The ninth day of the ninth lunar month of every ten years is the day when the Ren family opens the ancestral class. Men over the age of three in the family must be neatly dressed, with solemn expressions kneeling in the ancestral hall dedicated to their ancestors, listening to the patriarch talk about the history of the Ren family, this kind of ceremony is more grand than the Spring Festival.

This year's keynote speaker is still the old man. I saw that he was wearing a brand-new satin-faced robe with good ink color, embroidered with handsome and auspicious clouds of mountains and rivers, and the edge of the robe was exposed with golden hollow longevity flowers. He was tied with a silver silk embroidered Ruyi jade belt around his waist, and he held a one-foot-long ivory slip, which was engraved with the handsome seal script of Ren's ancestral history.

It is said that he deliberately took the whole hall to the bathhouse in Changchun yesterday to clean his body and go to the barber shop to clean his hair and beard, and this morning he cleaned his mouth with light salt water. All for the sake of the sacred solemnity of this moment.

He stood at the front of the crowd and led his people to worship his ancestors and ancestors, and he slowly turned to face everyone, and said to everyone with a solemn and sacred expression: "As the old saying goes: the most important thing that people cannot forget in life is their ancestors. Our ancestors gave us the surname, and we have the blood of our ancestors in our veins. What we do in this life must be worthy of our ancestors, we are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and the descendants of Yuyang. ”

The eldest lord almost explained off the script: "Our Ren ancestor Yuyang is the youngest son born to the Yellow Emperor and the fourth concubine's mother-in-law. The blood of the Yellow Emperor flows in our bodies, and we are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor's bloodline.

During the period of the Yellow Emperor, Yuyang not only possessed the necessary prerequisite for receiving the title and surname, but also made outstanding contributions to the society at that time and established extraordinary feats.

You can see the ivory slip in my hand, with 39 words engraved on it.

There are historical records: "The Yellow Emperor had twenty-five sons, and fourteen people got the surname, including Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Zhen, Ren, Xun, Xi, Yao, Huan, Yi, and other twelve surnames, of which four belonged to two surnames. "We are the surname Ren here.

It is said that Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor established Ren Guo, and gave Ren Guo to the young son Yuyang, and Yuyang gave the surname Ren to this. At that time, under the governance of Yuyang, the people were simple and kind, every family did not close their doors at night, and the people did not leave any roads; Implement no officials, no soldiers, no levies, no taxes; It truly achieves that there is no distinction between high and low status, there is no difference between rich and poor in life, and the people are more harmless to others. The people of the country in office have no greedy desires, the six roots are pure, self-denial and forgiveness, peace and happiness, and eternal peace. The people of Renguo are willing to be Renguo people from generation to generation, and it is also the Datong world that we dream of day and night.

We must always remember, and let our children and grandchildren always remember, that the surname "Ren" belongs to the surname given by the emperor and the name of the country. It has a glorious history, it is an ancient and glorious surname, and it is a surname that we should be proud of. ”

There was silence in the ancestral hall, and the clan members were all excited in their hearts, looking at the eldest master intently, and listening attentively to the origin of the Ren family. Although some people have heard it three or five times, every time they listen to it, new passion, new motivation, and new mission spring up in their hearts.

The difference in this year's ancestral class is that when talking about the history of Ren Xiaopu, the eldest master called Mantang up, signaled Mantang to bow to the ancestor again, and then asked him to take another white marble slip on the table, which was engraved: "Ren Guiyou inherits the lineage of Ren Zong, Fang Ling 16 led the surname Ma and the surname Meng, from the Guannei." In this uninhabited wilderness, the wasteland is cut and grassed, adobe houses are built, spring ploughing and summer hoeing, autumn harvest and winter hiding, livestock training and poultry raising, digging wells and building bridges. Three years later, there is a foreign surname to live, and the name is: Ren Xiaopu"

The whole hall recited sonorously and vigorously in his desolate voice. After the recitation, the eldest man asked the full hall, "What do you want to say to everyone now?" ”

Man Tang calmed down his excited mood for a while, pondered for a while and said resolutely: "Ren Xiaopu is not only the pride of our Ren family, but also the pride of the Ma family and the Meng family. ”

The Ma and Meng men in the hall applauded excitedly. There were a few elderly people with tears in their eyes.

Mantang's words once again ignited the passion of the eldest lord, and he said excitedly: "Mantang said well, our ancestors established Datong life in ancient times, and our ancestors gave us today's peace. Maybe this tranquility will be broken in a short time, you heard, little Japan is preparing to let our emperor ascend the throne in Changchun and establish a puppet Manchurian government. I support that we have our own government, but we must not allow Japan to run amok. You've heard that every village is conscripting. We can fight for our family, we can't be traitors to the Japanese, and if anyone condescends to the Japanese, we will remove him from the family, expel him from the shop, and never enter the village. ”

The clansmen all know that tomorrow the eldest lord will go to Changchun with the rich owner to inquire about the emperor's enthronement ceremony, and today's eldest lord's words are meaningful.

The earliest name of Changchun is "Tea Ah Chong", and it is also called "Xidu" in the old days, and she also has a very nice nickname "Northern Spring City".

