It is said that Li You accompanied Master Huang to go through the official document of the division and the sub-patrol, and coincidentally heard the wonderful arguments of the old officials in the house, and he should have applauded, but unfortunately the protagonist of the discussion was himself, and he couldn't help but become angry.

Brother Lin saw Li Tuiguan first, and after staying for a while, he fell to his knees and shouted, "Master spare your life!" ”

After the old official surnamed Zhuang turned his head, he was also so frightened that he knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "The little one is ten thousand deaths!" ”

"Dare to talk about Shangguan, go to the class room and take your own palm!" Li You reprimanded.

Master Huang opened his mouth to stop: "Slow." Then he said to Li You, "Lord Li, can you give me some thin noodles and spare these two people?" ”

Li You didn't expect him to plead for mercy, and he was very surprised, but he still had to give face.

Master Huang asked the old official surnamed Zhuang, "Do you want to come to the Division?" ”

The old official surnamed Zhuang was stunned at first, and then rejoiced. This time, he completely offended Li Tuiguan, and he was worried about the future. But when I heard that someone was invited, I was so happy that I fell from the sky, and it would be great if I could change the yamen.

"Of course I want to..."The old official Zhuang was halfway through his words, and suddenly the tongue of Fu Zhi's heart turned around: "Only Master Li is from!" ”

Li You couldn't help but be angry, this old official was really a talent, and scolded with a smile: "Mr. Huang takes a fancy to you, it is your creation, and he dares to push back." ”

Later, Li Tuiguan accompanied Master Huang to meet Wang Tongzhi and agreed to repair the matters of the Division.

Just saw off Master Huang, Li You was about to turn around and go back to the hall, but he saw a four-person sedan chair running over, stopped at the gate of the mansion, and jumped down a scribe, who was actually familiar, Song asked Mr. Gu Song. The Song family is a well-known big businessman, and Song Wengu was trained by the Song family to specialize in reading exams and dealing with the Shilin government.

Li You had a drink with him and Zhao Liangli on the first night of his arrival as an official in Fucheng, and later had some contacts, and his impression of him was not bad. Now looking at Mr. Song, who is usually elegant and a little bold, has an angry and corrupt expression, and he doesn't know what happened.

Song asked Gu to get out of the sedan chair, and saw Li Tuiguan standing there, didn't think much about it, stepped forward and saluted: "In broad daylight, a group of bandits robbed my Dongting Building and set fire to half of it!" ”

In the judicial concept of the Ming Dynasty, because the crime of robbery seriously undermines the construction of a harmonious society, it has always been a big case, and it is a little worse than rebellion and human life. Li Tuiguan was shocked and said casually: "Such a serious case is really appalling, hurry up and go to the county office..."

"No one in the county government can call the shots!" Song Wengu was also anxious and interrupted Li Youdao.

If there is a murder or robbery case in a locality, it must be reported to the official, and it is not subject to the 369 limit, and at the same time, the county magistrate must also go to the scene to investigate in person after receiving the report.

However, at this time, the magistrate and county governor of Wu County, Guo County, attached to Suzhou Prefecture, did not arrive, and many things were managed by the government office. At the same time, it was not worth asking the acting prefect Wang Tongzhi to come forward, and Li Tuiguan, who was in charge of the criminal name of the government, had to go to the scene in person. The magistrate and the magistrate are both seven grades, which can be regarded as replaceable.

The scene is not very good-looking, nothing more than a messy courtyard and a half-burned pavilion. It is said that it is rumored that the Song family stored a large amount of rice and grain in the backyard of Dongting Tower, and caused trouble.

Li Tuiguan's mind is not only about the case itself, he thinks more. The rush for rice has intensified a year ago, and even grabbed a boat, but it stopped for a few days during the Chinese New Year, and now it is going to rise again?

Regarding the case of rice grabbing, Li You has always held an attitude of turning a blind eye, and since he took office as a magistrate, the focus has also been on cleaning up the backlog of cases, and he has not gone all out to hunt down the rice robbers.

First, the first person in charge of the case should be the county, and he, the government magistrate, does not need to be too active; Second, the fundamental reason for the emergence of the rice rush is that the price of rice has skyrocketed several times, and the government has not calmed down, and the poor and poor at the bottom have to grab rice. In other words, if these people are not allowed to grab rice, they will not be able to eat, and the consequences will be even more serious. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Fucheng, is it so easy to control the chaos?

The lesser of two evils, so Li Tuiguan still indulged the poor to steal rice from the grain merchants who were unkind to the rich and hoarded, so that some people would not be hungry and get out of a greater risk. This can be regarded as a disguised appeasement policy, just hoping that there will be no popular uprising, and let those grain merchants sacrifice some for the sake of stabilizing the overall situation.

Originally, this was the case, but today the signs of the Dongting Lou case are very bad, and they have begun to burn and rob ordinary merchants and wealthy households... This trend makes Li Tuiguan very concerned, what is the difference between such a development and chaos? He felt that he could no longer sit idly by and let things go.

Why is the magistrate still not in office, he is as slow as a snail, everything has to be carried by the master, Li You scolded secretly. At this time, Li You forgot that if it weren't for the urgent need for someone to take care of things, what would the imperial court do to promote him, a local, to be an official? To a large extent, it is to save the time for new officials to take office, so as not to have a power vacuum, if it weren't for Li You's poor qualifications and diplomas, maybe he could be directly appointed as the governor of the city.

Counting Wu County, Xinzhi County, from the capital to Suzhou Prefecture to take office, on the way for at least a month, if there is chaos within this month, the imperial court will be held accountable, and Li Tuiguan is estimated to end up with a guilty and meritorious service.

