In the pavilion in the backyard of Yangzhou Magistrate's Yamen, two middle-aged men in official robes were playing chess. Next to them, a servant was holding a small fan and boiling a pot of tea. The aroma of tea overflowed.

The middle-aged man sitting at the top was stroking his beard and looking at the chessboard in front of him, with a confident smile on his face. The other man thought for a moment, then gently raised the white chess piece in his hand and placed it on the chessboard.

The middle-aged man stroking his beard smiled and was about to speak when a servant came over and reported the news he had received. After hearing this, the middle-aged man waved his hand and asked all the servants to leave, leaving only him in the pavilion.

and chess friends.

The chess player asked: "Master Gao, it seems that the Zhao family is completely finished, and the Supreme Emperor cannot protect him. What should we do next?"

That Master Gao was none other than Gao Liangyu, the magistrate of Yangzhou. He was stroking his beard with his hands, calm and composed. He raised his sunspot and took a step forward. He drank a cup of hot tea and said with a slight smile:

"Brother Kangda, are you trying to test me? Over there is the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor's Yamen. They caught the salt merchants doing illegal things in resisting taxes. They executed them and reported them afterwards. It was in full compliance with the procedures. Even if I went there, there was nothing I could do.

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"Your Majesty is right, but the immediate massacre is indeed a horrifying event. Our Yangzhou magistrate did not pay any attention to it. If someone inquires about it afterwards, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."

The person who spoke to Gao Liangyu was Li Kangda, a fellow magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture.

As an assistant to the Gao Prefecture, Li Kangda was responsible for local salt, grain, and poaching, as well as sorting out military status, appeasing the people and barbarians, and other affairs. The local safety of Yangzhou City naturally fell under his control.

But what happened in Yangzhou today is a big deal.

The top two leaders of the Yangzhou government are political affairs officials who grasp the big and let go of the small. They must decide on the strategy before they can act.

"It doesn't matter," Gao Liangyu paused and sneered: "Given Lin Ruhai's courage, he wouldn't dare to massacre the people of Yangzhou. Their target is always the gang of salt merchants in Yangzhou. Those salt merchants are used to living comfortably.

There is no way we can withstand his offensive. We will just wait and see what happens. Salt merchants change every ten years, and changing a batch now is just picking peaches for future generations."

Li Kangda was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly and said: "What your Excellency said is true, but this official is just stupid! I'm just worried that the Zhao family will be so angry that they bite at will."

Gao Liangyu looked in the direction of the Zhao family, with a look of worry in his eyes: "It is the Zhao family's fault to raise dead soldiers and besiege the Yamen! It is normal to bite at will. Don't worry, I have been communicating with Lin Ruhai for a long time. This

People are also born with delicate hearts and will not cross the line! His thug Chen Zhao is even more of a shrewd person."

"With an adult in charge of everything, I can rest assured."

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With the final word from the Yangzhou magistrate, the Yangzhou magistrate's yamen, the Jiangdu county yamen under its jurisdiction, as well as the Huaiyang Road, Liangdao, Hegong Road and military attache yamen at all levels were all very quiet, with no one standing out.

The Yangzhou officialdom looked on with cold eyes, but the salt merchants were frightened. The people named Li and Wang had no wisdom at this moment and were arrogant and arrogant.

Everyone was in their own homes, listening to the frightening report. They collapsed on their chairs one by one, with a look of fear in their eyes. Although they all had fox-like hearts, when faced with playing cards that did not follow the routine, they directly

The salt inspector Yamen who lifted the table to get the knife was helpless.

"I just hope that the Zhao family will be destroyed. Lin Ruhai and Chen Zhao should calm down and stop!"

I don’t know how many people are praying there.

When the Zhao family members were escorted to the Xunyan Yushi Yamen, Lin Ruhai directly waved his hand and escorted these people to jail.

Chen Zhao arranged the matter to Sun Xiaodong.

"In one night, all the paperwork has been arranged. I want to make this matter a solid case." Chen Zhao said.

"Yes!" Sun Xiaodong bowed his hands and hurried away.

It was not until this time that the entire Yanxunshiyamen became quiet, and other government offices at all levels in Yangzhou City arranged for officials to come over to inquire about the news.

In front of the corpses of hundreds of people, those guys became terrified no matter how close they were to the Zhao family.

What's more, Chen Zhao did a lot of tricks and killed the gangsters captured during the crackdown on illegal salt sales and put them among them, which completely confirmed the evil deeds of the salt merchants.

Especially when I came to the Salt Patrol Yamen and saw the shining salt swords and guns one by one, I was so frightened that I couldn't stand upright.

Naturally, Lin Ruhai would not meet these people, and Chen Zhao was too lazy to see them, so the governor Liu Xiangshan received the officials.

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In the backyard of Yangzhou Magistrate's Yamen, Gao Liangyu and Li Kangda were sitting there, listening to the news that their subordinates received from the Salt Patrol Yamen:

"Reporting to the First Master and Second Master, the people who patrolled the Salt Censor's Yamen left dozens of people to confiscate the Zhao family's property. The approximate amount has been counted. There are five million taels of gold and silver alone. The remaining properties, shops, and antiques are of considerable value.

Ten million. At this moment, the patrolmen who escorted the Zhao family have returned to the Salt Patrol Yamen, and there seems to be no sign of leaving."

Hearing that the Zhao family had so much property, even though Li Kangda had extraordinary experience, he couldn't help being surprised and sighed: "No wonder Lin Ruhai dared to take care of the Zhao family, no wonder those salt men are so fierce, wealth and silk are really touching people's hearts! This family alone,

This will allow Lin Ruhai to place a heavy mark on the emperor's heart."

Why did the emperor ask Lin Ruhai to come to Yangzhou?

Of course it's to make money.

As long as Lin Ruhai can gain a firm foothold, provide the emperor with enough gold and silver, give the emperor room to display his powers, and allow the emperor to secure his throne, then he will be a great hero and will surely rise to the top and become an important minister of the imperial court in the future.

As for killing a few salt merchants, being criticized by all kinds of ministers, and the memorials impeaching Lin Ruhai flooding the entire palace. The emperor would not care at all.

Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, which Yangzhou Salt Inspector has not been impeached by the government and the opposition?

Seeing Gao Liangyu's silence, Li Kangda continued: "Your Excellency, you are really good at predicting events. It seems that our Censor Lin has established his authority and is about to stop!"

Stroking his beard, Gao Liangyu said with a humble face: "Lin Ruhai is a bit younger after all, not old enough. If he can be ruthless and kill a few more salt merchants, then I will look down on him! But listen today

People say that this subordinate of Lin Ruhai, Chen Zhao, a ninth-grade official, is quite capable."

Li Kangda said: "In my opinion, although this Chen Zhao is ruthless, has strong martial arts, and can perform his duties as an inspection to the fullest, he is still young and it is not a good thing to be too sharp. It is unknown what will happen to him in the future."

Gao Liangyu nodded: "Yes, what Brother Li said is very true. I heard that Chen Zhao is the son of Lin Yushi's friend Chen Shishi. Chen Shishi died young and entrusted Chen Zhao to Lin Ruhai before his death, but he didn't expect it to happen.

He became his right-hand man, but why did Lin Ruhai stop? Is he afraid? After all, he didn't dare to kill? "
Chapter completed!