Chapter 464: Am I a side branch of the Li clan in Longxi?
Li Siye decided to visit the Li family's Taoist temple, but before going there he decided to visit Dai Wang in prison in Liangzhou Prefecture, and asked the big data man what information he didn't know. Sun Tzu said in the art of war that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be in danger.
Dai Wang looked very peaceful in the prison, sitting cross-legged against the wall with his eyes closed and meditating, as if he was engaged in some kind of spiritual practice.
"How was the food? I didn't abuse you, did I?"
Dai Liulang slowly opened his eyes, nodded and said, "It's not bad. We have millet rice at noon every day, and tsampa dumplings in the evening."
"Things are a bit troublesome. The Zhang Yu couple he killed had a background in the aunt's house of the Li family in Longyou. Now the owner of the aunt Li's house in Wuwei City, Li Xuangong, invited me to his house. He probably wanted to put pressure on me and let me
change idea."
Dai Wang frowned and said in surprise: "It seems that things are really troublesome if we can alert Li Xuangong to personally send someone to ask you to come over."
"Then can you tell me some of the inside stories you know so that I can be fully prepared to deal with it."
"Li Xuangong," Dai Wang raised his head and thought carefully before speaking: "Although Li Xuangong has lived in Guzang for a long time, he is not the real main branch of Guzangfang. His main branch has been moved to Longyou Chengji, but this
It is not important. Five surnames and seven hopes can stand in the world for thousands of years. They have three sharp weapons that can be used in any way. One is family education. The Li family has a deep family education. Without the hardship of farming, there are only so many books that children from poor families can chew.
Two volumes, but these distinguished families not only have all the canons of the pre-Qin scholars, but also have several editions of the Zhou rites and annotations. Some of the books in their homes are even incomplete in the Hongwen Library of the saints.
"The second is marriage. Marriage between the main branches of the five surnames, without intermarriage with other surnames, can maintain their transcendent status. It attracts powerful Guanzhong families such as Wei, Pei, and Liu to compete with them to get married, while the side branches treat their children as their own.
Selling for a price is called selling marriage. Those in power in the court take the opportunity to enhance their status, while the county commanders seize power."
"The third one is the genealogy. The genealogy compiled by the main branch of the county magistrate is a powerful tool for them to get together. They can firmly hold the branches of the family as resources in their hands. The side branches regard themselves as the Li family and have a transcendent status, and they have obtained
The power can then be given back to the main branch. Naturally, the number of the Li family branches in Longxi far exceeds that of the Li and Tang branches. Well, there is another thing I'm afraid you don't know, the genealogy they made can actually be modified."
Modify? What do you mean, super member club? Who needs to be able to directly issue supreme gold cards? Enjoy the transcendent status?
Dai Wang spread his hands and said with a smile: "I also guessed this based on the classics. People who know it keep it secret. No matter how famous a family is, they will pursue power. As long as the temptation given by power is big enough, things like modifying the genealogy can also be done.
do it."
Is this sentence alluding to someone? Li Siye is not sure about this, but looking at it now, the Li family's aunt in Longxi still has a transcendent status, and Li Kui of the Chengji branch of their family is about to become the son of Emperor Suzong Li Heng of the Tang Dynasty.
Prime Minister.
"Then I'll go take a look and see what kind of medicine they sell in the gourd."
In the early morning of the next day, Li Siye rode alone to Leitai Temple, Li's residence. There was already a Taoist priest dressed as a servant waiting at the gate, holding a whisk in his hand. He nodded slightly to Li Siye and said, "General Li, please follow me."
They walked up the mountain gate and entered the second side door. The courtyard was paved with stone bricks. The corridors and pavilions were scattered in a rigorous and neat layout. There were copper stoves outside the halls and monasteries. Everyone he met along the way
They were all dressed as Taoist priests, and even some of the maids and concubines seen from a distance were dressed as Kun Dao. There were Hunyuan scarves all over the place, and all of them had Ziwu hairpins.
The main hall of the main residence of Li Xuangong's family, built on an earthen platform, was also rebuilt into the Sanqing Hall. Although the scale is not as grand as that of the capital, it still has a majestic Tai Chi atmosphere.
"General Li please."
He walked up the stone steps, but someone stopped him in front of him with a pair of flip-up shoes, placed them on the stone platform in front of him, crossed his hands and said: "General Li is contaminated with the turbid air from outside, and the soles of his shoes are filled with filth.
