What is a short summary of the República and Grau from the collection, The King Is Always Above the People?

In the story, República and Grau, ten-year-old Maico enters a panhandling business venture with a blind man at the titular busy intersection. After learning that Maico shows up every day neatly dressed, the blind man incites Maico’s father to beat him, so that he will look more pathetic and they will collect more money. When Maico realizes what the blind man has done, he casts their day’s earnings into the street and abandons the blind man there.