At the sensitive moment, all kinds of news spread particularly quickly, and the next morning, an internal news shocked all the salt and iron judges, and Yu Jiaxu, the most senior salt and iron judge, changed all the salt tax bills from last year to this year, from the original salt and iron division warehouse to the transshipment department warehouse.

This news was quickly confirmed to be true, and with Yu Jiaxu taking the lead, all the salt and iron judges changed their tax bills one after another.

The situation was reversed in one day, Huangfu Wen was so angry that he went to Yu Jiaxu several times to settle accounts, but they all came to nothing, Yu Jiaxu knew that Huangfu Wen would not let go of himself, he hid after changing the tax bill, making the situation irreparable.

Huangfu Wen was in a hurry, and directly used the power of the salt and iron supervisor to suspend Yu Jiaxu, Yu Jiaxu is the official of the Liupin court, and he was dismissed or dismissed, which was the power of the ministry, even if he was the chief official of the salt and iron supervisor, he would suspend his subordinates at most.

In the afternoon, Huangfu Wen was sitting alone in the official room sulking, when suddenly, a small official hurried in and reported urgently: "Order, the warehouse of our salt and iron division is surrounded by troops, and they will take all the taxes away!" ”

Huangfu Wen suddenly jumped up and strode towards the official warehouse behind.

The Salt and Iron Supervision Office and the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Supervision Office were merged, and the Salt and Iron Supervision Office itself was only an administrative organization, and it did not have specific functional departments such as salt works, warehouses, docks, and ships.

The warehouse of the Salt and Iron Supervision is actually the warehouse of the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transshipment Division, but the salt and iron warehouses of the two major warehouses of the Jianghuai Division are controlled by the Salt and Iron Monitor.

The salt and iron warehouse is just north of the official office, and there is a hoarding of fifteen million guan tax money in it, which is ready to be shipped back to Chang'an next spring.

At this time, the warehouse has been surrounded by nearly a thousand soldiers, Liu Yan is wearing an official uniform, his expression is serious, and he shouted to Cang Cao, who is in charge of the warehouse, and said: "I order you as a Jianghuai salt and iron transfer envoy to open the warehouse immediately, otherwise I will arrest you for the crime of resisting the order!" ”

Cangcao joined the army in a panic, he didn't know what to do?

At this time, Huangfu Wen walked over quickly and sneered: "Hehe! Liu Yuanjun had such a big pomp and circumstance, and he actually used so many troops. ”

He asked Luo Ziyu, the commander who was standing aside, "General Luo, what do you mean by leading the army to surround the warehouse of the Salt and Iron Prison?" ”

Luo Ziyu said unhurriedly: "Qiqi Huangfu Supervisor's order, first of all, this is the warehouse of the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transshipment Division, and now the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transshipment Envoy Liu Yuanjun is short of manpower, and asking the local army for help is completely within the scope of his humble duties, I hope that the Huangfu Supervisor will not think about things too complicated." ”

Huangfu Wen snorted, and his gaze turned to Liu Yan again, "The tax money has been put into the treasury and registered, and it is not allowed to move again, this is the basic rule of the salt and iron prison, will Liu Yuanjun not know?" ”

Liu Yan smiled faintly: "There are exceptions to the basic rules, if the salt and iron judge changes the tax bill and transfers the tax money to the treasury, this is also completely in line with the rules." ”

He held up a thick stack of re-signed transfer slips, looked at Huangfu Wen and said: "This is the re-signing and transfer tax bill of the salt and iron judge, may I ask the Huangfu Supervisor's order, which one of my violations?" ”

Huangfu Wen knew that he couldn't stop Liu Yan, the other party had credentials and an army, and if he continued to fight, he would only bring humiliation on himself, so he had to snort heavily.

"I don't think you take the fish in your eyes at all!"

Liu Yan stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "I don't think Brother Huangfu has taken the saint in his eyes, how long do you think Yu Chaoen can hold on?" I'm afraid that when the time comes, your Jingzhao Huangfu family will be included in the traitorous eunuch party because of you, how can you explain to your ancestors and ancestors? Brother Huangfu think about it! ”

Huangfu Wen's face changed greatly, he turned around and walked away quickly, not daring to say another word.

When Liu Yan saw him walking away, he waved his hand, "Open the warehouse!" ”

Cang Cao joined the army and immediately led his subordinates to open the door of the warehouse, which was full of copper coins and silver in large wooden boxes, each box had a number, corresponding to each tax release and warehousing form.

"Everyone, be careful, don't let the boxes fall apart!"

Nearly 1,000 soldiers pushed carts and worked together to transport boxes of tax money to the warehouse of the Transshipment Division outside the city.

.........

The time gradually entered September, Liu Yan has completely controlled the Jianghuai salt tax, of course, Huangfu Wen is not completely hollowed, he is just a piece of Jianghuai that cannot be touched, his main energy is outside the Jianghuai, but those are the small head of the salt tax.

