Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 712 The imperial court wants to buy land?Yes, take out 30 taels of silver
The Yang family has Qilin'er,
This qilin'er was smart since he was a child. Logically speaking, this should be a good thing for the family. After all, a good heir can make a family go further.

But this unicorn was born with purple qi in his belly, and born with jade in his mouth, this is not a good thing.

What kind of unicorn can enter the abdomen with purple energy and be born with jade?

What does the Yang family want to do?
Not to mention being born in a merchant's family, even being born in an ordinary peasant's family is enough to attract the attention of the court.

The Gao family also really didn't understand, this matter is not hidden, and you didn't make such a big publicity, did you dislike the court and didn't see you?

Speaking of it, this Tianqi Dynasty actually relaxed many restrictions, such as merchants are not allowed to be officials, for example, low-ranking status cannot be separated, for example, changes between various household registrations are not allowed.

In addition to these, some restrictions on clothing have also been loosened. Folks don’t have to wear plain clothes all the time, they can also wear colorful colors. Except for bright yellow, you just want to learn from court officials to wear green, blue or even It's okay to be red.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you wear red, if you embroider something that shouldn't be embroidered, it's still courting death.

In addition to these, the most serious restrictions by the imperial court are domestic slaves and maidservants. First of all, it was changed to an employment system, and the master's family was strictly prohibited from arbitrarily beating, scolding and selling, and there was also a restriction on marrying concubines.

This concubine is not something you can marry whenever you want, first of all, you must have fame, and secondly, unless the main wife is over forty years old, and has never given birth to an eldest son or is infertile, you are not allowed to marry a concubine. The concubine is limited to one person, and even the court has to restrict concubines. age.

Everything is to ensure that the population of Daming is sufficient, and there will be no problems in the marriage of young people.

In addition, the imperial court relaxed many restrictions, such as the so-called mansion and house. It stands to reason that the word mansion should only be used by kings and dukes. The vassal kings of the family are also vassal princes' mansions. In addition, the house of the court elder can be called a mansion. Apart from these, the rest can only be called a house.

And the size of the gatehouse of this mansion, the geometry of the steps, the door beams, the copper nails on the door, the decoration of the door, and even the cornices and animals all have requirements, and they must not be overstepped.

Of course, these requirements are now relaxed. After all, the dignitaries live in official residences, and some rich people have money and want to show off as long as you have the money.

However, although these things are said to be relaxed, many things are still ambiguous. Whether you are overstepping the rules or not is up to you, and the court has the final say.

This is also a way to deal with your subordinates and those big businessmen. You usually indulge you and let you show off. When something happens, the court will take you down for any crime, and you still have nothing to say.

But today's son is lenient and benevolent. Don't look at the cruelty towards the barbarians, but there is absolutely nothing to say about the people of Ming Dynasty. The so-called inner sage and outer king are nothing more than that.

Therefore, the eight great families in Tianjin have door plaques such as Zhang’s Mansion, Wang’s Mansion, and Li’s Mansion. Very beautiful.

For example, the Yang family, the Yang family repaired with incomparable style, anyway, the emperor didn’t come to Tianjin, these big families are the local emperors of Tianjin, what’s wrong with the house’s style?
What's wrong with the bigger area?
The Yang family was also a high official in the court, otherwise how could there be the current Yang family's foundation?
Although it is said that they made their fortunes by relying on Tianjin's water transportation, which ones have access to this water transportation, which one has no imperial relationship, and which one does not have a few imperial court bosses standing behind them?

Although the Yang family is not as rich as before, it is still one of the eight great families in Tianjin, and this amount is here.

In the majestic backyard of the Yang Mansion, the old lady of the Yang family was watching her beloved grandson studying with his husband, shaking his head.

And in the lobby of the front yard of the Yang Mansion, the second master of the Yang family was receiving officials from the Tianjin Mansion and the Chidao Yamen.

The county magistrate of Tianjin prefecture introduced to the second master of the Yang family: "This is Mr. Fang Yunling from the Beijing-Tianjin Chidao Division of the Chidao Yamen."

Fang Yunling said with a smile: "Second Master Yang, it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. It is said that the Yang family is the head of the eight great families in Tianjin. When I met the Yang family today, it is indeed extraordinary."

