In these days, local government offices have a special feature. They are often separated from the four sides and form a separate area, not adjacent to the residences. There are high walls around the government offices, and the official offices and official residences are all in the government offices, but there are external
The difference between yamen and yamen is why the princes of officials are called "yamen".
There is such a government office in Liuxiang, north of Yangzhou City. However, this government office occupies a very large area, and almost the entire northwest corner of Yangzhou New City is occupied by it.[]
Looking at the old and new cities together, this government office is located to the north of the center of Yangzhou City, within the Gongchen Gate of the North City, on the side of the Qinhuai River, and to the north beyond the Gongchen Gate is the Slender West Lake.
Ten prosperous areas.
The number of rooms in this government office far exceeds the regulations of ordinary prefectures and counties. Generally, the government offices in prefectures and counties only have seven rooms for acceptance, official, household, ritual, military, punishment, and work, or there may be multiple stables, grain rooms, etc.
But it does not exceed ten rooms at most, while the Yamen in Beiliu Lane has eighteen rooms.
The gate of this government office is also different from other gates that face north to south, but face west to east. The gate has a mountain-hanging structure and is covered with tube tiles. It is more than two feet high and three rooms wide. There are a pair of stone lions outside the gate, as well as the extension of the eight characters.
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This government office is the Salt Transportation Department of the Lianghuai Capital Region, which is simply called the Salt Transportation Department or Transportation Department in Yangzhou City. This is the government office that oversees half of the world's salt production and sales. It has tentacles all over Nanjing, and is directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangbei, Huguang, and Jiangyou in the south.
The Yamen, which pays 3 million taels of silver in salt tax to the state treasury every year, is regarded as the food and clothing provider by some of the richest people in the world. It is also recognized as the No. 1 Yamen in Yangzhou City.
August is no longer so hot, but the afternoon sun is still not that comfortable. A few people under the entrance hall of the Salt Transportation Department are sitting on benches in the shadows chatting. At this time, no one is coming to do anything, and the gentlemen have never been there.
What orders did they receive, so they are relaxed and at ease at the moment. These disciples are commonly known as gate officials.
Suddenly, heavy and complicated footsteps reached the ears of the leisurely disciples of Yunsi Yamen. They were very surprised. They followed the sound and looked towards the alley entrance, and they were even more surprised.
Soldiers wearing red jackets poured into the alley in groups... Several people opened their mouths and were at a loss. Is this a mutiny?
Just as the gatekeeper was stunned, hundreds of soldiers, under the shouts and commands of various military attachés, lined up along the alley, blocking the road outside the Yanyun Division Gate, leaving only twenty or thirty steps of open space.
Dozens of soldiers holding firecrackers lined up in two rows opposite the gate of the Yanyun Department, either standing or kneeling on one knee, pointing coldly, with their mouths facing this way. Several gate officials standing under the foyer immediately
I felt dizzy, as if those guns were pointed at my head.
Then I saw two soldiers bringing out a handsome chair, and Shi Shiran, a young green-robed official, came out from the crowd. After sitting firmly on the handsome chair, he waved his hand and said a few words.
After receiving the order, the military attache on the other side of the gate shouted and directed the firearms hands to shoot. The officers of the Salt Transportation Department were immediately stunned. They were all made of flesh and blood! They didn't care about crying and shouting, each and every vigorous company
He crawled through the small door into the government office and ran to the other end of the front yard in one breath before feeling relieved.
Immediately, I heard a dense sound that sounded like firecrackers outside. Now even the officials in each room of the Salt Transportation Department were alarmed, and they came out one after another to poke their heads around. Several clerks who came to the front yard saw that none of them stood at their posts, and their expressions changed.
Standing pale and trembling under the eaves, he asked strangely: "What's going on?"
One of the disciples came to his senses and ran towards the Yamen Transport Department while shouting wildly: "Something bad has happened! Mr. Li from the local government has come to attack the Salt Transport Department!"
In Fuzhou and county yamen, power is very concentrated and is almost entirely in the hands of the Zhengyin officials. The Zuoer officials and subordinate officials generally have only a submissive role. The main official does not need to consult with the Zuoer officials in making decisions. But in the Salt Transport Department,
The customs are slightly different.
The chief official of the Salt Transportation Department is naturally the Salt Transportation Envoy, and there are assistant officials such as Tongzhi, deputy envoys, and semi-officials, commonly known as Yun Tong, Yun Deputy, and Yunpan. These assistant officials are not as empty as the Fuzhou County Yamen.
Those with real power. Among them, the deputy of transportation and the deputy of transportation are responsible for the branches of each salt producing area under the Salt Transportation Department, which can be regarded as a role of small princes. For example, the Taizhou branch of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department is headed by a deputy transportation
Release your palm.
Jin Wanwan's in-law, Mr. Gao, from the Salt Transportation Department, is the second-in-command of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department. He is the right-hand man of Mr. Ding, the salt transportation envoy, and cooperates closely in all aspects. I heard that he is a classmate of Yan Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue.
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At this time, Gao Yuntong was in the Transportation Department, discussing some matters with Ding Yun about the deregistration of the old salt pipeline. Suddenly he heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance, and then someone shouted and reported: "Master! Jiangdu is outside.
Lord Li of the county led soldiers to besiege the government office!"
Ding Yunshi and Gao Yuntong looked at each other inexplicably. Is this Li You crazy?
"You go out and take a look first." Ding Yunshi ordered Gao Yuntong.
