Return to the Qing Dynasty(58)

For the first time, Fourth Master felt deep resentment towards the late emperor.

why?

Not for anything else, just for the women she gave her, such as the Niu Gulu family and the Geng family.

Why single them out?

It’s really hard to describe the children these two people raised.

Hongli and Hongzhou, are they smart? In fact, they are both quite smart. Let’s talk about Hongli. No matter how many faults he has, after he became Emperor Qianlong, he could rule for sixty years, so his brains are for nothing? Let’s talk about Hongzhou,

Surviving in the cracks is a fun life. Do you think he has no brain? His brain is no slower than anyone else's.

Thinking from this aspect, the two children have outstanding advantages. The fourth master thinks that this is because the genetic influence of fatherhood has produced good results.

But what's the bad thing? It's a headache to say. The shortcomings are intermittently more prominent than the advantages.

When I was in the queue at Kaoshantun, I heard a breeder say something like this: Watch the sow pick her piglets.

This is actually a rough statement.

If the father is good, half of it is good. The other half must be inherited from his mother.

Looking at Hong Zhou who was kneeling down and not daring to raise his head, his brows were furrowed so hard that he could kill a mosquito. This was a bit of the stupid energy recorded in history that dared to beat the imperial official in the Jinluan Palace. Just like what Tongtong said, maybe when will that happen?

Just twitch your brain.

The control over backlash is still too loose and the favor given is too much.

As long as Fourth Master thinks about it, if there is no Tongtong, the last choice he will give himself is these crooked melons and cracked dates. He will not be able to sleep at night. No one will suffocate him to death.

Hong Zhou moved slightly and didn't dare to speak, but Huang Ama didn't speak. If he didn't speak, he really couldn't hold it in anymore, "... My son didn't mean it... My son was drunk..."

Does drinking make you lose your virtue?

Hong Zhou saw that Huang Ama's expression was still wrong and he didn't even dare to argue. In fact, he was really drunk. As for his newlyweds, his cousins ​​and people from various religions and professions he had met outside all pulled him to congratulate him. This

When you drink too much, it's fine outside and you don't dare to talk nonsense. But if you get drunk, don't you have no control over yourself? Otherwise, your brain is really stuck in the door. How dare you go to the Queen's mother to talk about it? You still need to be shameless.

Shameless? You are crazy about money.

But the same goes for Mr. Wu Zhaku. Why is he so stupid? Just go if you ask him to. Two hundred and five.

The fourth master was busy with his hands, and he occasionally looked up at Hong Zhou, "...you didn't just drink, right?"

Drinking and gambling.

This is what everyone often plays.

Just as Hong Zhou was about to respond, he immediately lowered his head and said, "Son, I will never play like this again."

"Use a big bowl to drink wine, right?" Fourth Master asked again.

Hong Zhou felt that all the hair on his body was rising. There was nothing Huang Ama didn't know.

"What? It's not fun to make wine with snake gallbladder. I heard that someone recently asked someone to find a python for you. What? You want to make wine with python again?" Fourth Master put down the pen in his hand, "Hong Zhou, can you do it?"

Stop playing around outside and go run some errands for me properly?"

Just make money in your pocket and don't care about anything else. That's it.

One good thing about Hong Zhou is that he listens to whatever you say. Now if you say he was wrong, he will immediately admit his mistake and ask him what he was asked to do. He will immediately answer, "You all listen to Huang Ama."

Fourth Master had no intention of shouting, nor did he soften his tone because his attitude was better, "I heard that you have made a lot of friends outside recently."

Don’t you know everything?

I was thinking this, but I still nodded honestly, "Yes! I have made a few friends."

several?

Fourth Master snorted softly, "Just a few?"

Hong Zhou shrank his neck, "That's the kind of friend... they don't know who I am..."

Yes! He was dressed in rags when he left home. He took Yu Liang, whom he had met earlier, and bought a shabby house in a remote alley in the capital. Under the guise of being a distant relative of Yu Liang's family, he lived outside under the pseudonym Zhou Hong.

Shuiqi, whether he is a cart puller or a manure picker, he has a resounding title at the bottom - Friday Master!

Who is Mr. Friday? He is anxious for justice and loves justice, which can be called timely rain.

Hong Zhou knew he couldn't hide it, so he whispered honestly: "They are all friends in the world."

Friends in the world?

Have you read too many dramas? Are you still friends in the martial arts world? Tell me where the martial arts scene is. I have experienced it. A good emperor brother can’t do his own job well, so why go out and find the martial arts world?

I heard from Lao Qi that he has some friendship with the beggars on the street.

Tell me, why did such a thing come about?

"What do you want to do?" Fourth Master tapped his fingers on the table and looked at Hong Zhou with a stern look in his eyes.

Hong Zhou was so frightened that he stuttered, "Son... my son didn't really want to do anything... I just watched The Condor before, and Ronger has become the leader of the Beggar Clan, so I wanted to go find the Beggar Clan.

But let's go out and look for it..." His face looked a little ugly, "Beggars are indeed a gang, but they are completely different from the kind of beggars I thought..."

He went out to mix and match with his leftover food, dressed in rags, and his face was stained with black pans. He pretended to be a beggar and tried to get close to the so-called beggar gang. What happened? He was chased away for several miles by those grandsons holding dog-beating sticks.

"My son now knows that beggars also have territory." Hong Zhou said with some indignation, "Not only do they have territory, but they also have oppression. Some old beggars can live a decent life, even in the city.

I also bought a house and land, married a wife and gave birth to children. Where did the money come from? It was all obtained by bullying those little beggars. Some children were lost by their families, some were abducted, and some were victims of misfortune at home.

The trouble is, everyone has their own misfortune anyway. These children have to beg for food on other people's territory, and if they find it, they have to give half of it to others. They have to get good ones, otherwise they just go back.

