"Zheng Fuyin, the little one doesn't understand," Li Yongde asked.

"You'll understand," Zheng Lang said, and then said to Yi'er: "Yixiao lady, can you borrow a zither." ”

"Slaves don't dare to be," Yi'er bent down and was rude, her face was even more radiant, and a pair of beautiful eyes could drip water, and there was a layer of mist.

Before Zheng Lang came to the guzheng, there was one at home, and Zheng Lang touched it very little. There is also a significant difference between the Zheng and the qin, the qin has seven strings, and the Zheng has thirteen strings, but the guqin is more difficult to play, because of the thirteen emblems, there are many overtones and press tones when playing, the timbre is subtle and deep, simple and elegant, just like Chinese freehand painting. Some skilled people don't use seven strings, and they can play any guqin song with only one string.

However, the guzheng has only one or two notes per string, and the sound range is wide, compared with the nobility of the scholar and the coldness of the hermit of the guqin, the guzheng is more melodious and pleasant, and has more of a civilian atmosphere. Therefore, in ancient times, most of the people who played the guqin were men, or people with status, or learned people, or elegant people. However, the guzheng has become the favorite of women, including the beauty of the various green buildings, and they play the guzheng more than the guqin.

Zheng Lang stroked the strings of the zither and recalled what happened last night.

His plan was perfect, but there were still some oversights in the implementation process.

He calculated the location of the substitution, and the addition of the oar and the big oar were even more unexpected by the other party. The tide also made him count, and he would go around in circles on the sea, and setting up a flag was even more miraculous.

There were two accidents in between.

One is to kill his mouth, he didn't expect the other party to be so brutal. This is in the Song Dynasty, to put it mildly, as long as there is no big case, just smuggling smuggled salt, there is the ability to be like Lu Zhishen or Zhishan, throw yourself in the temple, and then wait for the court to amnesty, you can come out.

Of course, if there is a murder, and it is several, then it cannot be good.

Therefore, he thought that the other party would not kill anyone, at most he would use a fast boat to pick him up, and use the cover of the sea to send the people to Fujian or the Lingnan region further south, and after a few years, the state would grant amnesty and return to his hometown safely.

What happened later shocked him even more.

Several ships were about to surround them, and Zheng Lang was afraid of an accident, so he asked the forbidden soldiers to shout, surrender and forgive his family.

It was only after the forbidden soldiers arrived at sea that they learned their intentions. Zheng Lang was also very careful, don't ask why the prisoner is so hard-mouthed in prison, Lu Gongbi and Han Jiang, two young people, don't understand the real situation in the place at all.

When the case came to him, all the messages had already been brought in.

Including the forbidden soldiers, after not reaching the sea, if the notice is made on the shore, it is estimated that the ship has not left the port, and the news will spread.

But there was an accident again, and the people on the ship began to fight, some wanted to surrender, and some wanted to burn the ship to commit suicide. Before the forbidden soldiers of the four ships could catch up, the people on board began to kill each other. Some people jumped off the boat, but the terrain here is complicated, and there are many wolf-like reefs on both sides, and the tide is rushing, and no matter how good the water is, there is no way to live. The ship finally burned, and by the night wind, the whole ship became a big fireball.

This was another accident.

But he still got an important confession, a person stuck a knife in his chest, covered his chest with his hand, jumped off the boat, and shouted when he jumped: "The one who harmed us is Uncle Guoye." ”

It won't be Li Yonghe.

Li Yonghe is not this kind of person, if he wants money and wealth, why do you need private salt!

It's not that people don't want it, Zhao Zhen doesn't give it, but people don't want it, Zhao Zhen gives it and scatters it among everyone, and Zheng Lang praises his morality.

So who else is known as the uncle of the country in Liangzhejiang?

Play it.

The music was very slow and slow, and suddenly it gradually became faster, and then suddenly stopped, Zheng Lang asked Yi'er, "Have you ever heard it?" ”

"I haven't heard of it," Yi'er replied cautiously.

