Chapter 1641: Both worlds (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
The room became quieter and quieter.
If according to the fourth girl's land standard, and the three aunts in front are added, the total amount of land will be twenty hectares!
Zhang Ying has never been sent to any foreign posts and has always been a Beijing official.
Living in the capital is not easy.
Drinking water costs money.
Although Zhang Ying briefly served as Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of Industry during his official career, he just took a few turns and spent most of his time in the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites.
Whether it's the Hanlin Academy or the Ministry of Rites, it's also the famous Qingshui Yamen.
Later he was promoted to a bachelor's degree and became an official within two years.
He is an upright and honest official, and his family members and grandchildren all know that.
When Mrs. Yao taught her children and grandchildren, she also said that her husband, who was an official, was "pure and pure" and asked her children and grandchildren to be simple.
In this way, Zhang Ying has a lot of money left over every year. If he sends it to his hometown to buy property, he can make a fortune.
Over the past few decades, the farmland has increased to 120 hectares.
One-sixth of it will be allocated at once.
Neither Zhang Tinglu nor Zhang Ruolin spoke.
The fourth girl marries a clan relative, so it is an exception. If the first three girls also make up for it, what about the girls of the grandchildren?
The descendants of the Zhang family were engaged in many businesses, and the properties they purchased were all rented out for rent, but the expenses for studying were also large.
It supports several scholars at the same time, and I don’t know how many years it will take.
The daily income of dozens of people in this family depends on the income from the fields.
Zhang Ying watched everyone remain silent and looked at Zhang Ruolin.
Zhang Ruolin did not speak, he was also hesitant in his heart.
He doesn't have a sister, but several of his uncles have cousins, so it's hard to express his opinion.
If it is agreed, it will become a common practice for Zhang family girls to get married. Will the aunts' marriage fields be reduced, leaving room for younger girls?
But he couldn't say this in front of his grandfather and grandmother.
If he opposes Zhuangtian, he will also offend several uncles, all of whom have younger sisters.
Zhang Tinglu was also a little confused.
The Zhang family spent more than thirty years accumulating this land. It sounds like a lot, but it didn't mean there was any division.
When the family is divided, in addition to leaving the public sacrificial land, the rest will be distributed to their brothers.
Twenty hectares were divided at once, which is not a small amount.
But five hectares of land is really not that much.
He heard his mother mention that it was common for a noble girl from the capital to be accompanied by a village worth thousands of acres when she got married.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Mr. Zhang couldn't hold it any longer and said directly: "Father, it's hard to make this example, otherwise when the younger generation girls get married, do you want to buy land? Father has purchased land for these years.
To provide a livelihood guarantee for future generations, even if something goes wrong and no descendants gain fame in one or two generations, there will still be enough money left to support their education, but dividing the land into a piece of land and sending it away is inconsistent with the father's original intention."
Zhang Ying frowned and said, "Is it possible that the family will be left with nothing? It took me thirty years to save this land. Your eldest brother and second brother are also in the capital. In ten or twenty years, they will save enough money to buy a new property."
What the fourth son said is not unreasonable, but it is not entirely true.
If the children and grandchildren of the Zhang family had no fame, Zhang Ying would be more scrupulous. Even if he wanted to support his daughter, he would be restrained. But in fact, the Zhang family has already produced two Jinshis, and the third and seventh children are also educated.
There is nothing to worry about in the next thirty years.
Fourth Master Zhang glanced at his nephew and said bluntly: "My nephew is married, and the eldest brother is going to be a grandfather. The second brother will also be sent to the Imperial Academy after he leaves the Hanlin Academy. He will probably stay in the capital in the future. This way I can take care of my wife."
Forget it, I haven’t heard of anyone buying a property for a brother or nephew.”
Zhang Ying was stunned when he heard this.
He also has many brothers, the two elder brothers at the top and the four younger brothers at the bottom have separated their families long ago.
That's because after he became a Jinshi, he met Ding You, so before he completed his service and went to Beijing, he separated the property from his brothers. When he became an official, he became the head of the family.
Everyone has selfish motives, so Zhang Ying understood the concerns of his fourth son.
I'm afraid that the current farm property will be lost or lost.
Zhang Ying frowned.
Mr. Zhang Liu and Mr. Zhang Qi are younger and the closest to Mrs. Yao.
Now that Mrs. Yao has not spoken, the two younger ones are very worried about Mrs. Yao.
Seeing something unexpected, Mr. Zhang Liu said: "Father, mother is very worried about Third Sister. Even if she invites Third Sister's family to come back to live, she is still worried about Third Sister's future..."
Aunt Yao has failed in many examinations, and his nephew is also in his teens. He will take the boy's examination in a few years, and he will have to prepare money when the time comes.
There is also the golden age of the niece. Nowadays, it is popular to marry richly, and there is no trace of this dowry.
With the subsidy of these 500 acres of land, I can earn two or three hundred taels of silver a year, which is not much, but it is enough to support a family of four, and I can also save some money to prepare for the marriage of my children.
This makeup field is the best way to support the third sister without hurting your face.
Mr. Zhang Qi also said: "My daughter is also my father's flesh and blood. This property is not ancestral property. It was saved by my father during his more than 30 years of service. I will give some to my sisters. It is also a matter of flesh and blood."
Zhang Ying looked at her two young sons with a look of relief on her face.
Fourth Master Zhang's face turned red, and he glared at the two of them and said, "You will please your father and mother, but you don't want to think about it. There are only one hundred and twenty hectares of land in total. Father has already said that when the family is divided in the future, half of the land will not be divided.
, it will be returned to the public house for the children to study, and only the remaining sixty hectares will be allocated..."
