Liang Xuezhao once won the Juren and won twice in a row.

Although I failed the Jinshi exam, I made a small profit during the exam.

During the National Congress of the Song Dynasty, the first thing a scholar did when he went to Beijing was not to go to the yamen to get his admission ticket or to attend various literary fairs. Instead, he found a place to set up a stall and thousands of candidates sold goods together. The scene was spectacular, which was a spring scene in Kaifeng and Hangzhou.

I don’t know why, but there are so many imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty, but no protagonist has ever set up a stall in Kaifeng.

Liang Xuejiao failed the Jinshi exam twice, but later he failed the Juren exam, so he changed his career and went to do business very smoothly.

Just in time, the business in Hanzhong was in decline, and he went through several troubles and lost all his money.

Now at his age, he still has to be hired to teach in the mountains.

Whenever he thought about it, Liang Xuejiao burst into tears and gradually began to paddle, telling himself about his own things, and the schoolchildren made trouble for him.

"When I was young, I also treated the "Book of Changes".

Just as everyone was savoring the new interpretation, Liang Xuezhao began to speak again: "I read many annotations of the Book of Changes in a hurry, and I only bought a copy of "Cheng Yi Zhuan" ten years ago. I could understand it all at once. Unfortunately, I had passed the age of destiny. If I had obtained this book twenty years ago, I would probably have passed the imperial examination."

He said to the magistrate: "Mr. Yichuan (Cheng Yi) is very good at Yi."

Liang Xuezhao continued: "The hexagram is thirty-five, and the symbol says: "The Ming comes out of the earth, and the gentleman shows his virtues. Mr. Yichuan's annotation is to make the bright virtues clear in the world and the bright virtues outside. When he read this, he was shocked by the heavens and the Book of Changes. The way of university is to make the bright virtues clear in the Jin hexagram."

Cheng Yi's "Yi Zhuan" was written fourteen years ago. It was originally copied in a small scale and later published in Guanzhong. Many scholars have not yet come into contact with it.

The magistrate Xiang and others present, this sutra is not the "Book of Changes", so it is even more impossible for them to read this new book.

After hearing what Liang Xuezhao said, everyone felt enlightened.

Liang Xuesai also said: "Today I heard the young man explaining Mencius, and I suddenly felt like reading "Cheng's Yi Zhuan" ten years ago. Just for this sentence, the "Book of Changes", "Book of Rites" and "Mencius" are all the same."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised and looked at Zhu Ming again.

They finally realized that Zhu Ming was using the symbols of "Jin Gua" to explain the meaning of "The Great Learning" and then explain the content of "Mencius".

This is not simply a study of the Three Sutras. You must read the Book of Changes, Book of Rites and Mencius thoroughly before you can string together and verify each other.

At a young age, he has already understood the three classics!

Zhu Ming did not dare to admit it, and quickly said, "I just had a sudden idea and didn't read a few classics through it."

Bai Chongyan admired him at this moment and said, "Da Lang doesn't have to be too humble. A good person is a teacher. Today I will benefit a lot."

"That's right!" Li Hanzhang echoed.

Zheng Hong stared at Zhu Ming with wide eyes. He was not good at learning and couldn't understand it very well, but he had already figured it out that this young man who loves to tell stories was particularly awesome.

Xiang Magistrate's eyes lit up, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

He could report to the court and say that he had discovered auspiciousness. A teenager in his teens could understand the three classics. If this is not auspiciousness, what is it?

The appearance of a child prodigy in his own jurisdiction means that he has done a good job in education!

Of course, a county magistrate’s memorial must be handed over to the Secretariat. Whether it can be in the hands of the emperor needs to take a chance, because there are too many auspicious things in various places, and officials have long been numb to this.

When Emperor Huizong of Song ascended the throne, he built a garden to store auspicious things in the world.

There are flying in the sky, swimming in the water, running on the ground... in different categories, everything is available, and it is almost impossible to load in the garden.

A child prodigy is nothing special and will probably be ignored.

"Master, it's time to serve the food!" The butler ran over and said.

Mr. Bai asked the opera troupe to stop and was helped up by his servants. He said while serving the food: "Today, my mother's 90th birthday, thank you all the noble locals for taking the time to go to the banquet. I thank you for your kindness on behalf of my mother... I came to the magistrate with the honor of my parents, which made the humble house shine brightly. Please give me some advice to the magistrate."

Xiang Bi immediately stood up, first congratulated, recited the birthday poem he wrote, and then changed his tone: "The saint ruler is in the dynasty, the country is rich, and the people are happy, this is a prosperous era that has never been seen in history. However, there are barbarians in the west who covet the territory of our Song Dynasty day and night. The court wanted to train archers on Qinfeng Road, but the Lizhou Road was close, so it was a responsibility. This year's sales and purchase money will rise. In the past ten years, both the big and the common people must recover and make up for the fu..."

As soon as the words finished, the audience was in an uproar.

Someone has received the message in advance, but more people have just learned it.

"Looking at Xixiang County, everyone here is a top figure," Xiang Bitu said, "With the old lady's birthday, I have been heartbroken and said so much, so you should prepare. Do you think Bai Yuanwai agree?"

Old Bai Yuanwai wanted to scold his mother very much. He had already guessed Xiang Bi's purpose, but he never expected that Xiang Magistrate said so bluntly.

Moreover, before the banquet started, he forced him to express his opinion!

Lao Bai said with a tough bullet: "Last year, my family's harvest was not good, and I wanted to help my neighbors, but there was not much money or grain left. Since the imperial court had sent a mission, I should respond with all my might and try to... to satisfy the government."

