[Plane] History of the struggle of the lords

Lin'an Mansion is located in the land of fish and rice, and it is one of the most important economic hubs in the entire south of the Yangtze River. It is not something that anyone can do casually if he wants to sit on the prefect of this boundary.

Wei Wanjiang, the fourth master of the Wei family, may not be that capable himself.

Although he is a direct descendant, he is not the only direct son. Except for the third elder brother, all the rest of the Wei family masters are his legitimate direct elder brothers.The Wei family dare not say anything else, but the population is really prosperous. The youngest younger sister under him is favored and married well, and the eldest brother is the most stable and most trusted. He is a transparent person, but he just stood out from among the elder brothers and fell into the eyes of Mr. Wei.

In the words of Mr. Wei, the fourth master of the Wei family is the most like him, and he knows how to judge the situation and wait and see the form best.Like the old man... Isn't this blind?

But the old man really likes him. Apart from Mr. Wei, the second son of the Wei family is actually a strange one. Among the brothers, he is the only one who was admitted to the Jinshi by himself, but when the third master of the Wen family was in charge of the salt administration in Lianghuai Well, the old man just put on his big face to ask for the future of his fourth son!

It is not difficult to become an official in Lianghuai. In this wealthy place, every year, someone will give tens of thousands of taels of silver as filial piety.Usually there are no natural disasters or man-made disasters. Most of the people here are engaged in business, and they are vigorously developing business. This group of businessmen also have their own contests in doing things, and they wish their parents and officials would not intervene.The fourth master works here, firstly, he has to be popular, and secondly, he knows how to protect himself wisely, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, then he will be safe for the rest of his life.

He does look like an old man, at least the means of making money are top-notch.This is something that complements each other. The Wei family backs the fourth master, and the fourth master is responsible for raising money for the Wei family. If it weren't for this, the Wei family would definitely not have the confidence to withdraw the engagement so boldly.

Wei Wanjiang's first wife passed away in dystocia earlier, and the second wife he later married was from the Lu family, a prominent family in Lin'an.

The order to take Mai Lingtong into custody was really the words of the fourth master himself.

Since the incident of annulling the engagement last time, the Wei family's family is notorious in most of the city.Miss Wei's family, who was going to enter the palace, was dismissed after that because of rumors, and then she was delayed at home, and she has not been able to marry until today.

The eldest lady almost cried her eyes out because of this. She was determined to divorce the Wen family because of a better home. She had been dissatisfied for a long time with the status of the Wen family boy as a concubine. It's easy for the Wen family to fall down, the previous building has collapsed, and they are no longer able to compete with the Wei family. What a rare opportunity this is!

Who would have expected that the Wen family would be so determined to tear their faces apart?Logically speaking, the Wen family was in decline, so naturally they should turn around and curry favor with the prosperous Wei family. How could she have guessed that this family had such a temper of not fighting for steamed buns, and really dared to make trouble with their own family?

The fourth master always loved this niece very much at home, but now because of the Wen family's reasons, his niece can't get married, so it's a ghost if he doesn't hate it.

What kind of place is Fuchun County, but everyone who is big and powerful knows it. If you go there to be an official, you are basically not far from death.Although he didn't understand why Wen Le hadn't really died until now, he knew the news that had been circulated in Dadu not long ago.Since he went to Fuchun County, he can't even afford to pay the annual tax!

It's only a thousand taels of silver a year, and it's not even worth as much as a step shaker worn by his wife.

He originally thought that this revenge would be just for him, but he didn't expect that for his brother-in-law to settle a restaurant that he didn't get, he would also meet a Fuchun official who beat the dog to see the owner. Accumulate the evil spirit in your heart!

