In the early morning of July 15, in the northeast of the new urban area of Yangzhou City, Jin Million leisurely drank tea and watched flowers in his home.

The name of this garden sounds very common, called the Hundred Gardens, although ordinary, but it is very worthy of the name, there are indeed more than 100 kinds of flowers, and it takes a lot to maintain. However, what makes Jin Yuanwai feel lacking is that because of the different flowering periods, there is never a time when more than 100 kinds of flowers are in full bloom, and no amount of money can buy this.

Jin Yuanwai was accompanied by people from outside the party, an old monk with Yuanrong from Suzhou, who only heard the master ask, "What happened yesterday?" ”

"There is no movement in the county office, I don't know how Li Xianzun will deal with it after all."

Master Yuanrong took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Li You is a strange person, he seems to be bold and impulsive and unpredictable and terrifying, but in fact, there are two veins to be found. The first is that he does not take the initiative to do things that he is not sure of, and the second is that he does not take the initiative to do things that are not beneficial, and his impulsive behavior is often just the appearance of his intimidation of others. ”

"As the saying goes, the world is like a chess game, you see that he is bold and reckless and is frightened and cowering, this kind of thinking is not right, how can there be a reason for victory before fighting? As the saying goes, when the brave meet on a narrow road, it is said that the patrol is resting, and after the flood of private salt, you may only lose part of the official salt income, but Li You will lose the official position. This is equivalent to the gambling of you pressing the silver and Li You pressing the official position, which is more important to each of you? Li You will not fight for his official position, and if he is such an indiscriminate person, he will not be able to sit in today's position. ”

"So you can rest assured, there are poor monks, no matter what, Li You will definitely reconcile with you. None of you have seen it, Li You was also a very forbearant person, not blindly aggressive and ruthless. Yuanrong didn't know what he remembered, and sighed while strategizing.

A certain scumbag, who was defrauded of his official position by swallowing his anger and humiliating three or four times, and then ignored himself for two years, he took the initiative to come to the door three months ago, and put a cold ass on his hot face... This time, I'm going to find the field and show the scumbag.

Jin Yuan was thoughtful, this monk really knew Li Xianzun very thoroughly, and he definitely came prepared, and he was very sure.

On that day, most of the salt merchants present felt that the old monk who suddenly appeared had just come up with two good ideas, and there was nothing else worth their attention, and they were even accustomed to it.

The wealth in the hands of the great salt merchant is unusually attractive, and there is never a shortage of people around him who take the initiative to express themselves, all of them are for profit and all for profit, so it is not unusual for this monk to take the initiative to offer advice.

But Jin Million is different from ordinary salt merchants, he is a real self-made figure, from a poor and unlucky hawker who sold women to one of the seven giant merchants in Yangzhou City today. With these experiences, the bright and thin golden million eyesight is naturally much stronger than those rich second-generation salt merchants who made their fortune by hereditary woben.

What caught Jin Million's attention was that the old monk Yuanrong claimed to be from Suzhou, which was the biggest strangeness. Since a monk claims to be a monk, he generally does not take the initiative to report where he or she is from a layman without being asked.

A Suzhou man ran over to make a stumbling block for his fellow villager Li, could it be that he was persecuted by Li to take revenge? Jin Million thinks it's very interesting when you think about it. This person must have known Master Li, at least had a relationship, and probably knew some details of Lord Li. And he dared to come to Jiangdu County, which shows that he has something to rely on.

It just so happened that Jin Million and the county government were at a stalemate because of the two matters of salt class and classic history, and they were never resolved. Therefore, there were more than a dozen people in the hall, and only Jin Million showed enough sincerity, and after asking about the origin of the Dharma name, he warmly invited Master Yuanrong to live and practice in his house.

However, of course, Jin Yuanwai will not be blindly gullible, and he used some small means to tempt at home, such as sending a number of beautiful maids to seduce. How can I be as round as a master like Yanagi Hui is not a fan of sex, Jin Million is convinced, it seems that this person is not a charlatan, there is a bit of connotation.

After talking a few times, Jin Yuanwai found that although this monk knew almost nothing about Buddhism, he had an extremely in-depth insight into Li Xianzun's surname.

Moreover, the Yuanrong monk has a mouthful of Li You, and he never adds an honorific title to his name, and his disrespect is overflowing, which is enough to show that he is not an undercover agent.

At this time, Jin Million didn't know that he might be able to say Li You instead of Lord Li in the future, and Li County respected Li Bei... But in the Hundred Gardens, Master Yuanrong glanced at Jin Wan and continued to explain: "Li You, although he will not forget his righteousness when he sees small profits, he definitely does big things and regrets his life..."

Suddenly, the conversation changed, "Master Jin gives the county government 3,000 taels of salt every year, and he pays so much attention to the history and the salt patrol, I'm afraid that there is no other inside story?" Other businessmen have not seen anyone as attentive as Jin Shizhu. ”

Jin Yuan listened to the other party's analysis Li You listened attentively, but suddenly heard this sentence, and couldn't help but lose his voice: "The mage is also familiar with the affairs of the layman? He hurriedly changed his words and said: "The master said that he laughed, I am a businessman, and it is common sense to marry the local people. ”

At the same time, in the county office, Li You was still looking at the petition document of the anti-salt patrol and thinking bitterly.

He thought deeper, and now he was about to build up his reputation little by little among his native people, as a basis for suppressing the merchants of Huizhou. And these hundreds of patrolmen are all locals, will it affect their overall situation if they are not handled properly? It was a small mistake to ignore this before.

Judging from the previous movements, those salt merchants should have been deterred by their own daring, and they also held the garrison battalion in their own hands, so the salt merchants did not have the courage to confront themselves head-on. The officials they spent money to train could not quench their thirst, so they could only carry out roundabout struggles through other yamen in Jiangbei, why was it abnormal this time?

