Chapter 282: Raising Funds for Disaster Relief, the Shameful Woman Ends
After attending a few tea banquets, Yijing met a lot of "girlfriends", and it was inevitable to mention Shi Lanxin in the conversation, this girl is now infamous, everyone shouts and beats, and the name of "Bingzhou Pearl" has become a great irony, because she was famous in the past, so that many noble women were jealous, and now when it is mentioned again, there are those who can't help but ridicule the extreme, and the topic begins with a long time.
The beautiful scenery and the noble girls vented a thoroughness, and did not comment on the past of Miss Lanxin, but said the main topic: "But in this way, because of the actions of the Shi family's father and daughter, the people can have a misunderstanding of the magnates of the state, and most of them think that we, the high-ranking families, are as black-hearted as the Shi family, and even our boudoirs are also affected by Shi Sanniang, and they are all suspected of selling their reputation and hypocrisy." β
These words caused everyone to be even more angry, and they all talked about going out at these times, which car did not follow the guidance of the people.
"At present, although the epidemic area has obtained good medicine, those affected people still have no place to live, to say that this flood, it is all because of the flood for other purposes......" On that day, many powerful people blocked the city gate and had a dispute with the prince, which led to the cause of the flood. β
"It's useless to pursue these things now." Yi Jing sighed: "Think about it, although the people's discussion is okay for a while, but the family's reputation has suffered a great loss...... Originally, it was a small punishment to let your family raise money for medicine, but fortunately, Shi De's conspiracy was exposed, and this epidemic account naturally had to be counted on his head, but if the magnates ignored it, what about the construction of the disaster land? β
Seeing the nobles looking at each other, the beautiful scenery was slightly positive: "Speaking of which, the saint originally planned to allocate silver from the household department for disaster relief, but he found out that the floods in the two counties were not natural disasters, but because of man-made disasters, because of the long time, those who do not know are not guilty before forgiveness, but if there is no punishment, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be greedy in the future, and the calculation will be on the tidal flats. The people did not associate the powerful with corrupt officials like Shide. β
A few words let all the nobles keep it in mind, and after returning home, they all reported to the elders, and everyone realized that this time I want to be lucky and rich, I am afraid that it will not be possible, if it really annoys the heavenly family, it will be seriously investigated, not only will the reputation be discredited, but the glory will be difficult to protect in the future.
The hint of the Weiguo Mansion is obvious - you should destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, and when the people's anger is calmed, the heavenly family will no longer investigate deeply, and the future can be guaranteed, otherwise, please ask for more blessings, once Jin Xiang is convicted, the implication is widespread, do you dare to teach Qin Xiang to hold the handle? When the time comes......
Several crimes and punishments, not to mention the family's reputation and wealth, I am afraid that it is difficult to even protect a small life, at this critical time, I still can't risk losing my head for tens of thousands of silver, and I am taken by the broken ship of Jinxiang to sink the river.
With the cessation of rain, the restoration of the due autumn restlessness in the north, and with the dredging and eradication of the two affected counties, as well as the comprehensive isolation of patients in the epidemic area, mosquito control and other anti-malaria measures, the epidemic was finally brought under control in mid-September.
The timing was right, the nobles and the wang clan each elected a representative, on a sunny day, taking advantage of the crisp autumn weather, reported to the acting governor of the state, and held a fund-raising disaster relief in front of the state government, the scene was particularly spectacular.
The eldest princess just came out, seeing that the nobles were all "sincere" and "righteous and squandering", impatient with many nobles around the whiskers and horses, bitter loyalty of the nonsense, only confessed to the beautiful scenery as a representative of the town, said that the lack of return to the princess's mansion, the nobles originally wanted to take this opportunity to further "contact feelings" with the Weiguo Mansion, for the future "sharing weal and woe" and "blessings and misfortunes" to pave the way, got the princess a sentence "are all Dalong courtiers, as long as they no longer do the things that deceive the people and greed for ink, do their duty, they can protect their glory", I was relieved, and when I saw the princess driving back home, she only left a boudoir to entertain with the ladies in the side hall.
