Chapter 1285: A gentleman's belly

Until he left the Cao Mansion gate, Wei Wenjie looked a little dazed.

The uncle left 300,000 taels for their brothers, which were divided into three parts, and each person was 100,000 taels.

Three hundred thousand taels!! One hundred thousand taels!!

Before this, the silver left by his uncle, plus the ones that Cao Yong gave to their brothers, was not more than 100,000 taels of silver.

Now, the value of each of the three brothers has increased by 100,000 taels.

The annual salary of a seventh-rank magistrate is only 45 taels, and a hundred thousand taels is the annual salary of a magistrate for two thousand years.

In the past two years, the imperial court's bank treasury was rich and he did not donate officials to the outside world. However, the powerful and noble children still had a future to buy.

Wei Wenjie complained in the same year that he had not been waiting for the qualifying period. To be honest, he might as well find someone to buy it. The qualifying period is in short supply, more than 2,000 taels of silver; the qualifying period is in short supply, ten thousand taels of silver; if he wants to be in a qualifying period, it will be nearly 20,000 taels of silver.

Of course, not everyone can buy this kind of buying shortage. Apart from money, the key is that there is someone behind it.

There are 100,000 taels of silver, 50 counties who are actually missing, ten prefectures, and five Taoist platforms.

Wei Wenjie only felt that his heart was full of wretchedness and was very upset.

However, Wei Wenzhi never paid attention to money. In addition to his initial joy and shock, he felt a lot of guilt and sighed, saying, "Brother, it seems that we misunderstood uncle. I didn't know these in my early years, and I often said that my uncle was not, and even I was not so respectful in front of me. I didn't expect that there were many uncles, so I didn't care about it, so I planned for us like this."

After hearing what my brother said, Wei Wenjie only felt that the flame in his heart was "lifting" and gas: "Hmph, are you confused? Don't forget that those silver were left by his father, and his uncle was just a steward. Isn't it right to return the jade to Zhao now? Not to mention that everyone knows that this is not a 'video' at all. In the past twenty 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 stunned by the words. After a while, he swallowed his mouth and said, "My parents are not separated from their families, and their children are selfless... In the early years, my father had not yet separated from his uncle, so it is reasonable to return the money to the public..."

Although Wei Wenzhi also knew that the 300,000 taels of silver left by his uncle to their brothers would not be his father's entire wealth, but he could be sympathetic.

The uncle is just an ordinary person. No matter how much he misses his brothers, he will never be able to go beyond his own flesh and blood. Besides, those places were not all bought by the uncle. In the early years, the head of the Wei family was his grandfather.

Moreover, 300,000 taels of silver is no longer a decimal place.

My father was doing business in Guangzhou, but after all, he was not the boss and the manager. How much money could he save?

No one knows the 300,000 taels of silver from my uncle. Even if he doesn’t leave it to their brothers, who knows?

The wealth was touching. Even he had heard of 300,000 taels of silver, and his mind was congested for a long time, like a dream, let alone in his hands.

No matter how my uncle treats them before, he can choose like this, but he can be a gentleman.

Wei Wenzhi was thinking, and he heard Wei Wenjie gritting his teeth and saying, "The Wei family has more than 10,000 hectares in Jiangning. Even if the five houses are divided equally, each house is more than 2,000 hectares, worth one million taels of silver. Now you and I have already started a family and started a business. Does my uncle mean to divide the property? It's really disgusting to use the money left by my father to send us a favorable face."

Wei Wenzhi heard this and said, "The Wei family is not the only clan leader. The Wei family has lived in Jiangning for generations since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. More than ten generations have come down, with thousands of clans. Those fertile lands are shared by the clans..."

Wei Wenjie sneered and said, "Even if there are many tribes, do you think that those fertile land are shared by the tribe? The Wei family in Jiangning was an ordinary gentry. They started to provide mulberry and hemp for the weaving house since their great-grandfather's time and made their fortune. Most of the fertile land was spent in nearly a hundred years. Do you think that the great-grandfather, who is known as the "Zhongxing Ancestor" of the Wei family, was a good man? Or do you think that the grandfather and uncle were a good man? What the tribe members share were just dozens of hectares of tribe fields and sacrifice fields. Except for the grandfathers who were separated from their families in their early years, most of them were still in the lineage of the eldest house."

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

If my uncle really wants to bully these nephews, why should he spend 300,000 taels of silver?

Seeing that his younger brother still couldn't figure it out, Wei Wenjie was secretly annoyed and said, "Do you still can't figure it out? This move by uncle is to remove the firewood from the cauldron. He knew that you and my brothers were young and had no foundation, and the only one who could rely on was the Cao family. Now he used this trick to be a good person in front of the Cao family. With this, how could the Cao family speak for you and me? If there was no such move, when Wenying grew up, our two families united and let the uncle separate again, could the uncle still stop him?"

Wei Wenzhi shook his head after hearing this and said, "No, no, my elder brother must have thought too much... Even if my uncle really plots like this, he can't hide it from Uncle Shi. Who is Uncle Shi? How could he be so easily deceived?"

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

When Wei Wenzhi heard this, his face was solemn and he looked straight at Wei Wenjie.

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

Wei Wenzhi's heart suddenly sank and said seriously: "What does the big brother mean when he says this?"

Wei Wenjie straightened his chest and said firmly, "One day, no one can bully me! I deserve it, no one can think of losing a point."

The two brothers grew up together, and Wei Wenzhi knew that his brother's temper was not something he could listen to.

He sighed and said, "I have never mentioned the matter of separation of birth, so I must have difficulties with my uncle... I am content and don't want to bother about this anymore. Brother doesn't have to include me..."

