Chapter seven hundred and seventeenth extrajudicial land
The third is Chengming. The fourth is Jiuqing. Ask the scholar, what is the shame and honor? There are seven leaves in the gold leaf, and mink tassel. There is no sweat and horse work, no gifts, and no understanding of the scriptures.
Bu Si, Chengdu. Lonely Junping. Zheng Zizhen, working hard in rock valleys. Hands are burned in the cold and ashes, people value others and despise them. Except Zhu Qian to learn, you will have no thoughts and no name.
——"Xingxiangzi·Implication" Su Shi (Song Dynasty)
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Xiong Badou said: "The headquarters of the Caiyi Club is in the middle alley of Pingkangfang, a brothel called Fenglan Yin. If we want to completely eradicate the Caiyi Club, we need to do this..."
After hearing Xiong Badou's plan to wipe out the Caiyi Club, Bai Fu said: "Xiong Badou, this shantytown in Pingkangfang hides filth and evil, why not take the opportunity to clean it up together?
Since you have decided to wash your hands in Jinpan and join the bad guys, why not completely wash off the gangster marks on your body and officially join the court as an official?"
Xiong Badou said: "I hate what I did when I was young and ignorant, bullying men and dominating women, so I joined the bad guys.
The reason why I didn't make a clean break with the underground gang was not because I was greedy for the enviable protection money of the gang, but because I had a different understanding of the shanty towns.
For the officials of the imperial court, the shanty town in Pingkangfang was the source of evil and a hell on earth, but for the homeless and displaced poor people, the shanty town was a place of freedom and a paradise on earth."
Bai Fu was stunned and found it unbelievable. Although Bai Fu didn't agree, he was willing to listen.
Bai Fu thought to himself: "Maybe it's a family rumor, or maybe it's a piece of advice that's unheard of. In any case, you might as well listen to it first before drawing a conclusion."
Bai Fu was very patient and asked Xiong Badou to explain something.
Xiong Badou has been the bad commander of Wannian County for almost ten years, and this is the first time that a third-grade official is willing to listen to his "treasonous" remarks.
Xiong Badou suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for each other.
Xiong Badou said to the attendant: "Take off the tea and replace it with green ant wine!"
Xiong Badou was filled with glasses for the three of them. After clinking their glasses, they drank it all in one gulp.
Xiong Baidou said: "The reason why Pingkangfang has the largest shantytown in Chang'an is because Pingkangfang is a gold-selling cave.
In teahouses, restaurants, casinos and brothels, tens of thousands of meals are thrown away by customers every day. These leftovers are a feast for orphans, widows and children.
Casinos and brothels of all kinds make a lot of money before they are willing to spend money to help the disabled and poor who are waiting to die.
Pingkangfang Lane looks like a piece of scabies in Chang'an and is extremely dirty, but it feeds the most miserable and helpless poor people in the city.
This is true not only in Pingkangfang Lane, but also in all shantytowns in Chang'an.
Some of the poor people in the shantytowns are engaged in cleaning, cleaning the streets day and night, from the streets to the alleys; some are engaged in the dirtiest work of dumping dung, pulling bullock carts in the streets every morning. Recycling toilet poop and urine in front of every house...
You can say they are poor people, but you cannot call them untouchables. If it were not for the humble work of these poor people, there would be no glorious and magnificent Chang'an city."
Bai Fu interrupted Xiong Badou and interjected: "Xiong Badou, I am not targeting the poor people, I am trying to demolish shantytowns and eradicate bandits in shantytowns. The two cannot be confused.
Wouldn’t it be better to demolish the shantytowns and build new ones to house poor people there?”
Xiong Badou sneered and said: "My lord is kind-hearted. Although the starting point is good, it is difficult to achieve."
Bai Fu picked up the wine, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Xiong Badou said: "The demolition costs are huge, where is the money coming from?
To be honest, during the Tianbao period, I also discussed the demolition of shantytowns with Mr. King Yin of Jingzhao. Xuanzong's dynasty was the richest in the world and could have solved this problem, but the court was unwilling to allocate funds.
Now that the rebels have not been wiped out, the court cannot make ends meet and cannot even come up with military expenses to counter the rebellion. How can it spend money on this?
