Chapter 871 Chapter 871: Hongmen Banquet, Shoveling Shit (Part 1) [Seeking a monthly ticket]
Shen Tang hit the nail on the head.
Xie Qi's expression was almost broken into slag, his eyes were wandering, and he lowered his head unnaturally. He knew that he couldn't hide it from the lord, but he didn't expect the lord to react so quickly, exposing his plan as soon as he met him: "The family is ugly, let the lord laugh."
He smiled awkwardly, not daring to look directly into Shen Tang's eyes.
Occasionally, the aristocratic family will produce a few naive youngsters, but there is never a youngster who is the head of the family. If Xie Clan's mess wasn't too big, Xie Qi, as the head of the Xie Clan in name, wouldn't break the pot. He couldn't help it, he had to!
It just so happens that the lord wants to grab the meat from the family's mouth.
Xie Qi was heartbroken, and simply put forward a suggestion that shocked everyone present. They do the first day of junior high school first, don't blame him for the fifteenth day!
but-
What he didn't even expect was that Shen Tang could guess most of the truth through a few pieces of information: "The Shi-Tibetan couple haven't been in touch with the affairs of the clan for many years, and they are all managed by several clan elders?"
Xie Qi nodded: "Yes."
Shen Tang said: "Is there something wrong with these clan elders?"
Thank you device: "…"
Shen Tang was concerned: "Have you become a thief?"
Thank you device: "…"
Seeing that he was silent one after another, Shen Tang knew that he had guessed right.
A noble family is like a tree.
The main tree is the trunk, and the small branches are the branches.
Most of the properties are inherited by Dazong, including land and shops, gold and silver treasures, valuable ancient paintings and ancient books... These are not officially owned by the public, but belong to Dazong. Not surprisingly, it is only passed down among the main lineages. Xiaozong relies on his own efforts, and if he has a good relationship, he can use his family connections. Those with good abilities live well, and those with poor abilities need family support. The proceeds from the Shudeng field are used for the study of the children of the clan, and the proceeds from the sacrificial field are used for sacrifices and support for the elderly...
Similar fields include ancestral hall fields, cemetery fields, and righteous fields...
These are all clan fields!
Belongs to the entire family.
After the children of ordinary families get rich with the help of family resources, they will more or less buy clan land for the family, and the cycle goes on and on to ensure that the family will continue to grow. There is no guarantee that everyone will be rich and powerful, but it also gives the downcast a chance to rise. This process has to go through the accumulation of generations, and the accumulation speed is slow. At least in this troubled world where everyone is precarious, it is slow.
Therefore, the offshoots of Xiaozong will also be jealous of Dazong.
Xie Qi and his wife have been hostages for several years, and after many years of hard work, they have only three daughters. The family power will inevitably fall into the hands of the clan elders. The assets belonging to the big sect quietly flowed into the side branches of the small sect and public accounts, and there may be some people who handled them embezzled and hid private matters. Xie Qi went back to check the accounts this time, most likely because he found that Da Zong had been gnawed into an empty shell by corruption, and there were not many assets left that could be passed on to his daughter.
As head of household, as father—
It's no wonder Xie Qi is mad.
In addition, there was a conflict with the Xie clan, so he broke the jar! Since you don't let him have a better time here, don't think about it! Shen Tang made eye contact with Xie Qi.
Xie Qi couldn't hold on to all the explanations.
The content of Shen Tang's guess is not bad, but the last two straws that crushed the camel's camel are two things - one is that Xie Qi accidentally discovered that a member of the Xie family had bribed the people around Zheng Qiao to try to kill someone with a knife in order to eat a large number of extinct households The second is that Xie Qi went back this time and wanted to write the three daughters in the family tree of Dazong, and made the eldest daughter the eldest son, the heir of Dazong, but was denied.
Even though Xie Qi explained that the eldest daughter was very talented and would definitely be able to be the head of the family when she grows up, several clan elders refused on the grounds that "this is the rooster sitting in the morning", and said, "Women are born unable to cultivate, but now they can suddenly cultivate. , how can we guarantee that they will not be able to practice suddenly?" and said that Xie Qi's daughter will always marry off as a daughter-in-law, and is no longer a child of Xie's family. Wouldn't it mean that Xie's family would be used as a dowry and insisted on refusing to let her be the head of the family? No matter how hard Xie Qi fought, they still arranged for Xie Qi to have a son.
【The head of the family refuses to take concubines, and it is not appropriate to have no male heirs under his knees. 】
【The head of the family and the mistress are deeply in love with each other, and it is not easy for us to provoke and separate them. These children are a few down-and-out descendants of the family. They are all young, and they can be raised well. 】
Xie Qi is really discouraged now!
Finish the job and storm back with stuff.
