A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 199
Since becoming an official, Wu Huaiyu hasn't received the salary once, but she has been fined several times. Today, the palace was impeached by Quan Zhirang and fined another month's salary.

Quan Zhirang felt that the punishment was too light, and finally Li Shimin fined Huai Yutong another [-] catties.

Fan Xing, Wei Zheng, and Wang Ji were also punished in the same way. Their salary was suspended for one month and they were fined twenty catties of copper.

Li Shimin wanted to take this opportunity to knock on this matter, but he didn't mean to make it big, so he raised it high but put it down gently.

morning one is over.

Wang Ji, a master of wine fighting who claimed to be Mr. Wu Dou, told Wei Zheng in front of everyone that he would no longer get married. He dared not ask for the 200 million yuan.

If the daughter of the Wang family does not marry the son of the Wei family, the matter is over.

Wei Zhengqi's complexion was ashen. Although he apologized to Wang Ji in front of all the officials and wanted to keep him, but Wang Ji was a man who was rated as a wild deer by the people at that time. , using the power to tell him that he sold his daughter,

Wild deer also want face.

Li Shimin gave a lighter punishment to several people, but reiterated again that officials of the third rank should not receive more than [-] pieces of silk when marrying their daughters, and no more than [-] pieces of silk for those below the eighth rank. Wang Ji was willing to give his daughter to Wei Zheng, but his wife would never Marry your daughter if you want fifty bolts of silk, and you are not allowed to pay compensation for the family.

This thing is yellow.

It was useless for Wei Zheng to put down his face and ask for help.

Yelu not only rejected the marriage proposal with the Wei family, he even refused to be a servant, and directly resigned for the second time.He had resigned once in the Sui Dynasty, and was only recruited by Li Yuan a few years ago. He was also affected by the war and his poor family could not drink alcohol.

But this time Wang Ji felt humiliated and humiliated, and he was no longer an official.

Fan Xing and Wu Huaiyu, the sons-in-law, were still cordial and went to court together. The fine of twenty catties of copper was only more than 3000 Wen, and as for the suspension of the monthly salary, it was only three to five thousand.

Of course, the two of them also expressed their opinion to the emperor in the palace. The dowry money will never exceed three hundred pieces of silk, and they will no longer accept family money.

Anyway, the Fan family didn't think about making money by marrying their daughter, and Wu Huaiyu didn't care much, if he gave more, Fan Xing would pay more for marriage.

"Exchange the dowry money and loss money into three hundred bolts of silk, and keep the rest unchanged." Fan Xing laughed.

"okay."

There are policies and measures to counter.

In the afternoon, Huaiyu returned to Yongxingfang from the north gate. As soon as he arrived at the gate, 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 going?"

"It's yellow."

Wei Zheng sighed, his complexion was very bad, "Please Erlang come to the mansion to explain."

Huaiyu followed him directly back to Wei's mansion. In the front hall, Mrs. Pei had prepared a small stove and some appetizers. Wei Zheng's treasured home brew was no longer available today, and it was changed to green ant wine, Mrs. Pei took After filtering through a sieve, burn it on a small stove.

The taste is still good after heating.

"It was embarrassing to bring up this matter, but now you also know that the marriage with Wang Xueshi's family is over, and the two thousand coins we borrowed will not be used for the time being..." Wei Zheng was a little embarrassed mentioned.

The money was brought over yesterday, and it will be returned today.

"Wei Gong, the most important thing in business is the contract. Once the contract is established, it becomes effective. Both parties must abide by it. Without rules, nothing can be achieved.

In business, if there are no rules, it will be even more difficult to operate.

Changshengtang is a pawn shop, which is engaged in mortgage pawn business. The principal of the loan is also the principal raised by the owners, and some are even borrowed from peers, all of which require interest. "

Wei Zheng knew that today's matter would not be so easy.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Erlang just said that I want to redeem my house in advance, how much will I get?"

