"I requested to meet the crown prince." Feng Yuanhui made a request without hesitation when he saw Li Mingrui.

Li Mingrui became more and more disgusted with this lawsuit. If he hadn't really thought about how to deal with the clan problems, this lawsuit could not even meet him! It was a fool to dare to see the crown prince with confidence at this moment!

"Your Majesty is about to see the Crown Prince. Do you think I will be so arrogant?" Li Mingrui was exhausted and looked at Feng Yuanhui coldly.

"Now, those who can handle clan law and clan affairs in Dali Temple are probably hard to find a second one except for humble positions." Feng Yuanhui said confidently.

Li Mingrui really wanted to angrily scold a "joke".

There are fifty or seventy people in Dali Temple. Isn’t there anyone who has any ideas about the clan?

What's more, who doesn't have a clan? It's just big and small.

"Taixu Gong, they are only about twenty years old, and know what family is? What is clan? What is clan? " Feng Yuanhui smiled happily, " "Your official has been in the court for decades, but how long has it been since you have not returned to your hometown? What are your impressions when you have a clan exchange with your clan? Do you know if your clan fights with your neighbors this year for the purpose of attracting traffic in the fields? Are the clan juniors walking around the county with your prayer letters?"

Li Mingrui had to admit that staying away from the clan is indeed the problem of the entire bureaucratic group.

After entering the city, the power of the clan was greatly weakened. Although many people would return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors during festivals, if they were just promoted to the common people, the clan would not care too much. The two would be more like visiting relatives, and each would do its best.

As for the public family members who are officials in the city, they are protective umbrellas for the clans and God of Wealth, who only care about the clans and are not bullied by power. Donating money and materials to help the clans’ public welfare: such as building ancestral halls, expanding sacrifices to the fields, and establishing clan schools. No matter how bad they are, they will give some gifts to the gentlemen who are invited to the society.

The clan has only a huge influence on the tribes who still live in the countryside, just like the court. And because of the tradition of shameful lawsuits in China, the clan itself has the function of mediating disputes and even ruling and judgment. In many places with inconvenient transportation in the south, lynching is even used.

Perhaps some people think that such a clan is of use to him?

It can be roughly discussed from both the perspectives of virtual and the real.

There is a prerequisite for the empty side, that is, know what a clan is.

The clans of ancestors and relatives are called clans!

Everyone has fear and longing for the world after life.

Because of this fear and longing, the ancestors of China developed ancestor worship: after death, their gods were placed in the ancestral hall and received incense and sacrifices from their descendants, so that they could completely complete the transformation from human to god and become the "ancestor spirit" to protect future generations. As long as the incense is endless, the gods will naturally remain unignorant. And the descendants have their own bloodlines, so even if they die, they will be alive and spread all the fire. Thinking about this, they can "joy to live without hate to die" to the greatest extent.

Therefore, ancestor worship is the spiritual sustenance of the ancestors of China and the belief of China (Note 1).

In another time and space, some people extremely believe that China has no faith, so they see Buddha and worship ghosts. In fact, it is just to pick up Matteo Ricci's wisdom. After Matteo Ricci entered the Ming Dynasty to preach, they proposed that the worship of Chinese ancestors was not a belief, but to make room for Christ Jesus, but in fact they were not recognized by the mainstream thoughts of the Jesuits (Note 2). If you think about it carefully, Matteo Ricci is obviously more cunning.

On the real side: the clan is a military decision-making body when fighting privately.

The private fight in China was not the duel of the Thai Knights. It was not a group of two or three. It was a small war based on family units and production tools as weapons. At that time, Qi Jiguang thought that the Zhejiang soldiers were useless. He wanted to use the Northern soldiers, but later he saw the private fight of Yiwu miners, completely changed his concept, took the heroes of Yiwu as soldiers, and finally created a powerful army that shocked the past and the present.

However, there are many reasons for private fights, and the most common one is water struggle.

Because the fields have a great need for water. If the water flows through a channel with more holes, the more canal water is soaked, and the crops will naturally grow well. However, if the water is released in front, there will be no water available in the fields far from the canal. At this time, each village can only agree on the time for water release and try to let the canal water irrigate more land.

This kind of gentleman agreement will soon be destroyed by the "smart people" in the village: secretly digging the canal at night and irrigating the land.

So "guarding water" came into being.

If someone steals or someone guards, there will inevitably be a conflict, and a call will soon cause a private fight (Note 3).

The water network in the south is dense, so there is no need to compete for water, but it will compete for mineral veins, forests, and even boundary markers in the fields may be moved secretly.

This is the importance of the clan. If the clan is weak, it will inevitably be plundered and bullied by the strong clan. In order to avoid this, on the one hand, we must unite and prepare for military affairs, and on the other hand, we must use the power of the clan to support scholars as much as possible, so as to seek official positions and ensure the strong status of the clan.

Therefore, the internal strife in the clan that appears in the novel is extremely rare in reality, because most clans face the situation of "strong enemies around" and are always facing the invasion of different surnames, and do not have the energy to fight internal strife.

This form continued until four hundred years later. After various movements, some places still offer villages to support a college student, which is a tradition.

"I have been in the countryside all year round, and later served as a referee in the county, competing for land and water. I am afraid that there will be no less than a hundred incidents when I see it." Feng Yuanhui raised his head and said: "If the Tingwei Gong did not plan to let His Highness wait for a long time, I would have to recommend the Immortality."

"Your Highness can afford to wait," Li Mingrui said quietly, "I can afford to wait too."

...

