Yangzhou City, Lotus Garden.

Except for Zhen Yingjia, who is middle-aged and elderly, the other seven heads of the family are all white-haired old people.

The eight of them sat in Song Yan's room with solemn faces, watching Song Yan wave comfortably in front of the desk......

They are clearly forcing the palace, but in front of the old and strong Song Yan, the momentum of the eight people is like ice and snow meeting the sun, and they can only turn into spring water and flow eastward.

It took more than half an hour to write before Song Yan put pen to paper.

However, on the paper, only nine large characters remained.

After taking the handkerchief from Song Hua and cleaning his hands, Song Yan looked at the people in the room with an indifferent face, and said, "Shuhe, Dongming, you come to taste and taste." This painting is the proud work of the old man in recent years. Boqi, you are a calligrapher, and you will also correct one or two. ”

When the eight people heard this, after looking at each other, they all saw the helplessness in each other's eyes, but they had to suppress the anxiety in their hearts and get up to look at Song Yan's words.

When everyone came to the desk, they saw nine vigorous and clumsy characters on the paper on the desk:

If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time.

"Matsuzen Gong ......"

Chu Dongming and the others saw Song Yan's meaning, and they couldn't help but change their faces.

Song Yan didn't wait for them to speak, then waved his hand to stop, and said, "In addition to being the patriarch of the Jiangnan families, you are also a great Confucian in the world among the great cadres. There are many truths that the old man does not need to say, but I didn't expect that you still came to the door, and the old man was very disappointed. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was ashamed.

Fang Zhe, Uncle Fang, and arched his hand with a wry smile: "Shame! What Song Chan Gong taught was, we waited...... Alas, after all, it is impossible to achieve the realm of the unity of knowledge and action of Songzen. ”

They all understand the truth, which of them is not full of reading the subset of scriptures and history, and which one is not familiar with the thousand-year-old history?

Don't they know that the scourge of land annexation is the cause of the country's demise?

There are very few people in the world who can say all these truths more than them.

But so what?

Because they all have a huge family behind them......

For ordinary families, it takes three generations of savings to support an ordinary scholar.

And for a family like theirs, where everyone reads, how big is the gap in a year's expenses?

Moreover, they are different from ordinary scholars, the children of the thirteen families in Jiangnan not only have to take exams, but also to become famous.

Even if you don't rank in the imperial examination, you must become a famous person in Jiangnan.

After becoming a celebrity, his status is no worse than that of the middle rank.

However, to become famous, it comes at a great cost......

These are all things that their patriarchs need to bother to consider.

If the imperial court implements a new law, measures the acres of land, divides the acres into the acres, and strictly enforces the quota of tax exemption for scholars according to the law, it will be an unbearable disaster for them.

Because according to the law, a Xiucai preferential exemption field is only 80 acres, 1,200 acres of unqualified people's preferential exemption field, and 3,350 acres of non-Shi Jinshi preferential exemption field.

It sounds like a lot, but in Jiangnan, a place that can be called a disaster for scientific research, it is easy to show off talents, but it is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

A clan can be lifted, there is no one in a hundred.

Those who can enter the ranks are even more difficult to have two or three people in ten years.

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the south of the Yangtze River, the share of these preferential and exempt fields is too far and too far apart.

Once the new law is enforced, they will be able to go bankrupt just by paying the land tax.

How can this allow them to unite knowledge and action?

After an embarrassing silence, Sun Boqi, the head of the Sun family, said in a deep voice: "It is a national policy set by the Holy Ancestor Emperor. When today's son treats too harshly and loots too much, don't you know that the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, and the law of the ancestors cannot be changed? If the imperial court persecuted too much, it would inevitably be uneasy in Jiangnan. ”

When Song Yan heard this, he smiled indifferently, looked at Sun Boqi and said, "I don't think Boqi has such courage, it's okay, if you don't try, how do you know which way can work?" ”

Sun Boqi: "......"

Fang Zhe almost glanced at this bad old man with a sneer, threatening Song Yan's head, how unwise?

Besides, as far as the forces of your Sun family are concerned, can they really rebel?

