The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 342 Money or brains (seeking a monthly ticket)
The law of the Ming Dynasty: Anyone who harvests life and cuts off others will be executed in a timely manner, and the property will be paid to the family of the deceased.

Although the wife, son and cohabiting family members did not know about it, they traveled together for two thousand miles and were beheaded for their followers.

In fact, in all dynasties, those in power on the throne have undoubtedly imposed very severe punishments on these human traffickers.

It's just that money touches people's hearts, and there are still a very large number of people who blacken their consciences to do this business.

They are not human anymore, so there is no need to treat them as human beings
This trip to observe the people's sentiments ended soon, and Zhu Yunxi was the most unhappy one. He finally went out of the palace, and within two hours, it was over with a sesame seed cake.

"I wouldn't have eaten this sesame seed cake if I knew it earlier." On the way back, Zhu Yunxi muttered.

Zhu Ying said: "In this world, there will be countless people who will thank you for this biscuit."

Zhu Yunxi was a little confused, but the elder brother's tone was a bit cold, it seemed that what happened to the little beggar just now made the elder brother feel bad.

So I dare not ask more.

Back in the palace, Zhu Ying immediately summoned Song Zhong to inquire about the Ming Dynasty beggar gang.

"What is the situation of this beggar gang, tell me in detail."

Faced with His Highness Taisun's inquiry, Song Zhong naturally did not dare to hide anything, and told all the information he learned in detail.

The Beggars Gang is known as the largest gang in the world, covering all dynasties and dynasties in the world, everyone has become a beggar, gathers together to fight injustice, and behaves between good and evil.

However, the beggar gang in the Ming Dynasty was more violent than before. The reason for this, in the end, turned around, and it was actually related to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was lonely and cold when he was a child, and was sent to Yuanjue Temple to become a monk. However, the ill-fated Zhu Yuanzhang was expelled from the temple and fell to the point of begging from house to house. It is from him that the beating of cattle bones that is popular in the beggar gang now begins.

As a result, more and more beggars worshiped Zhu Yuanzhang. The current emperor seemed to be the spiritual leader who established the current beggar gang.

Fengyang Huagu is very famous, but it only appeared after Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country.

People from Fengyang, my hometown, suffered heavy losses because of their relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang in the war.

After the founding of the country, many people with connections followed to Nanjing Anding with their families.

As a result, Fengyang and its surrounding areas have become more and more barren.

In order to revitalize his hometown, Zhu Yuanzhang moved 14 wealthy households from the south to Fengyang, and strictly enforced the law that those who returned home without permission were guilty.

Due to successive years of fighting, the fields were barren, and there were many displaced people in Fengyang who became beggars.Therefore, the rich families in the south of the Yangtze River who moved here would pretend to be poor family members every winter, and return to their original places by begging.

Among them, Fengyang flower drum is even sung: Fengyang is a good place, since Zhu Yuanzhang came out, there have been nine years of drought in ten years, and he carried the flower drum and walked around.

Among them, it is naturally impossible for all the old Fengyang people to come to the capital, and most of them choose to stay in their hometown.

The love of the country is present in ancient and modern times.

This also led to many real Fengyang people becoming one of the beggars.

There is a problem here, beggars in Fengyang, even the government has to be careful.

Why?

Because many of these beggars are related to Zhu Yuanzhang, or the Huaixi civil servants and generals group, commonly known as the fellow villagers, they are all related.

In the county magistrates at the grassroots level, officials dared to oppress them. After a while, beggars went to the capital to sue.

This kind of thing is not talking, but there are many real cases.

For example, Huaixi civil servants and military generals who lived in the capital heard that their childhood partners or acquaintances were not only reduced to beggars, but also bullied by others. What kind of mentality would they have?
Especially for a small county magistrate, or even a yamen servant, how could he have the slightest scruples.

As soon as this kind of thing spread, it would naturally intensify, and the beggars became more and more unscrupulous, and many of them even used Zhu Yuanzhang's name.

Not to mention the big local families, the government has to stay away and avoid disasters.

