It is said that Li You accompanied Mr. Huang to go through the department to collect official documents on the inspection tour. By chance, he heard some wonderful remarks made by an old official in the government. He should have applauded, but unfortunately the protagonist of the discussion was himself, and he couldn't help but become angry.
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Brother Lin first saw Mr. Li Tuiguan, and after a while, he knelt down and shouted: "Master, spare your life!"
The old official surnamed Zhuang turned around and fell to his knees in fear, kowtowing and saying, "Young man, I'll die!"
"If you dare to make irresponsible remarks about your superior, go to the squad room and slap yourself forty!" Li You scolded.
Master Huang stopped him and said, "Wait a minute." Then he said to Li You, "Master Li, can you give me some thin noodles and spare these two people."
Li You didn't expect that he would plead for mercy, and was very surprised, but he still had to give him face.
Master Huang asked the old official surnamed Zhuang: "Do you want to come and inspect the branch?"
The old official surnamed Zhuang was stunned at first, and then became happy. He had completely offended Mr. Li this time, and was worried about the future. But when he heard someone invited him, he was so happy that he couldn't help but change his yamen. It would be great if he could change his yamen.
"Of course Xiao Ke is willing..." Old Man Zhuang was halfway through his words when his tongue suddenly twisted in his heart: "Master Li is the only one who will follow me!"
Li You couldn't help being angry. This old official was really a talent. He laughed and scolded: "It's your fate that Mr. Huang likes you, and he dares to push back."
Later, Li Tuiguan accompanied Mr. Huang to meet with Wang Tongzhi to discuss the renovation of the inspection branch.
Just after seeing Master Huang off, Li You was about to turn around and go back to the hall when he saw a four-person sedan running over and stopping at the gate of the government office. A scribe jumped out and he was also familiar with it. Song asked Mr. Gu Song. The Song family is famous.
A big businessman, Song Wengu was trained by the Song family to study for exams and deal with the scholarly government.
Li You had a drink with him and Zhao Liangli on the first night he came to Fucheng as an official, and later became friends with him. He had a pretty good impression of him. Now he saw Mr. Song, who was usually elegant but somewhat bold, looking furious.
He looked like he didn't know what was going on.
When Song Wengu got off the sedan, he saw Li Tuiguan standing there. Without thinking much, he stepped forward to greet him and said, "In broad daylight, a group of bandits robbed my Dongting Building and set half of it on fire!"
In the judicial concept of the Ming Dynasty, because the crime of robbery seriously undermined the construction of a harmonious society, it was always considered a serious case, just a little worse than rebellion, human life, etc. Li Tuiguan was shocked and said smoothly: "Such a serious case is really a serious crime.
This is appalling, go to the county office quickly..."
"No one in the county government can make the decision!" Song Wengu was also anxious and interrupted Li You.
If a homicide or robbery case occurs in the local area, it must be reported to the official, but it is not subject to the 369-day limit. At the same time, the county magistrate must also visit the scene to investigate in person after receiving the report.
However, at this time, the county magistrate of Wu County, Guo County, Suzhou Prefecture, did not take office, and many matters were managed by the government. At the same time, it was not worth asking the acting magistrate Wang Tongzhi to come forward, so Li Tuiguan, who was in charge of the county's criminal affairs, had to personally
He went to the scene. The push official and the county magistrate were both in the seventh rank, so they could be considered substitutes.
The scene was not very pretty, just a messy courtyard and half of the burned pavilion. It is said that there were rumors that the Song family had stored a large amount of rice in the backyard of Dongting Tower, which caused trouble.
Official Li was not only thinking about the case itself, he was thinking about much more. The trend of robbing rice became more and more intense a year ago, and even a canal boat was robbed. However, it stopped for a few days during the Chinese New Year, and now it is rising again.
Yet?
Li You has always turned a blind eye to rice robbing cases. Since he took office, his focus has been on clearing up the backlog of cases, and he has not gone all out to hunt down the rice robbing criminals.
Firstly, the first person in charge of the case should be the county, and his government official does not need to be too active; secondly, the fundamental reason for the rice grabbing trend is that the price of rice has skyrocketed several times, and the government has not calmed down, and the poor at the bottom
The poor have to grab rice. In other words, if these people are not allowed to grab rice, they will not be able to eat, and the consequences will be more serious. Once someone takes the lead, there may be riots throughout the city. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Fucheng, and chaos is so good
Controlled?
It was the lesser of two evils, so Li Tuiguan still allowed the poor to grab rice from the grain merchants who were greedy for their wealth and hoarded it, so that no one would be so hungry that they would end up in greater danger. This was a disguised appeasement policy.
I beg you not to have a civil unrest, and just let those grain merchants sacrifice some for the sake of stabilizing the overall situation.
Originally, things were like this, but the signs of the Dongting Tower case today are very bad. They have started to burn, kill and rob ordinary merchants and wealthy households... This trend makes Li Tuiguan very concerned. If it continues like this, what is the difference between it and riots? He
I feel that I can no longer sit idly by and let things develop.
Why hasn't that magistrate taken office yet? He's as slow as a snail. I have to take care of everything. Li You cursed secretly. At this moment, Li You forgot. If it weren't for the urgent need of someone to take charge of the matter, the imperial court would have overstepped its authority.
Why promote him, a local, to the position of official? To a large extent, it is to save the time for new officials to take office and avoid a power vacuum. If Li You's qualifications, background and diploma were not so poor, he might have been directly appointed as the magistrate of the prefecture.
In total, it took at least a month for the magistrate of Xinzhi County in Wu County to take office from the capital to Suzhou Prefecture. If something went wrong within this month and the court held him to account, Li Tuiguan would probably be punished with meritorious deeds.
