Liu Ziguang is a person who protects his shortcomings, but this time it was obvious that his kitten had the upper hand, so he did not hold Cao Zhan responsible. Anyway, the fall of the Cao family was a recent event, and he was not in a hurry. The night was so peaceful.
After that, no one from the Cao family came to ask for an explanation. The entire Grand View Garden was quiet, with only a bright moon in the sky. The moonlight shone on the sleeping flowers, plants and trees, and autumn insects were singing, creating a peaceful night scene.
It was as if nothing had happened at all.
Early the next morning, Cao Yin sent someone to invite the Imperial Envoy to inspect the Suzhou Weaving Bureau. Suzhou Weaving Bureau is one of the three bureaus under the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and it is also the largest bureau. It has tens of thousands of craftsmen and thousands of looms.
The chief of the Weaving Bureau is called the Suiguan, and it is also a real job. The Suzhou Bureau's Suiguan is none other than Cao Yong, Cao Yong's son, a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance in his forties. At this time, both father and son have changed.
Wearing black gauze and red robes, they waited for the Imperial Envoy at the Yamen of the Textile Department with smiles on their faces. However, both of their eyes were a little swollen and their smiles were a little stiff. I'm afraid they didn't sleep well last night.
Since it was an official inspection, Liu Ziguang also changed into the serious Qilin Buzi's big red robe. Instead of riding a horse, he got into an eight-carriage sedan. The group set off from the Yamen of the Weaving Department and went straight to the Weaving Department under the Suzhou Weaving Bureau.
Going away from the dyeing bureau, the official officials sounded gongs to clear the way. The gold-painted signs with black backgrounds were held up like a grove of trees, and the three official sedans were surrounded by soldiers carrying sabers. The streets of Suzhou had long been swept clean, and the common people were all
They huddled on the side of the road and watched in awe the imperial envoy's team, not daring to make any noise.
The Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, also known as the North Bureau, is a large factory under the Suzhou Weaving Bureau. As the name suggests, the factory takes into account the responsibilities of textiles and printing and dyeing. When the inspection team arrived at the gate of the North Bureau, a large number of craftsmen wearing neat white cloth uniforms lined up at the door.
Welcome, Cao Yin and his son led the way and led Liu Ziguang in. They saw that all the machinery and equipment in the factory were arranged in an orderly manner, and the workers were also working in an orderly manner. The silk and satin cloths of various colors were hung in the air.
On the poles in the center, the colors change when the sunlight shines on them. In the dyeing pool, which is as spacious as a small swimming pool, there are red, blue, and yellow fuels. These are the basic colors. If you want to get more complex colors, you can achieve it by bleaching and dyeing multiple times, such as blue.
Add yellow to get green, and add red to yellow to get orange. It seems that craftsmen have mastered the technology of color matching.
When the craftsmen saw the adults coming to inspect, they all respectfully stopped their work and knelt down to kowtow. After a tour, the imperial envoy was invited to the court to serve tea and casually talked about some printing and dyeing matters.
Liu Ziguang proposed that he want to talk to two ordinary workers. Cao Yin immediately agreed and asked his son to go out and find two workers.
The two workers were good-looking and rosy-cheeked. They were kneeling on the ground, behaved appropriately, and answered fluently. When Liu Ziguang asked them how much food they could receive in a month and whether it was enough to support their family, the two immediately talked endlessly about the benefits of weaving yamen.
, according to their description, Jiangnan weaving craftsmen are simply flowers under the socialist system. Not only do they receive a monthly ration of sixty kilograms per person, but they also receive an allowance of twenty taels of silver. In addition, the factory
They also distribute clothes, two sets of white cotton work clothes like this one a year, and cotton-padded jackets in winter. In addition to supporting the family, they can also support a few poor relatives. When talking about it later, one of the craftsmen said with excitement,
Thanks to Mr. Cao, he planned to buy a awning boat for his son's transportation during the Chinese New Year. The other man did not show any weakness and said that his family had built three large tile-roofed houses in the countryside with his subsidies.
"Master Cao is really a virtuous man, and I admire him." After the two workers left, Liu Ziguang praised Cao Yin. The little old man hurriedly said something modest and asked his son to show Liu Ziguang the production account of the Weaving Bureau.
, which is roughly the annual output, growth rate and other things. Liu Ziguang rolled his eyes twice and put it down. He has worked as an accounting clerk in an iron factory. He knows that accounting books are the easiest to falsify. It doesn't matter whether you read it or not.
the difference.
"I have been ordered to inspect the south of the Yangtze River and take charge of the overall situation. The task of auditing the accounts will be left to the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs. I see that the weaving factory is managed very well. We might as well take a closer look." Liu Ziguang said.
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"What the Imperial Envoy said is very true. Let's go to the General Organization Bureau for a visit." Cao Yin readily agreed.
A group of people walked out of the weaving and dyeing bureau and were about to board the sedan when suddenly someone came flying towards them from a distance. Several officials from Suzhou Prefecture tried to stop them, but they were knocked away by his arm. They were about to be rushed forward by him.
