On the evening of the 16th day of the 11th lunar month, eight warships arrived off the coast of Guangzhou. On the morning of 17 July, a group of warships will officially arrive in Guangzhou.

The wharf was crowded with people, and Guangzhou, which suffered from foreigners, was just like Beijing and Tianjin, sensitive and enthusiastic about warships.

These people who crowded to the docks did not support the Qin army, but no matter what the civil war was, this fleet was Chinese after all. So they came with joy.

In the teahouses and teahouses around the wharf, a large number of well-dressed businessmen and gentry gathered. They are all people with status, or people who think they have status. so as not to crowd in the crowd and lose dignity.

Liang Jiutu didn't go to a too conspicuous teahouse, he only asked people to charter a private room in a mid-range teahouse. It's a little farther away, and you have a telescope in your hand.

The difference between the shopkeeper of the teahouse and Liang Jiutu's class is too great, and he doesn't recognize Liang Jiutu. Liang Jiutu is also happy to be idle. A pot of good tea, four plates of refreshments were served, and Xiao Er was about to quit. I heard the sound of real gongs and drums suddenly sounding not far away. When Liang Jiutu looked over there, he saw that it was another place at the turn of the street, which was blocked by private houses and could not be seen. However, several people on the street were very conspicuous, they were wearing black vests, and inside were the same short clothes worn by the coolies who carried bags on the docks, with middle pants underneath, belts tied around their waists, and short two-foot sticks in their hands. In the direction that Liang Jiutu looked, the front and back of these people's vests were written in four bold characters of city management, and the number below was also numbered.

'What does this city management do?' Liang Jiutu greeted Xiao Er, who was about to retreat, and asked.

'Back to the old lady, these are the chengguan, which is equivalent to the government servants in the past. But if you don't solve the case, you only manage the market stalls and are responsible for maintaining law and order in the market. Xiao Er enthusiastically explained. What is Liang Jiutu's background, and there is a lot of money to be rewarded. 'Look at both sides of the street, is there anything different from the past?' ‘

Like the teahouse on the hypotenuse. In the past, there were also four or five tables at the door, and you see now-'Xiao Er certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to let Liang Jiutu really look at the difference between the two sides of the street. That's the word.

'I don't have a table. Neither side was allowed to go three feet from the eaves, but the street was widened at once. It is also forbidden to splash dirty water on the streets, take out garbage, and keep to the right of people and cars. ‘

This is a special one, everyone has gone to the docks to see the warships. Unobtrusive. ‘

Liang Jiutu frowned, quickly stretched out again, and said to his son on the side: "Such as the Northern Song Dynasty Street Division!" ‘

Liang Shengbao is also a person who reads poetry and books, and he immediately understands it. I just think it's incredible, the Qin army has just started its army. Elite warriors are not used on the battlefield, so how can they take care of the market in Guangzhou now. How many people are needed?

'How many elite soldiers does Liu Hou have? Is it so expensive? ‘

Xiao Er didn't know Liang Jiutu, let alone Liang Shengbao, the pride of Lingnan Shilin, who had just returned to his hometown this year. The interface explained to the two: "These chengguan are not Liu Dashuai's soldiers, except for a few people who take the lead, the rest are all recruited by the military government in the city. ‘

Liang Shengbao had a very bad feeling for Liu Xian. On that day, Huo Guangzheng went to Liang Yuan, for the sake of Liang Jiutu, the purpose was more Liang Seng Bao, but the soldiers pressed the realm. The sword was close to his neck, but Liang Shengbao still didn't see Huo Guangzheng. The toughness and stubbornness of the character can be seen.

This man was bright at an early age. Well-read, when he was a little older, he studied the Book of Changes with his father, and he had a lot of experience. In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), Xianfeng was the 22nd Jinshi in the second class in the ninth year. The director of the Ministry of Rites, has been promoted to the Wailang, the palm of the Lang and the military aircraft department walking, supervising the imperial history, Honglu Temple Shaoqing.

In the eleventh year of Tongzhi (1872), the seventeen-year-old Emperor Tongzhi held a big wedding ceremony. After the ceremony. The two queen mothers who listened to the government were about to return to power, which was the rule of all dynasties. But at that time, the courtiers were afraid of offending Cixi. I don't dare to speak out. As an official who held the wedding ceremony, Liang Shengbao was fearless and went up alone, bluntly saying that the emperor was an adult. The queen mother should no longer manipulate her authority, and should quickly withdraw the curtain and return to the government in order to comply with the rules of the ancestors.

For a while, the government and the opposition praised him for his outspokenness. The reason why Liu Xian heard his name was also because of this incident. Subsequently, a group of ministers successively seconded the motion. In the first month of the second year, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces officially issued an edict to revoke the curtain and listen to the government. Of course, everyone knows what the actual effect is.

Liu Xian only realized Liang Shengbao at that time, but he also doubted whether he was a Qingliu cadre who risked his life to fight for fame, and he had no contact in the actual sense. Just ordered the Beijing station to keep watching.

It turned out that Liang Shengbao was really upright and disgusted with sycophancy. In the twelfth and thirteenth years of Tongzhi, he participated in the township examination and the general examination of the grinding survey (review and random inspection of the imperial examination papers), and found that there was cheating. As a result, the Shuncheon Township examiner, university scholar Jin Qing, and others were demoted, and many new examiners in various provinces were reprimanded, punished, suspended, and demoted, which caused a big storm for a while. The officials who were punished instigated Zhou Shengshu and Guo Congju to impeach Liang Shengbao and deliberately slandered him, and the government and the opposition discussed it differently.

Emperor Tongzhi should have read Liang Sengbao's good, personally checked the examination papers polished by Liang Sengbao, and found that there was no distortion, and issued an order to make the imperial history 'no dispute', and the turmoil calmed down.