"Probably you haven't heard of it, this song is called "Ambush on All Sides", there are ten paragraphs, the first six paragraphs can barely be done with the guzheng, and the last four paragraphs are about not easy to play."

In later generations, there are ten ancient songs, high mountains and flowing water, Guangling San, flat sand and falling geese, plum blossom three lanes, ten ambushes, sunset drums, fishing wood Q&A, Hu Ji eighteen beats, autumn moon in the Han Palace, spring and white snow. But there are a few of these ten pieces that cannot be played on the guqin. For example, the autumn moon of the Han Palace, the kind of slippery resentment, the sadness and indignation of the little woman, if you play it with a noble guqin, no matter which one of the hands of the family, you can't play it well, even if you play the tune, it is mostly very weird.

Another example is the question and answer of the fisherman, which must be echoed with Xiao Sheng, so that people can have the association of a question and answer scene, otherwise it will be very monotonous and you can't hear the meaning expressed in the song.

There are also ambushes on all sides, playing with the guqin, it is difficult to play many rapid tunes in the song, the guzheng is slightly better, because there are many strings, so the strings are close, and the distance between the strings and the fingers will be short, especially in later generations, it will be changed to twenty-one strings, or even twenty-four strings and twenty-six strings, the distance is closer, and the closer it is easier to play this song.

If you play it on the seven-string guqin, you can barely play the continuous monophonic combination of "Pu'an Mantra", but when you play "Ambush on All Sides", you don't know what kind of music you will play.

"Why not?" Yi'er asked, can play six verses, this is the first verse.

"That's enough, let's line up first," Zheng Lang stood up.

The two officials pounced, pressed Li Yongde down, and began to arrest.

"Fu Yin, what's the crime of the little one?"

"What a crime...... Zheng Lang thought for a while, he could say that he could not say it, but in the end, he would say it.

"That's slander."

"Whether it's slander or not, this official can arrest you." Zheng Lang said lightly. The 20 or so lives of the murderer are enough to be used as one of the evidences just because of the shouts of the murderer before he died, and he cannot be punished, and he may be arrested and tortured. As for the evidence, even if the murderers are all dead, so what's the matter. As long as he is arrested, with Li Yongde's various actions, he can be made to die ten times or eight times.

Zheng Ping cried again, but all the more than a dozen members of the Zheng family came, and the nurse made a difference, regardless of disgust, untied her clothes, and fed in front of everyone, Zheng Ping was quiet. Zheng Lang said to Yi'er again: "This case is very widely implicated, Yi Xiao Niang, just now I said that I would redeem you and go back to be a little maid, which is a slow word, but can I invite Yi Xiao Niang to come to the cold house, avoid it for a while, and then come back later?" ”

Today, I am playing two tigers to fight for beauty, there are still many remnants of the party behind, the law is a warning, once the killing ring is opened, with the benefit of private salt, any killing can happen after that, this little beauty will bear the brunt.

Yi'er thought for a while, leaned over and said, "Thank you Governor Zheng." ”

She's just a little note, so where can she go?

As for taking a concubine, it was a joke, if Zheng Lang was willing, all the Meiji in Hangzhou City would probably wish that Zheng Lang would have this idea.

This is the real phoenix tail.

Walking out, Zheng Lang said to Lu Gongbi: "Come to my house and have a sip of tea." ”

"Oh, the subordinate obeys orders." Lu Gongbi said.

Zheng Lang smiled, what these two boys did made him very annoyed, but he still had his eyes, otherwise he would not be able to go so far in the future, even if he had a family background.

The group returned to Zheng's house.

After sitting down, Zheng Lang said to Lu Gongbi: "Lu Zhixian, the criminal is still handed over to you for interrogation, the Li family has done a lot of illegal things over the years, since you are a suspect, you can also have a good trial." But the trial is not judged, and it is still dragged on like I did before. ”

"Why?"

"Why, you opened a box."

"What a box."

