"It's not weird, it's not weird!" Mu Tianyan laughed and said: "The old man reviewed the official document yesterday, rested late, just got up, he heard the magpie calling on the branch, and he knew that there was a happy guest to visit, sure enough, it was you Lin Gongzi who came! And follow me to the living room, today there is a dragon well before the rain, you and I have a drink together." ”

Lin Zhao said: "I never thought that it disturbed the prefect's rest, sin, sin!"

Mu Tianyan smiled and led the way.

Along the way, Mu Tianyan did not show a powerful prefect of a state at all, but the lord of a wealthy family.

In fact, he is the head of the Nanyang Mu family, who has been rich and noble for generations, and his treatment of people, words and deeds shows the style of the family.

Every move, even Lin Ruhai, who was born in the princely family, could not be so elegant.

In the living room, the guest and the host sat down, and their own maid stepped forward to serve the tea, Mu Tianyan took the initiative to push the tea in front of Lin Zhao, and said with a smile: "Lin Gongzi, please drink tea." ”

Lin Zhao got up and greeted him: "The adults are working hard for the country, they just got up, and there is such a Yaxing to accompany the younger generation to nag, but the younger generation is not right." ”

Mu Tianyan laughed and said: "It's old, it's useless, if it was put ten years ago, the old man drank ten catties of spirits overnight, and the next day he still trekked through mountains and rivers to observe the people's feelings." ”

Lin Zhao raised his eyebrows, but he knew that Mu Tianyan was talking about his heroic deeds when he was young.

After some politeness, Mu Tianyan put down the tea in his hand, his eyes fell on Lin Zhao, and said solemnly: "Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, Lin Gongzi came to the door today, but what advice do you have?"

Lin Zhao said: "Where do you dare to advise the prefect, the lower officials are ordered by the Lord of the Salt Patrol Imperial History to come for yesterday's events." ”

Mu Tianyan was slightly angry, but he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He was angry that he was a young man, and he came to his prefect's mansion to discuss major matters as an unpopular official.

Are you good enough for this officer?

If it weren't for the fact that you are a great man in the world, this official would not have come out to see you.

The meaning of a sigh of relief is that the knife of the Yamen of the Imperial History of Salt Patrol seems to have been withdrawn, and he is going to find this official to be a peacemaker.

Although he Mu Tianyan and Yangzhou salt merchants are also deeply involved, he is decisive and clever, and from Lin Ruhai's officialdom in the past two months, he has deduced today's events, so he has already cleaned up the beginning and the end.

However, Rao was like this, and he was also shocked by yesterday's killing and the defection of two thousand households to the Lin family.

Hearing Lin Zhao's words, there was a meaning of closing the knife, and he was naturally very relieved.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and asked: "Speaking of yesterday's incident, then this official has to ask Lin Dian Shi, yesterday the Yanyu Imperial History Yamen arrested so many people at once, and copied so many merchants and scribes, I don't know what to do with those people?"

Lin Zhao chuckled and said: "These people are all lawless, tax evasion, and there is a suspicion of collusion with the Japanese Bandits, the salt patrol imperial history Yamen is ordered by the Son of Heaven to supervise the salt administration in Yangzhou, and has the right to deal with it by a special plane! Presumably, the prefect should have seen the official document." ”

Of course, Mu Tianyan has seen that official document, but every appointment in the history of the salt patrol will have a similar official document, but none of the salt patrol imperial history has done this.

Without him, the local forces were too great, and they tied Yushi's hands and feet, so that they were unable to return to the sky.

Knowing that yesterday, Lin Zhao's sharp blow completely shocked everyone, and only then did they know that Yangzhou had changed the sky.

Mu Tianyan's eyes fell on Lin Zhao, stroked his beard, a faint look of wisdom flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Since the Yamen of the Salt Patrol Imperial History has made a decision, then the official will be at ease, if there is anything in the Imperial History of Lin that needs the assistance of the official, Lin Dianshi can speak bluntly!"

Gu Haiquan and Han Wenchong glanced at each other, and subconsciously looked at Mu Tianyan, he didn't expect Mu Tianyan to have no intention of persuading Lin Zhao, and even faintly supported Lin Zhao, this Yangzhou prefect is also a ruthless person, do you want to lose your pawn and protect the handsome?

Mu Tianyan sat there, looking at the expressions of the other two Yanei, snorted coldly in his heart, and then sighed.

