History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

"Third Brother!" Hong Shi saw Hong Kyung's eyes brighten up, "Khan Ama also called you over, is it true that he is going to arrange an errand for us?"

"Second brother." Hong Jing ignored Hong Shi, but walked to the table and called out to Hong Yun.

Hong Yun responded with a smile.

When the two brothers started talking, it made Hong Shi who was beside him very anxious.

"Third brother, third brother, please, tell my brother, did you get any news?" Hong Shi begged while grabbing Hong Kyung's arm.

Hong Kyung withdrew his hand angrily, "Okay, this time Khan Ama didn't just do what you wanted."

After hearing this, Hongshi's eyes lit up, "Is there really an errand order for us to come here?"

Hong Yun on the side taught him a lesson, "Sit down honestly and see how decent you are." The two princes were very angry when Hong Shi ran to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to contradict the emperor's father before, and felt that they could no longer After letting Hongshi go so far, it is inevitable that the two of them, as elder brothers, have to worry about disciplining their younger brother.

Hongshi was scolded and sat back on the chair honestly.However, his eyeballs kept rolling, and he knew that he didn't take this matter to heart.

Hong Jing and Hong Yun looked at each other, and quickly reached an agreement, and they will teach Xiao Si a lesson later.

Not long after Hong Jing sat down, Zhang Yuzhu walked in quietly, "Several young masters have invited their servants to come, and Long Live Lord is already waiting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

Hong Kyung got up and went out, the little eunuch beside him wanted to put a cape on him, but Hong Kyung turned his head and saw that there was nothing on Hong Yun, and asked the little eunuch to give the cape to Hong Yun.

As for Hong Shizheng, he eagerly followed his two elder brothers and couldn't wait to look at the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, fourth master had just finished his work and was eating breakfast.

What I ate in the morning was very simple, just a bowl of porridge, a jujube paste cake, a shaqima, and a cup of snow pear soup with rock sugar and white fungus.

The weather has been a bit dry these few days, Si Ye's nose is a little red, and even his lips are peeling, so Minning ordered the people in the imperial dining room to prepare soup, and bring it to Si Ye three times a day.

"My son pays homage to Ama Khan." Hong Jing led the two brothers to kneel down to the fourth master.

Fourth master put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, turned his head and let out a cry.

"Have you eaten all of them? If you haven't eaten, come and eat with me."

Hongshi felt a little regretful. If he had known that Ama was eating, he would not have eaten so much before, so he could leave his stomach empty.

Hong Kyung replied: "My son has already used it with Er Niang before."

Hong Yun also opened his mouth and said, "My son and Hong Shi have already used it outside the hall just now."

Fourth Master was not polite after hearing this, and pointed to a long sofa beside him and said, "Sit down for a while, and I'll tell you when I finish eating."

Fourth Master didn't keep the children waiting too long, he ate very quickly, and poured it into his stomach in two or three bites.

Fourth master's meal now is not like eating slowly when he was young. When he was doing business a few years ago, the special inspectors basically ate two buns when they found two buns.

Now that he became the emperor, he was so busy all day long that he didn't even have time to eat, so he could only sneak in to fill his stomach.

Minning joked that he was born to work hard, and he had to grasp everything in his hands, unlike her, who had to account for all the work, and set up rules and let someone else handle them.

But fourth master can't change this habit, he does everything by himself, even Minning can't change this.

After eating, fourth master felt the burn in his stomach subside, and then turned his head and said to his three sons.

"follow me."

Fourth Master got up and walked to the back room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The three princes looked at each other, and then followed.

The side hall in the Hall of Mental Cultivation belongs to the fourth master's bedroom, and it can be said that fourth master sleeps here most of the time.

For lighting, a window on the south side of the interior was removed and replaced with a large glass window. The sun was just right at this time. Although it was still a bit dry and cold, the cold wind was blocked by the glass, leaving only the sun. The sun is shining and it looks warm.

Fourth master sat on the couch by the window, and the three sons stood in front of him.

Seeing these three half-grown sons, the fourth master felt a little proud. The piglets raised by the family could rival the cabbages in other people's fields.

