Clan Council Xia Xun instinctively thought that this meeting might have a lot to do with him, Old Man Yang was a thief, and he wanted to deal with himself again.
However, the last time you used the law of the land, you still couldn't manipulate me, so what's the use of this rule?
Peng Ziqi and Steward Xiao greeted him and looked at him worriedly, Xia Xun smiled faintly and said, "Since I am also surnamed Yang, I should go on a trip, it doesn't matter, you can wait at home." ” Xia Xun patted his shirt and said to Yang Yu and Yang Wenwu: "Two, lead the way." ” Yang Yu snorted coldly and led Yang Wenwu forward.
Xia Xun really doesn't care too much, is the clan very strong patriarchal, after all, it is subject to the law of the country, my Xia Xun is not a soft persimmon that can be kneaded by others, they still have the ability to arrest me and soak me in the pig cage is not the biggest punishment, I think it is just to drive out the family, I don't want to be in your Yang family, it's a big deal, what else can I do Xia Xun is a modern person after all, although he also knows that the binding force of the family on the family is very strong in ancient times, after all, he can't have a personal experience and feeling of the ancient patriarchal system.
The ancestral hall of the Yang family was built in the center of Moling Town, and the home of Yang Rong, the old patriarch of the Juben family, was the closest.
The ancestral hall is a place where ancestral gods are worshipped and sacrifices are carried out, and it is regarded as a symbol of the clan.
However, in the past, the seven temples of the Son of Heaven, the five temples of the princes, the three temples of the doctor, the first temple of the scholars, and the Shuren could only be sacrificed to the bed.
That is to say, ordinary civilians can only worship their ancestors in their own rooms, and scholars and doctors can build ancestral temples.
But in the Yuan Dynasty, the constraints in this regard were gradually relaxed, so as long as a big family had economic strength, it could have an ancestral hall, and the rule that there was no temple was broken.
The ancestral hall of the Yang family was built in the Yuan Dynasty, the ancestral hall is not very big, but it is very ancient, the blue roof tiles are wrapped in a layer of dark blue moss, and the whole courtyard is the traces left by the years of exploitation.
At the gate of the ancestral hall, the people of the Yang clan gathered in the courtyard, rich and poor, old and young, talking to each other.
Yang Yu and Yang Wenwu were like two little ghosts who opened the way, as soon as they entered the courtyard, the whispering immediately stopped, and everyone looked at Xia Xun behind them.
Xia Xun calmly stepped into the courtyard door.
Although the people standing here seem to be scattered, in fact, they have their own rules, they are all arranged according to the distance of the branches, the size of the generation, Xia Xun does not know any of them, and he does not know what generation they are.
"Ahem" Yang Rong coughed, and was supported by his eldest son and eldest grandson, and walked out of the ancestral hall majestically and stood still on the steps.
He originally wanted to see Xia Xun's reaction, but peeking through the crack in the door, Xia Xun didn't care, he actually looked around in the ancestral hall, this touch and that touch, he almost broke into the ancestral hall to observe, he couldn't hold back, so he had to show up immediately.
As soon as they saw the old patriarch come out, all the people turned to him and stood solemnly, and someone brought a chair behind him and invited the old patriarch to sit down.
Xia Xun didn't want to be really arrogant, giving people the impression of not knowing etiquette, so he looked left and right, squeezed between the two thin old men, and stood still.
Seeing this, Yang Rong's son Yang Dingsheng glared at him and shouted: "Yang Xu, why is there no rules like this, the two clans are always your uncles, and you can stand there."
Xia Xun hurriedly stood up again, with a chuckle on his face, and calmly said: "I'm sorry, Yang Xu left home at a young age, and he didn't know any of his relatives and elders, and he didn't know anything about his concubines, houses, and generations, but he really couldn't tell the old and young in this courtyard, which one was long and which one was young, Yang Xu should stand there again, please give me some advice."
By the way, I don't know who Your Excellency is, why are you standing behind our patriarch."
Yang Dingsheng was so angry that his face turned blue, and he said in a deep voice: "I, I am the eldest son of the Yang family's main sect, it is your uncle who is going, standing over there" Xia Xun didn't think it was wrong, he was a member of the Ding generation, and he was indeed his father's cousin, so he couldn't care about the length of this matter, Xia Xun obediently stood down according to his designated position, turned his head to look at him, there was a big man with a full face, who looked like he was about forty years old, Xia Xun smiled and asked, "Your Excellency, I won't stand in the wrong position again when I'm older than me."
The big man was very well-behaved in the ancestral hall, and when he saw him saluting, he hurriedly returned the salute and said: "I can't do it, I can't do it, in terms of seniority, you are my uncle." ” "Oh" Xia Xun was a little surprised, looked at the long and slippery person behind the big man, and asked: "These people behind you are all younger than me."
"Yes, they are all your nephews, some call you uncle, and some call you uncle."
Xia Xun smiled happily: "It seems that my rank is not too low. ” These words made some clansmen laugh, but the old patriarch didn't dare to laugh out loud in front of him.
Yang Rong saw that the solemn atmosphere was made out of character by his gags, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he immediately interrupted him loudly and said loudly: "Quiet, calm today, call all the big guys here, it's to discuss a few major matters of the clan." ” Seeing that everyone was quiet, he nodded to his grandson Yang Chong and said, "Chong'er, you come here." ” "Yes" Yang Chong bowed, then took three steps forward, lowered two steps, stood still, and said loudly: "I invite you to come today, there are two important things related to my whole clan to announce.
The first is to repair the ancestral temple.
The ancestral hall, the place of respecting the ancestors, everyone has seen that the ancestral hall of our Yang family has been in disrepair for a long time, has been dilapidated, for the descendants of the people, seeing the ancestral incense land is like this, how to bear it in the heart, the patriarch discussed with several clan elders and decided to rebuild the ancestral shrine.
According to the wealth and poverty of each house, the patriarch and the elders of the clan consulted, drew up a list of contributions, the clan relatives of each house listened carefully, went back to prepare early, after three days, the money was sent, and my father and the three clan elders jointly signed for the purpose of repairing the ancestral hall.
Yang Lao, should pay five pieces of righteousness, Yang Yi, five pieces of righteousness" Xia Xun listened quietly, and when he read him, he heard two hundred pieces of righteousness, his body couldn't help but move, and he didn't squeak, Yang Chong paused here, and saw that he didn't react, so he continued to read, and when he finished reading, Xia Xun shouted: "Wait, I have something to say." ” Yang Rong glanced at him and said slowly: "Yang Xu, what do you have to say?"
Xia Xun said proudly: "I don't understand, why the Yang clan has its own branches, and the highest only needs to pay."
Yang Dingsheng snorted coldly: "There are no rules, the patriarch asks, I don't know how to bow down and give a salute, and then answer what sage books did you read?"
Xia Xun's forehead was tense, but then he eased up, grinned, took a step forward, and bowed: "Old patriarch, the younger generation is a little puzzled.
Why is it that each room has its own branch, and the highest payment is only 20 yuan, while the younger generation needs to pay 200 yuan, which is ten times worse" "Well, this one."
Yang Rong stroked the goatee, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it is calculated from the bearing capacity of each house, and all the houses of the Yang family are engaged in farming, although there are also solid people in the family, but compared to you, it is much worse after all."
Seeing you come back, building a lot of buildings, the scale of the courtyard, in our entire Moling Town, who can still match the affairs of your family, naturally the capable will work hard. ” Xia Xun sneered at each other: "The younger generation heard my father say that my father gave up farming and doing business, and was criticized and opposed by the patriarch, and now the patriarch also admits that I am strong in this house?"
Yang Rong's old face turned red, and he patted his chair and shouted: "Abandoning agriculture and doing business, that is, you are willing to degenerate, no matter how rich you are, it is still a lowly business, and this will never change." ” Xia Xun was about to refute, and after thinking about it, he was going to abandon the Yang family and set up his own hall, no matter what, this ancestral shrine is the ancestral shrine of the Yang family, even if the Yang family is sorry for Yang Dingkun and his son, presumably his father and son are still in favor of cultivating the main ancestral hall, this should be one of the things he did for them before finding a chance to leave the Yang family, anyway, this benefit is used on the dead, and this group of unconscionable pigs and dogs can't touch it.
Thinking of this, Xia Xun gritted his teeth and retreated into the arrangement.
Yang Chong smiled proudly and continued: "This second thing is about Yitian in my Yang clan.
My Yang clan has spread out its branches, and its descendants have gradually prospered, some people are rich, and naturally some people are poor, and Yitian is still only three acres of land gathered at this time, and after a hundred years, time has passed, and these three acres of thin fields have long been insufficient to supply the four seasons of sacrifices, clansmen to study, and poor people to relieve them, so the patriarch and the clan elders discussed, and decided to expand the Yitian, and divide the three clan fields of sacrifice, righteousness and learning, and a total of 30 acres of Yitian are needed. ” The people of the hall suddenly shook when they heard it, to know that the field is their lifeblood, take out an acre, that will be distressed to death, since ancient times, in a big family, the formation of the clan field is mainly by the clansmen who have become big officials, the clansmen who have made huge fortunes and thousands of hectares of fertile land donated, or the clansmen who have committed negligence and have been fined and confiscated fields, and the descendants of the ancestral hall are not nothing, but a family has taken out a piece of land, it is amazing, and now the patriarch wants to establish thirty acres of righteous land at once, who can afford it" Yang Chong raised his hands and said loudly: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, listen to me."
This clan field does not need to be shared by the whole clan, young and old.
Contributions are made only by the wealthy of the clan.
Although my grandfather's family background is also average, but he is the head of the family, he should be the first to set an example, and my grandfather decided that my family will donate five acres of family land. ” The clansmen were stunned, and they all looked at Yang Rong with admiration, Yang Rong twisted his beard and smiled, bowed his head slightly, and was content.
Xia Xun sneered secretly on the side: the income of the clan field is mainly used to worship the four seasons of incense and candles and fruits in the ancestral hall, to help the poor people, and to help the students of the ordinary clansmen, simply put, it is the charity fund in the family, and the person in charge of this fund is the head of the clan, how to operate is completely up to him, what is the difference between his five acres of donation and non-donation "That's the other twenty-five acres."
Yang Chong looked at Xia Xun and smiled slightly: "Offering sacrifices to the ancestral hall, raising the old and the young, and building a family study, the merits are immeasurable."
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You have been away from your hometown for many years, and you have not contributed to the family, and now you are back, and the family is rich and rich. ” Xia Xun was furious and rebuked: "The big joke of the world" Yang Chong's face changed, and he shouted: "Why, who are you against for the sect."
Who is the ancestor of the clan, the great-grandson of the family, and the family is auspicious.
Gather at home, become relatives, love each other in life, mourn in death, and have a way to gather, so it is called a family.
The rite said: The sect will have something; Everyone is served.
Therefore, through its existence and absence, it looks harmonious.
Shouldn't you do something for your loved ones?"
Xia Xun laughed loudly: "Where are my relatives and relatives, I only see a group of wolves who hate the rich and jealous, and they can't wait to tear me apart, chew it, and swallow it."
After saying that, Xia Xun arched his hand and said: "I suddenly remembered that Yang still has to accompany his wife to Youqi Xia Mountain, busy, these trivial things that have nothing to do with me, you can discuss it yourself, I Yang has been gone for more than ten years, and no one remembers my life and death."
Now that I'm back, I haven't seen a single friendly and friendly clansman, so I won't get involved in these things, and I will take my leave."
"You are bold" Yang Rong got up angrily and said angrily: "In the ancestral hall, you dare to be disrespectful and take him down for me so rudely."
Under Yang Rong's prestige, he shouted an order, and the young people in those clans gathered around him.
Yang Rong's move was not excessive, because the law of the feudal era tacitly allowed the clan to exercise the right of primary judgment and the right to carry out general punishments other than the death penalty against the descendants of the clan who the clan considered to be illegal.
In fact, even if the death penalty is carried out, such as the immersion of the pig cage, if it has already happened, they generally admit the facts.
In general, civil and criminal cases involving family marriages, land plots, and fights, as well as violations of national laws and family rules by descendants of the clan, if the family handles them properly, the government will treat them as if the government has dealt with them accordingly.
Because of the era of the core of Confucian culture, it is believed that the family is a microcosm of the country, and the use of clans to deal with disputes has the effect of edification and deterrence. ” Xia Xun didn't notice this, he was a policeman, although he knew the law, he was not as familiar with the law as the judge, even if he was a judge, he might not know the ancient law so clearly.
Seeing that those clansmen gathered around and wanted to take people, Xia Xun glared at each other and shouted: "Who dare" The forty-year-old man who was standing beside him was drunk by him, his face was full of trembling, and he subconsciously flashed away, revealing a few younger Yang clansmen behind him, they were at a loss, and they didn't know whether to carry out the patriarch's orders, or avoid this bold guy who dared to sneer at the patriarch and shook the roof tiles in the ancestral ancestral hall.
Xia Xun put his hands behind his back, his eyes were wide open, and his tongue was full of thunder: "Get out of the way, I am your uncle."
Those boys were so frightened that they forgot to move, Xia Xun walked out of them proudly, and from beginning to end, no one dared to do anything to him.
Yang Rong had never seen anyone dare to be so rude to him in the ancestral hall, so he was so angry that he sat back in the chair, just panting.
The corners of Yang Chong's mouth escaped a sinister smile, which he had expected.
He is a smart man, the teacher just a little bit of appropriation, told him how to use the spear of the son, the shield of the son, he drew inferences, and thought of many very practical and effective ways to rectify others in the countryside: "Yang Xu, your mother was forced to die, your father was forced to go away, your fate will be worse than theirs, this is just the beginning, if the master has no means to rectify your reputation and your family is ruined, you are not worthy of being the young patriarch of the Yang family."
To be continued: