Why did the second master Zhao have an accident, Li You has no time or qualifications to care, so he can only accept the facts. When he returned to the palace, he felt a festive atmosphere for some reason when he was a hundred feet away. Thinking of the edict of the Zhao Mansion, I guessed that the edict appointing the prefect must have arrived together, and it was probably the old man Wang who got his wish.

When I entered the yamen, I saw the servants sweeping the courtyard and cleaning the doors and windows, and some of them came forward to report diligently: "Master Tuiguan, the imperial court's edict has been issued, and the old man Wang has been promoted to the honor of the palace." ”

Sure enough, in fact, as soon as he looked at the scene in this government office, Li You knew that Wang Tongzhi must have developed it, otherwise who would everyone have worked so hard to show it?

This sea storm is indeed unpredictable. Li You originally thought that Zhao Liangyi was nine out of ten, and with his power, the official of Zhengsanpin wanted to distinguish between the guards and the road, and it could be said that he could be captured, but the boat capsized. And Wang Tongzhi, who has no background, has been in suspense since the Cang case, although he has merit, his future is always uncertain, and it has always been a suspense whether he can be promoted to the prefect of Sipin on the spot, but in the end, his wish came true.

Li You can't understand the key to this. He went to the Tongzhi Hall to find Mr. Wang, but he pounced, and in the blink of an eye, the Wang Governor's Mansion had moved to the main hall.

The next time, the ceremony that had not been held for a long time was reopened because of the new prefect. It's just that the candidates are a little pitiful. According to the rules of the past, now only Li You and a few newly added officials in the government office can go to the office, which is too sparse, in order to give the new prefect a strong momentum, this is said that a bunch of government officials and miscellaneous servants have also entered the lobby to fill the number.

Although the number of people is full, only Li Tuiguan can be a counselor at present. Li You said indiscriminately: "The lower officials ask the government to write to the imperial court and send Huguangcang rice to my Suzhou Mansion." ”

Wang Zhifu said: "Yes." ”

In the past, the proverb said that Suhu Lake was ripe for the world, and with the planting of mulberry and hemp in a large area of land in the south of the Yangtze River, it has become the old yellow calendar, and the new yellow calendar is the lake is ripe for the world. In this year, only the Huguang area in the world has surplus rice transported to Suzhou to save the market.

No matter how Li You makes up his mind, he can't do without Huguang. The main reason why he went to Zhao Liangyi first yesterday was for efficiency. According to the official procedure, the Suzhou government will first go to the imperial court, and the imperial court will make a decision and then forward it to the political envoy of Huguangbu, and Huguang will continue to consider the plan... After a circle, it takes less than two or three months for grain to arrive in Suzhou.

In contrast, after Zhao Liangyi's letters were sent directly to Huguang, if there was an effect, a large amount of rice would flow down the river and be sold in Suzhou Mansion in October and months. As long as there is a steady stream of food coming in, everything will be easy to do, and if there is more, the price will naturally be reduced.

But now that Zhao Liangyi had an accident here, Li You had no choice but to ask the prefect of the palace to play the court. There was still a period of time before the effect, Li Tuiguan felt that his pressure was quite large, and thousands of people couldn't afford to eat and scratched, how could it be so easy to resolve?

Li You thought about it in every possible way, and felt that this problem was really dead, where did he have the ability to immediately conjure up hundreds of thousands of solid food for emergency relief? If there is no food, all the solutions will be in vain in the end, how can this be good?

After the row was dispersed, the prefect of Wang left Li You alone: "Although you are from Suzhou, but this official also tells the truth, the people of Wu are accustomed to industry and commerce and rarely have permanent property, their surname is light-hearted and easy to move, good to listen to rumors, and often gather crowds to make noise and cause wind and rain in the city, which has been the case for one or two hundred years. At this time, rice is expensive, it is inevitable that there will be many events, and the government and the opposition know that it is the fault of the predecessor, you don't have to care too much, and it will always calm down after a few months. It's not that there is no one to protect you. ”

Li You replied: "If he is in office, he will do his own thing, and there are many troubles in the city today, and robbery is commonplace, how can he sit idly by as a criminal officer." ”

Wang Zhifu said: "Which dynasty and which generation has not had such natural disasters [***], and there are many people who are worse than the present. If you and I do our best, how can everything go well, but ask for a clear conscience and live up to the court. ”

"Thank you for your teaching." Li Youdao.

