In early March of the fourth year of Shengping, the twelve counties of Wu County began to conduct routine registration inspections. This kind of registration inspection was done every two years. The registration inspection the year before last had frightened the Laifu family for several months, because the Qiantang and Chen family were not
The gentry, as there were no serving officials, had no right to own a house. Laifu's family would be sent to Qiaozhou for resettlement, and Ran Sheng and Jing Nu would be captured as military households and served hard labor. The Qiantang Chen family
The land was also about to be stripped, but it was Ge Hong who helped the Chen family in Qiantang to overcome the difficulties——
After two years, Wujun's local registration inspection started again. This time, Chu Jian and Chu Chenglang, who acted as the prefect, naturally presided over the twelve-county registration inspection. Qiantang County was the first to bear the brunt and would be the first to start strict registration inspection.
This is the first time that Chu Jian's nephew Chu Wenqian has exercised his authority within the county since he was appointed as the magistrate of Qiantang County. I am afraid that he is going to use this to establish his authority, and the people of Qiantang can't help but feel panic -
For the common people from a humble family, the registration examination is an ordeal of being expropriated by the government and powerful people. For the gentry, it also faces the balance and integration of interests. If a gentry of a certain surname is at odds with the official who presides over the ruling, then the gentry of that surname will be
The illegally occupied shady households and hidden households may be found out, and the family interests will suffer heavy losses. Of course, it is very common for noble families to occupy shady households outside the legal provisions and accommodate a large number of refugees as hidden households. Yongjia
Since the southern crossing, Jiangzuo was initially settled, and the laws and regulations were loosened. It is well known that many wealthy families hid their household registrations as private possessions. Moreover, the relationship between the noble families through marriage was complicated and intricate. Anyone who tried to do this would have violated the taboo of all the noble families. This was
Who is willing to divulge the vested interests of a noble family easily? Therefore, if the noble family had not offended high-ranking officials and dignitaries, they would generally not be suppressed in this way. The unlucky ones are only the common people from poor families, because many common people from poor families are also more or less unlucky.
He controlled some hidden households. For example, Liu Shangzhi's Liujiabao had more than ten hidden households. Every time he checked his registration, he had to spend a lot of money to manage them. Therefore, the common people from poor families could not grow up. This happened every two years.
If you knock it off and it doesn’t collapse, then it’s good——
Since Chu Jian temporarily took over the post of Wu Commandery's governor in September last year, he really wanted to make a difference. It was not impossible to make political noise and officially be appointed as Wu Commandery's governor. It had been half a year since Lu Na resigned, and the court still
Without appointing a new governor, doesn't this mean that Chu Jian has a great chance? At the same time, Chu Jian also felt a great crisis. The Lu family was angry with him because of the rumors between Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui, which Chu Jian did not expect.
Yes, Lu does not hate Chen Caozhi but hates him. It is really unreasonable!
Chu Jian also heard that the Qiantang and Chen clan were expected to be admitted to the gentry clan. Wouldn't they be on an equal footing with the Chu clan in the future?
It's just that the Chu family of Qiantang has no influence in Beijing. His reputation is not outside the county, and his reputation seems to be poor. A few years ago, he wanted to attach himself to the Chu family of Yangzhai, but the Chu family of Yangdi ignored him at all.
It's boring, but no matter what, the Chen family in Qiantang must be suppressed. This is already a mortal enemy with no solution. If the Chen family rises, the Chu family must decline. What Chu Jian thought in his heart was: "Even if he can't become the governor of Wu County, he can't let the Chen family."
If he becomes a scholar and cannot be a prefect, he can keep his current position as a prime minister. If the Chen family of Qiantang is registered as a scholar, with Chen Caozhi's reputation and the appreciation of Xi Jinbin and Xie An, he might really be able to achieve great success.
Then the descendants of the Chu family will never be able to succeed again!"
