Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 98
"Hey, this old fox finally showed up!" Yang Lian laughed when she heard the report from the people below: "Then please come in!"

As for how the news about her arrival in Yangzhou was leaked, Yang Lian had already guessed in her heart. Pang Jin and Yang Bin would not leak their news if they were not stupid.The leak of this news caused him to only show his face in public, standing out in eunuch clothes like now.

After interrogating Yang Lian, he got a piece of news that he didn't expect, that his identity was leaked by the magistrate's yamen, which is interesting.

Originally, Yang Lian wanted to see what was going on with the magistrate of Yangzhou, but this one could sit still and never came, this time he finally came.

Not long after, a civil official in his 40s came in under the guidance of the Dongchang Fanzi. After seeing Yang Lian, he quickly bowed and said, "Qi Huan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, has met Mr. When the father-in-law arrived on the ground in Yangzhou, the lower officials are really ashamed, if they had known that the father-in-law Yang was on the ground in Yangzhou, the lower officials must have come to visit early."

Qi Huan is a civil servant in his 40s. His smile makes people feel like a spring breeze. He has a gentle and humble temperament. With a good appearance, he looks like a civil servant template.

But Yang Lian cursed secretly in her heart, I believed in your ghost, you old guy is very bad, I can't believe what you said, why would I have known it earlier, you should have known it earlier.It's just that you didn't come to visit, but turned around and sold me.

Although Yang Lian scolded Qi Huan bloody in her heart, she had a gentle smile on her face. Obviously, Yang Lian also knew that it was not appropriate to offend Qi Huan, who was the magistrate of Yangzhou, at this time.After thinking about it, Yang Lian said with a smile: "Qi Zhifu is too polite, our family came to Yangzhou because of official business, so we don't want to bother the place, it's too disturbing, and our family can't explain to the emperor."

Not to mention Qi Huan, but Yang Lian's subordinates twitched when they heard this. Father-in-law, are you not guilty of saying this?

But Qi Huan said with admiration: "Eunuch Yang Gaode is really a role model for officials. Let me admire you. I heard that Eunuch Yang is investigating the private salt case at the wharf?"

Yang Lian was taken aback for a moment, has she turned to the main topic so quickly?But Yang Lian still said calmly: "I wonder if Mr. Qi has any advice?"

"Eunuch Yang, to tell you the truth, after I came to Yangzhou, I discovered that these people were smuggling salt. It's just that the salt merchants are huge and complicated. In addition, the official is the magistrate of Yangzhou, so he is unable to govern the salt government. Powerless." Qi Huan shook his head with a face of shame and said: "The officials can only collect evidence secretly, and want to wait for the time to present these people to the court together."

"I didn't expect His Majesty to send Eunuch Yang to Yangzhou. Eunuch Yang is worthy of His Majesty's personal order. After arriving in Yangzhou, he acted vigorously and resolutely, and he gained a lot in a short time."

Listening to Qi Huan talking about herself seriously there, Yang Lian was in a daze for a moment, did she make a mistake?Or were the salt merchants lying?Was it really the person in front of me who leaked his identity?

"Eunuch Yang came today, and the Yangzhou Salt Road has a bright and sunny day!" Qi Huan said, standing up, bowing to Yang Lian, and then said: "Eunuch Yang, the biggest reason for the collapse of Yangzhou's salt business is Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou, has collected a lot of evidence over the years, this time I have brought all of them here, and I asked Eunuch Yang to have a look."

Taking a deep look at Qi Huan, Yang Lian understood at this moment that Qi Huan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, was eyeing the position of Liu Qi, the Yangzhou transit envoy.

After he arrived, he first released the news, and then kept observing. Seeing that he really wanted to make things bigger, and he was really capable of making things bigger, he made a decisive move.Judging from the evidence that he was able to produce Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou, it was not a day or two that this man was thinking about Liu Qi's position.

But this is easy to understand, Yangzhou magistrate is the fourth rank, and the transfer envoy is from the third rank. There are more than 150 prefectures in the country, although not all of them are the fourth rank, but there are quite a few!

The transfer envoy is from the third rank, which is the ranks of senior officials, not to mention the oil and water of the transfer envoy, it is like an oil depot, both in Yangzhou City, how could it be possible not to be jealous?
Yang Lian also understood that the magistrate of Yangzhou didn't have any bottom line. A few days ago, he was on the same line with the Yangzhou salt merchants, but now he came directly to her side.However, Yang Lian didn't care about these things, she stretched out her hand to look through the evidence Qi Huan brought, and it really was incredible evidence.It turned out that the transshipment envoy not only protected the officials of the saltworks and the salt merchants, but also smuggled salt himself.

This salt merchant is his brother-in-law, which is very common in official circles, it's not a rare thing, it's all done by relatives, but if you say that he didn't get any benefits, no fool would believe it.

Yang Lian put down the evidence, then glanced at Qi Huan, and said with a smile: "Since there is such evidence, Master Qi can submit a test book, I believe the court has its own opinion!"

Qi Huan shook his head with a serious face: "Eunuch Yang, Liu Qi is very powerful, and if he is not careful, he will destroy the evidence. At that time, it will be a small matter for me to be implicated, and Yangzhou Yandao will never see a clear and sunny day." Yes. This time when Eunuch Yang came to Yangzhou, the subordinate officials saw an opportunity to deal with corrupt officials like Liu Qi, and they must hit the ground running!"

Looking at Qi Huan's attitude of serving the country and the people, Yang Lian felt that she still had to practice, and she was far behind just with this shameless energy.

What for the sake of the Yangzhou Salt Road, why not spare his life, this guy is just afraid that once he targets Liu Qi, he himself will be targeted by the salt merchants.

Now that he has moved the salt merchant, this guy just ran over. As for making friends with power eunuchs and the like, Yang Lian just took it as a joke. Make friends with eunuchs.That's the servant, a little bit of news will be of great help.With so many benefits, who would give up eating because of choking?

Yang Lian looked at Qi Huan, stretched out her hand to pat the evidence, and said, "I don't know what Master Qi wants this time?"

"This official is naturally duty-bound. I have already written the title book, and I will hand it in later. However, I am afraid that this paper will not be able to reach the imperial court, so I want to ask Eunuch Yang to submit it to the imperial court." Qi Huan looked upright. Said.

Yang Lian looked at Qi Huan, this Qi Huan was really a character, Yang Lian couldn't help but re-examine Qi Huan, originally Yang Lian thought that this Qi Huan was just an opportunistic civil servant, it was no big deal, he had seen this kind of person a lot up.But it's not like this now, this Qi Huan is very decisive, he doesn't act sloppy at all, he is a character.

(End of this chapter)