Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 71 It turns out that the back-up plan is here!
  "Your Majesty, Yu Shenxing is a member of the Imperial Academy, but he is meddling in other people's business. He went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to manage the 3,000 acres of land for the Zhang family. He also said that all of it should be fertile farmland. I really don't know who gave him the courage. .”

Zhang Jing mocked this matter in a weird way. He said that in addition to reporting these things, he was also acting as a mouthpiece for His Majesty the Emperor.

After all, everyone knows that the 3,000 acres of land awarded to the Zhang family in the imperial edict as a "mercy" was just to demonstrate the "sage" of His Majesty the Emperor.

It's just a cosmetic project, who will actually implement it? And even if these 3,000 acres of land are really distributed, it will only be those little bits of rotten land.

Zhu Yijun's face was dark. It was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with this matter, and even more dissatisfied with Shen Xing. After a long while, he managed to say: "What did the Ministry of Finance say?"

Zhang Jing replied: "Returning to the emperor, the household department is naturally based on the common people of the world. Why should Zhang Juzheng, a descendant of a criminal minister, enjoy special treatment and own three thousand acres of fertile land? This is for the rest of the world." It’s unfair! Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue rejected Yu Shenxing.”

After hearing this answer, Zhu Yijun said nothing more, as if he had never heard of it.

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In the end, after struggling for more than a month, the three thousand acres of land was finally implemented.

Jiangling, Zhang family.

"Three thousand acres of land, but in the end the land that can be cultivated is less than 100 acres? What kind of fucking gift is this!"

Zhang Jianxiu looked at the arranged land deeds and made a sharp explosion.

Zhang Chonghui on the side was not disappointed. Instead, he said with some relief: "It's good to have one hundred acres. Yu Shenxing must have wasted a lot of effort, otherwise he might not have even one acre of land for farming."

Zhang Chonghui knew very well how difficult this matter was. Not only would those whom Zhang Juzheng had offended during his lifetime obstruct him, but there was also the secret support of Emperor Wanli.

"One hundred acres of land is enough to make a living. Many people don't even have land. Let's get enough first." Zhang Chonghui collected all the classified land deeds as he spoke.

"In my opinion, why not sell those crappy lands?" Fifth Uncle Zhang Yunxiu suggested.

"No." Zhang Chonghui refused directly and said: "The land is rotten now, and there is no guarantee that it will stop being rotten one day. The land will not be damaged if you keep it, but if you sell it, you will definitely lose everything."

The fall of a dynasty is always inseparable from the four words "land annexation", so Zhang Chonghui is very sensitive to matters like selling land.

Besides, you are not so poor that you can’t afford food, so you want to sell the land? impossible!
  Zhang Chonghui plans to save all these lands. He believes that sooner or later these lands will be of great help to him!

"Sigh... Do we have to live by farming in the future?" Third uncle Zhang Maoxiu sighed listlessly.

Zhang Chonghui looked at Zhang Maoxiu and said, "Third uncle, you are the number one scholar. I think you can open a private school and teach, and you should be able to earn a lot."

"What?" Zhang Maoxiu suddenly became unhappy and said excitedly: "I am a first-class Jinshi! You want me to open a private school? This is simply humiliating me!"

"Oh." Zhang Chonghui looked indifferent. This time he looked at Zhang Maoxiu's left hand that could still move and said, "Then just take the hoe to the ground. You can also swing the hoe with one hand."

At this time, Zhang Maoxiu fell silent. He had only been able to read since he was a child. He had never done any hard work when his hands were still alive, not to mention that he could only move one hand now.

For a moment, the scene became quiet, and everyone was thoughtfully thinking about something.

In fact, everyone knows that the current situation is not so bad that it is necessary to go to the fields to farm. After all, Yu Shenxing lent a lot of money to the Zhang family, which is still enough to hire tenants.

What everyone is worried about is how they will go in the future. "Is it possible that we have to be sinners for the rest of our lives..." Zhang Maoxiu muttered. It was really difficult for him to accept that he fell from the high altar of the number one scholar to the mud.

Zhang Jianxiu also panicked: "Wait a minute, I haven't married a wife yet! Who dares to marry a criminal like me? I won't be a bachelor for the rest of my life, right?"

Zhang Jingxiu asked curiously: "Fourth brother, didn't our father arrange a marriage for you when he was still alive?"

Zhang Jianxiu looked disgusted and replied: "Don't mention it, not long after our father left, the family saw that the situation was not right, so they rushed to our house to cancel the engagement! What a piece of shit! If it hadn't been for that, My father forced me, but I still don’t agree to this marriage!”

Zhang Maoxiu said: "I remember that the eldest brother kicked them out at that time, and the marriage was not withdrawn."

Zhang Jianxiu said: "I haven't quit, but who dares to marry someone from such a useless family? I won't marry the daughter of that kind of family!"

Zhang Jingxiu gave a thumbs up and said, "Wow, fourth brother, you are so awesome, you actually picked him."

Zhang Jianxiu scolded: "If you continue to act weird, be careful, I will beat you up!"

"Wait!" Zhang Chonghui interrupted the topic and asked: "In other words, there is still an engagement with the fourth uncle?"

Zhang Jianxiu thought for a while and said, "If so."

"Then if we never agree to break off the engagement, will they have to marry their daughter over?" Zhang Chonghui asked again.

"Of course, as long as the marriage certificate is still there, the engagement contract is still there, and the rules are there, who dares to make a mistake?" Second uncle Zhang Sixiu gave the answer, and soon he said:
  "Of course, they don't have to marry off their daughter. But by then, not only will their family be criticized by the world, but other daughters in their family will also not be able to marry off."

After getting the answer, Zhang Chonghui's eyes suddenly lit up. He seemed to have discovered something, and asked again: "Is the fifth uncle engaged?"

Zhang Sixiu replied: "Yes."

Zhang Yunxiu was puzzled: "Huh? Second brother, did you remember it wrong? I have an engagement? Why didn't I know?"

Zhang Sixiu said with certainty: "Of course, our father arranged a marriage for you when you were ten years old. He was a wealthy local businessman in Huguang. By the way, the sixth child also has a marriage contract."

Uncle Liu Zhang Jingxiu was shocked: "Huh? I'm only six years old! I also have a marriage contract?"

Zhang Sixiu said: "Yes, honey, I signed the name on your marriage certificate for you. By the way, the marriage our father told you about is from a very wealthy family."

Zhang Chonghui's eyes gradually became excited, and he asked: "What about me? Do I have an engagement?"

Zhang Sixiu nodded again and said: "Yes, but that little girl is three years older than you. At that time, your father disliked the fact that she was older than you and did not agree to the marriage. Later, your grandfather said that the female junior was holding gold bricks and forcibly replaced her. You made a marriage contract."

"It doesn't matter how old she is!" Zhang Chonghui didn't care about this. He quickly asked: "What matters is whether her family has money?"

"Um... money means money." Zhang Sixiu didn't quite understand why his eldest nephew was suddenly so excited. Could it be that at such a young age, he just wanted to 'eat soft food'?

"Great!" Zhang Chonghui clapped his hands, his eyes shining brightly, as if he had discovered something extraordinary!
  Knew it! Zhang Juzheng deserves to be Zhang Juzheng!
  It turns out that the backhand is here to stay!
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