Time flies, and it has been more than half a year since the establishment of the Beggar Gang, and this time is usually quiet.

Liu Ju is now also living a hermit life, basically not going out of the gate, and even planting some flowers and plants in the open space. With his stupid son, he is also happy, and he is very good.

Time came to Zhenghe three years. In the first month of the spring of the third year of Zhenghe (90 B.C.), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty patrolled the border, first to Yong, and then to Anding and Beidi. Emperor Wu's border patrol this time, like the previous three border patrols, was aimed at the Huns, one to inspect the frontier, and the other to show off his martial arts.

Obviously, the Han Emperor's move to patrol the border and stabilize the north in the first month of the spring of the third year of Zhenghe could not but cause a strong reaction from the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu immediately sent troops to the border of Kouluo Han, one into Wuyuan, one into Jiuquan, and killed two captains. The Xiongnu this time on the border of the Han Dynasty, one in the east and the other in the west, were the east and west sides of Anding and the north, which gave the Han Emperor great stimulation and threat.

A new Han-Hungarian war is imminent again... Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent 70,000 people out of Wuyuan in March of the third year of Zhenghe, and sent 70,000 people out of Wuyuan to the second division general, Shang Qiucheng, the imperial historian, to send more than 30,000 people out of Xihe, and 40,000 people to ride out of Jiuquan at the same time.

At this time, another big witch case occurred in the Han court, and Liu Quyu and Li Guangli's wife were involved. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Liu Quyu to be beheaded in Chang'an East City, and Liu Quyu's wife was escorted to Huayang Street to be beheaded in public. Li Guangli's wife and children were also arrested and imprisoned. When Li Guangli heard the news, he surrendered to the Xiongnu, and all his clans were executed. The second division general was defeated by the Huns, and the Han 70,000 elite cavalry were annihilated.

With the start of the witch case and the defeat of the war, the entire Chang'an City also entered a state of tension. And these things have nothing to do with beggars, the court has won, and we should be beggars; The court failed, and we are still beggars. It's better to be a beggar, all the registered civilians have to pay a population tax, what is counted, what is the mouth, we beggars do not have it, only a broken earth bowl.

My lord, this earthen bowl is all my belongings, can I use it to pay taxes? What! You want to arrest us? Okay, okay, don't catch it, let's go by ourselves. You don't need to ask for food, it's heaven to take care of food in the cell!

As the war dragged on, all taxes increased, and of course, the number of smaller troops increased. Out of Chang'an City, towards a wider world. For the government, it is not easy to manage the beggars, and the beggars are also not easy to manage, these beggars are not finished sitting on the ground, this "sitting" is the meaning of sitting on the ground to do business, each of them has a fixed place of business, of course, this place is not demarcated by the government, but by the internal affairs hall of the beggar gang. Just a flat pole to pick two frames, whenever there is a yamen inspection, run faster than a rabbit, the key is to look at the wind, the officials just went out, these people are gone, as soon as you leave, immediately hula come out.

The government has cleaned up several times, but with little effect. Originally, Chang'an had a specially provided commercial place, with Dongcheng, Xicheng, Nancheng, and Beicheng, called the "Four Cities", with mayors. Originally, merchants had to operate in a fixed place and were not allowed to leave. Merchants of low social status were relegated to a separate register and had to be registered in the city, and the merchants and their descendants were among the same as the officials who committed crimes and the sons-in-law who were inverted, that is, the sons-in-law.

Due to this period of time, Chang'an has been in turmoil, and the four cities are depressed. It's good now, there is such a gang, not entering the market! Not only are taxes not available, but people can't find them! There were not even enough people to repair the walls.

The government held several meetings, but they were helpless, and there was only one thing they could do, which was to drive them away! However, how can you drive them away, these people are all petty traders, but there are too many people, and the county government does not have enough manpower, and it is seriously insufficient.

In the end, the county order slapped his thigh, after all, he is a scholar, and his mind is flexible, "recruiting temporary workers" to form a "city management". He is a well-read scholar, he has read "The Book of Shang Jun", every sentence in the book is crazy, but every sentence is very practical, it is the supreme treasure of being an official.

Under the direct jurisdiction of the county lieutenant, the only condition for recruiting temporary workers is the word "hooligans", only hooligans can manage easily, only hooligans dare to be ruthless, and only hooligans are afraid. If something really happens, it's just fire, and the county is not responsible! Moreover, these hooligans will feel that they are being reused, and they will work harder if they hope to get ahead.

