Things are so strange, it was originally Lord Li and the Nanjing duo collided, and the governor copied the back road and was hesitating, and in a blink of an eye, Ding Yunenvoy led a large number of salt Ding to the scene in person, and he was supposed to assist the Nanjing side He suddenly robbed Lord Li of his work and began to argue with the Nanjing side.

Even Li You felt that Ding Yun made this a friend or foe.

Zhang Yan, the commander sent by the Guogong, pondered for a moment, and moved out of the country to say to Ding Yun's envoy: "Jin Million trafficked in illicit salt and was caught by the Jiangfang battalion, so the garrison grandfather ordered us to arrest people." If you want to ask for people, you can discuss with your grandfather, but we are just acting on orders, and we dare not be specialized. ”

Ding Yunenvoy was unmoved, and said awe-inspiringly: "Joke! The imperial court uses our transportation department to be in charge of the two Huai salt administrations, and it is necessary to consult with the Duke of Wei to investigate illegal salt! This official has not heard of the imperial court granting the right to govern the salt of the Duke of Wei! ”

Zhang Yannai is a confidant of Wei Guogong, and there are very few people to provoke him in Nanjing, but he was repeatedly reprimanded by these officials in Yangzhou, and his anger grew, and his voice couldn't help but be a little higher, accusing Ding Yun's envoy: "Does Lord Ding want to shield people!" ”

"Where does this official cover up begin? But you are reluctant to hand over the prisoners, do you want to cover up? ”

Zhang Yishi really didn't know how to deal with it, and the salt eunuch Zhou Gonggong next to him pointed at Ding Yun's envoy angrily and said, "Lord Ding wants to be a treacherous villain? ”

Stab in the back? Li You, who is temporarily hidden behind the scenes, has no anger at being robbed of the limelight, and repeatedly savors the meaning of this word.

Ding Yunenvoy was noncommittal: "In front of the law of the country, what kind of faith and righteousness are you talking about!" Then he waved his hand and asked the salt to come forward and take the man.

Li You decided to wait and see what happened, and the others who disobeyed the military order to rob people or let Nanjing take away the gold million, it was better to ask Ding Yun to make a move, as long as he did not go out of Yangzhou City, there would always be a way.

Don't forget, he was appointed by the imperial court to take charge of the salt law, and even if the gold million fell into the hands of the Salt Transportation Division, he had the right to intervene.

A dice of dry salt rushed to the bottom of the stairs. Although the Nanjing sergeants were inferior in numbers, they also drew their swords one after another, and the two sides gradually approached, and they were about to touch.

In the face of the imminent large-scale armed group fight, Lord Li, who was watching the play on the side, was enthusiastic, and suddenly his heart tightened, and there was drum music from the direction behind him, and some people shouted: "Stop it!" ”

Li You couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, this is the first time that he has bitten gold halfway today? Who's coming? It's fucking endless.

In fact, there is no need to look back. Master Li could also guess who had arrived. When traveling, there are officials who have the treatment of drumming and blowing sheng, and there is no semicolon in this city except for the governor.

A governor flag officer parted the crowd and said loudly: "The military gate is here, don't be rude!" ”

Outside the Moon Gate, there are many people wearing battle jackets. It seems that the governor himself led the officers and troops of the standard battalion to arrive.

It's a pity that the courtyard has been filled with the officials and soldiers of the garrison department and the salt Ding who arrived first, and the governor's standard camp can't squeeze in anyway, only Yang Futai has to enter the courtyard under the escort of the guards.

Li You was speechless, the salt envoy arrived in person, and the governor also arrived in person, how unusual was it for his father-in-law to be arrested in Nanjing? What interests are involved in making high-ranking officials such as the governor and the salt transportation department all go into battle shirtless?

If it is only a private salt dispute, it will not be like this, Lord Rao Li prides himself on being astute. I couldn't see the doorway clearly for a while. He just instinctively felt that there must have been a lot of interactions between Nanjing and the Salt Transportation Division and the Governor's Yamen that he didn't know about, which would lead to the current situation.

On this occasion, similar to "the armor is in the body, you can't give full courtesy", Ding Yunenvoy and Li You watched Yang Futai walk into the circle together.

Yang Futai didn't care about etiquette, and said to Ding Yun's envoy: "Please ask Lord Ding to remove the salt ding." ”

Ding Yun's envoy seemed to have expected the arrival of the governor, glanced at Li You unhurriedly, and refused: "I will transport the salt Ding." It is different from the battalion soldiers under Lord Li. It is only under the jurisdiction of our transportation department, and it is not under the dispatch of the governor's yamen. Therefore, the order of Futai will not be accepted. ”…,

Yang Futai's mood was similar to that of people from Nanjing, and they were all very annoyed by Ding Yun's change of fortune, if he hadn't heard the news that Ding Yun's envoy led Yanding to the mansion, he would not have appeared here in person at a very low price.

Li You heard a hint of closeness from Ding Yun's words, could it be that Ding Yun's envoy intended to temporarily unite with him and resist the governor together?

Yang Futai snorted coldly and asked, "This official is entrusted by the imperial court, and the prime minister's rectification of the salt law, is Lord Ding regarded it as child's play?" ”

Ding Yunenvoy laughed softly, "Futai is not the only one who rectifies the salt law, Master Li is also the salt ritual, I don't know what to say here?" ”

Li You, who had been acting as a bystander for a long time, finally stood in front of the stage again, Ding Yun made this statement not new, it was invented the last time he fought with Yang Futai.

Its greatest use is just to fight and demonstrate, and to block Yang Futai's mouth with two rectification salt rituals, which is of little practical significance. Unexpectedly, Lord Ding moved out here in a serious manner, and used it to elevate his status.

Li You had already thought twice, no matter what, Yang Futai was the biggest antagonist at present, so he couldn't help but accept the olive branch handed over by Ding Yun. Although I did not understand the thoughts of Ding Yun's envoy, the situation forced it would not affect the establishment of a united front.

What's more, he is now extremely disgusted with the capricious Yang Futai, especially when he was suddenly stabbed by Yang Futai. Then he said: "Futai is the feudal territory of a province, how can there be no details?" The state has set up a transportation department, why did it come? If there is such a matter as arraignment of businessmen, Futai does not have to bother, and if there is a major inside matter, it is not too late to report to Futai. ”

and sarcastically said: "Listening to the tone of the salt eunuch, it seems that the arrest of the Jin salt merchant has informed Futai in advance, so they are justified." The lower officials dare to ask, was Futai's move from Huai'an to Yangzhou specifically to send Yangzhou salt merchants to other yamen to force them to be imprisoned? If you protect the place, it is really rare, how can you be embarrassed by the official situation. ”

When Li You has the intention to ridicule others, he can always make people feel extremely unpleasant, and he can't wait to hide his ears and not listen, and after a few words, Yang Futai, who claims to be loyal, is secretly annoyed.

Seeing this, Ding Yunenvoy knew that Li You had accepted the kindness and put his mind at ease for the time being. In this way, half of what he had planned was already done.

What he thinks has several purposes: the first point is to create an opportunity to sell favors to Li You; The second point is that in recent months, his prestige among the salt merchants has declined, and he wants to restore his prestige by rescuing the Golden Million.

The third point is that the golden millions trafficked illicit salt. He also shared the benefits, and he could use the opportunity to cooperate with Li You to erase this stain.

Three months ago, Jin Million reported 500,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, and Ding Yunenvoy vaguely smelled something from it, although he didn't know the truth, he felt that there must be a mystery in it.

He believes that with Li You's wisdom and background in the DPRK and China, he will not ask his father-in-law to throw away this huge amount of money for no reason. There must be a plan.

Lord Ding secretly deduced that Li You Bacheng wanted to whitewash the black history of his father-in-law's trafficking in illicit salt through this means. It would be best if you could take this ride and easily wash your stains.

Guogong is just the emperor of Nanjing, and he is in the court. It doesn't seem to be as good as Lord Li. He privately compared Li You, who had no grace and a bunch of messengers, to Yang Guozhong in the Tang Dynasty, which was not necessarily derogatory... According to a certain law, it is really unwise to work against Yang Guozhong, who is just popular.

In addition to the above three points, Ding Yun's envoy has the last ultimate goal that is absolutely buried in the deepest part of his heart, that is, to kill the governor!

As a low-key salt transportation director for eight years, whether in terms of system or human feelings, he knew that he could not continue to sit in this position.

In terms of system, officials are examined every three years and serve for a term of nine years. That is to say, unless there are special awards and exceptions, the maximum term of office of an ordinary official in a certain position is nine years. Of course, people with a little way will not really serve for nine years, although they will not change their official positions in half a year on average like Li You, but they will always want two or three years. ..., so Ding Yunzhi relied on his mentor Fuyin and worked for eight years in the first fat shortage position of Yanyun, but not only could not continue to work in terms of years. And it's eye-catching enough. Shifts must be handed over.

Regarding Li You's suppression of salt merchants and the struggle for power with the salt transportation department, Lord Ding didn't really take it to heart. He thinks about where to go. But he was accustomed to the gentleness, wealth, and ease in Yangzhou City, and he didn't want to leave here.

It turned out that there was still some helplessness, and there was no official position above the third grade in Yangzhou City for him to be promoted. But since the governor moved to Yangzhou, Ding Yunenvoy has set his sights on this position under Yang Futai's buttocks.

When the news of Yang Futai's move to Yangzhou spread loudly, Ding Yunenvoy did not object, others thought that he had thought about it behind closed doors, and it was inconvenient to speak, plus he was low-key and did not like to be in the limelight, in fact, how could it be so simple? Lord Ding had no reason to object to the move of the Fengyang Governor Yamen to Yangzhou City.

