Several groups of escaped slaves went to sea safely, and every time the news spread throughout the streets and alleys. Whose family did they belong to, how many people were there, why they wanted to escape, and how they wanted to escape. There are all kinds of ways. Those who want to escape don’t know where to start. Listen.
In the end, they all had some clues. Immediately, more and more bold people tried to escape. After waiting for a few days, there was news that the government could not arrest anyone, and even more people escaped. Gradually, 70% of the special envoys of other countries in Beijing
They all started to engage in the road guide business, and there were more and more carriage drivers outside the city gate. In just two months, the Five City Soldiers and Horses Department went from receiving reports of escaped slaves every few days, to receiving reports every day, to several reports every day.
Zong. Everyone who reports a crime must see the commander Zhao Cheng, but nine times out of ten he cannot be found—Zhao Cheng has gone out to investigate the case.
We really can’t blame Zhao Cheng for this matter. In Jia Cong’s words, Zhao Cheng is very principled. His principle is: whoever is in high authority will listen to whoever is in charge. At the other end, General Jarvis is reorganizing the Royal Forest Army, firmly
To seize the military power, the Taiwanese government transferred a captain named Yang Song of the Armed Police Brigade to recruit young men to serve as armed police patrols in the capital. It was obvious that the Yan Kingdom had returned to Jia Cong. Zhao Cheng had to listen to Jia Cong no matter what.
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On that day, Zhao Chengqin went to Tianjin to investigate Sun Liang's case in Prince Yan's mansion and returned to Beijing. He was scolded by Prince Yan's concubine Lou through the screen, and received seven or eight ear scratches from two old ladies. He returned home disgraced. His wife He was busy.
He handed him a post and said it was sent by someone about half an hour after he left. Zhao Cheng took a look and saw that the post said: If you have free time, please come and have a drink. The signature was clearly: Jia Cong, Regent of Yan State. Zhao Cheng
Cheng was shocked, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse, his face turned red and white for a while.
He didn't know how to read. Seeing that her husband didn't look right, he quickly asked: "Sir, who is this?" Zhao Cheng shook his head and sat in front of the window with the post in a daze. For a while, He made him a cup of tea, and Zhao Cheng didn't realize it.
Holding her hand, Mr. He blushed and cursed: "I'm not serious." Zhao Cheng smiled bitterly, pulled his wife to sit next to him, rubbed her hand and said nothing for a long time.
He did not dare to disobey the regent's order, so he just held a party at home, changed his arrow sleeves, and went away honestly. The old bustard recognized him, waved his handkerchief and stepped forward to call "Uncle", and then
He whispered: "You must have received the message and come here to wait for someone." Zhao Cheng nodded. The old madam smiled and said, "Master, come upstairs for a cup of tea, and that person will come." Please invite Zhao Cheng upstairs.
In the private room, tea was served, but no fans were called to serve.
Zhao Cheng sat alone in the room thinking about it, breaking out in cold sweat. But when the door creaked open, Jia Cong walked in alone, holding his hands behind his back, and greeted him with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zhao."
Seeing his smiling face, Zhao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up and saluted. Jia Cong waved his hand: "No need to be polite, it's too troublesome. We are meeting in private, not discussing matters in court."
Zhao Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "I am not qualified enough to serve as a low-ranking official."
Jia Cong sat directly opposite him, poured himself a cup of tea and took two sips to moisten his throat, then looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "I'm not used to beating around the bush. I'll make it clear."
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
Jia Cong said slowly and calmly: "As long as the cases of escaped slaves are investigated slowly, the first twelve cases should not be interfered with or hindered by the escape; from the thirteenth case onwards, there is no need to worry about it."
Zhao Cheng was shocked: "What?!"
"With the first twelve cases, you can probably know that there are just a few ways for slaves to escape. If someone comes to report the case again, you just have to do other things. In a few days, we will piece together the previous cases to find out.
The results of the case will be left to them." Jia Cong took another sip of tea and said, "I sent people to encourage Sun Liang to escape, and I also sent people to help him make his escape plan." Zhao Cheng was dumbfounded and opened his mouth.
Should I ask? How should I ask? Jia Cong glanced at him with a smile and said, "You don't have to be suspicious. I really want to encourage the slaves in the powerful houses to escape. It's best to escape them all."
However, in a moment, Zhao Cheng had already guessed a dozen reasons in his mind. In the end, he only answered one word "yes".
Jia Cong took another sip of tea and said: "The purpose is to drive away as many of these old guys and incompetent dudes as possible, and let them go to Qi, Jin, Wu, and Chu as they please. There are not many that can be used, and they occupy so many public houses."
Marquis title. After all, in Yan State, 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 will refuse to escape, and whether these people are enough to guard against thieves.
Oh, these people will inevitably be robbed by thieves in the future, so don’t bother to investigate. There will be a day when they can’t hold on any longer.”
