If it was Li You's rat trap before, then now it has been replaced by a gold million rat trap, and the host and guest are quietly transposed, just because Li You found him to recognize him.

Of course, the influence of Li You's recognition of relatives does not stop there, and the attitude of other salt merchants towards Li You is also subtle, and those who are dissatisfied and want to make some moves have stopped. Lord Li has become the son-in-law of the Jin family, the leader of the salt industry, and this identity can make people scratch their heads.

In the eyes of the salt merchants, no matter how much the fight between Lord Li and Jin Million is a son-in-law relationship, if outsiders meddle in dealing with Lord Li indiscriminately, who knows what Jin Million will think in his heart?

The upper-class people in the salt business circle know in their hearts that Jin Million may not be the richest of the seven giants, but for some reasons that cannot be disclosed, it is the most difficult to mess with. If it gives birth to the effect of "Weng Son-in-law Ni is inside the wall and resists external humiliation together", wouldn't it be self-inflicted... In the face of this accident that disrupted the plan, I was afraid that Jin Yuanwai would not be able to figure out what to do for a while. Therefore, most of the salt merchants feel that no matter what they do, it is best to wait for Jin Million to clarify his mind before saying anything else, otherwise the consequences are too unpredictable.

For a time, Yangzhou salt merchants were "sad and sad", or they were waiting to see how the golden million would do it.

"The proprietor is clever! In this way, the salt merchant will stop for a few days for the time being, and he can concentrate on dealing with the government office. When Master Zhuang heard about it, he patted his horse again and again.

After going through the wind and waves, Lord Li will not be complacent because of this little trick, and sighed: "This is a trivial matter, and the county test is a serious matter." The approval of the great grandmaster should also arrive, if he is really invited by the government to press Linjiang County, the county will be swept away. ”

If even the core power of the imperial examination is lost, the county government will not be able to earn it back by relying on anything else. Moreover, Li You had issued a decree prohibiting the examination of the resident population, if the great master was willing to come mostly for money, and would not act according to his decree, let alone exclude the salt merchants of the rich world, then his authority of the county would be greatly damaged.

Master Zhuang comforted: "There is still no news from the Yamen of Huai'an Mansion, but there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the proprietor is relieved for the time being." ”

Li You handed Master Zhuang a few papers, "Take the opportunity to post these notices, if you can publicize them, you can cover up your face if there is discord in the county trial." ”

It is said that since Mr. Li took office in Jiangdu County, all kinds of eye-catching things have emerged in an endless stream, and a new profession has been born, which is called "messenger". Many idle people wandered outside the gate of the county government, and once there was a new and surprising notice or shocking news, even if they learned that Master Li had written a new poem, they would immediately rush to the major restaurants and tea shops in the city to spread and spread it, so as to earn a few rewards.

So now there are far more idle people outside the county government in Jiangdu County than in the past, and as soon as the few notices that Li You handed over to Master Zhuang were posted, they were known all over the city within half a day.

The first notice, "The main hall of Jiangdu County: Although salt merchants Wang Chun, Liu Chongxuan, Zhou Heng, Wu Yu, Yao Shiquan, and Sun Kaiding are from Jiangdu County, they are dissatisfied with the discipline of the county, and they have repeatedly corrected and despised the county government. Since then, six people and their families will be removed from Jiangdu County, and they will be allowed to leave the country and return to their hometowns within 10 days. I would like to inform my colleagues in each county of the prefecture that these six people should not be accommodated. ”

The meaning of the notice is very simple, since the six of you are not satisfied with the royal law of Jiangdu County, then don't live in Jiangdu County. In this regard, the people of Yangzhou exclaimed, the county is going to move seriously!

Since more than two months ago, Li Xianzun has made a big show to arrest these six people in the name of being involved in the case, and the twists and turns have been repeated many times, and finally through the intervention of the government office, these six people have been completely exonerated from the crime, and it seems that it has subsided so far.

Unexpectedly, the upright Li Xianzun still clenched and found another way to play such a ruthless game. As a salt merchant who needs to deal with the salt transportation department from time to time, if he is driven back to Huizhou Mansion hundreds of miles away, then he is still a salt merchant.

In fact, you can also go to the surrounding counties to register, but Li Xianzun's notice also warns the surrounding counties, in case other counties are afraid, it will be troublesome. If you think about it carefully, the average magistrate really doesn't have the courage to offend his colleagues with a background for a few small and medium-sized salt merchants who are not on the stage.

Li Xianzun is really upright, the law is strict, the tea shop idler commented... From this evaluation, it can be seen that the reputation is an important surname, if Lord Li has a bad reputation, the public opinion evaluation is estimated to become "death to save face, narrow-minded, good at holding grudges".

The six salt merchants who were expelled from Jiangdu County by Li You cried and grabbed the land in the Xin'an Guild Hall, but this time most of their colleagues remained silent.

