Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 398;
Chapter [-]; Longxi Shocking Secret
Qin Qiong didn't speak when she heard Li Yu's inquiry, but with a big wave of her hand, she drove out all the people serving in the study, even Li Yu's personal maid Yingxiang, and there were only three of them left in the study .

Qin Damen looked at Li Yu with a smile, and asked word by word;

"Tell me, your Li family in Lantian, counting from your Aye, there have been four generations of patriarchs since you moved to Lantian. These four generations of patriarchs, each generation, will include a small number of people to supplement the family and have children. Let’s not talk about the number of servants.

It is only said that the four generations of patriarchs, each generation will absorb some refugees and disaster victims when the famine year comes, or when the world is in chaos.

A small part of them were included in this book as slaves, and the rest could not be completely settled. They lived in several villages and followed you, Mrs. Li, for fear of being abandoned.

Until your Aye generation, five villages have been formed, and now there are more than 300 poor households. How is this approach different from those of Qiwangli and other aristocratic families who desperately absorbed refugees from the years of war and disaster? where? "

Li Yu was confused by the question, he had never thought about this question before, and was caught off guard by this uncle of the Qin family today, after a brief thought, Li Yu couldn't help but defend himself;
"Back to Uncle, compared with other families, there are still some differences. For example, the farmers in Zhuangzi are all free and have good household registration.
There is also the land property allocated by the imperial court, and they can support themselves. They are not like other aristocratic families who are all slaves, have no household registration, and have no land.

And I, Aye, the old man, when accepting those refugees and disaster victims, also has a temperament of investigation, and will not save or accept those who are not kind.

It's not like other aristocratic families, who don't distinguish between black and white, get it back first and then talk about other things, so the boy thinks there are still differences, I don't know what uncle thinks? "

Qin Qiong looked at Li Yu with a smile, without blinking a glance, which only made Li Yu feel flustered;

"Since you feel that there is a difference, why do you ask the old man what he thinks in the end? Since you asked, it shows that you feel guilty.

No matter what, the old man will just talk about his own opinion, so that you can have an idea in the future. From the old man's point of view, what the four generations of patriarchs of your family have done is exactly the same as what all the big families in the world have done, and there is no difference.

They are all taking advantage of the calamity year and the turmoil to absorb more servants and strengthen their own strength. The only difference is:
You, the Lantian Li family, have done more meticulously. The servants you have brought in are stable and kind, and they are even better.
And there are very few treacherous villains and ambitious people. When it comes to absorbing refugees and disaster victims as slaves, the best and most beautiful people in the world are the ones who are headed by you, Lantian Li. "

Li Yu was dumbfounded when he heard it, but he couldn't explain it. Uncle Qin's words were true, so there was indeed nothing wrong with it.

Qin Qiong looked at Li Yu's face with an expression of agreement, and then continued to analyze the problem;
"As for what you said, the servants and servants of other people's families don't have household registration as good citizens, but the farm households in your Lantian Zhuangzi do have household registration, and some of them have land.
In this regard, you Lantian Li family have done extremely well, using the land of the imperial court to support your servants, don't you think this is very beautiful? "

Li Yu's eyes were already wide open;
"This... I haven't heard Aye mention these things, so how does uncle know that Aye and the others are thinking this way?

What if Aye is soft-hearted and is not willing to let those farmers lose their freedom, is that unknown? "

"How do you know this old man? I have lived in your Li family's mansion for countless years. When I first lived in your mansion, you were not born. There is no such thing as you in this world. "

Li Yu shrugged his shoulders and agreed with Qin Damenshen's words;
"That is, Uncle and Aye have been brothers for half their lives, and of course I will not be there at that time."

Qin Qiong looked up at the roof of the study, as if recalling the past years;
"Back then, I also said these words to my elder brother. The elder brother meant that. He said that when you grow up in the future, you feel that the servants are not enough, you can buy more land, and then nodded. Those peasant refugees are you, Li. The family's private property."

Li Yu's mind buzzed, and he was extremely confused. There was something in Qin Menshen's words, and others couldn't understand. He, Li Yu, came from a later life, but he knew the meaning very well;
"Uh, uncle, if this becomes a domestic slave, he needs land to support him. If it's not a good citizen, the court will take away the land immediately.

