Lin Boyong pondered for a moment, then looked at Lin Jue at the bottom of the stairs and said, "Lin Jue, do you think it was because Butler Huang didn't agree to lend him money that he forced Lin Youde to break the family rules?"
Lin Jue smiled and shook his head and said: "Master, I didn't say that. The direct and collateral branches of my Lin family have long been separated. Each family lives its own life. The master's family subsidizes dozens of taels of silver to each of the collateral families every year. This is the end of benevolence.
.When it comes to borrowing money, it is your duty not to borrow money, but it is your duty to borrow money. Butler Huang also acts according to the rules, but you cannot blame Butler Huang for this matter. It is your cousin's choice to borrow money at usury, and you cannot blame him.
To people.”
Lin Boyong stroked his beard and nodded slightly. Lin Jue had seen the opportunity. If he insisted on blaming the incident on the injustice of his master's family, Lin Boyong would not agree.
"Master, my nephew is only concerned about whether the family law is handled properly, and he doesn't want to get involved in other matters. At present, it seems that it is true that cousin Youde went in and out of the casino to participate in gambling, but the reason was that the matter was unavoidable. The nephew believes that,
The family law just dealt with was not very appropriate, please let the head of the family know clearly."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Lin Boyong said.
Lin Jue thought for a moment and said: "My nephew thinks that the virtuous cousin went to the casino and behaved improperly, but his purpose was to borrow money to save his daughter, which is excusable. Even if it is a mistake, it is an unintentional mistake and can be punished a little. Family
Article 21 of Article 9 of the Law states, "If you do no harm and cause bad consequences, you may be given a lighter sentence as appropriate." The virtuous cousin's move did not cause any bad consequences, so the nephew suggested that he should be flogged twenty times with thorns as a sign of justice.
Warning. Don’t deduct the monthly payment. After all, he has already borrowed a loan with a high interest rate. The interest alone is as much as three taels per month, and his family has no business. If he deducts the monthly payment again, it will probably make his livelihood difficult. The principal and interest of the thirty tael loan will also be
It's best to repay it as soon as possible. If it provokes those lenders to come to collect debts and cause an uproar, I'm afraid it will also damage the reputation of my Lin family."
Everyone nodded. Lin Jue's punishment was not light, but the twenty vitex sticks would only cause skin trauma at most, and would not damage the muscles or bones. More importantly, the monthly payment would not be deducted. Moreover, he also proposed to solve the loan sharking issue. If
If this matter can be resolved, not only is it not a punishment, but it is a great help. Everyone knows that borrowing loan sharks is a big trouble. If you don't pay it off early, it will keep getting bigger and bigger, and in the end you won't be able to pay it back at all.
"You said it's easy. How do you repay the loan shark at high interest rates? There are family rules in the family, but he went to borrow thirty taels of loan shark money at a high interest rate, but he asked the owner to help him pay back the money? If he does this, isn't it a mess?" Lin Kechen said
shouted.
"That's right, how can we condone this matter? This trend must not last forever. This money account must not be left out." Huang Changqing also said loudly.
Lin Jue waved his hands and said: "I didn't say that I wanted the accountant to provide the money. Well, the rules of the master's family cannot be broken. What I mean is that I am willing to use my private money to lend it to your virtuous cousin to tide over the difficulties.
"
Lin Jue turned to Lin Quan and bowed and said: "Brother, the monthly allowance for my third room is 150 taels. The monthly allowance for my mother's room is 70 taels, the eldest brother and sister-in-law's rooms are 60 taels, and my monthly allowance is 20 taels.
Silver, I wonder if that’s the amount?”
Lin Quan frowned and said, "What? This is the number stipulated in the house, and the head of the family agreed."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "I don't question this. I mean, in the past three years, I have only received ten taels of silver in my room every month. The remaining ten taels must have been saved by my eldest brother. Can you please help me?"
After spending forty taels of silver, I lent it to cousin Youde and paid back the usury and the interest. This matter can be settled Anmei. As long as I keep the remaining silver for me, I am not in a hurry to use it."
Lin Quan's complexion was extremely ugly. The monthly allowance for the third bedroom was 150 taels, and the amount given to the second brother was 20 taels per month. But since Lin Jue's mother passed away, Lin Quan and his mother and daughter-in-law thought that Lin Jue
Bajiao was honest and easy to bully, so he directly deducted half of his monthly allowance. Although he wanted to save it for him, in fact, he had no intention of giving it at all. With Lin Jue's cowardly appearance, he could only accept it and he would not dare to say no. No.
It was extremely embarrassing to think that he was shaken out in front of everyone today.
Lin Boyong frowned and glared at Lin Quan. How could he not know that Lin Quan had secretly deducted Lin Jue's monthly payment? However, he also felt a sense of disgust towards Lin Jue. It was obvious that he deliberately said it in public.
This incident embarrassed Lin Quan, and at the same time it made him a little embarrassed. It was like he was laughing at himself. As the head of the family, he thought he was running the family well, but underneath he was extremely disharmonious. Moreover, Lin Jue proposed to use his own money to replace Lin Youde.
Paying high interest rates gives people the suspicion of trying to win people's hearts and become a good person.
But for now, Lin Jue's treatment is still in line with the rules. We can't ignore the inside story that Lin Youde was forced to do in order to save his daughter. That's not the fairness that Lin Boyong wants. But this guy wants to win people's hearts. That's his decision.
We can't let him succeed.
