The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

"Is it a treason?" Xue Yinsong snorted, "Pretending to be God's son is a big treason."

"This……"

"So no matter what, the lucky leader of the robber won the world, so he knew the power of the people. The so-called water can carry a boat and overturn it. After he won the world, he cultivated himself and pretended to be a good person. He is a sage emperor in the style of Yao, Shun and Yutang...that's what politics is all about."

The little scholar unconsciously played with the cabbage in his hand: "Brother Xue, actually...why have you never thought of doing other things? I think if you are willing to take part in the imperial examination, you will definitely be a good official in the future."

Xue Yinsong shook his head: "Although I understand some things, I don't like it. It's like a person who knows how to farm, but he doesn't like farming. If you are lucky enough to pass the imperial examination and stay with the emperor, it looks very honorable, but it's not. The so-called companion The king is like a tiger, following the emperor is the most dangerous job in the world. If you do well, it is the emperor's credit. If you don't do well, you will be killed by a board. Finally, you climbed up with your tail between your legs, oh oh, old emperor You kicked your legs and died, and the new emperor didn't like you when he came to power, so it's not bad to let you sit on the bench, but I'm afraid that someone who is good and bad will send you home with bad reputation."

After a pause, Xue Yinsong became very popular in poetry, and plagiarized and altered a few lines to recite: "After ten years, the dream of the capital city won the honor of the imperial court. In the future, before the king will fall out of favor, let's see the new face for the old one. The west wind and the setting sun will sweep away the old ways. Liu's figure is slanted and long. Well, it's not bad, at least the mood is there."

Little Xiucai frowned: "This couplet and rhyme are wrong..."

Xue Yinsong shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm not a scholar, so what do I care about the rhyme of the battle?" The little scholar asked again: "Then if you get out of the imperial examination, you will be unlucky? So what?"

"If you are unlucky, you will be sent directly to a remote mountainous area to serve as a county magistrate. This is hard work. Firstly, you have to collect taxes every year, and secondly, you have to solve various cases, such as theft, robbery, murder, kidnapping, fraud, etc. It is natural disasters and man-made disasters, such as mountain fires in summer and floods in autumn. Among other things, floods are the most troublesome thing for county magistrates along both sides of the river."

The little scholar said: "I would like to hear from Brother Xue."

Xue Yinsong said: "When the flood comes, there are only a few people in the county government. How to organize disaster relief depends on the ability of the county magistrate. Once the flood is flooded, it will last for more than ten days or even dozens of days or months. What do the victims eat and wear?" What to live in? This is all money piled up."

Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims have to eat and drink every day. Where does the money come from?There is only a few disaster relief funds from the imperial court, who will make up the difference?What do people do when they starve to death?You have to know that as long as the imperial court allocates some money, they think everything will be fine. Once people die of starvation, they will say that the county magistrate is not effective in supervision, and then they will beheaded after the fall.

The most troublesome thing is that once there is a flood, all kinds of prices will rise, rice prices, oil prices, salt prices... The common people will complain, and when they complain to a certain extent, they will gather crowds to riot, and even rob big households to riot, and then the court is dissatisfied. The only way is to settle accounts after autumn and cut off the head of the county magistrate.So you can see how boring it is to be a county magistrate, and you have to work hard, and the result is that the court is not satisfied at all, so they think about beheading.

"Plagues are prone to occur after floods." Little Xiucai reminded.

"Yes, the plague is a big trouble. In flooded villages, the entire village will often die. At that time, there will be no people and the land will be barren, but the next year's tax and money will still be collected by the court. If it is not paid in full, it will be the responsibility of the county magistrate. , still have to beheaded."

Xue Yinsong thought for a while and then said: "Prevention and treatment of the plague requires medicine, medicinal material dealers and medical centers will definitely make a lot of money, and the poor people will not be able to afford the money. As a result, the court is not satisfied with the final result, and the common people are not satisfied. Not satisfied, so the county magistrate is really a mouse drilling the bellows - getting angry at both ends."

The little scholar hurriedly said: "There are also good officials who will be famous forever. When they are ready to leave office, the common people will help each other for dozens of miles on the street and give them umbrellas for thousands of people."

"Cut," Xue Yinsong sneered, "the result of a good official is usually a thorn in the eyes of some people in the court. The best result is that once they become an official, they will be county magistrates for the rest of their lives, and they will never be promoted. They can only flatter and flatter." You can climb fast, don’t believe it, it’s been like this since ancient times. So it’s better to farm, and I’m willing to farm, keep my ears out of the window, and only focus on the field. Farming is the safest job in the world.”

The little scholar couldn't refute for a moment, thought for a while and said: "You said last time that you want to do business, what are your plans?"

Xue Yinsong also said excitedly: "This is how I plan to start a side business at home first, such as farming or something. My father is a good farmer. This free resource can't be wasted. When the first pot of gold is earned enough, we Start doing business."

