Xin'an Hall is located in the southeast of Yangzhou City, is the largest meeting place of Yangzhou salt merchants, Xin'an is the ancient name of Huizhou, just like using Guangling to refer to Yangzhou, Taishou refers to the prefect, don't drive to refer to the general judgment, is the usual way to pretend to be forced in these years, it seems to have connotation and culture.

The Xin'an Guild Hall may be the most expensive guild hall in the world, and there are countless wealthy people who are willing to pay money just to show off in front of their fellow villagers. The hall covers a vast area, with temples, gardens, halls, halls and pavilions.

In the past two days, the flow of people in the hall has increased dramatically, but the deacons of the hall are not surprised. Whenever the salt merchants encounter what they think is a big event, they will gather here, one is to meet and discuss, and the other is to find out the news, and the latest major event is obviously the ban on the new way of advancement of the county government.

At this time, there were more than a dozen people sitting in the Jingyuan Hall of the Xin'an Guild Hall, discussing the prohibition of Hui people from participating in the county examination and registering for the government examination, as well as the expulsion of Hui students from the county school.

A dozen people may seem like a small number, but it's not that more people can't be found.

At this time, Jingyuantang did not stipulate that no one was allowed to come in, but in fact, there was still an invisible line in the hearts of salt merchants. If you don't have enough self-esteem, you don't have to come in.

As for whether the identity is enough, the judgment criteria are very simple and intuitive, and the outline salt citation specified in your nest book. There are more than a dozen people in the hall, and the number of nests per capita is 40,000, which is too far from this number, are you embarrassed to enter the door?

Whenever a bunch of people get together to discuss how to deal with a challenge, there are always two styles of opinion, moderates and hardliners. For example, when there is a civil uprising, there will always be two voices in the court: appeasement and extermination.

This time, in the face of Li Xianzun's powerful offensive, the salt merchants present also came up with two countermeasures.

The doves believe that Li You just wants face and money, as long as he satisfies these two items, the matter will naturally be solved.

The hawks resolutely oppose the doves appeasement, believing that things cannot be set out as an exception, and if others see that Li You can easily succeed, then there will definitely be many imitators in the future, and a warning must be given to those who come after.

The doves thought that as long as the six fools and the mouthful slaves were sent to the county government to admit this year's Jiangdu County Salt Class, and at the same time give Master Li some benefits, the ban would be erased.

The hawks strongly advocated inviting Hui officials and the salt transportation department to come forward to exert pressure, and at the same time brought the lawsuit to the governor of Fengyang and the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and at the same time, all salt merchants should strike Yungang Salt to protest for a month, saying that Li You would suffer hardship.

One of the seven giant merchants of Yangzhou Salt Industry, Jin Million, who has 60,000 yuan of nest capital, sat in the middle position, never saying a word, frowning and thinking about his own thoughts. He also has to take into account that he was pursued by Li You for tens of thousands of "arrears" of salt lessons, and his cousin-in-law Meng Gongming was expelled from the history by Li You, everything is entangled with Li You, and it is difficult to get mixed up.

At the beginning, he made three posts to invite Li You to solve the problem, but Master Li did not reply to him. After that, the situation changed dramatically, and Li You almost became the enemy of the salt merchants, so he stopped the invitation, and planned to wait until a quiet time to reconnect. Unexpectedly, this Master Li's shot was really amazing, and he actually threw such a thing.

Other salt merchants had not dealt directly with Li You, but Jin Million had met with Master Li twice. Although there were not many times, he could still feel the cleverness and cunning hidden under the arrogant and domineering appearance, which was what worried him the most.

Another giant, He Yanshang, saw that Jin Million was surprisingly silent today, so he asked: "To settle this matter, does Brother Jin think it is better to be soft or hard?" ”

Hearing this, Jin Million shook his head and said, "All of them are undesirable." If it is based on caressing, how to deal with imitators if it has become a common practice? If every magistrate follows suit, we will be exhausted. Besides, who is to blame? If the weight is light, it has no effect, and who is willing to whisper to him if the weight is heavy? I'm not going anyway. ”

"If you want to use hard means, it can be delayed and time-consuming. The county examination was held in August, and it has only been a month so far, and it is difficult to conclude the matter in a month, whether it is to invite fellow villagers or to the governor's yamen or the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. What's more, I have seen Li You twice, and he acted very ruthlessly, if he angered him again, I don't know what earth-shattering things he would do. Don't even mention the suspension of gang salt. Jin Million continued to shake his head.

Someone on the other side asked, "Why can't you stop the sale of Gang Salt?" ”

Jin Million knows a lot about Li Xianzun, "As long as we dare to stop the operation of Gang Salt, then Li You will dare to dismiss all the patrols and stop checking the illegal salt!" ”

If illicit salt is compared to a flood, then Jiangdu County, which guards the exit of the salt-producing area, is the floodgate to hold back the floodwater. Without the gates, floods will hit fertile fields and cities.

Jin Million really guessed well, if the salt merchants really dared to use the strike on the Yungang salt as a means of protest and pressure, with the fierce revenge of Lord Li, they would absolutely completely open up the investigation of illegal salt in Jiangdu County, so that the official salt market in the entire Lianghuai Salt District would be seriously impacted, and in the end, the unlucky ones would be the salt merchants who held the official salt monopoly certificate.

