Qian Jin instructed Wang Daren a few words about the New Year's Day, well, in this era, New Year's Day means the first day of the Lunar New Year, and after that day, the emperor will carry out various activities to unite people's hearts with traditional festivals, which is the only choice for the rising period.

In later generations, whether it is to disperse the holiday into the Qingming Festival, the Double Ninth Festival, so that people can return to the hometown to sweep the tomb, by the way to contact the township, strengthen the original because of urbanization and weakened cohesion, before, they do not say that they recognize relatives, the door of the neighbor may not know what to call, cement forest, anti-theft door, fixed work and rest time, all make the old neighbors support each other's needs and conditions are not realistic.

The establishment of an empire must go through military governance and economic governance, and then when it reaches the top, cultural governance is the only way, because the army can mutiny and degenerate, the economy can play with inflation, but culture is rooted in the hearts of the people.

According to Zhao Jiaren, in the old time and space era, those New Year's greetings that seemed to be official articles actually took dozens of staff months to carve, and its content was detailed and objective, uplifting, pointing out the direction, and not leaking, which can be solved by the elders.

They are still facing a country where the vast majority of ordinary people are illiterate and have never left the country within dozens of kilometers of their birthplace in their lives, and the literati who control the right to speak in this country, even after a few hundred years, are known for confusing the public and losing their conscience.

In the face of the two groups, it doesn't matter who is good and who is bad, there are individuals who betray the class, there are no classes that betray the class, and their value orientation is different.

It is a barrier made up of people themselves, difficult to break through, but for the elders, an enemy that must be defeated.

was busy, but there was a hurried voice from outside, and someone seemed to shout, which was naturally the position of the old man lying there.

Qian Jinyi frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Daren immediately said: "Xiaguan will go and take a look." ”

He didn't dare to let a person go over casually, the more the New Year, the more he wanted to make things too peaceful.

I saw a man with a missing arm, kicking and beating the old man.

The old man scolded vaguely, but he didn't dare to fight back, and waited until the people behind him entered the door, pulled the man away, Qian Jin walked in front, and Wang Daren followed behind, and also walked in.

"What's going on, why are you hitting someone?"

Qian Jin looked at this chaotic scene and asked.

When the man saw Qian Jin, he seemed stunned, but he didn't reply.

"What's going on?"

The man didn't dare to answer, Wang Daren looked at the subordinate he sent to inquire about the old man's origin, but the subordinate didn't dare to hide it, and replied: "Elder Hui, this old man is the uncle of this lord, we sent letters of inquiry to several neighborhood committees, and one of them replied that they were in charge of the district." ”

Vertical management, in the era of no informatization, almost only such a design, the neighborhood committee, and the system of Baojia, fortunately, compared to Baojia, there is no task of completing the grain and paying taxes, but the grasp of the residents under the rule is also very fine, nothing more than a clear door.

Moreover, since this old man is not a blind stream, the imperial capital is local, and various characteristics are easy to recognize.

It seems to be a family matter, Wang Daren originally wanted to deal with it according to the crime of disrespect, but then it occurred to him that the elders would not set any punishment for the nephew to beat his uncle, in their opinion, everyone is equal, and no one is allowed to beat anyone.

However, in order not to lose face too much, he immediately asked: "Who dares to beat someone in front of this official!" ”

The man was a little ignorant, but immediately knelt down and said, "The villain doesn't dare, it's really that this old thing is too hateful, and the villain really can't help it." ”

Qian Jin said: "Okay, why be unhappy during the New Year, your uncle occasionally drinks and is presumptuous, it is also a common thing, at such an old age, don't let him drink so much wine casually in the future." ”

It's also a social issue.

In later generations of China, the behavior of fighting wine at the wine table, called wine culture, actually appeared after the Republic of China, and it was basically a means to distinguish between high and low strong and weak at the wine table.

The popular alcohol, in fact, is beer, distilled spirits that is a matter of the future, in fact, in this era, the north is more fond of rice wine than liquor.

