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Chapter 544 Dad¡¯s Blessing

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    The main hall of Nanshan Temple.

    The officials and gentry left, but the two men wearing black satin round collars stayed.

    "Students pay homage to their old parents." The two noblemen saluted Mr. Zhao politely.

    "Haha, you two, stop doing this." Zhao Shouzheng laughed and stepped forward, helping the two of them up affectionately.

    These two were also candidates for the Yingtianfu Provincial Examination last year, and their results were very good.

    Zhi Ke ranked tenth in the college entrance examination; Zhou Ruli was ranked third If Zhao Hao hadn't intervened, he would have been the winner.

    After passing the exam, the two of them had several cultural gatherings with Mr. Zhao, swam across the Qinhuai River with him, and later went to Beijing together to take the exam.

    "It's a pity that after losing his reputation as the second master during the examination, he naturally left the capital early.

    But the two of them are not in a hurry to return to Kunshan.  They traveled all the way along the canal, and they ran out of money to catch the autumn breeze. As a result, Zhao Shouzheng had already arrived in Jinling, and they had not yet crossed the Yangtze River.

    It was after hearing the news that Mr. Zhao was going to Kunshan to become a parent official that the two of them hurried back home.

    "You are the same year as your parents, this is a gift from heaven!"

    Unfortunately, I hurried, I still did not catch up with the welcoming the ship in the same year.

    The two of them returned to Kunshan last night. Today, the elders of the family went to the embankment, so they all followed.

    Zhao Shouzheng was also very happy. In Kunshan, a place he was unfamiliar with, two people of the same age who came from rich families could help a lot.

    Zhou Ruli¡¯s Zhou family is one of the five major surnames in Kunshan, and their ancestors have produced many successful candidates.

    The big Zhi Ke family is a bit inferior, and its influence is only in Zhutang Township, but because of this, he basically has the final say in the Zhi family.

    The three of them exchanged friendly greetings. Zhi Keda and Zhou Ruli saw that Zhao Shouzheng was as friendly as ever and did not show any arrogance, so they put their hearts back in their stomachs.

    According to Zhao Shouzheng¡¯s request, he changed his name and called his ¡®brother¡¯ back, and gave him a piece of important information.

    "I have something to report to brother." Zhi Ke said to Mr. Zhao in a low voice.

    "It's about the victims of the disaster who stopped the car that day."

    "Oh?" Zhao Shouzheng looked at the Buddha statue behind him.  "Let's change the place and talk about this kind of thing here. It's disrespectful to Buddha."

    "It's very, very true." The two of them suddenly thought of the miracle of the Buddha's appearance just now, and couldn't help but feel horrified, and hurriedly followed Zhao Shouzheng to the incense room in the backyard where he was staying.

    ??~~

    When they walked away, Fang Wen turned around and entered the main hall.

    He first placed incense sticks on the Buddha, then walked around behind the Buddha statue and said to the two people squatting there: "They are all gone, you can come out now."

    Zhao Shizhen and Zhang Jianchang breathed a sigh of relief. There was no ventilation behind the Buddha statue, but it made them hot.

    Especially Zhang Jian, he felt like he was getting claustrophobic.

    Naturally, the Buddha¡¯s light just now was not a real manifestation of Buddha, but an optical effect produced by the two people using gold foil, mirrors and prisms.

    "This is the "father blessing" that Mr. Zhao specially gave Mr. Zhao in order to solve the problem of the officials and gentry being tired.

    From now on, Mr. Zhao can add the title of "Buddha's Light" to the title of "Iron-Skeleton Number One Scholar".

    I can¡¯t believe that I can¡¯t control these tough guys.

    Fang Wen helped the two of them put more than a dozen valuable Thai mirrors into boxes, and asked, "Aren't you feeling guilty for doing this?"

    "Wow, you can speak Mandarin?" Zhao Shizhen couldn't help being surprised.

    "Hey, can you speak?" Zhang Jian couldn't help but blurt out.

