At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The reason was not that people reported it, but that the gang of gamblers did not dare to set up a casino on flat ground, fearing being accused, so they set up a private casino on the mountain without knowing their life or death.

After gambling for several months without any problems, they let down their vigilance. As a result, one day, their hidden casino was touched by bears on the mountain. Two bears killed seven or eight gamblers alive, and the rest ran back in shock. help.

The village head and the instructors in the village immediately led the village self-defense force up the mountain to arrest the killer bear. While killing the bear, they exposed their private casino in one fell swoop.

After this incident happened, the impact was great.

Guo Rui, the governor of Yanzhou, was reprimanded by Guo Peng, the governor of Taishan County was fined for two years, the magistrate of Bo County, the head of the township in question, and the head of the village were dismissed from office. The operator of the casino was beheaded, and his family members were punished as coolies.

One penalty to the end.

Later, Guo Peng realized that the trend of private gambling was showing signs of resurgence, so he ordered a large-scale sweep of private casinos across the country.

Not to mention, in addition to killing a large number of beasts, hundreds of private casinos were discovered, and a group of heads were brutally killed to enrich the coolies on the construction site.

After the big sweep at the end of the ninth year of Yande, the trend of folk gambling has been cleared up.

But this kind of thing is the same as sweeping up corruption, wave after wave, never think about it once and for all.

However, Guo Peng believes that no matter whether such a thing is revived or not, it must not be recognized at the official level.

Once something that penetrates the bottom line of social morality is admitted, no matter whether it is beneficial to the national economy or whether it is beneficial to reducing the crime rate, it will become a scar on the national spiritual and moral level.

Some persistence is difficult to continue, but once you give up, it's like a dam collapses and floods spread, and the far-reaching impact is by no means that simple.

If you don’t admit it, don’t agree, you have to punish it, even if it still exists secretly, as long as the government finds it wrong and the law has provisions to sanction it, then everyone in the society will at least retain a basic understanding——

No matter whether you admit it or not, you know in your heart that it is wrong to do so.

Especially young children and teenagers who are not clear about cognition, these people who represent the future, they will also think that this is wrong-whether they will make mistakes or not, this is wrong.

If the restrictions are relaxed and legalized in order to reduce the crime rate or reduce the administrative burden, or even for the sake of the economy, it means that the government has determined that it is right to do so.

The difference between right and wrong as determined by the law has brought more than simple effects to everyone.

So although such things exist, they are not allowed, and they can only survive in the cracks, unable to see the light and the world.

Of course, it does exist.

In the Annan Protectorate's Mansion, under Sima Yi's eyes, it just existed like this.

Although Sima Yi has led the destruction of five or six private casinos since he took office, earning a wave of political achievements, but he is a bit embarrassed about some special situations.

For example, in the case of Dasheng Restaurant, Chen Xiang, the son of the shopkeeper Chen Jiu, was ignorant, didn't like reading, and got into the bad habit of gambling.

It was a small gamble at first, but later it became a big gamble. Not only did I gamble all my pocket money, but I also tried every means to swindle money from my parents to gamble.

Chen Jiu is very busy on weekdays and doesn't have much time to discipline his son. Chen Jiu's wife is more indulgent to his son, always giving him a lot of money and letting him go to have fun.

As a result, one day, people from the casino came to the door and said that Chen Xiang had lost 48 yuan in the casino in one day, and asked them to pay back the money.

Chen Jiu turned pale with shock, and quickly found Chen Xiang. After questioning, he found out that it was true. He also learned that his wife had helped Chen Xiang hide the matter for a long time and kept giving him money, which resulted in such a catastrophe.

"So what? Anyway, you are so rich, just give it to him!"

Chen Xiang was eloquent and didn't feel that what he did was wrong.

Chen Jiu was very annoyed, and beat Chen Xiang with a stick. His wife stopped him, and he beat them together, almost killing both of them. Then he panted and told the people in the casino that he had no money and told them to go back, otherwise he would report to the police. , Let them lose their heads and do coolies.

Unexpectedly, the people in the casino were not afraid at all. They told him to sue him, but they were not afraid at all. They were related, even if the incident happened.

Anyway, find a few younger brothers to take the blame.

Give them enough pensions, take good care of their family, ensure that his son can take the imperial examination after five years of schooling, and pay back travel expenses. Anyway, he will work hard for a few years, and if he is lucky, he can come back alive.

But their family is not necessarily the same. Chen Xiang was accused of gambling, so he must have been doing coolies.

Chen Jiu has a son in his middle age, just such a precious son, if the son is gone, who will leave such a big family fortune to?

Do you want to wait for this son to die and then take a concubine to have another one?

Can you give birth?

Anyway, it means the same thing--barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, I even have younger brothers who don't want to die, how about you?

