"Sue those people, this official has no intention of stirring up any storms in Yangzhou, so that they can rest assured." Li Yuntian knew Zheng Boxin's difficulties, and this kind of interpersonal relationship was the most difficult to handle, so he smiled and stretched out his hand to Zheng Boxin and motioned for Zheng Boxin to sit down.

"Resurrection, that's it?" Zheng Boxin was taken aback when he heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he couldn't help asking.

Zheng Boxin has been in the business community in Yangzhou for so long, and naturally knows that the salt merchants will always traffic illicit salt, in his opinion, the amount of illegal salt seized by the Caoyun Governor Yamen is huge, and if Li Yuntian does not handle it well, he will have endless troubles, which is also the reason why he does not want to get involved in this matter.

Obviously, if Li Yuntian let go of this case like this, it would be tantamount to having a handle in the hands of others, and it would be uncertain when someone would take it out and stumble on him in the future.

"With those adults from the Nanjing Three Law Division and the Nanjing Household Department in charge, what else is there to fear about my brother-in-law." Li Yuntian knew Zheng Boxin's worries, and comforted him with a smile after sitting down in the chair.

"The people of the Nanjing Three Law Division are also going to be involved in this case?" Zheng Boxin sat down at this time, looking at Li Yuntian in surprise, in his opinion, the less people know about this matter, the better.

"This case is so big, how can my brother-in-law take it all out?" Li Yuntian nodded with a smile and replied meaningfully.

"I see." Zheng Boxin immediately reacted when he heard this, and nodded thoughtfully, it turned out that Li Yuntian was going to pull the Nanjing Three Law Division and Nanjing Household Department to sit on the case, so that it would be difficult for outsiders to find any trouble, otherwise the Nanjing Three Law Division and Nanjing Household Department would bear the brunt.

"However, although my brother-in-law has no such intentions, after all, he is the emperor's salt patrol envoy, if there is anything wrong with the two Huai Salt Road at that time, then don't blame my brother-in-law for not being emotional." Then, Li Yuntian turned around, said quietly, laid a foreshadowing in advance, and pointed the finger at the two Huai Salt Roads.

"It's natural, and I can't get you caught up in it." Zheng Boxin nodded in agreement, Li Yuntian didn't get any benefits from the Lianghuai Salt Road, why should he take the same boat with those people in the Lianghuai Salt Road, if the Lianghuai Salt Road didn't handle the matter well and made the case bigger and bigger, Li Yuntian would naturally have to deal with it.

When Zheng Boxin hinted at Li Yuntian's attitude towards the case of illegal salt to those who inquired about the news, the people of the Salt Merchants Association and Lianghuai Salt Road suddenly felt much more relaxed, as long as Li Yuntian did not investigate the case with a heavy hand, they believed that Zhang Sheng, Chen Guangzong and others could settle the matter.

In the evening of the next day, officials from the Nanjing Household Department and the Nanjing Three Law Divisions hurried to Yangzhou and shouted to open the city gates, which had been closed.

The one who led the team this time was Chen Wenren, the left attendant of the Nanjing Household Department, that is, the father of Chen Guangzong and Chen Yaozu, there are only two officials in the Nanjing Household Department, one is the Nanjing Household Department Shangshu, and the other is the Nanjing Household Department Zuo Shilang.

The officials from the Nanjing Three Law Divisions are also court officials, namely Pan Xingmin, the left attendant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, Zhang Tao, the left deputy capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Qin Ke, the left Shaoqing of Nanjing Dali Temple.

With the central yamen of Beijing City, the major yamen of Nanjing City have been streamlined, except for the chief officials of various ministries and courts, the court officials only retain the left position, not the right position.

Although the power of the major ministries and courts in Nanjing is not as good as that of the major ministries and courts in the capital, the status of the officials of the ministries and courts is the same, and the officials of the Nanjing ministries and courts can exercise the rights of the officials of the ministries and courts in the capital.

The reason why Li Yuntian asked the Nanjing Three Law Divisions to participate in this matter was to form a situation in which the three law divisions would be tried, so that the case of the two Huai Yandao would be confirmed, and if the Nanjing Three Law Divisions were in front, his pressure would be much less.

As Emperor Xuande shelved Emperor Hongxi's relocation of the capital back to Nanjing, the civil and military officials in the court already knew that Emperor Xuande did not want to send the capital to Nanjing, so the various ministries and courtyards in Nanjing were gradually neglected, and their power was much less than before.

As far as the case of the Lianghuai Salt Road is concerned, except for the Nanjing Household Department, the Nanjing Three Law Divisions have not been able to get any oil and water from it, after all, they don't care about the affairs of the Salt Road, and they have no rights at hand, and the people of the Lianghuai Salt Road are full of food and want to go to tie up and deal with them.

In this way, the Nanjing Three Law Divisions will not be involved in the case of the Two Huai Salt Roads, so that when Li Yuntian uses thunderous means against the Two Huai Salt Roads, he will naturally not be hindered by the Nanjing Three Law Divisions.

On the contrary, in order to show their sense of existence, the court officials of the Nanjing Three Law Divisions will fall into the ground and deliberately make a big case of the two Huai Yan Dao, and then let Li Yuntian clean up the mess.

It is worth mentioning that although Emperor Xuande terminated the various matters of moving the capital to Nanjing, he did not explicitly say that he would not move the capital to Nanjing, after all, Emperor Hongxi specially instructed the important ministers around him to move the capital back to Nanjing before his death, and the seals of the yamen of the various ministries and courtyards in Beijing have also been changed, and the word "Xing Zai" was added in front, which means the place where the Son of Heaven is patrolling.

