Whether it is a whip law or a division into acres, it is to a certain extent to curb the extremely serious problem of land annexation in feudal society.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty perished, in addition to the ten years of locust plague that swept thousands of miles, the high concentration of land, is the primary reason, at that time, whether the clan, the vassal king, the lord, the scholar, all occupied a large amount of land, and through the trickery, sprinkling, insinuation and other means of evading taxes, some officials did not hide their faces at all, openly wrote to the magistrates, can not collect their own taxes. Once the land is highly concentrated, the peasants' taxes will intensify, and the country's financial crisis will inevitably lead to a nationwide uprising, so Dashun has learned a lesson.

The ancient landlord class, to be clear, had two kinds of people, one was the bureaucratic landlord, who lived the best. The other type is the common landlords, who have the money to buy land and hire tenants to farm.

The bureaucratic landlords have the power to be partially exempt from tax and completely exempt from military service, and the life of the common landlords depends on the times, according to the times, the more taxes are levied, the more cultivated land, the more taxes are collected, in the Yongle Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, the common landlords are actually "for whom they work hard for whom", and they get little, but it is not entirely the case, if the common landlords have connections and strong financial resources, they can completely bribe the local officials.

Like the operation of the Wujiang Xing family, it is the common landlord, and the Xue family excludes the status of the imperial merchant and also belongs to the common landlord.

The current situation of the family is already very clear.

The only person who can really turn the tide is Jia Cong.

The Wang family with an in-law relationship will certainly help the Jia family, but in the cold-blooded and ruthless political struggle, the in-law relationship, like a fellow villager, can be abandoned at any time.

"Awarded at the age of thirteen, is this unprecedented?" Lin Daiyu blinked her eyelashes.

"It doesn't count." Jia Cong explained: "During the Hongxi period, there was a son of Shangshu who worshiped six products at the age of ten. ”

Jia Tanchun said in disbelief: "Can you be an official at the age of ten?" ”

"It's just a shadow, you have no position, but it's powerful enough, what it says in "History of the Ming Dynasty". Jia Cong is a little crooked, he is thirteen years old, and his age is also awkward.

"Old lady, are you going to say hello?" Jia Yingchun winked at him, as if trying to let him pass.

The coldness in Jia Cong's eyes flashed, "Forget it, the old lady thinks I'm annoying, and she is unhappy every morning." ”

Everyone was silent, thinking about him at this moment, he rose as a concubine, although Mrs. Xing was a mother-in-law, she didn't have the slightest mother's care, and gave her the title of An Ren, Jia Cong may not really want this in her heart. And Jia's mother has never had a little love for Jia Cong. After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, he was very bad to his family, and the clan system was easy to make people psychologically deformed.

At this time, even if Jia Mu changed her attitude, it would be too late. Jia Cong relied on himself, and under the constraints of the patriarchal system, although he had to keep some people in Jiafu, he might not be able to say how much affection he had.

"Ming'er, you take a sedan chair and go to the imperial city to be on duty, and when you come back, don't forget to buy our poetry collection commentary." Jia Xichun chattered.

Jia Cong agreed, and the group retired.

……

There is only one champion in the country for three years, and that night Jia Yu sent invitations all over the place, and held a banquet, the princes and ministers of the capital, the dignitaries, or sent their descendants to the banquet, or simply ordered the slaves to give gifts, even so, the scale of the champion dinner, compared with the junior high school show, is like a night difference.

The maids and mothers-in-law who serve wine and food are endless, and the flowing water mat is placed directly to the outer door, the flowers are brocade, and the fire is cooking oil.

Jia's mother, who finally accepted the invitation of her eldest son, was the first, there was no opera at this banquet, and an old concubine died this year, and Mrs. Jia's mother and other women also entered the palace to guard filial piety. The Ministry of Rites issued an edict to pardon all the dramas of the official family, and it was not allowed to call the church, and in late April this year, just after Jia Cong won the championship, Jia Jing died because of taking pills, and Jia Qiang undertook the funeral.

