Cui Zhenfei is not too stupid after all, after pondering for a while, he gradually understood the owner's thoughts, and it is estimated that the owner wants to startle the snake.

Seeing this group of officials dispatch, Master Li sneered a few times, "In such a situation, it will definitely be in vain." Five taels per person, only a few dozen taels for a team, and then take care of wine and food, gather a total of 100 taels of silver, and you can buy a suspect to go out, and his whereabouts are unknown and he can't be found. Those salt merchants won't be able to afford it. ”

Cui Zhenfei also agreed: "The proprietor has not even set a time limit and punishment, so that everyone can see that they don't have to do their best at all, which can be regarded as encouraging them to steal and play tricks in disguise." In fact, instead of sending someone to arrest him, it is better to issue a summons to order the suspect to surrender himself. Could it be that the proprietor wants to test the fundamental strength of his generation? ”

"What you want is that the thunder is loud and the rain is small, if you really catch it, it will be difficult to do. The more noisy the matter, the better, this official keeps his eyes open and takes a look! Li You is confident.

For a person like him with a strong high-level background and insufficient local roots, of course, the bigger the trouble, the better, and it is best to get through the sky... And in addition to the civil and official aspects, the dark line with the eldest princess cannot be broken. It is very difficult to say whether the relationship between men and women can last for a long time, but if there are tangible interests closely combined, the relationship will definitely last for a long time.

The eldest princess wanted to occupy the salt industry, and Li You intended to do it in this direction. It doesn't matter if you succeed or fail, the key is that you can continue to connect with His Highness Chitose through this matter. As long as you have this relationship, it's a big deal to continue to be an official in another place after failure.

Besides, this is also a father's to earn living expenses for the fetus who don't know male and female children in the capital. According to the dynasty system, after the death of the princess, all the royal estates and the like will be taken back by the royal family.

As Li You expected, all the teams of officials were majestic and high-spirited within the sight of the county honor, rushing out of the gate and heading straight to the destination. But after leaving the county office and turning the alley, the pace slowed down invariably, and the team slouched together.

However, the spectacular scene of more than 100 officials collectively dispatching still aroused heated discussions among the people at the gate of the county government, and the news was afraid that it would spread all over the streets and alleys of the city in less than a day.

The news spread really fast, and in two hours, half of the salt merchants in Yangzhou heard about it, and they became vigilant. It's not a big deal, but it's an extremely dangerous sign; Although the county government is small, it is also a pro-people official yamen. If there is really a greedy and tyrannical and bold magistrate, it will be a troublesome thing after all.

What is the investigation of the suicide case of the county, it's all bullshit! To put it bluntly, I want to slaughter fat sheep! Obviously, the young surname of Xinxian Zun is in a hurry, and he can't wait to knock money as soon as he takes office, and the means are so simple and rude.

Officials who want to get a piece of the pie from our salt merchants are like carp from crossing the river, but they can't be so ugly, right? Even if you Master Li have a background, you are also an official on the ground in Yangzhou, and there are some rules that should also be followed.

In the evening, the officials came back with their teams, all of them were full of red light, and sure enough, each team reported that "the suspect's whereabouts are unknown and cannot be found."

Even the words in the reply are exactly the same as what the proprietor said beforehand... After collecting the return, Master Cui could only shake his head helplessly. As for the habit of Xu officials, a person as powerful as the proprietor cannot be eradicated.

The next day, an old official came from the government office, and brought the prefect's documents to discuss official affairs with Li Xianzun. This old official did not have the ostentatious air of his boss, but was very humble.

There is no way, the dog has to rely on human power, and if a person does not have power, the dog will not be able to go crazy.

Is Governor Luo's Mansion powerful in front of Lord Li? Apparently not. Therefore, although the old official of this government is here to convey the intention of the constitution, he also has to grovel in front of Li Xianzun.

Luo Zhifu's post is very simple, reminding Jiangdu County to report the case to the government as soon as possible. This is also in line with the rules, the county government is not the court of final appeal, and after making a preliminary judgment on a major case of more than 100 rods, it must be reported for approval.

But the implication outside the text is self-evident. is clearly a warning to Li You, even if you Jiangdu County adjudicate the case, you can change the verdict when you go to the government... So don't get busy.

Facing the pressure of the government office, Lord Li sneered a few times, "It's very simple for this matter to be calmed down." ”

Hearing this, the old official hurriedly asked, "What are the plans of the county honorable, I would like to hear the details." ”

"As long as the Fuzun writes a document clearly stating that the six fugitive suspects have nothing to do with the case of defrauding the official bank and forcing the magistrate to commit suicide. Naturally, the county didn't ask anything. ”

The old official of the government was speechless, how could this guarantor be written? First of all, people are separated from their stomachs, who knows if it has a relationship? Once the guarantee is written and the incident happens, the black gauze hat of Fuzun is not wanted. Secondly, the dignified prefect of the four grades wrote a guarantee for the suspected salt merchant who was being investigated, even if the suspect was okay in the end? Spreading it out is the handle of Shilin's criticism.

So Li Xianzun is deliberately making things difficult, the old official shook his head and replied helplessly.

After sending off the people from the government, Lord Li immediately asked the scribe to write a notice and post it all over the city. The gist of it is as follows: From the date of the notice, the six suspects are limited to surrender to the county office within one month, and if they still do not return to the case, they will be searched by raiding their homes. If there is a person who harbors a criminal, he will be regarded as an accomplice!

As soon as this notice came out, it caused a sensation in the whole city.

