The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Several groups of fugitive slaves went to sea safely, and every time it spread throughout the streets and alleys.Whose family is it, how many people, why they want to escape, how to move, all kinds of things.Those who want to escape and don't know where to start have more or less a score after listening to it.Immediately, more daring ones tried to escape, and after waiting for a few days, news came that the government could not catch anyone, and even more ran away.Gradually, [-]% of the special envoys of other countries stationed in Beijing began to do business as guides, and there were more coachmen outside the city gate.In just two months, Wucheng Bingma Division received one report of a fugitive slave case in a few days, to several cases every day, to several cases every day.Everyone who reported the crime had to see the commander Zhao Cheng, and nine times out of ten he couldn't be found——Zhao Cheng went out to investigate the case.

Really can't blame Zhao Cheng for this matter.According to Jia Cong, Zhao Cheng is very principled.His principle is: Whoever is in high authority listens to whom.On the other end is General Jarvis reorganizing the Imperial Forest Army and firmly holding the military power. On the other end is the Taiwan government dispatched a captain of the armed police named Yang Song to recruit young men in the capital to serve as armed police patrols with guns. The country of Yan has returned to Jia Cong .Zhao Cheng has to listen to Jia Cong no matter what, doesn't he?

On the same day, Zhao Chengqin went to Tianjin to investigate the case of Sun Liang in Prince Yan's mansion and returned to Beijing. Princess Lou of Yan Princess scolded him through the screen, and got slapped by two old mothers seven or eight times. He returned home in disgrace.His daughter-in-law, Mrs. He hurriedly handed him a post, saying that it was delivered about half an hour after he left.Zhao Cheng took a look, and it said on the post: If you have free time, please come to Yihong Courtyard to have a drink together.The inscription is clear: Jia Cong, Regent of the Kingdom of Yan.Zhao Cheng was shocked, he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, his face turned red and pale for a while.

Mrs. He couldn't read, and seeing her husband's expression was not right, she hurriedly asked, "Master, who is it?" Zhao Cheng shook his head, and sat in front of the window with the post in a daze.At that moment, Mrs. He made a cup of tea for him, and Zhao Cheng unconsciously held her hand.Mrs. He blushed and scolded: "You are not serious." Zhao Cheng smiled wryly, pulled his daughter-in-law to sit beside him, rubbed her hand and remained silent for a long time.

He didn't dare to disobey the regent's order, so he just stayed at home for a while, changed his sleeves, and went to Yihong Courtyard honestly.The old bustard of Yihong Courtyard recognized him, waved his handkerchief and called "Master", and said in a low voice, "Master has accepted the post to wait for someone." Zhao Cheng nodded.The old bustard smiled and said, "Master, go upstairs to have a cup of tea, that one will come." Then he invited Zhao Cheng to the private room upstairs, and ordered someone to serve tea, but he did not ask Fantou to serve him.

Zhao Cheng sat alone in the room and thought about it, sweating all over his body, but he waited until the door creaked open.Jia Cong walked in with his hands behind his back, and greeted him with a smile, "Master Zhao." Zhao Cheng was relieved to see him smiling, and hurriedly stood up to salute.Jia Cong waved his hand: "Don't be too polite, it's too troublesome. We are meeting in private, not discussing matters in court."

Zhao Cheng smiled wryly and said: "The lower officials are not qualified to go to court."

Jia Cong sat directly across from him, poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat, then looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "I'm not used to detours. Let me explain it clearly."

"My lord, please tell me."

Jia Cong said slowly: "As for the cases of fugitive slaves, the first twelve cases should be investigated slowly, and no interference should be made to prevent others from escaping; from the No. 13 case onwards, there is no need to worry about it."

Zhao Cheng was shocked: "What?!"

"With the previous twelve cases, you can probably know that there are only a few ways for the slaves to escape. If someone comes to report the crime, you can just do other things. In a few days, we will piece together the investigation from the previous cases. Just give them the results of the case." Jia Cong took another sip of tea, "I sent people to persuade Sun Liang to escape, and I also sent people to help him with his escape plan." Zhao Cheng was dumbfounded, and opened his mouth not knowing. Should you ask and how to ask.Jia Cong glanced at him with a smile, "You don't have to be suspicious, I really want to encourage the servants of the rich and powerful to flee. It's best to run away."

But in a short time, Zhao Cheng had already guessed a dozen reasons in his mind.In the end, I only answered "yes".

Jia Cong took another sip of tea and said: "The purpose is to drive away as many of these old things and incompetent dandies as possible. I like to go to Qi, Jin, Wu, and Chu to do whatever they want. Few of them are usable, and they occupy so many dudes. The title of Marquis. Anyway, in the country of Yan, not only do they have to collect land taxes, but they also help them catch escaped slaves. Let’s wait and see how many loyal slaves in each household can be determined to refuse to escape. Whether these people are enough to guard against thieves. Oh, these people will inevitably be thieves in the future, so don't try to investigate. There will always be a day when they can't hold on."

