I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 83
Chapter 082

Human beings are actually an extremely complex contradictory entity.

To put it simply, I really like double standards.

To give a simple example, if you meet a beautiful woman on the street, as long as you are a man, you will like her to dress as coolly as possible, preferably naked, and the best thing is that this beautiful woman can hook her fingers and seduce her. come over.

However, when this beautiful woman is his wife, he will immediately change his moral standards. It is best not to show his elbows, smile without showing his teeth, and strike up a conversation with other men. The other party has a big mouth.

When you like someone and he stares at you, you think it's cute.If you hit you, you will think it is a joke, even if it is scolding, you will not care.

When you hate someone, if the other person gives you a stare, you will reply: "What are you staring at?"

Sun Yuanhua is actually a contradictory body, and his contradictions are beyond his control.

Zuo Guangqi is Xu Guangqi's most proud student so far.Xu Guangqi is a scientist who is proficient in and studies western mathematics, agronomy, science and technology, and military affairs.Another disciple of his, Chen Zilong, was responsible for helping Xu Guangqi sort out and publish the "Nongzheng Quanshu". Xu Guangqi gave Chen Zilong the knowledge of agricultural reclamation, astronomy, calendar, and mathematical methods, and gave Sun Yuanhua knowledge of military affairs and science and technology.

Sun Yuanhua is not only the governor of Ming Dynasty, he undertakes the important task of revitalizing the Western France Party and reforming the military affairs of Ming Dynasty.But the problem is that although Sun Yuanhua claims to be a knowledgeable soldier and proficient in military affairs, he is only knowledgeable, but he can't master it.

Especially after experiencing the mutiny of Ning Haijun, Sun Yuanhua was completely hit. He did not hesitate to spend a huge sum of millions of taels of silver and painstakingly trained the Denglaiban Army. In front of Ning Haijun, who had been trained by Cheng Shijie for less than two months Well, even if Lai Xin's army is resisting and the whole army is wiped out, he will feel better.

But the problem is that the Denglai new army did not resist, but the only resistance was actually the Dengzhou army that he usually despised.

The Dengzhou Army, the Dengjun Army, and the Denglai New Army sound similar in name, but in fact they are three completely different armies. The state guard wrote the official script of Shandong Commander.The Denglai New Army is the direct descendant of Sun Yuanhua. It is equipped with Western-style equipment and trained in Western-style. It is also a pilot unit for military reform in the Ming Dynasty.

After the big waves washed the sand, the number of the Dengzhou Army was 2000 in name, but in fact there were only 800 men and horses. Three to 400 people were killed, and the rest took off their uniforms and ran away. Before they left, they set fire to the Dengzhou Army The roster, after the death of the general Zhang Tao, no one knows how many troops there are in the Dengzhou Army.

The end of Denglai's new army meant that Sun Yuanhua's military reform experiment had failed, and at the same time, he had no one to implement the Liaonan strategy he had dreamed of.

This failure is not only a personal failure of Sun Yuanhua, but also a failure of the West Fa Party, and also a failure of his teacher Xu Guangqi.

At the first moment when he was free, his strongest thought was that he must do everything possible to kill Cheng Shijie. When he heard that Kong Youde rebelled and even massacred dozens of wealthy gentry families, his thought was that it was over, everything was over. .

Compared with the consequences of this failure, personal honor and disgrace are not so important. As long as the benefits are large enough, let alone make Sun Yuanhua lose face, even if he is called Cheng Shijie's father, it is not impossible.

At the beginning, for the sake of profit, how many officials worshiped Wei Zhongxian and Eunuch Wei as his father, and built a shrine for him?

Pan Ruzhen, governor of Zhejiang Province, was the first to propose to build a "living shrine" for Wei Zhongxian, followed by Mao Yilu, governor of Yingtian, Xu Jitong, governor of water transport, Song Zhenmo and Xu Qixiao, governor of water transport, Zeng Guozhen, doctor of the Ministry of Industry, and general judge Sun of Shuntianfu. Ru Lie, governor of the government Li Chunmao, governor of Shuntian Liu Zhao, governor Zhuomai, head of the household department Zhang Huayu, governor of Shandong Li Jingbai, governor of Henan Guo Zengguang, governor of Shanxi Mou Zhikui, governor of Jiliao Yan Mingtai, and Yuan Chonghuan also built a "house" in Ningyuan. Shengsheng Temple", which was named "Maode Temple" by Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty.

