CHAPTER XXIV
Li Hao's sudden words made Liang Wuji stunned for a moment, and he probably didn't expect Li Hao to say this.
When Li Hao saw this situation, he thought that Liang Wuji's heart was touched, so he continued to persuade: "You also know the character of my eldest uncle, who is small and talented.
He doesn't care about the cause and effect of this matter, he will only remember his resentment on the heads of the Yuan and Qu families, if he really makes him the head of the family, can the situation of the three families of Yuan, Liang and Qu really be maintained? ”
Liang Wuji naturally understands this truth, but he has to consider the stability of the Liang clan first, and in the final analysis, he is not a member of the Liang family's long house.
Even though he has led the Liang family to do well over the years, there are still a group of people in the clan who hold the elders and the young to disobey him, and it is precisely because of the support of these people that Liang Yuan has dared to be so presumptuous over the years.
Of course, if he has to leave the position of head of the family, it is not impossible, but in this way, he is afraid that he will have to make a big fight in the clan.
For outsiders, Liang Wuji can kill decisively, but for these clansmen who followed him out of the hands of Emperor Er, Liang Wuji can't be so ruthless.
So he replied: "You haven't even gotten married yet, so you are worried about my affairs, this matter is in front of the family elders, and the oath in the ancestral hall is clear, and there is no possibility of change."
As for Liang Shang's side, I will go to appease it, don't you still believe in your cousin's ability. ”
Since Liang Wuji has said so, then Li Hao is not good to emphasize, anyway, Liang Wuji can still give birth to a son in a few years, obviously his health is very good, let's take care of this matter slowly.
Then the two changed the topic and talked about the white paper business, these days Li Hao is not only busy with these miscellaneous things, but also roughly thinks about what to do in the white paper business.
According to Li Haode's assumption, the Yuan family will be responsible for the production of the white paper business this time, and then do the business of Qing and Xu Erzhou, after all, Qingzhou is the foundation of the Yuan family, and Xuzhou is now Yuan Pei is in charge of the state pastor, just in control.
After that, the business of the other ten states and the Sili School Captain Department was discussed by Liang Wuji, Qu Enlin, Xiaoyue Hou, Cui You, and Wang Chun, and Li Hao only did arbitration among them.
In this way, it can be regarded as bringing in the two foreign relatives, plus the ministers of Jinghua, as for the remaining powerful local wealthy families, Li Hao will also cooperate in other places, and try to ensure that the rain and dew of all factions are evenly wet.
Of course, some people who should be offended still have to be offended, such as some big families in Qing and Xu Erzhou, Li Hao plans to rectify it, after all, some things are done too well, and it is easy to make people suspicious.
After listening to Li Hao's plan, Liang Wuji also agreed, and said: "Okay, then you make an appointment as soon as possible, and while I haven't left the capital, I will discuss it with Xiao Yuehou and them." ”
Li Hao replied: "I understand, I have already made an appointment with Xiao Yuehou and them, but after I have been to Qu's house, I will visit them one by one and determine the time with them." ”
Next, the two had dinner, and Liang Wuji returned to the Liang Mansion before the curfew, and Li Hao was not idle, so he went directly to see how the inventory of the things rewarded by Emperor Wen was.
However, after hearing what the account room said, Li Hao couldn't help but muttering in his heart, Emperor Wen is really searching, there are a total of ten large boxes, except for the boxes containing Shu brocade and copper coins, the other boxes are all bits and pieces.
Li Hao was quite disappointed by this, but he still ordered his subordinates to put them back as they were, after all, although there were few things, they were contaminated with a royal atmosphere, and they were taken out and given away.
But in this way, this should go out to buy things have to go, although the marriage between the two families this time was caused by an accident, but the matter has come to this, whether it is for the sake of the face of the two families, or to get along in the future, Li Hao has to do a big deal about it, and it is best to make it known to the whole city.
So on the second day, a group of people from Yuan's Mansion went to the Fang Market to sweep the goods, and a cart of things was sent to Yuan's Mansion one after another, which made the people in the city look a lot of excitement.
Even Emperor Wen in the palace heard about this, and commented when he spoke to Concubine Yue: "This Yuan Ang is so big-gaunt, it is too ostentatious and extravagant.
Ah Heng, you said, in the future, if the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty learn the same, every time the marriage is done like this, how much will it cost to consume the people's fat and people's cream. ”
When Concubine Yue heard this, she replied directly: "Oh, since Your Majesty is dissatisfied with this, then you might as well directly issue an edict to reprimand me, do you want me to order someone to call Shang Shulang to help Your Majesty draft an edict."