Chu Jian believed that although the rumors of Chen Caozhi's affair with Lu Weirui did not cause obvious suppression to the Chen family of Qiantang for the time being, they made the Chen family of Qiantang famous. This was because Chen Caozhi was still in the mourning period and waiting for Chen Cao
When he wants to seek an official position after serving, he will find that the pressure of the Lu family and the pressure of the Jiangzuo gentry will make it difficult for Chen Caozhi to move forward. What about the sixth-grade scholars?
!
——And the rumors about Wu County must have spread to Jiankang. The intolerance and stubbornness of the Lu clan leader Lu Shi will definitely make the Qiantang Chen clan very angry.
Kang is influential and will definitely try to prevent Qian Tang and Chen from becoming a scholar. As for Lu's suspicion that it is Chu Jian who spreads the rumors, it is just a suspicion. As long as Qian Tang and Chen are suppressed and Chen is not allowed to
Chu still has to bear the pressure if he comes forward.
Before the seizure of the land, Chu Chu summoned his nephew Chu Wenbin to Wu County and conspired for two days. He decided to use this seizure to make the Chen family of Qiantang unable to recover, just like Chen Caozhi did to the Lu family. Now he uses his spear to
Come and pierce his shield.
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On the seventh day of the third lunar month, Chen Shang returned to Qiantang from Jiankang. It was just when Qiantang was about to die and the storm was coming. At the beginning of the afternoon, Chen Shang rushed back to Chenjiawu and answered the one-armed tree at the door.
Nu said that the patriarch accompanied the Dingshe people and the patriarch Chen went to Yuhuang Mountain to discuss important matters with Mr. Cao Zhi. Chen Shang hurried to the South Tower to meet his mother, and then went to Yuhuang Mountain.
Chen Shang came to the foot of Yuhuang Mountain. It was dusk, the sunset was like fire, the pines and cypresses were green, and the light green mist was like smoke. Chen Caozhi, who was guarding the tomb, was more like a hermit in the mountains. Chen Shang, who had been in agitated mood all the way, now calmed down, thinking to himself
: "Dad, the Dingshe people, and Clan Chief Liu came to discuss something important with the sixteenth brother, but even the Dingshe people deigned to come here?"
…
Ding Yi, the patriarch of the Ding clan, came to Chenjiawu in the afternoon, accompanied by his second son Ding Chunqiu. For the purpose of checking the status of the land, he came to Chenjiawu and found that Liu Shangzhi and his father, Patriarch Liu, were also there.
Speaking of Chu Wenqian's vigorous and resolute implementation of soil destruction, Patriarch Liu, the richest man among the common people in Qiantang, was very worried. Chen Xian, Ding Sheren and his son, and Patriarch Liu and his son came to Yuhuang Mountain to listen to Chen Caozhi's opinions and see what Chen Cao had done.
What to do?
In the hay shed of the Chen Family Cemetery in Yuhuang Mountain, Chen Caozhi, who is dressed in sackcloth and has disheveled hair, sits solemnly. The simplicity of his coarse linen clothes not only does not diminish his appearance, but makes him look as gentle as jade. His expression is calm and calm with a hint of coldness, and his lips are slightly pursed.
, listen quietly to Patriarch Liu’s words——
Patriarch Liu, who had half-white beard and hair, said: "This time, Mr. Chu wants to use Liujiabao to establish his prestige first. In front of Ding Sheren and Master Chen, Liu will not lie. Liujiabao has indeed housed three hermit households. This
Thirteen households have been farming in Liujiabao for twenty years and have thrived. Now they have been divided into thirteen households. They are like family members to the Laifu family and the Chen family in Xilou. They really can't let go. Two of them are still with me, the Liu family.
We became in-laws. After Chu Wenqian became the county magistrate in October last year, Liu was afraid that the Chu family would take the opportunity to punish me, the Liu family. The Liu family is not a noble family, and it is illegal to privately attach a household registration, so Liu wanted to transfer the thirteen hidden households.
He is a tenant of the Liu family and pays taxes and serves in the military in accordance with the law. However, the county bookkeeper said that the books have been sealed and cannot be changed for the time being until the land is settled. Liu also served as the party official in the Liujiapu area. It is said that the household registration was found out this time.
It’s untrue, but it’s righteous, the party is planning to send someone into exile, how can I, an old man named Liu, still die in a foreign land?”
