The Wen family is big or small.
There are still a few people who have been officials. Jiang Yue has been here for more than 20 years, and there are still a few people who know him.
The leading clan leader immediately led everyone and knelt down towards Jiang Yue: "Join the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live the emperor."
Only then did those who belatedly react, a group of people knelt down in the mourning hall.
Jiang Yue glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Wen Qingzhu, who was submerged in the crowd.
The plague in the palace has begun to spread. Although the entire palace has begun to be on alert, the symptoms seem to have changed.
Some of the medicines that used to work are no longer as effective.
The High Court judge then asked the emperor for instructions to let Wen Qingzhu enter the palace to help.
Originally, Jiang Yue was going to send someone directly to take Wen Qingzhu there, but the newly arrived Lu Lei reminded him that today was the day Wen Guanbin was buried.
Jiang Yue thought for a while and decided to come and take a look in person, but he didn't expect that the Wen family was about to split up.
He didn't go in for the time being, wanting to hear how the Wen family dealt with it.
But he didn't expect to hear Wen Qingzhu's impassioned and righteous words.
It has to be said that these words touched Jiang Yue's heart.
The aristocratic families in the capital are becoming more and more entrenched, and it is not uncommon for sons like Wen Bogui to inherit the responsibilities of their fathers.
Before coming, Jiang Yue specially asked someone to report the affairs of the Wen family.
The Wen family has been serving in the Ministry of Industry since Wen Guanbin's father's generation. In the hands of Wen Guanbin, the Wen family's position in the Ministry of Industry was even more fixed.
Although Wen Guanbin was only a minor official from the fifth rank until his death, he was not yet in an important position.
But Wen Bogui had also served in the Ministry of Industry for many years, and his connections had been established. He had managed everything well, so there was no problem in inheriting Wen Guanbin's official position.
This is true for the small Wen family, and there are even other high-ranking families who directly specify their official positions.
In recent years, Jiang Yue has seen less and less children from poor families appearing in the court.
This is not a good sign.
Nowadays, there are constant natural and man-made disasters in the south, and he also knows in his heart that these officials in office cannot reach the bottom of the people at all.
We provide disaster relief and tax exemption every year, but it is not as good as every year.
Jiang Yue was feeling depressed. Coupled with Concubine Cheng leaving the palace, Concubine Li began to jump up and down again. Marquis Jingyuan became more and more unrestrained in the court.
Hearing that the plague might spread again, Jiang Yue was in a bad mood with many problems weighing on his mind.
But he didn't expect that Wen Qingzhu's words would suddenly enlighten him.
The silent glance made the people in the mourning hall tremble with fear.
Only Wen Qingzhu looked calm and composed as usual.
Jiang Yue finally said: "Pingshen."
After everyone got up, they all lowered their heads and did not dare to take a breath.
Only a few people dared to look up at Jiang Yue, and among them was Wen Qingzhu.
Jiang Yue's face became less gloomy, and his tone softened a bit: "Girl, come here."
Wen Qingzhu walked over and saluted Jiang Yue again without looking at King Ning and King Chu.
Jiang Yue glanced at Wen Guanbin's coffin: "I heard that your grandfather died in front of you?"
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu recounted what happened that day.
Finally, he talked about Su Huo: "Thanks to Mr. Su, I was able to clear my grievances. However, there is no accurate news about why my grandfather died."
Jiang Yue frowned, glanced at the young and old of the Wen family, and finally fixed his eyes on Wan, pointing at her and asking: "Is she the eldest uncle? Is she going to separate the family?"
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu looked around and saw that Wan was already trembling like chaff, and Wen Bogui was kneeling next to him and was covered in cold sweat.
After all, I didn't expect that the emperor would suddenly come over.
Jiang Yue didn't say much. Whenever a big family is involved, there will always be various fights and accidents.
Jiang Yue, who belongs to the royal family, knew it best, so he didn't say much, except for one sentence: "Since you still have something to do, wait until your matter is finished before you go to the palace to see me."
"Yes, I send you off to Your Majesty." Wen Qingzhu didn't know where Jiang Yue was coming from, but she still did as she should.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
The rumbling sounds echoed in the mourning hall, watching Jiang Yue and others slowly leave.
After a long quarter of an hour, when Jiang Yue finally disappeared, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The room was quiet again. The patriarch looked at Wen Qingzhu, then at Wan and Wen Bogui, and finally said: "Then let's separate the families."
As soon as the decision was made, people in the Wen family's accounting offices began to get busy.
Mrs. Liu of Fu Shoutang was still bedridden, unable to do anything except move her eyes.
At noon, the mourners and others returned to Wen's house.
The ledgers piled up in Zimingtang, and the four Wen family members finally gathered together again.
Regarding the family property, Wen Shuquan said in advance that the things from Yanyuan were enough. The amount of public property would depend on how much his brothers were willing to give him.
Wen Zhongcong seemed to have a share of the pie, but he was slight and was a concubine. In addition, Aunt Ding took away the property and ran away, so he could only follow Wen Bogui and shout.
Wen Jihua has been in charge of the family property for many years, and he knows how much property the Wen family has.
Originally seeing that Wen Bogui's own abilities were average and his son was just like that, Wen Jihua said that he was willing to share equally.
As a result, Wen Bogui immediately exploded: "Fourth brother, you have to worry about your conscience. Over the years, your fourth house has swallowed up so much of the family property, and now you have the nerve to say that we should share it equally! How have we, the big house, lived over the years? You line your own pockets and want the last bite of meat at the end!”
In front of the elders of the clan, Wen Jihua did not break out. After all, he was somewhat decent.
In the evening, the accounts were settled. There was no cash in the public house, only properties in various places were left, but not much was left.