Today's Lord Jing Zhaoyin Liu Yan is a good official and cares about the sufferings of the people. But this dignified Minister of Household Affairs cannot afford the money to rebuild the shantytowns."
Bai Fu said: "You just mentioned the renovation of shantytowns. How is this different from the plan to demolish shantytowns?"
Xiong Badou said: "During Tianbao's reign, the city of Chang'an was in bloom, with thousands of nations coming to court, and every inch of land was valuable. Pingkangfang was in an excellent location, and it was hard to find even a thousand dollars.
Demolishing the lanes of Pingkangfang and building terraces and courtyards at this location will be extremely profitable. If the demolition is profitable and a new lane is built in a remote area of Nancheng, the poor people in the lanes can be replaced.
After An Lushan invaded Chang'an, they burned, killed and looted. The wealthy households in Chang'an were either massacred or moved south. Only one-tenth of the former prosperity remained.
Therefore, the demolition plan is no longer possible.
The top priority is to renovate shantytowns. The cost of the renovation should be raised from the private sector.
Nowadays, the wealthy households in Chang'an are keeping their money bags tightly closed, and if you want to take out the money from their hands, it will be overwhelming.
In addition to the teahouses, restaurants, casinos and brothels that make money from Pingkangfang, there are only two types of people who are now willing to invest in the renovation of shantytowns:
One is the Hu merchants from the Western Regions represented by the Sogdians, and the other is the underground gang."
At this point, Xiong Badou gave up and asked Bai Fu: "General Bai, do you know why Pingkangfang is so prosperous and prosperous? It is even as good as the West Market and the East Market?"
Bai Fu was stunned and said: "Because teahouses, restaurants, casinos and brothels are places where singing and dancing are popular?"
Xiong Badou smiled mysteriously and said, "Because this is a place outside the law."
"A land outside the law? Is this place not governed by the laws of the Tang Dynasty?" Bai Fu repeated it, chewing on the meaning of this sentence.
Xiong Badou said: "Of course it must be governed by the law, but there is a little flexibility. Because of Wu Zhao's face, Xue Huaiyi, there has been an unwritten rule in Pingkangfang since the Wu Zhao Dynasty:
Except for the most heinous persons, except for the seven deadly sins such as murder and arson, smuggling, theft and other crimes involving only property will not be prosecuted here.
As long as the arrested person does not leave Pingkangfang Lane, the government will not enter to arrest the person."
Seeing that Bai Fu was a little confused, Xiong Badou gave an example:
"I would like to use an analogy. Niu Er sells illegal salt. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he is convicted and sentenced. This person should serve three years in Jingzhao Mansion Prison.
However, if this person hides in the alleys of Pingkangfang and does not leave Pingkangfang, he can be regarded as serving his sentence.
After the three-year period expired, the man left Pingkangfang Lane and resumed his normal life. The government granted him amnesty and refused to arrest him.
Crimes committed in the past are recorded but will not be pursued.
Of course, the crimes this person committed were only property crimes and were not among the seven felonies."
Xiong Badou repeatedly emphasized that Pingkangfang only protects people who commit property crimes. The crimes this person committed are not the seven deadly crimes that endanger other people's lives, such as murder and arson. Even if he is released, it will not cause great harm to the public security of Chang'an.
Bai Fu has been in Chang'an for many years, and this is the first time he heard that there is such a lawless place in Chang'an City, and he finds it unbelievable.
I don’t know why Wu Zhao allowed such an earth-shattering place to exist in Chang’an City.
If Xiong Badou's words are true, Wu Zhao deserves to be a queen of her generation, with considerable wisdom and courage.
Xiong Badou continued: "In today's world, apart from the land deeds of mansions and antique calligraphy and paintings, the rich people in Chang'an who can now get real money are not relatives of the emperor or wealthy families, but the two types of people I just mentioned.
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The Hu merchants in the Western Regions, represented by the Sogdians, made a lot of money through smuggling; the underground gangs made a lot of money by reselling military supplies. The money of these two types of people came from incorrect sources.
After getting rich, what they worry about most is safety.
The tacit protection of privileges in Pingkangfang has become their most trusted refuge. In order to transform the shanty town, they are willing to give up a lot of wealth.
This is the real secret of Pingkangfang’s prosperity.”