Prince Dun is right, these Eight Banners disciples in the capital are going to cause a big incident today!
On Qianmen Street, there are countless teahouses, wine shops and theaters in the alleys. They were filled with Eight Banners dandies early this morning. Logically speaking, this scene is the same every day. It is customary for Eight Banners boys to go to teahouses as soon as they get up in the morning.
Many times they can soak all morning long, and then make a nice appointment with a host at noon in a teahouse, have a nice drink, and then go to the bathhouse in the afternoon!
After dinner, you can listen to the opera if you like, and go shopping in the eight alleys if you like. You will be so cool all day long!
But today, these Eight Banners disciples no longer have the cynical and unrestrained energy of the past. They all sit in these social gatherings, watching their noses and hearts, drinking bitter tea and looking out from time to time!
The owner of the teahouse is such a shrewd person. They are all smart people in the market. You can tell at a glance that the atmosphere is not good. Some of the people drinking tea today are high-level servants in the palace, which are not easily seen on weekdays. uncle!
The offerings of some princely palaces that all six tribes can equalize!
These people usually go back and forth between the palace and the yamen on errands, and rarely come to the teahouses on the street. There is a lot of good tea in the palace!
But today they are here, and they are obviously the leaders among these bannermen!
The table near the door is occupied by the lowest-status bannermen. They are responsible for kicking out all the Han people who want to enter the store to drink tea: "Go away... get out... we have reserved the place here today!"
"Are you a bannerman? If you are not a bannerman, get out..."
All the normal tea-drinking guests were kicked away, and the teahouse became their gathering place.
Someone threw a purse containing money to the boss, "We've taken care of the teahouse today. You go and guard the door. As long as the bannermen come in to drink tea... the boy will also go to the backyard to boil water. No one is allowed to come in!"
"Hey...hey...don't worry, I promise to keep the door safe..."
After spending the money, the teahouse owner ran to the street in person and stopped other customers who wanted to drink tea outside the cotton curtain. "I'm sorry, brothers...here you gentlemen...the uncle in Qi has reserved the tea room today." !”
"I'm really sorry, please come back tomorrow... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!"
A meeting had already begun in the teahouse, and the leaders said rudely, "We are all our own people, and we have to keep our words to ourselves!"
"Today we are not rebelling, nor are we denying honor to the court and the emperor. We are just asking for justice!"
"What kind of justice? That means life and death for Guang Liang and the other tenth general manager!"
"You guys all know what happened, right? The six workers who died were students taught by the fucking Chinese, and the Chinese foreman actually filed a lawsuit!"
"I haven't said it before. It's natural to kill people with their lives! But Uncle Guang Liang and the others have no reason to die! Killing people is not their order, don't you think so?"
"That's right! There's nothing wrong at all. Uncle Guang Liang and the others didn't order the killing, so why should they pay for it with their lives?" people said coaxingly.
"Haha... This time I heard that a big prison was going to be built, and everything in the iron factory was going to be uncovered. I'm sure the court is being a little unkind!"
"Tell me what you say! Since ancient times, the law of the king has emphasized that the people should not punish the officials! You said that there was a pig slaughter? But did the pigs complain? Those pigs are lucky that we gave them a bowl of rice!"
"At the Jingshi Iron Works, they paid the protection fee, and they still have twenty cents to save for the remaining day! Why don't they have enough food and drink? Without us providing conditions, they would starve to death in their hometown!"
"We are doing good deeds! A pig eats forty coins and leaves twenty coins for them. We are all living Bodhisattvas, don't you think so?"
"That's right! There's nothing wrong at all...and those women in the flower shack, scolding them all for living a simple life at home, then selling them to someone to be their wives, giving birth to a bunch of children and then starving every day!"
"When you are at the feet of the emperor, you don't have to work, and you get nothing but money when you split your legs! How happy are these days? Without us providing convenience, how can they make this money?"
"Bah... just eat loess in your hometown and get beaten by the evil mother-in-law! Even if you beat me to death, you don't have to pay for it with your life!"
"Now the court wants to find these faults, but who of these two groups has complained? Has anyone come forward to complain?"
"Is it a sin to open a smokehouse or a casino? Is it corruption to sell some meat, eggs and vegetables?"
"It's unjust! We are unjust... Even if our banner people don't make this money, the Han people won't? Bah... Those Han officials are also evil-minded. They are more ruthless than us in making money!"
"The Jingshi Iron Works drove us away like this, but they just replaced a group of Han people to make money...Long live the Lord, it was all in vain, and we were deceived by those people later!"
"So...no matter what happens today, Guang Liang and the others must be saved! No matter what happens, don't lose your head! Because this is not a sin of death at all!"
"Listen to me, it's half past nine on the foreign clock... By half past ten, if there is no good news from the palace, we will set off together, pass through the Qing Gate, and go to the Thousand Steps Corridor!"
"Let's kneel down at the Huabiao and Jinshui Bridges! Let's go and kowtow outside the Meridian Gate!"
"Foreigners call this a demonstration! We can't give in. If we give in anymore, there will be no way for the bannermen to survive!"
People were talking about it, and a timid voice came from the corner, "Brothers! Will this kowtow parade anger His Majesty and kill us?"
"Look at your cowardly look! We are not rebelling, we are just letting the emperor eat!"
"What Guiziliu and the others did before were rebellions. They were directly against the emperor... What are we doing today? This is to tell Long Live Master that if the interests of the iron factory are not given to the Eight Banners, the Han people will be advantaged in the end!"
"What is the Eight Banners? The Eight Banners is a family. If you have money, the whole family will spend it, and the whole family will make money... You don't want the banner people to make money, so you have to give all the money to the Han people?"
"The reason we go to Kluang is to ask His Majesty to take pity on us heroes and not to take away our last chance of survival!"
"Don't worry! All the princes are aware of this matter, and even the queen mother in the harem has known it in advance. No one will stop us, so let's just do it boldly!"
These Eight Banners disciples encouraged each other and watched the time passing by in their pocket watches. Their nervous hands and feet were sweating!
"Look... a man has already come out of Risheng Teahouse. Should we go out too?"
"Let's go...it's already 10:10. No matter how much it is, we'll start early and meet at Qianmen Street...let's go to the Forbidden City to kowtow!"
The young guys who were doing business on Qianmen Street suddenly stopped selling. They were shocked to see groups of familiar faces emerge from the alleys on the left and right, and hundreds of bannermen gathered together!
"Ouch...what's going on? Why are all these guys gathered together?"
