"Brothers, it's time to pay off!"

In the city of Suzhou, on the streets of Xuanmiaoguan Front Street, hundreds of errand officers, gray clothes and other characters lined up on the streets. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In front of them, several long tables borrowed from the shop were placed on the steps in front of the teahouse, and beside the table, several wooden boxes had opened their lids, and silver dollars wrapped in red mulberry paper were neatly stacked inside. Dozens of scattered silver dollars shimmered lovely in the sunlight. Several old masters sat firmly behind the desk, looking at the roster and account books in front of them.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, successively eliminated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and drove away Emperor Yuan Shun to pacify the world, the Ming Dynasty government system was established in various places. However, according to the system and policy formulated by his old man, the local people took turns to serve as the errand service of the political power at all levels and the yamen, so there was only one errand service. It is for the government and the court to give tolerance. These servants have no salary, no salary, and at most a little firewood and grass subsidy.

Over the years, errand service has become a profession, even hereditary. However, how can you support your family without a salary? The so-called backing on the mountain eats the mountain, relying on the water to draft the water. Since we are the errand servants of various yamen, we must have the right to enforce the law, so we use the law enforcement power to collect fees, talk about pounds, and eat salt water.

The old masters of money and grain may not know that from this moment on, some subtle changes have taken place in the identities of the officials, the clerks, and their famous masters of money and grain.

"Ma Xiangye, the first assistant of the cabinet, the great general, the Duke of Liang Guogong, Grandpa Li, led the Chinese and martial arts of the dynasty to play the emperor, and implemented the system of officials and officials, from then on, we are also people of grade. You can also upgrade according to the year! As long as you don't make mistakes and don't violate the laws of the court, the court's salaries and salaries will give you the next month's money and food at the end of each month! Half money, half food, half food! Rice stickers were prepared for the brothers, all of them were good Nanzhong japonica rice, and everyone received rice tickets, so you can go to the rice shop to get them! Grandpa Guo thinks that we are all hard people, and we will give a rice ticket of one stone of rice every month! We have to put our conscience in the midst and do a good job of running errands for his old man! ”

A squad leader stood in front of the queue, foaming at the mouth. His words are half true and half false. It's really that everyone will also be an official in the future, and they can also participate in the imperial examination for their children and grandchildren. Although the salary is much less than that of the officials, there is no need to look at the faces of the officials to eat. The fake part is naturally that everyone should be law-abiding and so on. How can these people, who have developed habits over the years, completely change their minds and become new people overnight?

His words were addressed to the inspector of the teahouse, the acting prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, the magistrate of Wu County, and the nickname Cha Baidi. In this Suzhou Mansion, Zha Jizuo has a name, "Platoon guns talk about Richard Baidi!" ”

"Cha is a scholar, educated by the etiquette of saints since childhood, and he is also a reasonable person." This is a sentence that Zha Jizuo often hangs on his lips. However, often after this sentence, a platoon of gunshots rang out. I am a reasonable person, but the way of reasoning is relatively blunt and direct. Reason with a salvo of firearms! With such a chief here, and a large number of work teams walking in the countryside, even if these officials and clerks are as smooth as oil, they must weigh their own little life.

“…… Silver round true and false, the big guy should be carefully remembered, roughly listen to the sound, look at the appearance, weight, look at the color of several doorways...... The most convenient thing is to blow, all the real Hongguang Ye silver dollars and Nanzhong silver dollars, which are ninety percent of the silver content, blow the sound in the ears is soft and pleasant, the counterfeit silver dollars that were killed that day, there is as much lead as possible, where did so much silver come from? If the voice is hoarse and short, it is a fake ......"

“…… Also, the most important point is that the real Hongguang Ye silver dollar, Nanzhong silver dollar, the fineness is ninety percent seven, and the surface of the silver dollar is indicated, if it is found that it does not reach ninety percent seven, it is a proper fake! Even if it is not five out of nine, four out of nine, and three out of nine, if there are military and civilian people who find fakes, they must immediately report to the household division yamen, the general, Liang Guogong has already spoken, and there are whistleblowers, who will bear the cost of food, lodging, carriage and horses, once the report is verified, there will be another reward! It is said that it is not less than 10% of the amount of counterfeit silver dollars, and they are all real Nanzhong silver dollars! ……”

On several bustling commercial streets in Suzhou, the team members tapped the silver dollars in their hands and loudly preached the tricks and skills of how to distinguish the real from the fake. From time to time, there are ragged people who call Hanako to beg along the street with bamboo boards, and sing about the lotus flower falling. However, the tune is the tune of the lotus falling, and the words are new.

