Chapter 173 Sacrifice (Part 2)
The next day, the sacrifice ceremony had already been prepared, but there were tablets of ancestors of all dynasties, and Li Rui's father was among them.
In front of the hall, there are always twenty-one males. Of course, the Li clan is not so many, but if Li Rui's father is considered a relative, there are indeed only twenty-one people in these five regiments. According to this, this is still within the direct relatives, you can receive kindness and win the shade.
The reason is that Li Rui's great-grandfather moved here, with very little children and little contact with his fellow tribes. In Li Rui's generation, he barely had some relatives within the five squads, and he also came after Li Rui became a successful person.
Li Shi's branch is Li Rui's great-grandfather's brother. He is of the same generation as Li Rui, but he has been four generations. Therefore, his son Li Shen is within five squads. Li Shi can barely host the family festival.
At the ritual, he was wearing a long gown and actually had a half-sophistication. Seeing that everyone was gathering, he gave an order and began to worship his ancestors.
First, everyone read the sacrifice, gave the sacrifice, and then knelt down to worship.
At this time, Xia Pan looked straight, but when he saw a trace of purple aura oozing from the central tablet, floating in front of everyone. It was strange that the purple aura passed over everyone and circled the two young men in the five robes, and added a little, which was also considered to be suffering from his aura.
Xia Pan knew it well. These two young men were considered relatives in Li Rui's five squads. Unfortunately, they were far away. According to the rules of previous dynasties, Li Rui ascended the throne to the emperor in the future. Generally, his brothers were granted the title of king, his nephew could be granted the title of Duke and Marquis, and his son was granted the title of Bozi, and he could not be awarded the title of the title of three generations. If these two people had no military achievements, they would be considered to be the top of the list of officials and the barons.
Now, there are many rules for these
The royal family has fewer people, and even if there is dragon energy, it is difficult to support it alone. However, if there are too many people, if the shade is one by one, no matter how large the dragon energy is, it cannot bear this consumption. Therefore, the mature method is to reduce the seal of the Lu Jue.
Taizu could be granted a hereditary prince to show his speciality. This is an iron-haired king. He would not be given a title without rebellion. In addition to the crown prince, he would also be granted a hereditary prince to pass on his ancestral order. Even if other sons were granted a king, they would be reduced to a prince in the next generation, and then they would become dukes. Later, the Hou Bozinan would be rich for only seven generations - the seven generations averaged 150 years, which would usually reach half of the lifespan of the court.
The above is already considered polite. If it is a mean dynasty, then the title will be reduced to the second level. In other words, this generation will be the king, the next generation will be the prince, the grandson will be reduced to the uncle, the great-grandson will become a man, and the people will be the people below.
Apart from the Iron Hat King, most of these titles have no fiefs and are paid by the court annually. This kind of title is less than the royal family and more valuable than the world's titles. This is helpless.
Of course, this is still a direct line. If it is a side line, after two or three generations, the status of the Tianhuang nobles will become the same as that of ordinary people in addition to some social relations. If they cannot gain power, they will inevitably have to work hard to survive - but this is not bad, they can become officials and not be supervised by the clan's office.
The dragon energy has spirit, unless there are exceptions, the thickness will be distributed in this way. At that time, Xia Pan once saw a distant royal family in Dachu, only six generations away from Taizu. Except for a slight shadow on the mountain root, most of them were just marks, but there was no real dragon energy to protect it.
These thoughts were just a thought, and Xia Pan decided to go back and report to the master so that he could determine the law of the sect’s people as soon as possible.
After the sacrifice was completed, everyone went out and sacrificed their ancestors. This was a huge time, so Xia Pan waited patiently until it was almost dusk in the afternoon that the sacrifice was completed.
"I will set off for Anchang early tomorrow morning. Please prepare more." Seeing that everyone was here, Xia Pan said.
Congjiang Mansion is still peaceful, but the road is different. The war has not yet broken out yet. If you want to leave, it is the last chance now. If you wait for a while, maybe a thousand people can't get through a thousand miles.
After this statement, the people below were dispersed. Some women were holding the child's hand and they were about to separate from each other. I don't know when to see you again in the future.
Seeing this, Xia Pan said to Li Shi: "Manager Li, the master said that he could raise his own militia to protect the village. The master was already a marquis and should have armored soldiers to protect the family. In this name, no one can say that this is the past. If it is in danger, he can also join forces with the Marquis of Lu's Mansion. I believe that it will be difficult. As for these land and houses, it is not a big deal. Now, the income from the fields can be used for this item."
Li Shi nodded calmly and said, "Thank you, Lord, you have previous soldiers at home. I don't know how to train for war, but it's okay to entrust someone to provide food and salary."
After hearing this, Xia Pan stopped talking. His eyes swept over and his eyes sank - the day of the initiative to move troops is imminent!
Almost at the same time, among the group of people who entered Anchang, Yan Han was there, but he was not the core, but a man in his forties. If Fang Xin was there, he knew this person. Fang Xin passed the Jinshi exam, and there were three of them who were very energetic.
The difference is Pei Xuzhou, the python's face, Zhou Lihua, who is as strange as a flower, and another person is Peng Hanzhi.
