Liu Changyou rectified the Changlu salt method, Zhang Liu rose up, and the news reached Anqing, and Anhui's salt administration was in great turmoil. Governor Yinghan's heart was shocked, and he looked panicked all day long - he was afraid that the salt barons here in Anhui would do the same. If so, it is difficult to say whether he, who has just sat in the governor's seat for a short time, can still keep it.

Yinghan once sent a "private message" to Guan Zhuofan that he wanted to rectify the salt affairs in Anhui, which offended Li Shizhong and others very deeply, but was framed by someone who "bought ginseng", and finally caused a big storm in the Anhui military reimbursement case. Guan Zhuofan listened to this statement in vain, and he didn't care about it in his heart: Do you have the courage to rectify the salt business? I thought that I was in Jiangsu back then, and I wanted to move the salt business, but I was scared back!

In fact, Guan Zhuofan somewhat looked down on Yinghan.

Yinghan did think about rectifying the salt affairs in Anhui.

The initiator of this proposal was a staff member of Yinghan named Liu Chuanzhen.

This person is very young, less than thirty years old, handsome, elegant, and romantic, because he has the fame of the prefect with Zhili Prefecture, and the people of the time jokingly called "Gu Ying Pianpian Liu Taishou".

Liu Chuanzhen did not go to school, and he was able to enter the shogunate of the governor of Anhui, first, because he had a big face, and second, he was too handsome, and Yinghan was inevitably tempted. Although Ying and Liu did not really achieve the joy of breaking their sleeves, it is also a pleasure to talk about it.

Of course, these two may also have something to do with Longyang, but they are just hiding it from outsiders.

Liu Chuanzhen is no better than the male pet named "Xiao Zhang" in the former Huguang Governor Guanwen - as explained above. Rape and murder of the people's daughter, was directly carried out by Yan Jingming from the governor's yamen, beat him half to death in front of the official document, and then sent the bastard on the frontier.

Liu Chuanzhen is extremely smart and knowledgeable, and he worships the master of the governor's yamen as his teacher. Ask for advice with an open mind, and ask without shame, and soon after, not only is he proficient, but even a stroke of words is about to catch up with the master.

Liu Chuanzhen tried his best to instigate Yinghan to rectify the salt affairs in Anhui, saying that the imperial court had a new policy. You have to use money in the area, and salt is a huge bonanza. After the chaos, with a little rectification, the salt tax can be greatly increased. In this way, the regular income of the household department has increased. The army will be able to invite the curtain, and the lord of the privy government will also look at it differently; In addition, in addition to handing over to the national treasury, we can leave some of them to some extent, and the use of the governor's yamen will be much more relaxed.

Yinghan was tempted, and sought it from a confidant named Yu Geng.

This Yu Geng, whose surname is Xu. The word Langxi, the Han army is a white flag man. His name, not many people may know it. But his two daughters are very famous: the eldest daughter Deling, and the second daughter Rongling, both of whom are beautiful, rhythmic, and good at dancing. The elite and the French language - that is, the two horns who entered the palace by later generations and translated and received Western wives for Cixi. Especially Deling. Cixi trusted and favored the specialty, and was once too ordinary a princess and Gege.

De Ling and Rong Ling are two very famous courtesans in the late Qing Dynasty.

Of course, it is now the fifth year of Tongzhi, that is, in 1866, and these two beauties have not yet been born.

The deeds of Yu Geng and his family, if you want to talk about it, may not be able to finish a book, and I will not list it for the time being, and say that he heard Yinghan's reaction to the plan to rectify the salt business.

Yu Geng's eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly, as if he didn't know Yinghan.

After a long while, he said categorically: "Dong Weng, Liu Wennan can't do this discussion!" ”

Wen Nan, Liu Chuanzhen's words.

Ying Han was stunned, stunned for a moment, and said, "Please ask - why is the old master so cloudy?" ”

Yu Geng sighed and said, "The difficulty of salt affairs, what does Dong Weng not know?" It's too broad and too deep! This mud pond, if you step on it, whether you can pull out your feet or not, no one can say! That's it, the most important thing is - to put it mildly: try your best to cut your body, you may not be able to pull the emperor off the horse! ”

After a pause, he said: "The key to salt affairs in Anhui is not in Anhui, but in Jiangsu!" Lianghuai Salt Farm, all in northern Jiangsu, where it is the land of the Governor of Liangjiang - Dong Weng, Zeng Disheng has no action, why should we be this rafter? Even if you don't care about it, you will be out of reach, and you will be powerless, and eventually become a rotten rafter! ”

Yu Geng was in a hurry, and these words were urgent and heavy, and even "if you try your best, you may not be able to pull the emperor off the horse" This kind of big taboo was said. Ying Han listened to it, thought about it carefully, and couldn't make a sound.

Anhui also produces salt, but it is not the main salt producing area, and most of the salt eaten in Anhui comes from the "Lianghuai Salt Farm" in Jiangsu.

"Lianghuai Salt Farm" is the largest salt field in China at present, and its status is too heavy to be Changlu Salt Field. During the Qianlong Dynasty, the salt levy of the two Huai salt farms exceeded half of the national salt class, which is really true, "The two Huai years of the class, half of the rent on the same day, the profit and loss are in vain, and the national economy is moved." ”

In today's Tongzhi Dynasty, the proportion of customs duties in the main income of the imperial court has increased, the proportion of salt tax has decreased, and the importance of the Lianghuai salt field has decreased slightly, but it is still a first-class "national economy".