If there is anyone in the world who wants the extinction of illicit salt, it must be the salt merchants, although the salt merchants often secretly carry illicit salt on salt ships.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, there's really no way? Everyone fell into contemplation, and after the analysis of the millions, it is true that there is a great deal of inappropriateness whether it is soft or hard, but it cannot be unsolvable.

Just as the salt merchants were looking for another way, they saw the servants reporting at the door: "There is a mage outside, and he has an idea to solve the plight of the old man." ”

Mage... Everyone has read the book and listened to the commentary, there are such plots in countless novels, when the protagonist is at a loss, a fairy Taoist priest or a monk with a solemn treasure suddenly appears outside the camp, and the mana is boundless, and the protagonist's problem is easily dusted. It's just that now the people who encounter this cliché plot have replaced them, and it really comes from reality... This is an old monk who is vaguely still a little majestic, and when he enters the hall, he only salutes to the middle.

"What is the best way for the mage to solve our danger?" Jin Million asked directly, they all just had the idea of giving it a try.

The old monk replied easily: "This matter is easy! From the perspective of the poor monks, Luo Taishou seems to have grievances towards Li You, and for some reason they are enemies everywhere, supplemented by the power of salt merchants such as Er, and the situation can be used. ”

"At present, Li You is in a difficult situation, why can the Mansion Zun fight against Li You?" Someone next to him questioned.

The old monk coughed and said eloquently, "Li You is certainly loud, but Fuzun also has the strength of Fuzun. Let's talk about the county students first. That Li You expelled his children from the county school, and it seemed that he was left with nowhere to go. However, Hugh should forget that there are not only county schools in the city, but also government schools. As long as Luo Taishou gives an order, these people can enter the government to study, isn't it several times stronger than the county school? ”

Both the prefectural school and the county school are schools for Xiucai to study, and the difference is only that they belong to the jurisdiction of different yamen. At the end of each college examination, the best of the admitted talents will be assigned to the government school as a reward, and the second will be assigned to the county school.

"Of course, it's better to be able to enter the house, but the house school is full, and it is not possible to get in by spending money and relying on the face of the house. Don't you know, mage? Someone asked.

"So what's so hard? There are now forty or fifty vacancies in the Jiangdu County School, and Luo Taishou can be asked to move the local students from the Fuxue to the County School, which can free up the Fuxue position. ”

Good! Someone in the hall cheered.

If, as the monk said, the successful operation is tantamount to transferring flowers and trees, it is equivalent to changing the position of the original county salt merchant students and the students of Fuxue Jiangdu County. To use the metaphor of 21st century terminology, it is similar to changing from an ordinary school to a key school.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became warm, and the more the salt merchants thought about it, the more they realized that this idea was very good, and it was very worthy of a surname. The relationship between Luo Zhifu and their salt merchants is still good, and it is not like Lord Li who does not enter the oil and salt.

Although Fuzun cannot directly manage the county school, he is the chief official of the government school and the chief official of the entire Yangzhou government, and has the right to deploy the students of the schools under his jurisdiction, and Li You cannot stop it.

The old monk closed his eyes and waited for everyone to gradually quiet down before continuing: "As for the county test, it's simpler. Then Li You was born on the right path of the non-imperial examination, and he has not even taken the children's examination, what qualifications can he take the county examination? As long as Luo Tai is willing to uphold justice, there is no conspiracy with this excuse, it is enough to order Li You to be disqualified from the county examination and replaced by the government office, and it is difficult for anyone to refute this! As long as Li You is not allowed to take the county examination, then the relevant ban he issued will naturally be invalidated. ”

Good idea! Everyone once again applauded the old monk's idea.

"This is the bottom of the kettle!" Jin Million couldn't help but praise loudly. At this time, he remembered that since the old monk entered the house, he had not asked about the origin of the Dharma name, and hurriedly asked again: "Dare to ask what the master's honorable name is?" Where? I also go to Yangzhou temples often, and I have never seen such a monk as the master. ”

The old monk Ji Shou said: "The poor monk Yuanrong, the people of Suzhou Mansion, traveled all over the world to Deyangzhou, and recently placed an order in Tianning Temple." I heard on the streets and alleys that you are in trouble, and I am here to resolve it. ”

Jin Million bowed his hand and invited: "Thank you Master for solving problems, I have a Buddhist meditation room in my house, and I dare to ask the Master to appreciate the CD." ”

Venerable Yuanrong replied, "Where is the monk not home? As much as you can get, the donor doesn't need to be polite. ”

If you still have an impression, you probably have already remembered that Master Yuanrong is the name of Master Li's genuine father-in-law, Liu Lao's inspection. The old inspector has been entrenched in Xujiang County for many years, so he naturally has his own relationship to get Yunyou vouchers, and secretly went to Jiangdu County to place orders.

Not for anything else, he was very angry at his son-in-law's slow treatment and contempt (Li You shouted wronged), and ran to Yangzhou City without Li You to try to teach his son-in-law a profound lesson! An old man who doesn't have much fun in life is just this stubborn pursuit.

At this time, Jin Million didn't know that Master Yuanrong was the biological father of Li You's big house, and Master Yuanrong didn't know that Master Yuan Million was the biological father of Li You's second room... If Li You saw this scene, he would definitely be stunned and exclaim: This is simply a "Ninghan confluence"!

(To be continued)