What is good and what is good

What's good and what's good? Lao She's works, teahouses, chat over tea, some are very happy, some are sighing, all kinds of them are vivid, and they reproduce the bitter scenes of the old times.

The first story happened at the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1898, when Master Chang was arrested by the officers of Shuntianfu for saying that the Great Qing Empire was going to end, and spent more than a year in prison. The problem is that Mr Qin, who spoke to him, had nothing to do with it.

In the late period of the Qing Dynasty, western powers launched a series of wars of aggression, forced the Qing Dynasty to cede land and pay reparations, and signed a large number of unequal treaties, especially the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, which had a great influence on the Qing Dynasty.

What's wrong and what's good? The young Emperor Guangxu started the famous Reform and Reform, which lasted only 103 days before and after, and was suppressed, also known as the Hundred Days Reform. Around this incident, a series of stories happened in the teahouse.

A guest complained about the burning of churches by peasants in Jiangxi Province, but Wang Lifa stopped it in time, and said that he would not talk about state affairs. A series of incidents of banishing foreign countries that began in 1898 laid the groundwork for the Boxer Rebellion and the Gengzi War more than a year later.

Liu Mazi, who specializes in human trafficking, said that rural life is miserable. People are forced to sell people without food or clothing. A young girl can only buy 10 taels of silver. Mr Qin owns many shops in the capital, and there is a lot of cultivated land outside the city. Even the teahouse is owned by Mr Qin, and Wang Lifa's family belongs to tenants.

Everyone was chatting over tea, and a begging mother and daughter entered the teahouse pitifully. The tattered mother knelt on the ground and begged the guests to buy her daughter. Mr Qin had originally intended to pay, but obviously hesitated, and immediately asked the begging mother and daughter to be driven out of the teahouse.

Grandpa Chang couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked for two noodles for his mother and daughter to eat outside the door. Then, a word from Grandpa Chang scared everyone present in a cold sweat. Grandpa Chang looked back at Mr. Song and Mr. Zhong around him. Look, the Great Qing Empire is going to end!

The problem is, at that time, it was still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and such a topic was tantamount to slandering the dynasty. Besides, two officers of Shuntianfu were sitting in the teahouse. After Grandpa Chang said this, the whole teahouse was silent, and Mr. Song next to him didn't dare to answer the words at all, while Mr. Qin set up a cavity, and he didn't care if someone gave the poor a bowl of noodles to eat.

Mr Qin disdained Mr Chang, and later said that he was ready to gather the industries together to open a factory. It stands to reason that Mr Chang said the outrageous words, and Mr Qin answered the conversation, and he was an accomplice. The problem is, Shuntianfu's officers only caught Master Chang in the end, and let Mr Qin go leisurely. Although Mr Qin has no grade, he is too powerful. As the lowest level of officers, he can't afford to offend Mr Qin at all.

When Sir Zhong Qin was about to go out, he met a eunuch Pang who was an officer in the palace. Two people greeted each other, while others knelt down to inquire after him. Sir Zhong Qin didn't mean it. Eunuch Pang told about the suppression of the reformers. Sir Zhong Qin said, I knew it for a long time.

Sir Zhong Qin has a wide range of paths in officialdom, and some people gave him a message in private. Eunuch Pang said sourly, You are smart, Sir Zhong, otherwise, how can you get rich? Mr Qin smiled modestly. My little property is not worth mentioning. Mr Qin's influence is really great. Although eunuch Pang doesn't like Mr Qin, he can't do anything about it. Eunuch Pang said, It's very kind, isn't it? Look, all over Beijing, who doesn't know Mr Qin, you are more powerful than an official.

Mr Qin himself is not an official, but he is familiar with the officialdom and foreigners, and owns a large number of industries. He can have such a big fortune in Beijing, and he must have all aspects of relationships. When he meets a eunuch named Pang, Mr Qin just says hello and doesn't bow too much.

After Sir Zhong Qin left, Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi immediately came to greet eunuch Pang and reported their investigation. Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi wore chains to take Master Chang and Sir Zhong Song. The banner man often refused to accept Grandpa Four, saying, I love the Great Qing Empire, and I'm afraid it's over.

The two officers didn't take Master Chang's words seriously. At the end of the Qing Dynasty's rule, the status of the Banners was crumbling. Ordinary Banners were no different from others, and there was nothing wrong with Master Qin, who took everything in black and white.

The lowest-level officers in Shun Tianfu bully ordinary people at most, and people like Mr Qin are not the ones they dare to offend, because in a word, Master Chang has been in prison for more than a year. In 1912, the Qing Dynasty, which had ruled for more than 200 years, perished, and China entered the stage of warlordism.

What's good and what's good? Mr. Song and Mr. Chang met in a teahouse. As old brothers for many years, they began to ask each other about their present lives. Mr. Chang said, sell vegetables! The hardcore crops are gone, don't you sell your strength?

It should be noted that the hardcore crops here refer to the silver and grain distributed by the flag people every year, which is the welfare of the flag people. With the demise of the Qing Dynasty, this welfare will no longer exist.

Mr. Song knows how to read and write characters, and he is used to living without work. He is unwilling to take off his robe and come out to work. Mr. Song said, who wants us to be banners? Come to think of it, the Great Qing Empire may not be good, but now I'm hungry. Mr. Song, a pedantic master, would rather live in a mess, wear robes and walk birds, and keep his previous life style, which is comparable to that of the current big fool Ma Yun and his adulterous brother Liu Qiangdong.