Los Angeles

In a quiet Chinese-style garden building in Sanjin Yuan, Gu Pinzhai, a famous master of Chinese culture with gray hair, was sitting in the study, carefully revising an eloquent essay he had just written, "On the Harm of Disorderly Expansion", with a satisfied look on his face.

This is an old friend of the editor-in-chief, and it is ready to be published on the front page of the Los Angeles Times recently.

Gu Pinzhai is well versed in the guidance of social public opinion, and the idea of the article must have a breaking point, and the disadvantages of the times can attract heated discussions and active participation of the public, so as to create the focus of public opinion and form a greater social influence and popular repercussions.

Which country is not specifically targeted in his essay?

Only from the perspective of "disorderly expansion", one time to South America, the other time to East Asia, not to mention the loss of people and money, but also immorality and righteousness, not the demeanor of a great country!

As long as you are not stupid, you can understand who is written in his article?

"Master, Madame doesn't agree with you to take Liu Xiang'er as the 5th concubine, more than a dozen people from my mother's uncle came to the door to discuss the law, the eldest young master and the second young master want to invite you to come over to preside, they can't stop it." The housekeeper at the door replied respectfully. Sheet

"It's just presumptuous......"

Gu Pinzhai's face sank when he heard this, put down the brush in his hand, carefully pressed the article that had been written for a short time with a ruler, and then stood up and walked out of the study.

He looked in the direction of the front yard with a gloomy face, faintly heard the noisy shouting from there, and couldn't help but say angrily; "A group of bastards who disregard etiquette, righteousness and shame, how can they be allowed to talk about the old man's affairs?"

Gu Pinzhai is famous for his profound knowledge of Chinese culture, and has written many classics, especially the middle school students' "Interpretation of the Chinese Language Model" is from his handwriting, so he is known as "everyone in the education circle" and "master of Chinese culture" prominent titles.

For a time, he was added to his aura, and he was introduced as a guest at the gathering of the upper nobles, and there was no shortage of fame, prestige and money.

Gu Pinzhai taught at the Moling School in Los Angeles, a private aristocratic school, was hired as a visiting professor at the University of Los Angeles, and held a number of public positions, and was one of the local celebrities in Los Angeles.

Out of respect for knowledge, Gu Pinzhai's personal income is quite high, teaching at Moling University for 1,200 yuan a year, serving as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago for 620 yuan a year, and various public affairs positions also have income, a total of about 3,000 yuan a year. Sheet

In addition, the pen is not embellished, and the pen fee of the top cultural celebrities is used, the number of articles is less than 10 yuan, and the number of articles is hundreds of yuan, and the income from publishing books is often thousands of yuan, and the net worth is rich.

Otherwise, it will not be able to support the daily expenses of a family of more than 20 people.

It's not ......

Gu Pinzhai is not old-hearted, and he just fell in love with the 15-year-old pretty girl Liu Xiang'er, and wanted to be accepted as the 5th concubine, which was originally an elegant thing.

It's a pity that Madame didn't do it, so she made such a fuss, how can it be reasonable?

Like many Chinese families, Gu Pinzhai's wife is also a Chinese immigrant, and the second, third and fourth aunts are either Caucasian women or Indian women, because marrying another Chinese aunt is very valuable, and it is difficult for ordinary people to do it.

The Imperial Marriage Law was very strict on this, for example, anyone who married a Chinese woman as a concubine must pay a dowry tax, which varies from place to place, requiring 540 yuan in Los Angeles and the remainder in doubles. Sheet

What does it mean to "multiply the remainder"?

For example, when Gu Pinzhai marries the wife of the main house, he needs to pay a wedding tax of 540 yuan, and the second aunt, third aunt and fourth aunt are Caucasian women or Indian women, so they are ignored and do not need to pay additional taxes.

Because Caucasian women and Indian women are registered in the name of the head of the Chinese household, they do not belong to women with independent status, cannot be divorced, have no right to divide property, and belong to the de facto vassal class.

Generally speaking

The first marriage tax of 540 yuan for ordinary citizens can be fully refunded, and the actual burden is more than 10 yuan of registration fees and certificate issuance fees, and the pressure is not great.

But marrying Liu Xianger is much more troublesome, this pretty girl is a standard Chinese woman from a good family, with an independent household registration book, the right to sue for divorce, the right to divide property, and a woman with the same rights as the wife of the main house.

The wedding tax is multiplied, which is double 540 yuan, that is, 1080 Tang yuan. Sheet

Since it is a Chinese wife in the second room, this is a non-refundable fee and needs to be paid in full.

In addition, a large dowry is paid.

This money is the annual salary of the local people in Los Angeles for 20 years, and the income of ordinary workers in Los Angeles in 1870 is 107 yuan, and the dowry will start at 2140 yuan.

