After the fourth master and I wear each other [Qing wear]

Sometimes, the mouth does not admit it, but the body can be very honest.

Yinzhen slowed down and wanted to hear what Yinzhen said about how Lanli ransacked his house after he took office.

Yinzhen's memorial to Kangxi was written like an old monk chanting scriptures, but he was full of emotion when telling stories outside.

"You haven't seen it with your own eyes, Admiral Lan is such a fast-moving person. He has been in office for half a year, and every 30 days on average, one family has been raided.

Swish Swish Swish Swish Swish Swish Swish Swish, from Quanzhou to Fujian, has copied five companies in a row.This speed is fast enough!This strength is strong enough! "

The onomatopoeia used by Yinzhen brought Wen Xian back to his senses from silently practicing Cantonese.

"So cruel?"

Wen Xian has never met Lan Li, but has heard of some deeds.

Lan Li was born in the army, with great strength, he can beat a horse with his feet.

He repeatedly made outstanding achievements in suppressing the enemy troops of the Zheng family in Taiwan, and the folks called him "General Broken Belly".

In the 23rd year of Kangxi, Lan Li was not yet a general.

Shi Lang liked Lan Li's abundant morality and appointed him as the vanguard of the Youying guerrilla team, and together they went to Taiwan Island to encircle and suppress the Zheng family.

During the battle, Lanli was hit in the abdomen by a shell, and even his intestines flowed out in an instant.

In that case, the enemy would be bad-mouthing, claiming that Lan Li was dead.

Unexpectedly, Lan Li actually asked his clan brother to help him stuff his intestines back into his stomach, and after a little bandaging, he stood up again to kill the enemy.

Vividly showing what it means to be unbeatable, it boosted the morale of the Qing army, and forced the Zheng family back like a rainbow.

After this battle, Lan Li not only narrowly escaped, but also invincible.

Later, for more than 20 years, Lan Li served as the general army officer of Xuanhua Prefecture, was transferred to Zhejiang Dinghai General Army, and then guarded Tianjin.

Until this year, he was promoted to Admiral of the Fujian Land Road, in charge of the green battalion military affairs in a province.Moreover, the admiral of Fujian is also in charge of Taiwan affairs.

Lan Li used to be able to continue to fight the enemy regardless of his heartbreak, but this year he dared to copy a local tycoon every month.The new official took office three fires, but his fierce and ruthless temper has not changed.

Yinzhen reported the names of the people who were copied one after another, "To be honest, these five families were not wronged. After preliminary inquiries, they are all bullying the market and exploiting the common people, and the evidence is sufficient."

Since following the law is enough to sentence someone to confiscate his home and go to jail, are there any scruples?

Under normal circumstances, being an official requires consideration of interpersonal relationships.

Local tyrants dare to act arrogantly, mostly because they have something to rely on.Lan Li ransacked his home mercilessly, which might lead to retaliation.

"If you call my family broken, I will tell you to lose your official position."

Yinzhen began to assume the difficulties that Lanli would encounter in the future.

"There are always a few people who are ransacked, and if the ransacking becomes Admiral Lan's usual method, just bribe his subordinates.

For the long-term, two years if one year fails, and three years if two years fail.People's hearts are changeable, and you can make a lot of money by copying a rich family once, and you will become a tool for your subordinates to collect money.

At that time, the subordinates will make up their own minds and weave unwarranted charges and put them on the rich.That money can't come faster, who wouldn't be willing to do it?At that time, Lan Li's reputation as the admiral who ransacked his home had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Who would believe that he was wronged? "

This is not enough.

The coast of Fujian is hit by strong winds and heavy rains almost every year.Farmland was destroyed and floods occurred frequently.

The rich merchants have been in the fear of being ransacked for a long time. As long as someone takes the lead, they will join hands to deal with Lan Li, and then join hands to raise food prices.

That's not enough, add fuel to the fire.

If people artificially create some difficulties and find one or two thorns to provoke trouble, they can create refugees who oppose the imperial court.

A set of combined punches will definitely make Lan Li tired of dealing with it.

Yinzhen shook his head while talking and concluded, "Strong personality, decisive and courageous, this is an advantage, but it will also be exploited by others. The management side cannot be like a war, and the secret enemy likes to make cold shots.

