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- Xia Ying looked at Wen Wan and said with a smile, "Princess, the Duke's wife was the main reason why the Duke of Guo got the title back then. And because the Duke was the youngest son, he had a big family position and his father didn't teach him. There are many things. Everything is decided by the parents. In addition, the Duke's temperament is very soft, and the Duke's wife's natal family has always relied on the Duke's wife for support. It was better to be young in the past, but now that he is older, no one dares to be disobedient, and his temper has become more and more left-handed. It was indeed appropriate to check An's family, but now the government is probably so tight about money. If there are too many, the old lady will have to post them herself. As for the eldest lady, she searched Liu's house. There are a lot of over-the-counter items, so she is right. The prince will be on her side. The eldest lady is so smart that she will not be taken advantage of. But I guess the old lady can check An. "Mr., the eldest lady is indispensable behind the scenes."
"Mr. Liu is very favored?" Wen Wan asked with interest.
Xia Ying nodded: "I heard that she is the personal maid who has passed the old lady's side. She is very smart. She is placed next to the prince. The old lady praises her and the Duke's wife also likes her very much. Princess, you don't need to worry about these. You will be in the future If you don¡¯t allow it, you can¡¯t have three wives or four concubines.¡±
Wen Wan has a disdain for these inner houses, and she will not set her sights on this one-third of an acre of land. As for three wives and four concubines, it¡¯s still too early to tell! Now that I hear that, I feel even more relaxed. Nothing to cause trouble.
Wen Wan took the money and began to fall into deep thought. Grandma Gu said. This money can be given to her so that her nephew can buy some properties for the princess. Wen Wan shook her head and said she had use for the money. Grandma Gu was a little anxious and said a few words, but Xia Ying glanced at her and did not dare to say anything more.
"I remember that clan is very important. Tell me how important clan is." Wen Wan asked Grandma Gu. She remembered that at that time, Grandma had been chanting in her ears. If you don¡¯t have a family tree, you won¡¯t be able to find a good family in the future. I thought that clan might be very important to women nowadays.
Seeing that Wen Wan obeyed Grandma Gu so quickly, Mother Gu was thinking about whether to tell the prince about this. He saw Wen Wan calling himself. Asked such a strange question. But he still said it very respectfully, saying that clan is very important to every clan member. I also learned some things about the Ping family.
Back then, the first generation of the Duke had two legitimate sons. The eldest son died in battle, and the second son inherited the title; the eldest son left behind an heir; according to the patriarchal clan system, the eldest son of the eldest son usually takes the position of clan leader. Although he did not inherit the title, the eldest son's lineage has always been the clan leader in these years.
The clan concept in ancient times was very strong. The patriarch's authority is very great, and sometimes the prince has to listen to some suggestions. The elders of the clan. The authority is also very large; if there is a disagreement, the Duke's decision will be rejected on the spot. Of course, the clansmen have to rely on the Duke¡¯s government. It doesn't involve the survival of the clan, and it won't refute the face of the Duke's government.
After nearly one hundred and two hundred years of inheritance, the Taira family has become a big family. The responsibility of the clan is to take care of the old, weak, sick and disabled, to raise the young, to educate the children, and to cultivate talents.
After so many years, let¡¯s not talk about branches. There are hundreds of people in the direct lineage alone, and with more and more people, the annual income of the public school is not only not much. There is also a downward trend. Some people in the clan couldn't eat enough for three meals, so Wen Wan listened. Very surprised.
After knowing what Wen Wan meant, Xia Ying and Xia Yu had nothing to do with each other. Mother Gu was a little confused, but she didn't dare to say anything.
"Princess, how can you donate money to the clan? How can they treat you? The people of the Heng family are so cruel, how can you donate money to them?"
Wen Wan lowered her head and did not answer.
Grandma Gu looked at it, the eagerness in her eyes became stronger, but she calmed down her mood, "Princess Princess, don't you hate them for treating you like this? Why are you still helping such heartless people?"
After hearing this, Wen Wan suddenly raised her head and looked at Grandma Gu.
Mother Gu was very dissatisfied with Grandma Gu, but she also advised Wen Wan to think twice before committing such a large sum of money. Wenwan was impatient and asked them to get out. He asked Xia Ying, the only one left behind, "Xia Ying, tell me, should I take revenge?"
