The Fujian Guild Hall became the Yunsi Yamen. The Taiba Supervisor sent all the more than a dozen officials from the Supervisory Office to listen to them, and brought in all the "Quiet and Avoidance" signs from the Supervisory Office. He even asked the salt in Taizhou City to

The merchant provided money to repair the government office.

The Tianhou Palace in the guild hall is now the lobby of the Yunsi Yamen. Four Zao officials are on duty in the hall holding water and fire sticks. A fourth-grade military attaché is kneeling in front of the hall with his head drooped. The new Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy Guo Peilin is not in the hall, but in the hall.

In a room in the backyard, I was reading the resumes submitted by the salt officials who came to see me, and listening to the report from Salt Governor Zhang Yiguo.

After listening to the report, Guo Peilin threw down his resume and said with a sullen face: "These Qiu Ba gang are greedy for life and afraid of death! They ran away without a trace before the city was broken. As soon as they heard that I had taken office, they all showed up. Now

I know that I have moved to Taizhou and I am chasing them all! It is easier to chase them, and I don’t need to send people to check and get the lock!"

Xu Ying, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhongji, do you mean that everyone who escapes from battle will be punished?"

"Even Yang Dianbang has been dismissed from his post, let alone them!" Guo Peilin signaled Zhang Yiguo to stand up, and then asked after thinking about it: "Governor Zhang, you have been dealing with bandits outside Yangzhou City. Do you know about Liu Liangju, but the whereabouts of Ming Lun and Ming Lun?

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"Reply to your Majesty, I don't know what I'm saying."

“Really don’t know or pretend I don’t know?”

"I really don't know."

"I don't care where Zhang Tingrui, Lu Wuzeng and others are hiding, Liu Liangju, but we need to find out the whereabouts of Minglun quickly. They are to blame for the fall of Yangzhou. It is really treasonous to abscond in fear of crime after the Dongchuang incident."

Guo Peilin shouted loudly, and Zhang Yiguo was so frightened that he did not dare to breathe, because he just heard the news yesterday that Hubei Admiral Bo Le Gongwu was greedy for life and feared death, causing the fall of Yuezhou. He then changed his name and surname and fled all the way to Huang outside Beijing.

Village, was captured by the Shuntian government officials. The emperor was furious and scolded him: "The crime is unforgivable. If you don't know the canonical punishment, how can you apply the military law to convince people?" He was executed immediately, and he was executed by Zhou Zupei, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Peicheng, the minister.

Liu Liangju, Dan Minglun, Zhang Tingrui and others are not just greedy for life and afraid of death. What they did is even more despicable than Bo Le Gongwu. If they don't hide, they will probably be punished by Ming Zhengdian. And Liu Liangju and Dan Minglun are salt officials.

, as the new salt transport envoy, Guo Peilin naturally had to send someone to inspect the lock.

Xu Ying looked down on those who were greedy for life and fearful of death. However, this was a matter of Yunsi Yamen. He, a colleague from Yangzhou Prefecture, knew it was hard to say anything, so he quickly returned to the previous topic: "Brother Zhongji, others don't know, but Governor Zhang knows."

, if you don’t believe me, you can just ask Governor Zhang, is Zhang Zhigao afraid of life and death, and has he lied about his military exploits?”

The Yunsi Yamen was occupied by thieves, and Guo Peilin, the salt transport envoy, had to move to Taizhou. Salt could not be transported, and salt tax revenue could not be raised. Even the big salt merchants who would provide money to "repay" whenever something happened to the court were stolen by thieves.

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After all, what he inherited was a mess. Guo Peilin didn't want to care about the feud between Xu Ying and Zhang Zhigao, but no matter how he said that Xu Ying was from the same hometown, he could only ask perfunctorily: "Zhang Zhigao lied about his military exploits?"

