Lady Irgen Gioro seemed to age several years in an instant, murmuring, "Your father is only 46 this year, he's still young, how could he have to..."
Lady Irgen Gioro served as the wife of a high-ranking official for seven years.
It's hard for someone who's standing on high ground to suddenly be forced to retreat to the foot of the mountain.
He Zhuo saw that even his mother couldn't continue speaking.
She gently held her mother's hand and said, "Mother, you still have a daughter. Most importantly, you must think about your brothers. Your three brothers are still in official positions."
When Lady Irgen Gioro heard that her son was mentioned, she thought, "Let the husband take care of his parents in their old age, but we cannot allow our son to be lost."
"Mother, don't worry, all three brothers are fine. Our family contributed a lot of grain and fodder before, and no one can erase that credit."
Mother will tell Father about these things, and he will understand. Whether he is dismissed from his post or retired is up to Father himself.
According to the history known to Khoja, Korkun was dismissed from office. Whether his property was confiscated is not recorded, but the timeframe was earlier than previously thought.
Originally, the court was supposed to rectify official corruption only after the war was completely over.
Khoja actually hadn't received the news, but Lady Irgen Gioro didn't think so. She believed her daughter had received the news, and Khoja was happy for her to think so. Otherwise, if Kangxi thought she was being tactless and confiscated her property, it wouldn't be good, and it might even implicate her brothers.
Lady Irgen Gioro had only held onto a sliver of hope before she arrived, given that it was an imperial decree issued directly by the Kangxi Emperor.
Besides this sliver of hope, she also wanted to ask if it would implicate her son. Now that she had received an answer, she had no desire to stay here any longer and was thinking of going back to talk to her husband and son.
He Zhuo hadn't even finished speaking when he let Lady Irgen Gioro leave.
"Mother, the matter about my brother that I just mentioned is the cause of this incident. Father is idle at home, and his positions as captain and clan chief will probably be given to my eldest brother, making my sister-in-law the head of the household and the clan chief's wife."
"Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Fengsheng isn't even married yet, and you're already an old lady. Think about it," Hezhuo hinted.
Lady Irgen Gioro was not ignorant; on the contrary, she knew the affairs of this large family better than anyone else, and there was a big difference between the mother running the household and the sister-in-law running it.
“Mother, according to the usual family, Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother would have been married long ago. Now you can just worry about Fengsheng.”
However, since neither of my fifth or sixth brothers are married yet, when my sister-in-law prepares the betrothal gifts, she may not say anything, but she will always have some thoughts in her heart. It would be better to give this portion of the money to my fifth and sixth brothers now so that they can use it to buy some private money. In fact, this is what they deserve. If they had gotten married a few years earlier, their annual income would have been quite substantial.
Fifth Brother has recovered his health, but he still needs to be careful and take care of himself, as it costs money in every aspect.
A few years would be fine, but if it goes on for longer, my sister-in-law will inevitably have her own thoughts.
"The dowry for the eldest son of our family is ten thousand taels of silver from the public funds. Mother has just given the money to my brothers. No one can say anything about it. Fifth brother has been weak since childhood and needs to be taken care of. He needs money. Sixth brother is learning martial arts. As the saying goes, 'the poor study literature and the rich study martial arts.' How can we do without some money to rely on?"
The weddings of my eldest, second, and third brothers were all arranged by my grandfather. They were grand and respectable, and they lived very well, accumulating considerable private wealth.
If Mother stops managing the household in the future
The eldest sister-in-law is in charge.
How can we possibly treat Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Xiao Fengsheng, and Eldest Brother the same way they were back then?
"They are all their mother's sons, all their father's legitimate sons. Could it be that because they are young..."
The older brothers live comfortably, while the younger brothers are only allowed to live on their rations. This is unfair; some are drowning in wealth while others are starving. Over time, this will inevitably lead to problems, especially if a rift develops between the brothers.
As soon as Lady Irgen Gioro heard her daughter speak, she understood that her daughter wanted money for her younger sons.
She understood what he meant; it seemed that the eldest son would be in charge of the household in the future, and his wife would naturally be the matriarch.
However, she still has three biological sons who are not yet married and live under the care of their elder brother and sister-in-law. How can they compare to their own parents?
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