Ding Yunenvoy couldn't see Li You twice, so he asked Gao Yuntong to visit his in-laws' family of Jin Million, which was not so much a visit as a lobbying. E see free offer Gao Yun Tonglian was worried that he would be implicated, so he hurried to Jin's house that night and persuaded Jin Million to withdraw the case.

Jin Million moved out Li You and refused: "My Jin family can have today, it all depends on Li You's strength, he has a request, and the old man doesn't dare to resign." ”

Gao Yuntong can't be as arrogant as in the past in front of Jin Million, so he can only play the favor card and say: "When you were kidnapped by Nanjing, the envoy also struggled to save him, and now you are fighting back, which is chilling." ”

If you don't mention these gold millions, you can still pretend to be confused, and as soon as it was mentioned, he couldn't help but sneer: "Do you think it's the old man who has suffered an unjustified disaster?" Let's not talk about kindness, there has been no accident in cooperation with Nanjing for many years, why is it that now he sent people to Yangzhou City to arrest the old man? ”

After thinking about it, Jin Million opened his words again and said, "If you say that the fortune envoy doesn't know anything in advance, I don't believe it." If it was really because he said that the old man was nothing, which caused Nanjing to be suspicious of the old man, then now he is doing this purely on his own. The bureau was set up by him, and naturally he will have to bear the consequences. ”

The favor card does not work, Gao Yun has played the benefit card, "I know that some people are very interested in the position of the salt transport envoy, and now Lord Ding can't be a lucky envoy for a few days, and he will soon let Xian, and he can be smoothly received, so why rush for a while?" Do you have to make a fuss? ”

Ding Yunenvoy and Gao Yun had already made an analysis based on Li You's actions. They believe that it must be the big man behind Li You who is eyeing the position of salt transport envoy, and some other judgments are based on this basis.

Jin Million shook his head and said: "The old man also thought like this at the beginning, but he was wrong, what they wanted was not a salt transportation envoy, but a salt industry." ”

Gao Yuntong was shocked: "How is this possible? You should know how much silver is a year in the salt industry! How can it be completely controlled by whom? Not even the Salt Transportation Division can do it! ”

"That's Li You's business, so you don't need to be ** heart." Jin Million said in a flat tone. Although he didn't know what his son-in-law planned for the future, he knew that he knew it when he looked unworried.

Seeing that his in-laws didn't give face, Gao Yuntong was a little angry, stood up and raised his voice and said, "Just rely on the guild and the general merchant?" It is important to know that this is just a new thing, there is no rule to follow, if there is no cooperation and assistance from the salt transportation department, it is destined to be just a private club, where can it withstand the wind and rain? The future is not always bright! ”

What Gao Yuntong said is very reasonable. Even if the general merchant system is established and the identity of the general merchant is certified by the imperial court, if the salt transportation department still follows the old set of laws in actual work and does not act according to the general merchant system, then this general merchant status is a bit empty, and I am afraid that the function is limited to calling for donations.

It is probably impossible for the imperial court to directly issue an order to force the salt transportation department to act in accordance with the general merchant system and respect the jurisdiction of the general merchant over the small merchants. That is to clearly tell the people of the world that the imperial court is going to share the power of the salt transportation department.

If it doesn't matter if it's just a decentralization, what about splitting the Salt Transportation Division into a hundred yaméns? But relying on the merchants at the end of the four people to divide the power of the salt transportation division is not very face-saving for the imperial court, and it is definitely not easy to announce it.

There is no such envoy who is willing to cooperate and divide power for no reason... There are so many decrees of the imperial court, and not everything can be implemented perfectly when you get to the place...

Jin Guozhang, who only acted according to Li You's orders, couldn't say one, two, three, and for the sake of the country's decency, he could only pretend to smile and say nothing. made Gao Yuntong only feel that his in-laws were no longer his in-laws, but became a stranger, and he angrily said goodbye and left.

Back at the Salt Transportation Division, after Gao Yuntong reported to Ding Yun's envoy, Ding Yun's face collapsed suddenly, and he sighed: "It's so calculating, this official sighs to himself." ”…,

Seeing that Gao Yuntong still didn't understand, Ding Yunenvoy asked rhetorically: "In Yangzhou City, no matter the position or dispatch, how many salt chiefs are there?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Yuntong suddenly woke up. Nowadays, there are only three salt chiefs appointed by the imperial court in Yangzhou City, including the main post and the dispatch, namely Lord Ding, the envoy of the salt transportation department, Yang Futai, the prime minister, and Li You, the salt law officer. And he, the same person, is only a second officer, and he can't be compared with the chief officer in terms of sequence qualifications.

But these three chiefs...

Yang Futai provoked a big basket, resulting in the death of a fourth-rank military attache and an internal official eunuch, which triggered a strong impeachment from the local Yanyun Division to Li You. Even if the imperial court protected him, it was impossible for him to continue in the position of governor, at most pretending to be a mén to change him to an idle position, so his gloomy departure was inevitable.

Jin Million sued Ding Yune, Yang Futai was deeply hateful, and he received the black materials from the Yune, how could he easily let it go? Before leaving, he will definitely retaliate at any cost and pull Ding Yunenvoy to step down together. What's more, in order to shirk responsibility, Nanjing will not let go of Ding Yun, the best scapegoat.

Originally, these situations were all expected by Ding Yun's envoy, and the response plan was to compete with Li You. Who knew that Li You waited until the envoy impeached Yang Futai, then turned his face and pushed Ding Yunenvoy down the abyss with his backhand.