Second Master Yang also felt that he had face when he heard it: "Although my Yang family is not a big family, it is still a bit thin on the one-acre-three-point land in Tianjin. If Mr. Fang wants anything, just say it bluntly."

Fang Yunling listened to Second Master Yang's blunt words. Although he still had a smiling face on the surface, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart. This Yang family is really arrogant.

With a steady mind, Fang Yunling doesn't care whether the Yang family is arrogant or not. He came here with a mission, as long as he buys the Yang family's land outside the city. As for whether the Yang family is arrogant or not, what does it matter to him?
Just a Tianjin family.

Picking up the tea on the table and taking a sip, Fang Yunling said, "Second Master Yang should have heard the recent rumors, right? The Beijing-Tianjin Chi Road is about to be built, and part of the plan for the Beijing-Tianjin Chi Road happens to be in Yang's house. The intention of Chidao Yamen is to discuss the price with the Yang family and buy this piece of land."

Second Master Yang nodded: "Oh, so this is the matter."

"Speaking of which, the land outside the city was originally an ordinary forest land, but later, Mr. Feng Shui pointed out that this place is a treasure land of Feng Shui, this place"

Fang Yunling knew what Second Master Yang meant: "Oh, that's how it is."

"How much does the Yang family plan to pay for this piece of land?"

Second Master Yang raised three fingers.

Fang Yunling was a little puzzled: "3000 taels?"

One must know that the forest land of the Yang family is only about a hundred mu, and 30 taels per mu is already a sky-high price. After all, the fertile and good fields in the south of the Yangtze River are only ten taels of silver, and this is still the best paddy field.

In the north, the price of two or three taels of silver per mu of fertile land is not low.

This is fertile land, not forest land.

For this piece of woodland, 30 taels per mu is really ten times the price of fertile land.

But if it is only 3000 taels, Chidao Yamen is not impossible. After all, this piece of woodland is forest land. Although this forest land will not be cut down easily, 3000 taels of a forest is not a loss.

It is reasonable for the imperial court to buy someone's land ten times the price, after all, it is to build a road.

Fang Yunling was thinking about it, but Second Master Yang shook his head and said with a smile, "No, no, no."

Fang Yunling narrowed his eyes: "Doesn't the Yang family want 3 taels?!"

3 taels!
That's not ten times the profit, but a hundred times the profit!

The money allocated by the Chidao yamen to repair the Chidao is only a million taels. If this family pays 3 taels, the three families add up to 10 taels.

Although he really wanted to ask if the Yang family had gone out of their minds, Fang Yunling knew that he represented the Chidao Yamen, and he couldn't make people think that the Chidao Yamen was bullying others.

After all, this road is planned, and the farmland should be avoided as far as possible along the way, but the road is close to the road, and it often involves a certain village, a certain town, or even a certain ancestral grave. These places need to be discussed with others. People cannot be driven away by force.

The imperial court has managed to leave a good impression over the years, and everyone naturally has to maintain it carefully.

Thinking about his choice of words, Fang Yunling said slowly, "Second Master Yang, why not tell you the truth."

"The Beijing-Tianjin Chidao built by the Chidao Yamen is actually for the development of Tianjin's people's livelihood. This is not only a benefit for the court, but everyone in Tianjin can benefit."

"And the expenses of this Chidao are also extremely strict. Every town and every bridge that this Chidao passes through has been determined after careful consideration by many officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Chidao Yamen."

"The forest land of the Yang family is a place that Chidao must pass through. The Chidao Yamen must be bought, but the price of 3 taels of silver is really too high."

Second Master Yang said: "No, no, Mr. Fang, you are thinking too badly. Our Yang family's 30-acre woodland costs [-] taels!"

30 taels!

Fang Yunling's eyes widened, looking at Second Master Yang as if looking at a valuable object, and the county official beside him couldn't help but gasp, as if saying: Good guy, you really dare to speak!
The repair cost of Beijing-Tianjin Chidao planned by the Chidao Yamen is only a million taels of silver. Considering various accidents in the follow-up construction, no matter how high it is, it cannot be higher than 150 million taels of silver. The Yang family dares to ask for 30 taels of silver at once. , What a lion opened its mouth!
"Could Second Master Yang be joking? That piece of forest land costs 30 taels?" Fang Yunling asked with a smile. Although there was still a smile on his face, his voice was no longer so calm.

