Chapter 15 The Yang family's joys and sorrows
Chapter 15 The Yang family is happy and worried
Although the whole county of Wuyuan is in full swing in a kind of winter water conservancy, the hinterland of the Central Plains is still shrouded in a cloud of war, and even the first day of the new year and the Shangyuan Festival are spent in an extremely cold atmosphere. Templars,
Even the ordinary people felt that the war was coming, and everyone was reluctant to spend money, clutching every copper coin, not buying children's New Year's clothes, the lanterns of the Shangyuan Festival also turned out the old goods of last year, the meals on the table were not as rich as in previous years, and even the offerings of the ancestors were a few fewer than in previous years.
Today is the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Yang Guang has not returned from his inspection in Jiangdu, the capital is exceptionally quiet, the streets are sparsely populated, the festive atmosphere of the Shangyuan Festival has completely subsided, the rumors about the war in the capital are getting stronger and stronger, and many families are afraid to go out, although this is a battle that took place in Liaodong, but the emperor and the imperial court are unusually prepared for war, so that everyone has an illusion that war will break out around them.
Chongye Fang is also quiet, a few carriages are parked in front of Yang's mansion, Yang Yuanqing's mansion is slightly different from before, the main change is that there is an additional military camp on the left, stationed five hundred soldiers, this is the Great Sui Dynasty to protect the families of important ministers in the frontier and take measures to protect the safety of their families, but it is also a kind of surveillance.
In addition to this military camp, Yang Yuanqing's mansion also has 20 highly skilled personal soldiers, patrolling day and night.
Although the Yang Mansion is also very quiet, but after the New Year, Yang Yuanqing's mansion is a little more nervous than other people's homes, calculate the time, the main mother Min Qiu should give birth in January, according to the judgment of the experienced midwife, the child in Min Qiu's womb is very likely to be a boy.
This is Yang Yuanqing's first son, not only is the house nervous, but even Pei's house is also nervous, Pei Minqiu's aunt Pei Hanyu and mother Wang all live in Yang's house.
In the back house, Pei Minqiu leaned on a soft mattress, chatting with her mother Wang and aunt Pei Hanyu, she had already given birth to a daughter, so she was not too afraid of giving birth to a second child, she could feel the movement of the child in her stomach, everything was fine, which made her feel very calm.
"Auntie, didn't you say that Sister You has already promised the Guo family? Why is it yellow again? ”
"Hey! It didn't reach the extent of Xu, but the parents of both sides sat down to talk, and in the end the Guo family still rejected this family business. Templar,"
"Why? Is it because Sister You has a married name? ”
"Not exactly, because Mr. Guo happened to pass away a few days ago, so the Guo family didn't want to mention marriage, of course, Guo Gongzi's mother did a little bit of a suspicion that You'er was the daughter-in-law of the Wang family."
"Humph! I still feel a little wronged when I marry the Guo family.
Pei Minqiu was a little unhappy and said: "That Guo Ping is idle all day long, messing around with a group of powerful children, and even I have heard of his reputation." ”
Pei Hanyu smiled bitterly and said: "I found that it is really difficult for You'er to get married, if she wants to marry better, people think she is a widow, and she is not willing to marry a little bit, and she herself is not willing to marry, and she does not want to marry a widower, so high or low, her father has no way to take her." ”
At this time, Pei Minqiu suddenly felt a little pain in her stomach, her brows couldn't help frowning, her mother Wang was careful, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her daughter's hand and asked, "Minqiu, are you going to give birth?" ”
Pei Minqiu frowned in pain, and the sharp pain in her lower abdomen made her feel that the child was about to be born, her face was pale, her head was sweating profusely, and she said in a trembling voice: "It seems to be so.... The little enemy is coming out! ”
"Quick! Go and call the midwife! ”
The two maids ran out, Pei Hanyu went to arrange hot water, Chuchen and Green Tea also ran in when they heard the news, supported Minqiu, and ordered someone to find a lying man, and the whole Pei Mansion was in chaos......
At noon, a loud cry came from the room, and then the midwife said loudly, "Congratulations, Madame, it's a son!" ”
In the first month of the seventh year of the great cause, Yang Yuanqing's first son was born, the news spread all over the capital, some people rejoiced, some people were jealous, and the officials and wives who came to the door to say goodbye were endless, and in the midst of their busy schedules, they did not forget the most important thing, she immediately arranged for a personal soldier to rush to Fengzhou to report the good news to Yang Yuanqing.
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The news of Yang Yuanqing's happy son also spread to the Yang Mansion, and the head of the family, Yang Xuangan, went to Jiangnan with the holy car to inspect at this time, and the external affairs of the family were all in charge of the clan brother Yang Xuanting. ,
Yang's mansion in the capital is located in Shangshanfang, covering a huge area, about 120 acres, and the area of the capital mansion is the same, this is Yang Su when he built a new capital, specially left a feng shui treasure house for the Yang family, and it is also the fourth largest mansion in the entire capital, second only to the palace of King Qi, the residence of King Jin and Princess Leping.
If only in terms of area, this is not a problem, the Yang family did not exceed the rules, but compared with other people's mansions, the problem came out, the area of Luoyang was originally smaller than Chang'an, so the Beijing houses of the powerful families were generally smaller than Chang'an.
Originally, the Yang family's mansion in Chang'an can be ranked in the top ten, and now other people's homes are getting smaller, but it remains the same, which makes the Yang family stand out, if Yang Su is alive, maybe the problem is not big, but after Yang Su's death, the Yang family's status declined rapidly, but it still occupies a mansion larger than the royal family, especially located in the feng shui treasure land known as the first fang Shangshanfang in the capital, which is also one of the reasons why Emperor Yang Guang was dissatisfied with the Yang family.
