Yinggen is the stub of the note given by the court to the salt merchant.
If the lead root is burned, the stub of the imperial court will be gone.
How much salt to distribute is not a matter of Ge Youli's words.
Xu He heard that Magistrate Zhou and Ge Yunpan were members of Qin's chief assistant. Qin's chief assistant had recently become very close to King Qi, so King Qi wanted to use money, so he thought of a possibility that the other party had taken advantage of him. idea.
But it was too obvious to directly rob the salt tax. Secondly, the uncle of Qin Shoufu's son followed suit. How could he introduce Xue Tongzhi as the scapegoat and then make a lot of money by distributing salt indiscriminately?
At this point, the whole thing can be sorted out.
In Li Zhijie's view, the disagreement between the first assistant and the second assistant was fed back to the local government of the empire. Zhou Futai teamed up with Ge Yunpan from the same camp, and then the thieves attacked and jointly killed Xue Tongzhi.
But as everyone knows, his thoughts are on the first level, but Xu He's thoughts are already on the second level.
After hearing the conversation between Xie Kun and Li Zhijie, Xu He keenly grasped the key points of the conversation... King Qi was short of money.
Then he thought about the burning of the root.
Then he outlined the real reason why Hailing was robbed this time.
Zhou Futai and Ge Yunpan must have received a letter from Qin Yan, the chief minister. The letter mentioned that King Qi was short of money and hinted that they should be more filial.
The two of them got together, thought hard, and finally wanted to do something big, so they simply colluded with the Jiangyanpu bandits near the Baoba Salt Inspection and Inspection Station.
When they sent someone to discuss the matter, the thieves did not believe the government and asked the Zhou Prefecture and others to submit a certificate of surrender.
The prefect Zhou then sold Taixing County and cooperated with this group of thieves inside and outside to loot the Taixing County treasury.
After receiving the surrender order, the thief fled into Yangzhou Prefecture and hid there, then waited for Xue Tongzhi to go to the inspection office.
Here, Xue Tongzhi had just left the city. Prefect Zhou probably sent someone to notify the thief.
In the end, the thieves pretended to attack Hailing. Because of Taixing County, Li Zhijie, Xie Kun and others were afraid that something might happen in Hailing County, so they refused to leave, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.
But the real target of the thieves is actually the Baoba Salt Inspection Institute outside the city.
Their first task is to burn the fuses, and secondly, it would be better if they can steal the tax money.
However, Xu He happened to meet at the right time. He was already about to steal the tax money, but he encountered a guest army invited from Rugao... Xiao Hu Baihu.
What happened after that was not perfect for the thieves, who were just working for Zhou Futai and others.
But Zhou Futai and others realized their plan perfectly...killing two birds with one stone.
The first is to kill Xue Tongzhi, a student of the second assistant, and the second is to burn the Yingen. Next, a large amount of saltyin will appear in the hands of salt merchants. When outsiders ask, Ge Youli can deduce that the Yingen has been burned. For the sake of the court's reputation, Huai Salt is still allocated.
Li Zhijie and Xie Kun were all stunned after listening to Xu He's explanation of the matter.
Especially Li Zhijie, although he didn't like some of Qin Yan's practices, after all, Qin Yan was the chief examiner of their subject, that is, his teacher.
He is a traditional scholar and would never think so badly of his teacher.
Therefore, his analysis of the problem was not objective enough.
As for Xie Kun, he roughly guessed the context of the matter.
But that was based on information about his family's connections, but the Xu He in front of him could analyze so many things just through a few conversations between him and Li Zhijie. What does this mean?
This shows that Xu He, who is not even a child yet, already knows all the ins and outs of officialdom.
Moreover, what is the most taboo thing for scholars?
It is a two-legged bookcase. It only knows how to study, but it is out of touch with society.
Xu He was good at reading and writing poetry. I didn’t expect that he also understood the world of people and the ecology of officialdom so well...
"This son will be..."
"My student will be..."
Li Zhijie and Xie Kun sighed in their hearts at the same time, but neither of them knew how to evaluate Xu He.
After a while, the two of them recovered from their complicated emotions.
Xie Kun glanced outside the door, lowered his voice and said to Xu He: "You must remember not to talk to outsiders about this matter!"
Xu He knew the seriousness of the matter. If these two hadn't been kind to him, he wouldn't have explained the matter so thoroughly in front of them.
Li Zhijie sighed and said with a troubled expression: "If it is true as Xiaohe said, this King Qi, my teacher, the prefect Zhou, and Ge Yunpan, alas..."
Can he not be distressed? King Qi put aside the fact that the dignified prince is only a small county magistrate away from him, thousands of miles away.
But Qin Yan, the first assistant, was his master. According to today's official rules, he, Zhou Futai, and Ge Yunpan were actually on Qin Yan's ship.
As a student, even if the teacher does something wrong, according to the current rules, the student himself cannot impeach the teacher.
As a traditional scholar, Li Zhijie held his breath in his heart, unable to speak, unable to express his feelings, and felt very uncomfortable.
Xie Kun saw that his old friend was so entangled, so he broke the news again: "The salt patrol censor who came to Hailing this time was named Kong. I heard that he was the Duke of Yiling who was appointed as a scholar in Jiangxi's academic and political appointment. Kong censor has always been Respect Duke Yiling as your teacher!"
Xu He's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Isn't Duke Yiling the poet's father?
Now he is in the position of Minister of Dali Temple.
Dali Temple is one of the Three Dharma Divisions. If someone reveals a little bit of his guess to Kong Yushi, then Kong Yushi would be able to poke a hole in the sky from Xia Cifu's point of view.
But in the final analysis, it still depends on the fighting skills of the cabinet bosses.
The first assistant of Qin has controlled the cabinet for many years, and the second and third assistants are all clay puppets. Their combat power is not comparable to that of the first assistant of Qin on weekdays, but what if Xie Daozhi, the minister of Dali Temple, is added? Chief Qin wants to cover this matter, but he probably won't be able to.
But whose side is the slut’s father on?
He had too little information about the big shots in the imperial court, and Xie Kun and the others didn't say anything clearly, so Xu He could only guess that Xie Daozhi must be someone from both the first and second assistants, and there was no way to know anything else.
Thinking of this, Xu He suddenly thought of the Xu family.
The biggest pillar of the Xu family is undoubtedly Xu Song.
Xu Song was the same year as Qin's first assistant, and it is said that the two had always had a good relationship.
This point comes from the banditry, which can be seen from the fact that Zhou Zhifu made a special trip to inform Xu Song of this point.
So what is Uncle Song’s political stance?
If this matter comes out, will it have any impact on the Xu family?
Although Xu Dai and his son make things difficult for themselves, in this era, in the same family, no matter whether you have any personal attachment to the family, as long as you are a member of this family, you must consider this family.
After all, everyone will be prosperous, and everyone will suffer. If Xu Song is in the wrong team because of Qin Yan or King Qi, the Xu family on his side...sigh...
Under the overturned nest, there are no eggs left.
