Chapter 646 Hey! Okay, I got it!
The Confucian Confucianism is like this. When Confucius accepts disciples, he must be educated without distinction and teach according to their aptitude. However, the Confucian Confucianism must consider the number of disciples, the lintel of the disciples, etc., and there are many things to consider.
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, when Zhu Yuanzhang decreed the establishment of the Liaodong Dusi Confucian Academy, the cheap Confucians shouted that the border people could not be educated and there was no need to set up schools and establish education. What a great merit this was, but The cheap Confucians just want to stop it.
Because once a school is established, teachers must be assigned to teach, and teachers can only be selected from the Imperial College.
Are cheap Confucians really Confucian scholars? The teachings of the sage teachers they believed in were completely forgotten by the humble Confucians.
This kind of moral degradation is also very obvious in the court. A tough minister and moral model like Hai Rui can't protect himself in the process of eradicating corruption. This Shuntian Prefecture official named Huang Chun The official died in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the public opinion directly labeled Hai Rui as the king of hell.
Among the court officials, Hai Rui was the most dangerous. In the first year of Wanli, he returned to Beijing and joined the Imperial Procuratorate as the censor of Youdu. Starting from the third year of Wanli, this magic sword began to eradicate corruption. It lasted nine years. A total of more than 1,800 officials were investigated for corruption in Rui, and a long list was drawn up every year. The censors in the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate were as busy as donkeys in a mill.
Such a high-intensity anti-corruption campaign resulted in Hai Rui offending the entire bureaucracy, including the Metropolitan Procuratorate he led. And unlike Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu, who had countless followers, so Whenever there is any disturbance, Hai Rui will be in trouble.
In the third year of Longqing's reign, Hai Rui was forced to be promoted to an official position. Because there was no other way to deal with him, he could only be promoted and made idle, forcing him to leave the court.
Zhu Yijun still needs this divine sword, and Ming Dynasty also needs this divine sword.
Huang Chun just wants to be with Hai Ruizi? What a beautiful idea!
Zhu Yijun ordered Tishuai to personally investigate and handle the case, which is to turn the fight against corruption into the fight against counterrevolution. The difference between one word and one word is huge.
On the first day of September in the twelfth year of Wanli, Shuntian Prefecture was very lively. The golden autumn was the harvest season, and it was also the busiest two months for border trade. During the gold, nine and silver ten days, the caravans lined up from Xizhimen to Changping. Longhu Terrace, Longhu Terrace is close to Juyong Pass. Since the completion of the Jingxuan Chi Road, this trade road has exploded with strong vitality, and countless goods are running on this Chi Road.
Even the humble Confucian who ignores the facts can't say what's the use of having such a wide Chi Dao, because the scale of the caravan is jaw-dropping.
At the end of this road, the Marco Polo Bridge Drawing Bureau has been expanded four times, from one drawing branch to eight drawing branches to cope with the increasing number of caravans. Next to the eight drawing bureaus is the residence of the Department of Cleaning and Officials of the Ministry of Revenue. There is one doctor, one member, and eight directors. They are divided into four departments: civil, branch, finance, and warehouse. There are a total of twenty-eight ambassadors. Take charge of everything.
In the Qing Dynasty's official office, there was one eunuch from the internal fund collection bureau and eight people from the Xiaohuangmen. They were affiliated with the internal fund and specialized in supervising the accounts. They were responsible for one thing. The money distributed to the palace was allocated to the palace. No less points!
There is also a Fusi Tax Inspection Institute in Beizhen, one person for each thousand households and four for each hundred households. There are a total of 400 people in Tiqi, who are responsible for tax inspections.
The Lugouqiao Drawing Bureau paid 210,000 silver to the imperial court in the eleventh year of Wanli. The original plan had decided on a 50-50 share, so another 210,000 silver drawing points were included in the internal funds.
Besides the Lugouqiao Branch, there is a large area of official residences. This official residence is the official residence of the kiln residents of Xishan Coal Bureau. Wang Chonggu began to build the official residence of craftsmen in the fourth year of Wanli. In eight years, the official residence has been It can accommodate all the craftsmen of Xishan Coal Bureau.
