Retreat Garden, Ten Thousand Pine Wind Hall.

Xu Ge was helped to sit down by his son, drank tea again, and sighed for a long time: "These two are going to break the foundation of my Xu family." ”

"Yes, father." Xu Ying thought deeply and said: "Once the method of equalizing the land and grain is implemented, those who donate the official land to our family will definitely feel that it is not cost-effective." ”

"The key is still in the 'one whip method'." Xu Fan saw it more thoroughly than him, and said gloomily: "Songjiang Mansion is about to compile the 'Tiger Head Rat Tail Book'. When the time comes, whether it is carrying the field for our family or being a slave for our family, I am afraid that we will feel panicked. ”

"That's natural, whoever has more fields in his name has to be ranked on the head of the tiger, and pay more Ding Yin, not to mention the bad silver, and pay more taxes and silver." Xu Ying nodded and said:

"Those slaves, according to the new law, do not have to serve the government, why do they need to give us filial piety? I definitely want to get out of the country and draw a line with us. ”

"Father, what are we going to do?" Xu Fan was really panicked, and his voice trembled. Don't look at him, he has also experienced a lot of things, but it is all on the premise that his father can block the wind and rain. Now I can't cover it anymore. Xu Fan's weak nature was finally exposed.

"Alas......" Xu Ge Lao closed his eyes and frowned in thought. Although it is more dangerous than this, he has experienced it many times. But he is already old, his head is not as bright as it used to be, and he is no longer in place.

I really don't have that condition, and I can deal with it lightly......

The two sons of the loser all held their breath, lest they disturb their father's hard thoughts.

The ten thousand pine wind hall can be heard for a while.

~~

Xu Jie understood that although Hai Rui's Yingtian New Deal was not designed specifically for him, all the pressure came to him for various reasons.

First of all, he is the largest landlord in Jiangnan, and all the powerful families and big and wealthy families are looking to see if he can withstand it.

Moreover, there is Lin Run's case on his head...... It is destined that Hai Rui will take the Xu family to operate.

Now that I think about it, Hai Rui went crazy and announced in Suzhou a year ago, in fact, to clear the way for the big drama after the year.

As soon as the Chinese New Year passed, he used these two new policies to turn the wind and rain into rain to make the Xu family and the majority of Songjiang elders opposed, so as to achieve the purpose of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle.

"Haizhongcheng has such a painstaking layout, there must be a thunderous momentum when he does it......" Xu Ge Lao suddenly laughed at himself: "I don't know if the old man's old arms and legs can withstand it." ”

"Yes, of course!" The two sons hurriedly said, "Father must resist it!" ”

"Hmph......" Xu Jie glanced at the two of them coldly, and really regretted giving birth to this cheating thing.

"Father, we can't sit still, we have to hurry up and save ourselves!" Xu Fan couldn't care about his father's disgusted eyes.

"Arrange a killer again to kill Hai Rui as well?" Xu Jie sneered.

"Uh......" Even Xu Ying knew that this was impossible. If the governor who comes to handle the Lin Run case, there are three long and two short, and the court will directly send a large army to exterminate the Xu family.

"For today's plan, there is only one word 'forbearance'." Everyone has path dependence, and when Xu Ge is old at a critical moment, he will still take out his 'turtle magic skill' at the bottom of the box.

"Hai Rui wants to fix us, so let him fix it. If you want to return the land, let's retreat. If you want to overcharge taxes, let's pay them. Xu Ge Lao obviously figured it out, and only listened to him calmly and casually: "He can't keep picking wool on the old man's sheep, right?" Sooner or later, he will have to go to trouble others, and when the time comes, when the time comes, someone will naturally clean him up. As long as we stay in the green mountains, we will not have to worry about running out of firewood in the future. ”

"Ah......" Xu Fan and Xu Yingxin said, isn't this just surrender? Both of them are unyielding lords, not to mention more grievances.

"Ahh Xu Jie looked at the two dead children coldly, and said in a deep voice: "The next thing, you don't need to come forward, the old man will come in person." ”

"Father, what are we going to do?" Xu Fan and Xu Ying hurriedly asked.

"Grounded." Xu Jie instructed Xu Dadao in a deep voice: "From today on, the two of them will live in the Retreat Garden, and they are not allowed to go out for a single step, so as not to let the government find an excuse to take it, and it will be tricky at that time." ”

"Father, it's just a matter of grounding the third child!" Xu Fan was shocked: "When the wind and rain are like this, my son has to contribute to the family!" ”

"You go and explain to the government that the people are from the third faction, and it has nothing to do with you?" Xu Jie's ability to choke people, that is really first-class.

"My son got it." Xu Fan lowered his head in frustration, and pulled Xu Ying, who still wanted to say something, to retreat.

Looking at the figures of the two cheated fathers and disappearing at the door of the hall, Xu Jie's face was also full of frustration.

He regretted it, he should have had a good talk with Lin Run...... At least he was sure that Lin Run could reach a compromise.

It's good now, I have changed to Haigang Peak, who has a tendon in my brain.

He is no longer sure that he will be able to keep his wisdom. Not to mention the family property and sons......

I can only do my best and obey the fate of God.

~~

Almost at the same time, the people of Songjiang also saw the announcement of the prefect's yamen.

It took them a day to learn from others what the 'One Whip Method' and 'Uniform Grain in the Fields' were for.

After another day, those who had previously taken advantage of loopholes realized that they had lost a lot according to the new policy.

Those people spent another day muttering, and after a struggle of thoughts, they could no longer sit still.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, those family members who carried the land to the Xu family agreed to come to the Xu Mansion in Nanchan Temple with gifts, and begged the old man to take the land back.

Because as soon as the first month comes out, the yamen will compile a book of tiger heads and rats' tails.

These relatives and slaves who later took refuge in their surnames gave the Xu family tens of thousands of acres of land, and the few also had thousands of acres. Specify one that does not fall, and must be on the tiger head book.

It's like your relatives who take out a loan of 10 million in your family's name, and when there is a stir, don't you panic, right?

But the three masters are not here, and the stewards can't be the masters.

What, second master? Hey, there's a second master in the house?

Xu Jie still has three brothers, including Xu Zhi, but they don't have the power to decide the affairs of the house.

So Xu Er and a few stewards had to come forward to appease him, and at the same time go to the retreat garden to ask for instructions. When he returned, he assured them that even if he was included in the Tiger Head Book, he would be exempted from the same situation.

But those family members didn't believe it, because the prefect's yamen said that this time they would strictly follow the rules and give the Xu family a maximum of 6,000 acres.

And they carried dozens or hundreds of times the number of acres, even if the Xu family gave them all the shares, it would be a drop in the bucket.

Naturally, no one would be sent back so easily, and they still wanted to return the field to the master.

The stewards were in a hurry, and there was a large group of people over there. But he didn't want to return the field, but wanted to return the land that had been sacrificed......

ps. I accompanied the child this weekend, only two more ha, tomorrow to make up.