The fifth day of the first month is the season of worshipping the family temple. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, Wang Zhizheng rode a horse, escorted his father Chongguogong's car, and went straight to the Nanshan Family Temple in the suburbs of Beijing with his uncle Wang Yan.

On this day, the sky is clear, although it is cold, but the sky is blue, and the Wang family temple is quietly located at the foot of Nanshan, telling the glorious blood of the Wang family.

Chongguo Mansion is a famous family of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di.

The first generation of Chongguo Gong was Wang Shun, the martial saint prince who followed Zhu Di to participate in the Battle of Jingjing, was born and died, and made great contributions.

Wang Shun was a handsome man all his life, and at the age of sixteen he began to follow Ming Chengzu Zhu Di to fight, and fought continuously for more than 20 years, with great achievements, from attacking the remnants of Mengyuan, to the Battle of Jingyan, and then following Zhu Di to conquer the Northern Yuan, loyal to Chengzu. Cheng Zu once stroked Wang Shun's back and said: "Wang Shun, Wang Shun, you are a loyal minister, follow me to fight in the south and the north, and you have never been idle in your life!" ”

Wang Shun died of illness at the age of forty-two in the military camp of the Northern Expedition because of overwork, and returned with a horse leather shroud.

In order to repay Wang Shun's loyalty, Cheng Zu ordered Wang Yi, the eldest son of Wang Shun, the Duke of Chongguo, to inherit the title. And told the descendants to treat the royal family well, Chongguo Gong hereditary replacement, never chop off the knighthood.

The second generation of Chongguo Gong is Wang Shun's son-in-law, Wang Yi.

The third generation of Chongguo Gong is Wang Yi's eldest son, Wang Gaozhi. The fourth generation of Chongguo Gong is a famous person, following Yingzong's expedition to Wara, assisting Emperor Jing, and participating in the defense of the capital and making many achievements in the former Praetorian Guard commander Wang Xiaocheng.

The fifth generation is Wang Xiansu.

The sixth generation is Wang Zhongbo.

Wang Zhongbo was the great-grandfather of Wang Zhizheng and the ministers of the Liaodong Jingluo Wang. Wang Zhizheng and Wang Zhichen were separated in this generation.

Wang Zhichen's grandfather Wang Jingcheng is a concubine, and Wang Zhizheng's grandfather Wang Jingyi is a son-in-law.

The seventh generation is Wang Zhizheng's grandfather, Wang Jingyi.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Wang Jingyi died of illness, and his eldest son Wang An, the current Duke of Chongguo, Wang Zhizheng's father.

Wang An is the eighth generation of Chongguo Gong.

Wang Zhizheng followed his father Chongguo Gong Wang An, uncle Wang Yan, to the family temple, Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gong helped Chongguo Gong to get off the sedan chair.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the family temple, I saw more than 20 uncles and uncles, as well as forty or fifty cousins, all of whom had gathered at the door, chatting while waiting for Chongguo Gong.

Wang Zhizheng squinted his eyes and saw his cousin, the minister of the king of Liaodong Jingluo, and Huang Zongxi. Huang Zongxi pretended to be Wang Zhizheng's cousin Wang Zhiyi, so he also followed his "father" to the family temple.

Seeing the father and son of Chongguo coming, the clansmen stepped forward to salute King Chongguo.

Chongguo Gong accepted the salute of his brothers and nephews with a smile, and accepted the etiquette, Chongguo Gong hurriedly raised his hand and helped the clansmen up: "Brothers, nephews, please get up, everyone is a family, no need to be formal." ”

Everyone hugged Chongguo Gong to pull family routines, and gave Chongguo Gong a greeting one by one, congratulating his grandson.