In the final analysis, Lan Li was spelled out by himself by fighting. He hadn't studied for a few days, and he didn't have much contact with court officials.At that time, he will have to face the ransacking of the house for a while, and then he will be in jail afterwards. "

After finishing speaking, Yinzhen felt that the air was strangely quiet.

Turning around, he found Wen Xian and Mo Yaqi looking at him thoughtfully.

There seems to be admiration in the eyes, and there seems to be the phrase "I never thought that brother Jiu would be such a person".

its not right!

What kind of person is he?Why does it seem to be labeled as "deceitful" and "revenge"?

Yinzhen was wronged, and she did nothing.

It's just telling the truth about what Lan Li did, and by the way, assuming what difficulties and miserable endings the admiral may encounter.

"Fourth brother..."

Yinzhen immediately looked at the fourth brother, hoping to get a fair word.

Wu Fuyi looked friendly, and patted Yinzhen's shoulder very understandingly.

"Old Ninth, you have spoken well. This reasoning is reasonable. Don't worry, brother, you won't be easily tricked."

Yinzhen let out a long sigh of relief, the fourth brother is the best.

At this time, Yinzhen's eyes darkened.

Listening to Lao Jiu's assumptions about Lan Li's fate, he knew that what he said was reasonable, but his heart was furious.

It was a pleasure to raid the house for a while, but he was imprisoned afterwards.

If you don't form a party and act resolutely, you will inevitably be united and retaliated against in the future.

Why are these words so harsh?

Yin Zhen felt accused of being scolded by Sang Huai, and he was also a supporter of house copying.

If the relationship between the fourth child and Yinzhen had not been improved as it is today, then one day in the future, they would have to deal with the wave after wave of sneaky tricks that Yinzhen and Yinzhen have worked together.

Thinking of this possibility, the meaning of looking at Lao Jiu's eyes became unclear.But due to his identity, he just held back the anger that burst out.

The old nine is very capable, he is very good at making tricks, right?

Since he was so powerful, he definitely didn't need someone else to write his family letter to Kangxi.

Yinzhen made a decision in a second, and asked the extremely smart Yinzhen to explain to Kangxi how he was named the "Pearl King" in Guangzhou.

Yinzhen shuddered suddenly.Look left, look right, everything is normal.

Strange!The winter in Guangdong is not as cold as in Beijing. Why did I feel like someone rubbed my head against the snow just now?

Wu Fuyi continued to walk as usual, but out of the corner of his eyes, he kept paying attention to Yinzhen's footsteps, which was three minutes faster than before.

I want to come to a certain home copying enthusiast to empathize.Even if this person endured all his skills, he must be beating Lao Jiu repeatedly in his heart.

What a pity!

Poor who?

It can be Lanli, it can be Yinzhen, it can be Yinzhen.

Wu Fuyi can be sure of one thing, 100% is not herself.

Fujian, a deep house somewhere.

There are still ten days before New Year's Eve, but a visitor from the capital came down here.

The person who came was none other than Ling Pu, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Former" means no longer in office.

At the beginning of this year, Ling Pu was dismissed from his post and had to leave the fat and oily Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ling Pu took advantage of the relationship between the prince's nanny and her husband.

But he imagined that he could always be entrusted with important tasks. He was implicated in the human trafficking case last year, which led to his dismissal.

Human trafficker Wang Mazi holds an imperial snuff bottle produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Kangxi used this to convict the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, thinking that Ling Pu's ineffective supervision led to the outflow of imperial items.

The charges can be admitted, but the punishment should not be direct dismissal.

They're all princes, they're so useless!

Ling Pu complained in his heart that the prince failed to keep Suo'etu's life back then, and now he has not been able to keep his official position.

When leaving Yuqing Palace, the prince even scolded himself head and face.

It is said that you are generous and don't care about filling your own pockets, but you can't even do some trivial things well.

Why didn't I do it myself?

But don't forget that there are too few imperial objects.

Who doesn't know the unspoken rules of making a furnace of snuff bottles and falsely reporting some losses when declaring, but actually withholding the real objects and selling them off.

