"Gou Huowang is not in the teahouse!"

"Gou Huowang is not in the restaurant!"

"Gou Huowang is not in the Qinglou!" …… After the inn was empty, Li Zhiqing initiated all the yamen officials in Yangzhou City to look for traces of Gou Huowang in the entire Yangzhou City, but they found nothing for three days.

With their power in Yangzhou City, it can be said that it is easy to find a helpless stove household, but things have become so strange.

No matter how many people they mobilized to find Gou Huowang's traces, they couldn't find anyone, and Gou Huowang couldn't leave Yangzhou Mansion without a guide, Gou Huowang seemed to suddenly evaporate from the world.

"Now that I think about it, Gou Huowang's matter is indeed not simple!" Li Zhiqing had slowly calmed down and seemed to be enlightened.

Zhang Zhushan, the imperial historian of the Lianghuai patrol, and Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, had already come to the yamen of the Lianghuai capital at this time, but when they heard Li Zhiqing's conclusion, their eyes were full of doubt.

Although they also find it strange that they can't find Gou Huowang, they prefer to believe that it is due to the negligence of the people underneath.

Li Zhiqing looked at the two pig teammates with blank faces, and immediately turned his head to look at Zhang Zhushan and asked, "Zhang Yushi, when you tried Gou Huowang, did you find anything abnormal?" ”

Xia Guan didn't think much about it at the time! It's just that the adult reminded him that this Gou Huowang is indeed a little weird, he doesn't look like an ordinary person, nor does he look like a Diao people! Zhang Zhushan pondered for a while, and then expressed his opinion.

As if he had received a revelation, Governor Yang immediately nodded again and again: "Zhang Yushi is right, Gou Huowang is indeed not as afraid of officials as ordinary people, but he is not like the kind of bold and bold people!" ”

"Actually, here's the problem! Gou Huowang claimed to be a stove household, but he dared to sue the people, and he dared to write a complaint against whoever he caught, have you ever seen such a person? Li Zhiqing nodded lightly, looking more sure of his judgment and asked.

Zhang Zhu, the imperial historian of the two Huai patrols, and Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, looked at Li Zhiqing together, nodded in agreement: "Gou Huowang is indeed not like an ordinary person, and no ordinary person dares to act like this!" ”

"This official has already sent someone to the Taizhou branch to investigate Gou Huowang a few days ago, do you know what the people who came back said?" Li Zhiqing stretched out his hand to pick up the tea cup that had just been delivered, but he deliberately sold it.

Yang Mingyuan was an anxious man, and immediately asked urgently: "Master Li, don't sell Guanzi, the top priority is to quickly find a way to find out Gou Huowang, which salt farm is Gou Huowang, and his parents are still alive?" ”

"The Taizhou branch checked the personnel file and found that there was no Gou Huowang at all!" Li Zhiqing pinched the lid of the tea and poured the tea lightly, but the answer was announced.

Yes? Zhang Zhushan, the imperial historian of the two Huai patrols, and Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, couldn't help but stare wide-eyed, they never thought that it would be this result, after all, no one would choose to fake the stove household, and Gou Huowang also looked like a stove household.

"If the two of you check Gou Huowang's identity at the beginning, we won't need to be led by his nose and leave, and we won't have the trouble now!" Li Zhiqing took a sip of tea, and his tone seemed a little reproachful.

A stove household that did not exist at all, because he openly pointed out that the Taizhou branch had a shrinking rope hidden field, so they let the three yamen go away for a time.

If one of the two of them had touched the bottom of Gou Huowang a little bit at that time and found out that Gou Huowang was pretending to be a stove household, then there would be no chaos today.

"Huh? Since Gou Huowang is a fake person, we don't need to pay attention to it at all! After Governor Yang learned the truth, he immediately smiled and said.

Li Zhiqing held the teacup, glanced at Governor Yang and said, "If it is found out at the beginning, then it is enough to correct the fake person on the spot, but can we still say it clearly?" ”

"Yes, Gou Yanwang's incident has been full of turmoil in the city earlier, and these days we are so aggressive to find someone, now everyone is discussing this matter. Even if we say that Gou Huowang is fake now, the scholars and people of Yangzhou City will not believe it, and even think that we have expelled Gou Huowang and wiped it out! "Zhang Zhushan's mind is flexible, even if it is bitter.

Governor Yang's eyes suddenly widened, and he said dumbfoundedly: "That Gou Huowang is obviously fake, we can't even pierce it?" ”

"We can naturally expose it, but we must find out the main master first, otherwise the problem will not be satisfactorily resolved, and Lord Qincha will probably pursue this matter when the time comes! In addition, we need to find out the real intentions of that person to pretend to be Gou Huowang! Li Zhiqing pinched the tea cup and splashed the tea lightly, looking full of wisdom and authenticity.