The money and grain "donated" by each family were registered by the state officials, and announced to the people one by one, and the transcripts were handed over to the three princes to be sent to the holy case.
This grand "fundraising" righteous act raised a total of more than 1.38 million silver and more than 800 stone of grain and rice for the disaster area, which exceeded the expectations of Yu Feng and the three princes.
It was not until Shen Zheng that this sensational "ceremony" of the whole city came to an end, the people scattered the state government, the state officials counted the money and silver into the warehouse, and discussed with the three princes when to send the disaster relief silver and grain to the two counties, and then invited all the magnates and their families to the backyard of the state capital to participate in the banquet given by the three princes on behalf of the son of heaven.
The princess's chief historian asked the beautiful scenery accurately, and only then did she explain to the acting governor - the eldest princess had an order, and in the second half of the year, all the towns that should be enjoyed by the state were donated to the people of the two counties affected by the disaster, but the princess did not want to publicize it, and this one did not need to be recorded and recorded, and the whole collection of the city at the end of the year could be issued by the governor.
In addition to the three princes being sought after by a group of powerful people during the banquet, on the side of the female dependents, Yijing naturally became a "busy person".
The nobles all surrounded her at the core, and the initial topic was still to say that it was "famous" in Bingzhou, and its fame spread widely, not inferior to Huo Qiao, the daughter of Huo Qi, who was Shi Lanxin.
"It has long been rumored that the profiteer Huo Sheng was originally Huo Qi's sibling brother, and when the epidemic subsides, the Holy Emperor will try the case, and let Huo Qi act for this time, how to hide the sky and cross the sea to fabricate his identity for Huo Sheng, it will inevitably come to light, and the Huo family brothers will be punished for serious crimes, and it will be difficult to escape the blame for their deaths. A noble lady touched the corners of her lips with a brocade handkerchief, full of schadenfreude.
She listened attentively, and she remembered the strong woman vividly.
"Huo Qicai was put to death, the Huo family's house was sealed, the family wealth was gone, and the family members and slaves were all under house arrest for the crime, but the Huo family was not affected because she had already married, but the wealth in her hands was swept away by her two small servants, and she escaped without being seen." Regarding those two little guys, in fact, everyone knows that they are male actors, but the daughter of the boudoir is not good at talking about these "harmful" things in detail, and they will talk about things on a case-by-case basis.
"Huo Qiao still has the heart to come to the state to report to the official." The noble girl was overjoyed, and shook her head again and again: "Because she lost this money, she was even more angry, and she even wanted to pull the sister-in-law to be married to sell to a brothel." β
View: !! This Huo Shi is really bold, and regards the law of the country as an empty letter, even if her husband's family is a common people, a poor family, and her sister-in-law is not her slave, she dares to do such a forced sale as a prostitute?
"The in-laws blocked each other, and Huo Qiao actually punched and kicked his in-laws in front of everyone."
"I happened to pass by that day, I witnessed it with my own eyes, Huo Qiao smashed the old woman with a porcelain pillow in his hand, and the onlookers were furious, so someone rushed forward and twisted Huo Qiao, and wanted to send the official to treat her for the crime of unfilial piety and disobedience."
"In the past, with Huo Qi's support, everyone dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but now the people hate the Huo family, where can she be so presumptuous."
Someone asked: "Why didn't her husband stop it, she was still a son of man in vain, seeing her parents and sisters being beaten and scolded by the Huo family, could she still be up?" β
"Not really, it is said that the man went to work elsewhere that day and was not present."
Yi Jingxin said that if it was in the past, even if the man was present, I am afraid that he would not be able to stop the Huo family, but now, the Huo family has nothing to rely on, and he still dares to do this great rebellious thing, and the man has a little bit of blood, and he can't tolerate it.
