"In Mingjing County, I am the law," the inspector said.
"Aren't you afraid the accounts won't balance?"
"I am, but I'm even more afraid I won't get promoted and rich."
"You broke the rules and lost the people's trust. The farther you go, the narrower the road gets. Does that eat at you?"
"Not at all."
In his previous life, Shen Kang pored over accounts until he died suddenly at his desk. On the day he transmigrated, the inspector was already dragging his younger sister away to pay off a debt.
He didn't resort to force. With a copy of the Great Jing Code and a stick of charcoal, he dug through the corrupt officials' accounts from top to bottom.
Three hundred taels of postal silver, underfed relay horses, and exhausted post station workers: it all ended up in the corrupt officials' private pockets.
He was never just tallying silver. He was counting the lives trampled underfoot by the powerful!
He never sought high office or riches. He fought to set every account straight, without anything to trouble his conscience!
At first, he only meant to rescue his sister. Instead, he uncovered the county's rotten accounts. He meant to bring down one inspector. Instead, he exposed a salt scandal, military pay embezzlement, and ghost soldiers, following the trail all the way to the imperial palace.
He investigates one man, and a whole host falls. He opens one account book, and a mountain collapses.
When a commoner sues an official, the entire court trembles.
Tags: Transmigration / Commoner Rises Up / Accounting and Face-Slapping / Institution-Building