If converted into four and a half equal parts, one share would only receive a property of more than 3,000 taels of silver.
As soon as the accountant reported the count, Wen Bogui, Wen Jihua, Wan and Yang denied it in unison: "Impossible!"
Four people stood facing each other.
Wan has been in charge of Zhongfu for so many years. Although she has not directly managed the family property, she knows very well that the Wen family's property will never be worth just this little.
She was the first to speak, pointing at Yang and said: "Did you know that the family was going to be divided and hid most of your property in advance? When I was still in charge of the family two years ago, I received three thousand taels from the public school every month. , not counting what you and the other four have embezzled, take it out for me! No one can leave until you take it out!"
"That's right!" Wen Bogui ignored the gap between him and Wan Shi, and followed the advice, even slapping the table, "Even last year, I saw with my own eyes that the accounting room had an income of one thousand taels of silver every month. Why? Maybe that’s all that’s left!”
Mrs. Yang always had a bad temper, but she also knew how to get angry at her sister-in-law. She scolded Sang and Huai and said, "You still dare to criticize us? You can only go in and out of your big house. Now you are all staring at the accounting room. This is taking advantage of my father-in-law." I was held hostage by you, my mother-in-law suffered a stroke and couldn't move, so you guys worked together to change the account books and take away the family property!"
Wen Jihua was even more angry, his face turned livid.
He has been in charge of the Wen family's property for many years. At its peak, the Wen family's property was more than one hundred thousand taels.
Even if he is defeated now, he will definitely have a fortune of 50,000 taels.
"Brother and sister-in-law, tell me honestly, while Yang and I were not taking care of the family property, did you secretly threaten my parents and take away the family property?"
"Fart!" When Wen Bogui heard that Wen Jihua actually slapped him in the face, he was completely torn, and he stretched his face and roared at Wen Jihua, "It's obviously you who have embezzled, you have enriched your own pockets! How dare you accuse us! No one in the Wen family knows, even All the clan elders know that for so many years, the Wen family's property has been in the hands of you, Fourth Wen, and now you dare to frame us for stealing the property. You are calling for a thief! I want to report it to the official!"
"If you report to the official, report to the official!" The veins on Wen Jihua's forehead throbbed, and he clenched his hands into fists, trying not to move. "Brother, don't want to go to jail, and we will spend money to get you!"
Yang and Wan actually felt guilty. They had all touched the Wen family's property.
But he didn't expect that the two big men were going to report to the official.
Wen Bogui and Wen Jihua were quarreling red-faced, but Wanshi and Yangshi, you looked at me, I looked at you, and chose to remain silent.
Wen Qingzhu, who was sitting next to him, was drinking tea leisurely, his ears ringing with cocoons.
Seeing that neither the eldest nor the fourth child could compete with each other, he finally put down the tea cup.
She glanced at the elders of the clan and saw that they were looking at their noses and minds, as if they were used to this kind of scene.
But if the quarrel continues like this, we will not be able to separate our homes for seven days and seven nights.
"Uncle, fourth uncle."
Wen Qingzhu's voice suddenly broke in, and both of them looked sideways.
"There's no way you can continue to argue. Why don't we just report it to the official as you said? The Wen family must not be left with just such a small amount."
"Then report to the official." Wen Bogui and Wen Jihua said in unison.
"Wait!" Wan and Yang grabbed their husbands at the same time.
Wen Bogui and Wen Jihua turned around, looked at their wives' expressions, and suddenly understood.
They didn't do anything, but their wives did.
As a result, they also chose to remain silent.
They just didn't know how much their wives had swallowed. They both looked at each other again, feeling that they had swallowed less.
The atmosphere became tense again.
There was a touch of sarcasm on Wen Qingzhu's lips: "Uncle, Fourth Uncle, if you don't have any objections, I will send someone to report the case to the government."
"Let's talk about it later." Wen Bogui felt his cheeks getting hot.
Wen Jihua hurriedly explained: "Even if we separate our families and go to the government to make trouble, aren't we afraid of others laughing at us? We should do it together ourselves."
"But now the Wen family clearly has more than that. I just heard from my uncle and my fourth uncle that they used to have shops and houses for rent, so this amount of money is definitely not right."
Wen Qingzhu insisted on reporting to the official, Wen Bogui's face turned ugly, and Wen Jihua was speechless.
But Wen Jihua saw Wen Shuquan and hurriedly said: "Your father hasn't said anything yet. You, a daughter of a family, are out to get involved. You children should go out and the elders can stay here."
Wen Bogui nodded immediately: "Let's go, let's all the children!"
Wen Qingzhu and his party were just kicked out.
Arriving in the courtyard of Zimingtang, Wen Qingzhu looked around.
Ever since the young masters of the Wen family left here, few people have taken care of it.
At a glance, it turned out to be full of desolation.
"Sister Seven, wait for me." Wen Mingliang's voice came from behind.
Wen Qingzhu stopped and looked back at him. Wen Mingliang's eyes were bruised and he looked very bad.
"Ninth brother." Wen Qingzhu looked at him.
Seeing that her tone was unfamiliar, Wen Mingliang felt disappointed: "Seventh sister, are you still unwilling to forgive Xin'er? She really didn't mean it. As for eighth sister, she also specially sent medicine and a lot of supplements. "
"If you talk about this, then I'll leave first." Wen Qingzhu didn't want to say more. Wen Qingxin was only Wen Jihua, and Yang and Wen Mingliang couldn't see clearly.
Wen Qingzhu had already taken two steps. Wen Mingliang thought of what King Chu had told him, gritted his teeth and quickly chased after him: "Seventh sister, His Highness the King of Chu met me alone just now. He said he wanted to see you, tonight. Baiweilou.”