"What do you do in business?"

"That's a good question!" Xue Yinsong burst out with pride, hugging the last cabbage and said, "Businessmen in the world, as long as they can make money, do it. Big goods, small goods, sundries, are all goods; big money and small money are divided into money." , it's all money. Understand?"

The little scholar should be more cautious, nodded and said: "If you need help, I can lend a hand."

Xue Yinsong said: "You will be the main force in the future, don't try to be lazy, but you are not needed in the early stage, you should study, I have figured it out now, a lot of tax and money can be exempted from taking the exam, so your important task now is Take the exam."

"This..." Xiao Xiucai felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, so he agreed: "After the Chinese New Year, you must prepare well. If you can pass the exam in the mansion, you will be able to take part in the capital exam in autumn." will try."

Xue Yinsong nodded: "Then you should work hard and strive for our family not to pay taxes next year, that is a lot of money."

Seeing that he had finished wrapping the last cabbage, the little scholar stood up and said, "I helped you with the dishes too, how about you help me clean the main room?"

Xue Yinsong frowned and complained: "You actually made up your mind a long time ago, didn't you?" The little scholar chuckled, pulled his sleeves and walked towards the main room, involuntarily stuffing a rag into his hand.

The two were cleaning the main room while talking, only to hear the old man yelling loudly in the yard: "Tiger, tiger, we have a visitor."

Xue Yinsong is a little strange, his family moved here and has been lukewarm with the neighbors, so who will come when the Chinese New Year is coming?Only Xiaoxiu was surprised, grabbed his sleeve and said, "Could it be someone from the He family?"

When the two walked out of the main room, they saw a woman in a light blue dress standing in the yard talking to Father Xue. The woman looked up at the two of them, and said with a smile: "This is Young Master Pei and the tiger, my slave." You're polite." He turned sideways and said Wanfu.

Xiao Xiucai was still in a daze and didn't understand, Xue Yinsong came back to his senses, and asked with a smile: "Aunt Huan, right? Please come in, I'll pour tea."

Little widow, cough, it was Auntie Huan who walked in with a smile, her gestures were graceful, she seemed to be a neat person.Little Xiucai had already hidden the rag in his sleeve, and went to his room after a few words of politeness, while Xue Yinsong stayed to accompany the guests, naturally he had to joke a few words.

Aunt Huan put a porcelain jar with a clay seal in her hand and put it on the table, saying: "I made this wine myself, and it's not bad in the mouth, but the strength of the wine is a bit weak. I thought Mr. Xiucai would like it, so I specially gave it came."

Father Xue didn't expect people to come so early, and for a while he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. Seeing this, Xue Yinsong took the wine and said, "Aunt Huan is really polite, I don't know if my father told you, please join us in the thirty nights Let’s celebrate the New Year’s Eve together.”

In fact, this was originally discussed, but since everyone is here, it is always good to speak clearly. Aunt Huan glanced at Father Xue, and agreed with a smile: "Okay, anyway, I will not do it from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. Now that you have made a living, why don’t you come over and help you cook some meals? You always need someone to help you cook.”

Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "Of course that's good. It would be even better if Auntie Huan is willing to show her hands." Auntie Huan said with a smile: "I'm really not good at cooking, so I won't make a fool of myself. Then it's settled, and I'll come over at 28 Help, then you guys go ahead and I'm leaving."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly asked to stay and said: "Since you are here, please sit down for a while, you talk to my father, because I am cleaning the house, I will go to work first." Aunt Huan hurriedly laughed: "Well, I will sit down longer After a while, you can do your own work and don't worry about me."

Xue Yinsong slipped into the scholar's room and said, "Have you seen the little widow? How is it?"

Xiao Xiucai nodded: "It's quite a heroine's spirit, not bad." Xue Yinsong also smiled and said: "I have met her twice, once she stood on the road and scolded a person who wasted money, and scolded him so happily, At that time, I thought this woman was a good material, and she was a perfect match with my father."

"What's the meaning of this statement?"

"My father likes to be reminded of him all the time." Xue Yinsong implicitly hinted: "We sit and have a conversation, and we will clean the main room after she leaves."

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Xiucai suddenly felt a little stuffy, and walked to the window and opened it a little, letting the cold air blow on his hot face.

"Tell me what you want," Xue Yinsong walked over and stood three steps behind him, "like us?"

Little Xiucai grasped the window lattice with her fingers tightly: "What... what do you want to say?" His back felt cold, and the position three steps away seemed to be burning with fire. Little Xiucai felt a little bad, but he also He didn't do anything out of the ordinary, which made him wonder if he was being overwhelmed.

"Just talk about it," Xue Yinsong said, lowering his voice: "You can say anything, as long as you say it, I love to listen to it."

Little Xiucai stepped one foot to the left calmly, ready to walk out the door as soon as he stepped on the ground. The atmosphere was so strange that even if he didn't understand it, he still felt very strange.