Li Yanqing saw that she was so anxious that she was about to cry, so he stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Don't worry, tell me what's wrong?" ”

"Half an hour ago, Kaifeng Mansion came to inspect the house, saying that we were repairing the house in the store in violation of the law, and we wanted to close our shop, and the lord reasoned with them, and they wanted to arrest the lord!"

Li Yanqing's face sank, "They took my father?" ”

"Not yet, Brother Hong said that you are a servant of the imperial history, so they didn't arrest people, but they shouted to close the store, they came a lot of people, little officials, go and have a look!"

Li Yanqing nodded and said to the magpie: "Don't go back for the time being, stay here with Sisi, I'll go see what's going on?" ”

He turned back to Zhang Hu and said, "Everyone get on the horse and follow me to have a look." ”

The four of them immediately turned over and got on their horses, and Yang Guang rubbed his hands and said, "Do you want to bring weapons?" ”

Li Yanqing glared at him fiercely, "You brought a weapon, and others just caught you!" ”

Zhang Hu whispered to Yang Guang: "It's not to deal with bandits, what to do with weapons, just find a stick in case of a real fight." ”

"Actually, I didn't expect that."

"Stop talking nonsense, come with me!"

Li Yanqing urged the horse and galloped in the direction of Chenzhou Gate, and the four of them also followed, and in just a moment, the four of them ran away.

At this time, Sisi also heard the news and came to the outer room, she usually did not go out of the door, at most only in front of the outer door, and happened to meet the magpie, she looked behind, "Where did the husband go?" ”

"Hey! Something happened to Baoyan Zhai, the little official went to deal with it, and I will tell you in detail when I get to the back room. ”

"That's good! Let's go in and talk. ”

Sisi pulled the magpie and walked briskly towards the back house.......

Of course, Li Yanqing knew what was going on, that is, the small courtyard where he and Sisi lived before, the capital has a strict distinction between shops and residences, business is business, house is house, and the transformation of shops into residences needs to be approved by the government, and the transformation of houses into shops must also be declared, which involves the issue of verifying the household tax level.

But with the passage of time, these regulations have long existed in name only, ordinary civilians do not pay attention to it at all, the situation of the front shop and the back house abounds, and no one has to declare, plus the government has limited manpower, and the serious case is still too busy, who will care about this kind of idle affairs, Li Daqi's friends are all repairing houses in the shop, and he has excess land in the shop, and he does not feel that there is anything wrong with building a small courtyard.

Of course, the regulations have not been abolished, it is still written there in black and white, the government wants to use it to ask for crimes, there is really a law to follow, but the government has not asked about this kind of thing for more than ten years, and today Kaifeng Mansion actually came to the door, so how can Li Daqi not be depressed?

Li Yanqing was even more puzzled, making him feel that this matter was not so simple, and it seemed that Kaifeng Mansion was deliberately looking for Baoyan Zhai.

The south of Hongqiao is crowded with people, crowded with people who come to watch the excitement, the Song Dynasty is orderly, many people do not see the chief officials for life, that is to say, the officials rarely come to harass the people, so such a large-scale dispatch as the Kaifeng government officials, the situation of stationing in ordinary shops is extremely rare, how can the people not be of great interest.

The two ends of the Hongqiao bridge have been crowded with people watching the excitement, people are talking, they don't know what happened to Bao Yan Zhai, some people gloat, saying that retribution is reincarnated, and some people maliciously speculate, preaching everywhere that Bao Yan Zhai must have committed human life and was going to be seized by the government.

In front of the gate of the Bao Yan Zhai trading house, there were six sword-carrying officials, who were not allowed to see the lively people approaching, and in the trading house, there were dozens of officials standing in the courtyard and corridor, all the accounting offices and other employees of Bao Yan Zhai were locked up in a large room, and they were not allowed to come out, and the treasury where the spices were stored and the room where the account books were placed were also sealed by the government, and the house hidden in the east was sealed.

This house is the source of the Kaifeng Mansion to Bao Yan Zhai, without the approval of the government, privately built a residence in the shop, if the problem expands, but also to investigate whether Bao Yan Zhai has tax evasion.

In the lobby, Yin Du Jinsheng, the young man of Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao Yan, the magistrate, were sitting on a wide chair asking questions, while Li Daqi was sitting opposite the two of them with a blushing face.

Although this is just a formal gift official, and it has nothing to do with the official rank in the real sense, but after all, it is the Son of Heaven's royal mouth, if there is no exact evidence of the crime, Kaifeng Mansion really does not dare to arrest people at will, and just said that he wanted to take people away is just a moment of anger when he said it, and it can't be taken seriously.