"Sweating profusely, hard work all day. got those dozens of mosquito hard-earned money, but it happened to be privately minted light film money! I couldn't buy rice and grain, so the family had to stare at the sky! The son of the saint will be Jinluan, the grandfather of the country is sympathetic to us, Tongdian is full of weight, and it is a day to do it, and the whole family is no longer hungry and looking at the sky! ”

"Everyone listens, if you take Nanzhong Tongbao to exchange for silver dollars, two thousand Wen for one silver dollar. With the running horse Chongzhen and all kinds of private money sand shells, Hongguang Ye and Guo Gongye sympathized with everyone, saying that the money was all earned by everyone's blood and sweat. It can also be redeemed. Four coins for one Hongguang Tongbao or Nanzhong Tongbao. If you are willing to buy things or exchange them for silver dollars, it is your own business, and the court doesn't care! However, for the time being, each household will only exchange twenty silver dollars for Tongbao! If you want to change more, you can do it in five days! Take the joint guarantee documents of the neighbors and Lizheng and the land protection! For large sums of money, you have to take the tax paperwork and grain strings to prove that your money is legitimate, not a thief! ”

On the streets, the team members set up silver exchange stalls in front of several prosperous shops, and several huge baskets were placed on the streets, and the private money collected was discarded indiscriminately. Many of them fell outside, breaking into two pieces on the bluestone pavement.

These members of the task force came with him when he took up his post in Suzhou. Many of them were simply drawn from the various shops in Wuzhong from the Nanzhong firm, and they were familiar with the situation in Suzhou, although they did not dare to say that they were familiar with every common man who came to exchange money, but there were also many people who knew them, and they were half-familiar acquaintances.

"Brother Nanzhong," a young man dressed in a short beat, carrying a basket and a flat burden, holding a few hangs of money in his hand, and exuding a fishy smell on his body, greeted the team members with a soft and sweet Su Bai. "Why is it that each person can only exchange twenty silver dollars at a time? Isn't it okay to change more? ”

"Little brother, it's not that we don't want to change it for everyone. This time, the silver coins minted above will not be handed up for a while, and secondly, if you let go of the casual exchange all of a sudden, then someone will inevitably take the opportunity to make waves. If you really want to exchange money for food, you can't change it. Three! The team member looked at the young man in front of him with some playfulness, "Brother, in my opinion, you probably do a day and eat a day, right!?" Do you have more than twenty silver dollars in your family's savings? ”

Listening to the ridicule of the team member, the young man who sold the fish was a little embarrassed, "Brother is right! My Yao Mulin family is poor, and I am afraid of this rotten money pit! As he spoke, he handed over the few pieces of money in his hand. Money! Half for Tongbao, half for silver dollars. Take the money back and show it to my wife! ”

Such a scene was staged almost simultaneously in all parts of Jiangnan.

Boxes of white silver dollars and boxes of yellow and clear Tongbao seemed to be continuously transported out of the garrison camp and the official treasury, and began to be exchanged in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Immediately caused a sensation in various parts of the Yangtze River, and heard the benefits of silver yuan early, and after seeing it, it was unexpected. Over the years, people have suffered from private money and bad money, and the concept has been accumulated, and Tongbao and silver, which are of excellent quality, are very important in terms of purchasing power and credibility of merchants and in the hearts of ordinary people. Since it can be exchanged, and there is a very good price given by the official, it is always right to hold it in your hand if you exchange it.

It's a pity that every five days each person can only exchange twenty silver dollars! This made some well-off families feel a little regretful, and made the big families grit their teeth with hatred. The reply they received was, "If you have a word from above, if you want to exchange a large amount of money, you have to bring a tax bill." The amount of the exchange is linked to the amount of the tax bill you paid tax, which corresponds to the fact that you may have forgotten to bring the tax bill, or you may not have read the notice clearly. Please bring your tax bill and money tomorrow. If you have a lot of money, we can come to the door. ”

This is tantamount to giving the Jiangnan gentry a soft nail to touch. How could these gentry in Jiangnan not evade taxes and avoid taxes? How can they have any tax bills and tax payment vouchers commonly known as grain strings? Without these documents, the boxes and cellars of silver in your house cannot be said to be legitimate income!

