Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 324 Family Temple Genealogy

Chapter 324 Family Temple Genealogy
Li Shimin kept his word, so the next morning, as soon as Qin Lang got up, he went to tease his son.The little guy is white and fat. He eats and sleeps every day, but he lives like a fairy.

When Qin Lang teased him, his big black eyes stared at Qin Lang, and he laughed.

"Does Your Majesty really want to bestow the title of Duke of Dalang County?"

Yu Xiao covered her head and focused all her eyes on her son, for fear that Qin Lang might not hug her well.After Qin Lang came back yesterday and told her about the emperor's posthumous gift of Qin Lang's great-grandfather as county duke and let Qin Jun take over the title, Yu Xiao didn't fall asleep all night.

"Ah."

"It's not just casual talk, is it?"

"There's no such thing as casual talk."

Qin Lang looked at the child in front of him. In fact, he didn't have much discomfort. After all, he was actually a father in later generations. Even after the child was born, he found a lot of feelings, as if he had returned to It was the days when I first became a father.

Duke Yi's mansion has already prepared a nanny and several experienced servants, so it is not difficult to take care of the child after it is born. A group of people surround it all day long, and there is a family doctor waiting for it. , very strong, crying loudly.

Those wives and nannies are all experienced, and the nannies are also big cows with plenty of milk, who gave birth and fed two or three children.Although she is a nanny, she was chosen by Cui's help, which is not easy. She is the wife of a seventh- and eighth-rank official who serves as a Beijing official in Chang'an.

There is even a nephew and daughter-in-law of Cui's natal family.

It would be impossible for the official's wife to be a nanny for Qin Lang's concubine and child, if it wasn't for Qin Lang's special status.After all, she is the wife of a high-ranking official, and she was born in a family of officials, so she is a young woman in her 20s, and she is also well-educated.

She is educated and experienced, and it is very easy to help raise a child together.

As for the child, there is almost no such thing as crying at night, and there is no shortage of milk.

Yuxiao's confinement is also doing relatively well, and she is well taken care of. She doesn't have to stay up late to worry about her, and she is much more plump.

Qin Lang is a time traveler, and he was originally a son of a concubine in Duke Qi's mansion, so he would not despise this son of a concubine, anyway, he is still his own child, the so-called regular wife is still young and has never been married, so he usually treats Yuxiao well , so he loved the child very much after it was born.

But in Yuxiao's heart, the difference between concubine and concubine is still very important.

If he can really get the title of Xijue from the emperor, then the child will be stable in the future.

Hanlin scholar Ma Zhou came to announce the decree in person.

The internal imperial edict drafted by Hanlin scholars, Yu Xiao was so excited that she fainted when she saw the edict.

Set up a table and burn incense to welcome the imperial decree.

The emperor made an internal edict, posthumously presenting Qin Fangtai, Qin Lang's great-grandfather, as an envoy, governor of Qizhou's military forces, Qizhou governor, Shangzhu Kingdom, and Licheng County Duke, and posthumously presenting Qin Fangtai's wife, Licheng County Lord.A special decree was given to Qin Jun, the eldest son of Qin Lang's concubine, to inherit the dukedom of Licheng County, and ordered Qin Lang's concubine and Qin Jun's biological mother, Changbai Xiangjun.

Grant Qin Lang to build a family temple to worship the fifth generation.

The emperor also rewarded some gold coins, silver coins and silk cloth.

Qin Lang accepted the imperial edict.

Ma Zhou smiled and said to Qin Lang, "This is God's grace!"

"I'm also a little surprised."

I thought it was just a posthumous gift to the great-grandfather and let his son inherit the title, but he didn't expect it to be more than that. Li Shimin made a complete set for him.

Yuxiao was actually given the imperial order, and was given the title of wife of the township lord.

This is even more surprising than his son inheriting the title of county duke. You must know that the system of Datang is gradually improving, and the system of enfeoffing family members is also complete.

The living are called seals, and the dead are called gifts. Sons can be granted family shade, and wives can also be granted orders, but there are conditions.

Among them, there are inner and outer wives, the emperor's concubine and the prince Liangdi are the inner wives, and the princesses and princesses are the outer wives.In addition to the female surnames of the royal relatives and relatives, foreign wives also include the mothers and wives of officials.

There are five levels of wives, the wife of the country, the wife of the county, the king of the county, the king of the county, and the county.

The wife of the country can only grant imperial orders only if she is a first-rank civil and military official, and the mother-in-law and wife of the country.

The wife of the country and the wife of the county above the third rank are also called Mrs. Gaoming, while the monarchs of the counties, counties, and townships below the third rank all require their husbands or sons to be at least the fifth rank of the official officer, or the fourth rank of the honorary officer with a seal. Those who are nobles are appointed as kings by imperial edict.

An official can only be named his wife, and only one of his mothers, or his aunt. If the aunt is not there, he can also be named his birth mother.In any case, they all enjoy the royal titles following the status of their husbands or sons.

Qin Qiong was awarded the posthumous title of his father, Qin Ai, as Duke of Jinan for his meritorious service before, and his mother also got the imperial title. His original spouse also received the title of Mrs. Imperial Order, and his current wife also received the imperial title.

And Qin Lang's biological mother also had to be granted the title of Mrs. Chu, and it was Qin Lang's imperial conferment to give the birth mother the title of Mrs. Chu.

Yuxiao is just Qin Lang's concubine, so Qin Lang, the duke of the state, can't find an imperial edict for her. This time, she is honored by her son Qin Jun, and also has an imperial edict from a township lord.