Sure enough, I heard that the man knew about it, and when he came back, he threw down a letter of resignation without saying a word.
"Although there are those three no-gos, Huo's has no mother's home to return to at the moment, but what she has done for many years is known to everyone, and even the chief of the house ignores the 'three no-go' statement, saying that Huo's not only does not care about her in-laws, but also beats and scolds, and she can be punished for 'disobedience' if she is sent to the government."
"I heard that the Huo family didn't care about Hugh or Hugh, but insisted on kicking the man's family out of the house, saying that the house was her dowry, and since she was Hughed, she wouldn't let others live."
Yijing shook his head again and again, although in the aristocratic house, there is an unwritten custom, the woman's dowry belongs to herself, and has nothing to do with the husband's family, and the folk have the matter of divorce from the wife, for the sake of "reputation", most of the husband's family will return the dowry, but this matter is vulgar to put it bluntly, and there is no law to follow, even if you go to the government, the Huo family is untenable.
Huo Qiao has relied on the momentum of his mother's family over the years, half of which is not fulfilled as a wife, and most of the seven rules have been committed, and even more because the people hate the Huo family to the core, even if the man does not pay the dowry, no one sympathizes with her and blames the man.
"The lieutenant naturally ignored her unreasonableness, and the people blamed and scolded angrily, but the man did not rush to kill him, saying that he had nowhere to live in peace, and in desperation, the Huo family provided a place to live, and now he has no money to live, and he is meaningless, but his parents are old, and the sister is still young, so he can't sleep on the street, the house is Huo's dowry, and he is not greedy, and the governor is the guarantor, and he made a deed, and their family only occupies three wings, and the two sides have nothing to do with it."
"The funny thing is that the Huo family still didn't agree, and insisted that the family pay the rent of two taels of silver per month."
The man dragged his family and took care of his family, only relying on his craft to earn a little money to support the family, in addition to food and clothing, he also had to pay for his father's medicine to treat diseases, if he had the money to rent a house, he would not have married such a fierce woman in the first place.
"As a result, the new judge made a clear judgment, saying that Huo's beating and scolding his in-laws, bullying his sister-in-law, and having committed disobedience, but the man did not sue, so he did not discuss the crime, since the man has already left his wife, Huo's must no longer be unreasonable, if the man insists on returning Huo's dowry, this house is also a criminal property, and it should be confiscated by the government, and it will be disposed of after Huo Qi's crime."
Yijing stroked her forehead, and she guessed that this would be the result.
"Huo's silence was silent, but the man took pity on her, and changed hands on the two-entry house, and handed over most of the silver to Huo's to another place to live, and he also put a few rooms to house the old and young, so there was no interference between the two."
Jingjing sighed secretly, although the man was a little cowardly, in the end he was still kind and honest, the Huo family has undergone great changes, if she can reform herself, restrain her temperament and settle in the family, she may not be helpless in the future, even if she can no longer be like the old brocade clothes and jade food, but she can also try to be stable, but if her temperament, that domineering and fierce has long been ingrained, how can she succumb to the situation, although at the moment, she is not without a fixed place, although Huo Qi committed a capital crime, only this, but it will not affect the family, after being convicted and sentenced, the women and children of the Huo family will be released from house arrest, But the family wealth is gone, and it should not be the "dowry" that the Huo family alone enjoys.
That house is worth more than 100 taels of silver at most, and in the future, a large family will have no food and clothing, and life will be miserable.
He deserves to blame Huo's for himself.
This topic has come to an end, and I don't know which noble lady was the first to discussβ
"I heard that the three highnesses are talented, but they are good at playing in the mountains and rivers, chanting the wind and the moon, and not doing political affairs, how do you know that when you see it this time, you will know that the rumors are not true, this time Shi De is guilty, and the three highnesses also have great merits."
So the wind turned around, and the ears of the beautiful scenery were the nobles gushing endlessly, admiring and appreciating the demon.