Huai'an.

Patrol the imperial history Weng Wanda and find Liu Xi, the general of Caoyun: "General Liu, in the case of Sichuan's private salt nest, the cabinet has ordered the three law divisions to jointly investigate, and the dispatched officials are all personally selected by Wang Shangshu. Does General Liu know about this? ”

Liu Xi nodded and said, "I heard." ”

Weng Wanda asked: "Then what is General Liu waiting for?" In order to investigate the salt affairs, Banzhou Tusi is not afraid of rebellion, and Wang Shangshu is still afraid of those clan magnates? ”

Liu Xi hesitated: "But what we want to move is Caoyun, and if Caoliang is delayed, it will be much more serious than the Tusi rebellion." ”

Weng Wanda tidied up his clothes and shook Liu Xi to the end: "In Huaiguan, there are a number of cao boats waiting to go north, and it has been found that there is a large amount of illegal salt in the cao boats, please General Liu immediately send troops to search!" ”

"I can't find it." Liu Xi's face was embarrassed.

Weng Wanda, who was extremely respectful just now, suddenly reprimanded: "What kind of green vegetable Liu, poor ghost Liu, I thought you were an honest person among the military attachés, but I didn't expect you to be a raccoon dog!" You are afraid of the town Yuanhou, but you are not afraid, so you will go to Huaiguan alone to check the illegal salt! ”

Liu Xi sighed: "Alas, you don't have to provoke me, just let you go." ”

An outlier among the generals, a seven-rank patrol according to the imperial history, went to Huai'an Banknote Pass together, ready to open a knife against the core area of the country's private salt.

"Prepare the troops, prepare the ship!"

As soon as Liu Xi gave the order, the Cao soldiers quickly assembled.

In less than half a day, the Huai'an banknote was blocked by the front and rear of the warships, and all the official ships and cao boats that were about to be released were waiting to be searched.

Zhang Peng, the head of the banknote customs, was frightened, and hurriedly ran over and asked, "General Liu, what does this mean?" ”

Liu Xi snorted coldly: "Search for illicit salt!" ”

Zhang Peng looked at the dense boats on the river and asked, "So many boats, all of them are searched?" ”

Liu Xi said: "All search!" ”

Zhang Peng was stunned, then he was extremely ashamed, bowed and said: "The general is upright, I admire you, please forgive me for not being able to help." ”

"Don't make trouble!" Liu Xi said disdainfully.

Zhang Peng was even more ashamed of himself, hiding in the banknote and not daring to show his face. He was obviously a civil official, but he didn't dare to offend the powerful, but a military general stepped forward.

The directors of the banknote are all newcomers, mainly fresh graduates, they are not cold-blooded, but they are forced to go with the flow due to reality. Zhang Peng has been in charge of Huaiguan for half a year, and he knows that the smuggling of official ships is rampant, and the water inside is too deep, which is not something that he, a minor official of the seventh grade, can mix.

Liu Xi asked his subordinates to bring a Taishi chair, sat on the edge of the canal, and said to Weng Wanda: "Weng Yushi, the soldiers are handed over to you, go and check slowly!" ”

Weng Wanda smiled and said, "Mr. Gaoyi." ”

The surface of the canal was already in chaos, and Weng Wanda commanded the soldiers to board the ship to search it, and ordered every corner of every official ship not to be let go.

The first official ship they searched was about to resist the search, and there was also a deputy envoy who returned to Beijing to reinstate his life, and angrily scolded Weng Wanda: "It's just nonsense, you dare to search this official's ship?" ”

Weng Wanda arched his hand to the north: "As a patrol of the imperial history, I was ordered by the emperor to search for private salt. "Da Ming Law" is clearly written, those who sell illicit salt and resist arrest will be beheaded! Someone's coming, search for me, who dares to resist and kill on the spot! ”

The soldiers drew their knives one by one, and no one dared to stop them.

Half an hour later, he replied to Weng Wanda: "Weng Yushi, there is no selfish salt on the ship, but dozens of loads of Jingdezhen porcelain are privately carried. ”

Weng Wanda sneered: "Buckle the porcelain and let them go." ”

The deputy envoy from Jiangxi suddenly turned pale. It is common for official ships to bring private goods, and everyone has long been surprised, and they don't even bother to check the banknotes along the way, but it is another thing to be caught by the patrol according to the imperial history. This time, he returned to Beijing to report on his work, and by the way, he brought some porcelain to the north, without paying taxes or freight, and all the profits he earned were put into his own pocket.

was inspected according to the imperial history of the previous book, don't think about being promoted when you return to Beijing this time, just don't be demoted.

