According to records, after the Wei Dynasty destroyed the Zheng Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom, it moved its capital to Daliang. The Zhao clan, who originally lived in the Henan City of Sanchuan, also moved eastward, to Zheng and Liang, and moved to what they considered to be the land of the Central Plains.
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Therefore, in addition to the kings of Yuanyang and Chengling who were enthroned with thrones and granted fiefdoms, Zheng, Daliang, and Puyang were the three major cities in the area where the descendants of the Zhao family with the Ji surname gathered the most.
Subsequently, the Zongfu was established. At that time, the Zongfu considered various factors and ordered the non-clan royal families in Daliang, the royal capital, to move out of the city. They were not allowed to enter the royal capital unless they were summoned. Therefore, a large number of children of the royal family surnamed Ji moved to Zheng and Puyang.
It is precisely because of this that Zheng and Puyang are filled with many descendants of the Zhao family with the Ji surname, and ancestral temples, ancestral halls and family tombs have been built successively.
A few years later, the Zongfu introduced a new system, ordering the branches of the royal family several generations away to be reduced to public clans, and were no longer allowed to use the name of the Zhao family. This is the reason why many nobles in Wei today have the surname Ji:
These nobles are all descended from the branch of the Zhao family with the surname Ji.
For example, the ancestral home of the Wang family in Anling can be traced back to the earliest period, also in Zheng.
However, Zhao Hongrun's third uncle, Zhao Laiyu, was different.
Like Zhao Hongrun, he was born in the Zhao family with the surname Ji. However, Zhao Laiyu did not get the position of king of Wei at that time. It was Zhao Hongrun's grandfather who became the king of Wei, and then Zhao Hongrun's father.
It is precisely because of this that the descendants of the royal family in Zhao Laiyu have no local foundation.
Therefore, Zhao Laiyu, who later served as the Zongzong Zongzong, asked his sons to go to the eldest son's wife's family, the Anling Wang family.
At that time, the Anling Wang family was extremely powerful in Anling, but in front of Zhao Laiyu, who was the Zongzheng, they had to try their best to fawn over. After all, for the princes and nobles surnamed Ji, the Zongfu was a powerful figure.
If the sharp sword hanging high on the head makes the clan unhappy, the clan has plenty of ways to deal with such disobedient fellow clan members.
For example, asking for a summons from the Emperor of Wei was enough for a noble family like the Prince of Anling to drink a pot.
But having said that, the Anling Wang family was very enthusiastic about the sons of Zhao Laiyu coming to join them. After all, the two families came from the same ancestor, and more than ten generations later, the two families got married again, and the nobles
Marriage with aristocrats is very reliable in this era, more reliable than unions driven by interests.
Zhao Laiyu also has three sons, because his branch is no longer the main branch of the clan. Therefore, the characters of his sons are not Yuan characters like Zhao Hongrun's father and uncles, but are changed to Wen according to seniority, eldest son
His name is Zhao Wenlin, his second son is called Zhao Wenqu, and his third son is called Zhao Wenfu.
With the help of the Anling Wang family, the three brothers Zhao Wenlin, Zhao Wenqu, and Zhao Wenfu found a family business in Anling. With the favor of their father, Zongzheng Zhao Laiyu, the family gradually prospered, and gradually
The fame of Zhao family in Anling spread throughout the world.
However, in the final analysis, even if Zhao Laiyu is included, the so-called Zhao family in Anling has only been passed down for three generations, namely Lai, Wen, and Cheng. Oh, and counting Zhao Laiyu's great-grandson who was born not long ago, there are still
Plus Wu's generation.
That is, four generations. There is no way to compare it with nobles like the Anling Wang family who have been here for more than ten generations.
Therefore, although the Anling Zhao family and the Anling Wang family are equally famous, in fact, the financial resources of the former are far inferior to those of the latter.
But there is only one thing that the Anling Wang family is inferior to the Anling Zhao family, and that is the status of the nobility. The former is still a royal family, while the latter is just a public family.
Even though the difference between the royal family and the public family is only one level, this gap is like the sky and earth, like clouds and mud.
However, despite holding the title of royal family, he still could not change the embarrassing situation in which Zhao Laiyu was forced to leave Daliang and join his sons.
In fact, to be honest, it has been several years since Zhao Laiyu resigned as Zongzheng of the clan and gave up this position to Zhao Hongrun's second uncle, Zhao Yuanyan. The reason why he stayed in the clan with the title of clan elder was because he was reluctant to give up his rights.
In addition, the most important thing is that he still wants to take care of his children and grandchildren for a while.
Otherwise, he would not have stayed alone in Daliang, and would have reunited with Anling's son, grandson, and great-grandson to enjoy family happiness.
He had imagined many times that when one day he could no longer work and was like his uncle Zhao Tairu, who was out of breath even after walking a few steps, he would ask his sons to come to Daliang and go there in glory.
He was received in Anling, and a few years later, as the ancestor of their Zhao family in Anling, he was buried in the newly built ancestral tomb with great splendor.
Of course, he had to go to Zhengcheng before that. As the saying goes, if wealth does not return to its hometown, it will be like walking at night in brocade clothes.
But what Zhao Laiyu never expected was that one day, he would be forced to leave Daliang and join his sons by a junior member of his family who was only sixteen years old.
There were no gongs or drums, no relatives or friends to see him off, so Zhao Laiyu came to Anling with a few hired servants that day, as if he were thieves, and knocked on the door of his eldest son Zhao Wenlin's mansion.
