Before the blood on the ground in Yuzhou was dry, the matter of the Yizhou Salt Mine caused another storm in the Great Zhou court.
Right Prime Minister Liu Shuangshi originally thought that although the new prefect of Yizhou, Chen Yu, was from the Chen clan in Yizhou, but he was not from the Chen clan, and had been in close relationship with the family for many years. Chen Yu had no foundation in Yizhou, as long as Yizhou officials Holding together in a group, a Chen Yu can't change the sky of Yizhou. However, the Prime Minister of the Right obviously underestimated the disciple of the Prime Minister of the Left, and underestimated the consequences of Chen Yu's transfer to the prefect of Yizhou.
Long Xuan killed Chen Yu after he knew that Chen Yu was going to be transferred to Yizhou. Long Xuan is not as optimistic as the right minister. He thinks that Chen Yu's transfer is probably the result of the operation of the left minister Luo Zhiqiu. Behind Chen Yu stands the prince's party. When this person arrives in Yizhou, it means that the prince Longyu's hand is also stretched out. to Yizhou. Long Xuan gave the order to assassinate Chen Yu, but things had been going smoothly before, and the famous Sword Villa, which had never made a mistake, disappointed Long Xuan this time. Chen Yu was surrounded by experts in the light and in the dark. Although he was shocked along the way, he still reached Yizhou at the fastest speed and without any risk, and succeeded him as the prefect of Yizhou.
Just when Long Xuan ordered the Right Prime Minister to find a way to push Chen Yu out of the prefecture of Yizhou, Chen Yu was already trying his best to change Yizhou. The first thing Chen Yu did when he arrived in Yizhou was to write a letter to Emperor Xingwu, stating the turmoil in the salt industry in Yizhou. Emperor Xingwu still had lingering fears about what happened in Yuzhou. When he saw Chen Yu's account, he immediately ordered Chen Yu to rectify the salt industry in Yizhou, and ordered Xu Jichang, the former prefect of Yizhou, to return to Beijing for investigation.
The Right Prime Minister Liu Shuangshi immediately ordered Yizhou local officials to participate in Chen Yu, but at this time Chen Yu received the support of his mentor Luo Zhiqiu in the court and the support of his sons and daughters in Yizhou, the general manager of the Yizhou military guard Shi Rong. Gained the upper hand in a fight with local officials in Yizhou. Yizhou's officialdom is not a seamless egg. Chen Yu's investigation in Yizhou is almost always accurate. The number of officials who have been investigated and handled makes people think of the Yuzhou mine case, so the matter in Yizhou is also called by people. Yizhou Salt Case.
Liu Shuangshi lost Yuzhou, but he couldn't lose Yizhou any more, so he fought back with all his strength. Above the court, the partisan struggle has reached the level of swords and shadows.
At this time, Jianghu also started a new round of disputes, but this time the beginning was strange. The errand of transporting salt in Mingjian Villa fell into the hands of Qilin Villa. Although people in the rivers and lakes could not see the inside story, they could also see that Qilin Villa had the support of the imperial court.
Qilin Villa announced that it would no longer train shadow guards, and all the Qilin shadow guards disappeared overnight. When people thought that these shadow guards were all killed, news came from Xiaoyi Medicine Village, the largest medicine village in the rivers and lakes, that more than 150 Qilin shadow guards were sent to the medicine store for treatment. Later, someone saw the people of Qilin Villa training soldiers in several military camps in Yunguan. The news quickly spread like crazy, and the status of Qilin Villa in a short period of time seemed to be on an equal footing with that of Famous Sword Villa.
When the Yizhou salt case was surging in the temple, the biggest rumor in the rivers and lakes was that behind the Mingjian Villa stood the right minister Liu Shuangshi, and behind the Qilin Villa stood the left minister Luo Zhiqiu. People in Jianghu didn't ask about the court, but when the rumor was not denied by Mingjian and Qilin, the pattern of Jianghu changed quietly. If politics is used as a selection criterion, then the rivers and lakes of Da Zhou will not be so black and white.