The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it is said that Lu Sangu lost the bet with Jia Xu, and went to Longyan alone, and found He Laodun's brother-in-law Mao Dewang's house without any effort.

He Laodun's original name was He Erzhu. "Lao Dun" was originally a nickname given to him by others when he was an apprentice in a workshop in his early years. Over time, it became his name.It is because of this that the spies of the princes could not find a man named He Laodun in his hometown in Jiangxi.At this moment, he claimed to have learned the craft of a painter outside, and Mao Dewang arranged for him to work in a painter's shop.After decades of drawing pictures, He Laodun has a very deep foundation, and the owner of the art shop likes it very much.Although the salary is not as good as a fraction of that of the Ministry of Industry, life is leisurely.

Sangu Lu stepped on the spots near Mao's house and the painter's shop for a few days, and eavesdropped on some of their conversations, so she got a better idea.On this day, she dressed up as a man, painted her face, got two moles on her face, and ate at a small restaurant not far from the painter's shop.The proprietress of this restaurant has an extremely long tongue, and she has a large group of good girlfriends who are as long-tongued as hers.When ordering food, she made a male or female voice, which aroused the curiosity of the proprietress, and she often peeped at her.After finishing the meal and paying the bill, she said to the proprietress: "I ask you, have you ever heard of a man named He Laodun?"

Although the proprietress had never traveled far since she was a child, she has seen many merchants passing by, and knows that the word "Zajia" is what the eunuchs in the palace call themselves.Looking at this guest again, although he was wearing men's clothes, he spoke in a non-yin and yang way, and he had an Adam's apple, he immediately concluded that this person was a eunuch, and his eyes lit up.She has lived for more than 30 years and has not seen a live father-in-law!Nai thought about it for a long time, and said: "There are not many people with the surname He here, but I have never heard of anyone with this name."

Lv Sangu made a comparison and said: "About this tall, how old are you? This year I should be 47 or [-], but I came to Longyan from the capital a few years ago to visit my relatives."

The proprietress thought about it again, and said: "I have never heard of this person before. I probably know people from all over the world. Longyan is not a small place, can it be in the mountains?"

Lu Sangu looked disappointed, stood up and said: "This person must be in Longyan. If there is news about him, the prince will reward you a lot!"

The proprietress was so startled that she jumped up: "My lord!"

"That's right." Lu Sangu said, "Miss Boss, you can think about it."

The proprietress racked her brains for a long time, and finally shook her head: "Not really. There is also a man of about the same age who came from another place to visit relatives with the surname He, but it is not this name, nor is he from the capital."

Lu Sangu said: "The miscellaneous family will look elsewhere first, and come back in a few days. If there is any news about the master, tell the miscellaneous family at that time." Nai sighed softly, "I hope that the old eight's people don't take it away first."

The proprietress's eyes flashed: "Old Ba?"

Lu Sangu snorted and said: "Whenever you get news, when others come to inquire, you just say you don't know, and the rewards from the miscellaneous family must be more." The proprietress agreed without hesitation. "If the Tan family from Zhangzhou comes to ask for a letter, don't talk to them." The proprietress was startled.Third Aunt Lu stared at her coldly, and she nodded in fright.Lu Sangu put down five taels of silver and left.

The proprietress stood at the door watching her go away on horseback, so how could she keep her mouth shut?He didn't even care about the restaurant, so he took off his apron and ran out after kicking the money.After a few steps, he ran to a sister-in-law who was buying a bamboo hat, gesturing while talking, and showed her the silver, flaunting: "Five taels! I have never seen such fine silver! That one The idea meal that my father-in-law ate was only about twenty copper coins."

The sister-in-law of the bamboo hat was so envious that her eyes almost fell out: "Why doesn't he come to buy a bamboo hat?"

The proprietress proudly said: "Fortune is coming, and no one can stop it! I just don't know which prince it is and who are you looking for?" The two chatted for a while, and the proprietress went elsewhere.

Walking around the county town, the proprietress also became more and more fluent and outrageous.When she went to a cloth shop and told the proprietress, a peasant woman happened to be buying cloth, so she came over and said, "I know this father-in-law!"