Ah, it turned out to be the emperor and the courtiers.Zhao Cheng put it back to the original place with a firm heart, and said with a smile: "I see. It's easy, the regent just don't worry, the officials are busy every day, I'm afraid I can't take care of these small things."

Jia Cong smiled and nodded: "I knew Mr. Zhao is a smart man." He raised the teacup and drank it down.Zhao Cheng took the cup with both hands and drank the tea.Jia Cong said again, "It's okay that Mr. Zhao didn't enter the imperial examination, but I don't see any other advantages in Mr. Zhao. Maybe this position is the most suitable for you at the moment."

Zhao Cheng didn't think about being promoted at all, he would be Amitabha if he was not unlucky, and hurriedly said: "The lower officials have little talent..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jia Cong interrupted: "Your son is not young anymore, what's the use of going to a private school? It's not that he hasn't even been admitted as a scholar in so many years. Who said that one must take the imperial examination to be successful?" Zhao Cheng sucked Take a breath, hold your breath and concentrate.Jia Cong continued with a smile, "The Four Books and Five Classics can be enlightened and morally cultivated. After all, it is not a practical technology. Yenching University is undergoing restructuring." He said angrily, "I shouldn't hold anything against those old masters of the Imperial Academy. Hope! They won’t be able to respect science in their next life.” He paused again, “Yenjing University will reopen in August this year. At that time, the school will begin to teach various practical courses—courses that can be used in the future.” Nai Wang Zhao Cheng smiled and said, "Welcome young people with aspirations to study."

Zhao Cheng couldn't help being ecstatic: "Thank you, my lord! The dog will study well and live up to my lord's support." Jia Cong nodded with a smile.

Therefore, Zhao Chengdang only honestly investigated the first twelve cases of escaped slaves, and he just perfunctoryly dealt with the reports from the Gongmen Hou Fu.There were more and more escaped slaves.

But at this moment, Prime Minister Lin Daiyu came up with an urban underground pipe network project.It is said that for future development, it is necessary to re-lay underground drainage channels throughout the capital.The capital city is too large and the population is too large. If the project takes too long, it will definitely disturb the lives of ordinary people.She ordered the Ministry of Works to complete the work as soon as possible.The Ministry of Industry decided to hire more civilian workers to work in three shifts without stopping work day and night, Lin Xiang agreed.Mr. Shen He, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry, published another brochure, saying that civilian husbands can be hired, and the large reinforced concrete pipes used for laying drainage channels and other factories are afraid that they will not be able to supply them.

As soon as Lin Daiyu inquired, the largest steel and cement factory in the suburbs of Beijing was opened by Zhongminghou Xue Pan's family, and it was their family who cooperated with the Ministry of Industry this time, so she went to Xue's family to discuss.Xue Pan is a bold man.Hearing that the imperial court was in trouble, he was happy to help.So he asked his own cement factory to work in three shifts to supply the Ministry of Industry.In this way, the east gate of the capital cannot be closed.Every night, large carriages leave the city and transport some huge reinforced concrete pipes into the city.

Tianjin happens to be just southeast of the capital.If someone goes out of the city among the civilians, the soldiers guarding the gate will not be able to detect it.On the third day after the start of the underground pipe network project, the whole family of Menzi, who was keeping watch at the Hou Mansion in Xiangyang, ran away.The next day, it was spread all over the streets and alleys. Everyone knew that they walked out swaggeringly among the peasants, and they ran away from four families that night.In order to prevent the recurrence of this matter, Xiangyanghou came up with a brilliant idea: two groups of Mingmenzi monitored each other.I don't want the two families to run away together.

The masters either didn't care about the few servants, or they couldn't think of a way, and they didn't pay much attention for a while.In a few days, another big news came out: Liguo Mansion was located in a village on the outskirts of the city, and all the slaves in the village ran away, leaving no one left.

As soon as this matter happened, several families were in a hurry, and took the lead to invite all the princes to gather together to discuss.After arguing for a long time, they decided to write a letter to King Yan, begging for the city gate to be closed at night on the grounds that bandits are easy to enter.There is no news of Zhezi being sent to Ru Yanwang's mansion into mud and cattle into the sea.On the day of waiting for the news, there has been a big wave of fleeing slaves in the capital, and some families have fled for less than half.The number of masters is really too small to watch; let the steward watch, as the steward himself often escapes.

Just as he was at a loss, there was another news from the court.Because the prostitution industry is prone to venereal disease, and there are often more than one customer every day, flower houses are the most likely to spread venereal disease.Therefore, Fantou and Xiaoxianggong are ordered to have a medical check-up every half a month, and the industry license will be issued to those who are healthy.This is a good thing.Later, another government order was issued, and the entire brothel in the capital was in chaos.