The fourth master asked Hong Yun first, "How is living in the hospital these days? Did you neglect you?" Facing this son, the fourth master's voice was very soft, as if speaking louder would scare Hong Yun Yun is the same.

Hongshi on the side looked at his second brother with some envy. When Khan Ama faced him, he didn't have such a good tone.

Hong Yun's health in the hospital for the past two years has indeed improved a lot. At least the fourth master has found that his son's body is stronger. It's not that when the disease first started, his body seemed to be hollowed out, his face was yellow, and his limbs were so thin. Same as hemp.

Although Hong Yun is still very thin now, at least he has started to gain weight, and his height has also increased.

"As Huihan Ama said, my son is living well in the hospital, and the doctors in the hospital are very dedicated."

Fourth Master nodded, "I heard that you recently fell in love with astrology, and even made your own telescope?"

Hong Yun thought that Khan Ama was blaming him for not doing his job properly, so he quickly explained, "My son is just idle and has nothing to do, so he got a few pieces of glass and tried to make it. Son, son..."

The fourth master gave up and said, "It's okay, you can learn whatever you want. Your An'eniang has an astronomy academy that specializes in teaching astrology knowledge. In a few years, when you are in good health, you are allowed to go and study."

After hearing this, Hong Yun was overjoyed, "Thank you Khan Ama for your kindness."

The fourth master nodded, and looked at Hong Jing again, "This time I asked you and Hong Shi to come over and arrange an errand for you. Your mother wants to promote Baochao, so I need you to go to the bank with Hongshi to understand the situation, and wait for Baochao to be promoted. , it is a great achievement for you.”

When Hong Jing heard the word Baochao, he was a little puzzled, "Khan Ama, why did Er Niang think of promoting Baochao? Didn't Baochao prove to be unworkable in the previous dynasty?"

The fourth master replied: "The previous dynasty didn't work because the imperial court issued too many precious banknotes. This time, your mother said, link the precious banknotes with gold, and issue as many banknotes as the gold is recovered. In order to win the trust of the people, You can take banknotes and exchange them for gold at the bank.” However, gold has to be converted into a precious metal and can only be used after being converted into currency.

In fact, with the development of society and the increase in the value of goods, it is not safe to link banknotes to gold. After all, who can guarantee that the banknotes issued by the gold stored by the court can meet the needs of the entire Qing Dynasty.

At that time, it will inevitably be over-issued, and the result of over-issued is inflation.

Minning has already made this point clear to Fourth Master, but the issuance of banknotes is imperative, especially in the new city of Mongolia, which has been tested well and can be promoted to the Qing Dynasty.

According to Minning's meaning, paper money, gold, silver, and copper are used together. First use paper money to win people's trust, and then gradually ban gold and silver as currency, and finally only copper coins remain.

Of course, copper coins will probably be replaced by other metal coins in the future.

"It's a big deal if this matter is done well. You two brothers should unite as one and work hard to handle the errand well." The fourth master said solemnly to Hong Jing and Hong Shi.

Hongshi didn't care about anything else, as long as he had an errand, he quickly said "yes".

On the contrary, Hong Jing had some doubts, but he also knew that since Han Ama had already made a decision, he must not have the part to speak, so he could only agree with Hong Shi.

Then Fourth Master continued: "After all, the issue of banknotes is of great importance, and it cannot be leaked out for the time being, so the two of you have to hide your identities and go to work in the bank."

When Hongshi heard that the errand was so urgent and he needed to conceal his identity, he was eager to try it.

When Hong Kyung sensed that something was wrong, his mother-in-law might have been involved in this matter, Khan Ama would never think of letting them conceal their identities.

Fourth Master waved his hand, "Go back and get ready, when you Huang Mafa set off, it's time for you to go to the bank."

After hearing this, Hongshi excitedly said to Fourth Master, "Don't worry, Ama Khan, my son and third brother will definitely handle their errands well."

Fourth master smiled, don't look at Hongshi being so happy right now, there will be times when he will cry later.When he leaves the palace, he will be an ordinary person, no longer a prince.No one to serve, no money, can only work to earn food.

Only then can you experience the pain of life.

Fourth Master didn't ask for anything else, but only asked him to correct some of his bad habits.

Thirteen quickly led several younger brothers and nephews into several groups, and rushed directly to the capitals of various provinces.

