Chapter Twenty-Three: The Noble and the Poor Say Inheritance
Wang Qinghong was still thinking about delaying a few more days to pick up people, and here the old lady Wang had already gotten the news and went out of the city to Xishan Temple.
The old monk didn't say anything, and directly told him to invite him to go up the mountain, because Wang Cui's family did not allow it, and planned to choose someone who needed an heir from the clan and pass the Taoist idiot out.
Old lady Wang's eyes lit up immediately, and she said with an eager face: "Where do you need to find someone else, Qinghe died before he married, and no one has accepted the incense!" ”
The old monk shook his head and said: "You have seven grandchildren, if you have the heart to arrange someone to inherit the Qinghe incense, you have already arranged it, where do you need to wait until today?" Don't join in the fun...... The world is ignorant, and the idiots are indeed a little taboo, so it is better to choose a person who is thin, not afraid of these taboos, not limited to wealth and nobility, and there is no obstacle for people from other houses......"
Old lady Wang still didn't give up, and said, "Fifth uncle, I'm not afraid of taboos, I really like that kid...... Rather than cheapening others, it is better to be a grandson with me, I will treat it as my own grandson, and I will never let the child suffer the slightest grievance. ”
Old lady Wang's appreciation of the Taoist idiot is not a temporary intention, he has praised the old monk several times a few times, and the old monk can also see that he really likes the Taoist idiot.
But the four generations of the sect are in the same house, and they have not yet separated, so if they really want to pass on the idiot to the name of Wang Qinghe, the third son of the old lady Wang who died of illness before marrying, it means that when the sect is divided, it will change from three rooms to four rooms, and the conflicts of interest involved are not a little bit.
Even if these family properties now belong to the old lady Wang, in the eyes of the grandson of the sect, it is also theirs. Money is moving, and when money is involved, brothers can turn against each other, let alone spare their nephews.
Even if the old and young of the sect house do not stop it, and they really want to pass under the name of Wang Qinghe, even if they have no parents in name, but the grandfather and grandmother, the uncle and aunt who are the sons and daughters of the sect, and the second uncle who is the master of the Jingtang, there are not a few elders who can be his master, but it has doubled compared to the time when he was in the twelfth room.
The old monk has been sophisticated for a long time, where would he let the Taoist idiot fall into a complicated situation for the sake of temporary benefits.
Thinking of this, the old monk said, "Even if he doesn't be your grandson, you can still hurt him." Why bother for the sake of fame, he made his children and grandchildren resentful, and his good intentions did bad things. ”
Old lady Wang was especially unrelenting, and said, "Then it will be under the name of Qingxi...... Shichiro there, I'll go and say. ”
Qingxi is his fourth son, the father of Wang Qi.
The old monk shook his head and said: "There is a son who has passed away, and there is this truth, Wang Qinghong will not nod there." ”
Old lady Wang sighed and said, "It's me who is not blessed......"
He thought for a moment and said, "If you want to talk about the family that has been making trouble choosing an heir recently, there are two rooms in the family. One is a young man with a three-room room, who has married a three-room wife, accepted more than a dozen concubines, and did not give birth to a branch and a half. At the beginning of his 40th birthday, he revealed that he had found someone, and he was destined to have no biological children, and he wanted to choose an heir in the clan. Qinghan is a capable man, and his family's business goes down to Guangzhou and Beijing, and he is one of the richest people in the clan. Now I don't know how many people are squeezing their heads, wanting to pass their son to the third room as an heir......"
Speaking of this, he felt that his throat was dry, so he took half a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and then said: "The other family that has broken off the heir is Qingzhou in the outer nine rooms. Wang Ning, the current family member of the outer nine rooms, is the festival woman in the clan, eighteen widows, does not ask for or rely on, guards more than ten acres of fields, tightens clothes and food, pulls the only son who is less than one year old to keep the festival for more than 30 years, and at the age of 50, the Zhizhou Yamen is on the table of the imperial court, and gives the chaste archway. Qingzhou also competed, won the lift, and went to Beijing to participate in the meeting. Everyone is outside the nine rooms of the life of the better, I don't want to make people by providence, Qingzhou on the way to Beijing, encountered water bandits, was cut into the water, and even the corpse was fed to the river fish. Qingzhou's daughter-in-law got the news and fell seriously ill, so she also followed, leaving behind a pair of immature children. Wang Ning's family is also rigid, and he still doesn't ask for it, and pulls his grandchildren up. The eldest grandson is also angry, the year before last at the age of fifteen to take the boy's test, the county, the government, the hospital, the three levels are the head of the case, and even the Lord Zhizhou personally summoned and praised him. Unexpectedly, before waiting for the township test that year, the child had an emergency, and he didn't get through it, and he said no, he was gone...... Although the three generations of the ancestors and grandchildren of the outer nine houses have made great achievements, but the three generations are not long old, the family assets are poor, and Wang Ning's family is also guilty of the "criminal ke" murderous name, and the family is better, who is willing to send his son over to endure hardships and earn his life; Wang Ning's family didn't look down on them, so the matter of inheriting the heir dragged on. Now their granddaughter will be married, whether it is a recruitment or a foreign marriage, the matter of the heir must not be mentioned again. ”
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if there is no child and the daughter is recruited, the family property needs to be divided equally with the heir.
There are two options, the former is not only rich, but also the head of the inner room, and also has a speaking identity in the clan; The latter is poor, the family is side branched, and there are only women and children left in the family, and there is no other help.
For the old monk, there is no need to choose.
Therefore, he knew that for Shilin officialdom, the family was rich, and it was not worth the words "innocent birth".
No matter how much money there is in the third room, and the business is also a businessman, the clansmen will envy his wealth; But when you get outside, it's really nothing. If the family couldn't be preserved, I am afraid that it would have been swallowed up long ago.
Although the outer nine rooms are poor, they are scholarly and white. For Taoist idiots, the ancestor is the birth, the father is the lifter, and the brother is the head of the case, which is definitely a birth that is not ashamed anywhere.
It was a bonus.
A grandmother who is about to die, an older sister who is about to die, and the population is also simple, so you don't need to worry too much about family care.
"You send Wang Ning over tomorrow, and the old man will see her first...... If she doesn't find fault with the idiot's eight characters, let the idiot inherit the outer nine rooms......" The old monk said.
Although the old lady Wang is the patriarch and has guarded the clan all his life, he also has a reputation. Suddenly, he figured out the key to it, nodded and said, "For Shiro, the nine rooms outside the heir are indeed more appropriate than the third room...... Money is just a trivial matter, or should it be important to be famous and future......"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang hesitated a little and said: "Twelve rooms and three generations of single transmission, in San Lang's generation, there are only three brothers...... Even if Wang Cui's family doesn't like Shiro, I'm afraid that Qinghong won't be willing to pass Shiro out......"
Most of the families who are willing to give their sons to the heirs have many sons and thin property. Moreover, it is usually the side branch that succeeds to the descendant branch, after all, people go to higher places.
There are not many sons in the twelve-room, and there is no shortage of family property, and their status in the clan is also higher than that of the outer nine-room.
The twelve rooms were raised outside by the concubines, and they were only brought back when they were ten years old, and there was some criticism among the clansmen; If he passes his son out again, I don't know what gossip will be. Wang Qinghong cherishes his reputation, even if he follows Wang Cui's wishes and raises his concubine outside, he may not agree to succeed him.
The old monk's face sank like water, and he said, "After seeing Wang Ning's family, we will agree on this matter, and the old monk said to the bastard." ”
Old lady Wang was surprised: "You want to ......"
The old monk nodded and said, "The things of the year have passed for a while, and the emperor has changed three times, what else is there to taboo?" I have lived to be ninety years old, and while I am not confused now, I will make proper arrangements for the Taoist idiot, and I will have nothing to ask for in this life......"
Although there is a proper successor to the outer nine rooms, the old monk did not have the slightest joy on his face, but was deeply helpless......
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When the old lady Wang went down the mountain, the old monk called the idiot to enter the meditation room, and talked about the selection of heirs in the inner three rooms and the outer nine rooms, and then said: "Since you want to enter the Xingwang Mansion as a companion, the inheritance is cheap sooner rather than later." I asked the patriarch to take Wang Ning's family up the mountain tomorrow, if the character is proper and there is not much to do, I will choose this room. You don't have to worry about your father's place, the old man will come forward to tell you about it. ”
Dao idiot didn't expect the matter to have news so quickly, he looked at the old monk, took two steps back, this time it was not the Buddhist rituals, but the chief salute, and said in a dumb voice: "Master Xie has fulfilled ......"
The old monk took a long breath and said faintly: "Although the name can be broken, the bloodline is constantly cut...... If you can pull the twelve rooms on the day of Tengda, pull the twelve rooms and ......";