After all, Cui Zhenfei was not too stupid. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he gradually understood the proprietor's thoughts. He probably wanted to alert the enemy.
Watching the group of government officials dispatched, Mr. Li sneered several times, "Under such circumstances, all efforts will be in vain. One person has five taels, and a team only has dozens of taels. If you take care of food and drink, you can buy a suspect with a total of one hundred and ten taels."
He is out, his whereabouts are unknown, and he cannot be traced. Those salt merchants will not be unable to afford this money."
Cui Zhenfei also agreed: "The proprietor didn't even set a time limit or punishment, so that everyone could see that he didn't try his best at all, and it was a disguised encouragement for them to cheat. In fact, instead of sending someone to arrest him, it would be better to issue a summons to the suspect.
Surrender yourself. Could it be that the proprietor wants to test his basic strength?"
"What is important is that the thunder will be loud and the rain will be small. If we are really caught, it will be difficult to handle. The more noisy the matter, the better. I will keep my eyes open and take a look!" Li You said confidently.
For a person like him with a strong high-level background and insufficient local foundation, of course, the bigger things get, the better, and the best if they clear up...
In addition to the civil servants, the secret line with the eldest princess cannot be broken. It is difficult to say whether the adultery between a man and a woman can last for a long time, but if there are real interests and close ties, then the relationship will definitely be long-lasting.
The eldest princess wants to occupy the salt industry, and Li You intends to do so. It doesn't matter whether he succeeds or fails. The key is to continue to connect with His Highness Chitose through this matter. As long as there is this relationship, it is a big deal that he will continue to work elsewhere after failure.
official.
Besides, this is also a father's job to earn living expenses for the unidentified fetus far away in the capital. According to the dynasty system, after the princess dies, all the royal salary and other dowry will be taken back by the royal family. If the princess's children want to live a good life, they really have to.
It depends on the emperor's mood.
As expected by Li You, all the yamen officers from each team were in the sight of the county magistrate. They were all vigorous and high-spirited. They rushed out of the gate and headed straight for their destination. But after leaving the county yamen and turning around the alley, their steps were slow.
All of them slowed down in unison, and the team all slacked off.
However, the spectacular scene of hundreds of yamen officers being dispatched en masse still aroused heated discussion among the people at the county yamen gate. The news would probably spread throughout the streets and alleys of the city in less than a day.
The news spread really fast. In two hours, half of the salt merchants in Yangzhou heard about it and became alert. It was not a serious matter, but it was an extremely dangerous signal. Although the county government was small, it was an official government that was friendly to the people.
If there really is a greedy, tyrannical, and daring magistrate who is deliberately looking for disadvantages, it will be troublesome after all.
The investigation of the magistrate's suicide case is bullshit! To put it bluntly, he just wants to slaughter the fat sheep! Obviously the new county magistrate is young and impatient, and he can't wait to extract money as soon as he takes office, and his methods are so simple and crude.
Officials who want to get a share of our salt merchants are like crucian carp crossing the river, but they can't look so ugly, right? Even if you, Mr. Li, have a background, you are still an official in Yangzhou, and there are some rules that you should abide by.
In the evening of that day, the government officials gathered their teams and returned, all with red faces. As expected, each team reported that "the suspect's whereabouts are unknown and cannot be traced."
Even the wording of the reply was exactly the same as what the proprietor said in advance... After collecting the returns, Mr. Cui could only shake his head helplessly. As for the habit of subordinate staff, even someone as powerful as the proprietor could not eradicate it.
The next day, an old official came from the government office and brought documents from the prefect to discuss official matters with Mr. Li County. This old official did not have the arrogance of his superior government office, but was very humble.
There is no way, dogs rely on people's power. If people don't have power, dogs won't be able to get mad.
Is Magistrate Luo powerful in front of Mr. Li? Obviously not. Therefore, although this old official from the government office came to convey Shangxian's intention, he still had to grovel in front of Mr. Li.
Magistrate Luo's post was very simple, reminding Jiangdu County to report the case to the government as soon as possible. This is also in line with the rules. The county government is not the court of final instance. After making a first-instance judgment on a major case involving more than 100 sticks, it must be reported for approval.
But the implication beyond the text is self-evident. It is clearly a warning to Li You that even if the case is decided in Jiangdu County, the sentence can be changed when the government office...so don't be busy.
Faced with the pressure from the government, Mr. Li sneered several times, "It's very easy to calm down this matter."
When the old official heard this, he quickly asked: "What are your plans, the county magistrate? I would like to hear the details."
"As long as the governor writes a document clearly stating that the six fugitive suspects have nothing to do with the case of defrauding government officials and forcing the magistrate to commit suicide, the county will naturally not ask any questions."
The old official in the government office was speechless. How could the governor write this guarantee? First of all, people's hearts are so far apart, who knows if it matters? Once the guarantee is written and something happens, the governor will no longer want the black hat. Secondly,
A dignified fourth-grade magistrate wrote a guarantee for a salt merchant suspect who was under investigation. So what if the suspect was fine in the end? If word spread, it would be a source of criticism among scholars.
So County Master Li was deliberately making things difficult. The old official shook his head and complained helplessly.
After sending away the people from the government office, Mr. Li immediately asked the clerks to write notices and post them all over the city. The main idea is as follows: From the date of the notice, six suspects are required to surrender to the county government within one month. If they are still not brought to justice, their homes will be confiscated.
Search by law of implication. If anyone is harboring a criminal, he will be considered an accomplice!
As soon as this notice came out, it caused a sensation in the whole city.
