Cangzhou Henghai Festival Town was set up in the 14th year of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, since the fourth year of Dezong Zhenyuan, it has a history of nearly 200 years, and the situation has improved slightly to the fifth generation, and the festival marshal can be transferred, especially since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the festival marshal has frequently moved to the town, which has weakened the control of the local military power to a certain extent. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the relationship between the officials and bureaucrats of the marshal's government and the generals of the military state, plus the state and county officials who are mainly from the local wealthy families, is still intertwined, so that many of the marshals are replaced, and it is difficult to make a difference in the jurisdiction.

Li Yanqi, as the old man of the emperor's palace, used to be in Yanzhou and Xiangzhou and repeatedly corrupted the law, and the time to Cangzhou was not long, but more than a year, because there was no suitable candidate for the commander of the court, the emperor remembered the old feelings and ignored the impeachment of the officials in the court, and still appointed him as the queen of the Cangzhou soldiers.

Soon after arriving in Cangzhou, Wang Yun took the initiative to take refuge in the tax of the Changlu Salt Farm, which was born in a local wealthy family, and combined the two to sell smuggled salt with the convenience of his official body, and the tax amount to fill his private pockets was at least more than one million. If convicted by the "Great Zhou Criminal System" issued last year, this nest of rats can be sentenced to abandon the city.

As early as more than half a month ago, Li Yanshu received a report from the Tokyo Zhongshudi that the new Privy Council official Zhang Yue would take office, so he could not help but occupy his rising position. He sent someone to inquire, and this privy councillor was also promoted by the first emperor, which was regarded as a source, and he was immediately entangled in his heart.

On this day, he received a report from Liu Shi, the commander of Nanpi County, and Lu Jinqing, the commander of the garrison of Nanpi Town, that the new marshal had arrived in Gonggao Town. Li Yanshu immediately summoned the judge Sun Chi, and the tax envoy Wang Yun and Yajun both commanded Yu Guangliang and several people to his official room to discuss the etiquette.

"Since this Zhang Xianggong was appreciated by the first emperor, I don't think he will be embarrassed by us, but I also heard that this Zhang Xianggong is not very easy to speak. Don't show your feet, clean up the hands and tails of the salt works, and don't send out the salt goods in stock for the time being. There are also officers and generals who have a share of profits in their hands, and they put them in their own homes to hide, if they are caught, they can't protect you, and they don't have a warning in advance. "Li Yanqi is a businessman, and he knows how to do things first.

"Li Liuhou! It's not that serious, is it? In the past, Li Hui was in the town, didn't he turn a blind eye to our actions? The last general heard that he was transferred from the northwest, and he had to be so mean when he arrived in Cangzhou, hehe...... I'm afraid the soldiers won't listen! "Yu Guangliang is in his thirties, a native of Yanshan County, Benzhou, who has been boiling salt and selling salt for generations, and is also a local snake, so he disagreed.

"It's better to be cautious, when Zhang Xianggong arrives, you might as well make the etiquette a key point when you go out, if Li is willing to stay behind, invite Zhen Niang to come out to accompany you during the banquet, and stuff 200,000 gifts after a night of ecstasy, wouldn't it be better for everyone to be safe?" Judge Sun Chi is a native of Nanpi County, more than forty years old, and he is very cunning.

"Then who pays for it? 200,000 guan is not a small amount, and a certain family can't afford to raise soldiers! Yu Guangliang rolled his eyelids and said very dissatisfied.

"This money can be released, you prepare first, and in the afternoon, you will go out of the city ten miles to greet you, stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, he will never shirk! I'm afraid that Zhen Niang is unwilling, so I will persuade her first! Li Yanqi nodded in agreement.

As soon as noon passed that day, Li Yanqi sent the government officials to sweep the official office, and led the civil and military officials of the Jiedu Mansion to play a guard of honor, and brought the drum band to the official post outside the stone stele town in the southeast of the state city to greet him.

