Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

It turns out that one tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to about forty grams in later generations, and 600 taels of silver added up to 24 kilograms. 24 kilograms is okay, but the problem is that Boss Lin also gave the money for the next two episodes.

48 kilograms, all of which are five taels and ten taels of scattered silver, placed on the ground is a cube with a length, width and height of one foot.

How can this be taken back?

When I used to watch costume TV series, those young heroes would go out a few hundred taels for a meal.Things like money bills only appeared in the Qing Dynasty, and whoever had nothing to do wandered around with things weighing dozens of catties.

A few hundred taels, although the young hero has profound skills, he can't stand this kind of toss.Besides, everyone is handsome and unrestrained chivalrous men. When they are away from home, their bodies are clanging and the stench of copper is overwhelming.

With so much money, I definitely can't carry it by myself, and if I find a porter, it will be too much noise.

Su Mu is still living in the old Su family's house now, and suddenly made a fortune, it is inevitable that he will be coveted by the family members.

The last time it was only 60 taels of silver, it had already attracted Sanfang and Sifang to open the ancestral hall to make their own ideas.

Now I suddenly got more than 1000 taels, and I don’t know what will happen?

This is a feudal society, and the power of the clan is unimaginable to modern people.

He, Su Mu, is just a junior now, and the elders in the clan only need to move a finger if they want to rectify themselves.Moreover, this kind of housework is out of the government's control.

As long as you can't be an independent family for a day, the clan can use various reasons and means to take over your private property into the public.Since the opening of the ancestral hall last time, Su Mu has seen the faces of the third and fourth uncles clearly.

Never overestimate the lower limit of the ancients.

Now my situation is like a child strutting through the market with a lot of money in his arms, which is very dangerous.Before you have enough strength to protect your property and family, you must keep a low profile.As for how to gain power... It is obviously impossible to do business. The status of businessmen in the Ming Dynasty is extremely low, which is equivalent to bad people.Even if you are as rich as a country, once something happens, you will be a fat sheep at the mercy of the government.Boss Lin's business is so big that he doesn't have to pay taxes, and it's not because he has a reputation as a scholar.It ranks first among the four people of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.Wait, when my father was alive that year, the reason why the third and fourth fangs bowed to my first wife was not because my father was a qualified official and a famous person in the county.Fame, official position...

Hey, yes, this is a feudal society, the Ming Dynasty where the emperor and scholars ruled the world together.

As long as you have fame or even become an official, you are the ruling class.

As long as I, Su Mu, is selected as a scholar, no, at least I have to be a Juren.

At that time, the third uncle and the fourth uncle may not dare to come to my opinion.If they dare to do this, they will provoke scholars and report to the government. With the backing of scholars, the officials will only favor themselves, not two ordinary squires.

Besides, as long as I, Su Mu, become an official, I can be independent.Even if he doesn't separate his family, he should be the head of the clan no matter what, so that he doesn't lose face to the court.Otherwise, something is going on, should we listen to the clan authority or the regime?

Even if it is not for the sake of protecting one's own property, a gentleman does not talk about profit. To put it bluntly, if he travels through a journey and has insight beyond his contemporaries, is he still satisfied with being a rich man?This is too much to live up to the arrangement of the heavens, no matter what happens, he will be the leader.

From ancient times to the present, China has been a world where officials are based, and only being an official is a good way out.In this country, as long as you don't hold an official position, no matter how rich and powerful you are, a small magistrate can easily kill you.The power of the individual is lighter than a feather in front of the state machine.

But if you win the Juren, you may become an official.Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, a small county party secretary is nothing at all, but the entire Ming Dynasty only had more than 1000 counties.The magistrate of the Ming Dynasty was also the county magistrate, the president of the court, the director of the public security bureau, and the director of the national and local taxation bureaus. His power was astonishingly great, and his words and deeds directly affected the livelihood of thousands of people under his rule.

Unknowingly, Su Mu's thinking has changed from making a fortune and keeping private property to politics.

"If you want to become an official, you have to take the imperial examination first. Although it is difficult, you have to try it. Isn't it the civil service exam? I also thought about this idea in my previous life. Later, because I stayed in school and lived a stable life, I became lazy. This The second is forced by the form, so I have to try. Speaking of which, many of my classmates were admitted to civil servants. Those people’s grades at the beginning were not as good as mine, so they passed the exam. I didn’t think at the time that after ten years in the society Afterwards, the people I despised at the beginning became officials and had a rich life, while I was still a poor university lecturer, and the gap suddenly widened. Whenever I think about this, I always regret it, I regretted that I was reluctant to live a stable life in college. This time, maybe God gave me a chance to choose again!"

Fortunately, although the previous owner of this body was a bit stupid, his basic skills were solid.With the guidance of a famous teacher like Mr. Shao, it may not be impossible to get a job in the examination.The next month is the government examination, which is not difficult. The key is the hospital examination in July. As long as you can get the honor of a scholar, you can take the rural examination in September.

After the rural examination, "Journey to the West" should also be finished.The Jinshi course is too difficult, I'm afraid I won't get in, so I can only use the 6000 taels of manuscript fee to go to Beijing to operate, to see if I can make up a county magistrate from the seventh rank.

Su Mu was lost in thought.

Seeing that Su Mu remained silent for a long time, Boss Lin thought that Su Mu was too little, and hurriedly said: "Su Xiaoguan, we agreed on 300 taels for an episode at the beginning, you can't go back on your word."

Su Mu came to his senses and shook his head: "Man, once you say a word, it's hard to follow. Naturally, you can't regret what you promised. Mr. Lin, don't worry."

"That……"

Su Mu: "There's too much money, I don't have the strength to move it home." He spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.

Boss Lin was determined: "It's a bit heavy, I'll send someone to send it to your house right away."

Su Mu: "It's just more than 1000 taels of silver, but I didn't take it to heart. Forget it, send it to the old man first, and I will come to pick it up when I really need it. Also, you are not allowed to say that I wrote this book ?”

"But why?" Boss Lin originally planned to publicize the gimmick that Su Mu, the head of the county test in this issue, is the original author of "Journey to the West" to create momentum for the upcoming third episode.

Now, Su Mu's poem has been widely circulated in Baoding Prefecture, and the name of the young talent has begun to take shape, which is a good opportunity to vigorously promote this book.

In the past few days, Boss Lin has been thinking about this matter, and he was very puzzled when he heard what Su Mu said.

Su Mu said indifferently: "The story-telling novels are just for Su Mu's leisure time, so they can't be taken as real. Scholars should still focus on moral articles and stereotyped writing. Su Mu will take part in the government examination soon. It's not good."

After finishing speaking, he took a handful from the pile of silver, put it in his arms, and floated away.

Boss Lin admired him for a moment. This Su Ziqiao was full of philistine spirit when he bargained with me to improve the pen.Now a huge sum of more than 1000 taels of silver is placed in front of him, but he dismisses it.He really deserves to be a talented person who wrote "One Night's Dongfeng People Thousands of Miles", full of morale and style, but I underestimated him.

Unexpectedly, although his family is poor, he also knows how to study and make progress.If I spread the fact that he is the original author of "Journey to the West", wouldn't it just ruin his reputation.If the examiner is a Mr. Morality, and I brush him off, I will be guilty of a serious crime.

Judging from the talent shown in Su Xiaoguan's poem and "Journey to the West", he may not be a scholar or even a scholar in the future. The heart of negligence.

So he carefully collected the money, issued an IOU, and ordered the clerk to chase after him and send it over.