After Wang Chaozong left, He Yan handed over the account book to Master He to settle the accounts.

In the end, it was calculated that all the accounts recorded in the account book added up to more than 9 million taels of silver.

This is a fake.

But just this fake account, it just happens to be usable.

After Master He finished talking about the situation of this account book, He Yan immediately began to write a recital after he went out: "The ministers and the two Huai salt transport supervise the Yushi Akzhan Song. ”

"Since the minister came to office, no matter how much he forgot the holy entrustment, because the two Huai salt affairs are related to a quarter of the tax burden in the world, the minister has been secretly investigating the deficit of the transportation warehouse for more than four months."

"The minister got a fake account book, although the account book is fake, but the contents of the account have been identified as true, except for the lack of important person items."

"Due to the intricate deficit of the transportation warehouse, the implication is widespread, and the relationship is significant, which can be investigated by non-ministers."

"Therefore, Chen asked the Holy Lord to choose another important minister and continue to investigate this matter."

"Another minister, please cancel the introduction of the two Huai salt industries after the deficit of the transportation warehouse is cleared, if it is not canceled, corruption will continue."

"And there is a reference, salt merchants have to add the introduction to the price of salt, resulting in the price of salt is too high, and illegal salt is rampant."

"At present, the price of the Lianghuai salt industry is so high that the private salt is only half of the salt, but the profit is still higher than the salt."

"As a result, some salt merchants do not hesitate to take risks, collude with salt lords, and sell illicit salt in order to make high profits."

"This also led to a backlog of salt, although the minister tried his best to eliminate the private salt, but because the officials, salt lords, and salt merchants were intertwined, the ministers did not dare to make a decision, so although the evidence of the crime was there, they only suppressed the salt barons, and did not investigate deeply."

"But the profits are in front, the salt lords are endless, and the ministers try their best to exterminate them, but they will eventually treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and if this continues, the salt industry in the two Huai will rot more and more, and the taxes that the court can collect will become less and less, and the two Huai areas will become more and more chaotic."

"Although the abolition of the introduction cannot cure the evils of salt affairs, it can be alleviated, please make a holy judgment."

After He Yan finished writing, he took out the folded box, put the fold up, locked it, and then went to the post station to send it out.

After a few days of Qianlong's reading, he replied: "After the New Year's Tour, I will talk about everything when I tour the south." ”

……

When He Yan received the return note, he smiled after seeing the instructions: "That's what I want." ”

"Since you can't think of a way to completely avoid it, try to pull other people on their backs."

A few days later, this month's Di report came, and it said that Qianlong had decided to tour the south after the New Year.

After Lu Degong saw it, he immediately came to He Yan.

Seeing He Yan, he asked, "Lord A, have you seen it?" ”

"The Holy One is going to tour south again."

He Yan said: "I watched it." ”

"I'm about to summon you and the salt merchants."

Lu Degong said, "What do you think?" ”

He Yan said: "I think the first thing is the Wuting Bridge. ”

"Wang Chaozong must be asked to speed up the construction period."

"If the emperor comes, the bridge will not be completed by then, and it will not look good, not to mention, and it will cause obstacles, which is not appropriate."

Lu Degong nodded and said, "Your Excellency is right, this is as it should be." ”

He Yan said: "In addition, I am going to arrange the matter of taking over, and I will leave it to Master Lu to arrange it, what do you think." ”

Lu Degong listened without hesitation and said, "No problem." ”

"It's my duty as a courtier."

He Yan smiled: "Okay, then the rest will be handed over to Lord Lu." ”

"Mr. Wang, please let me know."

"I'll see when I'm done."

Lu Degong hugged his fists and said, "Then I won't delay, I'll go to Wang Chaozong." ”

"Xiaguan left first."

He Yan said: "Master Lu walks slowly. ”

Then after He Yan saw him leave, he asked people to find Jiang Cheng.

After Jiang Cheng arrived, he hugged his fists and said, "My lord, are you looking for me?" ”

He Yan said: "The emperor will tour south after the New Year, and he will come to our Yangzhou when the time comes." ”

"Now you don't want to suppress the illegal salt, and start to investigate and monitor the Heaven and Earth Society with all your might."

"I'll let you kill them if necessary."

Jiang Cheng said solemnly when he heard this: "The subordinates obey the order." ”

"The subordinates must find out the heaven and earth as soon as possible."

He Yan said: "Okay, let's do it." ”

"Yes." Jiang Cheng finished speaking and left.

He Yan asked Master He, "Is there anything else we haven't thought of?" ”

Master He said: "There should be none." ”

He Yan said: "That's good." ”

More than two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the year is over, and the Wuting Bridge has also been built in the rush to work.

On this day, He Yan, Lu Degong, Wang Chaozong and others gathered on the Wuting Bridge.

Everyone began to look at the newly built bridge, and then Lu Degong and the others began to introduce He Yan to the arrangements for welcoming the holy car.

At the beginning, Lu Degong first unfolded a long picture scroll, on which the scenery of Yangzhou City was painted, and introduced to He Yan: "My lord, please take a look." ”

"This Yangzhou city has two roads of water and drought, thirty-six beautiful colors, and seventy-two kinds of scenery, all in it."

"This time the emperor is on his southern tour, as usual, by water, so we will work the waterway."

He Yan nodded.

As soon as Bao Yi'an saw it, he immediately clapped his hands in the direction of the thin horse who was waiting on the bridge, ready to be summoned at any time.

When Aunt Chun saw this, she immediately led the girls over.

As soon as Bao Yi'an saw that they were moving, he looked at He Yan with a smile, pointed to Aunt Chun's thirteenth side, and motioned He Yan to look.

He Yan looked over, and there was wind on the bridge today, so he saw the thin horses in fluttering dresses and walking in a team.

Standing in a row before and after they approached, Aunt Chun Thirteen said, "Hello two adults, hello bosses." ”

Bao Yi'an asked, "Are you all ready?" ”

Aunt Chun Thirteen said: "Back to my lord, it's all ready." ”

"Come, girls, greetings to the grown-ups."

The skinny horses saluted in unison: "Your Excellency is auspicious. ”

He Yan looked at Lu Degong and Bao Yi'an and asked, "What is this?" ”

Lu Degong smiled: "This is a new trick that Bao Yi'an came up with. ”

"Huh." Lu Degong and Bao Yi'an laughed for a while, and then Lu Degong said: "This is a new thing that Bao Zongshang thought of for the emperor." ”

"The emperor's dragon boat has a deep draft, and there must be a slender man along the way."

"These girls are the ones who pull the fiber for the emperor's dragon boat."

He Yan asked, "Just them?" ”

Bao Yi'an said: "No, you still have to rely on the slender man to contribute, these people are the same." ”

"I have to let the emperor know how coquettish our Yangzhou is."

Aunt Chun Thirteen laughed when she heard it.

Lu Degong held back a smile and said, "Mr. Bao, that's called Fengya." ”

Bao Yi'an was stunned and said, "Huh? ”

"Yes, yes, elegant, elegant."

He Yan said: "Forget about this." ”

"This reminds me of Emperor Yang of Sui, the omen is not good."

Everyone was stunned.

Then Lu Degong said: "What the adults said is yes, why didn't I think of it." ”

He Yan said: "The latest Di Bao has been written, and now that the emperor has left Beijing, he deliberately came all the way over, and it will be there in more than a month." ”

"We still have to think about it, and we must not make mistakes."

Lu Degong said: "What the lord said is true. ”

Lu Degong said to Aunt Chun Thirteen again: "This item has been canceled, you can go back." ”