"This box is full of devils."

"The lower officials still don't understand."

"I'll talk about salt first, salt to my dynasty before, there was official salt, but also let private salt, the imperial court income is mainly profits and taxes, the population is not as good as my dynasty, the lake field, Ze salt and well salt are sufficient, boiled sea salt is there, but because of the cheap salt, plus the cost of transportation, the scale of boiling salt has not been large. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, each bucket of salt was only ten wen at the cheapest time. If this price is not enough for the cost of boiling salt, the people will not suffer from salt, and there is no one in the world who makes profits for salt. From Liu Yan's fifth Qi to the beginning of the salt method, the price of salt rose higher and higher, starting with more than 200 yuan per bucket, and reaching 370 yuan at the highest. Although the people suffered, the poor people did not eat because of the high price of salt, but they exchanged for a life for the late Tang Dynasty. However, the pavilion households violated the law, and the private affairs were endless, and the pawns of patrols and arrests were all over the state and county. Although our dynasty punished the Tang Dynasty for the trouble of salt administration, it was reluctant to take advantage of it. After all, with the scale of the late Tang Dynasty, it also increased the actual profit of five or six million yuan, and the highest reached more than six million yuan. So he gave the pavilion a tool to plough the cattle and put an end to it directly from the source. But profit is profit, eightfold interest, nine times interest, ten times interest. It's enough to kill! ”

Lu Gongbi frowned.

"Twice the profit is enough to make people willing to risk their heads to operate, and this is the benefit. After all, it is a crime of murder, and I am very tolerant of the scholars, if the annual salary of the official is reduced slightly......" Zheng Lang shook his head. The private salt of the Song Dynasty was very serious, and it was not as serious as it was later, without him, the real top magnates did not interfere much, otherwise it would be even more chaotic, and he took a sip of tea and said: "How much do scholars occupy the people?" There are many checkpoints, starting from the pavilions, to the trafficking of rivers, lakes and seas, to the small officials of each management, to the major shops of the next family. Our dynasty has been established for more than 70 years, and this huge group has been secretly taking shape for a long time......"

"Is that okay?"

"Manage, I will take care of it, but not at this time, to let them see some benefits, I gave them more benefits, far more than two or three times more benefits than private salt, or the law of the country encourages and allows, and then operate private salt, that is their fault, and there are deed shares...... However, they have not yet seen the benefits, and they invisibly think that this is their industry, and it is not appropriate to manage it at this time. ”

"Then we ......"

"You're not wrong, it's with sincerity," Zheng Lang shook his head again, this is not their problem, it's Lu Yijian and Han Yi's problem, don't they care about this greeting when their son comes to Hangzhou? In fact, in the past, the officials were also in charge, and after the trial, some people who were directly handled were beheaded, the case was closed, and the matter was settled. It's not that you don't check, there's no way to check it, and if you check it, it will stab the hornet's nest. And he said: "And this matter has opened a lot of bad and evil ......"

Killed many people, although these people will definitely die once they are caught, kidnapping the families of officials and coercing officials, the last layer of the net did not dare to tear apart, everything else was committed.

He added: "This group of people may not have been sent by Li Yongde. ”

"Why?"

"Think about it," Zheng Lang finished and sent off the guests. I have to let Lu Gongbi understand that I can't toss anymore, I will stop at the point, if I toss, wait until next year, I can toss as much as you want, but this year I have to have a degree of doing things.

Zheng Ping fell asleep in Cui Xian's arms.

Cui Xian recovered the loss, hugged Zheng Ping tightly, reluctant to put her daughter in the rocking blue, and said: "Official, please invite a few more humble guests." ”

"Okay......" Zheng Lang hesitated for a moment and replied.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing will not happen again, but the matter of private salt is getting bigger and bigger, not only the private salt, but also wine, tea and alum are completely torn off, and it will cause big trouble.