Ling Pu felt resentful in his heart, he controlled the Ministry of Internal Affairs and gave the prince enough luxury and convenience, so why not make some extra money.The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't be clairvoyant, how can he know the whereabouts of every item clearly.

Fortunately, he has a little personal relationship with his successor, Prince Lian.Eighth Master didn't conduct a thorough and selfless investigation, and didn't reveal all the wrongdoings of the former chief executive's corruption and perversion of the law, which allowed him to escape a bigger catastrophe.

This would be replaced by Fourth Master taking over the Ministry of Internal Affairs...

Thinking of this assumption, Ling Pu felt chills down his spine.If it was the fourth master who came to investigate, he wouldn't even think about retreating completely. It is estimated that all his family properties would be searched.

When it comes to ransacking homes, Fujian doesn't stop.

There really is a Fujian admiral who dares to copy no matter who is behind the scenes.

"Lord Ling, you have to think of a way, how will you live this day?"

Song Chengpeng had a mournful face, and the silk and satin he used to wear had become coarse linen.

He was one of the five wealthy businessmen whose homes were confiscated and imprisoned by Lan Li.

The Song family runs a pawn shop.Sometimes I received good goods that were pawned, and deliberately teamed up with the gambling house to set up a set for the pawnbroker to make people addicted to gambling, and there is no principal to redeem the item.

Lan Li came to Fujian to take charge of the military affairs of the green battalion. When he was serious about military discipline and caught gamblers, he followed the clues to find out the evil deeds of the Song family.This time, all the properties of the Song family were seized, those who deserved to be imprisoned, and those who should be sentenced were sentenced.

Because Song Chengpeng has the title of Juren and is not the main operator, after paying a large amount of ransom money, he escaped from prison.

People are not in prison, but their lives are very different from before. Now they can only make a living by copying books.Finally looking forward to the old backer of the Song family, he complained to Ling Pulai.

"Put away those fancy intestines of yours!"

Ling Pu glared at Song Chengpeng angrily, "If you want to use the name of the prince to put pressure on Lan Li and make the Song family recover overnight, don't do this kind of daydream. You don't even want to think that Lan Li is not afraid of breaking your stomach , how could it be possible to compromise on a few words from the crown prince."

This is not perfunctory, but the deeper meaning is hard to say.

Lan Li was reused by Kangxi, and now the new official has three fires.

Now is not the best time to take revenge on him.You have to wait in dormancy, wait until the name of the admiral who raided the house becomes more and more famous, and wait for his subordinates to be bribed, and then deal a severe blow.

It may take four or five years to hibernate, and it may be uncertain whether Kangxi will be alive by then.As long as the crown prince ascends the throne, he may not be able to replace Lan Li.

Of course, the Song family that has been copied now doesn't want to make a complete comeback, and now it is normal for them to abandon their cars to protect their handsome.

However, Ling Pu did not drive Song Chengpeng away either. This wave of people who suddenly fell down was very useful, because they urgently needed to restore their old affluent life.

I came to the south this time mainly to help the prince collect money.The real power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been handed over to King Lianjun, so Yuqing Palace has less oil and water to get its hands on, and that is targeting the sea trade.

There are four customs offices along the coast.

Jiangxi Customs and Zhejiang Customs are mainly aimed at the trade with Japan and the mutual transportation between coastal provinces in the country.

Fujian Customs has jurisdiction over ships coming from Nanyang, while Guangdong Customs is the most profitable, and almost all Western countries declare customs duties here.

Therefore, among the four customs, only the Guangdong Customs is supervised by an imperial envoy from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Kangxi made such an appointment because the Ministry of Internal Affairs was directly responsible to the royal family.Half of the large tariffs will flow into the emperor's private treasury.

But won't the Ministry of Internal Affairs fill its pockets?

As Ling Pu, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he said that he would definitely, but the emperor didn't arrange an audit department.

This time I came to the South, because the Guangdong Customs Supervisor was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the same background is easy to handle.

The meaning of the prince is clear.

Wealthy businessmen had to deal with foreign goods licenses up and down, but the imperial businessmen in the name of the prince naturally avoided these troubles.

