What Lu Tao didn't expect was that before he started to collect evidence of Xiao Qingshan's alleged corruption, the latter wanted to make him a figurehead first.
That afternoon, Xiao Qingshan suddenly called Lu Tao, Li Xiangming, Hu Hongbin, and the other deputy directors for a meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, Xiao Qingshan said straightforwardly, "Comrades, today's meeting is mainly to clarify the work that everyone is in charge of. My opinion is that Comrade Li Xiangming will continue to be in charge of the case selection and inspection work, Comrade Hu Hongbin will be in charge of the case trial work, and Comrade Lu Tao will be in charge of the case execution work. What do you think about this opinion? "
Lu Tao didn't realize Xiao Qingshan's real intention at first, so he was the first to say, "Director Xiao, I'll follow the arrangement. I have no objections."
Li Xiangming and Hu Hongbin also made the same statement.
After they finished speaking, Xiao Qingshan said in a very serious tone, "I want to make one thing clear now. In the future, we will strictly follow the requirements of the Tax Inspection Rules. We will divide the responsibilities, perform our duties, and restrict each other. That is to say, from today onwards, the comrades in the inspection team will be fully responsible for the inspection. The comrades in the trial team will only be responsible for the case trial and will not participate in the inspection. The comrades in the execution team will only be responsible for the inspection of taxes, late fees, and fines. Similarly, they will not be able to conduct the inspection. "
As soon as he said this, Lu Tao immediately reacted. Xiao Qingshan wanted to completely make him a figurehead so that he could no longer participate in the inspection work in the future. The reason was so dignified that he couldn't object. Because according to the requirements of the Tax Inspection Rules, the inspection department should indeed separate the inspection, trial, and execution to achieve the effect of mutual restriction. At this moment, Xiao Qingshan proposed that the members of the trial team and the execution team would no longer participate in the inspection. On the surface, this requirement was indeed met.
However, due to the limited number of officers and the large number of taxpayers that were included in the inspection plan, they had to be flexible. Within the Inspection Bureau, there were three departments, namely, the inspection team, the trial team, and the enforcement team. However, when it came to the next inspection, they did not follow this division of labor. Instead, several inspection teams were set up. Each deputy bureau chief would lead one to two teams. Each team would be assigned to the number of taxpayers to be inspected and their tasks would be assigned to the next inspection. In the end, they would be gathered together for the trial and enforcement.
But now, Xiao Qingshan suddenly wanted to break this convention and ask the members of the trial team and the executive team not to participate in the next inspection. It was obvious that he was targeting Lu Tao. His purpose was to deprive him of the right to conduct the next inspection. He could only clean up after every case, so that he could completely eliminate his threat to Liu Hong's company...
After hearing Xiao Qingshan's arrangement for each team, Lu Tao was even more convinced. According to Xiao Qingshan's arrangement, in addition to the four directors, of the other twelve ordinary cadres, ten would enter the inspection team, the other two would enter the trial team, and the execution team would enter the execution team. In other words, Lu Tao and Hu Hongbin, the two deputy directors, each only had one soldier under their command. They were almost like two generals without an army.
When he first heard the arrangement, Lu Tao was a little confused. Hu Hongbin was also Xiao Qingshan's confidant. Like Li Xiangming, he followed Xiao Qingshan's lead. Why did Xiao Qingshan make him a mere figurehead?
Therefore, he couldn't help but look up at Hu Hongbin, only to see that Hu Hongbin looked calm, without any resentment or anger. After thinking carefully, he finally understood. Before this meeting, Xiao Qingshan must have talked to Hu Hongbin privately and made some wishes or promises to him. That was why he didn't care that he was almost a "commander without an army" at this moment …
Lu Tao knew very well that he was now a "loner" in the Inspection Bureau. If he objected to Xiao Qingshan's opinion, not only would he not get support, but he might also be attacked by the three of them. In the end, he would only be humiliated.
Therefore, when Xiao Qingshan divided the work among the three deputy directors and adjusted the positions of all the cadres in the Inspection Bureau, Lu Tao maintained a calm state from beginning to end. He didn't raise any objections, which made Xiao Qingshan, who was ready to quarrel with him, very puzzled.
That night, Lu Tao invited his only "soldier", Wu Hongyu, to dinner.
Lu Tao had his reasons for inviting Wu Hongyu to dinner. In the Taolin County Local Bureau, Wu Hongyu was a typical "snooper". He loved to eavesdrop and pry into other people's privacy. Then, he would mysteriously tell other people about these secrets. He would get psychological satisfaction from the surprised expressions on other people's faces when they heard about these secrets.
Lu Tao had worked in the same office with Wu Hongyu for more than a year. He had heard from him many times about some of the secrets of the Taolin County Local Bureau of Taxation. For example, the wife of the deputy director of the first branch, Tao Shi Lin, was having an affair with CEO Wang of the mobile company. Tao Shi Lin caught them in bed, but Tao Shi Lin was afraid that others would know that he was cuckolded, so he didn't dare to divorce his wife. Another example was that the deputy director of the tax collection department, Huang Zhiyi, was having an affair with his sister-in-law, and was caught by his wife.
Lu Tao had worked with Wu Hongyu for three to four years, so he knew his habits the best. If he was walking on the street, as long as there was anything unusual around him, such as a quarrel between passers-by, a car accident, or someone falling down, he would definitely go over and watch with great interest. He would also patiently inquire about the situation from those who knew about it. Then, he would quickly send the information to his WeChat Moments or pass it on to his friends.
Therefore, as long as there was an emergency or accident in Taolin County, the people in the Local Bureau of Taxation didn't even need to look at the news or the official announcement. They just needed to pay attention to Wu Hongyu's WeChat Moments or call him. They would definitely be able to understand the situation at the scene, and even get a lot of insider information from him.
The funniest part was that sometimes, Wu Hongyu would sit in the office on the fifth floor and sort out some documents. If there was a sudden commotion downstairs, he would immediately stop what he was doing and stick his head out of the window to see what was going on downstairs. If there was a quarrel or a fight, he would immediately rush downstairs and figure out the reason for the quarrel and the fight before he would stop.
It was precisely because Wu Hongyu was a know-it-all in Jianghu, and he was especially clear about the privacy of the officers in Taolin County's Local Taxation Bureau. Therefore, Lu Tao wanted to treat him to a meal alone and get some secrets about Xiao Qingshan's suspected corruption from him.
The reason why Lu Tao had such an idea was that a few months ago, he had heard a story about Xiao Qingshan from Wu Hongyu. Once, Xiao Qingshan had a few old comrades who came from the north to have a party with him. He arranged for these comrades to stay at the Qingyun Hotel near the Local Bureau of Taxation. The owner of the hotel was called Luo Zhongxia, and he was an old acquaintance of Xiao Qingshan.
According to Xiao Qingshan's idea, since Luo Zhongxia knew that he was the director of the Local Bureau of Taxation and was an old acquaintance of his, his comrades should stay at his hotel for two to three nights for free.
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