Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 20 Revenge from the Wei Family

Guan Ziyang took Guan Guiying back to the East Building, and first went to see his mother Zhu, who had been very worried about him for the past few days.

After all, it was the first time for Guan Ziyang to go out alone, and Zhu Shi was very worried. He should have arrived home the day before yesterday, but it was delayed. He sent someone to the county to inquire and found out that it was Guan Ziyang who was in the government office because of physical discomfort. Yi Duo rested for two days.

Guan's mother asked Guan Ziyang carefully where he was unwell, and Guan Ziyang naturally couldn't tell her about his injury with Xie Xuanqing.

He only said it was a little cold, but now he is basically healed, and Zhu Shi didn't suspect it, and asked him to let Qingchan cook two bowls of Xiaochaihu soup to drink at night.

Guan Ziyang talked with his mother again, and told him what he had seen at the Wei Family Ceremony. Guan's mother was very pleased, and praised that she had grown up and matured a lot, and did a good job.

Guan Guiying also listened very carefully, and asked: "Brother, when did you know how to play chess and piano? Why haven't I seen it before? I don't care. You will play the piano for me later and play chess with me, otherwise I'm going to be angry!"

Mrs. Zhu touched Guan Guiying's head: "Tuanzi, your brother just came back today, don't pester him to play, let him have a good rest, and play chess and piano with you tomorrow, okay?"

Guan Guiying nodded with a smile, "Well, Auntie is right, let my brother have a good rest today!"

At this time, Guan Zhenggan walked into the house in a hurry, and he pointed at Guan Ziyang angrily and asked, "Why did you say that at the ceremony? Do you know that you have driven our Guan family to a dead end!"

Guan Ziyang was about to ask what happened, when Guan Zhengdao also entered the house, and said, "Brother, don't blame Maner, Chang Zao has long been displeased with me, and wants to squeeze us away and arrange for his relatives to enter the county." It's not been a day or two, but I think Man'er has done a good job, he didn't lose the integrity of our Guan family! He didn't shame our Guan family!"

After Guan Zhengdao finished speaking, he smiled and gave Guan Ziyang a thumbs up.

Guan Ziyang asked: "Father, Third Uncle, do you know what happened?"

Guan Zhenggan sat down on the chair, just shook his head and sighed without answering.

Guan Zhengdao patiently told him what happened.

It turned out that just before Guan Ziyang returned home, Chang Wei came to the Guan family with the waiver of the acting county magistrate Chang Zao, dismissed Guan Zhengqian from the post of county magistrate, and hired Ma Baoguo as the acting county magistrate mockingly. The county soldier regiment training envoy was demoted to the county soldier regiment training deputy envoy, and Chang Wei became the regiment training envoy.

Guan Ziyang guessed that the Wei family would definitely be unfavorable to the Guan family, but he didn't expect it to come so soon!
A large part of the reason why the Guan family became a big family in Fuling was that two members of the family worked in the county government. Now, Guan Zhenggan was dismissed and Guan Zhengdao was demoted.
Guan Zhengdao comforted Guan Zhengqian and said, "Brother, the so-called soldiers come to cover up water and earth, Chang Zao is only an eighth-rank official, I don't believe how long Chang Zao can serve as an acting county magistrate!"

"When the new official takes office, with your talents and your reputation in our Fuling County, big brother, it will not be difficult for the official to return to his post at that time. The Wei family is just a new gentry family, and the only descendant in the family is Wei Yiqing, who is still a girl. You Don't worry, their Wei family can't be on top of our Guan family forever!"

Guan Zhenggan nodded: "At this point, there is no room for recovery. Let's take a step forward. What I am most worried about now is this year's autumn tax!"

Guan Zhenggan was in a fit of anger, but Guan Ziyang didn't dare to ask. Later, he asked his mother and found out that the imperial court now implements the "mu tax system", that is, taxes are collected according to the size of the fields.

The Guan family has 120 mu of land. According to the system of "three liters of tax per mu", they need to pay [-] liters of grain after the autumn harvest. In the past, two of the Guan family worked in the county government, and they could share [-] mu of official land. In fact, it is ample to use [-] mu of land to pay the tax of [-] mu of land.

But now Guan Zhengqian's official land will be taken back, and Guan Zhengdao's official land will be reduced to five acres. With such a large family, the Guan family will be very short on food.

Guan Zhengqian said to Guan Ziyang: "Tomorrow your second uncle will organize a clan meeting, and then you should speak well, hey..."

Guan Ziyang lowered his head, he guessed that the Wei family must take revenge, but he didn't expect it to come so soon!

At this time, Tiewei finally staggered home with the ox cart, and Guan Ziyang introduced Zhu San and He Shiyi to his father.

Guan Zhengqian warmly greeted the two sergeants, they were also Yin Yun's personal soldiers. Yin Yun, the general of the five senses, was a fourth-rank military general. The two of them were considered ordinary soldiers. Because of Yin Yun's personal relationship, their identities should not be taken lightly.

Guan Zhengqian greeted the patriarch Guan Zhengkun to clean up the dust for the two in the ancestral hall. The two were originally ordered to send Guan Ziyang home. Now that the task was completed, the Guan family also warmly entertained them, and they should say goodbye.

But there was no movement between the two, so Guan Zhengkun proposed that they stay at the Guan family for a few days, and the Guan family expressed their gratitude to the landlord, but unexpectedly, the two agreed...

The members of the Guan family were embarrassed for a moment, but they both drank and ate meat, pretending not to notice.

So Guan Zhengqian arranged two fairly decent rooms in the east building for the two of them, and they were not too polite, so they went back to their room to rest after eating.

At night, dark clouds covered the moon, and the Guan family fell into darkness and tranquility. Only the third floor of the east building, a small room, reflected a faint candlelight.

Guan Ziyang couldn't fall asleep anyway.

Because the Guan family is in crisis, he is likely to be the target of public criticism at the clan meeting tomorrow.

Although he felt that he did nothing wrong, the consequences were completely unbearable with his current ability, so he suffered from insomnia...

Since you can't sleep, practice Tai Chi.

Guan Ziyang practiced for a while with only a mouthful of innate spirit, and his interest faded...

I don't have the awakened bloodline, so I can't cultivate the internal strength of "Leng Yan Saw"...

And Xie Xuan recommended him to practice "The Analects of Confucius", and he didn't like it either. As a reborn person, since he wanted to practice martial arts, he naturally had to aim for top masters...

Still the same sentence, half-baked people are the first to hit the street...

The next day the clan assembly was held as scheduled, and all members of the family were present, plus the shady households and tenants of the family were also standing and listening at the door. within the shrine.

As the patriarch, Guan Zhengkun spoke first. There are three things to discuss in today's clan meeting.

One thing: autumn valley taxation; two things: disposal of shaded households; three things: children's studies.

Although the Guan family is one family, the imperial court collects taxes according to household registration, and the male becomes a separate household when he becomes an adult. Therefore, the Guan family is divided into four households, and the southeast, northwest, and fourth floors each pay the autumn tax. Then there is a problem.

At the beginning, because Guan Zhengqian and Guan Zhengdao worked in the county government, they were able to share the official land, so when Guan Ziyang's grandfather divided the land, Guan Zhengqian and Guan Zhengdao were allocated the most remote and barren field of the Guan family, and the yield per mu was only the Guan family's other fields About two-thirds of the fertile field.

Now there is no official land in the east building, and half of the official land in the south tower is lost. If we only rely on the harvest of ten acres of barren land, after paying the autumn grain, we may not be able to guarantee our basic livelihood.

What Guan Zhenggan meant was that he hoped that the fields could be redistributed.

Unexpectedly, the patriarch Guan Zhengkun and the fourth son Guan Zhengde refused straight away.

　Paving the way for the chapter, we will soon usher in the chapter of Jiangzuo hegemony
　　
　
(End of this chapter)