At first I thought that I just came here to check the land and population, but I didn't expect to check the accounts of previous years. The whole Qing Dynasty went up and down for a while, and it can be said that people were panicked.

"Fourth, I heard that you sent Thirteen out to check the accounts of previous years in various places under the guise of a census of population and land?" heard.

Some people dare not go to the emperor, but go directly to the emperor to complain, distorting the facts, saying that the people of the Qing Dynasty have been made miserable by the current emperor.

When one or two said this, the Supreme Emperor still didn't believe it, but when a group of people said that, the Supreme Emperor couldn't sit still.

On this day, Fourth Master was called to Changchun Garden by the Supreme Emperor.

The fourth master knew right away that someone must have come to file a complaint. Thirteen had only been out for half a month, and the account books from all over the country had not been collected, so three thousand accountants were sent out. In order not to leak the news, the fourth master deliberately set up interceptions in various places , I didn't expect the news to be passed into Beijing.

Hearing the question from the Supreme Emperor, the fourth master said cautiously, "As Huihan Ama said, the census of population and land is not a cover, and the audit is also true. It's just that the three are checked together."

The Supreme Emperor said earnestly, "Fourth brother, you can take your time to check the accounts. You are still too impatient to do this, and it is easy to cause trouble."

The fourth master quickly said what he meant, "Khan Ama, my son thinks that the matter of auditing the accounts must be resolved quickly. If there is a little word of mouth, those accounts will definitely be wiped out. It is really unfair. All you need is a fire. There is no evidence whatsoever."

The Supreme Emperor didn't know what he meant, "Even though you said that, you are still too impatient to do things. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, which needs to be cooked slowly. When you put the fire down, the fire will become big, but it will bring you The after-effects are beyond control.”

The fourth master, who had lowered his head to listen to the Supreme Emperor's instructions, raised his head and said, "Khan Ama, my son intends to reform the shortcomings of the Qing Dynasty, accounting, the number of hidden lands, and the population. These three obstacles must be removed."

The Emperor Taishang sighed, "You said before that the abolition of cheap registration and prohibition of buying and selling people is to lay the foundation for the census?"

The fourth master nodded, "My son knows that he can't hide it from Ama Khan."

The Supreme Emperor knows that his son has an idea in his heart. After all, he is young and dares to fight, just like him back then. In fact, San Francisco can solve it slowly, but he is young and impatient to wait. At that time, he insisted on accepting San Francisco, which forced the princes from all over the world to rebel.

Even if he made a mistake at that time, didn't Huang Mama not say anything, and acted as a backing behind him?

The Supreme Emperor felt that he was still allowed to make troubles by the emperor. If something really happened, wouldn't he still be there, Khan Ama?

The Supreme Emperor somewhat understood the thoughts of the Empress Dowager back then. As an emperor, it is not terrible to make mistakes, as long as one can learn from them.

The Supreme Emperor hoped to cultivate a suitable heir, not a respondent, so although he did not agree with some of the emperor's actions, there was no need to kill them all at once.

Patting the chair next to him, the Supreme Emperor said, "Come and sit down, and tell me, what are your plans?"

The fourth master said, "Khan Ama, land annexation is getting more and more serious nowadays, and a lot of land has fallen into the hands of aristocratic families. These people will put all the land in the names of scholars, which will cause a lot of land to be hidden. There is no way to collect taxes.” As a gift from the imperial court to scholars, as long as they pass the examination of scholar, they can be exempted from a certain amount of land tax.

However, this has become a means of avoiding taxes in disguise.

It was originally a benevolent government, but the land of the rich is hidden, but taxes are indispensable. Where do these taxes come from?Naturally, it is collected from the helpless common people.

This makes the burden on the common people heavier and heavier. In fact, they not only bear their own taxes, but also bear the taxes of the rich.

The emperor naturally knew about the 1000-year ills.

The Song and Ming dynasties both carried out reforms because the land annexation was too serious, causing the people to lose their land and causing social instability. However, it is a pity that all these changes were against the local tyrants and aristocratic families without exception. Ended up without illness.

Just like Zhang Juzheng's whip method, the reform after his death was said to be useless, and finally the reform was abandoned halfway.

