Xishan County Ya.

An old man in ragged clothes walked into the county office with his little granddaughter trembling.

"Grass people, grass people come to find Ning Yanxian."

The official guarding the county government waved his hand a little impatiently and said: "Ning Youxian's errand has already been completed and returned to Nanjing, you can go directly to Nanjing." ”

I heard that Ning Jue was gone.

The old man knelt down in front of the official with a "poof".

"Poor master, you can do it, think of a way to let the grass people see the Xian side, our grandfather and grandson can't live anymore!"

The officer panicked.

"You old scoundrel? Ning Lixian is in Xishan, can I still call you out?! Let me think, I can't fly, how can I give you ideas?! ”

"If you don't leave, I'll hit you on the board!"

Before the official finished speaking, a voice came from the county office.

"What are you doing to criticize the elderly?"

Hearing the reprimand, the momentum of the official immediately withered.

"Haixian Zun, he is here to find Ning Yanxian, and we are not the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Hai Rui waved his hand at the official, and then sent the official away.

"Old man, what are you looking for Ning Yanxian? The court has a law, and if you have grievances, just go to me directly. ”

The old man said with some trepidation: "Old parents, this matter is not that the grass people are unconscious, but that the grass people's affairs are too small, this ...... This, alas. ”

Ning Jue's image has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Xishan.

When encountering this kind of thing, this old man only thought of Ning Jue.

Hai Rui was stunned when he heard this, and said patiently: "Old man, in this way, you tell me the case first, if it really can't be done, I will find a way for you." ”

The old man hesitated for a moment, then sighed and spoke.

"Old parents, Xiao Lao'er's family originally rented forty acres of land from the tenant owner Li in the village."

"It's just that the imperial court implemented the new law, and the tenants raised the rent, and the son and daughter-in-law felt that it was not cost-effective, so they surrendered the lease of 25 acres of land and went to Songjiang to seek a livelihood."

The so-called tenant rent is a special product of the preferential exemption system for scholars.

That is, one field and two main systems.

A piece of field, divided into field skin, field bones.

The landlord will want to donate the field to the gentry and obtain a part of the concession, and he will continue to sublet the land with his own land, which is the perpetual tenant right.

This part of the land was also known as the tenant lord, and in the original history, this system of one field and two lords also died out with the demise of the gentry.

Hai Rui couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "You rented fifteen acres of land by yourself? ”

"Originally, such a life has been abundant, but yesterday, the tenant Li suddenly returned our rent, saying that he would not need us to live next year."

"Look at my old bones, this is why the house will let me live for a while, the little old man wants to vote for his son, but he is old, he really doesn't know the road, and he doesn't know where his son is in Songshan, so he wants to disturb Ning Yanxian."

Hai Rui couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

"The agricultural time is in front of you, and he dares to return your rent?! Is there still a royal law in his eyes!? ”

"I will order him to continue to rent the land to you, no better than you going to Songshan?!"

Hearing Hai Rui's words, the old man wanted to speak and stopped.

"Old parents, we are tenants, tenants' fields."

"The little old man is not from this village, he fled in the early years, you go back like this and toss, how can the little old man gain a foothold in the village in the future, after all, it is not his own industry, the little old man just wants to find his son......"

Looking at the old man's resolute expression, Hai Rui was speechless for a while.

"Your ......" After hesitating for a long time, Hai Rui took out a prayer note from his bosom and a few small pieces of broken silver.

"Old man, it's Xishan who doesn't live with you, you take this bit of silver to the dock to take a boat, go to Huating, take my post to the county office, and they will help you."

The old man stared at the silver in Hai Rui's hand, his eyes already straightened.

The old man doesn't want it, but sometimes he can't help but want to.

Before the old man could speak, Hai Rui stuffed the silver with the prayer sticker to the old man.

"Have a nice trip."

The old man didn't speak again, just knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and led his granddaughter out of the county office.

Not long after the old man left, Hai Rui's face was already ugly and terrifying.

"County Zun, you ......"

"How many villages are there in Tengtian now?"

The official froze in place, and then spoke: "The little ones don't know. ”

"Who's behind them?"

"This ......"

Hai Rui knew that these officials lived in Xishan, and they must have gotten more news than Hai Rui.

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"I heard that there are elders in the court, and there are many nobles ......"

"You just say his Xu Jie's name and surname! My Ming Dynasty can stretch out his hand to Xishan, which one else?! ”

After that, Hai Rui wanted to leave the county office, but was stopped by the official.

"Haixian Zun, the water in here is too deep, you will have to hand over one day in the future!"

"Just because they have to hand over their duties, are they acting so recklessly?! If you don't go to farming, what will the people in the world eat in the coming year?! ”

Hai Jui knows that the people will not change if they take food as their day.

Seeing that the official bowed his head and said nothing.

Hai Rui then walked towards the outside of Xishan City.

——

Jingshi Xu family.

The door of Xu Jie's study was closed, and several of Xu Jie's personal attendants were also driven a few steps away by Xu Jie.

In the study, kneeling in front of Xu Jie was Xu Ying, the youngest son of the Xu family.

In front of Xu Jie, there were IOUs stamped with his seals.

"Crazy, is Xu Fan crazy?"

Xu Jie's forehead was covered with fine sweat, and although his voice trembled, he was still trying his best to keep his voice down.

"Dad, eldest brother, this is also a last resort!"

"The court has changed the law like this, and the people of Songjiang will not let go of such a little interest, if we don't do this, our weaving yard will be divided and eaten by the people of Songjiang Mansion!"

