Wang Yongan shook his head, and said in his heart Suo Ling'er, are you naïve or not really ignorant of the world, Duan Zhigui, the commander of the Gong Guard, wantonly bought a house in the capital, on the one hand, of course, to make a little money, but on the other hand, because the future Jingshi is still the capital of the Republic of China, since it is the capital, there will inevitably be more important officials to live in the capital in the future, and they need a house to live in.

Now the best houses in Jingshi City are in the hands of the children of the Eight Banners, so Duan Zhigui must have got Yuan Shikai's secret permission, so he gradually took away the houses of the children of the Eight Banners of the Jingshi. This is not Duan Zhigui to make money, but a political task of the Beiyang system, and Duan Zhigui must complete it.

In the future, more government officials will live in Jingshi, and in order to obtain a decent place to live, they will even use more excessive means than Duan Zhigui. After all, the Qing Dynasty is gone, the Eight Banners are gone, and the best houses in the city should be given to those with more status.

Some smart people sold their houses and left, but many more Eight Banners disciples didn't understand this truth and still held on, so Duan Zhigui began to use other means to forcibly occupy the house. Thinking of this, Wang Yongan couldn't help but sigh: "Miss Ling'er, think about it carefully, is the house of your Suo family and Xizi family really your house all the time?" ”

"What do you mean? Of course, my family's house is mine, and my family has lived here for generations. Suo Ling'er pouted and said, her father, grandfather, and grandfather's grandfather all lived here, and the emperor couldn't drive them away, but I didn't expect that the Qing Kingdom was gone, and as a result, the Beiyang officials began to attack them. Suo Ling'er shouted: "They are really excessive, this world is still unreasonable." ”

Wang Yongan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "When the dynasty changes, do you want to be reasonable?" Miss Ling'er, you may be a little too innocent in your thoughts. This Jingshi City used to be the capital of the Ming Empire, and there was no banner person living in the city. When the Eight Banners entered the customs from the Dragon, they occupied the capital of the Qing Empire, and the courtyards, houses, and even the Forbidden City where the Eight Banners of the Dragon Ministers lived were not also snatched from the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty? Therefore, three hundred years ago, the Ming Dynasty changed to the Qing Dynasty, and everything suffered by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty was just repeated once when the Qing Dynasty changed to the Republic of China. In the past, your ancestor came from Baishan and Heishui, what else did he have besides the knife in his hand, he would not have bought this courtyard from the minister of the Ming Dynasty, right? At the beginning, your ancestors didn't know how many people they killed to grab this courtyard, but now Duan Zhigui spends money to sell it, but it is much more merciful than your ancestors. And you should know the truth that the husband is not guilty of his crimes, and those houses close to the Forbidden City in the capital city will naturally be coveted by the high-ranking officials of this dynasty. You are not a high-ranking official of this dynasty anymore, and naturally there will be high-ranking officials of this dynasty who want to snatch it. ”

Suo Ling'er was dumbfounded when she heard it, but she couldn't say any reason to refute it, entering the customs from the dragon was naturally a pride for the Manchus, but it was a disaster for the Ming Dynasty. Although this courtyard has been renovated and rebuilt several times in the past three hundred years, it is not suitable to say that the house is someone else's, but at least this land is snatched. What Wang Yongan said made sense, Suo Ling'er knew that the nobles of the previous dynasty would definitely be hit by the nouveau riche of this dynasty, and the nouveau riche would rob everything that had fallen into the previous dynasty, including power, status, wealth, women, and houses. She lowered her head, she was innocent, she never felt the impact of the Qing Dynasty on her life, but now she knows that it is impossible for people not to be affected in the tide of history.

"Alas...... How can this be born? Suo Ling'er unconsciously shed a few tears, not because of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, but because she knew that the times were irresistible and worried about herself and her family.

Wang Yongan saw her sad, so he couldn't help but comfort: "Miss Ling'er, don't be too sad, fortunately, the Qing Dynasty has become a Republic of China, and there is no problem of snatching the country with a knife, so the vast majority of the banner people in the capital have not been affected." Duan Zhigui just took the opportunity to buy a house, but he didn't really kill people and take money, compared to the Eight Banners Ding Households in Xi'an, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Changsha who were killed in the inner cities, the fate of Jingshi and most of the banner people in the north was already very good. If you ask me to give you ideas, my suggestion is that all the residents in your alley will sell their houses to Duan Zhigui, and he will definitely not trouble you. ”

"How can we sell the ancestral homes of our ancestors." Suo Ling'er hesitated.

Wang Yongan got up and asked, "Which is more important, the house or the people?" ”

Suo Ling'er was speechless for a while, and then began to cry again.

Seeing her crying again, Wang Yongan was very helpless, looking at the change of dynasty in history, the Republic of China's treatment of the Qing Dynasty is the best, which in history is not to kill the remnants of the nobles of the previous dynasty, but the Beiyang government treats the nobles of the Qing Dynasty well, on the one hand, it is true that Yuan Shikai in order to maintain the Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchurian and other frontiers, on the other hand, the Beiyang think tanks also realize that a little favor is more in line with contemporary politics than tough means.

Wang Yongan was very supportive of the foreign policy of the Beiyang government, and praised its diplomatic skills, and it was political wisdom that China was able to maintain a large territory without being divided at a time when it was in a dilemma. If Beiyang had been strong at that time, China would have become a divided country like Europe in later generations.

Suo Ling'er cried for a while, then said goodbye and went back, Wang Yongan slept for a nap, and then Suo Ling'er came again, and told him to inquire about new news, and Xizi's master Zheng Baiqi led the prince to intercede, but he was rejected by a small police chief. The dignified white flag leader was turned away by the small police chief, which shows how deep the water was.

Suo Ling'er said that it seemed that his brother-in-law and cousin were more than lucky, Wang Yongan shook his head and said that as long as he was willing to sacrifice the house, he could live, but there was nowhere to go.

Suo Ling'er thought for a while and said, "I'll let my eldest brother and second brother discuss it with you." ”

Suo Ling'er's eldest brother and second brother are both talented and good-looking, which fully shows how good the genes of this family are, but for the Han man who suddenly appeared next to Suo Ling'er, the two of them were full of vigilance, and there were too many small people in these years, so they had to guard against it.

After Wang Yongan admonished him, the eldest son and the second son of the Suo family could only reluctantly accept the result of dedicating their uncle's house to the police chief, and hoped to spare their lives, and at the same time they hoped to be able to rent for half a year and survive this difficult winter before moving out.

The next day, after the Suo brothers found the police chief and told Wang Yongan what he had planned, the police chief was overjoyed, and immediately released Xizi and his son, and allowed them to live until tomorrow summer before moving out.