Everyone looks at it this way, good guy, it's okay to be a beggar, not only can you travel around the mountains and rivers, but you can also eat and drink.

If you can't do it naturally, then join.

In most places in Fengyang, there was even an upsurge of beggars, especially after the previous rebellion in Fengyang was suppressed.

As the team grows, the rules will naturally increase.

Among them, a few who could read and write followed the beggar gang in the novel Romance, and began to learn in a decent way.

In many cities, there are even beggar stickers.

The so-called Beggar Sticker refers to a large family who paid protection fees to the Beggar Gang, or a shop facing the street, and there is a yellow paper posted on the right side of the gate.

There is a text: Yiying brothers are not allowed to disturb.

This paper, when the beggar sees it, he looks away.A beggar's note with yellow paper and black characters on the gate is as effective as sticking a door god to drive away ghosts if no beggars dare to come to the door to extort money.

If you encounter someone who refuses to pay the beggar's donation, the head of the beggar will send a group of beggars to come to the door all day long to demand it, causing unrest in the house, and a compromise must be made.

Often even if you go to the government, it won't work.

When these beggars were caught, they stayed in prison, eating and drinking, and there were so many of them that the county government's dungeons sometimes couldn't hold them down, and it was difficult to arrest the real leaders.

Therefore, beggars lead their apprentices to collect beggars' donations from house to house on a quarterly basis. Usually, when they encounter weddings and ceremonies, they ask for money. The hungry and poor came to occupy the docks.

In order to do a good job of public relations with the local government, it is customary to divide the donations of beggars into five parts: one for the head of the beggars, three for the group of beggars, and the rest is of course used to honor the local government.

Of course, there is no such thing as unification in the real beggar gang. If it really forms a unified scale, I am afraid that it will have to call in the army to suppress it.

Depending on whether the government acts or not, the climate is generally only locally formed.

It may be a county, or it may be a prefecture or a state.

They all take care of their own families, and their own families have their own way of making money.

With money, these dilapidated beggars still think about being in rags and begging everywhere.

Naturally, I don't want to, so I can only let others do it.

Among them, it involves picking and cutting, which has been passed down for a long time, and this picking and cutting has even become a family handed down craft, which is simply appalling.

"The filial piety of the Beijing Master's Beggar Gang, how did you divide the Jinyiwei and the Wucheng soldiers and horses, and whether the Public Security Department has joined in now, let's talk about it."

After Zhu Ying finished listening, she asked directly with a blank expression.

Hearing the words, Song Zhong down there knelt down on the ground with a puff, beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his forehead, and his back was instantly wet.

"There is no need to be so afraid. You should know something about the origin of this palace. Naturally, you have some understanding of these things. If you explain the matter clearly, I will naturally let the past go."

Seeing this, Zhu Ying asked lightly.

Song Zhong gritted his teeth, knowing that at this moment, it was impossible to conceal anything, he gritted his teeth and said frankly: "His Royal Highness, the capital's beggar gang is mainly in the southwest area, and the income is divided into three parts, one part is shared by Jinyiwei and Bingmasi. Come on seven or three."

"The Department of Public Security has not been involved so far. Most of the new recruits are from wealthy families. Most of them disdain to deal with the beggar gang. Some people from the beggar gang went to give gifts and were directly kicked out."

After listening, Zhu Ying said: "Send a letter to Jin Yiwei, silver and head, choose one yourself."

"All beggars in the capital will be arrested. The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled will be taken care of and managed in a unified manner. The rest will be executed directly if they have anything to do with harvesting and cutting."

"Those who are not related will be sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. There is a shortage of people in the construction of factories in the palace. There is a place to go."

"Also, if you don't get anything from copying, it's all your internal money."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong and said, "If your hands and feet are not clean, don't keep them."

Song Zhong hurriedly said: "The minister obeys His Royal Highness's order."

Whether it is Jinyiwei or Wucheng Bingmasi, the oil and water in it are very rich, at least several times or even ten times higher than the salary.

Inside, there is a huge network of relationships. In fact, to many extent, the Beggar Gang has also provided Jin Yiwei with a lot of sources of information.

