Master Li tried the big stick in the county in one hand, and learned the big stick in the county in the other hand, and the two sticks waved violently to stunned the salt merchants in the city. What will become of things in the end, Li You has not decided in his heart, it depends on the reaction and sincerity of the salt merchants before making a decision.

Taking advantage of this, he hid in the county government and studied the government again. However, from his heart, he really doesn't want to target the government, but this Luo Governor is also hateful, do you have to endure it?

In order to break the confinement of one's birth and climb up, there will inevitably be a lot of costs. Along the way, Lord Li's black history in some aspects is enough to make people look sideways, from the prefect Mao who moved his head to Shi Shenzheng who resigned from his post, and then to the cabinet scholar who gritted his teeth... On the blacklist of this former boss, it's better not to add new people, it's always like this, the image is very bad, and the dignity and humility that officials should have are all gone.

Besides, there are many benefits to wielding a stick to fight salt merchants, but competing with the government office, Lord Li can't see what he can gain. Even if he accomplished the greatest achievement and defeated the prefect, he would not be able to take over.

After two years of officialdom tempering, Master Li may have made mistakes in small things, but in the general direction, he has always made careful plans before acting. The salt merchant and the ninja government are the result of thinking. Unless Governor Luo insulted him in person, he had to fight back for the sake of his fame, but it was limited to the matter itself, and he did not chase and fight.

It is said that since he took up his new post in Yangzhou City, Mr. Li has been unable to get along with salt merchants everywhere, which may be very inexplicable. But he also has his considerations. Others are not the general judgment of Yangzhou Mansion and the acting affairs of Jiangdu County, so naturally they can't understand his thoughts.

At the beginning, he sacrificed his life to fight with the scholars, which caused the cabinet to jump, and most of the court asserted that he would be finished quickly, but the outcome surprised most people, and he took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Because he was keenly aware in advance that suppressing the strong cabinet was the common will of the Queen Mother, the Foreign Dynasty, and the eldest princess (Son of Heaven), which was the general trend.

This time in Jiangdu County, although the salt merchant has political power, but compared to his background of obviously having a second assistant and two Shangshu, and secretly having the background of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the gap is still very large. Relying on these crackdowns on salt merchants, in addition to keeping their own problems is not big, there are also three major benefits, fame, strength, and political achievements.

The so-called fame is to make a name. However, this is different from the reputation of the type of court rod in the temple, one is the uprightness of righteousness, and the other is the integrity of the official, naturally the more the merrier.

Reputation is both important and important, and it can be your great help when it is critical; It's not important to say that it's not important, and sometimes it's useless to have fame. But it is indispensable for Master Li, who has no background, and this is almost his only advanced foundation.

For example, the former Su Songdao participated in politics and the current Guozi Priest Lord Tyroshi, who has no strong background in the court, has been a local official and cannot be promoted, but has the prestige of the world's first prefect of the world with two winds and a famous minister in the sea. Even if you participate in politics and lose your official position, you can still be called back by the imperial court to serve as the Qingliu official of the country's priest wine. The imperial court also needs to frame the façade.

Master Li is also a famous figure now, what kind of reputation is it in the hearts of the people of the time? It can be said that there are a thousand kinds of Li You in the eyes of a thousand people.

In the eyes of his colleagues, Master Li is an attacker with amazing combat power; In the eyes of the enemy, Master Li is a fierce and cunning, shameless and difficult thorn in the flesh.

In the eyes of the sober public, Master Li is a cunning and obscene villain with super good luck; In the eyes of the kind-hearted public, Master Li is an official who speaks up and dares to act; In the eyes of the little officials, Master Li is a boss who is suspicious of ghosts and is not easy to fool; In the eyes of the big guy, Master Li is a subordinate who is capable and never restless.

In the eyes of the literati, Master Li is a winner in life who indulges in flowers and gets drunk and spreads poems from north to south; In the eyes of the rememberers, Master Li is a hateful Langjun who has all the intention of falling flowers, and the flowing water is ruthless... If the initial impression of the gentry and people of Jiangdu County on the new county is upright and promising, full of frugality, do you believe it or not?

Speaking of Li You's appointment this time, everyone in the officialdom knows that going to Yangzhou City to be an official is like a mouse falling into a rice tank, and if you get a little closer to a salt merchant, you can have a full belly full of fat. This is the unanimous consensus, and most people have chosen to do so.

In such an atmosphere of public opinion, Li Xianzun entered Yangzhou City without being dazzled by the world of flowers, did not show favor to the salt merchants like others, but wanted to rectify the salt merchants everywhere, and the actions were upgraded step by step, and even brazenly waved the big stick of the forbidden imperial examination, and everyone was surprised by the great contrast.

This showed a new atmosphere, and the reputation of integrity gradually spread.

