Poor family mother and son

Chapter 708 Chaos Begins
No one knew that the direction of discussion of the northern students was actually influenced by the Jizhou state study. A state study guided the thinking of most students in the north in just a few days.

In the dormitory of the upper dormitory of Jizhou State School, the gentle and jade-like Pei Qing said with some frustration: "Aunt Chu has been so kind to me, but now something happened to her, but I can't help her."

Xiaobao's friends were all gathered in Pei Qing's dormitory, all with serious expressions.

Qiu Sheng said: "It doesn't mean that something really happened, Aunt Chu is so powerful, she will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties."

Pei Qing said, "It's just my fault that I'm not very knowledgeable. I failed in the township examination last year. Otherwise, if Chunwei worked harder this year, he would be able to send a county magistrate. At least I can help my aunt."

The friends bowed their heads when they heard this. Five of them took part in the provincial examination last year, but none of them made it to the list.

Qiusheng brought his friends back to the village to find Mr. Xie, and it happened that Mr. Nie was recently dragged by Mr. Xie to the village school to teach senior children, so they told the two gentlemen about the Chu family shop.

Mr. Xie and Mr. Nie, who are far away in the countryside, don't know what happened to Chu Qing, but they both firmly believe that Chu Qing is a good person, and if something happens to her, someone must be doing her harm.

Mr. Nie, who has always been cautious, seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, and protects himself wisely, heard the children's discussions and asked a question: "If something happens to Mr. Chu's family, who will benefit the most?"

So at this time Qiusheng comforted everyone: "Don't blame yourself, Xiaobao said that we can't just study hard, but also see the world more to make up for the gap between us and those noble children;
If Mr. Nie hadn't reminded us this time, we wouldn't have thought about who would be the beneficiary if something happened to Aunt Chu;
We have already influenced the school, and students from all over the world will inevitably spread our arguments;
And right now, at least we already know that the rumors are related to the people of Voss. Xiaobao is still in Voss, so he will not take action. "

The little friends nodded one after another, there was only so much they could do, no matter how much they could do, it was beyond the reach of poor students like them.

Don't think that these are all things that happen to the people in various places. They don't seem to have any impact on the dignitaries in Kyoto, but their ears are not clean.

Those who are able to go to the court, apart from holding the court meeting tremblingly under the increasingly gloomy dragon prestige of the emperor, they also have to gather in private for a small meeting: If you understand that matter, should we talk about it at the court meeting?Who takes the lead?

When I got home, it didn't stop. It wasn't my wife who came to complain that seeing Mid-autumn approaching, it was time to add flowers, grass, dishes, and bowls to the house, but I couldn't place orders everywhere, because all the shops couldn't guarantee delivery before the festival;

Those who have children need to get married, and want to buy some good dowry gifts, dowry, etc., but they can't find any good things in the capital.

Those who cannot go to court are low-ranking officials. They are more troublesome than high-ranking officials who can go to court. The price of goods in Kyoto is already high, and it has risen even more recently, and the rent has also risen along with it.

Few of these Beijing officials can afford real estate in Kyoto, and more of them live in rented houses.

Because the backlog of goods in the store is still overstocked and cannot be sold, and the new goods are not available for a long time. If the goods are not enough, the unit price is increased to ensure the monthly store rent.

But the landlord can't stand the rising prices, who can't buy daily necessities?If the prices have risen, the rent of his shop will also have to rise, otherwise he will not be able to make ends meet.

After such a cycle, Beijing officials who cannot go to court must not be able to afford the daily expenses just by watching the price increase but not the salary increase.

Relying on throttling alone won't work at all, we have to increase revenue, so simply use your power to collect bribes from the bottom.

The common people in Kyoto are so bullish in times of peace and prosperity. They open their mouths and shut their mouths about important national affairs, such as supplies, court affairs, sacrifices, and grand ceremonies... Anyway, as long as there are no street patrol officers to hear them, they dare to do anything. Chat, and one by one to criticize the current situation.

It’s different now, and now it’s all about which officials are corrupt, which ones are corrupt, and no one cares about rising prices. These kinds of things are usually regarded as “small things that don’t make it to the table”, but they have become hot topics.

