Chapter seven hundred and ninety-fifth Hongfu knowledge
Hong Fu followed Zhou Shu's instructions. After leaving the courtyard, he just opened the door and saw a group of people gathered together and talking loudly. However, Hong Fu did not do what Zhou Shu said and just went out to rush.
Because he saw that among this group of people, although most of them were family members and servants of a wealthy businessman living opposite, two of them were wearing black clothes.
He knew that these black clothes were the official uniforms of the pseudo-Tang government officials, um, what they called patrolmen.
Immediately, he took two steps calmly and arrived at the door next to a few soldiers who were called to protect, but were actually monitoring the puppet Tang rebels who were detaining Zhou Shu. However, he did not show any concern for these soldiers.
In the past, he acted like a great butler in the Shangshu Mansion, but instead he took on the humility of serving his master and stepped forward: "Master Jun, what's going on outside?"
The soldier he was questioning looked like a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, with the rank of private hanging on his shoulder. However, he did not answer immediately, but looked at the sergeant beside him.
After the sergeant nodded slightly, he said: "The family opposite was caught dumping garbage at the door. No, the patrol police came to the door and demanded a fine!"
A fine for taking out the garbage? Hearing this, Hong Fu, the big housekeeper, was a little confused. People like to dump garbage at the door, so why did this fake Tang official come to the door?
But in order to inquire more carefully, he asked again: "That's right, but it's just a fine. The family across the street is also a decent family, so just pay the fine. How can you be so unwise and make a noise with an official!"
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However, when the young soldier heard this, he showed a gloating smile: "Then don't ask how much they will be fined!"
"How much?" Hong Fu asked as he thought to himself, this is just taking out the garbage, and people still dump it in front of his house. How much can it be? It is expected to be as little as tens of pennies, and as much as one or two taels of silver.
But the young soldier's words frightened him, because he saw the young soldier extend a slap, and then said: "Fifty taels!"
"What? Fifty taels?" Even though he, Hong Fu, was the great steward of the Shangshu Mansion, he handled countless amounts of money. Sometimes, when he collected money on behalf of Zhou Shu, he would have received tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even if it was
In fact, he himself has quite a lot of wealth, and there are many wives, concubines, and slaves in his hometown.
Naturally, this mere fifty taels of silver was not taken seriously by him, but this did not mean that he did not know what fifty taels of silver was.
Let alone fifty taels of silver, even five taels of silver is enough for a family of several people to live peacefully for a whole year.
"Fifty taels, that's a lot. It's just a matter of taking out the garbage. They can just send people to collect the garbage themselves. Why are they fined so much!" Hong Fu also had a lot of dealings with the soldiers guarding Zhou Shu during this period.
I know that although these people strictly control Zhou Shu's personal freedom, they usually don't cause too much trouble.
As long as his attitude is not so arrogant, the young soldier is still happy to chat with him during boring duty hours.
At this time, before the young soldier had time to speak, the sergeant on the side spoke, but his tone was not as good as that of the previous private. As soon as he said: "Fifty taels are nothing, I haven't fined him five taels."
One hundred taels is considered good!”
After that, he continued: "Under my rule in the Tang Dynasty, uncivilized behaviors such as dumping garbage are strictly prohibited. If it is normal, forget it. Although the fine for this kind of thing is quite large, it only costs a few taels of silver.
But now, our Tang Dynasty uses Jinling City as its capital. His Majesty the Holy King will move to Jinling City next year, and His Majesty the Holy King hates dirty and messy behavior the most.
So now Lord Qian, the Minister of Imperial Study, is personally presiding over the rectification work of Jinling City's city appearance. Who dares to neglect this critical moment?
Moreover, if we don’t impose severe penalties at the beginning, how can we serve as a warning to others?”
Hearing this, Hong Fu knew that the family across the street had probably hit someone's gun. He had heard a little bit about the Puppet Tang's emphasis on the city's appearance in the past few years, but as far as he knew, this
The punishment is not that severe either.
As for the family across the street, they probably ran into the muzzle of the gun and were caught by someone who wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
After the sergeant finished speaking, he looked at the street, and then said: "Just watch, they will pay the fine obediently soon!"
After the man finished speaking, Hong Fu also followed his gaze to the street, and saw a group of patrol policemen in black uniforms trotting towards the street.
When the two patrolmen who were originally entangled saw the reinforcements coming, they quickly broke away!
Then Hong Fu saw the group of about ten patrolmen draw out their long knives. The leader strode forward and shouted: "Are you going to disobey our patrol policemen to enforce the law?"
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe finally walked out of the house opposite. This man was the head of the family. He was not a powerful gentry, but a wealthy businessman. He could only be considered respectable at best.
