After Chen Lifu went to the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, he did not go directly to the director of the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, but found Yang Taiping, the tax inspector who inspected Songjiang Prefecture, his old subordinate.

Chen Lifu wanted to use the power of the Ministry of Taxation to catch a group of moths in the Shanghai Terminal Company, so he naturally did not make this decision as soon as his brain was opened, but he also had a certain degree of certainty.

He is not familiar with the local tax officials of the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, but Yang Taiping, the tax inspector who inspected the Songjiang Taxation Bureau on this matter, is his old subordinate, and it can even be said that he picked it up single-handedly.

In addition, in the system of the Ministry of Taxation, the power of tax inspection is very large, the Pacific Ocean that patrols Songjiang Taxation, its grade is only the sixth grade, but in practice, he is currently the most powerful tax official in Songjiang Prefecture, because he has two powers, the first can bypass the Songjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, mobilize the local tax inspection team, and at the same time have the power to directly investigate and arrest the suspects of tax evasion, also has the power to investigate him and then arrest him.

Of course, in practice, ordinary tax inspectors will not do this to administrative officials, and when they do, they will generally report to the inspection department, and the inspection department will send a higher-level official from the fifth grade to deal with this kind of matter.

If there is a mistake in the investigation and arrest of a local administrative official, for example, if the wrong person is arrested, the consequences are also quite serious, and the official will be devalued and dismissed in minutes.

Therefore, more often, tax inspections are aimed at the two major groups of businessmen and landlords.

The second power is to have the power of emergency disposal of the local tax authorities, which does not mean that he has the authority to appoint and dismiss the local tax officials, this power belongs to the ministry, but he can adjust the scope of work of the local tax officials to achieve a temporary overhead, adjustment, and finally control the local tax power.

These two powers basically ensure that every tax inspector reaches the locality, so they basically have the same authority as the Qincha, and the power is quite large.

But the more power they have, the more cautious they become, because if one accidentally goes wrong, the result will not be better.

In the past few years, when the tax inspectors are playing prestige outside, there are also many tax inspectors who have been pulled down, and once the tax inspectors make mistakes and are pulled down, the consequences are generally more serious, and the dismissal is light, and they will be imprisoned and beheaded at every turn.

Therefore, tax inspectors generally do not like to get involved in local political struggles and the like, and they only focus on one thing, and that is how the local tax revenue meets the expectations of the tax department.

Because only when the tax revenue of a place does not meet the expectations of the Ministry of Taxation, and there are obvious problems, the inspection department will send tax inspections, otherwise, the inspection office will have a total of dozens of tax inspections, how can there be so many manpower in every state capital to inspect taxes.

Songjiang Mansion is no exception, because the economic volume of Songjiang Mansion is quite large, and the tax expectation of the Ministry of Taxation for Songjiang Mansion is also very large, when the tax collected does not meet the expectations of the Ministry of Taxation, tax inspectors will be sent to Songjiang Mansion, and not every period of time there will be tax inspectors to stay in Songjiang Mansion, the empire has been established for so many years, and the inspection department has sent a total of three tax inspections to Songjiang Prefecture, each lasting about a few months.

Yang Taiping arrived in Songjiang Prefecture in October this year, and the reason why he appeared in Songjiang Prefecture was also affected by Zhou Lide's case, and the Ministry of Taxation believed that since there was a large-scale corruption problem in the local area, there would definitely be a tax problem, and it would not be small, so Yang Taiping was dispatched.

When Chen Lifu found Yang Taiping, Yang Taiping was busy with a group of subordinates in the study, and when he heard the report of Chen Lifu's visit, Yang Taiping immediately threw down a group of subordinates, and then walked quickly to the flower hall to receive Chen Lifu.

When he first saw Chen Lifu, Yang Taiping immediately said respectfully: "My subordinates have seen the director!" ”

Yang Taiping did not use the self-title of lowly position commonly used by lower-level officials when they met senior officials, nor did he call Chen Lifu an adult, but called himself a subordinate and called Chen Lifu the director.

Just from these two titles, it basically shows his attitude towards Yang Taiping, that is, he still regards Chen Lifu as his boss and regards himself as Chen Lifu's subordinate.

Regarding Yang Taiping's attitude, Chen Lifu nodded slightly: "I haven't seen you for a few months, Taiping, you have gained a lot of weight, you still have to pay more attention to this body, without a good body, how can you be loyal to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Yang Taiping showed a wry smile: "What you have learned is that your subordinates don't want to be so fat, but you also know that my skin, I am fat when I drink water, and I can't lose weight!" ”

Chen Lifu glanced at Yang Taiping, this guy's height is not much taller than himself, only a little more than 1.7 meters, but he weighs more than 80 kilograms, this weight is not muscle, but fat, Rao is width and Confucian official robes are worn on him, and they are all tight.

