"My dear friend, I dreamed yesterday that a large group of rats appeared in the capital, causing harm to the people. What do you think this dream means?"
What does it mean? You don’t need any professional to interpret this dream. I, a eunuch, can explain it clearly to you. Don’t you just want to say that these officials in the capital are big rats? As soon as Wang Chengen heard this, he knew in his heart that the emperor wanted to let go
What the heck! But he can't express his understanding. Once he expresses it and let the ministers outside know about it, he won't be able to get away with it!
"The old slave thinks that God may have given His Majesty a warning, saying that rats eat the common people's rice, causing the common people to have no food rations."
"Well, that should be the meaning! In my dream, I vaguely heard someone say that the tail of the rat must be collected and the rat killed, so that the world's troubles can be solved. In this way, I will finish writing the emperor's list and post it in the capital.
On the walls of each city, it is said that the palace collects rat tails, and they cost one penny for a piece of about an inch or more. Then you set up a special department in the palace and find some people to go out and collect rat tails at this price! I want 10 million rat tails.
Wei, come and solve this disaster! No one should be left behind! If the palace can't finish it, I will ask you."
You, old man, really want to kill mice! Wang Chengen accepted this job in a daze. What is the purpose of our emperor doing this? Is it really to catch the mouse's tail and solve the trouble? It seems that he is not such a simple person now.
ah?
Could it be that he was trying to scare away the tigers? By collecting rats' tails in the capital, the common people would know that there were rats in the court! On the surface, he was cutting off the tails of rats, but in fact, he was cutting off the tails of rats who were greedy for money and favors from the people and officials.
High is really high! The emperor’s hand is a rare skill. Could it be that after he fainted last time, a god really got into the emperor’s heart and gave him some advice on how to save the Ming Dynasty?
The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty finally opened their eyes and began to help the emperor save the Ming Dynasty! Who would have thought that Wang Chengen could have such a big idea in a matter of just trying to catch the rat's tail.
The policy of closing the rat's tail should be the first policy promulgated by Wang Siming after traveling to the Ming Dynasty that affects the lives of ordinary people. In the past, he fought with the courtiers in battles of wits and courage, but in the end it still had no impact on ordinary people. This will be different, although it is just
It's a small business for just one penny, but this is real money being given to the people, and it can directly affect people's daily lives.
In the southern suburbs of Beijing, there are mostly large courtyards where miscellaneous households live. Hong San, a laborer, and his family live here. There are five members of their family, crowded into a rented house, and all the family’s income depends on Hong San’s work as a laborer outside.
Make money.
Hong San came back very early from outside today and wandered around the yard as soon as he entered the yard.
"Dad, what are you looking for in the yard? But you can't find any work? Alas! You haven't found any work in three days. The family can't get any rice now. The three children have been living on thin water in the past two days.
Live on porridge.”
"Stop nagging! Look for mice in the yard quickly!"
"Rat? You won't let us find rat meat to eat, right?"
"An imperial notice was posted in the city. The emperor dreamed that a group of rats were causing harm to the capital, and he issued an order to collect a rat tail for a penny to alleviate the national disaster. Several imperial guards came to Nancheng and set up a point to collect the rat tails.
I saw with my own eyes someone using rat tails to exchange money, and they actually got cash."
"Really? A rat tail can be exchanged for a penny?"
"How can there be any lies? Your Majesty is here to relieve the country from trouble, and you will definitely not deceive others."
"Then what are you waiting for? There are mice in the firewood pile in our yard. I'll ask Erwazi to come over and help you. He is very good at catching mice."
Hearing that rat tails could really be exchanged for money, Hong San's wife hurried back to the house and pulled out her own penis. Her penis was the best at doing this.
Catching mice really requires a professional person. Hong San and his mother-in-law struggled for a long time, but they couldn't catch a single mouse. His second son, who was so good at Kung Fu, stabbed six mice to death with a wooden stick.
