[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

The official seal is an extremely important existence. Even in later generations with multiple official windows, most official texts must be stamped with the official seal to count, let alone now.

Nowadays, the literacy rate of the people is not high, and fingerprints are often used instead of signatures, but even so, no matter how simple farmers are, they know that fingerprints cannot be easily pressed, especially on blank paper.

Otherwise, if you are not careful, your property may be taken away, and even more seriously, you will lose your freedom in life.

In the case of various legal protections in later generations, even when signing the entry contract, you have to review it verbatim to check for loopholes or clauses that are not good for you, let alone the Hongwu Dynasty where the law is not perfect.

Today's government doesn't even understand this truth, and will knock on blank official seals! ?

Even if it is stamped on the account book and escorted by the servants below, there is no guarantee that this seal will not be used by others.

Moreover, the current government is the largest judicial institution in the local area. This small seal represents the power of life and death and administrative policies of all local people. If someone uses the official seal for personal gain...

If this kind of incident does not happen, let it go, once it happens, it will be a big scandal. Even if it is repaired properly later, the country will lose face locally and its credibility will be greatly reduced.

People's memory is much better at preserving negative events than positive events, and it may be taken out from time to time after decades to express the negative side, in case it is written by a scholar in his book That is even more infamous.

Even if you don't mention these things, if you dare to ask that after the accounting check is wrong, you can directly stamp and copy it on the blank account book, so what is the significance of supervision?

Now this set of reconciliation methods is used to prevent the central and local officials from colluding and cheating together, which plays a role of mutual supervision.

It turned out that these people were lucky enough to set up a yin and yang account to deal with the business, but if one of them used his brains to modify the amount, I am afraid that even the local seal would not know how much tax he actually paid in his area.

This is really... a group of "smart" people.Mu Bai laughed angrily.

His smile immediately broke the silence on the table. Some people murmured with their hands on their foreheads, and some couldn't believe it. At this moment, everyone's voice was the same: "Impossible, how could you be so stupid?"

This party was organized by Shen Er, who invited Mu Bai to come under the pretense of a party of the [-]th session of candidates who stayed in Beijing.

The main reason is that this matter is currently completely one-sided by the candidate who failed the exam, there is no real evidence, and the matter is of great importance. Shen Er was afraid that if it were exposed, it would be a terrible disaster, so he had to find a reason to give Mu Bai to the appointment. out.

As a friend who lived and ate with Mu Bai for more than half a year, Shen Er believed in the ability and brains of this friend.

"Although telling you about this may embarrass you." Shen Er felt guilty and worried, "But this is by no means a trivial matter, and we don't know whether it is a special situation in a province or it is an 'consensus' under the table. The latter, that would be too bad."

If every province, district, and county in Ming Dynasty played this trick, then one can imagine how much tax is collected every year. This discovery will really break the sky.

No matter how benevolent an emperor is, he can't tolerate officials' hands on taxes and food, let alone Emperor Hongwu, an emperor who has carried the banner of anti-corruption since he ascended the throne.

Once this matter is confirmed, I don't know how many heads will be rolled away, and they will all be heads of high-ranking officials.

"Maybe, maybe it's not that bad, maybe it's really just to simplify the process." The candidate who failed to find this clue forced a smile, "Yes, it's also dereliction of duty. What I saw that time was that the local officials were dissatisfied according to the Ministry of Household Affairs. A copy of the account books..."

"But no one can prove that the account books in the hands of the Ministry of Accounts are correct. If someone in the Ministry of Accounts tampers with the figures and writes down a sum in the measurement, and it is recognized by the local area, then the difference will be included in this account. Official's pocket."

Mu Bai lowered his eyes: "For tax matters, if the local government made a mistake, they should go back and correct it and recalculate it. If the household department made a mistake, they should argue for it. The current method of printing the account book first and then copying it, It is the default that the Ministry of Accounting is correct, but the Ministry of Accounting follows the lead."

"If it's that simple, it's better for the household department to calculate the tax payment in advance every year, and then send it to the local government, and then the local government will send it directly." Mu Bai shook his head and sighed, "This will never happen. It’s an example. Laziness is contagious, even if the local palm print is unwilling, the officials who run back and forth will try to persuade them, or cover it by themselves.”

Mu Bai, who had traveled long distances, knew all too well what these officials were thinking. Official business trips in Ming Dynasty were not as easy as in modern times, and there were even travel expenses and subsidies.

It is extremely difficult for these people to travel to and from various places, and the only means of transportation is the horses at the post station.As for subsidies?This is your job in the first place, and you were recruited to do this, so how could there be any subsidy? At most, the local officials will give more ration money to ensure that they can eat some warm food on the way.