Wei Wanjiang's brother-in-law, Lu Tangchun, is the youngest in the family, and is the most doted on. It's a pity that his mother spoiled him too much, and he has developed such a delicate temperament that he can't lift his shoulders or lift his hands.He held a public position as a yamen servant in the yamen of Lin'an Prefecture, and he didn't go to work on weekdays, just spending his money all over the world.He is not lecherous, but he prefers to gamble well. There is no one in the family who can survive his property without losing money. No matter how much the head of the Lu family loves his son, there is no reason to let him prodigal.What's more, he still has a few elder brothers who are in their prime.

After his sister Lu Miaoyu married Wei Wanjiang, he often came to stay and play in the mansion. These few days he was very happy because of the restaurant he was about to acquire, and he still stayed at Wei's house to drink.

Speaking of the unlucky magistrate Fuchun, he was a little worried again: "Brother-in-law, that man is an imperial order after all, so it won't be a problem if we keep him in prison like this?"

Wei Wanjiang has no fear, and they don't dare to pester Fuchun where is it.He just wanted to wait for Wen Lefuruan to give him a letter to seal the steps, and he didn't really mean to kill him.However, this business must have no reason for Fuchun people to continue.

He snorted softly: "You don't have to worry about being cheap and acting like this. I'm sure you have your own considerations for doing this. If you take the shop, don't mess around like before, do something, and don't let your sister worry about it all day long. "

Lu Tangchun scratched his head, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, which pot is not opened and which pot is not opened? I want to start a business, but I can't do it without a source of goods. I don't have any savings in my hand, so I just have an empty shop. What can I do right now?"

Wei Wanjiang frowned: "I won't lend you! If you want to do business, the merchant ship Fu Chunlai is still at the pier. You can find time to go to the ship to see if there are any good goods for sale. You can also move to subsidize subsidies. There is no reason to do business for nothing!"

Lu Tangchun was a little frustrated, took a sip of the rice wine, but was still reluctant.

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Wen Le said that he would set off at the fastest speed. He brought a lot of elite soldiers, and it was early in the morning when he arrived at the wharf of Lin'an Mansion. When he came out of the cabin, he saw the boat parked not far away under the guidance of Maizi. The boat coming from McIntosh.

He squinted his eyes, took a closer look, and suddenly pointed to the other end and said, "Why are there people on board? Didn't you say that everyone brought along except you was detained?"

Maizi was startled, thinking that Mai Lingtong had already been released, so he hurriedly looked over.With just one glance, his eyes turned red with anger: "My lord! That's the Uncle Zhifu who robbed our store and took Lord Mai into custody, that's him!"

He pointed to Lu Tangchun, who was standing on the pier, frowning and scolding the workers. Lu Tangchun was holding a long stick in his hand, tapping the ground, and was watching the workers unloading the goods from the ship.

Pearl Mai Lingtong on the cargo ship was very foresighted, and quickly shifted places when conflicts arose.The only things left on the boat were some dried fruits and long-lasting oranges. Many of the fresh fruits that were supposed to be sold were rotten after so long. Generally speaking, Wen Le still lost a lot because of this.

Wen Le turned his head and said to Liandong: "You take my badge and take someone to the Bingma Division to transfer the soldiers in my quota. If the governor disagrees, he will use his father's name. His position was also restricted at the beginning. The old man has a lot of favors."

After finishing speaking, he waved to the elite soldiers accompanying him in the boat: "Thirty people come out, follow me to do something."

On a hot day, Lu Tangchun was driven to the wharf to stare at the goods with the group of coolies. Lu Tangchun was extremely irritable and angry that there was nothing valuable on board, so he could only chew dried longan while exerting his strength. The son knocked on the ground with a stick and shouted loudly: "Hurry up! The sun is out, these things will be transported to the city soon!"

The group of manual laborers who carried them had their faces flushed from the sun on a hot day, and they stepped on the hot road with their bare feet.

Lu Tangchun shook his legs in boredom, scolded his mother in his heart, when someone patted his shoulder suddenly, he turned his head and said, "Who is it?"