But on this one, Zhu Ying has decided to give up completely.

Clean up the filth of the gang of beggars.

The existence of the beggar gang is a cancer, they don't do production, they like leisure and work, maybe they did have some sad things in the past, but this is not the reason for them to eat free food now.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is full of waste, with the emergence of a large number of grains such as sweet potatoes, and a full treasury, it can already start to support the initial infrastructure.

Nowadays, there is a lack of a large number of manpower, just to clean up this gang of beggars.

And just at Zhu Ying's side, the decree was just issued, and a large number of beggar gang elders gathered in the southwest of the capital.

"What the hell is going on? Why was someone summoned just now, and the gang is about to encounter a major event, and it seems that there is a catastrophe!"

The head of the beggar gang in the capital is a well-dressed scholar who looks quite literary. He is about 40 years old and has a strong figure.

Whoever saw him said that he was the leader of a beggar, how could anyone believe him.

In this dilapidated room, more than a dozen people are high-ranking members of the Beijing Master's Beggar Clan, none of them are dressed in shabby clothes, and there are several people who are white and fat, and their smiles are as kind as Maitreya Buddha.

"Guild Master, is there any action from the Public Security Department? A few days ago, Duke Liang made a large-scale arrest. Many good people in my gang were also arrested. So far, no one has been found, and the Bingma Department has not given anything reply."

"Compared to heroes like Liang Guogong, our gang's relationship with the Bingma Division is not worth mentioning. I'm afraid that no matter how much money is spent, it won't help."

A lean man with narrow eyes said clearly.

He also has a long beard, like the Three Kingdoms Guan Sheng style.

Take a closer look, in his arms, there is still half of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms exposed.

This remark also caused waves of discussion in the house.

"I said earlier, how could someone like Liang Guogong fall in love with us?"

"That's all for Liang Guogong, those government servants are all wealthy, arrogant and domineering, they are simply not human beings."

"Elder Zhang was beaten badly enough. His left eye is swollen. No wonder he has so much resentment. I think it's because he didn't have enough money. How do those little bastards understand that the world is difficult?"

"There is a way that it is difficult to travel in the world with money as a horse. Money can lead to gods, and it can also drive demons and monsters. As long as there are enough, they will naturally pay attention to us."

"In today's world, it's really hard to do, so I went to the Jinyiwei, the Bingma Division, and got [-]% of the gang members. Now there is another security department, who is directly under the grandson. When the great general Liang Guogong is in front of me, this appetite, I'm afraid It's not small."

Talking here, the room was full of sighs.

The cost of handing over is really not small, and obviously the money allocated has to be reduced again.

Seeing this, the guild leader frowned and said: "Qu Jing, it's impossible for the guild leader to joke with you. This time I summoned you all because of a secret message from Jin Yiwei."

"Around noon today, some nobles from the capital came to investigate the place, and they seemed to be causing trouble."

"Tell me quickly, who provoked the nobleman so that our gang was involved."

Hearing the name Jin Yiwei, everyone immediately fell silent.

Although Jin Yiwei took Xiao Jing's head, in fact, the relationship between the beggar gang and Bing Masi was much hotter. On Jin Yiwei's side, the slightly powerful people were all at the level of a hundred households, so it was difficult to hook up.

Speaking of Jin Yiwei, everyone's eyes couldn't help turning to the one-year-old man with half-closed eyes on the left side of the leader.

"Mr. Chen, I have to ask Mr. Chen to come forward and inquire about the news from Jinyiwei. I'm afraid we won't be able to get into the eyes of Jinyiwei because of our status."

At this time, the leader also bowed slightly and said to the old man next to him.

This attitude shows that the old man's status in the gang is extraordinary.

The old man opened his eyes slightly, and after pondering for a while, he said: "For several years in the past, it was no small matter when Jin Yiwei sent a message, and it is no different this time."

"Although the place is noisy, it is the place where we live. Because rabbits don't eat the grass by the side of the nest, the activities in our gang are more than the northeast side of the capital, where the merchants gather."

"The people who work here are probably the people under Elder Li."

