Chapter 11 Surrender early is worse than surrender late
It was still dark, and Jia Liu, who had dozed off dozens of times while reading, rubbed his confused eyes, glanced outside in the dark, and picked up half of the Analects of Confucius.
He threw it into the corner, then sighed in his hands, went out to the kitchen and pulled off the seal on the charcoal stove.
Jia Liu wanted to boil some hot water to wash his hair, because he felt that the braid on his head that could not be cut was a bit dirty, and his scalp was always itchy. He probably had lice, so he had to take care of it. He felt refreshed in "He Zhong Tang"
Shining in front of you.
While sitting on a small stool waiting for the water to boil, Jia Liu kept playing with the braid on the back of his head and tried to pull it hard several times. As a result, his scalp was painful.
Instinct disgust.
If you smell it close to your nose, there is still a faint smell.
Today, the bannermen's braids are not as small and short as they used to be when the Manchus first entered the customs (commonly known as the money rat tail), but have changed slightly.
Firstly, the braids originally at the back of the head are moved to the top of the head, and secondly, the hair area is allowed to expand from the original braid roots to the size of four or five copper coins - without the braids, it would look like there is psoriasis or a birthmark on the top of the head.
The hair growth area has slightly expanded, and the braid style is still the "money rat tail" when I entered the customs. However, I no longer have to "braid every five days and shave my head every ten days", so the result of evolution is that the braids have become more and more beautiful.
long.
Longer braids look better than short braids, but washing them is troublesome. You have to unravel the braids section by section, and then clean them little by little with water. The whole process is very troublesome and time-consuming.
Therefore, when walking in the streets and alleys of Beijing, you can see braids that are almost dragging to the ground and shiny with oil. When you get closer, you will smell a sour smell that makes you want to vomit.
These are all traffickers and poor people living at the bottom.
The poor work hard to make a living every day and have little time to take care of their hair. In addition, most poor people cannot have wells in their homes, so an industry - water industry - was born in the city.
The water line is the same as the dung line. They use carts to pull big buckets, but the buckets are filled with water. Poor people either have to go to far places to fetch water, or they have to buy water from the water line, usually for a few coppers.
A bucket.
The bought water is precious to the poor, so they are reluctant to use it for bathing. Over time, the braids become long and smelly. To save trouble, many people simply tie their braids directly around their waists, not to mention that this style is convenient.
Hang something on your waist.
"Master, did you get up so early?"
Yang Zhi was startled by the movement in the kitchen. He thought it was his aunt making breakfast, but when he saw it was the young master boiling water there, he was stunned for a moment.
In all conscience, in the past eighteen years, this is the first time that the young master has taken matters into his own hands.
"Young master, I have been reading all night and I haven't even closed my eyes."
Jia Liu was still very satisfied with his achievements in studying hard. Seeing that the water was about to boil, he ordered: "Shuan Zhu, bring me a bucket. I want to wash my hair."
"oh."
Yang Zhi didn't think much about it. The young master was indeed still reading there when he went to bed last night. I really don't know how his young master changed his temper, but it's good, at least he won't faint from anger again.
Yawning, he poured the hot water from the pot into the bucket. After testing the water temperature, Yang Zhi put the young master's braid into the bucket to wet it. Then he found a piece of soap locust, crushed it, and began to rub the young master's braid up and down in his hands.
Saponaria is a medicinal material that has been used to wash hair for a long time. Because it is cheap, it is used by both the poor and the rich. However, the Jia family used Polyporus cocos earlier, and its hair-washing effect is much stronger than that of saponin, but the price
quite expensive.
In addition to common shampoos such as saponins, poor people also use rice soup and plant ash to wash their hair. Both of these products have good properties in removing oil stains.
After some rubbing and cleaning, Yang Zhi finally washed the young master's braid clean, and then put the braid close to the stove to dry it faster.
After a while, he felt that the young master's braids were almost done, so Yang Zhi was about to braid the loose braids again, but he heard the young master say that his head was itchy and asked him to bring a pick to pick it up.
