Although there are several yamen in Yangzhou City, Zhou Hao, the prefect of Yangzhou, is the landlord of the Eight Classics, so he has already set up a banquet in a restaurant in Yangzhou City to wash the dust for Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben.

Li Yuntian wanted to keep a low profile, but the officialdom ushered in yes

On the way to the restaurant, the dark pressure on both sides of the street was full of people watching the excitement, and they stretched out their heads one by one, looking at the sergeants of the Xiaowu Army who were guarding the front and rear of the carriage that Li Yuntian was riding in with great interest.

The soldiers of the Xiaowu Army who went out this time were not only equipped with brand-new scale armor, but also issued a crossbow bow on their backs, well-equipped, strict military appearance, coupled with alternative black military uniforms and strong figures, looking really mighty and extraordinary, it can make people feel a sense of slaughter.

The battle of Heiniu Town made the Xiaowu Army famous, and the people of Yangzhou City knew that the Xiaowu Army was coming and wanted to see what this brave army was like.

"My lord, the little people are wronged, please let the adults call the shots for the little people!"

When Li Yuntian was closing his eyes in the carriage, a man's rather mournful shout suddenly came from the front, and then the carriage stopped, and there was a commotion outside the carriage, as if the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army in charge of the escort had been dispatched, which made his brows frown slightly, and slowly opened his eyes.

Not far from the left front of the carriage, a middle-aged man in a thin brocade robe was pressed to the ground by several Xiaowu soldiers with a tiger's back, and a group of Xiaowu soldiers surrounded him vigilantly, aiming the weapons in their hands at him with murderous spirits.

The emaciated man just took advantage of the fact that the Yangzhou guards on the side of the road were not paying attention, and suddenly rushed out of the crowd on the side of the road, and ran towards the carriage in which Li Yuntian was riding.

It's a pity that Li Yuntian's carriage was surrounded by the sergeants of the Xiaowu Army, and although the emaciated man avoided the soldiers of Yangzhou Wei, he could not pass through the defense line of the Xiaowu soldiers, and the reaction speed of those Xiaowu soldiers was very fast, and they rushed up to subdue him before he could get close.

"My lord, the small people's grievances are as deep as the sea, and I ask the adults to make the decisions for the small people!" Although the emaciated middle-aged man was pressed to the ground and could not move, he still shouted loudly.

Seeing this situation, the people on both sides of the street suddenly stirred, and they all pointed to the middle-aged man who shouted grievances and buzzed and discussed, secretly guessing his origin and grievances, which made the Yangzhou guards who were responsible for maintaining law and order on the roadside suddenly become nervous.

After hearing the words of the emaciated middle-aged man, Li Yuntian suddenly felt depressed in his heart, he never expected that as soon as he came to Yangzhou, he would encounter someone blocking the road and complaining.

Although Li Yuntiangui is the general of Dingnan who patrols Guangxi and Jiaozhi, he has no right to interfere in the affairs of Yangzhou Mansion, otherwise he will overstep his responsibilities and break the rules of officialdom and become the target of officials.

If this matter is ignored, it will definitely cause the people to misunderstand, and the people only know that Li Yuntian is a senior official of the imperial court, and they do not know that he has no right to try this case, so they must think that he is the protection of officials and officials, and wants to protect the officials who have handled the unjust case.

"Ask him what he has been wronged about?" Therefore, after pondering for a while, Liu Yuntian made a decision and said to a guard commander with the rank of major standing outside the carriage.

"My general asked you, what grievances do you have?" Hearing this, the commander of the guard bowed slightly to the carriage, and then walked forward quickly, asking the emaciated middle-aged man in a loud voice.

"Lord Yu, Zheng Youhai, a small citizen, a native of Dinghai County, Ningbo Prefecture, sued Ningbo City Bo Si for promoting Qiu Dezhao for abusing power for personal gain, framing Zhongliang, and occupying people's property." Hearing this, the emaciated man hurriedly raised his head and shouted at the carriage.