The second notice, "The resident population occupies the nationality of Jiangdu County, uses the land of Jiangdu County, and drinks the water of Jiangdu County, but does not work and farm, and the money and grain are not beneficial in the county." Since the beginning of this year, the county government has levied the silver of the registered population, one tael per year for the resident population, and two taels for the merchant family. This year, it is limited to be paid before August, and it will be disposed of after expiration. ”

One or two say too much, say a lot less, which is equivalent to more than half a month's salary of ordinary people in Yangzhou City. If the more than 30,000 people living in the country can collect more than 30,000 taels of silver in a year, which is close to half of the annual imperial grain and national tax in Jiangdu County.

However, most of the people in Jiangdu County are merchants, and their affluence is quite high, and it is not a big problem for each person to pay one or two silver, so Li You dares to levy it like this. If you go to the peasant households and levy an additional tael per person every year, I am afraid that Lord Li will create a scene and the first peasant uprising.

In fact, this can also be seen as Lord Li, who traveled from the 21st world, and moved the temporary resident population management fee that had been abolished in another time and space to this time and space. Naturally, the salt merchants in the resident population will not be able to afford this amount of silver, but the taste of discrimination in it is real

However, the salt merchants still endured it, for them this money is not much after all, and it is not cost-effective to call for two taels of silver and a son-in-law of one million gold. Besides, the threat of expulsion doesn't seem to be a joke, and the six lessons from the past are still on the side of the notice.

The third notice: "Yangzhou City is narrow and has many people, and the resident population is wide, and there are fields, houses, and gardens to occupy the place. Based on the number of acres of the field and the number of shelves between the houses, the amount is to be determined..."

Removed from the six third-rate figures, the other salt merchants endured it without their own concern, and levied an extra two taels of silver every year, and the salt merchants endured it. But to collect taxes on the gardens of the mansion, the salt merchants could not bear it.

If it is said that the collection of money is because of the many scruples of the consignment, Li Xianzun did not dare to be too arbitrary, so he only collected one or two taels. But in the garden mansion project, I am afraid that there are not so many scruples.

Who doesn't know that most of the mansions and gardens in Yangzhou City belong to their big salt merchants, and no matter how harsh Li Xianzun is, it will only target dozens of big salt merchants, and it will not cause large-scale turmoil in the whole city. Will Li You be afraid of their salt merchants? Countless facts can show that Li Xianzun did not take salt merchants seriously at all.

The amount is also written in the list to be determined, and the big salt merchants seem to have seen a bright knife on their bodies, but they don't tell you how much meat to cut.

What's even more uncalm is that Li Xianzun took advantage of their hesitation to issue decrees one after another, who knows what will be torturous next?

The restless big salt merchants gathered in the Xin'an Hall again, but they didn't see the key person Jin Million, so everyone killed the Jin family again.

"Brother Jin, can you control your good son-in-law?" Another salt merchant magnate, He Yuanwai, asked on behalf of everyone.

This newly emerging son-in-law was like sweet poison in the eyes of Jin Million, and he smiled bitterly: "After a few days, I will hold a reunion banquet, talk to him, and then discuss with you." ”

Thanks to the age of lawlessness, the power of a parent official in the jurisdiction can be effectively extended almost unlimited, as long as you do not delay the imperial grain and national taxes. Otherwise, how could Li Xianzun levy more silver taels so casually? However, out of prudence, Li Xianzun did not have a taxable name, but only called Shengyang Silver and Real Estate Silver.

For these notices deliberately aimed at the registered people, the locals are all watching the excitement with a hatred of the rich, and Lord Li's tossing of the salt merchant has become a favorite repertoire in recent months.

The locals have talked about Li Xianzun as a Qing official who cares about the people, and it is rumored that he has become a golden million son-in-law, and he still hits the rich so mercilessly, which is really honest and selfless Li Xianzun!

Well, this kind of word-of-mouth is also a small purpose for Li You to recognize his relatives. Even in the play, Bao Qingtian cut his nephew Bao Mian to become a selfless model, and Master Li could only find Mr. Jin to be unlucky.

Before the excitement was finished, Li Xianzun immediately issued a new notice, shocking the native who was still a little out of the way. "Half of the silver levied this time will not be kept in the county office, and half of it will not be used to hand it over. One is used to double the silver of the school students, the second is used to care for the orphans in the Jingji Institute, the third is used to build roads, bridges and rivers, the fourth is used to offset the tax arrears due to disasters and famines, the fifth is used to commend the righteous and filial sons, and the sixth is used to subsidize the elderly in the village. ”

As soon as these extremely surname-specific articles came out, they immediately caused a sensation in the whole county. These are not obedient words with no money, but Li Xianzun's real benefit to the people.

Other magistrates don't have the courage and courage of Lord Li, first, they can't collect money, and second, they can't withstand the pressure of their bosses and don't hand them over, so no one will believe them if they promise to others.

