FSC [QT] Chapter 12.1

“They hit it. They hit it!”

“We have three more talented scholars in Ping Village!”

The list was released today. The village specially arranged for people to ride on mules and wait at the place where the list was released. As soon as the list was released, they would immediately return to their hometown to report.

Widow Xu was thinking about her son’s marriage when she heard loud shouts from a distance.

For Ping Village, having one more scholar was also a good thing to benefit the neighbors. Especially for the family of the scholar who passed the exam, it could get tangible benefits.

According to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, a scholar with the title of Xiucai¹The types of degrees of scholars:

– Shēngyuán (生員), also called xiùcái (秀才), is licentiate; and administered at exams held at the county level each year.

– Jǔrén (舉人) provincial graduate, administered at the provincial level every three years.

– Jìnshì (進士) metropolitan graduate, administered in the capital every three years.

Jiang Baozhong has the title of Xiucai.  In this text, it only mentions the title of scholar, but not the degree. So, I will make a reference from this. can be exempted from taxes on 50 acres of land and two people from the corvee; and a scholar with the title of Juren can be exempted from taxes of 200 acres of land and five people from the corvee. If you can become a Jinshi, you will be exempted from taxes and the corvee exemption will be even greater. However, Ping Village has only had one successful candidate in so many years, and no one has ever won the Jinshi title.

Anyway, for the people in Ping Village, having one more scholar is already a great event worth celebrating. As for Jinshi, they dare not even think about it.

“Who, who is the scholar?”

There were many people waiting at the entrance of the village. In addition to the families of the students who were participating in the imperial examination, there were also some people who were waiting to seek benefits.

Ordinary farmers do not have much land under their household registration, usually only one or two acres, and no more than ten acres at most. For farmers with many children and grandchildren, these fields are completely insufficient to support their families, so they will choose to rent fields from squires or village heads who own many fertile fields.

Of course, the original owner of the land has to worry about the taxes on the leased fields. The taxes that need to be paid every year on the fields under their own name are enough to make these frugal farmers feel distressed.

According to the rules of the Jin Dynasty, one hectare of land requires two stones of corn. The corn can be replaced by other grains or cloth, gold, and silver. One hectare equals one hundred acres of land. The yield per mu of the current fields is not high.

In addition to the influence of the weather of the year, generally speaking, if one acre of land is planted with corn, the harvest can be about one stone per year, and the tax is 2% of the yield per acre.

For people from well-off families, this is not much money, but for ordinary people, these taxes can be saved as much as possible.

These people who came to join in the fun today were targeting the fifty acres of tax-free land under the scholar’s name.

It is not a secret that the fields are named in the countryside. If there is a scholar in a clan with the same surname, many close people in the clan will choose to put their own fields in the name of the other party and then give the other party less than the tax benefits. In this way, both parties will benefit.

Noting is not limited to people from the same clan. Neighbors and friends who used to get along well with each other also had the opportunity.

“Brother Lin Pingchun, Brother Dong from the Diao family, and the third master of Mrs. Doufu’s family. I heard that Wang Juren and Bai Juren in the city hosted a banquet for the scholars who passed the exam this spring. I guess that they won’t be able to come back today.”

The man who was sent to see the list could not hide his smile. After getting off the mule, he quickly reported the good news without taking a breath.

“Mrs. Doufu is so lucky!”

“Sister Diao, if it hadn’t been for you, that boy from the Huo family would have either died of illness or starvation. Now that he has become successful, he must repay you well.”

“Sister Xu, you are finally rewarded after all the hard work. With your son protecting you, Brother Chun will definitely be able to pass the exam in the future.”

 

 

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