Cao Yin's guards all pulled out their steel knives, and Liu Ziguang's guards also pulled out short muskets and aimed at the man. The last incident where the assassin blocked the train has not yet been found out who did it. The guards in the red shirt regiment did not
Don't dare to be careless in the slightest.
Just when the guard was about to shoot, the man was finally tackled by three or four officers and pinned down. He was so strong that he actually knocked all the men on him to the ground with one force, and tried again.
He rushed over here, but before he could take a step, his feet were caught by someone and he was thrown to the ground again. Seeing more officials rushing towards him, the man knew that he couldn't make it through, so he shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, the Imperial Envoy
, the common people have a grievance!”
"Hurry and drag the general out. If he has any grievances, ask him to go to Suzhou Mansion. It is a death penalty to disturb the imperial envoy." Cao Yin scolded his men while secretly observing Liu Ziguang's reaction.
Someone filed a complaint at the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, which must have something to do with Jiangnan Weaving. Liu Ziguang was worried that he could not find a suitable breakthrough. Now was a God-given opportunity. He immediately ordered his guards to bring the person who complained about injustice.
Cao Yin's face immediately turned ugly. After all, this unruly man had been left out. It would be ugly if the imperial envoy grabbed this pigtail. Although it was not a big crime, it would still be a troublesome matter.
Liu Ziguang ignored the ugly expressions on the faces of the Cao family and his son, and went straight back to the court of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau. He was promoted to the throne and had the person who complained of injustice brought to the court for personal trial. The Cao family and his son had no choice but to accompany the hearing.
"Who is your surname? Who are you suing?" Liu Ziguang felt a bit of official authority sitting in the courtroom.
"The villain's surname is Hua Mingpao, and he is a second-class craftsman of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau. The villain first accused Cao Yin of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau of embezzling public funds and embezzling the rations of the craftsmen; secondly, he accused Cao Yong of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau of instructing evil slaves to cut off my father's clothes.
Arm, tell Cao Zhan, the young master of the Cao Mansion, that he raped my sister, causing her to hang herself from a beam, killing one and two. I hope Master Qingtian will make the decision for me!"
After the man finished speaking in one breath, he banged his head on the ground for more than a dozen times until the floor tiles were broken into pieces. The bloody stain on his forehead was shocking.
There was such strong information, and three generations of the Cao family were sued at one go. This matter has finally come to an end. Liu Ziguang was overjoyed, but his face was as calm as autumn water. The Dyeing and Weaving Bureau was not an inspector, and there was no surprise in the office.
With Tang Mu acting as a prop for Mr. Qingtian, Liu Ziguang had no choice but to pick up an inkstone and pat it on the table. He shouted in a cold voice: "Bold fireworks, do you know what the crime of falsely accusing an official of the imperial court is? It's a capital crime! My officer
Now I give you a quarter of an hour to make your statement. If what you say is true, I will deal with it impartially. If you are just talking nonsense, then you will be dead."
Hua Pao kowtowed again and said: "Master Xie Qingtian, I just want to be redressed, but I have already put my life at risk. The Cao family and his son have been embezzling our craftsmen's rations. The original rule set by the court is that each master craftsman has a monthly salary."
Sixty kilograms of grain, but we have never received the full amount. Even if we did receive it, we would only receive less than half of the old grain. In the past six months, it has become even worse. The craftsmen can only receive less than 30% of the ration, and the whole family eats porridge every day.
They can only drink water. It's pitiful that my old father is a master craftsman in the Dyeing and Weaving Bureau, and he took the lead in complaining for everyone. As a result, he was accused by Cao Yong, a dog official, of maliciously asking for wages, and even ordered an evil slave to cut off the old man's arm.
My father made countless contributions to the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau throughout his life, improving looms and creating original dyes, but he never expected that he would end up like this; and my sister Hua Zhenzhu, because the family couldn't get rid of the problem, she had to be sent to the Cao Mansion as a slave. She was kicked out by the Cao Mansion six months ago.
When she came out, she said she was seducing the young master by breaking the rules. In fact, she was raped by Cao Zhan, a romantic and evil young man from the Cao Mansion. In the end, my sister committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam to show her innocence. When she died, the child in her belly had already taken shape.
My mother cried her eyes out because of this, and she can no longer do her original cleaning job. Now Cao wants to drive me out of the factory. This is driving our family to death..."
Hua Pao burst into tears after talking about it. He was wearing a tattered floral dress, his face was vegetable-colored, his hair was greasy, he didn't even have shoes on his feet, his hands were stained with color, and his skin had many ulcers.
Such a tragedy really brings tears to those who hear it, and makes those who hear it sad. Those Suzhou policemen who have a little bit of conscience secretly turned away their faces and shed tears. The guards in red shirts stared at the Cao family and his son as if they wanted to kill them.
It's like swallowing.
"Master Cao, is what this craftsman said true?" Liu Ziguang asked with a sneer. At this time, he already knew in his heart that the accusation made by the craftsman named Hua may be just the tip of the iceberg. If he digs deeper, I'm afraid