For example, the printing of the Criminal Department was originally "Daming Criminal Department", but now it has become the four characters "Xing in the Criminal Department", which is different from the "Nanjing Criminal Department" in Nanjing.

Due to Emperor Hongxi's posthumous order to move the capital to Nanjing, Emperor Xuande could not openly oppose it, so he adopted this form and left the capital in Beijing.

It was not until the orthodox emperor ascended the throne that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was truly determined, and the capital was officially set in Beijing, ending the situation that the Xuande Dynasty had no Beijing division in the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the involvement of the Nanjing Three Law Division in this case is a double-edged sword, which can not only help the two Huai Yandao cover up in the case of illegal salt, but also put it in a place of no return.

As the chief salt patrol envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Road, Li Yuntian naturally wanted to do his best to be a landlord and set up a dinner party in a restaurant in Yangzhou City for Chen Wenren, Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao, and Qin Ke to pick up the wind and wash the dust, accompanied by Lu Xing, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Zhang Sheng, the transfer envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Road.

Although the matter of the illegal salt seized by the Caoyun Yamen was very important, the atmosphere of the banquet was very relaxed, Li Yuntian did not talk about the case with Chen Wenren and others, and chatted all over the world, driven by him, everyone was staggered, talking and laughing, and for a time it also diluted the miserable clouds and fog that shrouded the sky over Yangzhou.

After the dinner, Li Yuntian, who was full of alcohol, was helped into the four-wheeled carriage parked at the door of the restaurant, and immediately leaned on Lei Ting's shoulder and fell asleep after sitting in the carriage.

Chen Wenren and others saw each other off at the door of the restaurant, and after Li Yuntian's carriage was gone, they exchanged a few words of greetings with each other and then got into a sedan chair and left.

After staying away from the restaurant, Li Yuntian, who was sleeping soundly on Lei Ting's shoulder, opened his eyes, sat up straight and stretched lazily, without the slightest drunkenness on his face, he would never allow himself to be drunk, and the banquet was just a show.

"Xianggong, it is estimated that Yangzhou City will be lively tonight." Lei Ting looked at Li Yuntian with a smile, Chen Wenren must personally take command when he comes to Yangzhou City this time, and tomorrow he will check the private salt that has been detained, so he will definitely make arrangements at night.

"Let them toss, the more they feel that they have the chance to win, the bigger the flaws will be left for the prime minister." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, he just wanted to let Chen Wenren and the others underestimate the enemy, and then defeat them in one fell swoop.

"Xianggong, do you want to transfer the Xiaowu Army from Longjiang Shipyard?" Lei Ting smiled when she heard this, and then asked with some concern.

Once Li Yuntian thoroughly investigates the case of Lianghuai Yandao, then it will definitely set off turbulent waves in Yangzhou, and those people will inevitably do some crazy things in order to protect themselves, so Li Yuntian's safety is also very important.

"There are Yangzhou guards, and they can't help each other." Li Yuntian waved his hand disappreciatively, his security in Yangzhou was mainly in charge of Yangzhou Wei, in addition to the Jinyi Wei brought by Li Manshan and the Xiaowu Army personnel from the Yangzhou Division of the Wutang, it was not easy for outsiders to attack him.

Besides, he is a dignified official of the imperial court, a high-profile Zhenwu Marquis, I am afraid that few people dare to fight his idea, how can he mobilize manpower in a big way because he is worried about security? This is also easy to startle the snake.

The corners of Lei Ting's mouth squirmed, as if she wanted to say something but didn't say it in the end, she knew Li Yuntian's intentions, but she was still very worried in her heart, if she met those outlaws, the consequences would be terrible.

Chen's Mansion, backyard reception hall.

Chen Guangzong, Zhang Sheng, and Yang Muen reported to Chen Wenren about the current situation, and the accompanying escorts of the Hubu cargo ship that had been detained in Huai'an had all been escorted to Yangzhou at this time, and were imprisoned in the prison of the two Huaiyan Road Yamen.

According to the accounts of those personnel, they had not been interrogated since they were seized by the Caoyun Yamen, no one had even asked about them, and the officials in charge of guarding them had not even said a word to them.

Of course, Chen Wenren knew why the people of the Caoyun Yamen would do this, and it was obvious that Xue Lu, the governor of Caoyun and the Marquis of Yangwu, did not want to get involved in this matter, so he tried his best to clear up the relationship, after all, this case was widely implicated, and the interests involved were complicated, and if it was not a last resort, Xue Lu would definitely not want to cause such trouble.

"Father, the child has already found out, and the inspector who caused the accident acted completely on the night of drunkenness, and it was an accident." Chen Wenren's greatest concern was naturally the reason why the illegal salt was seized, so after Chen Guangzong finished reporting other matters, he said in a deep voice, "It's a pity that the Cao Gang has disappeared with his family since the Cao Yun Yamen detained our boat, and I don't know where he went. ”

"Accident?" Chen Wenren's brows furrowed slightly, he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has seen too many deceits, so he naturally does not believe in the word "accident" lightly.

"Father, the child has checked his details and found nothing strange, and he will not be able to escape if something happens to this cargo." Chen Guangzong knew Chen Wenren's concerns, so he hurriedly explained, "The people present at the time can also testify, that inspector is usually addicted to gambling, and this time he gambled red and took the lead in making trouble with the strength of alcohol, which caused the later incident." ”

"If you accidentally make a move, you will lose all the games!" Chen Wenren frowned and fell into deep thought when he heard this, then shook his head helplessly, sighed and said.

Although Chen Wenren suspected in his heart that there was another hidden reason for the accident of private salt, but in the current situation, nine times out of ten it was really an accident, even he did not expect that the matter would be ruined in the hands of a gambling inspector, and this kind of accident is undoubtedly fatal.