Li You walked slowly in the mansion, bowed his head and pondered, but met with Hong Xunzhu and Hu Bantou on the road.

When the two saw Li Tuiguan, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted. Among them, Hu Bantou flattered Daoxi and said: "I heard that the old man of the Tuiguan has won the favor of the Taoist official, and he entrusted the construction of the matter, and the small one wishes the wealth to roll." ”

Hong Xunzhu had a little understanding of the relationship between Li Tuiguan and Shi Shenzheng, and when he heard this, he turned his head sideways and scolded: "Stupid! You know a ball! I don't see that Master Li is making a difficult time for this, and he can't make money and spend his life! ”

Is it just a matter of money? When these laymen see the project, they only think about silver, and they can't talk about it. Li You shook his head and returned to his own office.

Sitting in the magistrate's hall, Li You still sighed and was at a loss, as if he was in a situation where he was facing the abyss in front and chasing soldiers behind.

The chasing soldiers naturally referred to Shi to participate in politics, this old man's mind is obvious, Li You can see it even if he lowers his IQ by half - if the city is successfully built, Lord Shi, who is invited to the prime minister to do the matter, is naturally the first merit, not to mention asking for a big prize in the imperial court, maybe he can erect a monument to leave a name, or the new city gate is named Shimen as a commemoration or something. To be famous, to be profitable.

As for Li Tuiguan, who basically has no voice in the imperial court, he just did his job well under the leadership of Lord Shi. basically worked hard in vain, and became a great benevolent person to help Shi participate in politics and fight for fame and fortune. may be caught by Lord Shi for being greedy and bribery, and go to work to atone for his sins.

If the city fails to be built, Lord Shi himself will not have a substantial loss of his surname, at most he will have a reputation for great achievements, and he will be impeached by several officials to fool the court with empty words.

This lethality is really not big, after all, Shi Shenzheng didn't ask the court for a penny, and the court naturally only had an attitude of being happy to see it. If it doesn't work, forget it, the court doesn't lose anything, and there is no need to be accountable.

But the trick is that the imperial court probably does not pursue Shi Shenzheng, but Shi Shenzheng will definitely find ways to investigate the responsibility of Li Tuiguan, the assistant city builder, which is one level at a time. At that time, Li Tuiguan's perfunctory, incompetent, greedy and impetuous comments will not be able to run away, or it will be better to cause chaos, and Lord Li can let Shi participate in politics and directly impeach and dismiss the official.

To say that the above is a chasing soldier behind it, then what is the abyss ahead? To put it simply, there are three of them.

First of all, where does the money come from to build the city? The Iron Rooster Imperial Court has no need to count on it, and there has never been a rule that the Imperial Court allocates money to local cities to repair the city, with probably only two exceptions, Jingshi (contemporary Yanjing) and Nanjing (contemporary Demon Capital).

According to the usual practice, the construction funds have to rely on large households or additional taxes. As a local, blatantly doing these things will definitely be poked to death in the backbone, and rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest.

Secondly, the houses outside the city are too dense, and the demolition of 1,000 houses (let's count 1,000 households)... Li Tuiguan, a local, said that he still couldn't bear the weight.

Third, the logistics outside the city are smooth, the government discipline is loose, and it is very convenient to conceal the household registration and evade taxes, who wants to be encircled and rectified?

As a local from a humble background, no fame and a backer, and extremely dependent on local fame to support him as an official, the above three articles put Li Tuiguan under a lot of pressure.

Provoking the conflict between Li You and the people of Suzhou to intensify and then sit back and take advantage of the fisherman may be the real calculation of Shi Shenzheng, which is tantamount to shaking the foundation of Li Tuiguan.

Sure enough, the moon is cloudy and sunny, and there is a lack of people and joys and sorrows, Lord Li relied on the advantage of the local people to fight with Shi Shenzheng, but now Shi Shenzheng took advantage of this to oppose the army, which can be called the success of Xiao He and Xiao He.

Li You was very helpless about this, and it was useless to see through Shi's idea of participating in politics, and he still had no solution.

