Seeing the two of them come in, a group of uncles and brothers all laughed humbly, making Wang Gui at a loss. Wang Xian saw that they were all holding the land deed in their hands, but he already understood what was going on.

When I entered the hall, I saw the third uncle and the old father sitting on the right seat, and the elders of the clan were sitting on the left and right.

"You've come just in time." Dad said to Wang Xian: "Hurry up and draw up a few deeds." ”

"Yes." Nodding calmly, Wang Tong moved a chair for him, Wang Jin sharpened ink for him, Wang Xian sat down steadily and said, "Please ask my father to command." ”

"Prepare three successor documents first." Dad coughed and said, "Then I will prepare a few pieces of land transfer documents." ”

"I don't know who is going to pass it on to whom?" Wang Xian glanced at his father, don't discuss such a big matter with me!

"Ahem." Dad coughed dryly again: "Wang Jie, Wang Ling, Wang Jin, I haven't seen your father yet." ”

"Hey." I saw three young men obediently stepping forward, kowtowing to Wang Xian and Wang Gui, and shouting, "Daddy......"

"Ahem, cough, cough......" Now it was Wang Xian's turn to cough, and he almost couldn't hold the pen.

"Dad, what are you talking about," Wang Gui said with wide eyes, "Wang Xian is not married yet." ”

"No difference...... "Daddy waved his hand and said, "These children of your brother's family will inherit our family in the future, two recognize you as a father, and one recognizes your brother as a father." ”

"Why?" Although Wang Gui was obedient to his father, he was still stunned.

"Ahem," the old man glared at him and said, "There are so many sons and grandchildren, why are there so many?" Saying that, he looked at Wang Xian and said, "If you look at the second child, you don't ask what is going on." ”

"Wang Gui, that's the case," the third uncle explained to him: "You see these three boys, they are all studying, and if they want to study, they have to be registered in the government, but if they are registered, they have to serve as a servant...... In order for them to concentrate on their studies and glorify their ancestors for our Wang family, let them pass on to your brother's name. ”

"Oh......" Wang Guicai reacted, it turned out that he was aiming for his family's exemption quota. The Ming Dynasty was a privileged society, and the higher the rank, the greater the privilege. For example, the first grade of the Beijing official can be exempted from 30 stones, and the number of people is 30, and the next layer decreases, and when it comes to the ninth grade official, the grain is exempted from 6 stones, and the number of people is 6, and the number of foreign officials is halved. It is because the father has the privilege of free food and three stones, and Ding three. And an economic official like Wang Xian can also be exempted from one stone of grain and one person......

It is a total of four fathers and sons who are exempt from Ding, and they do not include the two themselves. Wang Gui naturally wanted to occupy a place, and the remaining three had already been remembered by the people of Wangjia Village...... Although you can be a black household to escape servitude, you don't have a legal status, which means that you don't enjoy the rights granted by the Ming Dynasty. For example, if you participate in the imperial examination, such as serving as an official, or even if you are missing, the government can not accept it. Because there is no such person in the household registration file!

For the poor people, as long as they can make do with their lives, it doesn't matter if they have archives or not. But wealthy households need legal status to protect their property, scholars need legal status to participate in the imperial examinations, and businessmen need legal status to go out to do business. But once he was on the official register, he had to bear a heavy burden of labor...... Every year after the autumn harvest and before the beginning of spring, it is as short as one or two months, and as long as three or four months, and it is difficult to be a cow and a horse for the government.

Are there people who can enjoy legal status without having to serve in hard labor? Yes, royal families, nobles, officials, lifters, and talents...... The old Zhu family gave them the privilege of tax exemption and exemption, and even more than they should be burdened in many cases. This extra privilege has naturally become the object of competition among other classes.

There is no fief of the vassal king in Zhejiang, and there is no hometown of the nobles, but there are countless officials who have meritorious reputations, and the people often join the official eunuchs as slaves, but the scholars are not good, because the slaves and maids are lowly and are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for three generations. There is another way, which is to pass on to others as sons, but for the sake of fame, he even denies his ancestors, which is very despised.

The best situation is that there are officials of the same clan, and everyone is an ancestor, so naturally there is no infamy. Moreover, there are few people studying in Wangjia Village, no more, no less, exactly three...... This is very normal, without three generations of accumulation, it is impossible to provide for readers, three scholars in a village, really a lot.

It was the third uncle who discussed with Wang Xingye and asked him to pass on the three boys, but Wang Xingye couldn't refuse at all, unless he was ready to break with the clan. There was no need to discuss it with the two sons, so he directly accepted the third grandson......

