[Comprehensive] Be with Ancient Celebrities

While Ayu and Tiehu were busy buying land, the other Jinyiwei and Dongchang spies who had scattered like dandelions had already collected a lot of things and returned. , the local governor's list of acres of property, the face of Emperor Wanli turned pale when he saw it.

If the number of Juren in various places, the total number of Juren's properties, the average number, and the highest number are added, the number is even more shocking.The Emperor Wanli who looked at him was about to feel ill.Oh, this is not the biggest, there are also the acres of land entrusted by the royal families of each clan, which is also a large number. If you add the current number of clans, the number of food and salaries to be paid every year, etc., Emperor Wanli feels that there is no such thing in this world. An emperor who is poorer than himself.

"Sure enough, everyone knows, everyone knows, but they all hide it from me. If it weren't for Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, I, I would be blind and deaf..."

Zhang Cheng raised his brows, and felt a little speechless at Emperor Wanli's leaping thinking. Shouldn't you be angry at these people for their greed?Why did you think of hiding this matter first?Sure enough, those old guys are right, for the master, loyalty is the most important thing.

"Your Majesty, calm down. These people are loyal and want to tell His Majesty, but... after all, no one has the courage to face the scholars of the whole world. It's that Qin Yu, it's not the old slave who said, if he didn't know the identity of His Majesty , I'm afraid..."

He's not saying good things to those big officials, he's more for himself. Right now, the emperor's anger is mostly aimed at those greedy people, but what happens after he calms down?Can you not think of yourself?Although I have been with him since I was a child, and my feelings are deep enough, but the slave is a slave after all, if I feel that I am hiding it from him, then I will be able to do well in the future?

What?I don't know?Hehe, Dongchang can detect it once, can't it be detected many times?When I was in the palace in the early years, it wasn't that I didn't go out. Could there be no news or something?In this way...

Those who can be a personal servant by the emperor's side and live so long are basically no idiots. They have more sloppy intestines than ordinary officials. Look, what Zhang Cheng said is not only a layer of protection for himself Incidentally, it also calmed the emperor's anger a bit. Although when he turned his head to look at him, his eyes were a little cold, but at least it didn't burn the fire.

"You can talk, yes, almost everyone is good, who dares to say it? I'm afraid that the person who just wants to speak will die young, Zhang Banban, isn't it?"

Well, look, I still think of him.Zhang Cheng quickly knelt down, kowtowed several times, and then said:

"Your Majesty, my servant deserves to die, but your Majesty, my servant is in the palace all year round, and she never lacks half a penny for food, drink and clothing. Even if she has money, she doesn't have much money to spend, and besides, she doesn't have any relatives outside... Even if I have heard about such things, I haven’t come into contact with them personally, and I haven’t thought about them too much. How could I know they are so bold and rampant! Ordinary people only spend a few dollars a year, and they can have a hundred acres of fertile land at home. Good people, who would have thought they would be so dissatisfied."

What he said seems to be as clean as a blank sheet of paper, but he is right in saying that as a eunuch without heirs, they save money more as a kind of psychological satisfaction, but in fact it is basically useless .Unless it was for relatives outside the palace or something, as long as they saved their pension money and picked a suitable young eunuch as a godson or something, then there was really nothing to spend on anything else.As for the pension money... As the No. 1 around the emperor, the filial piety that he received in the past is enough for him to use for seventeen or eight years. What else does he worry about?So I really didn't pay much attention to these trivial matters.

Accompanying each other day by day, the emperor actually trusted Zhang Cheng, so hearing what he said was reasonable, he let out a breath of foul air and let the old servant with gray hair go.He closed his eyes, tapped the armrest with his fingers a few times, and then said lightly:

"The rules of the ancestors must always be obeyed, but there are so many people... It's not too much for a while, let's give it a chance, go, let them select ten of the most rampant people in this place, ransack the house, question the crime, and raise people. Also choose ten, go to fame, land confiscation. Next, it depends on what they do."