"The vanguard of the bandits retreated when they reached the west bank of the Baita River. He never crossed the river, let alone fought. But he was so shameless that he claimed to have fought with the bandits for a whole day, and then killed more than two hundred bandits in battle! Zhong Ji

Brother, isn't he lying about his military exploits?" Thinking that in order to prevent bandits from attacking Taizhou, he

The City God's Temple was demolished to build the Wengcheng, but Zhang Zhigao not only rebuilt the City God's Temple with great fanfare in the past few days, but also gathered a group of old scholars to write "The Defense of Taizhou" and erect a monument and biography for himself. Xu Ying said bitterly: "

Zhang Zhigao is not only lying about his military exploits, he is also deceiving the emperor!"

Guo Peilin didn't want what he was saying to spread out and outsiders mistakenly think that he was interfering in local government affairs, so he signaled Zhang Yiguo to step aside first, and then asked knowingly: "So the victory of the Baita River is a lie?"

“It’s really nothing!”

"Where's the victory at Wanfu Bridge?"

"The Wanfu Bridge was defended, but it can't be called a great victory."

Guo Peilin asked: "Why can't it be called?"

Xu Ying said bluntly: "Han Zhixing led Xiangyong to intercept the bandits at the head of Wanfu Bridge. As far as I know, he did kill hundreds of bandits. But the bandits who invaded Wanfu Bridge were defeated not so much by Han Zhixing."

Rather, it is better to say that they were frightened back by Lord Qi's reinforcements. If the imperial army had not arrived, they would not have been able to hold on."

"So, Master Qishan is the main contributor to the defense of Wanfu Bridge?"

"It's natural."

Guo Peilin nodded slightly, and then changed the subject: "Brother Xu, have you ever thought about why Master Qi sent Zhang Zhigao's six hundred mile victory report without changing a word? Is it possible that Master Qi really didn't know about the invasion of Taizhou?

Were the bandits frightened back by the army he led personally?"

"Master Qi has been deceived!"

"If Mr. Qi is so easily deceived, can the emperor order Mr. Qi to come as an imperial envoy to suppress the bandits?" Guo Peilin sighed and explained patiently: "Let's put it this way, the bandits ran eastward from Wuchang, attacking cities and territories along the way.

civil and military officials

Almost all of them were scared out of their wits, and those who dared to defend and fight were really rare. If the local officials had no intention of killing the thieves, it would be useless for the soldiers under Lord Qi to use their lives. Therefore, Lord Qi, as an imperial envoy, urgently needed such a victory, and the court also urgently needed it.

We need such a great victory!"

Seeing the surprised look on Xu Ying's face, Guo Peilin continued: "Anyway, Zhang Zhigao and Han Zhixing, as Taizhou officials, not only saved Taizhou, but also prevented bandits from invading Tongtai. This is not a great victory, let alone this

The great victory was achieved by the two of them leading a group of temporarily recruited local warriors!"

"The local warriors guarding the Wanfu Bridge were recruited and trained by Han Zhixing when I moved to Taizhou in the first month of the year. The ones guarding the Baita River were also recruited when I moved to Taizhou."

"Brother Xu, what's the use of talking about this now?"

"But……"

"There's nothing to blame. I can only blame you for being a second-in-command officer. But don't be discouraged. Others don't know about you. I know your character. I will definitely help you find a new job when I have the chance."

"Thank you, Brother Zhongji, for your support. I leave everything to Brother Zhongji."

"We are all from the same hometown, why should we be so alienated?"

…

At the same time, Han Xiufeng got out of the sedan with the support of Pan Er and Da Tou. He saw people on both sides of the door of the Fujian Guild Hall, including civil servants and military attachés, minor officials wearing green cloth gowns and carrying packages, and many others.

The officers and green camp soldiers who even had no weapons were sent. Zhang Guangcheng also sent the chief arrester's soldiers to stay outside and be ready to help the new salt transport envoy deliver official documents.

What surprised him was that there were several acquaintances there.

Huang Zhiji, Ambassador of the Salt Course Department of Fu'an Chang, Wang Yuli, Ambassador of the Salt Course Department of Anfengchang, and several civil servants were talking around a civil servant wearing a fourth-grade dress. Han Chen, who had also just gotten out of the sedan, was stunned and hurriedly adjusted his official duties.

