Xue Jiazi

People in Jinling don't understand what's going on in this world. Is it possible that it's popular to deal with slaves this year?This is not scientific!The Zhen family had just finished tossing around, and the Xue family came again, and what's more ostentatious, they actually invited the government to clean up. This is trampling on their own reputation, what are they doing?

On the street, many people have seen it. The arresters in the yamen dragged a long string of people who looked like rice dumplings. The old ones, the young ones, the males, the females, and the rumors were not bad. Like the master of a big family, there are a few servants who are obviously servants, mother-in-law, etc. If someone doesn't know, I'm afraid that another official has been ransacked this time!There were also a few sharp-eyed spectators who were pointing and pointing. When they saw someone they knew, they couldn't help exclaiming:

"Ah, isn't that the head of the third house of the Xue family? I've seen him every time he came to the capital to pay his respects. And that one, isn't he from the fifth house? He was arrested anyway. How can you say that? Could it be possible? This time, isn’t Xue’s family taking care of the slaves? Is it the entire Xue family?”

This sound was really loud enough, almost everyone heard it all at once, and everyone was even more surprised. This person likes gossip, especially the gossip of rich people. Everyone is more or less hating the rich. The plot is not!It can't be blamed for people watching the excitement.Then another person spoke:

"That's great. They've been punished. I knew they wouldn't last long."

Seeing as if he knew the inside story, this person was suddenly surrounded by people, and several acquaintances hurriedly asked:

"Oh, it's Shunzi! But how do you say it? Do you know why? Come and tell the aunt, what's the matter? Why did you catch them all at once?"

See, it's Shunzi, the classic undercover Shunzi, Bai Xiaosheng is here to play a guest role again, he's so proud!I've been living a lot recently!If you don't come out for a stroll, you can get a lot of rewards. It's such a comfortable life.Cough cough cough, well, the job is done before it is beautiful,

"You don't know! These people deserve what they deserve, and they all deserve to die. I heard from my relatives who work in the mansion that the Xue family can be regarded as a century-old family. It starts from the ancestors, so let's make a decision." As a rule, [-]% of the rent has been paid, and it has been agreed that the water conservancy, bridge building, and road paving will all be paid by the Xue family. In a disaster year, as long as the situation is true, the rent will be reduced or exempted. It’s been years, it’s been set like this, and it’s never changed, but Xue’s family is an imperial merchant, and they don’t know much about the work in the field, so they are all entrusted to these Zhuangtou. I don't expect to have much output, it's all for accumulating the family property and leaving it to the children and grandchildren, but they, these village heads, are black-hearted. These greedy people have insufficient hearts! They bullied Xue's family because they didn't understand the affairs of the land. If something bad happened, or some wild beast came down the mountain, not only would they not pay the rent, but sometimes they would go to the Xue family to collect disaster relief items and money. Can it be as good as them?"

The gossip in this world is nothing more than hearsay, whoever said that there is such an insider, or an insider who is related to inquire about the most accurate information, listens more vigorously and believes more and more.It sounds like this is the case, how can I not exclaim.

"God, what are you talking about? Both sides are hiding the money! If this is the case, wouldn't all the profits from those fields be in the pockets of these people? Wouldn't the Xue family buy land to help these slaves earn a living?" Unemployed?"

"No, no wonder, look, these Zhuangtou are wearing, which one is not silk and satin, and the ones who were arrested later are all slaves of these Zhuangtou's family, hehe , Look, I’m still a slave, and I can use a slave, what’s the matter!”

Shunzi saw that someone agreed and said it so clearly, he immediately pointed to those who had been taken away and talked about the evidence that he could see. When he said this, the people around him also nodded. Indeed, If the honest Zhuangtou didn't do such a thing, just relying on the monthly salary, where can there be such a ostentation, and he will be a servant!It would be nice to be able to support a family, to eat and clothe warmly, and to be a little respectable by the way. Looking at the appearance of these people who have been arrested today, they really don’t look like slaves. People who don’t look like slaves, naturally You did what a slave should not do.

"I remembered it when you said that. I saw them enter the city twice. That time it was not in a grand manner, but when they arrived near Xue's house, they changed their clothes and sent people to give gifts. Now I think Thinking, that is one appearance in front of the master, and another appearance outside, it really is not a good person."

"The Xue family is really unlucky! What a crime! There is such a servant. Thinking about this Jinling, who doesn't know that the Xue family is a good family, a benevolent family, and the emperor has praised it. Let these people ruin their reputation."