"Then he Xu Fan has the courage to take 20,000 acres of land out and plant kapok? ! The court blamed him, how many heads does he have?! How many heads do you and my father and son have?! ”

Xu Ying also gritted her teeth and whispered: "Dad! Sit back and wait, our family can't even keep the ancestral property, and there is still a glimmer of life if you fight! ”

Xu Jieyi sat down on the Taishi chair.

I don't know how long Xu Jie pondered for a long time, and then he said exhaustedly: "Go back and tell Xu Fan, let go of his hands and feet to do it, he only has this one chance, understand?!" ”

Xu Ying was stunned: "Dad, isn't there ...... in the palace?"

Before Xu Ying finished speaking, Xu Jie interrupted sharply: "Do you still know that there is a palace?" Do you think that 20,000 acres of land can be hidden from the eyes and ears of the palace by planting kapok?! ”

After saying that, Xu Jie picked up the black gauze hat with trembling hands.

Xu Fan, who saw this scene, panicked.

"Dad, where are you going?"

"What else can be done?! Naturally, I went to the palace to get a human head to give you a chance to live. ”

Xu Jie walked out of the study as if he had lost his soul.

The money was borrowed, and there was no going back.

There is only one way to live in front of the Xu family, and that is to pull all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty into the water.

The Duxu family borrowed silver, and the court slaughtered pigs and sheep, but if the Manchu Dynasty borrowed silver, no matter what the family did, it would not be easy for the court to kill.

This kind of thing, it's useless to say it by mouth, Xu Fan has become the climate this time, then it has gained a general trend, and everyone will end up without saying more.

Xu Jie knows very well that Xu Fan, what he needs most is time.

——

As social wealth shifted to production, the liquidity of money in the market proliferated.

The weather in the entire Jiangnan has changed majestically.

Time is becoming more and more important in the eyes of merchants, and in order to race against time, many merchants have even given up entanglement with the imperial court on business taxes.

Thirty taxes are thirty taxes and one tax, and it is important to hurry.

More and more merchants and landless tenant farmers poured into Nanjing, and at the same time, a group of shopkeepers and managers who had tasted the sweetness also began to buy real estate in Jinling.

As long as someone spends money, someone must earn it.

There are many poor people, there are many rich people, and the people are not poor, and the people are not rich, but in fact there are many people.

In Daming, the first step is naturally in the local schools, many people have earned hard-earned money, and their first reaction is not to enjoy themselves, but to send all their babies to the school.

Even if the family background is not so thick, he also picked one of the most clever among the children and sent it to the study, and the private school Mr. who taught children to be enlightened and literate became the first piece of fragrant bread in the Ming Dynasty, and it was difficult to find a teacher in Jinling and Xishan.

Many students and talents simply gave up the imperial examination and concentrated on teaching and educating people at home.

Under the impact of silver, the rooster song conference carefully arranged by Yang Shen, the first genius of the Ming Dynasty, seemed to not even make a wave, and soon fell into silence.

A vigorous and competitive situation is already in sight.

"Since the new law, the livelihood of the people of Jinling has been greatly improved, and the grain stored in Tailing has also rebounded for the first time since Emperor Xianzong."

“……”

McFuk read the accounting sent by various ministries in front of Zhu Zaili with a happy face.

There is only one sentence to sum it up.

Jiajing has succeeded to the throne for so many years, and the imperial court finally has a little surplus food!

The lives of the people in the city are changing visibly.

As he read it, McFuy began to cry.

"Fortunately, the emperor has been sleeping all night, so today, the minister went out of the palace yesterday to see, many people are wearing new clothes, it is really a prosperous era of Jiajing, and the holy bow is virtuous!"

It's not just Gangnam.

The provinces are sending congratulatory tables to the Cabinet.

Since the new law, the imperial court has swept away the decline, and the nine-sided soldiers and horses are also in the process of rectification, and the Ming Dynasty seems to be in the world of Zhongxing.

This time, no one in the garrison hall picked Jiajing's thorn.

Actions speak louder than words.

Daming's vitality is recovering, which is a fact that no one can deny.

On the huge hall.

Only Ning Jue hugged Chao Wat and leaned against the pillar expressionlessly.

Zhu Zaili looked at Ning Jue suspiciously: "Master Ning didn't say a word, but there are still hidden drawbacks in the imperial court?" ”

"No, the Haiyan River is clear, the world is peaceful, it's great."

After saying that, Ning Jue arched his hand towards Zhu Zaili and said, "Your Highness, the minister's body has not been happy for a while, so he retired first." ”

Then Ning Jue arched his hand and walked straight towards the outside of the hall.

A trace of displeasure flashed on the faces of both Mai Fu and Lu Bing.

Daming finally put on a beautiful box worthy of the words "Heavenly Empire", and everyone was amazed by the weather of the Celestial Empire.

But Ning Jue knew what was in this box, but Ning Jue hadn't figured out how to open it.

As soon as he left the palace gate, a scribe from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was already waiting at the Chengtian Gate.

"You Xian, Xishanhai County has arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I am shouting that I must see you."

"Can I not see me?" Before Ning Jue's words fell, Hai Rui's voice sounded beside him.

Hai Rui, who was ten paces away from the scribe, had already bowed.

"I'm afraid not, Xiaguan Hai Rui, I've seen Youxian."

Ning Jue looked at this Hai Qingtian and took a deep breath: "You left your post without permission, and you are rebellious. ”

"The lower officials risked the burning of the ten-year cold window to see the lower officials, and the lower officials should not be gone."

(End of chapter)