As a superior person, you must be ruthless when you should be ruthless.

Although Lin Zhao said that those people were suspected of colluding with the Japanese invaders, it must be slander.

But to say that they evaded taxes, they didn't run.

But if you continue to dig deeper, none of the confiscated salt merchant families will not have blood on their hands, even if they are all killed, it will not be wronged at all.

But if you really dig deeper, I am afraid that half of the people in Yangzhou City will be implicated, and the entire government will be swept away.

If it really comes to that point, he Lin Ruhai is just a salt patrol imperial history, and with the gold and silver offered, he can change places safely and steadily to continue to be an official.

But he admires Tianyan, as well as the entire Yangzhou officialdom, plus the Liangjiang officialdom, I am afraid that the sky will fall apart!

The emperor has just come to power, and he is worried that there is not enough space for the entrainment of the Chinese people.

The so-called protection of officials and officials is also for the sake of his own future, Mu Tianyan can only go down the steps given by the Yushi Yamen.

Thinking of this thought in his mind, Mu Tianyan couldn't help but have more than a dozen admiration for Lin Ruhai.

In just two months, he can have such a deep understanding of Yangzhou, and then he still has enough strength to make a move, which is worthy of being the first foreign official appointed by the world!

When Mu Tianyan was thinking about these questions, Lin Zhao smiled lightly: "The prefect is a commanding height, and the younger generation admires him very much, and in the future, the Son of Heaven will favor him, and his official fortune will be prosperous, and he will enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but I am afraid that it will not be a problem." ”

Saying that, Lin Zhao groaned: "Speaking of which, there is one thing that needs the help of the prefect!"

Mu Tianyan stroked his beard and said with a bit of curiosity: "Oh, I don't know if Lin Yushi has anything to ask the official to help with, but please speak up." ”

Lin Zhao said slowly: "The prefect also knows that this time the salt patrol imperial history yamen confiscated more than a dozen salt merchants and gentry homes, including gold, silver and jewelry, etc., and then they will be transported to the capital to be presented to Your Majesty, but there are a ......lot of acres of land and shop title deeds that have been copied out of these families."

Mu Tianyan raised his eyebrows and said, "What does Lin Yushi mean?"

Lin Zhao smiled slightly: "Yesterday's move of the Salt Patrol Imperial History Yamen made Yangzhou smell the color of the news, so we need to know that the Lord of the Mansion came forward and invited some powerful and wealthy gentlemen to inspect the Salt Imperial History Yamen and prepare to sell those confiscated acres and shops at sixty percent of the market price! In addition, there is one more thing for the Salt Patrol Imperial History Yamen to consult with everyone. ”

The housekeeper of Mufu, who was standing on the side, heard this, and his eyes lit up.

As a steward who took care of the shogunate's chores, he certainly understood the business opportunities involved.

It is inconvenient for Mu Zhifu to come forward, but Mu Steward can find a third party to help, if he can buy a part of the acres and shops, and then sell them, it will be almost half of the huge profits.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at my master with eager eyes.

Mu Tianyan, as the head of the Nanyang Mu family, naturally realized this, he groaned slightly, and nodded in response: "Since Lin Yushi has a stable place, this official, as the prefect of Yangzhou, is naturally duty-bound, if ten days later, this official ordered someone to hold a banquet in Yangzhou Kaifeng Tower, when the time comes, Lin Yushi and Lin Dianshi will bring those acres and shop deeds, and I don't think everyone will disappoint Yangzhou Yushi Yamen." ”

Lin Zhao said with a smile: "With the words of the prefect, we can rest assured that we can patrol the salt imperial history yamen!"

Gu Haiquan and Han Wen rushed in front of the two, their eyes rolling back and forth, constantly listening to and chewing the deep meaning of their words, but they didn't dare to breathe.

The two of them also heard that although this Lin Zhao was behind his father Lin Yushi, he talked to the prefect Mu Tianyan as a canon, and from beginning to end, he did not fall behind.

Thinking of this, I can only be the king in the fat powder pile and dominate in the circle, which is like people crisscrossing the officialdom, killing people like hemp, talking and laughing.

As a result, the hearts of these two Yanai to follow Lin Zhao became even stronger.

Seeing Lin Zhao leave, Mu Tianyan turned around and walked into the mansion, and when he passed by the housekeeper, he heard him instruct: "I will leave the matter of the banquet in ten days to you, who should send an invitation, I will hand it over to you in the next two days." ”