Shennong Sequence

Chapter 271: Leading the way in corruption (the following chapters will be a transition, and then the war between countries will begin)

"And without a true high-ranking sequencer to delve into the old immortal scripture's fundamental beast taming inheritance, how easy is it to reform it into a subsequent beast taming inheritance that can be used by our sequence cultivators?"

“Although some people have tried to reform, it is not uncommon for them to end up making things worse.”

"However, I can share with you the fragments of the old law of the Ten Thousand Beasts Returning Hearts Great Law, but the price of this Heavenly Star Ox..."

The reason why Zhu Hanfei, the deputy inspector, had already seen through some of Zhao Yun's thoughts when Zhao Yun just started speaking and was willing to talk so much to Zhao Yun was that he had his own reasons.

Therefore, this request was put forward!
Zhao Yun thought for a moment and realized that Zhu Hanfei, the deputy supervisor, was trying to embezzle money!

The previous corrupt chief of the Beast Taming and Meat Bureau, Guo Chenxing, was thrown into jail by Zhao Yun.

The former’s experience is still vivid in my mind!

Letting Zhao Yun commit corruption at this time, wouldn't that be giving others an advantage?

Therefore, after a little thought, Zhao Yun decided that he would rather not have the continuation of the old law of the Ten Thousand Beasts Returning to Their Hearts than commit corruption and then be caught by his colleagues and pressured to death!
Then, Zhao Yun politely refused:
"I really can't change the price of this Heavenly Star Cattle. Besides, our transaction this time is all conducted within the Sino-Agricultural Bureau. It is essentially an internal resource exchange, and the Assessment Bureau will do the summary and accounting. So the price of this Heavenly Star Cattle should be negotiated when your Beast Taming War Bureau re-cultivates these Heavenly Star Cattle for half a month and then resells them to the Ministry of War..."

"Haha~ That's exactly what you said."

Zhu Hanfei smiled and shook his head, realizing that what he said was somewhat ambiguous and caused Zhao Yun to misunderstand, so he explained:
“What I’m talking about here is not the price fluctuations of the internal circulation of Tianxing cattle between your Beast Taming Meat Department and my Beast Taming War Department, but the cost of raising these specially selected tall, fat and strong Tianxing cattle will definitely be higher.

Therefore, I would like to remind you that the internal circulation price of these Tianxing cattle should be adjusted slightly upwards according to their 'actual' condition of being fat and strong and the 'actual' amount of feed they consume... Do you understand the trick?"

Zhao Yun's IQ is not bad, and with the improvement of his practice and the help of the massive amount of information on the Internet in his previous life, he instantly understood the profound meaning of Zhu Hanfei's words from the obscure narration of Deputy Inspector Yu Zhu.

Although these 10,000 Sky Star Cattle are currently only being transferred between the Beast Taming Meat Department and the Beast Taming War Department within the Sinong Bureau, it is difficult to accurately determine the number of food and other supplies consumed by these 10,000 Sky Star Cattle when people from the Assessment Department come to settle the accounts of the food and other supplies consumed by these 10,000 Sky Star Cattle.

And according to the suggestion of Deputy Supervisor Zhu Hanfei, based on the fact that cattle grow fast, eat a lot and have a high weight, the amount of spiritual grain materials should be moderately inflated... In this way, the extra materials settled can be converted into additional corruption income.

With this operation, the excess materials will naturally be available for distribution.

"It turns out that Zhu Hanfei intends to obtain some additional resources by falsifying the accounts to show 'reasonable loss of materials'..."

Zhao Yun understood what was going on.

This exchange also allowed Zhao Yun to experience for the first time the complicated feeling of making profits by falsifying accounts internally.

Of course, this method of falsifying accounts is relatively covert and difficult to trace.

After all, it is impossible to verify how much feed and spiritual grain a spiritual cow has eaten, or when its bloodline mutates and it eats more.

What’s more, within a few days, these cattle will be transferred to the Ministry of War, and once the settlement process is completed, there will be no possibility of verification.

However, this was Zhao Yun's first time participating in such an event, and he felt both nervous and slightly excited.

This situation is just like some ladies from wealthy families who have no shortage of money but want to try out exciting things, such as secretly picking up small items from the shelves of a small supermarket, in order to seek spiritual stimulation and a sense of pleasure.

Even though they know they might be discovered, this kind of active pursuit of excitement is still common.

