A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 689
Mid-autumn night.

The bright moon is in the sky, the moon is as full as a mirror, and the moonlight is like a wash.

In the atrium of Wu's Black Dragon Castle in Longqiao, Silla maids have already set up tables, chairs and screens, as well as mooncakes, pears, pomegranates, grapefruits, walnuts, osmanthus cakes, etc.

Wu Huaiyu and his family first invited the moon cakes given by the saint and the queen, and then put on the moon cakes given by the prince.
Sacrifice the moon with pigs and sheep.

Please feast on the moon and offer offerings,

At the end of the ceremony, the moon cakes eaten by the moon god will retain the blessings and spiritual energy of the gods. The family can receive blessings and blessings from the gods by sharing the moon cakes.

"Here, share the mooncakes."

Fan Xuanfu looked at the large family in the courtyard, stroking his swollen belly with a happy face, "This year Alang can finally reunite with his family to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival,"

Yang Muyun also said, "I thought Alang was going to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chang'an."

The moon cakes given by the royal family are quite good, with exquisite patterns, but they are not called moon cakes, they are called moon cakes, and they are also called Hu cakes. Hu Tuan should be invited to toad.

Chatting and admiring the moon, children playing,
Chang'e flew to the moon, Hou Yi shot at the sun, and Wu Gang conquered Guangxi. He told several short stories that fit the occasion, which made the children cheer and cheer, and even the women found it very interesting.

Huaiyu brought a box,
"What kind of Mid-Autumn Festival gift is it?"

"Everyone has a share of good things." Huaiyu said with a smile.

The box was opened, and inside was a new land deed that had been confirmed and had an official red deed. Every piece of white paper was filled with land deeds written in black and white.

Huaiyu first gave his wife a mysterious talisman.
One thousand acres of land,
"This is?"

"Yesterday I said that I planned to transfer the land in the border states to the name of the company. I thought about it again at night. This is not enough. I still have quite a lot of land in the inland states, so I plan to divide it among my wives, concubines, and children. some of us,"

"I also have a lot of land." Fan Xuanfu said.

When she got married, Fan Xing, the Duke of Yingguo, prepared a lot of dowry for her. There was a lot of land in it, three thousand acres of land. Before she got married, she had two villages with [-] acres of land under her name. After she got married, it was all hers. The property is Rouge Land, and after the marriage, I also purchased a lot of land in my name.

Huaiyu smiled and gave her the thousand-acre land deed. This was a thousand-acre land on Bailuyuan, Lantian County, a village.
"anything else."

As he spoke, Wu Huaiyu took out two more land deeds, "One for [-] acres, for the two sons. You can keep it on their behalf."

Huaiyu put the land deed in her hand, touched her bulging belly, and took out another one from the box, "This is for the child in her belly."

Four land deeds, covering [-] acres of land, are located in Lantian, New Year, and Wannian counties on the south bank of the Wei River.

Fan Xuanfu looked at the four land deeds and couldn't help but said, "How come it's like dividing the family?"

Wu Huaiyu continued to divide, and he had one wife, nine concubines and eighteen concubines, as well as fifteen daughters and eighteen children who had been born, plus the five children in his belly, all of them had a share.

The wife has one thousand acres, the concubine has eight hundred acres, and the concubine has five hundred acres.

Fan Xuanfu's three direct descendants each have an area of ​​[-] acres, and the children of other concubines have [-] acres for boys and [-] acres for girls.

All of a sudden, we took out [-] acres of land.

Each piece of land was also assigned a village with stewards, slaves, etc.
The land in Gyeonggi under Wu Huaiyu's name was basically divided at this time.

The wives and concubines were surprised to see these land deeds.

Fortunately, I heard Huaiyu talk about the reason yesterday. The emperor publicly said that Huaiyu bought too much land.
The Wu family will transfer three thousand hectares of frontier land to each business name first, and promises that as long as the court needs to requisition military land for the border army and meritorious service, the Wu family will fully cooperate in the requisition and sale of land.

But now it makes sense to give some to the wives, concubines, and children. After all, it is called Rouge Land in the wife's name, and the body is full of money.In the name of the daughter, it is called dowry.

