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Chapter 1 The Trial of Galileo

In the 37th year of Qianlong, Beijing.

Just after noon, at about three quarters in the afternoon, a young man with a birdcage in his right hand and two walnuts in his left hand came to the entrance of the famous Han family alley in Dashilan outside Qianmen.

Judging by the appearance of this young man, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He was wearing a long robe with a pair of jackets on his upper body, blue trousers on his lower body, a leather sloppy hat unique to bannermen, and a pair of leather boots on his feet.

No need to ask, this is Bannerman.

The fact is indeed the case, this boy is really a banner man who eats hard-core crops, but he is not from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

To say that the old man of this young ancestor is very prominent. He was the governor of Henan, the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, the crown prince Taibao, and Tuo Salah Fanjue (Yun Qiwei), who made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. Jia Taibao.

However, no matter how prominent Jia Taibao was during his lifetime, it has been a hundred years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Jia family has not produced any big names since Jia Taibao, so now this Jia family is actually just one of the ordinary bannermen in Beijing. Family.

In addition to receiving the salary and rations exclusive to Bannermen, the whole family lived on Lieutenant Yunqi's salary of 85 taels per year.

This salary and ration may be considered good among the Han army bannermen, but compared with the Manchu and Mongolian bannermen, it is not worth it at all.

Who made the Eight Banners of the Han Army mostly enter the banner later, with relatively junior qualifications.

Although all the Bannermen of the Han Army are proud of their Bannermen nowadays, in the eyes of Manchurian and Mongolian Bannermen, they are still "Han people of the same line", and such treatment must not be compared with that of the Manchurian Eight Banners.

This is partly the reason, and on the other hand, it’s also because Jia Taibao, the old man of the Jia family, was too clean back then. He used all his life savings to build academies to train talents for the court. After his death, he left nothing to his descendants. As a result, Jia's family is not as good as the previous generation, and they are typical bannermen who have fallen in family fortune.

What's even more worrying is that since the young man's grandfather's generation, the members of the Jia family have become more and more withered. Now that he is the fourth generation male of the Jia family, he has really become the treasure of the Jia family.

There is only such a male in the family, the Jia family must have attached great importance to this young man, and pointed to the young man's diligent study and participation in the imperial examination, so as to honor his ancestors and revive the Jia family's lintel;
Or just point out that the young man earnestly learns riding and archery, joins the army to serve the country, and reappears the glory of the old man on the battlefield. Not to mention earning a first-, second- and third-class gentleman, he must earn a third-class Hadahafan (Qingche Duwei) for his children and grandchildren anyway. Otherwise, if you continue to sit and eat like this, you may be kicked out of the flag one day.

The problem is that the treasure of the Jia family is not only incapable of writing and martial arts, but also has the bad habit of being a child of the Beijing Central Banner. The well-known prodigal son beat his father, Jia Daquan, several times in his life.

But Jia Liu can't be blamed for this (the first two older sisters and the other three older brothers all died shortly after birth), it's the general climate of the bannermen.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the newly born Eight Banners did not have the hard work of their fathers and grandparents, so they did not have to fight north and south. In addition to getting iron crops, the imperial court also issued rewards every now and then, and the green camp took care of most of the fighting.

Over time, whether it is the Eight Banners of Manchuria or the Eight Banners of Mongolia, including the new generation of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, one generation is not as good as the previous generation. In addition to eating, drinking and having fun every day, the riding and shooting skills left by the ancestors have long been forgotten.

I am so anxious that Lord Qianlong issued multiple imperial decrees, requiring the children of the Eight Banners to learn riding and archery, and to master the national language.It's just that no matter how anxious Lord Qianlong is, the temperament and habits that the Eight Banners have cultivated for hundreds of years are not easy to change.

On Jia Liu's side, the emperor couldn't control the children of the Bannermen, not to mention that he hoped that his son would become a dragon all day long, but he himself was an old man who ate, drank, prostituted and gambled.

The days passed like this, but there was no unexpected accident.

Somehow, the soul of a future generation was attached to Jia Liu, and then there was the present scene.

