The ox cart rolled and drove towards the east gate of Qiantang County, when the morning sun was rising, the summer breeze was blowing, and the road was soaked wet and slippery with a night of drizzle, and the wheels ran over, leaving deep rut marks.

There is a ten-mile road from Ding's villa to Qiantang County, at first a section is a soft dirt road, Chen Caozhi and Laide both sit on ox carts, when they are close to the county seat, the road becomes a sandy loam dirt road, no longer muddy, they all get off the car and walk.

Chen Caozhi tied his hair with a small crown, wore a beige fine linen single shirt, stepped on high-toothed clogs, draped with big sleeves, and walked calmly.

Laifu asked Laide to learn to drive the ox cart, and he followed behind Chen Caozhi to talk.

Laifu asked: "Did Xiao Langjun go to the Prime Minister of Feng County first?" ”

Chen Caozhi's father Chen Su's friend Feng Mengxiong is currently the county minister of Qiantang County, although the county minister and the county lieutenant and the chief secretary are all ninth-grade officials, but the county minister is much inferior to the county lieutenant and the chief secretary in terms of real power, and the county minister is just an idle position, and his function is to preside over various etiquette ceremonies of the county government.

Chen Caozhi said: "First go to visit Uncle Feng, and by the way, ask about the July inspection." ”

Laifu has been worried about the inspection these days, afraid that the family of six will be sent to Qiaozhou for resettlement, so he hurriedly said: "Xiao Langjun thinks about it, Feng County Minister and Lu Zhu, who is in charge of the inspection, are colleagues, and you can also ask Feng County Minister to help us talk." ”

Chen Caozhi said "um", he was also quite worried, his sister-in-law also asked about the Fuyin household yesterday, he was afraid that his sister-in-law would be worried, and he understated it, but the difficulties were in front of him, and they always had to be solved, the Laifu family was the powerful helper of the Chen family in the West Building, the master and servant for many years, and he was loyal, how could he find a way not to let the Laifu family be displaced, but Qian Tang Chen now has no officials who have entered the product, and he has no right to zhan have a shade household, two years ago because the county took into account the prestige of his father and brother, The two inspections have not taken back the shade of the Chen family, and now, the new Lu master book is said to be more strict, and this year I am afraid that this level will be very sad-

"No matter how sad you are, you have to break through!"

Chen Caozhi waved his sleeves and walked into Qiantang County.

Qiantang County is in the middle of the twelve counties of Wu County, the county seat is not big, the radius is only five miles, the county's registered households are less than 4,000, the population is about 20,000, but the actual residents are far more than this number, because Qiantang County is located in the north and south banks of the Qiantang River The population flow is at the cross, and there are many people in the north, and the vast majority of these displaced people are included in the manor by the Gaomen Shi clan and become hidden households——

The number of hidden households is limited, and the first-class high-ranking officials can only have forty households, while the hidden households are illegal, and the Gaomen scholars rely on their power to accept the displaced people to cultivate and work in their manors, and the number is far greater than that of the shadow households.

Xiji in Qiantang County is the largest distribution center for displaced people in the three nearby counties, and Feng Mengxiong's residence is not far from Xiji.

Laifu had been to Feng's Mansion many times with his old master Chen Su before, and there were three big locust trees in front of the gate of Feng's Mansion, which were easy to identify, and the porter of Feng's Mansion also recognized him, so he quickly took the bamboo message to report, and soon, Feng Mengxiong greeted him.

Feng Mengxiong is in his fifties, medium in stature, with a clear face and a fleshy mole on his chin, Chen Caozhi has an impression of him, when his father and brother died, Feng Mengxiong came to Chenjiawu to mourn, and he was a loyal elder.

Chen Caozhi respectfully saluted Feng Mengxiong, and offered the prepared gifts to Laifu at the same time: two cranes, five catties of scented breasts, and an urn of home-brewed rice wine.

Feng Mengxiong hadn't seen Chen Caozhi for almost three years, Chen Caozhi was still a thin and beautiful boy at that time, but he didn't expect that he was a beautiful boy today, and his writing was polite and his words were clear, and he couldn't help but be very relieved by his deceased friends.

Because it was a family friendship, Chen Caozhi went into the inner courtyard under the guidance of Feng Mengxiong to meet Feng's wife Sun, and Sun was also very happy, and instructed the cook to prepare lunch, and to leave Chen Caozhi's master and servant three people to eat.

