Chen Lifu knows that many people are staring at him and want to pull him off the horse.

As one of the most famous middle-level officials in the imperial officialdom, Chen Lifu has been eye-catching since the beginning of his career, when he worked in the inspection department of the Ministry of Taxation, he offended countless people, and the more people he offended, the faster he was promoted.

Even when he was later transferred to the Ministry of Finance and served as the deputy director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance, he also engaged in a securities reform plan, and I don't know how many people I offended.

Later, he was transferred to the local government and served as the Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture for three years, Chen Lifu was relatively low-key, but during his tenure as the Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture, because of his previous experience in the inspection department of the Ministry of Taxation, he was mainly in charge of the governance of Songjiang Prefecture.

Although the rule of officials in the Tang Empire is mainly managed by the Inspectorate, generally speaking, all departments under the cabinet and local yamen will have internal institutions to deal with officials' violations of law and discipline, and find problems in advance through self-inspection, so as to avoid causing greater harm after the problems are exposed.

Although Chen Lifu did not have the authority to directly arrest officials when he was in charge of the issue of managing officials, after finding out the problem officials, there were quite a few people who were directly impeached.

Chen Lifu also knows that he has offended too many people over the years, so much so that Chen Lifu himself can't count how many people he has offended.

And if he offends more, he doesn't bother to deal with it.

After serving as the county magistrate of Shanghai, Chen Lifu basically did not make any big moves in the first year, so even if others wanted to impeach him, they couldn't find a chance to pull him down.

However, the current development of the north bank of the Wusong River, especially in the process of the Northern Expedition, has sold a large amount of land by renting and selling, which makes many people think that they have caught Chen Lifu's handle.

Since Chen Lifu sent himself to the door, then don't blame them for making a move.

As a result, as soon as the development plan on the north bank of the Wusong River began, someone had already impeached Chen Lifu.

Moreover, there are many people who have been impeached, and at the same time, they have not alarmed Chen Lifu, they can't even trust the Inspectorate of Shanghai Special County and the Songjiang Prefecture Inspectorate, and they directly stabbed the case to the Jiangnan Provincial Inspectorate.

Several officials impeached Chen Lifu in real names, but the impeachment charges did not mean that Chen Lifu was corrupt and accepting bribes.

After so many years, basically people who are familiar with Chen Lifu know that this person is not bad for money, nor is he corrupt or bribery, and starting from this aspect will not cause Chen Lifu any harm, but will prove his name.

So the content of their impeachment is not some corruption and bribery, but dereliction of duty.

Specifically, for their own selfish interests, in order to develop the North Shore and make political gains, they sold national assets cheaply in the form of renting and selling, so that the country suffered huge financial losses.

They obviously came prepared, but prepared a lot of information, and even the contracts of several companies to lease land in the North Shore Development Zone were obtained by them, and then they came to a conclusion based on the content of the above contract, combined with the local land price and rent, that is, Chen Lifu's operation method has caused the country to lose at least 2.5 million taels of silver, which is huge!

When Chen Lifu learned of the incident, the Jiangnan Provincial Inspectorate had already sent an investigation team to Shanghai based on these reports in order to find out the truth.

Chen Lifu only learned about this matter when he received an inquiry from the investigation team sent by the Jiangnan Provincial Inspectorate.

Chen Lifu looked at the imperial history sent by the Jiangnan Provincial Inspectorate in front of him, and his brows furrowed.

This is the eighth time in his political career that he has been questioned by the imperial history, and he is no stranger to them, and even knows their procedures very well, first they will question themselves informally, and then they will investigate.

In this process, if Chen Lifu is unable to prove his innocence, or if there is conclusive evidence, then this informal inquiry will become a formal investigation, and the inspectorate will quickly file a formal case and put the relevant officials under house arrest in the name of assisting in the investigation.

Once the charges are established, the Inspectorate will apply to the court for an arrest warrant, and finally the patrol will formally arrest the offending officer and enter the judicial process thoroughly.

Generally speaking, once you enter the stage of filing a case, then basically don't expect to be able to get out of the inspectorate.

Because the Inspectorate is also very cautious in handling cases, and the cases against officials are the basis for their promotion and wealth, they will desperately find evidence, and at the same time avoid startling the snake, when they officially file a case, it is often the time when the evidence is conclusive.

When the time comes, if you want to get out of the Inspectorate again, it will be unlikely.

The first seven times he entered the Inspectorate, all of them were during his tenure in the Inspection Division, especially when he was the Director of the Inspection Division, and he went there every few months.

But for the first time since stepping down from his position as head of the inspection department, he entered the inspection room.

Although these imperial historians were very polite, talking and laughing, saying that they were just asking themselves to assist in the investigation, as long as they figured out the facts, they would leave.

But Chen Lifu knew that this time, he was afraid that he was in trouble.

He was very cautious and did not immediately open his mouth to refute anything, even the inquiry of the investigation team was also answered, at this time, I can't get along with the investigation team, what do I have the right to keep silent, it is a fool's thing to do, this is almost directly to the investigation team of the imperial historians: I have a problem, come and check me!

