Immediately, Cai Yushi also realized that something was wrong, and turned his head to the minister outside the door and shouted to Cai Shiquan: "Quickly ask Fei Yunenvoy to go down the mountain to find out the situation!" ”

The person who led the salt ding to arrange the defense line outside was none other than the salt transportation secretary Fei Yun, and he would not have the ability to command the three hundred salt ding if he changed others.

Shugang is not high, and after Fei Yun gave the order, he ran down after a while.

There is no abnormality in the defense line of the mountain gate, and there is no abnormality in the defense line at the bottom of the mountain, and the salters are firmly sticking to their posts.

But looking outward, there were many officers and soldiers on the road extending from the bottom of the mountain, blocking the road.

Fei Yun angrily sprayed Yanding: "Why don't you report early!" ”

The salters replied responsibly: "The official only ordered us to guard the mountain road and not let anyone go up the mountain, and those officers and soldiers did not go up the mountain!" ”

This answer was deeply appreciated by Fei Yun's envoy, so he rewarded the two big mouths of the answer.

After finishing the salt ding, Fei Yunenvoy looked at the officers and troops on the periphery again. Because the station is slightly higher and has a wider field of vision, after a cursory observation, it is estimated that the number of officers and soldiers is about seven or eight hundred.

So Fei Yunenvoy could easily judge that these officials must be Yangzhou Wei! Except for Yangzhou Wei, there is no other government office that can concentrate so many officers and soldiers!

With these officers and troops intercepting on the periphery, no wonder no one went up the mountain! Shugang is not big, seven or eight hundred people are enough!

Looking out further, I saw more than a dozen scholars, with their respective retinues, standing awkwardly on the side of the road. Probably because the officers and soldiers were blocking the road, they couldn't pass.

Fei Yunenvoy walked down, came to the side of the official army, and shouted: "Who is in charge here?" ”

However, no one in the official army paid attention to Fei Yun's envoys, and the two sides were not in the same system.

At this time, a group of people came from a distance, about dozens of people, and the person at the head held a small flag and shouted: "You gentlemen follow closely, don't go away!" ”

A young scholar in the back kept asking, "Can you really see the old alliance leader?" Can I really attend? ”

The leader holding the small flag said impatiently: "Now that I haven't collected the money in advance, if I Zhang Wu deceives you, I dare to take you to Shugang?"

I guarantee that you can meet the living old alliance leader, and if you want to show your face at the meeting, I will also find a way for you! ”

When the group walked to the official army, a small military attache suddenly jumped out, and a few people carried large boxes.

The little military attache said to Zhang Wu, who was holding a small flag: "Twenty each, no counteroffer!" ”

Zhang Wu negotiated a few words and asked the dozens of people who came with him to dig out the silver.

Fei Yunenvoy suddenly saw a very recognizable figure in the crowd, and felt that the person holding the flag was quite familiar, and immediately seemed to have grasped the key handle.

"Lin Tailai! What are you going to do? Fei Yunenvoy shouted at the tall and majestic figure.

Lin Daguan first threw a few silver ingots into the box, and then replied with a smile:

"It turned out to be an envoy in person, I heard that as long as you pay twenty taels of silver today, you can go to Pingshan Hall, so I came to join in the fun, after all, I am also a member of Jiangzuo's literary circle."

Fei Yunenvoy reprimanded: "You dare to collude with Yangzhou Wei, do anything wrong here, set up a private checkpoint, aren't you afraid of the court condemning!" ”

Lin Daguan immediately denied it: "Yun Envoy Hugh wants to defile people's innocence, these officials and soldiers have nothing to do with me!" Don't you see that I have to pay? ”

Suddenly, someone said to Lin Tai: "What? Even I have to pay for the road to get up the mountain? ”

Lin Daguan turned his head again and saw Zhang Jiayin, the secretary of the military department who had just stepped down.

