Six years ago, Qian Sanruo, a cloth merchant from Shenyang, was promoted from a general to a commander-in-chief due to his meritorious service in conquering the Cossacks on Sakhalin Island. He then followed Jiang Liuer to defend Sakhalin Island and conquered the outer northeast. He was promoted all the way through the wind and clouds, until Promoted to Ningguta guerrilla general.
To be fair, Qian Sanruo has no interest in making contributions. He is neither determined to serve the Qi like Jiang Liu'er, nor is he always thinking about revenge for his people like Alsa, whether in Sakhalin or Ning. When he was in Guta, his goals were very simple, just to make money.
The origin of all tragedies stems from the serious illness of the only son Qian Jersey.
Qian Zexi was the only child of the Qian family. He was the only son of three generations. He had been seriously ill since he was 16 years old. His nose and mouth often bleed for no reason. The doctor said it was a serious illness. If not treated in time, a small typhoid fever could kill him. The child's life.
Qian Sanruo spent all his family's savings just to treat his son. After treatment by several famous doctors, Qian Zexi's condition not only did not improve, but got worse.
Until Lao Qian heard that there was a medical clinic opened by a businessman in Putian, Fujian Province in southern Liaoning. The Putian Medical Clinic was very good at rejuvenating people. It was said that it could bring the dead back to life, and it was known as Xiao Hua Tuo.
In fact, Lao Qian could still go to the free medical clinic set up by Kaiyuan Bing in Shenyang City to treat his son. This was a benefit provided by Liu Zongbing (who had not yet proclaimed himself emperor at the time) to the people of Liaodong.
In Liaodong, Kaiyuanjun treated patients for free and gave away decoctions and medicines for free. When encountering such a good thing, Lao Qian was not tempted. He had been in business for many years and knew that the world would never lose its pie, and he did not believe that the government would. Giving innocent benefits to the people for no reason.
Qian Sanruo didn't believe that the big-headed soldier could save people and cure their illnesses, and he didn't believe that Liu Zhaosun, who was full of benevolence, justice and morality and was ruthless in killing people, was a good guy.
At that time, there was a rumor in Liaodong that Kaiyuan soldiers were going to cut open the patient's chest with a sharp blade and take out the heart to make medicinal materials.
So Lao Qian still went to the Fujian Medical Center. After mortgaging all his stores and handing over all his savings to the Putian Medical Center, in the next six months, "Shiquan Dabu Decoction" came again. It's "hard steel". If you operate narrowly, the child's disease will not only not be cured, but will become more serious. The old money will be spent completely, and the child will be burdened with hundreds of taels of debt.
In order to save money for his son's medical treatment, during that time, Lao Qian got up early every morning and went to Guangjimen Wengcheng to queue up to get porridge to drink. Kaiyuan Bing's porridge was the conscience of the industry, and it was so sticky that it could be used directly to build walls.
According to the rules set by Xie Yang, each homeless person can receive three bowls of white porridge and two steamed pancakes per day. Lao Qian only drank one bowl of porridge every day, and put all the remaining food in a broken basin and brought it back to his son.
Fortunately, this Putian medical clinic still had a clear conscience and finally cured Qian Zexi's illness before eating and wiping out the patient's family members.
The son was finally rescued, but from then on the Qian family owed a large debt. In order to repay the money, Qian Sanruo had to enlist and go to Sakhalin Island. At that time, as long as he joined the North Sea Expedition Team, he could get fifty taels of silver in advance and follow the expedition team. After arriving at Sakhalin Island, regardless of life or death, you can get a reward of three hundred taels of silver. Of course, if you die on Sakhalin Island, you will get more money.
In the first half of his life, Qian Sanruo mainly dealt with cloth and money, and in the second half of his life, he began to have contact with swords, guns, clubs, firecrackers, bows and arrows. But in the final analysis, he still loves money, especially after he was forced into a desperate situation to treat his son's illness. He gained a new understanding of money.
