Chapter 118:

Today, the head of Yuqing Village is busy.
When it was clear that the farmers were busy, the villagers did not work on the ground, but instead were busy at the head of the village. Villagers from nearby villages looked forward curiously and found out that these villagers were busy digging pits and burying things in them.
The buried thing looked strange. Anyway, based on the villagers' knowledge, they didn't know anything. When asked, they didn't say anything. They only knew it after a few days.
Wait two more days to see--
Hey, the village head erected a flagpole about five feet tall. The base is a flagpole clip stone with two diamond-shaped holes. The flagpole is made of very thick fir. The bottom half of the flagpole is also drilled with two holes, which are consistent with the holes in the flagpole clip stone. Connect with the flagpole clamp.
The most peculiar thing is that the flagpole is different from the general flagpole, with an octagonal square bucket on it.
Many people don't know what this is. Only the villagers who are knowledgeable know that this is something extraordinary in Yuqing Village.
On the day when the famous flag was hung, Yuqing Village was very quiet here. There was neither whip drinking nor call friends. Only people from the surnamed Xue family were present, densely packed around the village head.
Under the flagpole is a table for offering sacrifices. Xue Tingyan and Xue Patriarch stood at the forefront, and there were a few elderly elders on the side. After the two offered incense, some people brought a red lacquered bowl and a pen.
"Ting Yan, you come! It stands to reason that the prestigious elders in the clan need to write books for you, but our Xue family is shallow, you are the most prosperous person in our clan, and the words are also the best written, so it is still you Come. I hope that since you start, our Xue family will be more and more prosperous, and there will be a few more famous scholars to benefit the younger generations in the village. "
Xue Tingyan did not refuse. He nodded slightly, and picked up the wolf pen dipped in red paint.
This pen is a bit thick and different from what he is used to, so it's a bit uncomfortable. However, his hand was still very stable, just a little cautious, and when the red paint on the pen dropped, he suddenly raised his hand and wrote on the flagpole clip stone.
Not long ago, I saw two more lines of characters on the flagpole clip stone-
In the sixth year of Jiacheng's Bingwuke Rural Examination, Xie Yuan Xue Tingyan, the first place in the middle school. In the sixth year of Yu Jiacheng's autumn.
These words dragon and phoenix dance, quite a spirit of Lingyun burst through the clouds. However, most of the people present are illiterate. Even literacy is very superficial, and naturally the meaning in this word cannot be seen. I only know that it looks good, it looks really imposing.
"Hang the flag myself!"
With a cry, a horn sounded.
Because Xue Tingyan has filial piety, he can't celebrate with wine. For today's event, the patriarch Xue has long discussed with the people in the tribe. Like these transitions, it was negotiated by the clan.
As the horn sounded, the villagers in several nearby villages vaguely heard, thinking about what had happened, and saw something rising not far away.
Because they were too far apart, I couldn't see clearly. I only knew that it was the direction of Yu Qingcun. Especially the villagers in Shangshui Village and Xiashui Village were close to Yuqing Village. Before the people went to the place, they saw a strange guy standing at the head of Yuqing Village.
A large banner with a red border and a yellow ground was hung on it, and there were a few large characters on the banner-
In the sixth year of Jiacheng's Bingwuke Rural Test, Xie Yuan was the first.
Heh, the villagers do n’t understand what Xie Yuan is. Some people know the flagpole, and some people know that this is Yuqing Village ’s execs.
For a time, the news spread throughout the nearby Shiliba Village at the speed of a tornado.
Villagers in many villages have come to see this meritorious flagpole. Now, after others have explained it, everyone knows what this meritorious flagpole does. Only when the show can't stand, can you stand a flagpole only when you are in the judo, and you are in the jinshi.
This is the glory of the Xue family.
In the past, the Xue family did not have such treatment, but now when they go out and talk about the Xue's ‘Xue’, the other people take a special look. Not only that, to go out to drink with relatives, it is first-class treatment, sitting on the table.
Naturally, many people want to see what Xue Juren looks like, but others have said that originally the county was to celebrate with Xue Juren, and the Xue family also planned to do so, but by accident 'S grandfather passed away.
The readers pay particular attention to these etiquettes and filial piety, so Xue Juren is now behind closed doors at home.