The most famous street in Changchun is Shengli Street, the wide street is full of people coming and going, there are speeding cars shuttling in the middle of the carriages and donkey carts entering the city, from time to time there are bursts of whistles, the traffic is busy, and the merchants gather to be called one of the central cities in the northeast region.

Since the Xinhai Revolution ousted Pu Yi from the throne of the emperor, Pu Yi and the Qing nobles have been making various efforts to revive the Qing Dynasty. In the face of the rising tide of resistance against Japan among the Chinese people, the Japanese invaders showed their ugly faces, and in order to better control the northeast, they not only concocted the puppet Manchukuo, but also made the puppet Manchukuo have the original appearance of a state. At the same time, in order to more favorably develop the anti-Japanese movement of traitors enslaving the Chinese people and suppressing the Chinese people, they formed a police and army mainly to maintain law and order, so that they could share the pressure of the Japanese occupation forces. Therefore, the development of the puppet army is their main task at the first and foremost.

It was in the context of that time that the eldest lord issued instructions to the clansmen on the social situation at that time, and put forward a new slogan that anyone who betrays the country is a betrayal of the ancestors.

On March 9, 1932, Pu Yi was supported by the Japanese Kwantung Army and took office as the "puppet Manchukuo" in Changchun City. Fu Changqing, the son of the rich owner, learned some internal strategies about the restoration of the deep palace through Yun Yinggege, who was beside Pu Yi, and also wanted to do something for this. The rich owner told the eldest lord his intention to go to Changchun, and the eldest lord was also trying to find a way to be loyal to the country, and the two hit it off and agreed to set tomorrow's itinerary.

Early this morning, the car of the rich owner stopped in front of the Ren family's house, and the eldest man hurriedly walked out with interest and did not invite the rich owner into the house to sit, but directly entered the car and entered the city with his in-laws.

The eldest lord and the rich owner went straight to the rich owner's only son Fu Chang Qingkai's jewelry shop, the first time the lord came to his in-laws' jewelry shop, he looked carefully, only to see that the blue gatehouse is not big, but it is very chic, and the plaque gilt large characters read: Jin Shiyuan Jewelry Bank. The flow of customers is quite bustling, and a few Westerners have just entered the store, and a few Japanese women have crossed the street and walked into the store. A black car stopped not far away, a man and a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes, the man was on old-fashioned dog-headed crutches, and the woman was wearing a knee-high black mink, and was walking towards the storefront.

Changqing saw his family's car parked at the door, and hurriedly came out and signaled the driver to drive the car to a high-walled compound at the corner on the east side of the jewelry store.

Changqing welcomed his father and the eldest man out of the car, and the eldest lord came to his in-laws' mansion in Changchun City for the first time.

I saw stone lions squatting on both sides of the gate, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, and also recorded the epitome of the vicissitudes of history. The driver drove the car into the main entrance, and the old man thought in his heart that the rich owner was the royal family, and it was not ordinary just looking at the courtyard.

In the northeast corner of the spacious compound is the tall Shoushan Stone, which is the most eye-catching and the first to catch your eye. Shoushan stone behind a thick snow red peach, pine upright, proud bones. The mountains and rocks on both sides of the courtyard are lined up, which is quiet and solemn, which is in stark contrast to the chaotic and noisy times outside the courtyard. The jagged stone forest is interspersed with famous flowers and plants, highlighting the luxury of the past, and now the colors cast by the changing sun are actually mottled and scattered, making people have infinite sentimentality.

The big lord got out of the car, walked through the front yard, came to the atrium, walked on the promenade, the ponds on both sides of the cloister were covered with snow, there was no old cloister stroll, the stream was entangled, the scene of fish leaping and birds flying, everywhere evoked the scenery of the early years, the dilapidated and desolate reality.

The three of them came to the main hall, and the hardwood carvers used in the room were extremely exquisite, and the carvings with small sections and hollow were clearly layered and had clear veins. The eldest lord came here like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Changqing invited the two elders to sit down before they dared to sit down. Tea and coffee were already being handed out.

The old man said, "I drink tea, we can't get used to drinking foreign things." ”

The rich owner also drank tea and asked, "What is the specific situation?" Your uncle and I would like to hear about it. ”

Chang Qingping retreated and said: "The old lady (is the private name for Pu Yi at that time) is preparing for the enthronement ceremony at the instigation of little Japan, and now he can't listen to anyone's words, and the opinions within the family can't be unified. On the contrary, some warlords and bigwigs bow down to their subordinates, and I think they also have their own ghosts, and they are not loyal to the country. ”

The rich owner glanced at the old man, and the big man had a solemn face and a sad face. He asked, "Has Yun Ying Gege also returned to Guannei?" ”

Changqing said: "Gege didn't follow back to the customs. She is preparing to marry Runqi. Gege wants me to enter the palace to make a job, and my current business assassin will not be able to get rid of it for a while. ”

The rich farmer hurriedly said: "Now is not the time, and it is not clear whether the form will be as we imagined." Wait a minute. What we are doing now is to protect the existing strength, and we must further contact Zhang and Yang (Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng). ”

The eldest lord's tone was very heavy and firm: "When will our country not let the foreign gang have the final say." ”

The three of them were discussing the future, when a guy broke in and shouted in a panic: "The shopkeeper is not good, go to the front hall and have a look."