"That's right, these slaves committed crimes and implicated Xue's family. Now the tenants in the Zhuangzi don't know what's going on. Seeing that the Zhuangtou changed rents, and the exploitation is severe, how can they not hold grudges against the Xue family? There are a lot of people who sell their sons and daughters! These Zhuangtou, in the Zhuangzi, live in the four-way courtyard, wearing gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, eating delicacies from mountains and seas, and being served by maids and women. There are also several concubines, who enjoy more blessings than the old men. It is the master of the Xue family, we all know that there are not many concubines, otherwise there will be only one son of Master Xue Pan, what a pity! I heard that Master Xue went to the ancestral hall to plead guilty Well, it is said that the housekeeper is not strict, let these servants ruin the Xue family's fortune, and the Xue family's heirs are not prosperous. It is really pitiful!"

Shunzi's mouth is also strong enough, with each adjective, those who watched the scene could empathize with it, as if the money was exploited from them.Especially the last sentence, children are not abundant. At this time, people value children the most, and they also firmly believe in the importance of merit. Think about the reputation of the Xue family over the years, and when they did good deeds with the Xue family The reason I said was either for the sake of the descendants to accumulate blessings or for the yin and virtue of the ancestors. I became more and more convinced that the Xue family was a family that accumulated blessings and good deeds. It was the villains who were lawless, deceived their masters, and did evil things for money. What a pity for Xue's family, because with such a few evil servants, the number of offspring was not abundant.

"Speaking of which, how could the Xue family not investigate for so many years! If they knew about it earlier, wouldn't they be able to bring these people to justice earlier? No matter how bad it is, they can be replaced."

Someone else raised such a question, but this Shunzi already knew how to deal with it.

"You don't know! I've just heard about this, and it's because of the kindness of the Xue family back then. Most of these village heads are poor relatives of the Xue family who have been abducted for three thousand miles. In order to prevent them from being ugly , it can be regarded as giving these poor relatives some livelihood, which makes them do such a job, which is not too ugly, and has the opportunity to support the family. So the Xue family thought, they are relatives anyway, and they will always be taboo. It’s not too much, just give a little more trust, usually they don’t think too much about what they say, that’s why they have such an opportunity!”

After hearing this, the people around couldn't help spitting.

"I'm going to die, is this still a relative? A relative who relies on Xue's family to survive. How can there be such a relative who doesn't know what is good or bad? Isn't this a death! Repay the favor!"

In China, where Confucianism has been taught for thousands of years, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness are the most important things. The identities of these people correspond to what they do, which is completely unrighteous and untrustworthy. It is the behavior that is most likely to be spurned by others. I helped you and gave you a way to live, but for the sake of money, you cheated Xue's family, and even ruined his reputation and fortune. This is more ruthless than an enemy!

People on the street were talking about it, and in less than half a day, what Shunzi said had already spread to the ears of all the gossip lovers in Jinling. , without a decent family, at this time it seems to understand the Xue family's intentions.

"The Xue family can't do anything about it. I heard that many of those people are distant relatives. After all, they are not ordinary slaves. They can be killed at will, and indeed they can only be let by the government."

"I heard that this matter of renting has been going on for many years. It has been controlled by the master of the Xue family from the previous generation. In this way, it is estimated that this matter is not small, and the amount involved must be very large. .”

"I heard that, Xue's family checked, and one mu of land is worth two and a half stones, but each of these slaves and bastards only reported one stone. How much did they touch? It's all silver! Boss, our family's Zhuangzi! Is it the same? The reported amount is probably also fooled by the servants!"

"[-]% of the rent has become [-]%. This is to drive the tenants to death! After a few more years, there will be no one working in the Xue family's land. No wonder the Xue family is so troubled! This is ruining the Xue family's reputation! They shouldn't be spared."

No matter who they are, and no matter from which angle they look at this matter, anyway, when the Xue family revealed the proportion of these people's corruption and the things they did, they heard the news that they had already begun to bias On the side of the Xue family, quite a few people even began to divert their attention and put their eyes on their own fields, for fear that they would suffer the same thing as the Xue family. They had their own affairs to deal with, so naturally they I won't think about going to see the excitement of Xue's family anymore.

When there was chaos outside, the heads of the Xue family were busy at home, sorting out the things they brought back. Xue Pan and Xue Xun were also sorting out the boxes in the main hall.

The 20 mu of land under Xue Xun's name was divided into more than [-] Zhuangzi, that is, more than [-] Zhuangtou. This is all greedy for the Xue family. It is normal for the Xue family to come forward to raid the house. Even if it is slightly illegal, there are a few village heads who are not considered slaves, but the Xue family is a century-old family anyway. Local snakes have this bit of face, so the magistrate naturally won't lose face and is accommodating.

