The Ministry of Revenue received news of four million cash in the evening, and it spread rapidly in the capital like a gust of wind. Early the next morning, anyone who could get the salary of the court had already known this news, which shows how poor the confidentiality work in the Qing Dynasty was.

Someone once analyzed this phenomenon in the late Qing Dynasty. The big reason why the Qing court could not keep secrets was related to the Eight Banners system.

The Eight Banners are not born, and they don’t have to study hard. They will have a portion of money and food in their later years. As long as you understand a few words, you are not blind, your limbs are healthy, and you are not disabled. You can still make a living in the army, and you can even get hard-core crops without working.

This system will raise a lot of idle people, and idle people are full of trouble. They gather together every day to brag about the mountains, hold two walnuts in their hands, and put birds in cages. Every day, teahouses, theaters, and taverns are just a fun.

In fact, many of the Eight Banners idle men who leaked secrets to the court did not make money, nor did they buy them. They just had idleness, just to make themselves look awesome in chatting and bragging occasions, and they knew everything. This is the style of the man in the capital.

Later, this style became more and more popular, and even the officials of Han officials followed suit. Since then, there has been no secrets in the Qing Dynasty.

For example, in the past few days, the news that the Ministry of Revenue had added 4 million yuan in cash spread quickly like the wind. All the people who were owed their salary and the banner pay were gathered together and speculated when the Ministry of Revenue would be able to make up for everyone. Unfortunately, they had been waiting for three days but there was no news.

Now the Nine Tribes and Eight Banners were panicked, and they all connected in private, inquiring about the news and putting pressure on the court. Four million taels of silver suddenly wrinkled the deep pond of Sijiu City.

"My colleagues, it's useless for you to surround me. In fact, the silver that was handed over to Beijing this time was four million... Let me tell you a solid idea. In fact, the real silver coins are only two million taels, and they are all dragon-patterned silver coins cast by Ryukyu... Hey, don't say it, the craftsmanship is good, and what we make is more beautiful than what we do..."

The well-informed official of the Ministry of Rites was obviously a bit chattering, and he loved to be awkward. His words could change several topics. Finally, he was so angry that his colleagues around him grabbed his collar and shouted, "Tell me serious things... don't talk about that, don't you want everyone to invite you."

"Oh, don't worry, don't worry, I'll say... In fact, only two million taels are real silver, and the other two million taels are those Ministry of Revenue bonds issued by Jiangnan, ten rounds, five rounds, and one round denomination. I heard that there will be five corners, two corners, and one corner denomination in the future..."

"The court will not move the two million yuan in cash, that is, the Ministry of Revenue's treasury silver. What we really send is paper bonds..."

Before they could finish their words, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were in a panic. Although the court had owed money before, they did not dare to make trouble, but now the court actually wanted to fool them with broken paper, which was unbearable.

"Shameless, shameless... What do the court treats us as? Is it easy to cheat a three-year-old child? The Ministry of Revenue sold the local governor's white slip to Xiao Letian. Xiao Letian went back and split the white slip into small bonds and then sold it to our court. Isn't the court's mind just getting into it?"

"I'm bullied Xiao Letian so much that he didn't even dare to fart..." At this time, I didn't know that the official had eaten too much salt water to boil soybeans in the morning, which made him feel bad intestines. With a puff, a stinky fart was released.

The whole room was filled with a strong smell of soybeans half fermented. The officials who were indignant in their speech were just as they were out of breath, and a big breath sucked away more than half of the stench.

"You...you...we talk about the imperial court, why are you here to cooperate with me? You're welcome..."

The official who conducted the biochemical attack turned red and retorted, "What can I do? I'm not afraid of you making fun of it. I only have half a bunch of small money left in my family. If I can't get the money within three days, I have to use it as my wife's hairpin..."

"Wuwuwu... I've been doing something wrong for ten years. I'm going to be a broken official. I don't have any money. I still owe our salary. I eat salt water and boil soybeans every day. What does that feel? Do you know what it feels?"

At this time, a person who empathized with the audience said quietly, "Hey... who hasn't eaten soybean pickles? I'll teach you a trick. After a while, you buy some snow-red red and pickle them. Then cook them with soybeans. The taste is really good..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a bang, and the grief-in-armed fart official shouted, "What are you doing? We have all become a virtuous person. Why are you talking about Xuelihong... Don't I know Xuelihong, I'm almost vomiting..."

"I mean, we can't continue like this anymore. The faces of the state officials have been lost... We have to fight, we must fight."

"Yes, we have to fight..." The officials around were all indignant, but when they looked back, they thought about how to fight, could they learn from those students who went to march?

At this moment, a servant outside the Ministry of Rites ran in sweat, "Sir, good news... Oh, the Ministry of Revenue is going to pay half of the arrears at one time. You must bring the younger ones when treating you."

The servant thought he would receive the reward from all the lords, but unexpectedly saw a group of angry faces.

"Look, the time has come for us. I want to see that the dynasty is shameless. Let's go to the Ministry of Revenue. If Lin Shangshu has the good reputation to give us these broken paper pieces, I will fall on his face."

"Let's go together." A group of people stood up with murderous intent and walked towards the Ministry of Revenue with great strides. The servant was so scared that his head shrank and he quickly ran away.

The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue are not far away from each other, and there is a Ministry of War yamen in the middle. This circle of officials from the Ministry of Rites are walking in a car. In a short while, they saw the gate of the Ministry of Revenue.

They were not the first officials to come. Now the inside and outside the Ministry of Revenue gate is already flowing endlessly. What is even more surprising is that there are actually a group of businessmen outside the Ministry of Revenue gate, and even a pavilion hall.

"Look, when you hear that you have paid the owed money, even the merchants in the capital are alarmed. Their noses are quite awesome. They know that the officials have money in their pockets and must have to spend them, so they all come to take the initiative to attract business..."

"Take it down. I don't think they are recruiting business. They are here to ask for debts. We have owed a lot of money from these businessmen in the past two years. When we heard that we were paid, we were afraid that we would run away."
Chapter completed!