If it is Shi Shenzheng who interferes in the affairs of the government, he can still shirk it. After all, each level has a power boundary at each level, and Lord Shi, the sub-guard, has not ignored the prestige of the prefect to rectify Li You at will, so he has crossed the line.

But this time, Lord Shi invited the imperial court to give an order, which is a bit of a "coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes", of course, he can justifiably assign Li You a temporary dispatch. What's more, there are good reasons, you are a local and familiar with human geography, so you have to be the only one.

Otherwise, the word "premier" in "Prime Minister Suzhou City Building" is so worthless, and Shi Shenzheng's official position is a little higher, it is estimated that it will be "Governor Suzhou City Building". All in all, according to the rules of officialdom, Li Tuiguan has no right to refuse, unless he resigns.

In fact, the Shi politicians called "Shangfeng Festival, more wind power", Bingzheng has always been to promote the good and eliminate the disadvantages, bold and bold, very courageous, which is famous in the Manchu Dynasty, otherwise why would the imperial court send him to Suzhou at the beginning of the year to clean up the mess. This decision to build the city is also a reflection of the style, and by the way, cleaning up Li Tuiguan is a multi-faceted victory.

For today's plan, Li You can only think of dragging it coldly, hoping to wait for change.

It happened that Song Wengu also came to visit, and the road was that the pawnshop had fallen, and it was said that there were two companies ready to let it go.

Li You asked, "Which one is smaller?" Just the smaller one. ”

Song Wengu suggested: "If you want to make a lot of money, why don't you take down the big one?" I can lend you more money. ”

Li You smiled and said: "Thank you Brother Song for your kindness, you don't need a lot of money to open this pawnshop, and the silver you lent me will definitely be repaid within the year." ”

After another while, Li You was busy with the pawnshop, but Shi Shenzheng did not mean to let Li Tuiguan deal with it coldly, and directly sent an official letter, ordering Li Tuiguan to hand over the silver raising plan and the sketch of the site selection of the city wall within ten days.

"Isn't there anything else going on? Why are you targeting this official everywhere? Li You couldn't help but scolded in annoyance.

"Who is this scolding, Lord Li?" Mr. Huang, who was accompanied by the voice, walked in.

Today, Li You made an appointment with Master Huang to talk about things and explained to him, so he put Master Huang in without notification.

Li You got up and arched his hand and said, "Mr. Huang is pretending to be confused again, who else can it be?" ”

Master Huang laughed and said: "In my opinion, Shi Dashen is also a failure in Suzhou Mansion, and the dignified third-grade master actually needs to borrow the banner of the imperial court to suppress you, a seven-rank pusher." ”

Li You was in a hurry and went to the doctor: "Is Chen Xundao really unable to intervene in this matter?" ”

Sitting down for tea, Master Huang replied: "Chen Xundao is a constitutional official, so he can't interfere in local government affairs, and you don't know it." ”

Of course Li You knows this. To use an analogy, the magistrate can decide whether or not to do something and how to do it, while the inspector's duty can only evaluate what is done right or wrong or how effective it is, and whether there is any problem in the middle, but it cannot tell the magistrate what to do.

Not to mention that Chen Xundao is one and a half grades lower than Shi Shenzheng's grade. Therefore, Chen Xundao was only regarded as a firefighter, and when Shi Shen wanted to punish Li You, he entered the judicial supervision procedure, and he was able to rescue him within the scope of his duties. But at best, he can protect Li You's whole body and get out.

"Don't worry about it!" Master Huang said leisurely: "It is expected that after a while, Chen Xundao will give you a big gift, and then this little trouble will not be a trouble." ”

Can you offset this troublesome gift? How big is that? Li You was curious: "What kind of gift?" ”

"Before the matter is decided, the secret of heaven must not be revealed." Master Huang's expression was mysterious.

Li You nodded and said, "Thank you very much." Today, I said that I was looking for Mr., not for anything else, but for Chen Xundao. ”

"Oh, what do you need? Go back and ask Chen Xundao to write it to you. Master Huang agreed.

