Chapter 81: Uncover the secrets of the old Song family
In the Ye family letter is Ye Liangyang's handwriting.
Ye Liangyang briefly said that the Ye and Song families had a dispute because of their apprentices, and said that it was already an old thing, and he was more concerned about whether Wen Yin was doing well in the old Song family, and if he felt bad, the Ye family sent a carriage to pick him up.
In addition, a gardenia was drawn at the end of the letter.
The rest was gone.
Hanmei felt that what was written in this letter was no different from what was not written.
But Xiangzhu saw a slight difference.
"The eldest young master is asking Miss to meet in Gardenia Tower."
"It has to be a good Xiangzhu." Wen Yin nodded and said, "I'm afraid that the letter we sent out was also taken by Qiaoxin, and the eldest brother saw the problem with the letter, so he didn't say much in the reply, so he made an appointment." ”
Xiangzhu frowned and said, "But we are in the Song Mansion now, I'm afraid it's not convenient to go out." ”
"There is always a way, Xiangzhu brought a set of your clothes."
Not much.
Hanmei and Xiangzhu went out with the veil.
The little guy at the door also asked the two girls what they were going to do.
Hanmei replied: "Buy some good food, drink and fun." ”
The two girls jumped out the door.
Then he got into a carriage.
After walking for a long time, the groom took off his hat, and Ye Liangxing's handsome face was revealed.
"Brother Liangxing." Wen Yin couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw someone coming.
Ye Liangxing smiled: "Big brother asked me to wait nearby, I knew that you would use this method to come out." ”
Wen Yin is now dressed as a girl, with long hair down, which is much more lively and cutie than usual.
Wait for the bus to the Gardenia Building.
Ye Liangyang and Yang Meitian have been waiting for a long time.
I was already familiar with my brothers and sisters, so I didn't say anything about greetings, and went straight to the point.
Ye Liangyang first made it clear about the land dispute between the Ye family and the Song family.
Because several farmers couldn't afford to buy the seeds for the year, they found the Ye family and signed a contract on credit, agreeing to return the seed money at the end of the year, otherwise they would compensate the Ye family with the land at the market price.
The Ye family was a poor farmer, so they immediately responded.
There was a great drought that year, and the harvest in the field was not good.
Originally, they had no intention of making trouble with farmers, but at this moment, the government issued an edict to allow merchants who own pharmaceuticals to collect farmland to grow medicines due to climate reasons.
Traditional Chinese medicine land is always different from agricultural land, and some medicinal herbs need this kind of dry land to grow well.
It was also in the face of this reform that the Ye family decided to collect the accounts, and thought that they could give some silver taels to those farmers who had not harvested, or hire them to work, which could be regarded as an extra livelihood.
Unexpectedly, the Song family stepped in and said that the land belonged to them, and neither the Ye family nor the farmers had the right to interfere.
Later, after careful investigation, it was learned that in order to be able to pay less tax, the peasant households signed the land in the name of the Song family.
Because the Song family had generals and eunuchs, the law clearly stipulated that the generals and eunuchs were meritorious to the state and did not need to pay taxes.
Where did the peasants know about these things, they only knew that after signing that agreement, they would not have to pay taxes, so they gave all the land to the Song family.
The land belongs to the Song family, and the farmers are still working, there is no harvest this year, of course the Song family will not ask the farmers for anything, but the climate has improved in a few years, and the harvest has begun in the field, but the harvest has nothing to do with the farmers, and the farmers know that they have been deceived by the Song family.
Previously, the farmers felt that the Song family was helping them, so they fought against the Ye family.
Now that the Song family has become the owner of this field, the farmers have asked the Ye family to help deal with the Song family.
In this matter, the Ye family must have suffered a loss, but they couldn't bear to let the farmers lose even their meager land, so they found a lawyer to go to the county government to file a complaint.
However, according to the human and material evidence provided by the Song family, the county government directly gave the land to the Song family, whether it was a farmer or the Ye family, they could only swallow this matter.
In this way, the feud between the Ye and Song families was left.
Then there was the matter of the hundred dragon well trees in front of the West Lake.
It should have been within the management of the Ye family, but Liu Wanwan, who was born in the Song family, didn't know what method was used, so she insisted that the Ye family didn't take good care of the tea trees in front of the palace, and they wanted to take half of the tea trees themselves.
It was originally such a ridiculous and ridiculous thing, but it was done for Liu Wanwan's house.
Later, when the Ye family inquired, they learned that it was because Song Xiuyan became a general in the capital, and the county government here gave her special approval to please the old Song family.
"Then the county government doesn't know that the Ye family is still the prime minister!" Wen Yin said a little uncomfortably.
Yang Meitian sighed softly: "It's not that you don't know your father's indefatigable temperament, and if you mention the prime minister a little outside, I'm afraid that his old man will come to Jiangnan to clear up the relationship with us." ”
Yes, Wen Chengming was born in hardship, and it is not easy to get to where he is now, and the most annoying and feared thing is nepotism.
But Song Xiuyan took the direction of a military general, his mind was not so delicate, and he was occasionally a little uninhibited.
He may not know what the people in the family are doing outside against his reputation, or they may turn a blind eye.
"In this way, did the Ye family and the Song family have two lawsuits?"
Wen Yin asked.
Ye Liangyang nodded: "Although there are only these two things, I have been to court many times." ”
"Then who is the Song family who confronts the Ye family every time?"
"Liu Wanwan."
"Song Zhi is still not here?"
"Well, he's not here, and neither is his son, and occasionally a girl named Qiaoxin will follow Liu Wanwan."
After saying this, Wen Yin's heart was probably clear.
Everything was pretty much the same as I thought at first.
The entire old Song family is in the hands of Liu Wanwan.
However, on the basis of the original, Wen Yin knew a little more, and there was a high probability that Liu Wanwan sent Zhang Qiuxia to be a maidservant in order to control her son.
"In addition to these two things related to the Ye family, have you heard of any other things that are not very clean in the old Song family?"
Ye Liangyang lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "Jiangnan is so big, and the Ye family doesn't know exactly where their hands go, they only know that they are both low-key and public, and the place of publicity has to bring a mouthful of the Song family's reputation in Beijing wherever the Song family goes, and the low-key thing is that they don't seem to have any property shops under their names, even the land problem is also a matter of a few years ago, and the farmers are not good at cultivating because they feel that the land can't be taken back, and now it is also abandoned." ”
Yang Meitian said at this time: "But I know that there are a few shops on West Street that seem to be being taken care of by Liu Wanwan's family, so I may go over there to see if I can find something." ”
With that, Wen Yin was about to leave.
Yang Meitian felt strange: "Why did you suddenly inquire about this?" ”
After all, the old Song family is also a member of the Song family, and if he does something that lacks personal morality, Wen Yin is not easy to come forward.
Wen Yin didn't have a better reason for a while, so she said: "Last time, didn't the eldest brother of the Song family also say that the saint would come to Jiangnan to inspect soon, saying that he was going to reform the taxation and forced labor, I was worried that these things would involve the Song family, and it would be troublesome at that time." ”