Chapter 52: Back to the pot
Hu Changan took out a stack of rice paper that had just been written on the carriage from his sleeve, and read it unhurriedly: "Come on, come on, then you give me explanations one by one." ”
"First, why cut the welfare of craftsmen for no reason?"
"What I told you in the house is that the basic salary of three taels of silver per person plus a commission of one penny per piece of soap, how is it that when it comes to actual operation, the wages of all craftsmen have become two taels of silver a month?"
"Why, did you eat the extra silver?!"
What!
When the craftsmen heard this, everyone was stupid.
It turns out that the salary given to them by the lord's family is actually so high!
I didn't expect their wages to be deducted so much by the king?!
They still think that the king is a generous person!
Under the unkind eyes of everyone, the king's head was as big as a fight in an instant.
Good guy, the young master is really here now!
After the ball, it seems that this is in danger.
But fortunately, he, an old Jianghu, has his own way of coping.
I saw that the king's eyes rolled, and he suddenly knelt on the ground and cried: "Young master, I don't know about this either!" ”
"The salary has always been managed and reported by the horse account room, this silver must be the horse account room greedy for ink, young master, you have to know it!"
When the horse tent heard the king's steward call his name, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, everyone was stupid.
No, no, no, this is the matter of lowering the wages of craftsmen, but the king himself brought it up first!
Every month's account is the purpose of the king's personal account.
The amount of corruption committed by the king is so huge that even he, an old accountant, can't stand it, and once advised the king to be less greedy.
But later, the king gave him a little more share, so he pretended not to see it and turned a blind eye.
Now, why did he turn his face and refuse to recognize people, and splashed all the dirty water on his horse tent?
The horse tent was about to get up to refute, but when he saw the king winking frantically at him, the horse tent room realized again.
Anyway, now the young master is going to investigate to the end, rather than everyone being implicated, it is better to choose someone to come out and top the bag.
At least that way, only the person who tops the bag will be punished, and everyone else can be saved.
As long as you stay in the green mountains, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood!
As long as the king is still in power in this workshop, he can't be corrupt as much as he wants?
Thinking of this, the horse tent room instantly calmed down.
As soon as his eyes were closed, the horse tent room leaned down and cried out bitterly: "I'm sorry, young master!" It's my old horse who is confused for a while, and I'm willing to accept any punishment from the young master! ”
Hu Changan looked at the weeping horse tent room, and said lukewarmly: "Okay, then you can write it down first." ”
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed.
What does the young master mean by this, is he not ready to hold others accountable?
Hu Changan looked at everyone's expressions for the rest of their lives, and couldn't help sneering in his heart.
Oh, a bunch of moths, none of you can escape!
Just when everyone was snickering, Hu Changan waved his sleeves and said sharply: "Don't worry, this is not a pot for one person in the horse account room, let me ask you old craftsmen, did I explain the salary in the house that day?" ”
"It's clear!" As soon as Hu Changan's voice fell, he was the first to get up and echo on Monday.
I've been waiting for this moment for a long time on Monday.
Finally, the young master is here, and he has come to stand up for these hard-working people!
Hu Changan nodded slightly at Monday, and his eyes continued to sweep sternly to the other old craftsmen, repeating his question: "I ask you old craftsmen, did you hear me announce the standard of wages in the mansion that day?!" ”
"Other people may not know, don't you know?"
"When you find out that the salary is wrong, why don't you come forward?"
When the other old craftsmen heard this, they were naturally quite apprehensive.
Why not squeak? It's not because the king gives a lot of money.
But this kind of thing is absolutely unspeakable now.
Just when everyone was hesitating to find any excuse, the king suddenly stood up, pointed at the noses of these old craftsmen and scolded angrily: "Okay, you conscienceless moths, dare to fake the young master's orders? ”
"I didn't go to the young master's mansion that day, if you hadn't told me that the young master said so, I wouldn't have been paid two taels of silver a month."
"How bold you are! For the sake of corruption, he actually did such a thing! ”
As he spoke, he even stood up indignantly, pointing at the noses of these old craftsmen.
This style is simply a clean and loyal servant of the world's first-class.
If Hu Changan hadn't secretly found out the truth, it would have been possible to be deceived by the king.
Hu Changan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
This king is really in charge, and he really has a hand! Nothing else, it's a bargain to deceive the upper and lower levels.
When those old craftsmen heard this, they were also completely blinded.
Good guy, aren't you the mastermind, why are you so righteous now?
There were a few people who had a violent temper, and even began to output on the spot: "The king is in charge, isn't it your ......?"
However, in the threatening eyes of the king, the craftsman finally swallowed the words back into his stomach.
After all, he is just a lowly craftsman, and the relatives of the king of the family are really on an errand in the yamen!
If he exposes the conspiracy of the king, then their family will not have to think about the peaceful days next year.
Although the miscellaneous officials in the yamen are at the low end of the chain of contempt in the officialdom, from the perspective of ordinary people, the officials are still high-ranking officials.
Although the status of officials in the officialdom is relatively low, officials are specifically responsible for contacting the common people.
From mediating neighborhood conflicts to collecting taxes on behalf of the government, the actual operators are these seemingly inconspicuous officials.
If you offend them, the common people will have to be stripped of a layer of skin.
Just imagine, if there are always people from the government who come to your house to find fault, and the tax will be appropriately charged more "loss", then how sad your life will be!
Daming's technology is not as developed as modern times, and the degree of information transparency is naturally far worse than that of modern times.
If the common people want to expose the evil deeds of the government, it is impossible to rely on the media, and most of the problems will be brought back.
After all, in officialdom, it is always indispensable for officials to protect each other.
Even if the official is sued by the higher level, the common people will be marked with a fifty board first, and the higher-level government will accept the case.
Therefore, unless they have to be forced into a dead end, ordinary people can endure it in the face of corrupt officials and cool officials.
Under the threat of power, everyone was instigated, so they had to silently swallow the words of defense back into their stomachs one by one, and carried this big and round black cauldron on their backs.