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In late July, under the call of the Longxi Wei clan's father, Lintao lord Wei Ji, Yao lord Zhao Sheng and others, the Longxi Wei clan held a "meeting of clan elders" in Yan County.
The venue of the meeting was a mansion belonging to the local tycoon Chen family in Yan County.
According to the information obtained by the Green Crows, the head of the Wei family in Tianshui obtained the consent of the Chen family and temporarily rented the mansion from the Chen family. Although the method was still relatively rough and domineering, the Wei family in Tianshui was not like the Wei family in Longxi.
His branch was so overbearing that it drove the original owner out.
While waiting for the twelve branches of the Wei clan in Longxi to arrive, Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, introduced the branches of the Wei clan in Longxi to Zhao Hongrun. Only then did Zhao Hongrun learn that the "Twelve Branches of the Wei clan in Longxi", namely Lintao, Weiyuan, Wushan, Gangu,
There are twelve branches in total: Ji County, Tianshui, Dangchang, Tongwei, Longxi, Zhuanglang, Xiabian, Mianzhu, and Dingxi.
These twelve branches of the Wei family are either strong or weak. The strong ones are like "Lintao Wei family", "Tianshui Wei family", and "Longxi Wei family" still have certain strength, while the weak ones are like "Dingxi Wei family" and "Longxi Wei family".
The "Zhuanglang Wei Clan" and "Tongwei Wei Clan" have almost existed in name only, especially the "Zhuanglang Wei Clan". It is said that the family business was destroyed in the war between Wei and Qin in Longxi, and its successors could only be protected.
The Wei family in Tianshui was in a very miserable situation.
In addition to the twelve Wei families, Lintao Lord Wei Ji also introduced the Zhao family in Longxi to Zhao Hongrun. Only then did Zhao Hongrun learn that the three Zhao families who chose to stay in Longxi back then are now the only ones left by the Yao Lord Zhao Sheng.
The "Zhao Clan of Yao" still retains some heritage. The other two branches, such as "Zhao Clan of Yuzhong" and "Zhao Clan of Sanhe", were destroyed in the war between Longxi and Zhu Qiang. Now even the successors need to start from "Zhao Clan of Yao".
"Zhao family" adopted this branch, except that the name is still there, the rest is almost nothing.
After listening to the general story of Lintao Lord Wei Ji, Zhao Hongrun sighed and felt sorry for the decline of the once powerful Longxi to this point today.
It is worth mentioning that Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, also told Zhao Hongrun about the ancestors of the Zhao family in the Wei state, namely the "Longzhong Zhao family", "Longyou Zhao family" and other branches. According to the genealogical records of Longxi, today Wei
The Zhao family in the country are descendants of several branches such as the "Longzhong Zhao family" and the "Longyou Zhao family". They were also quite powerful in Longxi. It is said that they once defeated Yiqu in the north. "Note:
The Northland here refers to the land northwest of Longxi, which is not the same place as the Northland called by the Wei State."
"Why did my Zhao family move to the Central Plains back then?" Zhao Hongrun asked Lintao Lord Wei Ji and Yao Lord Zhao Sheng.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun has always been curious about why his ancestors of the Zhao family moved from Longxi and came all the way to the Central Plains to fight hard in the Central Plains.
Therefore, Lintao Lord Wei Ji and Yao Lord Zhao Sheng told Zhao Hongrun what they knew: that is, the Zhao family in Longzhong and the Zhao family in Longyou were at odds with the Tianshui Wei family, Wushan Wei family, and Longxi Wei family at that time.
past events.
Due to the long distance between each other, Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, and Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, could not tell the specific situation clearly. They only vaguely heard that at that time, there was a disagreement between the Zhao family and the Wei family in Longzhong.
It was a bit messy, so although the ancestors of the Zhao family in Longzhong, Longyou and other branches left Longxi angrily, after passing through Qinjing, Sanchuan and other places, they stopped in the Central Plains with great hardships, thus beginning the Zhao family's expansion in Wei people.
The history of conquests in the Central Plains.
As for whether the Zhao family of the current Wei State comes from the Zhao family of Longzhong, the Zhao family of Longyou, or several other branches, whether it is from Longxi or Wei, neither side can tell clearly, because the genealogy of the Zhao family in Longxi only records
When the "Zhao family ran away" that year, the Zhao family of Wei State merged all the Zhao family members with the Ji surname who fled that year into one branch, as if to draw a clear line with Longxi, and no relevant records were left.
However, many evidences can be considered that today's Zhao family of Wei State is the descendant of the Longzhong Zhao family and Longyou Zhao family in Longxi.
Regarding these past events, Zhao Hongrun was even more emotional. No matter what the reason was for the Zhao family to leave Longxi, even if it was a quarrel with the Wei family in Tianshui, etc., it is undeniable that if the Zhao family had not left Longxi, there would have been no chance to establish a foothold in the Central Plains.
, established the Wei State today.
It is very likely that the Zhao family in Longzhong and the Zhao family in Longyou will slowly decline, just like the Wei family.
However, compared to Zhao Hongrun, the second uncle Zhao Yuanyan was very interested in the affairs of his ancestors. He even found a booklet and recorded the past events told by Lintao Lord Wei Ji and Yao Lord Zhao Sheng, possibly preparing to add them to the clan mansion.
In the genealogy, it seems that the intention was to let the Zhao family "recognize their ancestors and return to the clan". After all, the ancestors of the Zhao family in the Wei State can only be traced back to walking out of Longxi. The records before that are almost passed by, so that Wei
The Zhao family in Guo only knew that their ancestors came from Longxi, but they did not know whether they were the Zhao family in Longzhong or the Zhao family in Longyou, or which Zhao family they merged with.
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun couldn't understand why his second uncle insisted on finding out the ancestors of their Zhao family, because in his opinion, even if such a thing was clarified, would it be possible for the Zhao family of Wei to have a change in strength?
Huh? But obviously Zhao Yuanyan doesn’t think so.
As a result, Zhao Hongrun simply ignored the matter.
In general, the relationship between the Wei family in Longxi, the Zhao family in Longxi and the Zhao family in Wei is like the relationship between brothers and cousins: the Zhao family in Longxi and the Zhao family in Wei can be regarded as biological brothers. After all, they were
The same surname and the same clan, the relationship is equivalent to the Xiong family and the Qu family, Xiang family, and Jing family in the Chu State; while the Zhao family and the Wei family are equivalent to cousins, that is, the same clan but different surnames, the relationship is equivalent to the Xiong family and Ji Lian in the Chu state.
Wait.
Perhaps because of this relationship, Zhao Yuanyan, Zhao Yuanli is Zhao Hongrun. When he first met Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng a few days ago, he had a great impression of this clansman of the Zhao family in Longxi. In addition to Yao Zhujun Zhao Sheng's personal charm,
, it is undeniable that the fact that they are both members of the Zhao family plays a decisive role.
After staying in Yan County for a few days, the clan elders of the twelve Wei clans rushed to the city one after another to hold a clan elders meeting.
Although they were said to be clan elders, in fact not all those who attended the meeting were elders. At least Zhao Hongrun only saw a few people. Later he found out that many clan elders from each of the twelve Wei clan clans had moved thousands of miles to the Wei Kingdom.
He died of fatigue on the way, so many people of his age like Lintao Jun Wei Ji were temporarily recommended as clan elders. Otherwise, heroes of the Wei family like Lintao Jun Wei Ji, who were in their prime, would at least be
It will take another ten years before he is qualified to sit on the position of clan elder.
It can be said that the losses of the Wei clan in Longxi were really serious. They lost part of their clansmen when they were threatened by the Qin State, and lost another part of their clansmen on the way to the Wei State. It is really not easy to persist to this point.
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On the afternoon of July 24th, after all the clan elders of the twelve branches of the Wei clan in Longxi had arrived, the clan elders meeting was officially launched, including the father of the Wei clan in Longxi, Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, a total of twelve people of different ages.
Wei clan people
They were sitting in the main hall of the Chen family's residence. On the Zhao family's side, Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, represented the Zhao family of Yao, and he and two other young people were also sitting in the hall. As for the Zhao family of Wei, Zhao Yuanyan
With Zhao Hongrun as the representative.
During the meeting, Zhao Hongrun looked around at the "representatives" who came to attend the meeting. He found that some of the elders of the twelve branches of the Wei family in Longxi were old, some were in their prime, and two of them were similar to Zhao Hongrun's brothers, and even one of them had a branch.
, just leave the seat empty.
Later, Zhao Hongrun found out that the empty seat was actually the Zhuanglang Wei family, a branch of the Wei family that had almost been defeated. It was said that this branch was almost defeated because the people of this branch were all killed by the Qin people.
If all of them are killed, the remaining Wei clan will need to adopt the same clan in order to retain the name Zhuanglang Wei clan. Otherwise, the twelve Wei clan may only be called the eleven Wei clan.
At the beginning of the meeting, Longxi was very angry. For example, the elder of the Wei family in Tianshui, a man who looked to be about the same age as Zhao Yuanyan, accused the Zhao family of Wei of not caring about the friendship between the same clan.
In this person's words, Zhao Hongrun, who led the troops to attack Ancheng at night and attacked the Wei clan in Longxi, could not escape, and the Wei court, in this person's words, seemed to be a plotter.
people.
"...It is not allowed to plunder the wealth of untouchables. When we entered the customs, did you send someone to inform us?...No, you didn't! You just sent someone to tell us that we are temporarily in Mi County, Xingyang, and Wusha
, Yanxian, Ancheng and other county towns have rested for a few days, waiting for the specific arrangements from your court...Apart from this, what else is there?"
After hearing what this man said, the Wei clan members present all agreed.
At this time, Lintao Lord Wei Ji, who deliberately sat at Zhao Hongrun's table, introduced to Zhao Hongrun in a low voice: "This person is Wei Feng, the head of the Wei family in Tianshui."
"Wei Feng..."
Zhao Hongrun glanced twice at the solemn-looking Wei clan member because Wei Ji, the Lord of Lintao, had introduced to him two days ago, "Wei Feng, the Chief of Zuo Shu", whose title in the Longxi Wei State was equivalent to that of Qi State.
The prime minister is an extremely talented person. He is even a strong candidate for the father of the Wei family, and he is outstanding among the Wei family in Longxi.
According to Lintao Lord Wei Ji, the existence of Wei Feng plays an important role in the reason why the Tianshui Wei family is still strong.
Perhaps because of Wei Feng's talent, Zhao Hongrun did not retaliate immediately, but quietly watched Wei Feng vent his dissatisfaction.
However, what he didn't expect was that when Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Yuanyan saw him, neither Zhao Hongrun nor Zhao Yuanyan spoke back. The representatives of the other Wei clan actually became more and more angry as they spoke, and kept asking for an explanation from the Zhao clan of Wei State, with a strong attitude of kicking their noses in the face.
No, a representative of the Wei family branch pointed at Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Yuanyan and said: "...This is a frame-up. For this, the Zhao family must give me an explanation! Otherwise, I, the twelve branches of the Wei family, will never be convinced!"
"Yes! Explain!"
"Zhao needs to give us an explanation!"
The hall suddenly became noisy like a food market.