Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 497 Sincere uncle, dedicated to family

  People say that the setting sun is the end of the world, and you can't see home when you look at the end of the world.

  Zhu Ping'an sat on the top of the island, watching the sunset slowly sinking into the boundless sea, feeling melancholy in his heart. There was nothing but waves on the sea, and there was no sail, and it was nowhere in sight to return home. Everything else is fine, but I am afraid that my mother, Mrs. Chen, will be worried after hearing the news.

  However, the departure of the setting sun is only a short separation, and it will come back tomorrow morning.

  Mother, don't worry, the son will definitely go back.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the hustle and bustle of Xiahe Village returned to tranquility. Without the bride and groom, the bridal chamber that the villagers liked was omitted. The whole wedding ended early, and the people who came to the Zhu family wedding banquet also returned one after another. in their own homes.

  After all the people dispersed, a group of five people appeared on the front street of Xiahe Village and walked towards Zhu Ping'an's house.

   Almost as soon as the people left, Uncle Zhu Shouren led Mr. Zhu and the others over.

   "Uncle, what are you doing here?" A villager who came back after helping Zhu Ping'an's family clean up the yard asked curiously when he saw Mr. Zhu and his group of five.

   "Zhang Er, let's clean up the second's house."

  The uncle Zhu Shouren was wearing a jade-colored silk student uniform, which made his whole person look more elegant. He raised his head and glanced at the man sideways. When he spoke, he was proud of a scholar, and his words were full of kindness.

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  The villager let out an ooh, glanced at Mr. Zhu and the others, and walked over by mistake. After walking away for a distance, the villagers rolled their eyes heavily, disdainful of Zhu Shouren's words. If it is to help Zhu Ping'an's family clean up, then when the banquet is over, why did you go home so quickly? Waiting for us to clean up and finish all the work, you just passed by slowly.

  In addition, I feel that my uncle Zhu Shouren is too ostentatious. He is not even a scholar. Ping An Lang has already been admitted to the first prize. When he returned to the village, he didn't take the initiative to say hello when he met people. It was always his uncle, aunt, and aunt. No one in the village saw Ping An Lang put on airs.

   There is also Shouyi's family, who has become rich, and I have never seen him show off. The bridge in the village was built by Shouyi's family. What a wonderful family. Didn't the old Zhu's family rely on others' righteousness to go up the mountain to hunt and work in the fields in the past, so much effort was made. I don't know what Mr. Zhu thought at the time, it was almost like letting the second family leave the house!

   Now look at Shouyi's family, the two big houses, and the livelihood of driving ox carts, and they have a champion son.

   I don’t know, is Mr. Zhu feeling remorseful now?

  Pingan Lang is a good boy, and he is a school valley and the land rent has been reduced. Thanks to Ping An Lang, this year the county government has reduced the corvee to Xiahe Village by half compared to last year.

  It's a pity, hey, I hope God has eyes, and Ping An Lang is safe and sound.

   "Boss, let me take this matter slowly." Mr. Zhu stopped suddenly as he was walking, and said while looking at his uncle Zhu Shouren.

   "Father, we made an agreement at home." Seeing this, the eldest aunt said anxiously.

   "Why are you talking to Dad?"

  The uncle Zhu Shouren reprimanded the aunt, and when he turned around, he blocked the old man Zhu and the old lady Zhu, and gave the aunt a look, signaling the aunt to stay calm.

"Father, I also want to slow down, but I can't slow down. In a few days, my son will go to the hospital to take the exam. If he misses the time, it will be too late. This time, his son is stable. Master Liu and the others have promised him When the son becomes a scholar, it will be too late. Before becoming a scholar, the government will not take care of the increase in land under his name, and the son does not have to pay taxes if he has the reputation of a scholar; but after the son is a scholar, the increase suddenly With so much land, the government will investigate it, and Yilu will be punished severely." After the uncle Zhu Shouren finished training his aunt, he turned and explained to Mr. Zhu.

   "Aren't there many people who donated their land after being elected? Why didn't the government investigate?" Mr. Zhu hesitated.

"My father, the one among the piggies is Juren. Of course, the government will not investigate. Juren is an official, and he is a family with the government. Who dares to investigate. But my son is a scholar. Naturally, there is no need to worry about it later, but my son is a scholar." Uncle Zhu Shouren said bitterly.

"Hey, it's all because the son is incompetent. It would be great if the son could win the Juren earlier, so that even if the land of the second family does not need to be renamed, the son can protect the second family from paying taxes." As he said, the uncle Zhu Shouren was very happy He sighed heavily guiltily.

