"Alas, what the Xinwang Mansion has done is really excessive, isn't it a little bit of a way to live. Suzhou Mansion is also really hateful, and it even openly shielded Xinwangfu. ”

Jia Yun couldn't help but sigh.

"You always stay in the capital, deep in the courtyard of the house, and you can't see the situation outside. There are many such things as Dade. Especially the palaces in various places are all tyrants, and even the local government can't afford to provoke them. This is just a common practice for the Suzhou government. ”

Chu Heyun beckoned Wang San, took out a tea set from the house, and drank tea under the tree.

Daiyu and Aunt Fang went back, Jia Yun also went out to do business, and Jia Rui chatted about Chu Heyun in the courtyard. The main topic is the royal palaces of various parts of the Daide Empire.

When Dade was first established, Emperor Taizu gave his sons the title of king in order to limit the power of the clan, lest they threaten the imperial power and compete for the throne.

And he divided them into various lands, and gave them land, and built houses for them. In order to prevent them from wielding more power and competing with the people for profit, they are not allowed to become officials or do business.

But the clan also has to live, and they have to live a decent life, so the court pays for them to raise them.

As long as they are descendants of the royal family, they all receive the money.

The prince has 10,000 koku per year, the county king has 5,000 koku per year, and there are also titles such as Zhenguo General, Auxiliary General, Fengguo General, Zhenguo Lieutenant, Auxiliary Lieutenant, Fengguo Lieutenant and so on.

As long as he is a descendant of the prince, he and his descendants will have hereditary titles and receive a salary.

At the beginning, the population of the clan was not large, and the burden on the imperial court was not too heavy.

But over the years, the generations have multiplied, and there are more and more children and grandchildren, and the more and more money they have received.

In order to receive more money, he desperately took concubines and gave birth to children.

Because if you give birth to a child, you can receive a child's salary.

Now Jia Rui finally understands why Zhou Ji and Zhou Si have so many brothers and sisters.

On the surface, it is a matter of having children and passing on the family lineage, but in fact it is an economic issue.

To put it bluntly, having children is a way to make money. While giving birth to children, they make money at the same time, which is much more cost-effective than doing other businesses.

At the beginning, there were only a dozen princes, and the population of the clan was only two or three hundred. After more than 100 years of reproduction, there are now 200,000 to 300,000 people in the country.

The income of the clan is borne by the local government, and in many places, the tax collected by the government in a year is not even enough to supply the local royal government.

"The royal palace not only received a lot of money, but also occupied a large amount of land, or forcibly bought, or robbed, or paid. If you don't have a hundred and eighty thousand acres of land, you are embarrassed to say that you are a prince. ”

"It's just about taking the land, they're still in business. Many of the lucrative businesses such as salt, iron, and tea are monopolized by them. ”

"As the number of masters in the palace increases, there is a need for more and more servants and servants to serve them. It costs money to buy people, so they start robbing people. ”

"It seems that Liu Ercheng's daughter was robbed by the Xinwang Mansion like this."

Jarry chimed in.

"It may well be. Now that Liu Ercheng's land is gone, and his daughter has been forced to die, there is no way to live in the future, what else can he do? ”

What to do? Either you be a robber, or you are an outcast, or you are a rebel.

The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel. This kind of thing is always repeated in history.

"Nowadays, all parts of the country are mourning, and the people are struggling to make a living. If it continues, can't it be like the previous dynasty and finally change the dynasty? Even the clan had to be killed. ”

"I don't understand, those clans are not stupid, they don't even know how to settle this account?"

It's not that they don't know how to settle accounts, but they just calculate another account.

The land is mine, the money is mine, the slaves are mine, the business is mine, and the money is mine. If you want to make me bleed, won't I suffer?

As for Jiangshan Sheji, it is the emperor's, what does it have to do with me?

The exiles rebelled, and your emperor went to pacify them. Thieves are everywhere, and your government is going to arrest people.

If more people are arrested, there will be more slaves who will be used as officials, and I can save a few dollars when I buy people.

It is impossible to get them to give up their vested interests.

"Forget it, Brother Chu, we can't take care of this matter, so don't worry about that idleness."

"Well, I'm just talking to you. If you change someone else, you don't dare to say these words. Let those with ulterior motives hear it, and they may invite trouble. I'm going to see what's going on in business, you can read. ”

As soon as Chu Heyun left, Daiyu's nurse Mama Wang came.

"Uncle Rui, there is something in the old body, I want to discuss it with you."

"Mama Wang will say anything about it."

"It's about Aunt Fang."

"What's wrong with her?"

"Not really. You will go down in another month, and we will go back after the exam, and Aunt Fang can't go back with us, and she will ...... in the future. ”

That's a problem, too.

"What do you mean by Miss Lin?"

"What does Miss mean? It's hard for her to say anything about this kind of thing. ”

"Aunt Fang didn't tell me, what are her plans?"

"She said that she would keep a festival for the master."

There is no need to keep the festival, after all, he is only in his thirties, and now the time is short, and he will think so, whether he can keep it in the future, but he can talk about it.

Besides, there's no need for that.

"What are Mama Wang's plans?"

"What can I do? It's just that I watched the girl worry about this matter and wanted to share her worries. ”

"If she's willing to live here, that's fine. Anyway, let's go, such a big house is empty, and it's good to have someone here to watch the house. ”

"However, now that the world is in chaos, she lives here as a woman, and I'm afraid something will happen."

Mama Wang's words also make sense, Aunt Fang lives here by herself, and it is indeed not safe.

In fact, the safer way now is to go back to my parents' house in the future, and there will always be a response.

has 100,000 taels of silver in her hand, even if it is for the sake of money, her mother's family will treat her well. In the future, it is also a good place to find an honest family.

"How's her family?"

"I've talked to her about it, and it's said to be pretty good. Both parents are here, the two elder brothers have married alone, and the two older sisters have already married. Now his parents are with his brother. In the past, she often helped her family, and her family was very grateful to her. ”

"In that case, I don't think we need to worry about it, and we don't need to mention it. Now that she knows that we are going to leave in the future, she can have a plan in her heart. ”

"I'm afraid she'll be embarrassed to talk about it, but she's still good to the girl."

"Actually, Mama is also very good to Miss Lin."

"That's different, the girl has followed me since she was a child, and the young lady told me to take good care of the girl, it's all right."

Mama Wang was Jia Min's dowry maid at the beginning, but her husband died later, and a daughter died at the age of three. Since then, he has treated Daiyu as his own child and has taken care of Daiyu wholeheartedly.

"Mama can actually talk to Aunt Fang and tell her that it's okay to remarry in the future. My aunt said that she was going to stay free. As for the observance of festivals or anything, there is actually no need for it. ”

Mama Wang was obviously a little surprised, and glanced at Jia Rui a few times.

"People say that Uncle Rui does things differently from others, and it's true. That's what you can say. ”

"I'm telling the truth, my aunt is no longer there, so there's no need to still cling to that false name. If she was fifty or sixty years old, she would have been fine, and now she is only in her thirties, and she still has a lot of life to live in the future. ”

"It's not just Aunt Fang, Mama is not yet forty years old now, even if you remarry, it's also a good thing."

"Go, go, you're still a master, and you're making this kind of joke with me. Okay, I'll talk to Aunt Fang about it, I'm afraid that you won't let her remarry. ”

Am I holding back? I'm sick. I wish all the widows in the world could get married.

A man can have three wives and four concubines, why should a woman be widowed?

Feudal etiquette kills people.