However, speaking of which, this marriage was facilitated by His Majesty, and everyone adhered to the will of the people, but His Majesty came to reprimand him, and I don't know what people would think in their hearts.
Speaking of which, the concubine really doesn't understand, why does Your Majesty have to let the lady of the Qu family marry as soon as possible, can't he calm down the discussion if he doesn't do this! ”
Emperor Wen smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it, Yuan Ang is still young, so he will no longer pursue this matter, and after his parents come over, he will naturally know the severity." ”
Speaking of which, Qu Lengjun has been in the palace for many years, and he has also had a relationship with Concubine Yue and is very deed.
At the beginning, after the crown prince married Sun, Concubine Yue even had the idea of letting the third prince marry Qu Lengjun, but Emperor Wen tried to stop it.
After all, Emperor Wen's heart is not ruthless enough, although he is dissatisfied with the prince's weak temperament, he doesn't want to cause a conflict between the brothers because of a woman, even if the probability of this happening is not high.
is not as ruthless as Cao Cao, giving Zhen Mi to Cao Pi, causing Cao Zhi to fight, and using his own son as a tool.
Emperor Wen was naturally still a little weak about this, so he used the excuse to diverge and jump the topic out of this matter, and Concubine Yue also knew that this matter was already a certainty, and it would be useless to pursue it again, so it was just that.
Li Hao naturally didn't know about the things in the palace, but even if he knew, he probably wouldn't have any reaction, after all, Emperor Wen didn't have the ability to be as cheeky and black-hearted as his ancestor, and this matter would not cause substantial damage if it broke through the sky.
Anyway, after this replenishment, when Li Hao and Liang Wuji rushed to Qu's house the next day, they were followed by a carriage, which was forced to block from the street to the end of the street.
The Qu family was naturally happy about this situation, of course, they were not happy about how much they had gained, but because Li Hao attached great importance to this matter.
By the way, Li Hao changed this title, originally according to the titles of Yuan Pei and Liang Wuji, Li Hao should have called Qu Enlin his uncle.
But now that Li Hao is coming to marry Qu Lengjun, it is naturally impossible to call it that way anymore, so he officially changed his name to brother, and he also mentioned it to himself.
However, Liang Wuji and the Qu family's father and son are not good at their relationship, they can only count their own gains, and fortunately, the Yuan family has never married the Qu family before, otherwise this matter may not be possible.
After answering the salute here, Li Hao's purpose of coming over this time was completed, and the rest of the specific matters of the marriage could only be handed over to the Yuan family, and Li Hao would definitely not be able to do it himself.
So after explaining a little about the white paper business, Li Hao and Liang Wuji said goodbye and left.
After finishing this matter, Li Hao went to visit Xiaoyue Hou, Cui Hou, and Wang Chun one after another, and agreed on a specific time for them to go to Yuan's mansion for a banquet to discuss.
However, when it comes to negotiations, in fact, the bottom line of each family is very clear, the roots of the Liang family and the Qu family are in Yanzhou, one south and one north cover four counties, which is why the two families attacked each other in the first place.
In addition, since Liang Wuji went to Yuzhou to work, naturally the business in Yuzhou was also done by the Liang family, and the Qu family could cover the business in the four southern counties of Jizhou.
The remaining Xiao Yuehou and Cui You, both of whom were born in the Sili School Captain Department, so they divided the business here, and then the business in Jingzhou was done by Xiao Yuehou, and the business in the remaining six counties in Jizhou was handed over to Cui You.
Wang Chun took over the business in Yangzhou, which was originally the sphere of influence of the old Qian'an Wang, and handed it over to him.
Anyway, his family's power was the weakest among all the people present, and he didn't have much opinion on this arrangement.
It's just that I don't know how much of his hard-earned money can fall into his pocket, instead of being used by Wen Xiujun, a demon to subsidize his younger brother.
The remaining Yizhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jiaozhou that have not been divided, except for the rich Yizhou, the other states are all barren lands, and the scholars are scarce, and there are not many people in total who can afford to use blank paper.
Therefore, there is no planning, and each family can do some business according to the original plan.
And Yizhou has not been completely recovered, and the trade route is impassable, so it is temporarily shelved, of course, in the end, the real plan is also left to Xiaoyue Hou and Cui You, but they need to make some concessions in it.
After the matter was discussed and decided, Li Hao had to do all the things he had to do when he came to the capital this time, if it weren't for this marriage, Li Hao would have been able to leave for Jiaodong.
Now there is no way, so I can only stay in the capital, waiting for the response of Jiaodong, if the Liang family has already set off, we have to wait in the capital.
