The illness came back, and I lost more than ten pounds. No matter how tightly I wrapped myself, I still had frostbite on my face.
After briefly freshening up in the outer courtyard of the East Palace, I hurried to see the prince.
On the table was a bowl of hot and sour soup, a large bowl of liver, intestines, belly, and lungs stewed in a mess. Maodu handed the reply to the prince first, then picked it up and drank it. The peppery smell was very strong, and he broke out in a sweat.
, "Comfortable."
Fourth Master opened the letter and read it again. But after Maodu finished drinking the soup, he immediately pushed the mixed noodles on the plate to him: "Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Maodu picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth. It was true that he had never had a decent meal along the way.
After we finished eating, Fourth Master handed me another bowl of flaming pear juice.
After taking it and drinking half of the bowl, he felt like he came to life. Only then did Maodu look solemn: "In addition to sending a message, King Dongdan also wants to ask me to bring the little prince back..."
He told how he responded at that time, and even what he saw and heard after he went there. He also gave a detailed answer on how he responded. Then he stopped talking and waited for the prince's instructions.
The fourth master praised him: "Well done!" He made a decisive decision and refused to take care of other people's children. Most people don't have the guts to take such a decision. "Go back and rest first. You won't go out for the next year or two, so don't come here as an errand."
, I’ll give you a holiday. Wait until the first month is out and you’ve rested before you come back to work. If there’s something urgent that needs you, I’ll ask Shi Jian to inform you. But generally speaking, if there’s nothing urgent, I won’t ask you to leave the capital.”
Yes! That minister resigned.
"Go! It's time for the family to take care of you."
When the front legs leave the palace, various rewards are given to the back legs. In addition to gold and silver, there are also medicines! Anyone who follows along can get a lot.
Therefore, the prince is still very particular. Anyone who goes out will have their homes provided with care. In addition to charcoal and dry wood for heating, there are also grain, meat, vegetables and other supplies. People in the family will not go out until the new year.
No problem after that.
Now that I have been rewarded again, I feel that although it is hard work, it is really worth it.
You don't hesitate to be promoted, you don't hesitate to get gold and silver, you don't hesitate to arrange everything down to the smallest detail, how dare you fail to do your best?
Once things are arranged and the Cabinet and Privy Council have agreed on all the details, all that's left is implementation.
The first step to implement uh is - land.
Where does the land begin?
imperial clan!
The royal family's estates were all concentrated near the capital.
Su Youji is the prefect of the new capital. He is holding the deed in his hand. The deed is stamped with the seal of the government and requires the emperor's signature and seal. From then on, the imperial village became the official land of the imperial court. What should be planted and how should it be planted?
It has nothing to do with the emperor.
Lu Cheng brought it over and placed it on the imperial desk.
Emperor Wen Zhao picked up the pen and signed his name in a straight and correct manner. Then he raised his hand to take the seal, stamped the small seal, and then stamped the large seal.
Then there is the queen. The queen has her own dowry. There are also many dowries that Emperor Wen Zhao later replenished for her, and some were left by the Queen Mother to the queen. Of these, almost half was given to Tongtong, and the remaining half was given to Tongtong.
Half of the subsidy was given to Han Siyuan. The rest was divided equally among the princes and princesses.
What she kept for herself was a small village given by the Queen Mother and a mountain given by the Holy Emperor, on which were raised old people who served her. The mountain was not big and could not be cultivated or grown. She kept it for herself.
, the remaining Zhuangzi was also handed over and the deed was signed directly.
As for the two concubines, they were really reluctant to part with them.
These two people were originally concubines, how much wealth did they have? But later the saint became a saint, and the clansmen made up part of it. Later, didn't the family collapse? The remaining orphans and widowers also had a difficult life.
How can the two of them not bear it?
They felt sorry for the suffering of some of their old friends back then, and returned what was given to them by the clan. What they still had in their hands were secretly bought by themselves later. Where there was no money in the palace, they could always receive some filial piety.
Although it's not much, it's still private property.
I didn't even take out my children when they got married, but now I have to hand them over.
Concubine Xiao held the pen in her hand and couldn't put down the words for a long time: "I left five hundred acres of farmland...isn't it a bit small?"
Xiao Si whispered: "You can keep five thousand acres, but you have to send a hundred people to Zhuangzi to farm the land!" You are just a concubine now. Don't you know how many people you can use?
She started directly, leaving only a small farm of 300 acres, and pushed the rest to Su Youji: "That's it. If you add the amount, just sign."
Xiao Concubine wanted to stop her, but she turned her face and looked at the Lord's dark expression, and finally endured it.
Three hundred acres, and I had to ask six people from around me to plant my own farmland. I felt that life suddenly became tight. Although I might not be able to use it if I keep it, but without it, I feel like I have lost a lot.
