The drizzle is red, dyeing the cool autumn atmosphere.
It’s corn harvest time again.
At Wu's Qujiang Academy in the south of the city, all the martial arts gathered together to celebrate.
"Our Wu family is really prosperous." Fan Xuanfu, the wife of the Jin Dynasty, looked at the Wu clan members who came to the academy today with a magnificent sight.
"Our clan eldest uncle alone is already seventy-seven years old. This year he has given birth to three more sons for the Wu clan. He is going strong and strong."
The old patriarch, Samurai Leng, was given the title of Duke of Xuancheng County and served as an official at Sinongqing. Although he had not achieved much in his more than ten years as an official, he was very good at fathering children. Now his son, Sun Jia
There were over a hundred people there early when they got up, and his branch was the most prosperous among the Wu family in Bingzhou.
"Uncle is not bad either." Xuan Fu said with a smile.
The uncle she was talking about was, of course, her father-in-law, the warrior Ke, who was also sixty-six this year. Before Huaiyu came down from the mountain, he was just a lame young brigade commander of the imperial army, with a wife, one concubine, four daughters and three sons. But in this short period of six years
Every year, my husband takes in many concubines. In recent years, not only hundreds of concubines have been taken in, but there are also nearly half a hundred.
In six years, I gave birth to more than 20 sons and more than 40 daughters. On average, I can win one prize every month for more than ten years a year, which is even more powerful than Wu Huaiyu.
"Our Alang is also quite capable. In the past few years, he has been either traveling to Shuofang or Youyan, and even out of town in Lingnan. He has also taken in nine and eighteen concubines, and has given birth to more than thirty children." Princess Yang Muyun of Huainan was standing aside.
smiled.
There are warriors in the Wu family, the brothers Leng and Samurai Ke, who take the lead in demonstrating. Of course, their fellow clan members are also working hard.
Huaiyi gave birth to more than a dozen children, and even the warrior Xun gave birth to several more in the past few years.
The Wu clan members are all competing to have children. Whoever has more children will be honored. Of course, there will be rewards and subsidies. This is all stated in the clan's charity village.
There are rewards for giving birth to children, and even more boys are born. The clan's righteous village will reward and subsidize the children's studies, participation in imperial examinations, future marriages, and even funerals.
The welfare benefits of Wu Clan Yi Zhuang are good and open to the entire clan.
For capable tribesmen such as Wu Huaiyu, Tun Warrior Leng and others, high-ranking officials such as Houjue will donate fields, grain, and even shops, money and silk to Yi Zhuang.
The greatest contribution of ordinary tribesmen is of course to have children.
Maybe you can produce talents, make a difference in the future, and support your family.
With the subsidy from the clan, even ordinary members of the Wu clan are indeed willing to have children. Not only is it less of a burden, but it also gives them more hope.
Today’s anniversary of Qujiang Academy,
In fact, the Wu family took the opportunity to gather together. The academy belongs to the Wu family, and the students in the academy are basically Wu family members and relatives from the school.
Therefore, it is only natural that the Wu family members in Yuanqing gather together. Everyone is a parent of the school, and the academy is even funded by the Wu family.
The party was held to celebrate the success of the academy and to audit the academy's accounts. Of course, this was also a good opportunity to donate to the academy.
In addition, as the family is now so big, they can also take the opportunity to communicate and strengthen family ties. After all, there are two prime ministers and two governors in the family, so it is really not easy to get too close in private.
"Our Wu family is still very united. You see, everyone responded to the call today." Li Sanniang was a little surprised when she saw this scene.
Generally speaking, the Danyang family of the Li family in Longxi is definitely stronger than the Wu family in Bingzhou, but the cohesion shown by the Wu family today is no worse than theirs.
"Our Wu family is indeed united,"
"The Wu Clan Yi Zhuang proposed by Alang has played a very good role in cohesion," Fan Xuanfu said bluntly. Among the famous families of the Tang Dynasty, there are many famous families that have existed for thousands of years.
However, the Yizhuang and even the free schools run by the Wu family are very different. They provide great help to the clan members, especially ordinary clan members, and give the entire family a strong sense of cohesion.
