Chapter Twenty-Seven: Fighting for the Land I
Tie Zhongying relied on his position at the yamen, and had a good gun and club, and practiced benevolence and righteousness in the village, and often cared about the lives of other people's wives in the village, or drove his own livestock to other people's fields, so as not to compete with each other for fertility. The list of things like moving a boundary marker, or snatching a few disobedient poultry from someone's house is too much to mention.
Hearing the news that he was hacked to death, the people of Xiaotiezhuang rushed to tell each other, and everyone was sad and mourned in unison: Very good person, died too late.
The debt is repaid quickly, and the family was originally supported by Tie Zhongying, so those people had to swallow their anger, but now as soon as Tie Zhongying falls, these people have no scruples. Coming to the Tie family is naturally revenge, revenge, what you see, and some think of Tie Zhongying's kindness in taking care of his wife and daughter in the past, and they also want to repay the favor. Fortunately, Iron Coral has always been strong, and he learned a good gun and stick with his father, so those people didn't dare to mess around, but the floating wealth was also confiscated by eight points.
As for the thirty acres of land, the adjacent land on the left and right is the Buddha field of Chengfu Temple, and only it stands alone, so that the Buddha field of Chengfu Temple cannot be connected to a line. In actual farming, it does bring a lot of problems.
In the past, there were monks who wanted to buy the land, but Tie Zhongying's price was too high, and his roots were in the main temple of Shaolin Temple. As soon as Tie Zhongying died this time, the monk came to the door without scruples, and this woman was too outstanding, and almost made a big incident.
The woman reported herself to the court, her surname was Miao Xiugu, and she was a hard-working person. My parents died in the rebellion of the white-clothed army, I sang with my grandfather, and met Tie Zhongying, so I fell to this point, "I have accepted my fate, no matter how bad Tie Zhongying is for me, he is also my first man and my husband, so I can only be his wife." I don't have a good stomach, and I can't give birth to an heir for him, so I have to be kind to the coral. The land is coral, and as long as I live, I will not let anyone take it. ”
This Miao Xiugu can also be regarded as a tragedy of this era, obviously occupied, and even her grandfather died soon because she was imprisoned. But he decided to follow Tie Zhongying with peace of mind, and he was desperate to protect the field he left behind.
She knew that her own strength was too weak, at least when facing Chengfu Temple, she didn't have the strength to fight at all, maybe the only reliance was the young Jinyi Wei in front of her. She has walked through the rivers and lakes, and her knowledge is stronger than that of these countrymen, but her strength is limited. In her ears, she also heard the stories of those brocade guards who peeled their skin and cramped, and killed people, and regarded them as the living king of Hades. Only the living Yama can fight against those fake Buddhas, right?
Her voice was originally good, but at this time, she poured out softly, adding a little warmth, "What is the nunnery, when I don't know?" It's nothing more than a change of brand, Coral is still a big girl, how can she be pulled to that kind of place. This Yang official, have you ever married? Coral is a good girl, and she will definitely be a good helper to you. If you are willing to accept her, I will give these thirty acres of land as a dowry to Yang Daguan. ”
She thought clearly, the monk dared to bully her as a widow, dared to catch iron coral and go to the nunnery, but she would never dare to take the field of a hundred households in brocade, let alone arrest a daughter-in-law of a hundred households in brocade clothes to the nunnery. This is the power of the official body, the monk is not a robber, although they often show more power than the robber, but in the face of the official government, they are afraid of the official after all.
Yang Chengzu didn't answer this question, but asked another thing, "What's going on with this Buddha field?" These monks are so lawless and take away people's land, these monks are simply lawless, do they want to rebel? There is also the matter of forcibly abducting women from good families, so aren't you afraid of being investigated by the yamen? ”
Xiu Gu sobbed again, "Why wasn't I a woman from a good family at the beginning, and didn't I become a continuation of the dead ghost later?" If this woman from a good family enters the nunnery, she is not a woman from a good family. As for the Buddha field, Henan Bafu, where is there no Buddha field, when will there be fewer Buddha fields in our Hua County? If you vote for the Buddha field, you don't have to pay rent, and you can only give it to the temple for filial piety, and there are many stupid people who take the initiative to invest the land in the temple and be a tenant in the temple with peace of mind. It wasn't until they became tenants that they found that the filial piety in this temple was only a lot more than the taxes paid by the imperial court, but it was not as good as voting in the temple to the government, even if they wanted to regret it, it was too late. ”
If the official tax of the imperial court cannot be paid, you can also ask the elders in the village to go to the government to talk about the items, or apply for exemption and exemption to delay. For example, Su Song, who is known as the heaviest tax in the Ming Dynasty, owes seven million stones in taxes and grain, and the court has no rut at all, but the taxes in the temple are not easy to delay. If anyone dares to make trouble and refuse to pay, there will be strong monks who invite the owner back to the temple to eat vegetarian and recite sutras.
Please go back to the temple to eat vegetarian and recite the scriptures, but it is not for you to eat and recite it. Here to learn the spirit of the Buddha's hard work, not enough to eat during the day, not to sleep well at night, if there is a mistake in chanting the scriptures, this stick rains down, by no means than the board of this public door is not much inferior.
If the tenant has a beautiful female dependent, maybe the masters will make a cameo appearance to send their sons to Arhats. After a few tenants have been married for many years, after the whole family was caught in the temple, they were blessed by the Buddha's power, and after they came back, they had offspring incense, which was also an unexpected harvest.
Shaolin is powerful, and the local government is afraid of his disciples on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is even more jealous of the attitude of the Son of Heaven. Although this Chengfu Temple is only a branch of Shaolin, but over the years it has also accumulated thousands of acres of land, and it has to be regarded as a first-class landlord in Huaxian County.
This Master Guangzhao is old, but he doesn't want to be promoted. However, he wanted to increase some of his performance, not only to be listed in the Forest of Steles in the future, but also to recommend a few disciples to enter the upper courtyard, so he worked very hard to connect the Buddha fields of Xiaotiezhuang into a line.
Sixty percent of the common people in the entire small iron village are Shaolin tenants, and the other large part is tenants of other gentry, and there are very few yeoman farmers. The county's tax revenue has been declining year after year, which is also the reason. Na Xiugu said: "As long as the eldest lord is willing to accept these fields, the little woman is willing to let the coral serve the left and right, and I hope the eldest lord will not dislike it." ”
Yang Chengzu said: "Let's talk about this later." It's still in the mourning period of the iron head, let's say this is not appropriate. Don't worry, big lady, with me, I guarantee that no one will move you. We've been there for a long time, in case someone gossips about it's not good, you can't walk the road, and if you don't do it again, I'll help you? ”
Xiu Gu nodded, "It's much better, thank you for your help, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what to do." Those monks are fierce and vicious, and there are more than a dozen warrior monks in the temple, you should be careful. Those monks are very good, but don't eat their immediate losses. ”
The two of them walked while talking, and went back from the back door, and the iron head and the others were not at ease and had already found them. Seeing the two of them coming, he couldn't help but gesture at Yang Chengzu, "Brother Yang is really powerful, and when you can't see it, you will take the little master?" Let's say, if you want to stop such a woman, you have to be Brother Yang. ”