Oh, it turns out that there is one emperor and one court official. Zhao Cheng put his heart back to its original place and said with a smile: "So that's it. This is easy. Just don't worry, the regent. I'm a low-ranking official who is busy every day. I'm afraid these small things will be taken care of."
Not on."
Jia Cong smiled and nodded: "I knew Mr. Zhao was a smart man." He raised the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. Zhao Cheng held the cup in both hands and drank all the tea in the cup. Jia Cong said again, "Mr. Zhao
It doesn’t matter if you don’t take the imperial examination and become an official, but I don’t see any other strengths in Mr. Zhao, so maybe this position is the most suitable for you at the moment.”
Zhao Cheng didn't even think about getting promoted. Otherwise, he would be unlucky. He hurriedly said: "The lower officials are less talented and less knowledgeable..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jia Cong interrupted: "Your son is not young anymore, so what's the point of studying in a private school? It's not like he hasn't even been admitted to the imperial examination for so many years. Who said you need to take the imperial examination to be successful?" Zhao Cheng sighed fiercely.
He held his breath and concentrated his attention. Jia Cong continued with a smile, "The Four Books and Five Classics are just for enlightenment and moral cultivation. After all, they are not practical technology. Yenching University is undergoing restructuring." He said angrily, "I shouldn't have criticized Hanlin.
What hope do those old masters at the hospital have! They will never respect science in their next life." After another pause, "Yenjing University will reopen in August this year. At that time, the school will begin to formally teach various practical courses - which can be put to use in the future.
Course." He looked at Zhao Cheng and said with a smile, "We welcome young people who are aspiring to study."
Zhao Cheng couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty! The dog will study well and live up to the support of Your Majesty." Jia Cong nodded with a smile.
Therefore, Zhao Cheng only honestly investigated the first twelve cases of escaped slaves, and when the princes and princes came to report the cases, he ignored them casually. As a result, more and more escaped slaves were reported.
Just now, Prime Minister Lin Daiyu has launched a city underground pipe network project. It is said that for future development, underground drainage channels must be re-laid throughout the capital. The capital is too big and has too many people. This project will take too long.
It would definitely disturb the lives of ordinary people. She then ordered the Ministry of Works to complete the work as soon as possible. The Ministry of Works decided to hire more civilian workers to work in three shifts, day and night, and Prime Minister Lin approved of it. However, the newly appointed Minister of Works, Mr. Shen He, also published a book, saying that civilian workers
If you can get it, the factory may not be able to supply the large reinforced concrete pipes used for laying drainage channels.
Lin Daiyu found out that the largest reinforced cement factory in the suburbs of Beijing was run by the family of Xue Pan, Marquis of Zhongming. This time, it was their family that was cooperating with the Ministry of Industry, so she went to the Xue family to discuss the matter in person. Xue Pan was a generous man. I heard that the court had met
Troublesome, I was happy to help. So I asked my cement factory to work in three shifts to supply the Ministry of Industry. In this way, the east gate of the capital could not be closed. Large carriages came out of the city every night to transport huge reinforced concrete pipes.
Enter the city.
Tianjin happens to be in the southeast of the capital. If someone goes out of the city among the civilians, the soldiers guarding the gate will not notice it. On the third day after the underground pipe network project started, the whole family who was guarding the gate of Xiangyang Marquis Mansion ran away. The next day, the news spread all over the streets and streets.
In the alley, everyone knew that they swaggered out among the civilians. They ran away from four families that night. To prevent this from happening again, the Marquis of Xiangyang came up with a brilliant idea: the disciples would work in pairs to monitor each other.
The two families ran away together.
The gentlemen either didn't care about a few minions, or they couldn't think of a way to do it, so they didn't pay much attention for a while. A few days later, another big news came out: In a village in the suburbs of the Liguo Mansion, all the slaves ran away.
Clean, no one left.
As soon as this incident came out, several people were anxious and took the lead in inviting all the princes to gather together for discussion. After arguing for a long time, they decided to write a letter to King Yan, requesting that the city gate should be closed at night on the grounds that it was easy for bandits to enter.
.Zhezi was sent to Prince Yan's palace like a mud cow into the sea, but there was no news. During the days of waiting for the news, there was a huge wave of escaped slaves in the capital, and some families actually fled less than half. The number of masters is too small, and they can't be seen at all; let the steward watch.
, managers themselves often run away.
Just when they were at a loss what to do, there was new news from the court. Because the prostitutes were prone to contracting the disease, and there were more than one client a day, the flower house was the most susceptible to spreading the disease. Therefore, Fantou and the young husband were ordered to have the disease every half a month.
After a medical check-up, only those who are fine will be issued a business license. This is a good thing. But later, another decree was issued, and the entire brothel in the capital was in chaos.
This order is: From the date of issuance of the order, the four nationalities of military, craftsman, merchant, and music will be abolished and all will be classified as civilians. And a sentence is added at the end: all people in the brothel, regardless of gender, will be abolished as slaves and no longer allowed to be sold.