So Lin Daguan shouted to the military attache who collected the money: "Release people!" Let go! Let this old gentleman go! ”

Then he asked Zhang Jiayin: "Why don't you see the other old gentlemen?" ”

Zhang Jiayin replied: "They are not stupid, they see the situation here from afar, so they naturally will not risk themselves." ”

Lin Daguan instructed again: "After the old teacher enters the Pingshan Hall, no matter what happens outside, don't come out." ”

Fei Yun, who heard these words next to him, was incompetent and furious, and you Lin Tailai still dared to say that it had nothing to do with these officers and soldiers?

After seeing Zhang Jiayin disappear into the mountain gate, Lin Tailai said loudly to the officers and soldiers: "We have paid the money!" Why don't you send us to Pingshan Hall! ”

After the officers and soldiers finished collecting the money, almost each of them could share a tael of silver, and their hearts were happy.

After hearing the call of the gold lord, hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed to the Yanding defense line under the leadership of the small military attache who collected money.

The little military attache shouted at the salt dings: "The Yangzhou Weitun army is performing martial arts here!" Idle people wait to dodge! ”

Those salters were ordered to guard here, and they were also scrambling to resist.

But the situation on the two sides is completely different, the official and military side is rich, the morale is high, and the number is several times higher;

And Yanding's side was caught and sent to work for the day, so how can there be any will to fight with less and more.

In the blink of an eye, the first line of defense of Yanding at the bottom of the mountain was broken.

Seeing this, Yan Ding, who was in the second line of defense at the mountain gate, simply stopped guarding it, turned around and fled into the mountain.

The officers and soldiers were not interested in chasing Yanding, and rushed into the courtyard of Pingshan Hall.

In Hirayama Hall, you can always hear the bad news coming in from outside, and the noise that is getting closer.

Feng Shike sighed: "I have long advised the Duke of Yizhou not to stay on the mountain, but now it is lonely on all sides, and there is nowhere to go." ”

It's a pity that Feng Shi is a man, otherwise he would be able to have a "embattled song".

The leader of the old alliance of Wang had a dark face, and not saying a word was the last stubbornness. He couldn't figure out why the literary conference could be held in the form of a battle between the two armies?

Until I heard the latest sentence outside the door: "The gate of the courtyard is lost!" ”

Patrol Salt Cai Yushi Huo Ran stood up and rushed out of the hall.

Standing on the platform outside, Cai Yushi casually glanced at it, found the key person, and shouted: "Lin Tailai!" Are you going to rebel? ”

Lin Daguan, who was following behind the official army, responded loudly: "Don't get me wrong! It has nothing to do with me! ”

Cai Yushi didn't have time to quarrel with Lin Tailai, so he shouted at the officials and soldiers: "Are you waiting for chaos to commit crimes, do you want to find death!" ”

Before the words fell, a small detachment suddenly rushed out from the official army, about dozens of people, all wearing standard cotton armor. At first glance, it looks like the Yangzhou Guards, but on closer inspection, it looks like it is still the Yangzhou Guards.

Caught off guard by Cai Yushi, this team rushed to the platform, surrounded Cai Yushi, and walked down with Cai Yushi.

Cai Yushi struggled while scolding Lin Daguan: "Lin Tailai, you gangster, you really can't rebel!" ”

Lin Daguan shouted across the officers and soldiers: "How many times do you want me to say it before you believe it?" These officers and soldiers have nothing to do with me! ”

At this moment, Commander Wan of Yangzhou Wei appeared at the mountain gate and ran over quickly.

"Don't make a fuss! Don't make a fuss! Commander Wan shouted while running, but he didn't know who he was shouting to.

Cai Yushi turned directly to Commander Wan and said, "The surname is Wan!" What the hell is going on, you can't get tired of it! ”

Commander Wan replied very sincerely: "Haven't Cai Shiyu seen it yet?" This is a mutiny! ”

Cai Yushi almost vomited blood in anger, what a hellish mutiny! Even if it's a mutiny, there has to be a reason, right?