Xiang Magistrate was certainly dissatisfied with such an ambiguous remark, and asked directly: "Thirty pieces of silk, five hundred stones of rice, and seven hundred thousand coins, can he still take it out?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was silent.

This time it was really silent. No one spoke, only the sound of the servant walking with the vegetables.

He spoke to the county magistrate, asking the money given to Mr. Bai to be about 1,000 guan, while the Bai family's floating property was only 5,000 guan.

Old Bai Yuanwai put his hands under the table and clenched his fists tightly at this moment. If it weren't for his mother's 90th birthday, he would have turned against each other on the spot.

After a long time of rest, he finally suppressed his anger and said in a begging tone: "The county has poor land in the countryside, and the tea gardens have to pay heavy taxes. There are really not many left in the house. What's more, even if you pay and buy money at full amount, and buy money, it is far less than a thousand guan."

Xiang Bi reminded: "There is still a tax. The people of Xixiang owed ten years of taxes, and this time they also need to be paid together."

Many of the taxes arrears come from fugitives.

Although people fled into the mountains, their household registration was not eliminated and they were always there. The state also knew what the situation was. Let's fool them together. Occasionally, in order to make up for the political achievements, they would also impose additional taxes to make up for it.

Now, it has become an excuse to raise taxes from the magistrate.

Moreover, the state issued official documents to only make up for the taxes for the previous three years, and the magistrate actually wanted to make up for the taxes for the previous ten years.

Old Bai Yuanwai’s plan is to let the five brothers Bai Fude be separated.

The statement from the magistrate Xiang directly made the landlords present miss it!

The magistrate dared to be so tough, but he just accepted a good dog - the chief clerk Zhu who was born as a thief.

All the squire here are looking at Old Baiwai at this moment.

Old Bai's scalp was numb and his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry: "My family can only take out twenty pieces of silk, three hundred stones of rice, and three hundred thousand coins."

"Okay, it's barely enough!" Xiang Bi immediately finalized the amount.

Old Bai Yuanwai felt weak all over. It was not easy for him to save money. He was forced to bleed heavily today.

Xiang's magistrate looked at the other gentry again and smiled and said, "Where are you?"

The squire had already regretted that they should not attend the birthday party today.

Old Bai Yuanwai was forced to be taxable just now and has set a standard. If anyone dares to refuse, he will definitely be remembered by the magistrate.

In the poor and remote Xixiang County, there were not even a few Jinshi, so where did they get a tough backer? I immediately estimated that my family's situation, and the gentry were forced to be taxed one by one.

Xiang Magistrate finally smiled and was rewarded and encouraged.

He only needs to complete 90% of the tasks assigned by the state, and the remaining taxes can be freely controlled. He takes the big head and wishes the chief clerk to share some of the rest and throws the rest to the county yamen officials. Everyone can eat well.

The local officials of the Song Dynasty were so arrogant, and they were much more majestic than their peers in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it also depends on the place. If it were Jiangnan, doing so would be a pure seeking death, and it would be bullying the remote areas.

Zhu Ming witnessed the wonderful scene throughout the whole process and quietly shook his eyes at his father.

President Zhu finally realized what a feudal society is. Being a landlord can only be bullied by the government, and one must be an official to have a future of development.

What was forcibly levied to the magistrate today was just two types of taxes and the land tax arrears in previous years. As for the land tax this year, it has not been levied, and there are other taxes and taxes.

This kind of forced levy is actually a deviation and is completely in line with the court's regulations.

The landlords who were cut by the magistrate can find the rural people to suck blood, and they can get some back.

A birthday party was extremely dismayed.

...

That night.

Xiang Magistrate took the initiative to find Lao Bai Yuanwai, and held hands intimately and said, "Wen Bai is suffering."

"I dare not." Old Bai Man Wai had no good expression.

Xiang Xiang's magistrate smiled: "If you forgive me, I have no choice but to borrow the old lady's birthday party as a temple. The money and food distributed by Mr. Bai can be reduced by half when handing over."

"Thank you for your mercy." Old Bai Yuanwai was in a little better mood, but he still accumulated resentment in his heart.

This Xiang Magistrate knows to keep his hands off.

Lao Bai Yuanwai has been the chief clerk for twenty years and promoted many officials. This is his foundation. Xiang Bi must give him some face.

There are probably a few squires here today who can get halved when levying.

He personally sent Xiang Bili out of the house, and Lao Bai called his eldest son: "When lending, the interest rate will be reduced by one cent. I will find a few reliable servants and keep watch at the hills everywhere every day. When I find any abnormalities, I will come back to report the news immediately!"

"Father thinks it will cause trouble in the people?" Bai Dalang is really not stupid.

Lao Bai said: "I was entrusted a lot this time, and I have to pay summer grain next. Some big families suffer losses and will ask the common people to find compensation. Maybe they have to suffer trouble. As long as they don't come to rob my family, the bigger the mess, the better. Only when they can kill the Xiang surnamed will they relieve themselves! I lived in my seventies, and the second time I saw such a shameless dog thing!"

The last time was ten years ago, when Cai Jingqing and Qingzhang land all over the country, the Xixiang magistrate took the opportunity to mess around. In the end, he caused chaos in the civil unrest. I prayed that the chief clerk rebelled at that time and had to rush into the mountains for several years before he was recruited.

(Thanks to the brothers Lei Dong Jiutianzhi Shang for their rewards.)

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