Wang Lao's words are also well-intentioned, in his eyes, Li Youren is as smart and capable, but he is also inseparable from one word: young.

For example, at present, Li You has just become a seven-rank official with real power at a young age, perhaps because he feels fresh, maybe he is keen on the pleasure of power, or maybe he is eager for fame and fortune, which leads to an extremely high interest in official affairs. It's normal if it's just a positive surname Gao, but Li Tuiguan's performance is obviously a bit excessive, to the point of being both harsh and excited. What is especially corroborating is that he has even forgotten about women-how long has it been since Li Tanhua, who is known for his lustful nature, has not had a new scandal? Is this normal?

In the thirty years of officialdom of the Wang Governor's Mansion, it is not unheard of similar young officials. So first, I was worried that Kang Long would regret it, and secondly, I was worried that Li You would make a mistake when he drilled the horns of the bull. Thinking that there are now two officials in the government office, each of whom is responsible for countless affairs, there really can't be fewer people, so I couldn't help but say a few words of enlightenment.

After all, this person has little reading and a humble background, and he lacks the bearing of a light-hearted person, Wang Zhifu commented in his heart.

Li You said with emotion, everyone in the world says that it is good to be an official, why is it so difficult for me to be an official?

The prefect's worries are not unreasonable... On the same day, Li Tuiguan issued a card ticket and sent officials to several Dongting halls and Hui Chamber of Commerce halls, summoning all major grain merchants to the Chenghuang Temple on January 28 to discuss the price of grain, because in recent years, most of the rice and grain business in Suzhou Prefecture was done by Dongting merchants and Hui merchants.

On the 28th, 20 grain merchants gathered in the Chenghuang Temple, and Li Tuiguan expelled irrelevant people, forcibly sealed the temple door, and ordered all the merchants to discuss, but no one spoke.

Li Tuiguan wanted to forcibly suppress the price of rice, and said: "One or two or five dollars per stone." ”

The merchants were not allowed, arguing: "Everything in the department store is on the market." Mi Gui asked the government to come out of the warehouse, and there was a reason for pricing in a few words. ”

After closing for a while, please increase the five dollars, Li Tuiguan began to let people out, and the waiting crowd outside the door hesitated.

Later, the merchants rushed to tell each other that "the government has no other way", and the price of rice rose again to three taels, and the government was in an uproar.

Li Tuiguan was furious, gathered hundreds of county officials and garrisoned soldiers, and intended to forcibly requisition Miliangping City.

The prefect and the prince shouted: "The government is robbing, and you want to follow the example of Nanping!" So he gave up. The involvement of this generation of businessmen is widespread, and the prefect of the Wang Mansion is the reason why he knows everything.

The price of rice is not suppressed, the turmoil is intensifying, and there are employees of the Beicheng paper mill, with Yao and several others as the leader, widely spread the message, correct thousands of people to stop the strike, because the rice is expensive, please increase the salary to one penny per day, and the paper bank only allows six cents. There are many differences, and several talks have been fruitless.

The two sides continued to fight endlessly, harming innocent people. Li Tuiguan stepped forward to it and reprimanded sharply: "There is a government government to destroy evil spirits in the front, and there are silverfish in the back, which makes the price of rice soar and the people are not happy." You and others are attached to each other's skins and hairs, and they all suffer from it, so why bother and quarrel! ”

He also said: "If you have no talent, you can't negotiate your salary, and the official will make a decision for you." Nowadays, based on the rise in the price of rice, every penny above one or two, the salary rises by one percent, and it is not necessary to die. Can be engraved as a letter! ”

Hundreds of workers and people present were all pleased, and they all praised Li Tuiguan's wisdom and ability.

