Chapter 541 Orphans and Widows
Chapter 541 Orphans and Widows
He couldn't help but stretch his neck to look at Li Wu. He wanted to know what had happened. Even delicious food could no longer tempt him. He just wanted to know what happened next.
Li Wu looked at Wang Yangming, coughed twice, and then continued, "Saint Wang, you did not mention family affairs before you died. At that time, your disciple Zhou Ji once asked you how to arrange your family's future. Saint Wang, you just said: Why bother with this!
Soon after your death, Saint Wang, the powerful officials in the court regarded "Xinxue" as a heresy, saying that you slandered Zhu Xi and attacked Confucianism, and criticized you, Saint Wang.
It's ridiculous. How can people not criticize when they are alive? Don't they dare?
Yes, they only dared to criticize you after you, Saint Wang, died. They are just a bunch of cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death. "
Li Wu rolled his eyes. The civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty were simply speechless. Each of them only cared about their own interests and did not care about the survival of the country at all.
The group of scholars were the ones who knelt the fastest.
The ministers who slandered Wang Yangming and stood behind him in front of the sky curtain lowered their heads, filled with shame.
Of course they didn't think they had done anything wrong, they just felt embarrassed being stared at by so many people.
Wang Yangming didn't say anything about this, but just smiled faintly.
Not to mention, there are many ministers who dislike him now. After all, he has offended Liu Jin, and many of Liu Jin's lackeys want to deal with him.
"So, Your Excellency Wang, you were stripped of all your honors and official positions by Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty.
Just when your body was still warm, Saint Wang, the Xiao Qiang incident occurred within the family, and the clan members and wives and concubines fought over the property.
After your death, all your honors were taken away from you. Many people took advantage of your misfortune, and the Wang family was in tatters.
Your own son was only two years old at that time. What could a child like him do?
That life has changed dramatically.
Your son is named Wang Zhengyi. Wang Zhengyi's mother, Zhang, entered the family late and was born in a poor family. "Li Wu glanced at Wang Yangming, "So you know that she can't suppress other wives whose mothers are strong and older. "
Wang Yangming sighed. He knew what was going to happen next without even having to think about it. Facing this son who didn't even have a shadow, Wang Yangming felt a little guilty.
After his death, the child was only two years old, and having suffered such a change, I think his life would not have been easy.
In front of the skylight, Zhang hugged her son Wang Zhengyi and cried loudly. She and her son had been imprisoned and they didn't know when it would end. It felt like every day was passing so slowly.
Many ancestors in front of the sky curtain also felt sorry for Zhang and her son.
"So they recommended Wu, but she had a strong character and was intolerant.
In addition, the Wang family members used to rely on you, Saint Wang, to survive.
Nowadays, the Wang family is just ordinary people. Although they are ordinary people, Saint Wang, you have been an official for decades, and together with your father Wang Hua, the property left behind is naturally not too small.
So several concubines, together with their natal family members and the Wang family clan, colluded with local officials and gentry bullies and fought each other.
Also, Mr. Wang, the child of Wang Zhengxian, the relative your father had arranged for you to adopt, will also be divided into two parts at this time.
In short, everyone wanted to share the property, everyone wanted to get more, and no one was willing to give in to anyone else.
Outside, court officials were suppressing the Wang family, while inside, powerful clan members were fighting for property.
Saint Wang, I don't even need to explain the life of your own son Wang Zhengyi. You can imagine how much bullying an orphan and a widow suffered. "It's simply that everyone around him is a bad person who all wants to steal things. How could they have a good face towards this weak orphan and a widow?
They even bully him everywhere. After all, Wang Zhengyi is Wang Yangming's biological son and he must get a share of the property. How could those who want to snatch him be happy?
Wang Yangming's face also turned unhappy. Confucius and Mencius looked at Wang Yangming, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Things haven't happened yet. There is still a chance for change. Don't worry."
The barrage of comments was full of discussions about this. In fact, they had seen a lot of things like this. It was not uncommon for people to become enemies because of fighting for property.
So there is nothing strange about it. Ordinary people like them would have a lot of fights over property issues, let alone those officials.
It's just a pity for the orphan and the widow, everyone wants to go up and divide the property.
Wang Hua was so angry that his face turned red and he narrowed his eyes. It seemed that his fellow tribesmen were living too well and were bullying his grandson.
Wang Hua was somewhat happy to hear that he finally had a grandson, but he became unhappy when he heard what happened next.
The Wang family members all looked unhappy. They were finished. Nothing had happened yet. Who knew whether Wang Hua and Wang Shouren would take action against them.
They also knew that the days to come would definitely not be as comfortable as before.
So all the Wang family members hurried to Wang Hua's house.
I want to ask for Wang Hua's forgiveness.
Sky
“Even in the eleventh year of Jiajing, your son Wang Zhengyi was only five years old.
At that time, Zhang and Wang Zhengyi were detained by their clansmen for more than a month.
The dispute over property is getting more and more intense. If it continues like this, the orphans and widows left behind by you, Saint Wang, might die in the Wang family compound.
Now, the disciples of Wang Clan could not bear to watch it any longer. They could not bear to see Saint Wang’s only son end up like this.
Your disciple Fang Xianfu appointed Wang Chen, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Justice, as the Assistant Governor of Zhejiang and the Governor of Eastern Zhejiang, and forcibly interfered in your family affairs.
However, this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. As long as Wang Zhengyi stays in the Wang family, his safety cannot be guaranteed. Who knows what those cruel people will do to Wang Zhengyi for their property.
At that time, Wang's disciples also made considerations in order to protect Wang Zhengyi's safety.
The first is a political marriage, which can ensure Wang Zhengyi’s safety.
At that time, Huang Wan, as a good friend of Saint Wang, took the initiative to betroth his daughter to Wang Zhengyi.
Therefore, marrying Huang Wan is a very good idea.
Later, Wang's disciples Qian Dehong and Wang Ji made a special trip to Nanjing to ask for Wang Zhengyi's reputation.
Because Huang Wan's mother was still alive, they needed to seek the old lady's opinion, so the two of them went to Huangyan County, Taizhou, and got the old lady's approval before they formally proposed to Wang Zhengyi.
Don’t mention it, proposing a marriage was quite troublesome in ancient times, mainly because the roads were not easy to travel on at that time. If it were now, it would be done in one day." Li Wu felt his scalp tingling just thinking about sitting in a carriage for several days and nights.
And it's so bumpy that even if she were asked to sit in the car for a few hours now, she wouldn't be able to sit still for a while.
"Brother Huang Wan is righteous," Wang Yangming said with tears in his eyes, "and the disciples are good too."
In front of the sky, those whose names were mentioned by the little fairy all puffed out their chests with pride.
They also left their names for posterity, which is a good thing, a good thing.
When Zhang heard that Wang's disciples would take charge of her and her son soon, she breathed a sigh of relief. Woohoo, after all the hard work, there is happiness.
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