Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1282 The Belly of a Gentleman
Until he left the gate of Cao Mansion, Wei Wenjie was in a daze.

The uncle left 30 taels for their brothers, and it was divided into three parts with 10 taels per person.

30 taels! ! 10 taels! !

Before that, the silver left by his uncle, plus what Cao Yong distributed to their brothers here, added up to no more than 10 taels of silver.

Now, the worth of each of the three brothers has increased by 10 taels.

The annual salary of Qipin magistrate is only 45 taels, and 10 taels is the magistrate's salary in 2000.

In the past two years, the imperial treasury has been rich and has not donated officials to other countries, but the children of the rich and powerful can still buy a future by spending some money.

Wei Wenjie complained in the same year when he was waiting for a vacancy but didn't get it. In fact, if he couldn't wait for a vacancy, he might as well find someone to buy it.If you want a magistrate, you need more than 2000 taels of silver; if you want a magistrate, you need ten thousand taels;

Of course, not everyone can buy this kind of shortage, except for money, the key is to have someone behind it.

10 taels of silver, fifty Shique magistrates, ten magistrates, and five Daotai.

Wei Wenjie felt as if grass had grown in his heart, and he was very troubled.

Wei Wenzhi, on the other hand, never pays attention to money. Apart from the initial joy and shock, he felt deep guilt and said with a long breath, "Brother, it seems that we misunderstood uncle. I didn't know this in the early years, and I said a lot about uncle in the back." No, I'm not that respectful even in person. I didn't expect my uncle to have a lot of people who don't care about us, and plan for us like this."

Hearing what his younger brother said, Wei Wenjie only felt the flames in his heart ignite: "Hmph, are you confused? Don't forget, the money was left by my father, and my uncle is just an escrow. Isn't it right to return it to Zhao now?" Not to mention, everyone knows that this is not a 'perfect jade' at all. In the past 20 years, the Wei family in Jiangning has added thousands of hectares of land. Who doesn't know? How did those lands come from?"

Wei Wenzhi was dumbfounded by what he said, and it took him a while to swallow a mouthful of spit: "Parents don't divide the family, and children don't have selfish wealth... In the early years, my father didn't separate from my uncle, so it makes sense for the money to go to the public..."

Although Wei Wenzhi also knew that the 30 taels of silver left by his uncle to their brothers would not be all of his father's net worth, but he was somewhat sympathetic.

Uncle is just an ordinary person, no matter how much he loves his brother, no matter how pity he has for his nephews, he can't go beyond his own flesh and blood.Besides, those lands were not all owned by the uncle. In the early years, the head of the Wei family was the grandfather.

Moreover, 30 taels of silver is not a small number in any way.

My father was doing business in Guangzhou back then. After all, he was not the owner, but the shopkeeper. How much money could he save?

No one knows about the uncle's 30 taels of silver.Even if it is not left to their brothers, who knows?

Wealth touches people's hearts, even when he just heard about 30 taels of silver, his brain was congested for a long time, as if falling into a dream, let alone control it in his hands.

No matter how uncle treated them before, he can be regarded as a gentleman if he can make such a choice.

Just as Wei Wenzhi was thinking about it, Wei Wenjie gritted his teeth and said: "The Wei family has more than 1 hectares of land in Jiangning. Even if the five houses are divided equally, each house has more than 2000 hectares, worth a million taels of silver. Now you and I have already married and started a business, uncle Is there any intention to divide the property? It is disgusting to send us the silver left by my father and make a face of kindness."

Wei Wenzhi heard that something was wrong, and said: "The Wei family is not just the head of the family. The Wei family has lived in Jiangning since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. There are more than a dozen generations, and the clan has thousands of people. Those fertile fields are shared by the clan..."

