"Li Yu? Then what's wrong with that gentleman?"

"This... should be his story..."

It turns out that the story told by the storyteller of Zuixian Pavilion is based on a real story, and the prototype of this story is Li Yu, the local magistrate.

Li Yu was just a poor scholar in his early years. Like the scholars in other stories, he could not do anything except study.

Even so, someone was willing to help him. There was a local businessman named Bao who sponsored Li Yu's study. As a result, when Chai Rong was reigned, Li Yu was appointed to be a magistrate here.

If you talk about this, Li Yu is a capable person. When he returned to his hometown to thank the merchant surnamed Bao, it was also a good story at the beginning.

The good times didn't last long. Li Yu actually started to embezzle and accept bribes. He also wanted to cooperate with a merchant named Bao to bully the market. However, the merchant surnamed Bao refused and was sent to prison after several refusals.

The family of the merchant surnamed Bao has been walking around very often, but Li Yu is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He insists that the Bao family is engaged in the enemy and treason and engages in banned business with Jingchu. The evidence is conclusive. The county government found a lot of ore during an inspection.

At this moment, the Bao family was unaware of the situation, and the superiors could not say that the Bao family was not guilty. In addition, Guo Hao was promoted, and the officials were very mobilized. New officials did not understand the situation, and the original officials were unable to protect themselves, so no one was willing to stand up for a commoner who was suspected of traitoring the country.

After hearing this, the gentleman from Juxian Pavilion heard about it and wrote a story, wanting to avenge the Bao family. He thought that Li Yu would not dare to touch him with the background of Juxian Pavilion, but who would have thought that Li Yu was so bold that he actually captured the person.

After hearing Ma San's account, Guo Hao had long known that this reform was not that simple. Although there was no major force to make trouble, the inaction of the small officials directly affected the interests of the people.

"Okay, I understand. You go down first. With me here, that gentleman will be fine."

Ma San wanted to speak but stopped hearing this, and his expression was a little hesitant, but he left.

After Ma San left, Guo Hao asked Li Hui to investigate the matter. How could a little Li Yu have the courage to touch the Chen family? Someone behind him must be supporting him.

After Li Hui left, Guo Hao continued to eat. People in Juxian Pavilion went to hollow out. The shopkeeper sat in the lobby and sighed. Guo Hao wanted to call him over, but he would just forget it.

After dinner, Guo Hao left Zuixianlou and came all the way to the local county government office. Next to the county government office was the yamen of the six ministries. He found that the yamen of the Ministry of Revenue was the most lively. There were many businessmen at the door, and there were actually a long queue.

"Brother, what are you doing? Why are you all coming to the Ministry of Revenue? "

Guo Hao met with a man in line. The man glanced at Guo Hao and said, "Hey, you came from another place, you don't know this. The emperor's newly issued order, what official documents do business have to be handled by merchants. It's not cheap for a good guy to do one, but it won't work if he doesn't."

Guo Hao nodded secretly when he heard this. It was indeed an order he issued to apply for a business license similar to that of later generations. It was mainly to regulate merchants and also to give them a serious identity. Although they had to pay a part of the deposit, it was also based on the size of the business.

"Oh, then what business are you doing?"

The man scratched his head and said, "I just sell steamed buns. One steamed bun costs a penny, and this official document is a piece of paper. I have to sell three thousand steamed buns to be enough."

"Three thousand steamed buns? Don't you want thirty stakes?"

"It's Shiguan! It's not expensive to buy noodles. You can't do business at first sight and don't even know the cost!"

“…”

Guo Hao doesn’t care about the contempt of the vendor, but the number he said was obviously wrong!

A hawker selling steamed buns will charge a deposit of up to 500 ounces unless he looks like a chain in later generations and has many branches, but he doesn’t look like a big merchant, looking at his dress.

Next, Guo Hao asked a few more questions, and the amount of money paid was wrong. Guo Hao explained to his entourage and then lined up in the queue.

It was about an hour before Guo Hao's turn to enter the yamen. After entering the yamen, the officials inside were wearing the official uniforms of the Ministry of Revenue and asked without raising their heads: "What business is it?"

"tea."

"Merchant name?"

"No name."