Sun Boqi was annoyed and embarrassed by Fang Zhe, and said angrily: "My Sun family alone naturally can't set off a big storm, but if I wait for the eight families to unite, who in the world will dare to underestimate it?" Who dares to humiliate? I am afraid that the people's hearts are not aligned, so that the century-old Chinese people will be broken by the children and become a laughing stock. ”

After another period of silence, Zhen Yingjia sighed and said, "The fault of the Qin and Zhao families is not to blame on the Qingchen. ”

Ouyang Demou shook his head and said: "Yuan Zhong, there are no outsiders here, the matter has come to this point, so why do you need to avoid the important and trivial?" Song Changong, a closed disciple, wanted to go south, and he used those excuses to hide it from others, can he still hide it from us? He's here for the new law! As he spoke, Ouyang Demou glanced at Song Yan, who was drooping, and a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

Liu Yancai, the head of the Liu family, nodded and agreed: "Bai Shijie, Qin Yu, Zhen Fu, they may have violated the law of the country, but if you talk about their rebellion, it is really difficult to convince people. With this crime, he wantonly raided his family and exterminated his family, and his methods were ruthless, and he was not a gentleman. ”

The two spoke, and the room fell silent again.

They were waiting for Song Yan to give them an explanation, or an explanation.

After a long time, Song Yan, who had been hanging his eyes, slowly raised his eyes, his old eyes swept over everyone, and the old voice said: "From your standpoint, maybe that's the case." But standing in Cong'er's position, he has his own reasons. The old man is old, he is in his last years, and when he is close to running out of oil and the lamp is dry, he can no longer make decisions for you. Cong'er has also grown up, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can go directly to him for an explanation. Or, if you join forces and ask the court for an explanation, it will be feasible.

The only thing the old man can remind you is to have self-knowledge......" At this point, the old man's cloudy old eyes gradually sharpened, and everyone who watched became uncomfortable, listening to him continue: "This is not a troubled time, a hundred years ago, Emperor Taizu Gao led the founding of the country, exhausted his efforts and strength, and died millions of people, only to finally destroy the foreign race, restore my Chinese homeland, and stabilize the world. If anyone vainly tries to disturb the people of Jiangnan with the selfish interests of one family and one surname, this is the way to kill the clan. The Qin family is only guilty of exile, and the Liangxi Zhao family is difficult for the nine clans.

The general trend of Huanghuang is irreversible, and those who do not measure themselves can only turn into powder! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned gloomy.

What a rebellion!

Guo Zhao, the governor of Jiangnan, according to the envoy Zhuge Tai, plus the people of Jinyiwei, had already taken advantage of the opportunity to arrest the remnants of the Bai family and the Qin family, and sent troops to various states, prefectures, and counties in Jiangnan.

Of course, if they really want the fish to die and the net to be broken, and the jade to be burned, they can also stir up a huge turmoil.

The tenants and servants who took refuge in each of their families numbered in the tens of thousands.

Coupled with the old and in-laws, as well as the fame of several of their families in the countryside, it is not impossible to set off millions of uprisings.

It's just that such a hasty start will undoubtedly end in failure.

And the day of failure is the day when they are beheaded at the entrance of the market together with men, women and children of their families, and they will bear the name of a traitor and leave a stench for 10,000 years.

How could they do such things, how could they dare to do them?

Fang Zhe smiled bitterly and said, "Song Changong, how can we be so unwise? If he had known that the Zhao family Yilong was that kind of identity, he would not have approached the Zhao family at the beginning. It's a pity for that kid......"

Chu Dongming sneered and said, "What's the pity? But it's just daydreaming. The Zhao family has a little bit of the blood of the royal family of the previous dynasty, in fact, it has long been not even a clan, but it has such a stupid dream, who is to blame for killing himself? I only hate the bastards, and I am so affected. After that, he looked at Song Yan and said, "Song Changong, I didn't come to the door this time, not to make trouble." It's just that...... It's really desperate. As Song Changong said, the general trend is brilliant, and we can no longer compete. But if the new party is allowed to do it, the Jiangnan Shi clan will die and have no place to be buried.

Song Chan Gong is the one who holds the bull's ear in the south of the Yangtze River, with high morality and high prestige, and is as resourceful as the sea.

