After sending Lin Gongzi away, He Zhiyuan returned to his room and began to ponder. kan8zw.

Obviously, Lord Lin's family didn't want to get too involved in this matter. It's good to be able to give guidance, in the words of Lin Gongzi, this pool of water is very deep, extremely dangerous, and it is possible to fall into it if you are not careful, and the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, which is the consistent principle of Confucianism.

In fact, Lin Gongzi is not wrong in what he said, the Yamen of the Salt Division is a yamen that deals with silver and salt merchants, as long as it involves silver and merchants, there will inevitably be entanglements of interests, and there will be corruption if there are entanglements of interests, followed by tax evasion and the flood of private salt, and the tax revenue of the imperial court will be reduced.

In order to change this situation, the imperial court sent the Imperial Court to inspect the salt imperial history, specifically supervising and inspecting all aspects of salt production, sales and storage. Therefore, the power of the salt patrol is very great, he can supervise and govern the salt farm, the salt division yamen, and the salt merchants, as long as there are violations of law and discipline, corruption and corruption, the salt patrol can be supervised and inspected.

However, the rank of the salt patrol imperial history is not high, they are all seven, and the term of office is generally one year, so the officials who serve as the salt patrol imperial history are generally relatively young. During the period of one year, he was not familiar with the situation during his tenure, and his work had not yet begun, so he was about to return to Beijing at the end of his term. These young imperial historians also know that the pool of salt affairs is very deep, and their careers have just begun, so they can't offend these high-ranking officials such as the big salt merchants and the Yunsi Yamen.

In the face of the problem of salt affairs, "the transport department was appeased, and the imperial history was ignored", resulting in "the lack of official salt and the prevalence of private salt", and the salt administration was not fundamentally changed.

Generally, the term of office is three years, but the imperial history of the salt patrol is a one-year term. It was also a helpless move for the imperial court to do this, because the power in the hands of the imperial historian who patrolled the salt was too great, and the oil and water were too big, which was the real shortage of the real shortage. Dealing with salt merchants every day, the temptation of money and beautiful women is almost always faced, and sugar-coated cannonballs are raining down, how many men can withstand such a lot of temptation? Therefore, many of the imperial histories of salt patrols also fell under these sugar-coated shells, and in order to reduce "casualties", the imperial court stipulated that the term of office of this official position was one year.

At the same time, there are still some officials who are not afraid of sacrifice, and they still want to work hard to win this position, how can these officials who are waiting for them wait too long. One year is just right.

Although the rank of the salt patrol is not high, it has a lot of power. However, whether they use the power in their hands or not, how to use their power is their own business. As long as it's not that kind of stunned youth, most of these imperial historians will turn a blind eye and will not take the initiative to investigate and collect evidence. That's why Lin Dacai said that there must be definite evidence, and Su Yushi's side can help.

But since you have come to Yangzhou, you have to worship the god Su Yushi no matter what, and it may work if you worship the right one. Therefore, He Zhiyuan decided to take Lord Lin's letter in the afternoon and go to the official office of the Salt Imperial History to meet Su Yushi.

After having lunch in a hurry, he inquired with Ma Wuyi and came to the official office of the salt patrol imperial history - the Lianghuai Patrol Salt Inspection Bureau.

Entering the gatehouse, He Zhiyuan hurriedly handed over the door bag and said to the doorman: "I am the long-term entourage of Lord Liang of Juzhou Zhizhou, and today I brought a letter from Lord Lang Lin, a member of the household department in Nanjing, to send it to Su Yushi, please pass through." ”

Menzi looked at the two of them and wondered how they could be so young

The long follow? Wouldn't it be fake? Then he looked at the letter he took out, which didn't seem to be fake, and for the sake of the bag, he said lightly: "You wait here first." ”

Waiting for the door to leave, Ma Wu complained: "It's so cold to give the door bag." Not even a sitting, let alone tea. ”

He Zhiyuan pursed his lips and said: "You can be content, the Yamen of the Salt Patrol Imperial History is very powerful, and it is good for the sect to let us wait here." ”

The two waited in the gatehouse for almost two moments before the doorman returned to the gatehouse and said to He Zhiyuan: "Master Su is free now, you can go over." ”

He Zhiyuan thanked him from afar, and walked in with Ma Wu.

The man said to He Zhiyuan again: "Hey! Su-sama only let you go alone. ”

Helpless, He Zhiyuan could only go in alone, this time Ma Wu didn't even have the qualifications to stay in the gatehouse, and was kicked out of the door by the doorman, Ma Wu could only wait outside the gate of the office.

He Zhiyuan entered the courtyard, and was guided by miscellaneous servants to enter the outer signature room of Lord Yushi. After sitting here for a while, an official in a green robe, about thirty-four or five years old, finally came out of the room with the curtain lifted.

The young official had a flowing black beard, a white and thin face, and his eyes were not big, but he flashed two fine lights, and he looked like a shrewd and capable official.

He Zhiyuan hurriedly saluted: "The elder of Lord Liang of Juzhou Zhizhou followed He Zhiyuan to meet Lord Yu Shisu. ”

Su Yushi looked at He Zhiyuan up and down, and secretly said in his heart, how could this Liang Zhizhou send such a young elder to negotiate this matter? Can you handle such a big deal at such a young age? With such a thought in his heart, his face could not help but show contempt.