Feng Mengxiong said to the little maid beside Sun: "Call Ling Bo to come out and meet Cao Zhi, the Chen and Feng families are two generations of friendship, Cao Zhi and Ling Bo are like brothers and sisters, don't be separated." ”

Sun said: "Wait for me to call her in person." Before leaving, he smiled and glanced at Chen Cao.

Chen Caozhi was a little embarrassed, because his mother had said that she would propose to the Feng girl for him, so now he was quite uncomfortable when he saw Feng's wife Sun's eyes like his mother-in-law looking at his son-in-law, and he didn't want to be decided by others about his marriage.

Feng Lingbo is fourteen years old, with a goose egg face, clear eyebrows, and a body that has grown out, only slightly shorter than Chen Caozhi, quite slender, Ying Ying stepped forward and said, "Virtuous brother, sister Wanfu." ”

Chen Caozhi returned the salute with his gaze, but he still saw Feng Lingbo's cheeks flushed, presumably his mother Sun said something to her, but fortunately, Feng Lingbo quickly went in, and Chen Caozhi also resigned from Sun and followed Feng Mengxiong to the front hall to sit down and talk.

Feng Mengxiong asked about Chen Jiawu's recent situation and Chen's mother, Li Shi'an? Chen Cao answered one by one, and Feng Mengxiong picked "Mao's Poems" and "Analects" to test Chen Caozhi's knowledge, and he was even more happy to see Chen Cao's answers.

Chen Caozhi led the topic to the inspection of July, Feng Mengxiong frowned, he knew the situation of Chen Jiawu, and said: "The new Lu master said that he wanted to use this inspection to increase taxes and serve the people in the imperial court, which is high-sounding, but where did he dare to touch the hair of the Tang Shi clan, it was nothing more than bullying the cold men of this county with the intention of soliciting bribes, I heard that Lu Zhubo wanted to let his Lu clan rise from the Shu clan to the Shi clan——"

Chen Cao was stunned and asked, "Can it be promoted?" ”

Feng Mengxiong smiled: "It's not a bright ascension, it's a dark ascension, or it is a change of registration and fraudulently entering the scholar clan, and you can still be exempted from tax service." ”

Chen Caozhi was a little surprised: "Pretending to be a scholar is a big crime, how dare Master Lu act so recklessly?" ”

Feng Mengxiong said: "Very few people know about this matter, and Master Lu has a close relationship with the Chu family in this county, and the Yu family has children who hold important positions in Wu County, so unless there is a grudge against Master Lu, no one will report him." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "This master book surnamed Lu is also related to the family of the powder widower, I am afraid that it will not be good for my Chen family." Asked: "Uncle Feng, can the Lu clan continue to pretend to be a scholar, and it is impossible for him to serve as the chief secretary of Qiantang County for the rest of his life?" ”

Feng Mengxiong said: "As long as we can escape the next great earth break (that is, the national general inspection), it is really possible for the Lu clan to become a legitimate scholar, because over time, the identity of the Lu clan will become false, of course, this may be thirty or fifty years later." ”

Chen Caozhi really gained a lot of knowledge, and thought: "This trip is not worthwhile, Uncle Feng revealed such a big secret to me, so I have the bottom in my heart." ”

Feng Mengxiong said: "As for the matter of coming to Fu Yinhu, I will find out for you when I meet Master Lu another day, see what his opinion is, if you really want to take back Yinhu, let him take it back——"

"Huh?" Chen Caozhi felt that Uncle Feng was too weak, and said: "Uncle Feng knows, Laifu has been in my Chen family for more than ten years, although he is a master and servant, he is actually the same relative, how can I bear his family to be bullied in Qiaozhou!" ”

Feng Mengxiong said: ", you don't want to fight with Master Lu when you are young, in Qiantang, the Chen family can't fight the Lu family, don't think that with the handle of the Lu family pretending to be a scholar, you can intimidate him, he can immediately change back to the Shu nationality, and then the Chen family will not be able to gain a foothold in Qian Tang." ”

Chen Caozhi said calmly: "Uncle reminded me that Cao Zhi would not be so reckless, but there is really no way to help the Laifu family?" ”

Feng Mengxiong said: "There is only one way, that is, to change Laifu into a tenant with a household registration in this county, that is, in the future, he will have to serve miscellaneous labor and pay the land tenant transfer, and his family can still farm in Chenjiawu - you don't have to worry about this, your uncle will do it for you, you wait in Chenjiawu, and let Laifu come to me every half month." ”

Chen Caozhi thanked Uncle Feng, and felt quite uncomfortable, he should pay taxes and serve, but Master Lu's face made him unhappy.

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