The person who came was almost the same age as Duan Hongshi, with the same thin figure, wearing a simple Gebu coat, shaking a fan in his hand, standing in front of the welcome building in the inner fort, squinting slightly and looking around. If it weren't for the four sturdy men standing behind him, scanning around this old man with vigilant eyes, Li Xi might still be a friend of Duan Hong's country literature.

This official master's private interview style of micro-service is inevitably too insincere...... Li Zhuang is not a secret stronghold, it is impossible not to let outsiders in, not to mention such a person, even those with a little vision dare not stop it. Li Xi will not blame Si Wei for this, it is Jia Hao who is in charge of the sentry today, and he also saw that this person came to find Duan Hong, and there was no malice.

But if you don't deal with it well, maybe there will be some trouble, and Li Xi is worried that his Zhuangzi is too rich.

The old man's gaze stayed on the Meng Xuelou, and the sound of reading aloud from above attracted him, and his head shook slightly with the voice, and his mouth read: "Okay!" Good! A place of respect, the people are pure. ”

Li Shi suppressed the twitching of the corners of his mouth, if this old man entered the classroom and saw the words written on the blackboard, he might not know what kind of expression he would have.

"The old gentleman is looking for an old master?"

Afraid that this old man would really go there, Li Shi hurriedly appeared.

The old man turned to look at Li Shi, showing a cold and solemn face, as if there were knives at the corners of his eyebrows and mouth, and his eyes were also contemplative, and he had the momentum of being in a high position.

"I heard from the villagers that Mr. Duan closed the academy and moved to this ...... Li Zhuang, is he available at this time? ”

The old man tried his best to make his tone soft, in his eyes, Li Xian, a young man, was no different from a country boy.

"Old Master Duan went back to his hometown to visit relatives, and he hasn't come back yet."

Li Xi replied while weighing in his heart, listening to this old man's accent, most of them are from the capital, what officials have been to Guangdong recently? The answer is simple.

The old man sighed regretfully, thanked him, and turned to leave. Li Xian was determined. Since you're here, you want to leave without leaving anything behind?

"Mr. West Cliff...... But for the Yang Jin case? ”

Li Shi spoke again, and the old man froze.

"Huh......"

The old man turned around, with a surprised expression, Li Xianxin said Bingo, guessed correctly.

This old man was none other than Tang Youzeng, who was ordered to try the case of Guangdong Prefecture and County, and the previous bandits in northern Guangdong interfered with his work in trying Yang Chongdou and Jin Qizhen. Now that the chaos has subsided, the officials of a province are still busy dealing with the mountain-like documents for reporting damage and exemption, and they have not even sent all the documents and reports for the trial, and the case has dragged on like this. Seeing that Saltai was enjoying the flowers in Guangzhou, he disdained to be with him, and thought of the person Tian Congdian mentioned before, so he made a special trip to Yingde.

"Boy Li Shi, worship under Old Master Duan, learn some miscellaneous studies to benefit the villagers."

Li Shi put on an honest face, Tang You was relieved, no wonder this kid has an indescribable temperament. Knowing that he was a big official, but he was only called by his name, it turned out to be a disciple of Duan Hongshi, and he was also stained with the style of a hidden sage.

"This Zhuangzi was built by the family teacher in conjunction with the people of the nearby village, otherwise, it is really difficult to save the life of the goods in this bandit. The family teacher has been in the cave for thousands of miles, and he has long expected this banditry. ”

Welcomed Tang Youzeng into the VIP room in the building, and when he asked about the origin of this Zhuangzi, Li Xian opened his mouth and began to flicker, anyway, Duan Hongshi was not there, so he would pour any dirty water on the old man.

"It's rare, Mr. Duan is like a god......

Tang You once admired, this is the style of celebrities in ancient times.

"Of course, the family teacher knows astronomy and geography, and he knows three thousand years before and three hundred years later.