It's just that Xue Xun's complexion is already very bad!Not to mention anything else, but each of the more than 20 Zhuangzi has a big four-entry house, which already makes him uncomfortable, four-entry!Each of these houses has seventy or eighty rooms. Can these Zhuangtou's families have so many people?No, that is purely showing off with their money, wanting a mansion, wanting a group of slaves!Can he feel better?

Not to mention that there are still these boxes, the copied boxes are piled up in two courtyards, and basically every family can sort out twenty or thirty boxes, except for those worthless bedding and other things, and those that are still there. The furniture in that house is of mid-range value, and there are almost a dozen boxes in each of the other houses. They are filled with valuables such as gold and silver, cleaning, antiques, ornaments, etc., waiting for the housekeepers to check carefully. , and returned the gold and silver directly to the treasury in the mansion, a total of 20 silver and more than 1 gold. Seeing this, Xue Xun immediately started taking Baoxin pills.

There are also those antiques, jewelry, decorations and the like, which are made of wood, gems and jade. There are a total of 38 boxes, not to mention the value. It can be counted as one hundred thousand. Xue Xun doesn't even want to look at it. , directly let people register and carry them into the warehouse.

In addition, there are other things copied back. There are a total of 63 shops, all of which are in the county town near Jinling. Cursing, let alone the value of these shops, even if it is 1000 taels!It can only be purchased with more than 6 silver, okay, the slaves of the Xue family are also good at making money, and they are very good at learning from their masters, and they know that the shop makes more money.

There are also bank notes. In addition to cash, this bank note is also a big one. It was copied back with more than 30 yuan. All in all, how much money the Xue family spent!Xue Pan, a money fanatic, also started to twitch at this time.A year of embezzlement of 50 yuan, ten years is 20 yuan, the Xue family has a century-old family, even if they have only been tossing around for 50 years, they have embezzled millions of dollars!Not to mention that according to Xue Xun's words, these Zhuangtou are all passed down from Lao Tzu to his sons, and they have worked for no less than [-] to [-] years.How much silver should that be?

Those slaves also bought a house, took in concubines, and raised girls, which cost a lot of money. Fortunately, some fixed assets were also recovered. There were 67 land deeds for the three-entry houses.There are other small courtyards with secondary entrances, and there are so many that Xue Pan doesn't want to count. They are all around Jinling, either in the county town or in the town. They know that the countryside surrounds the city, and these places are inconspicuous.

There are also 56 Zhuangzi with one or two hectares, nearly [-] mu of land. These fields are the least purchased among all their family properties, and the value is also the smallest, only about [-]. Of course, Xue Pan will not think that this is theirs. His heart softened, and he guessed that these people were probably thinking that now the Xue family's field almost changed its name to theirs, so they didn't want to buy any land, that would just lie on Xue's body and suck blood!

Xue Pan made a rough estimate, and the top of his head started to smoke again. These guys, these things are almost worth a million, and the name of the Xue family millionaire can be directly given to them. It's strange not to be angry and smoke!

"Okay, that's great, our family has made a fortune this time, worth millions! Hehe, that's great. For decades, father to son, son to grandson, this is lying on Xue's family Drinking blood and eating meat is really delicious! It's really lucky that they have such a big appetite."

Xue Xun really wanted to vomit blood!Just under his nose, someone dug such a big corner of the wall, and he didn't know anything, and he always thought that his house was comprehensive, there were no loopholes, and there was no place for servants to get caught!This slap is really loud!

Xue Pan was also very angry, but he looked at Xue Xun's appearance, and he was still worried. Liu Gongfeng said that this old man should not have too many emotional ups and downs, otherwise he would be prone to hiccups, and he didn't want to die. Father or something, I still have to persuade him.

"Father, don't be angry. Why are you angry? Our family is still good. Just look, other people's houses are worse than ours! I went to see it for a long time and asked many people. Although these servants are greedy, this is because our family has a big business, but at any rate, their private rent increase is only [-]%, where is the third grandpa, what kind of cousin and nephew in his family directly mentioned it Seventy percent, when the official sent, those tenants almost wanted to go up and take a bite to vent their anger, and the third grandfather passed out on the spot in anger. Look, we are not as good as the top, but more than the bottom. As long as we clean up later, this matter can be avoided, right! It’s still beneficial, in one, this time, these tenants almost regarded our family as the master of Qingtian, and they were all grateful, saying I misunderstood our family before, and thank us for getting rid of moths and allowing them to have a good life in the future!"

