Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 75
Yan Maoqing is the most hardcore strict party.He was promoted from the pedestrian department to the censor, and then from the censor to the left deputy capital imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all with Yan Song's support.

Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, employs only two kinds of people.One is a great talent in governing the country who can do things.The other is a traitor who can make money.Hu Zongxian belongs to the former, and Yan Maoqing belongs to the latter.

Xiaoge old Yan Shifan once joked: Yan Maoqing is the rich boy of my Yan family.

In the past ten years, the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy has been firmly controlled by the strict party.Wu Liangyong, the previous salt transport envoy, was a member of the strict party.Wu Liangyong was convicted and sent to prison, and the new salt transport envoy sent Yan Maoqing, a hard-core and strict party member, who will definitely obstruct He Liu in every possible way to find out the truth about the deficit of salt tax in Lianghuai.

He Liu said to Yan Maoqing: "Master Yan is very capable, and only a capable official like you can take on the important task of salt affairs in Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers!"

Although He Liu said so, he muttered to himself: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you asked me to come to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate illegal salt, and it would be fine if you didn't send a clean official to be a salt transport envoy to help me investigate the case. Instead, you sent such a Great greed.Aren't you always tearing down my desk?
Yan Maoqing said to He Liu: "Well, actually, I don't want to come to Yangzhou either! The Lianghuai salt transport envoy is only a fourth-rank official. I was originally in the position of the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I was a third-rank official. People who are officials always want to be promoted, but I never thought that I would be demoted one level."

He Liu cursed inwardly: You're being a good boy for taking advantage of it!You said that an official wants to be promoted, but why didn't you mention the word getting rich?You are afraid that if you have been the deputy capital censor for 30 years, you will not earn as much money as you can earn as much as doing the salt transportation in the Huaihe River for three years!

Although he scolded in his heart, He Liu still praised Yan Maoqing and said: "Master Yan is too modest. Who doesn't know that Lianghuai Salt Affairs supports half of the national treasury? The emperor entrusted such a heavy burden to you. You have been promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank It is only a matter of time before the second grade is correct and the first grade is correct.”

Yan Maoqing sighed: "Oh, I hope! Sixth, the decree is over. I will leave first!"

He Liu hastily said: "My subordinates send off Master Yan!"

Yan Maoqing turned and left. As soon as he left, Hu Zongxian, Governor of Zhejiang Province, came to the imperial envoy.

Hu Zongxian sighed to He Liu: "Oh, I heard that although the emperor reprimanded you, he didn't let you go back to Beijing, right?"

He Liu nodded: "Yes. The emperor only deprived me of the rank of General Wujie. The imperial decree did not mention that I should return to Beijing."

Hu Zongxian said: "I came to visit you, and I originally wanted to give you a step down and let you go back to Beijing. It seems that the emperor is determined to let you investigate the deficit of Lianghuai salt tax. Check it out, Lianghuai The salt business is a bad debt that no one can explain clearly. This time, Yan Maoqing, an old fox, was recommended by Yan Ge and appointed by the emperor. Yan Maoqing, an old fox, was appointed as the new envoy of salt transportation between Huaihe River and Huaihe River. The road to Shu is difficult, but it is more difficult than going to the blue sky!"

He Liudao: "Hu Butang. There is something I wanted to tell you a long time ago. You always hold the lid of Lianghuai Salt Affairs and don't let me take it off. You said that you are afraid that an investigation will cause chaos in the Jiangnan officialdom and trigger the court situation. It is unstable and endangers the country and the country. But have you ever thought that those corrupt officials have used their hands to make the court even unable to pay for the Qi and Yu's army to buy military supplies. Isn't this endangering the country and the country?"

Hu Zongxian smiled wryly: "Lao Liu, there is something in your words. Do you think that I am a disciple of Yan Ge Lao. Wu Liangyong, the former Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy, is also Yan Ge Lao. The shortage of the salt business has involved Mr. Yan Ge, so you have been stopping you from investigating the case?"

He Liu smiled: "Isn't that so?"

Hu Zongxian waved his hand: "Oh, you still don't know me, Mr. Hu! I have been an official for 20 years, and I have a minimum principle in everything I do, that is: the country is more important than the teacher. Otherwise, the emperor will not I will hand over the whole of Jiangnan to me! Well, you have your responsibilities, and I have mine. Let’s do our own work. You are determined to investigate the salt affairs, and I can’t stop you no?"

Hu Zongxian left after speaking.

Old Hu said to He Liu: "This Hu Butang can really tell lies with his eyes open! Any ghost can see that Mr. Yan Ge is his teacher. He is afraid that it will be bad for Mr. Yan Ge if you find out the case."

He Liu disagreed with Lao Hu's point of view: "Hu Butang is not that kind of person. As he said, if he was in Jiangnan, he would only obey the orders of the elder Yan Ge, and put the interests of the strict party above the interests of the people in Jiangnan. So, will the emperor still entrust him with the heavy burden of Governor-General of Zhejiang and Zhizhi? It is not easy for him. The money is often dispatched from Zhejiang and Zhizhi provinces... Sigh, he is in his 50s, but he looks almost [-] on the face. It’s hard to be a good official!"

####### At noon on the second day, He Liu and Lao Hu came to the private room of Sifang Tea House as promised.

Li Dana and Fatty Feng were already waiting there.

In front of the table where Li Dana was sitting, there was a two-foot-square iron box.

He Liu asked him, "Have you prepared more than 50 dans of salt?"

Li Dana nodded: "It's agreed that 100 million taels will be exchanged for 53 dans of salt. The 53 dans of salt are all here!"

Li Dana pushed the iron box in front of He Liu with both hands.

The salt quotations issued by the Lianghuai Salt Transport Yamen are all one hundred dan. 53 dans of salt are cited, which is more than 300 sheets.

Lao Hu tested the kung fu of two sticks of incense, and he said to He Liu, "Master, the number is right!"

After hearing this, He Liu gave Li Dana more than 50 counterfeit bank notes.

Li Dana smiled and said, "Okay! Our first transaction is considered a success. I'll treat you two to a drink at noon!"

He Liu smiled: "You don't need to drink. I got 53 dans of salt, and I have to quickly collect 53 tans of illegal salt from several local salt farms! I hope this batch of illegal salt can be shipped back to Shandong smoothly." . I will sell it at the price of official salt with Yanyin.”

Li Dana said: "Since that's the case, I won't force you to keep the two. Fatty Feng, send me the two."

Fatty Feng sent He Liu and Lao Hu to the entrance of Sifang Tea House.

He Liu lowered his voice and said to him, "You follow us right now!"

Fatty Feng said: "In such a hurry?"

He Liudao: "Fatty Feng, are you really stupid or fake? When Li Dana finds out that the banknotes are fake, will you, the person who checks the banknotes, still have a way out? Come with me to the imperial envoy Xingyuan, and Jin Yiwei will protect you Safety."

Fatty Feng, who saw off the guests, ran away with the guests.

Sitting in the private room, Li Dana felt something was wrong. Was the Yanyin transaction of more than 50 tons completed so easily?
Li Dana instructed Xiao Er: "Has Fatty Feng finished delivering those two guests? Let him come back quickly after delivering them."

Xiao Er went downstairs and returned to the private room after a while: "Shopkeeper, there is no sign of Fatty Feng downstairs at all!"

"What?" Li Dana had an ominous premonition.

(End of this chapter)