Since ancient times, the post of censor has generally been held by scholars of Jinshi and above. In addition to nobles, they also have the power to hear and report matters, and to have direct access to heaven.
As the new Salt Patrol Censor, Lin Ruhai took up his post as a new official and naturally had to do some practical things.
The first: visit colleagues and seniors to gain recognition, the second: patrol various salt production sites under the jurisdiction, the third: and the most important: audit the accounts!
If all these measures are implemented, catching a group of moths, killing chickens to scare monkeys, and promoting a few close confidants, he will soon be able to gain a firm foothold.
Of course, those low-level officials who have survived to this day and lived a prosperous life have their own special skills, and they also have their own methods of dealing with the three threats of the new boss.
First: Of course, it is to bully people who don’t know how to do it and directly report losses. People have different opinions on losses. No one can tell how many losses can be lost due to heavy rain and wind, leaks in the warehouse, rats, etc.
If it doesn't work, just blame it on the temporary migrant workers who guard the door. The migrant workers may have been dead for a few years, and there will be no evidence of their death. It's perfect.
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Second: If there are too many differences due to excessive greed, and even the warehouses are emptied, and the accounts cannot be settled at all, then it is easy to just burn the accounts and the warehouses with fire.
Two more witnesses were found, and they finally said that it was a lightning strike from heaven, and God warned that if the new Shangguan continues to be ignorant and does not consider his reputation, he may be punished by God.
In the end, there is really no other way, so everyone may have only the most extreme choice: either burn themselves or burn the new boss.
These are also the three firepowers of being a subordinate.
The specific response still depends on the means between the two sides.
For thousands of years, the human race may have focused most of its energy on this kind of intrigue.
…
Lin Mansion, lunch.
At the dinner table, Lin Ruhai frowned.
He felt that there was something wrong with all the officials involved in the salt transportation business in Yangzhou. When he went to see them, they talked about the beautiful scenery, delicious food, romantic affairs, and all of them spoke eloquently.
But when it comes to salt affairs, I immediately think about him, maybe something happened suddenly, or my wife gave birth, or I have a stomachache and I have to go out.
Want the ledger? No, it was all destroyed in the fire.
The backup ledgers were all burned, and Lao Wang, who managed the ledgers, also jumped into the river and committed suicide out of fear of crime.
Difficult!
"Lele, eat more. When you grow up, let me ride you out to play!" Lin Daiyu said coquettishly while feeding.
Little yellow cat:???
"Meow!"
How dare you do the following!
As the daughter of a scholarly family like the Lin family, Lin Daiyu probably went out only a handful of times in her life.
Staying in the boudoir is not just talk. Some women may stay in the attic from childhood to adulthood without seeing outsiders. Their rare pastimes are embroidery and studying. Perhaps the biggest rebellion is reading some books like "Spring and Autumn".
Lin Ruhai looked at her daughter and Xiangrui talking to each other in a decent manner. She suddenly felt better and even suddenly calmed down and started to think about other things.
He already has enough, there is no need to be too hasty, anxiety and anger will only make him make mistakes.
All pressure comes from wanting too much, and all pain comes from being too realistic. The boat moves forward because the paddle slides backward. Slowness means stability, and retreat means advancement.
It's okay if the government office doesn't have an account book, but there must be an account book on the merchant's side, right?
Otherwise, the salt guide they spent a lot of money to buy will be ineffective.
There are also warehousing, bank deposits, etc., which are all indispensable.
Now he only needs to figure it out step by step, bit by bit. Even if there is nothing, he can still calculate how much money those people have embezzled.
At that time, with the help of Jin Wuwei, Yangzhou Salt Industry will surely be able to pay more money to the court and the people, and he will live up to the favor of the Holy Emperor.
In this way, there is absolutely no chance that he will fail!
"Uh~" Jia Min, who was smiling as she watched her daughter and the little yellow cat having fun, turned red and suddenly started coughing loudly.
"Cough cough, cough cough cough~poof~" After a while, a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
Lin Ruhai was shocked and quickly stepped forward: "Madam!"
Lin Daiyu was also startled: "Mother, why are you vomiting blood? You are not angry, are you? Let me tell you secretly, he ate the ginseng in your house secretly!"
Little yellow cat:.......
Jia Min rolled her eyes and started coughing violently again. Her chest heaved violently, and she felt better only by lying on the table.
On the table, the little yellow cat, whose whole body was almost buried in the bowl, raised his head, looked at it with his head tilted, and pushed his bowl in front of her.
"Meow!"
Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, seeming to remember something. Without hesitation, he directly grabbed the remaining golden needle in the bowl and stuffed it into Madam's mouth.
"Ha...cough...!" After gasping twice, Jia Min quickly recovered, then her face turned red, she crossed her legs and ran outside in a strange posture.
