Seeing Gong Wenbao walk in, Chen Lifu put down the annotations in his hand, but he didn't expect that the dean of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate of Zhengsanpin would come over to see him in person, well, maybe it was an inquiry.

Although he has been inspecting local taxation all the year round, his home is in Chengtian Mansion, and he has returned to Jinling City many times during the inspection of local taxation.

This man came to see himself?

Chen Lifu had many possibilities in his mind, of course, he still couldn't guess that Gong Wenbao was already burned, and wanted to find a breakthrough from him to save himself.

Since Chen Lifu lived in the guest house of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate, he was completely cut off from contact with the outside world, and he was already under de facto house arrest, so he actually didn't know that the outside world was already turbulent.

What's more, the sudden change in things is also a matter of the past two days, before this, Gong Wenbao was still full of confidence and wanted to use Chen Lifu as a stepping stone for his promotion and fortune.

After Gong Wenbao walked in, he didn't have the frame of being a senior official of the third grade at all, although he and Chen Lifu had different systems, if it weren't for the case, it would be almost impossible for the two institutions to have any connection, so this positive third grade is not much different from the fourth and fifth grades for Chen Lifu.

But although Chen Lifu didn't care, he still clearly felt from Gong Wenbao's attitude that this person was showing favor to himself and trying to get something from his mouth.

Seeing this scene, although Chen Lifu's face remained unchanged, he had already guessed that his case might have changed, and it should be a good change.

Otherwise, Gong Wenbao, as the dean of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate of Zhengsanpin, has no need to show favor to himself!

But what exactly has changed, he doesn't know!

Gong Wenbao tried his best to keep his smile, and then stepped forward and said, "Director Chen, we have limited funds in the guest house, and the conditions are a little simpler, so you will be wronged!" ”

Without waiting for Chen Lifu to reply, he just continued: "I know that Brother Chen may have complained about my brother, but I can't help this matter, brother, after all, the supervision regulations are there, and if there is a case, you can't fail to investigate, but Brother Chen, don't worry, these are routine investigations, and they will definitely not make Brother Chen embarrassed!" ”

After talking about this, Chen Lifu's eyebrows wrinkled inadvertently, and then said: "Lord Gong, please sit down, it is the obligation of our generation of officials to cooperate with the investigation of the Inspectorate, this is nothing, but Chen has been staying in your guest house for seven days, but Chen still doesn't know, what did Chen commit?" ”

Chen Lifu's words were not kind words, but he really didn't know what he had done, and what the Inspectorate wanted to investigate? Malfeasance? Bribery?

He Chen Lifu himself felt very nonsense, and these people from the Inspectorate were not stupid, how could they use this name to recklessly bring themselves over to 'assist in the investigation'.

Chen Lifu himself is not stupid, he knows his identity and status very well!

Although he is only a subordinate of the fifth grade, but the gold content of his subordinate five grades far exceeds that of other subordinate five grades, and when inspecting local taxation, his power far exceeds that of any official of the same grade, and is almost above any local official.

When he inspected the two taxation provinces of Jiangbei and Northern Anhui with the rank of Cong Wupin, the deputy director of the inspection department, the two local Taoists would not neglect themselves, but intersected with each other!

Why?

Because he has the power to investigate and arrest anyone who evades taxes!

Any person mentioned here, including Jiangbei Daoist and Anhui Daoist, because officials also have to pay taxes, as long as they dare to evade taxes, then Chen Lifu will dare to arrest them!

And he doesn't have to engage in impeachment or anything like ordinary officials, he may directly investigate, arrest, transfer to justice, and provide one-stop service, if the official tax evasion is confirmed, the cabinet boss can't save them!

To a certain extent, in fact, the inspectors in the inspection department of the grain collection department of the Ministry of Taxation are comparable to the traditional Qincha in the tax matter!

However, the Tang Dynasty rarely has a Qin cha, so far, almost all of the Qin cha that has appeared in the Tang Dynasty are related to military affairs, and the most of them is the Qin Cha who replaced the Son of Heaven to comfort the troops.

In addition, there are a very small number of other affairs of the Qin Mission, generally all of them are specialized personnel, and their powers are very clearly restricted, at present, in addition to the Qin Messenger who condolence the troops, there are only a dozen or so Qin Messengers who handle other affairs with the title of Qin Mission, and they are basically about to become permanent positions.

One of the more important ones is the Nanyang Commercial Mission, who is specially located in Guangzhou and is responsible for negotiating trade with various countries.

However, since its establishment, it has almost become a permanent position, and it is generally held by officials of the Ministry of Commerce.

In addition, there are three flood control commissions, namely the Yellow River flood control commission, the Yangtze River flood control commission, and the Pearl River flood control commission, each of which inspects river water conservancy, flood control, and disaster relief matters within their jurisdiction, and is usually held by officials of the water conservancy department of the Ministry of Agriculture for a long time.

