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Chapter 88 Disaster Relief Lottery
(PS: I stayed up late to watch the World Cup, so yesterday and today are the same update. Please forgive me. May Nine Thousand Years bless the Dutch team to win.)
Young Master Zhang’s every move in Jiangnan was actually not only watched by Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Weixian’s eyeliner, but also officials of all sizes in Jiangnan and members of the Donglin Party were also watching overtly and secretly. The results of the statistics made everyone's glasses shattered - in just one month, Master Zhang successively moved to five cities, Nanjing, Wuxi, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Songjiang, and raised a total of 160 yuan. Two, two, four, six cents!And this figure was announced directly by Young Master Zhang through notices and mansion newspapers, and there was no room for water or exaggeration.Faced with this result, all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River and the members of the Donglin Party were all boiling and crazy!

"Zhang Haogu is still a human being. He got so much money in a month, and what should we do with the tax collection errands in the future?"

"Yeah, yeah, let's just compare us to this stinky brat. He alone gets nearly half of the national treasury's annual income. What is it if he doesn't compare us to us?"

"Little dog, actually announced all the funds raised for disaster relief, and even recruited Jiangnan literati to supervise the relief throughout the whole process. How can we get money from the middle? This little dog is too good at being a man! He only cares about himself. , don't care about us Jiangnan local officials who run errands for him!"

"Excessive extortion! Extortion! This is blatant extortion! Join him! Join him! Let's jointly join him!"

"Yes, this is an unprecedented expropriation! I heard that in order to blackmail the salt merchants in Yangzhou, the little dog insisted on slandering the salt merchants in Yangzhou for treason, and wanted to punish the nine clans of the salt merchants in Yangzhou, forcing the salt merchants in Yangzhou to donate 100 million taels silver!"

"Really? This kid is even more ruthless than Li Shi's old dog. We can't just sit idly by and join him!"

"Damn it, how old is this kid now? How old should the emperor and Nine Thousand Years be for him to make such great contributions? No, we can't let this kid ride on top of us, please! Please refer to him Expropriation and extortion, plundering of people's wealth, extortion and extortion! Take part in his embezzlement of disaster relief money, filling his own pockets!"

"Yes, yes, he got nearly 200 million taels of silver at once. This kid must have made a lot of money. There must be tricks in purchasing, transporting, distributing and cattying. We can't go wrong if we participate in his embezzlement of disaster relief money!"

——These words are not exaggerated at all. When Xiong Tingbi, the default father-in-law of Young Master Zhang, was in Liaodong, this is how the Donglin party spokesperson and non-Donglin party censor in the Ming Dynasty dealt with Xiong Tingbi. The privilege of doing things, slandering and slandering, slandering and spreading rumors, they scolded Xiong Tingbi as a corrupt official who was incompetent, embezzled military pay, extorted people, raised taxes under false names, misled the country and deceived the emperor, and wasted money. prison!Of course, the Donglin Yanguan Yushi's unique trick is invincible and invincible against fellow officials like Xiong Tingbi who have a bad temper!It can be used to deal with Young Master Zhang, whose shame is thinner than rice paper, thicker than the corner of the Great Wall, and psychologically stronger than urban management, and the effect is a bit... .

"Let them scold me, as long as the emperor and Jiu Qiansui don't scold me, then everything will be fine." This was the only answer that Young Master Zhang gave to the rumors and attacks flooding towards him.But no matter what, those officials and gentry who are jealous, jealous, hostile, hostile, and suspicious of Young Master Zhang have all made up their minds that no matter what means they use, they must not let Young Master Zhang do meritorious service or let Young Master Zhang take money out of his own pocket. In other words, it means that nothing can make Young Master Zhang scrape a lot of money for the victims in the south of the Yangtze River!

"Drought and disaster relief, dedicate love!" "Disaster relief lottery, everyone is for me, I am for everyone!" "Sow the seeds of love, reap the hope of happiness!" The big prize is the disaster relief lottery!" "Buy a lottery ticket, show your love, and win the big prize!" "Disaster relief lottery, give relief to the people!" Almost overnight, the streets and alleys in Nanjing Yingtian City were covered with similar slogans, some big and some small , there are long and short, all white characters on a red background, very eye-catching, the proliferation of small advertisements for psoriasis comparable to later generations, attracted the attention of passers-by and common people, and all of them were unaware of the new term 'disaster relief lottery' mentioned in these slogans. full of curiosity.