Among them is Yang Bangxian, the most unlucky Jiangxi governor. In order to build a living temple in Nanchang, this man did not hesitate to demolish the "Three Sages Temple" (dedicated to Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Yi, and Cheng Hao). The benefits did not come down, but he received news that Emperor Chongzhen had dismissed Wei Zhongxian for investigation, and he was also classified as an eunuch and dismissed from office.

Sun Yuanhua looked at Xu Dacheng and said, "Ning Haijun's mutiny is different from Kong Youde's mutiny!"

Now that Sun Yuanhua has made a final conclusion, Xu Dacheng can only follow his words and say: "Admiral Ning is also worried about the consolation of General Cheng Shijie, and this matter is all caused by Sun Fu, and he has caused Futai Lord! Cheng Shijie was also a victim. After all, he almost died in the hands of the Zhang family in Laiyang. Speaking of which, Cheng Shijie was really miserable. He was imprisoned for eight days by a small character of the Zhang family in Laiyang. It is said that when Cheng Shijie was rescued , wearing only one unlined garment, and I don’t know how he survived.”

"Exercise, as long as you don't sleep and keep moving your body, you won't freeze to death. However, human strength is limited. Even if you don't freeze to death, you will die from exhaustion!"

It is not unacceptable to think that Cheng Shijie was locked up for eight days and he was locked up in the utility room for three days.

This person just likes to compare, be richer, richer, house, car, and sometimes, wife, and worse, miserable.

Thinking that Cheng Shijie was worse than himself, and suffered more than himself.

Sun Yuanhua felt a little more comfortable in his heart. He sighed and said: "Cheng Shijie also suffered an unreasonable disaster. Dacheng, you go for a walk to appease Cheng Shijie and let him put the overall situation first, but Kong Youde cannot be forgiven lightly."

Ning Haijun and Kong Youde's Dongjiang Army launched a rebellion, but the nature is indeed different, especially the mutiny of Ning Haijun, which is easy to cover up.After Ning Haijun entered Dengzhou City, he did not target the gentry, wealthy households and common people in the city to plunder, nor did he wantonly massacre the common people.

Many people don't even know what happened, but Kong Youde is different. He led the army and robbed the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine. It is said that 6000 taels of gold were not escorted to the capital in time.

This is the cheese that moved the emperor. As for the gold that was robbed, there must not be that much. The Zhaoyuan Gold Mine only produces more than 8000 taels of gold a year, which is 6000 taels. It needs to be mined for at least eight years.

Which mine supervisor has such courage?
Sun Yuanhua could see the tricks in it at a glance. Whether Emperor Chongzhen knew the tricks in it, he didn't know.When eunuchs become corrupt, they are much more ruthless than most officials. After all, they are shameless and don't want their lives.

During the period of Emperor Wanli, an egg he ate cost 30 taels of silver.In the Qing Dynasty, it was even darker. The last emperor Puyi consumed 20 catties of meat and 300 poultry every year, and his food expenses amounted to [-] taels of silver.One must know that he was only six years old when he abdicated. Can a six-year-old child eat ten thousand catties of meat a year?About [-] catties a day?
It's all tricks here.

The same is true for Zhaoyuan Gold Mine. This is the reason why Sun Yuanhua has been the governor for nearly two years and never went to Zhaoyuan City, which is more than 200 miles away.

In addition, Kong Youde's department killed hundreds of big gentry families.Even if Sun Yuanhua wanted to cover up this matter, he couldn't cover it up.

"Students think that Cheng Shijie is a person who knows the importance and advances and retreats. He will come to Dengzhou City in a few days. At that time, it is better for Mr. Futai to comfort him personally. It seems a little lack of sincerity for the students to go..."

Sun Yuanhua nodded, and he thought of a crucial question: "Cheng Shijie has recruited many Dongjiang soldiers into his army, why is he so eager to seize Liaonan?"

"Yeah, that's weird!"

