"Stop, guard the ground, idlers are not allowed to approach!"

In front of the Yamen of the Shanxi Governor, looking at the crowd that was getting closer and closer, a guerrilla general who was on guard with his troops finally couldn't hold his breath, pulled out the big knife on his waist, pointed forward, and broke his throat in a deep voice.

"Qiang Qiang ......"

As soon as the guerrilla general stopped drinking, the sound of the waist knife coming out of the sheath suddenly became a loud sound, and dozens of shield knife men raised their swords in unison, and at the same time, more than 200 pikemen also straightened their spears in their hands, pointing at the crowd of people surging along the street like a forest, and a sense of slaughter suddenly rose.

"General Lin, the old man is so polite."

Seeing the officers and soldiers facing each other with knives and guns, the surging crowd suddenly caused a commotion, and they did not dare to push forward, all of them stopped at a distance of more than 20 steps from the cordon, after a period of discussion, there were three old men who came out of the crowd, the first one was tall, with a national face, crane hair and a childish face, and his bearing was quite extraordinary, this person was one of the few big businessmen in Taiyuan City, Chen Shunchang, the boss of "Ma Ji Silk Shop", but saw that he smiled and bowed to the guerrilla general who was on guard with a knife, He greeted him very politely.

"Shopkeeper Chen doesn't have to be polite, this is an important place for the yamen, not a place where you can gather, please ask Shopkeeper Chen to quickly persuade the big guy to disperse, otherwise, the consequences are not easy to play."

The guerrilla general was obviously quite familiar with Chen Shunchang, and when he saw him come to greet him, the murderous aura on his face immediately eased the young and old, but he was limited by his duties, but he did not dare to ignore it, and did not return the salute, nor did he put down the waist knife in his hand, but patiently explained.

"General Lin invited, we are not here to make trouble, I just want to ask Master Li to administer justice for us, it has been seven days,' Sunrise Money Village' has not yet opened, we are unable to continue the business, many people in the city are waiting for rice to cook, three days ago, the old decay and so on has already submitted a petition, yes, Lord Li has said that this matter will be resolved in the near future, but now there has been no movement, the old decay is really out of the way, this is to ask Lord Li to make the decision for us, but also ask General Lin to make a convenience, for me to wait and hand over the petition papers? ”

Chen Shunchang smiled helplessly, handed forward a letter in his hand, and asked sincerely.

"This ......, okay, the general will take a trip, and please restrain the shopkeeper Chen, don't make mistakes."

Chen Shunchang is known as a benevolent and charitable person in Taiyuan City, has a high prestige among the people, has a wide range of contacts, and has a lot to do with officialdom. Not to mention others, even the guerrilla general had also received his favor, and when he heard Chen Shunchang's pleading, he felt a little uncomfortable, and after hesitating for a while, he still gritted his teeth and agreed to his request.

"There's General Laurin."

Hearing that the guerrilla general agreed to forward the petition on his behalf, Chen Shunchang hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, and quietly flicked a folded silver ticket into his sleeve while submitting the petition.

"Wait here."

Although Chen Shunchang's movements were hidden, the guerrilla general could clearly feel his "sincerity", and his face, which had already eased down, was a little more relaxed because of it, but he didn't say anything, just nodded, and after giving an order, he hurriedly dragged the petition into the heavily guarded yamen.

Outside the yamen was a heavily guarded and murderous atmosphere, but in the hall of the back hall was a gloomy and bleak silence, and the three neatly dressed officials sat still like wood carved clay sculptures, as if they were more patient, and no one of them was willing to speak first - one of them was dressed in a first-class civil official robe, with a thin figure and a haggard face, this person was Li Quan, the governor of Shanxi, who was born in the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, and after fifteen years of work in the Hanlin Academy, he was able to release Fujian as a platform, and then he was transferred to Henan as a political envoy, In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi, the governor of Shanxi Province has been in Jinxi, and the rich civil official on his left hand side is the Shanxi political envoy Ku Xi, a person from the Blue Banner, and a slave under the Eighth Master's door, and the one sitting on Li Quan's right hand is Chen Geran, a Jinshi in the thirty-third year of Kangxi, and a slave under the Fifth Master.