After the death of Emperor Tongzhi, the Empress Dowager of the West chose her brother-in-law's four-year-old son Zai Tian as Emperor Guangxu, and planned to inherit the line by Emperor Guangxu's son in the future. The Chinese Wu of the DPRK were worried that the Aisin Gioro clan would have disputes over this in the future, and they all offered suggestions, some asked for the inscription of the monument in the Taimiao, and some asked for the iron coupon of the Lidan book. At that time, Liang monk Baoli disagreed with the public opinion and said bluntly: "Stone tablets and iron coupons can be damaged or forged, so it is better to make a decree to show the world: the one who will inherit the emperor in the future will be the son of Emperor Guangxu." The subjects are well known and have a good reputation, but they are not as good as stone tablets and iron coupons? ‘

Shang Shu Weng Tonghe and Pan Zuyin both thought that this mention was the safest, so they repeated to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and adopted Liang Sengbao's method. Because Liang Shengbao is usually silent, but his words must be true, so the bigwigs in the DPRK and China attach more importance to his recitals. His recitals, such as "Pro-Government", "Suburb", "Rectification of the Science Field", "Begging for Rest", etc., can all cut to the heart of the times, and were issued by the imperial court to the cabinet for approval and promulgation, and were recognized by the courtiers.

In the second year of Guangxu, that is, this year, Liang Shengbao retired due to illness and returned to his hometown in the south.

This man has a very good personality to be a monitor. If he can vote for Liu Xian, Liu Xian will immediately order him to be the superintendent of Guangdong Province.

It is rumored that Liu Hou has made a lot of profits in Yangcheng, and it is indeed true. Liang Seng Bao Mei Yu hid disdain. In terms of political policy, he belongs to the conservative faction. was already opposed to Liu Xian's policy of rejuvenating commerce and foreign affairs, not to mention the rumors that Qin Jun had made a fortune in Guangzhou. It was taken for granted that he connected the silver sound of the city management with the gold mountains and silver seas, as well as the military discipline of the Qin army.

As soon as the Qin army entered Guangzhou, they were recruiting people in the local area. The chengguan has come out, and other aspects can be imagined. In this way, the Qin army will definitely have to pay a large amount of money, and the rich silver ring is a clear proof that the Qin army has seized Guangzhou.

Liang Jiutu's face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything about his son. If Liang Sengbao's temper can be changed, he will not be Liang Sengbao.

Xiao Er on the side could naturally hear Liang Sengbao's dissatisfaction with Qin Jun's actions in his words. A look of panic immediately appeared on his face, "This uncle, you can't say that. The city management takes paper money, and can only buy things in the supply and marketing cooperatives. Not what you think. The teahouse is small and thin, and it doesn't talk about state affairs! ”

Xiao Er hurriedly withdrew from the private room. But he left a question for Liang Jiutu, Liang Shengbao and his son, "What is paper money?" ”

"Who of you knows what paper money is?"

Liang Seng Bao asked the two attendants in the room.

He was very dissatisfied with Liu Xian, so he naturally didn't care about a series of actions of the Qin army after occupying Guangzhou. I really don't know what paper money is. And what about Liang Jiutu? It's even more ignorant of mundane things. He is in the Liang family of Foshan, more like a spiritual leader. I don't know what paper money is.

But their retinue knew. There is no master in retreat, and the retinue is also in retreat.

Liang Seng Bao is fifty years old, and his entourage is naturally not young. It's not a teenager who is in the house all day.

"Old lady, uncle, I've heard of this paper money. It is said to be called 'Huayuan'. All the people recruited by the military government, not only the chengguan, but also the police, clerks, and all the officials of the military government, all took this Chinese yuan. No gold, silver, and copper coins, only this banknote.

Of course, these banknotes can't be spent in the market. However, the military government set up shops called supply and marketing cooperatives in various parts of Guangzhou, in which Huayuan could be used to buy grain, cloth, salt, sugar, and other daily necessities. They only charge Chinese dollars, and you buy them with gold, silver, and copper, but they don't sell them.

There are many things in the supply and marketing cooperative, from large carriages and horses, clocks and watches, to small needlework, bowls and chopsticks, all kinds of things. Just like the department stores opened by the Qin army in Guangzhou before Liu Dashuai rebelled, the prices were still cheap. ”

Liang Jiutu doesn't understand economics, Liang Shengbao is also a scholar in the traditional sense, you have to explain in detail what the meaning of this 'Huayuan' is, and neither of them can figure it out. But the intuition tells them that this thing has a heavy meaning.

"How much can you buy with this Chinese dollar? How many people at all levels of the military government are paid? ”

"One yuan can buy one pound of polished rice, seventy-five Chinese dollars into one silver dollar, and one hundred Chinese dollars into two silver. The Huaxia Bank opened by the military government has a huàn in it. However, it is only allowed to exchange gold and silver for huàn Chinese dollars, and it is not allowed to exchange gold and silver for huàn. A few days ago, I took a tael of silver and exchanged it for a hundred Chinese dollars, bought a mirror for my aunt in the supply and marketing cooperative, and pulled a piece of cloth. The price is cheaper than what is available in the market.

The villain's brother-in-law was a miscellaneous man in the court that Qin Jun had made, with a salary of 200 yuan a month, plus the government's employee welfare subsidy, as if to say that, he could get about 250 yuan a month. Part of those subsidies are given to money, and part is given to two meters of oil and salt. These chengguans, like the villain's brother-in-law, are at the bottom of the Qin Military Mansion, and they should be able to get a salary of 200 yuan a month.

By the way, the military government does not talk about salaries and salaries, but only salaries. (To be continued) R466