There are four squares in the official residence and four Confucian schools. All teachers are hired by the official factory. Children of craftsmen also have to pay a tuition fee for admission, but the price is not particularly expensive. The tuition fee is once a year. Seven coins of silver, of which seven coins are enough to manage the student's lunch.
The official residence is particularly lively today, with gongs and drums beating and firecrackers blasting, because today is the day for the release of the Shuntian Prefecture's trial results. From now on, all the people on the list will be scholars who were born as craftsmen and have great reputations. , do not kneel when meeting an official, and if you have merit and fame, you can receive rice from the court. You will be given six dou of rice per month, which is seventy-two kilograms of rice. If you have fame and honor, you can be exempted from labor service, not subject to torture and other privileges.
A scholar can be called an official. He belongs to the class of scholar-bureaucrats. This is definitely something worth celebrating. The entire official residence is decorated with lights and colors, and the restaurant outside the official residence is being prepared in full swing. Because there will definitely be officials' parents entertaining guests to celebrate being on the college examination list.
Scholars who pass the examination can receive rice, but there is one kind of scholar who cannot receive it, and that is the enlargement of students, that is, enlargement. These students of expansion are all status obtained through donations, so Although they were said to be looked down upon by the scholar-bureaucrats, they could take part in the provincial examinations and try their best to be successful, but most of the candidates failed at all.
If these new students want to make progress, they can donate more and obtain the status of supervisors in the Imperial College. In the past, supervisors were roughly equivalent to the candidates, but since the 13th year of orthodoxy, the supervisors cannot be recommended. As an official in the court, supervisory students are the ceiling for these new students, unless they can pass the examination.
The craftsmen and disciples who passed the official exams as scholars are all those who have passed the official exams. The servant asking for reward will not leave in front of the door until he gets some money. He left with auspicious words and ran down home.
Zhi Niang of Yongsheng Woolen Factory and Liu Qiniang, a female teacher of Chongshanfang Girls’ School, looked at the crowded streets and showed some smiles of relief, but also a little bit of pity. Female students of Girls’ School , that is, reading and literacy, not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, let alone gain fame.
However, Liu Qiniang has never mentioned this matter during the interview. She is familiar with the theory of contradictions and production diagrams, and she is actually very clear that this is determined by productivity and cannot be changed by the emperor's decree. Liu Qiniang It is even clearer that she made unreasonable demands, which not only did not allow the female students to gain any benefits, but might even prevent the girls’ school from being preserved.
Women who were born in prostitutes can enter the official factory from a good background and become a weaver, reborn, and start a new life in an upright manner. However, some prostitutes use their identity as a weaver and use the prestige of the official factory to cheat. , the Second Assistant decreed that no prostitute was allowed to enter the factory. Even if a brothel girl redeemed herself and entered an official factory but was not allowed to hang herself in front of the Nanya Weaving Bureau, this prohibition still existed.
Furthermore, His Majesty made an announcement that the women’s school could continue to study medicine in the Jieyuan Hospital and eventually become a female doctor. The Women’s Hospital of Taiyuan Hospital judged that Wu Lian was a serious official of the imperial court. If he pushed too far, he would suffer backlash.
"Congratulations to Mr. Bai Bing for being promoted to Young Master Bai Bing. He has overcome all obstacles to become a scholar in Shuntian Mansion. He is really a lucky butterfly under the throne of Wenqu Xingjun. I wish Mr. Bai Bing and Bai Bing a bright future!" A servant held a gong in his hand. , arrived in front of Bai's house, and beat the gong. This was to ask for reward. Only when the master's family gave the reward, the officer would hand over the documents of Shuntian Mansion to the master's family.
In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't give it. If you go to the Yamen with your household receipt, your identity will be confirmed.
"Okay, okay! There will be rewards for rewards." Bai Gengsheng had been waiting anxiously in front of the door early in the morning. As soon as he saw the messenger announcing the good news, he immediately handed over the thirty copper coins he had prepared and said with a smile. : "The servant has worked hard, let's take it to drink tea."
"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously. I pay my respects to Wenchang on the third day of February, and a champion will be born in the family!" After receiving the reward, the servant said something auspicious and said something auspicious. Heading to the next home.
Liu Qiniang happened to see this scene, with a smile on her face. There were particularly many talented people in the Craftsman’s Mansion this year.