Governor Yang found that things had become more complicated, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Lord Li, since Gou Huowang is faked by someone else, he must have been hidden by the people behind the scenes, and it is unlikely that he will appear again in the near future." As for Gou Huowang's pretending to be a stove household to point out the matter of shrinking the rope and hiding the field, the world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit, I think the people behind this matter are the salt merchants in Shanxi! ”

"True! As far as this official knows, many salt merchants in Shanxi take salt but can't mention salt, even if they mention the cost of salt, it is a lot, I am afraid that they have already been resentful, so they thought of poking out the matter of shrinking the rope and hiding the field so that we can mess up! When Zhang Zhushan heard Governor Yang's analysis, he immediately agreed with the authenticity.

Governor Yang was more confident in his judgment, so he said with great certainty: "That's exactly the case, that's why this government thinks that those businessmen in Shanxi did it!" Although some big salt merchants in Shanxi have a good relationship with us, many salt merchants in Shanxi can't mention salt, so they want to force us to restore our earlier salt production by reporting the Taizhou branch to shrink the rope hidden field, so that they can smoothly extract salt! "The salt cake is so big that although they can get a good fortune from the salt merchants by sticking salt to the salt, the officials of the various salt farms also want a piece of the pie.

Officials in the officialdom naturally did not dare to come over to grab food from them, but they could use the power in their hands to squeeze the bottom stove households, not only occupying more salt fields, but also forcing the stove households to take on more production tasks.

In the face of declining salt production year by year, the officials of the officialdom put the responsibility on the stove households who were forced to leave their hometowns, but these things could be concealed from the imperial court, but they could not escape the eyes of the Shanxi salt merchants.

If the matter is exposed, once the imperial court cleans up the problem of salt fields shrinking ropes and hidden fields, then the Shanxi salt merchants who hold a large amount of salt will undoubtedly benefit.

"Listening to your analysis, this matter really looks like a Shanxi businessman did it!" Li Zhiqing found that he seemed to be thinking about complicated things, so he nodded lightly.

A flash of light flashed in Governor Yang's mind, and he immediately learned from Li Zhiqing to sell Guan Zi and said: "I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with those two people!" ”

"Who?" Li Zhiqing found that Governor Yang seemed to have suddenly become smarter, so he asked. Although Zhang Zhushan did not say anything, he also looked at Governor Yang curiously.

Governor Yang received the attention of the two, and couldn't help but secretly say proudly: "Wang Chunlai, the envoy of the two Huai Metropolitan Transit Envoys, and Wailang Guan Tong, a member of the Nanjing Household Department of Yangzhou Banknote Customs, are both Shanxi officials!" "In the two Huaidu transfer envoys, in addition to Li Zhiqing, the transfer envoy, there are also the posts of Tongzhi, deputy transfer envoy and judge.

Since Yangzhou is an important transportation hub of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Yangzhou Banknote Customs is set up here.

"Governor Yang, according to what you mean, Wang Chunlai wants to plot the position of the envoy of the two Huai capitals?" Zhang Zhushan heard the meaning of Governor Yang's words, and seemed thoughtful.

Governor Yang turned his head to look at Li Zhiqing, and said with wisdom: "According to the official's opinion, the Shanxi businessman stabbed the Taizhou branch to shrink the rope and hide the field to solve the problem of salt extraction, but it is not that someone wants to take the opportunity to seek the position of the two Huai capitals!" There are more and more Jinshi from Shanxi, and now the Shanxi Township Party should not be underestimated! ”

"Don't make a noise about this matter first, this official will handle it properly!" Li Zhiqing realized that the problem was most likely his deputy, so he took it over.

In the early morning of the next day, two bodies were found in the Xiaoqinhuai River, and according to the investigation, Wang Chunlai, the secretary of the two Huai Du transfer envoys, and Wailang Guan Tong, a member of the Nanjing household department of Yangzhou Bank, drowned due to drunkenness.

Even in a peaceful and prosperous era, there are inevitably all kinds of dark sides. Beijing City, Qianqing Palace.

Since the last time a solar eclipse was used to carry out a killing, both inside and outside the palace, everyone has suddenly become much calmer.

The civil and military officials re-examined him as the emperor, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace also re-valued their master, so far they all put themselves in the right position.

Even the most

The "favored" palace maid Niu Mengmeng became cautious when she spoke, and Fan Jinling didn't dare to shake the bell and untie the buttons, but those eyes clearly said that she wanted Zhu Youzhu to be domineering.

