There is a farmer named Li Wei, who does farm work during busy farming hours and works as a mason in his spare time to support a family of five. After the drought, Li Wei was helpless, got married with her children and went north, and fled to Beijing. After Li Wei settled down in his family, his bag was empty, and he couldn't support his family by himself as a mason. At this time, Yu, the third son of Emperor Jiajing, recruited a servant girl. I gave my eldest daughter, who was only 14 years old, to be a servant girl. But I don't want the stonemason's helplessness to bring the Li family prosperity for nearly a hundred years.
Emperor Jiajing was originally a foreign vassal, and Ming Wuzong died young and had no children, so at the suggestion of ministers, Zhu Houzong, who was a wise king, was made emperor, that is, Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong. Emperor Jiajing reigned for 46 years and had eight sons, but only four of them lived to adulthood. Of the four sons who lived to adulthood, three died before Emperor Jiajing, leaving only one son, Yu Wang. Surprisingly, however, Yu Wang was not only weak in character, but also had no children in his late thirties, which became a heart disease for the Ming royal family.
The daughter of Li Wei, a bricklayer, entered and was assigned to Princess Chen as a personal servant girl. At this time, Princess Chen has never been pregnant after giving birth to her daughter, and she is worried about having no children. By chance, King Yu had a young maid, Li Caifeng. The little girl was lucky. She got pregnant immediately and gave birth to a son named Zhu Yijun, later Ming Shenzong, for Yu Wang in 10 months (and gave birth to a second son yi zhu, later Lu Wang, two years later). Emperor Jiajing, who has not been in court for more than ten years, heard that he had a grandson, and gave Li Caifeng's family hundreds of silks at one time, so that the broken house in Li Wei could not be piled up at all. Our mother, with her son's wealth, was sealed to the princess's side, and Li Wei, with the honor of her daughter and grandson, was named commander-in-chief and bid farewell to the bricklayer's life.
Probably used to being poor. After Li Wei became commander in chief, it is reasonable to say that his salary is enough for his family to live a good life. However, Li Wei scolds himself for being poor every day. Whenever he has time, he goes there, nominally to visit his daughter and grandson, but in fact to ask for a reward. At that time, Yu had a fierce political struggle with the records of Yan Song and his son, so he had time to chat extensively with Li Jue and asked the steward to send some property to Li Jue. Li Jue's habit of asking his son-in-law for property continued until his death, so that the honest Ming Muzong got goose bumps when he heard that Wu Qingbo (that is, Li Jue) came to see him.
After Ming Taizu Mu Zong ascended the throne, according to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, the monarch Li Jue was posthumously named Wu Qingbo. Wu Qingbo is the first lady in the world. Those relatives naturally want to visit your home. Who makes you respected? However, Li Wei is afraid of relatives coming to your home, because it will cost a lot of entertainment. So the miser ingeniously asked the craftsman to make some fruits with wax. Usually these wax fruits are placed on the table at home, and only when relatives and friends visit can a real fruit be placed on the fake fruit bowl. In the face of such hospitality, which guest will stutter unconsciously! Li Wei also built a garden in the house by himself in order to save the wages of craftsmen. When he heard that the potted plants at home were bought by his son Gao Li for five taels of silver, he picked up a wooden stick and chased after his son, asking Gao Li to come back. Gaoli refused to retreat and used flowerpots as a cover. Li Wei refused to smash a pot of flowers with five taels of silver, pointing to Gao Li and cursing, which made the servant laugh.
After Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun acceded to the throne, Li Caifeng was honored as the Empress Dowager, and Zhang Siwei, assistant minister of does, kowtowed to Li Jue, saying that he would make Wu Qingbo the empress Wu Qing. Li Wei didn't know the difference between Bob and Hou, but he heard that Hou's salary was much higher than Bob's, and his eyes were wide open, waiting for the good news. As a result, news came from the Ministry of Rites that Li Jue was posthumously named Hou Wuqing, but Chen was suppressed by Zhang Lu, on the grounds that according to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, the top official of the country could only be surnamed Bo. Zhang's political ally, the eunuch, advised Zhang to canonize Li Jue as the marquis of Wuqing. It was nothing more than a few thousand taels of silver a year, but it could reduce one political enemy (at this time, Zhang's policy of changing pepper into sappan wood was criticized by many officials), and Zhang did not listen. I hate Zhang's guts and joined the camp to overthrow Zhang more intensively.
In the eighth year of Wanli, Wuqingbo Li Jue got a big contract for processing 200,000 sets of cotton-padded jackets by Chongguang Wang, the governor of Jizhou. Chongguang Wang did not dare to neglect, and paid Li Jue the contract sum of 202,000 silver in full. As a result, Li Jue transferred the garment contract to a profiteer in Jiangnan at a low price of 52,000 silver, and he lost the interest of152,000 silver. The profiteers cut corners and made cotton-padded jackets with moldy cotton. As a result, when these cotton-padded jackets were transported to the front line for the troops to wear, they could not resist the cold, and a heavy snow killed 19 soldiers. After the incident, the court traced Wu Qingbo to Li Wei, although after Li Taihou's deliberate arrangement, the blame was passed on to the profiteers. However, Li Taihou, who has always been wise, warned his father in the form of letters not to do anything that harms others and benefits himself, and fined him for half a year. Li Wei is the greediest in his life, so it doesn't matter if he is scolded. The fine will kill him. He didn't dare to look for Li Taihou's misfortune. Naturally, he recorded the account on the head of the records Zhang.
After Zhang's death in the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang and his family were brutally liquidated at the instigation of Wu Qingbo and others. Li Wei also won the coveted marquis of Wuqing.
1585, that is, in the thirteenth year of Wanli, the greedy and stingy Wuqing Hou Liwei died at the age of 58. Under the protection of Emperor Wanli, many members of the Li family served as viceroy until the demise of the Ming Dynasty.