Some people may think that Yang Futai is a second-grade feudal official, and Ding Yunenvoy is just the chief official of the third-grade institution, which is a bit different, and it is really wishful thinking for Lord Ding to be promoted to the governor of Fengyang.

First of all, Ding Yunenvoy stayed in one position for eight years, and at the same time achieved the performance of increasing his annual income by hundreds of thousands of taels, which is a kind of qualification. Under normal circumstances, he should be promoted once every few years. But if you hold back and sit still for eight years, then you need to consider overpromotion when you are promoted.

There is this custom in the officialdom of the dynasty, and those who have been promoted for two or three years are definitely promoted one level at a time, and if they really work for the first year, if they do have performance, then they can be more preferential when they are promoted. Especially for a clear-stream official position like the one in the matter, after a long period of seniority, you can directly go from being released from the sixth grade to participating in politics from the third grade.

Secondly, in the Ming Dynasty, official positions such as governors and governors were still sent in the name of dispatch in the final analysis, and they belonged to the imperial court's dispatch of foreign ministers, so there must be a ministry title to indicate identity and grade. For example, Yang Futai's title is the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Zhengerpin Metropolitan Procuratorate.

However, it should be noted that the official positions used by the Metropolitan Procuratorate as an additional title are not only the right capital envoy, but also the right deputy capital envoy of the third rank and the right envoy of the fourth rank, all of which can be used as the title of governor.

That is to say, theoretically, the Ming Dynasty had such official positions as the three-rank governor and the four-rank governor... The famous Hai Rui served as the imperial envoy of the right capital and the governor of Yingtian.

Ding Yun's ambition is to be promoted from Sanpin to the right deputy capital of Sanpin and the governor of Fengyang.

It is said that Yang Futai faced Li You and Ding Yunenvoy joining forces, and he wanted to be righteous and righteous, and he wanted real power and real power, but there was really no way.

Lord Yang didn't care about Li You, turned his head to stare at Ding Yunenvoy, he knew very well in his heart that these things today could actually be regarded as planned by Ding Yunenvoy. It's just that this planner dragged everyone else into the water, but he took the lead in rebelling and taking the initiative to unite with Li You, which is really not authentic than him!

Yang Futai sneered a few times in his heart, who do you think Li You is? Pretending to be a good person in front of Li You, is it so easy to pretend?

He made up his mind to talk to Li You about the inside story in front of him, to see how Li You would react, and maybe he could break down the temporary united front between the two of them.

Yang Futai waved away everyone on the left and right, and only talked to Ding Yunenvoy and Li You. "Lord Ding's actions have made the Ministry extremely puzzled, isn't it you who wrote to the Guogong and the Ministry of Finance? Didn't you want what is happening today? Why did it go back on its word when it came to the end? ”

Ding Yunenvoy argued: "Wei Guogong sent a letter to the official, asking about his friend Jin Million's recent situation, but the official didn't think much about it, and truthfully told Jin Million that he had found his lost daughter and recognized Master Li as his son-in-law. Who knew that Wei Guogong would blatantly arrest people today, how could this official, as a salt official, sit idly by? ”

Hearing the answer between the two of them, Li You suddenly realized. Just now he wondered why Nanjing suddenly came to arrest Jin Million, but the time was in a hurry and he didn't think much about it, and now he can basically confirm that Jin Million may have been implicated by himself. ..., between Nanjing and Jin Million, one provides power protection, and the other is directly responsible for transporting salt, each doing their best and taking what they need, and they are still cooperating. Then with the addition of him Li You, a character with a background of the sky, there are variables.

The scale of the illegal salt business is so huge, if the crime is quite serious, it is impossible for Nanjing not to be cautious, of course, ordinary people can't help them, but if they are noticed by the imperial court, the consequences are very unpredictable.

Jin Million suddenly has a son-in-law at this time, and he is a person with a deep background and can reach the heavens, which will inevitably cause some doubts.

If someone has a heart to provoke a few words, then Nanjing will have to guess whether Jin Million will stab his son-in-law about the matter? Will his son-in-law deliberately pass the matter on to others, such as certain figures in the court? Or will Jin Million simply take refuge in his powerful son-in-law? That's why the eunuch who ran the salt said to Jin Million, "I heard that you have climbed another high branch".

It was these suspicions that led to Nanjing's intervention. The purpose is very simple, that is, to arrest Jin Million and the steward who knows the inside story, and make a severe and quick sentence, or create some violent deaths, and cut off all the evidence and chains pointing to Nanjing. Therefore, Nanjing's arrest of Jin Million was not for the purpose of rectifying Li You.

Li You thought again, listening to Yang Futai's meaning, Nanjing's suspicion seems to have been instigated by Ding Yun's envoy?