"The first thing I think about subduing Li Shi is to cut off the hand of the Sanjiang ticket bank that is stretched out to the government! Sanjiang Ticket Bank can no longer be allowed to contract the allocation of government money and grain! ”

Guangzhou Governor Yamen, the trio is still discussing secretly, the money has been sealed, and the candidate for the master to congratulate him has also been finalized, but Tang Tongshi and the three of them are not willing to sit and wait like this, discussing whether to start from a small place first, and gradually clean up the tumor of Li Xi.

Tong Fahai, as a political envoy, was held by Li Xian in the process of allocating money and food, and he felt very uncomfortable, so he first put forward this opinion.

The principle is correct, but the matter is certainly not as simple as sending a notice to the prefectures and counties of Guangdong, and the three of them are not Yinzhen, so they cautiously summoned the secretary of the political envoy Yamen to ask about the details of the matter.

"After the Sanjiang Ticket Bank acts as an agent for money and grain allocation, the prefectures and counties are all bills of exchange, and the lords of the clan want to settle the year, and a bill of exchange can be withdrawn in Suzhou, and then the Beijing division is relieved, which is extremely convenient."

The secretary praised the Sanjiang ticket store vigorously, Tong Fahai was impatient, and asked what would happen if the Sanjiang ticket store was no longer allowed to do this, and the secretary's face turned green.

"There is still money on the books, and even the silver consumed by fire, which has been distributed to the government officials and the Xuntang treasury, and the minister's money from the lord of the domain has to rely on this. If you want to get it back, this is to ask a provincial official to take out the silver from his pocket. ”

As soon as the secretary said this, the three of them all sank in their hearts, and they could also think of the consequences on their knees, most of the people below would disobey the yang and the yin, and no matter how tight the supervision was, the county officials of Guangdong Province would not be able to do it now, so they simply threw away their hands and ran away, how could they stabilize the situation?

"What a hate! Why can't the imperial court make it so convenient, but the people and businessmen can hold the silver road of the imperial court!? ”

Tong Fahai didn't understand economics and was very angry.

"The Sanjiang Ticket Bank has finished smelting, warehousing, and escorting the silver, and the measurement is accurate and the delivery is on time. The prefecture and county want to pick up the silver, place orders in several major branches, and they smelt and seal on the spot, which is very satisfying, which is like the imperial court...... Here's how we do things...... Drag, huh. ”

The secretary office said vaguely, but in fact, it has touched the core of the Sanjiang ticket bank's infiltration into the government's silver stream, first of all, to reduce fees and leave another space for corruption for officials. The second is that it is convenient, fast and troublesome, which saves the officials from worrying. Anyway, it's just that the middle link is handed over, and the beginning and end on the surface are still in the hands of the government, and there is no loophole. As soon as you taste this benefit, you will know the taste of the marrow, unless you have the great determination to stir up the entire officialdom, otherwise you can't get rid of it.

"This matter is deeply involved, don't touch ...... for the time being"

Tang You once admitted dejectedly that this matter could not be mixed up casually.

"But the merchants in Guangzhou City don't give a provincial constitution and a high face, so they can't get out of the yamen if they don't make a decree? On the side of Mafu, you have to work hard, at least you have to suppress the merchants in Guangzhou City! This Guangzhou City is the core of the Guangdong Bureau, so you have to hold it tightly in your hands! ”

Tang You was very dissatisfied with the fact that he could not borrow money from the merchants in Guangzhou before, which was very inconsistent with the Qing Dynasty...... No, even the rules of the dynasties! Those businessmen, could it be that everyone is protected by Li Shi's soldiers, and they are not afraid of the government looking for trouble for them?

"Ouch...... Lord Xiantai, that Li Xian...... But it's still Nanhai County! ”

Maltai was summoned, and when he heard that this was the case, he immediately cried out again. It turned out that when he sent the scribes and clerks of the Guangzhou government to borrow money from merchants, he had already touched a nose of dust. Why? The businessman didn't pay attention to it at all, and even went to the Nanhai County Ya to catch the fast patrol, saying that someone was pretending to be the government to defraud. The weaker ones complained again and again, saying that if they didn't dare to do this kind of thing, the Cantonese businessmen would be punished, and if it was serious, they would even be expelled, and there would be no way to do business in Guangdong.

Maltai didn't believe it at first, but it couldn't be that the city of Guangzhou had been occupied by Li Shi. When I went out and took a closer look, the patrols in Nanhai County were all over the streets, and the staff of the History Department was only thirty or fifty people, and the third class of the county government was only a hundred. But looking at the situation scattered all over the street, there must be at least one or two thousand people. In addition to arresting thieves and bandits and maintaining law and order, they also paid special attention to the protection of businessmen. The same is true of the situation in Panyu County, with a total of no less than two or three thousand patrolmen in Guangzhou City, like a net of heaven and earth, blocking between them and merchants, and even Guangzhou City.

"I heard that the patrol of this Guangzhou city can have two taels of silver for meals every month, all of which are expenses of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, and nominally returned to the county government and history office, but in fact they are businessmen...... No, Li Xi's minions! ”

Shi Yizhi said while trying to find the loophole, but after thinking about it, he had nothing to rely on! These patrolmen are not in the economic system, and they are organized by the county government according to their own degree of peace, and the funds are self-raised.

Originally, he wanted to deal with this matter, and he didn't need any basis, but the official felt that something was wrong, a matter of words. But now, these people are all relying on this job to eat, even if Li Xian does not stand up, it will be a big trouble for them to be laid off.

"In this way, this Guangzhou City is not even a place that the imperial court can control anymore!?"

Tang You was incredulous.