After Su Yushi sat down in the main seat, he said lightly to He Zhiyuan: "Sit down." ”

He Zhiyuan thanked him for sitting down, he didn't sit down immediately, he first took out Lord Lin's letter, presented it to Su Yushi with both hands, and said respectfully: "Lord Su, this is the letter that Lord Lin, a member of the Nanjing Household Department, asked me to bring to you." ”

Su Yushi took the letter, opened the envelope, unfolded the letterhead, and read it roughly, before saying: "Your Juzhou grain ship was temporarily detained by the Huai'an Branch, and this official has heard about it. The investigation and prohibition of illegal salt is a matter within the responsibility of the Huai'an Branch of the Huai Salt Division of the Two Huai Salt Divisions, and the official has no right to interfere too much. If you're just here to be a lobbyist, don't talk about it. ”

"Master Su misunderstood, I'm not here to be a lobbyist. I heard from the Huai'an Prefecture Ya Torture Room that the people from the Huai'an Branch of the Two Huai'an Salt Divisions had already informed them that the case had been postponed for trial, and that they would wait for the notice of the Huai'an Branch Division's Yamen when the trial would begin. As for why the trial was postponed, the Huai'an branch did not give any reason. And the grain ships in our state can't stay at the wharf for a long time, otherwise they will be damp and moldy, and the losses will be great, and the people in our state are waiting to be caught. Based on this, I have come this time to ask the adults to inquire about this case, and urge the Huai'an Branch to conclude the trial as soon as possible, so that our grain ships can be released as soon as possible. ”

As soon as these words came out, Su Yushi no longer underestimated the young man in front of him. In such a short period of time, it is impossible for ordinary people to inquire about such secret information.

Despite this, Su Yushi still coped: "I know about this, and I will urge them to try and close the case as soon as possible." ”

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, it seems that this is the rhythm of prevarication and random coping. It seems that there is no more drastic material, Sue in front of him

Imperial history will not pay attention to it. So he said: "Su Da, there are many doubts in this case, please allow me to speak slowly and listen to the adults." ”

Su Yushi didn't speak again, but looked at him with both eyes and motioned for him to continue.

He Zhiyuan continued: "The first suspicion is that our grain ship set off from Yangzhou to Huai'an, and the salt department has inspected many times along the way, but no illegal salt has been found. And docked at Huai'an Wharf for one night, and was found to have illegal salt the next morning. As far as I know, our people were staying on board the ship and did not go ashore. ”

"Second, these three packets of illicit salt are only pressed under the grain bag, and they are not hidden. It's as if someone was deliberately discovering it easily. If our people had private salt, they would never be so stupid. ”

"Third, we already have two salt farms in Shandong, and the price of salt is about the same as that in Jiangnan. If our people sell illicit salt, it is absolutely impossible to go far and risk coming to Jiangnan. ”

"Fourth, three packs of illicit salt are sold from Jiangnan to Shandong, and it is only a profit of two or three taels of silver, who would be stupid enough to risk killing their heads for the profit of two or three taels of silver?"

After listening to He Zhiyuan, Su Yushi no longer dared to despise this young man. He straightened his posture and said with a straight face: "These points you said are indeed doubtful, and this official will immediately send a letter to the Huai'an Branch and the Huai'an Mansion to urge them to try the case as soon as possible." ”

He Zhiyuan saw that Su Yushi was paying attention to this case step by step, and thought to himself, it seems that this matter has the possibility of being resolved. He remembered that Lin Gongzi had told him that as long as there was definite evidence, Master Su would help. This also indirectly proves that Su Yushi is not in a gang with the salt division and the salt merchants, that is to say, there is no entanglement of interests between them. If you give Su Yushi some clues now, maybe he may still start investigating, if he comes, the Lu family will inevitably feel frightened, and the goal of encircling Wei to save Zhao can be achieved.

Thinking of this, he said: "Master Su, a few days ago, our people found that the Lu family was smuggling smuggling smuggling salt at the Huai'an Salt Division checkpoint. ”

"Oh? Did your people see it with their own eyes? Please tell me more about it. ”

Yes, He Zhiyuan told the story of the Lu family's 1,000 catties of salt being transported away from 1,000 catties of salt, and by the way, he mentioned the festival between the Lu family and Lord Liang's son.

After listening, Su Yushi narrowed his eyes, thought for a while and said: "Don't spread this matter, this official will immediately start investigating this matter, if it is true, the relevant people will be severely punished!" As for whether this case is a revenge of the Lu family, there is no way to verify now, but I will definitely pay attention to this case. ”

He Zhiyuan felt that the time had come, so he said: "Can you inform the Huai'an Salt Division and let the grain ships and people in our state go first?" After all, food can't be left on board for long. These grains are the rations of the people of our state, and if they are moldy and spoiled, our state will have a loss of more than 100,000 taels of silver. ”

"Until the case is concluded, it is unlikely that he will be released. As for the release of the grain ship, you still have to go to the people of the Huai'an branch to talk to it. The authority of this official is to supervise salt affairs, and the trial of the case is still up to the Yamen of the Salt Division and the Huai'an Mansion, and this official should not interfere. ”

Yes, this ball is kicked to the Yamen of the Salt Division again. It seems that you can't expect this Su Yushi too much, the first time we met, I didn't even hand over a red envelope, and it would be good if he could promise to supervise the trial as soon as possible.

But the first time we met, I couldn't figure out the number of each other, and I couldn't come up and hand over red envelopes, right?

(End of chapter)

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