The proprietress of the restaurant saw her whole body attire and her dark face. It was obvious that people from the mountains came down to exchange salt and rice and tear two feet of cloth. She twisted her mouth and nose, and snorted, "Where do you go?"

The black-faced peasant woman said: "That father-in-law has two huge moles on his face?"

The proprietress of the restaurant couldn't help leaning forward: "Exactly!"

The black-faced peasant woman beamed and said, "He came to our village a few days ago and stayed at our house for two days, and there was a man with him." Nai whispered, "I also heard that man say The fourth son-in-law appointed by the Tan family is the eighth son. He came to Zhangzhou last winter to serve as Tan Mo's staff. He is the third son of Master Li, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, and a student of Master Zhou of the Imperial Academy. He will come to Longyan to preside over the mine after he gets married. I'm afraid he knows where He Laodun is hiding; otherwise, according to his status, why not marry a princess? How can he look at the daughter of the prefect's family! She is also raised by an aunt. The father-in-law asked, Is there anything weird about the fourth girl of the Tan family? The man said that her father and brother are both the leaders of the mine, and coming to Longyan is justified and will not make others suspicious." After finishing speaking, she stopped talking.

Both proprietresses asked, "What else?"

The black-faced peasant woman said embarrassingly: "Later, my man asked me to boil water..."

"Hey~~" The two proprietresses were extremely disappointed.

The proprietress of the restaurant took the pains to repeat the words of the black-faced peasant woman, but she didn't realize that the peasant woman looked a bit like the father-in-law.At dusk, the whole county knew about it.He Laodun naturally knew about it, knowing that his whereabouts had been noticed by more than one prince, and he was so worried that he stayed up all night and didn't know what to do.

The next day, when he went to work in the shop, a sister-in-law happily came to buy paintings early in the morning.The boss asked casually: "Sister-in-law seems to have a happy event?"

The sister-in-law was about to say something to others, so she laughed and said, "It's really a happy event! It's a big happy event!" Nai sighed, "When I was young, my family was poor and couldn't support so many children, so I had no choice but to send my fifth brother to him. Who knew that family was so cruel that they sold my younger brother to Ren Yazi!" As he spoke, tears fell, and he choked up, "The poor child is only seven years old, and he carries water for the master's house every day, Chopping firewood, my hands are full of bubbles." After crying for a while, he said, "I heard that in the past, he escaped on a boat crossing the sea while following the steward to Quanzhou to do business, and he didn't know if he was dead or alive." Then he smiled again, "Yesterday My son has already received his letter, and he has opened up four acres of wasteland in Dajiala, Taiwan, and now he has officially obtained the household registration of a good citizen, and after a few years he has savings and will go home to visit relatives. Isn't it a great happy event?"

The boss hurriedly said: "It's really a happy event! Relatives have been separated for a long time, and suddenly there is news, which is better than meeting old acquaintances in other places! As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have future blessings, and your brother will have a great future, and you will be a rich man in the future!" "

The sister-in-law smiled from ear to ear, and said a blessing to the boss: "Thank you for your kind words!" Nai bought more than [-] good paintings in one go and left.

Although He Laodun has been by the side and never spoke, his heart was moved.The world is in chaos, and no place is safe.Needless to say, Lao Ba is the King of Jin.Jin Wang is not a good friend.Since he sent the National People's Congress to Longyan, he must have found out everything.You can't hide from fear.But let's not talk about it now, there is still a way for the prince to track down here.In case the two of them start fighting, the old parents, sister and brother-in-law's family will inevitably be involved.It is better to go to Taiwan to avoid it.I heard that there are many workshops on the other side. Depending on my craft, I can get enough food and clothing.

So he made up his mind, went back and told his parents and sister that he was going to the Taiwan government to seek a career.His parents were in a hurry.Leaning on crutches, the old man scolded for a long time, and the old woman cried for a long time, holding her tears, but he was not allowed to go;His sister had no choice but to rush two sets of new clothes and some dry food for him and set off on the road.

He Laodun rushed for a day as if fleeing for his life, and stayed in an inn at night. Unpacking his luggage, he found a 20 taels of silver ingot inside!His sister dared not give so much money privately.Needless to say, his brother-in-law stuffed it secretly.He Laodun's eyes turned red immediately, and he bowed in the direction of Longyan: "I, He Erzhu, will be successful in the future, so I will repay my brother-in-law."