Chen Caozhi comforted him and said: "Uncle Liu, don't worry. Hiding a hidden household is not your family's business. The Chu family has bad intentions. Uncle Liu should immediately send someone to explain to the county and state that he was refused to hand over the hidden household. This way in the future
It also makes sense in theory.”
Patriarch Liu nodded and said: "My son Shangzhi also thought of this. He sent people to the county and prefecture a few days ago, and wrote a letter to Lu Envoy to explain the matter."
Ding Yidao: "It is indeed against the law to privately attach a household registration. The difference between scholar status and commoner status is that as long as the refugee voluntarily surrenders the private household registration when the local registration is terminated, the refugee will not be punished, but self-inspection of registration will not be punished.
They just paid the same amount, and the two families just talked about it, but they never did a serious inspection! Chu Jian, Chu Wenqian, uncle and nephew are trying to use this matter to suppress me, Ding. Could it be that I, Ding, really took all the households that exceeded the limit?
, hand over the hermit households, but other noble clans do not, why should I, the Ding family, hand over them? And what the Chu family hates the most is Cao Zhi. The Chen family in Qiantang is not a noble family, but there are still three hermit households and two refugees——"
Chen Xian was surprised and said: "There is only one Laifu household, why are there three households?"
Ding Yidao said: "Laifu has three children, two of whom are already married, so we need to calculate the household registration separately, that is, three households."
Chen Cao said: "The Chu family wants to use the method I used to defeat the Lu family last year to deal with me, the Chen family, and even wants to directly prevent me, the Chen family, from becoming a scholar. I believe that the Chu family's uncle and nephew have another conspiracy -"
It was at this time that Laide came in to report that Chen Shang, Lord Sanlang, was back. He had gone to worship Chen's mother Li's tomb first. When Chen Caozhi and his fourth uncle Chen Xian came out of the hut, they heard Chen Shang praying: "Seventh uncle.
In the spirit of heaven, bless my Chen family. The Chen family of Qiantang has been registered as a noble family since this month——"
When Ran Sheng and Lai De heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then jumped up with joy. Because they were in front of the old mistress's tomb, they did not dare to cheer, but the joy in their hearts could not be suppressed, and they wanted to shout: naturalized as a soldier.
Now, I have become a scholar. Qiantang Chen has finally become a scholar!
Chen Caozhi's eyes were wet, and he knelt in front of his mother's tomb and said: "Mother, third brother Chen Shang came back from Jiankang and said that our Chen family has registered as a scholar. From now on, the Chen family in Qiantang is a noble family, and we don't have to worry about land anymore."
It will be annexed by other wealthy families, and Laifu's family will not be moved to Qiaozhou. I, the Chen family's children, will succeed in their studies and study hard. Mom, rest in peace, old man - "
All the hardships in the past two years turned into a few drops of tears, falling on the linen. At this time, Chen Caozhi's biggest regret was that his mother could not hear the good news in person. If her mother was still alive, how happy she would be!
The old patriarch Chen Xian burst into tears. The Chen family of Qiantang has been looking forward to this day for more than a hundred years. Lord Changwen and Uncle Xuan, the Chen family of Qiantang has not fallen from the family prestige. Today, the Chen family of Qiantang finally returned to the status of a scholar. The Chen family also has
It’s time to feel proud!
Ding Yi was also sincerely happy. He was very proud of his unique vision and wise decision-making. If he had a falling out with Chen Caozhi because of his return to Chenjiawu last year, wouldn't he regret it to death when he learned that Chen was naturalized today?
, Now, the marriage relationship between the Ding family and the Chen family is very strong. I think of what Chen Caozhi said last year: "——I, the Chen family of Qiantang, will definitely be able to succeed Yingchuan County Wang and return to the status of a scholar. I will never let Ding.
The reputation of the family has been damaged, which should be due to Yourong——"
Ding Yi thought to himself: "Now that Chen Caozhi has become a scholar, it can be said that he has more wings than a tiger. Chu Jian's uncle and nephew are almost gone."
