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Chapter 359
At the same time when the Yuwen family held an important meeting and decided to change their strategy against the Li family, Li Ye and Li Xun sat drinking and chatting together in a tavern in Changlefang.

Today Li Ye came to Changlefang to check the construction progress of the new ancestral hall, and happened to meet Li Xun.

Li Xun passed the prefectural autumn examination, ranked No. 7 in Jingzhao Prefecture, and got the qualification to take the imperial examination next spring. These two days are his rare rest days.

Li Ye picked up his wine glass and asked, "Who was that person who saluted me at the gate of the ancestral hall just now? I don't think I've seen him before."

"His name is Li Wei, Fourteenth Lang, the eldest son of Ninth Uncle Li Wei."

Li Ye shook his head, "I have never seen him, and I have never heard of his father."

Li Xun filled a glass of wine for Li Ye and explained: "Ninth Uncle originally belonged to Third Uncle Li Yu, the chief steward of Xianyang Farm. When the family was separated for the first time, he didn't come over. This time Li Yu's accident has a great impact on the family. Li Wei decided to change his clan when he grew up."

At present, the two factions of Li Dai and Li Xiu are called the same clan but different clan. Clan means faction, and different clan means that there are two patriarchs. The same clan is naturally a common ancestor. This is not difficult to understand.

Li Ye picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "What is the situation now, tell me, I feel that many people have come, and the number of clan cards hanging on the wall has increased significantly."

Li Xun smiled and said, "You're right. The Li Yu incident had a huge impact this time. My father said that everyone began to understand the real intention of grandfather's division of the family. The eldest son must be the patriarch, but the eldest son cannot bring the family Prosperity, but he is unwilling to abdicate, so he divides the head of the clan who can bring prosperity to his own family, so many people start to choose the fifth uncle. Originally, there were only five brothers supporting the fifth uncle, but now there are 12 people."

Li Ye silently calculated that there are a total of 25 brothers. After removing the eldest and fifth brothers, and removing the four brothers who died young, there are actually only 19 people allocated, and the three legitimate sons Li Wei, Li Yu and Li Min who must support Li Xiu are removed. , leaving sixteen bastards.

Among the sixteen concubines, 12 supported their father, and only four supported Li Xiu.

"Is that going to give us most of the property?"

"No, there are three grandfathers, and there are three family members on their side, and they support the eldest son."

Li Ye had forgotten about Li Linfu's three brothers, and there were [-] or [-] clansmen in total there.

"Has the property been decided on how to distribute it?" Li Ye asked again.

"During the few days you were away, there was a lot of quarrel over this matter. The main reason is that grandfather gave you the Treasure Pavilion, which made the several sons extremely dissatisfied. The three sons took their sons to snatch the Cui Pavilion, but found that it was empty. Everything, including the treasures in the attic and the basement, were all removed, and I heard that they knelt down and cried, scolding Li Xiu for being incompetent!"

Li Ye couldn't help laughing out loud, he could imagine the expressions of Li Yu and others in pain.

The hidden treasures of Lancui Pavilion were actually transported away from the back door through the Caohe River before he left. All 340 large boxes were transported to Baoji Cabinet Workshop, and the No. [-] warehouse of Baoji Cabinet Workshop was rented. It is a super-large warehouse of Baoji Cabinet Workshop. It consists of five warehouses, which are heavily locked through three iron doors.

Including the only copper key of the third iron gate, the storage certificate and half of the jade pei, all of which are in his own hands, and no one can take the hidden treasure away except himself, not even the people from Baoji Cabinet Workshop.

"And then? How to distribute other properties?"

"The family property is divided into six and four, six in the main mansion, four in the secondary mansion, all the shops in the capital belong to the main mansion, five restaurants and three inns belong to the secondary mansion, four of the seven manor houses belong to the main mansion, and we get three. We also got [-] guan of the [-] guan family money. In addition, apart from the Lancui Pavilion, all kinds of gold and silver money and cloth of my grandfather's private property were divided in half, half on each side, which was more fair.