The three giants of Shanxi officialdom have different origins, it is difficult to pee into a pot between each other, in the past, in addition to official business, there is no friendship at all, and it is impossible to get together to chat, the reason why they are all sitting together at this time is for the financial turmoil, there is no other, although Taiyuan City is located inland, there is no special output, but it is an out-and-out financial center - three of the country's six major money banks are in this Taiyuan City, especially the "Sunrise Money Village" is the first money village in the Qing Dynasty, this run together, The blow to the economy of Shanxi, if it is a big earthquake, this matter is not solved for a day, the three giants will not be able to live in peace for a day, so they have to get together to find a way, the problem is that the three people have their own thoughts, no one wants to take responsibility for the stomach, so how can the discussion come out of a famous court, this is not, today the party has just begun to discuss the matter, and the talks collapsed again, and the situation is deadlocked under the mutual non-concession.

"Report, Lord Li, the businessmen in the city have gathered outside the yamen again, there is a petition here, please take a look."

Just when the three giants were patient, they heard a rush of footsteps, and the guerrilla general surnamed Lin had already strode out from behind the screen, and when he saw the eyes of the three giants sweeping over in unison, it was as sharp as three knives.

"Well, hand it over!"

The merchants in the city have been coming to petition for three days in a row, and although Li Quan is helpless about this, he is used to it, and he doesn't think it's very strange, and he won't be very shocked, just commanding in a hoarse voice.

"Wow!"

Hearing Li Quan's order, the guerrilla general did not dare to slack off, respectfully complied with his promise, stood up, and handed the petition in his hand to Li Quan.

"Let's take a look at both of you."

Li Quan had already read three copies of the same petition, and when he saw that it was a cliché, he felt bored, and after quickly scanning it, he handed it to the political envoy on the left.

"Hey."

Ku Xi is also an old official ruffian, although he is not from the imperial examination, but he started from the pen post style in the Criminal Department, and after more than 30 years of official eunuch career, he has long been familiar with the ecology of officialdom.

"Lord Futai has an order, and the lower officials should obey it."

Seeing that the two bosses did not express their position, Chen Geran was not stupid, of course he did not want to come forward to take responsibility alone, but he read the petition very seriously, but after reading it, his statement was out-and-out nonsense.

"Hmmm......"

Li Quan as the governor, it is said that he is the first person in Shanxi officialdom, but there is no way to take the two subordinates in front of him, there is no side, these two have deep roots, the backers are very hard, and they are really not so easy to send, at this time, seeing that the two subordinates are unwilling to be the first bird, Li Quan scolded from the bottom of his heart, but he had no choice, he could only speak in displeasure, and just thought of ordering the guerrilla general who came to report to disperse the petitioning crowd, Leng Buding heard the uproar outside, and his face couldn't help but turn white.

"Still stunned, quick, go see what's going on?"

Petitioning is one thing, making a change in the people is another thing, the former is just that, it is still within the controllable range, but if it is the latter, it is not a trivial matter, if the black yarn hat is not good, it will have to be taken away, Li Quan was anxious on the spot, and he didn't care about being decent or undignified, Huo Ran jumped up, his eyes widened, and he scolded the guerrilla general who came to report the news.

"Wow!"

Seeing Li Quan's frenzy, the guerrilla general panicked, hurriedly responded, and was about to run out, but before he ran a few steps, he saw several people turn out from behind the screen, and his footsteps couldn't help but stop, and when he looked at it, he saw that the people who came were all dressed in civilian clothes, and he was immediately furious, pulled out his waist bag, and broke his throat: "Who are you waiting for, dare to trespass......

"Xiaguan Shanxi appeases Chen Geran to see the prince!"

Before the guerrilla general could finish his threatening words, he saw that Chen Geran from Shanxi was already jumping up frantically, and rushed to the young man who was surrounded by people in the middle in a few big strides.

"Lord Wang? You are ......"

Seeing that someone trespassed on his yamen, Li Quan was about to be angry, but when he saw Chen Geran behaving like this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then took a closer look, he still didn't know which master came, no side, since Kangxi was released for 43 years, Li Quan has been serving in the local government, and there are not many opportunities to return to Beijing to report on his work.

"This Wang Hongqing is ordered to come to Shanxi on an errand."

The person who came was Hongqing - the financial turmoil is not a trivial matter, if it evolves into a civil uprising, it will not be easy to clean up, for this reason, Hongqing did not care about the honor guard, led Li Minxing and other palace guards to rush for two days, day and night, and finally rushed to the ground, but as soon as he came to the governor's yamen, he saw countless petitioners gathered outside the yamen, and the mood was not much better. He glanced at the shocked Li Quan with a grim face, and his voice was gloomy to indicate his identity.