Wei Wenjie sneered, and said, "Even though there are many people in the clan, do you think that those fertile fields are shared by all clansmen? The Wei family in Jiangning was originally an ordinary country gentry. They started to provide mulberry hemp for Zhizaofu when their great-grandfather started their fortune. Most of the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land are After nearly a hundred years of hard work, do you think that the great-grandfather who is known as the "Zhongxing Zu" of the Wei family is a good man? Or do you think that the grandfather is a good man? All the clansmen share is only dozens of hectares of family land and sacrifice land. Other good land, except Some of the uncles were separated from the family in the early years, and most of them are still in the direct branch of the long house."

Wei Wenzhi frowned when he heard this, and felt that something was wrong.

If the uncle really wanted to bully these nephews, why bother to spend 30 taels of silver?

Seeing that his younger brother still couldn't figure it out, Wei Wenjie was annoyed in his heart, and said, "Don't you still figure it out? Uncle's move is a drudgery. He knows that you and my brother are young and have no foundation, and the only one we can rely on is the Cao family. Now With this trick, I have become a good person in front of the Cao family. With this, how can the Cao family speak for you and me? If there is no such trick, when Wenying grows up, our two families will unite and let the uncle re-separate the family, uncle Can you still stop it?"

Wei Wenzhi shook his head quickly after hearing this, and said: "No, no, big brother must be thinking too much... Even if uncle is really calculating like this, he can't hide it from Uncle Shi. Who is Uncle Shi, how can he be so easily deceived by others? ?”

Wei Wenjie turned his head, looked at the gate of the Cao Mansion in the distance, and said quietly after a while: "Who knows if he really doesn't understand, or if he pretends to be confused... I heard that the Ministry of Households raised several million taels of silver in the south at the beginning of the year. ..."

Hearing this, Wei Wenzhi looked straight at Wei Wenjie with a solemn face.

Wei Wenjie's face was full of sarcasm, and his eyes were complicated and indisputable.

Wei Wenzhi's heart sank all of a sudden, and he said seriously, "Brother, what do you mean by saying that?"

Wei Wenjie straightened his chest, and said firmly, "One day, no one will be able to bully me! It's yours and mine, and no one wants to lose a point."

The two brothers grew up together, and Wei Wenzhi knew that his brother's temper was not to be persuaded.

He sighed, and said: "Since uncle didn't mention the matter of property division, there must be difficulties for uncle... I'm satisfied, and I don't want to bother about this anymore, brother don't need to count me..."

Wei Wenjie said angrily: "Okay, I didn't expect you to be so selfish! Now that you have a prince and master, it's a joy to be a slave. Forget about your father who was forced to leave his hometown, and Wenying, who was young and helpless?"

It's not speculative, and this street is not a place for quarrels.

Wei Wenzhi glanced at Wenjie coldly, and said, "I'm not as good as elder brother Gao Yi, so I won't be an eyesore in front of elder brother..." After finishing speaking, before Wenjie could speak, he got on his horse and rode away. go.

Looking at Wei Wenzhi's back, Wei Wenjie was so angry that he trembled all over, his face was so dark...

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Cao Fu here, since the Wei brothers left, Cao Yong's heart can not be calm for a long time.

Cao Yong could see the strangeness before Wei Wenjie left.

There was no trace of joy and gratitude on his face, but his thoughts were heavier.

Maybe in his opinion, if the uncle can take out 30 taels, he can secret 70 taels, and the resentment is even heavier.

It's just that there are some things that he has to figure out by himself.

On Wutong Garden, Chu Yu also heard about the Wei brothers' visit.

When her husband came back, she had to ask a question.

When Cao Yong talked about Wei Wenjie's release, Chu Yu couldn't help frowning and said, "I'm leaving Beijing in a few days, will I bring my family?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Gui Niang is not a serious mother-in-law. Mrs. He doesn't need to wait on her, so she will naturally take office with her husband. Don't you don't like Mrs. He very much, why do you think of asking this?"

Chu Yu said: "I'm just a junior, how can I argue with her? I just thought that Wen Jie knew that he had to fill the vacancy, so why didn't he think about his sister's marriage. Wen Qiang has been delayed for three years? Sister Ping Although my son is also a sister-in-law, it is not easy to go beyond the long room."

Cao Yong heard this, and said: "I'm afraid Wenjie doesn't have the heart to take care of this right now, so let's wait and see..."

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Today is the day when Wei Wenjie takes up his post in Beijing.

In addition to Tianyou who came to see him off, Jiao Wen, who had a friendship with Wei Wenjie in the same year, also came to see Wei Wenjie off.

Although Wei Wenzhi broke up with his elder brother before, he has let go of his grievances now, changed shifts with his colleagues early, and planned to send his brother and sister-in-law to Tongzhou.

Jiao Wen was admitted to the Shu Jishi, and now he has entered the Imperial Academy, with a bright future.

What is rare is that his relatives are withered, no elders suppress him, and no relatives hold him back.If they can get married, they will be able to take care of each other in the officialdom in the future.

Thinking of this, after exchanging pleasantries, Wei Wenjie asked with a smile: "Licheng, if I remember correctly, you don't seem to be engaged yet?"

Hearing this, Jiao Wen couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then blushed, revealing a rare bit of shyness.

Seeing this, Wei Wenjie forced a smile and said, "Could it be that Licheng is going to get engaged?"

He regretted that he didn't speak sooner; but he wasn't surprised, there were many capable people in the capital, and Jiao Wen was a good man, and Wei Wenjie was not the only one who knew the truth.

Jiao Wen nodded, and said: "The Geng Tie has been changed, and it will be decided at the end of the month..."

Wei Wenjie sneered twice, and said: "Then I should congratulate Licheng first. I don't know which lady is so lucky to match Licheng?"

Jiao Wen's expression has returned to normal, and he said: "Speaking of which, brother Wei should also know that she is the cousin of Aunt Chengyi's family."

Hearing this, Wei Wenjie couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Chengyi's cousin?"

Cao Yong's aunts, except for the one from Shisun's family, all married into the clan.

Even the Sun family is also a bannerman, and bannermen are not married. Could it be that Jiao Wen is also naturalized?

Seeing that Wei Wenjie was puzzled, Tianyou explained from the side: "It's Jiang's daughter of the Han family's aunt."

Before Wei Wenjie could react, Wei Wenzhi had already congratulated loudly.

Jiao Wen thanked her with a smile, and Wei Wenjie had already thought of who this aunt of the Han family was.

Merchant girl!
Wei Wenjie felt deep disdain in his heart.

I thought that although Jiao Wen came from a poor family, he was arrogant, but he didn't expect that in order to climb up the Cao family, he would even marry a merchant girl.

Immediately, he understood again.

The world is like this, for Jiao Wen, marrying the daughter of a small Beijing official is not as beneficial as the nominal "niece" of the Cao family.

He understands that he understands, in his heart he has underestimated Jiao Wen.At the same time, there was another complaint about Cao Yong.

Cao Yong kept saying that he treated them as nephews, why did he not expect Wen Qiang when he saw a candidate like Jiao Wen.Regardless of her background or appearance, Wen Qiang was much better than Jiang's.

Fortunately, the chariots and horses were ready, and we were about to set off, so we didn't need to greet everyone anymore. Wei Wenjie said some polite words, even Wei Wenzhi stopped him, and he took his wife and got off to drive to Tongzhou.

Wei Wenzhi left Tianyou and Jiao Wen behind, and wanted to invite them to a restaurant.

Tianyou said: "Is there anything good in the restaurant outside, I want to eat the tomato puree pickled by my little aunt, I'd better eat it at home."

Jiao Wen didn't want to disappoint, so he looked at Wei Wenzhi.

Wei Wenzhi stroked his chin, said "hehe" twice: "Since Chengyi wants to go to eat at home, shouldn't he change his mind?" As he spoke, he raised his shoulders and winked in a gesture of "love".