"Lin Jue, I am very satisfied with your handling, so I will do as you say. I will give you twenty whippings as a warning to others. There is no need to deduct the monthly payment. Hmm... this is a loan shark, Chang Qing, and the withdrawals from the counter are against the rules, so I will
I spent 30 taels of silver from my monthly salary to pay him back. From now on, one tael per month will be deducted from the monthly salary. What do you think?" Lin Boyong said solemnly.
Huang Changqing hurriedly said: "How is this possible? I still have some personal silver on hand, so Changqing can lend it to him."
"How can I ask Butler Huang to pay for it? I can just give it to him from my room." Lin Ke shouted.
"I take……"
"It's better for me to take it..."
"I……"
The Lin family brothers suddenly became as generous as philanthropists and rushed to express their opinions.
Lin Boyong waved his hand and said: "Don't argue, just do as I say."
With a simple word, everyone immediately shut up. Lin Boyong glanced at Lin Quan and said in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, after the monthly payment of each room, it will be returned to the private room. You were right to keep it for Lin Jue before. After all, he was still there when his mother passed away.
He is only fifteen years old. But now that Lin Jue is eighteen, you, the elder brother, no longer need to take care of it for him. Just give him the monthly money for the past three years. When you go back, tell your mother that this is
My words. Your father passed away early. You two brothers should take care of each other and don't make others laugh. Do you understand?"
Lin Quan was unhappy, but he did not dare to say anything. He bowed and said, "My nephew, I will follow the instructions of the master of the family."
Lin Boyong nodded, stared at Lin Jue and said, "Lin Jue, are you satisfied?"
Lin Jue hurriedly said: "The master of the house is virtuous, and my nephew sincerely admires him."
"That's good, let's continue." Lin Boyong smiled.
Lin Jue agreed in a deep voice, and then asked a monk to give Lin Youde a beating. Although the twenty blows on Lin Youde's back were covered with blood, Lin Youde smiled brightly because his most worrying matter was solved.
After the family ceremony, Lin Youde knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Boyong to express his gratitude. His attitude was extremely sincere. After getting up, he also bowed to Lin Jue specially.
After solving Lin Youde's matter, Lin Jue achieved his goal. He didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he returned the pamphlet to Lin Quan and took the initiative to return it. After Lin Quan took over, he dealt with several misbehaving children according to family law, but what?
Improper speech and behavior, just trivial things that break the rules of the Lin family. There are court punishments every month. The children of the Lin family have long been frightened and pay great attention to their words and deeds, so there are almost no serious mistakes. These small mistakes are actually
Some of them were found to be picky, but they just slapped a few thorns on them to punish them.
Finally, the punishments in the booklet were completed, and the sun rose three poles higher. Amidst the steaming heat, the Lin family disciples standing in the court were covered in oil and sweat, but they finally made it to the end, and they all let out a long sigh of relief. Look.
When Lin Quan returned the pamphlet to Huang Changqing, everyone knew that today's hard work was over after the family leader summed it up with a few words.
However, after Lin Quan returned the pamphlet to Huang Changqing, and before the head of the family's lecture ended, Huang Changqing suddenly saluted and spoke to Lin Boyong.
"Master, Chang Qing has something that he doesn't know whether to talk about or not. It's also about rewards and punishments in this month's court training."
"If you have anything to say, just say it. If there's anything inappropriate," Lin Boyong said with a smile.
"Then Chang Qing said it straight away. There was a disciple who had inappropriate behavior, but Chang Qing did not record it in the book. Because it involved the master's son, Chang Qing thought it would be better to ask the master of the family to show it, so he did not record it."
"Oh? Whose business is it? The court motto does not distinguish between internal and external rewards and punishments. Doesn't the family rules and ancestral precepts restrict the immediate family members? Who is it? What did they do?" Lin Boyong frowned and shouted.
"What the head of the family reprimanded was... Actually, it wasn't a big deal. It was just that I went to the private school a few days ago to check. Mr. Xu, the head of the private school, said... There was a young master who missed a lot of schoolwork during this period and did not study well.
It will have a bad impact. So..."
"Oh? Is this happening? Who is it?" Lin Boyong frowned.
"It's... it's... Lin Jue, the second son of the third room." Huang Changqing bowed and whispered.
As soon as these words were spoken, smiles appeared on the faces of Lin Ke, Lin Quan and others. As expected, Butler Huang is not someone to be bullied, so here he is! He wants to look good to Lin Jue.
All the children of the Lin family were very fond of Lin Jue for standing up for Lin Youde just now. Now Lin Jue was about to be punished, and they all looked nervous. Everyone knew that this was Huang Changqing's revenge. Butler Huang relied on the trust of the family head and several direct relatives.
The relationship between the young master and the young master was very close, and he was very domineering in his actions. The other disciples did not dare to be disrespectful in front of this housekeeper. Although Lin Jue did not deliberately target him today, he had obviously angered him.
Lin Boyong's face was as dark as water, and he asked in a deep voice: "According to family law, what should I do if I don't abide by the school rules?"
Lin Quan couldn't hide the pride on his face and said loudly: "A heavy blow of fifty vitex branches. In addition, you have to accept the punishment from the private school, usually a fine of writing, a penalty of memorizing something. The details are decided by the private school teacher."
Lin Boyong nodded and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Punish according to the family law. I hate those who fail to make progress in their studies. If our Lin family wants to get ahead, we need our children to work hard. This kind of situation must not be tolerated."