The curiosity of the citizens of Nanjing was quickly answered. On the same morning, ten propaganda teams went to the street at the same time. Distribute leaflets to passers-by and yell loudly, "Lottery for disaster relief, benefit the country and self! Ten thousand taels of silver, you can get it at your fingertips! Donate ten coins, get back tens of millions! Ten coins of hope, overnight riches!" It is clearly written: This disaster relief lottery has two first prizes, and the bonus is 5000 taels of silver!Five second prizes, each with 3000 taels of silver!Thirty third prizes, 500 taels of silver for each award!One hundred fourth prizes, one hundred taels of silver for each award!There are still five to eighth prizes left, ranging from five taels of silver to ten coins of copper coins. Although the amount of prize money is not large, the number of winners is very large.Among them, the eight big characters of "first prize pattern silver 5000 taels" are the most huge, which are very eye-catching and very attractive.

"What the hell is going on? How do I get the 5000 taels of silver?" The money is in front of me, and I don't know how many ordinary people are moved by it. When I read the leaflets issued by the government's propaganda team, the kind people and good citizens in Nanjing know. It turned out that Zhang Haogu, the imperial envoy sent to the south of the Yangtze River, in order to raise funds for disaster relief, save the victims of disasters in Shandong, and rescue the refugees in the north from the sea of ​​suffering, jointly issued the first instant disaster relief lottery of the Ming Dynasty with the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and the prefect of Yingtian. , the people in the south of the Yangtze River, regardless of locals, officials, civilians, gentry, high or low, rich or poor, just need to spend ten copper coins to buy a lottery ticket at the lottery distribution site, and they will have a chance to win a huge bonus of 5000 taels of silver and become rich overnight!At the same time, on the first day of the disaster relief lottery release on the fifth day of July, Yang Wanyang, a famous prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River, also sang in public at the lottery release site to thank the Jinling soldiers, civilians, and gentry officials for their generous donations for disaster relief.

"Miss Yang Wan wants to sing in public? That's great, I will definitely go there then!" All the literati and romantic talents in Nanjing city said so.

"Ten coins can win 5000 taels? Damn, you can't win so much by playing Pai Gow, can you? I have to gamble and see if I have this luck!" Because Ying Tianfu has recently strengthened anti-gambling and has nowhere to go That's what vented gamblers say.

"5000 taels of silver in ten Wen coins? If I win, I won't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of my life. Let's try it when the time comes. Anyway, Ten Wen coins are not much, so even if I don't win, it's okay." Ordinary people in Nanjing City think this way—the folks in the south of the Yangtze River are rich, and the tax is low. Ten yuan can be used to eat a vegetarian meal without meat in other places, but in Nanjing City, even buying a pot of the most common Don't even think about buying rice wine, most people can get it out, and don't take it too seriously.

"Ode to Weaver Girl on the day after Qixi Festival." The noisy gongs and drums stopped abruptly, and the melodious singing came again. On every publicity float, a beautifully dressed brothel singer stood with her arms in her arms. Musical instruments were played or played, and Yang Wan's new song was sung loudly, which immediately attracted countless eyeballs and attracted countless passers-by to follow and watch. Bringing hope, how to bring wealth to the rich.Under the sensation, word of mouth spread, almost everyone in the city of Nanjing knew that on the fifth day of July two days later, there would be a grand event on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and there would be countless opportunities to make a fortune and win prizes!Almost everyone was also curious, and prepared to rush to the scene to witness this grand event with their own eyes—by the way, bet on their luck.

Such a big publicity went on for three days, which whetted the appetite of Jinling's gentry. On the fifth day of September, the first lottery for disaster relief in more than [-] years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty was officially launched.However, before the official release of the second moment of Chenshi, the city of Jinling was already deserted by thousands of people, and the Qinhuai River where the lottery issue site was located was crowded with people. , who made a special trip from other counties to see the grand scenery, which increased the huge flow of people.During the period, children were called for their mothers, and people shouted for their children to cry. It was extremely noisy, and it attracted countless criminals to fish in troubled waters, pickpocket and steal. Unfortunately, Yingtian Governor Mao Yilu, Jiangnan Weaving Eunuch Li Shi, and Imperial Commissioner Zhang Dashang had already known about it. Preparations, tens of thousands of troops were arranged early to cooperate with Yingtian government officials to maintain order. When troublemakers were discovered, they were immediately arrested. There are many, but there has never been a major riot, and it is barely orderly—God has no eyes, if the enemy of Young Master Zhang hires desperadoes to ignite explosives in the crowd, the black hat on the head of Young Master Zhang will also be destroyed. It must be landed.

