Chapter 17: The Wealthy Families of the Han Dynasty
With the issuance of the edict, all the powerful families in the world have taken action.
In the Later Han Dynasty, or rather, in any period, there was always a hierarchy.
There is always a high level of power between families, and there are family dignitaries in different periods.
Later Han Dynasty, except for Zhaocheng Luo.
In the land of the Central Plains, when it comes to the top wealthy nobles, it is natural to be headed by five surnames and seven families that have been inherited for three hundred years.
These five surnames, seven families and two emperors have obtained too many benefits, and they have spent three hundred years in a beautiful way.
But even if it is these seven families, there is a difference in strength and weakness among them.
Among them, the Jimo Lu clan and the Anyang Han clan were the strongest, and they also served as high-ranking officials at the level of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries in the Later Han Dynasty.
Since the ancestor Zhang Liang, the Zhang family is a descendant of Huang Laodao, and in the era when Confucianism occupied the mainstream, its natural influence was slightly weaker.
However, the Zhang family founded Taoism, which is different from the track of other families.
Yinghou Luo's clan was still very prominent in the first two generations of emperors of the Later Han Dynasty, but since relatives and eunuchs began to control each other's government and government, they were not used to the chaos in the court, so they gradually became less prominent.
But Luo Chuan's birth proves that Yinghou Luo's prestige is still there.
The Lanling Xiao clan is a typical ideological problem, and they fought with their relatives and eunuchs separately, and the result was naturally heavy losses.
If it weren't for the in-laws, the main vein might have to be killed.
But it still led to the disconnection of talents in the clan, so it is constantly declining.
The self-contained Lanling Xiao went to religion to seek spiritual sustenance.
The Huaiyin Han clan is similar to the Lanling Xiao clan, entrenched in the local area, rarely enters the imperial court, and the Wuxun family has no outstanding talents, and is about to mix itself into a two-thousand-stone family.
The reputation of these five surnames and seven families is indeed high, but in fact, except for the Jimo Lu family and the Anyang Han family, before Yinghou Luochuan was born and had a huge reputation, they all belonged to typical local super wealthy families.
The key to this is the word local.
This can be regarded as a super enhanced version of the Tang Dynasty's five surnames and seven hopes.
The five surnames and seven hopes of the Tang Dynasty were purely blown out, not to mention the false history of hundreds of years, even if it was true, but it was just a high reputation on the surface, and the world worshipped it.
In fact, the little power is pitiful, it was kneaded by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at will, the queen was killed, and he didn't even dare to say a word, and he had to catch up with the prince to get married, which was completely a pawn for the Li Tang royal family to deal with Guan Longxungui.
The five families of Luolu, Han, and Zhang Xiao at least really have real power, fiefs, and subjects, and they don't just blow with one mouth.
But since it is named after a local giant, it naturally has a central wealthy family as a corresponding.
The top powerful families in the Han Dynasty have to be those scripture families who have served as the three princes for generations and controlled Taicao.
These scholastic families learned from the practice of Zhaocheng Luo, and combined the knowledge of scholastics, political resources, and the land where they lived, and formed the ultimate body of the scholastic family, the gate valve of scholastic studies.
Power is from the bottom up.
Power has nothing to do with the three generations of the public.
Power has nothing to do with being famous all over the world.
Power is only about whether or not you can give benefits to your subordinates.
If it can't bring benefits to his subordinates, don't say that the fourth and third dukes, even if it is the tenth and third dukes, it is useless, this is the reason why the Yinghou Luo clan is not as prominent as the other families, and it is still too principled.
Jingxue Gate Valve served as a high-ranking official such as the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, laying out a huge network of relationships and in-laws, creating a monopoly.
And this monopoly seems to be difficult to break at present, because those talented scholars are absorbed into this network of in-laws and relationships.
There was once a disciple of a poor family who loudly rebuked this situation: "If this is the case in the world, when will my poor family turn over?" ”
Then a son of a wealthy family replied: "A child of a poor family, thirteen years of cold window, once married a noble girl, served for eight years, was promoted to two thousand stones, and the family is also prominent, isn't this a turnover?"
I came from a wealthy family, so far I am just an idle man, if I can choose, I would like to be a poor man. ”
The impact of this conversation was very great, and the scholars of the poor families in the world always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say it.
This story was even included in Luo's "Later Han Dynasty Theory" and published all over the world.
Rock's refrain from speaking out about this situation is due to the fact that the emergence of such in-laws networks is even unstoppable.
Just go to the world and pull out a person, the same position, whether it is for yourself or for outsiders, you will choose to give it to yourself.
It's human nature, what can Rocky say?
Until now, in the whole world, the most cronyistic is Luo's.
From the Bang Zhou period, the ancestor King Su was divided, and the surname Ji occupied the vast majority of the kingdom.
The difference is that Rock's can guarantee the ability and character of his own people, while other families cannot.
This is how the strength of the Jingxue family comes, and if it can give benefits to the following, naturally a large number of people will defect, and the emperor will do the same, giving benefits to relatives, so relatives will do things, and give benefits to eunuchs, so eunuchs are obedient.
During the Bang Zhou period, the courtiers of the princes were called foreign ministers to the Son of Heaven, and between the princes and the Son of Heaven they were supposed to be loyal to the princes.
If a prince wants to rebel, his courtiers report to the Son of Heaven, which is considered disloyal.
Under the dual monarchy, under the concept that Taishou equals the monarch, the benefits of such recommendation and expropriation are extremely staggering.
If the world is too obedient to the county order is a protégé and former official, then who is the emperor will have to put a question mark.
Although it is impossible for any family to achieve this level, it is still possible to have protégés everywhere in the world.
Although this relationship is not as stable as it was during the Bang Zhou period, after all, there is no legal support, but sometimes social ideas are a greater restraining force.
Only those who are born extraordinary will break the routine and trample on the soles of their feet.
Such people will either achieve fame and great achievements, or they will be crazy and completely crushed to ashes by the wheels of history.
This kind of scripture gate valve family, the world calls it "Luoyang Wealthy Family", because although there is a county, but the main scope of activities is in Luoyang, and the family lineage is also active in Luoyang.
After all, Luoyang was the safest place in the Han Dynasty, living in the county, and in case of a major event similar to the Taiping Uprising, it was likely to be killed directly between the fields.
But staying in Luoyang, there will never be a madman who dares to kill the whole family of the wealthy family.
The Molu family and the Anyang Han family are among the wealthy families in Luoyang, but only a few of these two families stay in Luoyang, and the other five are not among them at all.
In the matter of the party, Luoyang wealthy families were also implicated, and during that period of time, it can be said that they suffered a huge blow.
After the party was released, these Luoyang giants couldn't wait to do something big in Luoyang.
There must be no more party affairs!
It's cool to skip the Eastern Han Dynasty, but there are a lot of things missing, fo
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