"The boss is right. The second family has so many lands. When the pig was here, he didn't have to pay taxes. But now that the pig is gone, every family must have hundreds of taels of silver just to pay the taxes." Mrs. Zhu nodded. He nodded, and then said painfully, "There are hundreds of taels of silver, why not do it, and hand it in for nothing, thank you."

   "Hundreds of taels of silver" Mr. Zhu is also a little bit pained.

"That's not all, Dad, you don't know what happened in the court recently. The last time my son and some younger brothers went to Anqing Mansion to meet Mr. Liu, but I heard about it. My son was afraid that you would be worried, so I never told you. "The uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head, as if he had something difficult to say.

   "What did you hear?" Mr. Zhu asked worriedly with his heart beating.

   "Hey, you are so confused." Uncle Zhu Shouren sighed heavily before he could say anything.

   "What's wrong with him?" Mr. Zhu asked.

   "Your son is confused, hey, dad, to tell you the truth, he got into trouble." Uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head and said with a serious expression.

   "What kind of trouble can you get into, you are all over the place now" Mr. Zhu's face turned pale.

   "Father, it was before his accident. Hey, his knowledge is good, but he is still too young. He lacks experience and is easy to be deceived." Uncle Zhu Shouren sighed again.

   "What's the matter?" Mr. Zhu was anxious.

   "Now the news has spread. Before his accident, he sent a memorial. The memorial is to impeach a general for killing the good and pretending to be an enemy." Uncle Zhu Shouren said with a serious expression.

   "What you did is right, this kind of person should be impeached." Mr. Zhu was puzzled.

"Father, you don't understand. He was deceived by others. His general fought **** battles on the front line. He didn't avoid the swordsman. He threw his head and blood to kill the enemy. The head he handed in was even the hair of a barbarian. Well, how could it be to kill the good and pretend to be meritorious? That is a real barbarian. The general killed the enemy on the front line, and he listened to the slander and impeached the general. What do you think is this?" Uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head Said.

  Master Zhu opened his mouth wide, unable to speak.

   "After the general heard about it, he was wronged. He took off his armor to reveal the scars all over his body, and knelt at the mouth of the criminal department to appeal for grievances," the uncle Zhu Shouren sighed.

  Master Zhu opened his mouth even wider

   "That's not all, father, do you know what background this general has?" Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at Mr. Zhu and asked.

  Master Zhu shook his head with a pale face.

   "This general is the elder of the current court, that is, the current prime minister as we say, a disciple of Mr. Yan Songyan!" Uncle Zhu Shouren clasped his fists to the north when he spoke, with a look of awe on his face.

   "Ah" Mr. Zhu was frightened.

   "This year, there are two bold impeachment Lord Yan, both of whom were expelled from official positions by the court and sent to prison. Last year, a few were beheaded. This is an indirect impeachment of Lord Yan." Uncle Zhu Shouren continued.

   "Decapitate." Mr. Zhu was completely frightened.

"That's not true." Uncle Zhu Shouren nodded vigorously, and then continued, "You said that Xi'er is not confused. Just the day before Xi'er's accident, the imperial court issued a special order to Xi'er on this matter, asking Xi'er to Let me go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to make a statement."

"The Ministry of Punishment is under the management of Mr. Yan Ge, my father. You can do well if you go to the Ministry of Punishment." Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at Mr. Zhu's face, and then added, "Hey, what is this?" It's gone, but the people are gone, and the home is still there. How many officials have nothing left after their homes were ransacked? Even if they don't have their homes ransacked, but the pig is gone, who can protect the second family, the other one who is an official Don’t flatter Lord Yan, there are many ways to be an official, some of them have good eyesight, if you want to punish the second family, it’s nothing less than copying the house.”

  Mr. Zhu was almost so frightened that he couldn't stand still.

"However, if the land is transferred to the son's name, it will be different. The second child's family is separated from ours, and they are all registered in the county government. No matter what happens, our family will not be affected. This land can Just keep it."

"The son doesn't want the land of the second family. The land is only in the name of the son. In essence, it belongs to the second family. It can save hundreds of taels of silver in taxes every year. What's wrong with hundreds of taels of silver? You and your mother add some clothes, eat something good, and buy some good shredded tobacco. It is enough to buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstones for your son every ten taels of silver, and the rest of the money belongs to the second family. .Something happened, and the second child's family has a way out."

  Uncle Zhu Shouren swore to the sky, and said sincerely.

  Old Master Zhu was moved by his uncle Zhu Shouren's words. He knocked on the cigarette pipe and pot vigorously, inserted it into his waist, and said a word, let's go.

  (end of this chapter)