Clan Meeting?

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. But ......, you used the law of the land last time and you couldn't manipulate me, so what's the use of this rule

Where?

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? Patriarchy, after all, obey the law of the country, my Xia Xun is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded, they still have the ability to catch me and soak me in the pig cage? The biggest punishment

, I think it's 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 one temple of the scholars, and the people of the Shu can 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, and the ancestral hall was not

It is very large, but very old, and the blue roof tiles are covered with a layer of dark blue moss, and the whole courtyard is the traces left by the years of erosion.

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 are like two little ghosts who open the way, as soon as they enter the courtyard, they steal

The voice immediately stopped, and everyone looked at Xia Xun behind them.

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Xia Xun calmly stepped into the courtyard door. Although the people standing here seem to be scattered, they actually have their own rules, and they are all arranged according to the distance of the branch and the size of the generation, and Xia Xun doesn't know any of them, and he doesn't know them

What kind of generation, when he entered the ancestral hall, he put his hands behind his back and looked around leisurely.

"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 when he peeked through the crack in the door, Xia Xun didn't care, he was actually there

Looking around in the ancestral hall, this touch and that touch, I almost broke into the ancestral hall to observe, and I couldn't hold back, so I 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, left

Looking to the right, he 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 are you so unruly!" The two clansmen are 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."

One is long, which one is 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: "Me? I am the eldest son of the Yang family's main sect, and I am your uncle! Go, stand over there! ”

Xia Xun didn't think it was wrong, he was a Ding Zi 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 down at him, and stood a full

The big man with a meaty face, who looked to be about forty years old, Xia Xun smiled and asked, "Your Excellency, are you younger than me?" Am I not in the wrong place again? ”

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 man 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, "Quiet, quiet!" Today, calling all the big guys here is a discussion

A few major events 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. sect

Ancestral hall, the place of respecting the ancestors, everyone has seen it, the ancestral hall of our Yang family has been in disrepair for a long time, it has been dilapidated, and it is a descendant of people. Therefore, the patriarch consulted with several clan elders and decided

Set to rebuild the ancestral shrine.

According to the wealth and poverty of each house, the patriarch consulted with the clan elders and drew up a list of contributions, and the clan relatives of each house listened carefully, went back to prepare early, and three days later, the money was sent to my father and the three clan elders

It is also signed together for the purpose of repairing the ancestral hall. Yang Lao, should pay five times for righteousness, Yang Yi, five times for righteousness......"

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Xia Xun listened quietly, and when he read it, he heard two hundred pieces of righteousness, his body couldn't help but move, and he didn't squeak anymore, Yang Chongnian paused here, and saw that he didn't react, so he continued to read, waiting for him to read it all

When it was over, 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, don't you know how to bow down and salute, and then answer?" What sages do 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, but the younger generation is

Need to go out to 200 times, a difference of 10 times? ”

"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." Look at you coming back, building a lot of buildings, the scale of the courtyard, who can match you in our entire Moling Town? The affairs of the family are naturally those who can work hard. ”

Xia Xun sneered at each other: "The younger generation heard my father say that my father gave up farming and started 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 slapped his chair and shouted: "Abandoning agriculture and doing business is to be willing to fall!" No matter how rich you are, you will still be a lowly business, and this will never change. ”

Xia Xun was about to refute, but 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 temple of the Yang family, even if the Yang family is sorry for Yang Dingkun's father and son, presumably his father and son are the cultivators

The matter of the ancestral hall is still in favor, this should be one of the things I did for them before I found 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, and the descendants have gradually prospered, some people are rich, and naturally some people are poor, and Yitian is now

It is still only three acres of land gathered by the clan at this time, and after a hundred years, time has passed, and these three acres of thin land have long been insufficient to supply the four seasons of sacrifices, the tribesmen's education, and the relief of the poor, so the patriarch and the clan elders discussed and decided to expand the righteousness

Field, divided into three pieces of sacrificial, righteous and academic fields, a total of 30 acres of righteous field. ”

The people of the hall heard a commotion, to know that the field is their lifeline, 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 Shi Shi made a big official

The clansmen, the clansmen who are rich in land and thousands of acres of land, or the clansmen who have committed negligence and have confiscated their fields, it is not for nothing that the descendants of the ancestral hall have joined forces to discuss the public, but if a family takes out a share of land, it will be amazing, now

The patriarch wants to build 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, he is not guilty

As the head of the family, he should be the first to set an example, and my grandfather decided that my family would 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 clansmen with ordinary family backgrounds, simply put, it is the kindness of the family

The good fund, and the person in charge of this fund is the head of the family, how to operate is completely up to him, what is the difference between his five acres of donation and not donation?

"The other twenty-five acres are ......"

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." 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, this righteousness

Tian, after the public discussion of the clan elders, it is impossible to say that it will fall on you. ”

Xia Xun was furious and rebuked: "The big joke of the world! ”

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Yang Chong's face changed, and he shouted: "What, you are against it?" What is the sect? The Sect is also respected. What is a clan? The upper and lower great-grandfathers, the family has auspiciousness. Families gather, united as relatives, love each other in life, mourn in death,

There is 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: "Relatives? Where are the loved ones? All I saw was a pack of wolves who hated the rich and hated me, eager to tear me apart, chew it up, 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, no."

They remember my life and death. Now that I'm back, I haven't seen a single member of the clan who is friendly and kind, so I won't mix these things up, and I will leave! ”

"You're bold!"

Yang Rong got up angrily and said angrily: "In the ancestral hall, you dare to be disrespectful, so rude!" Take him down for me! ”

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 it is an execution,

For example, if it has already happened, they generally admit the facts. In general, civil criminal cases related to family marriages, land and fights, as well as violations of national laws and family rules by descendants of clansmen, such as

If the family handles it properly, the government will treat it as if the government has dealt with it accordingly.

Because the era of the core of Confucian culture believes 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

The power and punishment of the law hall and the exhortation of the officials are more effective in turning big things into small things and small things into nothing. ”

Xia Xun didn't notice this, he was a police officer, although he knew the law, he was not as familiar with the judge as he was, even if he was a judge, he might not know the ancient law so clearly. I saw those people gathered around

Wanting to take someone, Xia Xun glared at him and shouted: "Who dare!" ”

The forty-year-old man who was standing beside him was drunk by him, his face was full of flesh, and he subconsciously flashed away, revealing a few younger Yang clansmen behind them, they were at a loss, and they didn't know what it was

It is time to carry out the patriarch's orders, or avoid this bold guy who dares to sneer at the patriarch and shake the roof tiles in the ancestral shrine.

Xia Xun put his hands behind his back, his eyes were wide open, and his tongue was full of thunder: "Get out!" Don't you have any respect for your elders? I'm your uncle! ”

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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, and his teacher just gave him a little bit of advice and told him how to use the spear of the son and the shield of the son, so he drew inferences from one another, and thought of many very practical and effective ways to rectify others in the countryside: "Yang Xu, your mother is quilted."

Forced to death, 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! ”