Liu Qiniang smiled and frowned, because she discovered a strange thing, that is, Bai Gengsheng's son Bai Bing did not go out. Logically speaking, on such an important day, Bai Bing should be better than His father was even more anxious, but Bai Bing did not show up, and Bai Gengsheng immediately closed the door after the policeman left. Even the neighbors who came to announce the good news with pig intestines looked at the closed door of the Bai family, wondering what happened. What.
The craftsman’s courtyard of the official residence is not very big. There are three main halls in total, and a tree can be planted in the courtyard. Bai Bing has two younger brothers and one younger sister. The three children are crowded into one room, and the parents Living in another room, there are baskets hanging in the main hall with food in them. The reason why they are hung is mainly to prevent mice, insects and ants.
Bai Bing was sitting under the peach tree in the yard. He ignored the documents brought by his father and looked at the wall of the yard, sulking.
"Son, why do you look so sad when you win the title of scholar!" Bai Gengsheng put away the documents, his brows knitted into a knot.
"I've seen it all. You took all the money from home to Uncle Huang's house. That's how I came to be a scholar. Don't think I don't know!" Bai Bing didn't turn his head, feeling depressed. Said in a sullen voice.
The Uncle Huang mentioned by Bai Bing is Bai Gengsheng's fellow villager. Huang Chun, the official of Shuntian Prefecture, is the same Huang Chun who died after hitting a pillar in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
"What nonsense!" Bai Gengsheng's face changed drastically and he said sternly: "I just went to your Uncle Huang's house to say hello. The court's minions are looking for clues everywhere. If you talk nonsense, our whole family will suffer!"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Bai Bing immediately turned around and said loudly: "I saw it with my own eyes, and you still said you didn't! There are a total of twenty-four silver coins in the house, wrapped in red silk. It was hidden under the kang at home. Before the hospital examination, you took the silver coins and went to Uncle Huang’s house. I went to see them, and the money was gone!”
“My living ancestor, you! Keep your voice down, walls have ears. If anyone listens to this, I'm afraid Tiqi will come to your door tomorrow!" Bai Gengsheng was so frightened that he quickly stepped forward and covered his son's mouth.
"Son, listen to what dad said. If you pass the exam and become a scholar, you will rise to the top. Our family is no longer a poor coolie. Don't talk nonsense. Just pretend you don't know about this. Be obedient and go well. When you go to the Imperial Academy, you will be admitted to the Imperial Examination and will be admitted as a Jinshi, and you will be able to shine on your family!" Bai Gengsheng said repeatedly.
"Uncle Huang is always cautious in doing things. He collects money from our family behind others' backs. Now Huang Chun is dead. God knows about this matter. You know it and I know it. Don't mess with our family." The cause of the disaster, did you hear it?" Bai Gengsheng was still worried and told his son that this was no joke. Once the incident happened, let alone fame, the whole family would be jailed.
"I know." Bai Bing said blankly, looking at his younger brothers and sisters, and then at his mother who had become old. The younger brothers and sisters were still young and didn't know what happened, but the mother only Wiping tears aside, I didn't dare to cry out.
The house, the mill in the yard, two younger brothers, and a younger sister all came into existence after my father became a craftsman in the Xishan Coal Bureau. Today’s stable life is all thanks to the imperial factory. , but now the court is investigating Huang Chun's bribery case and is collecting clues extensively. On one side is the official, and on the other side is the whole family. How does Bai Bing choose?
He has no choice. Should he go to Tiqi Yamen and sue his father for bribery? That's why he was sitting in the yard sulking.
At the age of sixteen, it was a good time to hate evil as much as hatred. Bai Bing had great ambitions and wanted to be a figure like Zhang Juzheng in the future. But at the beginning, he had to pay bribes to gain fame. Bai Bing felt depressed and couldn't speak out.
"Dad, do you know why the Tiqi are called Eagle Dogs by the scholars?" Bai Bing looked at the courtyard wall and said blankly.
"Why? Isn't it just that Tiqi is the emperor's lackey?" Bai Gengsheng sat aside and said with a smile: "Don't think about the things that are there and not there. Get ready. We will go to the whole country in a while. Let’s gather together for dinner, let’s invite the neighbors to have a feast to celebrate my son’s rebirth!”