I saw that the person had a slightly round melon-seeded face, a pair of big and deep eyes, the light in the eyes was honest, and the smile was reserved, and he was wearing a robe made of forged clothes from the palace. Silk, with a lake-blue gemstone the size of a pigeon egg inlaid on her crown, her hands and feet are polite and polite, and she speaks calmly and calmly: "Brother, you are Wei Wanjiang, Wei Shishu's wife and uncle Lu Gongzi? "

As soon as he heard that the other party knew his brother-in-law, and the words seemed to be quite familiar, Lu Tangchun did not dare to be negligent, and replied cautiously: "I am. Dare to ask your Excellency...?" He himself is really not such a polite person, you can see this Young master, he really can't be domineering, and he always feels that seeing this smile from the bottom of his heart is quite beneficial.

Wen Le was even more amiable, his eyes turned into crescents with a smile: "So it's really you, as expected, you can't find anywhere after wearing iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get here."

Lu Tangchun couldn't understand this random sentence. He stared suspiciously at Wen Le and wanted to ask for an explanation, but Wen Le suddenly changed his face like flipping through a book, with a smile all over his face. There was nothing left, and he turned around and greeted the guards behind him: "Fight!"

What?

Lu Tangchun thought for a moment, before recovering from the shock of the gentle young man turning into a violent hooligan, the group of unattractive guards rushed forward like chicken blood, and rained down fists spatteringly, head One punch knocked him out of his head.

The workers who moved the goods were startled by the sudden change. They were dumbstruck with the goods on their shoulders and no one stepped forward. Wen Le withdrew from the encirclement. Put the money into the hand of the person standing nearest: "Brothers, please help me to move the goods down, and use this money to eat a bowl of tea." After he finished speaking, he raised his voice and shouted at the guards: "Be careful, don't kill me!"

Everyone let out an excited "Hey", and instantly changed their strategy to avoid fatal injuries. In two breaths, they were beaten into two big ones.

Wen Le left two people at the pier to count the goods for a while, and then led the men to lead the beaten Lu Tangchun towards Wei's mansion with a big wave of his hand.

The yamen servants were not that efficient. When Wen Le and his group arrived at Wei's house, the officers and soldiers hadn't been dispatched yet.The concierge of Wei's mansion saw such a large group of mighty people appearing, they couldn't recover for a while, seeing that these people were about to rush in, they reacted and stepped forward to stop them.

Naturally, no one was stopped by them, and a few people were tied up and pushed away. Wen Le walked into the gate without getting angry, and shouted to the sky with a smile: "Little uncle, I'm here to see you!"

The Wei family's house is not small, and there are many family members. The chaos here has attracted many nurses. Hearing his call, no one dared to step forward to stop him.

Wen Le smiled and asked the servant next to him: "Is my little uncle in the study now or in my little aunt's room?"

Everyone looked at each other for a while, unable to figure out who he was, they could only whisper, "It's probably in the wife's yard right now."

Wen Le squinted her eyes without any hostility: "So that's how it is. Uncle is really in love. It's been a long time since I've seen him, but he is still so close to my little aunt. Someone please inform me."

Everyone was a little embarrassed, it wasn't long before the stepwife came in, and the wedding was still held in Lin'an, they had never seen this young master before, so the aunt they kept talking about was probably not the aunt they are now.

No one dared to speak. In the silence, a clear and bright young voice suddenly came from the depths of the courtyard: "Where did this gentleman come from? My mother has passed away many years ago. Is the gentleman a relative of my father in Dadu?"

Wen Le looked over, and saw a boy in the middle of twelve or thirteen years old slowly approaching from the crowd. He was very thin, with a slight look in his brows, and he had a bad temper at first glance.

Thinking back in Wen Le's mind, she remembered that Wei Wanjiang did have a legitimate son under his knees, who seemed to be of the same generation, and took the word Jian.Looking at it this way, the age is also right.

