A forestry company in Jinling.
The boss Zhang Quan is checking the ledger in the room, and the staff around him are also busy checking the accounts.
"My dear mother, who made the accounts? Why can't they be reconciled? What will happen to the year-end review and taxation?"
Zhang's face was full of pain. There were more than a dozen accountants in the whole company, and they came up with more than a dozen different bills, all of which were different.
"Old Qian, take out all the old account books. Don't let some accountant fool around with the previous taxes in order to balance the accounts.
If this is discovered by the censors, we will have to sit in jail for at least a few days! "
"Boss, I've checked, but I still can't find out what the problem is..."
Zhang Quan put on a mask of pain. In the past, it was almost impossible to pay taxes to the Qing Dynasty, and it would be easy to just give some money to officials.
But the Ming Dynasty is different. The tax officials in the Ming Dynasty only care about your account books being correct and don't care about anything else.
Okay, now, the review is due in one month, but don’t shut down the business for rectification just because the books don’t match up.
This loss is huge.
Based on this year's market conditions, the end of the year is the time for big sales promotions.
Just as Zhang Quan was busy and sweating profusely, the guard ran in and said that an official from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs had arrived.
"An official from the Ministry of Finance is here? Why are they here before the end of the year? Have you seen clearly? Is there anyone from the Ministry of Punishment?"
"No, boss."
Zhang Quan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had encountered a legendary surprise inspection, so he quickly asked someone to come in.
The Ministry of Revenue official entered the room and handed over a purchase list with a smile.
After Zhang Quan took it, a smile finally appeared on his face.
"Your Majesty is going to build a garden? Finally, some flowers and plants will be planted around the three bare main halls? This is a good thing!"
"It's a good thing, right? How about it? Can Boss Zhang prepare the green plants up here?"
Several officials sat carelessly on chairs, took two bottles of Pepsi from their desks, opened them and drank them on the spot.
Zhang Quan and the staff looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Officials of the Ming Dynasty did not care about the common people. Now seeing these people treating the company as if they were their own family, Zhang Quan was a little unsure.
Is this an official from the Ming Dynasty, or is he just here for food and drinks?
Zhang Quan wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked with a smile: "Although our forestry industry is not big, we have forest farms in the north and south of Ming Dynasty, and we can get whatever is available on the market.
It’s just that the price is hard to say. "
An official took a big sip, pointed at Zhang Quan and said, "Don't worry, the royal procurement budget is very sufficient, just come up with a quote."
"Yes, yes, I'll let someone do the accounting right now."
Zhang Quan saw that several officials had no good expressions, so he quickly called people to make calculations.
He came outside and talked to the money accountant in the rows of wooden sheds.
"Old Qian, what do these officials mean? Why are they different from those who came before?"
Faced with Zhang Quan's questions, Accountant Qian was a little helpless. He thought of the officials from the Ministry of Revenue who came to him more than ten days ago.
"Boss, do you still remember the shipment more than ten days ago? The time when we provided evergreen grass to Chaoyang Commercial Street..."
As soon as Zhang Quan was reminded, his head immediately understood. He couldn't hold it anymore and said.
"That time, several officials wanted to take kickbacks, but we refused. There was some quarrel on the spot. Didn't we complain to the superiors? Could it be..."
"That's right! It's been so long and there hasn't even been a reply from above. It's like a lost cause. I'm afraid, we won't be able to get over this hurdle this time!"
Zhang Quan and Accountant Qian looked at each other and saw the resentment, helplessness and fear in their eyes.
A few minutes later, Zhang Quan forced a smile and quoted prices to several officials.
"800 silver coins? Why, your company can't handle it?"
The leading official sneered and said, "I'll do as you say, but the amount on the invoice will still be the amount. Do you understand?"
"understand!"
Zhang Quan wanted to cry but had no tears. This batch of green plants was shipped from all over the country. The price of 800 silver coins couldn't be lower. It was equivalent to doing it in vain.
But if the invoice is written according to the market price, he will have to pay a large sum of taxes.
Before several officials left, they pointed at Zhang Quan and said, "If we had some sense last time, why would there be so many bad things?
You make money from the court, and we also make money from the public. What was supposed to be a win-win situation was brought up to the top. If it weren't for someone above...
