.One hundred thousand silver sounds like an astronomical figure to the ears of middle and lower-level military attachés. Among the people present, I am afraid that only Magistrate Luo could keep calm after hearing this number.
It's not easy to really impress people these days, but the reason why Li You's words can make people excited is not just empty words, but a real basis.
The salt fields of the Lianghuai River and the Huaihe River were exported to the country. The salt from the north of the Huaihe River went to Huai'an Prefecture, and the salt from the south of the Huaihe River went to the Yangzhou Prefecture. However, the salt output of the Huainan Province accounted for about three-quarters of the total output of the two Huaihe Rivers. Therefore, most people often default to Huainan and Yangzhou when talking about the salt industry of the two Huaihe Rivers.
, Huai'an Prefecture can only be called Little Yangzhou.
The reason why Lianghuai salt sales account for half of the world's sales is that water transportation is convenient, and merchants like to transport Huainan salt. Among the thirty salt fields in the coastal area of Huainan, there are winding rivers connecting the salt fields, called
Chuanchang River. Turning out from Chuanchang River, there is another east-west river called Yunyan River.
Every year, hundreds of millions of kilograms of Huai salt are transported out of the salt fields through the Salt River that stretches hundreds of miles. You can imagine how busy this river is. You can see clearly from the map that one end of the Salt River connects Taizhou and Tongzhou Salt Fields.
At the other end is Jiangdu County. After passing through Jiangdu County, hundreds of millions of kilograms of salt can reach Yizhen Port on the river and be transferred to Huguang, Jiangxi and other places.
In other words, as long as Huai salt wants to be exported, it must go to Jiangdu County after leaving the production area. This is true for official salt and private salt. Therefore, Jiangdu County was called a "fence" place to contain and crack down on private salt. Of course, it was also
It has become the hardest-hit area where illegal salt is rampant and official salt is unsaleable.
Selling illicit salt is an industry, and investigating illicit salt is also an industry, you know.
In the pseudo-Qing Dynasty in another time and space, a low-level military attaché might only be in charge of a hundred people. But in the garrison department of this dynasty, a seventh-grade battalion officer who is always in charge of hundreds of soldiers is not small at all.
The guards of Pin are also officials of the imperial court. They are not so ignorant.
If someone else came to the three bosses, they would pat their chests and promise: "Brother will take you to check for illegal salt sales!"
The three generals must have sneered at him and beat him up to vent their anger when they were in a bad mood. Is this something ordinary people can do if they want to? But if it were the young sixth-grade official in front of them who said this, the effect would be different...
The three generals couldn't help but recited Mr. Li's official position in his mind. Mr. Li, who is also in charge of the defense department, besides the nonsense official title of general judge, is also the main official of Jiangdu County. He has the final say on the ground affairs in Jiangdu County.
Yes, how to investigate the illegal salt is not a matter of his words!
I heard from him that the total income is more than 100,000 taels a year... If you can get involved, you will get at least thousands of dollars every year. In comparison, the current extra income of 240 taels per year is really pitiful.
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"There are hundreds of patrols in this county to detect smuggling, but most of them are locals. They are extremely ineffective in cracking down on smuggled salt. As an outsider, I feel that there are no reliable people in the city. But recently I heard that all the soldiers are
I was recruited from a foreign country. I thought that my military spirit could be used to jointly create the great cause of anti-smuggling! Today, when I saw it, I was greatly disappointed! Very disappointed!"
Mr. Li's tone was very bitter and angry. He hated the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel, but he was also very high-sounding. Even if an enemy named Luo was here, he would not be afraid of him reporting him if he heard about it. He just said that he would severely crack down on illegal salt.
, you can just make up your own mind for other meanings.
Not to mention the three bosses, even Xin Shoubei, who had just cheated Li You, was deceived into feeling some sympathy with the enemy - among the people who eat the salt industry, the salt merchant is from Yangzhou, and the patrolman is a local.
.Even the people selling smuggled salt are mostly locals. Why can we, outsiders, just stay in Yangzhou Prefecture and watch them eat?
