Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 154
Hearing Chen Qiyu's question, Liang Qi replied with a bitter smile: "Liang is a rough person, and it's the first time he has encountered such a big event. Now he really has no idea. According to his nature, the humble officer feels that the behind-the-scenes If people are arrested, and then the leader of the trouble is arrested, this matter should be able to be suppressed. But after thinking about it, I am afraid that under heavy pressure, it will cause more chaos. Now I am at a loss, and my heart is in a mess. Idea. Right now in Yangzhou and Huai'an, only Mr. Chen has a high position and authority, and he is far-reaching and resourceful, so I am here to discuss with you how to deal with this matter!"

Chen Qiyu sighed: "I was ordered to inspect Fengyang and supervise the water transportation. I worry about my duties day and night. I am exhausted and have no energy to take care of him. Besides, if something unexpected happens, it is also the responsibility of Yangzhou, Huai'an and Nanjing. How can officials exceed their powers to interfere in civil affairs? Liang Baihu is from the pro-army, and in my opinion, I have no right to interfere with local civil affairs. I would like to advise, Liang Baihu had better stay out of the matter and not interfere!"

Liang Qi replied in dissatisfaction: "The Lord Governor does not agree with the lowly position! A certain person is the son of the emperor and the army. It is a bounden duty to detect civil affairs and act as the eyes and ears of the emperor. How can he just sit back and ignore the troubles of the Ming Dynasty? Lord Chen is a governor of one side." , The yamen live in Huai'an, and have the responsibility to appease the army and the people. If Yangzhou is in turmoil, Huai'an will not be stable. The civil uprising involves the safety of water transportation, and the governor has the right to deal with it! How can you stay out of it at a critical moment? The court will investigate Come down, what future do you and I have?"

Chen Qiyu originally wanted to make things difficult for Liang Qi, so that he would succumb to his pleadings, and then came up with an idea after mocking him for a few words, which also counted the sulking of being locked up in the imperial prison.But Liang Qi did not back down, saying that if civil unrest happened, neither he nor Chen Qiyu could escape, and it would directly affect his future career.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Chen Qiyu can't pretend to be X any more. In his opinion, this incident is not an earth-shattering event. Isn't it just that someone wants to make something to control the court?
So he said: "Liang Baihu don't be anxious, according to this official, if you want to properly handle this matter, you need to do more things!"

Liang Qi hurriedly sat up straight, waiting for Chen Qiyu to come up with a clever plan to solve the problem.

Chen Qiyu waved his hand, and Chen Qizhi by his side understood and retreated with the servant, only Chen and Liang were left in the room.

"This official believes that this matter should be reported to the imperial court first. No matter whether the imperial court responds in time, it is necessary to let the sage and the court officials know the ins and outs of the matter, so that even after the incident is calmed down, the person in charge of the official government will end up doing nothing. name!" Chen Qiyu said.

Liang Qi nodded yes.

This is also what the title should mean, the Holy One and the imperial court are the heads of Ming Dynasty.Local officials are just limbs.How can there be limbs that act without the consent of the head?Do you still have the emperor and the court in your heart?

Although it is too late to report to the capital in terms of time, at least you have made this gesture. The imperial court already knows that local officials have to respond accordingly in the event of urgent power.

The key is attitude, reporting is the best way, attitude is very important.

Chen Qiyu went on to say: "Secondly, the chief officials of Yangzhou and Huai'an must be informed immediately. The officials should bear the unshirkable responsibility when the incident happened in the areas under the jurisdiction of the two governments!"

Liang Qi disagreed with what Chen Qiyu said, and he was skeptical that the local government could control the matter.As far as he knows, the salt merchants have a very close relationship with the local government. If there is a civil uprising, who knows what role the government will play in it.

He questioned: "The two governments have a deep connection with the salt merchants behind the scenes. If they were notified in advance, wouldn't it alert the person in charge?"