Then there is the Huguang immigration Qincha, who specializes in Huguang, including Hunan and Hubei, and is usually concurrently served by officials from the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In addition, there are several Qincha, most of which are also the case, basically it can be regarded as a permanent position, with the title of Qincha, but it is also the business of ordinary officials, and at most the power is greater.

However, in the real sense, there is actually none of the chincha who have great power at the local level, and the closest thing is the patrol officer!

Mainly the tax patrol of the tax department, the patrol police department inspection, and the inspection of the inspectorate!

However, the patrol officers of the Patrol Police Department and the Inspectorate are very limited in their powers, and they generally go to investigate a certain case, and they have no power over other matters, and the case is immediately revoked when it is over.

However, the tax inspection is not aimed at a certain case, but a place, and its authority is only for taxation on the surface, but the scope of the word tax can be expanded to a large extent!

You can tell from Chen Lifu that he can directly mobilize the local tax inspection team to suppress armed tax resistance!

To some extent, tax inspectors have military powers!

In fact, even within the current Ministry of Taxation, many officials believe that the power of tax inspection is too great, and it is necessary to impose certain restrictions on their powers, otherwise it is very likely that they will poke out a big basket, and the biggest restriction is to limit their power to mobilize local tax inspection teams.

Holding the tax inspection team, the tax inspector has great confidence in the local area, and to put it mildly, he can basically lead the tax inspection team to the door to destroy the family.

The arrest of the arrest, the killing of the killing, the arrest is over, the killing is finished, they pat their ass and go to another place to continue patrolling!

The complaints of the local gentry are narrowly related to their!

You don't see the four gentry of Zhili, and they all shouted out Chen Rentu's words, but did it affect his status in the Ministry of Taxation? No, on the contrary, this also made the superiors appreciate him Chen Lifu even more.

Therefore, many people in the tax department have begun to want to limit the power of tax inspection.

As an official in the tax department system and the deputy director of the inspection department, Chen Lifu knows very well what kind of status his political status is, so he doesn't understand even more, what does the Chengtianfu Inspectorate rely on to investigate himself?

There is not enough reason, even if Gong Wenbao is the dean of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate who is a three-grade person, he will not easily move himself, let alone him, even if the imperial envoys and deputy envoys of the Central Inspectorate at a higher level want to move themselves, they have to think about it carefully.

Even if they really know that they have embezzled and accepted bribes, but they do not have enough evidence and certainty, it is estimated that they will not act lightly.

However, it is obviously impossible for Gong Wenbao to directly open his mouth and tell him that someone has reported you for deducting taxes and accepting bribes, and we already have a lot of efforts to prove that you have deducted taxes and accepted bribes, and there is also such a thing as the key witness of the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion who committed suicide!

It's not in order!

What Gong Wenbao wanted to do was not to solve Chen Lifu's doubts, but to ask some things clearly, some things that made him feel strange, but he couldn't find the answer.

In order to ask clearly, he personally acted as an inquirer about the imperial history, and also drove away most of the other people who followed, leaving only a few core henchmen.

"Director Chen, according to our investigation, we found a large amount of gold and silver in the cellar of your mansion, with a total value of 310,000 taels, what explanation do you have for this?" After Gong Wenbao began to ask, he naturally changed his address to Chen Lifu.

The previous title was just to show goodwill and neutrality, but now, he is very consciously switching identities, this meeting, he is interrogating Chen Lifu's imperial history, everything must be done officially, even if it is the title, because the dialogue between them will be recorded throughout the whole process, and then signed by the two of them.

And if you want to use it as evidence, you have to admit it to Chen Lifu, if you file a public prosecution and Chen Lifu does not admit this evidence in court, then you don't need any reason, this confession is directly invalidated.

The law of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that if the confession signed by the suspect, witness, etc. is contrary to the oral statement in court, the oral statement in court shall prevail.

In other words, if you come to force a confession to sign and draw a detainment, the confession of the person in court will be directly overturned!

Hearing Gong Wenbao's words, Chen Lifu said: "It seems that you have searched Chen's house, then you should also find that my Chen family has a lot of properties, compared to these industries, these more than 300,000 taels of silver are nothing!" ”

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Gong Wenbao: "My Chen family is a scholarly family, since the Song Dynasty, there have been ancestors who have been officials, and since the Jingtai period of the former Ming Dynasty, there have been people as officials from generation to generation, and the children of my Chen family are diligent and thrifty in keeping the family, and they have accumulated these wealth for hundreds of years, is it strange?" ”

"If it weren't for the fact that my Chen family invested in a flour mill last year, I'm afraid that the silver deposit you saw in my Chen family's cellar would not be 310,000, but 460,000 taels, and when Chen was a child, when his father was still alive, the silver deposit in the family once exceeded one million taels!"

After that, he Chen Lifu suddenly pressed his whole body forward: "Lord Gong, have you ever seen the scene where more than a million taels of silver are piled up together, and even the wooden box containing the silver is rotten, and countless silver pieces are scattered all over the ground?" ”

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