Besides, whether those farm households agree to be my servants, is it still unknown? "

"So the same thing that the heads of your family have been doing all the time is to keep buying land and properties,
Just talking about your family slaves, why bother to buy too many fields, it’s a problem if you buy too much and no one will cultivate it, and every generation of family owners keeps buying.

Eldest brother has been here for less than a year, and you have taken over the position of Patriarch not long ago, and you still don’t know many things. Eldest brother didn’t just buy land in Lantian. "

Ok? ? ?
Do I want to dream of being a super rich landowner, without struggling, and have a family business in other places?
"Uncle, does Zhuangzi still have property elsewhere?"

"What do you think, why didn't His Majesty give you the sealed land? Don't you know, because your family doesn't lack these at all.

As far as Longxi is concerned, the eldest brother has a lot of industrial land, and the eldest brother has to go back every two or three years to take care of the arrangement.

You, Uncle Cheng, and I have also been there several times. The property over there has been run by your second bedroom for many generations. The industry here is more than ten times larger than that here in Lantian.

Otherwise, with the noble status of the elder brother and the wealth of the second house in Longxi, don't they have the strength to build the five dilapidated villas in Lantian better? "

"My God, why doesn't the child know these things, uncle is serious?"

When Mrs. Qin heard that Li Yu questioned her husband, she immediately became unhappy;
"You monkey boy, if you still want to question your uncle's words, go out and find out. In his life, has your uncle ever told a lie once? He really doesn't respect his elders. He really deserves to be beaten!"

Li Yu quickly bent down;

"Aunt forgives, uncle forgives, I don't mean to disrespect my uncle, I don't dare, let alone know, it's just strange to hear this all of a sudden, and no one told me about it?"

Qin Qiong said kindly;
"Get up, get up, the old man hugged you from when you were younger than Huai Dao, how can you still not know your character, you are not the kind of bastard who disrespects the elders, the old man is very clear in his heart."

Mrs. Qin deliberately said with a straight face;

"You little bastard, if you dare to question your uncle next time, the board will serve you with no mercy."

Li Yu didn't have a hippie smile this time, but said with a serious face;

"Aunt Qi, if the child dares not, never again."

"That's good. Otherwise, Auntie won't let you go. Your uncle has been thinking about you, you bastard. If you don't appreciate it, that's fine. If you still want to question him, then he will die of pain."

"Yes, my child remembers."

"Uncle, there is still an industrial field in my hometown, so I wonder if there are servants to look after it?"

"Of course, there are no servants to take care of you. Who will take care of so many fields? That's your real nest. The five villages in Lantian are temporary residences. How can they be compared with the old nest? That's the best place." important."

Li Yu said depressedly;
"Then uncle, why didn't I know about this, and no one mentioned it to me. It's really strange."

"What's so strange, before the elder brother left, he just returned to Longxi, and made the arrangements there. Within a few months after returning, the old injury broke out. It's not time yet, and next summer, you won't come back again. Longxi check, some stewards over there are coming to Lantian to look for you."

Li Yu understood and nodded to answer;
"Oh, from my uncle's words, my son understands that it happens once every two years. If I don't go back to show up when the time comes, they will come looking for me, right uncle?"

"That's right, that's the case. The servants of the big families in the world are all the same. Without the order of the master, who dares to mess around easily. If you don't go back and show your face when the time comes, they can't do anything else. They can only come to meet you. Please Arrange again.

It's the same as those of your Zhuangzi, if you don't go back, you don't speak, everything has to remain the same, and no one can bypass you to give orders, can't they? "

Li Yu was a little proud when he heard Qin's uncle talk about this;

"Returning to Uncle, that's exactly the case. Without Hai'er's order, no one of the five Zhuangzi's men can command.

Even the guard commander Liu Wanquan~Liu Duwei, without me speaking up, he would have no way to mobilize anyone. "

Of course Qin Qiong knew about the situation in Lijiazhuang, without Li Yu's consent, no one could decide anything;

"Just now you said that you don't have to worry about the fact that the farmers in the village don't agree to be slaves, and what kind of status is there whether they are free or not."

