In recent years, the regulations of the local government offices had a characteristic that they were often separated from the four sides and formed a separate patch, and were not mixed with the adjacent houses. There are high walls built around the yamen, and the office and official offices and officials' residences are all in the yamen, but there is a difference between the outer and inner yamen, so the sons of the officials have the name "yannei".

There is such a government office in Liuxiang in the north of Yangzhou City, but this yamen covers an extremely wide area, and almost the northwest corner of Yangzhou New City is its place.

The old and new city combined, this government office is located in the north of the center of Yangzhou City, in the north of the Gongchen Gate, but also on the side of the Xiaoqinhuai River, to the north out of the Gongchen Gate is the Slender West Lake, full of prosperous area.

The houses in this government office are far beyond the regulations of ordinary prefectures and counties. Generally, there are only seven rooms in the yamen of Fuzhou County, including undertakers, officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, or there are more stables and grain rooms, but no more than ten rooms, while there are eighteen rooms in this yamen in Beiliu Lane.

The gate of this government office is also different from other houses sitting on the north and facing south, but sitting on the west and facing east. The gate hangs over the mountain structure, the top cover is a cylinder tile, more than two zhang high, three rooms wide, there is a pair of stone lions outside the door, and the eight-character wall of extension.

This government office is the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, which is referred to as the Salt Transportation Division or the Transportation Division in Yangzhou City. This is the yamen that controls half of the salt production and marketing in the world, the yamen with tentacles throughout Nanjing, Nanzhili Jiangbei, Huguang, and Jiangyou, the yamen that pays 3 million taels of silver to the national treasury every year, the yamen that is regarded as the parents of food and clothing by the richest people in the world, and is recognized as the first government office in Yangzhou City.

August was not so hot anymore, but the afternoon sun was still not so comfortable, and a few people under the foyer of the Shionunji Gate were sitting on a bench in the shadows and chatting. At this time, there was no one to do anything, and the old men had never given any orders, so they were at ease and at ease at the moment. These men are commonly known as the door officials and uncles.

Suddenly, the sound of heavy and complicated footsteps came into the ears of the leisurely men of the Yunsi Yamen, and they were very surprised, and they followed the sound to look at the alley, and the result was even more surprised.

Soldiers in red jackets poured into the alleys in droves... A few men opened their mouths wide and were at a loss, is this a mutiny?

Just as the gate was frozen, the number of about hundreds of soldiers under the command of various military attachés lined up along the terrain of the alley, blocking the road outside the gate of the Salt Transportation Division, leaving only twenty or thirty steps of open space.

There were also dozens of soldiers with firearms lined up in two columns opposite the gate of the Salt Transport Division, standing or kneeling on one knee, with their cold guns facing this side. Several doormen and uncles standing under the foyer immediately felt dizzy, as if those mouths were facing their heads.

Seeing two miscellaneous soldiers move out of a handsome chair, Shi Shiran came out of the crowd A young green-robed official, after sitting firmly on the handsome chair, he waved his hand and said a few words.

When the military attache on the other side of the gate received the order, he shouted and commanded the firearms to shoot. The men and uncles of the Salt Transportation Division were scattered when they landed, they were all flesh and blood! didn't care about crying and shouting, one by one the vigorous rolling belts crawled through the small door and jumped into the government office, and ran to the other end of the front yard in one breath before they were slightly relieved.

Immediately, I heard a dense sound of artillery outside, and even the officials in the Salt Transportation Division were alarmed, and they came out to probe their brains. A few scribes who came to the front yard saw that Menzi did not stick to their posts, and stood under the eaves with pale faces, trembling, and asked strangely, "What's the matter?" ”

A disciple came to his senses, and while running wildly towards the rear yayun embassy, he shouted wildly: "It's a big deal!" The local Lord Li has come to attack the Salt Transportation Division! ”

In the yamen of Fuzhou County, the power is very centralized, and it is almost completely arbitrary in the hands of the Zhengyin official, and the second official and the subordinate officials generally only have the share of only promises, and the main hall master does not need to consult with the second official at all in decision-making. But in the Salt Transport Division, the customs are slightly different.

The chief official of the Salt Transportation Division is naturally the salt transportation envoy, and there are adjutants such as the same knowledge, deputy envoys, and judges, commonly known as the transportation of Tong, the deputy of the transportation, and the transportation judgment. These adjutants are not as vain as the Yamen of Fuzhou County, they all have real power. Among them, the deputy and the judge are in charge of the subdivisions of the salt producing areas under the salt transportation division, which can be regarded as a role of small princes, such as the Taizhou branch of the two Huai salt transportation divisions, which is headed by a transportation deputy.

Jin Million's in-laws Salt Transportation Division Tongzhi Gao is the second person in the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, the right-hand man of the salt transportation envoy Ding, and he cooperates seamlessly in all aspects, I heard that he is a classmate of Yan Shangshu of the household department.

At this time, Gao Yuntong was in the transportation embassy office, discussing some matters with Ding Yun's envoy about the cancellation of the old salt. Suddenly, I heard the sound of artillery fighting in the distance, and then someone shouted and reported: "Master! Outside, Lord Li of Jiangdu County led soldiers to besiege the government office! ”

Ding Yunenvoy and Gao Yuntong glanced at each other inexplicably, is this Li You crazy?

"You go out and have a look first." Ding Yun's envoy instructed Gao Yuntong.