Since local merchants cannot directly sell goods to foreigners, they must find a licensed intermediary agent, and this commission must be paid if they do not pay.

After obtaining the license for foreign goods, Ling Pu's firm can act as a middleman to increase commission fees for local merchants in the Qing Dynasty.His asking price is high, and other middlemen in Thirteen Bank offer low prices, and any fool knows who to find as an agent.

But, that's not a problem.

There are people in the DPRK who are good at handling things, and this time they are here to discuss with the Guangdong Customs Supervisor who came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Raise the threshold for issuing franchised foreign goods to private merchants, and recover a large amount of legal fees.

Merchants seek profits and will always pass on this loss, which will inevitably increase the agency commission for finding the right local merchants.

Ling Pu didn't care who lost money.

Anyway, Guangdong Customs did not fail to collect customs duties on foreign ships, and they could earn enough money on their own side.

The Spring Festival is not in the capital, just to go to Guangdong to get this matter done.

The plan inevitably encountered some accidents, because the Song family in Fujian was ransacked, so they made a detour to understand the situation.

Ling Pu comforted Song Chengpeng with a few words, seeing that this person was well-informed in the local area, he wanted him to devote himself to the franchise business of foreign goods.

"The Song family has been defeated, and you have to find another way out. You can't always copy books. Now I want to engage in foreign goods licenses. Someone in the south will always watch this matter. Do you want to give it a try?"

"Thank you, Lord Ling, for your promotion, and I am willing to do the work of a dog and a horse."

How could Song Chengpeng be unwilling.But don't say that he once took the imperial examination, he is a scholar and should not be in business, there is no such thing.

In the past, he had never been able to pass the Jinshi examination, and he lived a good life relying on the Song family's property.

Now, the Song family's property has been ransacked, and all property has been confiscated to compensate the owner.He was unwilling to live a poor life of copying books to subsidize his family.

Ling Pu briefly proposed how to increase the commission plan, but he wanted to ask about the situation of the Thirteen Banks that currently have licenses for foreign goods.

"Xiao Song, how much do you know about Guangdong? Is there anything new in the thirteenth line recently?"

Song Chengpeng is very eager to be able to manage the foreign goods franchise business, and he dare not be perfunctory at the moment.

Trying to give the most important news to Ling Pu, so as to show his ability, this reminds him of the "Pearl King" who is in the limelight.

"There is indeed one thing worthy of attention. The Thirteenth Bank has added a Zhen's firm, which is said to be supported by Jiu Beizi. On the surface, the owner, Zhen Jiu, is nicknamed the "Pearl King" and is doing pearl business with foreigners. "

"Master Ling is working for the crown prince. If he met Jiu Beizi in Guangdong, wouldn't that lead to a change in the situation?"

Song Chengpeng didn't know much about the struggles of the princes in the capital, but he had never heard of the friendship between the prince and Lord Jiu, so he immediately asked this question.

"Brother Jiu has a very good nose, so he can drill wherever he can make money."

Ling Pu was secretly displeased, the prince and Yinzhen couldn't urinate in the same pot, how could they live in peace.

This is to drive people away.

Turning his eyes, the nickname "Pearl King" can be used to make some articles.Specifically how to operate, you have to go to Guangdong to learn more about the situation.

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In Guangzhou, with the arrival of the Spring Festival, the taste of the new year is getting stronger.

Since I thanked the stove on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, I have something to do every day.

Current customs: frying on 24, steaming cakes on 25, house cleaning on 26, washing on 27, making rice dumplings on 28, sticking door pairs on 29, the first year of the [-]th Regiment. ①

There are also special customs on New Year's Eve, such as children going to "be lazy".

When the lanterns come on, the child has a red egg and a loving aunt in his pocket.

He took the lighted incense in one hand and a lantern in the other and went to the streets to sing. "Sell lazy, sell lazy, sell until the end of the New Year's Eve, people are lazy and I am not lazy."②

Singing repeatedly all the way, singing incense to the earth temple.

Then return home and dedicate the red egg to the elders for food sharing.The more people who share the food, the more thorough the laziness is.

The children have sold their "laziness", and they must become extremely diligent in the new year.If you work hard to get rich and study hard, you will be lucky.

