After fleeing the wasteland and farming, he made a rebellion

"Are you asking about the whereabouts of the previous batch of exiles?" Mrs. Qu asked.

"Yes, cousin," Ji Xingze replied truthfully, "Two of them have some relationship with us. I mainly want to know how they are doing now?"

"Then I don't know who you want to ask? I'll send someone to ask your cousin."

"One is Xue Guodong, the number one scholar in the previous department, and Xie Yunfan's family, the third son of the former prince and Taifu's concubine."

"Okay," Mrs. Qu said unequivocally, "I'll send someone to ask your cousin."

"Then can my cousin send someone to deliver the annual gift we prepared for the prefect of Qi's family?" They originally wanted to ask Mrs. Qu for help.

"No problem, I just wonder if the new year gift you gave to the prefect of Qi's family is better than that given to my cousin?" Mrs. Qu joked with a smile.

Ji Xingze smiled, "See what you said, of course."

"What?" Mrs. Qu feigned anger, "Then I'm not happy."

"Haha, my nephew is just talking casually. Of course, the New Year's gift for you is better than the one given to Qi Zhifu's family. If you don't believe me, you can take a look." Ji Xingze was not lying. The New Year's gift they prepared for Mrs. The amount given to the prefect of Qi's family should be doubled.Who asked one to be a real aunt, and the other was just for friendship.

"I won't watch it, but it's good if you have the heart." This time his answer satisfied Mrs. Qu.

"By the way," Ji Xingze reminded, "Whether it's for you or for the Qi Zhifu's family, there is one item that looks ordinary, but it is actually a treasure."

"Treasure?" Mrs. Qu was very curious, "What treasure?"

"It is a string of nourishing wood beads, just one can calm the mind and help sleep."

"Is it so magical? Then I have to take a good look."

Mrs. Qu herself knows some medical skills. She picked up the Shenshen Wooden Bead String and smelled it. There was no particularly strong smell, but it instantly made people feel refreshed.

She nodded, "It really is a good thing."

Ji Xingze smiled, "As long as Cousin likes it."

"I like it, I like it very much." Mrs. Qu smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Qu Tongzhi attaches great importance to Ji Xingze's relatives. He is also a newcomer to the local area and needs help urgently.As long as Ji Xingze's identity as the royal family is recognized and he can step into the officialdom properly, he will naturally be able to use each other's time.So after he sent someone to inquire about Xue Guodong and Xie Yunfan's family, he went back to the mansion and told Ji Xingze the result of the investigation.

When the two sides met for the first time, they had a good time to recognize their relatives.

Half a day later, Qu Tongzhi asked Ji Xingze, "I don't know what you asked about those two people?"

"Uncle Cousin hasn't said how they are doing now?" Ji Xingze didn't rush to reply, but asked rhetorically.

"It's not very good." Qu Tongzhi replied, "It's not just them, as long as the prisoners who are exiled here, life will not be very easy." After a pause, he said the result he sent someone to investigate, "They should be here now. Digging coal in the deep mountains to burn charcoal, waiting for the Spring Festival to be dispatched to open up wasteland in the distance.”

"Will that guarantee their safety?" Ji Xingze asked.

"How is it possible? Half of them can survive until the beginning of spring."

This was simply worse than what Ji Xingze had imagined.He quickly told you, Qu Tongzhi, what he thought.

"My nephew thinks this way," he said, "after my nephew's royal status is confirmed, the emperor may reward my nephew with an official position or a title, and then my nephew can have his own government office. You can arrange the servants yourself."

"You want to use them?"

"Yes." Ji Xingze nodded.

"If it's the third child of the Xie family, it's okay, but Xue Guodong may be a bit more difficult." Qu Tongzhi fell into deep thought.

"Has Uncle Biao ever thought about it? Xue Guodong is the number one student in his first class, and I am afraid that no one in Hengshan County has better knowledge than him."

Qu Tongzhi signaled him to continue with his eyes, "My cousin will be eleven after the new year, hasn't he found a good husband yet?"

"Do you want Xue Guodong to be Yuxuan's husband?" It's not that he hasn't considered this question, and I'm afraid even the prefect of Qi has thought about it, but Xue Guodong's identity is too sensitive, and some people stare at him and don't want him Well, it is obviously not wise for him to let this man be his son's teacher.

What's more, if he really becomes Yuxuan's teacher, it will be bad for Yuxuan's scientific examination in the future.You must know that the people who participate in the scientific examination must not have any stains. If you worship an exile as a teacher, you may not be able to hold your head up for the rest of your life.Even though that person was the number one scholar in the previous subject, even the former prime minister couldn't do it.

"Actually, there is no one who is more suitable to be my cousin's husband than him." Ji Xingze said, "But if this man is brought here as his cousin, he will not only offend Liang Guifei's faction, but also offend the Queen Mother's family."

The crown prince is deposed, and the second prince born by Concubine Liang is the most likely to succeed.The birth mother of the fourth prince, Concubine Chen Shu, is the empress dowager's niece, and she has always been eyeing the throne.

