In ancient times, the back door of the Beijing Imperial Palace was also open as often as the front door. But then why did it lock up again, so that the people in the palace could not come and go as they pleased? According to legend, a little prince often went out through the back door to walk and cause trouble.
There is an old man who sells tofu brains outside the Forbidden City in Beijing. Once, he put the pick not far from the back door of the palace, and many people came to drink tofu brain.
At this moment, the little prince slipped out, and looking at the situation, he was also eleven or twelve years old. He saw others drinking tofu brain there, and he asked the old man for a bowl, tasted it first, felt strange and delicious, and purred down. After drinking, he didn't know how to pay, so he put down the bowl and left.
The old man did not know that he was the prince, and watching the child put down the bowl after drinking the tofu brain and leave, he wanted to say hello and tell him to pay the money. But when he saw that his clothes were different, he thought to himself: "Forget it, children's family, drink it, after the adults know it, maybe they will ask someone to send money." ”
After two days, the little prince sneaked out again, and when he saw that the old man was still there, he asked the old man to fill a bowl, just drank half of it, and when he saw that people had finished drinking tofu brain, they all paid the old man. The little prince asked the old man, "Old man, drink your tofu brain and give you money back?" ”
The old man smiled and said, "Young master, I am a small business, why don't I have money to buy beans to make tofu brains?" ”
When the little prince heard this, he was embarrassed and did not have money in his waist. He felt embarrassed and thought, "Why don't you do this, people drink money, I can't drink it in vain." But I grew up so big, I had never bought anything, and I had never brought money with me. He was holding half a bowl of unfinished tofu brain in his hand, embarrassed to drink it again, and embarrassed to put it down, so he said to the old man: "I don't have any money on me, will I give you an IOU?" ”
"It's okay to open an IOU." The young master will open more, and the next time he drinks, he will not ask you for money. ”
As the old man spoke, he thought, "As long as you have a dozen IOUs, you have to open a hanging money, maybe I can still make a small talent." ”
The little prince wants to open an IOU, but he doesn't know how much to open, who knows how much silver a bowl of tofu brain? In the palace, I often heard about the discussion of the temple, so I gave him a bucket (tang legend, the largest unit of measurement in ancient times. Right.
The little prince opened the IOU, handed it to the old man, and said, "Take my note and go to the nearby money house to get the money." ”
The old man was also illiterate, so he took the note, folded it and put it in his money bag, and continued to work on his business. When the tofu brain is sold out, I will collect the stall and go home, and go to a nearby money house to withdraw money.
The treasurer of the money house took a look at the royal money ticket, did not dare to be sloppy, hurriedly called the guy, box by box to move out. Then he asked the old man, "Is your car coming?" How do you pull away? ”
The old man listened, good fellow, so much silver, this time can make a fortune. He hurried to the street and hired a car to pull the silver away.
Not long after, the little prince came out of the back door again. He went to a temple and saw an old monk talking to a young man, and the little prince rushed over. The old monk saw that he was dressed well, and hurriedly stood up to let him sit down to let the tea: "Little benefactor please drink tea." ”
The little prince was also not polite, and sat there drinking tea while listening to the two of them talk.
The old monk asked the young man, "What have you been doing lately?" ”
The young man said, "Cough, don't mention Master." I used to be working as an errand boy at the prefectural office, because I accidentally hit a teacup and opened me. ”
The little prince listened and interjected, "What? Just because I hit a teacup, I fired you? How could that be! ”
Then he said to the young man, "I'll write you a note, and you'll go to the government." Seeing the note, he did not dare not let it go. ”
The young man was half-convinced, and really took the note to see the lord of the prefectural government. The government took the note and looked at it, it was written by the young master, how dare not follow it? He ceded his seat to the young man.
These two events caused a sensation in the capital, and the ministers of culture and military affairs knew that the little prince often went out from the back door of the palace to cause trouble. The prime minister hurriedly entered the palace to meet the emperor and said, "Long live, the prince often goes out to play through the back door of the palace, and opens a note at will, so that the treasury can spend an extra penny of silver." He also took it upon himself to depose the imperial court officials. Such a long hold is not conducive to Banzai's administration of the Imperial Program. Long live the edict and close the back door of the palace quickly. ”
Long live the music, the message locked the back door of the palace, and no one in the palace was allowed to enter and exit at will. Naturally, the little prince could not go out casually and cause trouble.
From that time on, the back door of the palace was often locked, and it was no longer possible to enter and exit casually.