"Xuan'er is young and ignorant, and some of her words are not pleasant to the ears. I would like to ask my ninth uncle, eleventh uncle, and other uncles not to worry about it. But, 'if the skin is gone, the hair will not be attached.' I believe in this simple truth.
My two uncles and uncles must know better than Xuan'er."
In the bamboo pavilion of the Wang family's old house, Wang Xuan sat behind the case, gently rolled up her sleeves, picked up the tea cup with her white hands, raised it to her eyebrows, nodded to Wang Wenchong and other elders of the Wang family, then took a sip and said
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"Huo Qubing, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, once said: 'How can we take care of our family until the Xiongnu are destroyed?" His words and ambitions are so magnificent! Although Xuan'er is a daughter, she yearns for it. At this time, the Hu bandits are not destroyed, and the captured soldiers
When the Central Plains is being ravaged and the mountains and rivers are shattered, do the two uncles and other uncles think that they can defend their fields and houses by just standing by?"
"How could we not understand what my eldest niece said, but we can't say that we just stood idly by?"
A middle-aged scribe sat up straight in embarrassment and said dissatisfiedly,
"These days, each family has donated more than 900 gu of rice and grain, not to mention more than 100 heads of sheep. Didn't each family already agree to share 2,000 gu of the loan from Lifengtang? These days, the war is in chaos, and the prefecture and county are in chaos.
In the past few years, all kinds of assessments and taxes have been increased, and the village has to practice bravery. We can't embarrass your father. When did you dare to sneak around and act like a traitor? When did you not donate money and food as part of your duty? Don't talk about it now.
Your father has lost all his money, and many people have lost all their donations. It is already quite difficult for you to be willing to raise a thousand guan to borrow money this time——"
"It's not easy for every family, and Xuan'er also knows it, but Xuan'er wants to ask Uncle Qi about the sufferings of each family, and how the hungry people, whose families have been destroyed, are wandering around Jing Lake from the Central Plains, wearing ragged clothes but without a place to live.
?Xuan'er wants to ask, how does the suffering of each family compare with the piles of bones in the Central Plains? The donation of more than 900 stones of rice and more than 100 sheep sprouts a few days ago has already made Qi Bo feel very embarrassed, but Xuan
I want to ask Qi Bo, compared with Shuangliu Village being destroyed by the bandit army, and men, women, old and young being raped and massacred by the bandit army, the price paid for only more than 900 stones of rice, more than 100 sheep and grass, is really too heavy.
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Wang Xuanming stared at the middle-aged scribe with burning eyes and said,
"My grandfather was poor all his life and did not leave any family property. It seems that he did not support the Wang family's children. He served as an official for half his life. It seems that he donated more than a hundred acres of family land to the Wang family to support orphans and widows. However, the Wang family's children are in the state.
In the county, whether you appoint officials as officials or buy land at the same time, are you really not getting any advantage at all? Before the first year of Qiye, only the seventh uncle of the Wang family was appointed as an official in the county. By the Tianxuan period, the Wang family
Seven of Wang's children are serving as officials in prefectures and counties, and they were not even affected by his grandfather's deportation to Tangzhou. Not to mention that my father went to serve in Jingbei. There are as many as 20 of Wang's children serving as officials in prefectures, counties and supervisory departments.
Four people. Before the first year of Qiye, headed by the Seventh Uncle, the Ninth Uncle and other uncles, the Wang family was basically tied up near Shuangliuzhuang.
More than a thousand acres, a warehouse and a water mill. In just twenty years, the fields and houses purchased by each family are no longer limited to Shuangliuzhuang. Each family has purchased fields and houses in Hanchuan and Jiangxia. A rough estimate is that there are three
Is it 50,000 acres? There are not twenty warehouses and shops, but there are 17 or 18, right?"
"This, this..." the middle-aged scribe asked with a wry smile, "What does your father mean? How many of them should each family recognize to be the number?"
"Xuan'er is young and ignorant, and she speaks too softly or too harshly. Even if there is something really inappropriate, Xuan'er will have to endure a few scoldings from Qibo; and Qibo can express any grievances he really has in his heart, don't worry.
Xuan'er is inconsiderate. However, the lake bandits have not been eliminated and the army is in arrogant condition. If my father or Xu Hou really take time out of their busy schedules to drink tea with my two uncles and other uncles, they may not be as good as Xuan'er.
I have no patience anymore." Wang Xuan said.
"Each family only recognizes two thousand guan in total, which is indeed too little..." Wang Wenchong said with a slight cough.
Shi Zhen wanted to use Lifengtang to borrow money from merchants in Ezhou and other places to raise money and food for the encirclement and reclamation of Qianchapu. This matter made Xu Sheng confront Wang Wenchong before Xu Huai returned to Hanchuan.
Wang Wenchong also immediately called all the rooms together for discussion.
On the one hand, after Wang Fan took charge of the military and horse headquarters at Jinghu North Road, various families purchased land and houses and opened shops and warehouses in Ezhou and other places, which consumed a lot of money on hand.
On the other hand, as long as Wang Fan holds great power in Jingbei, takes care of the Wang family, has cash in his hands, and there are many places to make a lot of money, who is willing to give money and food to Lifengtang with such a low interest rate?
After much discussion and discussion, each family tried to shirk in every possible way, but in total they came up with a share of two thousand guan.
Wang Wenchong was too embarrassed to ask Xu Sheng to reply to this matter, so he asked Zhao Heng to tell Wang Xuan that he wanted to reply to Shi Zhen through Wang Xuan and Liu Qiong'er, who lived in Shuangliu Village these days.
Wang Xuan did not reply that she had just returned to Hanchuan from Jianye, but directly summoned all the families to the old house for tea.
"It's not that each family can't squeeze in more," the middle-aged scholar added, "but we don't know exactly how many people are appropriate!"