"Damn it, let the dolls continue to catch mice. I'll take these to the rat tail collection point and see if people like us can get money in exchange."
"Okay, go quickly! If you don't get the money in exchange, come over quickly and give us a letter."
Hong Santi sneaked six rats over to exchange money. He didn't know what the rules were for harvesting rat tails, so he took all the rats over to see what kind of harvesting was done, so that he could cut them off on the spot!
When they arrived at the site where the rat tails were collected, many people had gathered around. Hong San inquired about it, as long as it was a pointed tail of more than an inch. He quickly found a place, cut off all the tails of the six rats, and then squeezed them together.
Enter the crowd.
The eunuch who collected the rat's tails only recognized the tails but not the person. Seeing Hong San handing over six tails, he asked the eunuch to count six cents and handed them to Hong San.
With six cents in hand, Hong San felt relieved and ran home without waiting any longer.
As soon as he arrived home, his wife gathered around him and said, "Dad, have you changed the money? I just heard from Wang Daya next door that he changed the money for three cents."
"I changed the money, six cents! One cent per cent, not less at all. Look, the money is right here!"
Hong San's daughter-in-law quickly took the money and looked at it carefully. It was indeed six coins.
"It's cash. You'll make another trip later. Erwazi has caught four more mice. I won't know if I can catch another two later! With these few pennies, I can buy two kilograms of mixed noodles."
"Yes! I didn't expect that there are such easy ways to make money in the world."
"Why is it easy? We, the second son, are the only ones who have the ability to catch mice. It is not easy for most people to catch a mouse! It is fitting that we should get the glory of the emperor."
After waiting for a while, the old man from Hong San's family caught five more mice. This boy seemed to belong to a cat. He could find a mouse nest with certainty, and his attack was steady and ruthless. He didn't need any professional tools, just a pointed wooden stick.
The problem can be solved, and once you catch it, you will be in trouble.
Carrying the nine rat tails, Hong San quickly ran to the exchange point and exchanged nine coins back. Originally, he was thinking of rounding up the whole amount and then coming over to change the money, but his wife said that he had to do this as soon as possible. If he
Mojimoji, what should I do if someone collects rat tails from the stall? There may not be anyone who collects them tomorrow.
After changing the money, Hong San quickly ran to the grain store, bought three kilograms of miscellaneous food and noodles and went home. The children, who had been drinking porridge for two or three days, finally had a full meal today.
When he got home, his wife and children's eyes lit up when they saw the noodles in his hand. His wife took the noodles and quickly lit a fire on the stove, stuffed some wild vegetables and made vegetable pimples.
The family gathered together to eat pimple soup and felt that life was quite happy. The second child got three more rat tails in less than half a day. He said that he would go out when it gets dark, and the rats at that time are easier to fight.
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Early the next morning, Hong San drank a bowl of batter and was about to go out to find work. The second brother came over and said that he had caught more than 20 rats in one night. Hong San thought for a while and decided to let him take the rat tails to exchange for money.
Arriving at the work site where laborers gathered, the workers were all talking about hunting rats. One hunted three rats in exchange for three cents, and the other said he beat five rats in exchange for five cents. When Hong San heard this, he realized that
My second child was able to kill more than 30 mice in one day.
I don’t know why, but I haven’t been to the work place for several days, but there is work today. Hong San was quickly recruited to work for a day.
Today's work was not bad. I took care of a meal at noon, and received thirty cash in cash before leaving. When I got home in the evening, my wife said that my second son also bought rat tails for twenty-six cash today. And he also saved up.
Nearly ten tails, ready to exchange money tomorrow.
"Mother, you can bring us fifty cents tomorrow to buy nine or ten kilograms of noodles for our family. We will make a lot of money these days and we can save more food for our family."
"Yes, save more. Our second son is good at catching mice. If you can find work more often, our family's life will be much easier."
"Yes, I really hope that the emperor can take a longer time to collect the rat tail, so that we won't be hungry!"