Chen Lifu did not wait long in the wing room outside, about two quarters of an hour later, he waited for an official from the Ministry of Taxation to come, and then Chen Lifu received a badge representing the official of Zhengqipin, in addition to an official seal and a letter of appointment, and the official of the Ministry of Taxation told him to go to the Department of Grain Collection of the Ministry of Taxation to report within three days.

When he received the official seal, Chen Lifu still had a happy look on his face, but when he heard that he was going to be sent to the grain collection department of the Ministry of Taxation, instead of the local government or other noble positions as he had expected, his face was a little unpleasant.

He knows that the reason why the Grain Collection Division is famous is not because of its other functions, but because this agency has 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 are disgusted with the tax inspection team under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, even under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the reputation of the tax inspection team is not much better.

Especially among the gentry, it is these tax inspectors who hate them the most, because they will come to them when they evade taxes.

Talking about the tiger's color change, this is when outsiders talk about the tax inspection team.

Moreover, this tax inspection team is not a simple investigation agency, but people have guns!

In ordinary state capitals, the number of tax inspection teams is relatively small, mostly about a few dozen people, but in the more chaotic and heavy state capitals, the number of tax inspection teams in a government can even reach hundreds of people, and in addition to cold weapons such as swords, they will also have muskets and artillery.

At the same time, the tax inspection team also serves as the guard of the tax checkpoints, and the customs of several trade zones that open the port to trade are the tax inspection team.

Raiding their homes and exterminating their clans is even more commonplace for them!

Such an institution is also the institution that Chen Lifu hates the most.

But what he didn't expect was that he was assigned to the Food Collection Department, and he was still an inspector.

Although this position seems to have nothing to do with the tax inspection team on the surface, if you listen to its other nickname, 'tax inspection', you will know that this is actually a serious tax inspection team position, which belongs to the General Administration of Tax Inspection under the grain collection department.

The main duty is to inspect the local tax inspection team and urge the local tax inspection team to strictly enforce the law.

The criterion for assessing whether the tax inspector is qualified or unqualified is not anything else, but how many tax cases have been cracked under his urging, in other words, it depends on how many homes he has copied and how much tax revenue he has recovered.

However, this kind of inspection is not permanent in a certain place, but all the way through, and the grade is not high, so it is easy to conflict with the local tax officials.

Not to mention, this kind of tax inspector will always set off a bloody storm for his own political achievements, and at least he will catch a few typical raids and exterminations, so this position is even more smelly among the gentry of the people, and everyone regards it as a grim reaper.

This is usually watched by tax officials, and it is extremely difficult to evade taxes, and it is even more difficult for tax inspectors to come.

During this time, Chen Lifu had carefully studied the official system of the Tang Dynasty, and only after a little thought about it, he knew the specific situation of this tax inspection, and then his face shrugged down.

At this moment, Chen Lifu's mind changed several thoughts in a row, thinking about whether to intercede and then apply for transfer to other positions, but he had just seen that another person was also trying to apply for a change of position, but he was immediately sentenced: You think the ministry is opened by your family, and you will change it! It's blocked back.

Moreover, the rank of that person who was awarded the official rank was two levels higher than him, and he was a positive sixth grade.

He is a seventh-grade product, I am afraid that in the eyes of the officials of the ministry, he is a little transparent, and it is useless to say it.

He also thought about whether to simply resign and leave, but when he thought of the people in the world who were suffering from chaos and tyranny, he couldn't bear it.

In the end, he hesitated for a while, until he was sent out of the door, and he didn't say anything like changing officials or resigning.

After finally sighing, he took his entourage and prepared to go home first.

And the next day, he took the silver badge of the Zhengqipin official, brought the official seal and the letter of appointment into the city again, and he was going to report to the grain collection department.

On the way back yesterday and in the evening, he had a fierce psychological struggle with himself, and he made up his mind to resign several times, but it was often not long after he made up his mind, and looking at the official seal, he gave up his previous determination.

That's it, for the sake of the common people in the world and the health of the people, even if the grain collection division is the tiger's den in Longtan, he will have to break through!

With a sense of sacrifice, Chen Lifu came to the Grain Collection Division, but the Yamen of the Grain Collection Division was not the same as he expected, and the Grain Collection Department was not directly set up in the Yamen of the Ministry of Taxation like many division-level institutions, but independently set up a yamen office nearby.