The Cao soldiers began to search the second official ship, and at this moment, Gu Ning, the chief soldier of Cao Yun and the Marquis of Zhenyuan, suddenly came. Gu Ning was extremely angry, pointed at Liu Xi and scolded: "Okay, you are a green vegetable Liu, just a general, you dare to intercept the official ship of the banknote, who gave you the guts!" You are the Huai'an Caoyun general, your duty is to keep the Cao Yun smooth, this ship is slowly searching, can you afford to miss the Cao Yun? Give Lao Tzu to take back the soldiers immediately, otherwise you will be skinned! Bastard, a military attache goes to study, and it's fucking stupid to read! ”

Facing his direct boss, Liu Xi straightened his waist: "General Gu, as a general of Huai'an Caoyun, he can't take care of private salt." However, if anyone uses a boat to transport smuggled salt, it is within the scope of his duties. Please don't stop Mr. Gu from doing his duty and abide by his duties! ”

"Nonsense!"

Gu Ning shouted at the Cao soldiers on the river: "I am Gu Ning, the chief officer of Caoyun, all of you come back, don't interfere with the transportation of Cao grain!" ”

The soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Liu Xi also shouted: "Keep searching, if something happens, I will be a poor ghost Liu!" ”

These Cao soldiers were all Liu Xi's subordinates, and after receiving the order, they no longer looked at the general Cao Yun soldiers, and seriously continued to search the passing ships.

"Fool, how dare you!"

Gu Ning pulled out his saber, pressed it on Liu Xi's neck, and gritted his teeth: "Hurry up and let your soldiers come back!" ”

Liu Xi's face did not change, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gu, Master Gu, Liu lost his mother when he was just a full moon, and he lost his father when he was a teenager, and my grandfather taught me to be innocent since I was a child." From transporting grain to transporting generals, he has not taken a grain of grain privately for more than 20 years. I've been wearing this official uniform for six years, and I have more patches than a beggar. My wife, sons, and daughters are also inexhaustible in clothes, and they eat green vegetable soup and rice every day. Poor ghost, Liu poor, green vegetable Liu, these nicknames are not a shame to me, but more like a compliment. If you kill me today, you will have all my reputation, but what is there to fear if you die for the country and the people? ”

The dignified Marquis of Zhenyuan, the dignified Caoyun General Soldier, faced the men who were not stingy in front of him, and the arm holding the knife actually began to tremble.

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Gu Ning was afraid and angry: "Liu Qiao, if you do this, you will die a miserable death." ”

Liu Xi still smiled: "Three years ago, I should have died." ”

Three years ago...... Gu Ning recalled three years ago, and was so angry that he put away his knife and ordered his subordinates: "Go back, let this poor ghost make trouble!" ”

In the previous Huai'an section of the canal, not only official ships transported smuggled salt, but ordinary merchant ships were also forced to transport smuggled salt. Those magnates sent people to block the money pass, forcing passing ships to help carry private goods, causing countless boats to block the pass and not go north.

At that time, Liu Xi carried a coffin and pointed a knife at the minions of the powerful: "If you are not afraid of death, come here, either I will die or you will die!" ”

Since then, the magnates have been far away from the banknote customs, so they will stop the passing ships and stuff their goods on, as far as possible to avoid causing traffic jams on the banknote customs. In addition, the phenomenon of illegal salt trafficking by boats has also decreased a lot because of Liu Xi.

Last year, the new salt law was implemented, and the Lianghuai region was a key target of reform, and many hoarders suffered huge losses and began to frantically stuff smuggled salt into the boats.

"Weng Yushi, this official ship has no private salt, but it has brought hundreds of catties of copper."

"Weng Yushi, this merchant ship has hundreds of stones of private salt, is it detained?"

"Weng Yushi ......"

The cry on the surface of the canal shook the sky, and many merchants knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. They don't want to transport smuggled salt, it's the powerful who have forced it in, and they can't pass the customs without helping to bring the smuggled salt, and those smuggling salts also occupy the hold of the ship where they transport goods.

The official ships were even more accurate, either there were illegal salt or other illegal goods, and none of them could be spared.

In just one day, the smuggled salt and goods confiscated on the shore had been piled up, and countless merchants, officials, and officers and soldiers of Caoyun were detained.

Liu Xi only brought about 100 Cao soldiers, and detained hundreds of Cao soldiers and more than 2,000 soldiers.

Many grain transport generals and thousands of generals glared angrily at Liu Xi, Liu Xi stood there alone, and sneered: "Whoever disagrees, will kill me, a poor ghost!" ”

No one dared to move.

Weng Wanda no longer boarded the ship himself, and he personally interrogated all ships with private salt on the shore.

Weng Wanda is also a poor ghost, and he also lost his mother when he was a child. Historically, he was rated as "the first minister of Lingnan" by Jiajing, and "the first frontier minister of the Jiajing Dynasty" by Zhang Juzheng.

At this moment, although Weng Wanda is only a seven-grade imperial history, he is so poor that he doesn't even have a domestic servant by his side. But he sat there alone, but no one dared to disturb his trial, and the powerful minions came over halfway, and Weng Wanda reprimanded sharply: "Weng's head is here, and those who don't accept it will take it for themselves." Today, but there is an abnormality, as long as Weng does not die, none of the troublemakers will want to run away! ”

The powerful and wealthy businessmen involved in the sale of illicit salt only wanted to cry in the face of these two poor ghosts.

People are not even afraid of death, do they dare to really do it?