"Then Brother Zhu, after you help with the account, how should the money be distributed according to convention?"

"According to convention, just give me 20%. The rest will be divided among the people below you, yourself, and the one above us.

So everyone has a share, and everyone is talking nonsense, so who would say anything more?
Giving up small profits in order to gain long-term big profits is the real way to make money in the long run!"

"If I give you 20%, then how should I, the people above me, and the people below me distribute it according to convention?" Zhao Yun leaned closer and asked in a low voice.

In this officialdom, you must either be a clean person from beginning to end, or people will naturally not come to you if they know about it.

Or, you can be one with the light and dust from the beginning, breathe the dusty air with everyone else, and integrate into the group.

The most taboo thing is to be a fence-sitter who changes his mind every day...

But, Zhao Yun originally wanted to use the identity of deputy supervisor to gain some benefits for himself!

Therefore, that kind of clear stream is destined to fail.

Besides, he has already sat in this position, and he has the title of a Sequence 4 master to use, the Grand Minister of Agriculture is his senior brother, and there will be two Rank 5 dragon corpse puppets to use in the future... and the most important point is that the money he embezzled has to be shared with his senior brother, the Grand Minister of Agriculture. It's just outrageous.

It seems as if all kinds of buffs are stacked up on the matter of corruption!
Therefore, strength is power!
A title is not wasted if it is not used!

It’s just a little corruption, so what?
At worst, I can just quit, and then be fired by the Minister of Agriculture, and be taken away by my master...

And now, after tens of thousands of years of existence, the Great Zhou has had its systems and classes solidified. How many people are truly honest and upright?
Being an official is either for power or for money. You have to have one or both of them.

Therefore, Zhao Yun was also ready to integrate into Guangchen and follow the old senior Zhu Hanfei to learn about the corruption tricks that can be used to make false accounts.

But Zhu Hanfei asked in surprise:

"Brother Zhao, you don't want to do this yourself, do you? And your hands are stained with grease, which is difficult to remove!"

"Give the chief of the Beast Taming and Meat Food Department a little hint later. He will naturally understand the rules between superiors and subordinates and will find someone to take care of it properly. Later, we can just go to the Daowufang for a meal and pick up some so-called "antiques" from the street stalls. Then we can sell them in a special antique shop. This way, we can get some money from the antiques we found at a bargain price."

"And this process is elegant! You don't have to do it yourself, and you must never do it yourself. You must understand the principles of 'a fortune should not be placed in a dangerous hall' and 'be prudent and protect yourself'..."

Zhao Yun couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this form of corruption was really new and endless.

It is not that the people below directly hand over the money to them, but that they go to Daowufang and "pick up" something by chance in an antique shop or street stall, and then take it to a specific antique shop to sell it, and the antique shop will appraise the value of the item.

Regardless of whether the item is real or fake, resources of corresponding value will be given. Of course, if the antique is real, the antique shop owner will naturally put it in the open and continue to transfer and buy it;

If the antiques are fake, then there will be a warehouse fire and they will be destroyed.

This way, no evidence will be left.

This method of committing corruption was extremely clever and covert, which really opened Zhao Yun's eyes.

But at this moment, there was still a trace of doubt in Zhao Yun's heart.

Qiu Qi, the acting director of the Beast Taming and Meat Food Bureau whom he promoted, had not been involved in any overt corruption in the Beast Taming and Meat Food Bureau before.

But if we say that he is a truly honest person, he is in this circle after all and has enjoyed some benefits.

Now that he is involved in things like falsifying assets and embezzlement, I really wonder how he will react?
Or, if I were to give a heads up to the acting director Qiu Qi, and he were to report me... wouldn't that be digging a big hole for myself?
In addition, the materials obtained by the antique shop are ultimately handled by people from the antique shop, so there are still certain risks involved.

But the supervisor Zhu Hanfei seemed to see through Zhao Yun's thoughts and explained calmly:

"Brother Zhao, do you have any concerns? And I know there is a Su Jing antique shop in Daowufang, and the owner's name contains the word 'Jing'. Why don't you think about who owns this shop?"

"And these resources were not sent directly to the antique shop by the people below!"

"When those resources are delivered, there is a transfer link. The people below will take the materials given to the people above to the antique shop to buy an antique. The authenticity of this antique is actually unimportant as I told you before."