Please change your shoes first."
He thought about it, even if you were a guest in someone's home in modern times, you would have to put on shoe covers if you didn't change into slippers.
He took off his leather boots and put on these high-heeled shoes. He felt a little bit on his toes, but he could bear it just by staying at the other person's house for a while.
After walking up dozens of steps and passing through another moon cave door, two more Taoist boys stood at the door, holding a casserole in their hands, dipping willow branches in water and pouring them on him.
"What are you doing! What is this?" Li Siye was caught in the cold and asked with a frown.
"General Li, don't be embarrassed. This is the rootless water specially requested by Master. It can wash away the turbid air brought in from your body. My Master is practicing to seek truth and tenderness, return Qi and essence, and must not come into contact with outside sources."
of pollution, otherwise the intrusion of turbid air will ruin your practice."
Damn it, is this Li Xuangong self-isolating at home? He also sprinkled Wugen water. Do you think this is 86 disinfectant? The monks have developed mysophobia. Isn’t this going too far?
He finally walked to the door of Sanqing Hall, and another boy brought a jade cup to him and said: "This is Mingqian tea boiled with rootless water. It is used to rinse the mouth to prevent external diseases."
The turbid breath from the guest's mouth has contaminated Master's practice."
Li Siye no longer had any thoughts of complaining and secretly cursing. He just rolled his eyelids, lowered his head, drank the tea in his mouth, rinsed it once, and spit it into the spittoon brought by another person. Now he could go to see the Taoist leader cleanly.
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The Taoist boy opened the door of the palace for him, and when he looked inward, he could feel the cleanliness of the palace. The six pillars were as clean as new, and there was the fragrance of pine on the wooden floor. The Taoist boys grabbed the linen cloth and lay on the ground to clean it over and over again.
The bronze statue of Emperor Xuanyuan, as well as the bronze cranes and turtles on both sides of the bronze statue, were polished to a shiny shine, like walnuts wrapped in pulp.
Sitting on the wooden lotus platform, Taoist Priest Li Xuangong has alternating white hair and is wearing a hemp preaching robe, which is spotless white. He is holding the tail in his hand, as if he is ready to block the dust coming from outside at any time.
Sure enough, I have mysophobia.
When Li Siye was about three feet away from him, he was stopped by the Taoist priest and threw a futon for him to sit down. It seemed that if he got closer, the turbid air would contaminate the master.
Li Xuangong opened his eyes and glanced at Li Siye casually, as if scanning the weeds everywhere. However, his eyes quickly pulled back and looked at Li Siye carefully with a slightly surprised expression.
"Where is General Li from?"
"Gaoling County, Jingzhao Prefecture."
He took off the key from his waist and handed it to the Taoist priest beside him: "Go to the Zongzhi library to get my Zongzhi genealogy."
Li Siye raised his eyebrows, was he going to use a big weapon as soon as he appeared?
"Here."
Several Taoist priests placed the thick books on the floor, and Li Xuangong commanded: "Go directly to the ninth ancestor."
The Taoist priests flipped through the books carefully and handed several of them to Li Xuangong. Li Xuangong searched carefully and finally said happily: "The great ancestor of King Zhaowu of Xiliang was named Li Rou, and his father Li Yong had four sons.
The third son was named Li Mo and served as the magistrate of Gaoling County in Yongzhou. Li Mo's son was named Li Qu. Li Qu gave birth to six more sons, namely Li Xu, Li Qiao, Li Chu, Li Fan, Li Fu and Li Na. Three of these six sons were Li.
Dan, Li Fan, and Li Fu settled in Gaoling County and spread their branches and leaves. After many wars, many records were scattered, so we can only find them here. But what is certain is that General Li Siye should be a collateral bloodline of my Li family in Longxi.
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Can all this be found? The authentic genealogy of the Li family branch begins with Li Hao, the founding king of Xiliang. Li Hao was often suspected of being a sectarian. Li Xuangong said that Li Siye's ancestor was the brother of Li Hao's great-grandfather. The genealogy of this genealogy is The power is really extraordinary. Anyone with the surname Li can tell you the origin of the Li family in Longxi.
However, this identity has no special bonus for Li Siye, because the distance is too far, and time is the best cleaning agent. Some people even question Li Bai's claim that he is Li Hao's ninth grandson, let alone Li Hao's great-grandfather. Being a grandson for more than ten generations doesn't mean anything.