"We Baoyanzhai operate in accordance with the law, and all the spices purchased are cut by the Aroma Pharmacy, and we have a lot of taxes to pay, but you insist on saying that we evade taxes and evade taxes, and I have nothing to say, but once it is verified that there is no certificate, I will go to Dengwen Drum to accuse you of framing the people, I think this lawsuit will end up with your Kaifeng Mansion apologizing or me Li Daqi is unlucky!"

Li Daqi's attitude is very tough, this is also the Song Dynasty people sue the official situation is very common, and the vast majority of the small people win the lawsuit, and finally the government apologizes, and even compensates for the loss, which is a common sense in the Song Dynasty, so the Song people love to fight lawsuits, and there are many kinds of lawyers, and there are even schools that specialize in training lawyers.

It is precisely for this reason that although the officials of Kaifeng Mansion are powerful, they dare not really seize the items casually, and they did not go to the Royal Street to seal the main store of Baoyanzhai, which has too much impact.

Du Jinsheng smiled and said: "Li Yuanwai doesn't need to be angry, I believe that right and wrong have their own judgment, we also received a report from someone, saying that you built a private house in the shop, and said that you did not pay taxes for private oil, we have investigated, you did transport a lot of oil at night, why do you transport it at night?" Have you ever gone to the tax office to pay taxes? If we ignore these circumstances, it will be a dereliction of duty, and if we find out the situation, we can also return your innocence. ”

"The night transportation of oil is to not disturb the people, but also because there are few ships on the Bianhe River at night, and the transportation is convenient, but we do not sell oil, our oil is used to make soap and rouge, and there is no need to pay taxes, even if you have to pay taxes, it is also the people who sell oils and fats to pay taxes locally, what does it have to do with Baoyan Zhai? As long as we have paid taxes on our fat powder and rouge, I have not evaded taxes. ”

"But you did build a house in the shop, didn't you? We all saw it with our own eyes. ”

"Repairing two courtyards is for the accounts during their lunch break, and it is not used to live at home, I have my own house, and my son also rents a house in the city to live, so I can't insist that I built a house because it is two courtyards, just like I tied a paper man to worship my ancestors, and you pointed to the paper man and said that I killed someone."

Li Daqi was sharp-tongued, and Du Jinsheng was speechless, and at this time, Zhao Yan, the official next to him, said slowly: "Even if the two courtyards are used for lunch breaks, what about the docks?" You have built a small wharf in the Bianhe River without authorization, which has affected the navigation and flood discharge of the Bianhe River. ”

Zhao Yan said that the wharf refers to the small wharf outside the yard, which is indeed a handle, last summer Tokyo was flooded, a big reason is that a large number of people built privately, occupying the riverbed, seriously affecting the flood discharge and drainage, for this reason the imperial court issued an order after the water receded, it is strictly forbidden to build houses and wharves along the rivers of important rivers in Tokyo, such as the Bianhe River, the Cai River, and the Wuzhang River, and build the wharf, even if they want to build it, they must report to the government for approval.

This is not an old rule that strictly prohibits shops from building houses, but a new rule that was promulgated last year.

Li Daqi said for a while: "First, whether the wharf has affected shipping and flood discharge, you know it in your own hearts; Second, when I started to build the wharf, the new regulations of the imperial court had not yet come down, and I had read the new regulations, but it only said that it was strictly forbidden to build a new wharf, and whether my wharf was considered a violation was still to be discussed; Thirdly, if you decide that this is a forbidden wharf, you can send someone to send an official letter over, and I will dismantle it myself, it is necessary to occupy the Baoyan Zhai Trading Company in such a way and attract the attention of all the people, which will seriously affect my reputation. ”

"What the government should do is up to the government to decide, this is not bothered, we will naturally leave after checking the situation, you don't have to be too anxious."

Li Daqi snorted heavily and was silent.

At this time, Hong Dazhi walked in quickly, whispered a few words to Li Daqi, Li Daqi hurriedly turned around, only to hear a sound of footsteps outside, this is Li Yanqing arrived in a hurry.

Li Yanqing walked into the lobby and said with a smile: "It actually alarmed Du Shaoyin and Zhao Tuiguan, it seems that Baoyanzhai has committed a lot of crimes!" ”

Li Yanqing's words woke up the person in the dream, and Li Daqi realized that something was wrong, such a trivial matter as repairing a house in a shop and repairing a small wharf actually alarmed the second and third people in Kaifeng Mansion to come to the door, there is a lot of article in it!

Du Jinsheng and Zhao Yan glanced at each other, both of them showed a trace of embarrassment on their faces, and Li Yanqing hit the nail on the head and hit the essence of the problem.

Li Yanqing is the sixth official imperial history, while Du Jinsheng is from the sixth grade, and Zhao Yan is only from the seventh grade, in front of Li Yanqing, they can't afford to put up an official stand, they get up and salute and invite Li Yanqing to sit down.

