Farmers' Struggle

Chapter 40

  "By the way, your family has been separated now. Your family will not be able to get away with the tax this year. Before you were in the Li family, the tax was only paid according to the account of the field. Although you have no land now, you still have to pay the account and the head. Tax." Li Wentian seemed to have thought of something, and said to Li Yu: "You still have to prepare for it when you go back."

This is why people nowadays, the whole family is in the same account, regardless of the family, and it is also for the sake of Pay less account tax.

Li Yu nodded, paying taxes is the right thing to do. Nowadays, only those who have been admitted to fame will be exempted from paying taxes, and the rest of the farmers and businessmen have to pay taxes.

It is also because of this that Li Xingyan has the arrogance of capital. In this world, scholars are very tolerant and preferential. He relies on himself as a scholar. He is the only scholar in the whole village who has the best chance of being admitted as a scholar. If he can eat the granary rice issued by the imperial court and be admitted to Juren, all the land under his name can be exempted from tax.

In fact, Li Wencai still has a long-term vision. The three brothers of the Li family have all gone to private schools, but none of them are good at studying. After studying for a year, they all dropped out of school and returned home. With these words, the work in the town is relatively easy.

Since the three brothers of the Li family didn't have the destiny to study, they finally hoped for Li Xingyan, the seed of study. Even Mr. Xuetang praised him, so they naturally put all their hopes on him alone.

Li Yu thought of Li Xingyan who he met in the town. It seemed that he should get a job and improve his social status. Otherwise, he would be crushed to death by anyone. If it has not been fully developed, if the business becomes bigger and bigger in the future, it will not work without a guarantee. Even if I depend on others in the future, I still need to be able to do it myself, otherwise it's not a dish to be served to others.

After thinking about these things, he felt more and more that the test for fame was something he should do now, so he secretly made a decision in his heart.

Back home, Li Yu talked about his plan to take the exam. Apart from supplying Xu Fangzhai's pastries, there are not many other things at home now. Although studying is a very expensive thing, they can also earn money now, so there is no need to worry about it.

"You? You want to test for fame?" Wen Jinbai was surprised. Why did Li Yu suddenly want to test for fame? I've never heard him mention it before, "Why do you suddenly think so?" He asked.

Li Yu recounted today's events in detail, and at the end he said angrily: "I don't believe that Li Xingyan can take the exam. Why can't I pass the exam? And with fame, you can get a little Guaranteed, you can eat public grain every month, uh! Grain rice, it will be tax-free in the future, right?" He thought of the rising food price, no matter what, this subsidized food can save them a lot, and eat the royal family's food. Food, there is also a guarantee, isn't it?

"That's it?" Wen Jinbai frowned, and there was a hint of worry in his eyes, "If you get a good name in the exam, you may become an official in the court in the future. The situation in the court is treacherous, I'm afraid..." He was really worried. He had experienced it once. He really didn't want Li Yu to embark on this path and experience another family ruin.

Wen Jinbai looked at Li Yu, and said hesitantly, "You..."

He wanted to tell Li Yu not to go this way, but he stopped talking. What position does he have to influence the path of others?

Li Yu didn't realize that he was worried, and said with a smile: "Don't say anything about entering the court and becoming an official. I don't have any big ambitions. In the future, I will be able to test a scholar, raise people, and then spend a small amount of money to donate a small official. Go anywhere Just hang around in a small place." He thought for a while, then held his head and said, "Well, just pick up a sesame official, even the county magistrate and county magistrate, and you don't have to limit so much. Anyway, it's an official, you say that's the reason Right?"

"County, county magistrate?" Wen Jinbai's eyes widened, as if he wanted to figure out what was going on in Li Yu's head? Who doesn't take the merit test to be able to rise to the top? This person just wants to be a sesame official?

"Ah! Yes, you don't think I have no ambitions, do you? Let me tell you, the higher you climb, the more painful you fall. Don't look at the superficial scenery of those high officials. In fact, some days are not as good as ordinary people. Well. The imperial court is a place of intrigue and intrigue, and it is best not to go into this muddy water." Li Yu thought that Wen Jinbai didn't understand, so he explained it specially.

There was a smile in Wen Jinbai's peach blossom eyes. How could he have forgotten that this person sees the world more accurately than anyone else? most favorable. There is no need for him to worry about him.

Li Yu looked into his eyes and lost his mind for a moment. Thinking of the affectionate figure of the pair in Chen's house, Li Yu's heart became hot for no reason.

When he came back to his senses, Li Yu quickly opened his eyes and looked left and right, but he didn't dare to look at Wen Jinbai again.

"Well, if you have already decided to take the imperial examination, I think I can help you." Wen Jinbai no longer stopped, and finally decided to help Li Yu. Seeing Li Yu's surprised expression, he felt happy in his heart. "I've also read the Four Books and Five Classics, so I'm more than enough to help you."

