Cheng Jingzhou had a good impression of Song Wei. He behaved in a moderate manner. Although he was a bit naive, he was very sober and not stupid.
And from his words and deeds, it is not difficult to see that Song Wei is looking forward to the Holy Emperor's new policy and is even willing to fight for it.
This is a good thing!
However, Cheng Jingzhou's impression of Song Ming was much different.
He knew that Song Ming's health was not good, but it was not close to death. Moreover, as far as he knew, Song Ming's illness only happened in the past few days, so why did he go there earlier?
If there are many chores, then why are you not willing to let others share some of them?
Moreover, Song Ming is the eldest son of the Song family, and no one would believe that he is a hard-working person who does everything himself.
After all, his body doesn't allow it.
Cheng Jingzhou understood what Song Wei meant, and probably guessed that the third young master should have directly passed over the eldest young master and reported the matter to General Song of the Ming Dynasty.
That's fine, to save him from becoming a villain again.
After Song Wei returned, he wrote another letter to his father, detailing everything he met with Cheng Jingzhou today and the contents of their meeting.
Song Huaien, who was far away at the border, was furious after receiving the first letter!
"This evil boy! I told him long ago not to be smart and to obey the Holy Will in everything, but he actually dares to do so!"
Major General Song also read the letter and was silent for a moment: "Father, it is better to leave this matter to my third brother. In addition to the two farms in Feng County, we also have to part with our properties in other places. In fact, after so many years, We have also helped a lot, but in the final analysis, the land in your name still benefits the imperial court."
Song Huai'en's face trembled. Could he not understand this?
In the early days, his landholdings did not reach the upper limit, so it was natural for him to put those people's fields in his name, which would also help them save some taxes and grain.
But who would have known that after so many years, the property under his name has far exceeded the tax exemption limit and he can no longer continue. Otherwise, who knows whether the Holy Spirit will be too worried?
Tell me, you are a military general who wants to seize land and conceal it. What do you want to do?
Raise a private soldier?
This was a crime he felt he could not afford.
"That's fine now. I'll leave this matter to your third brother. Although he is young, he can handle things clearly."
"As the third brother wrote in the letter, even people like the Lord of Jiahua County and the Prince of Xiang County know how to avoid Master Cheng's limelight. It can be seen that the Lord Qingzhang is determined this time. We cannot be led by others. Let’s go, we still need to clear out all these properties quickly, we can’t let them drag down the entire Song family anymore.”
Song Huai'en said nothing, his expression was serious.
Major General Song added: "Father, we are far away at the border. Think about your subordinates now. Once something happens, we will not only be implicated."
Song Huai'en closed his eyes helplessly, and after a while he said: "The property must be cleared out. It's best to let Xiao Wei make the accounts clearer. If we still have tax exemptions in our names, we should help if we can. of."
Major General Song understood.
If you can help, you must help.
If you can't help, there's nothing you can do.
"It really can't be done. Seeing that those days are really difficult, let Xiaowei give them some money and food. We can't just watch them not survive!"
"Yes, father."
Song Huaien sighed and said: "What I'm most worried about now is that once these fields are inspected, our Song family will have to make up for the tax grain or tax money, which is not a small amount. Since we let others take advantage of it in the first place, now we will We can no longer let them take the responsibility."
Major General Song didn't say anything. He also knew that those people were having a hard time, otherwise he wouldn't have come up with such a method.
"Father, if this is the case, I am afraid that our Song family will have to cut off more than half of it. By then, will we still be able to take care of the disabled, old and weak?"
Song Huai'en was also worried. The father and son looked at each other, neither of them had any idea.
The next day, Song Wei's letter came again.
The father and son, who had been worried all day and night, saw the letter again and felt like a ray of sunshine finally appeared on a rainy day.
"Sir Cheng, you are so righteous! He didn't collect a penny less from the royal family's tax money. Only from our Song family, he was willing to write it off. He is a true gentleman."
Major General Song also didn't expect that Cheng Jingzhou would cancel such a large amount at his request.
If he wanted to be more serious, he would probably have to pay more than double the money that the Du family had to lose!
Firstly, it's because the fields are too much, and secondly, it's been too long, more than ten years. If this is a tax surcharge, it's not a joke, and it's possible to bankrupt everything.
This is why many powerful families are most afraid of their father-in-law.
"Master Cheng is very righteous, and we must not be ignorant. Let Xiaowei have to take care of her. Where cooperation is needed, she must cooperate well, and must not cause any more trouble to Master Cheng."
"Yes, father, my son is going to grind his ink right now."
The atmosphere in Zhenguo General's Mansion is not very good.
Both Song Ming and Song Wei received the letter from the General, and Mrs. Song also received it. However, in the letter Mrs. Song opened, she did not express her feelings for her, but accused her of not being too spoiled to Song Ming and letting him Act according to your temper.
Song Ming received the letter, and some seals and account books needed to manage the industry must be handed over.
Song Wei was actually a little confused, because he had never taken care of this before, so how could he?
"This, I don't know how to take care of this, what should I do?"
The steward stepped forward and reported back: "Third Young Master, don't worry. The general has specially assigned a few people to help you. If you don't understand something, you can leave it to them."
"But I still want to study."
"Third Young Master, don't be anxious. The general said in the letter that you need to take a while to take care of the property first. After all, the Eldest Young Master is also ill now. You can't let Madam take care of these outside matters." reason."
Song Wei thought for a while and took over.
Even if he doesn't accept it, is it possible to let his mother and sister-in-law go out to deal with it?
This is inappropriate!
"Because there are a large number of fields, we will deal with them separately. We will deal with the two farms in Feng County first. After they are cleared, they will be returned to their respective names. Then we will deal with the fields in other places."
Someone helped, and Song Wei dealt with it very quickly.
As for Zhuangtou, who was previously imprisoned by Cheng Jingzhou, he was released after Song Wei started to take action.
Song Ming was naturally quite dissatisfied when his rights were taken away from him.
He was weak since he was a child and could not learn martial arts, so he wanted to follow the path of a scholar, but he had no talent in studying, so he had to rely on taking care of these properties to show that he was more capable.
Unexpectedly, this last bit of dignity has been taken away by others.
