Yang Tianchang was very dissatisfied and had a lot to say, but he also understood that this was not the place to talk.
If something bad happened and spread to Jiang Yunye's ears, then no matter how promising his son was, he would not be able to marry someone else's girl.
Because of this, he kept a straight face and waited until he was far away before he stopped the bullock cart.
"Okay, there are fewer people here. Please explain yourself clearly. Why can't this marriage be consummated? What a discourtesy. The betrothal gift is quite small. I'm afraid even the rich man in town wouldn't have that much to propose marriage to his own son.
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After all, Chang had stayed in the capital and had seen Yan Shiqing's Princess Mansion and Jiang Mansion, so her vision was naturally not comparable to that of Yang Tianchang.
When she heard this, she couldn't help but sneered and looked at the man in front of her with some disdain.
If he hadn't been Xiangzi's father and was involved in his son's marriage, she would never have said a word to the man in front of her.
"If you think it's too much, that's because you haven't seen it before. You have to know what kind of status Suya is, and you think it's too much for just this little thing? It's hard to say that the things of any girl in this house will be more than this in total.
Xiangzi said nicely that he was a fourth-grade official, which looked impressive, but in the capital, it was nothing. The only benefit he could get was that he was qualified to go to court, but that was the kind of standing outside. Suya was willing
Marrying down to Xiangzi, that’s because there is poetry to help make peace. Do you know what it means to marry down? It’s like a rich man’s daughter marrying a tenant farmer, do you understand?”
When Yang Tianchang heard this, he became angry: "What are you talking about? Xiangzi is a high-ranking imperial official, how could he be a tenant farmer..."
Before he could say anything, Mrs. Chang interrupted him: "I'm afraid you won't understand, so I'll give you some metaphors that you understand. So what about the imperial officials, there are quite a few fourth-rank officials in the capital. The simple and elegant grandma's grandma's
I don't know his identity, but the eldest uncle is the prime minister, and the eldest aunt said he is the princess with some kind of fiefdom. I can't remember what the second uncle is. Even her father is the prefect of this city. If he wants to be transferred back to the capital, he can't
It’s just a matter of words. Besides, the Queen Mother is her aunt, and the Emperor and King Mo are her cousins. They are relatives of the Emperor, so what do you think of our son in their eyes?"
Yang Tianchang knew that Jiang Suya had a distinguished status, but he didn't think too much about it.
Now that Chang said this, his eyes widened instantly and he couldn't help but take a breath.
Now he understood that he was a toad eating swan meat.
Chang compared Jiang Suya to a landlord's daughter and his son to a tenant farmer, which was quite polite.
But he felt that Mrs. Chang was so rude and meant to belittle his son, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. He couldn't help but said harshly: "The son is an official of the imperial court. It doesn't matter how good her family background is. Maybe she has to wait ten years."
Twenty years ago, Xiangzi was also a first- and second-grade official..."
Mrs. Chang was impatient to listen to his harsh words. In her opinion, it didn't matter if he was a first- or second-rank official. So, wasn't the Baifu also considered a high-ranking official? How was his life?
What's more, even if Xiangzi is a high official, it will be decades later. Jiang Suya, not to mention waiting for so many years, is now worthy of those people. Who would wait with you for so many years, are you stupid?
What's more, this is just because people like you. If you don't like you or want you to fall, that's not just a matter of words?
Didn’t you see that Prime Minister Shu Zuo, whom she and Xiangzi were scared to death, was also besieged by the prince’s people in the end and was beheaded before the Chinese New Year last year? yyls
What's more, he didn't die alone. The entire family, including the servants, were beheaded, and people within three ranks were also buried with him.
Life or death is just a word from the Heavenly Family.
Suya is the emperor's cousin. If she offends others, she should talk to the emperor. Not to mention the fourth-rank officials, even the first- and second-rank officials will be taken out and beheaded.
It doesn't matter if there is a junior official, you can promote one at will. But there is only one cousin in the aunt's family, and if she is gone, she is really gone.
"Okay, don't say whether there is something or not. You know what the situation is. I only have one thing to say. If you are really good for Xiangzi and want your descendants of the Yang family to have a future, then stay in Yangjiacun honestly.
, don’t think about what you have or don’t have. When your son marries Suya, the children born in the future will not be any worse. Suya has a kind heart, even if Xiangzi doesn’t want to see you, she will not treat you badly, and neither will you in your later years.
Your life is too bad. But it all depends on you, otherwise it will be useless for others to tell you. And you should stay in Yangjia Village and don't make any mistakes or cause trouble for your son, otherwise he will get angry and want to be cut off.
The relationship between father and son is also very easy. It is not impossible for your Yang family to expel you for Xiangzi."
Yang Tianchang was completely speechless after what Chang said. Mainly because he remembered what happened after the fire at home, and he could see his son's determination.
And in the clan, everyone was on Xiangzi’s side when he was just an examiner, not to mention that now he has become an official, and is still a fourth-rank Beijing official. Those old antiques may really expel him.
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Seeing his silence, Mrs. Chang was finally satisfied.
As long as Yang Tianchang doesn't make any mistakes and can stay in Yangjia Village honestly, then everything will be fine.
Anyway, just spend some money to make his life a little more comfortable than the people in the village and not cause trouble for his son.
In the Pingxi City Government Office, Chu Ximo looked at the person kneeling in front of him, snorted coldly, and opened the account book in his hand to read it carefully.
The more he looked at it, the angrier he became, and finally he threw the account book at the person on the ground.
"That's it, you still call yourself Qingtian?"
It records the names used by the prefect of Pingxi City to collect people's fat and oil over the years, how they secretly sold official salt and raised the price, and how they collected money from the people who migrated from the Antelope City area.
As long as those who have moved here enter Pingxi City and stay in the same place for more than three days, they will be charged on a per capita basis, 200 cash per person, and an additional 50 cash per person per year.
In addition, each person has to pay 30 yuan security fee every year.
In the past, the people here were also calculated on a capita basis, and each person had to pay 20 yuan for drinking water per year.
Calculated on a household basis, each family needs to pay 200 cash in labor fees, otherwise they will be caught.
The grain tax on this field is 10% higher than that of the imperial court.
The more Chu Ximo watched, the angrier he became. If Shiqing hadn't come here and Zhai hadn't followed him, he would never have thought that the situation would be so bad.
This place is close to Antelope City, and it is also the territory of Prime Minister Shu Zuo. He and the emperor's brother handed over power before, but did not deal with it, and his emperor's brother probably did not have time to deal with it.
I never thought that they would actually think that they were fine and be so bold.
He brought people into the city, but instead of staying at the inn, he stayed in an inn and paid for the room for five days. On the second day, someone came to his door and told him that he would stay for three days and needed to pay a head tax.