According to Dashun's five-service system, Jia Cong, a cousin, also has to keep filial piety, but he is not his own parents, and his filial piety is slight, which does not affect the normal official dispatch.

At the end of the banquet, the guests dispersed, only relatives remained, and Xing Zhong, who came to eat and drink for nothing, said: "Now Cong'er should also discuss kissing, right?" ”

"Look at what my uncle said, the first layer of national filial piety, the first layer of family filial piety, you can't marry or sing during this period." Wang Xifeng deliberately held a long tone, as if satirizing Xing Zhong, a hillbilly, who didn't understand the rules and etiquette.

In ancient times, there was also a separation between urban and rural areas, and the people in Hebei called the countryside "firewood head", while Suzhou was "goose head", full of contempt, irony, and contempt. The people in the city have the strongest sense of superiority in the capital, and Zhu Guozhen, a member of the Donglin Party, recorded a real case, when a minister was sitting in a sedan chair on Shangshu Street, an aunt did not give way, and the slave scolded to beat, and the aunt in the city scolded: You are an ant official, how much the old lady has seen. After scolding, he walked away.

When Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, she was also teased and ridiculed.

Xing Zhong laughed dryly, he was born in a humble background, so he naturally had an inferiority complex and didn't dare to fight back. Mrs. Xing secretly rolled her eyes at her daughter-in-law, Xing Zhong is her own brother, isn't this not giving her face? However, Mrs. Xing didn't care about this face, and in the face of her mother's brother's family, she didn't give anything.

"National filial piety and filial piety, you can't marry, it's okay to marry, wait for the filial piety period, and then the media is marrying." Mrs. Xing squeezed out a smile.

"Miss Qianjin who wants to be the wife of the champion, there are many in the capital." Mrs. Zhongjing Marquis toasted.

Jia Cong breathed a sigh of relief, because he just caught up with national filial piety and family filial piety, he didn't have to think about marrying a wife for the time being, and he would be an official first.

And he has Qingwen and Xiangling in his room enough to flirt with each other, and he doesn't crave women very much. Moreover, thirteen or fourteen years old is the initial stage of male hormone secretion in men, and it can only grow in proportion to it in the future.

"Let's discuss this matter later, we have to listen to Cong'er's opinion." Jia Yu frowned, he did this definitely not out of humane considerations, but the profligate Jia Yu began to lack money, Jia Lian was also short of money every day, spending all day drinking, he was going to ask his son for filial piety money in a few months.

The income of the ancient bureaucrats was not a slu, nor a grange, but a gift, and someone would definitely give Jia Cong a gift, like today, didn't he receive a large amount of gift money. According to the statistics of the French, in the late period of Chinese feudal society, the income of officials in receiving gifts was 13 to 19 times that of Yulu, which is true.

Jia Baoyu in the banquet pouted with disdain, and didn't care at all, Li Kun wanted to urge Jia Lan more and more, Mrs. Wang was helpless, and she was worried about Baoyu's non-progress, and her face was lost, Jia Mu looked at Lin Daiyu, who was getting thinner and thinner, and then looked at the dignified and beautiful Xue Baochai, and her voice was a little sparse: "It's a pity that Zheng'er didn't return from his school, and the Dongfu side was also extinct, otherwise it would be a reunion of flesh and blood today." I've also heard that Hanlin is a clear point, and the joints are not in their place, so I don't understand much. ”

"Mother." Jia Yu said cheerfully: "Hanlin is easy to rise, my son heard from a minister in charge of the department, if you want to write, it is not difficult to be among the five ranks, and then you will be a waiter and a scholar, and there is hope that you will be pushed into the cabinet." ”

Wang Ziteng can't enter the cabinet now, but hangs up the title of secretary of the military department to deal with the border defense, look at Jia Cong who drinks and eats casually, Jia Mu suddenly has a trace of remorse.