C750 Modern Report (1/2)
This was truly a drastic change of events. Repaying their grievances with unhappiness, using the words that the old ladies of Beijing liked to curse the most, it was called repayment in the modern world.
The westerner might not even understand the saying 'retribution', because the word 'retribution' was completely derived from Buddhist culture. If you did good deeds, you would have a good reward, and if you did bad deeds, you would have a bad retribution, but sometimes, there was always a chance. Some say that it was the next life, while others were willing to do it for ten lifetimes.
Amongst all retribution, retribution in the Modern World was the most detestable. To be retributed for all one's sins in one's lifetime was indeed very, very satisfying. For example, the crazy officials at the Ministry of Revenue's yamen.
The capital's officials were bitter, especially when the officials of the Qing Shui yamen did not have much gray income. Originally, they did not have much salary, and since they had to go to war with the imperial government for so many years, they could not immediately give out their salaries.
Previously, when they heard that the Ministry of Revenue needed to make up for the money, everyone rushed over excitedly. However, the reality was too cruel.
Of course, their emotions were understandable. These poor bastards didn't have a famine of one hundred and eighty silver taels behind them, and their wives didn't nag about in their families or their children who were waiting for their food. So, it was understandable for them to be a little impatient and collapse.
Their actions were unforgivable. Attacking the yamen of the Ministry of Revenue, insulting and beating up Shangguan, and even tearing down the salary given to them by the imperial court must be severely punished.
However, the Prince of Alcohol still had Minister of Revenue, Minister Lin Shu who had sobered up. Looking at the bunch of poor officials crying tears away, he couldn't say anything about arresting them.
Isn't that the military head, Xiaojiang, squatting in the corner of the room? The prescription given by the Taiyuan Hospital was simply too expensive. I heard that he rarely ate meat even once a month, and was the first person to leave the department to attend gatherings. He didn't even have the money to buy ingredients.
Today, he squatted at the corner and desperately used both his hands to draw scraps of paper on the ground. Tears flowed down his face and he wanted to spell out a few pieces of paper, but he didn't expect that all of his claims would have numbers on them.
The one who was sitting on the ground and cursing the street, wasn't that the Ninth Master with the yellow flag? He was also a good rider on a poor horse, but it was a pity that he followed Merlin to attack the Tanggu. He threw his thumbs back to the battlefield, and in the end, he became the famous Lai Jiu of the capital's rogue world.
But Prince alcohol knew that Nine Lai had a sixteen year old sister waiting to be married off. His father was a rotten drunkard, and his mother was a shrew who loved to curse when she was young, so the burden of taking care of her sister's dowry rested entirely on him.
”You have no conscience!” There's no logic in this! Why didn't you post a notice all over town before you sent the money? You are... You all did not teach me! ” Who would have thought that Lai Jiu would actually think of such a refined phrase? It immediately caused the emotions of the officials present to resonate.
”That's right. This is killing without teaching us. Is the imperial government setting a trap for us?” ”We can't accept this. We have to go to the Great Qing Sect and seize the throne. We have to find the empress dowager and reason with her …”
”Pity my one hundred taels of silver, you cheated me into tearing it apart …” It's all because of you guys, you guys are doing this on purpose! ”
The official from the Ministry of Revenue became anxious and jumped onto a stool to curse, ”Bullshit!” What did we say when you came? ”I told you all to return to the yamen and wait there. When the time comes, we should take care of the salary and hand it over to them. Later, there will definitely be an imperial decree for the lord minister …”