It is no longer new news that Xie Xiuwen's eldest son became a scholar.
Xie Xiuwen had no intention of hiding that the eldest son was adopted. He only said that Xie Ronghui and his biological father had conflicting fates, so he adopted him as his biological uncle. In this way, they were still a family, which was a happy outcome for both parties.
Although Xie Ronghui came here through adoption, he has a long name, and now he has been selected as a scholar. If he studies hard for a few more years, he will definitely be successful. Therefore, wherever Xie Ronghui appears, these elders or young men are very pleased with him. color.
Xie Xiuwen has been in this position for three years. He is not in a hurry, but his opponent is.
Last year, Xie Xiuwen was sent to Tai'an Prefecture to investigate the official corruption case. It can be said that many Beijing officials were implicated.
Moreover, Xie Xiuwen and Zhao Yue went together on that business trip. The two stayed in Tai'an Mansion for nearly five months before they were able to return. In the end, they were fortunate enough to live up to their fate and have a successful relationship.
At that time, everyone thought that Xie Xiuwen was going to be promoted again, but they didn't expect that the Holy Emperor only rewarded him with a lot of things and did not mention his promotion. This made the officials in the Ministry of Personnel finally heave a sigh of relief.
Xie Xiuwen now enjoys a fifth-grade salary, with a monthly salary of 5,600 yuan and an annual salary of 200 dan.
It sounds like a month's salary is not much, and the combined silver money is less than six taels of silver. But in fact, the amount given to you is far more than this amount, because the imperial court will have different subsidies every quarter, plus if the errands are done well Yes, if you report it to your superior, you will be rewarded in addition.
This monthly silver also has another income, called monthly miscellaneous things, which are miscellaneous things that the court specially distributes to officials.
The reason why it is called Yueza is that this thing is indeed quite messy, and it is not clear what to send, or in other words, if there is too much of something, then it starts to be distributed to the officials. Including but not limited to: mutton, fish, vegetables, fruits, salt, wine, sauce, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc.
To put it bluntly, the basic life of officials and the needs of their superiors are provided by the court.
Of course, sometimes these messy things will not be given out, but money will be given directly. Generally speaking, the monthly miscellaneous amount of a fifth-rank official is about 3,600 yuan.
In fact, Xie Xiuwen didn't have any objections whether it was handing out things or paying money. Anyway, it was pretty much the same. If he was handing out things, he wouldn't have to go out to buy them again.
Besides that, the real value was the job fields given by the imperial court.
Job land is the land given to officials by the imperial court. Xie Xiuwen has 600 acres of job land.
You can grow these yourself or rent them to others. The income belongs to you without any taxes.
Because there is a lot of idle farmland in the local area, there are more imperial officials than local officials of the same level in terms of Lumi. There are more local officials than local officials in the same level of job fields, but basically they are not fertile farmland. Perhaps this is why many people are willing to do it. He is a low-grade Beijing official, and he is not willing to be a local official.
There are regulations on job fields, and once an official is dismissed or retires and returns to his hometown, this part of the land must be taken back. The court must immediately hand it over and return it to the court regardless of whether there is food growing on the ground.
If Xie Xiuwen is only a fifth-grade local official, then the job land he can be allocated will probably not exceed 700 acres. It is estimated that the output is not as much as the 600 acres here in the capital, and the monthly miscellaneous items are basically There is nothing to gain, Lumi is estimated to be around one hundred and fifty stones.
Frankly speaking, even if Xie Xiuwen no longer buys land and Liu Ruolan no longer does business, their family can live comfortably just with the salary and rewards from the court.
After all, the income from the six hundred acres of land, except for the sharecropper's share, could be directly exchanged for money. The court's two hundred shi of rice was more than his family could eat.
Two hundred shilumi is more than 20,000 kilograms of grain. A person can eat at most 20 kilograms a month, which is only more than 200 kilograms a year.
After Xie Ronghui came to Beijing, Xie Xiuwen took him to two banquets. After that, he let him study in his yard and personally assigned him homework every day.
"Your writing is still immature, and you still lack some knowledge. I brought you back to Beijing. I am not in a hurry to let you go to the academy to study. I just want to broaden your horizons first. You also studied in Mingshan Academy and feel that you can With your level, where would you rank in the academy?"
Xie Ronghui said with a face of shame: "My son is incompetent and must be at the bottom of the class."
Xie Xiuwen was very satisfied with his self-knowledge.
He was not afraid that his eldest son would be stupid, but that he would be hopelessly stupid.
Fortunately, there is still room for treatment.
"I have a villa in Feng County, which is under the jurisdiction of the capital. Magistrate Chen of Feng County has a certain relationship with me. I intend to send you to study with him for a while. Are you willing?"
Xie Ronghui naturally understood that this was a good opportunity to learn. Where did ordinary people get such opportunities?
"But it's up to my father to make the decision."
Xie Xiuwen nodded and said: "County Magistrate Chen is an honest and diligent official. When you are with him, you should not only figure out his way of being an official, but also pay attention to how the six offices of the county government operate, especially when it comes to Don’t be careless when dealing with people, and be sure to watch, listen and learn more.”
"Yes, father, please remember this son."
After Xie Xiuwen said a few more words to him, he thought of the children in the villa.
"After you arrive in Feng County, you will go back to the villa to stay for one night every holiday, and by the way, you will give guidance to your younger brothers on their homework. As their eldest brother, you must lead by example and must not allow them to be lazy. "
"Yes, father."
Xie Ronghui felt that it was really me who had to shoulder this heavy responsibility, and he felt full of energy.
When Xie Rongzhao learned that his eldest brother was going to Fuyuan Villa, he naturally couldn't sit still and wanted to go with him, but Xie Xiuwen refused.
"Dad, I'm almost bored to death. You said last month that if I can master "Landscape Music", you will grant me a wish."
Xie Xiuwen was troubled by her and had a headache.
This daughter is good at everything, but her temper is a bit wild. He is really afraid that one day Saburo will no longer want this fiancée, so who can he talk to to reason with her!
Of course, more often than not, Xie Xiuwen still feels that his little sweetheart is good at everything, and no one is good enough for his little sweetheart.
"How old are you, and you still want to run away? Your elder brother and younger brother are both studying hard there. After you go, I'm afraid you will take them all over the mountains again. Are you deliberately following them? Am I being against you?"
Xie Rongzhao was not afraid of his stern face, so he went over and started shaking his arm.
"Dad, my daughter really wants to go to the villa. She wants to eat dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse. Just let me go."
Xie Xiuwen laughed and said, "We can't have anything to eat in our house? Didn't the village outside the city send all kinds of wild vegetables?"
"That's different! Dad just agree to your daughter. The most I can promise you is that I won't stay too long."
Xie Xiuwen sneered and turned around, "Do you believe this?"
(End of chapter)
