Zhu Fanghe was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Li You after saluting three cups of wine with a golden million: "Don't hide it from the virtuous brother, this time the Son of Heaven is on a southern tour, it is easy to say in reason, after all, it involves the ancestral dragon vein, but the biggest problem is that the money is not enough." The monarch and the ministers are mobilizing the people, and the cost is not more than millions, I went south this time, obviously to seal your family, and secretly I also have an errand to raise money. But my generation of scholars, ashamed of this, I don't know what to do. Mr. Jin's righteous act has solved my urgent need, at least I can return to Beijing to make a difference, and the saint will remember it. ”

Jin Million is also secretly happy, I don't want to have this opportunity tonight, under the bright sky, it is not cost-effective to bribe anyone directly to bribe the emperor. Relying on Li You to operate again, her daughter should be nine out of ten stable when she enters the palace. If good things come true, the second half of the generation will be worry-free.

"What about a million? That's not enough for only these 500,000? Li You asked with something in his words.

Hearing what his son-in-law said, Jin Million couldn't help but shrink his head and drink again. No matter how much silver he had, he couldn't take it out, let alone that he couldn't take it out, but even if he could, he wouldn't dare to take it out.

In fact, Li You didn't have the intention of continuing to extort millions of gold, and said again: "There are many salt merchants in Yangzhou, and they are rich in the world, with the initiative of my father-in-law, it is not a problem to make up another 100,000 taels, so that the court will have no worries!" ”

Zhu Fanghe had a bitter face, "Brother Xian, I don't worry." ”

Of course, Li You is not idle and has nothing to do, for two reasons.

First, it is obvious now that he is too capable of jumping, so that the Queen Mother and her old man can't get rid of their anger, and if they can't get rid of it, they can't untie it, so they have to invest in the future. Seeing that the Son of Heaven is going to get married next spring, after the wedding, the matter of pro-government should be put on the agenda, and at this time, of course, the cold stove and the hot stove should be burned together.

Second, the Son of Heaven is in the deep palace, and he is far away in Yangzhou, except for the pilgrimage to Beijing once every three years. Only when the Son of Heaven takes the initiative to tour the south, can he directly brush his favorability. Perhaps for the sake of the good omen of the early birth of a dragon son, the eldest princess of Guide, who is in charge of the affairs of the palace, will also take the royal Xinrui entourage to the south.

As for the saliva of looting money and meeting the king, it is just a momentary ridicule of Confucianism, and it will be forgotten in a few days. The Son of Heaven is for the ancestral dragon vein to travel south, not for eating, drinking and having fun, he is also anxious about what the court is anxious about, and he just thinks about what the court thinks.

That night, Zhu Fanghe stayed in the secluded garden by the Slender West Lake, which was the place where Li You first saw the Golden Million.

The next morning, Li You and Jin Million accompanied Zhu Fanghe to visit the hidden garden. Facing the boulder spring water and the deep forest ravine, Zhu Fanghe praised: "The interest of this garden is extraordinary, like a hidden place in the mountains and forests. It's really good, and the word lives up to its name! ”

Jin Million took the opportunity to request: "I have heard that Mr. Fanghe is a famous family in the world, and I dare to ask Mr. to write an inscription for this garden." ”

Zhu Fanghe looked at Li You, "It's easy to write, but I don't know what to write." Since the virtuous brother arrived in Yangzhou, there are very few good poems handed down, and only one song has been heard by the prime minister. ”

Li You sighed: "A drunken and singing prime minister has attracted a lot of criticism... But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. I have written a lot of poems, and the world only knows the name of my poems, but they don't know that I have a clear reputation. ”

"Young people learn from this old work, and their talent cannot be disappointed." Zhu Fanghe laughed.

