sinovels Chapter 512 Familiar Strangers
Chapter 512 Familiar Strangers
Only then did Yang Liu understand why her husband didn't let her come to pay his respects early in the morning, because the master really didn't get up....
Within three days of getting married, it is the day of the newlyweds, the time for the young couple to count the dowry and family assets, and to get to know each other.
Yang Liu's own dowry list is very rich, and her husband also entrusted her to take care of his private house, and gave her some real estate title deeds.
While cleaning up, I had nothing to do, so I told Wu Mingde about my family's situation: "The four old mothers, eight dowry maids, and two servants in the family were all sent by Mr. Wan. That day, my house entered The thief, they were the ones who caught it, Master Wan said, you will not know this until you get married."
Wu Mingde was taken aback for a moment, and then hugged his new wife tightly: "Uncle Wan, he is a good man."
Yang Liu was baffled, but Wu Mingde knew that things that Wantong could intervene in were definitely not that simple.
While his wife was packing up the dowry, Wu Mingde secretly went to Wantong.
They didn't know what they had exchanged. Wu Mingde was very angry, but Wantong comforted him a few words, and he stopped being angry. Instead, he gritted his teeth and muttered to Wantong for a long time before going back.
Wu Youwei still didn't know that his father and son had something to hide from him, and he was planning about spring sowing.
Three days later, when the bride returned home, the Wu family prepared a generous gift for the Yang family.
Mr. Yang and Mrs. Yang are actually very worried about their daughter. After all, they are rich and powerful. What if their daughter is bullied?
What should I do if my servants look down on me?
There are still seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate. What's going on in front of the grand scholar's gate, it must be ninth-rank, right?
As a result, when my daughter came back, her face was ruddy, and everyone around her was also smiling. Speaking of the Wu family, they all said that they were very comfortable there and there were no big rules.
Even the wages are higher than in the Yang family.
The son-in-law is also very good. Wu Mingde respects the two elders very much, and drank a pot of soju with Mr. Yang.
Mrs. Yang also asked her daughter, and she said it was good, even the son-in-law's private house was given to her daughter.
After they returned home, they felt that the relationship between husband and wife was better.
Ding Chou, Emperor Xianzong ordered to exempt Shaanxi from the disaster-stricken tax and food, and sent people to help.
March, Ching Ming Festival.
Wu Youwei opened the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and respectfully wrote the words "Yang's Mingliu" for his daughter-in-law on the genealogy.
On behalf of Yangliu, she has officially become the Wu family, and she is also the wife of the clan.
Who told him that there are only two families in his direct line, and the second family is still far away in Yunnan and hasn't come back yet.
He took the newlyweds to the grave and burned a lot of sacrifices to the people below. Wu Mingde wanted to call the biological mother of Wu Maid's body "grandmother".
After a set of procedures, I was exhausted, but it also made the people of the Wu family pay more attention to Yang Liu.
After all, the Wu family has been without a mistress for so many years. Once Yang Liu entered the house, he became the master of the house.
After the memorial ceremony, Wu Youwei asked people to hand over all the family account books, keys to the warehouse, etc., and summoned people to explain: "From now on, someone will take care of the house, and all messy things will be handled by the young lady."
He also introduced to Yang Liu the housekeeper's wife and Xu Niang and other older generation of female relatives: "If you don't understand, just ask, they are all from my own family."
Yang Liu is not from everyone's background, but she has a good temper and respects the elderly. She may have received Wu Mingde's advice beforehand. Knowing that this is her own family, she is very polite to the housekeeper and Xu Niang. Aunt", but she didn't call her "Aunt Xu" or "Aunt Xu", because even Wu Mingde didn't know whether Xu Niang was married or not.
Is the surname "Xu" her own surname, or her husband's...
The family arrangements were made, and Wu Youwei returned to the capital after taking leave of absence. After all, he is a scholar of Zuochunfang University, and his son was not the one who got married, so when he came back to work, his son stayed at home with his daughter-in-law. One month's marriage leave, and now Wu Mingde's marriage leave has not yet passed.
Wu Youwei taught His Highness the Prince normally.
