Chapter 325 Clan History
Compared with family temples and family trees, concubine Yinzi is nothing.
Qin Lang's heart moved.
"Your Majesty is going to repair the family tree?"
Ma Zhou nodded, admiring Qin Lang's sensitivity, "Your Majesty intends to edit the clan records so that the surname can be corrected."
Qin Lang immediately understood that the purpose of the so-called correction of the surname is very clear, that is, to correct the surname. All surnames in the world are based on county prestige, and there are differences in family status. All dynasties and dynasties will publish the correction, in fact, it is to rearrange the ranking status of these families.
As for the reason for the publication, of course, it is because after the dynasty came and went, the new and old gentry classes also changed. Just like today's world, there are four major regional groups, Shandong gentry, Jiangzuo gentry, Guanzhong gentry and Daibei gentry. The Guanzhong gentry and the Daibei gentry formed the Guanlong Group, and the Jiangzuo gentry also moved closer to Guanlong after the unification of the North and the South.
Shandong gentry is in a stage of decline, but their reputation is still very high.
Li Tang started from Guanzhong, and he was a member of the Guanlong Group. However, after the Sui Dynasty, the Guanlong Group almost disappeared in the early Tang Dynasty. There are many Guanlong nobles left, but they can no longer be called the Guanlong Group.
Shandong gentry actually disappeared, but their reputation is there.
Political pride in the court was the old Guanlong nobles and the Shandong military upstarts, but the most famous were the Shandong gentry. Of course, this was not in line with the political situation of the court, and it was even more detrimental to the imperial power.
So Li Shimin wanted to revise the clan annals and publish the correct surname, but his intention was very obvious. The subtext is that the reputation of the Shandong gentry is not worthy of their political status. If they want to drop their family rankings, who will replace them?
First of all, of course it is the royal family. The Li family originated from Guanzhong, but they have always been close to the five surnames and seven families before, saying that they are the Longxi Li family in the seven families.
The Longxi Li family is a special one among the seven sects. His Longxi does not refer to a county or family, but refers to the Longxi County in the Qin Dynasty. Now it refers to the entire Longyou area. The Longxi Li family also refers to several Li families. Li Hu and Li Yuan insisted on going to Longxi Li, but in fact, the five surnames and seven sects of his family did not admit it in private.
Even if the Li family is in the world now, in terms of family status, Tang Li is still under Zhaojun Li and Longxi Li. How can Li Shimin be reconciled?
Based on his character, if he is in the world, then Tang Li should naturally be the number one in the world, not only to be the number one among all the Lis, but also to be the number one in the whole family of surnames in the world.
In addition to elevating the status of the royal family, Li Shimin also intends to elevate the status of his most trusted Shandong general. Even the Guanlong Group, which was founded by the Li family, must also be elevated. The status is linked to each other, and the Shandong gentry will be further beaten down.
The Qin family was originally a second-rate gentry, but now Li Shimin wants to build a family temple for Qin Lang, the former prime minister, and also build a family tree for Qin Lang, so that the Qin family can enter the common people's clan annals. Isn't this intention obvious? Let Qin Lang be the shit-stirring stick.
In the original tradition of genealogy, the division of family status is based on the status of officials in the past dynasties. Those who are classified as aristocratic families are all crowned families for many generations, and they all have county surnames.
What is the county surname? A certain surname in this county is the strongest. It is called the county surname. For example, the Wang family of Langya County. This is true for the Li family of Zhaojun, the Li family of Longxi, the Zheng family of Xingyang, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Cui family of Boling, and the Liu family of Hedong.
If this standard is followed, most of the princes and prime ministers in the court can only be ranked second and third. On the contrary, the old gentry who have no status in the court, such as King Cui Luzheng, will still be ranked first. .
This is what makes Li Shimin unhappy.
He has been studying the gentry family, which really made him come up with a breakthrough. In addition to continuing to suppress, and increasing the imperial examination to admit the disciples of the poor family to be officials, he also wanted to use the genealogy that the old gentry relied on in the past to counter control them.
Don’t they like to use genealogy to elevate their status, then I will correct the surname and rebuild the genealogy.
This is a drastic measure.
The revision standard of the hundred genealogy of the old gentry is based on the prestige of the county and the surname. And Li Shimin planned to come to be an official and noble, and the difference in surname and family status was discussed according to the current official title of Li Tang court.
If you have a high official rank, you should go to the front. If your family such as Cui Lu Zheng is not as good as others, you should go to the back.
After figuring out the emperor's intention behind it, Qin Lang didn't have a headache.
This is really using him as a **** stick.
This task is not light, he doesn't even want to get involved, he agrees to suppress the old gentry, because if the old gentry don't go down, how can they come up with these new rich.
But he was unwilling to take the lead by himself. The emaciated camels of the old gentry were bigger than horses, so they were difficult to deal with.
He prefers to make a fortune silently. We are upstarts. As long as we persist for a few generations, we will naturally change from a nouveau riche to an aristocratic family.
But Li Shimin wanted to be positive.
It's just bad luck to pull him out to lead the battle. No wonder Li Shimin is so generous, posthumously gifting his great-grandfather the county magistrate, bestowing the concubine son Xijue, and ordering Yuxiao to be the township lord.
It turned out that it was all for Qin Lang to charge forward.
Qin Lang stays with Ma Zhou for dinner.
Ma Zhou is now a celebrity in front of the emperor. He is a scholar of the Imperial Academy and a deputy envoy of the Transit Department. He serves the emperor all day long and is known as half a prime minister.
