marquis of jingan

Chapter 224 Take Advantage!
The two brothers drank until late at night, and it was very late that Zhang Jian got up to say goodbye. Because Shen Yi was drunk too, he had to ask his third brother, Shen Ling, to send the county magistrate back to the county government for him.

The next day, Shen Yi slept until the sun rose high before getting up from the bed, because he drank a little too much last night, after he got up and washed his face, he sat for a long time before waking up.

When he woke up, the small Shen family was already full of people.

After he washed, Shen Zhang took him to the main hall of his home, and saw that the main hall of Shen's house was already full of people, at a glance, there were at least thirteen or four.

Shen Zhang pulled Shen Yi and introduced them to Shen Yi one by one.

Most of these people are surnamed Shen, that is, members of Shen Yi's own family.

There are also some people from Shen Yi's mother's family, that is, relatives from his mother's side.

The direct descendant of the Shen family is the uncle Shen Hui's family, so there is usually no Shen family to take care of their four branches, but now, they are already rushing to visit.

As for Shen Yi's mother clan...

His mother passed away early, his grandfather and grandmother passed away early, and there were only two uncles left. In addition, his mother's family was not from the city of Jiangdu, so after Shen Yi was seven or eight years old, he had no connection with his mother's family. up.

After all, Shen Zhang is not in Jiangdu, and the mother clan did not expect the two brothers Shen Yi and Shen Heng to send anything there during the festival.

But now, people from the mother clan also came to congratulate her.

It's not that they have any bad intentions, or that these people are following others, after all, people's congratulations may be out of good intentions.

Shen Yi no longer recognizes most of these relatives.

However, Shen Zhang recognized them. He pulled Shen Yi and introduced them to Shen Yi one by one.

Shen Yi is also very face-saving, nodding and smiling one by one.

After being introduced by a group of people, Shen Zhang pulled Shen Yi and sat down in front of a gray-haired old man.

This person is Shen Zhang's third uncle, Shen Xiu, who is also Shen Yi's third uncle. The third uncle is already in his early 60s this year, but he is still in good spirits. He held Shen Yi's hand and couldn't help but praise Shen Yi.

"Since your uncle, our Shen family hasn't had a juren in more than 20 years."

The third uncle said with a smile: "Finally, thanks to the blessings of the ancestors, the Shen family has produced another juren, who is regarded as refined."

The old man said with a smile: "I heard from your father that you have gone to the ancestral hall to pay homage after you returned to Jiangdu, but Zhongju is a big event, and you must pay homage to your ancestors during the Chinese New Year."

About going to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, Shen Zhang took Shen Yi there after he came back, but depending on what the old man meant, he would have to do it again in a month or two.

Shen Yi has no objection to these matters, after all, respecting the heaven and the ancestors is the traditional thought of the descendants of Zhuxia, he smiled and nodded in agreement.

The third uncle looked at Shen Yi again, and said with a smile: "I heard from the fourth son that Qilang will take the Chunwei exam next year?"

Shen Yi nodded and smiled modestly: "I'm going to take the exam, but I'm young, so I just try it, and I may not be able to pass."

The third uncle had a smile all over his face: "My Qilang won the Yayuan at a young age. He became a master, but he is a star of Wenqu. Even if he doesn't win next year's spring, he will definitely win in the next spring."

Speaking of this, the third uncle looked around at the main hall of the Shen family, and then sighed slightly: "After the division of our family, most of the family property was distributed to the boss. The fourth brother is not in Jiangdu these days. This old man The elders have not come to your house to see."

"I never thought that the fourth child would have such a difficult life."

Shen Zhang, who was sitting on the side, lowered his head slightly, with a look of shame on his face.

This is his own uncle, he has to listen to what he says.

At this time, Shen Yi had already heard some clues, he glanced at the old man, and then said with a smile: "Uncle, although our family has not been rich and powerful these years, our life is not bad, and my father has not treated you badly." Our brother, not to mention I am studying, my younger brother is also studying, it is not very difficult."

The Shen family, or Shen Zhang's family, is indeed not poor in Jiangdu City, but a serious middle class. After all, a family that can support two scholars cannot be said to be "difficult".

Hearing Shen Yi's words, the third uncle sighed.

"You juniors, you haven't experienced the prosperity of our Shen family back then, so you don't feel that life is hard now."

He said rather sadly: "Your great-grandfather was Yuanwailang in the imperial court, and our family is in Jiangdu, and it is also one of the best big families."

"When the old man was young..."

Having said that, he sighed again, shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's all old stuff, so don't mention it."

The old man Shen looked at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, thanks to the ancestors, the Shen family has another seed for reading. In the future, Qilang, you will be awarded a Jinshi, and the Shen family will prosper again."

At this point, the third uncle's face became serious, and he said slowly: "Our family has been established in Jiangdu for more than 100 years. Yes, you can no longer just ignore your family's situation."

The old man looked at Shen Zhang at the side, then at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Before yesterday, my uncle discussed with some of your elders. The hundred acres of fertile land will be placed under your name, Qilang."

"With these [-] acres of land, the life of the three of you, father and son, will be much easier. After all, Qilang, you will have to go to the Chunwei exam in the future, and Xiaojiu will also study in the academy. They are all places that need money."

The third uncle said softly: "When Qilang was sleeping just now, we discussed it with your father. We just wait for you to nod. We have all the land deeds. In the afternoon, we can go to the county government office with you and assign these lands to your name. .”

After hearing what the third uncle said, Shen Yi couldn't help frowning.

He looked around at his relatives, and saw that these people were all looking at him, but no one spoke.

Obviously, they had already discussed this matter, and they just waited for him to wake up before notifying himself.

There is no such thing as a free banquet in this world, and there is no such thing as a windfall!
According to the current land price in Jiangdu Prefecture, the price of one mu of good land should be around 20 taels, and some particularly good land can be sold for more than 30 taels of silver. Calculated according to the lowest price of 15 taels of silver, two hundred mu of land before It can also be sold for 3000 taels of silver!

3000 taels of silver, in this era, is even enough to get through the province, it is considered a huge sum of money!

And no one would send 3000 taels of silver to Shen Yi for no reason.

This kind of behavior of giving away fields has a unique term in this era.

Sneak!

The so-called "guiji" means to falsely report one's own land under the name of others in order to avoid taxes and servitude.

Because Shen Yizhong has raised people, he has the privilege of tax exemption from now on. According to the standard of Chen Guo at this time, the amount of tax exemption for a person who raises people is exactly [-] mu of land, no more, no less.

Shen Yi's uncle, Shen Hui, is also a juren, and he also has a lot of land under his name. These fields have played a lot in the fact that Shen Ling and his wife can live in Jiangdu.

In another world, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was unable to collect taxes. Part of the reason was that large-scale inflows of land properties into the names of privileged people caused the imperial court to lose a large amount of tax revenue.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi stood up silently. He first glanced at his father, then at his third uncle, and then spoke slowly.

"Elders, I have a headache, so excuse me first."

(End of this chapter)