Lin Ruhai quickly followed over: "Madam, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
"Get out of here, I'm going to get sick!"
Lin Ruhai:......
How can a beautiful lady like you say such an insulting and polite word?
When Lin Daiyu heard this word, she seemed to think of something and retched twice. When she turned around, she found that Lele had jumped on the table to eat, and she quickly went up to grab it.
Recently, I don’t know why, but every night she dreams about being ravaged to death by the big cat that blocks out the sky, and then she is always hungry during the day. Just like Lele, she wants to eat everything she sees.
Last time I saw the wet nurse feeding her younger brother, she even shared one with Lele. Not to mention, although the taste was bland, she was still hungry.
Lin Ruhai was dazed outside the door for a while, turned around, sat down on the table, hesitated for a moment, picked up the kuaizi, and was dumbfounded.
Where is my food?
Looking down again, my daughter was sitting upright, her face still as thin as before, she must not have eaten much.
As for Lele, she was lying on her daughter's shoulders with her legs crossed and a fish bone in her mouth.
This posture is even more senior than his seniority.
Lin Ruhai moved her lips, then shut up, sighed, stood up and left.
It's just a meal. How much can a kitten eat? With the Lin family's current wealth, they can feed him every day.
On the contrary, the Lin family owed Lele another life. It would be difficult to repay this life-saving favor in the future.
How about simply betrothing Xiao Daiyu to him?
No, no, my daughter is so stupid, I guess even Lele will not like her.
…
In the evening, Lin Mansion, front yard.
"Pah, pah, pah!" The sound of hitting the board was like a sledgehammer, hammering into the hearts of everyone present.
Lying on the ground, the cook in charge of meals in the kitchen, her back was blood red, and she was already breathing in but not out.
After noon, Lin Ruhai went to the leader of the Jinwu Guard and told him about his wife's poisoning. As for how to detoxify, it was naturally the Lin family's secret medicine.
He would not let anyone know about the existence of the strange beast "朏朏" except in times of life and death crisis.
This kind of strange beast can bring the dead back to life. The more people know about it, the more people know about it, that is the way to kill it.
Lin Luofeng found the cook with almost no effort, because as soon as she saw Jia Min in front of her, she was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.
Then came the extortion of confessions, execution, and preparations to catch the mastermind behind the scenes.
For Jin Wuwei, if he dared to poison in front of them today, wouldn't he dare to poison the Holy One tomorrow?
This is the grave crime of treason!
"Snapped!"
When the last board fell, Lin Luofeng held a sharp sword and slowly walked to the cook.
This person is a distant relative of the Lin family and has been following her from Suzhou. No one would have thought that she would poison the master's family.
Slowly placing the sword on the cook's shoulder, Commander Lin said coldly: "Tell me, who ordered you to poison me?"
The cook closed her eyes and said slowly: "No one, I hate my wife, I envy her, I am jealous of her. Why was she born with a wealth of money and no worries about food and clothing? Why should I be grateful when she was in a good mood and gave me a few copper coins?
Why does Mr. Lin still like her so much even if she can't give birth to a son? Why?
God is really unfair!"
Lin Luofeng smiled: "There must be a reason for killing people. Do you believe your reason?"
The cook stopped talking. Believe it or not, even if I beat her to death today, it would be for this reason.
"Come here!" Commander Lin shouted loudly.
"exist!"
"Take my driving ticket and go to Gusu to capture Chef Lin's whole family, young and old, for murdering a high-ranking member of the court. This is a serious crime of treason and everyone will be executed!"
"yes!"
Hearing this, the cook opened her eyes immediately, and she didn't know where she got the strength from, and said angrily: "You come back, I was the one who poisoned you, what does it have to do with my family? You are despicable and shameless!"
Dog Officer! Do you still have any royal laws?"
"Oh? King's Fa?" Lin Luofeng stepped forward: "Do you know who I am? Jin Wuwei! Kill first and then report, royal power is granted. What I say is Wang's Fa!"
"Come here, take this cook into prison first, and then arrest her whole family to see if her mouth is still so tough!"
"yes!"
After saying that, Lin Luofeng turned around and left.
As Jinwu Guards, they are professionals in dealing with such people.
Evidence? What evidence do you want? Do you want dragon robes and jade seals?
"Wait, wait..." The cook gasped and said weakly: "I, I said it!"
Lin Luofeng then turned around, glanced at his subordinates, as well as the maids and servants who were watching, and said with a smile: "Everyone has seen that when doing business, my lord pays attention to convincing people with reason and virtue.
Come on, Sister Cook, tell them, are you convinced?"
The cook raised her head and gave him a serious look, gritting her teeth: "I accept it, I accept it!"
Everyone around him suddenly fell silent.
These days, the commander is patrolling and guarding here, chatting and laughing. They think he is handsome, and he is an official. Many maids even want to get close to him, maybe they can fly up the branches and become a phoenix.