It is recommended that those who are able donate land and money and grain to expand the family's charity village. The charity village has charity fields for tenant farming and rent collection, and there are also charity warehouses to store money and grain to prepare for disasters.
Yizhuang and Yicang can also operate loans and collect interest, and can continue to operate and expand healthily.
At the same time, the clan can always maintain its own free schools, ancestral graves, etc. The clan can receive a lot of subsidies for orphans, widows, disabled people, and even life and death, marriage and medical treatment.
There is no requirement to donate, but now there is a very good custom in the clan, and those who are able donate some every year. The warrior Yu once even suggested to Huaiyu that they should donate 10%.
Huaiyu felt that this was too much, and finally thought that voluntary donation was to encourage those in the family who were capable and high-income to donate 1% of their annual income to the family charity, charity warehouse, charity school, etc.
Of course this is not forced,
This is somewhat similar to a religious tithe, but it is not mandatory and is entirely voluntary.
The money collected is also managed by the board of directors of the family charity village and handed over to the charity village for operation. The board of directors will audit it regularly. In addition to using the money to support the family's welfare expenses, it is used to continue the business.
However, these money belong to the family righteousness, not to any individual in the family, and the patriarch has no right to embezzle it.
In the past few years, the Wu family's life has been prosperous because Yizhuang has become more and more abundant in capital, and the welfare protection for the clan members is better. Not only are there subsidies for childbirth, but also free education, and there are subsidies for imperial examinations.
There will be rewards if you win, subsidies for illness, and funeral expenses if you die.
Even if you want to start a business, you can apply for a low-interest loan from your family.
Therefore, in the past two years, almost all clan members, whether they are high-ranking officials or farmers and businessmen, have voluntarily donated food and money every year.
It can be said that the Wu family is now prosperous and can even be reunited like this. Wu Huaiyu's Yizhuang model is the most important thing. After all, dedication alone cannot last long. Even people of the same clan who are connected by blood have to come and go.
The current Wu clan in Bingzhou also has various branches. For example, Wu Huaiyu and his family are now in the Sanyuanfang, and Samurai Yun and his brothers are in the Wenshuifang, etc., and they can be further subdivided.
For example, both Huaiyu and Huaiyi were given halberds in the feudal lord's family and were even given the honor of building a family temple. Therefore, the Sanyuan room can be divided into two rooms: Huaiyu and Huaiyi. Huaiyu's room is also called the prime minister's room.
The four warrior brothers, Xun, had three lordships, and of course they were divided into several houses.
If there is a particularly powerful person in a family, and the feudal lord asks him to help him build a family temple, then he usually has to set up a separate branch and form his own family. After all, he has to build a separate family temple.
Now the Wu family is very prosperous. There are two prime ministers before and after, and there are several princes and governors. Therefore, in addition to the righteous village of the entire Wu family in Bingzhou, there are also various small sects and righteous villages of branch houses.
These yizhuangs face clansmen from various sects and clans. The benefits of many clansmen of the Wu clan are cumulative, and their lives are indeed quite comfortable.
With good welfare, everyone will naturally feel cohesive to the family and will naturally unite.
Just like this time, Huaiyu said that there would be a celebration for the academy and that all clansmen from all clans and clans should come to Qujiang Academy, so all the young and old men of the Wu family in Gyeonggi Province came.
The warrior Ke Ke from Miyuan also came, and he even brought his twenty or so young sons. This was a family event, and no matter how young the boy was, he had to come.
Today, as usual, the powerful and wealthy have to donate a sum of money to various charity villages in the clan, and then the elderly, weak, disabled, orphans, widows, etc. in the clan will also receive a sum of money and food.
But there is another important thing today. In fact, Wu Huaiyu is going to Lingnan. He plans to discuss it with the tribesmen to see if he can mobilize some tribesmen to go south for development.
There is gold and silver flowing in Lingnan. If you have a great opportunity, you must first take care of your clan members.
They are all from the Wu family, and they can become Huaiyu's trusted helpers when they arrive in Lingnan.
Well, this time we will send a large number of faculty and staff from Qujiang Academy to Lingnan to build an academy in Guangzhou first, and then at least one academy every year, and strive to build a branch of Qujiang Academy in all six prefectures in Lingnan.