If all the disciples were divided equally, it would only be ten hectares for each family.
From sixty hectares to forty hectares, their brothers were equivalent to a loss of 33%.
Mr. Zhang Liu thought for a while and said: "The income from the more than 600 acres of land in a year is two to three hundred taels, which is enough."
Mr. Zhang Qi was a bit naive and said: "It's not like we divide the family now. If we wait ten or twenty years to divide the family, it's impossible to say that the farmland has increased by dozens of hectares!"
Zhang Tinglu looked at Fourth Master Zhang and said: "Seventh brother is right, the eldest brother sent back five hundred taels of silver last year..."
That means buying half an acre of land.
Zhang Ruolin saw that his uncles had different opinions and did not speak.
He knew that his uncle's vision was good, but life, old age, illness and death were hard to explain, and his grandfather had already passed away.
It’s really hard to say when the Zhang family will split up.
Fourth Master Zhang had a sarcastic look on his face and said: "My eldest brother asked someone to bring five hundred taels of silver, but I heard that before my father returned home, he left more than a dozen boxes of things for me. A few five hundred taels are worth it, right?"
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Zhang Tinglu showed disapproval after hearing this.
Zhang Ying looked at Mr. Zhang and said, "Although I left the capital, the human relations in the capital have not been broken. What's wrong with asking your elder brother to help me deal with the human relations?"
Fourth Master Zhang moved his eyes away and said: "My brothers are all promising, and my younger brothers are also filial and sensible. I am a rebellious son with no future. I can't make money for my wife and children, so I only think about these things in the family, and I can't bear to lose them..."
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Zhang Ying looked at her fourth son, feeling distressed, and said, "What are you talking about? Who has treated you badly in these years?"
Mr. Zhang said hoarsely: "If the father directly gave those fields, the son would not have the right to stop him. But since he wants to ask the sons what they want, no matter what the other brothers do, the son should not do it. The son is white, and the son is like this."
The children and grandchildren of one branch will have to rely on these ten hectares of land to pass down the family line in the future."
No matter how close sisters are, they cannot be close to their children.
Zhang Ying sighed, was silent for a long time, and said: "Before leaving the capital, the emperor gave me money, a lot of Cheng Yi, and several boxes of antiques and treasures. When the time comes, I will ask someone to purchase another twenty hectares of land."
He has been a minister for more than ten years and a bachelor for two years. Even if he does not buy antiques, he has saved a lot.
The ordinary ones were left in the capital for Zhang Tingzhan to use as gifts for him and Zhang Tingyu; the ones that could be passed down to the family were brought back to Tongcheng with the intention of passing them on to future generations.
It’s better to consider the person in front of you first.
We can't ignore our daughter's embarrassment, and we can't let our son feel resentful.
Mr. Zhang didn’t say anything else.
The matter was settled on this point.
When all the children and grandchildren left, only the husband and wife were left.
Mrs. Yao sighed and said, "I am the one who made things difficult for you..."
Zhang Ying shook her head and said: "Earlier, we were in the capital and couldn't take care of us. Now that we have returned to Tongcheng, we can still make the third sister suffer..."
At this point, he thought of his third son, and felt dissatisfied, saying, "We live next to each other. Even if we can't interfere in Yao's family affairs, we can only watch my sister and nephew suffer? It's too roundabout..."
Neither the couple criticized their fourth son harshly.
Everyone has selfish motives.
There is no shame in showing it openly to your parents and brothers.
It's also because the couple is weak.
There are six sons in total, but they cannot fail the provincial examination. It is reasonable to make more plans for their children and grandchildren.
Zhang Ying looked at his old wife and said: "What the fourth child said is right. The eldest brother is about to become a grandfather. He and the second child live in the same house. They are not in the same pot. In addition to replenishing the twenty hectares of land,
Come on, let’s divide the property as soon as possible without dividing the families, so as to avoid any resentment in the future..."
Mrs. Yao was open-minded and nodded: "Listen to the master..."
Zhang Ying made up her mind and arranged for the housekeeper to go to the Yamen to exchange the contract.
He planned to pay more attention to the grandson of Sifang in the future, and teach the grandson of Sifang while he could still teach.
Otherwise, with the fourth child's temperament, I am afraid that after a hundred years of being married, he will stay away from his brothers.
This is another kind of stupidity.
But Zhang Ying is also a man and knows that this is about dignity.
The fourth son is not willing to rely on his brothers, so he has to worry about his old father.
They are all the same flesh and blood, can we really let this house decay?
Tongcheng is so big, and the Zhang family is a rich family. There are more than thirty brothers and cousins of Zhang Ying's generation.
The news about the lease change of the Zhangjia Tian property spread immediately.
You know, before transferring this property, you have to ask the clan members first.
Someone came to Zhang's house to inquire.
Zhang Tinglu and Zhang Ruolin, uncle and nephew, told the truth and said they would prepare a dressing field for the fourth girl.
All the major families in Tongcheng have heard that the Zhang family has a distinguished guest, a 19-year-old fourth-grade official and a descendant of the clan.
All of a sudden, they were all very curious.
After receiving the invitation, the relatives and friends who came to accompany the guests also wanted to see the style of this clan.
Although the imperial court did not decree that "banner people should not marry," it was the default.
Even if there are exceptions, most of them are Han soldiers marrying Han women.
Han officials like the Zhang family betrothed their daughters to bannermen and also to the clan. This news spread back to Tongcheng and aroused a lot of criticism.
Do you want a generous dowry now?
What does Zhang family mean?
Are you planning to distance yourself from your in-laws in Tongcheng and focus on developing relationships in the capital?
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