Zhou Guogong probably felt that he was about to die, so his temper became even worse. Linlang came to see him, but not only did she not get any favors from him, but he also made many sarcastic comments from him.
“You seem to be very happy to see that I am about to die?”
Linlang smiled and said, “No way, why do you think so?”
“Don’t You lied to me, the expression on your face is not like this." Zhou Guogong said angrily. "When I die, the whole house will be yours. Can you be unhappy? But don't be happy too soon. If you gloat about the loss of my mountain and make me angry, I won't give the boss a big share of the property." It's up to you! If you don't want me to do this, come over and take care of me from now on. I'm in a good mood! Maybe I will give the bulk of my property to your son!”
He didn’t want Linlang to come to serve him before because he didn’t want Linlang to see his embarrassment. Now he is willing to let Linlang come to serve him. It’s obvious that he wants to be there soon. It didn't matter that he was dead, he just wanted to vent his anger by torturing Linlang.
It wasn't that Zhou Guogong hated Linlang, but that his temper became bad when he found out that he was about to die.
After hearing Duke Zhou's threat, Linlang couldn't help but be speechless, and said: "If you don't want to separate us, then we won't separate them. Then the Cheng'en Palace will accelerate its decline. The unlucky one is your Zhou family, not my Sun family. I don't care, after all You don’t have my surname. You don’t need to explain to me what you did. Just go to Jiuquan and explain to your ancestors. Let’s see how they feel about you single-handedly killing Duke Cheng’en. ”
When Duke Zhou heard that Linlang was not afraid of his threat and said this, he couldn't help but became furious and said: "No matter how I divide the property, even if I am willing to give your son a big share, you have to come and serve me!"
He also I am really afraid that if I die, I will be scolded by my ancestors if I go under the Nine Springs, so in other words, I really don’t dare - people in this era are superstitious and firmly believe that there is an underworld, so They would do this kind of thing with caution.
After listening to Zhou Guogong's words, Linlang suddenly showed a smile that made Zhou Guogong think it was weird, and said: "When my mother-in-law was here, she also liked to use this method to torture me. Later...she got really sick and died. Even though you are sick now, you are still in pain day and night like she is..."
After hearing her words, Zhou Guogong looked at her expression again. He was horrified and pointed at her and said: "You...you...the old lady was killed by you!"
Linlang turned her face away. With an expression on his face, he said coldly: "I didn't say that. This is your wild imagination. The old lady cursed herself and suffered retribution."
But Linlang was Zhou Guogong, who had hinted at this, could no longer listen to Linlang's explanation. Knowing that Linlang had such methods, Zhou Guogong couldn't help but break down in a cold sweat. He no longer dared to say anything to torture Linlang. After all, if Linlang had done something to him, he would be in trouble. It would be too scary to be in pain like an old lady day and night. After all, he knew how the old lady was in pain.
Although he is very ill now, he is not in any particular pain. It would be terrible if he was already very ill and was in pain day and night.
He was originally afraid of death, and it was terrifying to think that life would be worse than death. After all, some people are not afraid of death, but they are also afraid that life would be worse than death. What's more, he is the kind of person who is even afraid of death. If Life was more terrifying than death. He could not imagine how terrifying it was. He was so frightened that he did not dare to torture Linlang any more and asked Linlang to get out. Then, Duke Zhou presided over the separation of families.
Because he was afraid that Linlang would have the means to make life worse than death, he did not dare to act in accordance with the ancestral system, so he gave the majority of the money to his eldest son, about 80%.
The sons of Aunt Cai, Aunt Cui and others - when they first entered the palace, because of the background of the palace, Duke Zhou would naturally go to their place from time to time. Because they went frequently, they naturally Those who have given birth to a child will share the remaining 20% equally.
It turned out that I only had one son, the prince, so after dividing 80% of the money, I didn’t have to worry about how to divide the rest. I just let them quarrel among themselves.
In fact, according to the law, in addition to the title and family property, the property needs to be divided equally among all the sons. This is a law similar to the Qiangu Yangmou Tuien Order, which is to prevent the people from giving the majority to the eldest son. From time to time, a family will be raised bigger and bigger.
But there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. All families who have made a fortune do not want their families to continue to be divided evenly and thinly. Especially when ordinary people become prosperous, they will inevitably have a lot of women and have a lot of sons.
For those who are "lucky", their sons live for more than ten or dozens of years, and they earn a hundred thousand in family property in their lifetime. After they are distributed to more than ten or dozens of people, their second generation will immediately become Ordinary little rich man, who wants to see this? Someone with a fortune of 100,000 The person must have a considerable status in the local area. As a result, after death, the property is divided equally, and the second generation becomes an ordinary rich man. He must have no status in the local area. In other words, the prestige he has earned for his family through hard work, No one can bear the thought of being completely gone once a person dies.
So most people will not divide according to the law. It is the big house that has the big head, and the rest will be divided equally among the disciples.
To prevent the money from being divided evenly after death, it must be divided equally among the sons. Otherwise, the son who did not get the equal share may sue the other brothers to the Yamen, and the Yamen will definitely rule that the sons should be divided equally, so generally Unless the head of the family dies suddenly, the family property will usually be divided up before death.
Dividing family property before death is not inheritance. You can give your own money to whoever you want. I dare say it is not divided equally among all the disciples. At most, you can complain and you can’t sue the Yamen, because in ancient times, a son could not sue me. , in this way, you can perfectly circumvent the law.
There is another rule in this dynasty that is different from the previous dynasties - the dowry of the aunt's mother can not be divided equally among the sons, but can only be divided among the sons.
You must know that in many dynasties in the past, even the dowry of the aunt's mother was divided equally among the sons. This is a bit unreasonable. After all, the private house of the bastard's biological mother must be given to his biological son and not to others. The son of a person, but the private house of the aunt's mother must be divided equally among all the sons. This is too unfair. You must know that some concubines have more private houses than the aunt's mother. In this case, the legitimate son will not be able to share the property of his concubine, and the property of his parents will be divided equally among all the sons. The concubine will not only receive the property of his father and legitimate mother, but also the property of his biological mother. When the legitimate son The share is even less than that of a concubine. This is too illogical, so this dynasty has canceled it. The money of the woman in the backyard can only be given to the biological son.
After the property was divided, Zhou Guogong soon became ill and passed away. His son inherited the title.