In order to study, Fang Yingwu once again rummaged through his belongings and found two brushes and half a piece of ink, which were probably left by his father. It's a pity that there is no half a piece of paper, and there is no decent book, and there is no place for pen and ink.

Fortunately, now I have five taels of student silver presented by Zhixian in my hand, and a few silver beans that Wang Xiaoniang blatantly smashed, and there are two or three taels of it. Looking at the entire Shanghuaxi Village, it is estimated that it is the "big household" with the most abundant cash flow, and if you ignore the thirty taels of debts that may bring disaster at any time.

The bulk of the money should be kept as the funds for taking the exam, and if it is too expensive to buy books, you can ignore the rate first, but you should buy some paper for ordinary use.

For some reason, he thought of the old people in his previous life who practiced calligraphy on the ground of the square with a brush dipped in water, maybe he could follow suit?

But in these years, it is not easy to find even such a large enough brick, unless you go to Wang Dahu's house to remove a few pieces. However, if you really can't buy paper, you can try it on a table.

Don't be delusional that there will be shops in the mountain villages, and don't expect vendors to set up stalls, even the merchants will not be stupid enough to spend a day in the deep mountain villages to sell a few needles. This is a self-sufficient "paradise" paradise that is made out of the world, and the RI is resting.

Chun'an County is surrounded by mountain peaks and streams, and thousands of mountains and rivers have become a pure natural dividing line, separating a small world, and many rural elderly people are only afraid that they will not know the appearance of the city for the rest of their lives. The three villages of Huaxi are just one of them, but they are relatively close to the county seat, only ten miles of mountain roads, but they are closed enough in Fang Yingwu's eyes.

Under such conditions, the demand for buying and selling is realized in the form of a temporary bazaar, which is characterized by solving the people's trading needs at a designated time and place.

For example, in Fang Yingwu's impression, the market in Huaxi is held every time in the morning of the Lunar New Year, and the location is on the flat ground outside the village of Xiahuaxi Village, which is closest to Shijie outside the mountain, so that people from outside can come to the market. This tradition has been true for centuries from generation to generation, and it will be passed on for hundreds of years from generation to generation.

"It seems that today is the first day of the fifth month!" When Fang Yingwu thought of the bazaar, he suddenly slapped his forehead and came to his senses. I go shopping and am にす today!

Fang Yingwu, who was a little self-assured, thought of doing it, and immediately closed the door and walked out of the village, heading towards Huaxi. There were many people who traveled the same way, and most of them were women, carrying cloths, chickens, ducks, and willow baskets on their shoulders. If you think about it, you know that they all go to the market, not only to buy things, but also to sell things to outsiders for money.

"Brother Qiu! Brother Qiu! Not far from the entrance of the village, Fang Yingwu heard someone calling him from behind.

Looking back, it was his cousin Fang Yingyuan, waving his hand from afar. Fang Yingwu stopped and waited for his cousin to follow.

Fang Yingyuan panted and walked in front of his cousin, "Brother Qiu, the second uncle asked you to go to the ancestral hall to discuss matters." ”

Fang Yingwu smiled, the clan has always been attended by a few old people in the ancestral hall, but this time he called him, a fifteen-year-old young man, to go, which was both expected and reasonable. In addition to the old and virtuous people, isn't there a word called the attainer first?

Fang Yingwu asked, "Do you know what is going on?" ”

"I don't know." Fang Yingyuan replied that he really admired his cousin in his heart. The clan discussed important matters, and specially invited his cousin to attend, what a face.

The shopping was postponed, and Fang Yingwu turned around and returned to the village. There were six people who participated in this clan meeting, and the person who presided over it could only be the second uncle Fang Zhili.

Fang Zhili saw that everyone had arrived, coughed and said, "Fang Cai Cheng sent someone to pass the word, about the conscription that should be sent out in Huaxi this year, we must change the apportionment method." ”

The so-called general A is the common name of the chief, and the chief is the steward in the village.

The lowest layer of the government can only go to the county, and the county is divided into townships and li, and after a few decades it was changed to the capital and the map, but at least in the Chenghua Dynasty it was still a township system.

In the township, the first large household is appointed as the head of the department, and the service is apportioned and the order is managed; The use of highly respected people to mediate disputes among the elderly has some rudimentary judicial functions; Wealthy households were appointed as grain chiefs, responsible for collecting transportation taxes and grain.

This system originated in the period of Emperor Taizu Gao, and its original intention was to prevent the government from going to the countryside to disturb the people, so it strengthened the function of civil autonomy.

However, it should be made clear that the lihe township is not an official government, and the lichang, the elderly, and the grain chief are not officials, but at best they are equivalent to a kind of officially recognized civil self-governing chief, nominally a kind of service, and often combined with the clan shili.

The three villages of Huaxi are located in the valley and live along the banks of the stream, among which Shanghuaxi Village, where Fang Yingwu is located, is in the innermost, Xiahuaxi Village, which is dominated by Cheng, is in the outermost, and Zhonghuaxi Village, which is dominated by Wang, is in the middle.

However, the three villages are often collectively referred to as Huaxi to the outside world, and the three villages of Huaxi are also compiled into one mile on the household registration establishment, and the official statement is Huaxi in Zitong Township. The national dynasty system is 110 households, but according to Fang Yingwu's visual measurement, there are countless black households in Huaxi, how can the three villages add up to only 110 households?

