Hedong.

Anyi.

In a manor in the east of Anyi City, Pei Mao was sitting in the lobby with several disciples of his clan, and he also asked some questions to assess the academic performance of these disciples.

Not long after, a disciple from the clan handed over the paper. Pei Mao looked at it briefly, nodded, and said: Many of the previous articles were far-fetched and even unsightly. The current article has clear usage and clear regulations, so it can be called good.

also……

Although this member of the family immediately wanted to try his best to maintain an appearance of neither being arrogant nor being discouraged by defeat, he couldn't hold it back. In the end, he grinned happily and then retreated happily.

When Pei Mao was about to say something and explain something, he suddenly saw a figure shaking in the corridor, so he changed his words and said: Today's class will be suspended for now. I will teach again in ten days.

Thank you, Master...

I'll take my leave.

Several disciples quickly saluted Pei Mao, and then slowly retreated. When they arrived at the entrance of the lobby, they met Pei Hui, who had just arrived, and said goodbye to each other.

Father... Pei Hui glanced sideways at the few clan members who were leaving and asked, are there any talented people among them?

Pei Mao stroked his beard and said, maybe one or two... What's going on in Chang'an?

Now that the whole trend has begun to change, Pei Mao feels that the examination system seems to have become inevitable. Even if there are changes in the future, it is not a big problem to make some preparations in advance. Even if it is to raise some points within the clan,

The academic growth and progress of the family is also good, so a small cram school like this was opened, specifically to teach a few sideline children in the clan who are somewhat talented.

After hearing Pei Mao's question, Pei Hui's eyes swayed from side to side.

Pei Mao understood and waved his servant to leave first.

Pei Huicai said: This time the hussar is probably going to be cruel...

Hearing this, Pei Mao's face darkened slightly.

This time, among the Pei family, naturally some people went to Chang'an for reference, but they did not expect that during the reference process, they got smart and participated in the trouble, and even burned down the Zuixian Tower, putting themselves in jail.

To the Pei family.

What did Fengxian say? Pei Mao asked. Of course, this Fengxian is not that Fengxian. The question was about Pei Jun and Pei Fengxian.

Pei Hui couldn't help but snorted, obviously he didn't feel very good about Pei Jun, and then said: He just talks less, does less and moves less...

Pei Mao was silent. Pei Jun had been following Fei Qian for a long time, so even though Pei Mao was the head of the family, he would still ask Pei Jun for his judgment on this matter.

This time the riots in Chang'an seemed to cast a haze over not only the Pei family, but also many other families.

If it is said that every family is interested in the examination system created by Fei Qian, that is not necessarily the case. After all, the examination system is still a new thing for these families that have survived in the Han Dynasty for decades or even hundreds of years.

Faced with such a new problem, people naturally have different views and opinions. Some think it is good, some think it is bad, and some, like Pei Mao, look at it coldly, neither expressing good nor disapproving.

Okay, hold the chips and make them click, but don’t bet easily.

Speaking of which, Pei Mao has already invested a lot in General Hussar, and it won't be a problem if the whole family is involved. So there is no need to fight for anything extra, but other people are different, such as Pei Xi's army.

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Pei Xi is Pei Mao's brother, who has died.

When Pei Xi ascended to the position of the head of the family, he naturally put in a lot of effort, and suffered a lot of losses when fighting with others. However, Pei Xi did not have that luck. He fell ill and died of illness within a few years of becoming the head of the family. Naturally, he suffered a serious setback.

Pei Mao waited patiently and easily and neatly took the owner of the family into his arms.

Although Pei Mao had helped Pei Xi before, it was obviously not as much as what Pei Xi had paid, and the houses that originally competed with Pei Xi had suffered too much damage before, so naturally when Pei Mao took over, they would not pay as much.

There is no way to resist.

Um?

It is not a personal injury, but a damage to property. After all, in a noble family, there are elders and voting, but it is more like the later generations of the Panzi system. If the money is spent, it will be like running water.