As soon as everyone heard of this, there was a sense of awe and respect, so Xue Juren's reputation as a great filial son and grand filial son was spread. Even Xu County Order was heard in the county.
Now the meritorious flag of Yuqing Village has become a well-known scene.
From time to time, villagers who are famous for their wind have come to see them, and there are people from nearby villages. Because they are near Yuqing Village, they also feel particularly glorious. Any relatives and friends in the family are here, they always lead others to watch and watch, one is to open their eyes, and the other is to touch the fairy spirit of the master.
Of course, these are just floating on the face. For rural people, there is nothing more practical than farming without paying taxes.
One person can be exempted from the harsh and miscellaneous taxes of 500 acres of land. The total of all the people of the Xue clan is only more than 200 acres.
As soon as the trivial tasks of setting up the famous flagpole were over, the Patriarch Xue was busy with these matters. After a few days of turning his head, a thick stack of land deeds was handed to Zhao'er.
Zhaoer has been pregnant for nearly seven months now, and her belly is already very big. She was sitting on the kang to make clothes for the baby in her belly, and was suddenly scared by the pile of land deeds tucked into her arms.
"What is this for?"
She turned over the deeds in her hand. These deeds are not many in number, most of which are a few acres. At most, one is the head of the Xue clan. There are nearly 20 acres.
"Where did you get this, shouldn't you go out and grab it?"
Xue Tingyan wanted to please her, but didn't expect to get a robbed name, and said a little out of breath: "Your husband is down to the point where he wants to go out and grab it, all from the cousin."
"What are you doing?" Zhaoer couldn't help but think of something bad, and he said with wide eyes: "Wouldn't it be something that needs you to intervene before you can buy you at such a high price?"
"Where do you want to go!"
He told Zhao'er some things about the "contribution".
The so-called donation is the landed households, in order to avoid tax, holding the title deed to ask for tax-free gentry and noble asylum. Dachang's harsh tax is very heavy. Farmers are exhausted all year round, and most of the food they receive is taxed.
That's why the old man Xue Xue thought about it, and wanted to train the Xue family a person of merit, the most fundamental purpose. And there are arrogant and self-proclaimed contributions, which is the powerful people invading the land of civilians. Because this is the contribution of the clan, and the fundamental meaning is different, Xue Tingyan did not have too much explanation.
"So what do you mean, these places belong to our family?" Zhao'er is still a bit slow.
Xue Tingyan nodded. From the government's point of view, this is indeed the case.
"That won't work, you can't bully the clan because you lifted yourself. The land has been given to us, what they eat and drink, although you have passed the exam now, you can't forget the original."
Recruiting children is recruiting children, which is not the same as ordinary women. Switching to another woman, I was so happy that I didn't know how good it was, but she didn't think so.
She loves money and is greedy for it, but she does what she wants, and she doesn't do bad things. I shouldn't think I can please her in this way, but the favor was not pleased, but I complained one by one.
Helpless, he could only make things a little more elaborate, and explained to her the arrogant and self-proclaimed offerings, and explained the difference between the contributions of his own people.
"So as you say, those powerful people who bully people are not very bad. The people have lost the ground, how can they live." Zhao Er said more and more excited, sitting on his knees from Kang: "I will tell you well, you Don't do this kind of thing, it hurts Yinde. "
"It's okay, you sit down and talk, how come up."
After sitting down to appease Zhaoer, Xue Tingyan said: "Of course I would not do such a thing."
"That's fine."
Afterwards, Zhaoer continued to sew clothes, but Xue Tingyan changed her attitude of not letting her touch the needle thread before, and seemed to ignore these, but stepped out of the house.
He walked all the way down the hill, and it was already cold in October. In the distance, in the cornfield and sorghum field, all the food was collected, and it became low and neat, so it seemed that the sight became more and more empty.
Far away, he saw the banner that was greeted by the wind, and he couldn't help walking out of the village tail path.
It was probably in that dream, because Xue Tingyan's experience was too complicated, and too many injustices had been encountered. His heart was always filled with resentment. So after he gained momentum, he did not have a heart to petition for the people.
At that time, every member of the dynasty, the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China, who was not a land under the name, he was no exception.
