Chapter 112 Watch the show

Chen Mi of Cao's mansion had not yet figured out how to deal with it, but there was a big mess in Beijing due to the release of rice stones.

Although the royal family, civil servants and officials were collected from the first month and July, the rice time for the Eight Banners soldiers was February and August. According to the customization, each Eight Banners soldier can pay for 40 hu of rice every year, which is 2,800 kilograms, which is enough for ordinary people to use. However, for more than 16 years after the Eight Banners of Manchus, they are no longer the mighty troop of the past. The prosperity of the capital has long fascinated everyone's eyes. "Suddenly making a living and becoming a luxury" is a portrayal of the Eight Banners soldiers in the entire capital.

Every year in the first month of each year, the Eight Banners soldiers can go to the rice warehouses of each banner to make a fuss. After the rice is raised, some people will transport it to their homes, and most of them will sell it directly. The money they get is eaten, drink, gamble, and spend money at will. When the home really can't be broken, they will borrow money everywhere and wait until the next time they pay it back.

Some soldiers refused to settle down. In addition to their own rice, they also had the idea of ​​rice warehouses and seduced some hooligans and villains to steal while everyone was paying rice.

When Cao Zhong and Cao Yong mentioned these, they were still palpitations: "Uncle, fortunately, your Lumi beats the rice warehouse in Dongsi. If you go to the Zhengbai Banner Rice Warehouse on the Chaoyangmen to collect them according to the banner of our mansion, you might encounter such a disaster."

Cao Yong also heard a few words about the rice basket of Zhengbai Banner, but he did not have any details. When he heard Cao Zhong talk about it, he asked the reason.

It turned out that the 28th day of the first lunar month was the day when Dingzhiji rice was the day for Zhengbai Banner. There were many carriages and horses, and some people deliberately made trouble and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to steal, so they shocked two horses on the shaft, causing a commotion. In the panic, everyone rushed to trample on the first place, and several elderly people who were receiving rice with their families were hurried to the ground and trampled to death.

Such a tragedy happened in the capital before the first month of the year. How could the emperor not be furious? Not only were the people of Shuntian Prefecture ordered to investigate in detail, but even the palace sent guards, in less than half a day, there were as many as thirty-seven people causing trouble. In addition, several Zhang Jing who guarded the Mi Cang of the Zhengbai Banner were all removed from the top.

After hearing Cao Zhong mention that since the beginning of last winter, Cao Yong thought of the Governor of Jiangnan, Gali, who took office last year. He impeached all the officials of all sizes and big and small in Jiangnan in just half a year, causing a mess in the Jiangnan officialdom. Those who could go to Jiangnan to become officials had no support. His nonsense had long caused dissatisfaction among many people. However, because he was in the limelight and had the word "anti-corruption", no one stood up.

The rice in the capital was transported from Jiangnan. Due to the floods in Jiangnan last year, many fields were not collected and the local grain prices were high, which led to the rise of rice prices in the capital. The high and low prices of rice were involved in people's livelihood. How could everyone miss this good opportunity to reduce the limelight of Gali? I am afraid that it won't take long to impeach Gali's dereliction of duty during his post in Jiangnan. Now, it seems that Gali has no intention of attacking the Cao family.

On the second day of the second month, the Holy Lord set out to Changchun Garden and went to Mount Wutai. He ordered the Crown Prince Yinreng, the Third Prince Yinzhi, the Eighth Prince Yinsi, the Tenth Prince Yinyi, the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang, and the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen to accompany him.

The Holy Lord was not in the palace, so naturally no one came to the study room to admonish him every now and then. The little brothers were much more relaxed. The only thing they were dissatisfied was the Sixteenth Prince. He was very lively and was most impatient with the study room. But the prince who followed him to the Fourteenth Prince, and he had no share. However, he did not treat himself badly. He asked Yuzi to leave the palace for a few days, which made Cao Yong feel worried.

On the ninth day of the second month, the class in the study room was over, and the sixteenth prince walked to Cao Yong with a smile.

Cao Yong knew what he wanted to do when he looked at his smiling face, but there was no way. After all, this child couldn't help but persuade him. The sixteenth prince was always afraid of heaven and earth, and always thought that there were not so many criminals under the emperor's feet! Therefore, he always treated others' persuasion as an indifferent voice, and still did his own thing and enjoyed himself.

He was not afraid, but Cao Yong did not dare to take it lightly, for fear that he would make the prince lose something when he met someone who was not open. However, the four princes and guards had their own tricks, and in addition to the two Wei brothers, the guard's strength was not weak in detail, so Cao Yong had to be more careful about it.

After leaving the palace, Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince walked forward together, and the others rode horses behind. Recently, the Sixteenth Prince was fascinated by Kunqu opera like Mr. Zhuang, and occasionally sang, but they learned well. The destination they went to was the Zhejiang Guild Hall in Chongwenmen. The Sanxi Class, which was popular in the capital, usually set up a platform here.

During the Chinese New Year, Cao's mansion also thought about inviteing these three wedding troupes to perform, but their venues were already full, so they had to invite two other companies.

The stage is located in the west of the Zhejiang Guild Hall, and is a separate large courtyard with a stage in the center and surrounded by semi-open teahouses.

When Cao Yong and the others arrived, the seats were already half full. An elderly guard seemed to be familiar with the place. He called the teahouse shopkeeper and handed over a small ingot. The teahouse shopkeeper was hunching and speaking Yuhang dialect, "The uncle is long" and "The uncle is short" to everyone to the two tables in front.

Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince sat at the table in front, the Wei brothers and the fourth guards sat behind, and Xiaoman and the little eunuch Zhao Feng went to the tea shop to stare at them making tea.

Today, the famous passage "Shocking Dream" in "Peony Pavilion". As the gongs and drums started, the dressed "Du Liniang" held the little maid and walked onto the stage gently. Before she could speak, she looked around with charming eyes, and there were already cheers in the audience. She saw her black crow's hair tied with cloudy hair, and her forehead was covered with flying gold patches, which made her look more and more white oval face. Her two slightly frowned eyebrows, a pair of slightly opened and closed phoenix eyes, and her jade-like nose bridge and a cherry-like mouth, she was really a beautiful woman.

Even Cao Yong, who had been used to seeing the beautiful woman for two lifetimes, couldn't help but feel excited when he saw the beautiful woman with a graceful and graceful appearance on the stage. However, he found something was wrong and didn't hear that there was an actress at this time. Thinking of this, he hurriedly looked at the beauty's neck carefully. Sure enough, although he was wearing a costume with a small standing collar, he still couldn't hide the slightly protruding Adam's apple?! Cao Yong hurriedly drank a sip of hot tea and felt chill in his heart.

"I dreamed of returning to the orioles, and the years were shining everywhere. People stood in the deep courtyard." The actor had already opened his red lips and sang slowly. Most of the people in the audience looked straight, and calmed down for a moment, and the audience was filled with the clear voice of the actor.

After singing a song, he finally arrived at Shengjiao and went on stage. Cao Yong took a casual look, but he was an acquaintance, which was Liu Zidan, who Baoya had praised.

Liu Zidan was wearing a clothes embroidered with plum blossoms, holding a piece of willow branches in her hand, and sang: "'The orioles are warm and singing when they are sunny, and people smile when they are charming. A path fallen flowers come with water. Today, Ruan Zhao goes to the rooftop.' Xiaosheng followed Miss Du back along the way, why didn't he see him?"

Needless to say, the next scene is naturally the talented man and beautiful woman who "loosely collar and wider her clothes" and "be patient and warm to sleep for a while."

After leaving the guild hall, Cao Yong still sighed. If the Dan Ke was a woman, it would be considered as beautiful. Such a face on a man is really regretful. If you count it carefully, he is the most beautiful person Cao Yong saw in this world.

The Sixteenth Prince was still unsatisfied. When talking about the role, he was full of joy: "Cao Yong, this Yang Zimo is really a stunning person. He has never seen a role in the team of Sijiu City. His expression is really charming and makes people feel uncomfortable. Tsk tsk, I live in the palace. If I open a mansion outside, I will snatch him into the mansion."

Cao Yong heard that there was nothing in front, but there was something strange behind him. He couldn't help but glance at the Sixteenth Prince. He didn't find that this child had such a hobby on weekdays. Could it be that Yang Zimo's charming charm had already made him more interested in sexually.

The sixteenth prince smiled and pounded Cao Yong's shoulder: "What are you thinking about? Am I the one who is that? But seeing that he is so beautiful in makeup, it is good to look at it and be more pleasing to the eye."

The two were talking, and when the guild staff came out, they heard the troubles from the side door, and there were vague beatings and scoldings. Although Cao Yong didn't know the troublesome person, he was helpless that the Sixteenth Prince was a person who liked to make fun of him and was dragged over to watch the fun.

The word "Beauty and Beauty" is indeed good. It turns out that among the guests who just listened to the opera, there were two young masters from the Duke of the Fuguo Mansion, who were also yellow belts. When they saw Yang Zimo, they fell in love with him. After listening to the opera, they took the people to the backstage and wanted to "invite" him to the Duke Mansion to perform. Yang Zimo naturally refused politely. The two boys started to hang up and ordered people to drag them away. Anyone who was blocked would be kicked. Then, they pulled to the side door.

The headmaster and the manager of the association got the news and chased them out. While begging the two young masters with kind words, he also called out the name of Prince Heshuo Jian's mansion without being humble and arrogant.

The sixteenth prince was originally watching the show with a smile, but when he heard the name of Prince Heshuo Jian's mansion, he couldn't help but be stunned. Prince Heshuo Jian is one of the eight iron hat princes. Now the prince Yaer Jiang A is the clan ruling of the clan mansion, and he is the powerful among the powerful.

But the two gangsters were naughty and didn't believe that Prince Jian's mansion would stand up for a few actors. They just thought that the head master and the manager of the association were talking big, and kicked him aside without hesitation, and still pulled Yang Zimo.

Before Yang Zimo could take off his makeup, he was still wearing a costume of a female actor, but after all, he was not a real woman and was not that weak. While pulling, Lengzi pushed away the young master who was stuck on him. The young master was fascinated and was not prepared, and suddenly fell to his feet. At this time, many people who watched the fun had already surrounded him, and they couldn't help laughing when they saw his ugly appearance.
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