In the past 100 years, there has never been a show of talent, although some people have passed the county test and the government test, but the ranking is also very common. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 This kind of thing in the first case in the info can definitely be regarded as unprecedented in Fanzhuang, there is Sister Hu who came back to deliver the letter, and returned home according to Fan Jin's idea, he will be greeted by firecrackers that are miles long, noisy gongs and drums, and the envy of the villagers with a hint of awe. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the village, he only saw a gloomy mist.

The fellow villagers who were farming in the fields saw Fan Jin and nodded their heads to say hello, but they did not express their affection. The imaginary welcoming ceremony was even more nothing, making Fan Jin feel like a fist in the air, and his heart was extremely lost.

Mother and Sister Hu were both in the field, and seeing that Fan Jin was about to run over, Mother Fan scolded sharply: "You dare to let yourself get mud on your body, see that I don't break your legs!" ”

Sister Hu wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Fan's mother: "Auntie, you can accompany your brother to talk, I can do the things in the field myself." ”

"Then it's so hard for you, if I don't go out, I'm going to run over, the field is so dirty, how can I let him run into it."

When Fan's mother came to the ground, her hands had been wiped clean, Fan Jin supported her mother and walked home, asking her mother's body and the situation at home as she walked.

"Mother's body is very tough, you don't have to worry about it, you just take care of your studies and don't ask anything else. Case ...... Our Fan family has a case, and my mother's hardships over the years have finally not been in vain. When I turned around, the mother wanted to offer a pig's head to the city god and thank him for the blessing of the old man. I heard that you gambled in the city and won a lot of money, don't say this, don't let the people in the village know. This money is used to buy books for you to take the exam, and secondly, to keep it for you to marry, if you let the people in the village know, I am afraid that you will have to borrow it without shame and skin, and you must have borrowed it but not repaid it. ”

"What's wrong with our village? I see that the people in the village are sad, could it be that something big has happened? At the beginning, Fan Tongge's boat capsized, and the savings of the village for several years were destroyed, and everyone's mood was just like this, is this time the matter as serious as last time? ”

"It doesn't matter how serious the situation is, read your books well, rest at home for a few days, and then move to the city, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the village. They provide you with education, just want you to be the head of the gun for the village to charge, but this time the matter is very involved, and my son's bright future cannot be ruined by them. Therefore, you are not allowed to ask about this matter. ”

While speaking, the mother and son had already returned home, and Fan Jin took out the silver taels on his body and put them in front of his mother. Fan's mother shook her head and said: "You live in the city and spend a lot, you can't ask for this silver, you are already an adult, you won't use the silver indiscriminately, you can use it yourself." My mother stayed in the village and waited on our fields. This time it's not good, it's to sell some land, I want to see, who dares to come up with an idea, sell these acres of land in the name of our mother and son! ”

"Mother, no matter what it is, you have to let your son know what is going on, and you have to know it. Last time, because of the hanging of the corpse, he had already hated Mr. Hong, and in this county test, the children of the Hong family did not get the first case, Mr. Hong was not angry, and it was not necessary to take our village under the knife. The son is inseparable from the help of the villagers when he reads, and now that there is something in the village, the son cannot sit idly by. ”

Fan's mother's expression was very serious, "You are not allowed to take care of this matter!" Hong Zongjia really intends to deal with our Fanjiazhuang, but the methods he uses are vicious, if you take care of it, you will destroy your future. I heard that there was going to be a war in the city, so I transferred troops from Zhejiang to ask for food, salary, and master. In addition to the regular grain, we have to pay another year's tax and grain to make military salaries. That's not all, we have to send a hundred men from the two villages to act as the master in front of the army and deliver money and food, isn't it our lives? Right now, the patriarch is discussing with the head of the first class, how to go to the general manager of Hong to be exempted, and beg him to be exempted from our errands. ”

The advance tax system of the Ming Dynasty was implemented in the Jiajing year when Zhejiang suppressed the Japanese. Qi Jiguang was able to train the world-famous Zhejiang soldiers, relying on the advance collection of taxes and grain from Zhejiang and the two provinces, and using this money and grain as capital to maintain the troops. Nowadays, the ground in Guangdong is not quiet, there are bandits led by Lin Feng overseas who sometimes plunder, and there are disputes between the local people inside, and the people are in chaos, and the ten prefectures in Guangdong are always attacked here, or the news that they have been robbed there.

Fan Jin's large and small Fanzhuang, because of its proximity to Guangzhou, can ensure that it will not be looted by fire, but the apportionment of taxes and grain money cannot be escaped. The harvest in the field is already tight, and if we pay the grain tax for another year, the village's winter rations will have problems with next year's seeds. Compared with money and food, what is more worrying is the difference between the master and the son.

Men are dragged to the battlefield to deliver money and food, and their lives are in danger, not to mention that a war takes a long time, and the men cannot return to their hometowns if they don't finish the war, and there is less labor at home, and no one takes care of the fields in the autumn and spring, no matter whether people can come back or not, the land may be wasted. In a village like Daxiaofanzhuang, if a hundred men are taken away at once, the whole village will almost be doomed.

According to the Ming system, the recruits are evenly distributed among the villages, and the size of the Fan Zhuang is based on the household registration, and it is absolutely impossible to draw so many people. But the imperial court obviously will not directly issue apportionment targets to each village, needless to say, this is another trick by Hong Zongjia.

Fan Jin said: "Mother, the village has helped us a lot in the past few years, if it weren't for them, most of our sons would have to go to the fields to farm, and they might not be able to be the head of the case." You taught me, be a man with clear grievances, and if you have kindness, you will take revenge and revenge, and now the villagers are suffering, and my son will not speak if he does not come forward. Besides, my son is not a talent yet, if we don't give it a bad thing, if we don't draw enough money, we will also suffer if we put our son on top. Therefore, saving others is like saving oneself, and this matter is not good. ”

"I want you to go to the provincial capital, because I am afraid that they will pull you to be a master. You hide in the provincial capital, and a woman is afraid that he will do something, so it's a big deal to arrest me and become a husband. But you can't do anything about it. Fan Mu shook her head again and again,

"This matter is a military order, how can we grass-headed people afford to touch it? If it is a card ticket of the yamen, it will be a big deal, but if you violate the military law, you will be arrested and killed. My son can't take this risk, after eating this meal, you have to go into the city tightly, if Hong Zongjia dares to catch your Ding, my mother will fight with him! ”

Fan Jin smiled slightly, and straightened the corrugated hat on his head, "Mother, you don't have to worry, the son of the governor of Liangguang can't touch it, but it's not a problem." The surnamed Hong borrowed the tiger skin as a banner, and bullied us with the brand of the governor of Liangguang, so let his son pierce his tiger skin! ”