Second Master Yang seemed very calm, and was even interested in betting on a sip of tea: "30 taels is not high, this Beijing and Tianjin run the gamut, you only sold [-]% of the stocks and collected millions of taels, so Too much money, Chidao Yamen can't cry poor with me, can it?"

"This land belongs to my Yang family, and the imperial court's approval procedures are complete. You can't buy and sell by force, can you?"

Fang Yunling choked heavily on Erye Yang's words, got up and said, "In that case, I'll go back and report to you first."

"No." Second Master Yang said very proudly.

Right now, Chidao Yamen has something to ask from the Yang family, what is he afraid of?
The county magistrate watched Fang Yunling leave straight away, and looked at Erye Yang who was sitting calmly on the chair, and couldn't help sighing: "I said, Erye Yang, 3000 taels of silver is not low for the woodland outside your Yang family city. 3 taels is already a high price, how dare you ask for 30 taels!"

Second Master Yang said very calmly: "What? The Chidao Yamen collected millions of taels of silver, how much do I want him for 30 taels? They insisted on my Yang family's land, and it was not my Yang family who forced it Chidao Yamen bought my land, if you don’t want to, you can buy someone else’s.”

The county magistrate asked, "Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the court?"

Second Master Yang said with a disdainful smile: "The Chidao Yamen is responsible for repairing the Chidao, what has it to do with the court? And I have all the procedures in hand, who can the Chidao Yamen go to? Looking for Mr. Zhang?"

"The Chidao Yamen has really appeared."

Fang Yunling, who left the Yang family holding back his anger, returned to the residence of the Beijing-Tianjin Chidaosi, still full of anger: "This Yang family is really..."

The colleague on the side comforted: "Hey, they are merchants by nature, and they are open to money. Now that they ask for a high price, we will counter the price. There will always be a price that can be negotiated."

Fang Yunling said angrily: "But they asked for 30 taels! How can we talk about this?"

The colleagues were dumbfounded. They thought the Yang family was asking tens of thousands of taels of silver, but they didn't expect the Yang family to dare to ask for 30 taels of silver!
"The Yang family dare to ask for 30 taels?! Are they crazy?! This is the way of the imperial court!"

A group of people got together to discuss, and decided to go to the Yang family to have a talk, and there are not only the Yang family in Tianjin, but also the Gao family and the Shi family. Everyone always wants to talk.

Tianjin is said to be small, but the news about the purchase of land by the Yang family at the Chidao Yamen soon spread. The Chidao Yamen has taken a fancy to the Yang family's forest outside the city. His eyes dropped in shock.

This Yang family is really bold, dare to speak for 30 taels of silver.

But compared to the boldness of the Yang family, the attitude of the Chidao Yamen is even more puzzling. Why did the Chidao Yamen still talk to the Yang family? Could it be that the Yang family really wanted 30 taels of silver?

A group of good people analyzed and analyzed, but they couldn't figure out what was going on, but the Yang family's ability to become one of the eight major families in Tianjin obviously had a background. The good people probably had a role in the Yang family's background.

Inside the Yang family, the old lady of the Yang family embraced her beloved grandson born in the second room of the Yang family, and looked at the five branches of the Yang family with a calm expression: "You all know the reason for Chidao Yamen's visit, they are I have taken a fancy to our Yang family's land."

"Some news, you have also heard."

"Don't think that Chidao Yamen is a big deal. After all, it is just a newly established Yamen, and it belongs to the Ministry of Industry. This Beijing-Tianjin Chidao is the first road that Chidao Yamen is in charge of. They dare not mess it up. "

"Since they have their eyes on our Yang family's land and are still unwilling to choose another place, how much will it cost, our Yang family has the final say?"

The fourth room of the Yang family was a little hesitant: "Mother, this Chidao Yamen is the imperial government's Yamen after all, and it is difficult for us to offend them."

The fifth room of the Yang family also said: "Yes, mother. The second brother asked for 30 taels of silver, isn't it too much?"

Mrs. Yang snorted coldly: "Is there a lot? Not at all!"

"It's true that the Chidao Yamen belongs to the imperial court, but the Chidao Yamen cannot represent the imperial court. As for offending them, how dare they lay hands on our Yang family?"