Li Yu didn't know where Qin Qiong's self-confidence came from, so he spoke firmly and asked tentatively;

"Uncle, if they agree, they will be slaves for generations. If they become slaves and have no household registration, if they want to become an official...then there will never be another chance.

What's more, if the household registration of the good people is lost, the imperial court will immediately take away the fields allocated to them. Wouldn't it be nothing? "

After listening to Li Yu's idiot-like words, Mrs. Qin couldn't help but stop laughing, and then covered the corner of her mouth and looked at Li Yu;

"You monkey bastard, are you young and still young, learn more from your uncle, those refugees dare to think about becoming an official?

The bad thing is that in our own home, outsiders don't know, so when you go out, don't talk nonsense like this, and don't laugh others to death. "

Li Yu was very unconvinced, and asked a little stubbornly;
"What's the matter, Auntie, as long as you can read and write, can't you become an official?"

Mrs. Qin choked on Li Yu indifferently;
"What? You want to be an official because you can read and read? What a joke. There are so many people in the world's aristocratic families and big households who can read and write, and they all want to become officials. How can the court hold so many people?

Let’s talk about poor people first, do they have the opportunity to read and write? The collection of books in this world is either in the hands of aristocratic families or in the study rooms of wealthy families.

Even if a manuscript is circulated, which common people can recognize what is written in it?
Even if there is one and a half poor people who have learned to read and write by various chances and coincidences, but if he is not a descendant of an official, he will not be able to enter an official with money.
Second, it is not the background learned through the academy. If you are not a student of Hongwenguan, Chongwenguan, or Na Guozixue, you cannot enter the officialdom with your family.

Besides, in Guozixue, only the descendants of officials with a rank of five or above can enroll in Taixue, and Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan need the descendants of officials with rank three or above to enroll. Do you think it is easy?

Honorary officers and those who are outsiders, the grades are filled by adults who are below the sixth rank of civil and military, and below the third rank of honorary officers and above the fifth rank.
They also need to take turns to serve as attendants in the homes of relatives and nobles above the third rank, or pay for the rank sub-class. After the ten-year period expires, they will pass a brief examination by the Ministry of War and then be sent to the Ministry of Officials for assessment. Only those who pass the test can be appointed officials.

There are honorary officers who have to take turns to serve in the service for the various departments of the capital and the states. It is also possible not to serve, but you need to pay the tuition fee to replace it. After the service or the expiration of the payment period, you can be awarded the post of scattered officer after passing the examination of the Ministry of War .

These are systems that have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years, and they are not unique to this dynasty, so even if a person who can read among the common people comes out, there is no chance and coincidence, and he cannot become an official at all.

Which family have you ever seen people who dare to expect their males to become officials, let alone those refugees who escaped and were taken in by the elder brother of the Li family? Even Liu Wanquan didn't dare to think about him before the supreme nod His sons can easily enter the official career. "

Li Yu was dizzy after listening to Madam Qin's words, and the various restrictions and rules of being an official. He still subconsciously thought that one could become an official by studying and taking exams.
He had never thought of so many troubles, and hadn't inquired about the situation in this regard, so he was a little at a loss, and could only stare at Qin Damenshen in a daze.

Seeing Li Yu looking at her, Qin Qiong nodded her head and said in a deep voice;
"What your aunt said is exactly right. These are old rules that have been handed down for many years. It is true in the previous dynasty, and it is still true in the new dynasty. It has been true for hundreds of years. No one can easily overthrow it.

So the refugees in your Zhuangzi, except for Liu Wanquan who got His Majesty's promise because of his military achievements,

All the other more than 1000 families are not qualified to serve as officials, including Lin Wulang. If he stayed and became a lieutenant in the army, his son might still be a son, but he must be a sixth grade Only when. "

Li Yu was a little surprised, and asked weakly;
"Uncle, could it be that the one that Auntie mentioned, the poor kid with some talent and poor background, who lives in Uncle Chang's house, is he the kind of person who can't be an official?"

"That's right. In your Uncle Chang's house, there are more than a dozen sons born by his relatives and concubines. He is not as high-ranking as the old man, and his military achievements are not enough. He can't take care of his own children. How can he be willing to give up the opportunity to a man?" Cleaner?
Therefore, I can only help him with a little money. As for the Qing Ke's desire to become an official, no one in the world can help him except His Majesty.

