Chapter 250 A branch of red apricot came out of the wall
Chapter 250 A branch of red apricot comes out of the wall
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 250 A branch of red apricot comes out of the wall
When he got up early in the morning, Mr. Pei sat there in a daze for a while.
"When will you be able to become a marquis?" Mrs. Pei asked her husband Wei Zheng, who was writing an epitaph next to him. Wei Zheng didn't even raise his head, "Why, are you envious of your neighbor?"
"Can you not be envious?"
Wei Zheng smiled and said, "If a civil servant wants to be granted a title of marquis, even if it is a false title, our court's practice is that at least he must be a deputy minister of the three provinces. If he can be admitted to the political affairs hall by the prime minister, he can at least be granted the title of county magistrate."
When do you think I can become a marquis?"
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Supreme Emperor worships the prime minister when he is in power, he will usually be granted the title of Duke. Even Zhongshu, Huangmen Minister, and the Six Ministers can also be granted the title of Marquis or Duke.
But now, unlike in the past, the emperor removed clan titles as soon as he came to the throne, and was more strict in conferring titles on hundreds of officials. Even in addition to the actual titles of the founding princes, there were also virtual titles of scattered titles. But Zuo Cheng, the minister, could only grant the title of a county at most.
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Ms. Pei looked at the epitaph written by her husband and said, "The Wu family is going to build a family temple, so they must write a temple monument at that time. Why don't you take the initiative to write it to the Wu family, which can be regarded as a thank you to the Wu family."
The epitaph that Wei Zheng is writing was also given to his father by a Sanhou, and Wei Zheng paid 50,000 yuan. He has written a lot recently, and Wei Zheng is very skilled at writing. Many of the words are ready-made clichés, so he does not need to put too much thought into it.
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"How can I do this myself?" He felt a little embarrassed. "Besides, Wu Huaiyu is known as the master of the Four Arts Museum of Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting and Medicine. Wouldn't it be better for someone to write it themselves? If you really want to ask someone to write it, then you must ask someone to write it.
It was written by Fang Xuanling, the prime minister of the court, or Du Ruhui, the minister of the Ministry of War. At least it was Ouyang Xun, the famous calligrapher, or Chu Suiliang, the master of Hongwen Museum."
Pei sighed.
"When will you be able to enter the third rank? When will you be granted the title of Duke, and when will our family be able to display a halberd in front of the door, like the Xu Ling family temple?"
Setting up a family halberd and a family temple means truly entering the ranks of the nobility.
If a family has a fifth-rank or higher official for three consecutive generations, they will be classified as a noble family. However, it is undoubtedly more difficult to become a noble.
"What's the hurry?" Wei Zheng said, continuing to write the epitaph. Once he finished writing an epitaph, he would earn 50,000 yuan. The retouching fee was also considerable.
Mrs. Pei saw that Wei Zheng's hair had turned gray, "You are already forty-seven, and you will soon know your destiny. Look at Wu Erlang next door. He is only nineteen, and he has already been granted the title of Marquis and established a family temple."
Wei Zheng stopped writing and saw that his wife kept looking next door and mentioned Wu Erlang more and more recently. He even had to wonder. Could it be that his wife had disliked his old age and started to admire Wu Huaiyu, who was younger and stronger next door?
I have indeed been feeling weak recently. Could it be due to kidney deficiency?
Do you want to go next door to find Wu Huaiyu to check the pulse and prescribe a prescription to treat it?
He's only forty-seven. If he takes good care of his health, he can have a few more children. After all, the warrior next door, Ke, is sixty-one this year, and his two concubines are still pregnant.
Wei Zheng felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.
An old man and a young wife are unable to do what they want.
If a branch of red apricot gets out of the wall, it will be really fatal.
"I'll go sit next door." Wei Zheng stood up.
"I am coming too."
"What are you going to do? I'm going to see Wu Huaiyu for tea."
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Building a family temple is a big deal.
Even Samurai Yu, who was still in the capital, was alarmed. He came early in the morning with his brothers Samurai Leng and Samurai Yi and several nephews.
