The salt road yamen of Yangzhou Prefecture refers to the Lianghuai Salt Transport Division, referred to as the "Salt Transportation Division", which is responsible for the transportation and marketing, taxation, payment and allocation of money and grain, as well as local private salt cases, anti-smuggling assessments, etc., which are subordinate to the Ministry of Households, and the specific matters are responsible for the Ministry of Households in Nanjing. The update is the fastest and the fastest to the eye

Among them, the two Huai salt envoys are from the official position of the third grade, which is one level larger than the Yangzhou prefect, and there are officials such as the same knowledge from the fourth grade, the deputy envoy from the fifth grade and the judge from the sixth grade.

Because the Yandao Yamen is self-contained, and Yangzhou Mansion belongs to two systems, not under each other, so even Yangzhou Mansion has no way to interfere with their case, and there have been many conflicts between the two sides because of interest disputes, after all, they are both in Yangzhou City, and it is impossible to think of friction between each other.

"Li Zhixian, you also know that our government can't control the affairs of the Yandao Yamen." After experiencing the initial shock, Gao Sihai groaned for a while, put down the teacup in his hand and said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice, "According to this official, it is best for Li Zhixian to find a salt merchant to mediate between them, and the matter will be settled." ”

"Lord Gao, although this Yandao Yamen is strong, they have to act according to the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, they arrest people indiscriminately, aren't they afraid of being held accountable?" Li Yuntian had long expected that Gao Sihai would be embarrassed, and said expressionlessly, "Besides, the dignified affairs of the salt road yamen actually want to let the salt merchants get involved, don't they know how to avoid suspicion?" ”

"Otherwise, I'll go find someone from the Salt Merchants' Association." Zheng Boxin hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively to Li Yuntian, "I heard that the water in the Yandao Yamen is very deep, if Miss Zhou and the others are wronged inside, they won't be able to row." ”

Zheng Boxin said it very tactfully, but the meaning is very clear, that is, those people in the Yandao Yamen hold the power of salt politics in their hands, and they are ruthless, as long as they find a random smuggler to identify them, then they can arrest people in the prison of the Yandao Yamen.

A few years ago, a fierce conflict broke out between the people of Yangzhou Mansion and Yandao Yamen, and the cause of the incident was that Jing Cheng of the Punishment Room of the Prefecture and a judge of the Yandao Yamen were jealous in the **, and as a result, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Mansion and the soldiers of the Yandao Yamen fought fiercely.

Later, the Yandao Yamen arrested the Jingcheng of the Yangzhou Prefecture Yamen on the grounds that it was involved in the trafficking of illicit salt, and the Yangzhou Mansion was naturally not to be outdone, and arrested the judge of the Yandao Yamen in the name of colluding with bandits.

Seeing that this conflict was becoming more and more intense, the Nanjing household department mediated and settled the dispute, which also made the two sides form a personal feud.

The Salt Merchants Association is a chamber of commerce established by the salt merchants in Yangzhou to coordinate the interests of the salt merchants, as well as the relationship between the salt merchants and the salt road yamen. The update is the fastest and most stable

Because the salt merchants are the richest merchants in the Ming Dynasty, the salt merchants will always have the reputation of "the first chamber of commerce in the world".

Once the people of Yangzhou City encounter something related to the Yandao Yamen, they will usually find the people of the Salt Merchants Association to mediate, and the problem can be solved quickly.

"If we find someone to dredge up, wouldn't it show that we really have an affair with the salt lord?" Li Yuntian knew Zheng Boxin's intentions, shook his head at him, and then sneered, "The official doesn't believe it, the people of the Yandao Yamen can confuse black and white and cover the sky with one hand, if this is really the case, then the official will definitely be impeached!" ”

Gao Sihai couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, Li Yuntian is still too young and vigorous, and the salt affairs involve many interests, how can Li Yuntian, a small county magistrate, afford to provoke.

"According to this official, it is not as good as this, and this official issued an official letter to the Yandao Yamen, indicating the identity of Li Zhixian's family." Subsequently, Gao Sihai pondered for a while and thought of a solution.

"There's Lord Laogao." Li Yuntian felt that this idea was good, it belonged to the first salute and then the soldiers, and thanked Gao Sihai.

Soon, Gao Sihai issued an official letter, stamped it with his official seal, and asked the two officials to send it to the Yandao Yamen to the Yandao Yamen judge on duty, hoping to resolve the matter peacefully.

After half an hour, the two officials who delivered the official letter came back, and the two failed to bring back Zhou Yuting, but brought an official document from the Yandao Yamen.

Gao Sihai opened the official document and looked at it, couldn't help shaking his head, and handed it to Li Yuntian, the judge of the Yandao Yamen refused to release Zhou Yuting and others on the grounds that the case committed by Zhou Yuting and others was serious.

"Li Zhixian, according to this official, you should still look for someone from the Salt Merchants Association, so as not to cause some unnecessary trouble." Gao Sihai knew the virtue of those people in the Yandao Yamen, and he must have wanted to make money from it, so he persuaded Li Yuntian.

He already knew what was happening in the gold shop, and the sons of Zhou Yuting and others were the sons of salt merchants, so it would be better to solve this matter with the salt merchants.

