if there is something I don't understand in the Department of Commerce, I will ask you for instructions and report."

This sounds simple, but it is actually a knife, which was directly lit up on Ma Qiliang's desktop by Zhu Wenqi, and as for who handed this knife to Zhu Wenqi, the spearhead was directly aimed at Chen Tianzheng.

In Chen Tianzheng's office, Chen Tianzheng said at that time that he would go to Ma Qiliang for advice if he encountered any problems in the Department of Commerce, and specially pointed out that Ma Qiliang's father and son have been working in Quanzhou for two generations, and they know Quanzhou best.

This is a work entrustment, but to listen to it in a different way, it is a bit damning.

The first problem Zhu Wenqi encountered when he took office was that the Shipping Department and the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce were suspected of smuggling, combined with Chen Tianzheng's entrustment, was it a vague reminder to Zhu Wenqi that these shady things were all instigated by Ma Qiliang behind his back?

Ma Qiliang's eyes narrowed, but he still smiled heartily.

"Zhu Si is serious, what instructions does this official have, everyone is doing their own errands under the leadership of the Fuzun, you are new to the city, if there is anything that you can't figure out for a while, you can put it first, or talk to the big guy in advance, and we colleagues who can help each other naturally have to hold each other.

Everyone is for the development of Quanzhou, but also for the annual inspection of the inspectors can be evaluated or something, so based on this, we are all comrades-in-arms, if you encounter any thorny problems can come to this official, I will contact other colleagues or Quanzhou from all walks of life can talk for you, and work together. ”

After a few words, he kicked the ball back to Zhu Wenqi as it was, and said bluntly, the prefect Chen Tianzheng is in charge of all the affairs in Quanzhou, and everyone is just doing their own duties, you Zhu Wenqi will not be naïve to think that it is all my Ma Qiliang's instructions behind my back, right?

If you can't clear the fog in front of you when you first arrive, let it go and don't rush for a while.

In the end, he showed his muscles even more subtly.

If you encounter a problem, come to me Ma Qiliang and ventilate a lot, and I can coordinate and deal with it for you from all walks of life in Quanzhou.

Not to mention, after saying this, Zhu Wenqi was indeed a little hesitant in his heart, as a newcomer, where could he tell at a glance the officials in Quanzhou, which ones were loyal, which were traitors, or all traitors?

hesitated in his heart, but his face was still the same as if he had no waves.

"Before Xia Guan came, he seemed to see the president of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce at a glance?"

Zhu Wenqi thanked a public servant for the tea, looked at Ma Qiliang and said with a smile: "He is not busy going to the Shipping Department to check the number of transactions, and he also came to our prefect's yamen to run blindly, it seems that he didn't take it seriously." ”

"yes, why didn't I see it?"

Ma Qiliang said haha: "That may be to report something to Fuzun, after all, people are our local business leaders in Quanzhou, and Quanzhou has today's achievements, and it depends on these businessmen, so the relationship between the successive prefects and Quanzhou merchants is relatively close, which is understandable."

You are in charge of the Department of Commerce, and you will inevitably have to deal with the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce in the future, although the current reputation of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce is not very good, but you can't follow the clouds, we are all officials, you must have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, otherwise the law is like a knife, and it will hurt the innocent. ”

Take it easy, don't be confused and be used as a knife.

"The previous prefects have a close relationship with Quanshang?"

Zhu Wenqi muttered in his heart, the previous governor of Quanzhou, Li Qingquan, was cut off because of suspicion, which can be regarded as providing some support for Ma Qiliang's remarks, but that's all.

Because when Li Qingquan was dismissed, Chen Tianzheng was the same governor of Quanzhou Prefecture, and if he was also suspected of it, there was no reason why he could be promoted to the prefect with illness.

The water in Quanzhou is deep, and it seems that today's temptation of my own can't ask for any useful information, but I was even more confused by what Ma Qiliang said in a few words.

However, it is not all in vain, judging from the responses of Chen Tianzheng and Ma Qiliang, it proves the first judgment in Zhu Wenqi's heart.

That is, the relationship between Chen Tianzheng and Ma Qiliang is very poor.

The two of them are one in command and one in second, and they are not as intimate as they showed to themselves, an outsider, on the day of the reception banquet.

They were both fighting each other, and he was probably the sharp knife they were trying to use in their fight.

Quanzhou is not a small imperial court, but as long as it is officialdom, party strife is everywhere.

Who is behind the smuggling case, who is indulging, is not real at present.

Zhu Wenqi left Ma Qiliang's office with some trepidation, and suddenly felt a lot of pressure on his shoulders, but more excited.

No matter how ruthless Quanzhou is fighting, no matter how deep the water is, can it be compared to the Nanjing court?

Can it be compared with the interest ties between the cabinet and the ministries, and the proximity is close?

No matter how difficult it is to deal with a Quanzhou, it is a corner of the place after all, what a good opportunity to exercise.

Compared with Quanzhou, the Fengyang that Zhu Wenkui went to is simply his own back garden, so what tricky and difficult things can he do.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Wenqi was even more full of fighting spirit.