I saw this man smiling as soon as he came out, and then personally handed over a fine of fifty taels of silver, and then sent the group of patrol officers away.
Before the patrolman left, the leader said loudly: "Now the city is in the period of rectification. All violations of the law will be severely punished. I hope you will do your best!"
After the patrolmen left in a hurry, Hong Fu sighed and said: "Although it is said that heavy punishments should be used in troubled times, but the punishment is so severe, are we really not afraid of causing some unrest?"
At this time, a second lieutenant who had just walked over heard these words. This young officer, who had probably just graduated from the martial arts school a few months ago, suddenly showed a trace of ridicule: "My army has stationed more than 10,000 troops in the city, and we are still afraid of them.
There is turmoil? Huh, if they dare to riot, we dare to kill them!"
"The city of Jinling surrendered without a fight. When our army entered the city, there was no chance to clear out the bad guys in the city. Otherwise, if there had been a big battle in Jinling City, all these bad guys would have been killed long ago. What else can we do?
Give them a chance to cause turmoil. Now that they are going to cause turmoil, it’s a good time to clean up the city so that we can welcome the Holy Emperor with peace of mind!"
Hearing this, Hong Fu was shocked in his heart. He couldn't help but lower his head when he looked at the young second lieutenant. After more than a month of contact, he knew that most of the ordinary soldiers in the puppet Tang thief army were
Ordinary people, as long as they have a better attitude and are more humble, others will not have any objection to them.
However, most of the officers of the puppet Tang thief army were not easy to deal with. Moreover, these officers thought about things from a very different perspective than ordinary people. They often looked down upon the officials and powerful gentry of the Ming Dynasty with contempt and contempt.
hostile attitude.
The hostility is understandable, after all, the two sides are in a hostile relationship, but looking down on them, why do they look down on the officials of the Ming Dynasty who are well-read in poetry and books?
Hong Fu couldn't understand their thoughts, but now he knew that they were not afraid of unrest at all, and even wished that someone in the city would cause unrest so that they could take the opportunity to clean up. After all, Jinling City surrendered without a fight. To be honest in the city
There are a lot of different kinds of people hiding there.
After bidding farewell to the guards at the door, Hong Fu returned to the courtyard, then went up to the second floor to tell Zhou Shu about the matter.
After Zhou Shu heard that he was fined fifty taels just for littering, he couldn't help but sigh: In the past, I had many ears for the harshness of Tang law, but seeing it is worse than hearing it!
However, Qian Mengjiu is also very courageous. In troubled times, he used heavy codes, and I am afraid he will do the same thing.
But if this happens, I don’t know how many people will be wronged!
But when he said this, Zhou Shu suddenly remembered the situation he was in now, and immediately sighed. Now he is still a mud Buddha crossing the river. He can't protect himself. How can he worry about the life and death of others!
I don’t know what the Puppet Tang Dynasty will do with me. Is it possible that they really want to surrender and then give themselves a high official to continue to serve?
It is said that when he led the soldiers and civilians to surrender, he was unwilling in his heart. At first, like everyone else, he wanted to cross the river and escape. However, it was so late. By the time he was ready to escape, Jinling City had already
It was completely blocked.
Then the bandit army attacked the city fiercely, and the defenders were completely defeated in half a day.
At that time, many officials, gentry and nobles in the city were all in panic, fearing that the bandits would massacre the city after breaking through. Even if they did not massacre the city, they would probably not let these officials go.
So many people contacted each other and asked Zhou Shu and others to take charge of the overall situation in order to protect their lives!
To be honest, Zhou Shu didn't want to die. After everyone's pleading, he sent for peace talks with the rebel army, and finally led hundreds of officials, soldiers and civilians in the city to formally surrender, because when he surrendered, although Zhou Shu had said that the army would be exhausted.
Possibly save the lives of officials and gentry.
But in fact, within a few days of the beginning, he discovered that although these bandits did not kill or demote officials on a large scale, they ransacked the homes where they should and sealed the houses. This method was clean and neat, as if they had done it to thousands of people.
Same as every time, very skilled.
The residences of Duke Wei and other officials and nobles were also raided. Fortunately, except for a small number of recalcitrant people, the lives of most of the officials, nobles and their families were saved.
It is said that when the house was ransacked, some gold, silver and houses were left behind for them to maintain their livelihood, but they did not say that they were all seized.
Zhou Shu's family members are also part of it. Although they cannot live with him or be released, their safety is still guaranteed, but this safety is temporary. As for the future, he will not be able to live with him.
knew.
Because now he still doesn't understand what the Puppet Tang is going to do with him. Will they kill him, lock him up for a while and then let him go, or insist on making him surrender openly?