“If it is fake, it will be difficult to leave evidence if it is destroyed afterwards;
If it is true, then it is naturally a real transaction!"

"In this way, the resources will be in the hands of the antique shop, and when you and I go to sell the so-called 'picked up antiques', the money will be transferred to us."

"And with the guarantee from the higher-ups, this whole system can operate smoothly. Otherwise, who would easily let outsiders get hold of the evidence?"

"As for the acting chief you just promoted, he has never reported the chief you put in jail before, and he has also enjoyed all the benefits before..."

"So when we obtain some materials from the Sino-Agricultural Bureau, we also need to circulate them properly. At least everyone knows the rules, so that the system can operate smoothly..."

"Just like the boss you imprisoned before, he secretly took the money and even caused a serious deficit on the account. He doesn't even have an ally. He is courting his own death."

"Besides, if you can't even do the accounting properly, how can you talk about corruption? The documents between the rules and regulations have clearly stated that you can extort some money from some small things to meet your own needs. Excessive extortion will only cause trouble..."

"So the boss you captured thought he was smart, but he was taken advantage of by some people."

"And I'm giving you a piece of heartfelt advice: if it's a good thing, we can participate; if it's a bad thing, don't let your hands be stained by it."

"Thank you, Brother Zhu, for your advice!" Zhao Yun immediately thanked him respectfully.

After all, this is really about teaching hidden forms of corruption and how to avoid the troubles that come with corruption.

I just burst into tears...

But apart from this, Zhao Yun really found it difficult to judge whether Deputy Supervisor Zhu Hanfei's "sincere and heartfelt words" came from sincere teachings?

Or is there some other ulterior motive?
But after careful consideration, there are only a few possibilities:

Either Jing Da Si Nong had specially asked Deputy Supervisor Zhu Hanfei to act as a lobbyist and give him some advice;
Because Jing Da Si Nong himself opened an antique shop and became a referee...

Either Zhu Hanfei had investigated his background and was just making friends out of goodwill;
Or maybe they value their future potential, and if you say a few words now, they may get their help in the future, which can be regarded as leaving a friendship in advance;
After all, in this world of cultivation, fighting and killing happen from time to time, but human interactions are also indispensable.

The Jianghu is full of fighting and killing, but the officialdom pays more attention to interpersonal relationships, and for those who travel far and wide, both fighting and killing and interpersonal relationships are indispensable...

By the afternoon, 10,000 sturdy and tall Tianxing cattle had been selected by the Ministry of War and the Beast Taming and War Beast Bureau, and were driven away in a mighty manner.

Afterwards, the staff of the Assessment Department compared and divided the assets on site and reported them promptly.

But before the staff of the Assessment Department entered the venue, there was a small episode. Zhao Yun did not use any letter or other written form, but only verbally told Qiu Qi, the current acting head of the Beast Taming and Meat Department, that everything would proceed as usual...

The accounting matters that followed were beyond Zhao Yun's direct handling.

He only needs to wait for the income to be transferred to the account, then buy an "antique" at will and go to the antique shop to exchange it for real cultivation resources.

As for the whole incident, from the means of corruption to the methods of money laundering, although they were all novel and opened Zhao Yun's eyes, what shocked him the most was that these acts of corruption ultimately pointed to the antique shop opened by Jing Da Si Nong.

"The leaders take the lead in corruption. This may be the external manifestation of the internal corruption of the Divine Dynasty that has lasted for tens of thousands of years."

As for changing this situation?

But Zhao Yun never had such an intention.

We are all on the same interest chain and can all profit from it, so why bother ourselves with trouble?

The butt determines the head, and the position determines the interests and thoughts at that time.

Therefore, in the Dharma-Ending Age when resources are scarce, we naturally have to try to gain various resources, even if it means embezzling everyone's assets from the Ministry of Agriculture;
Then, when resources gradually flow into one's hands and the amount is considerable, it becomes unwise to push for changes that may cause turmoil in interests.

Besides, looking around the world, it is mostly like this.

A sequence 8, can have any idea!

However, if a Sequence 8 cultivator dares to take actions to overturn the existing rules of interest, he will most likely disappear quietly in some corner, or be left dead in a stinking ditch, or his bones will be crushed to ashes, his soul will be scattered, and there will be no evidence to prove his mistake!
So if you can't beat them, you can only join them.

(End of this chapter)