Xu Dacheng said with a puzzled face: "Now is not the best time to use troops. It is bitterly cold in southern Liaoning, and the sea may freeze at any time. Once it freezes, the way back will be cut off!"

"Yes!"

Sun Yuanhua smiled wryly and said: "He has already emptied out Benxian, even in Ninghai Prefecture, if Benxian wants to deal with him, it will take at least two years to prepare!"

It is easy to deal with a military officer who has no soldiers or generals in his hands, but it is not difficult to deal with a military officer like Mao Wenlong who has a heavy army but dare not resist.Yuan Chonghuan brought 4000 people to find trouble with Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong really objected, and Yuan Chonghuan had no chance to go to the island.

However, it is difficult to deal with a military officer like Cheng Shijie who holds military power and dares to rebel.

If he doesn't have enough strength to crush him, he really dares to rebel.

This rebellion is like taking off your pants. If you take off your pants the first time, you will have a second time. Similarly, if you rebelled the first time, you dare to make a second time.

Xu Dacheng was slightly taken aback: "This is strange, the student remembers that Cheng Shijie claimed to be 35 years old!"

"35 years old, should be born in the 24th year of Wanli!"

"Correct!"

Xu Dacheng: "According to his age, he should have married a wife and had children long ago, but the student has never heard of his wife and children, and there is no record in the documents, which is even more strange!"

The statistics of official archives in the Ming Dynasty are basically the same as those in the later period. They all include the name, place of origin, and biographical information of the main family members.

Sun Yuanhua's eyes seemed to flicker when he looked at Xu Dacheng.

"Dacheng, have you thought about it?"

"Students figured it out!"

Xu Dacheng said slowly: "Cheng Shijie is tall and heroic, he is the best candidate to choose a son-in-law, not to mention that his family is quite rich, even if he has little wealth, he will not become a widower. Earlier, the student checked Cheng Shijie to Dengzhou From the official document submitted by Commander Jin Yousheng, it can be seen that he is actually literate, and such a person will definitely not become a widower."

Sun Yuanhua thought of another possibility: "Could it be that Cheng Shijie has a hidden disease? Can't walk in the human way?"

"This is unlikely!"

Xu Dacheng thought for a while and said: "Peng Jianhong, a small school of the Fujun, once delivered orders to the Ninghai Navy. Once, Cheng Shijie asked Peng Jianhong to soak in the hot spring (hot spring). Peng Jianhong said that Cheng Shoubei's lower body is quite majestic, which just explains a problem ..."

"what?"

"Cheng Shijie may be from Liaodong!"

"Liaodong, Liaodong..."

"In the Qianhu House of Fenghuang Mountain, the hereditary deputy Qianhu was born from his ancestor Cheng Wanbing. Wanbing's three sons Zhongren, Zhongzhi, and Zhongyong, his second son Cheng Zhongyong inherited the position of Deputy Qianhu. Cheng Zhongyong had six sons, Long Fei and Long Fei. Xiang, Long Xuan, Long Peng, Long Han, Long Jian..."

Speaking of this, Xu Dacheng took out a somewhat rotten document, opened it, and read: "Cheng Zhongyong's eldest son, Long Fei, inherited the Deputy Thousand Household of Fenghuang Mountain. The third son of Fei, Fumin, inherited the five-rank Qianhu of the Qianhu Office of Fenghuang Mountain. In the 22nd year of Wanli, Cheng Fumin died in office. , Jiannu attacked Phoenix Mountain, and Cheng Yongxing, the last Qianhu of Fenghuang Mountain, led his troops to fight to the death. After the defeat, the thousand households of Fenghuang Mountain were destroyed..."

"You said yes, maybe Cheng Shijie is the son of Cheng Yongxing in the Qianhu House of Phoenix Mountain?"

Xu Dacheng shook his head: "It's unknown at the moment, but the generations of Cheng Wanbing are Wan, Zhong, Long, Fu, Gui, Yong, Shi, Tian, ​​Jia, and Xiang. However, what is puzzling is that when the Phoenix Mountain Qianhu Office was destroyed, if Cheng Shijie was really the son of Cheng Qianhu from the Phoenix Mountain Qianhu Office, he would have been 22 years old at that time and should have been registered in the military, but there was no record... ..."