A beating. There are also regular filial piety payments. How can a beggar have money? If someone can give someone a bite to eat, he is already a good person. Who can give money to a beggar? Where does the money come from? Steal! Rob!

Bah! Emperor Ama, tell me, this capital city is like this, this world must have..."

"Let's get to the point." Fourth Master interrupted Hong Zhou and pointed to the core, "To tell the point, you have no profit and can't afford to go early. What on earth do you want to do?"

Hong Zhou's neck shrank again, "Does Huang Ama know about the Caogang?"

Fourth Master narrowed his eyes slightly, how could he not know about the Cao Gang? Later he even dealt with members of the Cao Gang. At that time, the Cao Gang was not called the Cao Gang, but the Qing Gang.

When Hong Zhou saw that Fourth Master was silent, he changed his kneeling posture again to make himself more comfortable, and then said: "My son has not been idle during this period. He has learned some things outside, and he knows a lot about the study and Zongxue."

Let’s talk about water transportation first. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, both dynasties relied on the canal to transfer grain from the south to the north to supply the capital and border defense. In this way, this water transportation has been maintained for nearly 600 years.

Over such a long period of time, a set of intricate hidden rules have grown up around the collection and transportation of grain. They call this "Caogui". What are Cao Regulations? Cao Regulations are private modifications to the law.

This involves a very complex interest distribution relationship. The first to be affected are the farmers, who can get a few more blows from the farmers through "floating income"; then they adjust internal relations and try to divide the spoils as fairly and reasonably as possible. Because of this,

Caokou has been banned in the past dynasties. It is also because of this that "Caokou" cleverly grasped this handle and used it to settle down. Caokou is familiar with the information channel, and they have a mouth that can hurt Caokou. Caokou

What you earn is money to keep your mouth shut.”

Fourth Master nodded, what Hong Zhou said was basically on point. This is the fact.

Seeing the fourth master's appearance, Hong Zhou's aura suddenly became stronger, and his speech was much smoother than before, "How can the slot develop so rapidly by relying only on information? My son often talks to those

People from all walks of life drank and played together, and after listening more, they knew something in their hearts. Let's talk about this small household. They believed that the waterway could provide them with food, and they clung to the strong man's lap in the hope of protection, so they all took refuge in them.

In the future, it is understandable to ask them to hand over the grain on their behalf. What ordinary people are afraid of is dealing with officials, so that they can avoid blackmail by officials. Of course, the grain gate is also willing to take over this matter, and the benefits are not small.

There is a price difference between grains, not to mention there are many other adulteration methods. It is easy to adulterate one sack out of ten sacks, not to mention that there is consumption involved, picking a little here and changing a little there.

, when the quantity is large, how much money is lost out of thin air. This method is profitable, so it evolved, and directly evolved into the private household. It is definitely cheaper for a small household to feed a water hole, and it is also possible for one person to monopolize the water hole.

It is definitely a win-win situation because the profit from the ratio is higher. However, with such a package, the scope of blackmail for officials is reduced. In order to maintain the original interests, they have to increase the intensity of blackmail. Small households that have not found the big one will suffer more.

The ferocious search has become a vicious cycle. The situation is becoming increasingly chaotic."

The fourth master nodded affirmatively, which was considered as going out with his brain to make trouble.

The facts are indeed not much different from what Hong Zhou said. Water transportation has troubles every year. What should we do if something goes wrong? If things get serious, the time limit of water transportation and the quality of grain will definitely be affected, which means trouble for the court.

Therefore, the officials in charge of water transportation had to deal with the canal openings and calm the situation. However, the officials in charge of managing the canal openings thought it was unfair. There were serious violations of laws and disciplines in water transportation, and they did not want to correct themselves. Instead, we scholars were slapped on the buttocks. This is

How?

Speaking of which, I have to talk about the Caokou. When the father and son talk here, they both know what the Caokou is for without explanation. But those who are not familiar with this set of procedures have no idea what it means. Why.

When he talks about drinking water, he talks about spanking the scholars instead.

In fact, this water port is really a scholar. What kind of scholar is it? Those who help explain the water transport rules set by the government. Not all scholars can explain the rules set by the court. Ordinary scholars are not good enough.

He is a scholar with a good reputation, or at least a scholar. Nowadays, people who use their mouths to explain rules and plunder the Caogang as a means of livelihood are called "Diaojin bad eunuchs". Why is it called Diaojin bad eunuchs? In fact, this originally meant

The identities of these people in Caokou are Qingjin supervisors. Qingjin refers to those who have passed the examination and become scholars, and they wear cyan student uniforms. There is another kind of person who has the same status as the scholar, and that is the supervisors. The supervisors are Hua.

The fame is bought with money, but the treatment is the same. Therefore, they are also called Qingjin Supervisors. Because these people are very exploitative, and "diao" and "bad" are their impressions among the common people, so they are called Diaojin bad supervisors.

.The ages of these people vary greatly, from teenagers to 60-year-olds, as long as they are admitted to the national schools in Fuzhou County. After admission, they listen to roll call every day and prepare under the teachings and instructions of the academic officers.

The examinees are from poor backgrounds, have meager incomes, live in poverty, and have low status. This is destined to make the interests in the imperial regulations extremely attractive to them. Their "diao" and "bad" behavior are all driven by interests.

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Such people obviously help the imperial court manage the Caobang, but in fact they have long been a link in the Caobang's interest chain. If the Caobang incident arises, the way to deal with it is nothing more than an imperial edict to reprimand and reiterate the Caobang movement.

Discipline requires serious handling of the waterways. The expansion momentum of the waterways has been thwarted, and the ecological balance has been restored. In less than a year and a half, another cycle begins.
To be continued...