"Are you Jian'er? I'm your cousin. I hugged you when I was a child! What's the matter with your mother?"

There are countless cousins ​​in the Wei family, and Wei Qijian didn't feel suspicious when he heard him call out his name accurately. Madame is not my mother."

Wen Le frowned sadly: "...This... is a change of grief."

Seeing him like this, Wei Qijian softened his expression again: "What's your cousin's name?"

Wen Le winked at him and smiled: "My surname is Wen."

Wei Qijian was obviously stunned for a moment, his sharp eyes widened, and Wen Le said: "I came to see your father in safety, and I met a thief at the pier who dared to steal my goods. I I beat him up, but when I heard that he was the uncle of the Wei Mansion, I was taken aback. I wondered when my aunt had such an unruly poor relative. Looking at it this way, it really is..."

Wei Qijian frowned deeply when he heard him talking about Wei's uncle, and his face was full of contempt: "Bah! A step-wife, and he justified himself as his uncle. Shameless!"

When the servants around heard him scolding his wife like this, there was no surprise on their faces, they just lowered their heads quietly as if they didn't hear it.Wen Le raised the corners of her lips, feeling that the affairs in this mansion are full of twists and turns, which is beyond words.

"This man has ruined your father's reputation. I can't just sit back and watch him like this. I asked someone to bring him here, and I plan to give your father an explanation."

Just as he was talking, the fourth master Wei Wanjiang shouted from behind the crowd: "What are you all doing here! Are you going to rebel!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at him, and when they saw that he was far away, they raised their brows and walked quickly, making it clear that they were very upset and looking for trouble.

Wen Le raised his eyebrows, and greeted loudly, "Oh, this is my little uncle? It's been a long time."

Wei Wanjiang rushed up to him, angry like an angry Buddha, but due to his status, he had to bow and greet him: "Your Majesty... I have seen the Lord." His father and brother have all suffered from etiquette, so he must not fall down on top of this.

Wen Le waved his hands with a smile that was not a smile: "Little uncle is really polite. I thought that after you became the magistrate of Lin'an Prefecture, you would look down on my title. I didn't expect you to still remember your father's care for you back then." Yes."

Wei Wanjiang's face turned blue and white after being ridiculed, so he could only twitch the corners of his mouth and say: "Of course, my cousin-in-law once treated me as much as a mountain, so naturally I won't..."

He didn't finish his sentence, as if he had just discovered the servant of Yifu, he raised his eyebrows and shouted viciously: "What are you doing standing here! Get out of here!"

The servants were taken aback, and hurriedly wanted to leave silently. Wen Le stopped them with a wave of his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, everyone can watch the fun here. Uncle, I caught someone stealing my goods at the pier The thief said that he is the uncle of the Wei family. I brought him along, and it happened to be recognized by others. If he speaks nonsense, he will be sent to the government office, so as not to talk about uncle, you run the family. Not strict." He said and ordered backwards: "Throw him over here."

Only then did Wei Wanjiang see a row of elite soldiers behind Wen Le carrying heavy loads on their shoulders. Hearing his order, those people threw their hands at Wei Wanjiang's feet in unison.

Wei Wanjiang stared in horror at the swollen human figure in a familiar robe covered in blood at his feet, and couldn't speak smoothly: "This...is this...?"

Wen Le raised his leg and turned him over with his toes, revealing Lu Tangchun's nosebleed face, and Wei Wanjiang's expression instantly became gloomy.He didn't speak, and stared at Lu Tangchun in deep thought, then looked up at Wen Le after a while, his eyes full of thoughtfulness.

Wen Le played with the silver dark flowers embroidered and spun on the cuffs, as if he didn't feel the weirdness of the atmosphere at all: "Oh, tell me, little uncle, you need to take care of the law and order in Lin'an Mansion. Look at these messes If it wasn't me who ran into him next time, he wouldn't come to the house to find out what happened, and he must have remembered this scandal and spread it around for the rest of his life."

