Chapter three hundred and seventy-two the truth gradually revealed
Chapter 372 The truth gradually emerges
After seeing off his second wife, Jin Wanwan, Li You shook his head and smiled bitterly. As soon as he entered the house and couldn't sit down on the warm table, he heard so much troublesome news. This was just what Jin Wanwan said. There must be more things waiting for him tomorrow.
Thinking of himself, he couldn't help but suddenly miss the simple life on the embankment, at least he didn't have to worry about all kinds of trivial things.
The other things Jin Wanwan said were okay and reasonable. Only his brother's imprisonment in Fucheng made him find it difficult to understand. No matter what, Yangzhou Prefecture could not go to Xujiang County, Suzhou Prefecture to arrest him.
People, otherwise if everyone behaves like this, wouldn’t the officialdom be in complete chaos?
So after thinking about it, Li You concluded that his brother must have arrived in Yangzhou for some reason, and then he made some mistake and was arrested by the government. The prefect Luo was not stupid enough to arrest his brother Li You for no reason.
, there must be some reasons for it.
The next day, Li You first went to the garrison department camp to inspect the soldiers in the camp. By the way, a group of guards who followed him to Sizhou were all promoted one level. The soldiers were promoted to corps commanders, the corps commanders were promoted to captains, and the captains were promoted to sentinel commanders. They were just promoted.
The sentry commander still needs to report to the Ministry of War, but this time the defense of the mausoleum was successful, so there is no big problem.
Then he returned to the county government office. He first summoned four masters to discuss the matter, and then ordered the clerk who was familiar with the government office to inquire about the news. After that, he sat on the board of directors and occasionally received some guests. Everything seemed to be fine.
It looked very ordinary, without any unusual movements.
This was the case for two days in a row. After the prefect Luo inquired about Mr. Li's activities, he became impatient. Isn't this Li You too calm? Doesn't he care about the life and death of his compatriot brother?
Magistrate Luo didn't understand why he was still so calm and unhurried even though the news about his brother had been revealed to him?
Under normal circumstances, anyone who hears that their loved ones have fallen into the hands of the enemy will be extremely anxious and try every means to rescue them. With Li You's character, he might have to lead his soldiers and go to the government prison to rescue people, just like
It was like leading troops to besiege the gate of the Salt Transportation Department. How could he not do this?
It is said that during the two months since Li You left Yangzhou, Magistrate Luo reflected very carefully.
At first, his intention was just to provoke conflicts and use the famous Li You to burnish his own reputation and win the court's favor. But he did not expect that Li You was so good at fighting that he suppressed the government office to the point of being breathless and greatly surprised.
Exceeding his expectations.
Magistrate Luo never expected to pay such a heavy price from the beginning, which was seriously beyond the limit of what he could bear. He failed in the government examination, and his regular money income dropped sharply. The subordinate officials in the government left him one after another. The salt merchants regarded him as a waste and stayed away from him. Jiangdu
The evaluation of him by hundreds of thousands of people in the county is far lower than that of a certain county official in the same city...
After research, Luo Fuzun found that he was at a disadvantage in the fight with Li You, and it was not entirely because of Li You's strong background. He repeatedly attacked, but sometimes it was like giving away the leverage, so he, the prefect, was judged by Li You, the general judge.
Kanzhi County suppressed it.
At the same time, Li You is indeed very skillful in doing things. He may seem arrogant but it is difficult to be caught. He is not afraid of making big mistakes and small mistakes, let alone punishment.
Looking at Li You's performance after taking office, he exerted his power to the limit without leaving any room, so he was able to overpower the government. Not everyone can do this, or not everyone has the courage to do it.
For example, other magistrates and counties also have the power to implement new policies such as raiding salt merchants, but they just dare not do it. Only Mr. Li dares to be the first to do it.
Moreover, although Li You used his power to the maximum extent and seemed domineering, he still stayed within the scope of his authority. He did not easily cross the invisible line and did not leave much excuse for others.
In addition, matters such as cutting off the regular money contributed to the government office are within the scope of unspoken rules and cannot be stated openly. As for the siege of the gate of the Salt Transportation Department government office, it was someone else's fault who gave Mr. Li enough
Excuse.
Therefore, after summarizing experience and lessons, Magistrate Luo felt that the top priority was to seize some real handles on Li You and then use them as a breakthrough.
It happened that at this time, someone sent Li Zuo, Li You's brother, to the government office. After asking about the matter, Magistrate Luo felt like he had found a treasure. He was strictly ordered not to disclose it, and also had people secretly pass on the news that Li Zuo was imprisoned in the government prison.
Go out and wait for Li You to come and rob someone and make a mistake.
Although the idea was good, why didn't Li You care at all? Magistrate Luo cursed angrily, Li You is simply inhumane!
It’s not that Li You underestimated Magistrate Luo, but did Luo really have the guts to kill his brother in prison? That would be a taboo in official circles and he would have to wait for blood debt to be repaid with blood. On the contrary, Magistrate Luo must have specifically ordered the jailer to take good care of him.
, don’t cause problems.
So Mr. Li, are you anxious? No. My brother is thick-skinned and not a delicate woman. He will be exposed to the world after suffering a few days in prison.
Li You's other idea is that it's not necessarily a good idea to strike first before you can't clearly see the opponent's intentions. You might just step into a trap. If you have enough confidence, of course you can choose to let the opponent make the first move, and then
Strike later.