"It's hot, let's get some mutton in a water basin." Ma Zhou wasn't too polite. Although he had become half a chancellor, he was still good at wine and meat. Qin Lang reminded him several times to keep his mouth shut and his legs opened. He suffered from diabetes, but Ma Zhou couldn't hold on, or he didn't have the time.
He's too busy right now.
Today, taking advantage of coming to announce the decree, it can be regarded as a half-day free.
Stir-fry the shredded **** until fragrant, pour in boiling water to taste, boil the water again and pour in the fat and tender mutton belly, the meat is cooked, sprinkle with chopped green onion and serve out of the pan.
Fat and tender mutton, a big pot of soup, really tastes very refreshing.
"Heaven's grace is mighty, why do you still seem unhappy?"
"How can I be happy, the emperor is setting me on fire, you are also a smart person, use me as an introduction to compile the clan history, this is deep water."
Ma Zhou wiped the oil from his mouth, "Sanlang, you have never been afraid of anything, why are you afraid of this?"
"I'm sure I'm not afraid of trouble, but I don't want to take the initiative to cause trouble. I still want to provoke the entire gentry. Although I am crazy, I am not self-aware. I don't want to take the initiative to be an enemy of all the gentry, and there is no benefit. "
"The advantage is that the Qin family in Licheng may become a first-class family in the Tang Dynasty!"
"By editing this clan chronicle, my Qin family will become a first-class family? Or if my family is a first-class family, it wouldn't be the same without this clan chronicle?" Qin Lang asked back.
Qin Lang sometimes felt that Li Shimin was in a hurry.
Suppression of the old gentry should not be rushed, take your time, as long as you persevere, in 20 or 30 years, the old gentry will definitely not be as good as before.
What's the point of verbally arguing who is number one in the world?
Instead of fighting for this thing, why not make more money?
There are too many things to do, so what are you doing with all your saliva?
The new tax law has just been implemented, and there must be many mistakes and omissions. Wouldn’t it be better to spend more time on this? Just let King Cui Luzheng fight over who is the best in the world and who is the leader of the gentry. Can they really beat the Li family of the Tang Dynasty?
In the final analysis, it was Li Shimin's lack of self-confidence.
He mutinied and seized power, so he desperately wanted to be recognized by more people.
Anyway, he has already made up his mind. If Li Shimin asks him to take the lead in doing some kind of clan annals, he insists on not agreeing.
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Qin Lang went to thank you. Sure enough, the emperor mentioned to Qin Lang the matter of compiling the clan annals, and directly proposed that Qin Lang take the lead in organizing these famous scholars and Confucians who are currently repairing the Nine Classics in the Eastern Palace. There are many genealogy experts among these people.
Qin Lang directly refused.
Li Shimin was a little surprised, and then glared at Qin Lang angrily.
"Did I treat you well?"
Of course, Qin Lang can't object, and he can't. The Qin family now has a family of four princes, two real dukes, Qi Guogong and Yi Guogong, two false titles, one Jinan County Duke and Licheng County Duke, you What face do you have to say that you treat me well?
"I just think that if genealogy is involved in the compilation of clan records, an authority in this field must be found to preside over them. Only in this way can the compiled clan records be authoritative and recognized by others. I can't."
"You did a good job taking the lead in presiding over the revision of the Nine Classics, and now use the existing team to compile another clan chronicle, by the way."
Doesn't Qin Lang know how deep the water is here, so he wouldn't be easily fooled.
He refused to agree, so he recommended the prince Zhan Shi Peiju to the emperor.
Pei Ju is highly respected and comes from a famous family, so it is perfect for him to take the lead.
"It's better for me to concentrate on practicing justice in the Nine Classics, and His Majesty just entrusted me with the job of building the Royal Bank and the Neifang Pawnshop, and I have no skills at all."
Li Shimin saw that he was very slippery, so after thinking about it, it was fine.
Out of the palace gate, Qin Lang realized that the back of his clothes was wet with sweat.
Hey, it’s not good to be too capable, otherwise it will become a panacea, and you can use it everywhere.
Although the emperor didn't force him to edit the clan records, the emperor still told him to build the family temple immediately, and to actively cooperate with the Ministry of Rites to edit the Qin family's genealogy.
The emperor also drew an extra thousand coins, and 20 mu of land was used as the land and expenses of the Qin Family Temple.
When Qin Lang returned home, he found that the family next door had been requisitioned and was moving.
Because the family temple has not been repaired for many years, no one knows how to repair it. Officials from the Ministry of Industry and the general supervisor came to ask Qin Lang how to repair the Qin family temple.
Qin Lang’s mind is full of the appearance of the southern ancestral halls of later generations, archway, painted, stone lions, ancestral halls with patios...
He had just completed the blueprints, but the emperor issued decrees one after another, granting grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other current prime ministers to build family temples, all of which were rewarded by the imperial court.
Every family came to ask Qin Lang about the architectural style of this temple.
Even Fu Bo, the steward of Qi Guogong's mansion in Qinrenfang, came, because Qin Qiong also got the order to build a family temple because of Pingzhang.
Qin Qiong also wanted to build a family temple in the east of Duke Qi’s mansion in Qinrenfang.
"This is the blueprint, take it."
Qin Lang took out the architectural drawings of his family temple that he drew according to the appearance of the ancestral hall of later generations!
(end of this chapter)