Chen Jiu was furious, and drove these people out with a stick, and then called a doctor to treat his wife and son's injuries, and went to think of a way with a dark face.

Chapter 1561 One thousand four hundred and eighty one Sima Yi figured out a way!

48 yuan, although it is not a big amount for Chenjiu, it is by no means a small amount.

After all, this is a small place, with a small number of locals and even less consumption, all relying on foreign businessmen to support his capital flow.

The prices of the dishes in the restaurant are high, and he has indeed made a lot of money, but the maintenance costs are higher, and many things have to be transported from the four counties of Hexi, which is really not low.

The income is high, the cost is also high, and the profit is relatively small. Most of the money has to be used for turnover orders, and the money that can be used freely in the hands is indeed not much.

If he took out 48 yuan in one breath, even he would have to hurt his muscles and bones. Once something happened, he would have no money to turn around.

Moreover, he really didn't want to take this loss, and couldn't swallow his breath. After thinking about it, he decided to find someone.

Being able to do such a big business in these places has nothing to do with the government, and I'm afraid no one will believe it.

The relationship he can find is really not an ordinary person.

Chen Qiao, the chief secretary of the Annan Protectorate, and the second-in-command in administration of the Annan Protectorate.

The two are of the same race.

This is indeed an ingenious fate. When he decided to move west to the Annan Protectorate Mansion to settle down and start a business, Chen Jiu didn't know where Chen Qiao was.

Chen Qiao was transferred here after Chen Jiu opened the restaurant for a year, which was really not deliberate.

But now that they have come, they are of the same clan who are thousands of miles away, and the relationship is very close.

Chen Qiao invites people to dinner if he has nothing to do, so he goes to the most luxurious private room of Dasheng Restaurant. Chen Qiao always doesn't charge Chen Qiao's money, or charges a little symbolically.

Of course, Chen Jiu knew that Chen Qiao's identity was inconvenient, so he never took the initiative to make troubles, and only asked Chen Qiao to help him when things came to an end.

This time, the matter was really big. When the matter came to an end, there was a danger of family ruin. Chen Jiu couldn't handle it with his own money, and he didn't have that much money, so he had no choice but to ask Chen Qiao for help.

Chen Qiao was very surprised when he learned of this, and also felt very embarrassed.

After ten years in Yande, this kind of gambling has become an important link for local officials to accumulate political achievements due to its nature. When local officials learn that there are casinos under their jurisdiction, they are often excited and immediately take the police to destroy them.

Those are all shining political achievements. Seeing one destroy one sees one destroying the other. If you accumulate enough, you can summon a bright future.

For a person like Sima Yi, this political achievement is even more important, so he has always handled gambling matters by himself, not by others.

When he took the post of governor, Sima Yi destroyed five or six prohibited casinos in a row, saw more than a dozen heads, and sent four to five hundred people to do coolies. He was very satisfied with his achievements.

Now that it is about gambling and other officials are involved, Chen Qiao finds it tricky and dare not make rash promises.

So he told Chen Jiu not to be impatient, and secretly found Sima Yi to discuss the matter with him, and exchanged this credit for Sima Yi not to pursue Chen Xiang.

Sima Yi looks stern and selfless on the surface, but in fact he has many calculations in his heart.

Chen Qiao is his important deputy, if he is stern and selfless and doesn't help him, it's hard to guarantee that he won't hold a grudge, and there will be a lot of inconvenience when he does things.

If he helped him, he would have the handle in his own hands, and he would completely obey his orders, and he would be more effective in handling things.

Anyway, there is one more person and one less person, as long as I can suppress it here and make the relevant people shut up, this kind of thing is not a big deal at all.

The only question now is who is the guy who acts as an umbrella.

If that guy has connections in the central government, it would be bad, and Sima Yi shouldn't act rashly.

If not, it would be better to discuss.

Sima Yi asked Chen Qiao to investigate secretly, and finally locked the target on a superintendent of the police force. He couldn't help laughing and laughing—how dare a small superintendent do such a thing?

Is the lard blindfolded?

But that being said, the superintendent who is in charge of a hundred police officers is also the person directly responsible for handling this kind of thing, the front-line executor.

It wouldn't be difficult if they were a little helpful and revealed a little information in advance so that the other party could make some preparations so that the chief administrator couldn't catch them.

No wonder this big gambling den is never found.

Sima Yi was no longer worried, and immediately attacked and confiscated the secret gambling house in one fell swoop. He confiscated more than one million yuan in gambling funds on the spot, and then pursued further, and copied out more than one million yuan in gambling funds. A total of more than 230 million yuan in gambling funds was confiscated. .

The superintendent who was a veteran of the Wei Army was arrested, and all seven of his subordinates who were in the same rank as him were reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for death.

As for Chen Xiang and his 48 yuan gambling debt, there was no news, as if nothing had happened.