The alcohol content is not high, but the power is not small, there are not a few people who are drunk on the street, after all, in the later generations, they drank too much, it was nothing more than because they were too eager and vomited, and in the end there was always a way to go back, and in this era, when they went out of the restaurant, they may still be spirited and spirited, and they could still speak, but halfway through, the wine was strong, and they were drunk directly.

Of course, this kind of thing doesn't happen much in the new city, and this is related to the newly spread of alcohol distillation technology, and if you drink too much, you will pour it directly under the wine table, and few will freeze to death outside.

The man blushed for a while and said, "Elder Hui, I'll discipline you well when I go back." ”

Qian Jin smiled and said, "You can manage your own parents." ”

Between the New Year, he has no intention of figuring out anything, just heard Wang Daren describe, this is also a person who wants to squeeze money, and is obsessed with money, if it is more serious, false accusations, those old people who touch porcelain in later generations are basically going bankrupt, but the result of poor implementation is that those unscrupulous children and unscrupulous parents use their old people and children as weapons for personal gain.

This is also a problem, you sentenced the old man to touch porcelain, sentenced, everyone is sixty or seventy years old, after entering, is the prison invited prisoners or invited ancestors? Do you pay for the medication?

It's funny that the prison becomes a home for the elderly.

Penalty? Indemnify? Okay, send the old man directly to your home and send it to your unit, my family has no money, so I'll compensate you.

As a result, the old man can't control what he sees in your house, what he smashes, what he eats.

Qian Jin watched the man scolding and taking people away, but asked: "What's going on with this family, do you understand, but don't make any more trouble, and the child who has been falsely accused also has to be condoled, in case it makes a successor of the Celestial Empire cold, then it will be waxing." ”

Wang Daren immediately said: "Yes, Xiaguan will find a way, that child is indeed very good-minded, and he needs to be comforted, as for that family, I will naturally let people stare at it." ”

Qian Jin suddenly looked at the little official, who was dressed in black, but it was an official uniform, but his expression was a little strange, he seemed to be smiling, and said, "Are you familiar with that old man?" ”

The little official was stunned for a moment and didn't dare to answer, but Wang Daren saw it and immediately said, "If the elder asks you, you can answer well!" This is a good word or a special accent.

The junior official said: "Elder Hui, I am the manager of the neighborhood committee, and the old man is my resident there. ”

Qian Jin said: "What is the situation of his family. ”

The little official hesitated for a moment, looked at Qian Jin, and then looked at Wang Daren, and then said: "Lord Hui, in fact, this family is also the old family of the imperial capital, which can't be wrong." ”

Qian Jin said: "I can also hear the accent. ”

The petty official said: "However, this old man is a restless man, originally his family ran an oil mill, and some small money was passed on to his brothers by his parents, but he did something wrong and took the shop out. ”

Qian Jin said: "Deceived? ”

The little official smiled, as if he didn't dare to say, but said helplessly: "He sold the store and used the money to buy an official, which is a kuding in the treasure house, which is also a good thing." ”

Qian Jin pouted, similar to later generations, this kind of "fat shortage" work, the emphasis is on spending ten times the annual salary to buy the position, and then, naturally, it is to open the floodgates and release water, make a big fish, and earn the silver back, as for the treasury officials, no matter what position, it is possible to make a fortune.

In view of this, after occupying the imperial capital and blocking internal and external communications, the elders will make a decisive move to take down those treasury officials' families, and a considerable number of people are thrown to Liaodong to survive, and the family wealth will naturally be taken.

"That's not right, this is a former court criminal, didn't he arrest him?"

To explain to the outside world, these treasury officials were naturally hacked to the point that it was not an exaggeration for everyone to shout and beat, so Qian Jin said this.

The junior official smiled a little happily and said: "It's just that his days of buying an official are not very good, and he was in the early March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen." ”

As soon as Qian Jin heard it, he knew that this little official was talking about the lunar calendar, and he had the impression that Chongzhen died in the third month of the lunar calendar, so he ......

"This man is also unlucky."

The junior official smiled: "Isn't it, the lower official also heard that he had just made an official uniform at that time, and he hadn't worn it yet, so he ......" The following words, he naturally didn't dare to say it, what's wrong next, Li Zicheng has entered the city, Chongzhen has hanged himself, Daming is finished, and the elders have come."