Wait until the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, and then look back, Zhang Juzheng's reform is obviously correct. If he can survive, it may not be impossible to leave a way for Daming to survive.

It's a pity that there are not many people who really have vision after a hundred years. On the contrary, some short-sighted people abound.

Such talents are the main force of the imperial court.

These people have no country, only a family, and only think about their own interests. Naturally, they do not allow legal reforms and violate their own interests.

And today's society has once again repeated what Daming experienced.

"How do you want to solve it?" The Supreme Emperor asked with interest.

The fourth master looked at the Supreme Emperor and replied, "My son plans to conduct a census of the land in the country first, and then divide it into acres." Regardless of whether it is a relative of the emperor or a scholar, as long as they have land under their name, they have to pay taxes, even Huangzhuang.

"Spread into the mu?" Taishanghuang pondered these four words.

In fact, this policy has already been implemented during the reign of the Supreme Emperor. For example, in some areas, the "Ding Suiliang Pai" or the use of land to share labor.

These basically come from Zhang Juzheng's one-whip reform.

The fourth child is planning to implement it nationwide?

The Emperor Taishang thought for a while and said, "The four words of sharing the land into the mu summed it up well. No wonder you said that you want to cancel the cheap registration and check the number of land." Once the cheap registration is cancelled, there will be a large number of people. Now the small tax is fixed. Yes, then a large number of people will share, and the common people can reduce the burden.

Then the small tax is allocated to the land tax, so whoever owns more land will pay more tax in the future. This is a great move for the people.

Finding that the fourth child was actually calculating, the Supreme Emperor felt relieved, "This matter will be done according to what you said."

Then it occurred to him that during this period of time there were always people trying to make him suppress the emperor, and these people were all from the clan, so it was impossible for the Supreme Emperor to avoid seeing him.

After thinking about it, the Supreme Emperor decided to help his son, at least take away some obstacles.

"In a few days, I plan to go to Rehe Palace to escape the summer heat. I heard that the train tracks in Inner Mongolia have been repaired to Rehe. I have to go and see what's new."

The fourth master hurriedly said, "Ama Khan, please don't put yourself in danger, the train has not been confirmed to be safe yet."

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I have my own opinion, you can go now."

Fourth Master was kicked out by the Supreme Emperor.

He rubbed his nose, and as soon as he walked out of Qingxi Bookstore, he saw a palace lady who was stopped not far away.

The maid hurriedly knelt down when she saw Fourth Master, "My servant obeys the order of the Empress Dowager, please come over and tell the story."

The fourth master listened thoughtfully, it seems that some people not only sued the emperor, but even the queen mother did not forget to tap the corner.

Fourteen just passed by Thirteen together, presumably the Empress Dowager wanted to inquire about Fourteen's situation from him.

Fourth Master walked over, "Come on."

After finishing speaking, he turned to the Ningchun Hall where the Queen Mother was.

"Fourth, tell me, is there any danger after Fourteen passes?"

As soon as Fourth Master finished saluting to the queen mother, the queen mother couldn't wait to ask.

In the past few days, the Empress Dowager has been sidelined by several female relatives, who all said that Fourteen was sent by the fourth child to do dangerous things, which may even cause death. How can this not make the Empress Dowager feel worried?

Seeing the Empress Dowager couldn't sit still, and called the fourth child over, the Empress Dowager murmured in her heart, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong.

Fourteen has been following Lao Ba all these years, and doesn't look down on Lao Si as his own brother at all.

This time the throne fell on the fourth son, although the queen mother felt a little surprised, she didn't say anything after all, but the fourth son was full of dissatisfaction, and murmured several times in front of her.

The queen mother taught him a few times, and seeing that he didn't mention it anymore, she didn't take it to heart.

Seeing that the fourth child was suddenly sent out this time, the queen mother thought that the matter had reached the fourth child's ears, so she hurriedly handed it over to the fourth child and called over.

The fourth master bowed to the queen mother unhurriedly before sitting down and said, "Emperor mother, please rest assured, this time I sent fourteen over, and I also asked him to lead the army to assist the thirteenth. If anything happens to him, it is impossible for him to have an accident."

