Chapter 980: Chen Lifu's loneliness and pride

The Tang Dynasty newspaper is the official mouthpiece of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the content published on it is a variety of important policies, decrees, etc., and the above content is basically to announce the policy trend of the Tang Dynasty to the whole world.

Its importance is self-evident, so this newspaper is also a must-read newspaper for all officials and even gentry in the Tang Dynasty.

For example, in the last issue of the Tang Dynasty, a notice on Wang Wenhua's appointment and dismissal was published, and the question was very brief, just saying that Wang Wenhua was old and frail, and resigned from the position of university scholar and secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture because of his health.

It is also said that the Holy Son of Heaven sent the imperial doctor to recuperate Wang Wenhua's body, and at the same time, in order to reward Wang Wenhua for many years of credit, he gave him the title of earl.

This passage seems to be Wang Wenhua's poor health and unbearable official duties, so he resigned.

But smart people can see that this is the result of the efforts of many ministers of the DPRK and China, and it is the victory of the loyal and good ministers of the DPRK and China!

Wang Wenhua, a courtier, didn't do anything, just relied on Conglong Zao, and then sent a woman to the Holy Son of Heaven every day when he had nothing to do, which has been firmly in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and the university scholar, which naturally makes many people have opinions, in the past few years, they have been working hard to impeach Wang Wenhua, and now, they have finally swept away this courtier.

But they also saw from the notice that the Son of Heaven approved Wang Wenhua's resignation, not said that he was dismissed, and at the same time gave Wang Wenhua a count, which shows that the Son of Heaven still left Wang Wenhua with dignity and treated the ministers of Conglong favorably.

It is also to tell many ministers that this matter is over, don't toss around, I will be angry if I toss again!

Many articles in the Tang Dynasty newspaper are definitely not simple articles, even if they are advertisements, they are all positive and positive advertisements, and those messy advertisements are impossible to pass the review and then publish, even if those businessmen give more advertising fees, it is useless.

Similarly, in this issue of the latest Tang Dynasty newspaper, in addition to the front page reporting on the resettlement affairs, at the end of the sixth page, which is specially used to disclose the appointment and dismissal of some economic ministries and important local personnel, there is a very short appointment, but it has attracted the attention of countless people!

Due to the transfer of the director of the inspection department of the grain collection department of the Ministry of Taxation, Chen Lifu, deputy director of the department, presided over the work of the inspection department.

This appointment is only a simple dozen words, and there are many important appointments in Gyeonggi before and after, but this appointment is very conspicuous in a group of appointments!

Why is it conspicuous, you can just look at the personnel appointments in the front row, so-and-so was appointed as the director of a certain ministry, so-and-so was appointed as the president of a certain provincial inspectorate, and so-and-so was appointed as a political envoy of a certain province.

And these appointments are either at the level of directors of various ministries in Gyeonggi, or important officials of the yamen in various provinces, and the lowest grade is also from the third rank.

However, what is Chen Lifu's grade? It's just a Cong Wupin, and now he is only acting to preside over the work of the Inspection Department, and he is not the director yet, so he is still just a Cong Wupin.

Even if he is turned into a director, it is only a positive fifth grade.

However, the appointment of a five-grade product appeared in the sixth edition of the Tang Dynasty Newspaper, which was specially used to announce the appointment of high-level personnel, which shows that the inspection department of the grain collection department is unusual!

Well, it's not that Chen Lifu is unusual, but that the inspection department is unusual, because not only Chen Lifu, but in fact, the appointment of several directors of the previous inspection department also appeared on the sixth page of the Tang Dynasty newspaper.

Therefore, the inspection department is too important, very important, although it is only a position of the five products, but in fact, it has received more attention in the government and the opposition than the positions of many three products, and it is normal for such an important job change to be announced in the Tang Dynasty newspaper.

Chen Lifu acted as the director of the inspection department, which naturally caused an uproar in Gyeonggi and even on the ground!

Chen Lifu, who was investigated some time ago, was not pulled down, but was promoted one step higher and became the acting director, even if the director has not yet become a regular, but according to the political practice of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of agency situation is often the official's grade or qualifications are still slightly lacking, and when the boss wants to promote him, a way is adopted to keep the grade unchanged, and then preside over the work in the form of an agent.

In this way, as long as the acting officials do not have any affairs, basically after a period of time, the word "acting" will be removed and the grade will be upgraded logically.

In other words, after Chen Lifu went to the Inspectorate for a while, instead of losing his official position and ruining his family, he was promoted, which made countless people indignant.

Is there any reason for this, people like Chen Lifu, who is called the executioner of Chen Rentu, can still be promoted steadily, and he has also set a record for the fastest promotion discipline in the system of the Ministry of Taxation's grain collection department.

Oh my God, what's going on in this world!

For a time, on the Qinhuai River, there were countless people who bought drunk, and many gentry indulged themselves with a desperate attitude.

Because they know that after Chen Lifu sits in the position of acting director of the inspection department, it will be more difficult to evade taxes, in other words, pay more taxes.