Zhao Laiyu still remembers how his eldest son Zhao Wenlin looked dumbfounded when he saw his father.
I, Zhao Laiyu, used to be in charge of the clan, why did I end up in this situation?
Day after day, Zhao Laiyu hid in his villa, drinking until he was drunk every day, and could not hear what was going on outside the window.
Fortunately, his sons are quite filial to him, otherwise, he would not know how to live.
Suddenly one day, three brothers, Zhao Wenlin, Zhao Wenqu, and Zhao Wenfu, came to their father Zhao Laiyu's villa. Seeing that his father was still drinking, Zhao Wenlin stepped forward and took the wine glass, and whispered to his father: "Father, Zhao Hongrun."
Here I am, An Ling."
"Who?" Zhao Laiyu was drunk and couldn't hear clearly.
Seeing this, Zhao Wenlin said again: "Zhao Hongrun, King Su, Zhao Hongrun!"
Zhao Laiyu's drunken eyes gradually regained their clarity, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Is it that arrogant boy?"
After hearing this, the second son Zhao Wenqu sneered and said: "Father, the opportunity for revenge has come!"
He originally thought that Zhao Laiyu would agree, but to his surprise, Zhao Laiyu's face turned serious after hearing these words, and he said angrily: "Revenge? Revenge for what? When my father was still in the clan, I couldn't even defeat that kid.
What's more, now? If he just moves his fingers, he doesn't know how many Yanling soldiers and Shang navy soldiers will chop you into pieces."
Zhao Wenqu was speechless, but his brother Zhao Wenlin looked at the former with a kind of "what should I say?" look.
After scolding his second son, Zhao Laiyu stroked his beard and asked, "What did Zhao Hongrun do here? According to my understanding of him, unless something big happens to you in Anling, he will not come here."
After hearing this, Zhao Wenlin smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it's because of that incident."
"Which thing?" Zhao Laiyu asked doubtfully.
After all, since he came to Anling, he has been drinking to relieve his sorrows every day. How could he know what happened to Anling?
Seeing this, Zhao Wenlin explained: "In July and August last year, Thirteen and the others, as well as several boys from the Wang family, went hunting together. During this period, they met several Chu people from Yanling. The two sides had a disagreement. Thirteen
They killed each other, and only one person escaped..." The thirteen in his mouth was his youngest son, the thirteenth son among the three brothers' sons, Zhao Chengxun.
"The Chu people who killed Yanling?" Zhao Laiyu frowned. Although he had been keeping out of the window recently, he still understood the situation in Yanling.
Today, Yanling, including Shangshui and Changping, is home to more than 400,000 civilians who defected to their Wei state, and the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court is also working hard to ease the relationship between these counties and the Wei people in Zhaoling, Anling and other places.
, hoping to eliminate the mutual hatred caused by the Chu-Wei War.
At this time, the people from Anling killed the people from Yanling. This was simply a crime against the imperial court.
But if that's just the case, wouldn't it be solved by pushing a few scapegoats?
Zhao Laiyu looked at his eldest son in confusion. He guessed that maybe his eldest son had not told everything yet.
As expected, Zhao Wenlin paused for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "I thought those people were just ordinary hunters from Yanling, but I didn't expect that one of them was the Gong family, a noble of the Chu people in Yanling. A few days later, a pair named Gongying
, Gongfu's brother, and a group of his slaves, lay in ambush on a nearby hilltop for several days, and happened to bump into Shisan and the others... That group of thieves killed more than a dozen of my Zhao and Wang family slaves, and Shisan
The others managed to escape with great difficulty."
"..." Zhao Laiyu stroked his beard and said nothing. He guessed that what his eldest son was going to say next was the key to the whole matter.
Sure enough, after Zhao Wenlin gritted his teeth, he whispered: "Afterwards, Thirteen and the others were so angry that they took the servants of the two families to Yanling. Wang Han, who served as the county captain in the Wang family, also led the county soldiers.
I went to cheer up and ordered the Yanling County magistrate to hand over Gong Ying and Gong Fu. Unexpectedly, Gong Ying and Gong Fu were quite fierce and led the strong men in Yanling County to fight out of the city..."
Having said this, Zhao Wenlin secretly glanced at Zhao Laiyu and whispered: "It was a melee, and more than a thousand people died on both sides."
"..." Zhao Laiyu pointed at Zhao Wenlin, shaking with anger.
He finally understood why this incident alarmed the bastard boy known as King Su. It turned out that this incident was causing such a big fuss.
In a melee, more than a thousand people died. Even if the imperial court wanted to cover up the Zhao family and Wang family in Anling, it could not cover it up!
"Bang!"
Zhao Laiyu slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Such a big thing happened, and you actually hid it from me?"
Brothers Zhao Wenlin, Zhao Wenqu, and Zhao Wenfu looked at each other and lowered their heads.
Zhao Wenfu even said: "This matter has come to an end in November last year. Who would have thought that the Ministry of Rites would invite Prince Su to come over after the Chinese New Year?"
Who would have thought?
Zhao Laiyu was so angry that he laughed instead.
Before the Chinese New Year, he still had prestige and power in the clan in the capital of Liang. I think the Ministry of Rites was worried about him and delayed the matter. But now that he has lost his power, the Ministry of Rites is still not allowed to investigate the matter thoroughly?
Du You, the Minister of Rites...
Zhao Laiyu clenched his fists, and then relaxed his clenched fists with a sigh.
The Minister of Rites, whom he did not take seriously at the beginning, is no longer someone he can look down upon. (To be continued.) 8