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while and said: "It may be negligence, or it may be lost. Ben Xian guessed that Cheng Shijie escaped from Fenghuang Mountain at that time, all the way west, and entered southern Liaoning. In the first year of Tianqi, Nurhachi massacred the Liao people. I'm afraid I will die among the rebellious soldiers."

At this time, Sun Yuanhua started his own brain supplement method. Cheng Shijie should have wanted to go to Mao Wenlong, but Mao Wenlong was too poor, or let him down, so he traveled overseas, and while doing business, he learned the art of war handed down from his ancestors. ,

After many years of preparation, Cheng Shijie, who was already in his thirties, appeared in Dengzhou City in a fancy dress, and with Song Xiance as his door, he bought the official position of a thousand households in the Weizuo Thousand Households Office of Dengzhou Weizuo.

Other generals became officials for the purpose of making money, but Cheng Shijie was not. He wanted revenge and revenge for the whole clan, so he didn't make money, and even paid for the military households in Weizuo, Dengzhou. Training the army, he had to come into his sight when he defeated Qin Wu, a thug.

With his own support, he became the garrison of the Ning Navy. Cheng Shijie seemed very impatient. He did not take on the heavy responsibility of defense in the Ning Navy.

Things that could not be explained in the past, and things that seemed unreasonable in the past, can now be explained.

As for Cheng Shijie's accent, as businessmen who have been in business, language is what they are best at. Some businessmen who have gone to the North can even speak more than a dozen dialects, and it is not surprising that they can speak dozens of dialects.

Thinking of this, Sun Yuanhua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought about how to deal with this matter. What he had discussed with Cheng Shijie earlier placed the blame for the Dengzhou mutiny on Zhang Tao, a general of the Dengzhou Army. Zhang Tao did it.

Sun Yuanhua was actually very sorry for throwing the blame on Zhang Tao, because the Dengzhou Army was usually very obedient, and he was the only one who stood up during the mutiny of Ning Haijun, which was even more rare.If Cheng Shijie's request is really followed, who will work hard for Sun Yuanhua in the future?

Could it be that the result of working hard for Sun Yuanhua is that people have to be blamed when they die?

This can be regarded as murder and killing, and it cut off Sun Yuanhua's way to win people's hearts in the future.

Therefore, Sun Yuanhua's Spring and Autumn writing style changed, and he wrote on the paper: "The Minister of the Ministry of War, the Yushi of Youqindu, and the Governor Denglai Sun Yuanhua made a concerted effort. For four years, since the end of October, the temperature has dropped sharply and ice and snow have become disasters. Kong Youde, a cavalry officer under his command, was short of food and clothing, and the minister urgently allocated 3 taels of silver to provide food and clothing for the cavalry. Youde sent him to buy cotton from the Zhang family in Laiyang..."

When Sun Yuanhua asked Kong Youde to buy cotton from the Zhang family in Laiyang, because his war horses were very hungry, he ate the frozen cabbage leaves thrown by the Zhang family in Laiyang. As a result, Zhang's servants found out and forced Kong Youde's servants to pay money , the two sides had a conflict, because the language communication was inconvenient, which led to the escalation of the conflict.The two sides fought, Kong Youde's soldiers were defeated by Zhang's servants, and then Kong's soldiers fled back to the camp, but Zhang took the opportunity to detain the cotton that Kong's soldiers had already paid for.

Kong Youde was very angry when he learned that Mrs. Zhang bullied him, and went to Mrs. Zhang in Laiyang to seek justice.Zhang Huailiang of the Zhang family in Laiyang relied on the strength of the Zhang family and went to Laiyang County to falsely accuse Kong Youde's troops of looting the place.

Cheng Shijie has already received a report from Chen Guodong that he killed a man named Zhang Huailiang in the Zhang family of Laiyang. Of course, the best way to throw this scapegoat on the dead is that the dead can't speak anyway.As for Li Enshou, the magistrate of Laiyang County, who has always relied on the Zhang family, he has always been obedient to the governor Sun Yuanhua, so he took the opportunity to clean up together.

Therefore, Li Enshou, the magistrate of Laiyang County, heard Zhang Huailiang's instructions, and sent someone to summon Kong Youde and chain him for three days as a warning to others.After the three-day sentence, Kong Youde was released, Kong Youbei was upset, and then met Zhang Huailiang's ridicule.Kong Youde attacked in anger, but he missed and beat Zhang Huailiang to death.