After the warrior Xun entered Beijing from Long, he asked to build a family temple. The family temple of the warrior Xun is in the south of the city. There are four temples to worship the ancestor, Wuhu, the Marquis of Liangzhou in the Han Dynasty.
Among his four brothers, he had the highest official title. After he established his family temple, the eldest son, Warrior Leng, no longer built a temple to worship his father. Instead, during the four seasons of each year, Warrior Xun would preside over the sacrifices, and his eldest son would accompany him.
In the past, the warrior Kesi would come to the Nan family temple in Tongcheng to offer sacrifices as a descendant of the Wu family.
Now that Wu Huaiyu has also established a family temple, this branch can be regarded as a formal branch.
"The glory of our Wu family." Warrior Xun praised with a smile.
When it comes to official titles, Samurai Leng and Samurai Yi are all county dukes and third-rank officials. Just because Samurai Yu established the family temple first, they will not establish another one.
Now Wu Huaiyu, a descendant of the clan, has also established a temple. I am really happy and a little envious.
“Where do you plan to build the family temple?”
"I would like to ask the neighbors of my family if I can buy their land to build the family temple," Huaiyu said.
The warrior Xun shook his head after hearing this.
"Although family temples have regulations according to their grades, the fourth temple has five rooms and nine bays, and the third temple has five bays and seven bays. There are regulations on the size. But since it is a family temple, although there are regulations on the bays, there are no restrictions on the remaining open space.
Yes, no family temple should be as big as possible,"
"If you really want to buy the house next door to build a family temple, it's not suitable. There are small households in that area. You have to buy the land of twenty or thirty houses to build it. There is too much movement. Even if those neighbors are willing to sell their house land to you,
I'm afraid someone will take the opportunity to impeach you,
It is better to buy a piece of land in the south of the city. There are still many empty houses in the south of the city. There are no houses for growing grain and vegetables. There are only some temples. Many of the temples of Chang'an's powerful families are also built in the south of the city."
The warrior Xun suggested buying a large piece of land in the south of the city. After building a family temple with more than ten acres, the remaining land could be used to set up a village. It would be convenient to arrange for the people who would care for the family temple to take care of it. The output of the village land would be used for the expenses of the four seasons sacrifices.
There are also strict regulations on sacrifices in family temples, and sacrifices at four seasons every year cost a lot of money.
Therefore, it is true that only nobles have the financial resources to build and maintain family temples.
There are many strict regulations for the establishment and construction of family temples. Lao Wu is a veteran. What Wu Huaiyu needs now is to find a place in the south of the city to buy a large piece of land, and then pay the supervisor to be responsible for the construction. They are professionals and can take care of the family temple.
The temple was built in compliance with regulations, quickly and perfectly.
Building a family temple costs a lot of money, two to three million is not enough. It is similar to buying a big house in Yongxingfang. However, considering that the family temple requires not only buying a large piece of land, but also building such a large temple, and also has attached fields.
Zhuangzi, servants, etc. are not too much.
Building a family temple in the capital is a matter of pride. Building a family temple in the suburbs will make people laugh. If it is built in the hometown or other places, it will be even more ridiculed.
The warrior Xun said that the Hongnong Yang family had a large vegetable plot in Qinglongfang near Qujiang in the southeast of the city, occupying a corner of the square.
Huaiyu knew about Qinglongfang, which covers an area of about 500 acres. Generally, the cross streets in Chang'an are divided into four blocks, and there are small cross streets in each block. The large and small cross streets divide a square into
Sixteen small areas.
One corner is equivalent to more than thirty acres of land.
The top nobles in the east and west of the city often occupy a quarter of a square, and there are even princes who directly occupy a square.
But the south of the city, especially the southernmost villages, is basically no man's land now. It is all farmland, vegetable fields, or orchards. The only buildings except temples are Taoist temples or family temples.
The warrior Xun brothers also had some land in the south of the city, but it was not that large. The family temple that warrior Xun built in his early years was in Lanlingfang, which also occupied an area of more than 30 acres. The family temple was built on about ten acres of land, and the remaining
Twenty acres of vegetables and fruits are grown, and the income is quite high.