On the other side, due to the incident in Zhangzhou, Lin Daiyu Jarvis took a generous gift from the Tan family and sent troops to Quanzhou.Quanzhou got the news early, opened the city to welcome General Jia to the banquet.Because Quanzhou is rich and not the main source of immigration to Taiwan, the troops were only stationed for three days, and every day people were ordered to wander around the Quanzhou wharf with live ammunition, showing off their prestige to others.Three days later, he boarded the ship and left. The prefect of Quanzhou personally came to the dock to see him off.

Back in Chengtian Mansion, Zheng Chao'er led more than a dozen officials from Fujian and they have been here for seven or eight days, negotiating with Jia Lian, Gong Kun and others.After all, things still froze on the runaway slave.Which of these gentlemen's families lacked Zhuangzi and slaves?Life and death refused to agree to let the fugitive slaves cross the sea.

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu frowned and said, "Why did it take so long to deal with such a small matter?" Nai asked, "Didn't we study a treaty before dispatching troops? Take it out and let them sign it. Those who came back are all the most important officials in Fujian's military and government. , together with Governor Huang Wengang, has the final say."

"Where are they willing to sign!" Jia Cong pouted, "That kind of old stuff is hard to deal with. Opening your mouth is a trap."

Daiyu glanced at him: "It's useless, it's only for coaxing people."

Jia Cong snorted, "You can do it!"

Daiyu said, "I'll be there tomorrow, and I'll show you the treaty."

Gong Kun immediately presented the treaty with a stack of thick brochures: "This is the treaty we originally drafted, which was revised later, and this is the minutes of the meeting."

Daiyu waved her hand and said, "I don't need the minutes of the meeting. Tomorrow, General Jarvis will accompany me to discuss matters with the people from Fujian. The rest of the people should do whatever they want."

Gong Kun hurriedly made a bow: "Thank you, Mrs. Lin! I still have a lot of things to do with the officials, so let's go first."

Daiyu said casually: "Master Gong has worked hard." Gong Kun hurriedly wiped oil off his feet.

The rest of the people imitated the example and said a few polite words one after another. Everyone saluted and ran away, leaving only General Jia who was hand-picked by the Prime Minister to stay obediently.Jarvis cupped his fists and said, "The military adviser has orders."

"Nothing." Daiyu said, "rest early in the evening, let these officials sign the contract tomorrow." Jarvis went back with peace of mind.Daiyu changed the details of the treaty slightly, and ordered the people below to copy it in seven copies according to the style of the pavilion, and asked Jia Lian to sign and affix his handprint and the seal of the prefect of Taiwan.

Wu Xiaoxi at the other end quietly asked Jia Cong: "How do you think Xiangye Lin plans to talk to them?"

Jia Cong made a grimace: "Talk about it! She just came back from showing off her power, and she is willing to sit down and negotiate with this group of people? The designation is the threat of force."

Wu Xiaoxi said: "A few days ago Liu Feng asked you to be tough, why didn't you agree?"

Jia Cong said leisurely: "This kind of historic moment, it is better to let sister Lin decide. She must show a few more important faces. She is a woman after all. If she doesn't play hard a few times, what will happen in the future? Shock the world?" It's true, heaven and man descend to the realm, my brother, I'm an OEM.

"What did I say, when did you become so polite and reasonable." Wu Xiaoxi shrugged and walked away.

The next day, Lin Daiyu had breakfast with Lin Hai.Lin Hai sighed: "Yu'er, slaves and farms are the foundation of a big family. The Taiwan government accepts fugitive slaves, fearing that the world will become enemies."

Daiyu said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry. Taiwan is just a small island, and there are Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian nearby, with a large population. Those princes in the north will not take it seriously if they know about it. They will think that such a small place, even if It doesn’t take many people to fill it up, and it’s not their turn to have slaves escape.”

Lin Hai was still frowning, and said again after a while: "There is one more sentence, I am tired of saying it. You are really old..."

Daiyu smiled bitterly and said, "Father, my daughter really doesn't have time to get married right now." Lin Hai opened his mouth, and finally waved his hands and sighed.Daiyu couldn't be comforted for a while, so she had to stuff some snacks indiscriminately, changed clothes and left.