However, I want to interject to explain, the standard of "Qing" in these years is not like Hai Rui, if you need to take a template as an example, it is Chen Xundao who gave Li You words. As long as a magistrate does not impose any other demands on the people in addition to the usual money that has become a custom, he can be called "pure", and if he is too frugal, he will be regarded as a show of fame and reputation.

If, in the 21st century, imagine a magistrate who takes office and repairs the rich first, what do the common people think? I probably think that this official looks good, at least he will not deliberately favor the rich, like a good official who is in charge of the people... In the eyes of the people of Jiangdu County, Li Xianzun may be like this.

The premise is not to go deep into the inner world of Master Li to feel his truest thoughts. In fact, if you can penetrate into the hearts of the vast majority of people, I am afraid that you will feel a little dirty, not just Li You.

The words are far away, but it is said that the second benefit of Lord Li's attack on salt merchants is to build momentum. The knot is naturally the power of the eldest princess, that is, the power of the Son of Heaven behind the eldest princess, and he consciously sees himself as a front stand for the royal family. In the long run, after Guide, Chitose integrated the northern salt industry, and then went south, which is the time of his meritorious service.

The third benefit is to make political achievements. As a magistrate, completing money and food is the basic skill, and the other political achievements are nothing more than the punishment of the name and the construction of two roads. By the way, there are also those who rely on natural disasters to make political achievements, but it depends on whether God gives face or not, and no one can grasp it.

No matter how you build bridges, pave roads, dig rivers, build embankments, and build cities, you don't have money to do any political performance projects. Of course, it is also human nature to have a little bit in your hands when you are engaged in political achievements.

Where does the money come from? The common method used by Yangzhou magistrates in successive dynasties was to rely on voluntary donations from salt merchants. But Master Li thinks with the heart of a villain that there must be more money from extortion than persuasion and donation... Instead of having a relationship with salt merchants, it is better to directly scratch the sore foot and knock the bamboo pole more neatly, and the expected income is higher. Anyway, he doesn't plan to work in Yangzhou for the rest of his life, and he will make future generations worry if he fishes with all his might!

No matter what method is used, under the premise of not imposing harsh taxes on the common people, it is also a hard state to increase the government's fiscal revenue. In case he cooperates with the eldest princess to play big, he can pull out hundreds of thousands or millions of salt taxes from the salt merchant's pocket every year, and he, Li You, can get an inscription inscribed by Yan Shangshu himself, "Be anxious about what the country is anxious about, think about what the country thinks" from the household department.

With these three big benefits, and a strong enough backer, Li Xianzun doesn't use salt merchants to lay out, so I'm sorry for this official skin on my body.

is still the same sentence, others are not from the local to the center, and from the center to the local, and the highly qualified Yangzhou Mansion is the general judge and acting Jiangdu County affairs, so naturally they can't understand Li You's realm, even if his subordinates blindly believe it, they can't understand his intentions.

A gorgeous chess game, but there is only one player. From this point of view, Li Beijia Li County Zun Li Zhenfu is a master in Jiangdu County, lonely and lonely like autumn rain.

Sometimes, he can't help but feel a little nostalgic for the excitement of meeting opponents in the court.

"People don't get old, why do they like to reminisce..."Li You muttered, opened the latest newspaper, and quickly browsed the news.

However, a piece of news on the third page shocked him, his old superior, the scattered steps of the prefect of Suzhou Mansion were jumped two steps in a row by the imperial court, and Dr. Zhongshun directly crossed the Zhongxian doctor and was awarded the title of Zhongyi doctor, and the merit was credited.

What does this mean? This is the legendary "fill the vacancy", which means that the prefect of the king has entered the promotion sequence, as long as there is a suitable vacancy from the third grade, he can be given priority to fill it. If you are lucky, you may be able to exalt to the top three grades.

What is the background of the prefect of Wang's mansion, Li You couldn't be clearer, a lucky old tribute eunuch was born, and there was no background at all, and even this prefect relied on him to help pull the strings.

This old man is sixty years old, he has only been a prefect for a year, he is old and mediocre, and he is only a prisoner, why can he be promoted so unusually?

From the fourth grade to the third grade, it seems to be ordinary, but it is a node in the officialdom of the national dynasty, and it is a big step forward in the flow of products, which can be barely called a big member, and it is easy to be transferred to Beijing, and how many prefects can not take this step until they are in the office. However, the Feng Constitutional Officer has its own system and does not apply this statement.

Li You is very confident that he will be promoted to the fourth grade in the future, but he is not sure whether he can break the ceiling from the fourth grade to the third grade.

Master Li, who has always been envied by others, is rarely envious and jealous of others' promotions, so he quickly polished his eyes and read the text carefully.

