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 particularly happy to see me dying?"
Linlang smiled and said: "No way, why do you think so?"
"Don't lie to me, the expression on your face is not like this." Zhou Guogong said angrily. "When I die, the 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 what to do! If you don’t want me to do this, come here to take care of me from today on! Take good care of me and I’ll be in a better mood. Maybe I’ll give a large portion of my property to your son!”
He didn't want Linlang to come to attend him before because he didn't want Linlang to see his miserable appearance. Now he is willing to let Linlang come to attend him. It's obvious that he is about to die and it doesn't matter. He just wants 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, then we will not separate. The decline of Duke Cheng'en's house will accelerate. It is your Zhou family that is unlucky, not my Sun family. I don't care. After all, my son is Don’t take my surname. If you do this, you don’t need to explain to me. All you need to do is go under the Nine Springs and explain to your ancestors. Let’s see how they feel about you single-handedly killing Duke Cheng’en’s Mansion.”
When Duke Zhou heard that Linlang was not afraid of his threats 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 is indeed afraid that if he messes up, he will be scolded by his ancestors if he dies, so in other words, he really doesn't dare - people in this era are superstitious and firmly believe that there is an underworld. , so they will 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: "My mother-in-law used to like to use this method to torture me when she was here, but then...she got really sick and died, and she still had no days without a trace. Do you want to curse yourself like this when you are in pain all night long and dying of pain? Although you are sick now, you are not like her, who is in pain day and night..."
After hearing her words, Zhou Guogong looked at her expression and was horrified. He pointed at her and said, "You...you...the old lady was killed by you!"
Linlang calmed down the expression on her face and said coldly: "I didn't say that. This is your wild imagination. The old lady cursed herself and suffered retribution."
But Zhou Guogong, who had been hinted by Linlang, could no longer listen to Linlang's explanation. Knowing that Linlang had such methods, Zhou Guogong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He no longer dared to say anything about torturing Linlang. After all, if Linlang did anything, His hands and feet also hurt like the old lady day and night, which was really scary. After all, he knew how the old lady was in pain.
Although he is very ill now, he is not in any particular pain at least. It would be terrible if he was already very ill and was in pain day and night.
He was already afraid of death, and it was simply terrifying that life would be worse than death. After all, some people were not afraid of death, but they were also afraid that life would be worse than death. What's more, he was the kind of person who was even afraid of death. If life was more terrifying than death, He couldn't imagine how terrifying it was, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to torture Linlang any more and asked Linlang to get out.
Then, Zhou Guogong 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 not act according to 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 their background in the palace, Duke Zhou would naturally go to their place from time to time. Because they went frequently, they naturally gave birth to children - - Divide the remaining 20% equally.
The original person only had one son, the prince, so after dividing 80% of the money, he didn't have to worry about how to divide the rest, and 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. The purpose is to prevent the people from giving the majority to the eldest son, and then a family will be divided. It grows bigger and bigger.
However, 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.
If those who are "lucky" have a son who lives for more than ten or dozens of years, and earns a hundred thousand in family property in his lifetime, and distributes it to more than ten or dozens of people, the second generation of his family will immediately become an ordinary small rich man. Who wants to see it? A person with a net worth of 100,000 yuan must have a considerable status in the local area. 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. That is He said that no one could bear the prestige he had earned for his family through hard work, but it would be completely lost when he died.
Therefore, most people will not divide according to the law. Only the big family will have the big head, and the rest will be divided equally among the disciples.
In order to prevent the money from being divided equally 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. Therefore, in ordinary families, unless the head of the family dies suddenly, Generally, family property will be divided before death.
The division of family property during one's lifetime is not an inheritance. One's own money can be given to whomever you want. I dare say it is not divided equally among all the disciples. At most, you can complain and cannot sue the Yamen, because in ancient times, a son could not sue Lao Tzu. If you do this, it will Perfectly circumventing 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 will definitely be given to her own son and will not be given to other people's sons. But the aunt's mother It is too unfair to share the private house of the concubine equally among all the sons. You must know that some concubines have more private houses than the legitimate mother. In this way, the legitimate son cannot divide the property of the concubine, and then the property of the parents needs to be shared by all the sons. Equally divided, the concubine will not only receive the property of his father and aunt, but also the property of his biological mother. At that time, the illegitimate son will receive even less than the concubine. This is too illogical, so this dynasty Canceled, the money from the woman in the backyard can be given only to her biological son.
After the property was divided, Zhou Guogong soon became ill and passed away, and his son inherited the title.
