The main hall of Nanshan Temple.

The gentry left, but the two men wearing black satin crewnecks stayed.

"Students meet their parents." The two politely saluted Second Master Zhao.

"Haha, you two don't come to this set." Zhao Shouzheng stepped forward with a laugh and helped the two of them up affectionately.

These two were also the ones who took the Tianfu Township Examination last year, and their results were very good.

Zhi Ke took the tenth place in the big exam; Zhou Ruli is the third ...... If there was no Zhao Hao to insert a bar, he would have solved the yuan.

After the move, the two had a few literary meetings with Zhao Erye, and also swam across the Qinhuai River with him, and later went to Beijing together to take the exam.

It's a pity that after the second master fell to the second master when he tried it, he naturally left the capital early.

However, the two were not in a hurry to return to Kunshan. They traveled all the way along the canal, and when they had no money, they played the autumn breeze everywhere, but Zhao Shouzheng arrived in Jinling, and they had not crossed the Yangtze River yet.

It was when they heard the news that Zhao Erye was going to Kunshan to be a parent official, so the two hurriedly went home.

You came to be a parent official in the same year, this is a thigh from heaven!

It's a pity that I hurried and hurried, but I still didn't catch up with Gui to get off the ship in the same year.

The two went back to Kunshan last night, and today the elders of the family went up to the embankment, and they all followed.

Zhao Shouzheng is also very happy that in Kunshan, where he is not familiar with the place, two people from big families can help a lot in the same year.

Zhou Ruli's Zhou family is one of the five surnames in Kunshan, and his ancestors have raised a lot of people and scholars.

The branch of the branch is a little inferior, and the influence is only in Zhutang Township, but because of this, he can basically have the final say in the branch.

The three of them exchanged affectionate greetings, and Zhi Keda and Zhou Ruli saw that Zhao Shouzheng was as cordial as before, and did not show the look of arrogance, so they put their hearts back into their stomachs.

According to Zhao Shouzheng's request, he changed his mouth and called back the 'brother' and presented an important piece of information.

"I have something to report to my brother." Zhi Ke said loudly to Zhao Erye.

"It's about the people who stopped the car that day."

"Oh?" Zhao Shouzheng looked at the Buddha statue behind him. "Let's change places and talk about this kind of thing here, it's disrespectful to the Buddha."

"Yes, yes, yes." The two suddenly thought of the miracle of the Buddha's manifestation, and couldn't help but be terrified, and hurriedly followed Zhao Shouzheng to the backyard incense room where he was borrowed.

~~

When they were far away, Fang Wen turned around and entered the main hall.

He first put incense on the Buddha, then went around to the Buddha statue and said to the two people squatting there: "It's all gone, you can come out." ”

Zhao Shizhen and Zhang Jianchang breathed a sigh of relief, the back of the Buddha statue was not ventilated, but they were hot like dogs.

Especially Zhang Jian, he felt that he was about to commit claustrophobia.

Naturally, the Buddha's light is not really a manifestation of the Buddha, but the optical effect produced by the two of them with gold leaf, mirrors and prisms.

This is Zhao Gongzi's 'dad blessing' specially added to Zhao Erye in order to solve the problem of the gentry's fatigue.

From now on, Second Master Zhao can add the title of 'Buddha's Light Shines' in addition to the 'Iron Bone Champion'.

I don't believe that I can't stop this group of rammed goods.

Fang Wen helped the two of them put more than a dozen valuable Tessie mirrors in the box, and asked, "Aren't you sorry like this?" ”

"Wow, you can speak official language?" Zhao Shizhen couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Hey, can you talk?" Zhang Jian couldn't help but blurt out.

Fang Wenqiang resisted the urge to smash the silver mirror, nodded, and then gave the two of them a 'sixty-six-year-old old man Lu'. Prove that you can not only speak official language, but also speak very slippery.

Then he asked the stunned two, "Can you answer now?" ”

"Why bother?" The two asked, puzzled.

"You're scientists, how can you pretend to be a ghost?" Fang Wen asked in a sullen voice.

"Hi. Such an unscientific thing as apparition can of course be achieved with the help of science. Zhao Shizhen buckled the box and carried it on his back.

"Yes, that's the best mockery of superstition." Zhang Jian stood up as he spoke, but he didn't know if it was a coincidence or something, and he hit his head on the lotus seat of the Buddha statue.

With a bang, he got a big bag.

Zhang Jian's face turned white, covered his head and turned to the Buddha, and silently offered incense to the Buddha.

"How is this calculated?" Fang Wen asked faintly.

"My uncle used to say that you should be respectful of philosophy and polite to religion." Zhao Shizhen said with a straight face: "It's rude, of course I have to apologize." ”

"Uh......" Fang Wen was speechless by Zhao Gongzi's strong self-consistency ability, so he hid his figure.

~~

In the incense room.

The guard stepped back after serving tea.

Zhao Shouzheng smiled at the two of them: "Say it, let's see if the official guesses right." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Zhi Ke said softly: "It's the Xu family." ”

"Sure enough." Zhao Shouzheng nodded, looking like he couldn't hide anything from his official.

"But isn't the Xu family in Songjiang Mansion? Your hand is long enough. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? The Xu family relied on the power of Xu Ge Lao to eat a clean meal in Songjiang Mansion, and then extended his hand to our Suzhou to merge it wantonly. Zhou Ruli said indignantly: "Our Kunshan is better, and most of the other counties, especially Jiading and Wujiang, have fallen into the hands of the Xu family." ”

"Being poor also has the benefits of being poor. The Xu family can't look down on the broken puddle in Kunshan. Zhi Keda laughed self-deprecatingly: "But then again, a slap can't be slapped." Those shameless things are desperately surrendered. Someone is willing to take the initiative to be a slave, and of course the Xu family is willing to laugh at it. ”

Because the scholars and doctors of the dynasty were exempt from taxes, the larger the officials, the higher the tax exemption.

When the official reaches the level of Xu Gelao, the tax exemption is infinite...... Because the government did not dare to collect his family's taxes at all.

As a result, many big families started to think crookedly and took the initiative to join the Xu family as slaves, and the land property was also transferred to the name of the Xu family. In this way, it is only necessary to honor the Xu family every year, and the taxes of the imperial court are exempted.

This situation is called 'dedication' and is very common in the Susong area.

"Hey, the taxes imposed by the imperial court on Su Song are too heavy...... Elsewhere it is ten taxes and one tax, and we are five taxes and one in five. Zhou Ruli sighed, the butt of the big dog will never sit crookedly.

"That's not a reason for them to forget their ancestors!" Zhi Ke's burden was not so heavy, so he took a bite and told Zhao Shouzheng the names of the three families.

"These three families all changed their surnames to Xu later, and they relied on the power of the Xu family to run rampant and domineering in the county, and I don't know how many bad things they have done."

Well, the branch family did not suffer their losses.

"Well, the foolish brother will pay attention." Zhao Shouzheng nodded, and said in his heart that he would turn around and explain to Mr. Xu. Fighting with people, he is the best at it.

Seeing that Zhao Shouzheng was still talking and laughing, he didn't seem to care.

Unlike ordinary officials, they can't sit still when they hear someone making trouble behind their backs.

The two couldn't help but secretly sigh that their brother was really hidden. It's ridiculous that Nanjing Guozijian was the first time, and there were rumors that he was a fool.

It's really called 'real people don't show their faces, they don't show their faces'!

In addition to respecting Zhao Erye, they also happily accepted the invitation and stayed in Nanshan Temple to help.

ps. The fourth shift, the next one will be delivered immediately. (After this chapter was uploaded, I only clicked to save, and forgot to send it...... ）