Jiajing felt that his junior brother was a bit alarmist.
My old Zhu family has a big business. Although I eat a little too much, I am so dignified that I can't afford to raise a family.
Of course, Jiajing was actually a little disgusted with relatives who were beyond his reach and eating his free food every day.
But this is the ancestral method, and the food comes from the national treasury, not your own internal funds, and it is not a big deal if it does not affect your cultivation of immortality.
"Junior brother, the clan's laws must not be touched lightly, and this matter is not a big deal, so why does it matter to the fate of the country?"
Xiao Feng smiled and said, "Senior brother, whether the clan affects the fate of the country actually only depends on two things.
The first thing is: does the court allow the clan to do things? If it does, then having more clans is not a bad thing, and it can also help the court.
But if it is not allowed, then the more clans there are, the heavier the burden will be on the court. In the end, it will be overwhelmed and the national destiny will be dragged down.
The second thing is: whether the descendants of the clan can always receive salary from the imperial court. If so, then the clan will expand without limit.
But if there are restrictions on the number of people and generations who can receive imperial salary, the size of the clan will be reduced, and the country will be able to bear it. "
Jiajing digested Xiao Feng's words in his mind and slowly raised his doubts.
"Junior brother, the first thing is that the clan is not allowed to engage in politics or engage in farming or business. This is an ancestral law and we need to be cautious.
Let’s talk about the second thing. For a world as big as the Ming Dynasty, can the Zhu family clan really affect the fate of the country? "
Xiao Feng thought for a while, pointed to the Go game on the table and said, "Senior brother, I have made a little effort during this period. Senior brother, please reward me with something."
Jiajing glanced at him and said in his heart, you are so shameless, I have given your wife a royal title! But he nodded.
"What treasure have you set your sights on? I know you are not short of money. If you like this set of Go, just take it."
Xiao Feng smiled: "Senior brother, I want a long-lasting reward. This Go board has a total of three hundred and twenty-four grids.
Senior brother rewards me with one square every day, one penny for each square on the first day, two pennies for each square on the second day, and four cents for each square on the third day.
The reward for me every day is twice that of the previous day. After I have rewarded these three hundred and twenty-four squares, no matter what merits I make in this life, there is no need to reward me anymore, and I don’t want any salary. "
Jiajing was not very good at mathematics and had no idea about this problem. He thought about it briefly and couldn't help laughing.
"Junior brother, this method is interesting, I agree. But in such a big mansion like yours, how can you not go hungry with just a few pennies a day?
Senior brother, I can't bear to let a bunch of women from your family starve with you. I think it's better to just reward you with a few thousand taels of silver. "
Xiao Feng smiled and said, "Senior brother, you'd better do the math carefully and then consider whether to agree to me or not."
Jiajing saw that Xiao Feng was serious, but it was not like he really didn't know how to calculate. There is no Taoist who can't count. It's just whether the method used is clever or stupid.
He didn't know the formula, so he used stupid methods. Ask Huang Jin to get a pen and paper and write them down one by one.
The first day is one penny, the second day is two pence... The tenth day is 512 pence, it's not difficult!
On the fifteenth day, it was sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty-four cents, well, it was only sixteen taels of silver, so sprinkle it on!
On the twentieth day, it was 524,888 Wen, more than 500 taels of silver, not too much, not too much, I am very rich now!
On the twenty-fifth day, it was... one thousand six hundred and seventy-seven thousand two hundred and sixteen taels... more than sixteen thousand taels? No way, it hurts!
On the 30th day, I couldn’t write any more articles about... Fuck you! More than five hundred thousand taels! Do you want all the internal funds to be given to you?
On the thirty-fifth day, it was... 17 million taels! Do you want my treasury?
On the fortieth day, it was fifty million taels of silver. Money is just a number, so what’s the big deal!
On the fiftieth day, it’s fifty million taels of silver, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I still want a reward
On the 324th day, will you still be a human being?
Someone is coming! Xiao Feng is going to rebel! He defrauded me, he defrauded me!
Jiajing threw down a lot of paper and sat on the futon, breathing heavily, feeling that his soul had been hollowed out. You have no joke...
"Just now, junior brother, senior brother seems to understand what you want to say!"
Xiao Feng smiled bitterly and said: "Senior brother, although the reproduction of the clan is not so exaggerated, but look at these clans today, which one does not start with three or five sons?
Five sons after five sons, four generations, 625 people. Even if the first generation has passed away, there is only one less person. How can this continue? "
Jiajing was still in the fear of being dominated by the chessboard, fearing that Xiao Feng would suddenly change his mind and seize Jun Wuxi.