Because Xie Qi's experience was miserable and aggrieved, Shen Tang, as the protagonist, must have empathy and cannot laugh on the spot. After holding back for a long time, I put on a serious expression: "Shizang's suggestion is good, but I'm worried that other Patriarchs won't agree..."
That would definitely not be agreed.
Shen Tang said again: "I don't want to agree either."
The existence of the clan field will make the clan power stable and strong. The larger the clan, the more they can do whatever they want in one place and bully others! When the scale is large enough, any official who comes to take office will have to pay a visit to the dock. After all, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away.
Xie Qi was astonished, but quickly restrained himself.
Shen Tang rubbed his brows, he had a rough plan in his heart, and then he smiled again: "What is the purpose of the clan fields under various names? Isn't it to worship the ancestors, help the orphans and widows in the clan, so that children can go to school? If the government can If all these problems are solved, then there is no need for the family land to exist? The family land can only benefit the old and the weak of the clan, and the great harmony of the world can also benefit the common people of the world!"
"Whether it's the children of a clan or the people of the Li people, they are all the same to me, so naturally I must treat them equally."
Xie Qi's mind was buzzing, and his heart was in a mess.
For a while, I didn't know what my protagonist was thinking.
She doesn't really want to confiscate all the family land, does she?
Shen Tang didn't give him too much time to think, and said to himself: "Since the aristocratic families in these places want to bargain with me, then let's hold a Hongmen banquet... Ah no, an ordinary banquet for entertaining guests, everyone sits down and discusses. There is nothing like face-to-face We can’t negotiate! If there is, then it’s definitely because I don’t have enough swordsmen hiding in the dark! Isn’t it?”
Thank you device: "…"
Everyone: "..."
My lord, I don’t even bother to cover up the basics!
Shen Tang smiled and threw the news from Lin Feng on the table, and beckoned someone to draw up an invitation card, inviting all the heads of families, big and small, to attend, so that she would recognize her familiarity! Who is not coming?
"That is not to make face for the 16th class!"
"I'll go to the door and invite them in myself!"
It is not sure whether it is coming vertically or horizontally.
Everyone clapped their hands together and said, "Wei."
The invitation is written by someone else, but Shen Tang still needs to stamp the seal with the Wenxin monogram himself, and continue to work after finishing the job. She has been really busy recently, and the matter of the aristocratic family is just one of them. This is the result of Shen Tang's restraint of killing intent.
If you really **** her off, it's not impossible to kill her from top to bottom! Shen Tang is not afraid that they will join forces to beat her, even though her troops are scattered now, it will only take a few days to integrate the troops. If they dare to touch the bottom line again, the next time they will be bloodbathed up and down.
In addition to the land in the hands of these aristocratic families, there are also official news from Yan and Qianzhou. Shen Tang has seen more than a dozen official systems from dozens of counties and counties, and the various titles and titles are even more chaotic. The information sent back made her head dizzy.
"Aren't He Yin and Long Wu very unified?"
Why is it so magical in Yanzhou and Qianzhou?
Because of Qin Li's literati way, Shen Tang didn't let him go on a business trip elsewhere. Hearing Shen Tang's complaints about these contents, Qin Li said with a smile: "At the same time in the Northwest Continent, there were thirty-six countries side by side, and each small country had its own system."
The dried shrimps are in the belly of the small fish, and the small fish is in the belly of the big fish. Both the dried shrimps and the small fish are not fully digested, and the big fish is swallowed by bigger fish. It is normal for the local official position system to be chaotic, because often the official position in the previous country has not adapted, and the new official position in the next country will come down again. The result of frequent changes is that many local officials are misplaced, and everyone continues to work under different names.
Longwu and Heyin were unified because they were both governed by Xin State in the early days, while most of Yanzhou and Qianzhou were once seven or eight scattered small countries. The corners of Shen Tang's eyes twitched fiercely.
"But Zheng Qiao..."
Yanzhou and Qianzhou have been in Zheng Qiao's hands for four or five years.
"Zheng Qiao seems like someone who would care about these questions?"
Qin Li asked a sharp question.
Shen Tang: "..."
For Zheng Qiao's peerless and crazy critics, whether it is Xin Guo or Geng Guo, in his eyes, the country is a system full of bugs, as long as the system can still run, it doesn't matter how it runs. Just say, is the country functioning?
As long as it works, nothing else matters.
Hehe, Zheng Qiao doesn't need to worry about it.
But she has to take care of it (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻
Shen Tang grasped the brand-new bronze table case, and for a moment in a trance, he subconsciously increased the strength of his fingers, leaving fingerprints on it that even fingerprints were clearly visible. : "Others are the predecessors who planted trees and the descendants to enjoy the shade. Why is it my turn that the predecessors **** and I shovel shit?"
Qin Li ignored some of Shen Tang's outrageous words.
Being the protagonist, who is not crazy?