Along the way, it seems that Anchang Province has recovered its vitality. The fields have been cultivated hundreds of thousands of acres, and the golden color on the ground is mixed with the unripe green color, which is rippling with the meaning of harvest.
Due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, the originally prosperous land has become devastated along the way. It was not until I entered this place that I felt a trace of the peace era.
"Mr. Peng, look, Anchang has not been plagued by locusts, and this year it is a bumper harvest."
"It's here, Li Rui has always been well-known for his rule. However, Anchang has been fighting for more than ten years, and Li Rui pacified him in the third year and ruled him in the second year. This is not only a civil official can capture, but the late emperor is still very sensible!" Peng Hanzhi sighed and recalled the strange incident when Li Rui was directly sent to be a county magistrate.
Of course, this late emperor does not refer to the last two, but to the emperor who was appointed to the imperial examination and was appointed to the emperor.
"The food is abundant, and the soldiers are also sharp!" Yan Han pointed to a team of cavalry and said. There were only hundreds of cavalrymen, but Ce cavalry was moving forward, all of whom were brave and brave, and they were brave. Ce cavalry also had vague rules, so that people could tell they were elite soldiers at first sight.
"How many soldiers in Anchang have?"
"Mr. Peng, when the student looked at it, there were already 5,000, but when he heard that he had defeated the Barbarian Queen, he seized a large number of war cavalry and set up a large herd farm in the grassland. At this time, it was probably more than 10,000, and it could increase by 5,000 cavalry every year!"
Ten thousand riders, an increase of five thousand per year. When he heard this number, Peng Hanzhi's eyebrows couldn't help but jump. He knew very well about the weight of it.
After another piece of land, I heard the sound of hoofs shook the sky. In the afternoon sun, a thousand cavalry, like a tide, ran from the ground, walking on the official road. Although they did not trample on the fields, they were also extremely powerful. Seeing this, someone said strangely: "What a wonder, why do you see more cavalry?"
"Are you training troops?"
"No, I'm afraid that Li Rui is already ready to use troops. Cheng is a wolf's ambition!" Someone said disdainfully.
Peng Hanzhi's eyes flashed, and some strange colors appeared. This sentence came to his heart.
In fact, after the kings raised their troops, those with knowledge in the world knew that the world was in chaos, but the orthodoxy was deeply rooted in two hundred years, and no one dared to break through the court system and openly recruit soldiers.
Now the young emperor is a little bit like that, Gao Mingtong ascended the throne and became emperor, and thieves are swarming up. Only those who are interested can be willing to recruit soldiers - but forming combat power is not a matter of one day or one night. Therefore, strictly speaking, most counties themselves are still blank.
On the earth, there is certainly the most wise rule of military force, but this is the army that is maintained by his personal power. If it loses the supply of the world and the hearts of the people, everyone in the world will know that its fortune will not last long.
Later, several royal princes became emperors. Unfortunately, several were standing together, and the water and fire were not integrated with each other. The internal struggle was more intense than the external struggle, and the energy was gone.
Looking at it again, Li Rui was the first.
However, Li Rui also has a disadvantage, which is that his foundation is not strong, and Anchang Province is also remote and his strength is far less than that of the mainland province.
As long as families with deep foundations and mixed roots in each province gain a period of time, and win and digest the provinces where they are located, Li Rui's shortcomings of successive weakness will be exposed. Although it is still a force that can compete for the world, it is only one.
This period of time is not long, only one year, but now the problem is, in this year, this is the weakest time for the future heroes
Peng Hanzhi suddenly saw a familiar figure appearing in front of him
This person's eyes are like lacquer, humble and polite, but he shows his integrity everywhere. He stops in the mountains and stands in the mountains, which makes people feel broken. It is Pei Xuzhou
Pei Xuzhou's father was Pei Shuanglin, who was appointed as the governor of Zhongming Province. His family's origins were extremely profound. At that time, Pei Xuzhou had already become the governor of Xijiang Province. At this time, the world was in chaos and was a hero.
This time, his only task was to move Li Rui. Whether it was righteousness, interests, or even false alliances, or promised to attack together. In short, Li Rui would not send troops during this year, no, even for half a year.
It's really far-sighted and has a lot of plans!
Peng Hanzhi certainly understood that at this time, for Li Rui, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he sent troops to Lunan, Lunan would be just a thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of new recruits. He would never be a match. Now he occupied the territory, which was much easier than snatching food from the heroes in the future.
Once Li Rui occupied the two provinces and had great momentum, the aspiring and brave generals in the world flocked to the scene - this is a snowball!
One step ahead, one step ahead, playing chess is like this, and the world is like this!
However, I will do my best to persuade me, but don’t treat the people of the world as fools. If this is not possible, I will also meet this strange year. Is it a helper monarch who can be used as a helper?
Thinking of this, Peng Hanzhi's heart calmed down. He passed the Jinshi nineteen years ago and thought he could serve the country, but he was a civilian and had a strong foundation. He didn't know how to join each school at that time. Therefore, he became a county magistrate for six years and a county magistrate for six years. Then he was transferred to Beijing and became a fifth-rank bachelor for five years.
In recent years, he has moved closer to Pei Xuzhou, but the Pei family is deeply rooted and has many talents. The core position is that he should not think about it.
Chapter completed!