Then I can only kill my junior brother! Because I really can’t afford it! But I still want to become an immortal!
"But junior brother, can I still decree that the clan is not allowed to have children?
I am in charge of heaven and earth, but I can’t control the couple’s bed! Can this matter be restricted? "
Xiao Feng smiled ambiguously: "Brother, don't worry about this. You must first figure out why the clan has so many children."
Jiajing raised his eyebrows: "Having more children means more blessings. This has been the case since ancient times!"
Xiao Feng shook his head: "Brother, the reason why people have more children is because the child death rate is too high and they are afraid that they will not be able to raise them.
Secondly, the Ming Dynasty emphasized agriculture. If people wanted to live a good life, they had to work more, so they were willing to have more children.
But the clan's living conditions are good, the child mortality rate is not high, and they don't need to work to improve their family's life, so why do they have so many children? "
Jiajing had never thought about this issue in depth. Having more sons was a generally accepted good thing. It was a bit confusing to think about it so carefully.
"Junior brother, what is the reason?"
"Brother, because the money and food given to the clan by the imperial court is calculated on a per-capita basis! One more child means more money and food!
Moreover, even the lowest-ranking lieutenant of Fengguo, the salary of two hundred shi per year is higher than the salary of a first-rank official in the imperial court!
The country supports children, and the more children you have, the more money you will earn. Under such circumstances, it would be strange for the clan not to work hard to have children! "
Jiajing frowned and thought for a while, it was indeed true, no one could let go of such a good thing!
"Then according to Junior Brother's wishes, what should we do?"
Xiao Feng said sinisterly: "Brother, change the basis of head to branch. No matter how many children are born, a clan will only give a fixed amount of money and food. ap.
If there are few people, the food will be good. If there are many people, the food will be poor. In this way, they will not want to have so many children. "
Jiajing looked at his junior brother, this idea is really wicked, no wonder those clan members will write a book to scold you. Those who worked hard to have children before will definitely want to strangle their little brothers in the future.
"In addition, there is no such way to identify relatives. If one could identify relatives unlimitedly, the people of the Ming Dynasty would all be descendants of Yan and Huang, and no one would be related to anyone.
The sage said, "A gentleman's glory will be cut off after five generations, and the people who recognize relatives are all within the five generations. How can anyone recognize relatives beyond five generations?"
In our Ming Dynasty, even if someone committed the crime of treason and implicated three clans, they would not pursue them for five generations, right?
So I think, that’s pretty much it. Senior brother, you respect the blood of your ancestors by taking care of the food and drink of your relatives within five servers. "
Jiajing sighed and said a few words to his junior brother that were inconvenient to say in court.
"Junior brother, in fact, the imperial court is not willing to support the clan. If it does not support them, it must allow them to do things and support themselves.
But their surname is Zhu, and they all have the blood of the Tian family. If they enter politics and take power, they will have many delusions.
And people with ulterior motives like the White Lotus Sect will also use their blood to make trouble. So the court just spent money to feel at ease. "
Xiao Feng bowed deeply: "Brother, I was about to say this. Since the clan is of the bloodline of the Tian family, it must be talented.
Extraordinary. "
Here Jiajing smiled, saying that you are right, the genes of Lao Zhu's family are good.
"Nowadays, there are 50,000 clan members recorded in the clan mansion. How many outstanding talents are there among these 50,000 people?
These talents cannot display their talents and can only hide behind high walls to have children. What a waste to the court! "
Jiajing shook his head gently: "But if we let them take power or lead troops, it is absolutely impossible. I have to consider the country and my descendants."
Xiao Feng knew that no emperor could let go of this worry, and it was not the right time to force it out of control.
"Senior brother, there are more and more clans, but the court dare not use them and can only keep them. This is a hidden explosive barrel!
It is a huge hidden danger for the country, the people and Long Live. Then we can only find ways to reduce the number of people in the clan and control the size of the clan. "
Jiajing nodded slightly: "But the clans will definitely not give up. In the past few days, clans from all over the country have requested to send representatives to Beijing to face the saint."
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "Then let them come to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit. If the clan system needs to be reformed, it is better to convince people with reason. It is not good to take action directly. After all, we are a family."
Jiajing looked at his junior brother and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Junior brother, as long as you are here, I can't guarantee anything else. It's reliable to convince people with reason!"
The next day, the imperial edict was promulgated, and clans from all over the country, represented by the prince, went to court to discuss the clan system!
The clans in various places were immediately excited, and they cheered for the princes who came to Beijing to meet the emperor, hoping that they could protect the jobs of Lao Zhu's family.