"Master Gao's mind is understood." Li Yuntian put down the official document in his hand, arched his hand at Gao Sihai, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, please issue a certificate for reporting to the officials, since they are so arrogant, then the only way to reason is to go to the Yandao Yamen." ”

"Li Zhixian, why bother to make things so stiff, you are an official in a foreign country, how can you have the Yandao Yamen?" Gao Sihai was a little surprised in his heart, it seemed that Li Yuntian was planning to go to the Yandao Yamen to seek justice, so he persuaded him.

"Lord Gao, this matter is related to the reputation of the official, if you can't find out about it, the official won't be able to understand it in the future." Li Yuntian bowed his hand to Gao Sihai again and declined his kindness.

Gao Sihai saw that Li Yuntian had made up his mind, so he no longer persuaded him, and immediately issued him a certificate to report to the official and stamped his official seal.

The so-called certificate of reporting to the official is equivalent to the current receipt of the report, which shows that the victim has gone to the yamen to report the case, and the yamen cannot solve it, and the reason why it cannot be solved.

Generally speaking, only those who have a certain status can get such a certificate of reporting to the official, and ordinary people will never be able to get it, and they will be directly blown away at that time, and let them go to other places to report to the official.

After taking the certificate of reporting to the official, Li Yuntian got up to say goodbye, Gao Sihai sent him to the door of the official office, looked at his back and shook his head secretly, I am afraid that this time Li Yuntian will go to the Yandao Yamen to return with a feather.

"Brother-in-law, those people in the Yandao Yamen are not easy to provoke, if you provoke them, you will be framed." On the way to the Yandao Yamen, in the carriage, Zheng Boxin said to Li Yuntian worriedly that he had lived in Yangzhou City for a long time, so he naturally knew about the dirty things in the Yandao Yamen.

"As long as they dare to do this, then I will give them a taste of the laws of the Ming Dynasty." Li Yuntian's eyes flashed coldly, and he said in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid, if those guys are disrespectful to Miss Zhou, it will be bad." Zheng Boxin's face was full of worry.

"Those people in the Yandao Yamen are not stupid, they will not take the officials lightly." Seeing this, Li Yuntian comforted him, "Besides, if they really encounter any trouble, they will definitely reveal Yu Ting's identity." ”

"Brother-in-law, what if the people from the Yandao Yamen don't buy it?" Zheng Boxin's heart was a little calm when he heard this, and he asked a little nervously, since they didn't even give face to the government, let alone Li Yuntian, a small county magistrate from other places.

"Although the Yandao Yamen has its own system in Yangzhou, it is not reckless!" Li Yuntian sneered, looking confident.

"Brother-in-law, you mean the Salt Patrol Imperial History Yamen!" Zheng Boxin was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

The Ming Dynasty not only has the imperial history of patrolling places, but also the imperial history of patrolling salt, tea and Cao imperial history of supervising special affairs, and so on.

Although these imperial histories are only a small seven-rank supervision of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are not under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Procuratorate and are directly responsible to the emperor.

Whenever there is a patrol of the local outreach, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will choose two inspectors of the imperial history for the emperor to appoint, with the meaning of hunting on behalf of the sky, major events are performed, small things are judged, and officials of all sizes are in awe of three points.

Although the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy is the highest official of the Yangzhou Salt Road Yamen, if it comes to power, it is still the largest in the history of the salt patrol.

"The door of the Imperial History Yamen is not easy to enter, will Lord Salt Patrol take care of this matter?" Subsequently, Zheng Boxin looked at Li Yuntian with concern, the salt patrol imperial history is a person who even has to stammer with the salt transportation envoy, how can outsiders see it if they want to see it.

"Brother, have you forgotten that my brother-in-law was born as a Jinshi." Li Yuntian smiled slightly and reminded Zheng Boxin.

The Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate was mainly composed of Jinshi who were held once every three years, followed by officials who were granted permission by the Emperor to enter the Imperial Palace.

Li Yuntian has already understood, the current Lianghuai Patrol Salt Imperial History Fan Ruhai is a Jinshi of the Wuxu Branch in the sixteenth year of Yongle, one year higher than Li Yuntian, the Xinchou Branch Jinshi in the nineteenth year of Yongle, and has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for more than three years, and this year was appointed by Emperor Yongle as the Imperial History of the Two Huai Patrol Salt.

Although Li Yuntian has not seen Fan Ruhai, both of them are from Jinshi, with the signboard of the protégé of the Son of Heaven on their heads, if they are divided in the officialdom, they both belong to the descendants of Emperor Yongle, and the two can be regarded as having the same friendship, as long as they hand over the post, then Fan Ruhai will definitely see him, this is the benefit of being born as a Jinshi.

Zheng Boxin now understands that Li Yuntian is not an ordinary magistrate, but Fan Ruhai will definitely give him a face, after all, the two are likely to work together in the capital in the future.

The Yandao Yamen is different from the government office, although it is also very magnificent, there are soldiers standing at the door, but there is no drum rack, regardless of local affairs, full-time salt affairs.

"The salt road is heavy, idlers are not allowed to enter!" After getting out of the carriage, Li Yuntian and Zheng Boxin walked towards the gate, and the two doormen stepped forward to stop them and said expressionlessly.

"This official is the magistrate of Hukou County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, and I want to see your judge of Yandao!" Li Yuntian glanced at the two soldiers, and quietly indicated his identity and intention.

Because of the large scale of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, there are three judges, one is located in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the other two are subordinate to the Salt Road Yamen.

"Our adults are here, you can come back tomorrow if there is anything!" Hearing that Li Yuntian was a magistrate from other places, a tall and thin doorman said coldly. One