At the second quarter of the hour, Young Master Zhang, holding Shang Fang's sword in his arms, led hundreds of Jiangnan officials to the temporary high platform in the middle of the distribution site. It shows that the issuance of the disaster relief lottery is done according to the order.Afterwards, Young Master Zhang shouted out in public, promoting the various benefits of buying disaster relief lottery tickets, but unfortunately the scene was too noisy, and Young Master Zhang's vital capacity was not as good as Zhang Yide's ability to drive back a million troops, so all kinds of compliments from Young Master Zhang Only a small number of people can hear the tongue clearly, and the wink can be regarded as being watched by the blind.But fortunately, when Young Master Zhang finished his speech, Jiangnan officials on the high platform took the lead in applauding, and the people watching from the audience also followed suit and applauded.

After Young Master Zhang finished his speech, Jiangnan Weaving Eunuch Li Shi continued to speak into the air, followed by a burst of hypocritical thunderous applause.The first highlight began. Amidst the crazy shouts of countless people, Yang Wan, the current No.1 prostitute in Jiangnan and the number one oiran, was dressed in a white gauze dress, dressed up beautifully, and walked onto the stage with a pipa in her arms. Her autumn-like eyes swept across the scene. The extremely noisy scene miraculously quieted down, and countless people held their breath, so nervous that they even completely forgot to breathe.Occasionally, a few thugs made noise and shouted to make trouble, and they were quickly beaten with bruised noses and swollen faces by the surrounding Jinling people.

"Fathers and folks in Jinling, I would like to thank the imperial envoy for giving my daughter this opportunity to sing in public." Yang Wan's opening remarks were very straightforward, with beautiful eyes and eagerness, and she said crisply: "The imperial envoy Zhang presided over the issuance of the disaster relief lottery this time. The imperial court relieves worries and disaster victims, I hope that everyone who has money will contribute money and do their best, and if the daughter is not talented, I would like to dedicate my new work to you, and I invite the fathers, old folks, brothers and sisters of Jinling City to enjoy it." After finishing speaking, Yang Wan glanced again. Glancing at Young Master Zhang next to him, his little hands like suet-like jade played the strings, opened his vermilion lips lightly, and sang with open throat:

"The begonia looks sad all day long. It is different and shy. The evening cool fragrance spreads on the curtain hook. It is picked up with dew and inserted obliquely on the temples. It is a romantic.

The scorpion language jade steps are quiet.It is late autumn again.Let's go to the small makeup building together.I don't understand if it's like me or not. "

After the song was sung, the audience was completely silent. Suddenly, a person in the corner shouted "Yes!" They were all smashed, and the applause and applause rang out into the sky.And Yang Wan and Young Master Zhang looked at each other, each picked up a box of lottery tickets, tore off the seal in front of everyone, put them on the tray, touched the wooden tray and walked down the high platform, and walked side by side to the circle, facing the wave-like The people of Jinling said: "Fathers and folks, for the suffering victims in the north, please buy a lottery ticket. Ten coins for one ticket, one hope."

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it, Miss Yang, I'll buy it!" "Master Imperial Envoy, I'll buy yours!" Countless hands holding silver and copper coins stretched out, shaking in front of Young Master Zhang and Yang Wan, eager to buy .And Li Shi, the weaving eunuch in the south of the Yangtze River, also slammed the gong on the high platform and shouted loudly: "The first phase of the Ming Dynasty disaster relief lottery is officially on sale!"

"Sale!" The [-] lottery ticket sale tables arranged in a circle around the high platform lifted the red cloth on the table at the same time, revealing box after box of disaster relief lottery tickets piled up like hills.In an instant, countless big and small hands holding silver and copper coins stretched out in front of them, scrambling to buy a small lottery ticket that was three inches long and two inches wide, while Young Master Zhang and Yang Wan were holding a lottery ticket. Three hundred lottery tickets were sold out in the blink of an eye.What's more, at the price of one tael of silver for [-] Wen copper coins, they directly bought lottery tickets in boxes and boxes, and carried them to the side to invite friends to tear the prizes together. The scene was extremely spectacular.