Back then, our ancestors started with just a bowl. We, our descendants, cannot let anyone smash this bowl! This is our inexhaustible divine bowl!
The princes also said with high spirits, "Don't worry, Long Live is a family with us, Xiao Feng is just an outsider."
If nothing else, our ancestors are also Long Live ancestors. Can Long Live listen to Xiao Feng instead of our ancestors? Xiao Feng is not an ancestor!
Just as the princes were setting off one after another to enter Beijing according to the order, Miao Jiang's motorcade finally returned to Miao Jiang.
At this time, the three giants in Miao territory, the chief chieftain, the high priest, and the great Xiao Qin, were all waiting for the good news.
The maternal clan of the Xiao family has great influence in the Miao territory. As the leader of the White Lotus Sect and the only male member of the Xiao family, Xiao Qin plays an important role in the Miao territory.
Of course Xiao Feng is the same, but he has never been to Miaojiang to visit relatives. He was not even mentioned in the family tree before, only his father was recorded.
Next to the three giants of Miao territory are the iron-rod lama Norbu Sang sent by Uszang, and Cheng Geer, the special envoy sent by Amada Khan.
Xiao Qin was actually not particularly satisfied with these two envoys.
Because the Tiebang Lama is in charge of the precepts in Uzang, the iron rod in his hand represents majesty and precepts, and is the inspector of the lamas during their practice.
Carrying iron rods and staffs in their hands, they found that monks who did not obey the rules could be corrected and punished, and if necessary, they could also give them a slap in the face.
If you think about such a big iron rod, if you drink it as a blow, the monk who is hit by the rod will not have a chance to become spiritually enlightened, but will be directly enlightened by physics.
Therefore, those who can become Iron Bar Lamas are basically upright and stubborn, with a certain Hai Rui temperament. They are definitely not people who are good at judging the situation.
Uzang sent such an envoy, but his attitude was actually: We must listen to the truth, and you cannot corrupt this envoy.
The fact that Anda Khan sent Cheng Geer is even more intriguing.
Cheng Geer is An Dahan's personal bodyguard, and Xiao Qin is also very familiar with him. It stands to reason that he is a good candidate for Xiao Qin.
But Xiao Qin knew that Cheng Geer was An Dahan's knife, and the knife could not be the master.
Anda Khan sent a person who could not take charge as an envoy, which in itself was perfunctory. The choice of this messenger is his statement on two aspects at the same time.
The messenger was sent by Anda Khan to hammer the Ming Dynasty: Don't think that since there is a mutual trade, you can ignore it. There are still people who are thinking about getting me to join the gang. You have to be nice to me.
By sending Cheng Geer as an envoy, he was telling Xiao Qin: I
I think you have no chance, so I'll give you some face, but you know something in your mind that the Tatars don't want to mess with you for the time being.
Although he was dissatisfied, Xiao Qin didn't let it slip at all on the surface, because he was using the "hidden thread beading" method.
This is an old scam whose origins are no longer reliable. The most famous case is the story of a wealthy businessman who saved his son.
The son of a wealthy businessman was kidnapped by the largest gang in the area and demanded 100,000 taels of silver to ransom him. But the copycat didn't know that the wealthy businessman had failed in business and had no money.
The wealthy businessman knew that even telling the gangster the truth would not help. The counterfeit bamboo basket is in vain, and the vote may be broken up in anger.
So the wealthy businessman started his own saucy operation. His bankruptcy has not been exposed yet. Not even the gangs knew about it, and others knew even less.
A wealthy businessman went to the local magistrate's house to ask for his son's hand in marriage, hoping to marry the magistrate's daughter. The county magistrate was reluctant. After all, it was a bit unworthy for a lady from an official family to marry the son of a businessman.
But the wealthy businessman took out a share certificate with the seal of the Jiangnan Silk Chamber of Commerce on it, proving that his son was a shareholder of the Jiangnan Silk Chamber of Commerce and would soon open a large-scale silk and satin shop locally.
At the same time, the wealthy businessman quietly told the county magistrate that his son had another identity: he was the godson of the leader of the largest local gang. If his son becomes the son-in-law of the county magistrate, the village leader will definitely give him face in the future and not rob the locals.
At that time, local gangs were rampant and it was difficult for the court to eradicate them, so they could only acquiesce in their existence. Therefore, the county magistrate is always on tenterhooks, worried about something happening in his jurisdiction.