The queen mother was relieved, she knew that it was absolutely impossible for the fourth child to lie to her about this matter.

"Then why did I hear people say that you sent the fourth child to do dangerous things?"

The fourth master patiently explained to the queen mother, "The things that Shisan and the others were sent to do this time will inevitably hinder the interests of some people, and these people naturally dare not give up easily. Queen Mother, please rest assured that Shisan is in In the barracks, others cannot harm him."

The queen mother was completely relieved, and thought of the gossip before, and said to the fourth master, "Since this is the case, then I won't make trouble for you."

Fourth master was very satisfied with the queen mother, even if he became the queen mother, he never thought of relying on his status to pressure him to seek benefits for the family.

Of course, it may also be the reason why the Supreme Emperor is still there.

However, in the final analysis, fourth master has a love.

The queen mother kept the fourth master for lunch, but the fourth master found an excuse and refused, "Emperor mother, this time I was suddenly called by Khan Ama, and the general and minister stayed in the palace, so please forgive my son for not staying longer. "

The Queen Mother hurriedly said, "You have something important to do, so do it quickly."

Fourth Master returned to the palace and then returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He stood in the hall with his back to the people.

After about a cup of tea time, an ordinary-looking guard came in and knelt down.

Fourth Master heard the movement, turned his head, and asked, "Which people have been to Changchun Garden recently?"

The guard said a few names.

After hearing this, the fourth master's eyes darkened. All of these people were from the old clan. I didn't expect to be able to encourage these people to play the side drums for Khan Ama. In this way, the benefits involved are great.

"Send someone to investigate carefully, and be sure to check everything for me."

The guard quickly retreated after responding.

After Si Ye became the emperor, the sticks were broken into pieces, some of them remained among the people to help Si Ye find some news, and the other part was placed in the imperial guards.

The guards in the imperial guards can be said to be of extraordinary birth, especially the imperial guards in the palace, who can mix with this group of people and are very well-informed.

Fourth master also wanted to get some news from these people.

After the guards left, fourth master went to the desk and continued to review the memorial.

The memorial under his command happened to be presented by Nian Gengyao.

Nian Gengyao, the governor of Sichuan, specially sent a booklet to pay his respects to Fourth Master.

After the fourth master read it, he only replied, "I see."

This is already Nian Gengyao's second memorial this year, the first one was when Fourth Master ascended the throne, and the second one is now.

In addition to asking for peace, there is another thing in the memorial, that is, Fourteen forcibly dispatched soldiers and horses from Sichuan to surround the local yamen and forcefully collect the accounts.

Nian Gengyao obviously came to complain.

What else can fourth master do about this?I can only help Fourteen carry around.

No matter how unbearable my brother is, it's not something a mere courtier can sue.

What's more, except for Fourteen's rude behavior, all his actions were hinted by fourth master.

The local officials are well-managed in the local area. If they are good-natured, they don't know if they can get the account book. Fourteen's quick action is obviously what fourth master expected.

Now that the ledger is in hand, fourth master should appease Nian Gengyao.

Afterwards, fourth master wrote another sentence on the memorial.

"Shishi is my brother, I love him, the queen dowager dotes on him, he is romantic by nature since he was a child, and his behavior is unrestrained, please take care of him." The words of the fourth master mean that the queen mother is behind the fourteen. Nian Gengyao could only accept what he did.

After finishing writing, Fourth Master spread the memorial aside, at this time Su Peisheng walked in.

"Master, the imperial concubine is asking to see you."

Fourth master put down his pen, "Hurry up and invite the noble concubine in."

"Cha." Su Peisheng withdrew.

Not long after, Minning hurried in with a food box.

"Why did you come here?" Seeing that the Zhu Zhu on the memorial had been done, Fourth Master closed the memorial and asked her.

Minning put the food box on the round table below, started and brought out three dishes, one soup, and a bowl of rice.

"I heard that you haven't eaten at noon, so I won't bring you food."

Probably the most important thing for Minning to do all day long is to watch Fourth Master eat.

This time, I thought he would stay in Changchun Garden to eat, but I didn't expect to send someone to ask, but he still ate.

Minning had no choice but to hurry over.

Fourth master got up and walked over, the maid quickly brought a golden basin for fourth master to wash his hands.