Emperor Wanli hoped that with such a skill, he could kill chickens and scare monkeys, let these people know what is good and bad, and retreat, so that at least it will not be so embarrassing at the beginning.but……

"Your Majesty, after Qin Yu's kid said this last time, the servants also checked it out carefully. Guess what, it is said that Xu Jie was at the door of his house when Xu Jie was impeached for corruption. I begged those villagers who contributed, hoping that they would take back those lands and avoid his crime of enclosing the land. I didn’t want to be reviled by the villagers instead, saying that I didn’t protect the people. If it wasn’t for the fact that I almost ransacked my house later and made a big fuss, I quit. Nearly halfway, after this..."

Look, Zhang Cheng is a ghost, he knows what kind of tricks he is, and it may not be effective against the next one. He wants to give the emperor some leeway to please him in advance, but this is what he said. The thing is said so tactfully, which shows how powerful the kung fu is.

"Twice if it doesn't work once, and three times if it doesn't work twice. There is always a time when they are afraid. By the way, those people under Master Zhang have notified them?"

Wanli is actually a very greedy emperor. This is known from the fact that he always asked eunuchs to collect mining taxes. He was quite active in increasing the money in the national treasury and the internal treasury. Under such a person, you are actually blatantly corrupt. Paid his land tax?Hey, don't even think about him backing down, it hurts him more than any country, okay?So this attitude is quite firm, look, even the big killer of this reform is about to be released.

"It's been called secretly, and I'm waiting in the study in Xiyuan."

"Then let's go and see our clank and iron bones."

Hey, why are you so angry?Because in the list of the family property of those ministers just now, these guys' family property is no less than that of others!Tell me, what mood is Emperor Wanli in?Cooperating with this entire court, there is not a single good thing!

Here, Emperor Wanli began to use his imperial methods, and began to attack the big weakness of the land tax. Over there, Ayu took the [-] acres of land he had just acquired, and sat at home happily with the concierge who came to take up the post yesterday. Old Liu Tou spoke.

"You should have come here a long time ago. It is said that you are a family, but in fact there are only two people. You and your grandson are the only ones who can live today, but how many years will you live? How old are you? Your grandson He is only 8 years old, and it will take 8 years until he can earn money, how can you last until then with such a job of sweeping the streets?"

"That's not it. Didn't I know that I came to you at the beginning? I thought it was an old man who was teasing me. Who would want someone at my age? If I knew it was you, I would have come early. Back then you When grandpa was still there, I worked in your family, how can I not know how your family is doing?"

Old Liu is now in his 60s, and his grandson is only 8 years old. According to the tradition of being a grandfather in his 40s, it can be seen how difficult it was to get married, how late his son was born, and the short life of his son and daughter-in-law. , you were forced to work not long after giving birth, some died of illness, some fell to death, these days... Now there is not even a single tile, all rely on sweeping the streets to earn a few money, in the firewood shed of the front street courtyard dawdle.

A few days ago, Ayu passed by and happened to meet Old Liu Tou, because he thought of what his grandmother who had lost his memory said, and when he was a child, he also saw that Old Liu Tou's son helping his father with work, so he felt sorry for him. heart of.Thinking that his family is an official now anyway, and the house is really deserted by himself, so he simply thought of taking the grandparent and grandson over to hang out together.No matter how bad the old man is, he is quite suitable as a concierge or something, and that kid can also help with some chores and run errands, that would be great.

"Don't worry, I won't let you sign any deeds. You have been friends for several lifetimes. You don't need that, and you can trust it. You two will live in this upside-down house from now on, as porters, and Anzi cleans the house every day. This place, just help me with some odd jobs. I usually go out on business, you can make do with your meals, eat whatever you have at home, and I will ask Tiehu to take you to a second-hand clothes store to find a few replacements for the clothes after a while, and the rest... Don’t feel too little for one season, I’ll give you 200 yuan for another month, as for Anzi, when he’s ten years old and can run errands, I’ll give you another, what do you think?”

