Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 425 Silly Child
"Xiao Hao!" When Wang saw the uncle and aunt jumping out, she quickly covered Deng Ai's mouth.
Bai Tu's expression froze for a moment...
Originally, Bai Tu knew the name , so he guessed that the so-called "stupid child" was probably just a stutterer, which caused prejudice.
Even though Deng Ai was only five or six years old, he should have been very smart and had the wisdom inherited from his ancestors. That's why when he saw that Deng Ai wanted to speak, he coaxed him to speak as soon as possible.
Who knew that this guy didn't play by the rules, but used ethical jokes to snipe in the middle lane. This is not ancestral wisdom, this is the wisdom of Zaun!
Chen Zhen, who had always had a long face and was very serious, was also trying not to laugh. Guo Youzhi on the side was so angry that he groaned. However, considering that Deng Ai was still a little kid, it was possible that he was just talking nonsense...
His moral values made it impossible for him to discuss the issues between his father and his aunt with a five-and-a-half-year-old child.
"Little boy from the Deng family, your father left his inheritance to his relatives, cousins, and uncle..." Guo Youzhi said seriously.
However, when he was halfway through his words, Guo Youzhi suddenly remembered something and paused. At the same time, he noticed that Bai Tu was looking at him strangely. Then he thought about what he was saying... He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and remained silent.
Deng Ai suddenly involved his father and mother's marital relationship with his aunts. Guo Youzhi just felt angry and amused, so he wanted to explain the truth to this little brat who was either really stupid or precocious. However, after he opened up, Guo Youzhi found that he couldn't say it!
People of insight could have long seen that Bai Tu wanted to weaken the influence of the clan system and encourage couples to be the basis of society.
Therefore, to prove that "cousins and uncles are closer than wives", it is not as good as the previous statement that "aunts are closer".
At least the latter is just making dirty jokes, while the former is rebelling against Baitu!
No matter what they think in their hearts, the "conservatives" of Chu State are ostensibly helping Bai Tu to balance the contradiction between the new policy and the old system. They stand from the perspective of the beneficiaries in the past and assist the King of Chu from another aspect.
As for those who are really against Baitu and just want to destroy the new policy, they are called "enemies"...
Conservatives are widely present among the people and in the six ministries. Only in the Privy Council, that is, in the Chu army, no one will consider themselves conservative. They may be conservative in terms of interests, but they are also conservative in terms of ideology, and their foothold will only become smaller and smaller.
Just like now, Bai Tu is willing to listen to Guo Youzhi, and Guo Youzhi also wants to persuade Bai Tu, but... once the topic is led to a sensitive direction, Guo Youzhi can only remain silent.
Bai Tu was also thinking at this time...
Was Deng Ai really precocious and just stumbled upon it by accident, or...did he see the essence of the incident and directly focus the contradiction on this essential issue?
Whether it is Nanyang or Jingzhou, the situation is indeed different from that of Jiangdong, but as Deng Ai said, no matter what, it is not the turn of those cousins to be closer than "husband and wife".
Moreover, the controversy over the Ji Yang incident was caused by the fact that the husband died young in his prime. No matter how much productivity women have exerted in Jingzhou or Nanyang, there is no problem in advocating that "husband and wife are one" in family property when one of them dies.
As for how to divide the property after separation?
Bai Tu really couldn't believe that with the local customs and practices at that time, someone would divorce just to divide the family property.
Even if there is... Bai Tu will not give up his principles for the sake of an individual case. If you are really that worried, Bai Tu has a sincere suggestion - don't get married!
"There's nothing to say. We can slowly check the notarization of the old Deng family member. It can't be fake. However, the practice of 'giving away' almost all the family property to others without Wang's consent is absolutely against the Chu Law. Jiyang County must help to get back half of it as soon as possible." Bai Tu said with finality.
Although Bai Tu said that he would "slowly investigate" the ownership of half of the dispute, everyone understands that this requires waiting for the new policy to continue to naturally take root in people's hearts.
As for the other half...
The statement that Bai Tu was "given to others" has already made the point. Unless you want to overthrow the State of Chu, there is no need to consider reversing it!
This is not only said to the Deng family, but also to the entire Chu State - if it does not involve the bottom line, we can take it slowly, and everyone can put forward opinions. If it involves the bottom line... it is useless to talk to the Ministry of Justice . If you have opinions, you can directly consider talking to the Privy Council.
"This boy is good, I think... he's just not good at talking. It would be a waste if we don't teach him well. Madam Wang can consider directly exchanging them for money and food, or renting out the land and taking him to Jinling." Bai Tu didn't dare to mention it now. This boy was like himself when he was a child.
When Bai Tu was a kid, he never used ethical jokes to fight with others...
"On behalf of an unworthy son, I would like to thank the king for his kindness! I do not deserve the king's praise, but I just hope that this unworthy son can contribute to the State of Chu in the future." Wang immediately thanked him.
"I, I also thank King Dai! King Dai and the Queen are all good people!" Little Deng Ai also followed suit.
"Huh? My queen, did you say anything just now?" Bai Tu asked curiously.
"My mother is the best person. That's why when my father was still alive, he was very considerate of my mother. And the king can be considerate of all the mothers in the world. It must be because the queen is also a very, very good person." Deng Ai said stumblingly.
These words touched Lu Lingqi deeply, but unfortunately...Deng Ai stuttered and his expression was anxious when he spoke, so he did not show the "cuteness" that a child should have. This is probably one of the reasons why he is widely believed to be "not smart".
Guo Youzhi stood aside, looking at Deng Ai with some fear - at first he thought that Deng Ai was just an impolite kid who told dirty jokes, but now... he had to think about it carefully.
Even now he didn't dare to regard what Deng Ai said as simply saying nice things. He had some doubts in his heart whether this boy was implicitly accusing the Deng clan elders. After all... his father was very considerate of his mother's words, so how could he give the family property to other people?
Thinking more deeply, are you trying to arouse Queen Chu's hostility towards Deng?
Rumor has it that the Queen of Chu forced Madam Xiahou to... ahem, Guo Youzhi was an honest man and he didn't spread or believe rumors.
What Deng's people said to Guo Youzhi at the beginning was that they were worried that this five-year-old mute idiot would ruin the family fortune, so the uncles and aunts divided the property among them. If anything happened to the idiot in the future, they would help him out. After all, the clan is like that... isn't that right?
However, Guo Youzhi now sighed in his heart: My family also has dozens of hectares of land, how nice it would be if I could exchange them for a "silly child"?