"Elder Li, let's talk about what happened at noon today."

Elder Li, who was named, was a skinny man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, looking quite wretched.

Even wearing the gorgeous clothes on the body gives people a feeling of wearing a monkey's crown.

Before Elder Li could reply, a burly man stood up and said, "Could it be that your dirty and despicable deeds have been discovered by others? I told you a long time ago that at the feet of the emperor of the capital, there will be someone Something is going to go wrong one day."

As soon as these words came out, several people looked badly.

However, most people still watched with cold eyes and did not make a statement.

The skinny Chinese character known as Elder Li heard the words, and said in a slightly exasperated voice: "Butcher Zhang, what does this have to do with XX, and the gang got a lot of money from the business that XX did."

"Don't take someone's money and come here to humiliate Yu."

"Furthermore, those who can stay in the capital to beg for work are basically relatively light-handed, and the key points have already been sold."

The gang leader shouted: "Okay, don't argue anymore."

"Elder Li, the news this time is said to have happened at the dyeing workshop. The dyeing workshop is indeed your territory. Think about it carefully, there is nothing unusual about it."

"Jin Yiwei sent a message, but there has never been a trivial matter. If something happened to you, I will not skin you."

Elder Li suddenly shuddered.

It's easy for the boss to say this, but the skinning is really skinning, and it's not meant to be a joke.

Following the example of His Majesty today, the beggars all over the world punish traitors and violate the rules of the gang. They like to peel the skins and rush the grass, execute them at a young age, and light the sky lanterns.

Elder Li immediately prepared to refute.

However, a picture suddenly flashed in my mind, it was a certain apprentice who complained to him today.

It just happened to happen in the dyeing workshop, and it seems to have some connection with the nobleman mentioned by the gang leader.

Thinking of this, Elder Li said in a trembling voice, "Is the nobleman mentioned by the leader one or two."

When the leader heard this, his eyes became sharp and he shouted, "Li Laosan, is it really you?"

"Tell me, is that something that was waiting to be done was discovered by someone."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. Most people's faces were gloomy and frightening. They looked at Elder Li, that is, Li Laosan, as if choosing someone to devour.

Daming's punishment for harvesting and cutting off is extremely serious. Once it happens, no one can protect it, and there is no possibility of lenient punishment.

The entire beggar gang will be implicated, and they are the first to bear the brunt.

Even if they can get away with this matter at that time, according to the temperament of the Jinyi Guards Ma Si and others, I am afraid that they will have to wipe out their entire family in order to save their lives.

Seeing this, Li Laosan hurriedly explained: "I guarantee with the head of the item that it has absolutely nothing to do with the harvesting and cutting. It has just entered winter and the outside is not accepting the goods for the time being. It's just dumb, and it won't be dealt with until the beginning of spring tomorrow."

The leader asked: "Then why did you hesitate just now!"

Li Laosan didn't dare to hide anything, and continued to explain: "There were indeed two teenagers in Chinese clothes passing by the dyeing workshop at noon, and they had contact with a little doll, and they ate a sesame seed cake. There was nothing wrong, let alone a conflict."

"This kind of thing is too common. I thought in my heart that it should have little to do with what the leader said."

Hearing this, everyone's momentum weakened a little. It's true that such a thing is in the business, but it's a bit of a shadow of a snake.

The gang leader also heaved a sigh of relief, but his brows frowned even deeper.

"It's better for the old man to send someone, go and find out, if something is done about this matter, it will not be a trivial matter." The old man called Chen Lao said slowly with his eyelids raised.

Hearing Chen Lao's words, the leader of the gang bowed like a scholar and said, "I'm sorry for everything, Chen Lao, these little reckless people in the gang have offended noble people who don't know where to go, if you need it, please speak up."

Mr. Chen nodded slightly. He understood the meaning of the leader's money-saving and avoiding disasters. At the same time, he was thinking about how much benefit he should get from this matter.

When he was thinking about speaking, suddenly there was a loud noise outside the door, and a group of people broke in, shouting in a panic:

"Master, something is wrong!!!"

(End of this chapter)