Chapter 167 Let's Suffer Together

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

As long as the A-shaped prison does not kill anyone, and as long as he is not allowed to take the blame, the two Masters Fan can do whatever they want to do. Chen Guanlou accepted the task with peace of mind and launched the vigorous hunger operation before the end of the year.

He urgently held an A-shaped prison team meeting. The participants had a complete understanding of each other and knew the elegant meaning of the songs.

"Hungry, it's a simple matter. What if the authorities still don't allocate food? What will happen?"

"That's not something we should worry about. We are just jailers. Even if we hold the status of squad leader, we are still jailers. We only need to carry out the orders from above."

"With the words of Mr. Chen, everyone can rest assured. Everything will be done as ordered. Even if it doesn't end in the end, it's not our turn to take the lead." Leader Wu said with a smile on his face. He murmured in his mind, the prisoners had one meal a day, so would he have a chance to get his hands on the food saved?

Oops, this benefit will probably fall into the hands of Fan Jiucheng and the officials above.

That's all, that's all, he'd better not think about interests that don't belong to him.

What a pity.

At the end of the meeting, the prisoners in Tianlao ushered in the ultimate darkness, and the two meals a day in the past became one meal a day. Not only that, in the past, it was all white rice, and prisoners were also officials, so they couldn't eat too badly. Now it’s all changed to brown rice. There used to be some oily stars in the soup, but now it's all clear soup with little water.

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Don't drink!

OK!

The next time you want to drink water, just give me water and see if you drink it.

A person can go three days without eating and cannot survive a day without drinking water.

How to choose between gushui and clear soup? You can use your toes to figure it out.

The prisoners complained endlessly, what a hellish day this is! Everyone says the treatment in Tianlao is good, but I dare say the treatment is good. What's even more outrageous is that by doing this so close to the Chinese New Year, are you trying to take the opportunity to force everyone to death?

"It's not me who wants to force everyone to death. We also hope you are well and I am well, everyone. Painting dumplings can help others. But it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!"

Chen Guanlou looked helpless and heartbroken as he explained to the prisoners in the cell.

"The real reason is actually very simple. The prison is out of food. You are all important ministers of the imperial court. You must know that the imperial court has not allocated funds for a whole year. Our jailers' salaries are all supported by the money from the public accounts. Forget about the lack of money, the imperial court Not even a grain of rice was allocated for a year.

Now, at the end of the year, all the money in Tianlao's public account has been spent, and everyone's salary has not been paid, let alone money to buy rice. I sent reports to the top no less than ten times, but every time they came to nothing. No money, no food, what to do? We can only tighten our belts and live a hard life. Not only you, but also our jailers don’t have money to buy meat for the New Year this year. How miserable! "

"Each prisoner comes in with as little as six hundred taels or as many as a thousand taels of silver. Will the Tianlao have no money? Will you jailers have no money? Mr. Chen, even if you want to make up a lie, you should at least make it rounder and don't let anyone take a look at it. expose."

Chen Guanlou coughed lightly, not showing any shame at being exposed.

He remained motionless, his face remained as usual, and he said sadly: "Yes, I admit that you all paid money to go to jail. However, there is a situation that you obviously did not understand. In the middle of the year, the rules were changed. Above. The increased commission amount leaves less than 10% of the money left for Tianlao. With so many people sharing the profits, what can you do with that little money?

In the past few months, Tianlao has moved up and down, left and right, barely maintaining the situation. However, there is really no money in the books, and the price of food has increased again. I have no choice but to make you suffer. I promise that when the court allocates food, I will restore the previous treatment. I guarantee that I will eat twice a day and see Youxingzi every day. How about that? "

"When will the court provide food?"

"I'm just a jailer. I really don't know what's going on in the court. If you have any connections, you might as well ask around. I also want to know when the court will allocate food so that I can have enough to eat on New Year's Eve."

"If we don't give you food on New Year's Eve, are you still human?"

"I can't eat brown rice for a whole day! I gave you the money, and you must give me white rice, and preferably a few pieces of meat."

"That's right, everyone gave us money, so why should we eat brown rice?"

"Most of the people here are scholars. What do you want from Tianlao to humiliate scholars like this? Could it be that Tianlao has been bribed by that thief Jiang Tu, and you have all become Jiang Tu's lackeys."

"Sir, don't talk nonsense! From the beginning to the end, Tianlao has been the yamen of the imperial court, upholding the imperial court's laws and guarding the imperial court's bottom line. It is by no means anyone's lackey, let alone a tool for any official to take revenge. You must wear a hat. , Don’t put it on Tianlao’s head. We have small heads and can’t afford it. You all know very well what kind of place Tianlao is and what kind of treatment you get in the court, so don’t talk about it.”

Chen Guanlou was unhappy.

Why do you say he is Jiang Tu's lackey?

Is he worthy of Jiang Tu?

His surname was Chen, and he was from a prominent family in the capital, and he was related to the Marquis Mansion. If he is a lackey of the Hou Mansion, he cannot be a lackey of Jiang Tu!

This is not true!

You can humiliate his appearance and integrity, but you cannot humiliate his vision and character.

"You just tell me whether I will give you something to eat or not?"

"How can I provide you with no money or food? I am not an immortal, nor do I know how to move the five ghosts, nor can I change things out of thin air or create something out of nothing. I am just a jailer, only responsible for conveying the decision from above. If you have any opinions, please feel free to ask. Everyone will show their talents, and I promise not to stop them.”

After finishing his words, Chen Guanlou ran away in a hurry. The rest of the trouble will be left to Xiao Jin and the others.

He was impatient to serve these officials.

Because of the poor food and the approaching Chinese New Year, the gate of Tianlao suddenly became lively. Many family members of prisoners and prisoners arrived one after another, delivering food and clothing and exchanging information.

Chen Guanlou ordered to go down, "Don't stop them, let them communicate. The news of the lack of food in the prison must be sent to the court. We all hope to help the families of the prisoners."

"Aren't you worried about something happening, Mr. Chen?"

"What the heck are you afraid of!" Chen Guanlou snorted coldly, "Your Majesty is happy with the great victory in Jinzhou, and all the princes in the court are happy. No one will stare at the small prison at this time. Even if these prisoners want to Taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble will not lead to anything good at the moment. Officials in Beijing collaborated and a lot of people died. It has only been half a year since this happened. They are learning the lessons from the past and will not take risks. "

Even if something happens, the most they can do in Tianlao is to be verbally punished. It's a great victory. It's a joyous day. No one will make a big fanfare at this time to cause trouble for the old emperor.

The court officials are very shrewd. If anyone displeases the old emperor, everyone will suffer. It’s Chinese New Year, why bother making trouble?