When Wu Mingde got married, the emperor, queen mother, empress, imperial concubine, crown prince, etc. all rewarded things. Wu Mingde wanted to bring his daughter-in-law to thank him after the leave.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not yet married, but he doesn't seem to care much about women.
After Wu Mingde came back from vacation and took his wife to thank him, Yang Liu got the imperial title of Wupin Gongren.
According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, officials of the first to fifth ranks were granted imperial orders, officials of the sixth to ninth ranks were granted imperial orders, and wives followed the rank of their husbands.
It's even better now that Yang Liu has a command.
The joy of the Wu family hadn't dissipated yet, and at the beginning of April, someone impeached Wu Youwei.
"Indulging the family, corrupting the law, corrupting the atmosphere..." This is a middle-aged censor, who seems to be the censor of Zuodu of Yushitai.
To be able to achieve this position is already a top figure in Yushi.
Wu Youwei originally slept in at home, but Wantong woke him up early in the morning and insisted on letting him go to court. The strange thing is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also here today.
The first and fifteenth day of every month is the day of the Dachaohui.
Wu Youwei didn't want to go to court, so as early as when His Royal Highness had other lecturers, he stopped going to court with His Royal Highness. If he could sleep a little longer, who would like to come to court?
But as soon as he came, he heard that the censor was impeaching him again, so angry in his heart!
"Zuodu Censor, last year someone impeached Zuochunfang, but it turned out to be nonsense in the end. Do you... have evidence this time?" Emperor Xianzong was also a little dissatisfied.
The Yushitai is used to supervise the officials, so it's better to let them make trouble out of nothing.
"Yes, now the memorial in Shanghai County is the evidence!" Zuodu Censor said loudly: "When Maid Wu was the county magistrate in Shanghai County, he once said that gambling shops and brothels are not allowed to appear in Shanghai County. Now it has extended to the entire Songjiang Mansion, but no one else is allowed to do these two transactions, but let my nephew open a gambling shop and a brothel in Songjiang Mansion!"
"Wait! Wait!" Wu Youwei yelled to stop, and looked strangely at the upright Yushi Zuodu: "My lord, do you know who my nephew is? My nephew is Wu Qiong! The Chief Envoy of Yunnan, He was a provincial official over there, and he didn't even come back when my son got married. There was nothing he could do if he couldn't get married, but you said he ran away to open a gambling house and a brothel. Went to Songjiang Mansion? Do you know how far it is between Songjiang Mansion and Yunnan?"
Even if there is a cement road now, it is a fact that the speed cannot be increased. The bus and horse-drawn carriages are used all over the country, but no matter how fast the speed of the horse-drawn carriage is, it is not as fast as a car!
What's more, the purpose of opening gambling shops and brothels is to make money. Does Wu Qiong need to go to Songjiang Mansion to open gambling shops and brothels like Chuguan to make money?
Not to mention how prosperous his flower business in Yunnan is, all the money has gone to sea, let alone going to Songjiang Mansion, even if he is asked to go to Guangxi, he will not move.
If the casinos and brothels make more money, can they make more money with perfume?Can you earn more with essential oils?
A bottle of perfume is 80 taels of silver, which is cheap. A bottle of essential oil can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver, and a reservation is required.
As the founder of the flower business, Wu Qiong shouldn't make too much money!
"Master Wu Qiong Wu is of course a capable minister and official." Because the emperor's share of the flower business, Zuodu Yushi will not say clearly that this is not the case, then he is against the emperor. The emperor has been on the throne for [-] years. , the power is in his hands, the emperor's prestige is growing, of course he dare not, but he is sure, and immediately said indignantly: "Your other nephew."
Wu Youwei was taken aback: "My other nephew?"
What I was thinking in my heart was, could it be the children who went out from Wujiacun?
Shouldn't it be?
All the children who went out of Wujia Village had passed the Jinshi examination, and they were either released as officials or copied books in the Imperial Academy. Now libraries are spread all over the provincial and county towns of Ming Dynasty, becoming a paradise for scholars.
Besides, these children have received almost modern education since they were young. They don't prostitute or gamble, drink a little alcohol, and don't smoke. Wuhao youth is nothing more than that.
What's more, the life in Wujia Village is very affluent. It can be said that the whole village is at a moderately prosperous level, and each family has at least 1 taels of savings.
How could they go to Songjiang Mansion and Shanghai County to open gambling houses and brothels for some money?
Scholars cherish feathers the most, and fame is even more important than life.
"Wu Ying, your eldest nephew." Zuodu Yushi said in a confident manner, "He has opened a big brothel in Songjiang Prefecture and Shanghai County, as well as three gambling houses and four casinos."
Wu Ying?
Wu Youwei hadn't heard of this name for more than ten years.
If it hadn't been mentioned today, he would have almost forgotten the name.
"Wu Ying? Who is it?" Wu Youwei asked sarcastically, "I only have one nephew and one son. When did I have another nephew?"
About 20 years ago, less than half of the people in Beijing knew about it. After Wu was deposed, the Wu family completely faded out of people's sight.
No one paid attention to this matter.
After so many years, Wu Qiong's name was mentioned again.
"Your brother's son, you don't know him?" Zuo Du Yushi also said sarcastically, "That's his nephew."
"As early as 21 years ago, we separated, nephew? Didn't you read the records of the yamen?" Wu Youwei said: "We are all divorced, and nephew? When we meet, we are just familiar strangers."
Zuo Du Yushi was taken aback.
"I haven't seen each other for more than 20 years. You told me that he is my nephew? Is the divorce letter just a display?" Wu Youwei continued: "Besides, I believe that the magistrate of Shanghai and the prefect of Songjiang agreed to divorce him back then. Dear, now you continue?"
After saying this, Zuodu Yushi felt even more tight in his chest: "Did you break up...?"
He doesn't know!
I knew that he would definitely not participate in this matter.
In fact, 20 years have passed, and there are too few people who know, or remember.
After all, the daughter of the Wu family had become a waste queen, and it was impossible for her to recover in her lifetime, and Wu Youwei at that time, to be honest, was too insignificant.
Even after the investigation, Wantong was protecting Wu Youwei, and all his information was put in Jinyiwei's file room.
"Then it is also true that he bullied and dominated the city in Songjiang Mansion and Shanghai County!" Now we can't insist on this point, we can only discredit Maid Wu's political achievements.
This time it was Wu Maid's card.
Although he trusted his own people, he could not trust their subordinates.
In case there is someone... If he is decisive now, he will be slapped in the face in the future and look ugly!
"Father, my son thinks that Master Wu is not that kind of person." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up and blatantly defended Wu Youwei: "There must be something hidden in this matter."
Not to mention that Wu Youwei is his husband, but Wu Youwei's protection of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he cannot just sit idly by.
As he grows older, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has learned and experienced more and more. He understands Wu Youwei's repeated protection of him, and even when he was still ignorant, he established an unbreakable bond with his father. Father and son love.
In history, there has never been a shortage of dead princes.
"Since the crown prince has said so, then send someone to Songjiang Mansion and Shanghai County to have a look!" Emperor Xianzong actually believed in Wu Youwei, and of course he also believed in Songjiang prefect and Shanghai county magistrate, but he also Don't believe their subordinates, as the saying goes, the king of Hades is so hard to deal with little ghosts!
He is still the emperor, so he still has corrupt officials under his command.
This matter has reached a bottleneck, and Emperor Xianzong no longer believes in Yushitai.
He sent a trusted eunuch, Xu Jun who volunteered to go there, and Liu Jian, the current servant of the Ministry of Officials.
In the end, the British Duke Zhang Rui stood up and said, "I haven't been to the south since I was born. I beg the emperor to give me this opportunity to go to the south to see Songjiang Mansion and Shanghai County."
1 Off to see if you want to visit your son? "Emperor Xianzong laughed and teased him: "It's hard for him to be there these years. "
"Yes, I want to see my son." Zhang Rui smiled embarrassedly: "By the way, bring him some portraits so that he can also see his wife and children."
There are no photos these days, so if you want to see them, you can only look at portraits.
Zhang Lun and his new wife get together less and leave more. In fact, they go there every year to have a look, but they may not be able to catch up with Zhang Lun and the others when they return to the army for renovation.
Zhang Rui has not seen his son for several years.
Zhang Lun is Zhang Rui's only son.
