In fact, for Li You's tricky skills, Luo Zhifu has only seen fifty percent so far. The remaining fifty percent, he's about to see... When Master Li arranged these things for the rectification of the government, he saw Master Hu holding a list and reported: "This is the recent birthday of the gentry in Jiangdu County, please take a look." ”

Li You took it and found that it was really a coincidence, the first one was Luo Zhifu. The boss does longevity, and the subordinates have no reason not to celebrate their birthdays, so they give instructions to Master Hu.

said that Luo Zhifu was angry when he returned to the back hall of the mansion. He knew very well before that if he provoked Li You, it would probably lead to all kinds of bad consequences. Sure enough, in just a few moments, the revenge from the county government appeared one after another.

Although he was mentally prepared, Luo Zhifu was still very angry, and he overestimated his patience and open-mindedness. At this time, Lord Luo hated to arrest Li You, who openly offended the dignity of the prefect, and torture him and send him to prison, just like he did to those ordinary people.

It's a pity that everyone is the same court official, and the same is the official seal, and if there is no edict in hand, the prefect cannot directly impose ** punishment on the county.

Luo Zhifu pondered for a moment and immediately introduced anti-retaliatory measures. He ordered the governor of the government and the governor to take the officials of the government and the prison room to the county government to inspect the county. Knowing some money and food, pushing officials to brush up on case files, we must not let the county government be too happy.

Sending people to inspect is one of the means for superiors to suppress subordinates, but Lord Luo also understands that the focus of the current battle with the county government is the right to take the county exam, which is the incident that points to the surname, and everything else is subordinate.

The dispute over the right to take the examination was originally a situation in which each had its own arguments, and the government could gradually gain the upper hand by relying on the authority of its superiors. However, Li You suddenly opened the plug-in without following the rules, and abused the authority of the garrison department to send soldiers to seize the examination room, so the government office fell behind.

When the news spreads, everyone knows, if there is no examination room, what will be used for the exam? The government must have been defeated.

At present, there are no other officials in Yangzhou who can make a final decision on the imperial examination dispute, and neither can the highest-ranking salt transportation department. If Li You is allowed to toss by force like this, the government will be completely disgraced, not to mention that the government is still the first to stir up trouble, which is even more ridiculous.

What to do? The more Luo Zhifu thought about it, the more he realized the seriousness of the matter, but he didn't have any idea for a while.

But I saw Master Kong holding the list, walked into the hall with a strange expression, and reported: "Li You learned that the proprietor's birthday is approaching, and sent someone to send a congratulatory gift..."

Weasels give New Year's greetings to chickens? Luo Zhifu was stunned, and he didn't know why this sentence came out in his heart. After taking the gift list, it was sent by Li You on behalf of the county government, and the congratulatory gift was only a simple line of words - 1,000 taels of silver.

Li You's money, he didn't dare to accept it after killing Luo Zhifu, and ordered: "This gift is refused and not accepted, this mansion's birthday, the county does not need to offer anything!" ”

Master Kong passed the original words to Master Hu, who was sent by the county government to give gifts, and Master Hu passed it on to Master Li.

With a stroke of his pen, a new notice was released. "In a certain year, a certain month, it is the birthday of the Mansion, and the Mansion's edict shows the people in the county that they must not have any offerings! Notice and other notices. ”

There were heated discussions again, and the people who read the notice quickly reached a consensus - this prefect is really hypocritical, and he wants to receive gifts and pretend to tell others such a sentence, which is clearly to be a bitch and a torii!

It is said that the reputation of the Nailuo prefect in the city has continued to decline, which is not to be mentioned later.

It is said that Lord Li played tricks on Luo Zhifu again, and he was triumphant, but the backyard was on fire... It turned out that a few patrol officers who were investigating smuggled salt ran from the outpost outside the city to the county government and handed over a document signed by 100 people, demanding on behalf of all the patrol officers that Li Xianzun give an explanation for the future of the salt patrol service, otherwise they would go on strike en masse.

This is a sudden attack on the palace! Li You was shocked and angry at this. At any time, as long as the crowd can unite, the strength will multiply, and in the face of this, it is a little difficult for Lord Li, who has gradually established a strong position in the county government.

What can he say about the future of the Patrol? The original plan was to abolish all the patrols and replace them with soldiers. It's just that the application for using battalions to investigate illicit salt has not yet been approved, and it is estimated that it will have to be delayed for a month or two, so it is still necessary to use patrol service at present.

But now it is difficult to say so clearly, in case of a collective strike by the patrolmen, the defense line of Jiangdu will be completely lost in the next two months, and the overflowing illegal salt can directly affect the two lakes and Jiangxi, which are important areas for the sale of Huai salt.

If in these provinces, the official salt is as unsalable as Jiangdu County, even if it is only for one or two months, the loss of salt is at least hundreds of thousands of taels, and the imperial court will hold him accountable, and Li You will not be able to afford to sell him.

Li Xianzun has always despised the servants, and thinks that it is a matter of one sentence to disband, do you still need to explain whether the government needs to use it? But I didn't expect them to join forces with him in advance to force the palace of this county! Tired of living?!

Master Zhuang, who came to report the matter, reminded: "Where there is a crowd incident, there must be people in tandem, and it is speculated that there are people behind the trouble!" The patrol was under the jurisdiction of the Meng Dianshi before, maybe this time it was a good thing that Meng did someone, and it was difficult for others other than him to connect hundreds of patrols so quickly and neatly. ”

Li You was puzzled: "If the patrol is disbanded now and the illegal salt is overflowing, the salt merchants who sell official salt will first lose money and be unlucky. The surnamed Meng has a good relationship with the salt merchant, and he is still the cousin-in-law of Jin Million, and his position must be on the side of the salt merchant, how can he use this to blackmail? ”

"It is very likely that the salt merchants also know that the adults dare not let the patrol disbandment now, and they have no other means to restrain the adults, so they use this to take a gamble and force the adults to make concessions."

Li You suddenly slapped the case, and said in his heart, you salt merchants are just props for your official reputation, how dare you resist so fiercely?

Suddenly, I felt as if I had realized something, but I couldn't grasp it. Master Li pondered for a quarter of an hour, but still didn't understand the essentials, until his eyes fell on a government official document on the case, which was stamped with the prefect's seal.

He deliberately couldn't get along with the salt merchants on one thing after another, which was similar to the prefect's attitude towards him! Didn't Governor Luo also deliberately get along with him on one thing after another?

The short-term purpose of his attack on salt merchants is to make a reputation, is it true that the purpose of Luo Zhifu is the same for what he is doing? He is also a famous figure in the court, could it be that the surname Luo deliberately fought with himself to become famous through himself?

Once upon a time, he also became a figure who could be praised by others... Thinking of this, Master Li was flattered.

Letting go of the Luo Governor's Mansion, which had been suppressed by him, Li You thought of the salt merchant again. I can't help but sigh that the ecological circle in Yangzhou City is really inseparable.

Originally, Luo Zhifu chased him to find trouble, and he swallowed his anger while chasing the salt merchant to find trouble. Now he had just counterattacked the Luo prefect because he was unhappy and had the upper hand over the government, but he was shot back by the salt merchant and was in a dilemma.

really pressed the gourd and floated again, Li You remembered a sentence in his mind, you look at the scenery on the bridge, but you don't know that you have become the scenery in the eyes of others.

(To be continued)