Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 683 ancestor worship
Chengdu, Xianzu Temple.

It was the autumn of the season, and Liu Chan thought about the upcoming expedition to Soochow, so he specially feasted on Liu Bei to tell his spirit in heaven.The so-called "big feast" refers to offering a big feast to the emperor in the autumn moon, which is also called the sacrifice to the ancestors.

Liu Bei's portrait hangs in the middle, and Liu Chan kneels on the futon, bows solemnly and kowtows, saying in a low voice: "When my father defeated Yiling in the past, Chan borrowed the events of the Spring and Autumn Yue King Goujian, and the Warring States Qin King Xiaogong. Take Biden as an example, and he wants to work hard for governance, thinking that he will take revenge."

After establishing the inheritance relationship between the Han Dynasty and the Shu Han Dynasty, the Great Han Dynasty built a temple for the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty and a temple for the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty for sacrifices.Since the Shu Han inherited the etiquette and law of the Western Han Dynasty, and the younger brother inherited the world of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a Xianzu Temple was built separately.

In order to make the Ji Han stand side by side with the Western Han and Eastern Han, and let Lao Liu have the same status as the high emperor Liu Bang and the ancestor Liu Xiu.Therefore, Liu Chan decided to elevate the status of the Xianzu Temple. He had already ordered everyone not to build a temple after his death, and put his spiritual seat in the Xianzu Temple. The future emperors of the Jihan Dynasty also arranged this way.

After all, no matter how high Liu Chan's achievements are in the future, he is still Liu Bei's son before filial piety, so he can't be more polite.

"During the 17 years, Zen did not dare to be presumptuous, and often used the words of 'Is it possible to take revenge for nine generations? Even if it is possible for a hundred generations.' I thought it was self-encouraging. However, during the period, Ge Qing, Huang Qing and the loyal men of the Han Dynasty played in the battlefield. So far For seventeen years, now we have a vast territory of thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the people of four prefectures."

When Liu Chan persuaded Liu Bei to withdraw his army, he persuaded him with the words of enmity for nine generations, saying that even if he could not avenge the Han, his descendants could avenge the Han.Now that Liu Chan came to Liu Bei's spiritual seat before he conquered the Wu people, it can be regarded as fulfilling a wish.

"From this point of view, our great Han has enough soldiers, and a hundred good generals, when we are far away from Yiling. The Wu people abandoned the alliance, and our great Han wants to dominate the world, so we lead a hundred thousand soldiers to fight against the Wu people and to conquer Jingxiang. , Recover the Central Plains. This campaign Chan should be ashamed of his father, Jingzhou, and Guan Junhou. Today, the emperors of the Han Dynasty are the same. Father knows in heaven, he should protect me, a big man, and my son Liu Chan kowtows~"

After speaking, Liu Chan kowtowed three times in front of Liu Bei.

The portrait of Liu Bei hanging in the center flutters up and down under the gentle wind, as if responding to Liu Chan's words.

However, Liu Chan did not see this scene. After saluting, he had already walked out of Xianzu Temple, and the temple returned to tranquility.

"Your Majesty, this is the article written by the minister against Wu. Please read it." Qiao Zhou, who was outside the temple, saw Liu Chan coming out, greeted him, and said.

I saw on it: "On the day of the year, the emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered Sun Quan and Jiang Dong's generals, Qu Fu, Lao Shishu: Quan has usurped the emperor's title for a long time, and the country has rebelled against Wei and has not been eliminated. Changes, so Xu Zhong divided the world, thinking of the future plan. However, the power thieves did not die, and they raised troops and abandoned the alliance to attack me in Xiangyang..."

"The power is divided in the southeast, the greed is insatiable, the breach of the contract takes the thorns, and the generals are harmed. The crime is unspeakable... Today, the alliance of the central division is abolished, and the title of the power thief emperor is abolished. Move the troops to the east, wrestle with them, annex their land, and then discuss the Central Plains . . . ”

"If it's happiness, misfortune, peace, confusion and forgetting to return, the protection of the dark and the elegant, the departure of the sages, the sudden sunrise, the sweetness of the end of the sweet potato, the day of forgetting, and even annihilation, once the soldiers are released, the jade and stone will be shattered , Even if you want to save it, there is nothing you can do. Therefore, the order to buy and solicit noble rewards is as follows. When you arrive, think about it in detail, like an edict."

"Is this article written by Qiao Qing?" Liu Chan asked.

Qiao Zhou's expression moved slightly, he cupped his hands and said, "I report to Your Majesty, this article is indeed the work of my minister."