Someone has to ask, Li You considered so many important things at the crime scene, why didn't he think about how to solve the case? Regarding this point, Li Tuiguan said that there was no pressure. The government has a patrol officer, and he will give an answer every five days.
If you don't understand, just read the first chapter of the book again.
After much deliberation, the fundamental solution to potential troubles lies in the price of rice. Otherwise, no matter what we do when people are in turmoil, we will treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.
The problem of rice prices has to be faced after all, Li You sighed. He returned to the government office to see Wang Tong and said: "The situation is critical now. There are 20,000 kilograms of rice left in the Gusu warehouse. We can sell it first."
Wang Tongzhi said: "No. The most critical situation is when there is no harvest in March and April. Until then, the rice in the warehouse cannot be moved lightly."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until then." Li You said.
Wang Tongzhi firmly disagreed, "Right now, people are just drinking poison to quench their thirst. In March and April, when the city is full of hungry people and people are dying of hunger, how can we deal with it with nothing?"
Li You gritted his teeth and said: "If the official can transport rice from the outer government into the city in the future, can he sell the grain from the warehouse first?"
Wang Tongzhi laughed when he heard this and said: "Master Li is indeed very resourceful. No wonder Chen Xundao relied on you so much in the past, so I entrusted you with this matter."
In fact, there is a very simple way, which is to write to the court to apply for a reduction or exemption of Suzhou government's money and grain, so as to increase local savings. However, both Wang Tongzhi and Li Tuiguan seemed to have ignored this idea for the time being, and they would not think of it unless they had to.
Without further ado, Li You hurriedly got into the sedan chair and ran to Zhaojia Lane. He was going to find the future minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, Mr. Zhao Liangyi, who was stationed in Susong Road. When Li You wanted to come, as the official who would be responsible for the civil affairs of the Susong Second Mansion, Zhao Liangyi was now
We should put in some effort, otherwise it will not look good if it turns into a mess.
After entering the Zhao Mansion, Li You was led to the hall. At this time, Mr. Zhao Er didn't know what he was busy with, so he sent a message to Li You to wait a moment, and a Qingke teacher from the mansion came forward to chat with Mr. Li.
When Zhao Liangyi came in, Li You stepped forward to greet him. After the guests and hosts took their seats, they exchanged a few words. Zhao Liangyi asked, "Why are you here, Mr. Li? There must be something important."
Li You replied: "I came here to ask for help from the boss."
This made Zhao Liangyi chuckle twice and said: "That's serious, what is going on?"
"Rice in the city is expensive, the people's sentiments are unstable, and the official is restless. The boss is about to take up the post of guarding the road, so he cannot sit idly by, otherwise it will be more difficult to clean up after an incident occurs. The official thought that the boss had served as the Huguang grain storage road for many years, and
Huguang is also a major grain-producing area, so if you dare to ask the boss to make some plans, the people of Su Mansion are very lucky."
Zhao Liangyi pondered for a moment and said: "Originally, I had some thoughts to avoid suspicion. I was worried that the scholars would criticize me for being a keen official and eager to seize power. Now that the matter is imminent, I will not pretend to be pretentious. I should revise the book as soon as possible and invite some friendly Huguang grain merchants to sell grain.
When I come to Suzhou, they should give me some face."
The first problem after taking office was in sight. Li You was overjoyed and boasted: "Back then, when I read history books, there was a saying that it would be impossible to put a stone in stone. Now it can be said that the old man has not been able to do anything. What is the common people! This matter spreads out.
, the people are grateful, and they will surely have the reputation of being a Buddha among thousands of families!"
Zhao Liangyi had been in a good mood recently, but now he was even more happy when Li You said that. For a while, the host and guest talked happily.
Just then another servant came in and said, "Second Master, the imperial edict has arrived."
The imperial edict at this time is nothing but an appointment. Li You quickly stood up and bowed: "Congratulations, sir."
Zhao Liangyi was so proud that he ordered the incense table to be set down, and everyone in the family gathered around to watch with joy. As expected, the appointment letter appointed Zhao Liangyi as the Minister of Rites of Nanjing... The bottom is gone.
What about the most critical "guarding Su Songdao separately"?
Suddenly, the whole hall was silent, everyone looked at each other, and no one knew why it was like this.
Li You secretly glanced at Mr. Zhao Er. He did not seem to be out of character, but his brows were furrowed. However, his clenched fists expressed his anger. After standing for a long time, Mr. Zhao Er snorted coldly, did not accept the order, and turned around and left the hall.
Li You couldn't help but lamented in his heart, what should we do? He thought from the beginning that Mr. Zhao Er had been in charge of grain storage in Huguang, so it was naturally related. It happened that Mr. Zhao was about to take up a post in Suzhou and would not sit idly by.
Ignore it. Just as he thought, it was about to happen but something big happened in the end.
Li You didn't particularly care whether Mr. Zhao Er was a shou Su Songdao or not. Anyway, he had already obtained the promotion, and his purpose of taking advantage of the situation was achieved. However, at this juncture, he needed to rely on Mr. Zhao's connections.
, is he still in the mood to care about this matter?
Li You asked himself, if it were him, he would definitely not take care of it from the perspective of being an official. First, he is suspected of overstepping his authority, and it is thankless - you are not an official locally, it is not within your scope of responsibilities, and you are still working so hard.
Is it because he wants to win over the people's hearts and minds? Secondly, he is using his own favors to gain political achievements for others, which is a big loss if you think about it.
With a helpless sigh, Li You left the Zhao Mansion.