The six hiding salt merchants also panicked from the bottom of their hearts. The word "property raiding" was too powerful. Those government officials may not be very interested in arresting people, and they could just spend some money to get rid of them. But for the salt merchants,
If there is a chance, everyone will be brave enough to do something like this, no matter how much money you pay, you won't be able to do it!
They could also see that Mr. Li's attitude was getting more and more vicious. Although it was still air-to-air, they were so frightened that they stopped moving forward even if they wanted to surrender.
I have learned from a few unlucky people in the past that once you enter the official gate, it is as deep as the sea, and you will lose half your life if you don't die. Until the matter is really resolved, who dares to put themselves in danger and enter the Jiangdu County Yamen? Even if they can escape, they will still be half disabled.
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County Master Li's cruelty once again angered the salt merchant community. Even several salt industry giants were alarmed and met to discuss the matter. They concluded that this little general magistrate and county magistrate was too arrogant!
The Huizhou salt merchants live together in Yangzhou, and they can be more or less connected with each other. Some are related to each other, and some are from the same race and hometown. Most of the six wanted salt merchants are hiding in other homes, and even the cheap father-in-law whom Mr. Li does not recognize.
Even Jin Wanwan took one in.
Therefore, the word "involved" means that the matter may expand without limit. As long as Li County becomes mad, the victim may be himself. And from the current point of view, this Li You does seem to have a somewhat crazy trend, which makes people both
Hated and scared.
The salt merchants had to fear each other and share the same hatred. But they knew that as long as they united, the county government's announcement could actually become a piece of paper. Therefore, they had to give young Mr. Li a just right lesson to let him understand the rules, be sensible, and learn
How to become a county magistrate in Yangzhou.
After all, the salt merchant is a businessman. It is impossible to directly organize people to rush into the county government office and kill Li You. That is a rebellion rather than a solution to the problem. Official matters have to be solved from the official side. Fortunately, the notice gave a one-month deadline.
Sufficient time to operate.
On May 15th, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department, the most wealthy government office in the Lianghuai region and the largest government office in Yangzhou City, sent a letter to the Jiangdu County Government Office. It turns out that in the first half of each year, merchants go to the Salt Transportation Department to inspect the nest and apply for
When it was time to receive the salt shipment, the Salt Transportation Department specifically reminded Jiangdu County that this year your county will be allocated a total of 10,000 salt shipments. Currently, no salt merchants are willing to claim the salt shipment. Please consider Li Zhengtang’s consideration.
This means that your Jiangdu County has been allocated 10,000 yuan of official salt, but so far no salt dealer has been willing to claim the share. If there is no official salt sales, your county will not be able to meet the prescribed salt tax revenue, and it may even be zero, and the assessment will be difficult.
very ugly.
As mentioned earlier, Jiangdu County is close to the salt production area and is the only way to transport salt for export. The proliferation of illegal salt has made the official salt completely unsaleable. In the past, salt merchants were willing to lose money to sell the official salt and give away part of the salt class of the county government for free.
, but I won’t give you this face this year!
Seeing this document, Mr. Zhou, who was in charge of the money and grain taxation, was very worried. Considering the scale of Jiangdu County's 70,000 to 80,000 yuan in grain, how could he get Wan'er's 8,000 taels of silver to fill this hole?
Mr. Li still sneered several times...
On May 19, the largest government office in the Huaihe and Jiangbei regions, the "Governor Water Transport and Military Affairs Governor Fengyang and other places and in charge of rivers" office located in Huai'an Prefecture, also commonly known as the Governor of Fengyang, also went down to Jiangdu County.
One of the governors was a feudal official, a local super emperor, and had very close direct contact with the imperial court, so he knew Li You's details very well. Therefore, his writing was polite, and he would not lower himself to directly intercede for the salt merchants. He only included in the official document
The center points out that there have been heavy rains since spring this year, and the flood situation in the Huaihe River is unstable, which has affected water transportation. Yangzhou Gangshang promised to donate 100,000 yuan to the river at the beginning of the year, but half of it has not yet arrived. I blame your county for urging.
Water transportation is a top priority in state affairs, and the Lianghuai region is located at the throat of north-south transportation. Therefore, the river affairs can be regarded as the two major affairs in the Lianghuai region and the salt affairs. Even with the dignity of the governor of Fengyang, he must also be specially listed
He also manages river errands. When serving as an official in the Huaihe River region, as long as he does a good job in river construction, even if everything else is poor, he is often regarded as having outstanding political achievements.
The governor politely asked Li You to urge the salt merchants to donate money, which meant the same thing and was not essentially different from the Salt Transportation Department and the government office.
Master Li still sneered several times, and Master Xi felt his face cramping when he laughed. However, Li You felt that the heat was almost over. Even Governor Fengyang jumped out to intercede. It is estimated that there will be no bigger officials behind.
From the government office to the governor, these people underestimated Li, thinking that he just wanted to slaughter the fat sheep, so they always wanted to solve the problem through existing rules.
But he really doesn’t care about money this time! Novices like him also know the secrets of being an official in one year to be clean, two years to be miscellaneous, and three years to be dirty. How can there be any reason to rush for money as soon as you take office? Set your own rules
That is the fundamental purpose!
So Mr. Li worked hard all night, writing memorials to the court, and writing secret letters to his bosses...
Thanks to the dynasty system and Emperor Taizu's civilian style. Even ordinary people in this dynasty can write memorials directly to the court. Local officials like Li You can submit memorials directly without going through government offices, envoys, or governors.
Such things are reported layer by layer.
Of course, if some things are really reported to the court without even saying hello to the boss, it is reasonable for the boss to slip up. But will Mr. Li, who has already risked his life, worry about this?
Not long after, after Master Cui polished it, a sentimental, sensible and touching memorial came out!