She rode a horse first to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to meet Jarvis, and the two discussed for a while before going straight to the posthouse.Gong Kun sent someone to tell Zheng Chao'er and others last night that these two people will come to discuss the matter tomorrow; Zheng Chao'er discussed with everyone overnight how to deal with it, and thought of three or four ways.I just didn't expect it to come in handy at all.The rule of discussion between Lin Junshi and the defeated general is-no discussion.

The officials from Fujian who came to negotiate were invited to the meeting room of the post house, and refreshments were served. Everyone bowed and greeted a few words. Lin Daiyu ordered someone to bring up the treaty book and said: "This is the treaty we have drawn up to open up Fujian's ports. My lords take a look, sign your name and cover with official seal and handprint, and then take it to ask Mr. Huang to sign it too, and everyone can have a feast together at noon."

The Fujian officials opened it and immediately shouted: "This is unreasonable! Master Lin, you are deceiving people too much!" There is a bright line in this treaty: Anyone who has obtained the household registration of Taiwan Island is a free citizen.In other words, a slave who can cross the sea can be freed from slavery.

Lin Daiyu smiled and asked an official with a loud voice: "This is Mr. Zhang?"

The man coughed: "That's right, old man Zhang Cunzhi."

Lin Daiyu stood up and bowed to him: "Master Zhang, please take the lead in signing."

Zhang Cunzhi clapped the case and said, "How can I sign..." Before he finished speaking, Jarvis, who was standing behind Lin Daiyu, raised his western firearm and aimed it at Zhang Cunzhi's head.Zhang Cunzhi was stunned immediately.

Lin Daiyu said calmly: "It's easy for Mr. Zhang not to sign, but a flower is about to bloom on his head."

There was a moment of silence in the room, Zheng Chao'er hurriedly stood up and said: "There is something to say, why use a knife or a gun."

Daiyu smiled and said, "That's not it. After signing the treaty, I have something to say. General Zheng," she turned her bright eyes, "I have already told General Zheng what I want to say. Could it be that General Zheng forgot what we said last time?" What did you say, you thought General Jia and I went to Fujian for a visit?" Zheng Chao'er was dumbfounded.

Lin Daiyu looked at Zhang Cunzhi and said, "I'll count down to ten. If Mr. Zhang hasn't signed it, General Jia will shoot you." Naizheng sat down and counted with a sullen face, "Ten, nine, eight, Seven, six, five, four, three, two..."

Before the word "one" came out, Jarvis moved his finger, and Zhang Cunzhi was so frightened that he shouted, "I sign, I sign..."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Zhang."

Zhang Cunzhi was already in a cold sweat, and he signed the first copy tremblingly. Daiyu smiled and said, "Thanks for your hard work, Mr. Zhang. This treaty is in seven copies. Please sign six more copies."

With fire. Guns, who is still reasonable?Seven copies of the treaty were signed in the blink of an eye.Daiyu looked at it and found that it was correct, but she also signed her name "Lin Daiyu" one by one, feeling an indescribable strangeness in her heart.He let out a long breath and stamped his fingerprints.

Daiyu then bowed to the Fujian officials: "I will order someone to send it to Mr. Huang to sign and seal - I heard that when General Cheng invited him to Chengtian Mansion for tea, he had the official seal on his body."

Zheng Chao'er smiled wryly and opened his mouth several times, but in the end he didn't say a word.

Not long after, Huang Wengang also signed his name in the house of house arrest, and affixed his official seal and fingerprint.This contract officially came into effect, known in history as the "Fujian-Taiwan Open Port and Free Immigration Treaty", referred to as the "Fujian-Taiwan Treaty".Because this was the first official document of the feudal dynasty to recognize the emancipation of slaves, later history books set the day when the "Fukutai Treaty" was signed as a watershed between ancient history and modern history. The original manuscript of the "Fukutai Treaty" was deposited in the National Archives and the National Museum respectively.

There is often a question in the high school history examination of later generations:

Because he was the prefect of Taiwan at that time, the person who signed his name before Lin Daiyu in the "Futai Treaty" was: (___)

A: Jia Xu; B: Jia Lian; C: Jia She; D: Jia Cong.