Someone is going to ask, Li You thought about these many important things at the scene of the crime, don't you want to think about how to solve the case? Regarding this, Li Tuiguan said that there is no pressure, there is a patrol officer in the government office, and he will give an explanation in five days, and if he doesn't understand, he will re-read the first chapter of this book.

Thinking about it, if you want to solve the potential chaos, the root lies in the price of rice, otherwise what to do under the people's hearts is a symptom rather than a cure.

The problem of rice prices still has to be faced after all, Li You sighed. He returned to the palace to see Wang Tong and said: "Now the situation is critical, there are 20,000 stone rice grains left in the Gusu warehouse, and you can go out first." ”

Wang Tong knew whether he said: "No." March and April are the most critical, and the rice and grain in the warehouse cannot be moved lightly until then. ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until then." Li You said.

Wang Tongzhi resolutely disagreed, "Right now, I just drink water to quench my thirst, and in March and April, the city will be full of hunger and starvation, how can I treat it empty-handed?" ”

Li You gritted his teeth and said: "If the lower officials can transport rice from the outer mansion into the city as a follow-up, can they take the grain out of the warehouse first?" ”

Wang Tongzhi smiled when he heard this: "Master Li is really resourceful, no wonder Chen Xundao relied on you so much in the past, and the old man entrusted him with this matter." ”

In fact, there is a very simple way, to write to the imperial court to apply for a reduction or exemption of money and grain from Suzhou Prefecture to increase local reserves. But Wang Tongzhi and Li Tuiguan seem to have ignored this idea for the time being, and they are afraid that they will not be able to think of it unless they have to.

Without mentioning the gossip, Li You hurriedly got into the sedan chair and went to Zhaojia Lane, he was going to find the future Nanjing Rite Ministry waiter, Zhao Liangyi, who guarded Susong Road. In Li You's mind, as an official who will be in charge of the civil affairs of Susong Erfu, Zhao Liangyi should also make efforts now, otherwise he will not look good if he becomes a mess.

After entering the Zhao Mansion, Li You was led to the hall. At this time, the second master Zhao didn't know what he was busy with, and sent a message to Li You to wait, and the Qingke Xixi in his own mansion came forward to accompany Li Tuiguan to chat.

When Zhao Liangyi came in, Li You stepped forward to salute, and after the guests and hosts sat down, they exchanged a few words. Zhao Liangyi asked, "Why did Master Li come?" There must be something important. ”

Li You replied: "I came to ask the boss for help." ”

provoked Zhao Liangyi to chuckle twice and said: "It's serious, what is the matter?" ”

"The capital city is expensive, the people's hearts are unstable, and the lower officials are not sitting at the table. The boss is about to take up the post of guard, and he can't sit idly by, otherwise it will be even more difficult to clean up if there is a mess. Xiaguan thought that the boss had served as a grain storage channel in Huguang for many years, and Huguang was also a major grain production area, so he dared to ask the boss to plan one or two, and the people of Sufu were very fortunate. ”

Zhao Liangyi pondered for a moment and said: "Originally, I still had some thoughts of avoiding suspicion, worried that Shilin would comment on me as a keen official position and eager to seize power. Now that the matter is imminent, I will not be hypocritical. When I revise the book as soon as possible, I invite some acquaintances from Huguang grain merchants to come to Suzhou, and they should sell me a face. ”

The first problem since taking office is in sight, Li You is overjoyed and praised: "When I read the history books, there was an stone that did not come out, such as the words of the common people." Now it can be said that the old man does not come out, such as the common people! When this matter spreads, the people will be grateful and will have the reputation of a Buddha in ten thousand families! ”

Zhao Liangyi was in a good mood recently, but at this time, he was even more happy to be said by Li You, and the guests and hosts talked happily for a while.

It happened that another servant came in and said, "Second Master, the edict has arrived." ”

At this time, the edict is not an appointment, but what else can be. Li You hurriedly got up and bowed, "Congratulations to the boss." ”

Zhao Liangyi was full of pride, and ordered the incense case to be put down, and the family members and others watched happily. Sure enough, it was an edict of appointment, with Zhao Liangyi as the waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites....... and the following was gone.

What about the most critical "guarding Su Song Road"?

Suddenly, the whole hall was silent, looking at each other, and no one knew why it had become like this.

Li You stole at Second Master Zhao, he didn't seem to lose his temper, but his brows were furrowed, but his clenched fists expressed his anger. After standing for a long time, Second Master Zhao snorted coldly, did not answer the edict, and turned around and walked out of the lobby.

Li You couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how can this be good? From the very beginning, he thought that Second Master Zhao had managed grain storage in Huguang, which was naturally related, and it happened that Second Master Zhao was about to take up a post in Suzhou, so he would not sit idly by. Just as he thought, when it was about to become, there was a big change in the end.

Second Master Zhao should not guard Su Songdao, for Li You, he didn't particularly care, anyway, his promotion has already arrived, and the purpose of taking advantage of the situation has been achieved. However, at this juncture, he needs to rely on the connections of Second Master Zhao, is he still in the mood to take care of this matter?

Li You asked himself, if he were to change to himself, he would definitely not care from the perspective of being an official. First, there is a suspicion of overstepping your authority and crossing the line, and it is thankless -- you are not an official in your local area, and it is not within the scope of your duties, and you are still working hard like this, is it because you want to buy the hearts and minds of the people? The second is to go out in vain with his own favors, and add political achievements to others, and it is a great loss to think about it.

With a long sigh of helplessness, Li You left the Zhao Mansion.

(To be continued)