Attacking later requires more strength than attacking first. The current Mr. Li is no longer the Mr. Li who first arrived in Yangzhou half a year ago. He has a scholarly spirit, popular popularity, military power, financial resources, and is about to possess a halo of merit, all kinds of
There are so many ways at your disposal, so why be afraid of the clown?
If it was the Salt Transport Department, he might be nervous, but there is no need for a prefect. Prefect Luo had been calculating for a long time, but he probably didn't expect that Mr. Li didn't take him seriously at all, so he was not in a hurry.
At this time, the people Li You sent to inquire about the news also got results. There was indeed Li Zuo in the government prison, but no one in the government office knew why he was sent to the government prison. It was as if he appeared in the government office out of thin air.
According to experience, he should have been transferred from somewhere else.
Li You then thought about it, Yangzhou City had so many yamen, including salt transportation, branch patrols, government yamen, county yamen, and tax customs. Who would have transferred Li Zuo to the government yamen?
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for the county government. Fenxun Road has always been slightly biased towards the county government. It should not be possible to send the county government's cousin to the county government prison. Besides, the branch patrol road has its own judicial power, so there is no need.
He who had lowered his status took the initiative to hand over the prisoner to the government.
Although the Customs and Excise Department is directly under the Ministry of Household Affairs, its level is too low, and it is on the boundary of Jiangdu County. Officials from Guanzhong returned to Jiangdu County for inspection, and they would not deliberately offend Jiangdu County if they had no brains.
The last Salt Transportation Division is not very similar. Although his brother Li Zuo is not smart, he can't afford to go to Yangzhou to sell smuggled salt. Now the family is not short of money. What's more, the Salt Transportation Division also has its own judicial power.
There is no need to go through the government office.
Li You felt more and more that Magistrate Na Luo was pretending to be mysterious and deliberately leaking the news, just to lure him into taking the bait.
When they continued to inquire, there was new news that surprised Mr. Li. Li Zuo was not the only one who was imprisoned in the government prison, but more than a dozen people from Suzhou.
This is really surprising. Li You always thought that his brother came to Yangzhou alone to find him, and he was accidentally plotted and made some mistake. Now it seems that he actually committed the crime in a group. If his brother had the ability to lead more than a dozen people, what would he have done when he was assassinated?
It was his elder brother who should be sent to inherit the family business as a government servant, and it was not his turn to be Li You.
A dozen or so people were the obvious targets. Li You immediately sent out hundreds of able-bodied government officials and searched the entire Yangzhou city to see what had happened to his brother before he could target him.
However, another day passed, but nothing was found. There was no trace of Li Zuo and others in Yangzhou City. It seemed that they had never been to Yangzhou City at all, they just appeared out of thin air in the government prison.
This result made Li You very puzzled. But Master Cui, who has more experience in traveling from south to north, reminded that from the south of the Yangtze River to the north of the Yangtze River, you have to cross the river from Jingkou Guazhou, and the proprietor's brother must be the same. Forty miles away
Guazhou Ferry is also under the jurisdiction of this county, so you might as well send people along the way to get information.
This sentence woke up the dreamer. Li You only stared at the city of Yangzhou, but he did not expect that the surrounding towns would make up for it and send people to Guazhou quickly.
There was a reply that night. Something happened in the Hubu Shuici Warehouse in Guazhou Town a while ago. The warehouse owner had a conflict with a dozen people from Suzhou who came to hand over grain. After that, those dozen people from Suzhou were arrested.
Cang Ding captured it and its whereabouts are unknown.
Mr. Li took action, the problem must be here!
When talking about Shuicicang, we must start with water transportation, which is related to the lifeblood of the capital's oral food.
In the early years of the Kingdom of China, the grain supplied to the capital was transported directly to the capital by the grain chiefs and rotating grain households in various places. However, this was a waste of money and delayed agricultural work, so it was gradually changed to military transportation. That is, it was transported by Yangzhou Wei, Fengyang Wei and other canals.
The officers and soldiers of the guard stations along the line were responsible for transportation, which was called the Cao Army, also called the Yunjun. The Xuande Dynasty formally established the rules, the Northern Army was responsible for guarding the border, and the Southern Army was responsible for water transportation.
However, it was impossible for the Cao army to transport grain and go to farmers in person to collect grain from house to house, so Shuicigang was built.
The so-called water warehouses are granaries set up at some transportation nodes along the Imperial Canal. Their main purpose is to transfer grain. For example, there are water warehouses in Linqing, Xuzhou, Huai'an, Guazhou, etc. Each water warehouse is
, the Ministry of Household Affairs directly assigns a warehouse supervisor to manage it. In the 21st century, it is a grain depot directly under the state.
On the one hand, households from all over the country can just redeem grain from Shuici warehouse, without having to travel far to the capital; on the other hand, the Cao army, in accordance with the prescribed annual tasks, redeems grain from Shuici warehouse, ships it to the destination, and cannot complete the task.
The task will be punished.
Guazhou is located at the only place where Jiangnan crosses the river to the north. It has been like this for thousands of years. And Jiangnan is one of the most important sources of Cao grain, so Guazhou Shuicicang is the main warehouse for the exchange of Cao grain in the counties south of the Yangtze River.
Suzhou Prefecture, which has the heaviest grain supply task, is no exception, and Xujiang County is no exception.
Li You remembered that it was October after the autumn harvest, and it was the season for delivering grain. At this time, his brother had a conflict with Shuicicang in Guazhou. Could it be that he was bullied when he came to deliver grain? What happened when the warehouse officials collected grain?
Li You understands the tricks very well. But how could it be his brother's turn to do this kind of hard work? Could it be that his father intended to train him?
