Zhang Fan, a modern takeaway boy, accidentally traveled through time and became a homeless man on the streets in the 23rd year of Qianlong's reign.
In a desperate situation, he relied on "the logic of public examination" and "modern accounting methods" to start from a single household.
He discovered that the former clerk did not die because of miscalculation, but was blamed for corruption for eighty-seven taels or four!
Relying on tact and cleverness, he gradually overthrew the powerful county magistrate and became the "people-friendly county magistrate" of Wu County.
His bottom line is: Corruption may exist, but it will never harm the people!
However, the concept of "the common people are the root" was denounced by Qianlong who visited privately incognito as "shaking the foundation of the country!"
Zhang Fan: Your Majesty, what I want is not only to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but also to bring the Qing Dynasty into the industrial age a hundred years in advance! If our ideas are different, then I will be the emperor.
