Chapter 199 Sue the imperial court if you have the ability
Chapter 199 If you have the ability to file a complaint
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 199 If you have the ability to file a complaint
Since he became an official, Wu Huaiyu has not received salary once, but he has been fined several times. Today, he was impeached by the powerful magistrate and fined another month's salary.
Quan Zhirang still felt that the punishment was too light, so Li Shimin finally fined him 20 kilograms of jade and copper.
Fan Xing, Wei Zheng, and Wang Ji were also punished in the same way. They were suspended from salary for one month and fined twenty catties of copper.
Li Shimin deliberately wanted to take the opportunity to hammer on this matter, but he had no intention of making it big. He raised it high but put it down gently.
End in the morning.
Wang Ji, a bachelor of wine fighting who called himself Mr. Five Dou, told Wei Zheng in front of everyone that he would not marry again. He did not dare to ask for the two million yuan.
If the daughter of the Wang family does not marry the son of the Wei family, the matter will be settled.
Wei Zhengqi's face was ashen. Although he apologized to Wang Ji in front of all the officials and wanted to retain him, Wang Ji was a man rated as a wild deer by the people of the time. Although he was a good drinker, the emperor today in front of all the officials.
, using power and knowledge to say that he sold his daughter,
Wild deer also want to save face.
Li Shimin punished several people lightly, but reiterated again that the wealth of a married woman of a third-rank official could not exceed 300 bolts of silk, and that of a daughter of an eighth-rank official or below could not exceed 50 bolts of silk. Wang Ji was willing to marry his daughter to Wei Zheng, but his wife would not do so.
If you are willing to give fifty bolts of silk, you can marry your daughter, and you are not allowed to take away the family wealth.
This thing is dirty.
It was useless for Wei Zheng to lower his face and ask for help.
Ye Lu not only refused the proposal of marriage to the Wei family, he even refused to serve as a servant and resigned directly for the second time. He had resigned once during the Sui Dynasty and was only recruited by Li Yuan a few years ago. He was also affected by the war.
My family is so poor that I can't even drink wine.
But this time Wang Ji felt humiliated and lost face, and he resigned as an official.
Fan Xing and Wu Huaiyu, the father-in-law and son-in-law, still went to court together cordially. They were fined twenty kilograms of copper, which was only more than three thousand yuan. As for the one-month salary suspension, it was only three to five thousand yuan.
Of course, the two of them also expressed their stance to the emperor in the palace. The betrothal gift would never exceed 300 bolts of silk, and they would no longer accept family wealth.
Anyway, the Fan family didn't want to make money by marrying off their daughter, and Wu Huaiyu didn't care. The more he gave, the more Fan Xing would compensate for the marriage.
"Change the betrothal money and compensation into three hundred bolts of silk, and leave the rest unchanged." Fan Xing said with a smile.
"okay."
There are policies and measures to counter.
In the afternoon, Huaiyu returned to Yongxingfang from the north gate. As soon as he reached the door, Wei Zheng walked towards him from the next door. It seemed that he had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Wei Gong, how is the marriage?"
"It's yellow."
Wei Zheng sighed and looked very unhappy, "Please ask Erlang to come over and have a talk."
Huaiyu followed him directly back to the Wei Mansion. In the front hall, Pei had prepared a small stove and several dishes to go with the wine. Wei Zheng's treasured home brew was no longer available today and was changed to green ant wine. Pei took it
After filtering through a sieve, burn it on a small stove.
It still tastes good after being heated.
"I was embarrassed to mention this at first, but now you know that the marriage with Wang Xueshi's family has been ruined, and the two thousand yuan we borrowed can't be used for the time being..." Wei Zheng felt a little embarrassed.
mentioned.
The money was just pulled over yesterday and needs to be returned today.
"Wei Gong, the most important thing in buying and selling is the contract. Once the contract is established, it will come into effect. Both parties must abide by it. Without rules, there will be no circle.
If there are no rules for doing business, it will be even more difficult to operate.
Changshengtang is a pawn shop, which deals in mortgage and pawn transactions, and the capital lent is also the principal raised by the owners, and some of it is even borrowed from peers, all of which require interest."
Wei Zheng knew that this matter would not be easy to handle today.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Erlang said that I want to redeem my house in advance now. How much will it cost?"