Bai Bing turned around, looked at Bai Gengsheng, and said with a dull look: “Because Tiqi’s eyes are like those of a male! They are as sharp as eagles, and their sense of smell is as sensitive as that of hounds, so they are called eagle dogs. As long as they want to find out something, they can definitely find out. Dad, do you think our family can escape it? "< br>
Bai Gengsheng immediately became anxious and said sternly: "Crow's Mouth! Stop talking nonsense! How can you curse your own family for bad luck! It will be okay, it will be okay!"
" Dad, this is imperial examination fraud. Although it is just a college examination, Dad, we are in the capital city." Bai Bing said with an even more painful expression: "How about we report to the official, and we can get a lighter sentence."
"No, absolutely not!" Bai Gengsheng said sternly: "Tiqi is not that powerful. Besides, Huang Chun is dead, nothing will happen!"
The more Bo Gengsheng said, the more excited he became, His voice was louder than Bai Bing's, and Tiqi's reputation made him frightened. If he was found out, everything would be ruined.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
There was a knock on the door. Bai Gengsheng was frightened and asked sharply: “Who!”
“Li Zheng, you This is a scholar, what are you doing with the door closed? Open the door, open the door, I will give you this tooth plaque, you nail this bronze plaque on the door." Li Zheng's voice came from outside the door, and Li Zheng felt strange. When there is a scholar in the family, the door is always open and the neighbors come to express their happiness. But this family is better off with the door closed.
"Come on, come on." Bai Gengsheng hurriedly opened the door. The dental plaque signified his status as a scholar, while the bronze plaque was made by an official factory. It had four words written on it, "Scholarly Family". This was a bronze plaque that Wang Chonggu had specially ordered to be printed in advance. , nailed on the door, it can be regarded as changing the door.
If you are a scholar, your neighbors will break all the windows and replace them with new ones. This is the custom of changing the door and changing the courtyard. However, the doors and windows of the official residence are all glass. If they are broken, then replace them with new ones. It was wasteful, so I replaced the original custom with a bronze medal. The bronze medal is very delicate. It is made of white copper and will not corrode easily.
As soon as the door opened, the neighbors came to the door with various gifts to express their congratulations. They sat on the stone bench under the peach tree, talked about family issues, and walked away. When he was in school, he would also ask the scholar Bai Bing to write a few words. These words would be posted on the desk of the naughty son at home to urge his son to study hard.
Bai Gengsheng temporarily forgot about the terror of Tiqi and began to greet them. It was finally at noon that they were all sent away.
"Bang bang bang!" The knock on the door rang again.
“It’s coming, it’s coming.” Bai Gengsheng opened the door with a smile on his face and said with a smile: “It’s coming as soon as it comes, what else can I mention...”
Bai Gengsheng didn’t say a word After that, because there were two people standing outside the door, one was wearing a bright red Feiyu suit with an embroidered spring knife on his waist, and the other was wearing a military uniform. This was a Tiqi Qianhu and an ordinary Tiqi. You know, even if Even in the Tiqi, not everyone can wear the bright red Feiyu uniform, which is a uniform given by the emperor.
"I am Chen Mo, the Fu Si of Beizhen, who has been sentenced to thousands of households. I have something to ask you. Go in and talk." Chen Mo took out his tooth tag to show his identity, and then motioned to Bai Gengsheng to bring him in. , their outfits have already aroused discussion and criticism from the neighbors.
"Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me, I was just confused for a moment!" Bai Gengsheng was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
Chen Mo felt helpless and signaled Tiqi next to him to lift Bai Gengsheng up and walk in.
Chen Mo looked around at Bai Bing's house. It could be said that the house was bare and there was not much furniture. It could be seen that all the living money at home was used for Bai Bing's study.
"Bai Gengsheng, on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, in the name of visiting fellow villagers, you gave Shuntian Prefecture twenty-four silver coins to recommend officials. Can you admit it?" Chen Mo sat on the peach tree. Next, he looked at Bai Gengsheng who was lying softly on the ground, and at the big eyes hiding at the door of the main hall peeking out, and asked calmly.
