Chapter 528: Tutor (Part 1)

Xidan Archway, Taipu Temple Yamen.

Cao Yong has been paying attention to a piece of news these days, that is, Fujian Governor Jueluo Manbao submitted a memorial on "spending acres" before the New Year.

This is one of the main policies of the Fourth Prince after he came to power, and it is through this policy that the empty treasury has replenished.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass and "escape", land annexation has become increasingly serious. A large number of farmers who lost their land have become tenant farmers, but the "Ding Yin" that has been pressed on them has not decreased at all.

Although the powerful and powerful families have largely annexed land, they have used various methods to reduce taxes.

Those landless farmers, after working hard, have to pay a very high proportion of land rent and have to bear silver and labor.

Even in a good year, it is good to peel off one layer of food and barely fill your stomach. If you encounter a drought, flood and famine, the crops are not well harvested and the grains you planted are not enough to pay rent.

What other ways can you do besides selling your children or your body as a slave?

The 50th year of Kangxi, the grace of "the more children in the prosperous era, never increase the tax", enabled the genies born after the 51st year of Kangxi to completely get rid of the pressure of the "capital tax".

The benefits are that they will not be revealed after more than ten years.

According to the system, any man who is a man from the age of sixteen to sixty is called a man. In addition to paying the Dian silver, he also has to bear local labor.

Those people who still need to pay Dians can only pray that God will open their eyes. Otherwise, a major flood or drought may lead to a family separation of heaven and man forever.

Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will often leave your hometown and become a servant.

Why was Yongzheng so infamous? Until hundreds of years later, some people questioned the legitimacy of his succession. There were countless literary people criticizing him. He was called a tyrant who "planned his father, forced his mother, killed his brother, slaughtered his brother, was greedy for money, liked to kill, drunkenness, killed loyalty, flattery, and slandered."

This is the reason, "spending acres to earn acres".

"Spreading acres to earn acres" reduces the burden on the people, curbs land annexes to a certain extent, and enriches the treasury, but seriously damages the interests of the powerful and wealthy landlord class.

Speaking of which, Emperor Yongzheng was not very good. He worked hard for more than ten years, but he was exhausted.

In front is the father of the "Eternal Emperor" who is very fond of merit, and behind is the son of a romantic and promiscuous "Ten-Perfect Old Man". However, he, the "old ox" who connects the past and the future, only fell into a bad reputation. He wanted to whitewash the peace, but there was no support from Shilin.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time he wondered whether this Jueluo Manbao would be the Fourth Prince's member.

Even if it is not now, since the Fourth Prince can implement the policy of "spending acres" after he ascended the throne, he should treat this Jueluo Manbao differently.

After I realized that Kangxi had refuted Jueluo Manbao's memorial, he believed that "the name of the land is the same as that of the provinces; if the land is distributed, the provinces will be different, and the changes will be made in the future."

Cao Yong only sighed. Kangxi had been the emperor for more than 50 years. He would not know the relationship between land annexation and the lack of treasury. But he didn't know whether he was a good reputation or was afraid of change causing turmoil, and he was no longer as sharp as he was when he was young.

During the afternoon break, Cao Yong thought of his head feeling sad and couldn't help but feel a little amused.

I just thought of opium before, but now I think of "spending a stake in a mu". Do I still want to gain a good reputation as a capable minister?

He tried his best to find a way to solve the harm of opium. He did not live in vain. However, he had no intention of getting involved in other things.

All kinds of social changes in history have been fiercely fighting, and it can be said that they are all paving the way with blood.

Cao Yong admired those who were brave enough to reform and develop, but he was not interested in putting himself on the fire.

In addition to being busy with the affairs of the yamen, Tang Zhiyu was also busy with his two cousins ​​taking the exam. Both of his cousins ​​were both famous and famous, and they were going to participate in the exam this spring.

Speaking of these two cousins, Tang Zhiyu's face was full of glory. She kept praising her. It was either that she was good at learning or that she was filial to her mother and had a straightforward character.

Cao Yong saw it and remembered the scene of sending Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang last year.

Cao Shuo is now studying at the Zhengbai Banner Official School in Xinxian Hutong in Chaoyangmen, studying translation and Manchu, preparing for the examination of Zhongshu pen and post; Cao Xiang studied at the Imperial College, and after the three-year period expires, he is qualified to directly take the next examination. Even if he fails to pass the Jinshi exam, as long as Cao Xiang is "high-ranking" in the internal assessment of the Imperial College, he can still be elected as an official and enter the official career.

When Cao Yong first came to this world, Cao Shuo was still a naive child, while Cao Xiang was still a declining fetus. In a blink of an eye, he was so big.

Cao Yong couldn't help but glance at Tang Zhiyu carefully. If he had not started with a child, but continued his previous life, he would have been a few years older than Tang Zhiyu.

When Tang Zhiyu saw Cao Yong looking at him, he stopped smiling, but felt a little embarrassed to praise his cousin again.

Cao Yong looked at Tang Zhiyu's official uniform that had been washed white, and he could only admire him.

In order to take care of the widowed aunt and cousins, Tang Zhiyu lived a very hard life. Except for the old Cangtou who saw the door, the only servants who went to the yamen to serve with him.

All housework was cooked by his wife and daughter himself.

A dignified fourth-rank official in Beijing can achieve this, and it is also the only one in Beijing.

Because of this, Yiduli privately talked to Cao Yong several times, calling Tang Zhiyu a fool. Although his two cousins ​​have not yet started a family, they are both in their twenties and are still famous for the Juren.

No matter where you go to the restaurant, you can't spend some money to support your mother and your brothers? But they are all nerds, they don't know the worldly style, and they only know how to study. The whole family is supported by Tang Zhiyu.

In addition to studying, after all, my cousins ​​are older, and with fame and fortune, some are willing to come to visit the house to get married. Tang Zhiyu picked up the serious scholarly family and arranged for the two cousins ​​to make marriages. Now, he is preparing a betrothal gift in pain.

This is Tang Zhiyu's family matter, and outsiders don't talk much, so Cao Yong just listens to it.

Although Tang Zhiyu stopped talking, his mind was still on the upcoming exam and murmured to himself: "Calculate the day, this examiner should be assigned, but he doesn't know which adult he is in today's subject..."

Before Tang Zhiyu finished speaking, someone heard someone laughing, "Mr. Tang doesn't know, but I know. Two adults, Wang Xuling, Minister of Works, and Liu Qian, the left censor of the Censorate, are the main examinations, and two cabinet bachelors, Cai Shengyuan and Wang Zhishu, are the deputy chief examinations. The imperial edict issued by the sixth year of the 60th year of the lunar calendar, went to the Ministry of Rites yesterday. Today, several adults started to express their guests.

"Two Lords Wang are the chief examiner..." Tang Zhiyu nodded when he heard this, and had already begun to think about it.

He himself rushed out in the imperial examination, so he naturally knew that the examiner's temperament and hobbies were different, and the candidates he chose were also different.

Some examiners are calm and do not like too frivolous articles; some examiners are open-minded and have no interest in solving problems in a stereotyped way. If there is too much knowledge in this, it is not easy to ignore it.

He was paying attention to the examiner. However, when Cao Yong heard "Cai Shengyuan", he felt a little moved.

Cai Shengyuan was the chief examiner of the Jiangsu provincial examination in the 44th year of Kangxi, and was the chief examiner of Gu Nadi. When Gu Na came to Beijing, he took the initiative to invite him. Not only that, he also gave his young daughter to Gu Na as his wife, and the teachers and students became father-in-law and son-in-law, which was also a good story.

Cao Yin respected Cai Shengyuan very much for this reason.

Although Gu Na was born into a prominent family in Jiangnan, his clan members had already withered, and there was no father or brother to rely on, nor had any poor family. It is admirable that Cai Shengyuan did not seek people by his wealth.

The person who came was Yiduli. After talking to Tang Zhiyu, he was still waiting for him to say "thank you" and teased him a few words, but he didn't expect that he would plan for his cousins ​​again.

Yiduli patted his forehead weakly. He turned his head and said to Cao Yong: "Sir, Ling Zun and Prince Chun are both in the Ministry of Rites. Why aren't the news from the Lord still below the official?"

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

Although he and Cao Yin and his son also said a few words every day, he never thought about asking his father how it was in the yamen.

Yidu immediately saw that Cao Yong had no words, and saw that he looked uncomfortable and realized it in his heart.

The father and son are like natural enemies.

There are not many fathers who like their sons. No matter how hard they work and make more progress as their sons, don’t expect to get a thumbs up from their father’s mouth.

Either they raised their eyebrows and raised their eyes or compared with the promising child. Looking at the posture, they would be as if they were not their own son, but were like mud.

After a while, the son can only hide from his own son, who is willing to move forward?

Idu immediately thought of this and changed the subject quietly.

In the afternoon, I had a short time to work as a yamen, and I felt like I was passing by in the blink of an eye. Cao Yong's heart was more urgent than every day.

They were all stimulated by Tang Zhiyu's complacent look of "My family has a younger brother to grow up", and he began to think about whether he should be the little carrot heads in the education and education office.

Among them, Tianyou and Zuo Cheng, the brothers of Zuo Zhun were four years old and Hang Seng was three years old. He didn't have to worry about Niu Niu, and Mr. Zhuang had already taught his daughter to practice big characters.

Although it is still early for three or four-year-old children to be enlightened according to the current rules, it is not easy to release them.

Cao Yong did not expect the children to walk on the single-plank bridge for the imperial examinations, but he did not want them to become playboys who had no use.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong's body was straightened on the back of the horse. Well, he had the intuition of being a father and elder.

After returning to the mansion and entering the inner house, Cao Yong first went to Lanyuan to pay his respects as usual.

However, Cao Yin and Li were neither here. My father was fine. He also returned late from the yamen. How could his mother go out to visit him?

Cao Yong was surprised and asked the maid here: "When did the wife go out? Where did she go?"

The maid replied: "The second grandma of the East Mansion sent someone to invite her wife. It seemed that there was an urgent matter, and the eldest grandma followed her."

Cao Yong was still confused when he heard this.

Although Cao Song's follower was not in the capital, Zhao Jia was still there in the East Palace. Why was it Jinghui's turn to speak?

He left Lanyuan, but he was a little worried. Could it be that Zhao Jia wanted to have Jinghui while Cao Song was away?

If that were the case, it would be speechless.

Cao Yong couldn't help but feel a little excited and turned around to change his clothes to Wutongyuan first, but he was called away.

From the second door, Xicai came out panting.

Xi Cai gasped for a while and said, "The prince-in-law, the princess accompanied his wife in the East Mansion, thinking that the prince-in-law was almost gone to the yamen, so he asked the maid to come back and invite the prince-in-law over."

Could it be that the matter of the house in the mansion, why do you still remember to call him over?

Cao Yong asked, "What the hell is it? Such a labor force has been mobilized. It's time for food. Why don't you ask someone to come back?"

When Xicai heard his question, she felt frightened and trembled in a low voice: "Mrs. Second, she fell, and she was not in good condition."

Cao Yong did not notice Xicai's abnormality, nodded, turned around and headed towards the second gate.

Xicai shook her head vigorously, eliminating the chill on her body, muttering, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." She took a few steps and followed Cao Yong.

As soon as he left the mansion, he met Cao Yin, who had just arrived at home. Cao Yong had met his father and told him about Zhao Jia.

"Did you fall?" Cao Yin heard this and waved his hand to his son, saying, "Since that's the case, then go over and see what the imperial physician said. The waiter is not in Beijing, and the others are still young, so take care of it."

Although Cao Yin was a little worried, this did not mean that the eldest uncle had explored his sister-in-law's wife, so he gave Cao Yong a few more words.

Seeing that his father was serious, Cao Yong was amused and laughed. Could it be that he could stand by and watch without giving these instructions?

When they arrived at the East Mansion, Cao Yong directly followed Xicai into the inner house and went to Zhaojia's yard.

There were two little maids standing under the corridor, wearing spring shirts, trembling at the door. Seeing that Cao Yong had arrived, the two hurriedly picked up the curtains.

There was no one in the outer hall, and everyone gathered in the inner room.

When Cao Yong saw Zhao Jia on the kang, he was shocked.

The bridge of the nose was broken and collapsed. He added a hole to his forehead. His right half of his face was rubbed. His whole face was flushed and swollen, looking like a ghost.
Chapter completed!