Like other villages in the county, Huaxi also has three giants: the chief, the elderly, and the grain chief, representing the administration, justice, and taxation respectively. The genes of the dynasty to emphasize politics are deep-rooted, but even if it is as small as such a mountain township, there is also a political shili distribution map.

Now the chief and the old man are both the Cheng family of Xiahuaxi, and the grain chief is served by the Wang family of Zhonghuaxi, that is, Wang Dewang, who is familiar to Fang Yingwu. In comparison, the Fang family in Shanghuaxi has the smallest population and the poorest, and the only poor Xiucai who can show his hand has been missing for two years, and Shili is much weaker than the other two.

Fang Yingwu silently recalled these situations, and then looked at the second uncle's face, and guessed that something bad must have happened.

Sure enough, I heard the second uncle continue: "Cheng Zongjia has spoken, the three villages have their own clans, in order to facilitate discipline, from this year onwards, the conscription of Huaxi will be borne by each village in turn, and the village that is in turn will bear all the conscription in the book. And it starts with us going up to Huaxi. ”

Everyone in the ancestral hall heard the words and exchanged ears, and they were very dissatisfied with Cheng Zongjia's new method.

In previous years, the conscription of the entire Huaxi has always been calculated by household, and each village is proportionally outnumbered, and the number of households in Shanghuaxi is the least, and the manpower is naturally small. If according to Cheng Zongjia's new rules, then all the conscription this year will be borne by the Fang family of Shanghuaxi Village, which is obviously very difficult.

"How can this be? Then don't our village be tired to death this year! It's just too deceitful! An uncle named Fang Fengshi said angrily.

Fang Yingwu shook his head, these uncles still had a short understanding and didn't realize the real fate.

He reminded: "All new policies are common to change orders overnight. Cheng Zongjia said that this year according to the new rules, if our family first undertook all the conscription, then next year, if Cheng Zongjia said that the new rules are not good, and the old rules have to be used, and the three families jointly apportioned the conscription, then this year, our family will not contribute in vain? ”

"Secondly, originally our Shanghuaxi Fang family had the least and the least contribution. But if the three villages take turns, wouldn't it be the same as the other two? Zuihou has evolved into an average servitude in the three villages, which is also not good for us to go to Huaxi. ”

Everyone in the ancestral hall was stunned for a moment, and after understanding what Fang Yingwu meant, the discussion suddenly became louder.

The second uncle patted the case and asked, "Brother Qiu is a big and understanding person, what he said is good!" All in all, this is bullying us to go to Huaxi, what can you do to deal with it? ”

At this point, the ancestral hall fell silent, and everyone had no idea except for anger. That Cheng Zongjia is a member of the Cheng family in Xiahuaxi Village, the Cheng family is not only numerous, but also two or three consecutive mayors and village elders are from the Cheng family, which is almost a hereditary position of the Cheng family.

Compared with the Cheng family, the Fang family can't fight with weapons, and it is far worse than Shili in the township, so the Cheng family is clearly bullying people this time, what can they do? Zhonghuaxi Village also has the grain chief of Huaxi's richest man, Wang Dahu, which makes the Cheng family have some scruples, but the Fang family in Shanghuaxi Village has no characters, and he has disappeared when he has a show.

"If you can't do it, you can only admit it, so let's disperse. If Fang Qingzhi was still in the village, there would probably be no such thing. Fang Zhili also hated himself in his heart for being incompetent, so he waved helplessly.

This is the living material of the rural social history of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Yingwu sighed in his heart. This fully demonstrates how unscrupulous bullies in the countryside bully ordinary peasants who have no power and no power.

If someone in the Fang family goes bankrupt because of forced labor, the land will also be annexed by other large households, which has become a typical case of land annexation. Mergers come and go, the yeoman farmers are ruined, and the dynasty should be destroyed.

When he came back to his senses, Fang Yingwu saw that the people of the clan were gloomy and bleak, and he couldn't bear it, and suddenly a sense of responsibility surged into his heart. He is not only a historical observer, but also a living person who does live in this time and space, and these people around him are not NPCs, they are clansmen of the same ancestor.

Besides, the soul snatching occupies someone else's body, and you can't be too comfortable to be a high-ranking person, you must fulfill your obligations to have a clear conscience, and he doesn't like to owe others anything (please ignore a few silver beans in his pocket).

Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu said loudly: "Elders, leave this matter to me, I'll think about it." But when I call you to act, you must not hesitate, you must trust me. Fang Yingwu said.

Everyone seems to have seen a big savior, Pan Mingjun and Qing officials are too far away, and the high-level talents around them are really dependent. They all said: "Trustworthy, trustworthy, who can not trust Brother Qiu!" ”

Out of the ancestral hall, Fang Yingwu looked up at the sky, it was still early at this time, the market was estimated to have not dispersed, and it was still too late to go shopping.

Therefore, he left the village quickly, and the market was on the side of Cheng's house in Xiahuaxi Village, this time not only to shop, but also to do something unseemly.

There is no way, if the methods of the bullies had normal channels to crack, there would not have been so many peasant uprisings in history, so we could only fight evil with evil.

This time I was really lucky, but fortunately, the Cheng family had this incident with Sister Lan. If the problem is solved, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

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The first update that is long overdue! The second watch was around seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and the third watch was around half past eleven in the evening.

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