Li You stood in the lobby of the Taisheng coal shop, watching his sergeant tie up the shopkeeper and was about to drag him away, when he suddenly heard a greeting from behind: "Why does Lord Li abuse the people so cruelly!" ”

Li You turned back when he heard the sound, but saw someone stepping in. This person is thirty-five or sixteen years old, his face is white, wrapped in a cloak to keep warm, on his head is a typical inner prison style three-mountain hat, the brim of the hat is inlaid with a piece of white jade of unknown material, a pair of warm ears cover half of his cheeks, and he is also waiting left and right with two small inner eunuchs.

Looking at this posture, Li You can guess that this must also be a little father-in-law with a head and a face, and eighty percent of them are in the salary-saving department. He knew himself, but he didn't.

"Our family cherishes Huang Yong, but it's Li Baixian in person?" The eunuch walked up to Li You, raised his hand as a salute, and introduced himself gently and lightly, as if he were a scholar.

The name Huang Yong, Master Li has just seen on the receipt, is the deputy of the right division and the eunuch stationed in the West Factory. At the same time, Master Li was secretly vigilant in his heart, according to historical experience, the internal supervisors who looked like scholars were not easy to deal with.

Li You raised his hand slightly, and returned the salute casually: "Father-in-law Huang came in time!" ”

"The coal situation is tense today, so we sent people to inspect the coal market to see the news, although we knew that Master Li was coming, it was still too late to greet him." Deputy Huang Si looked at the people who were tied up in the Taisheng Coal Shop again, and said with a little pity: "I heard that there was a mess in the Xishan Coal Kiln, so our company collected a batch of coal for backup. If you have any opinions, Lord Lee. You can come to the Salary Division, and why suffer for the small people. ”

This tone is too fake, Li You said with a thorn in his words: "Huang Gonggong's words are inevitably light. The degree of internal use is naturally crucial, but you have been doing this business for hundreds of years, and you should have your own laws, at least you should know how much charcoal to store. Could it be that the charcoal stored in each factory can't even deal with a small mess. Do you still need to go to the market to compete with the people for coal?

That means you slaves are too lazy and incompetent on weekdays! In other words, because of the lack of light, the charcoal stored in the palace has not been enough. The slightest disturbance will cause panic? You have wasted your affairs so much, which makes my official very worried about Your Majesty, and I see the reason. I really should do it, please ask Your Majesty to find out carefully! ”

Gonggong Huang was almost speechless, this Master Li is really eloquent! He arched his hand in the direction of the palace, and replied loyally: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, we are afraid that the charcoal of the salary department is enough, but we still dare not be careless and take chances, so we must be prepared, just in case." This is all for the emperor's dedication, is it also wrong? ”

Lord Li's status in the rivers and lakes is still much higher than that of the right deputy of the Salary Division. If you change to an official with less qualifications or a little less background. I'm afraid I don't dare to talk to Li You like this.

But the eunuch has his own system, directly obeys the royal family, and is the status of a slave of the Son of Heaven. Huang's father-in-law's status is not as good as Li You, but Li You has to look at the owner to beat the dog, and he can't dispose of him without authorization. There is this confidence. It's nothing to talk back in front of you.

"So you are openly disturbing the people under the banner of the Son of Heaven? Do you have to make the people boil? Who is Fang Cai, who keeps saying that he is suffering for the small people? Li You scoffed.

"What about the people, that's a matter for your officials, not something for our inner supervisors to consider, haven't you always thought so? It is also our duty to know that we are faithful to the Lord and do nothing else. It is not under the control of the government. ”

This Huang Gonggong's attitude was very tactful, which made Master Li suspicious, he was not an ordinary official of the fifth grade, how could he be treated like this? Isn't it the right way to communicate with yourself with good words? Is it because his name is still not loud enough? …,

Recently, he was "co-opted and married" by the eldest princess of Guide, the former head of the palace, and had a friendship with Wu Guangen, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch Bingbi, one of the three giants of the internal eunuch, and the little eunuch with limited knowledge may not know these interpersonal relationships, but how can a eunuch like Huang Yong, who has become one of the deputy directors of the twenty-four yamen of the inner eunuch, not know?

This matter is becoming more and more obvious, and it is indeed just that the Salary Division and these big coal shops collude with each other to seek huge profits. However, after asking the other party's attitude clearly, Li You didn't bother to continue talking nonsense, he couldn't care about the salary, but unfortunately the salaryman couldn't manage him! It's also good to brush up on this matter for a small reputation.

He also ordered: "Escort all the people in the store to the government office!" The store is temporarily closed! And post a notice in the coal market to let other coal shops know about it, so as to set an example! ”

Li You's order, compared with Fang Cai, was missing a sentence of "hand over the coal in the store to the Xicheng Terracotta Division for sale", but seal it first, and then look at the wind direction. This is to avoid incurring excuses such as "robbing the palace objects".

Moreover, Master Li only banned Taisheng coal shops, and did not take specific actions against other coal shops with the same hoarding behavior, but only warned about things, so naturally he had his reasons.