Jiao Wen was by the side, seeing him making troubles, he couldn't stop laughing.

Tianyou gave Wen Zhi a sideways look, and said, "When Second Brother Zhi changes his words in front of his father, I will naturally change my words."

Wei Wenzhi was speechless, and said for a while, "Second brother, let's be second brother. We'll talk about it when you have more little cousins."

This address is really a bit messy, but Wei Wenzhi is not used to it if he really wants to call Cao Yong his brother.

The three entered the city talking and laughing, and went directly to Wei Wenjie's house.

When Niuniu heard that God Bless had arrived, she was overjoyed.

Tianyou was not an outsider, and Jiao Wen was about to become a relative, so there was nothing to hide, so Wei Wenzhi asked his wife to meet the guests in the front hall.

Jiao Wenchun used to live in Cao's mansion before his girlfriend, and Niuniu also met twice, and when he heard that he was going to be engaged to Jiang Hui, congratulations were a must.Then, Niu Niu asked Cao's family whether they were healthy or not.

She has been married as a woman, even if she is not restrained by her elders, it is not easy to go back to Cao's mansion often, so she is concerned.

Tianyou returned one by one, and said that he came to satisfy his greed.

Niu Niu agreed with a smile, asked her husband to accompany the guests, and took her to the banquet.

When the table arrived, half of them were Tianyou's favorite food.

Tianyou glanced at Wei Wenzhi proudly, and lifted the chopsticks happily.

Wei Wenzhi felt angry, but when he saw that the dishes in front of him were all his favorite Huaiyang dishes, his anger immediately calmed down.

Jiao Wen watched the two fight and smiled.

When he picked up the chopsticks and looked at the Huadiao chicken and pear shreds in front of him, he couldn't help but praise the virtuous in his heart.

Wei Wenzhi was careless, didn't see the clues, he only thought his wife took care of Tianyou, and didn't let him down; but Tianyou saw that the dishes in front of Jiao Wen were Zhili-style dishes, and he was a little proud.

The little aunt has seven apertures and an exquisite heart, so she can be a good housekeeper.

He took a critical look at Wei Wenzhi. Apart from his boldness, straightforwardness and honesty, this "little uncle" really has nothing to praise...

Niuniu was curious after hearing about Jiao Wen and Jiang Hui.

After Tianyou and the others finished the banquet, Niuniu took the opportunity and asked Tianyou privately: "Is it your father and mother's intention to tell Jiang Hui to Jiao Wen? Is your Aunt Han going to obey?"

In her opinion, Han Jiangshi is a very thoughtful person, and he loves Jiang Hui, his adopted daughter, so he will definitely choose a thousand choices for marriage.

"Brother Jiao himself meant it. When Brother Jiao was in the Cao Mansion, he met Aunt Han and his cousin, so he paid attention to it at that time. But thinking about the difference between the banner people, he didn't dare to think too much; I also heard that my cousin was not naturalized and was seeing someone, so I told me first. I thought about it, and asked my parents, and they didn't object, so I became a matchmaker." Tianyou said with a smile.

Niu Niu couldn't help but laugh, and said, "How old are you, so you're going to be a matchmaker?"

Tianyou said unconvinced: "Little aunt, my nephew is already working."

Niu Niu stopped laughing at him, and her heart returned to her stomach.

Knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing hearts, with Jiao Wen's current status, there is every chance to find a better marriage.

Niuniu was worried that he was going to Cao's house, but after thinking about Tianyou's age, his brother and sister-in-law are all wise people. Since they didn't object to this matter, there is nothing to worry about Jiao Wen's character...

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Halo, I fell asleep in front of the computer in the middle of the night... But it's okay, the code words in the morning are smooth, I'll check it out tonight, if it doesn't go well, I will change the update time later... Today is the last day of 2011, I sincerely say goodbye to everyone A thank you, thank you everyone for not giving up on Xiao Cao, and sincerely thank you all.

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