Pei Xi's family was busy managing funerals, and the Han Dynasty paid great attention to such trivial matters. As a child, if you didn't accompany your parents to a funeral and your family would go bankrupt, you would be embarrassed to say hello to others!

Then Pei Xi's son Pei Yuan was buried with him until the hall was empty, and he had to observe mourning for another three years. After the mourning was completed, of course the family's wealth was also buried with him, and there was no benefit to the head of the family at all.

How can Pei Xi remain calm even if he gives in?

So this time, two of Pei Xi's disciples went to Chang'an for reference. They originally thought that they could take this opportunity to get rid of some unfavorable situations, but they didn't expect that because of their eagerness for quick success or their stupidity, they would be involved anyway.

During this chaos, he was arrested.

When the situation first began to change, many wealthy families did not respond immediately. One was that these wealthy families generally had deep foundations and large numbers of people, ranging from a hundred to even a thousand people.

, even if the Qiusi didn’t arrest them this time, there would still be some unscrupulous people among them who would sneak around and end up in jail, so they didn’t immediately get angry and jump up and down...

And according to the concept of these big families, most things like this are delayed for a long time, and even some changes are measured in months. Therefore, many people, including Pei Mao, are preparing to fight a protracted war. As a result,

Unexpectedly, the situation changed rapidly. Before many of them had figured out how to deal with it, the situation seemed to have solidified. If they wanted to insert an eye, send a message, etc., they would be unable to stop it.

Went in.

This hussar... Pei Mao slowly spit out these words, not sure whether they were praise or criticism.

Father, I'm afraid this is a big house... Pei Hui was just about to say something when he heard the servant outside the courtyard reporting that Pei Yuan had come to see him.

Pei Mao glanced at Pei Hui. Pei Hui understood, stood up, and walked to the back hall to avoid it. Pei Mao paused for a while, and then said in a loud voice: Please!

Uncle! Please save your nephew from the fire and water! When Pei Yuan came up, he took the lead and then knocked his head on the wooden floor in the lobby with a thumping sound.

Pei Mao grinned secretly, and then said: Nephew, please get up, please get up quickly...

Uncle! The Pei family is in trouble this time! Pei Yuan raised his hands and said, please let your uncle make the decision!

Pei Mao opened his eyes wide, and then put on a surprised expression, Oh? What happened? Why did the nephew say this?

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, uncle, don't you know what happened in Chang'an?

Pei Mao shook his head decisively and said: How can I know about the three assistants in Chang'an when I live at home and can't leave the hospital?

Pei Yuan coughed slightly, swallowed the cold snort, and then told Pei Mao what happened in Chang'an as if he didn't know anything.

Pei Mao was so shocked that he almost wanted to leave the table and stood up. Then he asked: How is the safety of General Hussar? Is it possible that your body will be hurt by this?

Hearing these words, Pei Yuan's eyes almost fell out of his head, and he replied in a depressed voice after a while: Uncle! Everything is well with General Hussar! The person who suffered is a descendant of the Pei family!

Pei Mao looked like it would be a sunny day if his horse was well, and smiled with relief, as long as the horse was fine...ah? As the wise nephew said, who of the clan members was in trouble, but was injured by the mob? Damn it! Someone must be there.

I asked Qiao Qi to severely punish these rebellious people, which made the disciples of the clan feel so bad!

Pei Yuan was not stupid either. Pei Mao was pretending to be confused when he came out. The corner of his mouth trembled with anger, and then he said coldly: So, uncle wants to sit back and watch and ignore the life and death of the children in the clan?

Pei Mao also immediately turned his face, faster than flipping through a book, why would you sit back and watch the life and death of your family members? How can you say this! If you can't say one or two things, you will definitely be punished for insulting the head of the family and disrespecting the elders!

Pei Yuan first held up his hands to apologize, and then said: This is not a member of the family, but a key to the entire Pei family! In ancient times, there was etiquette, and the punishment was not as good as the official. Today, we use hard labor to drive away the scholars, and the Ming Dynasty was to suppress all ethnic groups in the Qing Dynasty.