If you marry a Chinese aunt in the third room, the wedding tax will be doubled on the basis of 1080 yuan, that is, 2160 Tang yuan, and so on, these taxes are also paid in full, and there is no tax refund.

As long as the wives of the 5th aunt are all Chinese, the wedding tax will exceed tens of thousands of Tang Yuan, and it will be doubled in the future, even if it is a wealthy family, it cannot be easily afforded.

The result of tax evasion is a huge fine, which often leads to bankruptcy.

The purpose of this wedding tax is to restrain the aristocracy and the wealthy from over-occupying the resources of Chinese women, and many Chinese women immigrate to the government to subsidize preferential ferry tickets and travel across the ocean to settle in North America, which is really not easy. Sheet

Nobles and wealthy families take a large number of concubines and wives, which is to occupy too much social resources, and must bear a high fine for this, which is the purpose of collecting a "multiple" marriage tax.

You can just get married, but you pay a high dowry tax anyway.

The imperial government, for its part, could use the high taxes it levied to subsidize immigrants, especially female immigrants from the mainland. It is a way of regulating social inequality through taxation, which can be widely accepted by the public.

Come to the Frontrooms

Gu Pinzhai saw that his wife Gu was crying and crying to tell more than ten people including his mother's uncle and nephew, and accused him of "not being ashamed of the old, disregarding human morality, ignoring the friendship between husband and wife for more than ten years, and hooking up with the fox maid to become an adulterous ......".

The mother's uncle and others were full of anger, and when they saw Gu Pinzhai, they immediately reprimanded loudly, and they didn't give any face.

Gu Pinzhai was so angry that he trembled all over and said loudly and angrily; Sheet

It's ridiculous, and you and other slippery grass people know what is "husband for wife"? What is "Elder and Young"? How can the affairs of the Sven people be accused of "disregard for human morality"?

I think that my Gu Mansion is a clear stream in the academic world, a family of scholars for generations, how can I be bullied arbitrarily by Er?

Butler, take my name sticker to the Los Angeles Police Department and ask Superintendent Hu to send police officers to arrest the lawbreakers as an example! ”

The housekeeper is also a member of the Gu clan, so he is ready to do something.

This frightened Mrs. Gu's mother's family, and Mrs. Gu, who was full of tears, also reflected and reprimanded loudly; "The housekeeper is not allowed to go, sir, what are you crazy about? When did my maternal uncle and nephew become outlaws? ”

"What mother's family? I only saw these fanatics roaring wantonly in the lobby of my private house, maliciously slandering the old man's innocence. Gu Pinzhai retorted eloquently.

My maternal uncle is not easy to mess with, although he is an ordinary clerk of the Los Angeles government's Construction Department, he is a veteran. With his back to the mountain of the sturdy veterans' club, it is difficult for an idler to bully him. Sheet

The mother-in-law's brother-in-law smiled coldly and said; "Gu Pinzhai, you sanctimonious old thing, what do you mention to me here?

I...... Bah......

I am a veteran who has fought with the Holy Lord, and I am not shorter than you wherever I go, and if I want to climb on my head and be powerful, sooner or later I will blind your daydreams!

Back then, you were just a poor reader.

It's because I saw the wrong person, and I had to marry my sister to you, and I missed my sister's happiness in life.

I never thought that you, an old thing, would be extravagant and would marry a 15-year-old yellow flower girl when half of your body was buried in the soil, you are simply a human-faced beast!

You want to ask Superintendent Hu of the Los Angeles Police Department, right? "Sheet

Speaking of which

The maternal uncle said angrily to the son next to him; "Qiwen, take my name sticker to the Los Angeles Royal Cavalry Sixth Regiment Veterans Club, and ask Lord Baron to come forward to administer justice, I am a dignified royal soldier, can I still be bullied by you as a thief?"

"Rude, insulting."

"You are really a sanctimonious thief, and you are despised by others."

"You, you, you ......" Gu Pinzhai's fingers trembled, and his face was red and blue with anger, but he couldn't do anything about the other party's maternal uncle.

This is one of the reasons why he lashed out at the status quo of the empire, where the martial arts were in power, and the arrogance of the scholars was lost in the face of social status, and they could only be reduced to one of the ordinary people who wrote articles for entertainment in the press.

Because of the universal education in the empire, the social status of scholars was not high, and after graduating from university, they only entered the enterprise or administrative agency as a clerk. Then you need to accumulate qualifications step by step at the bottom and slowly climb up. Sheet

Like the Great Qing Dynasty, it is completely impossible to be a seven-grade or eight-grade county official, a county magistrate or something, and there is no tax-exempt field, no matter how big an official is, there is no such preferential treatment, and the first-class ministers have to pay taxes honestly.

Gu Pinzhai and his ilk did not see the social fundamentals of the prosperity of the whole people in the Tang Empire, their eyes only stared at the upper class society, there was no privilege, and the scholars had no privileges.