Wu Fuyi has participated in each of the above local customs since the beginning of offering sacrifices to the stove.

Including the lazy child tonight, she participated in the production of red eggs, and escorted Mo Yaqi singing nursery rhymes all the way to the earth temple, and then sent people back to the house safely to share the eggs.

This is not the end.

Next, she will continue to accompany Yinzhen to go shopping, in the name of experiencing the biggest difference in customs between Guangzhou and the capital during the Spring Festival - visiting the flower market.

A poet in the late Ming Dynasty wrote "Yangcheng Flower Market": "The strong fragrance flies to catch the three-pointed road, and the purple tones and red accents sell flowers. The evening wind in Zhuhai returns to Quefang, and Yujie is full of bees on sunny days."

Since the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou flower culture flourished.The number of people who grow, grow, sell, wear and serve flowers is increasing day by day.

In the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi opened the sea ban, and Guangdong Mansion became more and more prosperous.Before they knew it, people began to get used to visiting the bustling flower market on New Year's Eve.

The moon is not seen on New Year's Eve, and the flower market lights are like daytime.

Wu Fuyi was walking on the street, and the tip of his nose kept catching waves of dark fragrance floating around.

At a glance, there are many tourists.Most of them are in groups of three or four, and the whole family goes out for a leisurely walk to buy flowers.

This kind of elegant thing of admiring flowers and grass, I have to ask, is it something she would do proactively?

Answer: Of course not.

They are all Yinzhen's routines, and she paid the price of spending time in the street for Yinzhen's title of "Pearl King".

It doesn't sound complicated.

A few days ago, Wu Fuyi gloated, and Yinzhen's fate of confiscating the house was that he talked too much and offended Yinzhen without knowing it.Who would have thought that when she turned around, she turned into a poor person.

Because the letter to Kangxi's family must be written, and the rumors about the "Pearl King" must be explained quickly to prevent Kangxi from getting angry with Yinzhen.Otherwise, as the fourth child who travels together, it is inevitable that they will be angered and bear joint and several liabilities.

Who wrote it?

Don't count on Yinzhen.

This letter had better come from the fourth hand.It describes how wronged and wronged the ninth younger brother is, and how unfortunate it would be if he recited more points, and was inexplicably dubbed the title of King of Pearls.Let Kangxi not only not blame Yinzhen, nor think that he is unreliable, but shed tears of sympathy for him.

Believe, you should be sincere, touching, touching, ironic and moving.

Yinzhen said that he is very sensible.Although I want to beat Yinzhen, but considering the community of interests, I will still help write this letter.

Not only is it perfectly written, but it is also guaranteed to be fast, so that the messenger can deliver the letter to the palace before the first day of the first lunar month, and let Kangxi have a "good year".

In this way, it is not too much to want to relax after work.

It just so happens that the customs of the Spring Festival in Guangdong are different from those in Beijing, so you must not miss the New Year’s Eve flower market when passing by.

As for why another person came to the flower market together?

The reason couldn't be simpler, to find someone to act as a front.In the streets and alleys, other people are accompanied by relatives and friends. If a person walks alone, he will lose face.

Wu Fuyi was not interested in shopping, but he still agreed.As an accompanying guest, you can just walk with your legs, and it is not difficult.

Right now, she looked at Yinzhen beside her.This person is calm and leisurely, wandering in the sea of ​​flowers leisurely, looking around with great interest.

Soon, Yinzhen stopped in front of a stall.

The deep red and light red peach blossoms bloomed just right here, and he bought the first flower tonight.

Turning around, he handed the flowers to Wu Fuyi, "Looking at you, you still don't appreciate the beauty of flowers and plants. Let me help you. Here, you accept the hearts, and you will have a great future in the new year. Cantonese custom, thank you gone."

"The Book of Songs" once said, "The peach is so young, its flowers are scorching."

A bunch of peach blossoms in Yinzhen's hand swayed with the night wind.

It seems to be trying to say: "I am very simple. In Cantonese, "Heart" is a homonym for "Hongtu".

Wu Fuyi looked at the peach blossoms in front of him, and then at the passers-by around him. Ninety percent of the people also bought peach blossoms.So, she can easily accept this peach blossom, right?