Du Jinsheng laughed dryly and said: "We are just routine, mainly because Baoyanzhai has violations, as for who to send, this is not clearly specified, in fact, it also shows that we attach importance to Baoyanzhai." ”

"What are the violations of Bao Yan Zhai?" Li Yanqing quickly cut through the mess, didn't talk to them, and went straight to the point.

"At present, it seems that there are two main violations, one is to build a house in a shop......."

"There is no violation of this law!"

Before they finished speaking, Li Yanqing interrupted them, "The definition of a house is to have a home, and the important symbol of a home is to have a kitchen, a guest hall and the like, and there are two courtyards built here, a total of eight rooms, no kitchen, no guest hall, no livestock shed, vegetable cellar and other necessary facilities for the home, which is actually a temporary rest place for the bookkeepers to stay up late at the end of the month and can't go home, and it is a staff rest room allowed to be built in the shop, and it has nothing to do with the house." ”

Li Yanqing is more powerful than his father Li Daqi, and directly came up with the basis to prove that these two courtyards are not family houses, but staff rest rooms.

Du Jinsheng nodded and said, "Okay! Even if there is no violation, we can deny the report, but there is no doubt that the unauthorized construction of a wharf in the Bianhe River is indeed a violation. ”

"Since the violation is confirmed, how should it be punished?" Li Yanqing asked bluntly.

"According to the new regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Industry last year, the owner is ordered to demolish the illegal building within three days, and will be fined the same amount of work.

Li Yanqing nodded and said to his father: "I hope that my father will demolish the small wharf within tomorrow, and after seeing how much money was spent on building the small wharf, he will hand over the same money to Kaifeng Mansion as a fine, and it will be completed within tomorrow." ”

Li Daqi admired his son's decisiveness in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I'll do it tomorrow!" ”

Li Yanqing said to the two of them again: "May I ask what else is there for the two of you?" ”

Du Jinsheng and Zhao Yan glanced at each other, and Du Jinsheng smiled and said: "It is worthy of Li Yushi, the problem was handled properly in less than a cup of tea, and there was nothing else for the time being." ”

In front of Li Yanqing, they didn't dare to mention the tax evasion loophole, they were facing the imperial history, this kind of thing was messed up without evidence, and they were going to be impeached by the imperial history.

"Since there's nothing else to do, please go back! Traffic has been seriously obstructed, and if the Hongqiao collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Alright! Revoke the seizure and we'll go back. ”

Zhao Yan walked out of the lobby quickly, and shouted to the officials: "Revoke the seizure and line up to return to the official office!" ”

Li Daqi also hurriedly ran to visit his account office, at this time, Du Jinsheng whispered to Li Yanqing: "People in officialdom, no one dares to say that they don't have any handles, and they are not afraid of others coming to check, so it's best to leave some leeway for yourself to do things, Li Yushi, someone above asked me to bring this sentence to you." ”

Sure enough, the drunkard didn't mean to drink, these guys were targeting themselves, not Baoyanzhai, Li Yanqing said coldly: "I don't know who the above refers to?" Can Du Shaoyin make his words a little clearer. ”

"There are some things that can't be said clearly, what case is Li Yushi investigating today, and he should understand it in his heart?"

Li Yanqing nodded, sure enough, it was Wang Hao, he didn't guess wrong, only Wang Hao had so much energy to use Kaifeng Mansion to check Baoyan Zhai.

"Is this a threat to me?"

"It's not a threat, it's a subtle reminder, and if Li Yushi thinks it's a warning, he can think like that."

"That's good! I also have two sentences to ask Du Shaoyin to take them back for the errand. ”

"Li Yushi, please speak!"

Li Yanqing pointed to the golden signboard above his head, "First, the brand of Baoyanzhai is the imperial seal written by the Son of Heaven, if you must smash this brand, then I can only impeach you for the crime of bullying the king, just think about it, a group of officials are crowded here, this sign is inexplicably broken, and Du Shaoyin's official hat may not be able to be kept." ”

Du Jinsheng saw sweat on his forehead, and Li Yanqing's threat made him feel uneasy in his heart, and he found that he was a little hasty today, and he actually forgot the imperial signboard of the Son of Heaven.

"I remember, there is still something to tell the officials."

"Second, you go and tell the person above that he'd better figure out what's going on under the table, why am I going to investigate that case today?"

Du Jinsheng's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "Li Yushi's words I will definitely bring them, and we will meet later!" ”

"Du Shaoyin is gone, I won't send it!"

The large group of officials walked clean in an instant, all the seals were torn off, as if nothing had happened, Li Yanqing stood in front of the steps of the lobby with his hands in his hands, with a sneer on his face, he still thought that Wang Hao was clever, and it seemed that it was nothing more than that.

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