When Wen Jinbai said this, he naturally revealed a kind of self-satisfied arrogance. At this time, although he was only wearing coarse linen , but the whole body is noble and elegant, as if it can be elegantly painted at any time. This made Li Yu have a wrong feeling that this kind of Wen Jinbai is the real Wen Jinbai, Mr. Pianpianjia who is as gentle as jade and as elegant as orchid. Li Yu looked at his proud and confident appearance, which was really exciting, and his heart was indeed beating so fast that he couldn't suppress it no matter how hard he tried.

Li Yuzhen did not expect Wen Jinbai to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and he is a truly talented person. From this, it can be seen that his previous family must be a scholarly family, so why did he end up here, being sold out and suffering all kinds of hardships? Li Yu saw His scars covered by the light veil, and his hoarse voice that had been injured, a kind of distress climbed to the top of his heart. How many unknown things he has endured?

In the end, Li Yu didn't ask when he got to the point of his mouth. Maybe when Wen Jinbai wanted to tell himself, he would tell him without asking, so his words became: "That's okay! I But I've been exposed to you, I don't know anything about these things now, with you as my teacher, I can avoid a lot of detours."

Wen Jin blushed, how could he be a teacher? At most, it is nothing more than adding fragrance to his red sleeves, holding an inkstone and grinding ink.

Since Li Yu wants to develop in this direction, the necessary things should still be purchased, such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones. How can scholars not have these things?

However, these things in this world are very expensive, not to mention pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but books and the like are all from wealthy families, and only the scholarly family will have a collection of rare books. Generally, poor students want to read some Good books can only be copied by hand, and books in other people's homes are regarded as treasures, and whether they can be borrowed depends on whether they are willing or not. By the way, there is no block printing at this time. The books sold in bookstores are also relatively popular books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, and it costs a lot of money to buy them. Therefore, there are many poor students who often copy books for bookstores to earn some money.

A peasant boy like Li Xingyan can study, so I have to say that Li Yu's father has a long-term vision. It's a pity that the family saves money on food and expenses, but they raise one who can't figure it out.

With Wen Jinbai as a teacher, at least Li Yu will not run around like a headless chicken, where to start learning, how to customize the plan, and the most troublesome thing is Li Yu's calligraphy, crooked , curved, like a strip of earthworms, a three-year-old Mongolian child can draw straight strokes.

Li Yu can recognize most of the characters. Unlike the simplified characters of his later generations, the characters here are all traditional characters. He may recognize them if they are connected up and down, but if they are brought up separately, many of them will not be recognized.

After learning about Li Yu's situation, Wen Jin frowned. Next year, there will be an entrance examination for children, and in less than half a year, no matter how talented a person is, he dare not guarantee that he will pass the entrance examination, right? People take the test for children, which one didn't enter the school at the beginning of enlightenment, and only dared to take the test after studying for several years?

"Or you don't need to take next year's entrance examination for children, and you can study for two years longer, and you may be more confident when you end up." Wen Jinbai suggested.

He also has his reasons for saying this. As far as Li Yu's handwriting is concerned, if you want to show it to people, you have to practice it for a few years. This is not something that can be done overnight.

Li Yu shook his head, and said confidently: "Just end next year, isn't Li Xingyan showing off his abilities? I want to fight with him. I want to see if I can do it too." When they were admitted to Tongsheng, what kind of face did they have, and would they look down on people so much?" Li Yu would be happy just thinking about being able to slap his face in the future.

In fact, he was holding a sigh of relief in his heart, maybe he also wanted to give a sigh of relief for the original owner, didn't the Li family say they were counting on Li Xingyan? For Li Xingyan's unwarranted bright future, he can sacrifice the original owner, but he wants to see the day they regret it.

Li Yu can have such confidence because he has a photographic memory, which is his greatest strength. As for the brush calligraphy, just practice more. With his IQ, it shouldn't be difficult.

Wen Jinbai was helpless, since Li Yu had made up his mind, he could only do his best.

Li Yu bought the cheapest set of the Four Treasures of the Study Room. Even so, the cost of money made Li Yu's heart ache. It's no different from buying luxury goods. No wonder people can't afford to read books. It's so high, who would dare to cross that hurdle? I have long been frightened by this threshold and retreated. But thinking of the future, Li Yu gritted his teeth and accepted it.

Wen Jinbai didn't let Li Yu buy the books. He spent some time writing down all the four books and five classics that needed to be learned. Originally, Li Yu was worried that this would tire him, so he might as well just buy someone else's copy.

Wen Jinbai disagreed. What he wrote silently can deepen his impression, which is more useful than reading it a hundred times. In the future, Li Yu will also be able to copy these books silently, which can not only practice calligraphy, but also deepen his study.

What Wen Jinbai said made sense, so Li Yu stopped talking and started his daily writing and reading plan.

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