Putting it in the son's name, a small village with a few hundred acres per person is reasonable.

Although the land still belongs to the Wu family, there are still some differences. For example, the land that Wu Huaiyu placed in the Yi Zhuang of the Wu family in Bingzhou is called Yitian, and the land that is placed in the Wu clan school is called Yi Xuetian. These have changed their nature. , belongs to the public property of Yizhuang. Even if the Wu family is convicted of confiscation and the property is confiscated, this kind of land will not be confiscated. However, the nature of the revenue use of these fields is actually clear and exclusive.

In addition to the yizhuang, school fields, and graveyards of the Wu family in Bingzhou, Wu Huaiyu actually allocated some land to small villages. For example, the Wenshui Wu family of the warriors and soldiers built a branch village, and Wu Huaiyu built a branch village here in the warriors and soldiers. Since then, we have established the Miyuan Wu clan's small village.

He even used his own house as the second branch of the Mihara Wu family and built a small village.

Each charity village allocated some fields, and the profits from these fields were only for the corresponding tribesmen.

One piece on the left and one on the right. The fields in the Guanzhong and Henan areas have basically been divided. Wu Huaiyu only has [-] acres of land left in his own name.
Longqiao Qianmu, Changao Qianmu, Fuping Changmu, Shenheyuan Qianmu, and Fanchuan Qianmu have retained these five Zhuangzi names.

Of course, there are still many places in Shannan, Longyou, Hebei, Jianghuai, Henan and other places.

Fan Xuanfu now has more land under her name than Huaiyu does. In Guanzhong and Henan alone, she has [-] acres under her name, and her three children have [-] acres on their behalf, which exceeds [-] acres.

There is still a lot of land in Jingxiang, Shannan, my hometown.

"Thank you, Alang." Fan Xuanfu knew the inside story and was not overly pretentious at this time, accepting it with a smile.

The other concubines were also very happy. Although many of them came from well-known families and had many places to marry, they were also like the Gao sisters. When they came from the palace, they only carried a small baggage and two sets of clothes. ,

Pei Xingnu and Pei Yunu also came from humble backgrounds. One was a merchant's wife who was robbed several times, the other was a former slave of Xu Jingzong's family, Irina and Banu were both from Persian Orchid origins, and Duan Wan was formerly a slave girl. Living under the fence, Chen Runniang was originally a maidservant of the Li family.

The three sisters of the Fan family, the three sisters of the Yun family, and the three sisters of the Qiu family all have very generous dowries. As for Yang Muyun, who was the princess of Huainan and Tuli Ketun, Li Qing, who was granted the title of Yongle County head, and the daughter of the fifth surname. Mother Lu 35, as well as Princess Xi Xiao and Khitan Princess Li, not to mention, of course, Gao Twelve, Tang Liu and Cao Shisan were all daughters of powerful local families.

"You keep these land deeds. From now on, the income from Zhuangzi will be regarded as your private money."

"Thank you Alang,"

The wives and concubines laughed and asked their children to thank him too, but the children were too young and didn't know what it meant.

The Wu family, from wives and concubines to children, to stewards, servants, and even slaves, all have a monthly income. Naturally, the ones with the most monthly income are the old Wu couple. The monthly income of the wives and concubines is not low, and their general food and clothing expenses are high. It's a public outing, so it's quite comfortable.

Not to mention those who have dowries such as Fan Xuanfu and Yang Muyun, but the land and village given by their husbands is still different.

Wu Huaiyu enjoyed mooncakes with everyone.

He doesn't have to worry about the emperor restricting his land.

There are policies and measures to counter.

If the emperor really wants to restrict the land, the worst he can do is resell it to the court or to his friends, or to his own villagers or businessmen.
What's left is to build a small charity village for each of his sons. Even if the charity farm is limited to [-] acres, I'm not afraid.

The Yizhuang thing is similar to the trust fund of later generations, and it is very easy to use.

However, as the emperor said yesterday, Wu Huaiyu really plans to stop buying land for the time being. It would still be difficult to deal with restrictions on land, slaves, rent, and deed taxes.

Wubao is very lively today.

After Huaiyu and his wife, concubines and children had finished having fun here, they went to Beipu again.

