The day after tomorrow, the ritual that had been prepared for a long time began, but in the middle was the tablet of the ancestors of the past dynasties, and Li Rui's father was among them

In front of the hall, after deducting women, there are always twenty-one men, of course, the Li family is not so good, but if Li Rui's father is used as a base to count relatives, there are indeed only twenty-one people in these five suits According to this time, this is still within the direct relatives, and they can be favored and shaded

The reason is that Li Rui's great-grandfather migrated here, with very few children and little contact with the same clan.

Li Shi is the brother of Li Rui's great-grandfather, but he is also the same generation as Li Rui, but he has been four generations, so his son Li Shen is just within five suits Li Shi can barely preside over the family sacrifice

At the ceremony, he was dressed in a long robe, and he even had half an elegant atmosphere, and when he saw that the people were gathered, he gave an order, and then began to sacrifice to his ancestors

First, the people read the sacrificial text, offered the offerings, and then knelt down and bowed

At this time, Xia Pan looked straight at it, but when he saw the sacrifice, on the central tablet, a trace of purple gas oozed out, faintly, floating in front of everyone, and it was strange to say that this purple gas crossed everyone, and only circled over the two young men in five suits.

Xia Pan knows it in his heart, these two teenagers are Li Rui's relatives in the five suits, but unfortunately they are too far apart, according to the rules of the past dynasties, Li Rui ascended the throne as the emperor in the future, generally his brother is the king, the nephew can be crowned the prince, and the farther away is the uncle, and the posthumous seal is not three generations, if these two people do not have military achievements, they can rely on this shade to get an official position, and a baron is also considered to be the top.

By now, there are many rules for this

There are fewer people in the royal family, and even if they have dragon energy, it is difficult to support them alone. But there are too many people, and if they are shaded one by one, no matter how big the dragon qi is, it can't bear this consumption, so the mature method is to reduce the seal

Taizu can be crowned a hereditary prince to show his specialness, this is the iron hat king. If you don't rebel, you won't cut the lord, and the emperor of later generations, in addition to the crown prince, will also be crowned a hereditary county king to pass on his ancestry, and the other sons, even if they are crowned kings, the next generation will be reduced to the county king, and then the next generation will become dukes. Later, Uncle Hou was a man, rich and noble, but seven generations and seven generations with an average of one hundred and fifty years, and generally reached half of the life of the imperial court.

Anyway, the above is already polite. If it's a mean dynasty. That's the second class of the raider. Other words. If so, this generation is a king. The next generation is the public. When he was a grandson, he was reduced to an uncle. The great-grandson becomes a male. And then there are the people

This kind of knight. Except for the Iron Hat King. Most of them don't have fiefs yet. It is provided by the imperial court for a year. This kind of thinning is more than the clan and more expensive than the world. This is also a helpless thing.

Of course. This is still a lineage. If it's collateral. Two or three generations later. In addition to some social relations. The status will become no different from that of ordinary people. If you can't gain power. You will inevitably have to work hard to get by, but that's not bad. You can be an official. It is not subject to the supervision of the clan's government.

And the dragon has a spirit. Unless there are exceptions. The same is true for the thickness of the distribution. In that year, Xia Pan had seen a distant clan in Dachu. It is only six generations away from Taizu. Except for a slight shadow on the roots of the mountain. Most of it is just a mark. But there has long been no real dragon energy protection.

These thoughts are just a thought. Xia Pan decided to go back and tell the Lord. so that the Lord may determine the law of the sect early.

The sacrifice is over. That is, every man goes out to his own branch. Worship their ancestors. This is also a huge amount of work. Xia Pan also waited patiently. Until it was almost dusk in the afternoon. The sacrifice is finished.

"Early tomorrow morning, we will leave for Anchang, please prepare more." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xia Pan also said.

From Jiangfu is still peaceful, but the road is already different, now the war has not completely broken out, if you want to go, now is the last chance, wait for some time, maybe a thousand escorts will not be able to break through a thousand miles.

Saying this, the people below were suddenly scattered, and some women were holding the children's hands, and the following were about to be separated for thousands of miles, and they didn't know when they would see each other later.

Seeing this, Xia Pan said to Li Shi: "Steward Li, the lord said, you can raise your own militia to protect the village, the lord is already a marquis, there should be a soldier to protect the family, in this name anyone here can also say the past, if it is critical, it can also be combined with Luhou Mansion, I believe it will be difficult, as for these farms, it is not a big matter, and now the income of the field can be used for this item." ”

Li Shi nodded calmly and said: "Thank you, the lord also has the previous government soldiers at home, and I can't train and fight, but it is still okay to entrust his people and supply food and salary." ”

Xia Pan listened, didn't say more, his eyes swept from above, and his eyes sank, and the day when the Lord moved troops was imminent!

Almost at the same time, among the people who entered Anchang, there was Yan Han, but he was not the core, but a man about forty years old

They are Pei Xu Day, the appearance of the python, Zhou Lihua, who is like a flower, and one other person, Peng Hanzhi.