After reading it, Li You threw down the newspaper and sighed: "Providence! ”

It turned out that last month, there was a sudden heavy rainstorm in the Jiangnan area that occurred once in 67 years. In this natural disaster that worried the imperial court, Suzhou Prefecture, which accounted for one-tenth of the world's money and grain taxes, did not suffer great losses, and within a few days, the normal delivery of grain taxes and silver was resumed, ensuring the supply to Beijing.

The reason for this, Li You was speechless. Last year, under his instigation, in order to gamble with Shi Shenzheng at that time, the prefect of Wang launched a huge water conservancy plan for the whole government, but there was a serious shortage of funds, so he did not build any embankments and gates, and only used free civilian service to dig dredging ditches and dredging rivers.

I didn't expect to make a mistake, and it rained heavily this year... This river channel was just dredged during the winter slack time, and the flood water was quickly discharged into the sea, and it did not flood much in the territory of the prefecture. The next few mansions are all miserable, and Suzhou is especially valuable in comparison.

So, Old Man Wang relied on natural disasters to make a great contribution by mistake, what is this not providence?

Li You couldn't laugh or cry about this, just now he thought that he needed to see if God would give him face if he relied on natural disasters to make political achievements, but in a blink of an eye, Old Man Wang picked up such a beautiful thing. If you are still in Suzhou Mansion, you can also upgrade by hitchhiking... When Master Li was reminiscing about the years of fighting side by side with Old Man Wang, Master Cui walked into the hall angrily and reported: "I got the news from the government that the six salt merchants were all found innocent by the prefect today, and it is not in accordance with the procedure to dare to sentence the criminals of our county government without being tried, and there is also a notice from the proprietor first!" It's humiliation! ”

Li You clenched his fists, and then let go again, and said without shock: "This official has long expected that such a sentence will be announced, what is there to make a fuss about." ”

Cui Zhenfei said angrily: "The proprietor, this..."

"Don't be haste, be patient!" Li You raised his voice and said. Now the main direction of attack is the salt merchants, and the government should endure it first. Besides, he just decided to be an official with dignity and humility, so it is better not to start a war with his boss casually, and give Luo Zhifu another chance.

When Cui Zhenfei was about to show the righteousness of the lord and the death of his ministers, Master Hu also came in to report: "Yesterday, those big salt merchants gathered, except for a monk, other outsiders couldn't enter, and there was no way to know how to discuss. ”

Master Li thought for a moment and asked, "Then is there a party in this generation today?" ”

"Not at all."

"That means they've got a countermeasure, and we're going to see you soon!" Li You quickly made a judgment.

Master Hu handed Li You an official letter and said: "What the proprietor said is extremely true. This was just sent by the government, and I felt that this was the salt merchant's countermeasure. ”

Li Youhu suspiciously dismantled the documents, and the content was very simple, that is, to inform the county government that the prefect had ordered the government to transfer 46 students to the county school, and asked the county school to make arrangements.

Although there is not a single word mentioning the words salt merchants, Huizhou, and consignment, Li You knew very well after reading it that this was definitely for him to prohibit Huizhou students from entering the county to learn.

The number of students he removed from the county school was forty-six, and the number that the government intended to transfer was also forty-six, which indicated that the government was about to vacate forty-six student places. Who is it left for? Go without saying.

Li You asked in a deep voice: "Those students who were transferred from the school are not dissatisfied?" ”

Master Hu continued to report: "Regardless of the prefecture or county, it is all students who go to school, but they just change places to study, and they are still in Yangzhou City. So the difference is not very big, it's just that the school is a little better. Moreover, I heard that the salt merchant gave fifty taels of silver to each of the transferred students as a settlement fee, and even if the dissatisfaction was settled. ”

This is simply a deliberate-for-tat confrontation with himself, and another blatant slap in the face! He had just expelled forty-six parasitic students, and the government had received the benefits of the salt merchants and demonstrated to himself in this way! Without the meaning of Luo Zhifu, who would dare to arrange it like this?

Li You clenched his fists again, and it took a long time to let go, and it would be good to give Luo Zhifu another chance. Gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be hasty, be patient." ”

He pressed the breath in his chest, remembered something, and pondered. If the salt merchant has already made a plan, then using the transfer quota of the government school can be regarded as a way to deal with his ban on sending his citizenship to the county school. So what will be done to deal with another, more serious ban?

At this time, Chao Lin, the secretary of the bureaucracy, hurriedly entered the hall, and he had recently begged Li You to be very diligent, so he also obtained the permission to enter the back hall without notification. "The eldest lord is not good, the little one has a friend who works on an errand in the government. He urgently sent news that the government had drafted a draft, but it said that you have no background, master, and you should be deprived of the right to take the county examination. ”

Li Xianzun, who has been sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, immediately jumped like thunder, nothing more than three, go to the mother's upper and lower humbleness!

(To be continued)