Chapter 427: History repeats itself...

Li You knew that there were so many big cases in Yangzhou, and no matter how the imperial court operated, he would definitely send Qin to Yangzhou. Lord Li's attitude is naturally a warm welcome, come early and give birth early......

However, before he could get on the mission, he waited for the sudden visit of the deputy envoy of the same city and the sub-inspector of the host of Huai, and Li You hurriedly welcomed in.

In the year since Li You took office, the Feng Constitutional Officer in charge of supervision has not been vigorous at all, and most of the time he is like a deaf man's ears pure decoration.

Of course, Master Li personally said that he liked Geng Xundao's quiet and inactive style, otherwise it would be a headache for a supervision official to rely on the supervision power to find trouble. So in the few opportunities to get along, the relationship is not bad.

Geng Xundao sat down and smiled bitterly, "You are responsible for this official." ”

"What does this mean?" Li You couldn't figure it out.

Geng Xundao was half complaining and half complaining: "This official has two months, and the term of office will be up, and I want to pass in peace and quiet." Now that there is such a big thing in Yangzhou, the imperial court is responsible for the negligence of the supervision of the official, and the official is ordered to leave for Beijing immediately, and he became a mud bodhisattva to cross the river during the inspection. Did you say it was because of you? ”

In the end, Geng Xundao extorted a few letters from Li You and left Yangzhou the next day. Master Li never expected that among the four major yamen, the governor, the transportation department, the government office, and the inspection division, the first chief official to leave was Geng Xundao.

Seeing off Lord Geng, Li You continued to wait. At the beginning of April, the imperial court sent a messenger to Shanshan.

In fact, the Qin mission was not slow, the governor and the envoy respectively went up to attack Xu in mid-March, and in early April, the Qin mission arrived in Yangzhou, which was already super efficient.

But Master Li is in a state of "not seeing each other for a day, as if he is in three autumns", and he will always be too slow.

This Qincha is also an old acquaintance of Master Li, and he is Xie Yan, the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. In December of the sixth year of Jinghe, Xie Zhongcheng, who was then the right deputy imperial envoy of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, was ordered to go to Suzhou to investigate the case of embezzlement of grain reserves. At that time, Li You was just a small Jiupin Governor Xie Zhongcheng who provided clues, and he was the first high-ranking official at the level of a senior official that Li You had seen.

Now that such a shocking thing has happened in Yangzhou, the imperial court quickly cut through the chaos, and urgently went to Yangzhou from Nanjing to investigate.

Under the mutual attack, the governor, the salt transport envoy, and the political and prefect all became guilty, and Geng Xundao resigned gloomily, and as a result, only Li You came out to greet and receive the Qincha in Yangzhou.

Xie Zhongcheng saw Li You waiting on the dock, and smiled meaningfully, feeling a sense of reincarnation, and history repeating itself......

At that time, the Suzhou Mansion, Wuxian County, and Changzhou County were connected to the nest, and only Wang Tongzhi and Governor Li Hu came forward to run errands in the huge Suzhou City. This time, if the officialdom of Yangzhou City is not good, it will be connected to the nest, and Li Youhu will assist here.

In a flash, it is now the ninth year of Jinghe, Xie Zhongcheng with a tone of vicissitudes of life, with envy of Li You's encounter, sighed: "The old man Huafa was born early, and when I see Lord Li today, I know how to understand the metabolism of personnel and the past and the present." ”

In two and a half years, Xie Zhongcheng has also improved, removed the adverb, and became the imperial envoy of Zhengerpin, but he is still just an idle Nanjing official.

And Li You was just a nine-grade official back then, but he could be called a soaring skyrocket, and it only took two years of hard work to jump the eight-level four-grade in a row, and he also crossed the huge gap between miscellaneous officials and Zuo Erguan, Zuo Erguan and Zhengguan, and became a five-grade real official who was responsible for several key errands and guarded Yangzhou, and had the hereditary three-grade rank.

Xie Zhongcheng understands his duties, he didn't convict these second- and third-grade officials, and his qualifications are not enough. His task was to further verify the situation, confirm it, and report it to the imperial court. …,

Therefore, in the past few days, he has mainly summoned all kinds of witnesses for questioning, including Yang Futai, Ding Yun's envoy, Luo Shenzheng, as well as Nanjing officials, Jin Million, and some other candidates.

Li You couldn't help much, and he didn't want to get involved and provoke suspicion. only handled government affairs in his own government office, and after more than ten days, there were uninvited guests who came to the door...... is also surnamed Xie, Jin Bao'er's mother, and Mrs. Xie, the main house of Jin Guozhang.

Looking at this middle-aged woman's slightly arrogant appearance, Li You knew that she was here to talk about something. In the past, Mrs. Xie was just a businesswoman, how dare she come to him in person to find him, and even a million gold is not easy to come here.

Now that she has a princess daughter, this Mrs. Xie is bold...... Master Li was secretly disdainful.

"Today, the old man came to talk to the adults about the status of my sister's treasure. Now my Jin family is different from the past......"

Master Li is angry and funny, this woman must have run over with a million gold on her back to be verbose, but she is really not good at being rude, and she has a headache when she is stalked. Will you also leave Yangzhou in order to avoid her in the future?