Wei Wanjiang sneered: "According to you, how should this matter be handled?"

Wen Le glanced at him with a smile: "That's true, of course it's in accordance with the law. The value of the goods on my ship will be judged according to that amount. Anyway, I have a title of one-grade grain on me By the way, otherwise those things will be taken for nothing if they are taken. But this matter is not up to my uncle, I have already asked someone to register the loss of the goods at the dock."

Wei Wanjiang knew it was bad when he heard the words.

As far as this incident is concerned, at the beginning, he really did not expect Wen Le's attitude to be so tough.

It is true that people are poor and short-sighted. What to do in this world is definitely a hundred times more difficult than those with conditions.The Wen family has been seriously injured now. Although the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, the family has lost two girders. The merits accumulated by the girders will be used up one day to make a living. The current Wen Le should have It's not the old son who was worth a hundred times in the capital.Now that life is already so difficult, what can we say about submissiveness?It's true that dignity is important, but compared with being hungry, Wei Wanjiang really doesn't think Wen Le would choose to make trouble with himself, the magistrate of Lin'an.

But once his attitude was tough, things suddenly became complicated.Sanfang got a title by accident. Although it was in Fuchun, which was poor and frightening, before the news that Wen Le couldn't pay the tax came to his ears, Wei Wanjiang really didn't underestimate him arrogantly.The rules of the Dali Dynasty are like this. The old emperor is the country that was conquered by the army, and he does not have all the attentions of the old scholars of the previous dynasty.There are so many old ministers who founded the country, and none of them were knighted. Why didn't the emperor do such a worthless business to buy people's hearts?Of course there is a reason!

In the Dali Dynasty, the title is really not something that can be measured by gold, silver and jewelry.

Just look at the proud emperor sitting on the dragon chair, how fiercely these two fought when the crown prince was in power.When the emperor was still Prince Xiao, he probably went to many battlefields and had a violent temper. The servants in the family would kill him as soon as they said they wanted to. That’s not counting. At that time, the emperor felt that he was acting too savagely, so he sent him to the Central Plains. He made unannounced visits in micro-clothes, but he refused to do so. He went directly to the place and killed several small officials at the post station, and then returned to Dadu.Back in the palace, apart from a few reprimands, the old emperor didn't even take a symbolic punishment, and the crown prince never used such things to attack his younger brother, why?People didn't think it was too much at all.

In Dali, except for officials with official positions, the royal family basically doesn't pay attention to ordinary people.This bad habit stems from the fatuous will of the former emperor. In fact, it is not a bad idea to be aggressive. Before the fall of the previous dynasty, people with some rights could not even count murder as a crime.

In contrast, the unspoken rules of the Dali Dynasty today are not too much for the common people. After all, the royal family has so many treasures, so naturally they will not covet them for a little bit.As for personal safety?Whoever can still run into a relative of the emperor in this life can be regarded as the virtue accumulated by the ancestors in eight lifetimes!Therefore, when the emperor made Wen Le a viscount, the government and the opposition were so unexpected.According to them, conferring a title is really a good thing. First, it represents prosperity and wealth, and second, it represents privileges in doing things. It is estimated that I have saved a lot, so it is a great grace to get such practical benefits.The Wen family is unlucky because they don't have access to these privileges.

Of course, the reason why the emperor dared to be so presumptuous before was because the old emperor liked him.If Wen Le dared to kill people casually without knowing what is good or bad like him, he would definitely be punished.But what happened was well-founded. As the victim, Wen Le's title could bring him too many benefits.

When Wei Wanjiang was in Dadu, he almost watched Wen Le grow up, and he knew exactly what kind of character this kid had since he was a child.Originally, he thought that the other party would at most rely on his title to seal the soft letter and ask for his release. With his soft temper, he might even apologize for the previous conflict.He never imagined that the kid in front of him would have changed so much after he had just left Da Da and hadn't seen each other for so many years, he even took a detour and directly attacked his brother-in-law!