This order is: From the date of this order, the four registrations of military, craftsman, merchant, and music will be abolished, and all of them will be classified as civilian registrations.And add a sentence at the end: people in brothels, regardless of gender, are all abolished as slaves, and they are no longer allowed to sell their lovers for prostitution, and they are no longer allowed to buy people for prostitution.Those who want to be a fan-headed little husband can only do so voluntarily.And once they are unhappy with this job, they can leave at any time.In other words, the contract of prostitution in the hands of the old bustard of the entire Yan State was immediately voided.Are they willing?Of course not.However, prostitutes are low class, the regent prime minister, governor Pingzhang and other adults sat in the political affairs hall to discuss, and Yan Wang personally stamped the seal, so what about mere prostitutes?All of a sudden, there was crying and laughing inside and outside the brothel.

This incident happened suddenly, and the folks speculated about the reason, but the government didn't give a single word of explanation.The Ministry of Household Affairs sent a lot of small officials to search and check every brothel and Chu hall with files, and sell music books to every fan.Take the trouble to tell everyone: If you want to be a fan, you can continue to be a fan, and if you don't want to be a fan, just fend for yourself.After all, you are all good citizens.A fan cried: "The deed of sale is still in the hands of my mother." The little official smiled and said: "The deed of sale is useless, let her play with it. You can go wherever you want, if you don't want to." Do it or not."

Having said that, many old bustards have a lot of prestige among the fans, and they don't allow their fans to leave, let alone not accept customers.Unexpectedly, notices were posted everywhere in the government: Anyone who refuses to obey the official order, the common people are welcome to come forward.Once it is found to be true, the person who comes out will be rewarded a lot.The most indispensable thing in the market is the local ruffian who is short of money, and such people are also the most well-informed.Since suing officials can make money, why not make money?Fans always have to pick up customers, why can't the news get out?In just a few days, dozens of Guigong bustards entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.All of a sudden, many brothels were empty, and Yihong Courtyard was full of business—the fans of this house were originally based on an employment system.Zhao Cheng originally didn't know what the government was doing to toss prostitutes when they had nothing to do, but now he secretly guessed: Could it be to crowd out colleagues for Yihongyuan?

Because of the two incidents of escaping slaves and getting rid of Leji, the Renyazi market in Beijing was suddenly depressed, and Renyazi's business plummeted.Most of the slaves ran away, so few people bought people, but they sold a lot; brothels were originally the most profitable business, but now they are banned by the government.There is simply no way out for human teeth!There are still many maids from rich families in their hands.They were all suspicious and wanted to run away, and the owner specially told them to sell it to Liuxiang, Huajie.After much deliberation, the only option is to sell it to another country.

Therefore, many people wanted to leave the country of Yan by driving carts and people.There was a man surnamed Wang, Yazi, who was a wealthy family.On this day, Wang Dahu and his subordinates dragged more than 60 people out of the city gate and walked south, discussing to sell it in Chu State or Wu State.After walking for two days, I suddenly heard the sound of a gong, and someone shouted: "I opened this road, and I planted this number. If you want to cross this road, leave money to buy roads!" I saw rushing down the opposite mountain. Dozens of horse thieves came.There are quite a few people around Wang Dahu, and they all picked up guys and gathered in front.Take a closer look: everyone here is holding fire. Guns in their hands!Looking back again, the swords and sticks on his side were clearly... The arrogance suddenly disappeared.

Wang Dahu is shrewd.Where do ordinary people buy firearms?Besides, there have always been few bandits in the country of Yan.He pondered for a moment and went to the front and cupped his hands: "If you dare to ask who is the leader, the villain can tell you a few words."

There was a big man on the opposite side, striding over with a firearm in his hand, he turned his face and said, "If you have something to say, say it, if you fart, let it go!"

Wang Dahu smiled and approached him and said in a low voice: "This lord is very majestic, and the villain can see it at a glance. Dare I ask what the regent wants to do? The villain is a good citizen and has never violated the law at all. place."

The big man also laughed and said, "You do have a good eye. To tell you the truth, you have committed the crime of buying and selling human beings."

Wang Dahu wondered: "The villain has never heard of this crime? Dare I ask which one is the law?"

"It hasn't been promulgated yet." The big man said, "It will be promulgated in a short time."

Wang Dahu frowned: "Is it too unreasonable?"

The big man said: "Since ancient times, the imperial court has inevitably done some unreasonable things. If you encounter it, you will be unlucky." Wang Dahu choked.The big man looked at him and said for a while, "It's illegal to be in the business of making people's teeth. Money and life are more important. Let these people go back and pack up their property and change careers." He paused, " If you really don’t want to change your career, go to another country. Qi, Jin, Shu, Wu and other countries will not abolish slavery in ten or eight years.”

Wang Dahu turned his head to look at the chariots and horses carrying the population, feeling extremely reluctant.The big man raised his fire gun.Wang Dahu hurriedly said: "I let them go! I'll let them go now!" As he spoke, his eyes were still reluctant.

The big man said with a smile: "You'd better not go back and spread the word that the regent robbed you of your population. You don't have any proof, do you want to play in the classroom for a few years?"

Wang Dahu hurriedly bowed his body and cupped his hands: "The villain dare not."

"It's okay if you dare." The big man said, "The prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is big enough to hold the teeth of the entire Yan Kingdom."