Concubine Gao looked at Erlang and said in a low voice: "My daughter-in-law's family can't subsidize you even a penny of the daughter-in-law's subsidies... I'll keep more, even if it's for you to keep, is that okay?"
"A son can support a wife and children!"
You are just stupid! You won’t say that when you really don’t have money to spare.
But in the end I didn't say anything, I signed with a straight face and put my thumbprint.
After that came Fourth Master and Tongtong.
The fourth master had the most private property. Because of Emperor Wu Zhao, Emperor Wen Zhao divided the palace into two parts. He kept one part and Liu Nande kept the other part. After the wedding, Liu Nande gave it all to the fourth master.
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And what about Tongtong? Tongtong took away almost 80% of Link's property, and the amount was given by the Lin family, and the queen made up for it alone. So, her land deeds are full.
Concubine Gao's eyes almost popped out of her head when she looked at it. As expected, Shiro was the most thoughtful and fell in love with Tongtong early. Quietly! Tongtong's property was much better than that of the eldest princess.
Just like now, Huangzhuang can only collect rent, but what about other industries? Like shops?
Tongtong's shop is almost the same without a street. Especially the shop in the northwest. Only the Lin family knows how rich the shops in all the big cities are. Compared with Tongtong, the dowry of the eldest prince's concubine is really pitiful. Only one of them is not.
Just to the 800-acre village!
The money I spent to buy Zhuangzi was the same money I exchanged for the guqin. I bought a Zhuangzi, a shop, and a house, and then brought some silver to use as box silver.
It can be said that this 800 acres of farmland is half of the princess's net worth.
But this is better than having a wife here at home!
Li Sanniang sat there with her head lowered, constantly stirring the handkerchief in her hand. She only had a few hundred taels of silver in the box. When she was adding makeup, she went to the Li family with her royal in-laws.
After receiving a gift, I scraped together the money from the gift and brought it all with me. There was no time to buy any additional land.
The dowry jewelry was sent quietly by the concubine and the two princesses.
The dowry cloth was sent by the queen, the two concubines, and the eldest princess each to send a few pieces, which made it look much better.
In addition, the Lin family and the Han family gave me many ornaments and small but expensive furniture, which made the dowry look just passable.
The prefect bypassed her, which immediately made people feel very embarrassed.
In fact, Princess Ping's An family didn't have much property, but everyone knew that when she got married, An family brought ten carts of books with her into the palace.
The father of the fifth princess, Xiao, has already joined the cabinet. She has a lot of dowry, and it is not the dowry that makes her dazzling.
Zuo Chuandian, the uncle of the Sixth Prince and Concubine, was an old minister of Taizu. When the country was founded, he received many rewards, as well as the imperial village and fertile land. When she got married, she was brought in with the imperial village that had been a reward. What an honor?
Then came the third siblings of the Zhao family.
As a result, all three of them had a small amount of money, each of them had a farm of 300 acres.
Zhao Defeng's explanation for this is: "My mother had a cold weather a few days ago. I am afraid that she heard a few words from the imperial doctor, so she sent a message to ask for the land deed..."
Emperor Wen Zhao knew about this: "Ask your mother to keep it over there!" After saying this, he said: "The decree is that all the industries of the eldest princess's mansion will be run by the eldest princess's mansion themselves."
yes!
No one has any objection to this grace. After all, the only one who dares to do whatever she wants is the eldest princess.
Followed closely by the Han family and the Lin family. The Lin family is fine. Lin Keqin can basically implement whatever he thinks. But the Han family is not good. Han Zongjing doesn’t know how much Han Zongmin has in his hands. Anyway, the old lady’s is taken care of by him.
I thought of a way to steal it, "As the son, I can sign it on my mother's behalf." Of course!
Then Han Zongjing signed it.
It could be seen from Han Siyuan's expression that Han Zongjing was worried about being beaten when he returned, so the old lady was not very happy about it.
But whether you like it or not, things are done.
Next up are the royal relatives.
Chengenhou Mansion is the largest royal relative.
Su Youji's first stop after coming out of the palace was the Wu family.
The Wu family is in chaos right now! The old lady is standing on a stool with a white silk hanging on the beam: "... Nie Zi, Nie Zi! If the property is handed over to others, can it still belong to our family? I want to hand over the property to others.
Get out, unless I die!"
Marquis Chengen and his wife knelt outside: "Mother, this is a major event for the court! Our family is the queen's natal family, and our family's property is all rewarded by the royal family because of the royal family's favor from my sister. We are not going to go now, rent
Aren’t you taking care of me? What’s the difference?”
