In the ancient days when there was no surveillance, it was impossible to prevent the treasury’s official banknotes from being stolen.

Nowadays we live in an era of rapid technological development, and electronic technology is changing with each passing day. Cameras are installed in banks, roads and homes, which greatly ensures the safety of people's lives and property. However, in the absence of monitoring equipment in ancient times, how to prevent theft, especially the theft of silver from the royal treasury? In fact, the wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated. Different eras have different solutions. After all, the wisdom of the ancients is still very powerful. It's easy to do without monitoring, but you can send heavy troops to guard and conduct strict inspections. The management personnel of the treasury of each dynasty were respectively Treasury Bankers, Kudin, Treasurers, and officers and soldiers. Each position had a clear division of labor and each performed its own duties. They were not allowed to overstep their bounds. It’s hard to imagine how strict the treasury’s anti-theft measures are. Whenever there is a need to move treasury silver, regardless of severe cold or scorching heat, the treasury soldiers who enter must be naked. After entering the treasury, they must put on designated work clothes. After the work is completed, they must go out naked for inspection. It can be said that if they want to steal Getting money is as difficult as climbing to the sky. It is easiest to keep oneself in check. How to prevent self-inflicted theft? Who can not be tempted by the free money? In order to prevent the occurrence of self-stealing, the rulers came up with some countermeasures, such as: the silver can only be moved by Kudin, and the term is only 3 years. Moreover, it was also stipulated that Kudin could not wear clothes when moving the silver and had to be naked. After the move, he had to be inspected and finally had to shout a few times to prove whether there was any money hidden in his mouth. As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The wisdom of the people cannot be ignored. For such inspections, the Kudins have come up with various countermeasures. There are two most commonly used ones: the first one is to bring a pot of tea into the silver treasury and put the silver into the pot in winter. Everyone knows that there is winter in the north. There was no heating or air conditioning at that time, so the silver was frozen in the pot when the weather was cold. Even if the teapot was turned upside down when it was taken out of the warehouse, the silver inside would not fall out. Let’s talk about the second, more bizarre method of stealing money. It is said that Kudins would smear silver with lard and then stuff it into their bodies through the anus. With this method, even if it is stripped naked when leaving the warehouse, it will not be found. How much money can he steal like this? And no one noticed and no one cared? Hahaha, let me analyze this problem for you. First of all, Kudin's profession is inherited from close relatives. When he was very young, Kudin began to practice the art of hiding money in chrysanthemums, and he practiced it until he could stuff fifty taels of silver. Considered qualified. According to relevant historical records, some big-bodied Kudins can even make thousands of taels of silver a month. Secondly, as supervisors, Kudin and other people do not know everything. , but they basically turn a blind eye to the matter, because they can get a piece of the pie, so most of them don't care. Of course, not everyone has the opportunity to do such a lucrative job, Kudin's. The background is quite strong. If the emperor sent someone to inspect the bank account, the officials from the Ministry of Accounts would just look at the money in the bank account, not even counting the money in the bank account, and then leave with some benefits. The root cause of this is that gangs commit crimes and collude from top to bottom. Even a Ku Bing has his backers. In the corrupt system of the late Qing Dynasty, this situation was almost unavoidable, and the supervising officials could do nothing. Do you know that the interests are intertwined and you just turn a blind eye to the theft by the warehouse soldiers? There are many ways to ask for bribes from both delivery and withdrawal companies.