Xia Ying saw Wen Wan looking straight at her, "The Great Qi Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. Family is the safe haven for every clan member. Without family, people are like floating leaves in the river. Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner." , one shouldn¡¯t generalize. I think the princess already has the answer in her mind.¡±
Wen Wan didn¡¯t reply. But she did have an idea in mind. As for the Taira family, she just felt sorry for him. She has no feelings for the Taira family, let alone hatred. As for the cheap dad, as long as it doesn't go too far, it's not impossible to be a superficially filial daughter. As for An, Wenwan is temporarily?Not prepared to move.
Wen Wan is still not sure why the emperor did not execute Anshi, and whether there are some internal reasons that she doesn't know about. Otherwise, just such a woman would be able to be so carefree. The most important thing is that she only knows a little about many things now. Once she is completely familiar with the rules of this world, it will not be too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years.
Wenwan went to the patriarch¡¯s house early the next morning. Everyone who got the news looked understanding. Probably for genealogy purposes.
"Princess, I don't know why you came to me." The old patriarch asked with a straight face when he saw Wen Wan.
Wen Wan looked at the clan leader strangely. Xia Yu explained from the side that the princess came to ask the clan leader for a favor and wanted to do something.
"Princess, it's not that I won't help you, but I really can't help you with this. Major matters in the clan cannot be decided by me alone." The clan leader coughed and said seriously.
Wen Wan looked at the patriarch very strangely, not knowing what the patriarch meant. The patriarch looked at Wen Wan's confused look, guessing that it might not be for the purpose of entering into the family tree. His expression softened a lot, but he was still a little uncomfortable.
"Princess, if you need my master's help for anything, as long as I can do it, we will definitely help." When the patriarch's wife saw that her master was uncomfortable, she hurriedly interrupted. After all, she is also the princess whom the emperor has personally registered in the main hall.
Wen Wan listened and nodded with a smile. Xia Yu took out a stack of things from his sleeves and handed them to the patriarch. The patriarch took the thing doubtfully, opened it, and his eyes were as big as an owl. The patriarch's wife watched from the side and was also startled.
"The princess said that she heard that the clan had always wanted to renovate the ancestral temple, and they were short of money, so she wanted to use whatever little money she could." Xia Yu explained beside her.
"No, this is not possible, you are a child. You will have to rely on this money to buy a dowry in the future." The patriarch's wife looked at her husband's flashing look, although she felt very worried. But the surface work that needs to be done still needs to be done. While refusing to do so.
Wen Wan shook her head and made a few moves. Meaning, I have a salary. There is also a fiefdom, so you don't have to worry about having no money to buy a dowry in the future. Renovating the ancestral temple is a big deal for the clan and cannot be delayed.
"It won't take so much. Five thousand taels is enough for the top. If you have the heart, my uncle will take it. You can take back the rest." The clan leader pondered for a moment and said. Finally agreed.
Wen Wan nodded after listening. It seems that not all people in the Taira family are white-eyed wolves. Wen Wan shook her head. A few strokes.
"Master, the princess said that the remaining money can be used to buy some sacrificial fields, buy more properties for the prince, and add some income. Make the lives of the clan easier." Xia Yu relayed gentle words beside him. .
Once again, Xia Ying said, "Clan leader, the princess said, please don't refuse. The princess said that she hopes that the children in the clan will not be like her in the future and have to suffer from cold and hunger."
"Master Patriarch, let me say a few words here. Last night the princess asked me about some situations in the Ping family. When I heard that many people in the clan were not able to eat three meals a day. Many children could not go to school, and they felt very sad. At that time I just wanted to see the patriarch, but I finally stopped him. I asked him to come to the house in the middle of the night, so he came over as soon as he had breakfast." Mother Gu said from the side. With. The patriarch and his wife were very moved.
Wen Wan immediately waved her hand and asked Mama Gu to go down. Her look was clearly accusing Mama Gu of not knowing the rules and talking too much.
"Good boy, really a good boy." The patriarch's wife was moved to tears. Finally, after a gentle and sincere request, the patriarch accepted the money.
"Master Patriarch, our princess actually has one more thing to ask for. I hope the Patriarch can agree." Xia Yu beside him said hurriedly.