If all coal shops are banned on a large scale, the action is too big and the implication is too widespread, and the consequences may not be bearable. You must know that in the big business of Jingshi, there has never been a shortage of powerful figures, even the coal kiln far away in Xishan, I heard that the powerful people went to mine and mine coal first. If there are only two families, with his status as Li You, he can bear it, but if he provokes public anger, or provokes some hidden enemy without knowing it, it will not be good.

But in such a turmoil, if Lord Li, who is responsible for the stability of the ground in the capital, does not take any action, he is afraid that he will be derelict in his duties again, which is intolerable to Lord Li, who regards his official reputation as a treasure.

Therefore, Li You's strategy is to strictly ban the largest Taisheng coal shop with great fanfare, and warn the rest after creating a momentum, and in the name of "killing chickens to show monkeys", and can explain to others that he cannot be "punished without teaching", and can avoid others impeaching him for "dereliction of duty".

As for whether other coal shops listen or not, that's another matter. What to do next, strict investigation or lenient treatment, it depends on one step at a time, especially the key is to play the Son of Heaven and persuade the Son of Heaven, so that it is easy to see the move. Of course, if all the other coal shops were deterred and took the initiative to open their doors, everyone would be happy...

Outsiders only see the prestige of officials with real power, but in fact, many times it is not easy to do things, and you have to carefully weigh them in order to protect yourself. "Calling the shots for the people" is not as simple as imagined, and it is not a matter of shouting a few slogans to be invincible, the premise of everything is to protect yourself first, or the old saying, Hai Jui is just a special case.

didn't mention it, but said that Huang Yong saw that Master Li wanted to make a real move on Taisheng coal paving, probably because he was worried about the formation of a chain reaction, so he hurriedly blocked it.

But Li You arrogantly drove him aside and reprimanded him sharply: "This is a matter within the duties of this procuratorate, and it has nothing to do with the Salary Division, does Gonggong Huang dare to interfere in the government affairs beyond his authority!" ”

I don't know when, gradually some people are blocked at the gate, mostly the shopkeepers and helpers who came from the nearby coal shops. They were also most concerned about the situation here, and they clamored together when they saw this.

"What is the sin of fair trade? I'm willing to sell coal and save salaries, and adults can manage so much! ”

"This adult is so unreasonable! The price of buying and selling is up and down, and everything else can rise, but the price of coal can't go up? ”

"The government bullies the coal merchants, it is unfair and unfair! Is this forcing me to wait for the market to stop! ”

"That's it! I'll wait until the doors close! ”

Deputy Huang Si looked a little proud, and said to Li You: "If the public opinion is like this, Lord Li should think twice, slowly solve it, and don't act recklessly." There is already chaos in Xishan, and the coal market is tense and tense, but it has not yet been chaotic. In case of chaos in the coal market, the capital will inevitably be unstable, and Lord Li will be held accountable by the imperial court regardless of whether he is at fault or not, so as to appease people's hearts. ”…,

Master Li said that as an idol and powerful actor, he rarely encountered the applause of the people, and he felt very strange. This is all secretly found by Huang Gonggong?

It's just a group of things that don't know whether they are alive or dead, and this scene has long been left over from him Li You! However, in the hurry of coming today, there are about 20 people around him, and they have also assigned people to take care of the prisoners in the Taisheng coal shop and protect his safety, and there are no firearms, so there is a lack of strength to forcibly suppress the crowd.

Without thinking, Master Li instructed a few people around him: "You take weapons and kill them, shouting along the streets, saying that this official is investigating and punishing profiteers, but they are besieged by profiteers here, and ask for help from all good people!" ”

Who is afraid of anyone in this world, there are anxious people on the streets outside who can't buy coal to go around, and he, Li You, an official, ascended to the heights and shouted, and after giving the people the title of righteousness, the tide suddenly rose, and he was afraid that a few profiteers would besiege him. When the time comes, it's time to worry about the profiteers!

Sure enough, hearing Li You's words, the crowd blocking the door of Taisheng Coal Shop dispersed in a hurry, and the wolves rushed back to their respective shops as quickly as possible, and closed the door to prevent chaos.

"Where is the will of the people?" Master Li nodded at Deputy Huang Si and asked.

But when the crowd rushed out, several people went upstream, and it was difficult to separate the crowd and enter the lobby of Taisheng Coal Shop.

The first to be the first were the two house slaves, who tried their best to keep the crowd out for their masters, and lifted the curtains. Followed by a magnificent son who was less than thirty, his face was frozen a little pale by the cold weather, but he was still handsome, and he was dressed in brocade and mink, and his waist was gold and jade, which set off a very gorgeous.

"Ha, it's so lively!" The boy looked back at the crowd at the door and sighed. When he entered the lobby, his eyes adapted to the dark environment, and he suddenly saw that the shopkeeper and the guys of Taisheng Coal Shop were tied up, and he was immediately shocked.

His gaze moved to the side again, and he saw Li You clearly, his handsome face suddenly distorted slightly, and he shouted a little out of shape: "Li You! You deceive people too much! It's too much of a deception! ”

Depend on! Why is it a forest horse that I haven't seen for a long time? Li You was stunned and involuntarily took half a step back, listening to this tone, could it be that this coal shop was opened by Lin Yuma? Somehow, it's a little inexplicable. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )