Housekeeping interior courtyard

Xie's confidant, mother Dong, sat on the little silhouette, rubbed her calves while laughing, "This is a marriage made of heaven and earth! The old slave said that it was the wife who was too worried, so our eldest sister With such a good character, a family like us will have a good marriage waiting for you! Look, you don’t have to look for it. This marriage will come by yourself!"

Xie was fiddling with a white jade Ruyi, which was about inch long and extremely exquisitely carved. Although this white jade is precious, it is far less than the metaphor represented by its appearance.

Her eyes were smiling and said, "Ruyi, Ruyi, it's Ruyi. It seems that the wife of the Zhang family also fell in love with Sister Mei."

Mother Dong pretended to be shocked and said, "God Master! My wife, just our girl, stand there, the Nine Heavens Fairy descends to the mortal world. That character is followed by you and our old lady, who will miss each other. Come on!"

Xie was in a good mood and pretended to spit on her and said, "You old guy, just make me laugh."

Dong's mother knew her personality the most, and she laughed and said, "I'm telling the truth, why do you blame me?" Because she flattered, "My son-in-law passed the juren at such a young age, but it's amazing. I'm afraid she's not Wenquxing. Come down to earth! I will win the top scorer again next year. Oh, the father-in-law and son-in-law are both top scorers, but aren’t it like our old master and the master again! This is a story that has never happened again! I’m afraid I won’t write it into history books!”

But it is said that Xie Qian was the top scorer in Chenghua in the 11th year, Chen Li was the top scorer in Hongzhi in the third year, and the top scorer in the father-in-law and son-in-law was a good story.

This compliment just touched the itchy part of Xie's family. She was already very proud of it, and she added a lot of hope for her future son-in-law, and said, "I saw him at the banquet that day, but he looked very good. , advance and retreat in moderation, let alone, it looks like Pi Ge."

Although Xie Pi failed to become the top scholar, the father and son Ding Jia are also a good story, and Xie is still quite proud of Xie Pi.

Dong's mother smiled casually and said, "It's a blessing that Princess Dachang hosted this Shangsi banquet, and Madam Zhang also looked at our girl..." But after saying this, she reacted and swallowed the second half of the sentence. Go on,

Xie's face turned gloomy. Although it was the Shangsi Banquet she mentioned first, she felt awkward when she thought of the incident at the banquet.

It’s all that Yang Tian’s fault!

She was not optimistic about this marriage at first, and everyone said that "the eldest daughter would not marry her." At that time, Shangshu Chen took a fancy to the Yang family.

The Yang family is really getting up now, and Yang Ting and his favorites are very popular. On the contrary, the Shangshu Mansion has fallen, and Yang Tian can't even point out what to do when he gets married in the future.

It was because of a tough life and a strong temperament. It caused a lot of trouble before I even passed the door. During the Kunning Palace and Shangsi Banquet this time, the more the noise, the more the more it was.

Fortunately, she asked Sister Mei to stay away from Yang Tian that day. If Yang Tian took her away, she might have fallen into the water.

Xie put Ruyi in his hand on the desk table, took a teacup and took a sip, and asked casually, "Talk about it... the eldest sister of the Yang family is sick... huh?"

Mother Dong quickly replied in a low voice: "I'm afraid... it's not good. You forgot that there was news from our mansion that someone from the court impeached the Yang family and was infected with the epidemic."

Xie said "um" and said lightly: "Aren't you sent out of the city?" Her face became more and more ugly, and she raised her eyebrows, "The mansion said, is it Shen Rui's village? It's time for the Yang family. It's really …”

She didn't say anything else, but the sound of the teacup hanging on the table was particularly crisp.

Mother Dong forced a smile and said, "Don't you have to rely on the Yang family? So now..."

Xie said without hesitation: "What's the use of winning over now? You have to see if Sister Yang can still make a living! Even if the Imperial Doctor goes to see him, he doesn't look good. He has a big face.

, I will give you a farmer if you say you give me a farmer! I will give you a farmer before I can stop losing my family!"

Xie said, but he became angry and said annoyed: "Along with those nobles, he also went to collect refugees from the village, and I don't know how much money he threw in. You said, he was not even a Jinshi.

, The little scholar, who would invite people to buy? What is the result? Who knows the number one person in the court?! This time I spent my family property for a woman, but good, is this ancestral property enough for him to be corrupted!"

Mother Dong secretly wiped the sweat from her forehead. This was not the first time her wife had an attack.

This time, it was probably because of a quarrel with the master and a marriage that was under pressure from his children. The wife was always in a state of unstable mood and scolded whatever she picked up. She made her a servant respond, and she didn't accept it.

Xie said to himself: "Although this is the money of the second wife, I am worried about it. But I can't write the word "Shen" in one stroke. Now that the second wife is doing this, the court has no help, and she is so generous.

No matter how good it is, I will probably implicate the master in the future! Even as my sister-in-law, I watched him grow up, how could I really let go of him? Now I have two more weaving factories, which has become a tribute.

, I don’t care about him anymore, if he makes a mistake in the emperor, he will really cause a huge mess!”

Mother Dong's eyes unconsciously fell on the silk cloth with soft luster on the long table opposite.

That was a gift from the Zhang family. The new look in the Xingong Palace of Suzhou Weaving Mansion this year has just become popular in Beijing.

What does tribute mean?

Mother Dong seemed to have found her tongue, and her face smiled a few more folds, "There are no more capable people in this clan. The eldest wife of the second wife is older, and the third wife is another...

To forgive me, the third wife is not a smart person, but she gave the second wife to outsiders to take care of her. Although she accepted her goddaughter, she is no longer a member of the Shen family. In this capital, the master has the highest official position, and the wife

You must bear it with all your strength. Those who can work harder will only make the wife suffer. The old slave really feels sorry for the wife..."

Xie listened to it, and nodded, and sighed, "What's the point? I'm just worried about it. Fortunately, my sister-in-law handed over the words, and there were people in her family who knew about cloth business..."

The master and servant were talking lively, and a few words of low voices came from outside the curtain of the door. Xie couldn't help but frown, and mother Dong hurried out to inquire.

After a moment, Dong's mother returned, her eyes were a little sloppy, and her face was embarrassed: "It was the second party who came to report... I didn't follow the master."

Xie's face darkened again and scolded, "Didn't you say that they were waiting at the gate of Hanlin Academy! Didn't you tell the master that there was something important at home?" As he said, he was a little proud and helpless, "Where is the social service again?"

?”

Dong's mother lowered her head and glanced at Xie's expression from the corner of her eyes, "Madam... it's the second house, I invited the master to come over. She said that someone from Songjiang has arrived, and there is another important matter to discuss with the master.

”

Xie suddenly felt that his anger could not be suppressed. He waved his hand and brought the teacup to the ground and said sternly: "Is there nothing important at home? Is it that Mei Jie'er's marriage not important? Don't care about her own children's affairs.

Take care of other people's children! Which one is his son!"

Dong's mother shrank and tried her best to reduce her presence. With her experience, it would take at least half an hour for her wife to get angry.

This time, it was a mistake in the estimate. Xie vented a few words in anger, and suddenly slapped the table and asked Dong's mother to come over, saying, "Go and get Mei Jie'er's Geng Tie and ask the official media to send it to the Zhang family."

Mother Dong was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "Madam, this...this...this is better to wait for the master to come back to discuss..."

"No need." Xie interrupted her coldly, "He didn't care about Sister Mei, and he still discussed with him. Can't I make decisions about my daughter?"

Mother Dong forced a smile and said with difficulty: "Madam, look, we are a girl's family, we always have to hold on, and it also makes the girl look precious. Look, are you waiting for two days..."

Xie glared at me, "What kind of family do you think that is? That is the family of the Minister of Personnel! Hold it?! You also hope that this marriage will not be successful?"

How dare Dong's mother say too much? She thought in her heart, but the other side of the Pavilion Master's Mansion nodded. And that's the Minister of Personnel, a third-rank senior official, who doesn't want to marry a high-ranking family? The Zhang family's young man

You are very ambitious and the master is happy. He will not blame his wife for making decisions before he can wait for him.

Study room in Shenfu, Renshoufang

Not only Shen Li was invited to the yamen, but also Shen Jin, Xu, the second master, Shen Zhou, and the third master, Shen Run, were also invited.

Since the He family fell, people rarely gathered together to discuss anything. This time, they came because of two news from the Shen family and the Lu family.

"The first pile is the land acre." Shen Rui bowed to everyone and said, "After the He family confiscated the house, only the clan property was left, and all the property land acres in the Nanzhili were lost. The national treasury used silver.

Except for the Empress Dowager, who bought three imperial houses for the Emperor and the Emperor, the rest were sold on the spot."

Everyone nodded, this was a routine disposal.

Nanzhili itself has a small land and a large population. All major families attach great importance to land. When the official sells the He family’s land, the prominent families in various places will definitely join in.

The emperor is probably full of internal treasury this time, so he can give out hundreds of thousands of treasurys to the border without hesitation.

I think this land purchase is indispensable for the Shen family, a local large-scale family in Songjiang. Many of the land produced by the Shen family were bought from the He family when the ancestors of the He family were in decline.

"The Shen family, there are too many fields." Everyone has a consensus, and Shen Rui has no more explanation, just a brief summary.

After everyone was stunned, they all fell silent again.

The Shen family is already the first-class family in Songjiang. The land is so large that it has occupied 60% of the fertile land in Songjiang. If you eat some acres of land, no one will protect you in the court and eventually become a fat sheep in the eyes of others.

Shen Li looked at the second and third masters and had no intention of speaking, so he spoke first: "Now the money that the He family has confiscated has been escorted to Beijing, and our family has already bought the land. It would be too much to sell it now.

If the Shen family sells the land in Songjiang again, it will be a must for the people to be volatile again. They can only learn from the clan, allocate more to the sacrifice fields, and slowly hand over some of the fields to the clan members and break them into pieces.

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Chen Jin also said: "I heard from a Shanxi year that all scholars in their clan had silver, grain, rice and even land, and were used as a subsidy for writing and ink. Only the Southern Zhili culture and education flourished, and this method If you copy it, you may not be able to change it. The clan directly uses land as a reward to encourage students to enter the school, which is also a killing of two birds with one stone."

Chenzhou on the side, Chenrun is both the spleen and stomach of the literati. When he heard this, he nodded and said that this is what it should be.

Xu sighed softly: "Every year, in the name of the clan, the land donated by the fertility hall is also caused. This Japanese catastrophe, I don't know how many people in Songjiang have been washed away and left to provide these people with a mu of land. It also corresponds to cause and effect."

Everyone sighed and agreed, and went to see Shen Rui again. Since he raised this matter, he would not just talk about such a simple solution.

Seeing everyone looking over, Shen Rui said, "Mother, two uncles, two brothers, I was talking to Yuwu Uncle Chen. After the talks, I had a thought. Yuwu Uncle is the chief grain leader and often goes with the land. When dealing with him, he also talked about the He family. During the chat, he said that he would not know if he would still be given to the previous family after the land was transferred. There were several crops, which served the land very well, and the year was not good. I can't be hungry either. When the weather is good, I can still get more food per mu than others."

People at that time valued the land. When they heard this, everyone looked at Shen Rui with bright eyes. The first thing they guessed in their hearts was whether they wanted to hire these tenant farmers to the Shen family.

"I heard from Uncle Yu Wu that there are many good people in our tribe who understand the fields. Looking at Brother Chen and Brother Chun, I think that not all tribes have the only way to study." Shen Ruishen He took a breath and said, "It is naturally good to be talented and able to study. Even if his family is limited, he can help the clan as long as he wants to study, but if his talent is not here, it is better to make a living.

"For example, in business, Uncle Lian and Si of the Third House are a good player, and the second brother Ling who went there, which is also a talent. There are also any skills in this industry. If you have such ability, you should also use it. And farming is also average. For the same piece of land, you know how to farm and don’t know how to manage farming, and the yield per mu is twice as different.

"Business requires capital, and farming requires land. Now, what we lack the least is this land. I have such a thought, and I set up a single piece of land, and set up a similar form to the zodiac, specifically asking for fishing. Uncle Wu said that the crops are like this, and the people who want to farm in this field are not limited to their age. They can learn as long as they can produce more food. It is a good thing for the country and the people."

The third master praised the first one: "Great kindness!"

Chen Li nodded and said, "In fact, many local officials have such good governance. They ask old farmers to teach the people to grow grain, which is a remarkable political achievement. It is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people. It is not only my Shen family can learn it, if If it can be promoted, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, and even the people of the world will benefit."

Shen Rui smiled and said, "I am also trying to promote it in the future. If so, I must set it up more rigorously. I also need some who can write and write, record those experiences, compile them into books, and publish them all over the world. , is the great merit." As he said that, he went to Chenzhou again and said, "I'm afraid it will take three to five years to accumulate useful experience. At that time, the second uncle will need to polish it."

Chenzhou responded with a smile when he twisted his beard.

Shen Rui also said: "Before setting up this farming school, there are many things to be discussed. In addition to farming techniques, you can also try planting different seedlings to find the one with higher yields per mu. I have also heard that there are also some seedlings, interplanting, etc. It is said that fish and crabs are raised in rice fields, and the land remains unchanged, and more production is produced. Not only grain fields, but also cotton fields, and mulberry trees... and then rewards are given, and anyone who can cultivate high-yield seedlings will be given a generous reward... ”

The few of them here are Hanlin officials, and have never been sent to the place. They have read a lot of books, but I don’t understand the matters in the fields. I heard Shen Rui speak very well, and I think that the acre of fields produces a variety of crops. The prospects were all cheered happily.

Chen Zhou also said that he was idle now and would go to buy some books about farming, farming, farming, and pick up useful ones, and go back on monthly letters.

Seeing that everyone praised him, Shen Rui smiled and bowed to Chen Li and Shen Jin, "Since my uncles and brothers all think this is feasible, I would like to ask the two brothers and me to write a letter to the clan in the name of our clan. Then several other families in the clan discussed and finalized the matter."

After the Nine House clan son was exiled to Yunnan, the Ninth Grandpa dispersed and took his family property and Shen Lin to Yunnan, the clan leader Chen Qi held a clan meeting and officially decided to be the Nine House clan son.

Chen Li and Chen Jin both responded to the gift.
To be continued...