Not only that, but the private coins they tried to grab the hat by taking advantage of the time difference were smashed in their own hands, and every household was piled up with rotten money. Looking at these rotten money, they wanted to cry without tears, but they didn't expect to move so quickly. I have just opened the furnace on my side, and I have just started to acquire, and new money has been issued over there.

Yamen and barracks in various places took the lead in using new money as salaries and salaries, so that the soldiers of the government service became the first batch of users with heavy, thick, and beautiful new money in their hands. These users with a bit of ostentatious meaning have become the best propagandists among the tea house and wine shops.

In just ten days after Zhu Yousong, the emperor of Hongguang, agreed to the issuance and listing of new money, Hongguang new money has been fully listed in various towns and cities in the south of the Yangtze River.

Is this still worth it? As a result, all kinds of conspiracies, conspiracies, and responses, like streams of undercurrents, through the sewers of the city, oh no, are the consciences of the gentry and literati, converging in the city.

In the bitter wind and rain of winter, the wax moon was ushered in. At the end of the year, the Jiming Temple, located on the Jilong Mountain outside Nanjing, has few pilgrims. It seems more and more that this was built in the Western Jin Dynasty, and is known as the Jiming Temple of Tongtai Temple, which is the first of the "Four Hundred and Eighty Temples of the Southern Dynasty", is deserted.

Although there are few pilgrims, it is not for nothing.

Dozens of well-dressed pilgrims, although they consciously hide their Tibetan temperament, but how can they all be collected with the temperament that they have cultivated over the years? However, in the eyes of the monk who was born with a pair of cut eyes, these people must have an unknown purpose.

Since we don't want to be known, then we monks should not disturb others. After holding the fate book very well, and letting those pilgrims write a large amount of incense on it, the monk of the acquaintance took the novices in the temple to withdraw far away. The seven-story pavilion, which enshrines the Golden Buddha of the Ten Directions and the Silver Buddha of the Ten Directions, was left to these pilgrims.

"I have heard for a long time that the 'chicken coop cloud tree', 'listening to the rain from afar' and the 'pearl surge' near here are one of the forty views of Jinling, but it is a pity that there is a common thing in the dynasty, and it has not been able to see it, and today I am fortunate to see it. Enough comfort, enough comfort! ”

"Xianqi has always been used to poetry and wine. If it is the warm fragrance of nephrite and the energy of the red and green are broadcast a little, and the affection is placed between the mountains and rivers, it is not said that it is the forty views of Jinling, but the forty views of the south of the Yangtze River, and it will also be unobstructed! ”

"The ancients said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books. If Hou Gongzi is willing to emulate the ancient sages and sages, he is willing to be the representative of everyone in Jiangnan and be a host! ”

"In this way, the students will have to bother Jiangnan."

"Where did Childe come from! It is Jiangnan who wants to inherit the favor of the son! ”

The few people who spoke were none other than Hou Fangyu and his teacher Qian Qianyi, as well as the leading figures of Jiangnan Shilin and merchants. Today's "unexpected encounter" in Jiming Temple is a meeting of the gentlemen of Donglin who secretly colluded with each other.

Sitting on the futon in the Buddhist pavilion, Qian Qianyi was the first to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now in the city of Nanjing, above the court, the eunuch traitor Ma Shiying and the martial artist Li Shouhan are embarrassed, and they are very arrogant for a while. We are righteous men and gentlemen, in order to avoid their fierce flames, and leave a useful body to serve the court. That's why I'm here to assemble, and I'll forgive me for the simplicity! ”

"Now the remnants of the eunuch party and the warriors are rampant in the court, and the eagles and dogs are all over the market, and in the long run, the country will not be a country, and the world will die!"

Huang Zongxi, who was sitting on the futon, scolded hatefully.