Therefore, when we came to the door to ask for a meeting, I just wanted to ask Song Changong to guide me and point a way to live for our Jiangnan scholars. ”

After that, Chu Dongming bowed down and bowed.

Then, Fang Shuhe, Shi Gongshou, Liang Zhengping and others also bowed down.

When Song Yan heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "The old decay is about to die, how can you guide you and others?" But get up first. Collangeal language: Three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang. Everyone discussed and discussed together, and they could always come up with a solution.

Although the gentleman does not say profit, but the families donate so many fields, it is nothing more than a word of wealth.

If you don't have this wealth, it will be difficult for your family to do everything, and you can't even afford to study.

So, in the final analysis, those you are obsessed with are wealth.

Right? ”

Such a straightforward solution made the Confucian scholars a little embarrassed, but after all, they still nodded with a wry smile: "What Song Changong said was penetrated into the inside, and it hit the nail on the head, which is indeed justified." ”

Song Yan smiled when he heard this, and said, "The old man has talked deeply about this matter with Cong'er, and he has some opinions, but he can barely get into his ears. The old man is old and has limited energy, so I will not discuss it with you today. When Cong'er comes here tomorrow afternoon, you will share with him. ”

When Uncle Fang and the others heard this, they looked at each other, and suddenly felt that they seemed to have fallen into a pit between the two masters and apprentices......

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Slender West Lake.

Daiyu, who was also freshly dressed, returned to the main hall, looked at Ye Qing, who was stunning in palace makeup, her eyes narrowed after being stunned, and she stepped forward and smiled: "Sister is so beautiful!" ”

The corners of Ye Qing's mouth curled into a smile, and when he saw Daiyu's eyes falling on her head, he took off the golden phoenix hairpin on his head, and then inserted it into Daiyu's bun, and said with a smile: "My sister still looks good when she wears it, but I always feel uncomfortable wearing it on my head." ”

Seeing that Daiyu was in a panic and wanted to take it off and return it to her, Ye Qing smiled and shouted: "Don't take it!" What is given away, how can there be a reason to take it back? Such head jewelry, I have several big boxes at home, and I can't wear it a few times a year, what do I do there? ”

When Daiyu heard this, she said softly: "My sister has given a meeting gift before. As she spoke, she gently shook the jade bracelet on her wrist.

Ye Qing smiled: "That's a meeting ceremony, this is a parting ceremony, just right." ”

Daiyu said "ah", and said in a panic: "Sister is leaving?" ”

Ye Qing smiled and said, "It's not now, it's tomorrow morning." I was ordered to go south to pray for the Queen Mother, and I couldn't stay in one place often. Seeing Daiyu's red eyes, she smiled and stretched out her hand to pull her to her, and said: "What a kind and good girl, in the end, my sister is more like a daughter's family, like me, it is difficult to feel sad even when parting, no wonder your third brother is bored." ”

Seeing that Daiyu was very dissatisfied, Jia Cong smiled and said: "Qing Gongzi is being modest, she is enough for her daughter's family, and her daughter's family refers to the deer as a horse and framed her for her brutal skills, she is already at the peak of her fire, who dares to say that she is not her daughter's family?" I can die unjustly. ”

After Daiyu laughed, she quickly changed her face and was disgusted.

However, Ye Qing laughed, not annoyed at all, only waved his wide sleeves and brushed Jia Cong's face as punishment.

The hibiscus gold wide-sleeved hanging flower palace brocade dress on her body was worn by her to show the magnificent beauty.

After cleaning up Jia Cong, Ye Qing stretched out his hand to straighten the phoenix hairpin on Daiyu's bun, and said with a smile: "It's rare to have a good sister with a pure heart, which makes people pity." If Sister Lin is bullied in the future, just send someone to see me, and I will make the decision for you. ”

When Qingwen and others not far away heard this, they all looked at each other, and always felt that the painting style was wrong.

It's Daiyu's girl Zijuan, who likes to be beautiful!

The old lady is old, and I don't know how many years she can support, but this phoenix thigh can still hold it for a lifetime!

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PS: A little helpless, the bigwigs in this chapter, don't scold, everyone is an adult, isn't it good to talk about some astringent topics, how embarrassing it is to scold!