Li Xian shook his head and held his teacher, and heard Tang Youzeng chuckle, he was really a simple boy...... "So about the old man's trip...... Did Mr. Duan leave a message? ”

He hurried to the point.

Of course, Tang Youzeng came for the case of Yang Chongdou and Jin Qizhen, and the cases of these two magistrates were still the officialdom background of Li Xian who was able to press Li Zhushou to solve Lai Yipin. After worshipping Duan Hongshi as a teacher, he also has enough understanding of these two cases, has a master's background, and has experienced the restructuring of Guangdong Junping Bank more than ten years ago, Duan Hongshi explained, the stakes, Li Xi is very clear.

But Duan Hongshi really didn't expect Tang You to come to him, if he had anything to say, he had to be Li Xian himself.

"The teacher left a message that if Mr. Xiya only came to know, he would directly submit it to the secretary office of the two counties, and Mr. Xiya would ask the money and grain master to take care of the accounts, and check the accounts of the gentry and people who were first told to the two counties."

The direct reason for Yang Chongdou and Jin Qizhen's crimes was that they were too fierce to spread the stalls, but the specific reasons were different. Yang Chongdou was prohibiting Qujiang coal from leaving the county, which angered the Guangzhou merchants based in Shaozhou and tricked the local coal merchants to accuse him of corruption. Jin Qizhen was found by Jin Qizhen because the squires of Fanyu and other counties in the South China Sea went to Xin'an County to buy land, and did not want to establish overseas Chinese nationality to pay grain, so they used the name of the locals to set up a household, and Jin Qizhen found out and severely punished, so he instigated the locals to file a lawsuit. 【1】

Originally, these matters involved other counties, and the counties generally did not deal with them too seriously. However, in the past few years, Man Pi and Zhao Hongcan have strictly controlled local money and grain, and the counties had to restore the balance of silver in various names, and the two counties had to increase their efforts to apportionment into the land because of historical reasons.

As soon as they did this, they ruined the situation of a game of chess in Guangdong Province. The handling of these two people determines the direction of the fiscal and taxation policies of Guangdong prefectures and counties in the future, so it will attract the attention of the provincial prefectures and counties, and they also have their own difficulties.

Hearing Li Shi's words, Tang Youzeng half-squinted and thought about it, Li Shi's understanding was not clear to him, but he knew two things, one was that he could not sweep the emperor's face, and the other was that he had to sweep Saltai's face. As for Zhao Hongcan Manpi, he didn't care.

"If the old man is just to know, why should he come here."

Yang Jin's case was a matter of the imperial court, and it was impossible to mention it to this country boy, but Tang Youzeng was talking to Duan Hongshi, so naturally he had no scruples.

"Then the tutor only left one sentence......"

Regarding the Yang Jin case, Li Xian didn't think it had anything to do with him, and he could make a mess and make the Guangdong officialdom as chaotic as possible.

"If Mr. Xiya asks for something else, why bother asking for the roots, Mr. Xiya only needs to insist that the two of them are one, and when the news from the Jiangnan side settles, this side will naturally die down."

Duan Hongshi has long said that the general speculation in Guangdong officialdom about this case is that Jin Qizhen will let it go and Yang Chongdou will be punished heavily, after all, the former is a banner man, and the latter is a Han person, so Yang Chongdou's son will be in a hurry to run to knock on the box.

Li Shi pulled out "two people in one", which was originally a little out of tune, and at first hearing it was an outsider speaking layman's words. But such a stir was originally a matter of government affairs, but it was pulled to the Manchu and Han issues.

What made Li Xian suddenly have this magical idea was that he suddenly remembered the result of the Jiangnan Kechang case, and the result was still a few months to be revealed. Gali was dismissed, Zhang Boxing remained in office, and Hanchen scored temporarily, at least in face. No matter what Kangxi thought about at the time, but in the current situation, Kangxi is obviously unwilling to let the Manchu and Han issues become a sensitive topic.