"The standard of the quality shop is that after five days but six, the pawn should be redeemed in advance within five days, and the interest will only be charged in one month. If five days have passed, then the interest must be redeemed according to the agreed time limit. The two thousand guan that Duke Wei borrowed The money was originally agreed to be for one year, but if it is redeemed in advance, then only one month's interest will be charged according to the industry regulations, but according to the industry regulations, the fee must be paid in full. In addition, if Wei Gong breaches the contract, he will have to pay three months' interest as liquidated damages .

I did the math, the monthly interest is [-] guan, plus [-] months liquidated damages of [-] guan, and then all handling fees and storage fees are [-] guan, and the total is [-] guan. "

"I've only borrowed it for a day, but I'm asking for a thousand coins. Are you robbing me with open fire?" Wei Zheng stood up and growled.

Huaiyu took a sip of the wine unhurriedly. The wine has been scalded, and it tastes good. There is a contract between us in black and white, which is signed and stamped, and even registered at the West Market Office. If the private contract is replaced by the official contract, Mr. Wei can't rely on it.

Although Changshengtang is a newly opened restaurant, whether it is the interest or the fee, it is lower than that of the peers, and we even mortgaged more money,..."

Mrs. Pei tore Wei Zheng's clothes, then poured wine for Huaiyu.

"Erlang, you also know the situation in our family. It was a leaky house and it rained all night. It was a good thing, but now it has become a bad thing, a bitter thing, and a worrying thing.
My family's Lumi is only [-] shi for a year, and the land rent can only be [-] shi. The salary and other miscellaneous expenses in the yamen are only [-] shi a month. If you borrow this money for one day, you have to pay one Qianguan, I really can't afford it. "

"Erlang, do me a favor."

Huaiyu looked very embarrassed, "Rules are rules. If the rules are not followed, then there is no point. The first sale of Changshengtang broke the rules, and it will be even more difficult to operate in the future."

"Erlang, please help me." Mrs. Pei asked.

"I can't make up my mind about this matter. Mr. Wei will either continue to use the two thousand guan, maybe one day he will be engaged to a woman with five surnames, and it will be just right for him to use. After the one-year period expires, he will use it according to the contract." Just pay the money and redeem it. Or, pay the principal in advance now, and then pay the interest for one month, the liquidated damages for three months, plus two hundred guan fees. Immediately return the original."

When Pei heard this, it was even more difficult, "How is this possible?"

Wei Zheng wanted to be tough, but a thousand pens was too much, and he couldn't be tough.

Wei Zheng said, "Why don't General Wu make an appointment with the other owners of the Changshengtang, and I'll treat everyone to a meal and send a few jars of home brew, and see if everyone can accommodate me."

Huaiyu smiled, "Rules are rules, and favors are favors. I can't be bad at both ends. This is the only thing I can do. It's for the neighbor's sake."

Wei Zheng blushed all over his face, "How can there be such a reason in the world, if you borrow two thousand for a day, you have to pay one thousand in interest?"

"Wei Gong, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. 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 coins, the two thousand coins are here, nothing has been touched, and I will return it as it is."

"If Wei Gong said so, then there is no need to talk about it, let's sue the Imperial Court!"

Huaiyu got up and left.

Wei Zheng shouted at him angrily, "If you sue the imperial court, you will sue the imperial court. I will drag you to the Changsheng Hall for the two thousand pennies. I can only give you one day's interest, seven thousand two hundred and twenty two dollars, that's all." Much, nothing more."

Huaiyu didn't turn her head back, and snorted a few times, "Let's wait and see."

After Huaiyu left, the couple sat there for a long time, looking at the money in the room with mixed feelings.

I didn't get married, so I lost my wife and lost money.

"What do we do now?"

"Hmph, what should I do, pull the money back tomorrow, add one day's interest, and don't care about the rest."

"But what if they don't give us the house deed and books?"

"Then go to court with him, I still don't believe that there is no kingly law in the world." Wei Zheng's face darkened.

"Why don't we discuss it with Wu Erlang again. After all, we are at a loss in this matter. Let's see if we can give a monthly interest of [-] guan. This is the end of the matter, and we accept it." Pei recalled the contract in black and white and said helplessly.

"Why? In one day, you need a thousand interest. There is no such reason in the whole world."

