Wei Xiucai is just a talent in the final analysis, and he is not a gift, in addition to those land rents all year round, it is the income from teaching.

In addition, although his wife also has two shops in her name, how much can this profit be in the town?

Wei Xiucai had already lost a lot before, and now he brought all the money in the family, and he only hoped that Master Cheng would spare him.

"Wei Xiucai is exempt, please take a seat."

Wei Xiucai is in his forties, but now facing a young man less than twenty, the pressure has doubled.

"Master Cheng, everything is a student's confusion, it's just that the family doesn't have a lot of money, and he barely made up these to make up for the tax payment, and I hope that the adults can forgive the students for the sake of knowing their mistakes."

Cheng Jingzhou smiled, his eyes swept over the money box, and he didn't dwell on this matter.

"I heard that you have a good private school, and you have also taught two talented men in the past few years, this is your merit."

Wei Xiucai didn't expect that he could be praised again, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, since you are a teacher, you should naturally teach with your heart." ”

"You have brought all the white deeds in your hands?"

Wei Xiucai's expression was solemn, and then he remembered that the most important thing was not those deeds, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, they have all been brought." ”

After speaking, Wei Xiucai pointed to the box: "It's all inside." ”

"How many fields are there in total, Wei Xiucai can calculate it?"

Wei Xiucai's cold sweat began to break out on his forehead again, and he trembled slightly and said some things about his land before and after, this time he didn't dare to hide it, a few of them were in a hurry to use money at that time, and he took the opportunity to suppress the price.

Speaking of this, Wei Xiucai suddenly had a feeling of self-embarrassment.

Obviously, when I did it before, I didn't feel that anything was wrong, and I don't know why I feel ashamed to say it now.

Cheng Jingzhou asked him what books he had read recently, what the students in the private school were learning, and how much he had been bound up for a year.

In short, after Wei Xiucai answered tremblingly, he returned home in a daze.

Cheng Jingzhou then asked the master book to open the money box, and after careful checking, there were a total of eighty-six taels of silver in it, a total of three hundred taels of silver tickets, and two small gold ingots, totaling ten taels.

"My lord, there are a few gold jewelry in here, I think it belongs to Mrs. Wei."

Cheng Jingzhou laughed: "Take out the three hundred taels of silver tickets inside, and leave the ten taels of gold ingots, and send someone to send him back for the rest." ”

The master was stunned: "My lord, don't you leave these coins?" ”

Cheng Jingzhou shook his head: "The previous taxes and grains were all paid by tenant farmers, strictly speaking, he does not owe our yamen taxes and grains, he is worried that the official will severely punish him and then remove his fame, so he thinks of using silver money to eliminate disasters." ”

The main book thought about it, and it was true that he didn't need to pay taxes again, after all, the Du family directly concealed it, and this nature was still different.

"What about these three hundred taels?"

"The three hundred taels of silver are directly put into the treasury, and the fine silver that Wei Xiucai knows is wrongly paid, as for the ten taels of gold, you go and exchange them for silver taels, and then pay one tael of silver per mu to pay them, and then send them to those farmers, only saying that Wei Xiucai made up the tax silver for them."

The main book can't figure it out, it's obvious that Wei Xiucai is at fault first, why is it that now the adults are helping this Wei Xiucai to lie?

"If it's one tael of silver per mu, I'm afraid that these ten taels of gold are not enough."

"According to the mark on the white deed, only one or two taels of silver per mu will be paid for more than three years, and the rest can be redistributed equally. Those farmers have now taken advantage of the land for nothing, and as for the people who have only paid the tax for Wei Xiucai for one or two years, they should be grateful to Wei Xiucai if they can get a few hundred or dozens of yuan, after all, they just want to sell the land. ”

In the final analysis, it was Wei Xiucai who took the light of these farmers and bought the fields at a low price.

But even if it is not a white deed, it is replaced by a red deed, these farmers have to rely on farming to eat, maybe an acre of land can leave dozens of catties of grain, but they will choose to sell their land when they are desperate, strictly speaking, it is difficult to say that Wei Xiucai is a heinous person in this matter.

As for why he still wants to help that Wei Xiucai have a good reputation, naturally he can't take other people's silver taels for nothing, and besides, Wei Xiucai is indeed good in teaching and educating people.

Over the years, he has no intention of taking the imperial examination, but he has taught a few Xiucailang, which can be regarded as giving face to the head of Feng County, not to mention that there is a Jinshi who happens to be in the same subject as him, and he remembers his enlightenment teacher, who is this Wei Xiucai.

is reasonable, you have to give him some decency.

Cheng Jingzhou still has to be an official in Feng County, his purpose is to govern Feng County more and more prosperous, not just to come to Qingzhang, and the follow-up can not only rely on the government, but also have the cooperation of many parties to act.

After Wei Xiucai returned home, the whole person seemed to collapse, Mrs. Wei was so anxious that she immediately asked someone to invite Lang Zhong, and the family helped to untie the wide clothes to let him rest well, and ordered the kitchen to quickly make some soup and send it.

No, he had just drunk a sip of hot soup here, and the porter came to report that a servant had come to the door.

Wei Xiucai didn't care much, hurriedly dressed and took his wife to the front hall.

"Wei Xiucai, this is what our adult brought to you, he said you can see it at a glance."

Wei Xiucai looked at this familiar box, wasn't it the one he had brought the silver to before?

Mrs. Wei's eyes lit up, and she only thought that she didn't have to pay the fine, while Wei Xiucai thought more.

Wei Xiucai took the box, and after glancing at the official on the opposite side, he still opened it stubbornly.

I saw that there were dozens of taels of cash in it, which should be the part he took to the county government at that time.

In addition, there were some ashes, Wei Xiucai stretched out his hand and twisted it, and instantly thought of something, and immediately looked at the official with wide eyes.

The official truthfully relayed: "Our lord said that your previous mistakes are over, and I hope that you can teach and educate people after introspection." In addition, the ten taels of gold, the lord has already compensated those farmers in your name, and I only hope that Wei Xiucai will be able to act more openly and honestly in the future. ”

This made Wei Xiucai's face extremely ashamed!

They are a family, saying too much, and saying a lot less.

Eighty acres of tax-free land is enough to support their family's expenses, not to mention that they still have shops, and they can still have dozens of taels of silver a year, so they really shouldn't fight the ideas of those poor people.

In this matter, he was wrong after all!

Wei Xiucai handed over the box to his wife, and then took a deep look in the direction of the county office.

"I also asked this little brother to tell the county lord when he went back, and said that the student Wei will definitely teach well in the future and set a good example for the students below."