"Why is Ye Tongpan back?" Yuan Lun sat in the hall and asked pleasantly.
Ye Yongjia walked up slowly, breathing calmly: "I have nothing else to do, I came here to return something."
"What?" Yuan Lun's face turned serious.
"That's it." Ye Yongjia took the gun in his hand, and Yuan Lun was shocked. "Is this gun... from the Governor's place?" Ye Yongjia smiled with ulterior motives.
Yuan Lun couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he hesitantly took the gun and played with it for a long time. He still didn't know what Ye Yongjia was thinking, and he didn't dare to speak nonsense. He was afraid that the thief might have tricked him and leaked the secret prematurely. He regretted that he had not suspected it in the first place. Totally undefended.
He glanced at Ye Yongjia, who looked confident, and felt that he knew the context of the matter, so he smiled and said: "Yes, it is my thing. ... Thank you Ye Tongpan for returning this thing."
"I have something else to do." Ye Yongjia always has a hint of conspiracy in every word he says.
"The walls of Xihua County are in disrepair, and manpower may need to be allocated. Therefore, I would like to ask the governor if the salt ship can be transferred to land for transportation?"
After hearing this, Yuan Lun was frightened for a while. A few beads of sweat rolled on his forehead. He became more and more convinced that he was here to make excuses. If the general judge had got the news about the salt-burning ship, he would probably take advantage of him if he insisted on river transportation. He found the basis for the governor's office to collude with the thief.
"According to the general magistrate's arrangement, I immediately notified the salt merchant's ship and asked them to transport it by land." Yuan Lun lowered his head and stroked the gun and said.
"To transport the army, you must also dispatch it from the governor."
"Save it, save it." Yuan Lun put the gun on the table, stood up and said.
"Then I'll take my leave." Ye Yongjia bowed and walked out of the main hall with a smile, as calm as when he first came.
He walked through the gate seemingly easily, thanked the guard, and then slowly mounted his horse. When he was far away, he put his hands on his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Kou Gong, where is Tongpuan?" the thief asked.
"He said he was going to the Governor's Hall."
"To the governor's hall?" The thief was quite surprised.
"Captain Yuan also informed the salt merchants and seemed to have ordered them to transport the salt by land to Huaining."
"Oh, okay, Mr. Kou, please rest." He looked around with a stern look for a few times before hurriedly walking out of the tent. Kou Zhong watched him quietly, but did not dare to move rashly, so he had to let him go.
The salt merchant delivered the salt to Huaining as expected. When Lu Deguang suddenly switched to land transportation, he understood that someone was obstructing it. The only one who had this idea was Yuan Lun from the Governor's Office. It is unknown how Ye Tongpan knew and how he solved the problem smoothly. Therefore, there was a smaller wave in his heart, and Ye Yongjia didn't know whether this wave was good or bad.
The catastrophe of the salt ship was avoided, but Lu Deguang was still concerned about the effectiveness of the reform of subordinate officials, so he retained his fellow magistrates to handle political affairs on his behalf, and he traveled to various states and counties to inspect the situation.
I have to say this is a big oversight. Secretary Chen was already upset about losing his power. Now that the magistrate is out of the city, he has room to maneuver.
Seeing that the office was directly under the jurisdiction of the prefect and was involved in many political affairs, he asked Yuan Lun to write a letter and submit it to the prefect.
"Yuan Lunte, Governor of the Chenzhou Governor's Office, pays homage." After reading the letter, Tongzhi looked up and saw Secretary Chen's arrogant look. He was so angry that he wanted to kill him on the spot; but after all, he was from the Governor's Office, so he couldn't help but say in a low voice: "Official transfers require an official document. I'm not Mr. Lu. How can I transfer you to the office?"
"You high-ranking officials, don't you have this ability? Make up your mind." Secretary Chen said in a commanding tone.
"I have an idea, but you can't let me risk losing my official position." Tongzhi said in embarrassment.
"Can't we just find someone to take the blame? Let the general magistrate draft the document. As a commander, he can't disobey your order, right?"
"this……"
"That general judge is young and not familiar with officialdom. You are not afraid of him, are you?"
"Where are you talking? How about I go find him with you now?" Tongzhi didn't want to tangle with him anymore or listen to the noise he made, so he agreed easily.
The two of them walked to the prefect's Yamen. Magistrate Tong was sitting in the council room doing business when he saw his fellow magistrate coming with a majestic appearance, followed by Secretary Chen. Ye Yongjia hurriedly folded the official documents aside, stood up and bowed, and also bowed to Chen Shuli.
"Ye Tongpan, you write a document and transfer this secretary Chen to the office of preparation." Tongzhi ordered.
When he saw that his colleague had made clear his teachings, he smiled and said, "I'll write it down here."
Ye Yongjia took out a piece of white paper, picked up a pen, and wrote slowly. Tongzhi sat next to him and had tea with the clerk. The clerk was relaxed and talked and laughed with him.
"It's finished." The judge stamped Lu Deguang's seal on the paper and handed it to his colleague to read. Secretary Chen leaned on the side and squinted his eyes to take a closer look.
"Why is it only stamped with the seal of the prefect and the seal of the magistrate?"
"Yes, what's going on?" Secretary Chen looked at him doubtfully.
"The general magistrate is a subordinate of the prefect, so it's just a matter of stamping the prefect's seal. This is the custom."
"No. When Mr. Lu comes back, you will have to take responsibility!" Tongzhi knocked on the table sternly.
Ye Yongjia smiled: "Master Tongzhi, you see, this magistrate's office is managed by the officials within the government, and it is not related to Tongzhi's Yamen. As soon as Mr. Lu returned, he understood the magistrate's seal. Either he would deal with me or others." When the time comes, I will tell my colleagues and I will definitely take responsibility."
The logic of what he said made Secretary Chen a little confused. He asked Tong to know: "Is what he said true? Don't be deceived by him!"
"It's all common practice here," Tongzhi explained. Secretary Chen nodded.
Tongzhi took the official document and was about to leave, but Ye Yongjia grabbed him, making him look a little jealous.
"There are still things to do," Ye Yongjia explained gently, "this official document is not useful."
"What else are you going to do?" Secretary Chen became impatient.
"Look, Secretary Chen, the magistrate is out on inspection. Not only the officials in Chenzhou, but also the people in the city know about it. The magistrate is not in the city, how can anyone stamp this seal? The people in the office will definitely not recognize it. So still You need a seal, which is the seal of Tongzhi. Because Tongzhi handles government affairs on behalf of the prefect, the seal of Tongzhi is like the seal of the prefect. The reason why we need to have the seal of the prefect is because..."
"Stop, stop! Just say it briefly." Secretary Chen's head was spinning so fast that he almost fainted.
"To put it simply, without Tongzhi's seal, this official document is just a piece of waste paper." Ye Yongjia said, facing Tongzhi.
"Then cover it." Secretary Chen also looked at it and agreed.
Tongzhi looked embarrassed. Although he knew that if his seal was stamped, he would be in big trouble, but the matter had come to this, and he did not dare to reject Chen Shuli's words, so he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, took out the seal from his body, and walked over there. In front of a piece of paper:
"I'll cover it."
Zhang was deeply impressed.