Fourth Master washed his hands and stared at the dishes on the table with good eyes.

Minning pressed him to sit down, "What's wrong with you? You have to be watched when you eat. It's not as worrying as Hongxuan and the others."

Fourth Master took the soup and said, "Isn't it just this time? I didn't think about it just now."

After taking a sip of the soup, fourth master stopped talking.

Minning sat at the table and watched him eat.

It didn't take long to eat this meal, and the fourth master asked her when his stomach was full, "You must not only stare at me for eating, but tell me if there are other things?"

At this time, Su Peisheng brought people over to collect the bowls and chopsticks, and the maid brought a cup of tea to the fourth master. After the fourth master rinsed his mouth, he waved these people away.

Seeing that there was no one in the room, Minning asked, "Master, I heard that you summoned the Minister of Military Aircraft today and said that you want to cut down the number of troops?"

Fourth Master didn't care at all about where she knew about this, nodded and said, "That's right, most of the soldiers of the Eight Banners nowadays are on empty pay, so there is a need to reduce the number of troops."

But Min Ning said: "Master, you just moved the civil servants, and the generals are not allowed to move for the time being." Min Ning formally came over to stop him from doing this.

As long as you hold soldiers and horses, civil servants can't turn the sky.

But if both civil and military actions are used, then problems will easily arise.If some people take advantage of the loopholes, it is easy to cause war.

Fourth Master frowned and said, "Don't worry about this matter, I have my own opinion." The soldiers of the Eight Banners were already festering, Fourth Master wished to cut off the rotten place immediately.

Minning grabbed his hand, "Grandpa, don't be impulsive, the matter of soldiers and horses is not in a hurry, let's straighten out the government affairs first."

Seeing that the fourth master was not moved, Minning continued to work hard, "Actually, the matter of the soldiers of the Eight Banners is easy to handle, but the difficult thing is the tax reform. You can straighten out the taxation of land and population for now, and I promise to give you a good solution for the soldiers of the Eight Banners." .”

Fourth Master thought about it, and looked at her, "Then tell me, what's your idea?"

Seeing that he had listened to it, Minning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let me put this on hold first. You should reform the tax system first, and only after you straighten it out can you achieve the basis for military force reform."

What she was most afraid of was that the fourth master was too impatient. He had only been on the throne for a long time, and he wished he could finish his life's affairs in one year.

Even God can't do this kind of thing.

Governing the country naturally comes slowly. They have plenty of time, but they are too impatient, so they can only repeat the mistakes of Emperor Sui Yang.

Thirteen passed through a door and entered several spacious houses connected together.

The room is full of ledgers, and a group of students who look like scholars are copying the ledgers. The copying is very simple, just converting the numbers into Arabic numerals.

Then it is more cost-effective to pass it on to the next person. After it is all uploaded, pass the original and the transcript to the next person for inspection.

Minimizes the chance of errors.

The tables in the room are connected one after another like a scientific research. At the same time, soldiers are guarding the door, and no one is allowed to come in and out with the ledger.

Shisan stepped through the door and came to the side of the sixteenth brother Yinlu, "How, how long has it been copying?"

Seeing Shisan coming, Yinlu hurriedly called out, "Brother Thirteen." After shouting, he replied, "It has been copied to Kangxi for 47 years."

Thirteen did some calculations, so there are still 15 years left.

Seeing nearly 200 people working together to calculate the account books of a province for nearly 20 years, I thought it would take a long time, but I didn’t expect to adopt a new type of account book. You only need to fill in a few numbers. After filling in the account book for a year, it will only take two or three pages at most, but Considering that this is the account book of a province, it only took seven or eight days.

Thirteen is currently in Shandong, which can be said to be a large province. There are many wealthy families here, and their relationships are intricate. It is a hard stubble, so Thirteen is in charge of this area, and the others are assigned to other provinces.

"How long will it take to finish copying?" Thirteen stood beside Shiliu and asked.

Sixteen did the math before answering, "A few days ago, I was a little handy, but the speed has accelerated in the past two days, and it will take more than a month at most."

Thirteen frowned, "It's been a long time." After such a long time, the news will definitely leak out. Originally, they planned to make a quick decision. When those people reacted, they would inevitably plan to destroy the ledger.