As a result, two lice actually came out of this grate, one was fat and bulging just after eating, and the other was shriveled and just woke up.
With a "blop" sound, the lice-exposed remains on Jia Liu's fingernails were his own blood.
For some reason, Jia Liu felt particularly relieved when he strangled the two lice.
After the braid was re-braided, Yang Zhi used a small piece of red cloth to wrap the tail of the young master's braid. This would prevent the braid from getting dirty and make it look beautiful.
The eldest brother-in-law Wang Zhian and the second brother-in-law Gao Delu both told their father-in-law to "do it" and fell asleep in the guest room.
Jia Daquan was still snoring there, and the saliva at the corner of his mouth probably hadn't dried up all night.
Although the Jia family discussed at yesterday's dinner table that they would go to Heshen for help today, they couldn't go there at dawn. They had to go after Chen hour (after eight o'clock).
In addition, you can't go empty-handed. Although Gao Delu said that Heshen wouldn't care about those vulgar etiquette, Jia Daquan still decided to buy some gifts and bring them.
As the old saying goes, never hit someone with a smiling face.
Carrying things and going with empty hands will give people a different feeling. At least they feel "smart" (sensible).
On this point, Jia Liu, who had always looked down on Jia Daquan, extended his hands to support him and said that he must buy two jars of good wine and two bags of fine tobacco leaves.
There are no packaged Huazi these days, but most Banner people smoke tobacco leaves packed in tobacco bags.
Tobacco and alcohol, tobacco and alcohol, do some research.
Because it was not yet bright, the sleepiness he had felt disappeared after washing his braids. Jia Liu, who had nothing to do, simply washed the rice and cooked porridge.
Not long after, the eldest sister Jia Juan, who heard the commotion in the kitchen, came over and saw her brother cooking porridge there. She was immediately surprised again. Of course, she was surprised and felt warm and relieved. At the same time, she also felt very distressed and asked her brother why he didn't cook porridge.
Get some more sleep. He also said that he can no longer stay up late reading in the future, as he will be careful about tiring his body.
He is also close to his eldest sisters Jia Juan and Jia Liu. The predecessor was actually raised by his eldest sister.
The mother passed away early, and the father did not learn well and was fooling around all day long. Jia Juan, the eldest sister, has always played the role of mother. Jia Liu was brought up by her, and the same was true for the second sister Jia Lan.
It is said that a loving mother often fails her sons, and this kind sister will also fail her brothers.
Because Jia Juan was too doting on her only remaining brother and was never willing to beat or scold him, this indirectly led to Jia Liu becoming one of the bannermen's prodigal sons.
Soon, the second sister Jia Lan also woke up.
As the sky became brighter and brighter, the noise of people coming and going in the alley became louder and louder, and Jia Daquan, the head of the family, finally woke up.
The second brother-in-law, Gao Delu, had actually woken up a long time ago. He just stayed in bed because he was afraid of the cold. He waited until he heard his father-in-law's voice in the yard, then got dressed and came over.
The eldest brother-in-law Wang Zhian is really not awake. He has a bad drinking tolerance. Every time he drinks with his father-in-law, he doesn't wake up until noon the next day.
Everyone in the Jia family was not surprised by this.
While eating breakfast, when his eldest daughter said that the porridge was cooked by his son, Jia Daquan was really stunned for a moment. He looked at his "enemy" son, but he didn't say what he wanted to say.
Jia Liu didn't care what Jia Daquan wanted to say. After eating, he went to hitch the carriage with Yang Zhi. Yesterday, he specifically asked Yang Zhi to feed more horse feed, so as not to ruin the only horse in the family.
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Gao Delu took the towel handed by his wife and wiped his mouth, then said: "Dad, let's go over now."
"good."
Jia Daquan glanced at the room where his eldest son-in-law lived, and specifically told his eldest daughter to heat the porridge, in case Zhi'an woke up without ready-made hot porridge to drink.