Hearing Xue Pan's words, Xue Xun's expression brightened, and then he sighed and said:

"What face do we have to ask them to thank us! It's because we don't know people clearly, so that these old tenants who followed us have suffered from writing like this. I heard that several Zhuangzi have forced their lives! Hey, it's all I'm not, I should have gone for a walk a long time ago. If it wasn't for the many business matters, I would have... Those bastards are doing this because they see our Xue family's fancy shop and the business is too busy. What an idiot, who ate and drank the Xue family's food, and has been supported by the Xue family for several lifetimes, and yet he can do such a thing, what a white-eyed wolf!"

"Father, it's not all like this. There are still a few small Zhuangzi's Zhuangtou who are not bad! Although they have reported less money, they know that they have built more roads and canals, and they have not raised rent. It can be regarded as accumulating a lot of reputation for the Xue family! Although such people are a little bit in the same boat, they can be regarded as being in the same class, and they don't want to be squeezed out by those big managers. He is a fairly good steward. Except for the less money handed in, everything else is good. Even the live animals are given the most every year. This is a way to make up for it! My son thinks about them I'm afraid it's a bit of a last resort to do it like this in the past! Dad, think about it carefully, and investigate a little bit more. If it's okay, you can bring it up and use it. We can't, we really don't want to keep any of them!"

There are indeed a few that are still good, but they are all small Zhuangzi. It’s just that the small Zhuangzi’s delivery is almost the same as that of the big Zhuangzi. In charge of affairs, it is for self-protection, and giving more is to keep the bottom line, and it is for duty. As long as such people are educated a little, they can still be used. Just because of this bottom line, they are worthy of their forgiveness. .There is no way out, in this world, where the water is clear and there are no fish, what else can they expect!If you want to solve it completely, you can only rely on yourself as the master to pay more attention. Even if it is a inspection once a year, it is a kind of supervision, and it is a way to prevent such things from happening again.

Xue Xun, who had been tossing and tossing for several days, was exhausted at this time. After listening to his son's words, he thought for a while, but felt that he had a headache. asked the head:

"I heard that you sent a letter to the Lin family? What's the matter, did you tell Uncle Lin about this?"

He also felt a little displeased about telling his son everything to Uncle Lin, after all, this was a family matter of the Xue family, so why did he keep talking to outsiders!But he still wanted to listen to his son's explanation. Xue Pan is also a smart person. After hearing what his father said, he knew that his father was actually a little jealous. He felt that he was getting close to Lin Ruhai, so he hurriedly said with a smile:

"Father, I just said two things. One is about the Zhen family. It's such a big joke in Jinling. If you want to come to Hangzhou, you can hear the news. If this is the case, let's say a few words. Are we getting close to him? I also said about today’s matter. It’s also meant to remind you. Look, our house is so bright and bright. My son thought, if other people know the reason, they can’t say it. I will check my own family very well. I don’t know how many people will learn it. At that time, I will not be able to hide it from anyone. The matter will only get bigger and bigger. Now tell the Lin family about what our family found. It’s better to remind them to investigate than to go after they hear the rumors, and it also makes it clear that we don’t treat him as an outsider, we don’t treat them as outsiders, and if there is something wrong with their son in the future, they naturally can’t treat their son as an outsider , if you calculate it like this, in fact, the son still earns, right? "

As long as he is not far away from his father and close to others, Xue Xun is actually satisfied. Besides, he also understands in his heart that his son is not a person who will suffer, and must have his own plans. Now that he has heard the explanation, Naturally, he nodded.Smiling in satisfaction, he put the matter aside.

"You go to the various houses in the afternoon to see if there is anything our family can do to help. There is another time to go to the Yamen and pay a visit to the magistrate. Anyway, this time we have to thank you, otherwise the family business can't be brought back. many."

"Hey, my son knows."

The Xue family was busy with their own affairs, but the sound of copying slaves' houses was everywhere in Jinling, and the yamen was invited to arrest people again and again. Really, these arrests have never been so busy in the past few years Fortunately, every time I can get a lot of money, it's all errand money given by these big families. It's rare for them to have such an income, and they are all very happy. See how it doesn't match!This matter is spreading to the surrounding area at a strange speed, and Lin Ruhai in Hangzhou is also blue at this time, looking at the few servants tied below, holding a stack of lists in his hand and getting angry!

No one's house is clean!There is no time for slaves to worry!