Wei Wenjie said angrily: "Okay, I didn't expect you to be so selfish! Now you have a prince and master, you are very happy as a slave. Forgot your father who was forced to leave your hometown, and forgot your young and helpless Wenying?"

If you don’t talk too much, this street intersection is not a place for quarrels.

Wei Wenzhi looked at Wen Jie coldly and said, "I can't compare with my elder brother Gao Yi, so I'm not annoying with my elder brother..." After that, before Wen Jie could speak, he got on the horse and rode his horse away.

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

*

On the Cao Mansion, since the Wei brothers left, Cao Yong's heart could not be calm for a long time.

Cao Yong could see clearly what Wei Wenjie was doing before leaving.

There was no happier and grateful on his face, but he was more thoughtful.

Maybe in his opinion, if my uncle can take out 300,000 taels, he can secretly pay 700,000 taels, and he will be even more resentful.

It’s just that some things have to be opened up by himself.

On Wutongyuan, Chu Yu also listened to the visit of the Wei brothers.

When her husband comes back, she will have to ask one question.

Cao Yong talked about Wei Wenjie's release, and Chu Yu couldn't help but frown and said, "I'll leave Beijing in a few days. Will I take my family with me?"

Cao Yong nodded and said, "Giang Gui is not a serious mother-in-law. He doesn't need to serve him, so he will naturally follow her husband to take office. Don't you dislike He very much, why do you think of asking this?"

Chu Yu said: "I am just a junior, can I still care about her? I just thought that Wen Jie had known that he would make up for the shortcomings, so why didn't he think about the girl's marriage? Isn't Wen Qiang delayed the trip in the past three years? Although Sister Ping is also a sister-in-law, it is not easy to go past the long room."

After hearing this, Cao Yong said, "I'm afraid Wenjie doesn't have the time to care about this, so he'll wait..."

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, it was the day when Wei Wenjie went to Beijing to take office.

In addition to Tianyou coming to see him off, Jiao Wen, who was of the same age as Wei Wenjie, also came to see him off.

Although Wei Wenzhi had parted with his brother before, he has now let go of his grudges and has changed shifts with his colleagues early, intending to send his brother and sister-in-law to Tongzhou.

Jiao Wen was admitted to Shujishi and has now entered the Hanlin Academy, and his future is very good.

What is rare is that his relatives have withered, without the suppression of elders, nor have relatives dragged them down. If they can get married, they can take care of each other in the officialdom in the future.

Thinking of this, after Wei Wenjie greeted him, he smiled and asked, "Licheng, if I remember it well, you don't seem to have been engaged yet, right?"

When Jiao Wen heard this, he was stunned, then blushed and showed a few shyness.

Seeing this, Wei Wenjie reluctantly smiled and said, "Is it because Licheng is going to get engaged?"

He regretted it very much and didn't speak up early; but he was not surprised that there were more talented people in the capital, Jiao Wen was also a Shujishi, and Wei Wenjie was not the only one who knew the keen eyes.

Jiao Wen nodded and said, "I have changed the Geng Tie, and I will make a decision at the end of the month..."

Wei Wenjie laughed awkwardly and said, "Then I have to congratulate Licheng first. I wonder which lady is the lady who is so lucky to match Licheng?"

Jiao Wen's expression had returned to normal and said, "Brother Wei should know that he is the cousin who benefits his aunt's family."

When Wei Wenjie heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Cousin Chengyi?"

Cao Yong's several aunts, except for the one who suits the Sun family, all married into the royal family.

Even the Sun family is a bannerman and the banner people are not married. Could it be that Jiao Wen has also been naturalized?

Seeing Wei Wenjie bewildered, Tianyou explained: "It's Jiang, the daughter of the Han aunt."

Before Wei Wenjie could react, Wei Wenzhi had already begun to express his joy loudly.

Jiao Wen smiled and thanked. Wei Wenjie had already thought of which aunt of the Han family was.

Merchant woman!

Wei Wenjie felt a deep sense of disdain.

I thought that although Jiao Wen was from a poor family, he was proud, but unexpectedly, in order to get to the Cao family, even the merchant daughter would be willing to marry him.

Then, he understood again.

This is the case in the world. For Jiao Wen, marrying a daughter of a small Beijing official is not as affordable as the nominal "niece" of the Cao family.

I understand because I understand. He looked down on Jiao Wen a little bit. At the same time, he complained about Cao Yong.

Cao Yong always treated them as his nephews. Why did he see a candidate like Jiao Wen? He didn't expect Wen Qiang. Whether it was his background or appearance, Wen Qiang was much better than Jiang's family.

Fortunately, the carriage and horses were ready, so we had to set off. There was no need to greet everyone anymore. Wei Wenjie was polite and even stopped Wei Wenzhi and took his wife out and drove to Tongzhou.

Wei Wenzhi left Tianyou and Jiao Wen, and asked them to go to the restaurant.

Tianyou said: "What's the best restaurant outside? If you want to eat the eggplant paste pickled by your aunt, you'll still eat it at home."

Jiao Wen was unwilling to be disappointed and looked at Wei Wenzhi.

Wei Wenzhi touched his chin and said twice, "Hehe": "Even if Cheng Yi wants to go to home for dinner, should he change his words?" As he spoke, he also raised his shoulders and shook his eyes and acted like "love".

Jiao Wen was beside him, and when he saw him striking the weird things, he couldn't stop laughing.

Tianyou glanced at Wen Zhi and said, "When Brother Zhi changed his words in front of his father first, I will naturally change my words."

Wei Wenzhi was stunned and said for a while: "Second brother, second brother, I'll talk about it when you have too many cousins."

This title is really a bit messy, but he is not used to it if Wei Wenzhi changed his words and called Cao Yong as his brother.

The three of them entered the city with a chat and laughter, and went directly to Wei Wenjie's house.
To be continued...