Master Zhang plagiarized the disaster relief lottery rules created by later generations. Although there are slight changes in comparison with the rules of later generations, they are basically the same. They have also been demonstrated countless times by the servants of the Yingtian government with samples in the streets and alleys——Hua Shiwen Buy a half-fold lottery ticket with anti-counterfeiting patterns printed with money, tear off the seal on three sides and unfold it to reveal the twelve zodiac patterns. If the pattern is a tiger, it will be the fifth prize, and the award will be five taels of silver; if the pattern is a horse, it will be For the sixth prize, you will be rewarded with one or two taels of silver; for the seventh prize, you will be rewarded with a hundred copper coins;Among the remaining eight zodiac signs, except for the dragon ticket, no one will win the prize, but if you buy the dragon ticket, you can go to the high platform for a second lottery draw, and draw the first to fourth prizes again, that is to say, as long as you buy the dragon ticket, There is only one step away from the huge prize of 5000 taels of silver. No matter how unlucky you are, you can at least win the fourth prize and get a hundred taels of silver.So all of a sudden, the lottery distribution site unanimously appeared such a slogan, "To get rich, buy dragon tickets!"

"Dragon ticket! Dragon ticket! I bought a dragon ticket!" Among the bustling crowd, a young scholar danced and shouted while holding a lottery ticket in his hand, attracting countless envious eyes.Mao Yilu, the governor of Yingtian who was in charge of maintaining the order in the scene, waved his hand, and a group of soldiers rushed forward to protect the ecstatic young scholar and his wife. Celebrate the birth of the first grand prize winner.Young Master Zhang went up to meet him personally, invited the young scholar and his wife to the high platform, and drew a prize in public.At this moment, all rumors and backstabbing are useless, and some are just desperately moving forward to win the one-in-a-million chance of winning the lottery. Give out the copper coins and silver stained with your own blood and sweat, and squeeze forward to buy lottery tickets, hoping to be the second lucky one.

In full view, Young Master Zhang took out a bundle of envelopes, and asked Yang Wan to insert the envelopes into the red cloth sewn into the pockets one by one, so that the young scholar could take them out. There were a lot of envelopes, and Yang Wan inserted them slowly.The young scholar and his wife were so anxious that they pleaded with Young Master Zhang: "Minister, can we just smoke like this?" Young Master Zhang shook his head and said with a smile: "This scholar, for the sake of fairness and for yourself We have to follow the rules, just wait, wait a little bit." The young scholar couple had no choice but to close their eyes and put their hands together to pray, hoping that they would win a big prize of 5000 taels of silver in one fell swoop. !

After finally waiting for Yang Wan to insert more than 100 envelopes one by one, the scholar couples on the stage and the Jinling people in the audience had long been impatient. As countless people watched calmly, Master Zhang made a gesture to the scholar couple. Inviting gesture, said: "Mr. Xiucai, please draw a lottery." The scholar and his wife discussed excitedly for a while, and finally the wife of Xiucai stepped forward, picked left and right, and finally drew out one of more than 100 envelopes, with trembling hands Opening the envelope and only looking at it, the scholar's wife said disappointedly: "Third prize."

"Dang!" With the sound of a gong, Young Master Zhang shouted loudly: "Gao Zhuang Gao, a scholar from Shangyuan County, Yingtian Prefecture, Southern Zhili, Ming Dynasty, is happy to win the third prize of this disaster relief lottery, with 500 taels of silver!"

"Third prize!" Countless people shouted, with a little disappointment in their voices, but also endless joy-well, the first and second prizes have not been taken away!And the scholar couple laughed so hard that they took the 500 taels of silver brought by Young Master Zhang himself, and walked off the stage complaining to each other amidst the sound of firecrackers again, "It's all your fault, you stinky bitch, for being so unlucky. I would have drawn if I had known, at least I could have drawn the second prize." "Stinky man, you can be content, my mother can draw the third prize at least, but with your stinky hand, it must be the fourth prize. Take 400 taels less."

Competing and cursing, the couple suddenly rushed to the lottery sales table with silver in their hands, bought [-] lottery tickets in one go, and tore them up again with the new lottery tickets.Seeing this scene, the people of Yingtian, who were already very excited, were even more jealous, and they bought lottery tickets enthusiastically. The people waiting to redeem the prize money, old and young, men and women, were all smiling, and even a few beggars were among the winners, singing and dancing with broken lottery bowls, extremely excited and seduced countless times The people in Nanjing, who were sweating while holding the money, let go and handed over the silver and copper coins to the government willingly.But Young Master Zhang took back the envelopes inserted in the red cloth bag one by one in public, put them in a wooden box, shook them out of order, and rearranged them to show justice.

"Why bother? What's the point of leaving it in the cloth bag? It's sealed anyway, so no one else can see what's inside." Yang Wan asked curiously.Young Master Zhang replied with a smile: "For the sake of fairness and for everyone to have a chance to win the lottery, I would rather go to the trouble and do this after every lottery draw."

