The case of cheating money in Qing Dynasty: The swindler's means are so high that even the government believes it. Why is it justified?

During the Qianlong period, there was a thief named Scud in Zhili. Scud robbed many wealthy businessmen and robbed a lot of property. The people in Zhili were frightened and the government vowed to arrest him. Throughout Zhili, there are posters offering rewards for catching Scud everywhere.

On this day, the county magistrate of Shahe County was drinking tea leisurely in the government office. Several monks from THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Temple finally came to report that the thief was resting in the temple with a lot of things.

County magistrate in Qing dynasty

The county magistrate ordered three officers to arrest all those who were resting in THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Temple. The leader of these people claimed to be Jiumazi, and was entrusted by the governor of Zhili to transport a batch of property back to Tongcheng, Anhui.

County magistrate with a grain of salt, while sending someone to zhili governor's office to verify, while putting nine pockmarked in prison. It has been verified that Jiumazi is indeed the uncle of Fang, the governor of Zhili, and it is also a fact to bring materials back to his hometown. Having offended the relatives of the big shots, the small Shahe county magistrate was in awe. He gave a banquet to make amends to Nine Pockmarked and begged Nine Pockmarked not to tell the Governor.

Nine pockmarked also generous, he gave a hand to let the county magistrate don't take it to heart. However, he said that he had left more than a dozen valuables in THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Temple, and asked the county magistrate to help him get them back and check them. County magistrate who dares to neglect, immediately arrange people to go.

Nine pockmarked bags were quickly taken to the county government, all worn-out suitcases. It's full of wooden fish, cassocks and scriptures. Nine pockmarked people are furious about this. He said to the county magistrate, "This is not my business. The monk in the temple must have changed my things. I have a list of items to check here. " The county magistrate is clearly written on the list, unlike fraud. Order the monk to hand over his property and settle the matter.

The box is full of buddhist supplies.

The monks in THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Temple regretted it. If I had known this, I wouldn't have peeped and bathed, let alone reported it to the county government. It's hard to tell now. It's really self-inflicted. They really look down on this nine pockmarked girl.

Jiumazi

Speaking of nine pockmarked, the first thing to say is the governor of Zhili. Fang is a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, and his family history is different. At the beginning, he was a charlatan who calculated others' divinations outside Donghua Gate in Beijing. Later, Fu Peng, the king of Pingjun County, named him a counselor. Since then, Fang, with his wisdom and fortune-telling eloquence, has gradually been promoted to the position of governor of Zhili for about 20 years.

Fortune teller

Judging from various folk historical materials, Fang was the governor of Zhili. He is not the only one who is fooling around, and the skill of deception is amazing. Maybe everyone in their family has high IQ and good eloquence. Being a fortune teller or a liar is more than enough. It's just that Fang's information is used for the benefit of the people, while Jiumazi's and others' information is used for fraud.

This pockmarked nine is Fang's uncle. When he was young, he cheated everywhere and was wanted by the government. Later, after Fang made his fortune, Jiumazi came to Zhili to take refuge in Fang. Fang heard of him and didn't want to use him at first. Who knows nine pockmarked vowed to turn over a new leaf. Fang asked him to help him run errands.