A white-clothed commoner, even if he has read a book, so what, how can he easily meet His Majesty the Emperor, let alone whether the Emperor is interested, so it is too difficult, as difficult as going to heaven!

If you think about it carefully, which family does not have a bunch of sons, each of whom cannot take care of his own children, is still frowning, and has time to take care of others?
So, the poor and refugees in your village don't think about these unrealistic ideas at all.

What they should think about is how to find a way to ensure that future generations will not experience the misery of having nothing to eat.

And joining a powerful family and being a slave of a wealthy family is the only way to ensure that in the famine year, you can have enough food and not die of hunger.

But the world's aristocratic families are not able to open their doors to take in people anytime and anywhere. They have to carefully calculate whether the income in the last two years is balanced, and how much more grain can be produced from the newly purchased fields. A joint for their income slaves.

And the common people will also ask carefully, which family's big family treats the servants the best, and which family's servants eat the best, no matter what their considerations are, their first choice is to follow your Li family. I have survived under your protection.

If the house is broken, go to the eldest brother, and arrange for them to repair it. If the food is not picked up, they will report to the mansion. There will be a special steward according to the number of people, and will give them enough to eat until the time of harvest. When the disaster year comes, the eldest brother will start Store food in the warehouse, what is the difference between them and Li's servants in this situation?

From the old man's point of view, the only difference is that there is no such paper contract in the mansion. As for the fields they have allocated to them, as long as you accept them into the servant book of the Li family, those fields that cannot guarantee production will be released at any time. can be discarded.

If you don't believe me, go back to Zhuangzi and ask, find a few more, and say that you want to take their family into the servant book of Li's second room,

See if they are willing or not. After asking, you will know whether the old man's guess is accurate. After asking, you will know how powerful your Aye and the few patriarchs are. "

Li Yu thought for a while before saying with some uncertainty;
"Other children don't dare to be sure that they can agree to be slaves, but Zenggui, the A Niu family will agree, they have told me several times, if they want to join my slave team, I will definitely accept it." Did not agree."

Qin Qiong stroked his beard and laughed;

"They definitely want to be your servants. Haven't you counted how much those two people can eat for a meal? Needless to say, the relatives of this strong man's family must also be tall and strong.

It was quite an advantage when fighting, but when the famine came, it was the one who suffered the most, and the first to starve to death was this kind of strong man with an amazing appetite.

If there is one meal a day in a famine year, it is God’s blessing. In a famine year for such a big man, he will have to worry about it.
For a family with this kind of appetite, it is the most correct choice to be your servant, not to mention that after following you, it is not a matter of having enough food. I am afraid that there will be meat to eat in the calamity year. "

Mrs. Qin took the time to interject;
"Speaking of your extravagance, you have to take care of yourself, who in Chang'an City doesn't know your prestige?
This one gave a jar of Wuliangye, the other gave a jar of immortal drunkenness, and two or three roast chickens. Eldest brother used to be the patriarch of the second room, and he can control almost all the property in your second room at will, but how can the eldest brother have you? Waiting for the behavior of a prodigal? "

When Li Yujian was asked about this, he started to smile again;
"Aunt Qi, the boy doesn't want to, but he keeps his mouth shut. The elders in the family are either close to me, Aye, or they are close friends with the two uncles. The boy can't say nothing at all, if it's too much Being stingy, I'm afraid it's not very good."

"Then you can't have no limit, you have to be restrained. If you want to give someone a gift in the future, you come back and report it to your uncle to see if it is as they said, and we have a close relationship with the three of us. If it is true If you have a good relationship with us, your uncle will not stop you.

Don't be fooled by touching the door and using it as a window all day long. This junior in Chang'an city is a thief and a thief. He coaxed you from the countryside, but he didn't even blink his eyes. Don't be deceived all the time. Know to repent! "

Forehead!Li Yu was too afraid to answer, how could he come back and report to the elders before giving gifts, isn't that what a child does?

I am 15 years old anyway, so I don't need to come back and report to the adults before deciding whether to continue giving gifts?This is too much!

(End of this chapter)