Maybe it was because he was afraid of poverty before. In the five or six years since he was in charge of Ningguta, Qian Sanruo never forgot to make money. For an ordinary prisoner, ever since he entered the Ningguta Yamen, if he wanted to get out of the Yamen alive, he would almost have to go to jail. A layer of skin was peeled off by Qian Sanwei, including money for sticks, food, charcoal, and ice. They also asked for favors from the prisoners during holidays and festivals. There were countless things to do and get cards from. If you don't want to give someone and you can't give it to someone, you'll be handcuffed with more than ten kilograms of shackles and thrown into a dungeon to survive or die.
The main population of Ningguta is small people from the border areas (Mongolians, Koreans, Jurchens) and relatives of criminals. The customs and customs here are very different from those in the pass, and even from Liaodong. Considering these circumstances, Emperor Wuding did not implement the " Under the Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System, people were free to engage in business and private property was not abolished.
Ningguta, like other border cities, belongs to the experimental zone of totalitarianism with Daqi characteristics.
During the Taichu period, the institutional setup of the Da Qi Empire, to paraphrase the later Celestial Dynasty, was the management system of one country and three systems (totalitarianism, capitalism, and serfdom):
Most areas in the Guan Nei and Liaodong adopt totalitarian politics, and the state extremely squeezes the rights of the people. In order to survive, the people must transfer their privacy rights, reputation rights, name rights, etc. to the court;
Some prosperous prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River (such as Huating, that is, Shanghai, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, etc.) adopt a capitalist system, allowing some people to get rich first through "hard" work, and help first and then take the blame.
In the outer Northeast, Korea, Japan, and Annan and Thailand that were conquered later, serfdom will be adopted, similar to the Qing Dynasty's policy towards the Han people after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
Emperor Wu Ding was in charge of the outer Northeast very early. After the capture of Sakhalin Island, the Supreme Emperor was busy with internal affairs and had neither the intention nor the ability to care about the situation in Ninggu Pagoda in the north. He completely left the military and political affairs here to Jiang Liu'er and Qian Sanruo (later Added a Supervisor Friend 3).
In this unsupervised and barbaric environment, power and corruption complement each other and grow crazily.
Qian Sanwei, who was born as a businessman and was good at business, was like a fish in water in Ning Guta. He did not have the etiquette, justice and shame of a scholar-official, and he had no bottom line in doing things.
Through bribery and women's sex, Shi Yousan, a new scholar sent from Shenyang, was soon dragged into the trap.
Shi Yousan was a Jinshi in the first year of Tianqi, and he became the magistrate of Wendeng County when he became an official. This shows that the emperor deliberately cultivated this person. At the beginning, Shi Zhixian worked under Chen Xin (the magistrate of Dengzhou). Because of his outstanding political performance, Emperor Wuding appointed him to Ninggu. Ta serves as the prefect, and he is promoted from the county magistrate to the prefect, which is equivalent to being promoted by two levels.
Even though Liu Zhaosun trusted this person so much, soon after arriving at Ning Guta, Shi Yousan was finally defeated when faced with the erosion of sugar-coated bullets of slavery. He forgot his original intention as an official of Qi Dynasty and began to indulge in beauty (Ning Guta There was no shortage of family members of guilty officials) and began to accept bribes from Qian Sanruo.
Facts have proved that the officials have lived a hard life in the pass for too long. Once they encountered these temptations, they quickly lost their loyalty to the emperor and the country, and they deserved to die.
Qian Sanruo and Shi Yousan were in charge of government affairs, leaving the army to Jiang Liuer.
While Jiang Liu'er and his men were fighting bloody battles with the Cossacks in the northeast, in Ninggu Pagoda, three or two of Qian Sanruo's close friends occupied tens of thousands of acres of local farmland through mergers and acquisitions, clever plunder, and collusion with big families. Nearly 30% of the ginseng, tea, mink, and brothel trade around Ninggu Pagoda are also controlled by them. These two greedy men are not just rats, they are simply kangaroos.
After all, Jiang Liu'er was only seventeen or eighteen years old. It might be okay to lead troops to drive away the Rakshasa ghosts. Let him play tricks with these two old fritters. Of course, he was no match for Qian and Shi.
