In Yangzhou, this kind of downlook at Li You's future mood actually has to blame himself, some time ago, in order to gather momentum, he directed and acted too ruthlessly to create rumors.

Although when the Qincha arrived, the "sad" Li Qingtian won the most fanatical support and solidarity of the common people, and tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the Qincha to stage a big scene that was rare in decades. However, there are still some sequelae in the short term.

For example, the rumors of playing the sad card have been rampant for nearly a month, and many people's pessimistic psychological stereotype of Lord Li cannot be reversed for a while. In addition, the attitude of the imperial court was misjudged by mistake, which caused some "reasonable" and "far-sighted" people to be very optimistic about the future of Lord Li, which can be regarded as his cocooning and self-restraint.

Even Ding Yun's envoy of the Salt Transport Division was fascinated by a series of coincidences, and he once said to Gao Yuntong: "When Li You was impeached, he happened to meet him for meritorious service, and at first the official was still sad about the loss of the opportunity, but now the official is glad for this mistake." If it weren't for that, how could it detect the general situation of the imperial court two thousand miles away? We will continue to impeach him in one go, and there must be people in the court waiting for this, just like waiting for rice to be put into the pot. ”

For a while, although the rumors in Yangzhou City that had intensified a while ago were gone, on the surface, they calmed down because of Li You's successful stay in office, and the people were very content with this, but all kinds of undercurrents were indispensable.

Li You continued to talk with his staff: "Since his arrival in Yangzhou, out of various concerns about being kind to others, this official has always relied on using his strength to build momentum, control the situation, and intimidate people with false words, and has not used much brutal means in practice. I went to Sizhou without doing all the work, and the city seemed to be stable at that time, but in fact it left a lot of troubles. At present, it is a good time to do something out of the ordinary. If you don't use thunder, you won't be able to show the bodhisattva's heart..."

Half an hour later, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the two battalions that remained in the garrison division because they did not take turns to investigate the smuggling salt and fat difference suddenly went out. The reason for this is that they are targeting the salt merchants' Xin'an Guild Hall and several large salt merchants... After a faction of chickens and dogs, ghosts and wolves, twenty-one Gangshang himself who had not followed Lord Li's rules were arrested one after another and sent to the county office, and a number of other financial resources flowed into the camp of the garrison department, and the military spirit was very useful.

Twenty-one tycoons stuffed the county government hall very full, all of them were covered in silk, and their waists were gold and jade. Li You glanced at it a few times, turned his head sideways and asked Master Cui knowingly: "According to the law, how can the people deal with those who don't pay food?" ”

"Punish with a rod, and then show the public three times to set an example! Those who deliberately resist food are guilty. Master Cui replied very professionally.

Master Li waved his hand, "Forget the cane punishment, just show it to the public." Left and right, take twenty-one prisoners to the gate of the yamen and put them in the yoke! ”

The "human criminals" who were originally full of people at the bottom immediately started to stir, and Li Xianzun actually wanted to show them to the public like people with status and mud legs who couldn't pay taxes? Someone said hatefully: "The county respects the dignity too much!" ”

Master Li scolded: "Shinong Industry and Commerce! The only decent person is the gentry, and the end of the four people also wants to be Yue! ”

Someone else shouted: "The county is on top, I am willing to make up for the enlistment!" ”

"It's late." Li You slapped the shocking wood hard and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

The next day, the garrison officers and troops went out again, arrested ten and sent them to the county office. So far, there are as many as 31 salt merchants squatting in the county yamen wearing wooden shackles to show the public, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of merchants.

The qualified wooden flail left in the county government was insufficient, so Li Xianzun had no choice but to stop the arrest operation. No one could be caught, and most of the rest of the frightened birds fled to villas outside the city.

These thirty-one unlucky rich men with gorgeous clothes but gray faces have become a scenery at the entrance of the yamen, and are known as a rare spectacle in a century. triggered waves of onlookers, and hundreds of people came and returned with excitement.

Some bored people counted the net worth of these thirty-one people, and said, "This is millions of silver for the public." ”

Li You sighed when he heard that the people were enthusiastic about onlookers: "Sure enough, it is a class struggle, and the antagonism between classes and ethnic groups that has been instigated for months should also ferment." ”

The families of these thirty-one people were naturally unwilling, and the county government was so dark that it was impossible to reason if they couldn't see the five fingers, but a hundred and ten people gathered in front of the government yamen, and the big drum was beaten loudly.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for the summons of the Fuzun to ascend to the court, but he recruited hundreds of lawless soldiers to openly chase and beat the families who complained about their grievances. From the gate of the government to the archway of the street, there are disabled everywhere, and it is unbearable to see.

A literati who were raised by salt merchants slandered in their notes: In November of the eighth year of Jinghe, the discipline of Guangling City was ruined, benevolence and righteousness did not exist, and there was no sky. The officialdom is strong and covers the sky with one hand, the rich family is at risk, and the laws and orders are all empty letters. Only the officials and soldiers were noisy and clapping in the city, and the rest were silent. The first letter broke the county order to destroy the door and ordered Yin Zhi to say... The relatively neutral literati notes recorded: When Li first arrived in Yangzhou for a few months, he held a battalion but was rarely used, and the administration took pity on Li Shu and restrained the haoyou. In November of that year, the situation changed abruptly, abandoning the royal road and domineering, with the stone of Mount Tai flat straight press, for a time the county government was overcrowded outside the eight-character wall. Again: At that time, all the officials in the city ignored and sat idly by, which was strange.

In the past few days, Qin Cha has been swimming outside the city, Yanyun Simo is silent, pretending to be deaf and dumb on the road, and the government has shrunk his head and tortoise... Zhu Qincha only said that Li You was diligent in the king's affairs, and he wanted to work hard to collect money and offer to the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, out of trust in Li You's resourcefulness, he was too lazy to take care of things.

The scheming Ding Yunenvoy is deliberately conniving. There is a certain implication that if you want to destroy people, you must first make people crazy.

According to the deputy envoy Geng Xundao Mingzhe to protect himself, he guarded his own one-third of an acre of land, and no one would provoke him, including Li You. Just wait for the end of the matter to be done with a few painless impeachments to the duty of the wind magistrate.

Luo Fuzun of the government should be the most complicated mood for Luo to participate in politics now. He has the most confrontations with Li You, and he has the most deflated, and to some extent, he is also the person who knows Li You best in Yangzhou City.

At the beginning, I went against Li You in order to use Li You, a big celebrity, to brush up on his reputation and sense of existence, and at the same time to find a backer. Now it can be said that the goal has been achieved, and he has been promoted to the third grade, but the fly in the ointment is that he still has to be an official in the same city as Li You. If he is promoted elsewhere, he will have no scruples, and it doesn't matter if he fights to the death with Li You before leaving, anyway, the future will be different.

But now this situation of continuing to be an official in the same city has made the newly baked Luo participate in politics shackled, not to mention that he is very afraid of Li You's various methods, and his psychological shadow is very heavy. When he hesitated, Lord Luo saw that the Yanyun Division was not moving, so he followed and shrank his head.

(To be continued)