The exemption from conscription was called preferential exemption in the Ming Dynasty, and the reason for how many scholars took the examination for talent and promoted people was not only for the sake of being an official, but also for the word "preferential exemption".

As we all know, the Ming Dynasty died in exile, and the exiles started from exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the exacting taxes were regular service, miscellaneous labor, and regular service was the acres of land, and miscellaneous labor included apportionment and miscellaneous servitude.

With the four words of preferential exemption from servitude, there is no miscellaneous labor, and there is a stone of free food,

Almost exempted from the regular service of ten acres of private land, this power could not be rich and noble in the Ming Dynasty, at least not ruined, and be a happy yeoman farmer.

At present, Lin Yanshou and Lin Yanchao have not yet reached the age of sixteen years old, so they can be exempted from military service. However, the uncle and the third uncle can't do it, so in the past, the uncle had to go to the yamen to be a white servant with a cheeky skin, also to avoid taxes, but the third uncle was inevitable.

Now that the uncle has an official errand in the yamen, Lin Gao is exempted from the treatment of one ding, and the third uncle can enjoy it justifiably, of course, this is under the premise that Lin Yanchao, Lin Yanshou was not sixteen years old, and Lin Yanchao did not get the reputation of Xiucai.

By the way, Xiucai can be exempted from two dings and two stones.

Uncle said: "We all know this, shouldn't we buy land more?" Don't underestimate the four words of free grain, that is, our family's ten acres of water land are less, not only that, but also a piece of drenched tip, the benefits of free grain, every grain grown in our own field is our family. ”

This is the unspoken rule of the government to collect grain, when the government collects grain, use a big Hu as a measuring device, and the people put the grain into the Hu to weigh.

The grain pile should be packed up according to the pointed pile type, and some of it will go beyond the wall, and then at this time, the grain collector will show the kung fu of the god legs and kick it violently in the huli. The spilled grain, which is said to be used to make up for the loss during storage and transportation, went into his pocket. Therefore, the common people pay for grain, the state takes a piece, and the officials want to exploit a piece.

Lin Yanchao continued: "Yes, if the uncle is free of grain, one stone is only enough for ten acres of land at most, if our family continues to buy land, the excess land will not be able to enjoy the benefits of free grain, then the main service plus the piece of drenching and kicking is enough for us to suffer, in case of a disaster, it will be bad." ”

"You're right, but aren't you still farming?" Then the uncle said: "Maybe next year, when our family lives longer and passes the children's test and is admitted to Xiucai, our family can not buy land again, it will be the same if we buy it early and buy it late." ”

The uncle was still full of confidence in his son, and then saw Lin Yanchao and said: "Yanchao, don't get me wrong, you are also very powerful, but you are smart to use it in mundane things, not in the point of reading, your eldest brother is different, he reads wholeheartedly, and there is no distraction." In the future, if your brother becomes an official, you will be his master. ”

"What does it say in the play, your eldest brother is Bao Longtu, and you are Gongsun Ce, haha!"

Uncle thought he was cute again, Lin Yanchao said with a dark face: "Uncle, I really don't want to talk to you anymore." ”

"Don't, don't, you're our little Zhuge in our family, uncle listens to you, you say you don't buy it, you won't buy it, let's talk to grandpa, but since you don't buy land, you have to farm it, otherwise what will our family eat." Uncle spoke.

"Let's not plant it, just rent it to someone else."

Uncle said: "No, just rent fifteen acres of land to others to plant, not to separate people from three or four percent of the harvest." Besides, the third brother doesn't farm, what are you doing idle? ”

Lin Yanchao said at this time: "Uncle, third uncle, let's simply buy a place to live in the city!"

"Where to live?" Uncle, the third uncle looked surprised.

Lin Yanchao said again: "Uncle, you are all on an errand in the Yamen, and you can be regarded as an official." This must have a place to live in the city, even if it is a house for officials, but bring his wife and children to live in the city, so that it looks decent. ”

Uncle nodded, couldn't help but learn a little bit of Master Shen's appearance, touched the short beard on his chin and said, "That makes sense." ”

Lin Yanchao said again: "Besides, Yanshou and I want to study and test for fame, so we focus on friendship and travel, living in the city, where there are many famous teachers and scholars, and under the exchange and travel, the growth of knowledge is fast." ”

Hearing that he was studying for his son, the uncle squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, that's right, the main thing is to buy a place to live, and we are also from the city." ”

The third uncle said: "Chaoyu, but I can only farm, what am I doing in the city?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "It's not difficult, third uncle, you can find a job, let's come step by step." ”

This time, Lin Yanchao persuaded the eldest uncle and the third uncle, and they decided to listen to Lin Yanchao.