"I'll go talk to the Yang family. I'll exchange the fields in the suburbs for less, and then add some money and silk. The Yang family will give us the honor of the Wu family." The warrior Xun said, the Yang family of Hongnong is his wife's natal family.
This face must be given.
"Okay, I'll ask my uncle to take me to visit the Yang family later." Huaiyu has a good relationship with Yang Shidao, but it's not deep enough. Although the south of the city is far away, the land in the city is still very valuable. People may not give him face directly.
It's different when the samurai is young.
While we were talking, Wei Zheng came to visit.
I was a little surprised to see that there were also Zhou Guogong Warrior Xun, Xuancheng County Duke Warrior Leng, and Anlu County Duke Warrior Yi here in the Wu Family.
"I have nothing to do today. I heard that Erlang was ordered to establish a family temple, so I came here to congratulate him." Old Wei said, a little embarrassed.
Huaiyu poured him tea.
Wei Zheng sat there, feeling embarrassed for the moment to take the initiative to write a family temple monument for the Wu family, let alone take the initiative to bring up the matter of getting married between the two families.
Thinking of finding a way to leave, a servant came to report that a messenger was coming from the palace.
The emperor sent an envoy to posthumously present Wu Huaiyu's grandfather and great-grandfather with an official title. Wu Huaiyu's grandfather Wu Zhen was posthumously appointed as a court council official and a general. Huaiyu's great-grandfather Wu He was posthumously given the title of Zhongsan doctor and the captain of the light carriage. They were also given as posthumous gifts to their two wives.
Wuzhen Wuhe is the second relative temple among the three temples of the Huaiyu Family Temple. He never served as an official during his lifetime. Now that the emperor donates official posts, this is also the custom for ministers to establish temples.
But the emperor gave great-grandfather Huai Yu an extremely high number of official gifts. Not only were they all of the fifth rank, but they were also gifts of two kinds.
Generally, when a family temple is established and an official position is given posthumously, it is usually a single gift, and only one position is given.
As for the double gifts, there are casual and post-related gifts, casual and honorary gifts at the same time, and there are also central and local gifts.
A double gift is naturally better than a single gift.
Although the gifted officer was neither the governor of the state nor the governor, after all, Wu Huaiyu himself was a governor. If he could have a higher official rank in the future, the gifted officer would also be promoted.
Huaiyu quickly thanked him.
Samurai Ke was very shocked today.
I have worked hard all my life, but I have not been able to make my wife a patron son, nor have I been able to give him a gift from my father and ancestors. But now I rely entirely on my son. My wife has been granted the title of county king, and I have to build a family temple. Now even my father and ancestors have given her a posthumous gift.
After bidding farewell to the envoy, Wei Zheng also stood up to leave.
"If Mr. Wei has anything else to do, you might as well tell him directly."
Wei Zheng thought for a moment and gritted his teeth, "I originally wanted to ask if you would like me to write a family temple monument for you."
"Wei Gong's kindness is very much appreciated. I will give you one hundred thousand yuan to polish my pen."
"Don't ask for money, we are neighbors, and you are helping my family become a matchmaker. I am just doing this purely as a courtesy. If you want to give me money, then ask someone else to write it. I will never write a word." Wei Zheng's face turned red.
Give it a tug.
Huaiyu agreed not to pay, but Wei Zhengcai was better, "Actually, Erlang, your calligraphy is also excellent. My Erlang Shuyu often praises your calligraphy for its strong, round, thick, solemn and majestic style. I want to worship you as my teacher. Erlang has
When you are free, can you let this kid come to your house and ask for advice in person?"
"Shu Yu's handwriting is indeed very good. If he wants, he can come at any time. Anyway, we are neighbors next door, so it is easy to get in and out."
Wei Zheng was delighted.
After sending him to the gate, Wei Zheng still stopped and spoke.
"What does Marquis Wu think of this child Shu Yu?"
"If you are talented, especially in calligraphy, you will definitely become a great calligrapher in the future, and your career will definitely not be bad."
Wei Zheng asked again, "I wonder if Marquis Wu's fourth sister has any family members?"
