After Jin Quan stepped down as prime minister, the reputation of the Jin family indeed dropped a lot.
In the past, guests came to the Jin family almost every day. There was an endless stream of people begging for official posts, asking for work, begging for money...
But now that Jin Quan has retreated to the second line, there are immediately fewer guests coming and going.
“It’s true that mountains and rivers are easy to rise and fall back, and small people’s hearts are easy to fall back again.” Jin Minzhi sighed when he saw this.
"I don''t think there''s anything wrong with this. The tree is big and attracts the wind, so it''s less likely to cause trouble now that it''s low-key." Xiang Nan curled his lips and said.
Official life is like a battlefield, where the sword cuts to the bone. After all, Jin Quan is old. In terms of skill, shamelessness, and ruthlessness, he is not as good as the younger generation. The consequence of staying in love is to be forcibly removed from power, lose all power, and die.
??Now that I can safely retreat to the second line, rely on my remaining shadow to protect the Jin family, and live a peaceful life for a few years, it is already a good ending.
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"Father, I heard from outside that Mr. Jia and Mr. Chai in our house have made a fortune. They bought several houses in the capital and hundreds of acres of fields outside the city." Xiang Nan then found Jin Quan and said.
“Oh, such a thing can happen?” Jin Quan was surprised when he heard this.
??Jia Gongping and Chai Xinxin, the two accountants of Jin Mansion, are both old people who have been employed for more than ten years. Although the wages are high, they are not enough to buy a few houses or hundreds of acres of farmland in the capital.
After all, how can we manage a few houses, hundreds of acres of land, and not have 20,000 to 30,000 yuan? Therefore, they probably stole the money and transferred the Jin family''s money to their own pockets.
?If that’s the case, then you really deserve to die.
The Jin family is now even starting to save money. If there are still two borers left, wouldn''t it save them all money?
?At this moment, Jin Quan called in the account books for investigation.
At the beginning, no problems were found, and every account was remembered clearly.
But Xiang Nan soon discovered the clues.
It turns out that the Jin family''s account books were printed from the Printing Bureau. Each book has one hundred pages, and each page is numbered. To avoid filling in the sun and the moon backwards and inserting them into the accounts.
??However, although Jia Gongping and Chai Kexin did not change the accounts, they dared to change the accounts. They quietly opened the account book, replaced a few pages, and bound the account book again.
?After such fraud, he openly prepared false accounts and secretly kept the money.
??At a rough estimate, I''m afraid it''s less than 50,000 yuan, but it was stolen by them and ended up in my own home.
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"What a courageous person. I thought they had been with me for more than ten years and were trustworthy old men, so I handed over the accounting office to them. Who would have thought that they would actually do something scandalous?! For fifty thousand yuan, they really did How dare you be greedy!" Jin Quan couldn''t help but gritted his teeth after receiving Xiang Nan''s report.
“Father, you must report it to the officials and ask them to cough up the money.” Jin Fengju said angrily.
He is a dignified young master of the Jin family, but he doesn’t have that much money. It is unreasonable for these two accountants to be so greedy.
“The two of them usually look honest, but they are so treacherous in their hearts. For fifty thousand yuan, they are not afraid of losing their heads!” Jin Hesundu said indignantly.
His monthly salary is only a few hundred yuan. Fifty thousand yuan is enough for him to earn for twenty years.
"These bastards, it''s a good thing we caught them out. Otherwise, I don''t know how much blood they would have sucked away." Jin Pengzhen said angrily.
"After all, it was Lao Qi who was so smart that he actually caught them out." Mrs. Jin said with lingering fear, "Master, we can no longer tolerate adultery this time." Jin Quan nodded, and then ordered people to arrest Jia Gongping and Chai Xinxin. Get up and take back all the property of Jia and Chai.
Fortunately, although he is not the prime minister now, he still has some power, so the police are willing to sell his face and eventually get back all the corruption gains of Jia and Chai.
Luckily, Jia and Chai are worthy of being accountants. They are not only good at corruption, but also good at management. After they invested the money they had embezzled over the years, not only did they not lose money, but they also made a fortune. The Jin family finally had no losses.
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?The Jin family was encouraged to find out these two moths and recover all the losses.
“Thanks to Lao Qi this time, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known there was such a big rat in the house.” Wu Peifang said with a smile.
"Yes, Lao Qi is really good at it. Find them out in time, otherwise, we don''t know how much we will be greedy for." Cheng Huichang also nodded.
"They are really hateful. We, the young ladies of the Jin family, only have two maids per person. Their young lady actually has four maids, and is even richer than us. It is really unreasonable." Wang Yufen said angrily.
"Thanks to Yan Xi this time. If he hadn''t reminded me, I wouldn''t have known that they had such courage." Jin Quan nodded, "Feng Ju, He Sun, Peng Zhen, you also often walk around outside. , why haven’t you received any news about this? Why are you so busy every day?”
?Jin Fengju, Jin Hesun, and Jin Pengzhen couldn''t help but look embarrassed when they heard this.
"Father, don''t blame the eldest, second, and third brothers. I was walking outside before, and I never heard the news. This time, I received the news by chance." Xiang Nan saw this and said quickly.
"Yes." Jin Quan nodded, "Fengju, Hesun, Pengzhen, Yanxi, you have all gotten married, and you will no longer be children. The future of the Jin family also depends on you, and my father cannot protect you. How long do you have.
So we must learn to take responsibility in the future, and we can no longer live in a hazy state. Otherwise, what will you do once I leave? "
“Father, don’t say that, we all know it.”
“Yes, Father, we are getting better.”
“Father, we all remember what you said.”
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Xiang Nan took the opportunity to discuss with Jin Quan and lay off half of the servants in the Jin Mansion.
Since he is no longer the Prime Minister, the Jin family is no longer the Prime Minister''s Office, so there is no need to maintain so many servants.
On the one hand, there are not so many guests coming, so there is no need to be so grand. In addition, after losing the position of prime minister, a lot of hidden income is gone.
?For example, when a company opened in the past, in order to run smoothly, it would always give some dry shares to the Jin family, and interest on the shares would be paid every month, which was equivalent to paying protection fees.
?Now that he is no longer prime minister, this income will naturally disappear.
Since income has shrunk, expenditures must be cut. Eliminate redundant staff, cut expenses, and reduce unnecessary expenses. Otherwise, you will be unable to make ends meet, and sooner or later you will be left with nothing.
On the one hand, there is a saying that when you see a cockroach in the house, it is already full of cockroaches. Chai Xinxin and Jia Gongping are by no means special cases, and other servants will inevitably commit theft.
??So eliminating a group of people who usually cheat, cheat, and steal themselves can be regarded as eliminating hidden dangers for the Jin family.
“Father, if you lay off half of your employees, you can reduce your monthly expenses by 1,200 yuan.” Xiang Nan said to Jin Quan, “And it won’t have much impact on the daily life of the Jin family.”