Chen Yue's words made Ma Mingming's heart relax a little, it turned out that he didn't want to make a big move to flip the table, so it was good.

What Ma Zhi feared the most was that Chen Yue would brazenly use his knife against all the salt merchants like he did in Nanjing. Huaiyan involves the national economy and people's livelihood, and if it is not done well, there will be chaos. Chen Yue held heavy soldiers in his hands, others couldn't help him, but it was the people of Yangzhou who suffered.

Through some conversations, Ma Mingli thought that he understood Chen Yue's needs, and he just wanted to make up his mind on salt and get a benefit, Chen Yuegui was the governor of Jiangbei and held tens of thousands of troops, so he was qualified to make this request.

"What does Master Hou want me to do?" Ma Mingli asked, secretly guessing in his heart the purpose of Chen Yue's calling for his coming.

"Ma Fuzun's reputation Benhou is naturally trustworthy, but the people of the Salt Transport Envoy Benhou can't believe it. The flood of private salt is inseparable from their plans, and I will send someone to inspect the salt transportation in the near future, and if necessary, I need Ma Fuzun's cooperation. Chen Yue said lightly.

Ma Mingming is the prefect of Yangzhou, and what happens in Yangzhou will definitely not be able to go beyond him, and many things still need his cooperation, which is the purpose of Chen Yue calling him over.

Of course, Chen Yue didn't want to really make a big move, he only hoped to catch the sore feet of the salt transport envoy, so that he could get a piece of the Huai salt pie, so that it could be used to raise soldiers.

Of course, Chen Yue summoned Ma Zhili to come for another purpose, that is, to expose the news and let the salt transportation envoys and salt merchants know, if they are willing to give up the interests that satisfy them, then everything will be fine, the recruit training is about to end, and it will be formed into a battalion soon, and Chen Yue has no energy to make a big move.

In the next few days, Shan Minglei was in charge of investigating the officials of the Salt Transport Envoy Department and the major salt merchants, and the secret agents of the Enemy Intelligence Department were distributed throughout the canal and various seaside salt areas in Huai'an, Tongzhou, to investigate all kinds of intelligence on Huaiyan. All kinds of intelligence were continuously gathered and analyzed by the Enemy Intelligence Department and the Suppression Department.

The salt transport envoy Si Yamen, the salt transport envoy Liang Huanping, the same knowledge Wei Lin, the salt governor Yu Shi Fan Zhengdao, and the three bigwigs of the two Huai salt transport sat together and were discussing secretly.

"Although Pingnanhou is the governor of Jiangbei, but the Daming salt and iron monopoly, the salt administration is naturally in charge of our salt transportation envoys, there are dozens of inspection departments in Lianghuai, and there are hundreds of salt in our yamen, what does the matter of searching for smuggling salt dealers have to do with his governor's mansion?"

The salt transport envoy said indignantly. Chen Yue sent someone to investigate the matter of the Salt Transport Envoy Division, and naturally it could not be concealed, and in the eyes of several people, Chen Yue's move was definitely an act of overstepping his authority.

"Lord Fan, you should play to the imperial court and impeach the Marquis of Pingnan for overstepping his authority and acting without permission!" Wei Lin said to Fan Zhengdao.

Although Fan Zhengdao is only a seven-grade imperial history, he has the right to hear about it, as long as this matter is caused to the court, I believe that the bigwigs in the court know the severity better than Chen Yue, and naturally they will not let Chen Yue act recklessly!

"Hehe, it's not impossible for me to play, but what should I say? Is it said that Chen Yue arrested a smuggler without authority? I also know the beginning and end of this matter, it is clear that the two children of the guard who came to Yangzhou to join the army were done by the way, but it has nothing to do with Pingnanhou. ”

Fan Zhengdao said expressionlessly.

"Then what about him sending someone to investigate the salt transportation yamen? What is the intention of sending people into the salt area to inquire about the salt tax at the banknote? Wei Lin asked indignantly.