"The rules of the pledge shop are that after five days but not six, if you redeem the loan within five days in advance, you will only be charged one month's interest. If it exceeds five days, you must redeem it with the agreed period of interest. The two thousand guan borrowed by Wei Gong
The money was originally agreed to be for one year, but now it is redeemed in advance. According to industry regulations, only one month's interest will be charged. However, according to industry regulations, the full fee must be paid. In addition, if Wei Gong breaches the contract, he will have to pay three months' interest as liquidated damages.
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I did the math and found out that one month's profit is 200 guan, plus three months' liquidated damages of 600 guan, and then all the handling fees and storage fees are 200 guan, and the total is 1,000 guan."
"You've only borrowed it for one day and you want me to have a thousand dollars. Are you going to rob me with open fire?" Wei Zheng stood up and roared.
Huaiyu took a leisurely sip of the wine. The wine had been scalded, warm and hot, and it really tasted good. "Mr. Wei, there are state-owned laws and regulations, and these business regulations are also allowed by the imperial court and the Municipal Affairs Bureau. Besides,
There is a contract between us in white and black letters. It is signed and sealed, and it is even registered and filed at the West City Office. The private contract was replaced by an official contract, and Mr. Wei cannot rely on it.
Although Changshengtang is a newly opened restaurant, both the interest and fees are lower than those of its peers. We even paid more for mortgage..."
Mrs. Pei pulled Wei Zheng's clothes and poured wine for Huaiyu.
"Erlang, you also know the situation in our family. When this happened, it really rained all night. What was a good thing has now turned into a bad thing, a hardship, and a sorrow.
My family, Alang, only earns 300 shi of rice a year, and can only receive 300 shi of land rent from his job. The total salary and miscellaneous expenses in the yamen are only 4,200 shi a month. If you borrow this money for one day, you will have to pay 1
Qian Guan, I really can’t afford it.”
"Erlang, please help me."
Huaiyu looked very embarrassed, "Rules are rules. If you can't abide by the rules, it's meaningless. If the rules are broken in the first transaction of Changsheng Hall, it will be more difficult to operate in the future."
"Erlang, please help me." Pei asked.
"I can't make the decision on this matter. Wei Gong can either continue to use these two thousand guan. Maybe one day he can be engaged to a girl with the fifth surname and use it. After one year, he can use it according to the contract."
Just pay the money to redeem it. Or, repay the principal now in advance, pay one month's interest, three months' interest as liquidated damages, plus 200 guan as fees, and send the two thousand guan plus one thousand guan to the house deeds and books.
Return the original item immediately."
When Mrs. Pei heard this, it became even more difficult, "How is this possible?"
Wei Zheng wanted to be strong, but a thousand strings were too many and he couldn't be strong.
Wei Zheng said, "Why don't General Wu make an appointment with the other owners of Changsheng Hall? I'll treat you all to a meal and send some jars of home brew to see if you can be accommodating."
Huaiyu smiled and said, "Rules are rules, favors are favors, I can't be bad at either end, this is the only thing I can do, and this is for the sake of my neighbors."
Wei Zheng's face flushed, "How can there be such a truth in the world? If you borrow two thousand for a day, you have to pay one thousand in interest?"
"Wei Gong, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. This is not a matter of borrowing for a day or two, but a matter of contract and credit."
"Impossible, I can't give you a thousand guan of money. These two thousand guan of money are right here. They haven't touched a penny. I will return them as they are."
"If Mr. Wei says this, then there is no need to talk about it. The worst we can do is file a complaint!"
Huaiyu stood up and left immediately.
Wei Zheng shouted at him angrily, "If you file a complaint, file a complaint. I will take these two thousand guans to you in a moment and take them to Changsheng Hall. I can only give you one day's interest, which is 7,222 dollars."
, that’s all, not a penny more.”
Huaiyu didn't even look back and snorted coldly, "Then we'll see."
After Huaiyu left, the couple sat there for a long time, looking at the money in the room with mixed emotions.
The marriage was not consummated, so now I have to lose money to my wife.
"What should I do now?"
"Huh, what should I do? I'll take the money back tomorrow, plus one day's interest, and forget about the rest."
"But what if they don't give us the deed and the book?"
"Then let's start a court case with him. I still don't believe there is no king's law in the world." Wei Zheng said with a dark face.
"How about we discuss it with Wu Erlang again. After all, we are in the wrong. Let's see if we can pay an interest of 200 guan a month. This is the end of the matter. We accept it." Mrs. Pei said helplessly, remembering the contract written in black and white.
