The slowly rising sun took away the last coolness of the summer morning. In a room in the backyard of Qianhu Institution, Jinyiwei Yangzhou, Liang Qi, who was sleeping, opened his drunken eyes in the heat, a bái    nèn's thigh was still on his body, two jade arms were wrapped around his waist, and a charming face was still asleep.

When Liang Qi thought of the madness last night, he couldn't help but feel a heated heart, and a part of his body felt the urge to try again. When Liang Qi was about to turn over and sprint again, the inappropriate voice of his personal guard Wu San came from outside the closed door: "Report to Qianhu, Wu Shanghu, Huai'an Chaoguan General Banner, came to Yangzhou to visit Qianhu, and said that there was something important to report!"

"Damn it! There's nothing important about it early in the morning! I haven't done anything important yet! Let him wait!"

A nameless fire rose in Liang Qi's heart, because Wu Shanghu was always filial to him, otherwise he would not know what kind of dirty words he would have cursed.

"Master, official business matters, it's not that the cheap concubine has disappeared in a blink of an eye. Hehe~ Last night, the master was very brave, and the cheap concubine was really unbearable to be criticized. Let's take care of the cheap concubine for a while. When the master handles the official business, will the cheap concubine be able to serve the master even more? "

The woman who spoke was named Huanyu. She was originally a fan of a brothel in Yangzhou City. Because of her gentle temperament, she was also well-behaved and sensible. After several times with Liang Qihuan, Liang Qi simply redeemed her from the brothel and received the yamen from the bureau, becoming Liang Qi's concubine.

"Well! I'll listen to you! You're resting. When the master turns around, I'll have to deal with you, a little slut!"

Liang Qi suppressed the yù in his heart. He sat up and took the pants on the bedside and put them on. Then he stepped on the thin-soled fast boots and stood up. Huanyu quickly sat up and wanted to get out of bed to serve him. Liang Qi waved his hand to stop him, took off his robe from the hanger and put it on quickly. He turned around and came to the bed. His big hand rubbed Huanyu's snow-white chest hard. Huanyu screamed and shyly, looking at Liang Qi with a charming look on his face. Liang Qi laughed and turned around and opened the door and walked out.

Wu Shanghu took Sun Zhong, Zhang Tao and Zhang Tao took a boat to Yangzhou yesterday afternoon and arrived at the wharf outside the city at night. Since the city gate had been closed, the three of them found an inn outside the city to stay. After getting up in the morning, they had eaten at the inn and rushed to the city gate. When the city gate opened at the Mao hour, the three of them entered the city and headed straight for Qianhu.

Since Yangzhou is not far away from Huai'an, and Huai'an is the office of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the canal transportation, Zhu Youjian was unwilling to let this capable minister who had made many achievements feel unhappy, so he specially ordered Luo Yangxing that there would be no Jinyiwei House in Huai'an Prefecture City, and only the general flag was set up in Chaoguan to supervise tax collection. Chaoguan Jinyiwei was under the jurisdiction of Qianhu, the Qianyu House in Yangzhou, so Wu Shanghu rushed to Yangzhou to meet Liang Qi.

After entering the Qianhu Office, Wu Shanghu reported his purpose to the Shangguan on duty, and led by the lieutenant to come to the second hall to wait for Liang Qi's arrival.

After the three of them waited for almost half an hour, Liang Qi, who had finished his meal in the backyard, turned the screen and came to the second hall. Wu Shanghu and the other two quickly stood up to salute. Liang Qi nodded and walked to the main seat, lifted up his robes and sat down, and asked, "After that, what's the important thing to report in the early morning? Could it be that Chaoguan was thieves? Or why did you, Wu Shanghu, come overnight?"

Wu Shanghu heard the dissatisfaction in Liang Qi's tone, so he quickly stepped forward and bowed and went straight to the point and said, "Report to Qianhu, the subordinate lieutenant of Beiyi, a case of official ship trafficking in the cash gate yesterday. Because of the incident, Liu Zuo, the governor of Yangzhou, Beiyi felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he rushed to report to Qianhu overnight. The specific plan still needs Qianhu to show the details!"

"Official ships are selling private goods? Who is so bold and reckless? Are these civil officials still ashamed? Damn it! I really don't want to be honest for money! Official ships are used by the officials of the court, so how can they become private? This matter should be dealt with more severely! You can tell the whole story separately!"

After Liang Qi cursed for a few words, the evil fire in his heart was slightly relieved, and then Wu Shanghu told the story of yesterday in its entirety.

