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Du Ruhui said: "My uncle is an official and poor, it can be said that he has a clean breeze on his sleeves, and his family wealth is not much......

As soon as he heard this, Zuo Shaoyang smiled again, and sure enough, this Du Yan wanted to give up the small and protect the big. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info wanted to ridicule two sentences, but when he listened to the latter words, he was suddenly stupid again, and listened to Du Ruhui continue: "But my Du family's ancestors are wealthy, and I dare not say that they are rich and rival the country, but they are also rich." Last night's inventory, the list has been made, please look at it. With that, Du Ruhui took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Zuo Shaoyang.

Zuo Shaoyang took it and quickly rolled his eyes, stunned.

There is a large list of properties written on the list, and if you look at the main ones, there are 12,000 acres of fertile land; three ancestral houses (including furnishings); More than 40,000 pieces of silver; Silk silk is worth thousands of horses; a hundred and thirty-two servants; There are 60 shops. In addition, there are six large boxes of various treasures, jewelry, antiques, more than 100 volumes of calligraphy and paintings of celebrities in the past dynasties, and so on, all kinds of property, exquisite.

Zuo Shaoyang said with a staggered voice: "How much are these things worth?" ”

"After a rough calculation, the total value is not less than 300,000 guan!"

300,000 yuan, that's worth 1.5 billion yuan!

With so much money at once, it's hard to imagine how much money he can leave for himself?

Du Ruhui said: "This is all the property of my uncle, my uncle said, ninety out of five is not easy to calculate, the ancestral house is left by the ancestors, some servants are old slaves for many years, as long as it can be left to his ancestral house, leave a few old slaves to take care of him." I don't want the rest, and I give it all to my son to help the people. Anyway, after he retires, an official like him can get the full amount of money, and he can make a living by relying on it. ”

Du Yan is a three-grade official, during the Zhenguan period, the annual income of the three-rank official, such as the money of the three grades, the money of the materials, the rent of the field, the subsidy of the servants, etc., is converted into Chengren people's currency, which is about one million yuan, which is naturally enough.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "So much property, all handed over to help the people?" Is he willing? ”

"Uncle is willing."

Zuo Shaoyang looked at Sun Simiao, Sun Simiao is a master in the world, he originally regarded money as dung, the emperor gave him countless gold and silver treasures, and he took them to buy prescriptions, so Du Yan took out all his family wealth, and he didn't feel any difficulty, but with such a huge amount of money, he had dealt with Du Yan for many years, and he still had some feelings about his family wealth, from his impression, these should be all Du Yan's family wealth. Du Yan was able to take out all his family wealth without hesitation to help the people for disaster relief, which really surprised Sun Simiao.

Zuo Shaoyang flipped through the list in his hand and said to Sun Simiao: "Senior brother, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Sun Simiao said with a smile: "If you really come up with such a huge amount of money, it will be a good thing for the people of Li who need disaster relief." I'm afraid that he will say one thing and do another thing secretly. ”

Du Ruhui arched his hand and said: "You don't have to worry, Du is willing to be a guarantee, if the uncle doesn't believe it, Du is willing to commit suicide in front of the two!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: "Prime Minister Du, isn't he just an uncle of yours, and no matter what the reason, he also killed your own brother, you just repay your grievances with virtue, and you don't have to use your surname as a guarantee for him!" This kind of two-faced person, beware of selling you, you have no place to cry! ”

Du Ruhui smiled miserably: "That's what I owe to my uncle, and I pay him back!" ”

"Owe him? What do you mean? ”

"Alas, if this matter is said, it can help you understand my uncle and help him cure this disease, and you won't care about the ugliness of the family!" Du Ruhui coughed lightly a few times and said: "At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong established himself as the emperor of Zheng State, my uncle was Wang Shichong's official secretary at that time, my brother and younger brother were preparing to start an incident in Luoyang, and my uncle knew about it, and dissuaded my two brothers from rebelling, but the two brothers did not listen, and also detained uncles, cousins and other people as hostages, and coerced my uncle to participate in the uprising. My uncle didn't want to, so my brother killed my aunt and cousin. Uncle Jia reported Wang Shichong at this time. Wang Shichong sent troops to arrest his brother and behead him. ”

Zuo Shaoyang couldn't imagine that there was such a hidden story, although it was cannibalism, it was Du Ruhui's brothers who killed each other first! If this is the case, it can't be said that Du Yan is mutilating flesh and blood, after all, each is its master, he was Emperor Wang Shichong's official secretary at the time, and refused to rebel, no wonder he, he reported this matter to Wang Shichong, and Du Ruhui's brother first threatened his wife and children with their surnames, and finally killed them, so it was reported, which is indeed excusable. In other words, it should be Du Ruhui's brother who did something wrong. No wonder that after Du Yan was caught by Li Shimin, Du Ruhui's younger brother asked Du Ruhui to protect Du Yan's surname. It's not a matter of repaying grievances with virtue, it's a matter of repenting and making up for wrongdoing.

Now the question is, is Du Ruhui's statement true?