The arrival of Wu Xiao, a close confidant of the Supreme Emperor and deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, broke the delicate political balance of Ning Guta.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Emperor Wuding solved the problems within the Pass, integrated North Korea, and now finally started to pay attention to the northern border.
For Qian and Shi, this not only means that the previous state of barbaric growth will never return, but it may also lead to death.
As Wu Xiao's investigation in Ninggu Pagoda deepened, the two Shuoshu became more and more uneasy and began to plan a more terrifying plan.
"Old Qian, what happened to Song Yingsheng? He had a close relationship with Liu Zhaosun. He only embezzled five thousand taels and was killed when he asked for it. Over the years..."
"Prefect Shi, you don't understand the temper of the Supreme Emperor. Song Yingsheng was killed not because of greed for money, but because he almost killed the Empress Dowager Cisheng. He tried to kill Lin Yu and Wu Xiao several times."
"Even so, I am still worried, after all, this money is too much."
Ningguta Fucheng North and South Street, at the end of a spacious alleyway near Ximen Gate, a lavishly built Qian family mansion stands proudly on the street.
The two white marble lions at the door are more than three feet tall, and they are more ferocious than the stone lions facing the city god!
The two vermilion doors were tightly closed, and a group of aggressive soldiers stood at the door. They carried sticks and kept driving away the refugees and beggars who came from outside the city. A refugee with broken legs was lying on his hands and feet. On the street, he raised his head and looked at the blood-red door in front of him, muttering something, not knowing what he was cursing.
There is a rockery near the northeast corner of Qian's Mansion. Behind the mountain is a dry well, which leads directly to the secret room.
Guerrilla general Qian Sanrui and his close friends from the prefect gathered in a secret room, with a light yellow whale oil lamp swaying gently above their heads.
Qian Sanruo held up the tea cup and said calmly:
"Furthermore, there is a difference between inside and outside the pass. What kind of place is Ninggu Pagoda? The sky is high and the emperor is far away. We cover the sky with only one hand. Who dares to make a mistake? That kind of thing is left in the city. If no one talks about it, he will die without any evidence. Who can What can you do to us!"
Qian Sanruo and the others received news in the past few days that Wu Xiao not only did not leave, but was also investigating him everywhere.
In addition, there was also movement among the lurking coir raincoat guards in the city, but they knew nothing about it. If Wu Xiao let the matter out, their lives would be at risk.
Shi Yousan wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully said:
"How about giving this guy surnamed Wu 10,000 taels of silver?"
Qian Sanruo waved his hand and said: "He is a slippery man. He followed Liu Zhaosun during the Wanli period. He is not as easy to deal with as Yang Tong and cannot be bribed with money."
"Then I'll give you a few women. Two of them just came from Shenyang last month. They are said to be maids from Huangge's hometown in the former Ming Dynasty. They are very beautiful. On the way, I asked the government officials not to waste them. They will be kept for a while and they can still be used."
Shi Yousan stared at Qian Sanruo and fiddled with the jade ring on his thumb rhythmically.
"Wu Xiao has been traveling all over the country for many years. He has never seen any woman. What are you saying as a gift to him as the daughter of a prisoner!"
"I don't want hard and soft things, I don't want money, and I don't want women! So what do you think I should do? If you hadn't dragged me into this, I would be a good official now and don't have to worry!"
Qian Sanruo saw his companion angry and quickly comforted him:
"Okay, let's find a way to solve the crisis."'
As he spoke, he walked to the map hanging on the wall, pointed at the post road from Shenyang to the east, and pondered for a moment:
"The Emperor's journey from Shenyang to our place will take five days at the earliest. We still need three days, which is enough time to take countermeasures."
Magistrate Shi quickly asked: "Countermeasures? What countermeasures?"
Qian Sanruo stared at the flickering candlelight on the wall, his plump face suddenly turned ferocious.
"People were killed, the ledgers were destroyed, and the granary was set on fire, so they could check for no supporting evidence."
"Are you crazy? Murdering the imperial envoy and burning the granary are major crimes against the nine tribes! Let me think about it again."
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