Yang Wan turned her head to think about it, and really couldn't figure out the difference between doing this and not doing it, but it was just a trivial matter, and Yang Wan didn't take it too seriously, she just smiled at Young Master Zhang and said, "Tan Hua Lang, I'm really I admire you so much, you can think of such a trick, you can make people donate money for disaster relief and make them willing, from ancient times to the present, you are definitely No.1 in the world."

"What is this? I still have many wonderful tricks." Young Master Zhang boasted without blushing.Yang Wan said faintly: "It's a pity, Tanhualang, you will return to the capital after finishing your errands of fundraising and disaster relief. No matter how ingenious Tanhualang's tricks are, I won't be able to see them."

"Miss Yang, if you want to see it, you can go to the capital with me." Young Master Zhang said casually.Yang Wan's eyes lit up, and he said regretfully, "It's a pity that no one can redeem the slave's body, otherwise, the slave's family really wants to go to the capital with Tan Hualang."

"It's a pity that Mr. Zhang is under the emperor's order. He goes out on business and dares not violate court etiquette." Zhang Qingyun, who was still dressed in men's clothing, came out from nowhere and said sourly: "Otherwise, Tanhualang can redeem Miss Yang's life. Take the girl to the capital. In this situation, Miss Yang will not embarrass Mr. Zhang, right?"

Yang Wan remained silent, and when she looked at Zhang Qingyun again, the eyes of the two women intersected, and a series of invisible sparks immediately collided, the pervasive murderous aura could even be felt by Young Master Zhang next to him.Fortunately, Song Jin, the supervisor and eunuch of the East Factory, came over at this time, called the young master Zhang who was in the center of the vortex aside, pointed at the crowds of Nanjing lottery players under the high platform, and said in a low voice, "Tan Hua!" Lang, our family has to remind you that although you run this disaster relief lottery, although the effect of raising money is extraordinary, and the people are enthusiastically supporting it, it all depends on Eunuch Li and our family who have worked hard for you in Yingtianfu and organized hand-printed lottery tickets. , distribution and sales with all your efforts—it’s okay that our family and you are your brothers, but if you don’t honor Eunuch Li this time, you will be too sorry.”

"Eunuch Song, please don't worry, the honor for Eunuch Li and you, I have already prepared." Young Master Zhang spread his hands, revealing two dragon tickets for the second lottery, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Song, this Two dragon tickets, one is for honoring you, the other is for honoring Eunuch Li, you go find two reliable people from other counties outside Yingtianfu to come on stage to draw a lottery, and you have spotted the lottery with a small black dot on the upper corner of the envelope, Keep the two first-class prizes, which belong to you two. But don’t draw them all in one day, draw one today and the day after tomorrow.”

Song Jin's fat face was stunned, and he smiled lightly after a long while: "Tanhualang, our family really convinced you, no wonder you want to hold this second lottery, high, really high!" Song Jin asked worriedly about the dragon ticket worth ten thousand taels: "Tanhualang, although you have done something wrong, what if other people who bought the dragon ticket come to the stage to draw a lottery and accidentally win the one with the small black dot on the envelope?" manage?"

"Eunuch Song, please don't worry." Young Master Zhang replied with a sly smile: "The officials have already prepared the extra envelopes for the fourth prizes. When people who are not from us come to the stage to draw the lottery, those marked first and second prize envelopes will not be accepted." It will be drawn out for the common people—in this way, father-in-law, do you think the common people can win the big prize?"

Song Jin smiled wickedly, and Young Master Zhang also smiled wickedly. That smile can be described in one word - cheap!At this time, firecrackers rang again, and another Yingtian citizen who bought Zhonglong tickets was ushered into the arena. Looking at the spectacular scene of hundreds of thousands of Nanjing citizens rushing to buy lottery tickets with their eyes reddened by the huge prize, Young Master Zhang felt suddenly in his heart. A thought came to mind, "I won't be as unlucky as Yang Yongming in the BMW lottery case, and I also ran into Liu Liang, right? That stinky boy has caused our honest and honest civil servants to cut off a lot of money."

Thinking of this, the economically savvy Young Master Zhang suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly told Song Jin: "Eunuch Song, quickly arrange for people to collect the copper coins used by the people to buy lottery tickets, and bring them to the side to exchange for silver. If you have change to buy lottery tickets, secondly, the disaster relief funds are handed over to the national treasury in silver. Making a lot of money can make people speechless!"

(End of this chapter)