Qian Jin said: "This is also strange, at that time, when the enemy besieges the city, he dares to buy officials?" ”

The junior official said: "Isn't that right, the official seller is also bad in his heart, thinking that he will make a big deal before the accident, anyway, at that time, the price was a lot lower, and the old man was cheaper, otherwise, where would he get his turn to be in the office?" ”

This is an unlucky guy who took advantage of the reshuffle of the regime and tried to buy a civil service position, but fell at the last moment.

Qian Jin said: "No wonder I didn't arrest him, I didn't get any benefits when I thought about it." ”

"Isn't it, but the following things, although he is an uncle, he can't suppress the dissatisfaction of his nephew, and he is beaten lightly on weekdays."

Qian Jin sighed, the so-called poor people must have something to hate, hateful people, may not have no pitiful, this is also a sentence he has heard, meet those narrow-minded, extreme, fierce people, don't be too bad for him, such a character, who knows what kind of misfortune he has suffered will be formed?

As a government official, Qian Jin found that he couldn't do anything, and all the people who should be cleaned up were cleaned up, should he return the money that the old man bought to buy the official to him? There is no such reason.

"By the way, who is the one who sold the official, the army is besieging the city, and there are still people to buy it? Too bold. ”

Qian Jin asked more, this is too bold, but it is not that the person who sells the official is too bold, but the behavior of buying the official is too bold.

The junior official didn't seem to be surprised, and said, "Elder Hui, who would have thought of breaking into ...... The army really came in, how many years, how many Tartars, what armies from all walks of life wanted to enter the city, didn't they all enter, they all thought that it was ......"

Qian Jin smiled and said: "It's almost the New Year these days, people's hearts are fluctuating, men, women and children are staying at home, it is inevitable that nothing will happen, you are below, maintain more, and the good days are behind, as if this is the case, there must be a charter in the future, which is a potential stability maintenance object." ”

He also seems to understand that blindly learning from the British experience may not be appropriate, just like the old man, he used his brain to think casually, the family itself may not be rich, and he exhausted his wealth to buy officials, but just as he defected to Japan in 1944, defected to the National Army in 1948, ran away from the Soviet Union in 1991 and defected to freedom, in 2017 he joined Taiwan to join freedom, in 2008, he was full of PetroChina, and in 2018 he bought the Internet of Things electronic currency, which is all brain-dead behavior that he can't think of.

It is conceivable that the uncle who fails to become an official is basically going to complain, if he is holding a tenacious character, looking at the east wind of mercantilism of the elders now, it may not be impossible to make a comeback within a year, but the old man obviously collapsed all of a sudden.

Broken people, how do you go to save them? Qian Jin doesn't have this ability, if he sees him pitiful and gives him an official to do, not to mention whether this person's extreme evil will become more desperate and ready to make money, Qian Jin dares to bet, he dares to pity a person today, and tomorrow there will be a hundred people on the street who are even worse than him!

This is nothing new.

However, when Qian Jin returned to the palace and told the story of this poor unlucky man while eating, someone disagreed: "This person's money can be recovered." ”

"What?" After Qian Jin felt that he understood this, he immediately asked: "Brother Sun, the person who bought the official, his money should be confiscated, and he was not held accountable, shouldn't he already be grateful to us." ”

Sun Cisco slowly explained: "Let's go through the previous incident, if this will also be punished, then it will be a bad thing, my problem is, the person who sold the official position was obviously deliberate, the people don't understand, he still doesn't understand, Li Zicheng killed this time, the murder is more auspicious and less, and he actually sold the official at that juncture, either stupid or bad." ”

Qian Jin said: "This is a fraud, but that person is at fault." ”

Sun Cisco said: "Citizens who make mistakes are also citizens, and if they don't protect them, it means that the bad guys cheated money, as long as they move their property to the United States, and their wives and children run over to them, they can run and turn themselves in by themselves, and they can't die anyway, claiming that they have no money, and they will be okay in the end." ”

(End of chapter)