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Just as the Yuwen family held an important meeting and decided to change their strategy against the Li family, Li Ye and Li Xun were sitting together drinking and chatting in a tavern in Changlefang.

Today Li Ye came to Changlefang to check the construction progress of the new ancestral hall, and happened to meet Li Xun.

Li Xun passed the autumn state examination and ranked seventh in Jingzhao Prefecture. He was qualified to participate in the imperial examination next spring. These two days were his rare rest days.

Li Ye picked up the wine glass and asked: "Who was that person who saluted me at the door of the ancestral hall just now? I don't think I have seen him before."

"His name is Li Bin, the Fourteenth Prince, the eldest son of the ninth uncle Li Wei."

Li Ye shook his head, "I have indeed never seen him, and I have never heard of his father."

Li Xun poured a glass of wine for Li Ye and explained: "Uncle Ninth was originally with Third Uncle Li Yu, the chief steward of Xianyang Farm. When the family was separated for the first time, he didn't come over. This time Li Yu's accident had a great impact on the family. Then Li Wei decided to change his clan."

At present, the two factions of Li Dai and Li Xiu are called the same clan but different clans. clan means faction, and different clans means there are two clan leaders. The same clan is naturally the same ancestor. This is not difficult to understand.

Li Ye picked up the wine glass and smiled: "Tell me what the situation is now. I feel that many people have come over, and the number of clan cards hanging on the wall has obviously increased."

Li Xun smiled and said: "You are right. The Li Yu incident has had a great impact. My father said that everyone has begun to understand the true intention of the grandfather to separate the family. The eldest son must be the patriarch, but the eldest son cannot bring the family Prosperity, and he was unwilling to give up the throne, so he divided the clan leaders who could bring prosperity to establish their own families, so many people began to choose the fifth uncle. Originally, only five brothers supported the fifth uncle, but now the number has increased to twelve. "

Li Ye silently calculated that there were a total of twenty-five brothers. After excluding the eldest and fifth brothers, and the four brothers who died in infancy, there were actually only nineteen people to distribute. After excluding the three legitimate sons, Li Wei and Li Yu, who would definitely support Li Xiu, Li Ye and Li Min, leaving sixteen concubines.

Among these sixteen concubines, twelve supported their father, while only four supported Li Xiu.

“Does that mean most of the property will be transferred to us?”

"No, there are still three grandfathers, and there are three family members from their side. They support the eldest son."

Li Ye had forgotten about Li Linfu's three brothers. There were fourteen or five families there in total. In this case, Li Xiu's side still accounted for the majority.

"Has it been decided how the property will be distributed?" Li Ye asked again.

"In those days when you were gone, there was a huge quarrel over this matter. The main reason was that my grandfather's treasure pavilion was lost to you, which made several of his legitimate sons extremely dissatisfied. The three legitimate sons took their sons to seize the Cui Pavilion by force, but found that it was empty. Everything, including the treasures in the attic and the basement, were moved away. I heard that they knelt down and cried, scolding Li Xiu for his incompetence!"

Li Ye couldn't help laughing. He could imagine the expressions of pain on Li Yu's and others' faces.

The treasures hidden in Lancui Pavilion were actually transported through the Caohe River through the back door before he left. All 340 large boxes were transported to Baoji Cabinet Shop, and No. 7 of Baoji Cabinet House was rented. Warehouse, this is a very large warehouse of Baoji Cabinet Shop. It consists of five warehouses and is heavily locked through three iron doors.

Including the only copper key of the third iron gate, storage certificate and half a jade pendant, they are all in his hands. No one can take away the treasure except himself, not even the people from Baoji Cabinet Shop can enter.

"Then what? How will the other properties be distributed?"

"The family property is divided into sixty-four points, six for the main palace and four for the secondary palace. All the shops in the capital belong to the main palace. Five large restaurants and three inns belong to the secondary palace. Four of the seven manor houses belong to the main palace, and we get three. We also received 40,000 guan of the 100,000 guan clan money. In addition, except for the Lancui Pavilion, all the other gold, silver, money, and cloth belonging to my grandfather were divided in half, half on each side. This is more fair.