"Don't forget that the current law of the imperial court is for us and other merchants and common people. If he dares to use force against us, the imperial court will not let them go."

"As for the other issues you are worried about, it's not that our Yang family has no backers. He is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and our Yang family also has a minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and there is a cabinet elder behind him. In terms of background and influence, we are afraid of him. for what?"

The fourth room of the Yang family said, "But that branch is not with us."

Mrs. Yang said: "The broken bone is still connected to the tendon. It is true that his branch was distributed, but it is not that our Yang family did not help them. To put it bluntly, it is rare for him to have his current status." Is it supported by our Yang family?"

"Now there is no need for him to do anything, just say a few words, how can he still refuse? With the 30 taels of silver from the Yamen, we will not treat him badly."

The second son of the Yang family smiled and said: "Mother's words are very true, our Yang family is the head of the eight great families in Tianjin, but if we don't have an official position, we can't do what we are now. Although the money is not as much as before, the Yang family has a lot of money. Still, a newly built Chidao yamen, how can we get us?"

The old lady Yang touched her grandson's head, her eyes were full of love: "The future of the Yang family will be handed over to our Yang family's unicorns. With Baoyu here, the future of the Yang family is destined to be rich and prosperous, and they will all follow the same path." What is the yamen?"

Seeing how his mother loves the son of the second bedroom so much, the first wife of the Yang family sighed secretly.

Soon, Fang Yunling went to the Gao family and the Shi family successively.

When they came to the Gao family, the eldest, second and third children of the Gao family went out to greet them in person: "Welcome to Mr. Fang."

Among other things, just this attitude is many times stronger than the Yang family who was waiting for him to enter the house.

Those who didn't know, thought the Yang family was some kind of princely family.

After entering the vestibule, the boss of the Gao family said, "We already know the purpose of Mr. Fang's visit."

Fang Yunling didn't say a word. What happened yesterday has spread all over Tianjin. If the Gao family said they didn't know, then there was a problem.

"I don't know what the Gao family's plan is?" Fang Yunling was already prepared for the negotiation to fail or for bleeding, but as long as it wasn't too much, he would still agree.

The elder of the Gao family laughed and brought tea to Fang Yunling: "The Gao family's location in the wasteland outside the city was an unintentional act. Now that the court needs it, the Gao family will naturally offer it without any consideration."

"Huh?!" Fang Yunling was shocked by the Gao family's attitude, and offered it up, nothing!
The value of the wasteland is not small, the Gao family doesn't want a penny?

Seeming to see Fang Yunling's hesitation, the second child of the Gao family said: "Lord Fang, the Gao family's existence today is all thanks to the support of the court. Without His Majesty's sages, revising the ancestral system, my Gao family would not be as grand as it is now."

"What's more, Your Majesty is a generation of sages, and everything he does is for the people of the world. As a citizen of Daming, how can we remain indifferent? This is the title deed of the land outside the city. The Gao family does not take any money, but asks for your majesty. Make a little effort for the imperial court and do your best."

At this point, Fang Yunling finally understood what the Gao family meant, but he had to say that people would die if they compared people, and goods would be thrown away if they compared goods.

The Gao family's attitude undoubtedly gave Fang Yunling a good start to his trip to Tianjin. Chidao Yamen was a bit ashamed because of the rebuff on the first day, but today the Gao family undoubtedly gave Chidao Yamen a big gift.

In the end, Fang Yunling accepted the Gao family's land deed, but still gave the Gao family money at ten times the price. After all, the Gao family didn't need money, but Fang Yunling had to give money.

Because of the imperial court system, he has no right not to pay money, and he must pay money to buy land, which also shows the court's legal attitude.

In the end, Fang Yunling and the three of the Gao family had a banquet together, and finally returned to the residence of Beijing-Tianjin Chidaosi.

Hearing the righteous deeds of the Gao family, the colleagues of the Beijing-Tianjin Chidao Division all admired: "This Gao family is much more sensible than the Yang family. This is the attitude that a court gentry should have."

"Who says it's not? If it wasn't for His Majesty's benevolence, exempting from low status and abolishing class, how could the Yang family have what it is today, and now the imperial court just wants to buy their land, so it is so greedy, it is really disgusting!"

(End of this chapter)