Giving more than a penny is equivalent to taking a knife and cutting an extra knife in their hearts!

What a heartache!

Not to mention those gentry, even within the officialdom, there are not a few people who have great opinions on Chen Lifu's promotion, not to mention the opposition of ordinary officials, even within the Ministry of Taxation, there are also objections to Chen Lifu's promotion!

This Chen Lifu is too young, only thirty years old, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility as the director of the inspection department, of course, when they said this, they directly ignored it, the previous directors of the inspection department, the youngest was only twenty-six years old, and the oldest was thirty-four years old.

This Chen Lifu's qualifications are too shallow, and it will only be two years since he entered the office, and the promotion speed is too fast, from the seventh grade to the fifth grade, this span is too big.

Is Chen Lifu unqualified? Definitely, the Tang Dynasty has not just been established for a year or two, this year has been Xuanping for seven years, and if you really count it, there is an Anjian year before Xuanping, Anjian two years plus Xuanping seven years, that is nine years!

Counting from the beginning, the time span of the Tang Dynasty has reached nine years!

Even from the beginning of the period of occupation of Zhengtai County and Xingquan Mansion, the Tang Dynasty has spent a full six years!

This time is actually not short, it is not a nascent dynasty, and many of the officials in it have served for more than several years.

Among the officials who have served for five or six years, Chen Lifu's two-year service experience is naturally relatively short.

However, the various discussions of the outside world about Chen Lifu naturally could not affect Chen Lifu's assumption of office.

Jinling City, Chen Mansion!

Under the service of his wife, Chen Lifu put on his own Confucian official robe, and then pinned the badge of Cong Wupin, and after taking a closer look at the dressing mirror, Chen Lifu walked out of the door and prepared for the first day of his career as a director!

When he went out, Chen Lifu's thin and upright figure made Mrs. Chen, who sent him out, feel that her nose was sour!

As a pillow person, and also a scholarly family, Mrs. Chen, who was born in the boudoir, is naturally not a rural fool, she can clearly feel her husband's loneliness and disappointment in the recent period!

Last winter's case, this made Chen Lifu feel a lot, and the biggest feeling was disappointment!

Yes, disappointment, disappointment to the gentry of the world!

Why don't they understand themselves?

Why do they have to put themselves to death, can't they see the weight of their endurance at all?

Why do they only see that they have been forced by the overall situation to deal with some of the gentry who evade taxes, but they do not see that they have worked hard to rectify the organs of the Ministry of Taxation?

Why do they only see that some of the gentry's families are ruined, but they can't see that he drove away a large number of green-skinned hooligans who have been mixed into the tax system, regularizes the tax inspection teams in many places, and no longer disturbs the people at will as before, and more of the gentry benefit from this!

He endured humiliation and burden, and under the framework of his own power, he tried his best to benefit the people of the world, but outsiders only saw his helplessness, but they did not see the many efforts he made?

Before rectifying the taxation systems of Jiangbei and northern Anhui, the local taxation system, especially the tax inspection team, was to raid the house if they wanted to, and to fine the house if they wanted to.

Now, the two tax systems that have been rectified by themselves have been taxed in accordance with the law, and it is rare that there is no reason, or simply those tax officials who want to make money and raid their homes.

But why do they just not see the results of their own efforts and just stare at the small group of persecuted gentry?

Those gentry sacrificed for the sake of Xuanping and prosperity, and they should be honored for this!

Chen Lifu was disappointed with the performance of many gentry!

In addition to being disappointed, it also made him feel a sense of loneliness, as if he was the only one working hard in everything, and he couldn't see the companions who worked together.

During the few days he lived in the Inspectorate's guest house, he spent his spare time reading books and painting bamboo.

He likes to paint bamboo.

In the study, it is full of bamboo drawings he has drawn in recent years, and yesterday he made a new picture of snow bamboo: snowflakes are flying, in the white snow all over the ground, a green bamboo stands proudly in it, and the snow bends one after another emerald green bamboo leaves, but the green bamboo still stands proudly on the snowfield!

Mrs. Chen is a smart woman, and she can see her husband's inner world from Chen Lifu's words and deeds, especially the bamboo drawings that almost fill the entire study.

Because she knows that her husband is still a literati in essence, he reads and writes, he paints, and many times it is also a portrayal of his state of mind!

From the snow bamboo picture he drew yesterday, it can be seen that he is lonely and proud in his heart: he is the only one left in the earth covered by the heavy snow, and everyone else is covered by the snow, but he still stands proudly on the snowfield.

Today, when I sent my husband out, looking at her husband's thin and upright figure, her nose was a little sour, and she even had an impulse to run up and say to Chen Lifu, we are not officials, let others worry about this world, and we will live a good life.

But she can't!

Because she knows that Xuanping is prosperous, this is her husband's ideal, for this ideal, he has paid too much, and now he will not be able to bear it if he gives up, and his whole person will collapse!