The warrior Xun and his wife and their concubines and their children are now living in Beibao. It’s not that they have any conflicts with Huaiyu. The main reason is that Lao Wu moved there on his own initiative. Recently, some of his concubines’ fathers and brothers have caused some troubles. Huaiyu I told Lao Wu and asked him to come forward to deal with it, but as a result, several concubines were making trouble there, causing a lot of chaos.

Lao Wu felt embarrassed, so he moved to the North Fort, while his sister-in-law Cheng moved to the East Fort with his eldest brother's concubines and children.
Huaiyu arrived at Beipu,
Send a moon cake to Lao Wu,

Then he took out a box, which also contained the land deed.

Give Lao Wu [-] acres of land and the Liu family [-] acres.
Those aunts who have given birth to children will be given three hundred acres, and those who have children will be given two hundred acres more.Those who had no children were given only one hundred acres of land.

The third son, Huai Liang, and the eleventh son, Huai'an, were given another [-] acres.

Aunts Yin and Zhang were crying and making trouble during this period, but Lao Wu was rarely strong-willed and dealt with them cruelly. It is said that he whipped them with a whip and said harsh words about selling them. As a result, they were frightened and immediately Be honest,
When facing Wu Huaiyu this time, they did not dare to make any mistakes. After receiving the land deed of [-] acres, they also thanked them repeatedly. Their father and brother were also called to Wubao by Lao Wu to clean up and reprimand them. Even the two brothers were in the Yamen. Lao Wu ordered him to resign from all his errands.

After being taught a lesson by Lao Wu as a role model, he is now more honest.

The two Turkic sisters were not seen in the courtyard. Although Lao Wu spent money, after listening to Huaiyu's words, he finally gave up on taking concubines and maidservants and gave them to the old patriarch Shi Leng.

"Second aunt Yin and Zhang's father and brother have no errands now, so it's not a problem to be idle like this. Brother, our family is running a mine and smelting in Shaozhou, Lingnan. The stall is not small now. I think we can arrange for them to go there and do some work. ,"

Yin Zhang was a little reluctant. Shaozhou was in Lingnan.

Even if Huaiyi was the governor there, it would still be far away.

But Huaiyu was not here to discuss with them. Lao Wu also nodded in agreement and said to the two of them, "Erlang is so kind, don't be disrespectful. I will pack my things and go to Shaozhou tomorrow. When I get there, I will work honestly. If they dare to use the Wu family's trademark to act recklessly again, I will ask Da Lang to break their dog legs, and they will never come back again for the rest of their lives."

Huaiyu looked at Lao Wu, and it was rare for him to be tough. He had been very gentle to his young and beautiful concubines before. Perhaps he felt that he was more like a pear tree than a begonia, so he usually responded to their requests.

This time Wu Huaiyu spoke, and Lao Wu finally realized that indulgence was a mistake.

When Lao Wu raised his voice, he was quite majestic. After all, he was the prime minister's father, and he was still the Marquis of Wenshui, a veteran who conquered Liao and Goguryeo and entered Guanzhong from Conglong.

Mrs. Wu Liu felt that there was no need to allocate land to the concubines, Huaiyu smiled, it wasn't much anyway, so three to five hundred acres would give them some income, and they could usually subsidize their parents' family.

"Stone!"

"Erro."

"Bring the reward money. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone in the house will have a share and the reward money will be distributed."

Shi Shouxin immediately went to ask someone to bring the money. The copper coins he had taken out from the bank in advance were all brand new and shiny. They were all newly minted coins this year.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone has something to enjoy.

There was great joy in the Black Dragon Castle, and all the servants lined up to receive the reward. In addition to the reward, there was also a moon cake, two pears, and an osmanthus cake.

As for the big and small masters in the village, naturally there are more rewards during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lao Wu's concubines, Yin and Zhang, also had a share. Although the recent quarrel was unsightly, they still gave what was due.

After distributing the rewards, Lao Wu and his son watched the moon and drank tea. He said in a rare way, "I will no longer take concubines or maids."

Huaiyu smiled, it seemed that the old military uniform was getting old.

(End of this chapter)