The official then raised his head, looked at Guo Hao, and said, "The tea business is fifty!"

Guo Hao did not answer. This official didn't even ask about the scale of his size, nor did he investigate it. He only said fifty taels of truth, which was obviously just using his power for personal gain.

"Why are you standing there? Can you do it? If you don't, there are people waiting behind you!"

Guo Hao was so upset by the official, he smiled and said, "Don't it be fifty taels? Do you think this is enough!"

After saying that, Guo Hao took out a gold ingot, and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue lit up. Gold is not common these days, most of them are copper coins, and those with gold are not ordinary people.

"Enough, enough, I'll send you a document."

After saying that, he quickly wrote and painted on paper, and was very skilled in his business. Guo Hao looked at the contents of the document and sneered in his heart.

After getting the document, Guo Hao found that the amount written on it was only ten cents, which means that these officials still knew the rules of the court, but even so, they still blatantly charged more money.

After collecting the documents, Guo Hao returned to Zuixian Tower and waited for Li Hui to come back. Li Hui came back in the evening and went into the house to tell Guo Hao about something unexpected to him.

"Your Majesty, I have found out that Li Yu has close contact with the south side. According to the disciples of the Beggars' Gang, Li Yu has to go to Guizhou once a month!"

Guizhou was the territory of Nanping at this time. At this time, the governor of Nanping was Zhou Xingfeng, who owned the territory of the three states. Guo Hao had long wanted to take it down.

But Zhou Xingfeng is very good at doing things and doesn't hit people with a smile, so Guo Hao has never been embarrassed to start. If Li Yu really has anything to do with him, maybe this is an opportunity.

A plan was formed in Guo Hao's mind. Guo Hao said a few words in Li Hui's ear. Li Hui left again, and that night, three pigeons flew out of the Beggars' Gang branch.

The next morning, it seemed that nothing happened to the two of them. After breakfast, they continued to hang out on the street.

What surprised Guo Hao was that there seemed to be fewer vendors today and many shops were closed, which made Guo Hao a little strange.

Guo Hao came to a small shop and asked, "Store, why are all those shops closed?"

The store was busy at this time, and said without raising his head, "They have no documents and are prohibited from opening."

"But they were fine yesterday."

"Yesterday was the deadline. They didn't raise enough money and couldn't open the business if they couldn't get the documents!"

Guo Hao's face suddenly became gloomy. He wanted money but didn't let people do business. If he didn't do business, he would have no money. This was a vicious cycle and it was not his intention at all.

Guo Hao turned around and left. The vendor looked up and saw that Guo Hao had already walked away. He looked at his back and was a little familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Guo Hao waited in Fang County for three days, and finally waited for someone. Zhao Kuangyin brought five thousand troops into Fangzhou, which alarmed many people.

When Li Yu heard that Zhao Kuangyin was coming, he immediately came to greet him, but Zhao Kuangyin ignored him at all. At this time, two people rode out of the city, and Zhao Kuangyin immediately saluted when he saw it.

"Last general Zhao Kuangyin, please see Your Majesty!"

At the gate of the city, many people were watching, and they were shocked when they heard the word "Your Majesty".

Guo Hao sat on the horse, looked at Li Yu in front of him, and asked, "Li Yu, where is the gentleman from Juxian Pavilion!"

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't know that Your Majesty has arrived and has not come far away to welcome him. Please forgive me!"

However, Guo Hao ignored him at all and continued to ask: "I ask you, where is that gentleman?"

Guo Hao was obviously a little angry, Li Yu's face looked a little ugly. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers surrounded him and put a knife on Li Yu's neck.

"Your Majesty, what is this? I really don't understand..."

"It seems that you are still a little brave, but unfortunately you used the wrong place. I know what you did. This official document cost me five taels of gold!"

When they heard about five taels of gold, the officials next to them suddenly became weak. They would never have thought that Guo Hao would appear here no matter what.

In front of the people, there was something that could not be said too much, so Guo Hao ordered the people to be brought back to the county government, and he would interrogate these people in person.

The military residence was outside the city. The city was controlled by Guo Hao. The county government was sitting in the lobby, and Li Hui and Zhao Kuangyin stood on both sides, one left and one right.
Chapter completed!