Wang Zhichen and Wang Zhiyi walked over to Wang Zhizheng with a smile, Wang Zhizheng looked at Wang Zhichen and hurriedly said: "Brother, are you going back to Beijing to worship your ancestors?" Half a year has passed since Shanhaiguan, are you okay? ”

Wang Zhichen smiled bitterly: "Where is the special trip back to Beijing to worship my ancestors, I had a dispute with Lord Yuan Chonghuan over the question of the departure and stay of the Liaodong General Army Mangui, Lord Yuan wrote to the court to ask me to be transferred from Liaodong, and the court trusted Lord Yuan, so he transferred me back to the capital. The post of Liaodong Economic Strategy is temporarily vacant. ”

When Wang Zhizheng heard this, he was stunned, and remembered that when Yuan Chonghuan talked to him, he was indeed a little too stubborn, and he judged at that time that Yuan Chonghuan would definitely have a disagreement with his colleagues.

Wang Zhizheng comforted: "Brother, you don't have to be discouraged, there is nothing wrong with returning to Beijing, after all, Liaodong is also very bitter, you are also almost sixty years old, it is time to enjoy your old age, and when you return to the capital, you can just rest and rest." ”

Wang Zhichen's son Wang Liangfu walked over, Wang Liangfu was twenty-three or four years old, he looked shrewd and capable, and he waved at Wang Zhizheng: "Meet my uncle." ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled and asked Wang Zhichen: "Who is this ......?" ”

Wang Zhichen said with a smile: "This is my third son Liangfu, who has been fighting with Zhao Shujiao in Liaodong, this time I returned to Beijing, he was also implicated, and he was dismissed and returned to Beijing with me." ”

Wang Zhizheng stared at Wang Liangfu and looked at him, only to see that he had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his body was strong, and he looked like a brave general who had experienced a hundred battles, and he suddenly had a good impression.

Wang Zhizheng stared at his cousin Liangfu, who he didn't know, and sighed: "Liangfu, Liangfu, Dongliang Fuchen, it really lives up to its name!" ”

Wang Zhizheng asked Wang Liangfu with a smile: "Liangfu, after you return to Beijing, have you settled the issue of your position?" ”

Wang Liangfu was very realistic, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Back to my uncle, no, this time I returned to Beijing, the household department has not come down to appoint an appointment, I am idle at home, studying, practicing martial arts, teaching my son, and spending my time in vain." ”

Wang Zhizheng thought for a while and said to Ryosuke: "Would you like to join the Praetorian Guard?" ”

Ryosuke clenched his fists and said, "My nephew is willing." Thank you uncle for the promotion. ”

Wang Zhichen was also overjoyed, and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for the promotion of the dog." Then he turned to his son Ryosuke and instructed, "You follow your uncle, you must do a good job, don't embarrass him, remember?" ”

Ryosuke said sincerely, "Father, don't worry, my son will remember his father's teachings." ”

Wang Zhichen nodded: "You go down." Then he smiled and said to Wang Zhizheng: "My lord, when I returned to Beijing, I realized that the situation in the capital has undergone earth-shaking changes. Compared to half a year ago, you've changed a lot. ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled lightly: "Brother, in fact, in the past six months, I have been the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and I have been in the middle of the political whirlpool, and I am not having a good time. However, the juniors of our family, I will promote what should be promoted, you see our little brother Wang Zhiyi, only seventeen years old, I will let him be the commander of the big knife battalion, and destroy the traitor Xu Xianchun in that battle, he is a striker! In the future, the righteousness and Ryosuke will be my right-hand man! ”

At this time, Cui Shun, the staff and clerk of the Chongguo Mansion, said loudly: "Brothers, sons and nephews of the clan, let's start worshipping our ancestors. Cui Shun, as the master of ceremonies, stood aside and began to announce: The ancestor worship ceremony has begun.

More than 30 brothers of the national character generation stood in a class, led by Chongguo Gong, walking in front, more than 50 brothers of the Zizi generation stood in a class, led by Wang Zhizheng, followed by 10 people of the Liangzi generation of young brothers, who had become adults, followed by the eldest son of Wang Zhichen Liangyong at the end, starting from the first temple of the grandfather Wang Shun, step by step began to burn incense, kowtow and worship.

Each hall, the top is the god seat of the successive Chongguo Gong, the portrait, and the two sides are the spiritual seats and portraits of the brothers of the successive Chongguo Gong to accompany the two sides, neat and meticulous.

Under the auspices of Cui Shun, worship from the first hall to the seventh hall.

When the seven halls were finished, Chongguo Gong knelt on the outermost side and prayed to all the ancestors collectively.

As a son-in-law, the heir of Chongguo Gong De Wang An announced that Chongguo Gongfu was happy to add the eldest grandson.

Wang Zhizheng knelt down and looked up, and saw his father pious and said: "The ancestors and the ancestors are heroic, the eighth Chongguo prince Anguo, hereby I would like to inform the ancestors and ancestors: On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wang Zhizheng, the son of the Chongguo Mansion, is happy to add a son, and the name is given by the king of letters, which is the eldest grandson of the tenth generation of the Chongguo Mansion, the ancestors and the ancestors are blessed, and the grandson is good to grow up safely, and the family is prosperous!" After that, Chongguo Gong took the brothers and nephews to kowtow.

Don't look at the ancestral temple announcement, this announcement, Wang Zhizheng's son Wang Liangxue, will become the legal third-generation heir of Chongguo Gong, that is, the future Chongguo Gong.

Liangzhi was born with a golden spoon, and in today's words, Liangzhi is not the second generation of officials, but the tenth generation of officials. And he was born to be a prominent and wealthy grandfather in the future.

The paperwork of the ancestral temple is the uncle of Chongguo Gong and Wang Jingen, the sixth master of Wang Zhizheng.

The sixth master, Wang Jingen, is a scholar about fifty years old, although he is the uncle of Chongguo Gong, he is not as old as Chongguo Gong, he has a goatee, and he looks like a teacher. He is the youngest of Wang Zhizheng's grandfathers, and according to the tradition of the Wang family, the youngest son is in charge of the ancestral temple and genealogy.

Wang Jingen picked up a brush on the desk next to the incense case, and used Zhong Wang Xiaokai on the family tree to neatly record the basic information such as the name of the heir, the date of birth, the eight characters of birth, the official position of the father, the surname of the mother, and the family name of the foreign family (maternal grandmother's family). Similar to the hukou in today's society.

Don't underestimate this basic information, according to the "Da Ming Law", it has important legal effect, and it will be submitted to the department in charge of the household registration information of the nobles in the capital for archiving.

From early morning to noon, it was considered to be the completion of the family temple, and Wang Zhizheng felt bored and bored all morning.

Seeing that the ceremony was finally over, Wang Zhizheng let out a long breath and finally got through.

After the end, Chongguo Gong instructed the man to prepare the wine and food and hold a banquet in the living room of the family temple.

The Duke of Chongguo sat high on the most honorable seat, Wang Zhizheng sat at the bottom, and the rest of the grandfathers, uncles, and brothers sat in their personal positions in strict accordance with the requirements of etiquette, including Wang Zhizheng, a first-class officer, Wang Zhichen, a second-class minister, Wang Liangfu, a third-rank military attaché, and Wang Zhiyi, the commander of the third-grade forbidden army.

Today is a family temple, and the family rite is greater than the national rite, so regardless of the official position, only the family status and generation.

Chongguo Gong personally presided over the banquet, and after eating the whole meal, Wang Zhizheng only felt that he was not tired enough, not only was he bored, but also the food was unpleasant, and the wine was like white water.

As soon as the banquet was over, Wang Zhizheng immediately rode a horse with his cousin Wang Zhiyi and his nephew Liangfu, who had just taken refuge in him, as well as three other cousins Zhiqiu, Zhiming, and Zhilan who were on errands in the forbidden army, and took the lead in riding back to the city, and ordered Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gong to stay and take care of Chongguo Gong, Chongguo Gong and a group of Wang Zhizheng's uncles and uncles, sat in a small warm sedan chair and wandered back to the city leisurely while playing in the mountains and rivers.

Entering the city, Wang Zhizheng took Zhiyi, Liangfu, and three cousins Zhiqiu, Zhiming, and Zhilan to Yangxinlou together, and instructed Yangxinlou to prepare a table of wine and food.