The imperial court is also doing some tricks, in addition to Dr. Yourongshi, releasing a part of the benefits of salt tea and wine alum, and implementing the buying and pounce system, it is estimated that it is also a disguised pull on various heroes. Otherwise, this huge profit disparity will make the smuggling trend more and more intense.

Wang Anshi asked, "Doctor Zheng, why not necessarily Li Yongde." ”

"It's hard to say, not a single living witness has been obtained, and a single shout cannot prove anything."

Zheng Lang really didn't care, and continued to look at the West Lake, the West Lake had to be governed, and he once again inspected the counties.

There is a reliance on this, which is Fubi.

With Fu Bi's strong support in the rear, even if he intervenes, the effect is not very great, but there are some troubles in the counties, and I will go down to see and assist them in correcting them.

Guan Jian is waiting.

This turn, I didn't come back until mid-October.

In fact, this is the real ability to work harder, through this turn, not only to get more information about Hangzhou, but also to some bad county decrees, a few unfair cases, one by one. The "big rule" did not come, and the small rule came first.

Back at home, Yi'er gave a salute and said, "Fu Yin, the slave wants to go back." ”

For more than a month, the case was first interrogated by Lu Gongbi, and then it was not allowed to be transferred to Fu Bi. The implication is too great, just the family property of the Li family, there are as many as hundreds of thousands, there are five private wine workshops, two in Hangzhou, and three in Xiuyue Lake.

Uncle Guo's name is still very useful.

But if there is no big case, Zheng Lang will not be able to manage it, can he manage it?

It is not in line with his golden mean, it is not the way of the Legalists, and if you set a rule, you have to abide by it, otherwise it will be handled according to law.

It is fair to rule people by law, but those who dare to say that they can truly rule by law, although beautiful and fair, is ultimately a utopian dream that cannot be woken up.

In the end, the surname Zheng Langsuo didn't even believe in the Legalists.

In his heart, everything has two sides, and no matter how bad it is, through adjustment, it can also show its good side, and hide its bad side.

Including the resources that these upper echelons have.

As long as it is properly adjusted, it will in turn give the poor people greater vitality.

Some prefects know this truth, and it is very likely that Fan Zhongyan, including Fan Zhongyan, knows that his private wine workshop exists, but they don't care about it, which is exactly the reason.

If you commit a crime, you have to check it, and Lu Gongbi doesn't have this right, let alone go across the state to investigate.

Then there are some silk weaving workshops, some other workshops and shops, more than 2,000 acres of fields, family houses, and private salt.

The scale of the illicit salt found out is not very large, and the Li family participated in the purchase, so the proportion of illegal salt is not heavy, but there is, the profit of buying is high, one is troublesome, and the other cost is far higher than smuggling.

And among the several people who were brought out in prison, five had dealings with his family, and evidence was also found.

Li Yongde never admitted that I smuggled illicit salt, but I did not kidnap the prefect's daughter, nor did I send someone to shoot those people.

It doesn't matter, with this evidence, and that shout at sea, he can already be convicted.

Then more than a dozen people were implicated, including pavilions, some merchants.

This is also another reason why Lu Gongbi retreated, the implication is getting wider and wider, anyway, don't find a breakthrough, if you find one, you can pull out countless ones. If you investigate carefully, following these dozen people, it is possible to find dozens of more people.

So the case went to Fubi's side.

Fu Bi is very sophisticated, and immediately fixed the case, only investigating these convicted criminals, as long as those implicated will not be questioned.

So Yi'er said she wanted to go back.

Zheng Lang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but you still have to pay attention." ”

"Fu Yin, the slave knows that Fu Yin can protect the slave for a while, but not for a lifetime."

Zheng Lang did not answer.

Seeing her leave, Cui Xian sighed and asked, "Official, why don't you keep her?" ”

"Let her be a concubine?"

"I can send her to Zhengzhou and find a good family."

