As for what is often said in movies and TV shows, being sent to Jiaofangsi as slaves is completely false! In fact, except for the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Dipu sent some wives and daughters who disobeyed his officials to Jiaofangsi as Lehu, which actually demoted them to officials.
Except for being prostitutes or rationing elephant slaves, the Ming Dynasty rarely sent the wives and daughters of criminal officials to the Jiaofangsi. This basically only existed in the Jianwen and Yongle periods to deal with the so-called "Jingnan traitor officials", which was a "special act of the Emperor Wen."
Everything is according to the law! In other words, this is not a normal operation stipulated by the law, but a malicious humiliation.
In fact, under normal circumstances, if an official is sent into the army and his house is raided, if his wife, daughter, and children are not immediately dismissed from the official position, they will either live with him as family members, or they will be given to the officers and soldiers with meritorious service. The worst thing is to become slaves of the noble family.
If you don't have an official, where should you send them? The answer is to the Huanyi Bureau. In fact, as mentioned before when dealing with the so-called "Jing Nanbu ministers", not all wives and daughters were sent to the Jiaofang Bureau, and some were sent to the Jiaofang Bureau.
"Fa Huanyi Bureau" is a relatively common operation in the Ming Dynasty.
The Laundry Bureau was signed by the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty and was one of the eight bureaus that served the palace. It was ranked after the imperial kitchen and was dedicated to providing laundry services to the emperor's relatives in the palace. Except for the exception of the Jiefang Secretary during the period of crisis, the rest of the bureaus were basically
They were all sent to the Huanyi Bureau. In fact, most of the people sent to the Huanyi Bureau were the wives and daughters of rebel conspirators.
For example, "Records of the Ming Dynasty" records: At the beginning of the fifth month of the second year of Hongzhi (May 13th), the Jiaxing bandit remnants Cao Ashou and others were captured by the officers and soldiers. The patrol censor Chen Jin reported: Ashouyi conspired to rebel without dividing the heads.
According to the law, the heads of the criminals should be beheaded and displayed to the public, and the property of each criminal's family should be confiscated, resettled, and given to the relatives.
The edict: Ah Shou implements the law according to the agreement. If the family members should be unemployed, the women should be sent to the clothing bureau of the hospital. The men should be sent separately. Those who should be resettled will be braided and sent to Wugang Prefecture, Huguang. The women will live with them. The women who are promised to marry will go to their husbands, and the rest will be taken by relatives.
Receive the property into the official position, the real estate will be handed over to the military and civilians, and taxes and grain will be collected as before.
That's why Liu's father said that he was not worried about the Jiaofangsi people being bullied, because they were civil servants with a national establishment. If they were bullied, they would file a lawsuit saying they were injured and could not play music at the ceremony, and someone would be in trouble!
After sending Liu's father away, Liu Haojia returned to his seat and continued to listen to the musician playing the piano. The musician didn't care if anyone was listening, and kept playing on his own. It happened that the private rooms on the second floor where there were guests were still closed at this time, so
The second floor was quite quiet for a while.
After Liu Haojia listened to two songs, suddenly the wall of a private room opened to the left and right to reveal the people inside. It turned out that the guests at the table hosted by Zhang Shunping had already finished eating, and they were walking out one by one with their stomachs full! Everyone walked away
On the one hand, he praised that today’s dishes were delicious, and he would definitely support them next time. Zhang Shunping naturally laughed so hard that he couldn’t even see his eyes!
Not long after, Zhang Shunping came to the second floor, pulled up a chair and sat next to Liu Haojia and said: "Today's thing is done! These people will definitely come to eat in the next few days! With their leadership, business will definitely pick up!"
Liu Haojia said: "Uncle Zhang, have those VIP cards been issued?"
Zhang Shunping nodded and said: "I've sent it all! After I told them the rules, they were all shocked. They all asked me who was the master behind me to give me advice? But I didn't mention your name!"
Liu Haojia sighed and said: "There is no way, Gu Ningbo's mansion is not very stable now, so keep a low profile if you can!"
Before the restaurant opened, Liu Haojia told Zhang Shunping all about modern VIP cards, points cards, points systems and the like, and asked him to take care of it!
In fact, it was not that various businesses did not have such a system at that time, it was just that it was not so systematic. And the operation was not as attractive as modern methods! So Zhang Shunping quickly accepted Liu Haojia's theory and implemented it.
At this time, Zhang Shunping sighed and said: "Now I can already imagine how the food will make a fortune in the future!"
Liu Haojia said strangely: "Uncle Zhang, since you can already guess that you will make a fortune every day in the future, why are you still sighing?"
Zhang Shunping said: "I sigh not for anything else, but for you, Uncle Zhang! Your Liu family is on the verge of renaissance. If you have more meritorious deeds in the future, I am afraid that you will be able to sit in the position of the Marquis! So your family
Your status will become higher and higher, and by then I’m afraid I won’t dare to call you my nephew!”
Liu Haojia knew that this was Zhang Shunping's test, so he smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Zhang, although your family and I have not had a long-standing friendship, we have not had any conflicts in the past few years of knowing each other. Both parties are very respectful, so it can be regarded as a good relationship."
There is some friendship! Besides, recently, your family and I have been involved together and have common interests. Is there any more secure covenant than this? "
Zhang Shunping was naturally overjoyed after hearing this! Because he also understood Liu Haojia's hint: as long as the interests of both parties are tied together, and as long as the Zhang family does not betray, the Liu family will always lead the Zhang family!
This is very good news for the Zhang family! And if Liu’s father said this, he might not dare to believe it! But when Liu Haojia said it, he would at least believe it! On the one hand, Liu Haojia’s work was quite fair, and he should be given what he deserved
The profit is not a penny short, and the money you should collect is not a penny short. This is in line with the rules of a businessman!
And the most important thing is that Liu Haojia has been designated by his father as the future patriarch. In other words, the future Uncle Gu Ning will also consider Liu Haojia's weight when he speaks and does things! And he is only an eleven or twelve-year-old boy now. In the future,
The days of controlling Gu Ningbo's mansion are still long! So with his promise, the Liu family can save at least two generations of the Zhang family!
So Zhang Shunping patted Liu Haojia's arm with a smile and said: "Okay, okay! I understand! Also, nephew, do you want to wait here or go home and wait for news? I will visit you at home later!"
Liu Haojia just happened to be tired of listening to the music, so he said directly: "Of course I have to go home, and I will have to work with Uncle Zhang!"
By the time Liu Haojia rushed home, the half-drunk Liu father had already gone to bed. He felt very tired after a busy day, so he said hello to his mother and went back to his room to sleep.
When he woke up, it was almost dinner time. During dinner, Liu's father hesitated again and again. It seemed that he wanted to ask about the situation of Shiweizhai. Liu Haojia thought of teasing his father, but he didn't want to.
Ignore him! In the end, Father Liu was relieved and no longer hesitated, which made Liu Haojia admire: "Father, you have such a generous heart!"