"It is true." Bai Gengsheng did not quibble or resist, and directly admitted that he had sent bribes for his son's fame.
"This is the twenty-four silver coins. Check it carefully and keep it." Chen Mo opened a box, counted out twenty-four silver coins, and took one from the rider next to him. Zhi said: "You are illiterate, let your son read the official documents."
Bai Bing was peeking at it. When he saw Tiqi Qianhu calling him, he immediately opened the door and walked out. He picked up the official document on the stone table.
"Fraud?" Bai Bing saw the official document and found that the matter was completely different from what he thought. The court seemed to have a different characterization.
“Huang Chun had no ability to interfere in the imperial examination at all. Even the academic examination was within the scope of the Hanlin Academy, Imperial College, Gongyuan, and Tixue. However, Huang Chun used the excuse that he could interfere in the imperial examination to include One hundred and seventy-two people, including your father, asked for more than 30,000 silver in bribes." Chen Mo explained why it was fraud, not bribery.
This Huang Chun is a recommendation official. He does not have the ability to interfere in the college examination. He just takes advantage of the college exam to make a fortune and make some ambiguous promises. If he is as successful as Bai Bing and passes the exam, then Naturally, you are good to me and I am good to you. If you fail the exam, you will be accepted as a disciple, and the bribe money will become a monk.
This is not the first time Huang Chun has done this. He did it once in the ninth year of Wanli, but that time there were only thirteen victims. This time Huang Chun was so bold that he directly attacked one hundred and seventy-two victims. People ask for bribes, and the amounts are huge.
Fan Yingqi and Wang Jiaping also accepted money when they presided over the imperial examination. At that time, the imperial court had not yet launched an anti-corruption campaign. This matter was classified as bribery, because Fan Yingqi and Wang Jiaping, as fellow examiners, really had the ability to interfere in the imperial examination family registration, but They didn't do anything.
Huang Chun is not defined as bribery but fraud. That is to say, Huang Chun does not have this ability at all.
"Don't believe it in the future. The imperial examination is a major matter for the country. Whenever there is fraud, it will be a big case with huge heads of people. How can he interfere with a small official promotion? A dog on the roadside still has nothing to do with it. You know how to urinate under a tree and enclose your own territory, let alone these officials? They all have their own boundaries of power." Chen Mo said a few words. Chen Mo didn't want the Bai family to be really involved when he was handling a case. There was fraud in the imperial examination and everyone was killed.
"After counting the silver coins, let's sign and pledge the notification of return of the stolen money." Chen Mo nodded at the official document on the table, indicating that Bai Bing and his son could sign if there was no problem.
"Okay." Bai Bing looked at his father who was lying limp on the ground, picked up the pen to sign, and pressed his fingerprint.
"Bai Gengsheng, you and Huang Chunnai are old acquaintances. Do you know about his other corruption and bending of the law?" Chen Mo put away the official document and looked at Bai Geng who had stood up holding the wall. Sheng asked.
“I know!” Bai Gengsheng almost hated Huang Chun. In Bai Gengsheng’s heart, these officials all peed in the same pot and would make things easier for each other, so Bai Gengsheng Shengcai gave all the money at home to Huang Chun, but this guy didn't do it at all, but just to defraud money!
It’s simply hateful!
So when Chen Mo asked, Bai Gengsheng decided to reveal everything he knew.
"He has an outhouse in Tianjin Wei!" Bai Gengsheng said what he knew.
Chen Mo's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Quick, tell us about this outer room in detail."
This is a new clue. The investigation of Huang Chun is ongoing, and a lot of things have been found, but Until now, the Tiqi people don't know why Huang Chun hit the pillars in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. All these things combined, it is impossible to deny him his honor.
“I know that he kept this outer room entirely because he once asked me to go to Tianjin Wei to deliver goods to his outer room, such as silk and satin, rouge and gouache, which he couldn’t conveniently purchase by himself. , so he gave me some money, and I even added a couple of silver coins!" Bai Gengsheng talked about what he knew.
After Chen Mo recorded the details in the book, he asked: "If you want to go to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice to testify, are you willing to go?"
"This..." Bai Gengsheng glanced at his son and hurriedly Said: "Yes."
For the sake of his son's future, he is also willing to try his best.
