Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, among the founding heroes, is not very prominent, Guo Xun counted the credit for shooting Chen Youliang on the head of the ancestor, but in fact, few people admit that it belongs to his own words.

But Guo Ying can do it!

As we all know, there are only two founding heroes who survived the Hongwu Dynasty, one is Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, and the other is Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding. Although the old man Geng dodged Zhu Yuanzhang's knife, he was defeated in the battle of Jingjing.

So strictly speaking, the final winner is the old Guo family!

In the next hundred years, the Guo family continued to grow and develop, and in Guo Xun's generation, it can really be almost on a par with the three major princes.

Especially because they usually don't attract people's attention, they can do some things that the three major princes can't do, and because of this, the old Guo family's property is still very coveted by Wang Yue.

"Master Guo, I'm afraid there are not a few of your family's properties, are you interested, tell me about it? It also saves me a lot of effort. ”

Guo Xun's eyes rolled, and after a while, he said in a sullen voice: "Lord Wang, I admit it, what do you want, just speak, Guo is not ambiguous, I just ask Lord Wang to open up the net and give me a way to live." You can't move this field or something! ”

"Really? My king doesn't believe in evil! ”

Zhang Xuan also came over and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm the same as the master, in fact, I have long wanted to know, how much land can you nobles occupy, all say that you rats and rats, how fat you rats can be, I'm afraid no one knows yet, but Zhang wants to see it!" ”

"Zhang Xuan!" Guo Xun gritted his teeth, "I said, I made a mistake and admitted it." But don't forget, a lot of our family's land and property were given by the Son of Heaven in the past dynasties, and you also took it? Also, you have checked our family's fields, so what about the other princes? Also, what about those royal relatives? What about the clan kings? ”

Guo Xun pulled his throat and was confident...... Whoever gave you the courage to dare to check these up, just wait to die!

Since Emperor Taizong, no one can do it!

I don't believe it, can you Zhang Xuan still defy the sky?

"Master!" Zhang Xuan said: "He asked what should we do?" ”

Wang Yue's eyes twisted to the side, his chin raised slightly, and he said indifferently: "What do I do?" Anyway, their Guo family must be copied! ”

Zhang Xuan stroked his palm in agreement, "That's right, check your Guo family first, and if you can check it, you will continue to check it until you can't find it......" Zhang Xuan leaned over, leaned into Guo Xun's ear, and said something that made Guo Xun shudder!

"I'll tell you, I don't plan to live until this far! You can't play with me, because I'm playing with you! ”

Zhang Xuan is really crazy, he also thought, why should he be so tired, in fact, as long as he has a reputation, he can live a stable life at home, comfortable, and don't care about anything.

But Zhang Xuan was unwilling, eight imperial examinations, seven times off the list, he is a stubborn person, he does not achieve his goal, and he will never admit defeat.

Since God blessed, he won the champion, and he was appreciated by the Son of Heaven and held great power, if he couldn't make a little move, it would be too much of a failure.

Fifty years old!

The year of knowing the destiny of heaven.

Zhang Xuan is extremely sober about his life!

"Thoroughly!"

At the sound of an order, everyone took action and began to investigate the Guo family's property.

Someone is going to ask, how much land does the Guo family have, how do outsiders know? What if they are hiding?

Actually, it's not that complicated.

No matter how you come to the land, as long as you rely on the Marquis of Wuding, you must pay filial piety to the Guo family.

As long as you find out how much income they have in a year, and then measure it according to each one, you won't have to worry about finding it. With such a large Hou Mansion, how could there be no two accurate accounts.

What's more, this time it was a sudden raid, and the Guo family couldn't hide it if they wanted to.

Wang Yue and Zhang Xuan are both good players, and it is really not difficult to deal with Guo Xun.

But as the investigation deepened, the two of them were gradually frightened, stunned, and couldn't sit still!

The land belonging to the Marquis of Wuding, about 170,000 acres, this is only the industry in Shuntianfu, you must know that the Marquis of Wuding was originally in Yingtian, in the south of the Yangtze River, their land will not be less than that of Shuntian.

One Hou Mansion has more than 300,000 mu of land production, which is many times higher than the 500 mu set by Zhu Houxi!

But if this is the case, it can only be said that the Guo family has the skill to accumulate wealth, and it can't scare Wang Yue and Zhang Xuan.

The real horror is below the Hou Mansion.

This huge Hou Mansion exists for at least five floors.

The first layer is naturally the descendants of the Hou Mansion, that is, Guo Xun's lineage, they hold the supreme authority of the Hou Mansion, and theoretically the property of the Hou Mansion is theirs.

In addition to the lineage, there are other collateral lines, these people are also surnamed Guo, some of them have been given family property, and some have other properties, all in all, they are all under the banner of Wuding Hou.

Further down, there are family stewards accumulated over generations, some decent characters, relying on the protection of the Hou Mansion, they are also a master in size, they have their own industry, and their family background is not very small. Even the family members of the family, the slaves of the slaves, are already worth a lot of money, and they really rely on the big trees to enjoy the shade!

Continuing down, there are the tenant farmers and servants of the Hou Mansion, who are like worker ants, providing for the people above.

Finally, they were attached to the Hou Mansion, and these people recorded their land property in the name of the Hou Mansion, so that they could be exempted from taxes and forced labor, and then they gave the Hou Mansion a sum of money every year, or the output of the land, which was enough.

As a person who has read through the Red Mansion, Wang Yue still has some understanding of the situation of this kind of wealthy family. It is not difficult to understand the comparison between the Guo family and the Jia family one by one.

But after really calculating, Wang Yue was really stupid.

From Guo Ying to Guo Xun, a total of six generations have been passed down, and the descendants of the Guo family have exceeded 100 people! And the Guo family's family, especially those who followed Guo Ying in the first place, their descendants are counted as more than a thousand.

There are also one or two hundred wealthy landlords attached to the Guo family.

Don't think that adding up these numbers is enough.

A child of the Guo family, even if it is a partial house, there are more than ten servants serving. The servants, householders, and tenant farmers belonging to the Guo family are 15,000 people.

As for those who are attached to the Guo family, there are more than 30,000 people in total.

Add all of that up and you're 50,000!

It perfectly interprets what is called Houmen is as deep as the sea!

"One Wuding Marquis Mansion has exempted 50,000 people from taxes and forced labor, which is almost equivalent to half a county! And that's not even counting the industry! The Guo family is not the top nobles, on top of these nobles, there are so many clan vassal kings, royal relatives and relatives! ”

Zhang Xuan knocked on the table angrily, "Master, do you know? The disciples traveled from south to north, and they clearly felt that the population was dense, and more and more ...... According to the records of the imperial court, the number of people with household registration in the Ming Dynasty was more than 12 million less than in the Hongwu period! The land that paid the land tax is more than half! ”

"These people who disappeared have become their tenant farmers, disappeared from the yellow book, and the land has become their family property, so naturally there is no need to pay taxes! No wonder the treasury is empty, and Daming is becoming more and more embarrassed! Who is tied with one arm and one leg tied, and can still walk like flying? Zhang Xuan snorted and complained.

Wang Yue thought so, "What you said is right, but do you have the courage to confront half of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Of course there is! Not only do disciples have them, but they can also fight and win! Zhang Xuan was enthusiastic, in front of him, nothing seemed to be difficult, and this thing didn't know what it meant to be afraid.

"Master, you will support your disciple, right?"

Wang Yue slapped his nose, "On the thief ship, can I still get down?" Okay, you can sort out the number of acres and the number of people now, Guo family...... Finished! ”