"It can't be said that those inspectors, in addition to the large number of people, also take care of the merchants, are also in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, the lower officials took over the Guangzhou Mansion, and the government is peaceful, at least in this Guangzhou city, there is basically no turmoil."

Martai said tangledly, these inspectors are indeed doing things for the imperial court, Guangzhou City is even more peaceful than the capital, petty theft is hard to see, what kind of case happens, there are enough people below, and he does things neatly, so he doesn't have to worry about it as a prefect.

"This ...... This is the skin that Li Shi left for the imperial court......"

Tang You had figured it out and patted the fan in frustration.

"I found out the sins of some businessmen, and directly caught me as the envoy of the yamen, and asked him to confide in him and sue Li Shi!"

Shi Yi was stunned, he didn't have to listen to the last sentence, the previous method was feasible.

This matter was said to be done, Martai did it, and within two days, a few businessmen came, and there was no need to seek guilt, there were always those who were afraid of the government's Yinwei, or those who were not in harmony with the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce and even Li Xian.

Provincial officials gathered in the Guangzhou government to interrogate these businessmen, and then they got the thick "Qingpu Commercial Covenant" charter, and when they opened it, they were all dizzy. Not only because there are many words, but this book is also engraved horizontally from left to right, and in the eyes of everyone, it is like a book from heaven.

"Can you read it?"

Tang You once asked a businessman who seemed to be the most cooperative.

"The little ones look very tired, but the shopkeepers under them look convenient, and they have all studied business in Qingpu."

The merchant nodded in response.

"No matter what, Benxian asks you, if you want to take that Li Shi, what can you do?"

Tang Youzeng threw away the book irritably, and asked in a daze.

The merchant was immediately stupid, and stayed on the spot and couldn't make a sound.

"If it happens, the court will definitely have a heavy reward! You wait for your wife to be cute, and you can ......"

Tang Youzeng was still making a wish, and the merchant knelt down with a pop, and his head was pounding.

"Lord Kendai! The little ones are old and the young, so spare the lives of the little ones...... That Li Shi, the official and the old man dare to kill, and the small people in this small area, move their fingers, and the whole family will be gone. ”

The businessman's cry is not fake, the businessman who followed Yinzhen to identify Li Shi before is known to everyone in Guangzhou, although he feels that the guy is wronged, but it is logical for Li Shi to kill him. Not wanting everyone to hear this very harshly, Shi Yi was annoyed and shouted angrily: "If you are afraid that Li Shi will kill you, you are not afraid that the court will kill you!" ”

The merchant trembled, his eyes rolled several times, as if he was convinced, and quickly said that Li Shi never entered Guangzhou City now, even if he went to Qingpu and Yingci Yuan, they were all hundreds of guards, and there was no way to start, so it was better to find Neiying to cooperate.

"Then you should be the one who should be there!"

Shi Yizhi was overjoyed, the imperial court Tianwei could still shock people after all.

The businessman nodded again and again, and promised to go to Qingpu to inquire first in the near future to see if there were any corresponding opportunities before and after Li Shi's happy event.

After letting go of the merchant, everyone was relieving, but they found a nail, and they came back after Tang Youzeng's order to go out to follow the merchant's family, and reported that the merchant ran towards Qingpu with a lot of urine, and while running, he told his entourage to move quickly, and after he reported his experience to the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, he would not stay in Guangzhou again. What is still scolding in his mouth, it is only now clear who is protecting them businessmen.

The thing is very simple, in Guangzhou, and even in Guangdong, Li Shi's knife is sharper than the knife of the imperial court.

Everyone's faces suddenly turned green, and they stayed for a while, Tang You once called his family, and hurriedly caught up with the businessman, saying that the incident just now was just Shi Yizhi's idea, and the Xiantai Domain was persuading him.

"Let's ...... Don't toss, stay honest for now, and wait for Benxian to contact the insider......"

Tang You wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling that he had almost followed in the footsteps of the second stunned fourth elder brother. Although Li Shi is in Yingde, he has already secretly controlled Guangzhou. The Cantonese Merchant Association is a net that pulls the merchants. Nanhai County, together with Panyu County, was a net in the city of Guangzhou, blocking their hands that reached out to the merchants. And the practice of Nanhai County, there are Li Shi's people in Qingpu. If they want to do it, they will be seen clearly by Li Shi, and it will not be necessary for anyone to take it when the time comes.

Guan Yuanzhong had already explained that his task was to protect the imperial banner of Guangzhou City. And Yang Lin's task is to hold Zhaoqing, master the inscription, stabilize the money and grain, and declare the existence of the imperial court in Guangdong. Both sides have learned the lessons of their previous rash actions, and they will definitely not follow them.

"I still have to send in an internal ......"

Several roads are blocked, Tang You once admitted that his trio can't do more, so they have to work the matter of espionage, but it is difficult for this internal candidate to be loyal to the court and have access to Li Shi.

"Then Li Shi married a three-room side room, and he is really a womanizer."

Shi Yizhi lost his heart, and was having a headache because he owed 10,000 taels of public money, muttering unconsciously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please ...... with tea."

A beautiful girl came up to make tea for everyone, and when they heard this title, they all looked at the girl.

"This is Ru Xi, the daughter of the lower official, when the lower official was in the Internal Affairs Office, he also followed the lower official to serve the fourth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother......"

Maltai introduced with a smug face, and the latter sentence was of course not about entering the house to "serve", but about helping in some things.

"Uh...... Mafu ......"

Tang Youzeng seemed to have an idea, but he hesitated for a while, and finally sighed, he couldn't say anything.

Maltai looked at him, looked at Tong Fahai and Shi Yizhi, who were all focused on his daughter, and then thought about what he said about Neiying just now, and couldn't help but take a breath, he understood.

(To be continued)