Chapter 47: The Poisoned Bait

Seeing that the blind Duo's heart had been gloomy, Ah Duo said strangely: "It is a great grace for the court to buy the salt in your clan!" When such a good thing falls on your head, why don't you see a little joy in your face? ”

"Grace? In the past, our clan sold salt, as little as seven or eight cents, and as much as ten cents a catty, and the guests who sold salt never picked and chosen. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Now the government only collects six cents, and it is not okay to do this, how can there be such a grace law! ”

Hearing this, his father covered his blind mouth: "My son, how dare you complain about the court? If this is spread, will it not be a curse to our whole people? People are rich and content, and the court is desperate not to sell their own salt to collect from our people, this is not a great grace! What's the matter with a pound less than a penny or two? Let's just fry more. Besides, Sansi Shop collects salt This is a perennial stable business, even if the price is less, we can't ask for it! ”

The blind priest didn't speak, but his face was black.

People are like this, as long as they hate something, they don't like anything. The price of salt is still secondary, and the blind priest hates his younger brother the most, because he has behaved well in the Nazhi Academy, he has been given a name, and he has become a small leader, and he has become a hot figure there. How many people in the surrounding Tibetan tribe have received this kind of treatment? Those who sacrificed their land to submit to obedience, and even fought with the court and made military achievements, few can compare to their younger brothers.

Encouraged by this, and the fact that the three divisions bought their own salt, the old leader was sincerely grateful to the imperial court. Inspired by the head of the Yao family to send his son to Nazhi Yuan, the old leader began to seriously consider raising the clan to welcome Jia Han back and take his place in the future. As for the blind priest's heart, if you are not satisfied, it is a big deal to divide the clan account into two parts, and two brothers and a half will do.

Seeing that the position of the leader in his hand was divided in half like this, and that he was divided by his younger brother who had been in the clan since he was a child, he was extremely angry in his heart. Now no matter what the court does, in his eyes it is uneasy and kind, and a pound of salt is less than a penny or two, in his opinion, it is simply a robber who robs openly.

As soon as he left the city, a public official from Qinzhou suddenly chased him out and said to several leaders of the Fanluo: "I just got the order of the Shuaifu, from next month, all those who have been awarded the position of military master or inspector by the imperial court will come to Qinzhou to receive the money." ”

Zhang Xiang'er was stunned: "Why did you suddenly initiate money?" Dare to ask my brother, how much money do we have every month? ”

"According to the number of clan accounts, the first class is divided into three classes, the first class is five times a month, the second class is three times a month, and the third class is consistent every month. According to the new rules of the Shuaifu, the rest of the expenses are exempted, so I receive so much money every month. -- Of course, if the imperial court had originally decreed the amount of money and grain, it would still follow the old practice. If the familiar households in the near state are merged into villages, according to Luge, this limit is not applied. ”

At present, Qinzhou implements the merger of accounts into villages, mainly for the familiar households of Fanluo who have already returned to Shun, specifically to the north of Changshan, south to Tianshui County, and west to the Weihe valley of Ningyuan Village. To the east of Qinzhou, there are mainly Han villages, and the scattered Fanluo clan tents in various counties have also been merged this time. These tribes are all in Guweizhou, and they are not within the scope of this merger as a village, and they don't bother to pay attention to things that have nothing to do with them.

It is always a good thing for the court to send money, although I don't know what it is for, a few people still happily thanked the public officials who came to report the news, and promised to go back to inform the nearby Fanluo. These people are all big tribes, and they get five yuan of money every month, and they are smiling one by one.

Don't underestimate the five guan money per month, Li Lizun, the most powerful clan leader in the past, gave him only ten guan money per month before he rebelled, plus some rice noodles and tea silk. The only things that can be exchanged for money in the Tibetan Department are horses, cattle and sheep, and they have a great demand for tea and silk, and they have no money to spare, so they can buy a lot of things.

The official said: "I remember that when I came to receive the money, I had to bring the official seal issued by the imperial court. Go back and preach to the rest of the tribes, and make sure you make this clear to them. ”

Everyone happily agreed, and together they respectfully sent the official away.

Watching the official walk away, the blind priest said in a deep voice with a dark face: "Suddenly send us money, where is there such a good thing in the world?" ”

Ah Duo said: "The virtuous nephew is young, and I think things are too complicated. How is there no good thing? You see, even the salt in the salt pond in your clan can't be sold, and the government buys it, so what is it to give some money! ”

The old leader of the upper and lower clans said: "That's right, the imperial court takes care of us everywhere, and the new handsome is really a rare good person." Don't guess what it means to hurt people when the money is actually sent to you! ”

The blind priest snorted coldly: "Why isn't it harmful?" Today, we went to the Sansi store to see the goods they sold, which one is not rare? They only charge money for selling goods, and we don't have money to buy them, but now that we have a little money in hand, we will inevitably buy their goods. When you know the benefits of those goods, you can only find a way to make money. This is how the imperial court used this method to make us indulge in those strange things, and we will not be able to graze cattle and sheep well! ”

After listening to the words of the blind priest, several leaders couldn't help laughing and said to him: "What's the matter with your child, you think more than those clever Han people!" The court is just handing out money, and now that the party is in rebellion, the court is going to borrow the power of our tribes to give us benefits! When we have the money, we will naturally continue, and what is the right thing to buy if we want to! ”

The blind priest recognized that the court was malicious, and thought completely different from these old men, and said to him: "You think more simply! Have you ever thought about the fact that now all the Tibetan settlements in our east are merged into villages, and we Tibetan people are no longer allowed to live like before, what is the reason for this? When the Fanluo west of Ningyuan Village is finished, it will come to our heads sooner or later! ”

Zhang Xiang'er laughed when she heard this: "What are you thinking in your heart!" Those who are in the accounts are all familiar households, and they are originally farming for a living, unlike us who graze cattle and sheep. How can we live in water and grass as a village? Just think about it, you know that you are thinking too much! Besides, those who have been in the village may not be worse off than we are! ”

"Hmph, the people in the clan have become the people of Qi under the control of the imperial court, and those poor people have benefited, what should we do with the leaders? Originally, the cattle and sheep of the clan belonged to our leader, but now they have become the imperial court, isn't this a Ming robbery?! ”

Zhang Xiang'er shook her head again and again: "What's the matter with your kid today?" It is said that the people who have merged the accounts have been farming for a living, where did they get the cattle and sheep? The chief used to have a lot of land, but now he can collect more rent, what is the difference between it and the past? It's just to get people together and build a fort to prevent the party from the north from coming and looting! ”

The blind priest said angrily: "One day the account will be merged with the heads of our tribes, and you will know how powerful you are, and only then will you know why I said this today!" Fanluo near Qinzhou, what is the difference between it and us before? Aren't they just greedy for small profits, donating land and accepting quality, so they can only cultivate the land like the Han people! We Tibetan people are not born to farm, how can we be the same as those Han people? Grazing cattle and sheep can go wherever they want, which is incomparable to planting and guarding the land! ”