It was okay when they came, they had to escort the tax and food, so they didn’t go too fast, but if they re-transcribed it, they had to go back and forth before the dead line, such a long journey, it’s really a farther place. They must be broken into four petals.

Under this premise, as long as one person proposes the idea of ​​knocking out the empty seal, the officials next to him will definitely be inspired.

"If it's just dereliction of duty, that's all right. If someone in the household department really finds out about corruption—" Mu Bai didn't continue, but everyone understood what he meant.

Dereliction of duty was already a thing of the past for Emperor Hongwu. If there was indeed corruption in the household department, then all the officials would be accomplices. With Emperor Hongwu's temper, he would never play the trick of "the law does not punish the public".

As the Emperor of Ming who came from the battlefield and built the Ming Dynasty from the barrenness bit by bit, he definitely has the confidence to overthrow those rotten foundations and rebuild again.

Everyone at the dining table was silent for a while, only feeling as if the bloody smell that could not go away seemed to be lingering around them at this moment.

Before they came to eat this meal, they had no idea that it would be like this, so they could only turn their eyes to Mu Bai: "Mu...His Royal Highness."

"Just use the previous address." Mu Bai waved his hand, "We are classmates, if we want to talk about superiors and subordinates, let's wait until we meet in officialdom."

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, most of them had already stepped into the officialdom, but given Mu Bai's age and situation, it would be at least ten or even decades before he formally entered Fengtian Palace.

Since ancient times, only princes have participated in politics, but there is no reason for grandsons to participate in politics.Maybe when everyone meets, they will all be old fritters.

Thinking of this, Shen Er felt even more guilty. The little emperor's grandson hadn't participated in politics yet, and now they told him these things, and they always felt a little taboo: "Why, why don't you just pretend you didn't hear about it? Let's check it out ourselves, the sixth son entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice, we will quietly pass it to him when the time comes."

"You can't investigate this matter." Mu Bai drank the white water that he specially ordered, raised his head after drinking, and said, "None of you should get involved in this matter."

"Why?" Everyone was a little puzzled, "Is it okay?"

"It's not that you don't care, it's that you can't do it." Ah Chu, who had been silently watching from the sidelines, said, "If this is true, many officials will be dismissed. After His Majesty disposes of them, the hatred of their descendants, students, and children will all be wiped out." It's going to fall on the person who broke it."

"It's easy to hide with open spears, but hard to guard against with hidden arrows. With so many people staring at you, it's hard to think of anything going wrong." Mu Bai gave his little friend an appreciative look. After all, Ah Chu is the young master of the tribe. Really first class.

"Leave this to me!"

Seeing everyone looking over, they all revealed [Can you?You are the emperor’s grandson, wouldn’t it be bad if you were targeted by officials] message, Mu Bai waved his hand: “I can’t do it, don’t I still have a father? And it’s best not to get involved in this matter, if possible, let It would be best for my grandpa to find out by himself and check it himself."

"By the way, do you know which other provinces have not entered Beijing? Make a copy for me." Mu Bai said to the candidate who failed the exam. Just pretend you don't know anything."

"Shen Er, pay more attention to him, don't let anyone get caught in it." Mu Bai warned again, "This matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Accounts, as long as you don't deliberately inquire about it in the Ministry of Accounts, it will not be a big problem Remember, do your part and don’t take risks.”

As for how to let Emperor Hongwu find out... Mu Bai really has no idea at the moment.

The seriousness of this kind of thing must be clear to the other party, unless they bump into the copying site with their own eyes, or get an empty account book that they only stamped, otherwise it is really not easy to expose.

You have to think of a good way to go back.

Everyone was very worried about this meal.Fortunately, halfway through the banquet, with the help of wine, everyone chatted about some interesting things they encountered at work, and Mu Bai deliberately threw out a few gossip stories, and the scene became lively again.

At the end of the show, Mu Bai said that he would go quietly first: "I sneaked out, so I have to keep a low profile."

Everyone's expressions became stiff immediately, and they stretched out their hands to stop the little emperor's grandson from taking risks, and one by one expressed that they would send him to the gate of the palace.

Mu Bai was speechless.

You all sent me to the gate of the palace, so why should I sneak around?Didn't everyone know that I sneaked out of the palace?Can you come out well next time?

I didn't bring Mu Xiaowen with me when I came out this time. If my younger brother finds out that he has a way to sneak out of the palace, there will be no peace in the future.