"Qibo is joking," Wang Xuan said solemnly, "the soldiers of Chu Mountain are invading south, and the soldiers of Chushan are going into battle with swords. Does Qibo know what is in their hearts? Or, Qibo, where do you want them to be?
? Should we rush forward fifty or a hundred steps, or should we shoot the arrow in the bag, cut a gap with the blade, and then clap our hands and retreat?"
"..." The middle-aged scholar asked Wang Xuan and was speechless.
Wang Xuan stood up to support the case and said: "My father was stationed at the Jinghu North Road Military and Horse Command, and my Wang family and Wang family have been deeply rescued by Chushan. At this time when the country is in ruins and the family is in ruins, if we cannot give our all
With all our strength, we will live and die with Chushan. How will the big surnamed clans in Hanchuan and even the entire Ezhou Prefecture view my Wang family, and how will they view Lifengtang borrowing money and food in Ezhou? And why Lifengtang borrowed money and food in Ezhou?
, What significance does this matter have to Ezhou and Jinghu? If the uncles and uncles here can't see clearly, and all of them are still making small calculations, how can they convince the people of Ezhou Prefecture? After the first time of the self-captured soldiers, they invaded the south.
I don’t know how many athletes in Vietnam have sacrificed their lives to fight for the country, but each family is still annexing land and houses wantonly. This is already unjust.
I think this should be the most basic requirement..."
When everyone heard what Wang Xuan said, they were all shocked and looked at Wang Wenchong blankly.
After the first Northern Expedition against Yan, Wang Fan returned to the capital and served as a political governor. Although no one in the Wang family was promoted to an official position, they became completely prosperous in the local area; Wang Fan went to Jinghu North Road to serve as the military capital.
After the deployment, his direct influence in the local area became stronger, and he did not avoid suspicion and promoted a group of Wang's children to serve as officials.
In the past six or seven years, the Wang family expanded most rapidly in Hanchuan, Jiangxia and even Huangpi. They first opened shops and shops in Jiangxia, Huangpi and other places, and then aggressively annexed fields and houses.
If all the land and houses purchased by each family since the end of Tianxuan's reign were disposed of, the value would be far less than one or two thousand guan.
"...Eldest niece, you may not be too pushy, are you? Are you going to dig out the roots of each family and turn them against Chushan?" Before Wang Wenchong could express his stance, someone stood up and criticized dissatisfiedly.
"Did Xuan'er embarrass Uncle Jiu?" Wang Xuan said, "Who else here thinks that Xuan'er is too strong and makes things difficult for others. You can leave the Wang clan today. You guard the land and the house and don't let go. You will be a miser.
Xuan'er definitely dare not force her, but if she has done anything unjust in the past and has been held accountable by the government, please don't use the name of the Wang family to resist. When Bianliang fell, a group of officials from Jinghu surrendered to the enemy.
The fields and houses in Ezhou were forced to be bought at low prices or swallowed up directly. As far as Xuan'er knew, Uncle Jiu also got rich. If Xuan'er remembers correctly, it should be the village of Huang Wenyu, the young eunuch of Honglu, in Huangpi County.
.The village has more than 2,200 acres of paddy fields, a water mill, and more than 400 mulberry trees. It is cultivated by more than 60 customers every day-but somehow, Uncle Jiu did not arrive in Huangpi until the second year after Jianji.
As a county official, the household register of Huangpi County was assigned to Zhuangzi as early as the third year of Tianxuan. It was transferred to Uncle Jiu's name. My father was busy with official duties and had no time to care about too many things.
I’m not afraid to do the work for you…”
The man's face turned green and white. Hearing Wang Xuan's threatening words, he was shaking with anger, and the veins on his forehead twitched slightly.
"Dejun, sit down. We are facing a formidable enemy and cannot allow us to shrink back!" Wang Wenchong reached out and tugged Wang Dejun's sleeves, glared at him, and asked him to sit down and speak.
Wang Dejun didn't dare to say anything after all, and sat down with a livid face.
"To be honest, if I only recognized two thousand guan, I wouldn't have the face to meet Xu Hou, Shi Langjun and the others. I originally thought that each family would have to collect 10,000 to 20,000 guan to give Xu Hou face."
Wang Wenchong stopped everyone from talking nonsense, patted his chest and said to Wang Xuan,
"But after listening to Xuan'er's words today, the seventh uncle was enlightened. The soldiers invaded the south and the lake bandits wreaked havoc. They were all things that caused family destruction and death if you were not careful. How can this be a shameless thing? Xuan'er, don't worry.
, as long as the seventh uncle is here, no one can tolerate cheating or cheating in this matter - it will take time to sell the land and house, but Xuan'er, you can rest assured to make a guarantee in front of Xu Hou, I, the Wang family, dare not tell you how much further.
, but for less than 100,000 yuan, your seventh uncle’s old face has no place in front of Xu Hou..."
Hearing what Wang Wenchong said, everyone in the family was a little anxious.
After Wang Hui returned to the capital and became a political governor, the Wang family expanded rapidly in Hanchuan, Jiangxia and other places. However, the time for accumulation was limited. They really had to sell off a large number of fields and houses in order to raise 100,000 yuan.
Wang Xuan is Wang Fan's only daughter. After all, she is a girl and she is young, so everyone is not very afraid of her, so they bring the matter to Wang Fan. However, Wang Wenchong has been in charge of family affairs for more than 20 years, and others are not afraid of her.
Afraid of his prestige, I didn't dare to quarrel with him in public at this time. I was thinking in my heart, now it's time to see how much Wang Wenchong recognizes him.
If Wang Wenchong takes the largest share of the house, everyone will naturally have nothing to say, but if Wang Wenchong plays tricks, they will definitely fall out...