"Is that a matter of renting a house? Those are people! Those are people! People in the village... used to rush to come to the house to serve! The people in the village are the servants of our family. What about now? They are
Whose family are they from? What relationship do they have with the Chengenhou Mansion? Let me tell you, people are more valuable than land! Land
If it’s gone, you can still buy it privately, but the people are gone! There will be no more. There are so many people in the house. If you can’t use them, you can only buy them again. But from now on, people are so easy to buy? Okay
The servants can earn money to support the boss, but my son, people are the most valuable!" Therefore, even if you talk about it, it won't work.
Princess Shengrong's princess mansion is next to Chengenhou's mansion, so she heard the news as soon as she returned to the mansion.
The prince-in-law whispered: "Please rest, I'll go take a look."
The prince-in-law can't rest assured that everything will happen with Shengrong.
As soon as Shengrong left, everyone inside and outside came to see the princess.
The old lady stood on the stool and pulled Bai Ling, tears streaming down her face all of a sudden, "Your Highness, I can't bring you here because I'm old, and I can't take you with me after I die. Naturally, I'll leave it to future generations."
Shengrong gently glanced at the second master of the Wu family who was standing silently aside, then slowly sat on the chair, "Old madam, what is the saying? What's wrong with the rafter in front...?
What's wrong with the early bird? You are an old man. As the saying goes, I am old.
I have forgotten it, but you must not forget it! Besides, the East Palace is watching this matter. The concubine has always had a temperament that does not rub sand in her eyes... Where was the Song family back then? The Song family had something to do with the previous dynasty, and the Wu family
Others must not know, but I don’t know if the second master really doesn’t know or is he pretending to know?”
Everyone in the Wu family, including the prince-in-law, was shocked. In the past, the princess, who was particularly good-tempered, could kill the second master as soon as she opened her mouth.
Shengrong stood up and spoke in a leisurely manner, "The queen wants face, and so does this princess... We won't give face to anyone who doesn't give us face. Old lady, whether you are willing to give this face to me or the queen, it all depends on you.
The consequences of your single thought are all determined by your single thought."
The old lady was trembling all over, looked at the princess's back, and asked, "I don't believe you can force the queen's own mother to die?"
Shengrong turned around and looked at the old lady calmly: "You also said, that is the queen. The queen is not only your daughter, but also the mother of Da Chen. The concubine can give birth to her mother, so how do you know that you
If this commotion continues, what is waiting for is not the Bai Ling given by the Central Palace?"
The old lady choked and looked at Sheng Rong in disbelief. Then she looked at her grandson: "Bo Cun, are you still a descendant of the Wu family?"
Shengrong stood in front of the consort: "Old madam, you are trying to use the consort to suppress me!" As she said that, she turned cold: "The consort agreed, this matter must be done! The consort did not agree, this matter must be done.
Do it! This is my attitude. Old madam, you are called the consort at this time...
That's not kind. You are sincerely trying to sow discord between our husband and wife! In fact, besides the second master, who else do you love? Otherwise, let's separate the family! If the second wife doesn't want it, that's the second wife's business. What are the consequences?
Just take it! Da Fang can just do his own thing."
The old lady was so angry that she couldn't breathe and cried out, but she didn't take it seriously.
If the family is really separated, who will the second wife rely on?
Neither the left nor the right. The old lady simply closed her eyes and fell straight back.
Several old servants were standing around the stool, so naturally they couldn't fall.
You're dizzy, right? Shengrong called for the imperial doctor and asked Cheng'en Gong to just go about his business.
After coming out of it, Shengrong looked at Wu Bocun: "Prince-in-law, my brother is the crown prince of the East Palace, and he is not an ordinary clan member. The initiator of this matter is also the East Palace, so this matter can succeed or not. Prince-in-law, the emperor's uncle appointed Si Lang as the crown prince, Wu Zhao
The Emperor's lineage can no longer be aloof. I hope you can understand this."
Wu Bocun nodded slowly: "I know what your Highness means."
That's enough. Shengrong tightened his cloak and continued walking.
Uncle Wu shouted from behind: "Your Highness!"
Shengrong stopped: "Is there anything else?"
Wu Bocun stood there without moving, looking at Shengrong's always gentle face, and then asked: "Your Highness...if grandma insists on doing this, what do you think the palace will do?"
Shengrong put away the pleasant expression on his face, looked at Wu Bocun seriously, and after a long silence, he said: "As I said before, she is not only the daughter of the Wu family, but also the queen of Da Chen."
Wu Bocun asked again, "What if your Highness is asked to handle this matter?"
Shengrong pursed his lips tightly and said after a long while: "It's the same sentence. I am not only the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, but also the princess of Dachen."
"What if the old grandmother insists on seeking death? Your Highness will look at my grandmother..."
Shengrong turned around and walked away from her, and Wu Bocun heard two words blowing in the wind - yes!