Now, I woke up from the dream!
If such people were with him at night, they would be frightened awake in their dreams, or maybe it would be a knife that stabbed them in the body at night.
…
Evening, Lin's study room.
Lin Ruhai was using the account books obtained from the merchants, transcribing and comparing them bit by bit to make his own account books for the salt business.
Only when you have an account book can you speak meaningfully.
"Master Lin, the cook has confessed that she only poisoned her after someone gave her three hundred taels of silver and promised to let her son go to Ziyang Academy. And if her subordinates hadn't discovered it early, the cook would have committed suicide by taking the poison.
." Commander Lin said slowly.
Lin Ruhai paused in his handwriting. Not to mention how much money three hundred taels of silver was, it was a huge ability to allow an ordinary student to enter Ziyang Academy.
Suzhou Ziyang Academy is world-famous and is one of the first-class universities in the country. In the more than 100 years since its establishment, it has produced several number one scholars, among whom Qian Qi [qi] was ranked third.
A few years ago, this academy was gifted by the Supreme Emperor himself the four-character "White Deer Legacy" and a new edition of the Thirteen Classics and one of the Twenty-Two Histories.
"Where is the person who instigated the poisoning?" Lin Ruhai asked curiously.
"The building is empty when people leave, and there is no trace left."
Lin Ruhai was silent, and the pressure in his heart became even stronger. At this moment, he even felt like he was the enemy of the whole world.
How dare they dare to be the youngest daughter of the hereditary Jia family and the wife of the imperial censor appointed by the emperor himself?
"My subordinates resign!"
After Commander Jinwu Guard left, Lin Ruhai did not write again for a long time.
There is nowhere to start, or even dare not to start.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Lin Daiyu came in carefully carrying a food box. The little yellow cat squatted on her shoulder with a blank look in her eyes, seeming to be thinking about something.
"Dad, mother asked me to bring you ginseng soup to replenish your health!"
Lin Ruhai, who was in distress, looked up and saw her daughter's increasingly rosy face, and her sorrow disappeared.
He is a censor and an official. He wants to restore a prosperous world for the people of the world and for his children!
"Xiao Yu'er is so good, but it's already getting late. Go back and rest early. Don't catch the wind and catch the cold!" Lin Ruhai patted her daughter's little head, pretending to accidentally bump into auspiciousness, and said with a smile.
"Meow!" the little yellow cat was furious.
Lowly people!
"Yeah!" Xiao Daiyu covered the little yellow cat with an extra mouth and jumped away.
Looking at her daughter's healthy and happy back, Lin Ruhai felt satisfied, opened the food box with a smile, and then her expression froze.
In the food box, except for a large piece of ginger that resembled a chicken leg, he had taken a bite, and except for a small tooth mark on it, there was not even any soup left for him.
Lin Ruhai picked up the ginger and looked at it. There was actually a little saliva on it. Thinking of Xiangrui's life-saving grace to the Lin family, she shook her head and threw it into her mouth.
"Kacha, kacha~"
Not to mention, the ginger tasted surprisingly good today, and it even had a milky aroma.
Wait, why does it smell like milk?
Lin Ruhai fell into deep thought.
.......
The next day, breakfast.
"Ruhai, this morning the wife of the governor of Yangzhou asked me to go for an outing to the Slender West Lake to enjoy the flowers. Do you think I should go?" Jia Min asked.
In the officialdom, friendship between wives is also a kind of communication.
Circles are everywhere.
Lin Ruhai thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, let Commander Lin assign two guards to you. Just pay attention to safety."
No matter how dangerous it is outside, it is still necessary to go out every day. Besides, with the endorsement of the prefect, those people will not dare to do anything.
"Then I'll go change clothes!" Jia Min said happily.
She stayed at home all day long, tidying up the yard, cleaning the room, teaching her daughter to read, and chasing the little yellow cat that was stealing food and drink with her daughter. As a result, she got beaten, and she wanted to go out and play.
"Wait a minute, you have to remember one thing when you go out. Never agree to your daughter's marriage with anyone!" Lin Ruhai shouted.
Jia Min was stunned: "Why?"
When these women get together, in addition to chatting and bragging, they also compete to see whose family has a happy life, a good husband and children, and even on some occasions, they even compete about bed issues.
Of course, this was usually a matter of bragging, after all, she couldn't believe that someone could roll a wheel with that thing!
It is even more common to say goodbye to others.
Moreover, people often let their children get married because of interests.
"Lele!" Lin Ruhai spit out two words.
Jia Min suddenly realized, if Daiyu gets married, what will Lele do?
Apart from drinking milk, this cat spends all other time bathing, sleeping, and urinating and urinating on his daughter.
It would be best for this treasure of the house to remain in the Lin family for hundreds of years.
So, is it possible that the Lin family will find a son-in-law in the future?
