The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 196 The Big Rat ([-])

You must know that there are many people who hate Xie Shen, such as Eunuch Li's adopted son Tan Fang, such as Sun Ruoxu, and shopkeeper Wu.

If they learned that Xie Shen had a conflict with his uncle and brother in the clan, they would definitely intervene.

The truth of the matter is not important at all, they will just swoop over like flies and win the Xie clan to the opposite side of the young man.

After calming down, Xie Shen considered how to deal with this hidden danger.

Although he has a word of reason, reason tells him that he must not take it lightly.

Anyway, in his previous life, he also studied the history of the Ming Dynasty. Countless famous ministers fell to his unlucky relatives. Xie Shen didn't want to die before he was successful.

In the Ming Dynasty, fame or fame was absolutely the most important thing for scholars.

The country ruled the world with filial piety, if a hat of unfilial piety was removed, the future of this person would basically be ruined.

This filial piety is naturally not limited to one house and one household, but also needs to be filial to the elders of the entire clan.

In fact, the situation Xie Shen is facing now is not too bad. If he succeeds in the provincial examination next year, more relatives will come and compete to get the farmland under his name.

In Daming, scholar-bureaucrats enjoyed a series of privileges, the most important of which was exemption from tax and corvee labor.

As a semi-official, Juren has already stepped into the officialdom with one foot, so he can naturally enjoy the privileges of scholar-bureaucrats.

In his previous life, Xie Shen governed the history of the Ming Dynasty, and also conducted in-depth research on the land issues of the Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, exempting land from taxes under the names of scholar-bureaucrats is an extremely bad policy.

At first glance, this policy played a role in winning people's hearts and motivating scholars to study hard and become officials in the court, but in fact it planted hidden dangers for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

The ancients said that one person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven.This sentence couldn't be more appropriate for scholars in the Ming Dynasty. A large number of clansmen entrusted their land to scholar-bureaucrats, thereby exempting them from taxes.The imperial court could not collect taxes, and the land deeds were also controlled by these literati.

Although in most cases these scholar-bureaucrats would only collect symbolic taxes from their relatives and then "lease" the land to their relatives, from the perspective of the law of the Ming Dynasty, the transfer of ownership of the land has been completed, in other words, the ownership of the land has been completed. change.

Once these literati and bureaucrats repented or their descendants repented, those clan relatives who originally owned the land had to go bankrupt and become tenant farmers in the true sense.

It's terrible to be uneducated. Oral contracts have no legal effect. This is why all the land in the late Ming Dynasty was concentrated in the hands of scholar-bureaucrats and royal clansmen, while the people who really farmed went bankrupt and couldn't sustain it.

Of course, these are gossips, the first thing Xie Shen needs to deal with now is the pressure of public opinion.

There is a saying that three people become tigers, even if it is not true, it can be passed on as true
Xie Shen didn't think that the Seventh Uncle and his family's scoundrels would stop at this point, if they were really forced to their opponents, it would be difficult.

But it is absolutely impossible to ask Xie Shen to bow his head just like that.

The clay figurines still have a bit of aura, these tribesmen were able to force the eldest brother to leave Juyu Mountain, so they should stop thinking about enjoying the shade under the big tree Xie Shen.

Although it is easy to get things done with the help of clan relatives, it also depends on the clan relatives.It's a blessing not to provoke a family member like Uncle Xie's Seventh.

"Brother, if they come to knock on the door again, you have the right to pretend that you didn't hear them. I'll go out for a while, so you don't have to worry."

This matter is a bit complicated, Xie Shen wants to discuss it with Wang Shouwen, although he may not be able to come up with a solution right away, but multiple people always have multiple ideas.

But he said that Xie Shen left Xie's mansion and headed towards Wang's house. At this moment, Wang Shouwen was reading books in his study, and when the housekeeper reported that Mr. Xie Xiaoxiang arrived, he naturally put down his books and got up to meet him.

Xie Shen entered the study room and saw Wang Shouwen reading, he was surprised: "Brother Shouwen, why did you change your sex today, and you are reading?"

Wang Shouwen rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Brother Shenxian, what are you talking about? I am obviously a studious person. Isn't it normal to study in the mansion? Besides, the exam is coming soon. If I can't Once you get the qualification for the provincial examination, you will inevitably be scolded by your father."

Xie Shen nodded and said, "Brother Shouwen has such an ambition, it's great, but there are still a few months before the scientific examination, so it's not possible to make such a surprise attack."

Wang Shouwen led Xie Shen to sit down, then waved to the housekeeper to prepare some snacks and tea.

"What, brother Shenxian, is he afraid of stealing your limelight because he is studying hard? Don't worry, Xie Yuan will still be yours for next year's provincial examination. I'll take Yakui!"

Now Xie Shen was really amused.

In terms of stereotyped writing skills, he and Wang Shouwen are not as good as Xie Pi.The reason why Xie Shen was able to get the small three yuan was somewhat due to luck.But Xiao Sanyuan is Xiao Sanyuan after all, and no one can obliterate it.As long as Xie Shen doesn't perform abnormally, it's not difficult to get on the list in the provincial examination.

But if you want to pass the exam, it will be very difficult.

First of all, the township examination is very formal, not only there are chief examiners, deputy chief examiners, and fellow examiners, but also anonymous exams!

The relationship between Xie Shen and Grandmaster Chen Fangyin is very good, but since it is an anonymous exam, no matter how good the relationship is, it is useless.Without this layer of help, Xie Shen could only rely on his own hard power.But the young man was not a native of the Ming Dynasty after all. If we only talk about the quality of the articles, no matter how hard we try, there is still a gap between them and those Wenkui. To use a term, it is infinitely close and not parallel.
Moreover, the graders of the township examinations are the same examiners, who are selected from among the instructors in each state and county.In other words, the difference in the taste of the examiner may also affect the final ranking of the examinee.
It can only be said that Wang Shouwen's mentality is very good, and he actually wanted to take Yakui.
"Cough cough, tell me, what do you mean when you come to see brother Wei? You can't really come to see brother Wei for a drink with nothing to do, right? Or...for Mrs. Shen?"

Mr. Wang Hua and Wang Shouren are not in the mansion, and there is indeed no one who can control Wang Shouwen. Naturally, he can "do whatever he wants" for a while.

Xie Shen rolled his eyes and said: "Don't talk about that, there is really nothing between me and Mrs. Shen."

However, Wang Shouwen said with a half-smile: "If life is only as it was first seen, what is the autumn wind and the sad painting fan. Waiting for leisure to change but old people's hearts are easy to change. Lishan language is half past midnight. Tears rain and zero bells end Don't complain. It's better than Bo Xing Jin Yilang. Biyi Lianzhi wished that day. Brother Shenxian wrote such a beautiful poem that day, I'm afraid he didn't have any thoughts for Mrs. Shen."

Xie Shen felt helpless.At that time, it was just to help Mrs. Shen win the oiran, so she took out the poems at the bottom of the box. Now it seems that it is too high-profile
Seeing Xie Shen's silence, Wang Shouwen thought he had guessed the boy's mind, and laughed while patting Xie Shen's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)