The expressions of the four military officers ranging from the fifth to the seventh rank fell in the eyes of Magistrate Luo. He felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the hall. Xin Shoubei, who was conspiring with him, also showed a vulgar look of fascination.
I thought to myself: This temporary bait thrown by Li You is too tempting. There are not many people who can resist it. We can't let him incite people's hearts with his eloquent words.
So the Lord of the Prefecture immediately coughed heavily, interrupting Xin Shoubei's thoughts, and ordered: "Master Li is an official of our Yangzhou Prefecture after all, and I will naturally ask questions. Since Mr. Li is suspected, I will trouble Xin Shoubei today."
The details of the mutiny will be reported to the government office. After reading it, the government will report it and apply for disposal as appropriate."
Magistrate Luo's arrangement is absolutely tenable in theory, and the procedure is absolutely correct. Presumably, the result will develop in the direction of hope...
As long as a solid case is completed, even someone in the court cannot do whatever they want? What's more, Li You is famous for having many backers but even more enemies. He has offended a lot of elders, and no one will let him go if they have the opportunity.
At the same time, it is also a warning to the three generals. It is still unknown whether Mr. Li can stand firm in the Defense Department and continue to command the army. Don't be easily fooled by illusory mirages.
Xin Shoubei woke up and quickly realized his situation. Even if Mr. Li organized a battalion to hunt down smuggled salt, he was afraid that he would not be responsible for it.
Alas, why didn't Mr. Li tell this earlier? Who cares if he is short of hundreds of taels of spare money every year when there is a large-scale investigation of illegal salt? Who cares whether the signaling talisman is in his own hands?
Unfortunately, it's too late to regret.
With annoyance, Xin Shoubei feebly promised to Magistrate Luo: "I obey, and I will report the details to the government office tomorrow."
Li You frowned and glanced at Magistrate Luo. Of course, he knew that he couldn't follow the other party's script. The governor's approach was like a behind-the-scenes operation. He couldn't just write whatever he wanted.
Where should I start and how to break the situation?
Magistrate Luo didn't believe that Li You could come up with any more plans, and was about to say goodbye and leave. But he saw Master Li take out a roll of yellow silk, slap it heavily on the table beside him, and said loudly: "I have been ordered to take charge of the defense of the mansion.
Sir, where is the sealing talisman? I want to receive it now!"
According to the system, the seal is kept by the chief officer of the yamen. In the past, Xin Shoubei was the chief officer of the garrison department, so it was logical that he was responsible for the seal. After the imperial order was issued, Li You became the chief of the garrison department as "in charge of the garrison department of the government".
Official, although Xin Shoubei's official rank remains unchanged, he is actually reduced to the deputy of Zuo Er of the garrison department. It is absolutely useless for military attaches to compete with civilian officials for power, so the seal should be handed over to Mr. Li.
When Luo Xingye, the prefect, heard that Li You asked for the seal, he thought about it carefully and concluded that he must not let Li You get the seal! Everyone knows that military orders are like mountains. If you accept the order but not the person, if you have the seal in hand,
The entire camp is not at the mercy of Li You. That will definitely cause problems.
He showed off his airs as a royal official and shouted to Mr. Li: "Before you accept the seal of the garrison department, you are still just the general magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture and the main hall of Jiangdu County. As the chief seal officer of Yangzhou Prefecture, I have the right to control you! In view of today's mutiny
This matter. I order you to postpone your appointment as the Defense Department of the Mansion!"
This is what I'm waiting for...
Mr. Li quickly replied: "In the opinion of the government official, since I have not received the seal, it is considered that I have not officially taken office? The government official accused me of torturing and beating the sentry officer, causing riots, so I did not take office at that time. This is a disorderly life."
.Why can chaotic orders be carried out correctly? Whose fault is it? The person who holds the guard seal must be to blame! If the person who holds the seal does not help Zhou to do evil, how can there be chaos?"
