Secret History | Kuding of the Qing Dynasty practiced the “Chrysanthemum Magic” stunt to steal silver ingots and hide them in his anus, carrying dozens of taels at a time
In the 23rd year of Daoguang’s reign, Emperor Daoguang received a memorial that revealed that Kuding, the bank treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, had stolen taels of silver from the treasury. After an investigation, it was discovered that the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue had a deficit of 9.25 million taels, which was staggering. How was silver stolen from the heavily guarded Qing treasury without anyone noticing?
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The Qing treasury was heavily guarded and heavily guarded. At that time, Kudin could only be held by Manchus, and the salary was generous, and the term was only three years. In order to prevent theft, the imperial court came up with a unique trick. It required everyone who entered the treasury to take off their clothes regardless of the scorching heat, cold, wind, frost, rain or snow. After completing the work, they had to jump up and down, open their mouths and shout “Exit” several times, and then undergo a full body inspection. Make sure you don’t have any hidden money before you dress and go home.
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“Records of Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty” records: “In the 23rd year of Daoguang’s reign, the treasury officials divided the money evenly and criticized themselves internally. The matter could not be concealed and reached the heaven.” Emperor Daoguang was horrified after hearing the news and quickly ordered the Minister of Punishment to investigate. Calculations revealed that the difference between the number on the books and the actual silver inventory was as much as 9.252 million taels, which was equivalent to a quarter of the court’s income at that time.
How did Kudin, who went into the warehouse naked, steal money? It turns out that the “anal silver receiving technique” is used. They have been practicing diligently since they were young. At first, they stuffed oiled eggs. After they could get in and out easily, they changed to duck eggs, goose eggs, and finally iron eggs the size of silver ingots. They gradually increased the number until they could finally stuff 10 taels of eggs. Even if you have 10 iron eggs, you will be able to endure it for 30 minutes at a time in actual operation, and you can take away dozens of taels. It is said that what Kudins like to steal most is Jiangxi round silver ingots, because they are smooth and have no edges and corners and are easy to stuff into.
The bank opening period is nine times a month, and there are also overtime periods, either collecting or releasing, for a total of fourteen or five times a month. Each Kudin works three or four shifts a month, and goes in and out of the warehouse seven or eight times each time. Taking 50 taels in each trip, he can steal about 400 taels in one trip, which is over a thousand taels a month. After three years, the amount is considerable. . Although there are only a few people who can pick up 10 pieces at a time, picking 6 or 7 pieces is very common for them. Relying on this “stunt skill”, a master can steal hundreds of thousands of silver taels within a three-year term, and even a less skilled person can steal tens of thousands of taels, which is enough for a lifetime of food and drink.
Buckets and teapots with lots of tricks
Taking the silver out of the warehouse is only a crucial step, and it is not yet a complete success. After leaving the warehouse, you need to go to a hut a stone’s throw away from the warehouse to put on your clothes. At this time, you unload the silver and prepare to take it out. Due to the strong wind and sand in the capital, buckets were brought to sprinkle dust during storage periods. Buckets became the best means of transportation. The bottom of the bucket was made with a layer to hide the silver.
There are also other ways, such as “hiding silver in a teapot”: putting the silver in a teapot in the winter and waiting for it to freeze before taking it out. The most unique one is “Macaque Stealing Silver”: In order to avoid theft, the bank once tamed several macaques to guard the inner treasury. After Kubing observed the monkey for a period of time, he saw that the monkey liked to imitate human actions, so he taught the monkey to smoke opium. When the monkey became addicted, he taught it to steal silver in exchange for opium. The macaque is agile and gets twice the result with half the effort, making it a powerful helper and accomplice for the Ku soldiers to steal silver.
Not all guard officials know nothing about Kudin’s theft, but those who have been bribed in advance will turn a blind eye; if they encounter honest officials who want to participate in a rigorous trial, these powerful deportees will The gangsters will get rid of the officials, or arrange for one person to bear the death penalty, so that the incident will go unsolved. However, due to years of practicing stuffing, almost all Kudins suffered from prolapse and hemorrhoids in their later years and were unable to happily enjoy their stolen wealth.
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2024-04-12 23:30:00