Forget it, I won’t say more, as the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes, don’t struggle with money! "
The officials left, leaving Zhang Quan in a daze.
But the matter was obviously not over yet. Just a few days later, the purchasing specialist of the Ministry of Revenue seemed to have found another seller.
Zhang Quan's order went bad, and that night, his forestry company caught fire...
November 20th.
In Jinling Qinglian Community, Wang Defa braved the wind and snow to return home.
Just after returning to the corridor of the concierge, Wang Defa found that his door was wide open and there were several figures searching for something.
Is there a thief?
Wang Defa quietly took a look inside, preparing to see the thief's face clearly so that he could come back with revenge.
But I saw a dozen Jin Yiwei wearing new Feiyu uniforms.
Damn it...
Wang Defa was not calm anymore. When he saw that Jin Yiwei also discovered him, he pretended to be calm and entered the house.
"What's wrong? How did you find out about my home?"
Wang Defa smiled, took off his coat and hung it on the rickety wooden shelf, then turned and went to the kitchen to get some cold dishes.
A stack of pickles, a bowl of dry rice, and a plate of oily vegetables and scrambled eggs.
Wang Defa just sat at the dining table, watching Jin Yiwei rummaging through the boxes and putting rice into his mouth with pickles in his chopsticks.
Shen Lian was an old face. He put down the wooden box in his hand, walked around Wang Defa twice, and smiled.
"I'm talking about Minister Wang, you are also the Minister of Household Affairs after all. Why do you only have some dry rice and pickles for dinner? You don't even have hot soup in this winter?"
Wang Defa chewed a few mouthfuls of rice and swallowed it hard. He pointed at Shen Lian with his chopsticks and said, "What does a minister mean?
Go out and ask around. If you drop a brick in Jinling, you can hit a group of ministers.
I am just a small official, and my salary is only 5 silver coins a month. How can I spend it casually? "
Old God Shen Lian was sitting opposite Wang Defa, watching him put the rice into his mouth with chopsticks, which looked very delicious.
"But your minister is different. You are the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and you are still in charge of the procurement affairs of the Ming Dynasty. If I trade you for a position in the cabinet, you won't change it, right?"
Wang De was stunned for a moment, then frowned and began to lecture Shen Lian.
"Oh, you have the right to do whatever you want? Haha.
It’s not that I’m telling you, you, a comrade, have a problem with your ideological consciousness. No matter how big or small your official position is, you serve the people. On this point, you should learn from me..."
Shen Lian looked at Wang Defa's eloquent speech. If he hadn't mastered the full evidence, he might have been frightened.
"Oh, is it so?"
Shen Lian took out a photo from his arms and took it in front of Wang Dafa. Su Changwen and a group of officials were clearly visible in the snow, as well as several girls.
Wang Defa looked calm on the outside, but in fact he was panicking in his heart.
The fact that Jinyiwei was able to take a picture of Su Changwen meant that he had already been eyeing him.
Shen Lian looked into his eyes and thought that deception was quite useful.
In fact, Jin Yiwei didn't find anything these days. Shen Lian knew that some officials had problems, but their traces were covered up so well that there was no way to start.
Therefore, Shen Lian secretly investigated from Daming Bank, mainly investigating the accounts of officials and a large number of bearer passbooks.
Finally, a clue was discovered. The deposit time and figures in some bearer passbooks coincided with Jin Yiwei's estimated deficit in various financial items.
Shen Lian planned to use Wang Defa as a breakthrough point to deceive.
"The passbook numbered: D 10086 B 10000, is it yours?"
Wang De was in a daze for more than ten seconds. Under the pressure of Shen Lian's silence, he silently put down his chopsticks, finally unable to hold himself any longer.
"Commander Shen, who is this? Who wants to frame me? Who transferred the stolen money to my account..."
Wang Defa began to speak incoherently. Halfway through, he suddenly realized that he had made a big mistake.
A bearer passbook is of course bearer...
He realized he had been tricked.
But facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Jin Yiwei, Wang Defa was ultimately defeated.
He fell to his knees and cried.
“I don’t dare to spend any of this money, I don’t dare to spend a penny.
Our family has been tenant farmers for generations, we are poor, we are afraid of being poor..."
Shen Lian listened silently.