On this morning, Guo Song came to Liu Yan's official room, clasped his fists and saluted: "Make you look for me?" ”

Liu Yan put down his pen and said with a smile: "I heard that Guo Gongzi plans to go back?" ”

"Exactly, Liu Yuanjun is in control of the salt tax, and my task is complete, it's time to go back."

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's too early to talk about controlling the salt tax, Luo Ziyu will be transferred away at any time, as long as he changes to a lieutenant who favors Yu Chaoen, I'm afraid the situation will turn around, even now, I can't talk about completely controlling the salt tax." ”

"Liu Yuanjun still has difficulties?" Guo Song heard what Liu Yan said.

Liu Yan nodded, and took a copy of the document from the table, "That's why I came to you to discuss, I just received an official letter from the Ministry of Households, asking us to transport the salt tax back to the capital as soon as possible." ”

Guo Song was stunned, "Shouldn't it be transferred to Beijing until next spring?" ”

Liu Yan smiled slightly: "March every year is only the fiscal and tax settlement period, and it is not necessary to enter Beijing in the spring, for example, this spring's transportation of grain occupies a large number of tankers, resulting in the backlog of last year's salt tax until now, and the imperial court's financial expenditure at the end of the year is tight, so I want to transport this batch of salt tax into the capital before the river freezes." ”

"Could it be that Yu Chaoen deliberately arranged the salt tax to enter Beijing?"

"Nope! The household servant who succeeded Huangfu Wen was Han Huang, who also served as the envoy of the degree, and was a very upright minister, and would never succumb to the pressure of Yu Chaoen, I was not worried about the court, but about the road. ”

Guo Song understood Liu Yan's worries, and he smiled and said, "Are you worried that something will happen on the road?" ”

Liu Yan stood up and walked to the window, looked out the window, and asked for a while: "How much does Gongzi know about the warlords in various parts of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Let's know a little bit about it! Why did the envoy mention them? Guo Song asked puzzled.

"Because I have been in charge of the Tang Dynasty's finances, I have a very thorough understanding of the financial situation in various places, the warlords everywhere and the imperial court, the biggest constraint is the financial constraints, they are desperately expanding the army, but the expansion of the army requires money, so these warlords are doing everything possible to make money, the better ones encourage business and expand financial resources, the worse ones are to exploit the peasants, set up cards along the way, and the worse ones are to sell illicit salt and dig ancient tombs, so I am very worried, once the tax money enters Beijing, coupled with the instigation of some people, will the warlords along the way take risks?"

Guo Song immediately said: "If the envoy is worried, then ask the imperial court to send an army to escort you!" ”

"Of course I have to apply, but even if the army escorts can only start from Luoyang, the Jianghuai and Central Plains in the middle can only rely on themselves."

"Why?" Guo Song asked puzzled.

"Because Bian, Song, Bo, and Xu Sizhou are Tian Shengong's territory, Tian Shengong is loyal to the imperial court, but after he died at the beginning of the year, Bian, Song, Bo, and Xu Sizhou were taken over by his brother Tian Shenyu, Tian Shenyu is very good at superficial things, he inherited his brother's legacy on the surface, loyal to the imperial court, but in fact he was ambitious, secretly colluded with Yu Chaoen, and asked the imperial court several times to crown him as the king of Chen Liujun, you must know that once the king of the county is crowned, it is equivalent to the imperial court recognizing him as a feudal town, so the imperial court has been unwilling to admit it, and the two sides have been deadlocked until now, Therefore, the Biansong region was very sensitive, and the imperial army would not easily enter to avoid forcing Tian Shenyu. ”

"What about Sizhou, Chuzhou and Yangzhou? Can't the imperial army escort either? Guo Song continued to ask.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and said: "These three states involve another warlord, Huaixi Li Zhongchen, he is a feudal town recognized by the imperial court, but the imperial court has reached an agreement with him, his army cannot expand to Jianghuai, and the imperial army's army will not enter Jianghuai, once the imperial army enters Jianghuai, he will find the truth, he wants to control Yangzhou in his dreams!" ”

Guo Song finally understood the current situation of the division of the feudal towns, which was actually a variety of compromises between the imperial court and the feudal towns, the imperial court may have tolerated it temporarily because its strength was not enough to cut the feudal towns, and the feudal towns were also only temporarily subordinate to power due to insufficient strength to expand, and once their respective forces were sufficient, these agreements were just a piece of waste paper for them.

"The envoy thinks that Li Zhongchen and Tian Shenyu are going to send troops to rob the salt tax?"

Liu Yan was silent for a moment and said, "Yesterday Huangfu Wen gave me a hint......

"Huangfu Wen?"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Except for eunuchs, no one will be truly loyal to a eunuch like Yu Chaoen, and Yu Chaoen also understands this, so he tied himself to King Zheng and formed a situation that supporting him is supporting King Zheng, I never believed that the dignified Jingzhaowang Huangfu clan would be loyal to a eunuch." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yan looked at Guo Song and said: "This time the salt tax into Beijing is not trivial, I will personally escort it, I hope you can assist me in secret." ”