"It's all to blame for that damned Quan Zhirang. He deserves to be demoted to the Duke of Tianshui County. If he is so ignorant, he may not be able to keep the Duke of Tianshui in the future." Mrs. Pei couldn't help cursing angrily.

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Huaiyu returned home with a jug of wine, but couldn't help humming a song along the way.

What he told Wei Zheng and his wife about the rules of the pawn shop did not lie to them. It is not easy to borrow money these days.

Of course, Changshengtang currently has three owners, Wu Huaiyu, Fan Xuanfu, and Zhang Anan. Wei Zheng wants to redeem the pawn in advance.

But still the same sentence, does Wei Zheng have a big face, if he borrows it, he will borrow it, but if he doesn't, he will not borrow it. You can't be so spoiled with him. Wu Huaiyu is not short of his little money, but you can't let him take it for granted.

Charge him one month's interest and fine him three months' liquidated damages. That's a matter of course. Wei Zheng wants to renege on his debts, but Wu Huaiyu really doesn't want to touch him. This time, we have to have a good touch with him.

He is not afraid of a lawsuit before the imperial court. Is the contract written in black and white a fart?

If Wei Zheng wants to blame, then he should also blame Li Shimin, blame Wang Ji, what does it have to do with him?
Having said that, Wu Huaiyu felt that Li Shimin wanted to take advantage of this matter to interfere with the civil society's heavy betrothal gifts, and even such things as the family's family's wealth, it is probably unrealistic. Even if it is released to future generations, such things cannot be interfered with by simple administrative orders of.

You have policies, and you have countermeasures. People can collect money in other names, and it doesn’t have to be given in the open name of gift money or compensation.

As long as those elites want to accept them, those emerging aristocrats from poor families will be very happy to line up and find ways to give them money, in order to be able to marry with these old elites and grow their family's lintel.

One wants to sell, the other wants to buy, how can it be forbidden to do what you love and what you want.

It doesn't matter to Huaiyu, it doesn't matter if you cooperate with Li Shimin, anyway, one of the Wufan family is from Wuling barbarian local tyrants, and the other is from a poor family in Taiyuan.
They are just nouveau riche in the eyes of the rich and powerful.

As for the big descendants of five surnames and seven families with different surnames, even if they are not powerful, they will not sell their daughters easily, and they will marry themselves.

The so-called five surnames and seven families are still divided into levels. The highest level is the so-called 44 families of the ten clans, such as the Li family in Longxi, which refers to the descendants of the six sons of Li Bao in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The rest of the Li family in Longxi It doesn’t count, although the royal family Li Yuan’s family and Li Bao are both the king’s family of Xiliang, but the Longxi Li of the five surnames and seven families refers specifically to the Li Bao family. After the fall of Xiliang, they first went to Yiwu to join Rouran Those who went to the Northern Wei Dynasty and moved eastward now live in Zhengzhou and Xingyang.

The Li Jing family also belonged to Longxi Li, but they also did not belong to Longxi Li from five surnames and seven families.

For example, the Taiyuan Wang family refers specifically to Wang Qiong's four sons, the Xingyang Zheng family refers to Zheng Wen's third son, the Fanyang Lu family has eleven families, and the Boling Cui family refers to Cui Yi's eight sons.

These 44 families have basically intermarried with each other since the Northern Wei Dynasty, and their direct descendants basically do not fall within the range of the 44 families with five surnames.

Those who can be used to repay the wealth of the family and marry upstarts are all daughters of side-line concubines, and they are dismissive of the big clan.

The small circle of people is having fun, but Li Shimin has nothing to do with him.

Of course, it has nothing to do with Wu Huaiyu now, let alone that he is from the Daling Wu family, even if he is the son of a samurai, with five surnames, seven clans and 44 families, they would never marry their daughters to him.

It won't be long before Li Shimin will discover the truth, and then Emperor Wen may use the clan records to suppress the old gentry.

He told himself, try not to get too close to those old gentry, it's more practical for us to play with military nobles.

In the early Tang Dynasty, although the old gentry had great influence, it was precisely because of this that several generations of emperors of the Li family suppressed them ruthlessly.

(End of this chapter)