Later, Chen Jiu sent money to Chen Qiao and Sima Yi, but both of them refused, and asked Chen Jiu to take care of their son.

Political matters cannot be measured by money. Chen Qiao received help, and Sima Yi received Chen Qiao's gratitude, which will be of great benefit in the future.

But for the Chen Jiu family, the matter is not over yet.

After this incident, Chen Xiang seemed to hate Chen Jiu, drank and made troubles all day long, and gave up on himself.

Soon, he was expelled from the school and sent home because he had a dispute with his classmates and beat them in public.

The local education system, like the central education system, is under the control of the Faculty.

Yiying's educational affairs are all independent, and the local administrative system cannot intervene, and the local academic departments are responsible for management.

The doctor Jiang Ji, who is in charge of the education affairs management of Annan Dufu Mansion, is a Jingzhou native, and was originally a lecturer at the Jingzhou Academy.

After Xue Xuetang was dismembered by Guo Peng, he came to Annan Protectorate Mansion to be in charge of education affairs, thinking of accumulating credit and leaving Annan Protectorate Mansion to return to the Central Plains or his hometown Jingzhou.

As a result, Chen Xiang beat people in public, and even caused them to bleed. The impact was extremely bad. Jiang Ji was furious, and he ruthlessly dealt with it, completely ignoring any other impact.

He was really angry, and neither Sima Yi nor Chen Qiao could do anything about it.

As a result, Chen Xiang lost her student status, and was also punished with five months of forced coolie labor and not allowed to go to school again within five years. She couldn't resist the powerful imperial machine, so she was forcibly taken away and went to work on the Shu Road construction site for five months.

Chen Jiu was sad and troubled by this, and it was difficult to take care of the business. The family members of Dasheng Restaurant were distracted, and most of the small workers were pocketed. .

In desperation, Chen Jiu, who was dying on the hospital bed, decided to close his business and stop here.

This matter was reported to Sima Yi, and Sima Yi felt ashamed, but at the same time, he also sensed that the crisis was coming.

He immediately ordered the Protector's Mansion to open a special office to make it easier for merchants who wanted to close their doors to quickly close their doors and stop losses in time, and then sent people to the streets to maintain order and avoid further panic.

Seeing the current situation, the merchants who were forced to close by Sima Yi suddenly stopped resenting Sima Yi, and instead felt a little grateful.

If it weren't for his coercion, these people would be like the group of panic-stricken businessmen, crying and shouting to close their doors to avoid further losses.

Once the crisis is detonated, the impact is all-round.

The blow to business is so great, the blow to farmers is also great, and the blow to handicraftsmen is even greater.

Of course, the government cannot be alone.

The people who came to inquire about news and seek help were about to crowd the entire Duhu mansion, and the Duhu mansion had never been visited by so many people, and Sima Yi was about to feel ill.

Of course, he quickly understood the great method of transferring conflicts, and blamed all the scapegoats on the Anxi people.

He said that everyone was so miserable because the Parthian people were too good, the Parthian people were too weak, and the Roman Empire didn't pay attention to martial arts, and attacked the aging and weak Parthian Empire, making the Parthian Empire half-dead, and now even the merchants don't come!

It's not our fault, it's not the officials' fault, it's not the businessmen's fault, it's not the peasants' fault, it's not the workers' fault, we're all wrong.

The fault lies in the rest of the people, the Romans don't talk about Wude.

So everyone must figure out the main contradiction, come on, let's scold the Parthians together!

By the way, you can also scold the Romans.

Although such a call was made, people's losses were real. A large number of farmers' unsalable fruits and vegetables were piling up, and they were about to go bad.

People who lost their ability to do business returned to their homeland, seeing that the accumulated agricultural products could not be sold, and they did not know how to repay the government loans and borrowed money from friends.

Although it is possible to alleviate people's mental stress by scolding the Sabbath people, the economic pressure and the pressure of hunger are real and unstoppable.

Faced with such a situation, Sima Yi stabilized his mind through his strong ability to resist pressure, and then used his strong thinking ability to start thinking about strategies and came up with strategies.

Let the Warehouse of the Ministry of War come forward to buy a batch of grain that farmers cannot sell, and use it as national savings.

This initially stabilized the situation.

But the problem is still very serious. There are goods everywhere, but there is a shortage of money. Many people urgently need money for turnover. If they don’t have money, they will go bankrupt and go bankrupt.

Sima Yi thought about it and couldn't find a solution to the problem. If money is lacking, everyone is short of money. The financial resources of the Duhu Mansion are limited, and there are still many things to do.

Nor is it a sound idea to count on the Treasury to get the money out of the crisis.

The Ministry of Finance itself is short of money.

The central government is rich, but it is so far away, and the crisis will be over when the central government's support is in place.