After verifying the identity of the guard, he let people enter the yamen of the grain collection department, although the yamen of the grain collection department is a monopoly of the land, so although the place is not big, it is 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 department of the grain collection department, this person did not talk to Chen Lifu much, after a few simple words, he asked the people below to take Chen Lifu to the office on the side.

Chen Lifu is also a seventh-grade official, even in the cabinet departments, the grade is not low, although there is no independent office, but it is the same office as several other inspectors.

A few days later, Chen Lifu's butt was not hot in the grain collection department, but he was ordered by a piece of paper, and together with another inspector of Zhengliupin, he was sent to Chizhou to inspect taxes, thus starting his career life in the Tang Dynasty!

And he hasn't arrived in Chizhou yet, his big name has already been spread all over the gentry in Chizhou, and his reputation is very loud, of course, this reputation is naturally not the clear name that Chen Lifu wants, but notorious!

I don't know how many gentry and landlords prayed to the gods and Buddhas: "Let Chen Lifu, a Tang thief, die early and be reincarnated, so that he will not come to Chizhou to harm everyone!" ”

And Chen Lifu also seems to know what attitude the outside world may have towards him, a few friends who knew him in the past and are located in Chizhou even wrote to him, asking him to resign not long after, so as not to ruin his reputation for a lifetime and leave a stench for 10,000 years!

These letters, Chen Lifu is in a complicated mood!

Because what these friends said, in fact, to some extent, is what he wants to do!

But he can't do that!

This world still needs him to help, this common people still need to save themselves, how can they be afraid of the difficulties in front of them, as for the name behind him, when he finally succeeds in reversing the many chaotic and tyrannical governments of the country, people will know: He is a good official!

Chen Lifu took office with mixed feelings, and outside Zhaoqing in the far south, a huge army was slowly advancing towards the north, and this team was the capital relocation team of the Tang Dynasty.

In the army near Zhaoqing, naturally there are only the Guards, and this time the capital was moved, Li Xuan once again incarnated as the emperor and personally commanded the Guards to travel.

Except for a few members of the royal family and some important ministers, the others did not bring them, but let them slowly go north behind.

As for himself, he led the Guards, the royal family, and some important ministers to the north lightly.

Originally, the navy initially suggested going north by sea, but this move was opposed by many ministers of the DPRK and China, because the sea voyage in these years was still too dangerous, and even if the navy moved out a cruiser of more than 500 tons, it would sink in the storm if it was not done well.

Even Li Xuan is a little reluctant to go to sea on this year's ship, the uncertain factors are too big and dangerous.

Li Xuan, who has always cherished his own life, also acquiesced in the opposition of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and did not go from the sea, but by land, although the speed would be slower, but the safety was guaranteed.

Together, the total strength of the guards was about 10,000 people, and then the convoy of the royal family and important ministers was about several hundred, and the marching speed along the way was not slow.

When they began to enter Jiangxi, the large team in the rear was still in Shaoguan!

And this way, the mountain road is rugged, and the road is not very easy to walk, but this does not affect Li Xuan's interest, as the emperor naturally has special treatment, he can sit in a special carriage, he can also take a sedan chair, occasionally interested, you can also ride a horse directly.

Although he was in a hurry every day, Li Xuan regarded this rush as a tour of the mountains and rivers.

If it weren't for the purpose of going north with the Guards, in fact, Li Xuan's speed of going north would be faster, after all, the speed of ordinary people rushing and the army rushing is very different.

But you let Li Xuan go north alone and not take the Guards, to be honest, he really didn't have the guts.

If he encounters some mountain bandits on the road, or some gentry and landlord who are interested in hypocrisy, or simply a rebellion by the army under his command, his small life will probably be lost.

Therefore, he would rather toss slowly with the Guards than go north to Jinling City first.

After entering Jiangxi and arriving at the edge of the Ganjiang River, the team carried the pre-prepared fleet and went down the Ganjiang River all the way, passing through Ganzhou, Luling and Nanchang and entering Poyang Lake.

At this time, Li Xuan was not far from Jinling City, and it also meant that it would not be long before Li Xuan could see the painting boat on the Qinhuai River with his own eyes!