As for the Qu family, the same is true, Qu Lengjun and Qu Taigong are not good at leaving before they wait for the news.
In this way, until Liang Wuji rushed to Yuzhou to take up his post, Li Hao accompanied Qu Enlin to send him out of the city.
On the way, Li Hao saw that there was no Liang family around him, so he opened his mouth to give them some eye medicine: "Uncle Tang, one of your family heads went to Yuzhou to take up a post, and no one in the Liang family gave it away, which is unreasonable." ”
Liang Wuji didn't know the deep meaning of Li Hao's words, so he immediately glared at Li Hao, and then explained: "The day before yesterday, the old lady and your two uncles returned to Hedong, and there were many clansmen with them.
In addition, Yuzhou also needs to arrange some people to go over in advance, and now there are not many people left in the capital, so they didn't let them come. ”
"Okay, you're not well, just send it here." After saying goodbye to Qu Enlin, he explained to Li Hao again: "You will remember to send Enlin back home." ”
Li Hao agreed to this, and then sent blessings to Qu Enlin, and Liang Wuji officially set off.
On the way back to Fuzhong, Qu Enlin asked Li Hao, "What you just said to your cousin uncle outside the city was that you deliberately wanted him to rectify the Liang family?" ”
Li Hao replied: "My brother can also see it, in the end, I don't care about the affairs of the Liang family, but my eldest uncle is really not a person who can be in charge of the family, I have told my cousin uncle before, but it is useless."
Actually, I didn't expect to be able to explain him today, so I just did it. ”
Qu Enlin said: "I don't blame your cousin for this, he also has his own difficulties, how can it be so easy to be in charge of the clan." ”
"I understand this truth, but I think that when something happens, it should be decided, and I know that this matter is inappropriate, so why not change the way in advance.
Forget it, this matter can only be done by himself anyway, and others have no way to start, and it is useless to think too much. ”
Qu Enlin smiled when he heard this, and said: "It's good that you understand, it just so happens that the weather is good today, and when you get to the mansion, you accompany Leng Jun around the city, so that she doesn't stay in the mansion all day." I don't go out and walk around either. ”
In the face of the eldest brother's initiative, Li Hao naturally would not object, and took Qu Lengjun out of Qu Mansion, or she took the carriage, and Li Hao rode on the side.
But this time, the two of them finally talked, chatting about the scenery of the capital, poetry and songs, with Li Hao's knowledge reserves, as long as they can speak normally, they will not fall the topic to the ground.
In this way, the two chatted and turned around, and after wandering for most of the day, Li Hao sent the person back to Qufu.
In the next few days, Li Hao went to Qufu as a guest at intervals, and after all, before getting married, he first cultivated his feelings, and he could no longer make the form of love after marriage, so as not to be unlucky if he encountered this situation in the next world.
Just after Li Hao lived in peace for half a month, the messenger from Xuzhou arrived first and sent Yuan Pei's letter.
However, the content of it is to ask Li Hao's opinion, saying that he will respect Li Hao in the matter of marriage, and if Li Hao does not want to marry the Qu family, then he can come forward to refuse the matter.
After Li Hao read it, he roughly guessed that this should be sent by Yuan Pei after his first letter was sent, so he ignored it.
Sure enough, within two days, the second letter from Xuzhou arrived, and there was no matter of asking for opinions, but saying that he had already sent a letter to Jiaodong, and the marriage was handed over to the Liang family.
In addition, the letter also mentioned the matter of crowning Li Hao in advance, after all, Qu Lengjun's age is not young, and it is impossible to delay it for a long time after the marriage.
Before Li Hao got married, he must give the crown and give the word, so I asked in advance what I thought about what word to take.
Then Li Hao naturally said that he obeyed Yuan Pei's arrangement, after all, this is a trivial matter after all, and letting Yuan Pei call the shots can make him a little happier.
However, this matter does not only involve Li Hao here, because his younger brother is about to be crowned, and Yuan Shen, as the elder brother, must not be later than Li Hao, and this must be notified in advance.
Although I believe that Yuan Pei must have written to Bailu Mountain, Li Hao still wrote a letter to apologize.
The other is to rack his brains to show his affection in the letter, and stimulate Yuan Shen's marriage pessimist.
After finishing this, Li Hao waited for the news from Jiaodong with peace of mind, and this was indeed a little slower, but at least it was good news, and the letter mentioned that the Liang family had already set off to the capital.
After Li Hao read the letter, he rushed to Qu's house in time and informed the Qu family father and son of the matter.