Immediately, he said: "Didn't the Tang Dynasty newspaper say recently, exercise is good for health, exercise more on weekdays, this body must be maintained after all, otherwise the inspectors of the Ministry of Officials will not have a good impression of you when they see you like this!" ”

Imperial officials represent the face of the empire and the face of the Son of Heaven, so this official can't be too ugly.

An official can not be handsome, but at least he must be an ordinary person, and it is basically difficult for a person with obvious flaws in appearance to pass the examination.

This is not a unique requirement of the Tang Empire, the traditional feudal dynasties all do this, the appearance is too ugly, and even the people who make the people who look at it obviously disgusted, it is basically impossible to enter the official through the imperial examination.

Of course, people with good looks will not get any special benefits because of this, and the empire will not let a person be an official just because he is handsome, but only that the imperial officials are required to have at least an ordinary appearance, which cannot be too scary and ruin the face of the empire.

For example, the county order and prefect of the people on behalf of the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, if they are ugly, the people will feel the same as seeing evil ghosts when they see this person, and the impact will definitely not be very good.

"What the director said is that after this is done with the affairs of Songjiang Mansion, I plan to lose this body of flesh!" Yang Taiping naturally knows that this kind of traditional unspoken rule of officialdom, in the imperial officialdom, handsomeness cannot add points, but a person like him, who is wide and fat, and looks fat, people think that you are a natural corrupt official, so the influence score will inevitably be reduced by a few points.

At this time, Chen Lifu continued: "Speaking of the matter here in Songjiang Mansion, you have also been here for a few months, have things been straightened out, can you free up some manpower!" ”

Chen Lifu's words, naturally, are not to ask Yang Taiping about the tax inspection affairs in Songjiang Mansion, even if he is the director, he has no authority to ask, now he is not the director of the inspection department, but a local official, it is not appropriate to ask about taxation, if it is a big trouble, it is inevitable to be impeached, and even attract the imperial history to find trouble.

The focus of his words was on the next sentence: free manpower!

Hearing Chen Lifu's words, Yang Taiping did not answer immediately, but pondered a little: "The situation here in Songjiang is more complicated, I have been here for a few months, although I have done a lot of things, but I am afraid that there is still some distance to meet expectations, but the manpower, it depends on the transfer of some!" ”

Yang Taiping didn't ask Chen Lifu what was going on, why did he ask him to transfer manpower, because he knew that Chen Lifu, the old boss, should not embarrass him, so although there are still a lot of affairs at present, it can still be done by transferring some manpower.

Seeing Yang Taiping's reaction, Chen Lifu nodded secretly in his heart!

This person finally did not waste his cultivation in the previous few years, he still has a grateful heart, and at the same time, he can clearly distinguish the situation, not stupid!

Let's not talk about gratitude, it's just a secondary thing, Chen Lifu doesn't care too much, after all, you can't expect him to really have any gratitude.

What Chen Lifu cares about is that he can distinguish the situation, and after not being stupid and a few other subordinates of the inspection department, Chen Lifu just left his job, that is, he showed that people were going to tea and cool, and as soon as he turned around, he went to curry favor with the new director of the inspection department, and then, and then he was pushed to Yungui by the new director of the inspection department to serve as a tax officer, and it is estimated that there is no hope of returning to Jinling City in this life.

They also don't want to think about it, he Chen Lifu has been in charge of the inspection department for several years, and he has also purged and rotated the people in the inspection department during his tenure, and the rest of the people, whether in their own eyes or in the eyes of outsiders, are all Chen Lifu's descendants.

After the new director of the inspection department took office, in order to maintain his influence and eliminate Chen Lifu's influence, the first thing he did was to renew his generation, kick out Chen Lifu's descendants one after another, and then promote new people to form his own team.

Almost all previous inspectors have done this!

However, it is precisely because the previous directors of the inspection department have done this, so a very interesting situation has been formed, and today Chen Lifu's old subordinates can directly throw Chen Lifu to join the new director of the inspection department, which also means that the old subordinates promoted by the current director of the inspection department will also abandon him in the future!

Therefore, those who curry favor with the new director of the inspection department will also not be exempt from being cleared out of the inspection department, and even because of their direct betrayal of Chen Lifu, it is also ruining their reputation.

In officialdom, sometimes reputation is still very important!

Since they are all going to be driven out of the inspection office one after another, it is better to maintain a good reputation, and then continue to cling to Chen Lifu's thigh, so that when they are driven out of the inspection office, they can rely on Chen Lifu's strength to find a better place!