"Master, the master said that you will enter this Goulan Alley again, and your legs will be broken when you go back, or else, let's go back."

Jia Liu didn’t come to Han’s Hutong alone. He also brought a servant Yang Zhi who was two or three years older than him. This is also the only domestic slave of his Jia family. important task.

Although Yang Zhi was older than the young master, he was less courageous. In addition, the master was angry and sick several times because of the fact that the young master entered the Bada Hutong, so when the young master was carrying the birdcage and was about to step into the alley with his head held high, he couldn't help but persuade him. .

"What are you afraid of? Only other state officials are allowed to set fires, and our people are not allowed to light lamps! If he learns well, he will save me some property for the young master, and I will be so poor that I can only come to this Han family alley?"

Jia Liu twisted his mouth, and wandered into Han's alley regardless of Yang Zhi's self-care.

The Rouge Hutong and Shitou Hutong in the distance are the real gold-selling caves of Qianmen, where the high-grade places are located.Compared with these two places, Hanjia Hutong is obviously inferior.

Hanjia Hutong Mo Ting is an alley, but this alley is really long, and it is not an ordinary alley, because there are brothels on both sides of this alley.

It's just because it will be noon, the sisters are resting and recharging their energy, and none of the guests come to have fun during the day, so at first glance, there is no one in the alley, and it is very clean.

Yang Zhi muttered in his mouth what if the master knew what to do, but he followed the young master's footsteps closely, and subconsciously wanted to lead the way, because he knew which girl the young master liked the most.

After arriving at the gate of the old place with ease, Yang Zhi went in first to ask the young master if his sister was awake, but he saw the young master looked at him with strange eyes, and then shook his head hating him: "No future, brain What have you been thinking about all day long?"

"what?"

Under Yang Zhi's inexplicable and puzzled eyes, the young master walked to the Juchun Building not far away, which is a place that integrates a brothel and a theater.

Upstairs is a place for girls, while downstairs in the lobby there is a stage, separated by screens on the left and right, called official seats, which are exclusive seats for wealthy customers, and can also be understood as VIP seats.Outside the official seats, there are twenty or thirty tables for the Eight Immortals and long square stools, which are for ordinary guests to sit while listening to the opera.

This kind of place that integrates brothels and theaters is very common in Bada Hutong, and there are usually "zhantiaozi".

Finally, the play is over, as long as the guests are willing to spend money. Those who are not good will go upstairs with their tea bowls, where there will be good girls coming to serve.

This is the case in the entire industry, and no one sees it more often than not, and everyone is used to it.

The Huijuchun Building has also not opened yet, so not to mention the guests, even the staff are missing.

After Jia Liu came in, he didn't rush to call for someone, but sat down casually and looked at the stage.He knew that Peking Opera had not yet been born, because the four Anhui troupes did not enter Beijing until Qianlong’s [-]th birthday. The popular operas in Beijing at this time were Gaoqiang and Qinqiang, which were somewhat similar to Peking opera, but the singing was slightly different.

Yang Zhi finally came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Master, if you want to listen to the play, you have to come at night, and they don't play the gongs at this time."

Jia Liu turned his head and said, "Who said I want to listen to an opera?"

"Young Master, what are you doing here if you don't listen to opera?"

Yang Zhi was really confused by the young master's actions today, and vaguely felt that the young master seemed to be a different person.

"The Queen Mother's [-]th birthday is coming soon. As the children of the Bannermen, we must show some filial piety to the Queen Mother, right? I'm thinking of finding this troupe to put on a play, so as to add some joy to the Queen Mother's birthday."

When Jia Liu said this, his expression was extremely serious.

"What?"

Yang Zhi thought that his ears had misheard, and his young master would rehearse plays?
"Your young master, I am not an ordinary person. I will learn more from you in the future, and I will take you flying, young master."

Jia Liu snorted, took out a playbook from his bosom that he had spent several nights writing, and threw it on the table, with a smug expression on his face.

"what?"

Yang Zhi took a closer look, and saw a line of large characters written in ink on the cover of the booklet - "Three Trial Trials of Galileo".

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(End of this chapter)