The first thing Uncle Wu did after he became the patriarch of the Dongfang was to hold a clan meeting and raise the standard money. All clan members raised it to [-] Guan money per person, and children, including widows, were reduced by half.

The uncles who rented houses for the three families each bought a one-acre courtyard in Changlefang to ensure that each family has its own house, which is enough to make the main mansion envious. The children of the grandfather's family are all renting houses. I heard that They made a big fuss about it. "

Li Ye nodded. His father really knew how to buy people's hearts and solved the income and housing issues that everyone was most concerned about. In this way, his father's position as the patriarch was firmly established.

Back home, his mother, Pei Sanniang, greeted him and said, "Just now Gao Lishi sent someone to inform you to go to his official room tomorrow morning."

"Didn't you say anything?"

"I didn't say it, I just said it's more important, let you go there sooner."

"I see!"

Li Ye walked towards his yard, Pei Sanniang followed a few steps and asked, "Ye'er, have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten it. I ate it with Li Xun at Changlefang at noon."

Li Ye returned to his yard, sat in the study for a while, looked at the empty study, then called Xiaohong, and started to unpack the boxes and take out the things one by one.

Early the next morning, Li Ye put on his official uniform and rode to Daming Palace on horseback.

Soon, he came to Gao Lishi's court room, Gao Lishi was already waiting for him, Li Ye quickly saluted, "See Gao Weng!"

Gao Lishi waved his hands and smiled, "Sit down!"

Li Ye sat down opposite him, Gao Lishi stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Give me the emperor's gold medal first!"

Li Ye also knew that he had no reason to keep it anymore, so he took out the gold medal and handed it to Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi said lightly: "Boy, you have to appreciate it. After the last court meeting, the emperor asked me to take back the gold medal. How long did I delay?" God, I gave you the opportunity to use it in Huayin County and Heyang County, now I really can't drag it any longer, understand?"

Li Ye hurriedly said: "Thank you Gao Weng for your protection."

Gao Lishi said again: "The preliminary opinion on how to deal with Li Yu has come out, do you want to hear it?"

"Junior all ears!"

"It was my drafted plan. Not surprisingly, it was the final result. Li Yu failed to deal with the people's sentiments, concealed important events from the court, dismissed him as a citizen, and deprived him of the right to inherit the title. He can continue to have an honorary officer, and Li Xiu was transferred to be the crown prince and the right concubine. "

This result was within Li Ye's expectation. As long as it can be proved that Li Yu was framed by others, then he will be charged with dereliction of duty. He was deprived of the right to inherit the title, that is to say, he would lose the chance to be a county magistrate in the future, and his grandfather Li Linfu's title would end with his father, which is a little better than exile.

Strictly speaking, this punishment is still heavy, and it should be to take care of Yang Guozhong and Zhang Jun's emotions. As for his father Li Xiu's change to the crown prince, you Shuzi is flat, but he still has a chance. Once the crown prince ascends the throne, the officials in the East Palace will all get With reuse, Li Yu will definitely embark on an official career again.

"Can you accept this plan?" Gao Lishi asked.

Li Ye nodded, "It's within the expectation of this junior."

Gao Lishi said again: "Go back and tell him, let him be a good man, reflect on himself, and when the crown prince succeeds in the future, he will have a chance."

"Junior understands!"

"Okay, it's time to talk about today's business. I'm not looking for you today for Li Yu, but for your own business. I want to know, when are you going to leave for Suiye?"

Li Ye quickly bowed and said: "Reporting to Gao Weng, this junior has decided to set off on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, and Arolie and the others will set off with me."

Gao Lishi nodded, and took out a long gold-painted rosewood box from the cupboard. When he opened it, there was a golden cylinder about three feet long. I don't know what it was?

Li Ye was slightly taken aback, what is this for?
(End of this chapter)