Jin Million joked: "If Mr. Fanghe is interested, he wants to invite famous literati who are currently in Yangzhou to hold a repair meeting here, which can be a momentary event." ”

Zhu Fanghe arched his hand and said: "Meeting friends with texts, it is true that it is a quick thing, then it will disturb the old man." ”

Li You said to Jin Million again: "Mr. Fang He is expected to stay in Yangzhou for more than half a month this time, Mr. Jin must prepare carefully, don't let Mr. Fang He underestimate your Yangzhou businessmen." ”

In the afternoon, Li You returned to the county office. The biggest purpose of him pulling the golden million to receive Zhu Fanghe was basically achieved, that is, to further elevate his status in the heart of the golden million and increase the weight of the weight on his side.

After sitting down and taking a few sips of tea, Li You began to write a notebook called Qu, and others gave him a chance to do so, not to call Bai or not to call, of course, every sentence is inseparable from the word ancestor.

"The ministers are diligent in the king's affairs, guarding the ancestral mausoleum and not daring to slack off, and do not return to Yangzhou for two months. But he was framed by the annihilation of evil generations, took advantage of the weakness, and delusionally wanted to give birth to three people to become tigers.

In this minister, he had a clear conscience and looked north all the time, thinking that the court would be innocent. Unexpectedly, the framed people suddenly luckily advanced, and the ministers did not know, which is right and which is wrong? I don't know where the innocence of the minister is?

As for the merits of the ancestors' mausoleums, the ministers dare not be rewarded for the time being, until they understand it. If the court is at fault with impeachment, it is willing to bow down and atone for its sins! ”

Writing this, Li You stopped his pen and thought carefully for a while. To tell the truth, judging from the current situation, it is best for Luo Xingye, who has been hit by him to have no prestige, to stay in Yangzhou Mansion, which is conducive to his seizure of power, and it may not be a good thing to change someone.

What's more, it is a foregone conclusion that Luo Fuzun will be promoted from the third grade, and the capricious rise and fall really makes the court look bad, so it is easy to be regarded as ignorant of the general situation and rely on meritorious deeds to blackmail the court.

So he turned his pen and continued to write: "Also, there is no reason for the edict to change overnight, thinking that this is to preserve the dignity of the imperial court, the minister thinks that Luo Xingye should stay in office and remain unchanged, and it is not appropriate to change it again." ”

However, it would be a big mistake to think that Master Li would swallow his anger and swallow his anger. Luo Fuzun, a fait accompli on the façade, is not easy to move, but the person behind him took the initiative to send a handle, how can he relieve his hatred if he doesn't attack?

He continued to write hard: "Only the person who promoted Luo Xingye deliberately provoked the unrest of the government and the opposition, which can be called ill-intentioned, sinister intentions, and abolishing the public for personal reasons!" The minister wants to follow Wu Mu, but there is Qin Hui in the court. This person must not go unpunished, to set an example, to establish righteousness, to sue the ancestors! ”

Writing this, I suddenly saw Zhang San standing at the door and reported: "Master! Master Zuo was let back by the government! ”

Li You stopped writing and ordered: "Please go to the flower hall!" ”

After visiting his brother, Li You looked carefully, but saw that although his brother was in tattered clothes and looked sluggish, he was not weak and weak. At this point, I am completely relieved that if Li Zuo is guilty in prison, it will not be good to spread it.

After soothing the kind words, he asked, "Why did the eldest brother come to Yangzhou?" Does Xujiang County dare someone to send you a messenger? ”

Li Zuo is just an ordinary person, and he is always a little ashamed in front of his overly outstanding younger brother, and his words are very brief under restraint, "My father asked me to escort the white grain to the Guazhou warehouse for exchange, saying that it was to increase my experience. ”

Li You suddenly realized that now in the county, his father dared to send drudgery to his brother.

Father's thoughts, he could guess a few points, probably because his father watched him fly higher and higher, and gradually moved towards the class that he didn't dare to imagine before, so there was no need to keep the quota of county officials as a way back.

Although the quota of a county government official is very precious, he earns this family business but can't use it, and if the fertilizer and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders, he can only pass it on to his brother.

But my brother's qualifications are too mediocre, so my father will try his best to catch ducks on the shelves to increase his brother's experience, and this is probably the purpose of transporting white grain to Guazhou.

The so-called white grain is the 200,000 stone rice grain levied by the imperial court in the five prefectures of Su, Song, Chang, Jia, and Hu, in addition to the ordinary millions of stone grain taxes, which are specially supplied to the royal family.