"Don't worry!" Mu Bai picked up a small cloth bag that had been placed on the side, and gave everyone a thumbs up, "We have been together for so long before and nothing happened, and it's not like you don't know my ability. "

Even so, Mu Bai is still very cautious. He is dressed very plainly, from headband to shoes, he is dressed like a commoner. There is no aura of rich people in his whole body, and he is only a short distance away from begging.

Seeing his attire, the friends praised him one after another, saying that he deserves to have life experience, this attire is really too low-key.

Apart from the fact that it is not normal for a child of this age to walk alone on the street, there is no other reason.

Mu Bai waved his hand, indicating that he, a poor boy, had long been in charge of the family, and then held up his own props—a basket of duck eggs produced by duck mothers in wood.

As soon as he stepped out of the restaurant, he started yelling and selling duck eggs.

While selling duck eggs, Mu Bai walked in the direction of Miyagi, his voice and gestures were very natural, and he even looked like an ordinary peddler when he was bargaining with customers.

Oops!

The friends upstairs looking around couldn't help giving this overly down-to-earth little grandson a big and speechless praise.

And the guards who quietly protected the little emperor's grandson were also speechless.

Yes, in fact, Mu Xiaobai didn't really slip out.If a child like him can easily enter and leave the imperial city, then the security of the Daming Palace must be upgraded.

The four walls of the Daming Palace are ten meters long, and there are guards on the walls. It is absolutely impossible to get out by ordinary methods.

The Jinwu Guards and patrolling officers and soldiers at the gate have absolutely no dead ends, and today's guarding officers and soldiers are all soldiers from the battlefield, with no vigilance or force value.

As for getting into the sewer... Hey, it's just going out of the palace to play, so it's not impossible, for such a trivial matter, just go to the old man.

So, after Mubai received the dinner invitation from his friends, he pestered his old father. His father had nothing to do, so he gave him a waist card that he could enter and exit.

As for pretending to be an ordinary person, oops, wouldn't this increase the fun of traveling? Recently, with busy affairs, Mu Xiaobai also needs to release the pressure of work.

His current destination is a private house arranged by his father outside the palace, and it is also a safe room prepared by his father. There are many devices in it that can be used for camouflage. It must be said that the old father is really well prepared!

Mu Bai put his clothes inside and changed his disguise, now he has to go back and change it back.

But at this moment, his mood is not as happy as when he went out.

While walking, Mu Bai was thinking about how to "accidentally" tell Emperor Hong Wu about the account book, but he felt something was wrong after walking a few steps, and the atmosphere around him seemed to suddenly become mixed.

Mu Bai raised his head, observed the surroundings calmly, and found that the number of guards around him seemed to have suddenly increased.

He couldn't help feeling a little vigilant, and looked at the captain of the guard assigned to him by Emperor Hongwu, seeing the latter's expression was also a little dazed.Look again, good guy, those disguised guards can pretend better than him.

They all put on the clothes of peddlers, selling sugar, cloth, fried rice... cough, cough, everything, their facial expressions and gestures are very natural, compared with these people who followed him , the camouflage ability is obviously higher than one level.

There is even a seller of Mei Cai Shaobing!Look at that posture is actually very skilled!

Mu Bai's eyes lit up, and he took out a few copper coins, and bought a sesame seed cake under the speechless eyes of the "peddler".

Take a bite, wow, it smells delicious!

This "hawker" is obviously very willing to put salt, and something with a bland taste like sesame seed cakes needs to be salty to be delicious.The scent of plum vegetables is special, very appetizing, the pancakes are kneaded with chewiness, and they are willing to use charcoal to bake them crispy. The taste and taste can be said to be one step to the stomach.

Not to mention, everyone’s food intake dropped a lot after the special appetite-reducing event at noon. I didn’t think it before, but after walking so far, Mu Bai felt that he had almost digested everything he ate just now.

Mu Xiaobai, who was still growing up, didn't intend to embarrass himself. He took out all the money he had just sold for duck eggs and put them in the dining car: "The craftsmanship is good, give me two more."

Then, Mu Bai held a biscuit and gnawed and gnawed on the spot, while waiting for the biscuits to be baked, he searched around the street to see who came to "private visit".

It shouldn't be his father, right?His father didn't make any movement when he left, but his expression was a little subtle.Could it be one of his uncles?No, sister-in-law is also possible.His little aunts are actually pretty tough too.

Mubai's eyes swept over the people around him one by one, those selling lotus pods at stalls, walking around holding cloth, sitting under the door edge begging, carrying straw hats and straw sandals to sell...

Wait, he seems to have seen something strange.

Isn't that his grandfather who was begging with a broken bowl under the door? ! !

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