If the prime minister rectifies the salt law, Lord Yang resigns, and at the same time, the salt transportation secretary resigns Lord Ding... Until the new envoy takes office, the Salt Transport Division will be leaderless.

At that time, in Yangzhou City, only Lord Li, who was ordered by the imperial court to rectify the salt law, became the only salt affairs chief, and had the qualifications to go to the Salt Transportation Division to temporarily sit in town and preside over the overall situation. Not to mention that Li You has a deep background, and the imperial court will not embarrass him on this.

In other words, the world's No. 1 féi lack of Ya Mén will properly fall into the hands of Li You! Before the arrival of the new salt transportation envoy, the salt transportation department will be Li You's final say!

At the beginning, I saw that Master Li reluctantly got a salt law errand, thinking that he was either going through the motions or fighting with the governor, and he couldn't imagine that he would be today.

Even if it's as short as a few days, you can do a lot of things... Thinking about the consequences, Gao Yuntong stood for a long time, sat down in the chair and sighed: "Good intentions! ”

Just now, he also laughed at the general merchant and the guild for being unrealistic, but now it seems that Li You has already calculated everything.

As long as Li You has the opportunity to control the Salt Transportation Division, it is enough to set all the rules and regulations, and take the initiative to ask the imperial court for approval in the name of the Salt Transportation Division. At that time, the general business system will become a rule, and it is not so simple for latecomers to want to reform the system.

Li You is only temporarily presiding over the affairs of the Salt Transportation Division, and he will leave after a while, he doesn't care whether the power of the Future Transportation Division is big or small!

In the face of such huge interests, what is Ding Yun's pseudo-ally who caused the trouble?

Ding Yunenvoy and Gao Yun looked at each other at the same time, and at the same time felt powerless, and they couldn't get angry. The skills are not as good as others, and they are helpless.

The Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division is related to the majority of the imperial court's use, and it is the key government of the first class in the local area, and it is the government mén who pays millions of taels to the imperial court every year!

Then Li You has been in several lifetimes combined, and I am afraid that there will be such a chance to take advantage of the salt transportation department in charge. The fleeting opportunity actually let him seize it.

Now even if the Salt Transport Division sees through his plan, what can he do? Li You is just upright and upright to burst out all his intentions, what can he do? Still nothing can be done.

Gao Yuntong muttered: "Does he want to turn Yangzhou into the world of the Li family?" How could the imperial court tolerate him sitting big without restrictions. ”

Ding Yunenvoy smiled bitterly, "That can only make him go high, why not fulfill his wish?" ”

If someone can see through the future, he will sigh with emotion, whether Master Li is active or passive, he is simply crazy to the extreme.

The magistrate can imagine that the governor is out, the salt envoy is out, and the political participation and prefect who is implicated in the gold million black form is out, even if he doesn't get out, he can ignore it, and Geng Xundao, who is about to step down, let the wind surge and keep playing soy sauce forever. …,

In this situation, before the arrival of the new officials of each family, what will become of the officialdom of Yangzhou City?

As the saying goes, "I don't see people in the empty mountains, but I hear people's voices", which is probably what it looks like. It is conceivable that there will be a large vacuum in Yangzhou officialdom.

It is not right to say that it is a vacuum, because there is also the Yangzhou Prefecture Tongzhi acting government affairs, acting in charge of Jiangdu County affairs, concurrently managing the garrison department, and concurrently managing the salt law. In fact, this multi-official dispatch is still one person, that is, the only seedling of Master Li...

Whoever sees this situation will have to cry and laugh, and no matter how well-informed people are, they must not have seen this kind of scene where several chief officials of the Yamén were almost swept away in the metropolis that should be full of officials, which is spectacular.

Yangzhou City is a large city in the world, and it is an important town in Jiangzuo, where government affairs, soldiers and horses, salt industry, Yingjia and other things completely fall on the shoulders of one person, exaggeratedly speaking, it is enough to call one party a prince.

Under the system of checks and balances, this kind of adventure that can dictate almost everything in a large place is rare. However, it seems that it is not entirely Li You's own reason, and the luck of many coincidences is too rebellious.

Although Master Li has a lot of times against the sky, so much that it makes the princes of the imperial court aesthetically tired, he can change every time and constantly bring forth the new. This time, if it wasn't confined to Yangzhou City, and the territory was a little bigger, others would have impeached Master Li and actively prepared to join the cause of rebellion.

Yes, this is only temporary, occasional, and unconventional, and as the heroes from all walks of life fill in the vacancies, they will wither.

But this fleeting brilliance is enough to make people yearn for it. Who wouldn't want to enjoy a moment of great power and little restraint among the professional bureaucrats who struggled with the Ming officialdom? But under the system of checks and balances everywhere, people are rarely given such opportunities.

The clearest person about the future situation is Li You himself, he found a loophole, called Guo Xiancheng over, and instructed: "After a while, this official will not care about the affairs of the county, and will entrust it to you, and discuss with me if there is a big matter." ”

Guo Xiancheng heard that he had both the joy of being addicted to the official head of the main hall, and the worry of Li You, "If the entire Yangzhou officialdom is turned upside down, is this good for adults?" ”

Li You smiled freely: "You can't understand this, so you'll be a county leader for the rest of your life!" ”

There is a saying: Through the ages, heroes are nowhere to be found, and Sun Zhong is looking for a solution. Dance Pavilion Song Stage, the wind is always blown away by the rain and wind. The grass and trees in the slanting sun, the ordinary alleys, and the humane slaves once lived. Think about back then, Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger!