In fact, Wang Shuo implemented the new decree, and it was his own family that suffered the most.The Wang family has a history of more than 800 years in Anding, and its business names are all over the country.Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the world has been in turmoil, and the businesses in various places have either been unable to hand over their profits in time because of the war and lack of information, or they have fallen into the war zone, and most of them have been unable to provide the funds for the Wang family to maintain.The only thing that can support this huge family is to stabilize the surrounding land.Wang Shuo's new land law completely cut off any hope of maintaining the Wang family's prosperity.The patriarch of the Wang family is nearly seventy years old, and at the unanimous request of the family, he solemnly opened the ancestral hall of the Wang family and held a family meeting.When his father Wang Yan was martyred, Wang Shuo became the sole agent of their family.Whether it is the general who guards the land, or the stability of thousands of households, Wang Shuo has no reason not to participate in the family meeting.The courtyard of the Wang ancestral hall is the size of two basketball courts, and the two two-person high doors of the main hall are slowly opened, and the light inside is dim, and the tall multi-layer offering table enshrines the spiritual seats of the ancestors of the Wang family.The old patriarch stood under the eaves of the main hall, solemnly washed his hands, put incense, and saluted.At the foot of the main hall, representatives of each family also followed the old patriarch to kowtow to their ancestors and salute.After the salute, the old patriarch stood up tremblingly from the ground, turned around, his snow-white goatee swayed, and his eyes surveyed the hundreds of clansmen under the steps.When his gaze slowly moved to Wang Shuo, who was standing in the first row, he froze, and slowly asked in a hoarse voice: "General, in what capacity did you enter the ancestral hall today?"
Wang Shuo said in his heart, is this a strange question, I am an official, and you won't let me enter the door.But he still needed to maintain respect on his face, bowed to the patriarch and saluted with his hands, and replied: "Kui Guang has come to worship his ancestors as a disciple of the clan."
Kuiguang is the word from Wang Shuo after enlightenment, Wang Shuo's surname is Wang Shuo's name is Kuiguang, in front of the patriarch of his family, he can only call his own small characters.The patriarch bowed slightly when he heard his answer: "In this way, you still admit that you are a descendant of the Wang family, the old man is still your patriarch, and you are your sixth grandfather" Wang Shuo didn't dare to raise his head, and replied respectfully: "Grandson doesn't dare to forget his roots."
The old patriarch snorted coldly and said, "Have you ever remembered the ancestral teachings left by our ancestors?"
Wang Shuo said: "Don't dare to forget."
The patriarch said sternly: "Carry it and listen" Wang Shuo was just about to speak, and the patriarch said sharply: "Kneel in front of the ancestor to carry it" Wang Shuo knew that the patriarch opened the ancestral hall to hold this family meeting for him.His new land law seriously harmed the interests of the wealthy people in the clan, who openly did not dare to provoke him, and secretly wanted to force him to submit through the family law.If he does not subdue his own people, the other families will follow the example of the Wang family, and his new decree will not be implemented, and he can only come to this family meeting with a hard head.Wang Shuo knelt down in front of the steps against the ancestral tablet in the main hall, and recited the ancestral teachings: "Self-denial and revenge, benevolence and filial piety."
Respect the elders and respect the young, be lenient and strict with yourself.Cultivating and reading heirlooms, armed with external humiliation.On the loyal country, the glorious lintel. ”After he finished reciting, the patriarch looked at him coldly and said: "As a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, you are an official of thousands of households in the imperial court, and you are the lord of the Chaoyun cavalry.Meng was favored by the court, but he did not want to serve the court.Self-proclaimed general, blatantly tampering with the laws of the dynasty, how different from the rebellious ministers and thieves, how can he be loyal to the country, how can he come to deny himself and revenge such a big rebellion, so that the ancestors are disgraced, and how can he glorify the lintel" The more the patriarch said, the more excited he became.He is Wang Shuo's grandfather who has not come out of five suits, and he Wang Shuo is no longer a thing, and he doesn't dare to do anything to his grandfather.The old patriarch waved his goatee and continued to count Wang Shuo: "You are arbitrary, and you have set up a private court; Arbitrarily in charge of punishment, brutal and unkind, cut off the ancestors' offerings, cut off the people's way of life, and take away the comfort of the elderly, so that the elders and children of the Ru clan are trembling, and how to be benevolent and filial piety, how to respect the elders and respect the young, how to be lenient and strict with themselves" After finishing speaking, the patriarch asked: "You are unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial, now in front of your ancestors, what else do you have to say" Wang Shuo let the patriarch scold in a cold sweat.He peeked at the people around him, most of them looking at him with anger in their eyes.He sighed in his heart, it seemed that in the eyes of his clansmen, he was almost a bastard who did all kinds of evil.His clansmen didn't know that the Wang Shuo kneeling here in front of him was no longer the original Wang Shuo who only knew loyalty and filial piety to serve the country.In the eyes of the current Wang Shuo, the country is not just the Ming court, and filial piety is not just to let his family and the rich do whatever they want.The courtyard of the ancestral hall fell silent.After all, Wang Shuo is the current lord of Anding City, and he holds the power of life and death in his hands.Except for the old patriarch, who is the patriarch of the Wang family, and is Wang Shuo's grandfather, who dares to reprimand Wang Shuo, others dare not provoke this self-styled general.Wang Shuo raised his head, looked at the patriarch and asked, "Sixth grandfather, you think your grandson is wrong, then, please show your grandson a clear way":