In Yang's mansion, Yang Xuanting walked through an alley and came to the back house, ready to report to Mrs. Zheng about Yang Yuanqing's son, Yang Xuanting was extremely dissatisfied with Mrs. Zheng, if it weren't for Yang Yuanqing's matter, he wouldn't have stepped into the eldest brother's yard at all.
Now the vast majority of the Yang family doesn't like Mrs. Zheng, everyone couldn't understand it before, but when Mrs. Zheng mastered the financial power, everyone was gradually angered by what she did.
But Mrs. Zheng without the consent of the clansmen, without the consent of the Yang Mansion to give some precious things to outsiders, even the mother's family, someone saw with their own eyes in the Zheng family study hanging a Gu Kaizhi's "Qin Diagram", Zheng Shanguo also did not hide that this is the real handiwork, but the real work of this painting is the emperor ten years after the capture from the Nanchen Palace, the first emperor gave it to the head of the family Yang Su, has been in the Yang Su study, but now it has run to the Zheng family.
Everyone understands in their hearts that this must be Mrs. Zheng privately given to her mother's family, which made the Yang family angry, and unanimously asked the head of the family to replace the person in charge of financial power, but Yang Xuangan was busy with court affairs and had no time to deal with this matter, so he delayed it again and again.
Another reason why Yang Xuanting was disgusted with Mrs. Zheng was that Mrs. Zheng provoked the confrontation between the Yang family's concubines.
When he was in charge of the Yang Mansion's financial power in the past, he abided by the family rules of dividing the accounts of the concubines, and two days before the first day of each year, the family had to distribute money and grain, which was an annual example and a very important income for each house.
Generally by the clan will decide a total amount, and then according to the four or six distribution, the house to take the big head, the house to take the small head, this year due to the absence of the head of the family, everyone decided to distribute according to last year's standard, but Mrs. Zheng in order to curry favor with the house, to keep their financial rights, changed the standard without authorization, changed to three or seven points.
This makes the income of the monks and porridge more meager, and the more than 100 families who have encountered unfair treatment are extremely dissatisfied, the house does not buy it, the house does not appreciate it, and the Yang Mansion is full of hostility this month, and the whole New Year's atmosphere has been destroyed.
More than 20 days have passed since this incident, and the house has not made trouble, mainly because no one wants to take the lead, everyone is counting on the head of the house to come back to deal with it, and the situation has gradually subsided.
Yang Xuangan's main courtyard is located in the middle of Yang's mansion, which is a heavy courtyard, covering an area of eight acres, with a small courtyard in a large courtyard, and an independent garden, and his two sons each have an independent courtyard.
At this time, hundreds of young children of the Yang family gathered in the outer courtyard of the main courtyard of the family, all of whom were grandchildren of the Yang family, and under the leadership of Yang Wei, the crowd was furious, protesting and demonstrating in the main courtyard of the family, demanding that Mrs. Zheng make up the money and food in the house.
Yang Wei has not returned to Fengzhou, because the king Yang Xiong followed the emperor's southern tour, has not returned to Beijing, but Yang Wei did not wait in the capital stupidly, he took his wife and children with his parents to Shuzhong, congratulations on his grandfather's 60th birthday, only returned to the capital the day before yesterday, as soon as he entered the Yang Mansion, he heard about the unfair distribution of the concubines.
Yang Wei has been the leader of the grandson since he was a child, and in the past two years, he has become an eagle general, commanding thousands of people, and has developed a kind of calling ability, plus his character is resolute and upright, and he will never tolerate this kind of unfair thing.
He immediately stepped forward and led more than 100 young grandchildren to come to the main courtyard to make trouble and force Mrs. Zheng to give in.
In the courtyard outside the head of the family, Yang Wei was in armor all over his body, carrying his one hundred and twenty pounds of eight-fluted iron hammer in his hand, as if he was going to fight on the battlefield, behind him, more than 100 third-generation grandchildren were full of anger in their eyes, holding the clan flag wooden stick, the crowd was surging, and they kept shouting loudly.
"Give us back our money and food!"
"The head of the house has changed!"
"The Zheng family get out!"
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The contradictions accumulated by the Yang family for more than ten years finally broke out at this moment.
Yang Xuan was furious, and rushed into the courtyard to scold Yang Wei: "San Lang, what are you doing here? This is the main courtyard of the house, are you going to commit it? ”
Yang Wei stiffened his neck and said: "Third uncle, since the head of the family has broken the rules, then we also have to establish new rules, we demand that the concubines be equal, and the monthly and annual rules of each household in the concubine house must be the same as the concubines, can you agree?" ”
"Nonsense! You're so, give me all back. ”
"Don't go back!"
More than 100 grandchildren yelled together, their anger boiled, and some people even picked up wooden sticks and hit Yang Xuanting, Yang Xuanting was so frightened that he ran out of the yard, he also felt that the situation was serious, and immediately ran to find other sisters-in-law to discuss countermeasures.
Yang Wei waved his hand, and more than 100 grandchildren suddenly quieted down, and he said loudly: "Some people don't talk about the rules, but let's talk about the rules, we don't beat the elders, and we don't hurt people, but this time we have to fight to the end, everyone listen to me, if the concubines can't be equal, we won't give up!" ”
"Don't give up!"
The roar was like thunder, echoing in the sky above the Yang Mansion.
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