That's why I made a pretext to vent all kinds of dissatisfaction.

"Pick up the bowl and eat meat, put down the bowl and scold the mother" refers to these scholars.

Gu Pinzhai scolded bitterly; "**Martial artists are all despicable and shameless, and the country's thieves are also!"

In a trance

There were many more sturdy men in the lobby of the hall, who were looking at Gu Pinzhai, the angry master of Chinese culture, with a strange look of "why did I offend you", and a white-faced middle-aged man led by him couldn't help but twitch his eyelids. Sheet

He coughed lightly; "This is a big fallacy, we are all loyal and patriotic elite people of the Tang Dynasty, and we act above board, that ...... Introduce yourself.

I am the head of Gao Zhensheng's Fifth Division of the General Security Bureau, and I was ordered by Shangfeng to summon Gu Pinzhai to teach at the Moling School in Los Angeles, presumably you are, right? ”

This is what I said

The fierce voice above the lobby was instantly still, the so-called "General Security Bureau", everyone who has a little information channel in the empire knows that it is the "Jinyi Guard" of the Tang Dynasty, a place that feels mysterious and terrifying.

The aristocracy and the like would rather be found by the General Police Department than get involved in the troubles of the "General Security Bureau".

As long as you go in, you have to shed your skin if you don't die, and you can come out one in a hundred.

At this time, Gu Pinzhai's face changed drastically, like an old dog who had emptied his spirits, he couldn't stand steadily, and muttered in his mouth; "Could it be...... Do I want to be in the Tang Dynasty to prosper the literary prison? "Sheet

Although the voice was not loud, everyone present could hear it.

Team Leader Gao Zhensheng nodded approvingly, and said softly;

"I Datang has freedom of speech, open people's customs, and advocates the blossoming of culture and sports to establish an open and civilized society.

But this is not a reason for a handful of criminals hidden in the body of the empire to deliberately slander and smear the glory of the imperial court, this is the public enemy of the whole people, and the thief of the country!

The suspect Gu Pinzhai committed a serious crime, and when he was arrested, he still deliberately slandered our Datang government, and he deserved to be guilty of one more degree.

We searched the study for the latest incriminating evidence, huh......

This article "On the Harm of Disorderly Expansion" involves the major policies of the imperial court, and the suspect Gu Pinzhai's frenzied remarks and attacks have lost his basic position. Sheet

The crime is undoubtedly conclusive, and it saves us a lot of effort! ”

As he spoke, Team Leader Gao Zhensheng shook it with a stack of letterhead in his right hand, which was the work that Gu Pinzhai carefully concocted in the study.

Now as the latest incriminating evidence, it was handed over to the team members around him by Team Leader Gao Zhensheng for careful preservation, and it will be used as one of the evidence for conviction in the future.

This is really a moment of venting beforehand, and I'm afraid of pulling the list afterwards!

At this time, looking at Gu Pinzhai who was vibrating just now, he was already paralyzed on the ground and frightened urinary incontinence, exuding a strong smell of urine, where is there still the dignified demeanor of the master of Chinese studies?

Team leader Gao Zhensheng has long been familiar with this stinky virtue of the literati, and when he did not carry out an iron fist attack on these literary thieves, he jumped more rampantly than anyone else, and turned his door higher than anyone else, looking like he was trying his best to plan for the empire and make suggestions and suggestions for the society.

Once the essence is revealed, there is no tough guy who can hold up his strength. Sheet

At this time

Mrs. Gu's maiden uncle and nephew and others also knew that something was going on, and their shocked faces changed, and after a while, they saw that the action team members had captured all the people from the Gu Mansion.

Only then did he ask cautiously; "This lord, we are members of the Gu family's mother's family, and we don't know about this matter of the Gu Mansion, please be enlightened, I wonder if you can raise your noble hand and let me go back?"

"Don't be impatient, since you have come here, you have to be interrogated, if you are not involved, of course you can go back, but ......" Gao Zhensheng, the leader of the group, said lightly, but his eyes lit up, and the frightened uncles and nephews and others felt a thrill in their hearts.

What I am most afraid of is this "but ......", looking at this kind of large-scale fighting, if it is involved, the consequences can be imagined.

But now there is no other way, only to wait in fear, while scolding Gu Pinzhai in his heart for really making a big death, jumping repeatedly on the edge of danger, which can make his mother's family miserable.

On the other hand, they are worried about being implicated senselessly, and they really can't cry. Sheet

At the same time as taking action against Gu Pinzhai, powerful departments from all over the empire took action together to comprehensively arrest the people involved, and many places were cooperated by police stations, including the editors-in-chief of some well-known newspapers, literary leaders, masters of Chinese studies, professors of colleges and universities, and well-known literati were arrested one after another, and the society was shaken for a while.

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