'Wang Jia, the person who made the letter covenant, now his second son Wang Jie is willing to inherit the same brother Wang Gui as his son, and he is afraid that he has no basis for his words, so he sets this as proof. On the first day of the first month of the tenth year of Yongle, Wang Jichang, a Chinese person, and Wang Jiye, a guarantor. ’

'The king of the letter covenant is now willing to inherit his son Wang Gui as his son, and he is afraid that he has no evidence, so he sets this as proof. On the first day of the first month of the tenth year of Yongle, Wang Jichang, a Chinese person, and Wang Jiye, a guarantor. ’’

'Lixin covenanter Wang Ba, now his third son Wang Jin is willing to be the heir to the same brother Wang Xian as a son, I am afraid that there is no evidence, and this is evidence. On the first day of the first month of the tenth year of Yongle, Wang Jichang, a Chinese person, and Wang Jiye, a guarantor. ’’

As a household scrivener, such documents are naturally readily available, Wang Xian drafted a three-point document, and drafted another three-point document deed to avoid the stepson competing for property in the future:

'Now Wang Jie is Wang Jia, Wang Gui and his son, if Wang Gui has something else, then Wang Jie cannot succeed him, but he also has the responsibility of supporting and supporting his parents. Wang Jichang, a Chinese man, and Wang Jiye, a guarantor. ’

If the king has something else, then the king cannot succeed him, but he also has the responsibility of supporting his parents. Wang Jichang, a Chinese man, and Wang Jiye, a guarantor. ’

'Now Wang Jin is Wang Ba, Wang Xian and his son, if Wang Xian has something else, then Wang Jin cannot succeed him, but he also has the responsibility of supporting and caring for his parents. Wang Jichang, a Chinese man, and Wang Jiye, a guarantor. ’’

The parties signed their names at the place where they signed, and pressed their fingerprints at the place where they pressed their fingerprints, and the rest of the formalities were completed after the New Year, and Wang Xian took them back to the household office......

But it's not over yet, this is the first half - in addition to the exemption of four people, there is also a four-stone tax!

Although it is nothing compared to high-ranking officials and nobles, it is actually a lot of grain tax on the four stones. A subordinate family can only pay five buckets of grain a year, and the Wang family can exempt seven families from tax and grain in addition to their own family.

And don't forget, once you don't have to pay taxes, you don't have to pay all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous fees attached to taxes and grains! This is the real reason why the people are so enthusiastic and flattering.

Seeing that the inheritance inside was over, the same clan outside poured in with the land deed, and surrounded Wang Xingye and said, "Fourth grandfather, ask for my family's land!" "Fourth uncle, my family's land is the most fertile!" "Fourth uncle, I watched you grow up......" "Bag ball, Seventh, your family is so rich, you still rob us!" "Why, my fourth grandfather and I have been playing since childhood!"

"Shut up, it's not a shame!" Seeing that it was messed up, the third uncle knocked on the ground with a cane and scolded: "Isn't it just three stones and five buckets of food?" I have already discussed with the fourth child, first help the most difficult to come, and then wait, after two years, the fourth child and Wang Xian have been promoted, and then collect your field. ”

The prestige of the patriarch is still not small, the third uncle ordered eight inferior households, and although the rest of the people could not hide their disappointment, they did not dare to talk nonsense.

Wang Xian had no choice but to continue drafting the paperwork for the sale and purchase of the land. Naturally, it was not a real transaction, Wang Xingye did not pay, of course, those fields still belonged to the original owner, but they just lived in the government. In this way, the original owner nominally rented their family's land, and of course, in return, he had to give half of the tax payable grain to Wang Xingye as rent.

In this way, the interests of the imperial court were harmed, but Wang Xingye and the original owner benefited from it. Wang Xian doesn't like to do this, how to say it, he is also a public servant in charge of the county's Tianfu household registration, but these guys let themselves help them take advantage of loopholes to evade taxes, which really makes him uncomfortable.

But everyone, including his father, took this for granted, and he could only do it......

After lunch, the family was going to take a boat back to the county, of course, the son would not follow.

On the way back, Dad saw that Wang Xian was a little dull, patted him on the shoulder and said, "What's the matter, you Sihu are not happy to work for a few buckets of rice?" ”

"It's not." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "My son is not ready to be a father......

"you!" Daddy almost kicked him into the river, ignoring the kid.

Of course, Wang Xian didn't tell the truth, in fact, he just thought that the Ming Dynasty treated officials and scholars well, but the officials and scholars still dug its corners without discipline, and in the end it was this kind of land annexation that became more and more intense, which dried up the state taxes and displaced the people, leading to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Does this favor work? It can be said that it is useless, but it is infinitely harmful. It's a pity that I can't see Emperor Yongle, but I guess I did, and it was impossible for the self-righteous emperor to listen to him. Unless he is convinced, the Ming Dynasty will perish because of it. In that case, Emperor Yongle believed it or not, it was certain that his whole family would perish first......

Thinking of this, Wang Xian laughed self-deprecatingly, **What are you doing with your leisure, anyway, the Ming Dynasty still has more than 200 years of national glory, and my grandchildren have nothing to do, so let's live my own little life......

As he was distracted, he smelled the fragrance of chrysanthemums, raised his head, and saw Lin Qing'er looking at him with concern, and asked softly, "What's the trouble?" ”

Wang Xian looked at the picturesque little face, and said with warmth in his heart: "Sister, our nest has almost been cleaned up, I will go with you to see what we need to buy ...... tomorrow."

Lin Qing'er's little face was slightly red, and there was excitement on her face that she couldn't hide, but she said in her mouth, "Is it annoying to buy a house?" ”

"yes." Wang Xian nodded.

"Then order it casually......" Lin Qing'er's eyes darkened.

"Sister, you misunderstood me again," Wang Xian said with a grin. "I mean, there are so many things I want to buy, but the house is so small, it's hard to choose!"

"Nasty!" The beauty is lightly angry, which makes people sad and swept away......