The Jiangnan Silk Chamber of Commerce was a well-known chamber of commerce in the country at that time. The shareholders in it were either rich or noble. Being able to become a shareholder of the chamber of commerce showed that this kid had a bright future.
So the magistrate was tempted and agreed. He exchanged invitations with the wealthy businessman and asked him to prepare for the formal marriage proposal. At the same time, he told him that when the silk and satin shop opened, it would be the day of the wedding.
This is also a kind of precaution. You can say whatever you want, but when a large silk and satin shop is opened, it requires real money and silver investment, and it cannot be fake.
The wealthy businessman then went to Jiangnan and found the president of the Silk Chamber of Commerce. He said that he would invest one hundred thousand taels of silver and open a large silk and satin factory in his hometown.
But the money is still tied up in other businesses. I hope the Chamber of Commerce can send a batch of silk and satin first and open the silk and satin shop.
The president of the Chamber of Commerce naturally refused, saying that when buying shares and shipping goods, money comes first and goods come later. But the wealthy businessman said that the shares were actually bought for his son.
The son is not only the son-in-law of the county magistrate, but also the adopted son of the biggest gang leader in the area. His investment this time is to open a large-scale silk and satin factory in his hometown county.
With that said, the wealthy businessman took out the Geng Tie from the county magistrate's lady to prove that what he said was true. The president of the Chamber of Commerce was tempted.
Doing business, especially silk business, most requires the care of black and white. If there is help from the local magistrate and the protection of the local village, the silk and satin shop will definitely make a huge profit.
So the president of the Chamber of Commerce made an exception and agreed to deliver the goods first. Of course, he also kept an eye on it and signed a formal shareholding contract with the wealthy businessman. At the same time, he agreed that if he failed to pay for the shareholding after six months, both the goods and the money sold would be recovered.
Silk cannot be lost. The Chamber of Commerce will send people to escort the goods and will also send clerks to monitor the silk and satin shops, so even if you are cheated, you will not actually suffer much loss.
The wealthy businessman took the stock purchase letter, the silk invoice, and the Gengjie from the magistrate's daughter. Through an intermediary, he met the gang leader and showed him these things.
My son is a shareholder of the Jiangnan Silk Chamber of Commerce and the son-in-law of the local magistrate. Now that you have arrested him, I have nothing to say.
But the family's money was all tied up in the silk and satin business, and it was difficult to raise funds for a while. I would like my son to kowtow and recognize you as his adoptive father, and honor you well from now on!
The gangster boss thought that he was just kidnapping the son of a wealthy businessman, so the lion opened his mouth, but he didn't expect that this man had such a background.
There is also a tacit understanding between the gangs and the court. If something is done too big, it may lead to severe punishment from the court. The background of the Jiangnan Silk Chamber of Commerce is not small, not to mention that he is the son-in-law of the county magistrate.
If you really want to kill someone with such a dual identity, you will be in a lot of trouble. What's more, gangsterism is not a good business, and I don't know how long it will take.
He has no money now, and he has no money even if he kills him. It is better to leave a way out for himself and form a good relationship, which may be useful in the future.
So the gang leader opened an incense hall, chopped off chicken heads, and drank blood wine. The son of a wealthy businessman kowtowed three times and vowed to honor his godfather in the future, otherwise there would be thunder and lightning.
The gangster boss was very happy. He opened his small treasury and gave his godson a lot of money as a meeting gift. The wealthy businessman used the money to rent a shop, put the silk sent from Jiangnan Silk and Satin Factory, and started doing business.
On the day the business opened, the wealthy businessman gave the magistrate a letter of appointment, and his son married the magistrate's daughter. With the help of the magistrate and the gang boss, the business of the silk and satin shop was booming, and he soon made enough money to pay the money to join the chamber of commerce.
This is the secret thread beading, with nothing in the hand, but full of posture, pointing east and west, using strength to achieve great things.
Xiao Qin is just like that wealthy businessman. He originally had a lot of capital, but now he has been doing business with Xiao Feng for two years and has suffered a huge loss, leaving him with nothing.
Therefore, he had to take advantage of the time gap when others did not know that the White Lotus Sect had been greatly reduced in strength, to complete this difficult operation.
What happened to the Miao Jiang convoy halfway was unknown to the capital city. Yan Shifan had a broken leg and was in a mess. He didn't have time to update him frequently. Even the results of his mission were still on the way.
Therefore, Xiao Qin, like others, was waiting with great anticipation for Ke Zifan's triumphant return. Even if he only fulfilled two of the four conditions, he would still have the confidence to tell Uszang and Ada Khan.
I am the son-in-law of the county magistrate! Follow ***, there is a future!
