Chapter 5 Re-establishing the social fire
An ancestral hall does not only affect the place of ancestor worship, but also the village where the ancestral hall is located actually has a lot of relevant interests. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info includes public welfare projects such as social studies and social warehouses, as well as the resulting sacrificial fields, community fields, and school fields.
Since these fields are public welfare expenses of the whole village, they must be removed from the grain tax when paying the grain tax, and there is no need to take them into account. However, the taxes of the imperial court will not exempt Shetian Xuetian, and this part of the expenses must be borne by everyone. Since they are all members of the Fan clan, Tian Xuan is in Dafanzhuang, and Xiaofanzhuang also has to bear taxes. The location of the ancestral hall not only has economic interests, but also represents the center of a society.
Fan Changwang's question is like a martial arts master stabbing a spear, which contains countless changes, thousands of back moves, and if one answer is not correct, he will be attacked by a sharp killing move. Fan Jin smiled secretly in his heart: The countryside is old, and he also wants to fight wits with readers? He smiled and said:
"Uncle, this is not the meaning of the little nephew, let alone the meaning of our village, but the meaning of the ancestors. Building an ancestral hall consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, so you can't act hastily, and before you act, you must think about how the ancestral hall collapsed. You see, the ancestral hall can survive the typhoon passing through before, but after only three days of rain, the ancestral hall collapsed, is this reasonable? According to the little nephew, this is clearly a warning from the ancestors to their descendants, they don't want to continue to live here, and want to change places to inherit the incense and bless their descendants. Unfortunately, there is no way to explain it to the children and grandchildren, so it can only be a warning. People say that those who obey are filial piety, since we want to be filial sons and grandsons, we have to listen to the words of our ancestors, and if our ancestors want to move, we have to follow the wishes of our ancestors. Otherwise, this ancestral hall will not be easy to repair. Even if the ancestors are left behind, it will be difficult to get protection. Of course, the little nephew is young and short-sighted, if there is something to say, please forgive me. ”
In the midst of the smoke, Fan Changwang looked directly at Fan Jin with a pair of old eyes. He is over sixty years old, and in the Ming Dynasty, this is definitely a long-lived type of old man, especially in a place like Guangdong, where pirates and pirates are rampant, the average life expectancy of men is even lower. Fan Changwang is considered to be the master who has experienced the wind and waves and has seen the big scene, his eyes are full of energy, his eyes are staring at Fan Jin, and he said word by word:
"Then you mean to build the ancestral hall in Xiaofanzhuang?"
"No, what the little nephew means is to let the ancestors have the final say."
Fan Changwang was choked by his angry words for a while, if he was a little lax, he was afraid that he would disrespect his ancestors, and he would say it casually, and the act of taking the villagers to worship the spirit card would become a joke. He didn't laugh angrily, and a smile suddenly appeared on his stereotypical old face.
"Jin Zai, tell me, the ancestral hall is built in Xiaofanzhuang, what are the benefits to my descendants surnamed Fan?"
"Uncle, the little nephew has said, never said that the ancestral hall must be built in Xiaofanzhuang, but said that it was left to the ancestors to make a decision. Whether it is a lottery or a fuluan, you can ask your ancestors in advance and then make a decision. Our ancestors rejoiced, and we all benefited as our descendants. For example, Mr. Hong, who has always been riding on our heads, may not be able to bully us anymore, and that is the day when our people surnamed Fan will really turn over. ”
The general A is another name for the chief, and the large and small Fanzhuang are all within the management scope of Jinsha Township, and Hong Chengen, the chief of Jinsha Township, is also the grain chief of this township. In the year of Hongwu, the chief of grain awarded the post of brocade clothes, and he almost knew the county. Although it has long lost the prestige of the beginning of the country, it is still an emperor-like existence for the entire township.
Although Fan Changwang can call for wind and rain in his own village, if he is in front of Hong Chengen, he can only lower his eyebrows and be a sound worm.
The Hong family is prosperous, and there are hundreds of people in the clan, and when they fight in groups, the Fan family is definitely not an opponent. There is a Xiucai among the children of the Hong family, and in the Yali of Nanhai County, there is also a nephew who is the manager of the torture room for a year, and he takes a few helpers. Such a clan is almost invincible in the countryside.
In order to confront the Hong family, the means adopted by Daxiao Fanzhuang were to walk on two legs, on the one hand, to choose people to catch up with the sea trade, and to go overseas to become rich, and on the other hand, to set up a social science, hoping to cultivate a few reading seeds from it, so as to confront the Hong family. But in the year that Fan Jin crossed, something happened to the ship that rushed to the sea, and there was no trace of the ship's goods, not only did not make a fortune, but greatly reduced the cost.
The sea failed, and the scholars could not be cultivated, and the surname Fan couldn't raise his head at all in front of the surname Hong. The imperial court servants were sent from the county to the township, and the grain chief was distributed, and Hong Chengen had jurisdiction over eighteen villages, and according to the normal distribution method, it should be rotated according to the village, but Hong Chengen had to rotate according to the society, which was clearly bullying the weakness of other ethnic groups.
As far as the five ethnic groups and eighteen villages in Jinsha Township are concerned, most of the villagers mention Hong Chengen, they are grateful to Dade, and pray every day that the old grain will ascend to the immortal realm early.
Da Fan Zhuang was also very bitter, even if Fan Changwang used the same means to transfer part of the loss to Xiao Fan Zhuang, his own losses were not a few. The purpose of the existence of Dafanzhuang Social Studies is to train a few talents to come out, to be on an equal footing with the Hong family, and not to be bullied.
Hearing Fan Jin's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, "Jin Zai, you have such a big breath, we only ask our ancestors to bless the wind and rain, and collect more food in the field, so that the villagers will be satisfied with less hunger." Our Fan family is not more than the Hong family, and it is okay to think about many things in your heart, and if you say it, you will not only make trouble for yourself, but also bring disaster to the villagers, which is not a big deal. Scholars should be less angry, and be patient with ......"
"We've put up with it for a long time. The Hong family has been a grain chief for more than 100 years, and our Fan family has endured it for more than 100 years, and it is time to endure it. In fact, what Mr. Hong relied on was nothing more than two or three servants, and he was just a lifelong member. Our Fan family, as long as there is a person with the status of a student, you can fight with it, if you can make a move, just a total of A, what is the way? ”
"Lift people? You say it's yourself? ”
Fan Jin nodded and said, "Who else is me!" Uncle, let's open the skylight and say something. Where the ancestral hall is repaired, in fact, it is a small matter. If I win the lift, can the land of Dafanzhuang not be sent in my name? When the time comes, everyone will eat in a pot, what else will you share with mine? At that time, my own people will take care of my own people, and I don't have to pay the rent, which is not much better than the current days. Therefore, our Fan family should work together to resist foreign aggression, instead of spending our minds on our own family. Instead of focusing on fighting for rice from the bowl of relatives, it is better to find a way to snatch some rice from other people's bowls and bring it to your own pocket, what does the uncle think? ”
Fan Changwang remained silent and was silent for a long time before he said leisurely:
"Jin Zai, in the past, you were always a person who talked little, and your temperament was more than loyal, and the opportunity was insufficient. Of course, it is good to be a farmer and be loyal. But being a scholar, just being loyal, can't do great things. I don't agree with you studying, not because I have any opinion about your Xiaofanzhuang or you, but because I think that even if you get famous, it will be difficult to help our village. Right now, if you are an ordinary junior, I will definitely reward him with a few slaps, but you are a scholar after all, so I have to think about it carefully. The matter of the ancestral hall will be postponed first, and I will wait for me to think about it before making a decision. ”