How to resolve it? One trick is to use deception, first pretend to coax and appease, and then wait for the permission of the boss to quickly replace the battalion soldiers with the momentum of autumn wind and falling leaves. But when you think about it, it's always a bit of a trouble, and the large population ruins your credibility.

Just as he was thinking about it, the head of an express delivery shop was led into the room by Zhang San, "Lord Yu, there was an official document sent to Huai'an Mansion in the government a quarter of an hour ago!" ”

Originally, each county had the responsibility of setting up and managing post stations and express delivery shops according to the system. The accommodation is a post station, and the official document is a courier shop, commonly known as a post station.

This is divided according to the territory, and the express shop on the ground in Jiangdu County is of course managed by the Jiangdu County Ya, and the government is located in Jiangdu County, and the delivery of official documents is naturally through the express shop in Jiangdu County.

Lord Li had already said hello, and all the more unusual official documents from the government office had recently come to report. Although I didn't dare to risk killing my head to intercept the official document privately, at least I could know where it was going, and the cover of the official document of the government should always indicate where it was sent.

Hearing the news from the express shop, Li You hurriedly asked, "Which yamen is it for?" Governor? ”

"Learn the Tao Yamen!"

How is it a Yamen? Li You was puzzled for a moment, and then suddenly realized that the person surnamed Luo in the government had the idea of borrowing a teacher to help suppress it!

On one side, the only person who has the final power to adjudicate on the affairs of the imperial examination is the great master of Xuezheng in the Xuedao Yamen, the deputy envoy of the provinces is called Tixue, and the two capitals are called Tixue Yushi. This power was not interfered with by other magistrates, and even Li You could not disobey it.

At this time, Jiangbei Tixue Yushi was stationed in Huai'an Prefecture to take the round examination in each county, and the main examination institute was admitted to Xiucai, and the official document of the government was obviously sent to Tixue Yushi.

Li You can conclude that Luo Zhifu must be planning to invite the Imperial History to come over and take the county examination in Jiangdu County.

What does that mean? The county test should be the power of the county government, no matter who takes the exam, the county government that has lost its power is faceless, and Luo Zhifu is the abacus.

The county government dared to argue with the government government on the issue of the county test, and it was barely a bit reasonable, and Li was even able to send soldiers to forcibly occupy the science field. However, if the supreme person in charge of the imperial examination personally presides over the county examination according to Linjiang County, what qualifications does the county government have to compete with the student promotion officer again?

Don't forget, the children in the county must pass the examination of the school officer before they can be recruited as Xiucai, and the Xiucai can only be promoted after the township examination presided over by the school officer. Therefore, the county government did not have any capital to compete with the school officials in the imperial examination affairs.

Will the probationary officer come? Li You is not familiar with him, and he is very uncertain.

From the perspective of the imperial examination, the scholar who was called the Great Grandmaster came to preside over the county examination, which was quite incongruous. People are all talented and talented, and it is inevitable to lose their share when they come to the county to order children, and they lose the dignity of the grandmaster when they pass it out.

From an economic point of view, to the rich and prosperous Yangzhou City to take the imperial examination, and to take whoever you want, the random surname is very large, and there is basically no risk in the county examination, who doesn't want to come? For the sake of the future hospital examination and township examination, even if the great master only presides over the county examination now, the rich people must follow the standards of the courtyard examination and the township examination, so as to lead to the door.

What's more, the children pointed out by the great grandmaster, are they ordinary children? When it comes to the next step, the government examination and the hospital examination are not allowed to receive some care?

And this time it was an invitation from the government, and if the scholar came in the name of settling the dispute over the imperial examination of the prefecture and county, it was justifiable, and no one could find fault with it.

The more Li You thought about it, the more he felt that his surname might be very big, and most people would definitely come to Yangzhou City when they encountered such an opportunity. Do you still want to lose the right to take the county exam?

Thinking of the previous incident of the salt merchant, Master Li suddenly felt a headache. Sure enough, they are not fuel-efficient lamps, and when I thought that both sides were suppressed by myself, I actually resisted one after another, and inadvertently gave birth to a trend of echoing each other.

Another official Chao Linyu reported: "On the order of the eldest master, I have investigated, and there is indeed a secret connection between Meng Gongming and the former canon in the history of the patrol, and there are rumors that the patrol will be replaced by battalion soldiers, so the crowd is unstable. ”

"That's the idea of a million?" Li You asked, everyone knows that Meng Dianshi is the cousin-in-law of Jin Million.

"At the beginning of the month, when the salt merchants gathered to discuss the affairs of the adults, an old monk from other places offered advice and made it difficult for the adults. Later, this monk was invited to his home by Jin Million, and I am afraid that he will not be able to get rid of it. "After all, Chao Lin is a local snake, and he will find out as much detail as possible.

"Where did the six impure monks come from?"

Chao Lin recalled carefully, "I heard that the name of the law is Yuanrong. ”

Li You was taken aback! Round... It seems that this is the name of the father-in-law after he became a monk? There is no such coincidence in the world that there is a monk with the same name and about the same age? But looking at these bad ideas, it is his consistent style, and most of them can't be wrong.

This old man is really full of food and support, how can he be such a father-in-law, the older he gets, the more naïve he becomes, Lord Li complained in his heart.

But when he thought about it, he suddenly felt that God really helped me, and the opportunity was here! Immediately issued an order to summon the honor guard, Zhang San ran over and asked, "Where is the master going?" ”

"Go to the Golden Staff's Mansion to recognize your father!" Li Youyu has a pun.

The priest next to him, who had not yet left, plucked out his ears, thinking that he was hallucinating.

(To be continued)