"Can't find a good family in Hangzhou? What can she do when she is sent back to Zhengzhou, she is a famous person, although her nationality is low, her life is very luxurious, including dressing and cooking, and there are maidservants waiting. If you put it in the workshop, you may not be able to adapt to it, and if you look for someone, she will definitely be unwilling to do it, and if you are high, you will not look down on her. ”

"Apricot ......"

"Xing'er is different, Liu Zhizhou, the master, also said that at that time, the head of the five elements in Zhengzhou, all of them were leaders, only Xing'er's heart surname was the cleanest, if it was other leaders, he would not like it, but Xing'er served me, and he was very happy. It's not difficult to redeem her, but take her home and want to be ......" Zheng Lang shook his head.

He didn't care either.

He is not disgusted with these women, some people sell their talents, some people sell their wisdom, some people sell their strength, some people sell their youth, they are their looks, they don't steal or rob, why oppose it? It's Zhu Xi's words...... Seriously?

But marry a wife and have children, don't look for these women, take off your clothes too much, the concept of chastity will inevitably fade, even if you are a wife, you will be better off than the clothes of a good family in the future. is used to laughing and acting on the spot, and the feelings will fade, and the real feelings may not be cherished.

Seeing Du Shi Niang's tragic death, can I see that more scholars and people saw the beauty and charm of these women, and married back because they were restless and were killed by them?

Talked about the case with Fu Bi again, Zheng Lang didn't want to raid the house, but he had to raid the house, implicating as many as 30 households, not including Yuezhou and Mingzhou, most of the property in their family was of unknown origin, and these properties must be confiscated.

Especially the Li family, this investigation allowed Hangzhou to get more than 500,000 yuan, only money, silk, real estate, workshops, houses, and shops.

Zheng Lang said: "Leave some for their families, as long as they don't get involved in the case, release them." I don't like to plant it, try not to plant it. ”

It is inevitable that the strains will be connected, and this is a warning, often the three tribes, or the nine tribes, in order to shock the people. But the Song Dynasty was slightly better, and there were still Zhulian, and in cases like this, the general punishment was to confiscate all the family property, and the family members should also be confiscated into the army, or remembered.

But Zheng Lang didn't like it.

He also said: "Not implicated, but not sentenced for the time being, the autumn has passed, and if they want to be killed, they will be locked up first, and they will not be tried again, otherwise the implication will be greater, and there is no need to decide the case." ”

"No need to finalize the case?"

"Well, last time it came out because the case was not finalized. But the matter has come out, and the case is not finalized. ”

"Governor Zheng, you mean ......"

"I don't know, let's repair the West Lake."

"Yes," Fu Bi replied cautiously. Raiding the house and destroying the door Fubi also disliked, and governing the West Lake is the right thing for Hangzhou.

But Zheng Lang said again: "Take out 200,000 yuan from these money and bring it to Quanzhou." ”

"Do you want to wait a little longer?"

Zheng Lang lowered his head and thought for a while, although the rivers and seas have huge profits, the risks are very great, not only on the sea, the Yangtze River sometimes has huge waves, although the imperial court has many ports, some of which are not easy to measure, it is for ships to avoid the wind and waves, but there are many ships in accidents every year.

He has not encountered this kind of strong wind and waves on the Yangtze River several times, and he has seen it on the shore, but the danger of this kind of wave can only be perceived by standing on the boat and feeling that the ship is thrown up and down with the wind and waves. Until he went to Zhoushan some time ago, the wind was not very strong that night, but the power of the waves made him lose color.

Sooner or later, he said that dozens or hundreds of people would die in a year, one of which was the risk at sea.

But I don't want this time to happen.

Even if something happens, it can't all happen, but who can say?

After thinking about it, he said, "Let's go, I can't wait." ”

"Too urgent."

"Believe me," there are things that Zheng Lang is not easy to say, in another month or two, Li Yuanhao's anti-letter will arrive at the imperial court, and from this moment on, it will enter the countdown to the war. Listening to the northwest wind howling outside, Zheng Lang muttered: "Rich brother, you don't understand, winter is coming." ”