Chen Qiyu glanced at him, and thought to himself: How do you have hundreds of households with your brain?
He said lightly: "I just want to let him know that the imperial court is already aware of this, if there is still time to rein in the precipice; if he insists on going his own way, the consequences will be unbearable!"

Liang Qi hurriedly interjected: "The governor wants to use this to eliminate the incident? If the civil uprising really doesn't happen, that would be a great thing! But if they insist on doing it, what should they do?"

Chen Qiyu smiled, and said: "Since it has been announced, it will cause trouble again. No matter what method the court uses, it is a well-known move! This is called being unpredictable!"

Liang Qi said unconvinced: "Your Excellency understands what you mean, the next step is to forcefully suppress the soldiers! Since there are soldiers in hand, why do you need to warn? Just push them over then!"

Chen Qiyu shook his head and said: "How can the imperial court do things willfully and recklessly? You must pay attention to righteousness and reputation in everything! You must pay attention to rules and decency! This is why the literati are allowed to rule the country. If you are a martial artist, you will be arrogant and bloody when things happen. How can the people of the world be at ease?"

Liang Qi turned his head away, and although he didn't refute, he showed his disapproval of Chen Qiyu's words.

Chen Qiyu ignored him, and continued: "The imperial court dispatched Fengyang Guard and Xuzhou Camp to Jianghuai to prevent such incidents from happening. I thought it was unnecessary, but I didn't expect it to be useful; I will invite Liang Bai from tomorrow. The family went to Yangzhou to secretly search for relevant evidence of the mastermind behind the scenes; I led the Xuzhou battalion to move towards Yangzhou, and when the chaos broke out, the Xuzhou battalion entered the city to maintain order. If someone takes the opportunity to cause chaos, then the marching method will do!"

After Liang Qi returned to the inn, he immediately sent two riders back to Beijing by boat overnight to report the matter to Luo Yangxing and wait for the emperor's order.

Chen Qiyu made a statement to the imperial court the next day, and then began to collect ships and food, ready to lead the Xuzhou camp to Yangzhou at any time.

In his heart, he wished that those salt merchants would make matters worse, so that he could justifiably lead his troops to calm the chaos and make great contributions.

Although he is a civil servant, Chen Qiyu, who holds a steel knife in his hand, prefers to receive rewards for meritorious service in simple and rude ways.

As for his distaste for Wufu expressed in the discussion with Liang Qi, it was just lip service.Literati, always say one thing and do another, if you believe it, it means that your IQ is too low.

Chen Qiyu didn't take Shilin's bad comments after the forceful suppression at all.

If wind reviews had worked, Wen Tiren would have been kicked out a long time ago.

Ten thousand words of praise from scholars are not worth a word from the emperor. The world belongs to the Zhu family, not everyone.

The way of being an official should not be too concerned about the evaluation of the lower class, only those who have the decision-making power speak.

After two days of busy work, everything was ready. When Chen Qiyu was about to lead his troops to Yangzhou, several captains in Jinyi came to the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport. After finding Chen Qiyu, they told him that the imperial envoy and right capital censor Shi Bangyao Shi had arrived in Yangzhou. Please Chen Qiyu immediately went to the Yangzhou government office to discuss official affairs.

The clippers on which the two Beizhen Fushiti who had returned to Beijing to report happened to meet the fleet of Shi Bangyao and his party when they arrived at the Linqing section of the canal.After getting in touch with the passing Jinyiwei, the two Tiqi were taken onto Shi Bangyao's boat, and reported to the imperial envoy that someone in Yangzhou and Huai'an planned to organize a civil uprising.

After listening to Tiqi's brief report, Shi Bangyao, who planned to stop at Huai'an Mansion and interview Chen Qiyu first, was afraid of a civil uprising, so he immediately ordered the fleet to speed up and head straight for Yangzhou.

On this point, he is not as clear as Chen Qiyu.

In Daming, where transportation information is very backward, it is not so easy to organize a large-scale civil uprising.

Originally, the main force of this civil uprising was the hundreds of thousands of kitchen households in more than [-] salt fields in Lianghuai.