This father-in-law is really worth his salt.
Even if the second son-in-law's family is richer and smarter than the first son-in-law's, in the eyes of the father-in-law, Jia Daquan, both sons-in-law are good.
After coming out of the house, everyone in the Jia family first went to a shop not far from the entrance of the alley to buy gifts. They must have wine and tobacco leaves, which are also necessary for bannermen to travel among themselves. In addition, there are some snacks and fruits, which are sold in bright red.
Wrapped in paper and tied with rope, it looks stylish.
The shops all over the city must have been opened by bannermen, and the old man of the Jia family was designated as a second official by the emperor, and the Dutong Yamen put the Jia family on the list of bannermen. This had long spread throughout the Han Army Zhenglan Banner, so
Anyone with a discerning eye will know that the Jia family is looking for a way out.
Heshen is from Zhenghong Banner in Manchuria, and his family lives in Donkey Rou Hutong, Xizhimen.
The name "Donkey Meat Alley" was passed down from the pre-Ming Dynasty. As the name suggests, this place must have been a place specializing in selling or slaughtering donkey meat in the Ming Dynasty.
The second brother-in-law Gao Delu said that although Heshen's ancestors were in Manchuria, they did not produce any big figures. Later, Heshen's second grandfather Ahadunse was killed in the Junggar expedition during the Kangxi period. Because Ahadunse had no children, the imperial court specially granted Heshen
Shen's father, Changbao, inherited the hereditary title of third-class Adahahafan, which is also the third-class captain of light vehicles.
When Hong Chengchou, who was an important minister of the Qing Dynasty and was now appointed as the head of the second minister by Qianlong, was almost seventy years old, he was awarded the title of third-class light chariot captain after several discussions at the Council of King and Ministers. It was also specially stipulated that only
The fourth generation.
According to the system, the Hong family can now receive a Spyker subsidy of 160 taels per year, which is 75 taels more than the Jia family.
Just based on the comparison of Spyker's subsidies, Jia Liu felt that Hong Chengchou, an important minister in the founding of the Qing Dynasty, was really at a disadvantage. Moreover, the Hong family's third-class light-carriage captain was only allowed to serve for four generations. He estimated that this would be his last life, and he, Jia Liu,
However, the family is hereditary to the end, so compared to the past, the great traitors are not as good as the Jia Er traitor.
It is true that it is better to surrender sooner rather than later.
I heard that Lao Hong's family was incorporated into the Han army and set up a yellow flag. I wonder if his family was notified to raise the flag. It would be fun if they were.
Jia Liu was quite gloating about his misfortune. He also looked down upon others' good deeds.
Donkey meat alley also has a school set up by the Zhenghong Banner Manchuria Dutong Yamen here, which is for ordinary children of the banner people to study. The Xian'an Palace Official School where He Shen studied is directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the school is in Xihua in the imperial city.
Over there, only less than a hundred Manchu bannermen students are recruited every year, and the teachers are all Hanlin students.
To a certain extent, Xian'an Palace Official School is equivalent to Tsinghua University and Peking University in later generations, but it is better than these two schools, because the main task of Xian'an Palace Official School is to train Manchus to serve as officials for the Qing Empire.
He Shen's ability to study here is not only due to his hard work, but also to his status.
The Heshen family declined again. After all, his father Chang Bao was the former governor of Fujian, and his grandfather Jiamo was the current governor of the river. In addition, after the death of Heshen's mother, Chang Bao continued to marry the daughter of Wu Mitai, the Minister of Civil Affairs. Therefore, Wu Zhongtang can also be regarded as
He Shen's grandfather.
With such two grandfathers here, and the hereditary title of third-class light chariot captain, He Shen would definitely have no problem entering the official school of Xian'an Palace even if there was nothing he could do against Lai Wu.
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Jia Zhongtang teamed up with Zhongtang to plead with the wise people in society to collect and recommend this book so that the two Zhongtangs can continue to be happy.