So Lin Yanchao and the eldest mother, Qianqian, and the third uncle took the uncle's post together to find Fang Ya, as for the uncle, there was an errand in the yamen and he couldn't go away.

In this year, Fangya is a real estate agency that has opened all over the streets and alleys in later generations, but the difference is that Fangya is not private, but public.

Eat official meals. Fang Cai was originally snubbing, but when Lin Yanchao reported the uncle's name to this Fang Ya, Fang Ya was also very respectful, after all, the uncle is a celebrity in front of the county at the moment, and he must be greatly flattered.

Fang Ya smiled and said, "It must be the house that you bought for your family's officials!" Also, the officials who work in the yamen will soon become pawns and officials, and they should have moved their families to the city a long time ago. ”

Fang Ya looked flattering, and the eldest lady suddenly had a bright face, and she also transformed from a shrew to a noblewoman, and said forcefully: "Let's take a look, but there is no need to talk about the poor house, what our official family wants is this dignity." ”

The accent of the eldest lady fell on the three words of the official family.

Lin Yanchao asked Fang Ya: "Then how much does it cost to buy a house?" ”

Fang Ya said with a smile: "The little officials say that it is not easy to live in Chang'an, and it is not easy to live in our provincial capital, and the price of different land is also different. ”

Tempting his own details, Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "Ask me, if what you tell me is not suitable, we will rent it, and buy it at the right price." I heard that if it is a buyout, you have a lot of taps, there is a saying is not called what is three into two, not there is a saying that eats the buyer and then eats the seller. ”

"If you are a petty official, if you change someone else, I don't dare to be so ignorant of my conscience, not to mention the family of Lin Guanren, we will charge you a personal price." Fang Ya said with a smile.

"If the house is satisfied, it will not be missing your teeth, you can talk about it."

Fang Ya frowned and smiled: "Then I and the little official, try to talk about it." ”

So Fang Ya took a map, which is a simplified version of the provincial city map.

Fang Ya immediately spread out the map and explained to Lin Yanchao: "You see, there is a saying in our provincial capital that officials live in the north of the city, nobles live in the west of the city, tolerance lives in the south of the city, and poor people live in the east of the city. How so? The north of the city is the north street of the city, which is the residence of the political secretary, the inspection and envoy department, the government of the government, the town guard, the salt road yamen, and the grain road yamen, and most of the foreign high-ranking officials and the families of the general soldiers. There are also many temples here, such as Hualin Temple and Kaiyuan Temple, which are all ancient temples. ”

The eldest lady nodded and said domineeringly: "We are not bad for money, how much is the house in the north of the city?" ”

"Let's do the math for you, you said there should be a store? The store is good, easy to access, if you can rent it out as a shop on the street, it is also magnificent, otherwise the door is open in a small alley, how undignified. You have to bring a courtyard, the courtyard is good, boxy, and a small building, that's better, you see there is a two-story small building here, it turns out that the officials of the salt envoy department live, it's not expensive at all, as long as seventy-eight taels of silver. ”

"Seventy-eight taels? Ahem, there are many people from outside the north of the city, let's take a look at the west of the city. ”

"Okay, what about Chengxi? It is the west of the middle street of the county town, there are Langguan Lane, Tower Lane, Guanglu Fang, Zhu Zifang, live near the West Lake, the front is a small river, and the reader does not like to say a small bridge and flowing water. The local eunuchs and squires, most of whom are children of brocade, like to buy apartments here. ”

"But the houses here are relatively large, at least they are three in, and the two ones will not be told to you, there is a sixty-three taels, and there are seventy taels, oh, no, this has been sold."

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "There are only seven people in our family, and there are few people, so we can't live in a three-entry house." Let's take a look at the south of the city, it's good for me to look at the south of the city. ”

"What about Seongnam? It is Nanmen Street, east of the middle street of the county town, there are Hou Guan, the county government of the two counties of Min County, as well as the government school, the county school, and most of the people who live in the yamen are officials and merchants. However, there are few places and many people, either the house is small, or there is no store, or there is no courtyard, there is no small building, you see. ”

The eldest lady suddenly had no confidence, and frequently looked at Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "Then let's take a look at the east of the city." ”