"Why? One day costs a thousand gu in interest. There is no such reason in the world."
"It's all that damn Quan Zhiyi's fault. He deserves to be demoted to the Duke of Tianshui as the Duke of Lu. If he is so ignorant, I'm afraid the Duke will not be able to keep him in the future." Mrs. Pei couldn't help but cursed irritably.
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Huaiyu returned home with a jug of wine, and couldn't help but hum a song along the way.
He did not lie to Wei Zheng and his wife about the pawn shop rules and so on. It is not easy to borrow money these days.
Of course, there are only three current owners of Changsheng Hall, Wu Huaiyu, Fan Xuanfu and Zhang Anan. It is actually not a big deal for Wei Zheng to redeem his pawn in advance, even if he is not charged half a penny in interest.
But again, he, Wei Zheng, is so shameless. If he wants to borrow, he will borrow. If he doesn't, he won't. You can't spoil him like this. Wu Huaiyu doesn't lack his little money, but he can't let him take it for granted.
It is a natural rule to charge him one month's interest and fine him three months' liquidated damages. Wei Zheng wants to default on the debt, but Wu Huaiyu really won't touch it, so this time he will have a good encounter with him.
He is not afraid of a lawsuit before the imperial court. Is a contract written in black and white a fart?
If Wei Zheng is to be blamed, then Li Shimin should be blamed, and Wang Ji should be blamed. What does it have to do with him?
Having said that, Wu Huaiyu felt that Li Shimin wanted to use this matter to interfere with the civil society's emphasis on betrothal gifts and even the collection of wealth by family members. It is probably unrealistic. Even if future generations are allowed to leave, such matters cannot be interfered with through simple administrative orders.
of.
You have policies and countermeasures. People can collect money in other names, and it doesn't have to be in the public name of betrothal money and loss of family wealth.
As long as those noble families want to take over, the emerging nobles from poor families will be very happy to line up and think of ways to give them money in order to marry into these old family members and increase the number of their families.
One wants to sell and the other wants to buy. How can we prohibit things that you and I both agree on?
Huaiyu didn't care, and with Li Shimin's cooperation, it didn't matter. Anyway, one of the Wufan family was born as a rich man from Wuling, and the other was from a commoner in Taiyuan, so their family status had nothing to do with them. They were all new rich.
In the eyes of wealthy noble families, he is just a nouveau riche.
As for those direct descendants of families with five surnames and seven families, no matter how powerful they are, they will not easily sell their daughters to marry them.
The so-called five surnames and seven families are still divided into hierarchies. The highest level is the so-called forty-four families of the ten clans. For example, the Longxi Li family refers specifically to the descendants of these six families of the six sons of Li Bao in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The rest of the Longxi Li family
Even though the royal family Li Yuan family and Li Bao are both royal families of Xiliang, the Longxi Li family with five surnames and seven families refers specifically to the Li Bao family. They first went to Yiwu to defect to Rouran after the fall of Xiliang.
Later, he defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty and moved eastward. Now he lives in Zhengzhou and Xingyang.
The Li Jing family also belongs to the Longxi Li family, but it does not belong to the Longxi Li family of the Five Surnames and Seven Families.
For example, the Wang family in Taiyuan specifically refers to the family of the four sons of Wang Qiong, the Zheng family in Xingyang specifically refers to the third son of Zheng Wen, the Lu family in Fanyang has eleven families, and the Cui family in Boling specifically refers to the eighth son of Cui Yi.
These forty-four families have basically intermarried with each other since the Northern Wei Dynasty, and their direct children basically do not fall outside the scope of these forty-four families with five surnames.
Those who can be used to compensate for family wealth and marry new rich people are all the daughters of concubines from side branches, and only their direct descendants will look down upon them.
They were having fun in their small circle, but Li Shimin couldn't do anything about them.
Of course, it has nothing to do with Wu Huaiyu now. Anyway, let alone the Daling Wu family, even if he is the son of the warrior Xun, there are forty-four families with five surnames, seven clans, and they will never marry their daughter to him.
It won't be long before Li Shimin discovers the truth, and by then Emperor Wen may be able to suppress the old gentry by using the clan chronicles.
He told himself, try not to get too close to those old nobles. It would be more practical for us to hang out with the military nobles.
In the early Tang Dynasty, although the influence of the old gentry was huge, it was precisely because of this that several generations of emperors of the Li family severely suppressed them. There was no need to cause trouble because they couldn't eat mutton.