The husband is a prostitute, and the old madam is no longer allowed to buy people as prostitutes. Those who want to be a pink-headed mistress can only voluntarily. And once they are not happy to do this job, they can leave at any time. In other words, the turtles in the entire Yan Kingdom
The prostitution contract in the hands of the old bustard was immediately voided. Are they willing? Of course they are not. However, prostitutes are originally low-class. After the regent, Prime Minister Pingzhang and the governor sat in the political hall to discuss the results, the King of Yan personally stamped the seal, and all prostitutes were
So what? Suddenly, everyone inside and outside the brothel was crying and laughing.
This incident happened unexpectedly, and the people speculated about the reason, but the government did not give a single word of explanation. The Ministry of Household Affairs sent many small officials to visit and check every brothel with the files, and sold the music books to each fan. They took the trouble to tell them.
Everyone: You want to continue to be a fan, but don’t want to make a living on your own. Anyway, you are all good citizens. Some fans cried: "The slave's sale contract is still in my mother's hand." The clerk laughed and said: "The sale contract
This thing is no longer useful, let her play with it. You can go wherever you want, and don't do it if you don't want to."
Having said that, many old bustards have great prestige among fans, and they are not allowed to leave their fans, let alone not to accept guests. Unexpectedly, the government has posted notices everywhere: Any old bustard who disobeys official orders is welcome to come forward.
.Once it is found to be true, the person who leads the charge will be rewarded with many prizes. The most indispensable thing in the market is ruffians who are short of money, and these people are also the most well-informed. Since you can make money by suing officials, why not make money? Fans
You have to pick up customers, so why can't the news of picking up customers get out? In just a few days, dozens of turtles and old bustards entered the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. In an instant, many brothels were empty, and the business was full - the fans of this house were originally employed on a hiring basis.
Zhao Cheng originally didn't know why the government was torturing prostitutes when they had nothing to do. Now he secretly guessed: Could it be to squeeze out his colleagues?
Due to the two incidents of escaped slaves and the extermination of Le Ji, the market in Beijing suddenly became depressed, and the business of Renyazi plummeted. Most of the slaves ran away, so few people bought them, but they sold a lot; brothels were originally the most profitable type. The business has simply been banned by the government now. Renyazi has no way of living! They still have many maids from wealthy families in their hands. They are all suspected of wanting to escape, so the owner specially ordered to sell them to Huajieliuxiang. After much thought , they can only be sold to other countries.
Therefore, many Yazi drove people in carts to leave Yan State. There was a man named Wang, Yazi, who was a wealthy family. On this day, Wang Dahu and his men dragged more than 60 people out of the city gate. Walking toward the man, he was planning to go to Chu or Wu to sell. After walking for two days, he suddenly heard the sound of a gong, and someone shouted: "I opened this road, and I planted this road. If you want to do this, Leave the money to buy the road!" I saw dozens of horse thieves rushing down from the mountain opposite. There were many people with this Wang Dahu, and they all picked up their guys and gathered in front. Then I took a closer look: all the people coming had their hands There was a musket in it! When he looked back, he could clearly see the swords and clubs on his side... his arrogance suddenly disappeared.
Wang Dahu is a shrewd person. Where can ordinary people buy muskets? Besides, there are always few bandits in the Yan Kingdom. He thought for a moment and walked forward and handed over his hands: "May I ask who is the leader? I will give you a few words."
A big man came over from the opposite side, holding a musket and striding over: "If you have something to say, say it quickly!"
Wang Dahu came up to him with a smile and whispered: "This lord's army is very majestic, and the villain can see it at a glance. May I ask what the regent wants to do? The villain is a serious citizen, and has never done anything illegal. Place."
The big man also laughed and said: "You do have some insight. To tell you the truth, you have committed the crime of human trafficking."
Wang Dahu wondered: "How come you have never heard of this crime? May I ask which law it is?"
"It hasn't been promulgated yet," the big man said, "it will be promulgated soon."
Wang Dahu frowned: "Is it too unreasonable?"
The big man said: "Since ancient times, the imperial court will inevitably do some unreasonable things. It will be bad luck for you." Wang Dahu choked. The big man looked at him and said, "Anyway, this business of standing up people's teeth will not last long. It's illegal. Money and life are more important. Let these people go, go back and pack up their property and change their career." He paused, "If you are really unwilling to change your career, just go to other countries. Countries such as Qi, Jin, Shu, and Wu have been The year will not abolish slavery."
Wang Dahu looked back at the carriages and horses carrying the people, and he was very reluctant to let go. The big man raised his musket. Wang Dahu hurriedly said: "I let them go! Let them go now!" He said it, but he still didn't want to let go in his eyes.
The big man smiled and said: "You'd better not go back and spread the word that the regent robbed you of your population. You have no evidence. Do you want to play in the class room for a few years?"
Wang Dahu hurriedly bowed and raised his hands: "I don't dare, a villain."
"It's okay if you dare." The big man said, "The prison of the Ministry of Punishment is big enough to hold everyone in the Yan Kingdom."