How about it?No matter how hard he works outside, no matter how frugal he is, after spending on food, housing and clothing, he can’t save 200 yuan a month. Now he is just guarding the door and cleaning the yard. There is no heavy work. Don't worry about wearing all the clothes, you will definitely be able to eat and wear warm clothes, there will be new clothes every season, and how can it be bad to have such living money?Besides, Ah Yu is now an official, so he can be regarded as working in the official's house, and he doesn't have to worry about being bullied when he goes out.In addition, there is no need to sign a contract, and there is no need to go out to be a dwarf. Old Liu's tears of gratitude are about to fall, and he is about to kneel when he pulls his grandson.

"Brother Yu, you are... this is the great grace of life. If it weren't for you, I am an old bone. I don't know when... how would Anzi live. Anzi, hurry up and kowtow, thank you Yu My brother's great kindness."

"It's done, I don't have to lose my blessing. When An Zi's father was helping my father at my house, he didn't have such a privilege. An Zi got up and helped your grandfather. From now on, this will be your family. An Sheng is here Live here, just take care of this home for me."

Even though the layers of obscurity in the history books have been removed, and when he really approached Daming, Ayu has discovered that the prices here are not high, the wages here are not very low, and everything here is actually not as bad as the history books that have been tampered with by the Qing Dynasty say. But the poor still occupy the majority, and survival is still a big problem for many people at the bottom.

Ayu is not a saint, and his long-term travel experience has long hardened his heart, but when he encounters something that can help and help a gang, he is still willing to do it, let alone facing these people in the original body. There have been people who have given warmth.

Therefore, old Liutou's grandson became a member of his family, and became his unsigned servant from the seventh-rank family.He finally set up another humble official's shelf, which gave the family a little bit of popularity again.

Tiehu, who was watching all this, was very envious of this, and couldn't help thinking, if he had been following Ayu, if Ayu could be promoted in the future, then himself... maybe one day he can also be an official?If it's not him, then his father... He thinks this is very possible.

Why do you think so?Because early this morning, when they went to Baihu's place to order a job, they had already figured out the meaning behind what Baihu said to Ayu, maybe Ayu was going to be promoted again.For what?Naturally, it was thanks to the street cleaning.That's right, it's impossible for the higher-ups to have found such a source of income for Jin Yiwei, right?The blood in Tiehu's heart became hot.

"Tie Hu, what are you thinking? Hurry up, take Old Liu and the others to a second-hand clothes shop."

"Ugh……"

"Iron Tiger, Iron Tiger..."

Just as Tiehu answered here, wanting to help Ayu run some errands or something, his mother's shouts came in from outside the door. The excited voice, with a little crying, made Tiehu terrified, and he didn't care about it. After saying something to Ayu, he rushed to the door and pulled it open.I saw his mother's face was full of tears, but the corners of her mouth were raised high, with a big smile on her face, she said to Tie Hu:

"Hurry up, hurry back, your father is back, back."

"Come back when you come back, it's not like you haven't been out, mother, what's wrong with you?"

He felt very strange, his head was full of cuteness, and he didn't want to see his father walking out from the next door in Xiaoqi's clothes as soon as he asked, and he was also stupid.

He, he, his dream come true?His father, his father is also Xiaoqi?His father became an official? ...

"father……"

After only shouting, Tiehu suddenly didn't know what to say, and was about to cheer, but he didn't want his father to come over but ignored his son, but walked up to Ayu who followed him, and suddenly Land on the line a big gift,

"Ayu, uncle..."

"Uncle, what are you doing? I can't bear this, you..."

"Ayu, no more Ayu? Hey, why are they all at the door? By the way, Ayu, hurry up, look, the sign of the general flag has passed away, you are blessed, how long has it been, and it has been promoted again..."

It's like singing a big show here, making other people around to watch the excitement, one by one pointing, I don't want to join in the fun again at this time, the hundred households that the experience department came to last time He suddenly appeared at the door of Ayu's house, and he opened his mouth in shock.Regardless of Ayu's reaction, anyway, Tie Hu was taken aback suddenly, as if he had suddenly got into a cloud, and he was a little confused.

Today is... wait, Ayu?General flag?Or his father's boss?Whoops, where is he going?