"Then go, you take people to see." Emperor Xianzong was really easy to talk, he appointed Zhang Rui as imperial envoy, and took people to the south to find out the truth.
His Royal Highness looked at Maid Wu, Maid Wu understood what he meant as a student, but he didn't want His Highness to get involved, so he shook his head slightly.
His Royal Highness lowered his brows and sighed secretly, sir, do you not want to implicate him?
As everyone knows, what is the difference between targeting Mr. and targeting him, the crown prince?
The master has taught him for ten years. If the master's conduct is not good, how can he be a good student?
His Royal Highness looked at his little uncle again, and got a hint from him, so he remained silent.
After this incident, some other things were brought up. Until the end of the court, Wu Youwei didn't say a word. When he got home, he said angrily: "What are these people trying to do? All the old sesame seeds and rotten millet have been dug out? Wu Ying What about that guy? He really dares to run to the south and open gambling houses and brothels in my name."
"Well." Seeing that he was getting angry, Wantong comforted him: "Don't be angry, I already knew about this, but I didn't tell you, lest you think too much."
"You already knew?" Wu Youwei was taken aback.
"Well, didn't you say that there will be an earthquake in the future?" Wantong said coldly: "Take advantage of this opportunity to cut off some annoying guys and completely remove them from the court."
Pave the way for His Royal Highness.
Because Wu Youwei knew that the Chenghua Dynasty was only 23 years old.
Now it is 20 years.
His Royal Highness is only 15 years old, and at the latest, he will be ready to ascend the throne.
It's best that Emperor Xianzong is fine, but of course, prepare for the worst.
"This is recorded in history...that, so far, I have found that I am unable to change any celestial phenomena, but people have changed a lot, people who should have died, because I survived, I don't know the impact How much." Wu Youwei said in a low voice, "Maybe the emperor..."
In this world, when there is a drought, it is still a drought, and when it is a flood, it is still a flood.
The celestial phenomena that should be there are still there, but the damned man...he is not dead!
For example, Mr. Peng Shige is still alive and kicking his retirement life in Shanghai.
There is also the old man of Shanglu Pavilion. I heard that he had a particularly nourishing life there in Shanghai, and he looks much younger.
"Whether there is or not, this is an opportunity." Wan Tongdao: "His Royal Highness has gradually grown up, and more people are targeting him, and the princes in the harem have also grown up."
Wu Youwei immediately knew that there must be many things that he didn't know happened in places he couldn't see.
"Don't be angry, these people, I'll clean them up for you." Wantong reassured: "Clean them up at once."
"But I'm still angry." Wu Youwei said: "Get me something, I'll vent my anger."
"Okay, as long as you don't get angry, you can do anything." Wantong's pampering reached a new height.
Wu Youwei really went to find someone.
He asked steward Wanfu to make a sandbag for him with good cowhide brought from outside the pass for armor, but it was filled with water, but it was very heavy, and it still looked like a tumbler.
Then he took his new DIY boxing gloves and wore light sports clothes, and punched the water bag tumbler with a combo.
In fact, it was a random beating, and he felt aggrieved.
I am so diligent and dedicated to Daming, there are still people outside against him!
Do they really want to become the slaves of outsiders after more than a hundred years?
In another two or three hundred years, this beautiful river and mountain will be devastated!
Wantong looked at this special water bag, which looked smaller than their sandbags, but the shape of this tumbler is not bad, right?
Because of this matter, Wu Youwei has automatically nested at home, which is called "avoiding suspicion".
But there are indeed many people outside who started to cheer for him, because they all believed in Wu Youwei, especially Zhang Sheng, who came back from Songjiang Mansion and is now serving as a servant in the Ministry of Officials: "I know that you are a good brother. In Shanghai County, he was under so much pressure that he didn't allow a gambling house to settle in Shanghai County, let alone the Qinglou Chuguan. For this reason, even the previous Songjiang Mansion fell because of this! Besides! Now, we know his affairs best, when they divorced, we were still witnesses!"
Back then, Wu Youwei made a plan. The witnesses in his divorce letter were Li Dongyang and Yang Yiqing. Now more than half of them are cabinet ministers, okay?