"Can you go for a walk together?" Zhu Cixuan put down his chopsticks, washed his hands, wiped his face, and asked Duan, the silent Crown Princess Duan.

Duan had very little food tonight and had already eaten his fill. Seeing that the crown prince had finished eating, she washed her hands and removed the table. When she heard her husband's invitation, Duan was a little surprised: "Don't you have to be busy with political affairs tonight?"

"Yes." Zhu Cilang nodded and responded.

There were arrangements tonight, but before dinner, Zhu Cixuan suddenly canceled all arrangements for tonight and tomorrow, and all matters were postponed. This kind of thing is extremely rare, and it can even be said to be unprecedented. When a person who is fun in work suddenly stops, everyone will doubt whether something has happened.

Lu Suyao even had to go to the palace to report to the Empress of the Central Palace to avoid problems being caught off guard.

The queen was obviously mentally prepared, and she neither disturbed her son nor let go of this suspicious clue - she sent an imperial physician to wait outside Zhongcui Palace and was ready to rescue him at any time.

Zhu Cilang was really stumped this time.

If it was his previous life, he would look for an ancient temple in the deep mountains and watch the clouds surge in two days... Of course, this was just three or five times in his decades of career.

Now the way he thought of was to take a walk.

The reason why I invited this newlywed wife who was almost young and had a generation gap was because of her own loneliness.

Faced with the problem of "clan", Zhu Cilang is the loneliest person in the world.

All opinions that criticize clans were all after the May Fourth Movement. In this era, no matter who they ask, they would not say that there was any problem with the clan.

The reason why Duke Zhou enjoyed such a high status was that he sorted out the clan relations and formulated the rules for mediating the clan and family, clan and clan, clan and clan. From that time on, China officially entered the stage of patriarchal society, removing the last trace of tribal system remains.

Since then, except for a certain special historical stage, any child must show politeness and respect when he sees his father and mother, as well as his parents, brothers and sisters. This is the most direct representation of patriarchal society.

In this case, even though Zhu Cilang knew that the clan was a stumbling block in social reform, he was unable to challenge it alone. Even if he just fantasized, he would feel absurdity like Don Quixote.

"I seem to have something to worry about." Duan carefully carried the lantern and walked beside Zhu Cixuan in his cloak. As soon as he opened his mouth, a stream of white mist sprayed out.

The day after the winter solstice is colder than the day. Few people are willing to wander around these days.

"Xiaoqian, is your family worshiping ancestors?" Zhu Cixuan asked suddenly.

Duan was slightly stunned and blurted out: "As long as it is not a dilapidated house, who in the world does not worship his ancestors?"

"Can you remember the names of ancestors of how many generations?" Zhu Cixuan asked again.

Duan was even more confused about the meaning of the crown prince. He thought: This young man thought that only the Tian family remembered his ancestors in the world? Or did he look down on me, a small family?

"My family started to fight with Emperor Taizu Gao. From that generation of ancestors, I could still catch up with the fifth generation." Duan was a little angry and his tone became hard.

Zhu Cilang didn't pay attention at first, and after taking two steps, he suddenly realized that the Crown Princess was saying that he was one generation higher than the ancestors that the Zhu family could catch up with.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang could only chase the fourth generation ancestor. He had already broken up after going up.

"What do you think the clan is useful to you?" Zhu Cixuan asked again.

Duan almost fainted, why did he suddenly ask strange questions? Is this a school entrance exam? Duan lowered his head and looked at the cloak that was slightly kicked up by himself, and said, "If there were no ancestors, where did I come from?"

"No, I mean, since you were born, what impact did the clan have on you?"

——This has a great impact. If there were no help from the uncles in the clan, how could my father be appointed as the teaching officer of Changle? If it were not for the same clan, how could those uncles help?

Duan knew that this should not be said randomly, otherwise it would be denied his father's talent.

Zhu Cilang took a deep breath, but without waiting for the answer, walked straight forward. Duan ran to the point where he could keep up. He vaguely felt that the prince’s question was very meaningful tonight, but he didn’t know what the point was.

"Don't say these words, especially to the emperor's father and mother." Zhu Cixuan stopped, took care of him, and said, "You go back first, I have something to do."

Duan hesitated and slowed down, but saw Zhu Cilang walking faster and faster, and finally he almost trotted. She suddenly felt her nose sore, but she didn't know where the bitterness in her heart came from.

"Empress, let's go back first, be careful to freeze." The female official who served her intimately stepped forward and intervened in Duan and persuaded softly.

Duan refused slightly, stood firmly, looked at the direction where the crown prince was running, and spit out a cloud of white mist: "Go to Kunning Palace." (To be continued...)

ps: I have to say a few more words this time, and I can’t just ask for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets.

Actually, this matter is quite complicated. I didn’t think about writing so much about clan issues in the outline, but I just wanted to throw out the problem and solve the problem. Unexpectedly, when I first started, I found that readers and friends are now unfamiliar with clans, so I had to spend more writing and writing more thoroughly, otherwise many people would probably not be able to understand the protagonist’s approach. Even if it was a bit boring, please forgive me.

Note 1: The belief in Chinese civilization is not only the worship of ancestors, the worship of natural spirituality in Chu, and the worship of stars in Shu are all sources of belief in Chinese civilization. Given that this is a novel, it will not be expanded, but the worship of ancestors is the mainstream, which is understandable. Natural spirituality worship mostly becomes a belief in witchcraft, while worship of stars is absorbed by Taoism.

Note 2: After Matteo Ricci's death, Longhuamin changed the Li family's law and forbidden worship of ancestors, thus creating a Nanjing lesson plan.
Chapter completed!