Everyone knows that Xue Shoufu is honest and upright, but he is not aware that he is the largest landlord in Shanxi. Which of the deceased officials praised by the common people is not a big landlord?
Qingming, that's just to show people!
At this time, there were two people fighting in Xue Tingyan's mind. One felt that the strokes were too small, and the other seemed to understand.
He was confused and remembered many things.
There are those in the dream, but also in the real world.
In a trance, Xue Tingyan walked under the flagpole.
Someone was standing there, a Zhuanghu man, with a baby boy.
This man seems to have just finished his work, carrying a on his shoulder, pointing at the flagpole, and seems to be talking to the boy.
Xue Tingyan got closer, before he could hear clearly.
"... Look and see, this is Xue Juren's meritorious flag."
"It's so tall and dad, really majestic!"
"Prestige, this is the old man! When the spring starts next year, my father will send you to school, but you should study hard and win glory for our family."
"Isn't it that I became a master of the future, and can stand up to such a majestic banner."
"That would have to be won by you."
The man was talking to the child without any marginal words, and when he saw a young boy coming over, he seemed to feel a little embarrassed and smiled.
"Junior Lang, are you from this village?"
Xue Tingyan nodded.
The man smashed his mouth enviously: "That's really good, your surname is Xue?"
Xue Tingyan nodded again.
"That surnamed Xue is even better. Oh, you don't know, we heard that the Xue family has a lord, and the eighth generation don't have to pay taxes, but I really envy him. My family also has a child. Bunny, all day long, going to school, to school.
"We are an ordinary banker who pays for food and pays taxes throughout the year, so he pays attention to eating and drinking, where he can afford to go to the school. But since I heard about Xue Juren, I plan to smash the pot and sell the iron to send him to read. Good readers, The scholars have a future, unlike us, they face the loess with their backs to the sky all their lives. No, they took the time to take a look at the little rabbit and take a look at the banner of Xue Juren. They can also be blessed and give our family Guangzong Yaozu in the future . "
The man speaks incoherently, and when the child sees his father talking to someone, he looks at it sideways.
But more often he looked at the flag and the very high flagpole, and it seemed that there was something that attracted him.
"I think Lang Cong is clever and clever. It will definitely be a good thing in the future."
"Everyone in our village said that, otherwise I would be willing to spend money for him to read."
Seeing that the child looked at the flagpole intently, Xue Ting squatted down and beckoned to him: "Do you like to see it? What do you see?" He also looked up while asking.
"I was thinking that Xue Juren must be very powerful."
"He is just a lifter, not an official yet, he is not powerful."
"Don't think I'm young, I don't understand. My father said, Xue Juren is very good, he is very good at studying, and he will become an official in the future."
"Do you want to study?"
"miss you."
"Why do you think?"
"I want to represent Guangzong Yaozu in my home, to be an official, and to be tax-free." The child, like his teeth, said his own cognition.
"Is it for tax exemption or to be an official?"
"Being a big official and tax-free, be a good official. My father said that if the big official is a good official, our family won't have to pay that tax. By the way, brother, you said Xue Juren was a big official After the official, will it be a good official? Then we do n’t have to pay so much tax ... "
"Don't talk nonsense about what your child is saying!" The man quickly came up, pulled his son over, and apologized to Xue Tingyan: "The child is not sensible, nonsense, but don't take this thing Spread into Xue Juren's ears. "
"Uncle, I won't say that."
The man nodded at him and took his son away.
Far away, you can still hear the man talking to his son: "You little devil, what nonsense, if Xue Juren can hear ..."
"Xue Juren is a good person and will certainly not bully us."
"You know what?"
"Because that big brother is a good person, isn't he also named Xue. Dad, I just saw that big brother seemed to cry, and his eyes were red ..."
"You stupid guy talked nonsense again, why didn't I see ..."
"His eyes are really red ..."
Obviously there was no sun, but he felt extremely dazzling. Xue Tingyan, who was standing on the spot, half-covered his eyes and looked at that famous flag.
"Do you want to study?"
"miss you."
"Why do you think?"
"I want to represent Guangzong Yaozu in my family, to be the most profitable person of the Xue family, and to be a good official in the future, our family will not have to pay taxes ..."