It has been a long time since the announcement of the re-editing of the "Clan Records". Naturally, it will not be possible to rearrange all the big and small families in Jingguo overnight.
However, this re-editing is not to completely overthrow the original ranking, but to make changes on the original basis. Several academicians from the Ministry of Rites and Hongwen Museum were ordered to supervise the implementation. In half a month, the seven rankings that have been completed It's all over the place.
A person hurried in from the outside, put a booklet on the table, and said: "This is the first draft I brought out from the Ministry of Rites. Please read it as soon as possible, and I will return it within today."
"I want to see how they want to arrange this "Clan Chronicle"!" The old man surnamed Zhang snorted coldly and picked it up.
If the Zhang family in Pingyang follows the ranking method announced this time, the rank in the aristocratic family will be lowered by two levels. This is a great shame for the entire family. How can the name of the Zhang family in Pingyang be used in the future? convincing
However, after he picked up the booklet in his hand, flipped through it twice, and after shaking his beard, he put it down again.
"The old man still has some things to do today, so let's go first."
Seeing the old man surnamed Zhang put down the book and immediately turned and left, everyone was not surprised at all.
The Zhang family in Pingyang suffered a heavy loss this time, and I am afraid that after seeing the result, they would already be so angry that they would not want to stay here any longer.
"Let me see."
Wei Fang and Gou Xu, who were closest, approached and flipped through two pages with annoyed faces. After seeing their own names, they looked at each other, both startled.
The representative of the Wei family in Yunzhou closed the book, pursed his lips, and coughed lightly: "Suddenly thought that there are other matters at home, so I will leave first."
Representing the Tongzhou Gou clan, a man named Gou Xu chased after him, "Brother Wei, don't worry, I'll go with you."
Someone flipped through the book in doubt, and murmured: "What's wrong with these three people? They were really ranked behind. There are so many people who have suffered the same experience as them..."
It didn't take long for the voice to exit, and it stopped abruptly.
The Zhang family in Pingyang, the Wei family in Yunzhou, the Gou family in Tongzhou...
The rankings of these three families are not as low as they thought, on the contrary, they are ahead of the families of most people in the field.
Not only that, but several rankings exceeded their expectations.
"What's going on, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Gou, they, could they have already taken refuge..."
"Impossible, you didn't see what they looked like just now..."
"Then what's the explanation?"
No one can explain, and no one can figure out, why these companies are obviously the same as them, but they are given preferential treatment in this matter-why are they
Although this ranking does not determine the rise and fall of the family, its impact on them cannot be ignored. If the new "Clan History" is accepted by the world, will their family maintain the same respected status as before
Apart from guessing in their hearts, many people looked at some people around them with a little scrutiny.
On the surface, he was standing on the same boat as them, but he didn't know what he had done behind the scenes. If not, why would there be such an unfair result
I don't know how many people here, like the Zhang family, Wei family, and Gou family, have one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, doing such dirty things
Someone frowned and said, "Perhaps, this is the intention of the court?"
"That's intentional..." Someone sneered, "Why did you choose them?"
Looking at the expressions of the people around, I realized that it was completely different from when they entered the door.
As soon as the old man surnamed Zhang returned home, a man came out to greet him and asked eagerly, "Father, what's the matter?"
The old man surnamed Zhang glanced at him, "How about it?"
The man said anxiously: "Clan History, our Zhang family..."
The old man surnamed Zhang waved his hand and said, "Go and arrange a big banquet in the mansion tonight, let them all come back, and no one will be missing."
"Ah?" The man looked at him suspiciously, with a look of bewilderment.
"By the way..." Thinking of one thing, the old man surnamed Zhang waved his hand and said, "I have donated all the places that the Academy will use in Pingyang..."
"Donated?" The man was shocked when he heard the words, and asked: "Father, didn't you discuss this with those people, we will never back down on this matter..."
"What do you know!" The old man surnamed Zhang glared at him, and said, "If I say donate, then donate, don't ask anything else, go and do your work..."
The old man surnamed Zhang strode away, and the young man stood there blankly. After a long time, he turned and left with a heavy heart.
At the same time, another mansion in Kyoto.
Wei Fang, who just came back, told the steward: "Hurry up, send a letter to Yunzhou immediately, saying that my Wei family's ranking in the "Clan Chronicles" has risen to the third class, so they must not embarrass the people who planned to build the academy in Kyoto in the past." , and need a lot of help, offenders will be served by the family law!"
The Wei family was not far away, and the person in charge of the Tongzhou Gou family in Kyoto was also instructing his subordinates.
"Don't rest along the way, rush to Tongzhou overnight, and tell those wealthy businessmen to donate as much as they can. If anyone loses face to my Tongzhou Gou family, don't blame me for being rude!"
News of the same content spread several times from Kyoto within a day.
"The Zhang family, the Wei family..., these people, what are they doing!" The head of the Cui family, Cui Qingze, had a gloomy expression on his face, "This can only be done if everyone works together. People all over the world see it, but in comparison, wouldn't they be reviled by thousands of people?"
Beside him, Cui Qinghe, the number two member of the Cui family, shook his head, and said, "It's not just about Zhang Jiawei's family. The revision of the clan annals and His Majesty's attitude are simply unpredictable. The final ranking has not yet been determined, the major families are suspicious of each other, and some people have even taken the initiative to show favor to the court... This time, we were negligent."
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"This is the simplest way to separate people. I don't believe that no one of them can see it. Can it be useful?" The eldest princess looked at Li Yi and asked with a frown.
"So what if you can see it, so what if you can't see it..." Li Yi took out a small bamboo basket from the kitchen, took out a washed apple and handed it to Yongning.
"Shouning, Xiaohuan, Dragon Boat Festival, come over to eat apples."
Xiaohuan was playing in the yard with the two little girls. Li Yi waved to them and shared an apple with each of them.
The apples sent by the Wang family have thin skin and thick flesh, sweet and delicious, and the taste is very good.
He took out the last apple from the box, took a bite with a "click", and saw the eldest princess raised her hand, handed it over, and said in surprise, "Do you want it too?"
"No more!" Li Mingzhu glared at him, feeling slightly annoyed.
"Look, the reasoning is the same. Xiaohuan and the others can eat apples, but you will be unhappy if you can't... Apples are not the only thing they can't eat."
Li Yi looked at her, split the apple in two, handed her the unbitten half, and said, "So, the reason is not important, the process is not important, the result is what matters."
Li Mingzhu took a bite of the apple, thoughtfully.
Li Yi took half of the apple in his hand, looked it over and over again, but didn't find the trace of the bite he just took, raised his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I handed it wrong just now, can you..."
Noticing that the half of the apple in her hand already had a tooth mark, she waved her hand and said with some disgust: "Forget it, forget it, I don't want it anymore..."