Li You is forcefully dragging Xin Shoubei into the quagmire together. We must shoulder the responsibility together, and we must be okay together.
Magistrate Luo and Xin Shoubei were both at a loss for words. They searched their guts for a while and couldn't find any words to refute. These two had experienced first-hand the fighting power of a man of the hour who could punch a bachelor and kick a censor...
Is this all possible? The three generals admired it greatly and sighed in their hearts that scholars have a sharp mind. They were able to find such a big loophole through all kinds of twists and turns. Now the government official and the defenders were in a dilemma.
Magistrate Luo glared at Xin Shoubei fiercely, cursing in his heart that this guy is really a person who is greedy for petty gains and suffers big losses! At that time, he was so clever that he couldn't bear to take out the sealing talisman to set up the wolf, but now he can catch it
!Should we ask him to sacrifice himself?
The momentum gradually returned, Master Li took advantage of the favorable opportunity and suddenly said to the three generals again: "I wonder which battalion the sentry officer Hou Bing is from? Who is your subordinate?"
The tallest one, Li You remembered, was called Shi Juexing. He cupped his fists and said, "This person is a humble subordinate, but the humble subordinate committee really doesn't know about what happened today. I hope the governor will find out!"
"So...the soldiers who caused the commotion in front of the government office are all from his post? The corps commanders and captains involved are all involved. Please find them. They are all from your camp. It shouldn't be difficult."
Li You could guess that dozens of soldiers from the battalion dared to deliberately come out to cause trouble for no reason. There must be corps commanders, captains and other lower-level soldier leaders working together to organize the situation. As long as a few can be caught and tortured, there will be no clues if you don't believe it.
It was a difficult decision. Mr. Shiba pondered for a moment and then said: "I can see that there are a few corps commanders in the crowd just now. Please give me a quarter of an hour to bring them to the hall!"
The reason why he fell in love with Li You was that he felt that Xin Shoubei and Fu Zun's conspiracy was really outrageous, he was looking forward to Lord Li's proposal of using soldiers to arrest smuggling, and thirdly, he admired Lord Li in his heart.
Li You praised it with his eyes and praised: "Very good!"
Mr. Shiba did not look at Xin Shoubei and turned around to leave. Xin Shoubei shouted with an ugly face: "Shi Juexing! Stop!"
Mr. Shiba slowed down his steps, but did not stop. He still walked towards the door.
Another commander-in-chief, Wu Xianhan, suddenly clasped his fist at Li You and said: "I remember that some of my subordinates in the camp were also involved in my humble duty, and I am willing to arrest him and bring him to court for the sake of the governor!"
Li You naturally welcomes those who come to seek refuge, "Thank you both for your help! If the truth is found out, I will write to Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War to talk about the matter! What is right and what is wrong depends on the people!"
When he heard the word "Bingbu", Xin Shoubei's expression changed drastically. The "Bingbu" to the military attachés is equivalent to the position of the "Personnel Department" in the eyes of the civil servants. The "Civil Affairs Bureau" has the Literary Selection Department, and the "War Department" has the Military Selection Department. The promotion and honor of the military attachés all depend on it.
At this point, I couldn't help but ask: "What is the relationship between Lu Shangshu and you?"
Li You calmly seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, "I am an old fellow from the same town. To put it into detail, I came from the old minister's family. It is difficult to repay this kindness."
The last commander-in-chief, Liu Shaowen, couldn't stand anymore. He clasped his fists and said loudly: "The business situation today is unstable, and the safety of the town and the governor is in danger. I am here to summon my own soldiers to defend the town and to drive it!"
"Thank you." Li You said without hesitation.
Xin Shoubei's expression turned dull. No matter what the consequences were, he would definitely lose completely and would be the biggest loser. At this point, he couldn't even bother to blame Magistrate Luo for hiding his thoughts.
Seeing that Xin Shoubei's spirit had collapsed, Li You turned to Magistrate Luo and said, "Your Majesty, please be patient. I would like to discuss it with you. Your Majesty breaks into the military camp without permission and causes trouble."