Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Ma Quan came uninvited, and the atmosphere in the yard suddenly became deserted.

Even the criminals in the small black room felt this, and at the same time closed their mouths and looked outside.

The last time Ma Quan was in the lobby of the state government office, he and Guan Zhizhou put together a table.Not only did he not hack Su Mu, but he lost his official position.From a high-ranking toubob to suddenly becoming a street rogue, it can be said that his whole life has undergone a complete change.

Using modern society as an analogy, Ma Quan in the past could be regarded as the deputy captain of the county criminal police team anyway, with a lot of gray income every year, and he could be regarded as a middle-class family in Cangzhou City.

But when Su Mu did this, he fell from the clouds to the ground.

With no money, no power, this enmity is even greater than the enmity of killing one's father.

It is certain that Ma Quan wanted to kill Su Mu, but in Su Mu's heart, he never regarded this little bastard as an equal-level opponent.

Moreover, even if Ma Quan has Yang Tongzhi's background, now Guan Zhizhou has vaguely noticed the extraordinary origin of Su Mu, so he will naturally try his best to protect Sumu.

Su Mu wasn't worried about what Ma Quan would do.

It's just that this bird man came to inspect the yamen at this juncture, obviously wanting to do something, it's not as simple as begging for a drink.

Apparently they came here for the boats of smuggled salt outside.

Even though he envied Ma Quan in his heart, Su Mu still maintained his official demeanor: "It turns out that you are Ma Quan, and we haven't seen each other for some time! Since you are here, everyone who comes is a guest. You are an old man from the Inspection Department, so just sit down and have a few drinks before leaving."

"Hey, my Mrs. Mei, Mr. Mei, before Ma Quan sat down, you told me to go, how impolite you are!" Ma Quan smiled: "Don't bother, I'll just say a word and leave. I will take away those boats of salt!"

"Take it away?" Su Mu was taken aback.

"Ma Quan, what nonsense are you talking about? Look carefully at where this place is. The dignified inspector's office, the yamen's office, when will you be allowed to point fingers, and what is your identity?" A secretary boldly shouted: "You Why take it away?"

Su Mu also felt that Ma Quan's visit today was not kind, so he didn't speak at the moment, but stood by to see what kind of monster he was about to make.

Ma Quan suddenly burst out laughing and clapped his hands.

Outside the courtyard came a dozen soldiers dressed in the uniform of the Salt Transport Yamen's Salt Soldiers, all of them holding big shining knives in their hands.

The so-called salt soldiers are the soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Salt Transport Envoy Si Yamen, and these four belong to the Changlu Salt Transport Envoy Si Yamen.

Salt tax accounted for a large proportion of the taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and it even accounted for one-third of the tax when the farmland failed to harvest in famine years.

Because of this, the Salt Transport Envoy Siyamen has a high rank and is directly under the central management, which is a provincial administrative organization.Moreover, there are only three salt fields in the world: Changlu, Lianghuai, and Zhejiang and Fujian.Therefore, Yanyuan made the Siyamen more important in the court's mind than a province.

Because of this, the Salt Transport Envoy of the Salt Transport Envoy is of the highest rank, and is from the third rank, which is the same level as the governor.

Of course, compared with the governor, the weight is much heavier.

The Ming Dynasty had three structures directly under the central government at the provincial level: salt transport, water transport, and river channels.

They are all very authoritative and rich places.

Moreover, the salt farms under the jurisdiction of Yanyun usually span many state capitals, have a large territory, and have to deal with salt lords and rioters.According to the imperial court system, each has its own military power in its hands.

For example, Changlu Salt Farm has tens of thousands of salt soldiers. After deducting the vacancies and unfilled vacancies, there will always be five or six thousand.

A dozen or so salt soldiers all had vicious expressions on their faces. When they saw Ma Quan, they bowed their hands and saluted: "I have seen Ma Quan's eyes, and it has been verified that there are four thousand catties of salt on the boat outside."

This phrase "Ma Li Mu" caused the soldiers of the inspection department in the yard to stir up a small commotion at the same time.

Everyone didn't expect that Ma Quan, who had lost his official position, went to the Yanyun Yamen after only two months of absence, and also became a ninth-rank official.

Although both the officials and the deputy inspectors are from the ninth rank at the same time, but where is the Yanyun Yamen, the first-class good place in the world to have oil and water, it is not comparable to the bitter inspector.

"You went to Yanyun Yamen?" Su Mu frowned and asked.

Ma Quan continued to laugh, pointing at Su Mu and said, "My surname is Mei, back then you caused grandpa to lose me as a deputy inspector, did you think that grandpa would never turn me over in this life? It was a blessing in disguise, and you actually entered the Yanyun Yamen, didn't you expect it?"

After Ma Quan was stripped of his official title by Su Mu last time, Yang Tongzhi recommended him to the Yanyun Yamen, considering that Ma Quan was his confidant.It just so happened that several officials at the Yanyun Yamen had a special relationship with him, so Ma Quan was asked to fill the official position of the official. ,

Ma Quannai is a villain who will take revenge when he has a grudge. After entering the Yanyun Yamen, he has been thinking about how to take revenge day and night. ,

Just a few days ago when I went to the salt field to do business, I saw Su Mu's subordinates spending money and spending money in the salt field, so I became suspicious. I sent someone to check and found out that the inspection department had just checked several ships of illegal salt.

This is a good opportunity. It is the job of the salt transport envoy to investigate illegal salt.

Therefore, Ma Quan immediately brought his men and horses to Banbidian, intending to detain these boats of salt in the name of the salt administration, make a fortune, and slap Sumu in the face.

Thinking of Su Mu's busy schedule, he ended up taking advantage of himself.

Ma Quan couldn't help laughing wildly at the thought of being able to show off his might in front of Su Mu.

"I really didn't expect it." Although Su Mu was surprised, he was not surprised, and his expression was calm, "So, Ma Quan, you came to my place today just to tell me that you have entered the Yanyun Yamen, do you want me to congratulate you? ?”

He smiled and cupped his hands slowly: "So, congratulations to Ma Limu first."

The smile was full of sarcasm, and Ma Quan suddenly felt angry: "Mei Fugui, although we used to work together, but we have responsibilities, and this private salt belongs to our salt transportation envoy Si Yamen. Let me ask you, There is private salt on board, if it is, I will take it away!"

Hearing Ma Quan said that he would come to collect salt, the soldiers of the inspection department burst into an uproar.The big guy has been busy for so many days, and the co-authors are all doing the work for Ma Quan.

"What's the matter, is the inspection department going to rebel? If you have something to say, go to the Yanzheng Yamen!" A dozen salt soldiers drew their weapons at the same time and stared at the crowd fiercely.

Su Mu: "What if it's official salt?"

Ma Quan sneered: "Master Mei is joking. If it's an official salt, then bring that salt out and show me."

Su Mu laughed: "Ma Quan, I know you want to slap me in the face, but it's a pity that you have to come here for nothing today. To tell you the truth, the salt on board is neither private nor official salt."

Ma Quan was stunned, and then became angry: "What else can it be if it's not salt, don't try to fool me."

Before he finished speaking, Su Mu suddenly brought up a pot of steaming mutton soup and took it towards Ma Quan and the others.He shouted loudly: "Do it, take them down, and give 20 taels of silver to each!"