Borrow the day to change the day

On a street adjacent to Dingfu Avenue, the wealthy people in the capital often come to the restaurant here to have a drink and chat.

In the lobby on the first floor of one of the restaurants with a larger storefront, there are more people dining.On the two tables in the inner corner sat some young people.

There are also diners sitting in twos and threes in other places in the lobby, drinking and dining. Only the tables near the door are empty, which should be because the curtains will be blown by the cold wind.

The people in the lobby were chatting in lowered voices, probably because they had drunk too much wine, and a strong man at one of the tables suddenly spoke loudly, allowing everyone in the lobby to hear clearly.

"When that guy sees me now, he won't be as arrogant as before, and he will take the initiative to say hello to me, haha!" [

When the people around heard the man speak so loudly, several of them frowned.

"I didn't expect it to change so much after entering the prison. Not to mention you, you took the initiative to say hello to me when you went out this morning." The short deskmate of the burly man also sighed, although his voice was not as loud as his companion's, but It was also heard clearly by the people around.

"Come on, let's have a drink." After speaking, the two toasted and drank.

Then the brawny man chewed his vegetables and said, "Before I thought about it, I thought there was a neighbor in the yamen, so I could help out. I usually don't see each other when I look up, but every time I come here to buy meat, I give him some more. No I want to go to the Yamen to do business, and he charges me more benefits than strangers, so I am really angry. Now it’s better, and I’m going to spit out what I’ve eaten before.”

"I don't know how much atonement silver the emperor will ask them to pay?" the short man said.

The people around heard that the two were talking about the current facts, so they relaxed their brows, and listened while eating to see if the two said something they didn't know.

"I'm so disgusted, if I don't lay down a layer of skin, I can get out of the prison?" The strong man said as a matter of course.

"My dear brother, you are wrong here. They happened to meet with the emperor to enshrine the crown prince and amnesty the world. They didn't come out after paying enough money." The short man acted as if I was right.

A businessman sitting at the table next to them couldn't listen anymore, maybe he had too much wine, turned around and said to the two of them: "If you don't understand, don't make loud noises, disturbing others' enjoyment of drinking."

After being scolded by him, the strong man was stunned for a moment, slapped the table down, and then said to the merchant, "We don't understand, do you understand?"

The strong man slapped the table loudly, startling the innermost guests.

A young man at the inner table put down his chopsticks and was about to stand up.The man opposite him saw it, and shook his chopsticks slightly, signaling the young man not to meddle in his own business.

Xiao Er wanted to go over to persuade him not to be so angry, the merchant said: "My boss is one of the most famous people in the capital, how can the old man know the news that people like you can know, tell me, if I don't understand , do you understand?"

Seeing that the man spoke so confidently, the strong man couldn't help being taken aback for a moment. His short tablemate bowed his hands to the merchant, expressed his intentions, and said, "Don't dare to ask us what we said wrong?"

Xiao Er saw that they were not arguing, so she stopped and just stood near them.

The merchant didn't talk to him, but turned back to continue drinking his wine.

That brawny man is rr butcher, and he knows more or less about the world.Seeing the businessman's calm look, he stood up and walked over to apologize, saying, "I'm a rough man, I don't know etiquette, and I offended a nobleman. I really want to know the reason why that guy changed his temper."

When he said this, he saw how little food was left on the merchant's table, so he turned around and called Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, serve this nobleman some good appetizers, and remember them on my head."

When Xiaoer heard this, he quickly agreed and slipped into the kitchen, as if he was afraid that people would not agree to the deal. [

The merchant didn't think that the strong man who was aggressive just now turned around and apologized to himself and wanted to treat him, so he felt a little embarrassed.

So, he got up and resigned to no avail.He invited the strong man and the short man to come over for a drink together. Anyway, he was at the table by himself, and there were plenty of vacancies.

Xiao Er was quite nimble, and the first dish was served as soon as they sat down.

The three toasted each other, and the merchant said, "Let me tell you two, things are not what you think."

When the people around heard it, they all started to slow down their eating and drinking, and listened carefully to the discussion at that table.

However, the merchant lowered his voice, and he couldn't hear the specific content after listening carefully, so he heard the strong man's loud voice: "What, you are so courageous, you dare to bargain."

Then the merchant said a few more words in a low voice, and the strong man expressed his opinion again: "The emperor is too merciful. In my opinion, they can be chopped up directly."

Immediately the strong man found himself speaking too loudly, and everyone around him was watching him.

The strong man stood up and apologized to the surroundings, "Sorry for disturbing everyone."

Then he sat down and continued to listen to the merchant. After a while, the strong man couldn't help but said, "What, it's still shrunk?"

The people around were tickled by the strong man and the merchant, and didn't know what the merchant had said.

"Ah, that's how it is. I said why did you treat me politely? It turned out that it wasn't because of being in prison." The strong man didn't know that his words seriously affected the people around him, and everyone was aroused by him. masterpiece.

Finally, someone couldn't bear it any longer, turned around and said to the table: "Your official, if you have any questions, please tell us all, and let us have a good time. We will also pay for the food and drinks. "

People around were booing, but the young people at the innermost two tables did not join in the fun.

The merchant drank a little too much. Seeing the lively atmosphere and the feeling of drinking, he stopped eating and stood up and said, "Okay, since everyone said so, I will not hide it. These things will spread all over the world sooner or later."

There was a burst of applause as soon as the merchant's voice fell.Most of the people in the lobby stopped eating and drinking, and looked at the merchants.

"Everyone, do you know about the changes in the imperial court's surveillance system?"

Some of the people present here know, some don't. After all, there were no communication tools such as television and radio in that era, and the new policies of the imperial court could not be quickly conveyed to the ears of everyone.

Then someone asked, and the merchant explained everything.After he finished explaining, someone said dissatisfiedly: "What is the emperor doing? Originally, the imperial censor, Jin Yiwei, and Dongchang supervised all the officials together, and they were all corrupted like this. The officials are turned upside down!"

Immediately, his words attracted rebuttals from other people, and he explained the truth to that person: everyone supervises, but no one supervises.All yamen are responsibilities that can be managed or ignored, so if something happens, it is not easy to be held accountable.

The merchant waited for them to say the same thing, and said again: "The reason why this brother doubts that the previous officials are no longer arrogant is because the emperor ordered the three-level supervision departments to set up reporting offices, and the people can sue the officials, so they are polite. too much."

As soon as these words were uttered, there was a lot of discussion, such as what officials protect each other, what precedents there were in the Hongwu period, and they all talked about it.Speaking of the latter, I don't believe that most of the useful reports are useful. [

The merchant went on to say: "Now Jianlu is still in Gyeonggi, why did the emperor choose this time to be canonized as the crown prince and amnesty the world, do you know?"

This topic is a bit sensitive, and those who vaguely know it are silent, while those who don't know ask questions one after another.

"Because there are too many corrupt officials, the emperor had to use this name to pardon them." The merchant told the inside story he heard.

"What, dare to force the emperor, eat the guts of a leopard, is there any law?"

"That is, these corrupt officials should all be put to death. If there is one, one will be killed, and if there are two, both will be killed."

"Don't talk nonsense, can you kill each other cheaply and build captives?"

"What kind of cannibalism, that's corrupt officials. If the Taizu is around, it will be the end of skinning."

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The people in the lobby were arguing, all insisting on their own opinions.After a while, he slowly calmed down. The merchant was a little thirsty, so he took a drink from his glass, and then said: "Have you heard about the latest policy of the imperial court?"