It's just that Zhu Youzhang's life is still the same, and he continues to work hard to be a good emperor who is truly diligent and loves the people. The sandalwood smoke of the East Warm Pavilion curled up, and the faint sandalwood filled every corner of the room.

Liu Jin led two little eunuchs into from the outside, and respectfully sent it to the front of the emperor with a copy of the music in his hand.

He is no longer the little eunuch who poured the night pot, but now he has become the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, and he has resolutely become a celebrity next to the emperor.

Through Guo Yong's guidance, he also strengthened his own learning. Although it is impossible to go to the inner study hall every day, once I have free time, I will read some books on arithmetic.

The recitals of the two capitals and thirteen provinces were sent to the clerical office through the secretary of the administrative department, and some of the unimportant recitals were sent to the cabinet for drafting, and then they were sent to the Qianqing Palace.

It's just that Wang Yue handed over the note, but it will not be sent to the cabinet for drafting, but directly to the imperial front, so that the emperor can conduct the imperial review as soon as possible.

Shrinking the rope hidden field? Zhu Youzhu opened the note that Wang Yue sent up through Wang Zhi, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, and muttered to himself in surprise while learning about the latest situation in Yangzhou.

Because he was a lover of Internet literature in his previous life, he naturally had a good understanding of the Internet governance, and Qingzhang Tianmu seemed to have become a good way to save the country.

Zhu Youzhu naturally knew that Qingzhang Tianmu could increase the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it involved the measurement of more than 1,100 counties, and this kind of thing could not be solved by sitting in the Forbidden City and giving orders, and it also took an opportunity to do this.

Due to habitual thinking, he has always felt that the drawbacks of shrinking ropes and hidden fields will only occur in the acres of fields, but he completely ignores that the same problem may exist in the salt fields.

Just thinking about it, it shouldn't be surprising that Shiomasa has this ill. After all, the stove households are also in the bottom group, and the output value of the salt fields is many times higher than that of the rice fields, so how can these officials not squeeze them?

What's more, the large-scale private salt that Wang Yue had been looking for for a long time earlier did not exist at all, and these hidden fields controlled by officials were

The largest supplier of "smuggling" salt. Now it seems that there are indeed many problems in the salt administration of the Ming Dynasty, and there are also big problems on the production side, at least not at the same level as the salt production of the later dynasty.

Zhu Youzhu realized

"Shrinking the Rope Hidden Salt Field" is an important opportunity, and he immediately replied: "The matter of the hidden field is related to the livelihood of the society and the people, and it is related to the world!" This matter must be checked clearly, and Luo will tell the world with empirical evidence, so that the people can have a meter, and the officials will not dare to bully the people! "The biggest crux of shrinking rope and hidden fields is that the officials master the meter, not to mention that the people don't understand the meter at all, and even if they know, they can only obediently pay grain to the government.

Now if you want to truly solve the stubborn problem of shrinking the rope and hidden fields, then you need to make the Taizhou branch a landmark event, so as to become an important opportunity for Qingzhang Tianmu in the world.

Of course, whether this can be done or not depends on this king to cut off his head, hoping that he can cut a piece of the sky in Yangzhou and make Huaxia rejuvenated.

Even the emperor who is high above is also unsatisfactory.

"Your Majesty, the Twelfth Battalion is now very angry about the matter of soldiers' salaries, and I am afraid that I have to give an explanation for this matter!" Qian Yi, the eunuch of the 12th battalion, reported on military affairs almost every two or three days, and today he reported bitterly.

The A.S. Battalion that Zhu Youzhu wanted to build encountered a problem again, and the problem was not in the A.S. Battalion, but in the 12th Battalion, there was a voice of raising soldiers' salaries.

The salaries of the S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion had already made ordinary soldiers blush, but the remnants of the civilian clique and the martial arts clique had been instigated, and the 12th battalion had already seen a relatively strong voice of raising the salaries.

Now the problem is in front of him, and Zhu Youzhu wants to quickly calm down these voices, either raise the salary of the 12th Battalion, or transfer the salary of the Aegis Battalion back to the level of the officers and soldiers of the 12th Battalion.

Zhu Youzhu found that if it was really ruled by vertical arches, many problems would not exist, or they were well hidden, just like the shrinking rope hidden field of the Taizhou Branch.

It's just that if you really want to do it or uncover it, then it's like Schrödinger's cat, no one knows what will happen when you open the box.

Zhu Youzhu may have been ruined by the civilian official group or the Wuxun group's plan to strengthen the army, so he immediately made a decision and said: "You arrange it, tomorrow I will personally go to the Aegis Battalion to patrol the camp!" ”