Normally, according to the system, Qin Jun was only a false title of county magistrate, and he had neither a fifth-rank official position nor a fourth-rank honorary officer, so he was not eligible to be bestowed upon his mother.

But the emperor made an exception and issued a special decree, so Yuxiao was ordered by the emperor of Changbai Township.

If a concubine can get the imperial order and become a concubine, her status will be completely different.

After receiving the title of wives, they will enjoy the treatment of the corresponding grade, and there will be a salary. In addition, in some ceremonies presided over by the queen, such as the queen kissing silkworms, the wives of the inner and outer wives must also go to participate, and they also have dresses of corresponding grades.

A lot of people say that if you try to seal your wife's shade, sealing your wife means imperial order.

Yuxiao didn't expect that she would have an imperial order, and was pinched awake after fainting, she was stunned for a long time and couldn't believe it.

Of course, for Yi Guo Gongfu, today's decree is not only a special decree for the concubines and concubines, but also a special decree to build a family temple to worship the fifth generation.

"What's the meaning of the special decree to build a family temple?" Qin Lang didn't even know about it.

Ma Zhou then explained to Qin Lang that the family temple is a Confucian temple built for ancestors, and it belongs to the place where Chinese Confucians worship ancestors and sages.

Before the Tang Dynasty, it was called private temple, also called ancestral temple.

In ancient times, the ancestral temple was exclusive to the emperor, and scholar-bureaucrats could not build the ancestral temple.Before the Han Dynasty, those with official titles could build ancestral temples as a place to worship their ancestors.

The emperor's decree to build a family temple is actually the beginning of the Great Tang family temple system.

Before that, no minister had received the will to build a family temple.

According to the Book of Rites, there are seven temples for the Son of Heaven, five temples for Qing, three temples for officials, and one temple for scholars.

Taimiao is the ancestral temple of the emperor.

Now Li Shimin didn't know whose suggestion he had listened to, and decided to restore the family temple system and allow his courtiers to build private temples.

However, not everyone can build this private temple. Firstly, it must be a prime minister, a prince, and an official of the third rank or above. Thirdly, after meeting those conditions, it must be specially approved by the emperor.

In fact, the person who proposed to Li Shimin to restore the family temple system wanted to regard the family temple as a special reward and honor for important ministers.

Not everyone is qualified to build a family temple.

This family temple system has just been drawn up, and Qin Lang is the first person to receive this imperial title.

The most commonly seen ancestral halls in the south in later generations are actually the evolution of family temples, but at this time, there was no such kind of ancestral halls with one family name among the folks in the Tang Dynasty.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the ancestral halls gradually emerged from the family temples, and the ancestral halls became a clan to worship ancestors, and even had the nature of a clan court.

"His Majesty specially gave you a piece of land for you to build a family temple."

The emperor's Taimiao is on the east side of the palace gate, so the current family temple is also next to the minister's house, not at home.

Li Shimin specially bestowed a piece of land, just to the east of Duke Yi's mansion in Pingkang Fang, as Qin Lang's family temple.

According to the new system, after Qin Lang's family temple is built, he can offer sacrifices to the ancestors of the fifth generation.

The Seven Temples of the Son of Heaven refer to the temples offering sacrifices to the four relatives (father, ancestor, great-grandfather, and great-grandfather), the temple of the second son (father and grandfather of the great-grandfather) and the temple of the first ancestor. Mu, also known as the Seven Temples.

And Qin Lang can offer sacrifices to five temples, the temples of Erzhao Ermu and Taizu are five.

Zhaomu refers to the left and right positions where the main god tablet is placed. The left is called Zhao and the right is Mu. Therefore, when Qin Lang built a family temple, the main god tablet of the fifth generation ancestors enshrined by the Qin family is the first ancestor in the center, facing east.The left is Zhao, the right is Mu, the father is Zhao, and the son is Mu.

Common people are not qualified to set up family temples to worship, and can only sacrifice directly in the dormitory.

In short, the more capable the descendants are, the more ancestors they can offer sacrifices to.

The emperor gave Qin Lang a decree to build a family temple, and also asked the Ministry of Rites to send people to sort out and revise Qin Lang's family tree.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, genealogy has flourished. At that time, in order to show their noble origins and prevent commoners from impersonating, the gentry attached great importance to genealogy and paid attention to county prestige. There would be special people who regularly revised genealogy, and even some people in the society specialized in researching genealogy and organizing The famous county prestige and genealogy in the world formed a special kind of genealogy.

Therefore, as long as there is a family with a head and a face, it is clear and well-documented.

The genealogy has become one of the conditions for the organization of a large family. With the genealogy, even if they have the same surname, they can know which family they came from, and whether they are a noble family or a common family.

There are three kinds of genealogy, one is family biography, one is family tree, and the other is hundred family tree.A family biography is similar to a biography of a celebrity in a family. It does not record everyone, but a family tree is a family tree, which will record the details of the family's inheritance from generation to generation.

As for the genealogy of hundreds of families, also known as genealogy, this is the highest level of genealogy and must be compiled by the government. The clans with the surname listed the names, official positions and blood relations of their members in detail.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it has been very important for the official genealogy to be revised by the capitals of the successive dynasties.

The Qin family in Licheng used to be only a noble family in Qizhou, so they could barely be considered a second-rate noble family. This time, Li Shimin asked the Ministry of Rites to help the Qin family sort out the family tree and add the Qin family tree to the people's genealogy across the country. This is not easy. Yes, it's really flattering the Qin family.

Let the Qin family also officially enter the top gentry.

(End of this chapter)

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