However, there are many workers employed in the city, not to mention the paper mills, and the weavers and craftsmen are said to be tens of thousands of salaries. Because of the high price of rice, there are hundreds of people, there are thousands of gangs, the northeast of the city is full of swings, and the factories are closed. If you have a job, you will live, and if you are unemployed, you will die. Li Tuiguan is like a fire-fighting shop, running around all nights, resolving in every possible way, and there are 18 monuments in each line, which are supported by merchants and craftsmen in the city, and their hopes are more and more important.

There are left and right to welcome Li Tuiguan and said: "The adults are kind and virtuous, and the salaries of their generations have risen, and the rice is no longer a problem." Li Tuiguan sighed and said: "You wait for a shallow view." The situation of large numbers of people and lack of food remains unchanged, and what is the use of raising wages in vain, only drinking water to quench thirst. Don't you hear that the magic is one foot high, and the more the salary, the more expensive the rice price is. There's nothing I can do about it. ”

The prefect Wang Gongyu and Li Tuiguan said: "Manpower is sometimes exhausted, you can rest assured, why bother to do what you can't do." ”

In February, the price of rice rose to more than four taels per stone, the highest in decades. Xiaomin circulated Li Tuiguan's saying that "there is a government government to destroy evil spirits in the front, and there are silverfish in the back", and a nursery rhyme is spread that "where to ask for rice and grain, kill all the merchants in Changmen", and the Pavilion of the Hui Chamber of Commerce is mostly built inside and outside the Changmen.

On 13 February, thousands of hungry people besieged a certain Hui Chamber of Commerce, and the merchant gang hired hundreds of athletes to fight with weapons. At the moment of the imminent attack, Li Tuiguan ignored the sedan chair and hurried to the gate. Because of his unskilled riding skills, he fell to the ground and shouted: "The court has its own laws!" ”

The hungry people were subdued by Li Tuiguan, and the leader knelt on the ground and said: "In the past, thanks to the kindness of the lord, I can get an extra one or two cents of silver, how can the thief and merchant increase the price, and our poor family is still hungry, and now I have to do it." ”

Li Tuiguan sighed: "Zong Ru is also a rebellion; Hindering you is also evil. My city is very small, in vain by the grace of heaven to be an official in the locality, now there is no way to serve, can not wipe out the mansion, what face to see the township fathers and elders, but also to ask the court to choose another meritocrat. ”

Re-mounted on the horse, recited a poem in his mouth: "This life is not full of mistaken yarn crowns, and mistakenly picked up an official in Debo." I have no intention of seeking fame and fortune, so that I can be virtuous and save the hunger and cold. ”

Suddenly, hundreds of people followed and shouted: "Lord Li, why can't you bear to abandon me!" ”

Li Tuiguan walked towards the government office, chasing more and more tails. In the palace, Li Tuiguan hung the black yarn on the shelf in the back hall, changed into green cloth clothes, and said goodbye to the prefect Wang Gongdao: "I went to hang the crown under it, but I just said goodbye." ”

The prince was stunned and speechless, and he couldn't stop it for a while.

The people in front of the yamen flocked to the crowd and called out the official name of the adult. Master Li couldn't move an inch, and there were countless people who knelt down and cried for the Tao, and sighed: "The people can't live in peace, it's all my fault." ”

Immediately entered the ya, came out of the back door, took a boat all the way up the Xuhe River, and returned to his hometown.

At this time, the prince of Fuzun suddenly stroked his forehead with his hand and said, "Li Xiao'er! A good hand to retreat into the golden cicada shell! told you to flee with a city of prestige, and when the matter is over, I have to invite you back, and the old man missed the calculation! ”

Standing at the head of the boat, Li You said to Zhang San, the elder: "When the ability is limited and there is nothing to be done, why do you have to solve the problem?" Just push away the responsibility, the next strategy is to push it directly on others, and the best strategy is to make others not blame you at all. ”

(To be continued)