Thinking about it carefully, it shouldn't be fake, after all, both sides are his relatives, if Du Yan really killed his own brother for no reason, he couldn't help him speak, and it was impossible to turn black and white into the head of his dead brother in order to save his life.

If this story is told from the mouth of others, the credibility is questionable, but from the mouth of Du Ruhui, the prime minister of the dynasty and Du Yan's nephew, it is definitely true.

However, even if this story is true, Du Yan's "mutilation of flesh and blood" is excusable, or there is no big mistake, then the murder of Niu Jiao and the threat to kill his whole family are what he heard with his own ears, which is enough to show that this person is insidious and cunning. Don't have to sympathize with him!

Therefore, Zuo Shaoyang said: "Since Prime Minister Du personally guaranteed it, there is naturally no one who can't be trusted." He could keep the ancestral house and his servants for himself. All the other possessions were transferred to me for the benefit of the people. ”

"Okay, but the son has to cure his uncle's illness first."

"This is natural, rest assured, as long as I make a move, his illness will be cured soon, but there is one thing I have repeatedly emphasized that he must resign from the government and never ask about the government again, if I know that he is still asking about the government affairs of the court, and he has not even resigned from his official position, then I will leave it alone, don't blame me for being ruthless at that time!"

"Okay. I'll vouch for it. You treat your uncle first, and after you are cured, when your son thinks about how to manage the money, I will ask my uncle to hand over all the family property to you. ”

Zuo Shaoyang thought for a while and said, "I don't have time to care about this thing." If you hand it over to the imperial court, it is indeed the same as what you said, but I am afraid that those corrupt officials in the imperial court will not be able to use the money when they see the money. Well, why don't you just set up a foundation to manage it! ”

The word foundation is too modern, Du Ruhui and Sun Simiao and others don't know it, and they look at him puzzled: "Foundation? ”

The foundation can only operate normally when the modern financial and civil legal person system is highly developed, and at least there needs to be a bank engaged in financial business to keep and operate the money, and it can generate interest to ensure that the fund does not shrink. This was naturally impossible to achieve in the ancient environment, and had to be done flexibly.

The Tang Dynasty did not have a money village that could generate interest, so it could only make money money, and these money should be able to guarantee income from drought and flood, so it was obviously inappropriate to do business. What is the way to keep this money? The fields can produce grain, and although the price of grain will become cheaper and cheaper, the price of the fields will become more and more expensive, so it can maintain its value. Besides, the foundation does not exist to make money, but to spend money to help the people, and the food produced can directly help the victims, and the food sold can also be exchanged for money to treat the people in need. Therefore, it is safest to rent out the property in exchange for land.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "The foundation is an organization, that is, ......, this, a management group composed of people from all walks of life, my people, Du Yan's people, and people who can be trusted by both of us, as well as officials from relevant departments of the imperial court, form a committee, or a management team, to jointly manage this money!" How to use it, how to sell it, how to make accounts, all have this committee to vote on by a show of hands, according to the minority obeys the majority, of course, or to draw up a charter, stipulating the principles and purposes of the use of money, and the purpose of the committee. The Commission's resolutions must not go beyond the limits of this purpose. For example, if the charter decides to use it for disaster relief, the committee cannot make a decision to divide the money privately or use it for sale. These are contrary to the purpose. ”

Du Ruhui said: "This is a good idea. Presumably, Uncle Jia is also relieved. However, Uncle Jia has a lot of shops, who will manage them? Do you want this committee to run it too? ”

Du Ruhui had already understood what Zuo Shaoyang said, and soon understood how to use the word committee.

"A foundation is an organization set up for a public good, and it can accept donations for the purpose for which it was established, but it cannot use the funds of the fund for business."

"If you can't do business, what about these shops?"

"Replace it with a good field!" Zuo Shaoyang said: "Let him sell all other property except for the land, including shops, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, etc., into money, and use most of the money to buy fertile land and grow crops." The harvest is used for relief to the victims. Liangtian will not be affected by the quality of business, nor will it lose money, but it is just a matter of earning more and earning less. ”

Du Yan smiled: "This is a good way, but how to sell the property?" There are so many shops, and there are antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and I am afraid that they will not be able to sell at a good price if they are in a hurry. ”

"I know this, as long as a foundation is established, the property is transferred to the foundation for management, the accounts are made public, and the supervision of the Imperial Historical Observatory and others is accepted, and then it is slowly sold."

"Well, how should this foundation be formed? You better think about it first, and I'll tell my uncle when I've thought about it. ”

Zuo Shaoyang thought for a while and said: "Members of the foundation's management team, I said that it is composed of three parts, I will send two people, he will send two people, and then invite a retired official from the Yushitai and a retired official from the household department, these two official candidates must be agreed by both of us." Moreover, the powers of these two people are the same as those of others, the committee implements a voting system, and major matters must be passed by all parties, and other matters can be passed by a simple majority. A president is elected to be in charge of specific matters. Foundations can hire some accountants and other specialists to do specific work. The salaries of all members and employees should be clearly defined in the statutes. The entire accounts of the foundation should be made public on a regular basis and subject to supervision. Those who derelict their duties and embezzle should be held accountable by the Imperial Historical Observatory. That's all. ”

(To be continued)