The first thing Uncle Wu did after becoming the leader of the Dongfang clan was to hold a clan meeting and raise the standard money to eight guans per person for all clan members, and half the amount for children, including widows.

My uncle, who rents houses to three families, bought an acre of courtyard each in Changlefang, ensuring that every family has their own house, which is enough to make the main house jealous to death. Several children from the grandfather's family are renting houses. I heard that They made a big fuss about it. "

Li Ye nodded. His father was really good at winning people's hearts and solved the income and housing issues that everyone was most concerned about. In this way, his father's position as the patriarch of the clan was firmly established.

When he got home, his mother Pei Sanniang came up to him and said, "Gao Lishi sent someone to inform you just now that you should go to his official residence tomorrow morning."

"Didn't you say anything?"

"I didn't say it, I just said it was more important and asked you to go there as soon as possible."

"I see!"

Li Ye walked towards his yard. Pei Sanniang chased him a few steps and asked, "Ye'er, have you eaten?"

"After eating, we ate with Li Xun at Changlefang at noon."

Li Ye returned to his yard and sat in the study for a while, looking at the empty study. Then he called Xiao Hong and started to unpack the boxes and take out the things one by one.

Early the next morning, Li Ye put on his official uniform and rode towards the Daming Palace.

Soon, he arrived at Gao Lishi's court room. Gao Lishi was already waiting for him. Li Ye quickly saluted, "See Gao Weng!"

Gao Lishi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sit down!"

Li Ye sat down opposite him, Gao Lishi stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Give me the emperor's gold medal first!"

Li Ye also knew that he had no reason to keep it anymore, so he took out the gold medal and handed it to Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi said lightly: "Boy, you have to appreciate it. After the last court meeting, the emperor asked me to take the gold medal back. I delayed it for a few more times." God, I gave you the opportunity to use it in Huayin County and Heyang County, but now I really can’t delay it, do you understand?"

Li Ye quickly said: "Thank you Gao Weng for your protective heart."

Gao Lishi added: "The preliminary opinions on how to deal with Li Yu have come out. Do you want to listen to them?"

"Juniors are all ears!"

"This is the plan I drafted, and as expected, this is the final result. Li Yu failed to handle the public sentiment, concealed major events from the court, dismissed him from his post to the people, deprived him of the right to inherit the title, but he can continue to have honorary officials, and Li Xiu was transferred to the crown prince You Shuzi. "

This result is within Li Ye's expectation. As long as it can be proven that Li Yu was framed, his crime is dereliction of duty. The main dereliction of duty is demotion. However, Li Yu's concealment of the nature of the imperial court was too serious, so he was dismissed, and also Being deprived of the right to inherit the title means that he will no longer have the opportunity to be a county official in the future. The title of his grandfather Li Linfu will end with his father. This is a little better than exile.

Strictly speaking, this punishment is still too severe. It should take care of the emotions of Yang Guozhong and Zhang Jun. As for his father Li Xiu's change of appointment as the crown prince's right concubine, it is a smooth move, but he still has a chance. Once the crown prince ascends the throne, the officials in the East Palace will receive If he is reused, Li Yu will definitely resume his official career.

"Can you accept this plan?" Gao Lishi asked.

Li Ye nodded, "It's within the expectations of this junior."

Gao Lishi added: "Go back and tell him, let him be a good man and reflect on himself. When the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, he will have a chance."

"Junior understands!"

"Okay, it's time to talk about today's business. I came to you today not for Li Yu, but for your own business. I want to know, when are you going to leave for Suiye?"

Li Ye quickly bowed and said: "Reporting to Gao Weng, I have decided to set off on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, and Arolie and the others will also set off with me."

Gao Lishi nodded, took out a long rosewood box with gold embroidery from the cupboard, opened it, and found a golden cylinder about three feet long. I wonder what it was?

Li Ye was slightly startled, what is he doing?