Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 686
Six out-of-place students from Jia Clan Studies temporarily lived in the Guest House of the Xunyan Yushi Yamen Intermediate Court.

Before, the hostess Jia Min had ordered the servants to tidy it up, and the two connected secondary courtyards could easily accommodate a dozen or 20 people.

There are only six students who live in the guest house of Xunyan Yushi Yamen.

As for the guards of the Ning Mansion who escorted them here, they were arranged in the Yanding camp not far from the Xunyan Yushi's Yamen.

After all, it is an important government office with a huge amount of money in its hands. How could it be possible that there is no deterrent force?
Yanding is an armed force specially affiliated to the Yanzheng Yamen, which shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to patrolling the Yan Yushi Yamen.

This vote of Ningfu guards will not return to the capital for the time being, and they will follow the first wave of ethnic students to stay in Yangzhou.

When the second wave of outstanding students arrives, they will change shifts with their peers behind.

After all, it is thousands of miles away from the capital, so the necessary force protection is indispensable.

What kind of situation is in the local area, the information collected by the information channels of the Ningrong Second Mansion cannot reveal it.

It can only be said to be just in case, if there is any man-made disaster, at least with the riding skills of the outstanding students and the nurses, as long as it is not too unlucky to rush out of the dangerous area.

As for greeting the Jia clan in Jinling, it was just an extra layer of insurance.

The Ningrong Second House is not very clear about the current situation of the Jinling Jia clan.

The official protection talismans of the four great families that have been widely circulated must have been taken advantage of by the Jinling clan.

Jia Rong didn't know whether the Jinling clan had completely transformed into a local tycoon with the help of the power of the Ningrong Second Mansion.

As for whether the Jinling clan participated in the salt government, the Ningrong Second House was also in a state of black eyes.

Under such circumstances, the Jinling clan is really not worthy of trust.

Before those outstanding students left the capital, Jia Rong had told them in private, and more than once.

Jia Rong's idea is very simple. If you have contact with the Jinling clan, don't easily get involved in the affairs there, let alone agree to any requests from the clan there.

I heard and saw any information about the Jinling clan, it is best to record it in the form of notes, and send it to the clan school after returning to the capital.

If you encounter important or urgent matters related to the Jinling clan, you can ask Lin Ruhai to help deliver the letter.

In short, it is best not to get involved in matters related to the Jinling clan.

The Ningrong Second Mansion's care for the Jinling clan has been quite strong, and it has even lasted for nearly a hundred years.

Every few years, money will be paid to buy a batch of sacrificial land, which will be attached to the name of the Jinling clan as the family property of the clan.

The so-called sacrificial fields are the last guarantee of the entire Jia clan.

Just like public property, every year the clan members can get part of the output from the offerings of the sacrificial fields, no matter how poor the family is.

Of course, the sacrificial fields are also managed by the Jinling tribe, so there must be some dirty things or bullying.As for how well they manage, the capital is not very clear.

Sacrificial fields, that is the clan property recognized by the imperial court and the government.

Generally, as long as it is not a catastrophe of extermination of the clan, the imperial court will basically not move the clan to sacrifice the land.

With the accumulation of nearly a hundred years, the number of sacrificing fields recorded in Danning Mansion has exceeded [-] mu.

What is that concept?
Based on the production of paddy fields in the Jiangnan border, if there are two crops a year, the annual harvest of one mu of field should be about seven stones.

[-] mu of sacrifice land equals [-] stones!
After deducting various expenses and some unexplainable consumption, the annual grain surplus is at least [-] to [-] shi!
If it is evenly distributed to all clan members, every family is well-off, which is the minimum standard.

Of course, things are not that simple.

The Ningrong Second Mansion naturally wanted to take the lead, and some powerful clansmen from the Jinling clan also had a large proportion of profits.

But even the leftovers are enough for the rest of the clan to eat and clothe themselves, and there is still enough energy to provide for the children in the family to go to school.

This is just a guaranteed income from the land sacrifice. How much benefit can be involved in a single official protection talisman?
However, even the Jia family in Jinling has not become a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River!
The children of the clan, there are not even many scholars in the past hundred years!
To put it bluntly, it is worse than the clansmen in the capital!
Under such circumstances, how could it be possible for Jia Rong to encourage outstanding students to take the initiative to contact the Jinling clan?

Naturally, Lin Ruhai didn't know what Jia Rong was thinking, and he warmly received the six outstanding students from the Jia Clan Studies in the capital.

It was another welcome banquet and several days of rest were given, and only then did they begin to understand the specific conditions of these out-of-place students one by one.

The talent in reading, as well as the understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, after examination, the conclusion can only be average, very mediocre.

However, the foundation is quite solid. If you are willing to work hard, it is not hopeless to be admitted to Juren.

Of course, he was referring to the examination in the capital, not the Jiangnan side.

Obviously, the Ningfu in the capital city did not have such thoughts and plans, otherwise they would not have sent people to Yangzhou for practical experience.

Lin Ruhai is not a pedantic person, in fact, she still approves of Ningfu's behavior in her heart, and the choice will naturally be different in different situations.

For example, in the Lin family, when his father died young and Lin Ruhai was still young, the orphans and widowers had to struggle to maintain the family business.

When Lin Ruhai becomes an adult, he can actually enter the officialdom without the imperial examination. It is not difficult at all to directly enter the officialdom through the connections left by his family.

But the problem is, Lin Ruhai needs to support the Lin family.

The most important thing is that he still needs to ascend to a high position as soon as possible, at least it must be a dreadful position, otherwise the Lin family's family business will not be guaranteed.

After all, as time goes by, many old relationships and friendships in the past will gradually become distant and fade away, and eventually there will be no intersection at all.

The reality is cruel, especially the official family is more practical!
If you don't have enough strength or potential, why should people treat each other as equals or look up to you?
If Lin Ruhai hadn't climbed to a certain high position before these personal connections could not guarantee the Lin family's fortune, then everything would be over.

Obviously, the imperial examination is the best way!
Of course, if there is an old father-in-law, then his career will be easier in the future, at least he doesn't have to worry about being squeezed out and suppressed, wasting time and energy.

It was also because of marrying the daughter of the Duke's concubine, and being a candidate for a certain examination, that Lin Ruhai was able to become a third-rank official in the court in just a short ten years.

There are many capable people in the officialdom. Without the strong support of his father-in-law and the strong connections brought about by the imperial examination, Lin Ruhai wants to become a third-rank high-ranking official before forty, so go ahead and dream...

(End of this chapter)