The Yang Jin case will not be able to achieve a result for a while, and if it drags on for a while, the trend of the Jiangnan Kechang case will gradually become clear. Let Tang You once pull this matter to the Manchu and Han disputes, and at that time, no one wants to let the two small magistrates stir up waves in the Manchu and Han disputes. There is a good chance that they will be able to get out, which is clearly not in line with Sartai's original intention. Li Shi knew with his knees that it was the juncture of the Kali case, and the Manchen of Saltai definitely wanted to step on Hanchen and advocated that the two be treated differently. What Tang Youzeng's attitude was, he didn't have to ask to know, he must be against Saltai, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to the poor countryside of Yingde to find Duan Hongshi.

Tang Youzeng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was silent for a while with his long beard, and then slowly spoke: "Mr. Duan...... Didn't even expect the outcome of the Kali case? But the result is ...... Unbelievable. ”

He is an old fritter in officialdom, and he quickly thought of the deep meaning of Li Shi's words. But the current situation of the Kali case is not conducive to Hanchen Zhang Boxing, and there are even rumors that the emperor will send another Manchu minister to retry the case.

"With Scholar Li in the court, the emperor is wise and wise, so naturally there will be a proper disposal."

Li Shi said hypocritically that Li Guangdi's opinion played a very important role in Kangxi's handling of the Kali case, and Li Shi still remembered this.

Tang Youzeng laughed, he also figured it out, not only the doubts of Yang Jin's case were suddenly eliminated, but he also knew about the Kali case.

"Your teacher is indeed a thousand miles away."

Tang You was extremely happy, although he didn't see Duan Hong, he could leave a word to his disciple to solve the problem in his heart, and his admiration was even greater.

"If the Venerable Master comes back and I am still in Guangdong, I must invite him to Guangzhou for a while, oh no, call someone to tell me, and I will come to ask the Venerable Master in person."

Tang Youzeng got up to say goodbye, groping around as he spoke, as if he wanted to leave some tokens. But he was dressed in plain clothes, and he had nothing to look at, only the fan in his hand. Summoned his subordinates, took out the customs defense seal, and with a click, he stamped a purple Qincha customs defense seal on the fan and handed it directly to Li Xi. 【2】

In this era, officials come and go, and it is not possible to have a letter card, and the official master has to send a messenger to act, especially to send his family members to do things, so that he must stamp the customs defense or official seal of the document token, so that the other party can confirm the identity. Tang Youzeng's Qinchaguan was not built around randomly, but Duan Hongshi helped him so much, he very much wanted to see it in person. This defense is to let Li Xian send someone to report the time, so that it is convenient for someone to go through Zhou Yue County and enter Guangzhou Mansion to find him, otherwise how can ordinary grass people see the minister of Qincha so easily.

Li Xian took it casually, didn't nod his head, and said goodbye lightly, this style is in line with his identity as a master of the world, Tang You once felt natural.

"This place in Guangdong, the scenery and people, are really proud, and they are very different from the Central Plains."

Before leaving, Tang Youzeng also left such a sentence of emotion, probably because he felt that there was still a master like Duan Hongshi on the ground in Guangdong, who saw problems sharply and handled things with unique methods, which was really unexpected.

When he turned around, Li Shi's face froze, and these words were like thunder in the summer, and a storm shook in his mind.

One of the reasons for the Yang Jin case is that the two counties are faintly outside the overall situation of the whole province, and Tang Youzeng's words are also saying that Guangdong is different from the whole country.

Speaking of which, Guangdong and the whole country are really not a game of chess.

Originally, Li Shi realized his future from Pan Jinling, but that was only the general direction, and the specific strategy still needs to be considered. And now Tang Youzeng's casual words, coupled with the things behind Yang Jin's case, made him wake up to the fact that the road to this direction is at his feet, in Guangdong.

(To be continued)