Gao Yuntong nodded, and then ordered dozens of salt men to go with him to strengthen his courage, and headed out of the Yamen.
But as soon as he walked out of the gate, Gao Yuntong found that the salt he brought was really unnecessary. Compared with the hundreds of menacing and sharp-armed soldiers on the other side, it was completely for nothing and had no emboldening effect at all.
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At this time, the two stone lions outside the gate of the Yanyun Department had been riddled with holes by fire blunderbuss, and rubble was scattered all over the ground in front of the door. This humiliation made Gao Yun Tong increasingly angry.
Li You was also extremely rude. He sat motionless in his chair and seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Gao Yuntong walked over, suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice: "What does Li Biejia want to do today?"
Li You still didn't get up to greet him. He sat down with a golden sword and said: "If someone else came out, I might have to spend a lot of time talking, but it happened to be you, Mr. Gao, who came out, so why should I say it? In your own mind
Very clear!"
"What do you mean? I don't understand!" Gao Yuntong really didn't understand.
Li You sneered, pointed at the other party with his finger and said: "Still pretending to be confused! Do you dare to invite your fourth yamen to come out to confront you!"
Gao Yuntong was arrogantly pointed at by Li You, a young man who was less than half his age, and became angry. However, when he heard the mention of his son, he immediately suppressed his anger again. Seeing how confident Li You was, could it be that his son had been taken?
What's wrong with you? He looked back and shouted: "Call out that scoundrel of mine!"
But no matter what shortcomings there are, it is definitely not the reason why Li You led his troops to besiege the Salt Transportation Department! Can he do whatever he wants if he has a background? Gao Yuntong thought angrily. But the answer to this question seems to be that he can do whatever he wants...
It didn't take long for him to get a reply, "The fourth yamen claimed that he was ill and refused to come out."
Although Gao Jun, the fourth son of the Gao family, was not deeply involved in the world, he was not stupid. When the inner court learned that Li You was leading soldiers outside to besiege the Salt Transport Division, he knew that Li You was here to target him. How could he dare to go out and face hundreds of soldiers?
.His father had an official position as a talisman, but he did not.
Knowing a son is better than a father, when Gao Yun Tong saw his son cowering away, he knew very well in his heart that his son must have made some big mistake, so Li You was so aggressive that he came to hunt him down at all costs.
His tone softened a bit, "I feel like I'm in the mist, please give me a clear explanation, Mr. Li!"
Li You didn't want to make the matter known to everyone, so he and Gao Yun first went to a deserted place in the foyer, and then said calmly: "A few days ago, your fourth yamen kidnapped my second wife's concubine back to the yamen.
I don’t know how to get this justice, how can Master Gao teach me?”
Gao Yuntong was shocked when he heard this. Although she was just a concubine, she was also a member of the official family, not an ordinary girl. Besides, this was the concubine of Li You who was famous all over the world. Can she be snatched home casually? If word spread
, his son must be ruined.
Then he thought, isn't Li You's second wife the eldest daughter of his in-law Jin Wanwan? She is also the sister of his daughter-in-law. How crazy would his son have to be to steal the family?
No wonder Li You dared to do this today! Gao Yuntong raised his hands and said, "Master Li, please stay a little longer. I will come as soon as I go."
Li You waited for a quarter of an hour and saw Gao Yuntong hurriedly leading a small sedan towards this side. Xiao Zhu, the maid he hadn't seen for a few days, was also following him.
"Master!" Xiaozhu called out with a sense of grievance. Li You nodded to her, opened the sedan curtain, said a few words to Aunt Jin inside, and secretly handed Aunt Jin something.
Turning around, Li You said to Comrade Gao Yun: "Where is your son?"
Gao Yuntong also had a headache. He didn't know before that his son and daughter-in-law were young, and the couple had done such ignorant things. Now facing Li Youli, he was so embarrassed and said bravely: "Quinzi is indeed ill.
, it is inconvenient to show up, this matter is all due to misunderstanding."
Li You interrupted Gao Yuntong and asked again: "What about the other criminal Jin Huiniang?"
"Crime?" Gao Yuntong couldn't help but repeat the word again.
Mr. Li said righteously: "The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people. Official laws and regulations cannot be ignored! Could it be that your young master can get away with it?"
Gao Yun, a senior member of the fourth rank, was just subconsciously thinking about how to appease Li You's anger and how to prevent his son from being exposed to scandals, but he didn't expect that Li You didn't want to keep it secret. Did he plan to treat it as a case? "Among them?"
There are so many misunderstandings, why bother..."
"Shut up! I'm not only here to rescue the trapped people, but also to hunt down the criminals! Could it be that your Salt Transportation Department is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, can you stop me?" Li You suddenly changed his face and scolded him rudely.
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Gao Yun felt the same as Qu Ciqiong. He and Li You were not familiar with each other, and he didn't feel the need to curry favor with a sixth-grade local magistrate. There was no way to talk about human relations. He wanted to reason with him, but Mr. Li refused to reason with him and just talked about the king's laws.
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At this time, someone squeezed in from the alley, but it was Li You's father-in-law and Gao Yuntong's in-law Jin Baiwan.
Good luck! Gao Yuntong was overjoyed. Jin Bao'er is Jin Bao'er's daughter. If the father doesn't pursue the case, it will finally be settled. Besides, Jin Bao'an is Li You's elder. Although he is only a side wife, no matter what
Li You can't be too rude, it's just a matter of human relations.
Well done! Li You was overjoyed and said, if Jin Wanwan doesn't come, today's drama won't make much sense!