Gao Yuntong nodded, and ordered dozens of salt rods to be brave and went outside the yamen.

But as soon as he walked out of the gate, Gao Yuntong found that it was really too much to bring Yanding, compared with the hundreds of soldiers on the other side who were fierce and sharp-armed with firearms, it was completely given for nothing, and the slightest bit of courage could not be used.

At this time, the two stone lions outside the gate of the Yanyun Division had been beaten by firearms, and the gravel was scattered all over the ground in front of the door, and this humiliation made Gao Yuntong angry.

That Li You was also extremely rude, sitting on the chair without moving, as if smiling but not smiling. Gao Yuntong walked over, pressed down and asked angrily, "What do you want to do today?" ”

Li You still didn't get up to salute, and sat down with a golden knife and said: "If someone else comes out, the official may have to take a lot of time, but it is you who is tall and comes out, so do you still use the official to say?" You know it in your own heart! ”

"What do you mean? I don't understand! Gao Yuntong really doesn't understand.

Li You sneered, stretched out his finger and pointed at the other party: "Still pretending to be confused!" Do you dare to invite your family out to confront you! ”

Gao Yuntong was arrogantly pointed at Li You, a young man who was less than half his age, and he was angry, but when he heard that his son was mentioned, he immediately forcibly suppressed his anger again. Look at Li You's fearlessness, could it be that his son has been taken on what shortcomings? He looked back and shouted: "Call out the son of the official!" ”

But no matter what the shortcomings are, it is definitely not the reason why Li You led his troops to besiege the Salt Transportation Division! Can you come here if you have a background? Gao Yuntong thought angrily. But the answer to this question seems to be nonsense... After a short time, he got a reply, "Si Yanai said that he was sick and refused to come out. ”

Although Gao Jun, the fourth son of the Gao family, has not entered the WTO deeply, he is not stupid, and when he learned that Li You led the soldiers to besiege the Yanyun Division outside, he knew that Li You was here to target him, how dare he go out and face hundreds of soldiers. His father had an official body as a talisman, but he didn't.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Gao Yun saw that his son shrank his head and couldn't come out, and his heart was very clear. It must have been his son who made some big mistake that made Li You chase and kill him with great fanfare and at all costs.

His tone softened a little, "This official is like falling into the fog, please make it clear to Master Li!" ”

Li You didn't want to make everyone know about the matter, so he first came to the no-man's place under the foyer with Gao Yun, and then said lightly: "A few days ago, the concubine in the second room of the official in the fourth office of your family was snatched back to the yazhong, I don't know how to please this justice, why did Lord Gao teach me?" ”

Gao Yuntong was shocked when she heard this, although she was just a concubine, she was also an official dependent, not an ordinary folk girl. Besides, this is still the world-famous concubine Li You, can she snatch it home casually? If it spreads, his son will be ruined.

Then I thought again, isn't Li You's second room the eldest daughter of her in-laws' golden millions? is also his daughter-in-law's sister, how crazy does his son have to be to rob the grass by the nest?

No wonder Li You dared to do so today! Gao Yuntong arched his hand and said: "Please stay less than Lord Li, and the official will come when he goes." ”

Li You waited for a quarter of an hour, and saw Gao Yuntong hurriedly leading a small sedan chair to this side, and Xiaozhu, a servant girl who had not been seen for a few days, also followed over.

"Sir!" Xiaozhu shouted with grievances, Li You nodded to her, opened the sedan curtain again, said a few words to Aunt Jin inside, and secretly handed Aunt Jin a thing.

Turning around, Li You said to Gao Yuntong: "What about your son?" ”

Gao Yuntong also had a headache, he didn't know that his son and daughter-in-law had done such an ignorant thing, and now he was very bad in the face of Li You. Stubbornly said: "The dog is indeed sick, and it is inconvenient to show up, and this matter is all due to a misunderstanding..."

Li You interrupted Gao Yuntong's words and asked again: "What about the other criminal, Jin Huiniang?" ”

"Criminal?" Gao Yuntong couldn't help but repeat the word.

Master Li said righteously: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the rules and regulations of the official law cannot be abolished!" Could it be that your son-in-law can get away with it? ”

Gao Yun, who is a dignified member of the fourth grade, just subconsciously thought about how to calm Li You's anger and how not to let his son have a scandal, but he didn't expect Li You to be private and plan to judge it as a case? "There are many misunderstandings, so why bother..."

"Shut up! This official is not only here to rescue the trapped people, but also to hunt down the criminals! Could it be that your salt transportation division is a tiger's den in Longtan, can you stop this official? Li You's face suddenly changed, and he scolded unceremoniously.

Gao Yun is the same and poor in words, he and Li You are usually not familiar with each other, and he doesn't feel that he needs to tie up a six-grade magistrate, and he can't talk about human feelings. If you want to be reasonable, Master Li doesn't reason with him, and talks about the king's law here.

At this time, someone squeezed in from the alley, but it was Li You's father-in-law and Gao Yuntong's in-laws.

Well done! Gao Yun was overjoyed. That Jin Bao'er is the daughter of a million gold, and if the father is not investigated, it will finally be a statement. Besides, Jin Million is Li You's elder, although it is only a partial house, but in any case, Li You can't be too rude, just to talk about favors.

Well done! Li You was overjoyed in his heart and said, if Jin Million didn't come, today's play would not have much meaning

(To be continued)