"You said, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse." The patriarch is now very kind-hearted.
"The princess of our family hopes that the patriarch will not tell outsiders how much money the princess has given to the clan. The princess also has the difficulties of the princess, and please ask the patriarch to bear with you." Xia Yu spoke very politely.
"Okay, I can make the decision on this matter." The patriarch thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
After Wen Wan left, the patriarch and his wife immediately calculated the amount of the banknote, a total of 30,000 taels. Both of them were startled. You must know that the family's annual income is only more than 10,000 taels. With this move, Wen Wan got three years of interest from their public property.
After the clan leader collected the money, he immediately called the elders of the clan to come over to discuss the matter.
The money given by Wen Wan is a huge amount of money! 30,000 taels is equivalent to 15 million today! The patriarch and the elders in the clan have been trying to renovate their ancestors for more than ten years.The temple has been delayed due to lack of money, and I am terribly worried. Now with this news, it is no less than drought meeting rain and dew. He also said that the excess would be used to purchase property in the office, and he would be able to earn a lot more interest every year in the future, so that he would not have to worry about money every day. Those tribesmen who are living in difficulty will no longer come to their homes every day to complain about their poverty. Wen Wan's move solved a big problem for the clan. The patriarch and the elders were very excited, and they all sighed at the gentle filial piety and love.
"Miss, why are you willing to give up? It's such a huge sum of money. If Her Highness the Princess knew about it, I don't know how sad she would be!" Grandma Gu said very sadly.
Wen Wan smiled and shook her head, saying that she couldn¡¯t spend much money, so she might as well help the clan solve some practical problems. After that, we were not allowed to talk about this topic again.
Wenwan kept 60,000 taels for herself and donated so much money. The only condition was that she asked the clan leader not to tell anyone else except the elders. Otherwise, these 60,000 taels of silver will not be enough for themselves, and sooner or later they will have to worry about it.
The patriarch is a mature man. He had heard the news before, so he naturally knew what was going on. However, Wen Wan had helped him a lot after all, solving such a big problem for the clan, and she would have to rely on herself in the future. People from the Taira family meant that this child was unreliable. It's understandable to hide something private. This is easy to do. He promised and did it simply. He only said that he had received a donation from Wen Wan, but he did not say how much it was.
Wenwan donated money to the clan to build an ancestral hall, and also gave a huge sum of money to buy office property. When Ping's mother got the news, she fainted from anger. I was still thinking about finding some excuse to make her come back as a filial piety, but now it's all gone.
Others in Ping Mansion. Got the news. There was a huge explosion, and the master of Ping Mansion was crying and fighting. It was all his own money, and he just threw it to those poor people. I originally planned to go to fight the famine in a while and get some back. Now, there is nothing.
When the eldest lady received the news, she began to not believe it. Then he smiled bitterly and said that this niece was better at calculating than anyone else. It is estimated that she knew that such a large amount of money would not be warm in her hands anyway. I just donated it to gain a good reputation. It is probably impossible to get an advantage from her. Fortunately, I never thought of taking advantage of her.
Mrs. Tong is reluctant to break things. She made a hole in the handkerchief in her hand; An wanted to smash the porcelain again, but when she thought that she didn't even have any money in her hand, she would exchange it for what she could, so she cursed. I felt sorry for my money and many belongings again, and fell ill. This time I was really ill.
After Mrs. Liu found out, she couldn't help but smash the porcelain on the floor. I guess Wen Wan will definitely say something sinful when she sees it, one day in the future. But they are all antiques.
The An family heard the news and heard that the clan might make an exception and let Wen Wan enter the family tree, and they gritted their teeth. Unexpectedly, this stinky girl spent tens of thousands of taels of silver. The stubborn old man in the clan agreed to let her join the clan for 90,000 taels, but she had 25,000 taels of silver of her own. I spent so much effort to save the twenty-five thousand taels and so many jewelry items, but now they are gone. Really, it doesn¡¯t feel bad at all if the meat doesn¡¯t come from my body.
Her donation was unanimously praised by the clan. Because as soon as the news spread, the people's favor for Princess Wenwan soared. There were many people praising her, saying that Princess Wenwan was kind-hearted and benevolent. But in the beginning, I spent a lot of thought and tens of thousands of money to curry favor with the elders of my clan. After offending so many people and suffering so many rumors, it was finally because of her husband's insistence that the Duke of the country finally nodded and promised the clan many benefits, and the clan reluctantly agreed to enter the family tree. Although she is an ordinary wife, she is already very satisfied.
¡°Moreover, once Wen Wan enters the family tree, all her children will be shorter than her. Why wasn't this mute killed when she was born?
God doesn¡¯t have eyes. Why, they can get it easily even though they have worked so hard to get it.
"Girl, actually, you don't need to be so angry. Maybe it's a good thing that the tenth girl has entered the family tree." The mother-in-law muttered a few words in An's mouth. When Anshi heard this, he was very angry at first. Then he listened, thought for a long time, and smiled.
A few days later, it turned out to be just like the boy An got. In view of Wen Wan's filial piety towards her ancestors and her care and love for the people in the clan, the clan is prepared to make an exception and let Wen Wan enter the family tree. There were some voices of opposition at first, but within two days, they were all gone. The patriarch's words are very clear. If you object, it's okay. There is no need for your children to be sent to school. When the money is divided at the end of the year, you have to divide it according to the past. As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent. The clan overwhelmingly agreed to let Wen Wan enter the family tree. After the ancestral temple is renovated, you can then go into the ancestral temple to worship your ancestors and enter them into the family tree.
Over in the clan, we are looking for craftsmen and carpenters in Fengfenghuohuo to start renovating the ancestral temple. We must complete it before the year so that our ancestors can also have a happy life.Have a happy new year.
Wen Wan was previously a princess in the emperor's register, a personally named noble princess. The elders in the clan had no reaction at all to Wen Wan entering the family tree. No one said a word to put Wen Wan into the family tree.
"Don't underestimate these few strokes. Writing them in the family tree means that you are a member of the Taira family. If someone bullies you, the Taira family will stand up for you. If you are not included in the family tree, you have no rights to enjoy, only the obligation to pay. No one will say a word for you even after you die, except for a few sympathetic people, of course.
I don¡¯t know how this news got out. Fortunately, the rumors only said that Wen Wan took her mother's dowry, cut off the money, and built an ancestral temple for the clan. The filial piety moved the clan chief and the elders in the clan, and they chose an auspicious day to include her in the family tree.
Many people said that Wen Wan was stupid for taking out such a large amount of money as she was told; some said that Wen Wan was very shrewd and with this money, she impressed the clan leader and several elders and let her enter the family tree; anyway Everyone says his own thing. Fortunately, most people praised it, and many people felt that the clan still needed someone to help! And there still needs to be someone so generous! That means the whole clan can benefit from it.
"You think about it, if the princess didn't have three fiefs, how could she give such a large amount of money to the clan. Therefore, when someone is born in the clan, one must be generous so that the people in the clan can benefit. Rumors abounded in the capital. Of course, if there is much good, there is also a lot of return. Opinions vary, it all depends on what the individual values.
And soon, everyone¡¯s attention was diverted by an imperial edict from the emperor. As soon as the emperor's birthday banquet was over, as everyone expected, a fan king was not left in the capital, but several princes were allowed to return to their fiefdoms. The ones left behind were still King Zhou and King Ning. No one knows what kind of medicine the emperor is selling in his gourd. But this news is definitely good news for Prince Zheng. Because King Zhao was also on the list for the return trip.
Many people don¡¯t understand the emperor¡¯s imperial edict. In the end, I had to sigh, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, it is really as deep as the sea. Wen Wan was a little sad about the news. This means that she will be separated from her uncle.
The Duke asked in surprise, "You said you wanted to go to your mother's grave?"
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Wen Wan nodded after listening.
"But your mother's grave is in her hometown. It's several days' journey from here. You can go there after I arrange it. Do you think this is okay?" The Duke of Guo hesitated.
"My lord, the princess has one more request. Can you please agree to let Aunt Huang be buried next to Her Royal Highness. The Taira family has rules. If they are loyal servants and die loyally to their masters, they can make an exception and be buried in the ancestral grave. "Mother Huang devoted her whole life to taking care of the princess. She should be regarded as a loyal servant who died for the Lord." Xia Yu asked respectfully.
"Let me think about it." The Duke of Guo said in a low voice and fell into deep thought. (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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