After listening to what Wu Shanghu said, Liang Qi thought for a while and said, "This matter is not important. If we report this matter to the court, Liu Zuo will be in the name of injustice, and at most he will be fined and paid taxes. We will not benefit us. Could it be that you want to settle a private relationship with the Liu Trading Company, detain the goods on the ship, and then ask the Liu Trading Company to redeem the goods? This idea is not bad! I think it will take at least 5,000 taels of silver to be completed, otherwise you will tell the Liu Trading Company that if you don't come to redeem it as soon as possible, the warehouse will probably catch fire, and the 20,000 taels of goods will be burned in the blink of an eye!"

Wu Shanghu couldn't help but secretly despise: He can be a thousand households with this kind of brain. God is really blind and even scolds the civil servants for being shameless for money. You are not much better than civil servants!

In fact, Liang Qi is not such a mediocre person. It is precisely because of his outstanding talent that he was entrusted with important tasks to come to Yangzhou. He handled the case of Lianghuai Salt Transportation Office, and was promoted and reused in an extraordinary manner.

But since he was promoted to Yangzhou, it is impossible to advance further, so he has only the intention of making money and finding women, and has long forgotten the fundamental function of the Jinyiwei and the civil servants.

The problem is that Liang Qi doesn’t want to be promoted, but most of the generals and lieutenants under your command still have the idea of ​​getting promoted and making money. If you are so inaction, what should we do?

Wu Shanghu was a little resentful, but there was no way.

You should know that the Jinyiwei has a very strict hierarchy, and there is an unwritten rule within the guard: it is prohibited from committing the superiors. Even if the superior is mediocre and incompetent, as a subordinate, he cannot report it openly and secretly.

Most of the generals and generals of the Jinyiwei have served in the guard for generations or even more than ten generations. The strength of all parties in the guard is mixed and the nepotism is complicated. If you are not careful about offending someone, you may offend a large number of people behind your back, and you may be worn one day. Therefore, if the lower-level general wants to be promoted, it will be appreciated by the officials of the court after making great contributions.

"What Qianhu said is very reasonable! But I feel that there is another way to deal with this matter. If it is arranged properly, maybe the position of the Qianhu master can be moved up, and the subordinates can also benefit from it! Even if the achievements are not enough to be promoted, they have saved some capital for future promotion. Once a chance is coincidental, they may be able to use it one day!"

Wu Shanghu clasped his fists and politely said.

"Promotion? What capital can you get in this matter? Liu Zuo did not make any progress, how could he use him as a prey? Wait, you mean...?!"

As long as he was not thinking about gold and silver women in his mind, Liang Qi was still a smarter person. When it comes to Liu Zuo, he suddenly understood Wu Shanghu's intention.

"Yes! Qianhu is not a loss, it's Shangguan. He came up with such a good idea at once! Qianhu must not speak. Rong Zhixia guesses Qianhu's trick?"

Liang Qi felt very helpful under Wu Shanghu's praise: "Look at my mind, just thinking about official business, I forgot to let you sit a few of you. They are all old brothers in the guards. Let's sit quickly. Let's listen to whether you, Old Wu, guessed the thoughts of me!"

After thanking Wu Shanghu and the other two, they sat down one after another. After standing for a long time, their legs and feet felt a little sore.

"Then I guess it roughly. If there is any mistake, I hope Qianhu will correct me. I think Qianhu wants to seize the goods at the dock. Even if the Liu Commercial Bank finally admits to pay the tax, we can refuse to let it go, and even destroy it by using the method of water! Liu Zuo, a fourth-rank official, must be extremely angry. The gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan who have always complained about the collection of commercial taxes in the court, will definitely gather at Liu Zuo for the sake of discussing countermeasures. His intention is nothing more than to try every means to get the court to collect taxes. Beihuo speculates,

He will definitely re-use the same trick. He first called on merchants to strike the market, and then gathered a large number of merchants and scholars. The market rogues made a siege of government officials. The place seemed to be in chaos, so as to threaten the court to retreat. This method was tried and done in the Wanli period and Tianqi period. But now it is Emperor Chongzhen in power. Judging from his various measures over the years, the Emperor will never be forced by his act of holding him back. He will definitely think of his conspiracy to create the power of the emperor. Isn’t this the time when the thousand households of Yangzhou made me me?! The above are thinking about the humble position, do thousands of households agree?”

"Come on! Old Wu insists on getting it! What you say is exactly what I want! Just do it according to this method! You three will return to Daguan first to deal with the matters there, and the official will immediately call the general to arrange the official. From now on, whether it is Liu Zuo or the Liu clan business, all personnel exchanges with him must be closely monitored, and the whereabouts of the relevant personnel must be investigated clearly. The official will let the office experience the Literature Office draft a copy and report it to the Commander Office. If you can be rewarded this time, Lao Wu will make a great contribution!"

Liang Qi stood up excitedly and made a decisive decision.
Chapter completed!