Shang Ying's "fighting good with evil" is this truth! Therefore, the government showed a recruitment notice, in order to demonstrate the country's spirit of fraternity, in order to take care of low-income people in the society to have a stable income, in order to increase employment, in order to provide a way out for idle people in society, the county government decided to recruit *** people! Join the management and construction of Chang'an City! Personnel requirements: one, two, three。。。。。。

"Helper"

The small trader at the beginning, the current head of the House of Internal Affairs hurriedly found Liu Chang:

"Things are not going well right now"

"What?"

Liu Chang, the real hands-off shopkeeper, basically has nothing to do every day except for intensive training and going to his father's place, his first test is approaching, and the things in the entire gang are handed over to a few hall masters to deal with.

This person named Ma Xin is the head of the internal affairs hall, and he rarely comes alone except for going to him every month to report how much he has earned that month, how many personnel have increased, and how many new rudders have been opened.

"Helper, look at this"

Ma Xin laid out an advertisement on the low table in front of Liu Chang. Liu Chang glanced at the notice of recruiting personnel, and looked at this hall master who was almost his big butler suspiciously:

"Is there anything wrong?"

"Based on my experience, there is a high probability that this recruitment of idle personnel will be aimed at us." Ma Xin saw that Liu Chang didn't talk, so he continued:

"Now, the four markets are almost deserted, only our beggars fill the entire Chang'an City, and at the same time, our power has expanded to Caoyun, Dart Bureau and Qinglou, which has seriously affected the normal operation of the government, and it is inevitable that the government will come forward to rectify it. We need to make arrangements early. ”

"You're saying they're recruiting people to deal with us?"

"It is very likely that the government is now even affected by taxes, and I heard that even forced labor is not normal, and in the past, the merchants of the four cities accounted for a large part of the forced labor and taxation. Up to now, we have not paid a single copper plate tax, and no one has ever been forced into forced labor. ”

"There is no reason for a beggar to pay taxes." The corners of Liu Chang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he teased:

"Since they want to recruit hooligans to deal with us, it is better for us to be hooligans."

Looking at this recruitment notice, our helper is happy,

"Good! Don't you know that Lao Tzu is now a hooligan head? ”

As a result, under the personal arrangement of the helper, groups of "three-no" personnel smoothly entered the state organs.

Seeing this one by one, the five big and three coarse, fierce-looking social ruffians walked into the yamen, our helper was happy, and the county commander was also happy, and everyone was happy!!

Under the personal command and deployment of the county commander, Chang'an set off a special action of "social rectification", and finally achieved brilliant results through half a year's unremitting efforts. Accompanied by the "urban management personnel", the county magistrate inspected various key road sections, and everywhere he went, the streets were clean, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the market was prosperous, showing a satisfied smile. And our gang leader also showed a satisfied smile, the current beggar gang from the original three halls, that is, "inform the hall, the internal affairs hall, the law enforcement hall", the three beggars that are "beggars, sit beggars, rebuke beggars" 5,000 people, the current four halls, that is, "inform the hall, the internal affairs hall, the law enforcement hall, the executive hall" eight beggars, that is, "beggars, beg

Those who originally entered the chengguan, under the operation of the gang leader and money, some have already entered the county lieutenant and county magistrate positions. The "lecture hall" has a total of 120 people. The lecture hall is composed of all the people above the head and deputy director of the hall, and decides all the affairs of the gang, the appointment and dismissal of personnel, can make complaints, and can file complaints, and the gang leader does not participate in the nomination, but the gang leader has the right of veto.

The number of deputy gang leaders has increased to five, and in addition to the original two horses, three more horses have been added. Of course, it is not that they were originally surnamed Ma, but that Liu Chang changed his name to "Ma Shou, Ma Wei, Ma Liang, Ma Jin, and Ma Go" in order to prevent these people from being liquidated in the future. Of course, the location of the office has also changed, not in the city, but outside the city. The exact location is unknown to anyone except Wuma.

The original house was also bought and used as a daily errand point.

On the street, a scar-faced man dressed in imitation of a servant's costume grabbed an apple from a hawker's frame, rubbed it on his body, opened his mouth to take a mouthful, and chewed it with a clatter, saying as he chewed, "Tell me, tomorrow we will clean up this street." ”

"Got it" the one who was sold the fruit, and he didn't look angry at all. He took out another apple, handed it to the puppet servant, smiled and danced boldly, and left.