"What Mr. Nan Lei said is extremely true! Now that the eunuch party and martial artists are colluding in a cahoot, they can see that the eunuch party will do it again! ”

"Mr. Nan Lei is loyal and upright, so he has just been released from prison, and when he heard about this rally, he rushed to it immediately!"

"Sure enough, he is worthy of being praised as a loyal minister by the first emperor!"

Since Emperor Hongguang changed from a prison to the Ming Emperor, with the full cooperation of Ma Shiying and Li Shouhan, a group of eunuch eagle dog minions such as Ruan Dacheng and Zha Jizuo have entered the house. In addition to Zha Jizuo's fame and fame to become a patrol of the imperial history and a "platoon of guns and a white place", Ruan Dacheng, who was originally laughed at and scolded by the four sons of the Restoration Society, also became a squire of the military department. This Ruan Shilang is also a person who does not take revenge overnight. After taking office, he compiled a book called "Locust Records", which listed many things about Donglin and the Fushe, calling the Donglin Party a locust and the Fushe a locust. (Literally, the Donglin Party is the locust that plagues the crops, and the Fushe is the larvae of the locust, the locust.) After the Winter Festival of the Confucian Temple, they were arrested by name according to the signature of "Staying in the Capital to Prevent Disorder and Public Exposure", and Huang Zongxi and others were arrested and imprisoned for this.

Huang Zongxi nodded when he heard this, and said hatefully: "In the past few days, the people have been turbulent, the people are uneasy, how many good people have gone bankrupt in an instant, and their wives have been separated, which is really a tragedy in the world." It is said that I was also negligent in the past, but in fact, it is not only the original sin of the king, but the original sin of the lackeys of the king is greater. Now Li Shouhan, a powerful traitor, relies on his own strong soldiers and horses, wantonly cruelty to the good people, compared to the Cao thief back then, most times more cruel, than the ancestor Long Qin Shi Huang, most times more arrogant. In my opinion, his future plans are not only powerful ministers, but may be a usurpation of the throne, or even the destruction of the world. ”

At this time, one of them asked, "What is the death of the world?" Since ancient times, it has only been a change of dynasty. Huang Zongxi's face became solemn when he heard this.

He said solemnly: "The so-called death of the world means that in the future, we scholars can no longer give orders on behalf of the world, and our holy way can no longer become the only avenue in the world." At that time, the black hand of the plough turned over the wat, but the carnivorous red lips ate the fish, you and I no longer have a beautiful wife and concubine, and there are no slaves and courtesans, and even the people can not be in the court. Not long ago, you were in the Temple of Literature, did you forget about the loss of the Qin Law School so quickly? These people are just unpopular goods cultivated by thieves, and you can't even deal with these people, what can you do to deal with the more powerful Li Shouhan and his family. ”

"Woooooo In the crowd, there were bursts of whimpering. But someone listened to Huang Zongxi's words and remembered that in the process of promoting new money and exchanging private money, he had lost tens of thousands of silver in a few days. Moreover, the millions of silver that the family has accumulated over the years will be turned into water? Even if you can go to the designated place to exchange it at the market price in the future, you will definitely suffer a loss in terms of price, and the loss of your own property will definitely be not small!

"Mr. Nanlei said well, the country can die, but the world can't die!" Qian Qianyi stood up with an awe-inspiring face, his eyes were like electricity, and he glanced at the audience.

"That's right! Li Ma and the two thieves humiliated the scholars so contemptuously, wantonly looted the fat and ointment of the people of Jiangnan for their extravagance, and used military force to spare, so that the etiquette system of the ancestors and ancestors was all destroyed. ”

"It's not terrible to lose the country, it's terrible to lose the world!"

In the midst of the crowd, hoarse roars wafted through the Buddha Pavilion. The faces of the people present were hideous, as if they were a group of evil spirits crawling out of hell.

"Everyone, let me ask you, since the Li thief and the horse thief came to steal from Chaogang, how much has your family's private property been lost? If it goes on like this for a long time, it will inevitably be looted out! ”

Qian Qianyi's words, the yin measurement, is more biting and cold than the winter rain and cold wind outside the Buddha Pavilion. In the Buddha Pavilion, dozens of candles that were swaying by the cold wind were extinguished in an instant.

It was pitch black in the cabinet.