Everyone was impatient and scolded in their hearts, and then a tooth soldier rode a horse to report: "Li Liuhou, hurry back to the ya!" Zhang Xianggong has already led his troops to enter the city from the south gate by water! ”

"What? This shouldn't be! How many soldiers did you bring? Li Yan's eyelids jumped wildly when he received the report, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Thousands! It was Sun Qi, the Gongsun Qi of the Dingyuan Army, who grabbed the city defense as soon as he entered the city, seized the government and guarded it, and the lowly people were all driven out! The tooth soldier said with a bitter face.

"What the fuck are you going to do...... Let's go back and see! The tooth army made Yu Guangliang angry, and he didn't care about leaving the honor guard, and he didn't want to return to the city with more than a thousand tooth soldiers.

Li Yanqi was frightened in his heart, and with a trace of luck, he also took his subordinates back, running fast for ten miles, and arrived outside the city gate in less than half an hour, but as soon as he entered the city gate, he had been waiting for the Dingyuan Army soldiers in the city gate to rush out, and Yu Guangliang, who had advanced to the city, was arrested, Li Yanqi saw that the situation was not good and wanted to turn back, but the other end of the moat was blocked by a team of soldiers.

"You guys eat things inside and out, and you don't have a lot of benefits on weekdays, but now you dare to be rude to us? How dare he wait for me, wait for someone to come out and look good with you! ”

Yu Guangliang was tied up by the soldiers, and scolded himself, Li Yan's heart was shocked, but thinking that he had committed a crime in Yanzhou before, and the emperor also remembered the old and protected him, he suddenly felt a lot more settled, and several people were pushed by the soldiers into the palace, and they saw that the lights were bright, and the main roads at the door were guarded by soldiers from the Dingyuan Army.

"Dare to ask, but Zhang Xianggong in person? The lower officials have been out of Cangzhou for more than a year, although they have no political achievements, but they are also conscientious! But I don't know why I treat it like this? Li Yanyu broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, pretending to be calm and tentative.

After he went to Gonggao Town to inspect the Dingyuan Army, he saw that the quality of its soldiers was too poor, so he only ordered 2,000 soldiers to come by water. Now that the evidence of the crime was in hand, he was not interested in saying anything more to such people, so he sat sideways at the moment, without raising his head: "Gongsun Qi!" Everyone has been caught, and they are all brought in! ”

Gongsun Qi went out to give an order, and soon brought the state Sima, the record officer, and the officials of the six divisions to the hall, this time there were more than a dozen, plus the officers at the level of the town army, a total of more than 30 people, and a large group of people wearing red, green and blue official robes were tied in the open space in the middle of the hall.

"Announce it!" Zhang Yue waved his hand, and Li Duoshou, who was entourage, took out a small wooden box and put it on the handsome case to open it, took out a stack of account books and began to read aloud one by one: "In September of the fourth year of Xiande, Sun Chi, the judge of Cangzhou Jiedu, signed a judgment of 50,000 stones of salt, and drew a prisoner Zhuang; In February of the fifth year of Xiande, the Yajun commanded Yu Guangliang to claim 30,000 stones of salt from Changlu Town, and painted a prisoner in Youzhou Zhuang......"

Li Duoshou finished reading all the account books, Li Yanqi and a civil and military official in the hall looked like dirt, although this Cui did not know who it was, but from the face of the account book, this sold the official salt to a private businessman in a private capacity, not the official tax income of the Changlu Salt Farm, and this money did not go into the treasury of the Third Division.

"Who is this Youzhou Zhuang? What do you do for a living? You are fornicating with foreign enemies, you know? Zhang Yue asked with a sneer.

With a pop, Li Yan's knees weakened, his face was as pale as paper, and he said urgently: "Xianggong is clear!" The lower officials have not been in office for a long time, and they don't know the inside story, please see the official website of the same dynasty, everything is easy to discuss! ”

"Shuai Yin has taken over, you should go to the prison and stay!" Zhang Yue sneered, he was no longer interested in listening to these stupid insects defend himself, waved his hand and turned his head to Li Duoshou and said, "Go and send someone to check, what is the origin of this Youzhou Zhuang?" ”