It has been half a year since Zhao Guo's Tui En Decree was implemented, although it was not forced, but as soon as this order came out, what made the lords and lords everywhere feel was not the cold of this harsh winter, but the cold air rising from the bottom of their hearts. Within the feudal lords of each fiefdom, there was a violent division and turmoil.

People are selfish, and their abacus revolves around them.

The sons of concubines and non-descendants who were not taken seriously rejoiced at the edict of grace, and were eager to get a share of the family property in this policy, instead of always eating meat from the eldest son, who could not even eat thick porridge.

Rou is a big family, second only to the eight families in Zhao State, in Zhao State, has been in the head of the next Qing, 10,000 acres of land, and they monopolize the business of kneading leather in Zhao State, which has been passed down from generation to generation, for which they proudly name their surname Rou after craftsmanship. In the northeast of Handan, there is a city of its own - Roucheng. And the Rou clan naturally became the controller of this county.

After five generations, the Rou family has more than 400 direct family members, which can be described as prosperous. There are also thousands of diners, which can be said to be not weak. But just like the whole era, the population is large, but the territory area remains the same, and the current Zhao State is wise and powerful, or it will not be the twelve generations of monarchs eleven mutinies and civil strife, but none of the mutinies succeeded. is not like other princes, from time to time there is a monarch who can be bullied by everyone, and everyone takes advantage of him. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Zhao State was the first country to realize the centralized system, and the family power has been suppressed by the central government, and it is almost impossible to annex some smaller lords to expand their family property.

Hurried back to his fiefdom, but before his ass could sit down, a group of sons and grandchildren ran over to respectfully greet him, but the patriarch obviously saw that this time they had different expressions, and there were gloomy eldest sons and grandsons, and there were other children and grandchildren who were complacent, and he knew that the news of the cooking order had reached their ears, and they were waiting for how they would arrange it.

According to reason, the king's orders and the laws of the country require him to carry out this order, so what everyone is waiting for is not his decision, but how he distributes it, which is a foregone conclusion in the eyes of this group of children and grandchildren, and there is nothing to discuss.

After closing his eyes and pondering for a long time, the patriarch of the Rou clan finally sighed and said softly: "I know the purpose of everyone's coming, but I solemnly declare here that the decree issued by the monarch is not a mandatory law, but a voluntary execution, so in our place, I have decided not to implement this decree, everyone forget it." ”

As a result, the eldest son and grandson were overjoyed, because in this way they could continue to inherit their father's title and inherit this huge family property.

But the other sons went to fry the pot. Instead of immediately dispersing, they stood there, whispering at first, then arguing.

At the beginning, Dad was still sitting on it, closing his eyes and forbearing, but seeing that the hall was really noisy later, all the middle roads slammed the table hard, yelled, yelled: "Enough, don't do this senseless quarrel anymore." ”

If it was in the past, he roared angrily, and the group of people under the pond were immediately shocked one by one, and they didn't dare to speak again. But today is very different from the past, his most doting third grandson, usually with his own doting, in front of his own dare to speak, today is with a sense of anger, everyone behind the instigation and instigation, jumped out, after the salute, directly asked: "Grandpa, since the king has an order, why doesn't grandpa obey it?" There was already an accusation in his tone.

The patriarch of the Rou clan looked at his grandson, who he had always doted on, and then took another look, lay down the group of indignant descendants, calmed down the anger in his heart, and finally decided, calmly, and talked to them well.

"The king's edict of grace, a family like ours cannot carry it out."

The second son muttered in a low voice below: "Why can't you?" ”

The patriarch of the Rou clan sighed: "First of all, we are ancient nobles, and the nobles must ensure the identity and dignity of the nobles, and welcome them to intersect with the nobles, which is the basis for our family's long-term existence, which requires a lot of money." ”

That's right, the dignity of the aristocracy needs a lot of wealth to support, ushering in and sending each other, giving each other a feast and drink, which time is not a huge cost? Seeing that his family has a lot of money and a lot of income every year, but in fact, this expenditure alone has consumed most of his income. Nuancai Literature Network

"This is an era of tigers and wolves, fights and vendettas between nobles, happening all the time, we must support our customers and do things for us. Raising a family army all the year round, ready to deal with the attacks of other families, and exterminating the robbers in the trap at any time, this requires a lot of money and food. ”

This is obvious to all, and there is no need to explain too much.

"And all these expenditures are supported by the land and business workshops we control, and we can continue to develop, once the Tui En Decree is implemented, then what will the whole family use to support the huge group?"

This is also the reality of this era, strong cadres and weak branches, maintaining the overall strength of the family, this is the rule of this era, and it is also the law of the forest that must be implemented in this law of the jungle.

This is the key to the matter, and in fact, it is also the purpose that this Tui En Ling wants to achieve, and this is the most acute contradiction in it.

The third grandson smiled indifferently: "If the land and workshops are distributed to each house, we can also follow the example of the state and pay taxes to the clan according to the area of the land and the number of slaves and craftsmen in the workshop." ”

The patriarch shook his head with a wry smile: "Holding together for warmth, making strength in one place, is the foundation of becoming bigger and stronger, the dispersion of funds and financial resources, we can't concentrate on doing big things, and then our clan will collapse with a bang, and under the nest, there will be no eggs?" I have taken you with me all these years and taught you carefully, don't you understand this simple truth? ”

The grandson once again stiffened his neck and retorted: "But what we see is that the money we all earn from our hard work is in the hands of the eldest son and grandson, who go in and out of luxurious carriages and horses, and live a luxurious and corrupt life, while we are the ones who run around every day for food and drink, and we have to look at the face of the eldest son and grandson at the end of every month." Then suddenly his face softened: "For example, my family, my father's letter for this family, my unsuccessful grandson is in charge of the door, and the monthly profit is barely enough for my family to eat and drink dozens of mouthfuls up and down. Like me, I was treated leniently by my grandfather, who from time to time took his own mention and said something that he didn't like, once my grandfather was a hundred years old, our family would be unsustainable. Then there was another complaint below, and there was chaos in heaven again.

is also a reality, but he is controlled by others, cannot be the master, and no one wants to put it on anyone, which is also a reality.

Knocking on the table, the patriarch of the Rou clan didn't want to listen to this doting grandson anymore and talk about something against his mind, because that would make him feel painful.

Seeing the second son who was puffing up, he shouted the happiest below, so he frowned and shouted to him: "Rou Zhong, you are jumping up and down there, encouraging other brothers, what do you think, say it in front of everyone, don't be a villain." ”

Rou Zhong stood up and shouted grievances: "Father, I take care of the hard work of this family, run around the country to eat and sleep, and earn more than 10 million dollars for this family every year, but my family gets less than 100,000 yuan every year, is this fair?" ”

Then he leaned on his eldest brother: "And he sits in the high hall every day to feast and drink, and when he goes out, he is in a car, and when he enters, he is a slave like a cloud, is this fair?" ”

As soon as he said this, the children and grandchildren below also shouted that it was unfair, and the words he said became more and more unpleasant.

The patriarch of the Rou clan saw that what everyone said was getting more and more excessive, and what he should have explained had already been explained, and these bastards couldn't understand their distress yet, and he was angry at the time: "Enough is enough, I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore, from now on, you all go back to your own homes, grounded for three days, reflect well, don't come out if you don't understand, get out of here." ”

Under the anger, Huwei is still there, these paper books are immediately shocked, although they are still indignant, but the most basic life is all in the hands of others, and they can only disperse with a stomach full of resentment.