"Okay." Chen Mo nodded and said, "Very good, don't worry. This is the craftsman's official residence. When you go out, you will see the legal office. Don't believe it if someone threatens you. They want to run wild on Wang Cifu's land, so I have to ask Wang Cifu if he agrees. "
"Yes." Bai Gengsheng nodded repeatedly, thinking that Chen Mo was right.
Chen Mo wanted to reassure Bai Gengsheng. In fact, such key witnesses are all watched by Beizhen Fusi personally, and there will definitely be no problems. However, Bai Gengsheng is very unfamiliar with Tiqi, and there are some Resistance, might as well call him a familiar person.
"Do you know anything else?" Chen Mo continued to ask.
"I once heard him say that gunpowder is not easy to get and you have to pay more, but I don't know what it means." Bai Gengsheng thought hard and finally thought of a sentence that he felt was very wrong, gunpowder, a push What gunpowder does the officer want?
"Very good, take a look. If there is no problem, sign here. Bai Xiucai, read these testimonies to your father." Chen Mo showed a smile. In the assassination of Wang Cifu, the second A big suspicious clue emerged, the source of the gunpowder.
"Stay, stay." When Chen Mo walked out of the house, he was polite twice, and Bai Gengsheng left quickly.
Just these two polite words made all the doubts and speculations in the hearts of Bai Gengsheng's neighbors disappear. Generally speaking, Tiqi is a bull-headed horse-faced person who threatens his life. Since being visited by Tiqi is not a threat to his life, then it is. There are some good things that are unknown.
Chen Mo came from a humble background. He knew these things very well. He knew that if he left directly, Bai Gengsheng and Bai Bing would probably be criticized for several years. The weaker the ability to resist risks, destroying a family, sometimes there is no need to use a knife, rumors can sometimes really kill people.
Chen Mo saw it with his own eyes.
"So, I am the show master who passed the exam myself?" Bai Bing watched Chen Mo and others leave, and then finally came to his senses. His lifeless face gradually regained its vitality, and then he became ecstatic. , said loudly: "Hey! Okay, I won! Dad, I passed the exam!"
"I won!"
Chen Mo returned to Beizhen Fusi and used the most As quickly as possible, he told Tishuai Zhao Mengyou about the collected information. Soon, Chen Mo was rushing towards Tianjin Wei. Chen Mo was very fast, and it took him two hours to reach Tianjin Wei, and then Start investigating Huang Chun's outer chamber.
Originally, Chen Mo thought that he was a step too late. He was afraid that Huang Chun’s outer room had disappeared without a trace. However, when Chen Mo found the door of the outer room, he found that the light was still on inside. There are sounds inside.
"Qianhu, there's something wrong with that sound." A Tiqi who came with him said with a very strange expression. The movement inside seemed to be that men and women were doing business, and the movement was very loud.
"Break the door!" Chen Mo took two steps back and ordered the door to be broken.
Originally, the Tiqi carried a door-breaking hammer, which was powered by gunpowder explosion and equipped with a hammer head, but the Tiqi did not like to use this thing.
One Tiqi stretched out his hand, and the other Tiqi stepped on the Tiqi's hand and jumped up. He rolled into the courtyard very nimbly and opened the door of the house. As long as it is not a military operation, the gunpowder of the door-breaking hammer can be saved as much as possible.
Frugality is one of His Majesty’s eight great virtues. It works well and is effective both inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.
Huang Chun's aunt was caught. The aunt didn't even know that Huang Chun was dead, and no one told her at all.
There was indeed a man on the bed. At first, the outer room thought that Huang Chun had come to arrest him, and he was so frightened that he castrated the man on the spot. But it turned out that it was something more serious than arresting him.
When Chen Mo was handling the case, he thought of the words of Prince Wang Qian. Prince Wang said: Which outsider does not steal food.
As the first person to study the culture of the outer court of the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Wang’s words are very authoritative.
The man eating secretly in the outer room is not a serious person. He is a prostitute nearby. The prostitute is a beautiful woman, but this man is a man, a man who specializes in providing services for some special fetishes. Favor.
Chen Mo seized stolen goods worth 720,000 taels in silver in this outer room.
(End of this chapter)