Another aspect of maintaining a cooperative attitude is also to whitewash oneself.

First of all, Chen Lifu raised doubts about the loss of state-owned assets of 2.5 million taels of silver in the report.

"In the process of attracting investment in the North Shore Development Zone, a total of six large and small plots of land have been leased so far, and the tenants of these plots are well-known large domestic enterprises, including Zhaoqing Machinery Company, which is ready to build a large-scale factory in the North Shore Development Zone, which will be the company's largest machinery production base and the largest machinery production base in China.

Six plots of land, large and small, received a total of 630,000 taels of silver in rent, all of which were paid in a one-time manner, and all of them were used for the development of the North Shore Development Zone! ”

"And in the report, the valuation of these six pieces of land has reached 3.13 million taels of silver, which is simply ridiculous, how can the market price of these six pieces of land be so high?"

At this time, one of the imperial histories on the opposite side: "How is it impossible, according to our investigation, based on the size of the six pieces of land rented, the rental income in the next hundred years is enough to reach three million and thirteen thousand taels of silver!" ”

Chen Lifu said: "Impossible, according to the current rent, even if it is a hundred years of rent, it is only a maximum of 1.2 million taels of silver, and this is still counting the annual growth rate of 10 percent per year, but you must know that they are a one-time payment, the current 630,000 taels of silver and the 1.2 million taels of silver obtained in batches in a hundred years, which do you think is more cost-effective?" ”

Although Chen Lifu is very cooperative, his tone is not too polite, and his tone is full of confidence, a confidence in persuading others.

The imperial history said: "How much is the rent of this hundred years, I'm afraid you don't count, we have consulted economic experts, they have always believed that the land in the North Shore Development Zone has a great appreciation value, especially after the completion of the development of the North Shore Development Zone, its value will not be much lower than the business zone, according to the existing land rent in the business zone, the rent in a hundred years will only be more than 3.13 million taels of silver, and definitely not less!" ”

Yushi also did not back down at all!

But Chen Lifu still didn't care: "You also said that the value-added is based on the completion of development.

But what about now? Now the north bank of the Wusong River is a barren land, just farmland and riverside tidal flats.

If there is no North Shore Development Zone, will the land still appreciate in value?

If there is no successful development, will a large enterprise like Zhaoqing Machinery Company invest in the construction of the country's largest machinery production base?

If these big companies don't move in, will the land increase in value?

If these lands do not increase in value in the future, do you think the management of Zhaoqing Machinery Company is a fool and will pay hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in cash in a lump sum?

If we can't get such a large sum of money, how can we develop the north bank of the Wusong River?

Chen Lifu's series of rhetorical questions forced those imperial histories to not say a word, and after a few consecutive rhetorical questions, Chen Lifu did not give them the slightest chance to interject, but continued:

"No!"

"The value-added value of the land in the North Shore Development Zone is based on the premise of the successful development of the development zone, and now, these lands are not even worth 630,000 taels of silver!

At that time, our Shanghai local yamen expropriated all the land in the North Shore Development Zone, and the total cost was only 130,000 taels of silver.

If it is calculated according to the price after the increase in value, then they will not only take 180,000 taels of silver, but should take 630,000!

But did they take it? Did we give?

No!

We paid cash compensation or land exchange to the local people according to the land price at that time! ”

"It's inappropriate for you to directly use the future land price to apply the current land rent!"

Chen Lifu also made full preparations, otherwise he would not have been bold enough to sell directly by renting at that time.

So this time, he didn't talk to these imperial historians about anything, but reasoned!

And in order to prevent them from being incomprehensible to low-level people, he was too lazy to use the tone of his usual speech, but used a simple and straightforward vernacular.

Hearing Chen Lifu's series of words, these imperial historians also glanced at each other, obviously, although they expected that Chen Lifu would cleverly defend himself, but they didn't expect this person to be able to say so.

They were speechless when they said it all at once!

Because what Chen Lifu said is also true.

But they won't throw in easily!

In their eyes, these six pieces of land with great potential, only 630,000 taels of silver were collected for a hundred years of lease, no matter how you look at it, they are all national assets sold cheaply!

However, they were only a preliminary investigation team, and they didn't have any decision-making power, so they quickly reported the relevant information to the Jiangnan Provincial Inspectorate in Suzhou, so that the upper authorities could get an idea.

However, the bigwigs on the side of the Inspectorate of Jiangnan Province also couldn't pay attention to it after consulting several economists, so they reported it to Jinling City.

As for this process, Chen Lifu naturally came out of the inquiry room of the Inspectorate safely, this has not yet been officially filed, and no one will restrict his freedom, so Chen Lifu can continue to be his Shanghai special county magistrate.

However, it didn't take long for Jinling City to have an argument again because of Chen Lifu, and it even reached the ears of the Holy Son of Heaven!

I am afraid that neither those whistleblowers nor Chen Lifu did not expect this.

When Chen Lifu saw the case report of the Inspectorate, he was also stunned for a long time.

When he looked at this case, what he saw was not Chen Lifu selling state assets cheaply, but seeing that Chen Lifu was actually self-taught and played with land finance.