"What is it?"
Song Siyuan sat in the guest room and looked at Zhu Fushun's face. This man's face was very embarrassed and seemed to be filled with tension. This showed that the things on Yugou Island were very difficult. As time went by, he became more and more concerned about the things that appeared on Yugou Island. The more curious.
"It seems that there is a sum of official silver mentioned."
After listening to Zhu Fushun's words, Yue Guanchao's eyes brightened and he looked at each other with Song Siyuan.
They had just talked to Luo Hengsen about the theft of official silver, and they immediately heard that there was silver under Yugou Island. It had to be said that it was a coincidence.
"Brother Zhu, please speak slowly."
Zhu Fushun took out a package from his arms and took out a copybook made of parchment. The pages were made of mulberry paper used for accounting, with slightly yellowed edges. The dark blue book cover on the outside was bound with twine, but it was too difficult to make. Too rough and the edges of the paper are not cut evenly.
"I found this book from the old man's belongings. I told you that the old man once worked as a water bandit's accountant. He usually has the habit of keeping accounts and writing books. These things are usually in the calligraphy and painting posts he keeps. Inside, when we were rummaging around, we thought it was some old account book, but when we opened it, we realized that it was the old man’s previous post, and it seemed to be called the Green Boat Club.”
Song Siyuan took the post and carefully browsed the records in the pages. As she deepened her understanding, the past events of the Green Boat Club and Guan Yin surfaced together.
The Green Boat Club was a gang that existed near Hunan Province decades ago!
What is the White Hand Gang?
In ancient times, powerful and dignified officials also had three religions and nine schools. As heavenly beings, powerful and dignified officials were inevitably in the cold at high places. If they wanted to do something, they would be watched by countless people, and even facts would be deliberately distorted to form evidence for criticism.
If they want to do something, they either bribe people in the Jianghu to do it, or they raise the white-hand gang themselves. This kind of white-hand gang is like the white gloves of the powerful. But any dirty and tiring work that they are not willing to do themselves can be delegated to the white-hand gang. , in order to isolate yourself from other things and not be contaminated by dust.
If something comes to light one day, as long as the white-handed gang is removed, they will still be heavenly beings with lotus feet on their feet and stars on their heads. In short, it is equivalent to raising a dog that can do things and take on the blame!
The Green Boat Club is the hall founded by Mr. Zhu Zhu Qinghe...
At that time, it was still a rare drought. Drought in the north triggered locust plagues and plagues one after another. The people could not even grow food and lost their livelihood. They either sold themselves into slavery and exchanged their children for food, or they robbed their homes and became bandits.
The water bandits on Dongting Lake are not having a hard time either. They make a living by robbing boats. Due to several disasters, the number of boats in Dongting has been greatly reduced. However, those who come to the boats are mostly thinking of saving their lives and snatching food from their mouths. Even though the children were eating, they couldn’t grab much.
Some Dongting boat people began to go ashore and set up martial arts schools, escort agencies, boat shops, foot shops in Yueyang, and even worked as nursing home slaves for people. Zhu Qinghe was in the prime of life at this time. Although he was a little thin, at least he had a bright mind.
He knew that after the Dongting water bandits came ashore, there would be no one to do dirty things for the government. Most of these officials were unwilling to get their hands dirty. This demand would never decrease, so through his previous relationship, he contacted The local bannerman of Yueyang governor Fulu, worshiped under Fulu and became his eagle dog.
Under Fulu's care, Zhu Qinghe established the Green Boat Club. In name, it was a boat shop, but in fact it was a gang of white-knuckle gangs. You can all make a difference through self-help.
In exchange, these members of the Green Boat Society will be supported by big shots with generous salaries and preferential treatment. This money is enough for these people to support their families and even buy land and property. At the same time, their names and books are also deliberately deleted by the government. It is equivalent to saying that all boat people are registered and controlled by the government, but they are the only ones who have no names and no records, and the government cannot trace their traces.
In this way, it not only allows them to be at ease, but also prevents traces of their actions from being traced after being exposed. It is a win-win and mutually beneficial condition.
In the ten years since the establishment of the Green Boat Club, Zhu Qinghe had done countless dirty things for the old aristocracy of the banner people headed by Fulu. He had also seen the sufferings of the people that ordinary people could not see, and he almost joined the Taiping Army and the The Nian Army, until these civil uprisings failed one after another, did he settle down and rely on the big tree of Fulu with peace of mind.
The most outrageous thing these old nobles asked them to do was to rob Hunan military officers of silver.
The county magistrates and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver a year. These big shots are both bureaucrats and old aristocrats of the banner. They have long been greedy and rich. The entire battalion's military salary is only three thousand taels of silver per month, which is not even a fraction of their corruption and perversion of the law. , these old aristocrats insist on doing this, profit is secondary, the main purpose is party strife.
At that time, the previous government officials still regarded themselves as the superior kingdom of China, but they did not realize that this dynasty was backward and ignorant. As soon as the strong ships and cannons of the Westerners arrived, they were immediately defeated like paper tigers howling. Some people lamented that foreigners were bullying China. Even though he was killed, he still held on to conservative ideas and refused to let go.
Others, who have been frightened by Western technology, have finally woken up from their dreams and finally opened their eyes to see the world!
Under the control of the Westernizationists, the shipping, textile, military, mining, coal, and automobile transportation industries in the southeast began to appear in various parts of China in the form of factories jointly run by government and businessmen. The Hunan Army was the new regiment training of the Westernizationists, and because of The Hunan Army was much better than the Eight Banners Battalion, and it made the greatest contribution against the Taiping Army, so it would inevitably make the conservatives jealous.
For Fulu, whether he was greedy for this money was of little significance. The most important thing was that the reputation of the Hunan Army could be affected by the theft of military pay.
Zhu Qinghe was in Yueyang, so he didn't know what it meant to plunder military pay. But since he chose to rely on the big tree, he would have to bear the price. If this matter was a party dispute, it would definitely not be something he could hide from.
However, Zhu Qinghe is not stupid. He has also seen that the Westernization faction has gained the upper hand in recent years. There is even a desire to protect each other in the southeast. If these old nobles are guarded, they will be buried with them sooner or later.
After much thought, Zhu Qinghe decided to leave these old nobles and at the same time find a new way out for himself. Although he did want to do this for Fulu, he also left himself a backup plan - if he did this If it succeeds, Qingchuanhui will make a clean break with the old aristocracy, and the two will owe nothing to each other from now on.
When Fulu agreed to this, he asked the gang members of the Qingchuan Club to set off. After the official silver was robbed, they were immediately transferred to Yugou Island through a secret passage in the water. Zhu Qinghe and a few confidants knew the location of the official silver. It was immediately sealed up so that no one could guess where it was.
After that, they went to Fu Lu to recover.
In their plan, this is the last time they make white gloves for the old nobles. After this time, they will stop completely. At the same time, as long as these old nobles let them go, they will exchange the official silver position of Yugou Island. , hand over these coins.
Some people died, but not completely...
