The fourth master was playing with the dog in the yard. When he saw Yu Wenhao come in, he got up and clapped his hands and told Erha to go play by himself. Then he came over and said, "Welcome visitor!"
Yu Wenhao looked at his pale and clear face and said, "If you have time to play with dogs, why don't you go out for a walk with Ling'er?"
"She's asleep!"
Fourth Master invited him in, sat down and asked: "You are here, you shouldn't be here to ask me if I am accompanying my younger brother. You can tell me what you have to say."
"Do you know that my father has private money?"
Yu Wenhao was not ambiguous and asked directly.
Fourth Master curled his lips and smiled, his eyes sparkling, "I know."
"Know?"
Yu Wenhao was startled for a moment.
"Well, are you surprised?
As a businessman, I must deal with banks, and I know a thing or two about the bank's big customers."
The fourth master almost didn't tell how much money he had saved in the bank for loans, and his low-key and luxurious demeanor was fully exposed.
"No wonder you are plotting against my father together?"
Yu Wenhao gasped.
"One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, but it's not like he can't afford the money."
Yu Wenhao said: "I heard that you also paid for this village. You paid to cheat your father-in-law. It's confusing."
The fourth master smiled and said, "It's okay, it's all in my master's pocket anyway. Zhuangzi sold it for one million taels of silver. They were happy, so it was worth it for me to make her smile."
Yu Wenhao heard from the fourth master's words that there was a class in filial piety. For example, if the fourth master spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy his master's smile, he would never be able to do it in his life.
However, I couldn't help but wonder again, "Since it is to be filial to them, why don't you just spend the money on them?
Moreover, I heard that their lives have not been very good these past few years, why don’t you help them?”
"They don't want my money."
"Why?"
Yu Wenhao was puzzled, "Does your money smell fishy?"
"The fourth master smiled lightly, "That's true. She said that my money was earned by my brothers, and they couldn't bear to take it."
Yu Wenhao was a little stunned, not believing that they were so noble.
"But aren't you still in business?"
"The money was put together, but how could she tell clearly which was money from murder and which was money from business?
So don’t do it at all.”
Yu Wenhao was very surprised, "Are they acting so contradictory?
He is both greedy for money and noble."
The Fourth Master was silent for a moment, his eyes a little heavy, and he said after a while: "That's not the case. They thought they killed too much back then, so they made themselves miserable and poorer as punishment to make their conscience easier."
Yu Wenhao stared at him, "Do you believe it?"
The fourth master was silent again, "I don't believe it, but I haven't found the answer. Anyway, they don't take my money, not only my money, but also Xiaoyao Gong's and Prince Pingnan's money."
This is truly an unsolved case for eternity.
There are obviously three gold mines of Fourth Master, Xiaoyao Pingping and Nanwang. If you don't dig them, you have to live in poverty. What's the point?
Yu Wenhao thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if my father has this sum of money, at least he can do whatever he wants with his life in the future."
The fourth master smiled and said, "Actually, no. Over the years, the habit has been deeply rooted in his bones. He will still be frugal and make money just because he knows that the Yuwen family has always been in a tight situation. If he doesn't have any food, he will panic.
Just like you, even if I give you a large sum of money now, you probably won’t spend it frivolously."
"Then you definitely can't spend it randomly. With so many children, you can't save some emergency money."
"Yes, that's emergency money. If it's not for emergencies, don't spend it easily. My father probably thought the same way when he saved the money. But after he saved a large amount, he felt that no moment is the best.
At the critical moment, the money cannot be touched until the person is dead. This is the inherent thinking of many people who save money. To put it bluntly, it is the thinking of a miser. If you are not careful, you will become a miser."
Yu Wenhao laughed. He felt that he also had potential as a miser, but now he was reluctant to spend money.
After he returned, he told Yuan Qing Ling about the matter. Yuan Qing Ling couldn't help but laugh and laugh, "Father is really good at taking advantage of loopholes."
Yu Wenhao said: "I don't know why, but now that I know that my father has this money, I feel more at ease. However, the fourth master said that he will not spend this money, and Prince Anfeng is also weird.
Yes, he took one million taels and scattered them all to the people who had followed him for many years. He came back and continued to live a hard life. The Fourth Master did not give them any money and insisted on living in poverty. But you said they were willing to live in poverty?
That’s not right. When we go to Hyundai, we drive a sports car and buy brand-name cars. It’s too contradictory.”
Yuan Qingling thought about it carefully and understood, and said: "In modern times, they have no mission or burden. In the commercial society, it is human nature to spend money for enjoyment, but here, they are members of the royal family.
, dare not take the lead in having fun and set a bad example. You see, whether it is the Supreme Emperor Xiaoyao Gong, the first assistant or the father, it is actually the same. It is not that he does not have money, but he just lives a luxurious life, because they know that they opened the door.
For a long time, the descendants of the royal family followed suit and became extravagant. Once this trend grows, it cannot be stopped."
When she said this, Yu Wenhao understood. He kissed Yuan Qingling's forehead and praised with a smile, "Old Yuan, you are really smart. You can understand such profound truths."
Yuan Qingling said with a smile: "It's not difficult to think about it. Their behavior is here. Looking at the essence from the performance, it's not difficult. In addition, the Yuwen family dynasty has been extremely stingy and frugal since Emperor Wen. The ancestral precepts are here.
Over the years of development in Beitang, it has never become too prosperous and I dare not enjoy it."
Yu Wenhao felt a little sad, "That's really wronging them."
"It doesn't matter!"
Yuan Qingling held his hand and stared at him, "There will be a day when they are willing to spend money. When Beitang becomes truly prosperous and the national treasury is full, they will be willing to spend their savings. But all this still depends on
Whether they can enjoy themselves or not depends on where you take Beitang."
Yu Wenhao nodded solemnly, "I will never let them down."
Yuan Qingling's eyes were gentle and calm, "I know!"
The couple held hands and looked at each other with firm eyes.
A few days after Zhuangzi's incident, news came from the palace that the emperor fell ill. The imperial doctor was notified last night, but he was unable to attend the court this morning. The officials were not summoned to the imperial study room. They only ordered the prince to temporarily discuss politics.
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On the next day, the palace issued a decree to summon the princess to the palace for diagnosis and treatment, but the princes were not summoned to the palace.
The prince and his wife brought the medicine box into the palace and did not leave the palace until evening. All the princes came to the palace to inquire about the situation, but the prince looked solemn and said nothing.
King An was very anxious and wanted his mother and concubine to inquire, but the words could not reach the palace at all. Gu Si ordered that even the prince could not enter the palace without the emperor's imperial edict.
King An's heart sank. Is it because of Zhuangzi?
My father couldn't bear the blow, so he fell ill?
King Sun also thought it was because of Zhuangzi's affairs, so he called his younger brothers to come to the mansion to discuss whether they could raise a sum of money to buy Zhuangzi out, so that his father would stop worrying about Zhuangzi's affairs.
One million taels, all the princes could still come up with it, but King Qi asked: "Is it useful?"
It's not even certain that my father fell ill because of this incident.
"King Qi suddenly asked the question, and everyone looked at Yu Wenhao.