The aristocratic families from all over the world had just digested the information from Lin, and then received group invitations from Shen Tang one after another. The handwriting on the invitation and the threat [Neiku was burnt to ashes, and the sky street was full of public servants] were written by one person. Subconsciously, I thought it was Shen Tang's handwriting, and subconsciously shuddered—they didn't all hand in the donation. , it's not over yet, is it?
Waiting to see the content of the invitation clearly, each one feels like mourning.
At the beginning of the invitation, he sincerely thanked each family for their generosity. Shen Tang thanked each family for their understanding of righteousness on behalf of thousands of common people, and wanted to invite each family to attend the banquet with excuses. Although the Patriarch was not named by name, the meaning behind the words in black and white is very clear.
The head of the house may not go, but he must go to someone who can be the master.
At worst, it has to be the second in command.
Every family is gloomy, and this time they dare not discuss countermeasures.
There are also stubborn people who want to sue themselves and ask others to go there for them—fools also know that this is a grand banquet, and it is very likely that they will not come back, but if they don’t go, they will really weigh five catties with them— It's just that the plan has not yet been implemented, and the garrisons in various places have been completely taken over by Shen Tang's people. These soldiers and horses train every now and then, using the streets in front of each house as a runway for training.
【One two one, one two one! 】
Before dawn, I started to run neatly.
【one two three four-】
Not to mention the head of the house, even the women in the house behind the head of the house heard it.
In addition to running for military training before dawn, the military training instructor also used the street as a martial arts arena. Every now and then, he would bring more than a hundred low-level officials to learn how to use martial arts to transform weapons, and practice bending bows and arrows. wall.
Patriarch of the family: "..."
Shen Tang didn't do anything, and she didn't say anything.
But the patriarch of the aristocratic family can't pretend that she didn't do anything.
After the last quarrel, Shen Tang thoroughly found out the location of the private soldiers raised by each family on the farm, including the hidden content such as scale and combat power. It is inconvenient for each family to contact. Once someone makes a move, the farm will be caught in a fire and several people will be killed.
Unable to communicate naturally cannot unite.
If you lose the protection of force, you are a lamb to be slaughtered.
So, the heads of each family hesitated for a few days, and went on their own way.
They did not dare to delay on the road, and all arrived within the stipulated time. Strangely, the closest and the farthest arrived on the same day. Many patriarchs are related by marriage and know each other. For the sake of caution, I dare not even have a conversation.
They also saw Shen Tang for the first time.
The rumored monster who is neither male nor female.
In terms of appearance, it is indeed not much better than Zheng Qiao.
Shen Tang walked to the main seat under the protection of his personal guards, and raised his hand to greet the pale-faced heads of the aristocratic family: "Good morning, everyone, you have worked **** the journey, did you sleep well last night?"
Because the place was not big enough, Shen Tang simply placed the banquet in the martial arts training ground, and each food table had a small plaque with the names of the heads of each family on it. The original intention was to make it easier for them to find a location, but in the eyes of the various Patriarchs, it was just a small spirit card.
The expressions on everyone's faces were even worse: "Thank you, Mr. Shen, for your concern."
"If there is someone who is not well taken care of, you must speak up."
The head of each family: "..."
At this time, someone noticed that the food table was empty except for the little spirit card, not even a single dish! This scene made a few sensitive people instantly think of a certain allusion. They kept their faces on the surface, but they were sweating coldly in secret.
Papapapa, I heard Shen Tang clapping his hands.
Followed by a row of burly soldiers carrying plates, their arms were thicker than the thighs of the house owners. When they bent down to put down the dishes, they cast huge black shadows that enveloped the house heads completely. Saber.
Shen Tang said slightly apologetically: "You guys also know that Shen was born in a reckless family and had a hard time starting a family. He has long been used to living a simple life, and he doesn't like extravagance. There are no dancers and actors in the house, and even the dishes for the guests are given to them. Let the soldiers help. Hehe, the conditions are rough, and they are definitely not as good as the warm and fragrant nephrite in the palace of the princes, which is impolite."
The heads of each family were pale.
They couldn't help but wonder what kind of blood relationship Shen Tang had with Zheng Qiao. Why do they both like to be weird in front of people?
No-
Zheng Qiao is not as good at playing as Shen Youli.
They knew it was a Hongmen banquet, and Shen Tang also knew that they knew it was a Hongmen banquet, but they really didn't expect that Shen Tang would directly put the knife and ax on the bright side. Is this not even bothering to pretend? However, none of the princes of Gungun dared to yell at him.
Shen Tang didn't seem to see how broken their spirits were, so he said "eat and drink well", and his appetite was whetted.
The head of each family: "..."
Well, not everyone has no appetite.
On the side of the Lingzhou family, there is a person who is particularly conspicuous.
The old man with white beard and hair closed his eyes and rested his mind.
Beside him, someone is feasting.
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(end of this chapter)