"Ichibu?" Li Yuntian's eyes flashed with a look of surprise, he thought that it was someone from Yangzhou Mansion who was blocking the way, but he didn't expect it to be someone from Ningbo Mansion, and it also involved the City Division.

Although Yangzhou Mansion and Ningbo Mansion are not far from each other, Yangzhou Mansion is subordinate to Nanzhili and is under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Sixth Division, while Ningbo Mansion is subordinate to Zhejiang Buzheng Envoy Department and under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Third Division.

Therefore, if Zheng Youhai has grievances, he should go to the Yamen of the Political Envoy of Zhejiang or the Yamen of the Procuratorate to file a complaint, even if these two yamen do not accept his case, he should not come to Yangzhou Mansion, because the Nanjing Sixth Department has no right to manage Zhejiang's case, and if he wants to file a complaint, he can only go to the capital to find the Criminal Department or the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But this is easy to understand, maybe Zheng Youhai heard the news that Li Yuntian was coming to Yangzhou, so he rushed over from Ningbo, after all, the cost of going to Beijing to sue is too great, and no one is willing to take this road unless forced to do so.

To Li Yuntian's surprise, Zheng Youhai's case was related to the Ningbo City Shipping Division, which really surprised him.

The Shibosi was a yamen established by the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties in coastal seaports to manage maritime trade, which is equivalent to the current customs.

In the Ming Dynasty, the city department managed the tributary and trade affairs of overseas countries, and there were one person from the fifth grade, two from the deputy from the sixth grade, and two officials from the ninth grade.

There are two forms of candidates, one is specially appointed by the local political envoy and the Yamen, and the other is promoted by the inspector or the salt department.

It is worth mentioning that the Municipal Department is under the jurisdiction of the local government secretary yamen, so the tax power is completely in the hands of the government secretary yamen officials.

In the second year of Xuande, Daming had a total of four city divisions, namely Guangzhou in Guangdong, Fuzhou in Fujian, Ningbo in Zhejiang and Yuntun in Jiaozhi.

Among them, the Guangzhou City Bosi was set up for the tributaries of the Champong, Siam, Manraka and Chenla countries; Ningbo Bosi is specially designed for Japanese tribute; Fuzhou City Bosi was specially set up for the Ryukyu tribute; In order to receive the tribute envoys of the southwestern countries, the Bo Division of Yuntun City.

In addition to receiving envoys from various countries, the important responsibilities of the company are to manage overseas trade affairs:

According to the application of the foreign merchant, the certificate of trade to the sea is issued (notarized, notarized);

inspect ships that are allowed to go to sea for prohibited items such as gold, silver, copper coins, weapons, horses, and people;

On the way back to the port, the ship sent people to block (seal the goods), escort them back to the port, and after arriving at the shore, the officer will supervise and move all the goods into the warehouse, and search and inspect all the crew members to prevent unauthorized entrainment of foreign goods;

The foreign goods are divided, and the fine color (precious goods) is taken out of ten, and the coarse color (general goods) is taken out of fifteen, and then it is changed to two out of ten for fine goods, and two out of fifteen for coarse goods, and the foreign tax is levied separately, and one out of thirty is taken, and then it is returned to the foreign merchant for sale.

For foreign merchant ships that come to Daming to trade, the City Shipping Division also adopts similar management methods.

Due to the lucrative overseas trade, the income of the city shipping department is very large, and it is a rich yamen, I don't know how many officials are eager to take up posts here, and it is also a place where the imperial history is the focus of the inventory.

It must be pointed out that due to the implementation of the sea ban in the Ming Dynasty, the overseas trade under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Shipping Division was dominated by the various yamen of the imperial court, and the sea ships that went to sea to transport trade goods were all official ships, and private overseas trade was not allowed, otherwise it would be severely punished.