The big mistake had already been made, Kong Youde knew that he could not escape death, Kong Youde led his elite soldiers to attack the Zhang family's old house in Laiyang, beheading all of them, and then Kong Youde broke the pots and smashed the gentry compound continuously, causing dozens of people to die. The family of the gentry was ruined.Kong Youde coerced the people and forced them to join the army, and those who did not follow died.Under the pressure of swords and swords, the number of Kong Youde's rebels quickly exploded to 4 horses.

When Sun Yuanhua received the news, he hurriedly ordered his subordinate Ning Haijun to send troops. Ning Haijun guarded Cheng Shijie, led the Ning Haijun with 3000 troops, and dispatched troops on October 28. After ten days of bloody battles, nineteen battles and thirty-six small battles, the leader of the bandit, Kong Youde, was finally captured. , Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan and others beheaded.

In this campaign, the Zhongning Navy defeated the crowd with a few, wiped out more than 3000 bandits in one fell swoop, and captured more than [-] prisoners alone, with very few casualties!
After the description of this spring and autumn brushwork, Zhang Tao became a hero who died bravely in battle. For the heroes who made war exploits, the court will definitely provide compensation and reward them heavily.Cheng Shijie also had a reason for admitting that he was promoted to lieutenant general. Cheng Shijie wanted to use Zhang Tao's death to cut off his way to win people's hearts, and Sun Yuanhua also broke the game.

It was killing five birds with one stone. Of course, Sun Yuanhua did not forget that Zhang Sicheng, the deputy envoy of Shanxi's procuratorate, was not strict in housekeeping, which caused his family to cause disaster to the local area.

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At this time, Cheng Shijie didn't know that Sun Yuanhua had pushed back to the Thousand Households in Phoenix Mountain just by relying on his family name, and even found him an ancestor.

Of course, even if he knew, he didn't care.Because of seniority, not many people care about it in later generations. Nowadays, people name their children too casually. Names like Zhang Yang Guoer, King of Glory, Shi Zhenzhen, Toilet, Du Ziteng, etc. are also frequently exposed. online.

In this way, the parents are actually completely irresponsible, just for their own pleasure, but they don't know how much trouble this will cause their children.

In fact, Cheng Shijie is not from the generation of Shizi. Their family members with the surname Cheng have generations, and they are indeed consistent in the family tree. However, they are not Wan, Zhong, Long, Fu, Gui, Yong, Shi, Tian, ​​Jia, Xiang. , but Yan, Guang, Yu, Zhen, Jin, Chuan, Ke, Bao, Xu.

Cheng Shijie belonged to the Ke family, and his son Cheng Jialong and daughter Cheng Jiayue were considered to be of the Bao family, but the problem is that there are no people named strictly according to the genealogy in modern times.Not since his father's generation.

Cheng Shijie's father appeared in that special era. There were too many people named Weiguo, Weijun, and Weimin. However, Cheng Shijie's grandfather was still named according to the family tree. The old people in his hometown were either Cheng Chuan or something. , or Cheng Jin, his grandfather was called Cheng Jinju.

Now Cheng Shijie didn't have the mind to think about these issues. When he found that Kong Youde could not control the rebel army under his command, this phenomenon made Cheng Shijie break out in a cold sweat.

If there are no accidents, there will definitely be accidents. The current Ning Haijun has at least three hilltops, and Shen Mingyu is one of them. He is an outsider who belongs to the Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu Office.The other one is Zhang Yu, who are local households of Zuo Qianhu, and the other is Li Zhixiang, who was born in the Dongjiang Army, and Li Fang and others, who represent the Dongjiang Army.

After careful consideration, Cheng Shijie discovered that the Ning Navy, like the current Dongjiang Army, is facing the problem of splitting at any time.How to deal with corruption and mountain top issues, Cheng Shijie has never managed the army in later generations, and has no experience in this area.

However, as a grassroots cadre of the enterprise, he can actually find the answer from the practical example of Hangang Group, which is the clarification of the system.