It is not difficult to understand the words of Chen Xundao, the atmosphere of these years, whether it is a plaque or a sacrifice to an ancestor or a celebration of the birth of a child, they all like to find cultural people to write. And there is also a comparison atmosphere, if you are looking for a showman, I will look for a lifter, if you are looking for a lifter, I will find a jinshi, if you are looking for a third-class person, I will find a second-class person... Writing inscriptions naturally has a moisturizing pen, which is a source of income for many scholars, and it is also an elegant thing, even Hai Rui Hai Qingtian was not exempt from vulgarity.

Chen Xundao, as the fifth Jinshi in the second class, is quite competitive in this industry, but the threshold for the inspection division is a bit high, and ordinary people can't get in.

Li You thought for a while and said, "It's not much, just twenty pieces first." Ten plaques, five congratulatory messages for Zhangzhang, and five sacrificial texts for ancestors. ”

Twenty pieces? Or do you want it first? Hearing Master Huang's strange face, is there such a wholesale question? It's just swept away, this Li You must have some kind of messy idea. "Do what you have to say."

"A friend recently opened a pawn shop, and asked Chen Xundao to take care of the business, and go as a few words."

Master Huang said in his heart, what kind of friend, ninety percent of the nine are opened by yourself, but I still don't understand what Li You wants to do? What is the relationship between word seeking and pawnshop?

"It's a pity that Chen Xundao is an honest official, and Yu Min doesn't take anything, so he has to use some cheap words to make a living, and if he has a pawn ticket as proof, he still dies." Li Youxu said with emotion.

It's all right... Master Huang was speechless, and even more speechless was yet to come.

Li You continued: "But don't worry, my friend will definitely not call Mingzhu dust. When the time comes, he will be dealt with, and one piece will sell him for one hundred taels, and twenty pieces will be two thousand taels! One is two hundred taels, and twenty pieces are four thousand taels! One four hundred taels, twenty pieces is... There are many rich people in Jiangnan, and they are not afraid that no one will buy them! ”

Master Huang understood thoroughly, and when he heard Li You say that it could be sold for such an expensive price, he didn't doubt it at all.

Not to mention anything else, as long as the pawnshop selling dog meat on the head of a sheep quietly releases a rumor, Master Chen, the highest-ranking criminal officer, supervision officer, and education officer in the Susong area, has a small notebook that specifically remembers who has bought his words in the pawnshop... It is estimated that there will always be a large number of wealthy people and officials who would rather believe what they have, not what they don't, have money and no land to spend, and have a weak heart to make a move, who dares to say that they will not suffer lawsuits in the future? If you buy it at a high price, it will be used as a talisman.

Or when you encounter three long and two short troubles in the future, you will also have an excuse to take the inscription to deal with Chen Xundao and make friends.

Mr. Huang couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and sure enough, it is the style that Master Li has always done and has to grasp the bitch archway. He especially admires Li You's this, and his whimsical ideas are endless.

Calligraphy and painting exchanges, at least on the surface, are elegant and do not damage the reputation. In the end, Lord Chen was obviously poor enough to be a writer, but secretly sold it at a high price, and he was famous and profitable.

If you encounter any questions, you can directly push them to the pawnshop, anyway, the reputation of the pawnshop rentier industry is not good.

As for the words that are bought, when they take them out to ask for help, they have to look at the specific situation, and if they can't do it, they say that the pawnshop spreads rumors, and it is no wonder who is credulous.

"That's right." Master Huang remembered something again, "I just met Governor Wang's mansion and chatted a few words, and I think he is also a little aggrieved. Why do you have to think about building a city alone? How can there be a reason to fight alone in officialdom? So you might as well go and consult with the prefect of the king's mansion more, he is the mansion after all. ”

Li You shook his head and said: "With the surname of Fuzun... It's not that I underestimate him, it's good if you don't hold me back. ”

"It may not be seen, honest people are more powerful when they start a fire, and they must not be underestimated." Master Huang woke up.

(To be continued)