Liu Chan pondered for a while, and said: "The proclamation is very good, but Sun Quan's crimes are a little less, you can polish one or two, and then publish it."

"promise!"

Seeing Qiao Zhou running around, Liu Chan put his hands behind his waist and said with emotion: "It's really like an arrow! When this arrow is fired, it attracts many soldiers' corpses to the battlefield, and their souls return to the west. I hope the world will be peaceful soon and the war will be over. !"

……

As soon as the proclamation was issued, the big man moved.

Tianshui County, West County.The winter solstice is approaching, and the weather is getting colder. Farming in Dahan is preparing for harvest, and every household is saving grain for the coming year.

In Jia's ancestral hall, Jia Yan sat in the center, and the rest of the elders sat in the lower seats, but there was still a seat beside him. He was obviously waiting for someone else with his eyes closed.

Jia Yan has been in the army for many years, and as he gets older, his demeanor has improved, which is intimidating. He doesn't speak, and the rest of the elders in the hall dare not speak.

Not long after, Jia Yuan strode in, holding his long sword.

Except for Jia Yan, the elders in the hall did not dare to neglect, and stood up to welcome Jia Yuan.

Sitting on the seat, Jia Yan bowed his hands slightly towards Jia Yuan to say hello, then coughed, and said to everyone: "Winter is coming, the farming work in the clan has been harvested, and the harvest is good. Is there a poor family who needs to marry a wife or have a funeral?”

After the Jia brothers led their clansmen to move to Xixian County, they gradually became rich, and the two of them also became talkers.

Like other clans, after the autumn harvest every year, they, as the prestige of the clan, often unite the clans, unite the wealthy families in the clan, and take care of different families in the clan on the basis of closeness to the rich and the poor.For example, those who are too poor to marry a wife, or those who are unbearable to be buried, or those who are old and have nowhere to go.

"Yes. Jia Laosan and his second son are going to marry Li's daughter, but they dislike Jia Laosan's lack of gifts and refuse to marry a daughter. And they are worried that Jia Laosan and his second son will die outside at some point when he joins the army." Jia Xin said.

Before he finished speaking, Jia Yuan slapped the table and said directly: "Jia's third brother broke his leg with my brothers, and he let the eldest son go with my brothers. If his second son can't marry a wife today, then Wouldn't it be embarrassing for my brothers. Needless to say, I will pay the bride price from their family."

"promise!"

Jia Xin bowed his waist and continued: "Jia Wu's father is gone, and he said he has no money to bury him."

Jia Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "I remember that their family's harvest this year is not bad. In the past, Jia Wu was dishonest. He told him that it is okay to ask for money for the burial, but he has to work for the clan."

"promise!"

This is not the first time that the Jia clan has helped. They have implemented it for an unknown number of years, and it has become an unwritten rule.

As for why to help, the reason is not difficult to understand.In the period of feudal society, Chinese civilization originated from planting civilization. Its fundamental feature is that the population is bound to farm on the land and lacks mobility.

Under such circumstances, the relationship between people is mainly determined by the geographical relationship based on the neighborhood and the blood relationship based on the clan and family.Clans with blood ties often 'look and help each other and help each other in disease'.

The purpose of "watching and helping each other" is to fight against the fragile agricultural society. Agricultural civilization depends on the sky and the earth for food. Coupled with frequent disputes or wars, it is necessary to warm each other to resist natural disasters.

From the point of view of "supporting each other in disease", the traditional small farmers should pay more than their families in the face of disease. Because of blood or kinship, clan members naturally help each other in production and life.

Existence is reasonable. In an industrial society, if production no longer requires families, but only individuals, the clan society will gradually disappear.

Of course, why the Jia brothers spare no effort to dedicate so much is not without asking for anything in return.They have been in the army for many years, and after beheading Zhang Yun with Wang Ping by chance, they became school lieutenants.After becoming captains, they need cronies and reliable people to serve them.In this case, the tribe is their best choice.

Liu Chan is also well aware of the basic situation of the agricultural society, and he knows that he cannot lead the big man to leap forward to the industrial society.Therefore, Liu Chan often suppressed the big gentry, supported the small gentry, and protected the middle gentry, so as to reduce the harm of the gentry.

After all, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the clan should not only see the disadvantages but not the advantages.It can only be said to curb the disadvantages of the clan and exalt the benefits of the clan.

When the conversation was almost over, Jia Yan said slowly: "I received the military order, and I need to go to Hanzhong to gather in fifteen days to attack Dongwu. Therefore, the ancestor worship at the end of this year will be handed over to Uncle Dong. Mrs. Jia prays for blessings from Jun Erlang."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)