Commander Wan explained very intimately: "Your salt yamen seized 100,000 catties of salt from Yangzhou Wei for no reason, so the officials and soldiers are very dissatisfied!" ”

Cai Yushi was stunned and asked rhetorically: "When did you seize your 100,000 catties of salt?" ”

Commander Wan replied: "A while ago, the 100,000 catties of unlicensed smuggled salt that the Taizhou Branch Division found from the Suzhou Caojun ship were actually owned by our Yangzhou Wei.

I didn't want any certificates, but I was seized by your salt yamen for no reason! ”

According to the provisions of the Daming Salt Law, the salt produced in Lianghuai is marketed to other places, and salt citation and related certificates are required, but salt quotation certificates are not required to sell salt within the scope of Yangzhou Prefecture.

That is to say, you can transport salt from the salt field to Yangzhou City at will, as long as you don't transport it outside Yangzhou, you don't need any salt introduction and other certificates.

Fei Yun, who had been hiding on the side to make soy sauce, suddenly became anxious, rushed out, and shouted at Commander Wan:

"! Those salt goods were obviously brought to Suzhou Mansion, how did they become your Yangzhou Wei? Is it just your mouth? ”

Commander Wan took out a document from his arms: "This is the deed of entrusting the Suzhou Weicao Army to transport salt on his behalf!" ”

Cai Yushi said to Commander Wan: "The matter of 100,000 catties of salt, why is this so? ”

Until now, Cai Yushi's tone still has a bit of a high-minded and domineering flavor.

Commander Wan was unhappy, and patiently explained: "We have a total of 50,000 men, women, and children from the Yangzhou Guard, and we need 200,000 catties of salt a year.

I don't know what you salt government yamen do to eat, the price of salt in Yangzhou has always been very expensive, more expensive than other places.

Therefore, we Yangzhou Wei thought about buying salt in large quantities directly from the salt farm, and then transporting it back to Yangzhou City, for internal use, without being exploited by salt merchants!

However, because most of the ships went north to transport salt in the spring, they entrusted the Suzhou Weicao ship to help transport salt.

But I didn't expect that this first batch of 100,000 catties of salt was directly seized by your salt yamen. ”

The Yangzhou guards who were besieged here suddenly became angry and scolded the streets.

"The dog official must have colluded with the salt merchants in the city, and he doesn't want us to transport salt to eat by ourselves!"

"In order to make more money for the salt merchants in the city, the dog official seized the 100,000 catties of salt that we bought in Yangzhou Wei as private salt!"

"Our chief is kind enough to organize the transportation of salt, and the dog salt official must jump out and destroy it!"

The Yangzhou guards unanimously believed that the salt yamen was unwilling to let the military households of the guard station support themselves and forcibly maintained the high salt prices of the salt merchants.

Cai Yushi was so angry that he couldn't speak, can you big-headed soldiers grow your brains, and how much do you look down on the salt yamen?

The magnitude of 200,000 catties of salt this year is not in my eyes at all, let alone protecting salt merchants for 200,000 catties of salt!

But that's what the officials and soldiers think, Cai Yushi can't explain it at all!

Seeing that he couldn't understand with Yangzhou Weiguanjun, Fei Yunenvoy turned his head and asked Lin Daguan: "Then why didn't you explain the reason clearly in court and directly confessed your guilt?" ”

Lin Tailai shouted: "Unconscious officials bend the law!" Bend into a trick! That's what bending is a trick!

You forcibly forced me to confess my guilt, and you still have the face to ask me why I confessed? What is the reason of heaven! ”

Fei Yune: "." Whoever steps on the horse beats whom into a trick?

"And you say it has nothing to do with you?" Fei Yunenvoy questioned again.

Lin Daguan replied: "For the sake of the interests of the salt merchants, you seized the salt goods of Yangzhou Wei, which caused extreme dissatisfaction among the Yangzhou Wei official army.

And then provoked a mutiny today, what does it have to do with me Lin Tailai? ”

Make up a chapter first, and there will be more in the evening

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