"Can you go faster?" Thirteen asked.

Sixteen said with a bitter face, "Brother Thirteen, you have to find someone you trust for bookkeeping, but even trusted people have to know this method of bookkeeping. These people are fast enough. It's easy to go wrong."

Thirteen thought about it, and then said to Sixteen, "In this case, I will send someone to the bank to send some people over."

This bookkeeping method was originally introduced from the bank, and people in the bank must be familiar with it.

Besides, the cashier in the bank was also taught by the same academy as these people in front of them.

Shiliu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he clapped his hands and said, "That's a good idea, why didn't I think of it."

Thirteen put his hands on his shoulders and said, "Go prepare another room and put some tables, and I'll find someone right away."

Shiliu nodded again and again, "Brother Thirteen, you go, I will take care of these things."

Thirteen nodded and walked out.

Walking outside, I saw that the entire courtyard was surrounded by layers of soldiers and horses.

This place has now become a forbidden area in Jinan Prefecture, and no one is allowed to approach it easily.

Thirteen went to the bank to find someone.

At the same time, people in Jinan Mansion also entered quietly. After these people came to Jinan Mansion, they entered the local government.

Like a group of mice hiding in the dark, carefully watching the movement of the yard after Shisan left.

When I went to the bank to find someone, Shisan also hit a snag, and they didn't recognize him as the king of the county at all.

In the end, Shisan still took out the sign given to him by his sister-in-law before leaving.

After the people in the bank saw the sign, their attitude changed immediately. It can be said that they want people to give, and they want to help.

After the leader moved a few calculators, Thirteen went back to the yard.

As soon as I went back, someone came to report.

"Master Shisan, someone is secretly checking the courtyard today." The person who came to report was Shisan's guard, who was given to Shisan by the Fourth Master to be responsible for his safety.

After Thirteen heard this, he immediately became vigilant.

It seems that some people really did not give up and took action.

"Cook immediately. After cooking, let the brothers go to rest first, and pay attention to the movement after dark."

The guard took orders and left quickly.

Sixteen came over, and he also got the news.

"Brother Thirteen, do you want to transfer the ledger first?"

Thirteen exhaled and said, "Put it in the cellar in the yard first."

Fortunately, as soon as he entered the yard, he ordered someone to dig a cellar in the yard, fearing that these people would set fire to it.

A fire can burn a house, but not the contents of a cellar.

Just in case, all the originally transcribed ledgers were placed in wine jars, and the mouths were sealed with mud.Guaranteed not to be noticed.

Sixteen immediately took orders and led a dozen soldiers to move the ledger into the cellar.

That night, someone really wanted to set the fire on fire.

Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time without much damage.

Sixteen originally wanted to lead the troops to catch up, but was stopped by Thirteen.

"Being careful is the way to divert the tiger away from the mountain."

Just as Shiliu wanted to refute, there was the sound of swords and guns colliding in the darkness. The sound was not far from here, and soon the sound became quieter.

Sixteen felt the ground moving, as if soldiers and horses were galloping, his expression changed, "Brother Thirteen, something is wrong, why don't we hide for a while?"

Just as Shisan was about to speak, he saw a group of soldiers running over holding torches.

"Brother Thirteen, Brother Sixteen, are you not frightened?"

The torch got closer, and Thirteen saw Fourteen in armor, riding heroically on the horse.

"Why are you here?" Thirteen asked with some joy.

Fourteen just jumped off the horse, "Isn't this here to support you? I just ran into a group of little thieves."

Fourteen tilted his head back.

Thirteen looked at the people who were tied up behind him, and said, "These people are waiting for an opportunity to set fire to burn the account books. Don't kill them, it's still useful." Then he asked Fourteen, "Aren't you in Sichuan? How did you run away?" coming?"

Fourteen immediately said, "Take [-] soldiers from Nian Gengyao, don't worry, there are thousands of people guarding there, and I guarantee that no one will trespass. I think you have a small number of people here, and it must be too late to defend." , No, I sent someone here for you."

Thirteen was overjoyed, "It's just in time, some books have been checked, and it just so happens that someone needs to be arrested."