But it is impossible to send someone to notify every saltworks.How long will it take to go to the salt fields scattered on the coastline for hundreds of miles, and then greet the kitchen households before returning to Yangzhou?The kitchen households are not the army, and they leave the camp when they are ordered. They are all ordinary people, so how can they be organized?If you really want more people to participate, it would be nice to be able to convene in a month.

Of course Cheng Fang and the others knew these details, so they just sent people to inform the kitchen households in several salt fields near Yangzhou and Huai'an, asking them to rush to Yangzhou to gather as soon as possible.The reason is that the imperial court openly allowed private salt to cross the border, robbing the rice bowls of Lianghuai stove households.

The reason for this is quite sufficient. The kitchen households who have produced a large amount of salt recently did not know about it. Therefore, after the explanation of the person sent by the salt merchant, they found out that someone came to snatch the food.

Under the turbulent public sentiment, nearly ten thousand kitchen households started to march towards Yangzhou Mansion from various salt farms.

Of course, it is impossible for the salt merchants to provide them with a large amount of transportation in a short period of time. These thousands of people either take a boat together, or a few acquaintances drive an ox cart, or dozens or hundreds of people walk in groups, in a mess. rushed to Yangzhou Prefecture.

Chen Qiyu had already estimated that it would take at least five to seven days for this mob to gather.If Liang Qi was smarter and arrested the salt merchant behind the scenes without waiting for this group of people to gather, even if this group of people rushed to Yangzhou, without the leader, what can this group of people achieve?
But he just didn't want to point out Liang Qi, he hated Jin Yiwei so much, how could he give these traitors a chance to make meritorious deeds?

He is now waiting for this group of people to gather together, that is his chance to make meritorious deeds.

The position of the court requires the accumulation of merit, and continuous meritorious service is the best way to show your talent, and only then will the emperor recognize yourself.

But Captain Jinyi's announcement today made Chen Qiyu very angry.

This damn Shi Bangyao, why the hell are you rushing here?

Chen Qiyu knew these important ministers very well. When this group of people encountered such a big event, the first thing they thought of was making peace, and finally they made compromises in exchange for the calm of the incident.However, he can get rave reviews from courtiers and scholars, and has a good reputation as a person who loves the people, acts prudently, and has the demeanor of a famous official in ancient times.

What a goddamn bad luck!

Seeing a great achievement in hand makes people confused!

A court veteran like Shi Bangyao is not as easy to coax as an idiot like Liang Qi. Even if the civil uprising happened now, Shi Bangyao would not agree with his strategy of suppressing it by force.

The salt merchants who planned this civil uprising are big fat sheep. As long as force is used, who of those people can escape?
If there is a civil uprising, if you send people secretly to kill and set fire to stimulate it, then Yangzhou City will definitely be in chaos.

As long as those salt merchants are accused of colluding with bandits and fighting against the imperial court, their huge property will naturally become the emperor and the imperial court.

At that time, not only will he successfully help the emperor win the two Huaihe Rivers, but he will also send the emperor an unexpected fortune, so his first contribution will be guaranteed.

By guessing Chongzhen's various means, Chen Qiyu judged that the emperor did not want to cause chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. Although he would also care about the wealth of the salt merchants, he was unwilling to use strong suppression to obtain it.

The emperor wanted to safely control the salt interest in his hands, and achieve success in a way that he did not know but could be accepted by all parties.

In the final analysis, the emperor did not want to leave a bad name.

The Holy Majesty's strategy is good, but it is too weak.

I am not afraid to bear the notoriety, but the opportunity has been lost.

Chen Qiyu, who was full of anger, left Huai'an by boat and rushed to Yangzhou to meet the imperial envoy Shi Bangyao.

　In reality, there are many people like Chen Qiyu who are unscrupulous and dedicated to climbing, and most of them succeed.People are not ruthless, and they cannot stand firmly.Being promoted is like making money, it is addictive. No one thinks that they earn too much, and no one thinks that they are too big, but many things are not as good as the sky.

　　
　
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