As early as 06, Hansteel Group paid wages in cash, first from the financial department of the headquarter to each branch company, each branch company then sent it to the following branch factories, and the branch factory then sent it to each workshop.

Later, Hansteel Group adopted an open and transparent system of wages and bonuses. In this way, neither the workshop director nor the director of the branch factory had any way to start with the wages of employees.In fact, tampering with employees' wages is the case that has aroused the greatest public outrage.

When a company embezzles the company's assets, many employees will only be angry, but only angry, but they dare to work hard to change their wages.

Ning Haijun's system must be transparent and open.For example, now, the officers and men of Ning Haijun know that they can get a reward of ten taels of silver for killing an enemy and beheading a head on the battlefield, but later the reward was canceled and rewarded with land instead.

The soldiers of the Ning Navy all knew that if they died in battle, they would receive a pension of twenty silver coins, and they also knew that their Li people would reward them with one hundred acres of land, which would be tax-free for five years and half tax for ten years.

They also know that their children can go to school for free, and the military households also know that they participate in farming, and only need to pay [-]% of the land tax every year according to the harvest.This tax is much heavier than that of later generations.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this was good governance with a great conscience.

But how to realize that the soldiers' salaries are directly distributed to everyone?How to control the army?

Cheng Shijie decided to go back to the later generations first, check the information, and ask Baidu if he is undecided.

When I got home, the anti-Japanese drama was playing on the TV in the living room. Cheng Jiayue was holding an electric toy gun and kept pulling the trigger.The toy gun made a pleasant sound.

The moment she saw Cheng Shijie, Cheng Jiayue didn't care about playing with toy guns anymore, she rushed towards Cheng Shijie: "Dad, you are off work!"

Cheng Shijie saw his father Cheng Weiguo and grandfather Jiang Feng sitting on the sofa, and familiar laughter came from the kitchen.

"Dad, Mom, why are you here?"

"Come and see Yueyue!"

Cheng Weiguo sighed and said: "The house is not easy to buy recently. It has been posted on the Internet for more than a month and no one has asked. Recently, a person wants to ask, but he can't afford that much. He will give half of it first, and the rest of the loan, you see Let's see if it works!"

"Dad, you take down the house sale information on the Internet!"

Cheng Shijie said earnestly: "Dad, Jiayue's surgery fee is not the big one, but the post-rejection treatment and nutrition expenses. This is the big one. It turned out that I had no choice. Now that I have this waste collection station, I can earn 1000 yuan a day." If it’s too much, it’s almost done, and the hole can be filled!”

Xiang Hui came out with a plate of stewed chicken and mushrooms, and said, "Dad, we can earn 2000 yuan from this waste collection station, and even more when we're lucky. That's enough, you can keep the house!"

Cheng Shijie and Xiang Hui spent a lot of effort, and finally persuaded Cheng Weiguo, and even removed the online advertisement on the spot.

While eating, Cheng Shijie was also thinking about a question.

Did he tell Xiang Hui that he was suddenly able to travel through? If Xiang Hui is unreliable, is there any point in his efforts?
After eating, Cheng Shijie played games with Cheng Jiayue for more than an hour, watched TV with her for more than an hour, and Cheng Jiayue finally fell asleep.

At this time, Xiang Hui walked into the bedroom.

Cheng Shijie was thinking about how to choose his words, and when he explained to Xiang Hui that he could travel through the late Ming Dynasty and bought a family business at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he suddenly felt a pain in his shoulder.

Cheng Shijie turned his head to look, and Xiang Hui looked at Cheng Shijie seriously.

Cheng Shijie asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Xiang Hui said angrily: "What, what, what, don't you have any idea?"

"What am I..."

Before Cheng Shijie could finish speaking, Xiang Hui turned off the light: "How long has it been since you touched me, if you didn't smell like other women on you, I would have thought you were someone outside!"

"Keep your voice down, wake up Jiayue!"

"Don't use Jiayue as a shield!"

Xiang Hui pushed Cheng Shijie harder: "Hurry up!"

"You said it, don't blame me for being rude!"

"If you are more polite, I will never end with you!"

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PS: Make a fuss about WPS, if you don’t recharge the money when it expires, the data will be destroyed for you, and you will be asked for tickets routinely.

(End of this chapter)