Ruined the head of Guizhou!

It is a class privilege to not be punished as a doctor.

In ancient China, there were very strong levels of official privileges. For example, the departments, counties and departments... er, wrong, it was the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers, the county governors in various places. And based on the different statuses of these three Gongs and Nine Ministers, different policies were formulated.

Regarding the courtesy level, even if they are the same Jiuqing, there is a strict seating order for positions of different sizes, and they cannot sit randomly.

Officials at different levels have insurmountable rankings and treatment, such as whether they can marry wives and concubines, what kind of courtyard layout they live in, whether they can be equipped with guards, whether they have secretaries, cooks, and servants, what kind of cars they take when traveling, and how many sides they fight.

Flags, etc. all depend on the level.

At the same time, the level of rank also determines the amount of wealth. According to incomplete statistics, during the four years of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty, more than nine levels of billionaires in the Han Dynasty were descendants of high-ranking gentry officials, involved in all important areas of the country, and controlled

A large amount of money and real estate control the local areas above the ninth floor, and also firmly control the large and small carrot pits of the court.

During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty did not have bad harvests every year, but also had abundant years. But why were there still food shortages everywhere and soaring food prices?

In fact, it was because the grain was not collected by the court, but by the noble families, and the noble families controlled the vast majority of the grain output and adopted the market starvation method to hold up the market price of grain.

In order to obtain more grain, the court had to provide grain subsidies to large noble households. Each time it collected taxes of ten shi of grain, the court exempted large households from two dou, and even gave more exemptions and subsidies at some special times. These

The exemptions and subsidies have always only reached the level of wealthy gentry families at most, and have never really reached the fields. Even if some fish slip through the net, they are only two or three five baht, which makes it easy for those who have worked hard year after year.

The farmers are so grateful that they thank the sky.

Some wealthy families with surnames in the countryside can even control local security and military affairs. All county soldiers, supervisors, etc. that were originally under the leadership of the state have all become their private armed forces. They can be dispatched by Wai Wai Zui, and can even cross counties to injure them.

Crimes related to the reputation of a noble family should be directly punished. For example, Taishi Ci...

With such privilege and level, once you get used to enjoying it, how can you be willing to give it up?

This time, General Fei Qian of the Hussars sentenced the troubled students to hard labor, which broke the original class privileges and forced these nobles to be like ordinary Guizhou heads, lowering their heads and doing hard labor.

Pei Mao frowned and listened to Pei Yuan's ramblings, and then said in a deep voice: Our Hedong Pei family is not an ordinary family, and we cannot be harmed by ordinary sins! However, even if we are not guilty, we will inevitably avoid man-made disasters! There are ups and downs in this.

, my dear nephew should think deeply about it!

Speaking of this, Pei Mao's expression became more solemn. During the Chang'an Rebellion, did you think it was just the Pei family who suffered? Or did you think that the hussar was determined to suppress the gentry's children? Everything needs to be looked at the source! It's nothing more than the hussar asking for prices. I

Pay back the money when you land! Looking at the Hussars rising from the north, what is not foresight? Is there anything rash?

The Wei family, Du family, and other families in Guanzhong have all been in the third auxiliary for a long time, but they have not taken any action in this matter! Pei Mao's eyes were shining brightly. If the Pei family rashly rose up at this time, it would not only be the fault of his two or three sons, but also the whole country.

The whole clan too!

After hearing this, Pei Yuan was shocked and angry. He was silent for a moment and argued: If this is true, we should fight! Otherwise, if the Qiaoqi takes advantage of them, we will have no place to stay!

Pei Mao shook his head and said, "The punishment cannot be applied to the people, and the law cannot be edicted to the people. The general's actions may not be without the intention of judging the situation and the situation of the people. However, if there are any outliers in each family who act recklessly, they will be the first to bear the brunt."
To be continued...