    Fang Wen resisted the urge to smash the silver mirror, nodded, and then gave the two of them a jingle of 'Sixty-six-year-old Old Man Lu'.  Prove that not only can you speak Mandarin, but you can also speak it fluently.

    Then he asked the stunned two people: "Can you answer now?"

    "Why should you feel guilty?" the two asked in confusion.

    "You are scientists, how can you pretend to be a ghost?" Fang Wen asked in a muffled voice.

    "Hi. Such an unscientific thing as manifesting spirits can of course be realized with the help of science." Zhao Shizhen fastened the box and carried it on his back.

    "Yes, this is the best mockery of superstition." Zhang Jian stood up as he said it. Who knows whether it was a coincidence or something, but he bumped into the lotus seat of the Buddha statue.

    There was a bang, and a big bag suddenly appeared.

    Zhang Jian¡¯s face turned pale, he covered his head and turned to the Buddha, silently offering incense sticks to the Buddha.

    "How does this count?" Fang Wen asked quietly.

    "My uncle often said that we should respect philosophy and be polite towards religion." Zhao Shizhen said seriously: "I'm not polite, of course I have to apologize."

     "Uh" Fang Wen was speechless by Mr. Zhao's powerful self-consistency, so he disappeared.

    ??~~

    In the incense room.

    The guard served tea and then left.

    Zhao Shouzheng smiled at the two men of the same age and said, "Tell me, let's see if my guess is right."

    The two looked at each other, and Zhi Keda said softly: "It's the Xu family."

    "Sure enough." Zhao Shouzheng nodded, as if he couldn't hide anything from his officer.

    "But isn't the Xu family in Songjiang Mansion? You can stretch your hands quite long."

    "Who says it's not the case? Relying on the power of Mr. Xu Ge, the Xu family completely devoured Songjiang Prefecture, and then reached out to Suzhou to annex us." Zhou Ruli said angrily: "We in Kunshan are better, but the other few  Most of the counties, especially Jiading and Wujiang, have fallen into the hands of the Xu family."

    "There are advantages to being poor. The Xu family looks down on Kunshan." Zhi Keda said with a self-deprecating smile: "But then again, a slap in the face can't make a difference. Those shameless things sacrificed their lives.  . If anyone is willing to take the initiative to be a slave, the Xu family will of course be happy to accept it."

    Because the scholar-bureaucrats of the dynasty are exempt from taxes, the larger the official, the higher the tax exemption.

    When one reaches the age of Xu Ge, the tax exemption will be infinite because the government does not dare to collect taxes from his family.

    As a result, many wealthy families had evil intentions and took the initiative to join the Xu family as slaves, and their property was transferred to the Xu family's name.  In this way, you only need to pay filial piety to the Xu family every year, and you will be exempted from taxes from the court.

    This situation is called "surrendering" and is very common in the Susong area.

    "Hey, the tax imposed by the court on Su Song is too heavy Elsewhere, it's one tax per ten, but we pay one tax per five." Zhou Ruli sighed, the big dog's butt will never sit crooked.

    "That's not a reason for them to forget their ancestors!" Zhi Ke's burden was not that heavy. He spat hard and told Zhao Shouzheng the name of the second and fifth son of the three families.

    "These three families later changed their surname to Xu. They used the power of the Xu family to run rampant in the county and did countless bad things."

    ¡°Well, the branch family also suffered from their losses.

    "That's right, Brother Yu will pay attention." Zhao Shouzheng nodded and said to Mr. Xu later.  He is best at playing games with others.

    Seeing that Zhao Shouzheng was still talking and laughing, as if he didn't care.

    "Hun is not like ordinary officials who can't sit still when they hear someone messing with them behind their backs.

    The two of them couldn't help but secretly sigh that their brother was really secretive.  It's ridiculous that there were rumors that he was a fool in Nanjing Imperial College.

    This is really called ¡®the real person does not show his appearance, and the real person does not show his true appearance¡¯!

    Although they were in awe of Mr. Zhao, they readily accepted the invitation and stayed in Nanshan Temple to help.

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