"The imperial court allocated 30,000 taels of salt to the Jiangbei Governor's Mansion every year to be used as the food and salary of the Pingnan army, and it was not inappropriate for the Pingnan Marquis to send someone to inquire about it. Besides, the Governor's Office is responsible for the defense of the entire Jiangbei, and it is even more natural to send people to go deep into the salt area, what kind of criminal evidence is counted? ”

Fan Zhengdao asked disdainfully, this Wei Lin usually has too much contact with the salt merchants, and he doesn't know how many benefits he has gained, but now Pingnanhou has sent someone to investigate, and he is in a hurry all of a sudden, why did he bother with it today?

"You ......" Wei Lin's face turned pale, and he stood up at once.

"Ahem," Yan Yun made Liang Huanping cough lightly twice, stopping Wei Lin's outburst.

"Lord Fan, we are all officials of the Lianghuai Salt Administration, and Pingnanhou's move has indeed exceeded his authority, in this case, we still need to share the same hatred." Liang Huanping smiled at Fan Zhengdao.

Everyone is a system, and he believes that Fan Zhengdao will make the right choice and will not let outsiders see the jokes.

"Lord Liang," Fan Zhengdao was silent for a moment and raised his head, "There is no big problem with what Pingnanhou is doing now, and I will not impeach a local official like the governor of Jiangbei because of this trivial matter." Xiaguan is just a mere seven-grade imperial history, and I can't afford to mix up with the affairs of your big people. ”

Fan Zhengdao stood up as he spoke, and left.

"What does he mean by that, does he want to be neutral?" Wei Lin was stunned.

"Hmph, it's just to watch the situation, this person is just a wallgrass, looking to see who will have the upper hand." Liang Huanping said coldly.

Everyone else can be neutral, but this Fan Zhengdao will not. If Chen Yue overthrew the salt transport envoy Si Yamen, Fan Zhengdao, the salt governor and imperial history, would be responsible for negligence, and Fan Zhengdao would definitely fall into the well at that time. If Chen Yue's move provokes chaos in Yangzhou, Fan Zhengdao will also play impeachment and shirk responsibility.

"So what are we going to do now?" Wei Lin asked.

"Let's test how much appetite this Pingnanhou has, after all, he is a big man, so if you can, don't provoke." Liang Huanping sighed.

Next, Liang Huanping sent his staff to contact the Governor's Palace, and Chen Yue understood the reconciliation released by the Salt Transport Envoy and sent He Lu to contact Liang Huanping's staff on his behalf. It was proposed to claim the right to monopolize salt in Yingtian, Ningguo, Taiping, Guangde, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Fengyang, Luzhou, and six prefectures and two prefectures, and the governor's office designated a firm to operate the salt business in these areas.

These six prefectures and two counties are all near Nanjing, and it is very convenient for them to be operated by the Four Seas Commercial Bank, the total population of these areas is nearly 10 million, and the annual profit from selling salt should exceed one million taels of silver, which is enough to support the Pingnan army.

However, with a population of nearly 10 million and millions of profits, who would be willing to give up such a huge profit?

When he heard the conditions of the Governor's Palace, Liang Huanping suddenly smiled bitterly, this Pingnan Marquis was really a lion who opened his mouth and forced himself to a dead end all of a sudden.

These six prefectures and two states are the territory of the Jiang family and the Shen family of salt merchants, and Chen Yue's move offended two of the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou at once. Whether it is the Jiang family or the Shen family, the background is extremely profound, and although Liang Huanping himself is an envoy from Sanpin Salt, he can't convince them to give up such huge interests.

It seems that a turmoil in Yangzhou is inevitable! Chen Yue is the governor of Jiangbei, with heavy troops, the Jiang family and the Shen family will inevitably join other salt merchants to deal with the greedy governor's mansion, and the two sides will inevitably have a fight, no matter what, he will not be able to fall as a salt envoy!