"Bring him forward for questioning." Although Li Yuntian had never dealt with the City Division, he knew that the interests were complicated, and after a while, he ordered the guards outside the carriage, but since he had encountered this incident, he had to give Zheng Youhai an explanation.

"This official asks you, since you are from Ningbo Prefecture, why didn't you go to the Yamen of the Zhejiang Political Envoy and the Inspectorate to file a complaint?" Zheng Youhai was quickly brought to the front of the carriage, kneeling on the ground and holding his hands high, Li Yuntian asked in a deep voice through the curtain.

"Lord Qiqi, Xiaomin has complained to the political envoy Si Yamen and the Yamen of the inspection envoy, and also went to patrol the imperial history Yamen, but the three yamen did not accept Xiaomin's case, Xiaomin heard that the adult was honest and honest when he was an official in Jiangxi, and he judged the case like a god, so he came to shout grievances, hoping that the adult would be the master of Xiaomin."

Hearing this, Zheng Youhai hurriedly touched his head to the ground, and said with a hint of crying, "My lord, Xiaomin's brother-in-law was sentenced by the Ningbo Government at the beginning of the year to be executed, and the documents for the criminal department to review the execution have been issued, and the villain's brother-in-law will be killed in a few days, and Xiaomin is forced to do so." ”

"Do you know that according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, you will be punished with a cane of thirty." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and then he asked in a loud voice.

"Xiaomin knows that as long as the adults can take over Xiaomin's example, Xiaomin is willing to be punished." Zheng Youhai kowtowed to Li Yuntian three times, and agreed loudly.

"Boldly Diao Min, who dared to collide with Lord Li's car, what is his intention? Do you want to disturb Lord Li's rebellion? At this time, Zhou Hao of the Yangzhou government hurriedly walked from behind Li Yuntian's carriage, pointed at Zheng Youhai with an expressionless face and shouted.

Zhou Hao's carriage followed behind Li Yuntian, and when he heard that someone had stopped Li Yuntian's way to complain, his face turned blue in an instant.

He also thought that the people in Yangzhou Mansion were making trouble, which not only spared Li Yuntian's interest, but also made him lose face in front of Li Yuntian and Zhang Ben, and if he didn't do it, he would be punished by his boss for it, so he hurriedly rushed back to check which blind thing was so hateful.

But then Zhou Hao breathed a sigh of relief, he had just heard the conversation between Li Yuntian and Zheng Youhai, and knew that Zheng Youhai was suing Ningbo City, and it had nothing to do with Yangzhou Mansion.

Of course, Zhou Hao knew that it was inconvenient for Li Yuntian to be involved in this matter, because he would not make trouble for Li Yuntian, so as soon as he came up, he put a big hat on Zheng Youhai's head to disrupt the rebellion.

"Xiaomin's crime deserves death, Xiaomin just wants to avenge his grievances, and he doesn't think about anything else, please forgive me!"

Zheng Youhai's face turned pale when he heard this, Li Yuntian was not only a member of the imperial court but also the commander of the counterinsurgency, so Zhou Hao's words also made some sense, so frightened that his face turned pale with a brush, and he hurriedly touched his head to the ground, and explained in a panicked voice.

"Jiaozhi counterinsurgency is my top priority in the Ming Dynasty, even if you have grievances, you shouldn't avenge Lord Li at this time, Lord Li is only in Yangzhou for a day, where is the time to ask about your grievances? If Lord Li is distracted by the war in Jiaozhi because of this incident, have you ever thought about the consequences? ”

Seeing this, Zhou Hao sneered and asked in a fierce voice.

"Xiaomin...... Xiaomin ......" Under Zhou Hao's fierce interrogation, Zheng Youhai couldn't help but shiver, and cold sweat flowed down his cheeks.

After witnessing the scene in front of him, the surrounding people couldn't help but buzz there, and after Zhou Hao said this, they all felt that Zheng Youhai's blocking of the road seemed out of place, could it be that Zheng Youhai's unjust case was even bigger than quelling the rebellion in Jiaozhi?!^!