"Then why did the conflict arise in Kuazhou?"

Li Zuo's face showed a little anger, "That cangguan is hateful!" The imperial court system, the rice grain in the south of the Yangtze River was transported to the Guazhou warehouse, and only four buckets per stone were allowed, but when we arrived, we had to collect one stone, who brought so much rice? ”

Li You said suspiciously: "You didn't report my name?" ”

"Originally, I was going to charge us six buckets for consumption, but after reporting your name, I wanted to charge us one stone! This deception was too much, we were all indignant, and we couldn't help but fight with Cangding, and a dozen people in the group were arrested! ”

"Bastard! Damn it! Li You was furious and scolded him. As the saying goes, if you don't pay back the wealth, such as the brocade clothes at night, the supervisor treats him differently like this, which is tantamount to deliberately slapping him in the face in front of the people in his hometown.

"You and your entourage will first recuperate for a period of time in the county yabinshe, and wait for me to seek justice for you!" Li You decided.

Originally, Master Li felt that the matter of the three families joining forces, whether in terms of status or power, must be the salt transportation division in the center, and the small prison warehouse was just a pawn, and he didn't take it very seriously. Now it seems that this pawn doesn't know what to do.

returned to the room and continued to write the recital, and Li You, who was wronged, sued Gu Shanhe, the supervisor of Guazhou Cang.

In fact, it is very popular for warehouse officials to increase losses without authorization when collecting grain, as long as they do not delay the proper payment to the imperial court, which is often regarded as the welfare of warehouse officials. If you don't investigate, it's fine, and it's hard to say whether you will check it after being investigated, even if you are investigated, if someone is sure, it's fine.

But the unspoken rules can't be put on the table after all, and if it is investigated for various reasons, it is difficult to say that no one will protect it.

If Lord Li sued Guazhou Cang, would the court investigate? Most of the time, among the three who impeached Lord Li, the Yanyun Division was too important, and Luo Fuzun was not easy to move, and if the imperial court wanted to go down the steps, the only way to do it was to take Guazhou Cang. This can be regarded as a strong hint from Li You to the court on purpose - this is a scapegoat.

Also, now that Zhu Qincha is in Yangzhou, the imperial court will not be so extravagant as to send another Qincha to Yangzhou to investigate the case, and Zhu Qincha has to handle it by the way.

Zhu Fanghe is doing things, Li You is relieved.

As soon as the recital was written, the masters talked to Master Li one after another. Master Hu, who was in charge of local affairs, said worriedly: "Although the people are glad that the lord stays in office, the salt merchant still rumors that the lord will not be able to stay for a long time, which is very bad. ”

Ordinary people can't think about it so much, and they don't have much knowledge, they are only happy that Li Qingtian continues to be in Jiangdu County. However, well-informed large families, including officials of the government offices, naturally have a higher level of insight, and after analyzing various signs, they can judge with foresight that Li You was rewarded only because the merit was too great, so the imperial court had to give it as a last resort. As for the real attitude of the imperial court towards Li You, it can be seen from the promotion of Luo Zhifu.

The impeachment of Li You and his promotion show that in the imperial court, the momentum of Li You's enemies is dominant, and what is missing is only the opportunity to abolish him. As long as he is impeached by political opponents repeatedly, everyone will be wiped out, and all steels will be turned around, and even the heroes will be worn out.

Meritorious deeds can be kept for a while, but they can't be kept for a lifetime, not to mention anything else, how many heroes did Taizu cut in the early years of the founding of the country?

This kind of insight is very far-sighted and to the point... Unfortunately, it is all based on misinformation. Except for Li You, Zhu Qincha, the only person who understands, is also pretending to be confused.

At this time, Zhou Jiexi, the master of money and grain, was also worried: "The collection of silver for the host population has almost been collected in ** month, but this year's collection of real estate silver for the host population has suddenly slowed down..."

Li You sneered a few times, "Don't say that the official has nothing to do, then give the person who should remember the surname for a long time." ”

(To be continued)