He went up to greet him and saluted.

"Second Young Master, who is that?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

Zhang Guangcheng whispered in his ear: "Yuntong Sun Jiagan is the Taizhou branch stationed in Dongtai."

Yun Tong is the abbreviation of Tongzhi of the Salt Transportation Department, which is the same as the salt transportation department Tongpan (Yunban) and deputy envoys (Yunfu) who are stationed in Huai'an, Dongtai and Tongzhou, and are in charge of Huaibei, Huainzhong and Huainan.

Saltworks, also known as Huai'an Branch, Taizhou Branch and Tongzhou Branch.

A salt farm is about the same as a small county. In peacetime, the salt department ambassador would have far more leverage than a county magistrate. However, Yun Tong, Yun Pan and Yun Deputy were in charge of so many salt farms, so there was the "Yun Tong" official position.

"Tongzhou Mu", in other words, they are equivalent to a prefect!

Thinking that Han Chen, as the salt officer ambassador, would naturally go to see his immediate boss when he saw him, Han Xiufeng was thinking that he was not a salt officer, so there was no need to follow him when a familiar face ran over and shouted in surprise: "Mr. Han

, I can see you now! Are you okay? Is the injury serious?"

"It turned out to be Guo Tong, I was shocked!"

"I scared you, but you scared me." Guo Tong looked at Han Xiufeng's legs, then held his arm and said: "Mr. Han, you said that your dignified state colleague is not resting in Taizhou city.

Why are you going to Hai'an? My master was still thinking about you in the morning, saying that you were injured and had difficulty moving, so he planned to let me go to Hai'an to visit you in the afternoon. I never thought that you would come now. It really means that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived."

"What do you mean, Cao Cao is here? Cao Cao is a treacherous minister, but I am a loyal minister, okay?"

"Look at my mouth, I really can't speak. You are not the fair-faced Cao Cao, you are the red-faced Guan Gong." Guo Tong was very excited when he met an acquaintance in a foreign country. He helped Han Xiufeng go in and said happily: "Let's go together."

When I left Qingjiangpu, I heard that you had beaten me

It was a great victory. I didn’t believe it at first, saying that you were on patrol and you didn’t become a Shangzhou colleague so quickly. It wasn’t until I met the imperial envoy in Yuanjia Garden that I realized that the victory at Wanfu Bridge was really yours. Don’t mention how happy I am.

Said Mr. Duan would be happier if he knew."

"Luck, luck."

"I saw bandits outside Yangzhou City. Marching and fighting depends on more than just luck..."

Guo Tong was in high spirits and chattering non-stop. Everyone waiting outside was shocked. Even Zhang Guangcheng and Han Chen did not expect that Han Xiufeng not only had a friendship with the new Yun Si, but also that the friendship was so deep.

Han Xiufeng didn't know what the people outside were thinking. As soon as he entered the yard, he whispered in Guo Tong's ear: "Guo Tong, Han Chen, the ambassador of the Jiaoxiechang Salt Department, and I brought a few boatloads of things, some of which are useful to eat."

, knowing that there are too many people here, I didn’t move to the shore. You recognize Changsheng and Datou. Later, you can take a few people with Changsheng and Datou to the dock outside the city to move the things."

"Why are you so polite to me!"

"I am a junior, and I should respect my elders. Ambassador Han is not an outsider. He is from the same hometown as me."

"So Ambassador Han and Mr. Duan are from the same hometown."

"Isn't this nonsense?"

"Look how stupid I am, I didn't even turn a corner for a while."

Guo Tong chuckled and was about to ask someone to report inside. Han Xiufeng looked at the military attache kneeling in the hall and asked curiously: "Guo Tong, what's going on with that guy?"

"You don't recognize it?"

"I am a civil servant, how can I recognize a military attache."

Guo Tong helped him into a wing room on the left, and while motioning to another family member to report, he explained: "The man's surname is Feng, I forgot his name. I only know that he is the capital of Yanqiaoying, and his official residence is the fourth rank.
Chapter completed!