The turmoil that began in Shaanxi and Gansu during the Apocalypse was finally numerically curbed in Kaifeng, and as for the tragic price paid behind it, it was not a few words to whitewash the peace and can be generalized. In the face of the peasant rebel army, which claimed to be 300,000, the number of troops invested by the imperial court was also claimed to be 500,000. In the entire territory of Henan, the soldiers have been fighting for a long time. Many people are trapped in the huge torrent between the two, ruthlessly washed and crushed, and there is no sadness, only helpless struggle or acceptance.

With the final victory of the imperial army, the focus shifted to pacifying the people. Part of the army was withdrawn for repair, and the part directly controlled by the superintendent Xu Zhi followed and wedged. Officers and soldiers from several border towns also returned to the division to guard the border passes.

The imperial court newspapers in various prefectures and counties may mention this, but they are extremely obscure. Several important passes have been heavily guarded, and the flow of people in the past has been strictly checked.

At present, the Shandong Political Department has also done a lot of protection, but when it comes to the Dengzhou area, not too many people pay attention to these things.

Penglai belongs to the attached Guo County, the county government and the government are not far away, and then through a street, and is a new house hanging the sign of Denglai Patrol Inspectorate, which is newly built after Denglai merged a house, and now it has not yet ushered in its owner. Although the new and first Denglai Inspector entered the territory of Denglai early, he never went to the Yamen to sit in the hall, and it is said that he went to experience the suffering of the people. Therefore, although it is a newly merged government, because of this uncertain factor, it is operating with unprecedented efficiency.

The new inspector is a ruthless person on a weekly salary.

During the New Year, there was not much celebration, and Chen Xiujie did not give himself a holiday until the twenty-ninth year, because after the beginning of the year, a new era name would be used, and the previous documents would be cleaned up, integrated and sealed. With regard to the new era names, the imperial court had recently issued a decree on the provinces to ensure that they could be used uniformly at the beginning of the new year.

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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chen Ji received a summons from the Penglai County Yafa in Songxi, asking him to come to the court within three days. After making some money and asking about the situation, it turned out that someone had sued him, but it was really a disaster.

In the schoolhouse, Chen Ji called Chen Guo and told him about it, Chen Guo was anxious, and shouted that he would go and tell his family to know. According to the Jokhang law, the lawsuit should also be fought level by level, and before the county government passes through the court, it can also be coordinated by the head of the first or the elder of the clan, and only if there is an objection to the result, will the complaint be handed over to the county office.

Now this situation has directly skipped the first link, but it seems to be reasonable.

"The salt farm used to be the same as the government, but then the head was changed, and it has been shut down for a long time, and now the court wants you to go over and ask questions, no matter how you look at it, someone wants to mess with you."

Chen Ji has been looking at his family's industry the most important thing in the morning, even if the output is not high, but the profit in it is really not comparable to ordinary business. All along, he has been trying his best to dredge up the relationship above, hoping to rebuild the salt farm.

Now I haven't really made a move, but I've given people the first shot.

"It's said that someone secretly dried salt. This happened to me, and you wanted to kill me directly. Selling illicit salt is a felony. ”

Chen Ji's tone was flat, and he didn't seem to pay much attention to it.

The salt works in the area of the Yellow and Bohai Seas belong to the Liaodong Capital Division in terms of establishment, and there are more than 200 salt stations in the places where they have been opened. This is also because a large part of these "Liaodong salts" themselves need to be transported to various health centers in Liaodong. There must be a significant part of this transportation loss. Therefore, Liu Ju, the governor of Liaodong, wrote, "The mountains and seas in Liaodong are blocked, the boats are not passable, there is no civil movement, there is no field grain, and the annual income is limited to one-third of the year, and now the warehouse is empty, and the sergeants lack food." It was found that the 25 Wei belonged, Wei had a salt field, and every year the salt should be fried 3,856,430 catties for the army to eat, but the salt field went to Wei quite far, and it was very difficult to transport. In this way, it will be helpful to save on the side, and the salt class will not be wasted. ”

Due to the reorganization of Liaodong salt again, the imperial court began to "call merchants to buy". In this way, there is a lot of work in it.

After the Chen family's salt farm took the line of the hundred households, it was regarded as a part of the extra money earned by the hundred households, and later there was a royal history, and similar to this kind of "joint venture" salt works were closed one after another.

After that, the Liaodong Salt Affairs Metropolitan Transit Department hung a sign of "Salt Lifting Division" in Dengzhou, and it was difficult to do "private salt" again.

It stands to reason that even if Chen Ji opened private salt for profit, he should have raised the department to come and take people, but now he has sued people to Penglai County, which is strange.

Chen Guo still thinks that he should tell the elders in the family.

Chen Ji shook his head and did not support. Of course, Chen Guo must have to ventilate with his family, and he can't seem to stop it.

On the same day, he went back to Penglai and met Lao Chen.

Penglai County issued a summons, but he didn't mention it to Chen Xiujie, so after seeing Chen Ji, he knew what was going on.

The father and son sat in the small courtyard, but they talked about the topic again, and they seemed to have forgotten about the upcoming trip to the county government.

On the eighteenth day of the first month of the first year of Chunxi, Penglai County Ya, Chen Ji passed the hall alone. I had the same experience in Qingzhou earlier, and this time I am familiar with it.

Penglai County has been vacant for nearly half a year, and Denglai Mansion has sent a pusher to take charge. said that he was passing through the hall, but he didn't go directly to the hall and shouted "mighty", but in the second hall of the back office, Chen Ji saw Gao Fu, the official of Denglai Mansion.

Gao Fu is nearly half a hundred years old, his sideburns have turned white, he was originally the official of Dengzhou Mansion, and after the merger of Dengzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion, he was also promoted, although his official position has not changed.

Now the officials of Denglai Mansion can't really say that they have the same heart, that is, Chen Xiujie, who went to the prefect's hometown in his hometown, does not conform to the rules of the imperial court, so there are always some twists and turns.

Gao Fu is originally from the south, but he was born in a poor family, and it is actually very difficult to be able to achieve this position today.

Of course, he will not give Chen Ji any smile because he is the son of the prefect, or that seeing Chen Ji in the second hall is already very face-saving to the prefect of Chen.

Chen Ji saw the salute and stood in the hall, waiting for Gao Fu to ask.

Gao Fu was not ambiguous, and said straight to the point: "Regarding this case, the county government should not have taken the case, but when it comes to salt affairs, the county government has no choice but to say something."

Chen Ji bowed.

Gao Fu said: "The official also heard about what you did in Qingzhou, although the means are not necessarily above board, but after all, he has done something that is kind to the people, which is also a reason why the official is here to see you."

"Because of your fame, this official will not detain you, but you must not leave Penglai until this case is concluded."

Chen Ji bowed down again.

Gao Fu nodded and said, "Tomorrow, the Japanese official will be promoted, and someone will be sent to pass you on then, go ahead."

Chen Ji retreated in response, a little confused.