It's true that the Lu family is rich, and it's true that they are advocating business, but the identity of the Lu family's common people is solid and solid, and it won't change just because Lu Miaoyu married him!As a magistrate of Lin'an, he is not that capable yet.

Now Wei Wanjiang began to feel troublesome, regretting why he had to fight for that moment, while staring at the bloody brother-in-law on the ground.He hesitated for a moment, seeing Wen Le's resolute attitude, recalling that Wen Le had been soft-hearted since he was a child, he couldn't help but soften his attitude, and coaxed: "Le'er, it's so easy for you to come to La'an, uncle doesn't know how to entertain you, how about you?" It is my fault that you have encountered such a thing. There are various factions in Lin'an Mansion, and the aristocratic family is more capable than the official family. If this matter is in my opinion, it will not be good for anyone if it becomes a big problem. It is better to privately Negotiate, let him pay you some benefits. You see, you have beaten him before, and you have beaten him to death, the Lu family is not easy to deal with."

He wants to get money, aren't you the most short of money?I'm not reluctant to spend money to buy a brother-in-law.

Wen Le frowned: "The Lu family? In this way, he really isn't bragging. Oh, little uncle, I didn't mean you. Why did you get ridden on your head by your wife?"

Wei Wanjiang's eyes were dark: "I can't help you if you insist on saying that. I usually see him as a well-behaved person. I don't know why he did such a thing."

Wen Le nodded, looked at him with a half-smile, and suddenly changed the topic: "I see that you have been deceived by him, little uncle. This person is not a good stubble at first glance. What do you think I am here for?" , do you know how much effort he has spent to covet my cargo ship? He first captured the Fu Chun Mao Yin I sent, and then arrested all the capable people under that Mao Yin, and now he doesn't know where he is. Yes! I didn't know that he was really your brother-in-law at first, and I thought he was a foolish official in the yamen. Now, according to what you said, he made it clear that he wanted to make trouble with me. If I don't punish him properly, then this The reputation of a first-class lord will be disgraced!"

Wei Wanjiang looked surprised and pretended to be real: "What arrest? He did such a thing?"

Then he tilted his head and seemed to be racking his brains to think. After a while, he said like a dream, "I vaguely remember that he told me about a liar who forged documents. That liar not only forged identity documents, but also Is it possible that he is really a trader after obtaining a trading license?"

Wen Le looked serious: "Uncle, I know you are worried that your wife and family will blame you, but don't blame yourself for this. If there is such a thing, will you not look at the ultimatum document? Will you Come and tell me and convict me directly? We are a family of blood relatives. Thinking about it, I can understand that you will not intentionally harm me. It must be because he got past you and coveted my goods to do such a shitty thing. If I don’t deal with him, I will be sorry The teachings of my ancestors! If my aunt blames me, you can say that I use power to oppress people, and I don’t know good from bad.”

As he spoke, he pulled out a saber from the waist of the guard behind him. The shiny blade reflected the sunlight and dazzled Wei Wanjiang's eyes. Only then did he realize that what Wen Le said and did just now was not a joke.

Wei Wanjiang became impatient, how could this kill him?The Lu family is quite powerful in Lin'an. Ever since he, the prefect, lost the support of Mr. Wen San, relying on the power of the Wei family alone, he has not been as stable as he was in the past few years.He and the Lu family originally supported each other to cooperate in the long run. If this precious lump of Master Lu died in Wen Le's hands, then his official career in Lin'an might never be peaceful!

Wei Wanjiang immediately turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and shouted coldly: "Come on! Take his weapon!"——

The author has something to say: In my setting, Lin'an is an economically important place, and because of the complicated relationship in the business circle, many news are mostly unknown there, so Wen Le had to capture this place.

If you feel uncomfortable, please try to ignore this point~