Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 30 The Barbarians from the Southern Border
From the point of view of taxation only, there are two capitals and thirteen provinces, each with its own rich and poor, and the gap is not usually large.

But generally speaking, the north is strong and the south is weak. Take the four northern provinces: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Beijing Zhili as an example. As many as [-]% of endowments, among which Shanxi and Shandong rank second and third respectively.

Let’s talk about the nine southern provinces plus one capital. If Nanzhili is excluded, the remaining nine provinces combined cannot compare with Shandong.

Every year, the court's tax assessment directly reflects the comprehensive strength of each province, and the court then uses these data to come up with government orders suitable for the development of various regions.

If the things mentioned above are invisible to ordinary people, then you can get a glimpse of them by looking at the most prosperous guild halls in Beijing around the spring every year.

The guild hall was built with money from rich merchants from all over the country, for merchants and students from the same village to come and stay, similar to the non-governmental Beijing Office.

Some people will say, isn't there an inn?
how to say?Shaanxi people like to eat oily and spicy peppers. Shanxi people can’t do without vinegar in their meals. People from Huguang and Sichuan look down on Shaanxi people. They have to chop up any chili and grind them into powder. Shandong people can’t do without green onions. People from Jiangnan like to add sugar to their cooking. .

Can you imagine what it would be like for these people to be crowded in an inn?
People from Shanxi: "Xiaoer, here is a bowl of stewed noodles. Remember to put vinegar in it. Don't fool me with the mixed water. You don't need to taste it. You can smell it when you move your nose."

People from Shaanxi: "There is no chili in the noodles, it is not fragrant, Xiao Er, the food in your restaurant is really bad."

From Huguang and Sichuan: "Xiaoer, why don't you look down on us, how many chili peppers are there in your store, and the men bought them all!"

People from Suzhou: "Xiaoer, call out your cook, master, I will teach him how to cook, without adding sugar, it has no soul!"

People from Guangzhou said seriously: "We want to eat seafood!"

This is the capital city, he does not rely on the sea!

I never tire of fine food, and I never tire of fine food.Those wealthy merchants in ancient times were very tricky!

Of course, this is not the most important.

The ancient people's regional fellowship was very strong. When they were away from home, if they encountered difficulties with their fellow villagers, they would inevitably help them, stay in a hotel, and sleep in a fellow villager's house.

Take the scholars who entered Beijing this year as an example. Many of them have already arrived in the capital in July and August.
That's why the importance of the guildhall comes in. The students from the same country are free to eat and live, and they also have good food and beverages, good rooms, and good one-stop service.

As a result, the guild halls in the major alleys in the capital became the strongholds of scholars from all over the world.

Of course, not every scholar in every place has this kind of treatment, for example?

For example, the three neighbors of Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou.

The ones in Guangxi are even better. There is a brother who is also from the Cantonese generation. The Guangzhou Guild Hall will accept some students from Guangxi according to their own circumstances, and there is nothing they can do about the rest.

Yunnan Guizhou is originally the most remote place in southern Xinjiang. Industry and commerce are not booming. Naturally, there are no wealthy businessmen to invest in building museums. Therefore, every time Yunnan Guizhou is held, it has to make plans before entering Beijing, or go to relatives and friends , or get in touch with a scholar from another place early, be recommended by the other party, and borrow another guild hall.

But at this time of year, the business of various guild halls is the hottest. Like those provinces with large imperial examinations, scholars from their own family can't live there, let alone those from other provinces.

If you can't find a place to stay, you can only stay in an inn.

But staying in an inn is not realistic, not because of anything else, no money!
Then a ridiculous scene appeared. On the street, if you meet a beggar in ragged clothes, slovenly, shivering from the cold, don't rush to laugh at him, maybe it is the master Juren who came from somewhere.

I am shivering in the cold wind, and you are talking loudly in the jade tower.

Thus, contradictions arise.

The students who lived in the guild hall formed their own small circle, because those who could live in were mostly well-connected, either with rich family wealth, maybe the guild hall was donated by their family, or they were the children of officials.

They often look down on those humble scholars, especially those from southern Xinjiang, who reveal this barbaric atmosphere everywhere, and they don't have the demeanor of a literati or poet.

The humble scholars have different attitudes towards those noble scholars, some are envious, some are jealous, and some are "in the middle of the robes and clothes, and there is no admiration".

Regardless of these, tonight is the busiest time in all the guild halls in the capital, just because I don't know who released the rumors today, saying that outside the Chongwen gate at Riyinshi, the king of Suzhong County is going to fight a duel with Juzi from southern Xinjiang.

These candidates are all in their prime, full of scholarly spirit, and now they are about to enter the first place in a trial, and they will be on the top of the list, but it is not the time of life to be proud.Besides, everyone has been in the capital for a few months, and they are feeling bored and bored, so it's fun.

In particular, one of the two is the king of the current dynasty, and the other is a barbarian from southern Xinjiang. How can such a gap in status not make people feel curious and happy.

People want to see what kind of county king, what kind of barbarian, and what happened between the two?Could it be a bloody scene where a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman suffer the intervention of a third party?So what?
Some people even opened a market in private, just waiting for the result to come out, and make a small profit!

At the same time, in an unknown small ruined temple somewhere in the capital, a dozen unkempt beggars with unkempt clothes and unkempt shoes are gathering together to resist the oppression of the cold wind. The motto of life: never give in!
Xu wanted to find some topics to pass the difficult time.

Only one of them said: "Have you heard that there will be a fight outside Chongwen gate tomorrow!"

"Let's think about how to survive the twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month, so we don't have the time to care about other things!"

The person who opened the mouth said again: "I heard that one of them is a fellow from our hometown, and his opponent is a prince in the dynasty! That prince said that if the opponent loses, he has to kneel down and call Yay!"

Immediately, someone said angrily: "It's too much to bully! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. As the prince of the dynasty, how can he act so unbearably!"

"They also said that they want to let the barbarians from southern Xinjiang know what the rules of the capital are!"

"Barbarians? Who are barbarians? Are we barbarians?"

Everyone shook their heads: "We are Juzi, not barbarians!"

"We are also the people of Dagan, why should we be called barbarians!"

"I have endured them for a long time!"

The person who spoke first said, "Speaking of which, shall we go?"

The beggars were filled with righteous indignation: "Go! Why don't you go!"

"That is, if anyone dares to bully our fellow countrymen, I will beat him until he can't even recognize him!"

"Do you still have the strength?"

"It's okay to have a fight!"

"Then let's go! All go!"

After being silent for a while, someone said: "Why is it still not dawn!"

"I haven't passed a single update, what are you thinking!"

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