Along the way, it seems that Anchang Province has recovered its vitality, and hundreds of thousands of acres of fields have been reclaimed, and the golden yellow of the ground is mixed with the unripe cyan, rippling with the meaning of harvest.

Due to natural disasters**, along the way, the originally prosperous place has become full of devastation, until I entered this place, I felt a trace of the peaceful era.

"Lord Peng, you see, Anchang has not been plagued by locusts, and this year is another bumper harvest."

"Yes, Li Rui has always been known for governing the government, but Anchang has been fighting for more than ten years, and Li Rui has been peaceful for three years and ruled for two years, which is not only a civil servant can be included, the first emperor still has the wisdom to know people!" Peng Hanzhi listened to it and said with a sigh, remembering the strange incident when Li Rui was directly sent to Dangzhi County.

This first emperor, of course, does not refer to the last two, but refers to the emperor who opened the branch and took the scholars.

"The food is abundant, and the soldiers are sharp!" Yan Han pointed to a group of cavalry and said, this team of cavalry is only a few hundred, but they are riding forward, all of them are tigers with bears' waists, fierce spirits, and they also have a faint law, so that people know that they are elite soldiers at first sight.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Anchang?"

"Master Peng. When the students saw it before, there were already 5,000, but when they heard that after defeating the barbarian king, they captured a large number of war horses, and set up a large ranching field in the pasture, and at this time they were afraid that it had exceeded 10,000. Moreover, you can increase the number of 5,000 riders every year! ”

10,000 rides, 5,000 years old, hearing this number, Peng Hanzhi's eyebrows couldn't help jumping, he was very clear about the weight of this.

After another piece of land, I heard the sound of hooves shaking the sky, in the afternoon sun. A thousand cavalry, like a tide, galloped over the land. Walking on the official road, although not trampling on the field, but also extremely powerful, seeing this, some people said strangely: "Strange, why do you see more cavalry?" ”

"It's training, isn't it?"

"No, I'm just afraid that Li Rui is already preparing to use soldiers, and it's really a wolf's ambition!" Someone else said disdainfully.

Peng Hanzhi's eyes flashed. Some different colors surfaced, and this sentence spoke to his heart.

In fact, after the kings raised their troops, people of insight in the world knew that the world was in chaos, but the orthodoxy was deeply rooted in two hundred years, and no one dared to break through the imperial court system and openly recruit troops. Now that the young emperor has a trace, Gao Mingtong ascended the throne as the emperor, and a group of thieves flocked to him. It is not an overnight thing for people with a heart to be able to recruit soldiers freely, but to form a combat effectiveness, therefore, strictly speaking, most of the counties themselves are still blank land.

On the earth, of course, he has the most troops, but this is all dependent on his personal power to maintain the local army, losing the world's supplies and losing the people's morale. Everyone in the world knows that its luck will not last long.

Later. It's just that several clan kings have been called emperors, but it's a pity. Several stand side by side, water and fire do not melt with each other, the internal fighting is more intense than the external fighting, and the number of qi has gone.

Looking at it again, at this time, Li Rui is the first.

However, Li Rui also has shortcomings, that is, the foundation is not thick, and Anchang Province is also remote, and its strength is far less than that of a province in the mainland.

As long as the deep-rooted and intertwined families in the provinces gain a period of time to capture and digest the provinces and counties where they are located, then Li Rui's shortcomings in the lack of succession will be exposed, although it can still be regarded as a force that can compete in the world, but it is only a force

This period of time is not long, only a year, but the problem now, in this year, this is the weakest time for the future heroes

Peng Hanzhi suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in front of him

This person's eyes are like paint, humble and polite, but he is distinguished and calm everywhere, and it is Pei Xu day who teaches people's hearts

Pei Xuday's father is Pei Shuanglin, the political envoy of Zhongming Province, and his family is also very deep

This time, his only task is to move Li Rui, whether it is righteousness, interests, or even a fake alliance, whether it is a joint attack, in short, to make Li Rui not send troops in this year, no, even if it is half a year

It's really far-sighted and has a layout of thousands of miles!

Of course, Peng Hanzhi understands in his heart that at this time, for Li Rui, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he sends troops to Lunan, Lunan will have these 10,000 soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of new recruits, and Wan is not an opponent who occupies the territory now, but it is much easier than snatching food from the heroes in the future

Once Li Rui occupies the two provinces, the momentum is huge, and there are people with lofty ideals and brave generals in the world, and they will flock to take refuge here, this is a snowball!

One step first, one step first, if you play chess, the world will do the same!

However, I will do my duty and try my best to persuade him, but do not take the people of the world for fools, if not, I will also see whether this strange year can be assisted by the monarch

Thinking of this, Peng Hanzhi's heart calmed down, nineteen years ago, he thought he could serve the country, but he was born a civilian, his foundation was not thick, and he didn't know how to take refuge in one sect at that time, so he became a county magistrate for six years, and then he was transferred to Beijing and became a five-grade bachelor for five years

In the past few years, it can be regarded as getting closer to Pei Xuday, but the Pei family is deep-rooted, there are many talents, and the core position is something he doesn't want to think about

It's just a little bit of kindness, and it's just a matter of doing this.