As for the life of ordinary people in Kyoto, it is even worse.

Living in the city, I rely on buying everything. Every day when I open my eyes, I get daily necessities, and when I close my eyes, I get rent for repairs. One of the more distressing things recently is that I can’t even afford to die.

It is said that due to the shortage of coffin laying wood, the coffin has been booked until the end of next year.

The reason, generally speaking, is poor transportation.

Is it really bad?Nope.

From the south to the north, there are no fewer outsiders who come to Kyoto every day, and the business of the inn is still good; if you want to say that there is no problem with the transportation, the goods cannot be shipped in.

Not only did there not appear to be fewer foreigners coming to Beijing, but there were more beggars.

In the past, beggars had a fixed place, and they would only flow around before three meals, but now, one or two beggars can be seen everywhere, which makes people feel that there are beggars everywhere in Kyoto.

The patrol around the palace has become more and more strict. I heard that a few days ago, there were dark shadows appearing at the two corner gates of the palace at night, which scared the eunuchs and maids.

However, the strengthening of security patrols in the palace did not attract too much attention. On the contrary, they were frightened.Or were they intimidated respectively?How many eunuchs and maids of honor?

In a noisy small restaurant in Nancheng, Qiao Wanqi and Liu Luqi met for dinner again, this time it was Qiao Wanqi's treat.

Liu Luqi: "Choose a bad place! Is it not worth going to a good place to eat? If you don't have enough money, you can treat me to Beicheng to eat!"

The east city is rich, the west city is expensive, the north city is poor, and the south city is cheap. Liu Luqi is very dissatisfied with eating in the south city.

Qiao Wanqi: "It would be nice to treat you to a meal. You just gave me a hand. You didn't let me be discovered by the palace guards. You didn't save my life under the knife. In terms of merit and reward, it's worth eating at this place." Already!"

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There are many things happening in Kyoto every day. For ordinary people, each of them seems to be a big event, and each of them seems to be a trivial matter that has nothing to do with them.

Speaking of freshness, there are also new things today.

Let's talk about Dongcheng first.

In an alley in Dongcheng, there is an inconspicuous courtyard, which is very lively at this time.

This is a small courtyard in the Ge Mansion, which was given to his grandson You Zhenghang by Ge Mozi, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, as a study place, and it is also a place where the grandfather gave his grandson to study freely and make friends.

You Zhenghang was brought into the capital by his grandfather the year before last and sent to the Imperial College. He was not used to it for a while without Xiaobao as a competitor, and he missed Xiaobao very much.

Now there are many discussions about Chu Qing's rebellion in the high-level officials in the capital, and he also heard the news, and couldn't help but feel a little sweat for Xiaobao.

You Zhenghang has a very good impression of Chu Qing and Xiaobao, although he has always been stubborn and refused to say good things, but he is very concerned about it.

At this moment, what he was discussing with the students of the Guozijian was not poetry or learning, but prices in Kyoto, and then about transportation, and then about Chuqing.

The argument is surprisingly consistent with the Jizhou students: "Speaking of treason, who do you think is really trying to oppose me?"

Don't talk about conspiracy, just talk about opposition.

Some students hesitated: "Our family doesn't allow discussing this matter outside, You Zhenghang, don't mention it either."

Some people also said: "I don't think a small businessman can achieve such a big thing. Don't talk about anything else, just talk about one's background. Ladies and gentlemen, which dynasty and generation of emperors were born in business? And which dynasty and generation of founding emperors Is it a woman?"

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Let's talk about West City,

This afternoon, the Xicheng family's seemingly upscale inn called "Lai Hotel" because the location is not very good and the business is slow on weekdays, suddenly twenty women came to stay.

These twenty women seemed to be together, and the age difference was not too big, they looked like they were in their early thirties.

Although they lodged in a very low-key manner, they still attracted a lot of attention, because it was really rare to see so many women staying together without a male escort.

At dinner time, the group of women set off from the back door of the inn. There were several carriages waiting there, and they got into the carriages as soon as they went out. No one knew where they went.

(End of this chapter)