The six hidden salt merchants also panicked from the bottom of their hearts, the word "raiding the house" is too powerful. Those officials may not have much interest in arresting people, and they can spend some money to get rid of them. But for this kind of thing, if there is a chance, everyone must be brave, and no matter how much money is given, it will not be able to fight!

They can also see that Li Xianzun's attitude is becoming more and more vicious. Although it is still air-to-air, it is so frightened that they will not move forward even if they want to turn themselves in.

From the previous unlucky people, I realized that once you enter the public gate, it is as deep as the sea, and if you don't die, you will lose half a life. Before the matter is really resolved, who would dare to risk their lives and walk into the yamen of Jiangdu County? Even if he could get out, he would be half-disabled.

Li Xianzun's cruelty angered the salt merchant group again, and even several major salt industry giants were alarmed to meet to discuss the matter, and the conclusion was that this little general judge and magistrate was too arrogant!

Huizhou salt merchants live in Yangzhou together, and they can be more or less connected with each other, some are related to each other, some are of the same clan and township, and most of the six wanted salt merchants are also hiding in other homes, and even the cheap old man Jin Million, who is not recognized by Lord Li, has taken in one.

Therefore, the word "Zhulian" means that things may expand indefinitely, as long as Li Xianzun is mad, maybe the victim is himself. And from the current point of view, this Li You does seem to be a bit crazy, which makes people both hate and fear.

The salt merchants had to endanger themselves and share the same hatred. But they knew that as long as they united, the proclamation of the county government could actually become a dead letter, so they had to give the young Master Li a just right lesson, so that he could understand the rules and reason, and learn how to be a county leader on the ground in Yangzhou.

After all, the salt merchant is a businessman, and it is impossible to directly organize people to rush into the county government to kill Li You, that is a rebellion, not a problem, and the official affairs have to be solved from the official side. Luckily, the notice gave a one-month deadline, giving plenty of time to operate.

On 15 May, the first wealthy yamen in the Lianghuai region and the first major yamen in Yangzhou City, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, sent a letter to the Jiangdu County Yamen. Originally, the first half of each year was the time for the merchants to go to the Salt Transportation Division to inspect the nest and apply for salt introduction, and the Salt Transportation Division specially reminded Jiangdu County that this year, your county is rated to send 10,000 salt citations, and there is no salt merchant willing to claim the salt transportation at present, so please consider Li Zhengtang.

This means that your Jiangdu County has apportioned 10,000 yuan of official salt, but so far no salt merchant is willing to claim the share. If there is no official salt sales, your county will not be able to meet the required salt income, and it may even be zero, and the assessment will be ugly.

As mentioned above, Jiangdu County is close to the salt producing area, and it is the only way to transport salt for export, and the illegal salt is so flooded that the official salt cannot be sold at all. In previous years, salt merchants were willing to lose face and sell official salt, and sent some salt classes to the county government for nothing, but this year this face is not given!

Seeing this document, Master Zhou, who is in charge of money and grain taxation, has a big head, and with the scale of 70,000 or 80,000 yuan of money and grain in Jiangdu County, where can he get 10,000 taels of silver to fill this hole?

Master Li still sneered a few times... On 19 May, the largest yamen in the two Huai regions in Jiangbei, the "Governor Caoyun and Admiral, Military Affairs Inspector Fengyang and other places in charge of the river" Yamen, which is commonly known as the Governor of Fengyang, also went to Jiangdu County.

The governor of one side is a feudal official, a local super soil emperor, who has a very close direct connection with the imperial court, so he is very clear about Li Youdi. Therefore, the writing is also polite, and it will not directly intercede for the salt merchant by lowering his price. It is only pointed out in the official document that there has been a lot of rain since the spring of this year, and the two Huai floods are unstable, which affects the major events of Caoyun, and Yangzhou Gangshang promised to donate 100,000 yuan of river and silver at the beginning of the year, and half of them have not yet arrived, and they are responsible for urging one or two.

Cao Yun is a first-class major event in state affairs, and the Lianghuai region is located in the throat of north-south transportation, so the river affairs can be called the two major policies of the Lianghuai region and salt affairs. With the respect of the governor of Fengyang, he also deliberately hung up the errand of taking charge of the river. As an official in the Lianghuai region, as long as you do a good job in river engineering, even if everything else is sparse, it is often regarded as an outstanding political achievement.

The governor politely asked Li You to urge the salt merchants to donate silver, which meant nothing more than that, and there was no essential difference between the salt transportation department and the government office.

Master Li still sneered a few times, and the laughing Master Yu felt a cramp in his face. However, Li You felt that the heat was almost over, and even the governor of Fengyang jumped out to intercede, and it was estimated that there would be no bigger officials in the future.

From the government to the governor, these people also underestimated him too much, and they all thought that he just wanted to slaughter fat sheep, so they always wanted to solve the matter through the existing rules.

But he really didn't care about money this time! Xiaobai, like others, also knows the secret of being an official for one year, two years, and three years, how can there be a reason to be in a hurry to get money as soon as he takes office? Establishing your own rules is the fundamental goal!

So Master Li worked hard all night to write a book, write a recital for the imperial court, and write a secret letter to the thighs... Thanks to the national dynasty system, thanks to Emperor Taizu's civilian style. In this dynasty, even ordinary people can directly write a recital to the imperial court, and a local official like Li You can play it directly, without having to go through the government office, political envoys, governors, etc.

Of course, there are some things that really need to be reported to the court without saying hello to the boss, and it is reasonable for the boss to wear small shoes. But will Lord Li, who has already been released, worry about this?

Not long after, after being polished by Master Cui, a reasonable, touching and heartfelt piece was released!

(To be continued)