At this time, a small official walked up to the hall and reported: "I got the news from Xie Zhongcheng that Yang Futai, Ding Yun, and Luo Shenzheng were all dismissed and ordered to go to Beijing to wait for embarrassment, and Xie Zhongcheng personally escorted them." ”

It's finally time for this day! Li You's excited Huo Ran got up, caught a glimpse of Mrs. Xie out of the corner of his eye, and had an idea: "Ding Yun's envoy trafficked illicit salt with you and me, and this has been questioned and dismissed by the imperial court, presumably Uncle Jin can't run away." If you don't go home quickly, you might not see you if it's too late! ”

Mrs. Xie didn't know anything, after listening to Li You's words, she was stunned, and hurriedly got up and left. can be regarded as sending her away, Li You breathed a sigh of relief, it was really unreasonable for Xiucai to meet Bing.

After more than half an hour, I saw Jin Million hurriedly coming to the door. "What does this mean? You ensured that my Jin family was fine, and you couldn't go back on your word. According to your instructions, all my surplus of 500,000 taels of salt profits will be donated to serve the court. ，，

He was really concerned, Li You was in a good mood, and he sat behind the public case and said with a smile: "This official knows that you are coming, and listen to me." The 500,000 taels are just an excuse for the imperial court umbrella to cover people's ears and eyes, and you can say to the outside world that you take the initiative to spit out stolen goods, but if you want the excuse to take effect and exonerate yourself, you still need some conditions. How many litters do you have? ”

The number of the nest is the number of the registration of the nest, which represents how much salt can be claimed and how much salt can be trafficked every year.

There was no need for Jin Million to conceal it, and he replied truthfully: "Seventy-three thousand citations." ”

Li You waved his hand, arrogant, "Leave 20,000 leads, and give the rest to others!" ”

"You", Jin Million couldn't help but change his face, he remembered a word, the cub selling Ye Tian is not distressed.

The nest can be hereditary, and the significance to the salt industry is equivalent to the meaning of the land to the landlord, and the number of nests represents the status of the salt merchant.

The total introduction of the salt area is basically fixed, and it has long been divided up by the three hundred merchants, so it is difficult for outsiders to enter. And he has worked hard for so many years to save up more than 70,000 nests and become one of the seven giant businessmen, how can he be willing to give up overnight?

Looking at his son-in-law's well-groomed appearance, Jin Million adjusted his mentality, "What are you having?" ”

Li You asked rhetorically: "How many general merchants are there in Yangzhou today?" ”

"Twenty-four."

He asked, "How many are there?" ”

Jin Million flashed a faint realization, the total merchant elected under the auspices of his son-in-law that day was twenty-three, and there was still one short of the number of twenty-four he said, so could it be fulfilled at this time? …,

The general merchant must be a merchant with a nest, and there are only 300 merchants in Yangzhou City, so the general merchant can only be selected among these 300.

Before, everyone thought that Li You deliberately vacated a position as a general merchant, in order to lose the appetite of the general merchant, or deliberately to support a general merchant close to him to enter the general merchant lineup.

But Jin Million didn't understand that asking him to give 50,000 yuan to others had anything to do with saving his own life?

Li You solved the mystery, "The last general merchant quota belongs to the Qian family!" ”

The Qian family? Jin Million was puzzled, and quickly passed the Yangzhou salt merchant in his mind. It's good to have a surname Qian, but it basically has nothing to do with your son-in-law, why do you want to push the Qian family to the top for some reason?

Li You knew that Jin Million must have wanted to be crooked again, and pointed out: "You are not just an ordinary businessman now, your identity is different, your horizons are broader, and you can be higher!" Don't always stare at the acre of three points of land in Yangzhou, this is not from Yangzhou! ”

With that, he pointed to the sky with his finger.

Under the advice of his son-in-law, Jin Million let his imagination fly and finally thought of the correct answer. Qian family! Empress Dowager Qian's Qian family?

"Got it?" Li You smiled slightly: "Empress Dowager Qian has a cousin, who acts as an imperial merchant in Suzhou Mansion, supervises the manufacture of gold bricks, has a huge family fortune, and has a lot of capital, he is very interested in the salt industry, and he has a good relationship with this official." ”

For acting as a program businessman, Qian Huangshang is of course interested! As the saying goes, there are no more than three generations of wealth, and any business has ups and downs, and there is no guarantee that future generations will make money. Only the hereditary foundation of the salt industry can make steady profits from generation to generation, and the profits are still large.

But the salt industry is a very closed circle, and the number of nests has long been divided, unless there is a transfer of losers, outsiders can only sigh. Another way is to rent the nest from the gang merchants for operation, and pay rent every year like a tenant.

Jin Million was silent in thought, 53,000 was a huge number. You must know that among the salt merchants in Yangzhou, there are only seven merchants with more than 50,000 nests, that is, seven giant merchants.

Let go of 53,000 citations, with the remaining 20,000 citations in hand, he is afraid that his ranking will retreat to more than 20 at once. Half a lifetime of hard work has ruined more than half. 500,000 taels have already been spent, and if you lose 50,000 yuan, the price is a bit heavy......

Li You lowered his head and drank tea, and did not urge Jin Million to make a decision, which could be regarded as a test for him.

After a while, Jin Million suddenly slapped the case again, and said fiercely: "The day is not gone, the new one is not coming, what else does the virtuous son-in-law command, the old man will do it!" ”

Li You laughed and praised: "Good nature! This official will not let you suffer! ”。 ）

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