Li Shizhong was able to support tens of thousands of troops for a long time and dominate one side because of his "Yusheng Battalion", which directly and indirectly controlled the two Huai salt fields.

After Li Shizhong's "Zhishi", he still maintained a strong influence on the Lianghuai Salt Farm under the table.

The importance of salt in Anhui lies in the following aspects: first, Anhui is one of the main salt consumption areas, which will generate a large amount of salt-related taxes; Second, Anhui's salt affairs are closely related to the "Lianghuai Salt Farm" - the person who secretly controls the Lianghuai Salt Farm is not in Jiangsu, but in Anhui.

In fact, the word "two Huai" has shown this close correlation - "two Huai", that is, "Huainan" and "Huaibei", is a cross-regional concept, which generally refers to the region north and south of the Huai River in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.

This is what Yu Geng said "the key to salt affairs in Anhui is not in Anhui, but in Jiangsu".

As for Zeng Guofan, after pacifying Hong Yang, he really hasn't taken care of the two Huai salt farms.

You can say that he hasn't had time to do it yet - the chaos is peaceful, the Jiangning area has been extremely miserable, Zeng Guofan's priority is to deal with the aftermath and restore the market, there are countless things to do here, a year and a half, and he can't take care of the salt affairs.

You can also say that Zeng Disheng pretended to be confused, opened one eye and closed one eye - not only the "old man" Li Shizhong who interfered in the salt affairs of the two Huai, but also the "newcomer" - some Hunan army generals.

To rectify Anhui's salt affairs, Li Shizhong must be moved, and there may also be a conflict with the Hunan army. As soon as Ying Han thought that he was going to fight these two forces single-handedly, he felt a big chill in his heart, and the puffed up anger was immediately discharged.

He frowned and said, "Don't Wen Nan know the joints here?" Why did you encourage me to do this? Could he ......?"

Yu Geng knew what Ying Han meant, and hurriedly shook his hand again and again: "Don't misunderstand Dong Weng, Wen Nan's integrity, don't doubt it!" He dedicates this ......"

After a pause, he said, "First, I am young and enthusiastic, and second, I am ......."

"Young and enthusiastic" is a euphemism, which means "young and ignorant".

Yu Geng hesitated for a moment and said: "Originally, I shouldn't talk about the length of people behind my back, Wen Nan is my student, and we live well on weekdays - but, if I don't say it thoroughly, I'm afraid that Dong Weng will misunderstand Wen Nan too much-Well, Wen Nan and Li Shizhong have a grudge." ”

"Oh?"

"Dong Weng probably didn't know that Wen Nan was born in the 'Yusheng Camp'."

"What?"

"When Wen Nan entered the 'Yusheng Camp', he was only a white ding, but in less than a year, he retained the fourth rank - Wen Nan did not make any great efforts, which Li Shizhong coveted Wen Nan...... appearance, with officials as bait. Dong Weng thought, how can Wen Nan look down on that Li Shizhong? Serve its wishes, that is, hang the crown and leave. ”

"Oh!"

In Yinghan's heart, a sense of pride inexplicably rose: Liu Chuanzhen "doesn't look" at Li Shizhong, but he "looks down" on me!

"Wen Nan is not proud of this experience, and he did not put it in his resume, so few people know about it."

Ying Han let out a "hmm" and said, "In this way, Wen Nan and Li Shizhong have formed a relationship?" ”

"Not really." Yu Geng shook his head slightly, "Wen Nan really hates Li Shizhong, it is after Li Shizhong's 'Zhishi'. ”

"Once, Wen Nan went to Yangzhou on a business trip and met Li Shizhong at a restaurant. After all, Li Shizhong is Wen Nan's old boss, and when Wen Nan hung up his crown and begged to go, the two of them did not break their faces, and Wen Nan stepped forward to greet him. ”

After a pause, Yu Geng said, "Dong Weng, do you know what Li Shizhong said?" ”

In fact, the place where Liu Chuanzhen and Li Shizhong met by chance was a Qinglou, not a restaurant, and Yu Geng was "covering his face" in front of Futai for the students.

"Say what?"

"Li Shizhong smiled, 'Don't do this like a child, what's the matter, you forgot that when you were in the camp, you brushed the toilet and poured the night pot for me?"

Ying Han's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Damn, damn!" ”

I couldn't help but feel pity in my heart, nodded and said: "Whoever you change, you have to be the second bone of Li Shizhong's title!" No wonder Wen Nan! No wonder Wen Nan! ”

Yu Geng's intention to bridge not only dispelled Yinghan's idea of rectifying the salt business, but Liu Chuanzhen did not fall out of favor in front of Yinghan because of this unreliable proposal.

However, something happened.

The news that Liu Chuanzhen proposed and Yingfutai was preparing to rectify the salt affairs somehow leaked out, and Li Shizhong caused a big commotion. Soon after, Wang Yongtai was given a bribe by the Sixth Section to participate in the Anhui military expense reimbursement case. Wang Yongtai is a native of Gushi, Henan, and Li Shizhong is a fellow villager, and the governor of Anhui knows that this must be Li Shizhong's "buying ginseng".

This big case was full of twists and turns, and it was delayed for a long time, and in the end, it was folded into a military minister, a household servant, and a bunch of Taoists, prefects, and military aircraft Zhang Jing. At the last moment, Yinghan changed his plan in time and escaped, and only got a punishment of "demoting two levels and retaining his post", which was considered to have not hurt his muscles and bones, but he was exhausted and exhausted, and he no longer dared to fight Li Shizhong's idea.

However, if you don't beat other people's ideas, they may not beat your ideas.

*(To be continued) R580