"I've seen all elders."

Chen Yichen bowed politely, which was also his style. No matter what the follow-up, the attitude should be done first.

Facing Chen Yichen bowing, the two old men hurriedly raised their hands to return the gift. On the contrary, the middle-aged uncle Chen Yichen gave them a look and received Chen Yichen's gift.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yichen's face appeared with a faint smile, and he didn't care.

"I haven't seen you for many years. I'm very pleased to see you now have a promising future."

"Uncle, please sit down and talk first."

After Chen Yichen replied lightly, he pulled open the chair in front of him and asked his mother Shen to sit down first, and then sat next to him.

Many things in ancient etiquette and rules can be used as language for action. Chen Yichen took the action of sitting first, which is equivalent to clarifying his attitude.

Only when I respect you can be called the so-called elders of the uncle's family. If you plan to take the opportunity to show off, then I'm sorry to find the wrong partner.

Several elders from the uncles and family opposite sat down in disappointment when they saw this. They were very dissatisfied, but they did not dare to challenge Chen Yichen.

They also realized that this nominal junior was not as easy to control as Shen, and the killing and killing was easy to do business.

"Several elders came from afar, wondering what's going on?"

Chen Yichen went straight to the point. He was willing to come here just to give his mother a face, and he was not interested in talking for a long time.

"Actually, there is nothing big. Just the government office has announced the good news that you have become the top scholar. My uncle joins the elders of several tribes to come and see you."

Chen Yichen is affiliated with his mother's family. According to the imperial examination practice, in addition to the candidates' registered address, there will also be good news for the future of the hometown.

"I thank my uncle for his kindness. If that's the case, I won't disturb my rest if I'm tired."

If you don’t want to say it, don’t say it. Chen Yichen wanted to get up and leave after making a move.

Seeing Chen Yichen's action, several uncles and elders could no longer hold back their airs, so they quickly stood up and comforted him: "Don't bother or not, in fact, my uncle and elders came over to ask for something from the virtuous nephew."

"Please tell me uncle."

Chen Yichen had long expected this, and asking for help must have the attitude of asking for help.

"Nephew, now you are the top scholar in high school. I heard that the emperor gave the Three Yuan Archives. The elders in the clan discussed it and thought that this was a major event for the glorious ancestors, so you had to build a Three Yuan Archives in your hometown."

"Okay, all the elders have this intention, and I am grateful."

Chen Yichen didn't care much about things like Sanyuanfang. If his mother tribe wants to make a fortune, he will let them do it.

"Sanyuan and the third place are rare in a century, not to mention the wise nephew Liuyuan leader. The specifications of Sanyuanfang cannot be lowered. There is only one imperial gift, among the clan..."

My uncle didn't say the following words, but Chen Yichen already understood what he meant.

In addition to the difference between fame and fortune itself, ancient arches were also divided into levels in terms of approval by the court. From high to low, they were the imperial archway, the Enrong archway, the Imperial Imperial archway, and the Gift archway.

Chen Yichen's imperial gift of Sanyuanfang is the highest-level imperial archway. The emperor personally issued an order to fund the national treasury to build it, and the number was very rare.

The second level of Enrong Archway is a construction funded by local finance to show the greatness of the emperor's grace, which means honor and the countryside.

The last two levels of archways have to pay for their own money to build.

Chen Yichen's Sanyuanfang was granted by the Imperial Palace in the capital Chengguo Duke's Mansion. Due to its high standards, it has not been completed yet. If my hometown still wants to build a Sanyuanfang, it cannot contribute to the treasury and has to appear and build it on its own.

Hearing the implicit meaning of the story, Chen Yichen did not bother to take out a hundred taels of exchange bill from his pocket and put it on the table.

"Uncle, even if the younger generation sponsors the construction of Sanyuanfang, I hope you all accept this money."

After the development, distant relatives visited each other and were beaten by the autumn wind, and in ancient times they would have to be bleeding a little. Especially if they were "close" to the uncles, if they were not stingy, they would affect the reputation.

Now Shen Yichen is not short of money. Even if this hundred tael is used as a "genealogy" fee, it will be considered a two-digit settlement in the future.

However, a scene that surprised Chen Yichen appeared. Several elders of the mother tribe, including his uncle, waved their hands and said they didn't want money. And it didn't look like they were pretending, and even their mother Shen said it, they still refused to accept it.

Could it be that it is too little?

A hundred taels of water is Chen Yichen's current limit. The affection of these elders of the mother tribe is not enough to increase the money.

Just when he was about to leave, his nominal uncle finally revealed the real purpose of their arrival.

"Xian Nie, building Sanyuanfang is an honor among the clan. How could you ask you to pay for it?"

"My uncle thought that now you are an official in Beijing and you must have many places to communicate and manage, so he discussed with the elders of the clan, intending to attach all the fields in the clan to your name, so that you can also gain more profits and make your hands more affordable."

Good guy, Chen Yichen thought he was here to fight Qiufeng, but he didn't expect that he came to "send money" to him.

Many people in later generations knew that the literati and officials in the Ming Dynasty had the right to be exempted from corvee labor, taxes, etc.

In fact, to be precise, it is true that the exemption of corvee labor is true. The literati did not have the right to completely exempt taxes. They only exempted part of the tax based on the level of grade.

For example, a third-rank official can only be exempted from twenty stones of food and twenty people.

But in fact, during the implementation process, this system completely collapsed. During the process of commissioning and tax payment, local governments would not and dared not impose strong labor on the literati class, which led to the literati enjoying unlimited exemption.

In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the official "Ming Hui Dian" described that in name, the first rank of the A-Chi Jing official could be exempted from taxes of 10,000 acres of land, and the last rank of the ninth rank could also be exempted from 2,200 acres.

The juren who did not enter the officialdom was 1,200 acres of students, and 80 acres of students were 1,200 acres of students.

You should know that this is just an official tax exemption, and there is much more than this number when you arrive at the local area. There are endless ways to take advantage of loopholes, including tricks, sprinkles, flowers, deceive hidden secrets, etc.

Take the most common tricks as an example, it is to ask other farmers to report their land to their own names. As long as they reach the juren class, it doesn’t matter if they exceed 1,200 acres, and the county magistrate level does not dare to care at all.

Because who can guarantee that there is no awesome person among this fellow juren, in the same year, mentor, teacher, etc.

Even if you become an official on one day, you will be able to get a fortune, and you will be able to collect taxes according to the specifications today, and you will not be afraid of being attacked and retaliated against the officials tomorrow?

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's staff system formed a party for personal gain not only caused harm to party disputes, but also caused the local privileged class, which completely collapsed the tax system.

The gentry class who is truly rich and has food cannot get a penny of taxes and crazily increases taxes and exploits against the mud legs that cannot survive. How can such a dynasty not perish?

Chen Yichen used to live in Yingtian Prefecture and studied with the Duke Chengguo Mansion. Although he was poor, he was not considered a poor farmer's family. He didn't have a single acre of land at home, so naturally he did not have the concept of taxation.

Unexpectedly, this kind of thing happened to me.

If Chen Yichen can control the peak of power one day, then his biggest enemy may not be a political enemy, Mongolian, southern barbarians, but a literati class he once established!

This is why Chen Yichen never decided to move closer to the civil service group.

Thinking of this, Chen Yichen suddenly smiled. With the development of the Ming Dynasty, the literati class has essentially become a parasite that sucks the blood of the Ming Dynasty. Will he become such a person?
Chapter completed!