After a pause, he continued, "And asking them to come here in the name of my nephew will not only attract no attention, but maybe the people above will think that they will never turn around with my nephew for the rest of their lives, so they won't be too obstructive. Unless someone really wants their lives. But from the perspective of exile, if you want their lives, you won’t have to wait here.”

That is to say, although Xue Guodong is in the way of people's eyes, after all, he is only a small editor of the Imperial Academy without any real power. Those people just don't want him to have an easy life, and he will never be able to turn around for the rest of his life.

As for Xie Yunfan?He didn't even think about it because he was implicated in Mr. Xie's affairs.Now that Grand Tutor Xie is dead, it is estimated that the people above will no longer stare at their family.It may also be because Mrs. Xie is dead, their family does not even have a chance to stand up, and the government officials have no fear of them, so they don't care about their lives, and their hard labor will only be more difficult.

The reason why Ji Xingze asked for these two people was also within the scope permitted by the law of this dynasty.As long as the exiles do not leave the place of exile, the local government has the right to order them to serve any corvee.

Corvée includes forced labor, miscellaneous labor, and military service, all of which are unpaid labor.

As long as the government office agrees, Xue Guodong and Xie Yunfan will be given him as government servants in the name of handymen.

"Then if Xue Guodong is given to you, how can he teach Yuxuan?" Of course Qu Tongzhi cared more about his son than his wife and nephew.

"My nephew heard that although the Wenshan Academy here is much worse than the ones in the south, it is still the best academy in Hengshan County. My cousin can go there to study first. When I am resting, I will ask Xue Guodong to give my cousin some advice. sufficient."

In this way, without having to bear the name of master and apprentice, it is a good way to let Xue Guodong teach his son his homework.It has to be said that Ji Xingze's proposal moved Xue Guodong's heart.

He nodded, "Your suggestion is good, but we have to wait until the imperial court decides on your royal status."

"Can't it be now?" After the imperial court decides that his royal status will start in spring at the soonest, according to what his cousin said, it would be good if half of the exiles serving corvee will be alive by then.He was afraid that Xue Guodong and Xie Yunfan, especially Xie Yunfan's wife and children, would not be able to survive.

"If it is now, I am afraid it will be difficult."

It doesn't mean it can't be done.But because he has only come here not long ago, he has no foundation yet, so he doesn't want to end up testing the waters prematurely.

Ji Xingze also thought of his embarrassment, but only one can be fished out.So he said, "If it's difficult to deal with Xue Guodong's crimes, can Xie Yunfan's family recover as civilians?"

"Why is that?" Qu Tongzhi looked at him, "Unless there is an amnesty, it will be difficult for their family to return to a commoner status given the current situation of their family." He thought that there might be people at the imperial court when Mrs. Xie was alive, mainly his students It is also possible to help their family recover as civilians. With the death of Mrs. Xie, those who want to help may not help anymore.

"Nephew, I don't know, how did the court convict Taifu Xie's family?"

Qu Tongzhi thought for a while, "It seems that it is because Mrs. Xie is not strict in teaching the crown prince, and Mrs. Xie received bribes from others and punished him for several crimes."

Leaving aside the first rule for now, as long as the prince makes mistakes, as the prince and Taifu, he must have been lax in teaching.If he had not participated in it, this charge would at most remove Mr. Xie from his post.He also listed other charges, the purpose of which is obvious, that is, to exile him.

When Xie Yunfan was called back to the old house, the purpose was also obvious, that is to let him take bribes from others and some other unimportant crimes together, so that he could take the blame for Mr. Xie.It's just that before the direct branch figured it out, the officers and soldiers came to the door, ransacked the Taifu's house, and sent them all to prison.

"Is that necessary to implicate the nine clans?" Ji Xingze asked again.

"No." Qu Tongzhi shook his head, "It's just a disaster for the direct branch." This point is very clear, so only the old and young of the Taifu's family were exiled, and the servants were just for sale and did not need to be exiled.

On this point, Ji Xingze heard from Xie Yunfan that the reason why their family of four was implicated was because the Xie family did not separate. Although he was a concubine, he still belonged to the direct branch.

Here comes the problem, but if Taifu Xie wanted to help this son at the beginning, the four members of Xie Yunfan's family don't need to be exiled, they just need to be separated.

But now there is a turning point in this matter!Ji Xingze seized this point and said: "Uncle Biao, now that Taifu Xie is dead, his son's generation can be regarded as a separated family, and his son's generation is clearly defined, so Xie Yunfan, who is a concubine, is not considered a descendant. It can’t be counted.”

According to the law of this dynasty, the elders do not divide the family, unless the elders propose to divide the family.But it is also clearly stated that when the elder dies, the sons will naturally separate the family in order to increase the court tax.The formulation of this point is obviously aimed at ordinary people.

Hearing what Ji Xingze said, Qu Tongzhi nodded, and couldn't help expressing emotion: "I didn't expect my nephew to know the court laws so well!" He even remembered them better than court officials like them.

"My nephew just happened to read it." This point is still due to his master Xuan Yin. "What about the two of them?" he asked.