But now, with the strength of Lord Li, the Jiangdu County Government can collect tens of thousands of taels of silver for its own use every year, so that there is no problem with the six articles in the notice.

If economists are left to explain, Li Xianzun's administrative measures are just a simple redistribution of national income, but they are indeed easy to implement within a county.

At this point, Lord Li's prestige in Yangzhou City immediately reached a new peak, and it was the highest peak of Yangzhou City officials in recent decades, and he was destined to be included in the list of Yangzhou Famous Ministers.

The gentry in Jiangdu County raised funds to send plaques to the county government. The county government is going to make a fortune, and if you coax Li Xianzun to be happy, you can allocate more money to Benli and his hometown... In just two days, Master Li smiled at seven or eight plaques in a row. Among them, there are four big characters in the book "Qingtian Parents", which makes Li You sigh and sigh. I think that back then, he helped Chen Zhixian earn a piece of the same word, and today it is finally his turn to earn a plaque for himself.

What's even more exaggerated is that there is also a Wanmin umbrella made in advance and sent it, Lord Li muttered with a wry smile, is this a curse for him to leave office early?

The county government is also full of laughter, Li Xianzun is worthy of being a super powerful lord, and he dares to send a large amount of money to collect at least 30,000 silver to the county office, and there is no need to hand it over at all, it all depends on the county government.

In this way, the loss of hands is at least a few thousand taels, plus the money that was previously intercepted and should have been dedicated to the government office, looking forward to the future, it is not a big problem for the county government officials to triple their income.

Everywhere inside and outside the county office, you can hear everyone praising each other, Li Xianzun is really a good official!

Compared with the county government, the government is bleak.

Jiangdu County cut off the half-year regulation silver supplied to the government office, which accounted for one-third of the total government regulation silver, and at the same time, the Luo prefect did not have the courage to cut or cut off the regulation silver supplied to the governor, so he could only grit his teeth and make up for the part that should have been intercepted in the government office.

In addition, the county government has cut off the roads around the government office, the flow of people has also decreased, and other fees have also been sharply reduced. As a result, since the beginning of this month, the gray income of the government officials has been less than 20% of what is normal under normal circumstances, and there are many complaints, which is certain.

Moreover, the officials of the government and county are all locals, and there are many connections between them, and the people of the government are very clear about the situation on the county side. In contrast, it is simply infuriating, how can it be compared to a twofold increase in an expected income and a decrease in one-fifth of the original income?

Although no one dares to publicly accuse Luo Zhifu, there are unpleasant discussions behind the scenes.

"The county government and the salt merchants are fighting, and the government is determined to cross the line with one foot, provoking Li Beijia to take revenge violently, who is to blame?"

"If Fuzun doesn't provoke Li Beijia, then Li Beijia will definitely not intercept the government regulations and silver, and after the increase in revenue, he will probably hand over a part of the government to the government according to the rules, instead of keeping it all for himself like now, and I can only watch and watch it."

His surname Luo can't help Li Beijia who has a backstage, but he has no self-knowledge to oppose Li Beijia. Now the whole government brothers accompanied him and suffered. ”

"I wonder if I can reconcile with the county government in the future?"

"I think it would be good if Li Beijia could come to be the mansion."

There are also rumors spread in the government office, saying that Luo Fuzun received a large amount of silver from the salt merchants, so he remediated the county government at any cost, even if he didn't want the county government to regulate the silver. It's just that they are suffering from these little officials who can't share the slightest benefit.

All kinds of gossip, prefect Luo Xingye can't be ignorant, these words are like pins and needles into his ears, but his stuffiness can only be held in his stomach.

Until this day, Luo Zhifu was signing the official document of the detention room, but received a reply from the Huai'an Mansion Xuedao Yamen, and the result was also what he had been looking forward to for a long time - Jiangbei Tixue Yushi agreed to his invitation, and he would personally take the county examination according to Linjiangdu County, and would set off as soon as possible.

Recently, in addition to the depressed or depressed Luo Zhifu, who was overjoyed, everything in this world is inferior, only the reading is high, what else can Li You do to make up for the loss of the right to take the county exam? Even if he can't move his foundation, he will be happy to let Li You lose face once.

Luo Zhifu summoned the small official of the ceremonial room, handed him the approval document and said: "Go and order the county yazhang bang to announce the news that the great grandmaster is pressing Linjiang County!" The government will also issue a notice! ”

Half a day later, the official reported back: "Li Xianzun is not in the county office, it is said that he has gone to inspect other places, and no one can sign the notice to be the master." ”

Luo Zhifu sneered a few times, did he want to avoid the county test period? Whether the magistrate went to the countryside indiscriminately or left the country at will without permission, it was a violation of the law and could be impeached, but he didn't expect Li You to make a mistake and send another handle.

"He went out to inspect the battalion in the name of the government garrison department, so it is not a violation..."

(To be continued)