A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 823 The Wu family is really prosperous

The drizzle is red, dyeing the cool autumn atmosphere.

It’s corn harvest time again.

In the Qujiang Academy of the Wu family in the south of the city, all the martial arts gathered together to celebrate.

"Our Wu family is really prosperous." Fan Xuanfu, the wife of Jin State, looked at the Wu clan members who came to the academy today with a magnificent sight.

"The eldest uncle of our clan alone is already seventy-seven years old. This year, he has given birth to three more sons for the Wu clan. He is going strong and strong."

The old patriarch, Samurai Leng, was given the title of Duke of Xuancheng County. He served as an official in Sinongqing. Although he had no political achievements for more than ten years as an official, he was very good at fathering children. Now he has a son and a grandson. There were over a hundred people there early when they got up, and his branch was the most prosperous among the Wu family in Bingzhou.

"Uncle is not bad either." Xuan Fu said with a smile.

The uncle she was talking about was, of course, her father-in-law, the warrior Ke, who was also sixty-six years old this year. Before Huaiyu came down from the mountain, he was just a lame young brigade commander of the imperial army, with one wife, one concubine, four daughters and three sons. But in just six years, my husband has taken in many concubines every year. In recent years, not only hundreds of concubines have been taken in, but there are also nearly half a hundred.

In six years, I gave birth to more than 20 sons and more than 40 daughters. On average, I can win one prize every month for more than ten years a year, which is even more powerful than Wu Huaiyu.

"Our Alang is also quite capable. In the past few years, he has either been traveling to Shuofang or Youyan, and even left the town of Lingnan. He has also taken in nine and eighteen concubines, and has given birth to more than thirty children." Princess Yang Muyun of Huainan was standing aside. smiled.

The two brothers of the Wu family, the warriors Leng and Samurai Ke, took the lead in demonstrating. Of course, their fellow clan members also worked very hard.

Huaiyi gave birth to more than a dozen, and even the warrior Xun gave birth to several more in the past few years.

The Wu clan members are all competing to have children. Whoever has more children will be honored. Of course, there will be rewards and subsidies. This is all stated in the clan's charity village.

There are rewards for giving birth to children, and even more boys are born. The clan's righteous village will reward and subsidize the children's studies, participation in imperial examinations, future marriages, and even funerals.

The welfare benefits of Wu Clan Yi Zhuang are good and open to the entire clan.

For capable tribesmen such as Wu Huaiyu, Tuong Warrior Leng and others, high-ranking officials such as Houjue would donate fields, grain, and even shops, money and silk to Yizhuang.

Of course, the greatest contribution of ordinary tribesmen is to have children.

Maybe we can produce talents, make a difference in the future, and support the family.

With the subsidy from the clan, even ordinary members of the Wu clan are indeed willing to have children. Not only is it less of a burden, but it also gives them more hope.

Today is the anniversary of Qujiang Academy,

In fact, the Wu family took the opportunity to gather together. The academy belongs to the Wu family, and the students in the academy are basically Wu family members and relatives from the school.

Therefore, it is only natural that the Wu family members of Yuan Qing gather together. Everyone is a parent of the school, and the academy is even funded by the Wu family.

The party was held to celebrate the success of the college and to audit its accounts. Of course, this was also a good opportunity to donate to the college.

In addition, the family is now so big that they can also take the opportunity to communicate and strengthen family ties. After all, there are two prime ministers and two governors in the family, and it is really not easy to get too close in private.

"Our Wu family is still very united. You see, everyone responded to the call today." Li Sanniang was a little surprised when she saw this scene.

Generally speaking, the Danyang Fang of the Li family in Longxi is definitely stronger than the Wu family in Bingzhou, but the cohesion shown by the Wu family today is no worse than theirs.

"Our Wu family is indeed united,"

"The Wu Clan Yi Zhuang proposed by Alang has played a very good role in cohesion," Fan Xuanfu said bluntly. Among the famous families of the Tang Dynasty, there are many famous families that have existed for thousands of years.

But the Yizhuang and even the Yixue run by the Wu family are very different. They provide great help to the clan members, especially ordinary clan members, and give the entire family a strong sense of cohesion. We advocate those who are able to donate land and money and grain to expand the family’s charity village. The charity farm has charity fields for tenant farming and rent collection, and there are also charity warehouses to store money and grain to prepare for disasters.

Yizhuang and Yicang can also operate loans and collect interest, and can continue to operate and expand healthily.

At the same time, the clan can always maintain its own free schools, ancestral graves, etc. The clan can receive a lot of subsidies for orphans, widows, disabled people, and even life and death, marriage and medical treatment.

There is no requirement to donate, but now there is a good custom in the clan, and those who are able donate some every year. The warrior Yu once even suggested to Huaiyu that they should donate 10%.

Huaiyu felt that this was too much, and finally thought that voluntary donation was to encourage those with strong abilities and high incomes in the family to donate 1% of their annual income to the family charity village, charity warehouse, charity school, etc.

Of course this is not forced;

This is somewhat similar to a religious tithe, but it is not mandatory and is entirely voluntary.

The money collected is also managed by the board of directors of the family charity village and handed over to the charity village for operation. The board of directors will audit it regularly. The money is used to provide family welfare expenses and continue to operate.

But these money belong to the family righteous village, not to any individual in the family, and the patriarch has no right to embezzle it.

In the past few years, the Wu family's life has been enriched because Yizhuang has become more and more rich in capital and has better welfare guarantees for the clan members. Not only are there subsidies for childbirth, but also free education, and there are subsidies for imperial examinations. There will be rewards if you win, subsidies for illness, and funeral expenses if you die.

Even if you want to start a business, you can apply for a low-interest loan from your family.

Therefore, in the past two years, almost all clan members, whether they are high-ranking officials or farmers and businessmen, have voluntarily donated food and money every year.

It can be said that the Wu family is now prosperous and can even be reunited like this. Wu Huaiyu's Yizhuang model is based on credit. After all, dedication alone cannot last long. Even members of the same clan who are connected by blood must have their own ups and downs.

The current Wu clan in Bingzhou also has various branches. For example, Wu Huaiyu and his family are now in the Sanyuanfang, and Samurai Yun and his brothers are in the Wenshuifang, etc., and they can be further subdivided.

For example, Huaiyu and Huaiyi are both people who were given halberds in the feudal princes' families and were even given the gift of building a family temple. Therefore, the Sanyuan room can be divided into two rooms, Huaiyu and Huaiyi. Huaiyu's room is also called the prime minister's room.

The four warrior brothers, Xun, had three lordships, and of course they were divided into several houses.

In a family, if there is a particularly powerful person, and the feudal lord asks him to help him build a family temple, then he usually has to establish a separate family and his own family. After all, he has to build a separate family temple.

Now the Wu family is very prosperous, with two prime ministers and several princes and governors. Therefore, in addition to the righteous village of the entire Wu family in Bingzhou, there are also righteous villages of various small sects and branches.

These yizhuangs face clansmen from various sects and clans. The benefits of many clansmen of the Wu clan are cumulative, and their lives are indeed quite comfortable.

With good benefits, everyone will naturally feel cohesive to the family and will naturally unite.

Just like this time, Huaiyu said that there would be a celebration for the academy and that all members of the clans and houses should come to Qujiang Academy, so all the young and old men of the Wu family in Gyeonggi Province came.

The warrior Ke Ke from Miyuan also came, and he even brought his twenty or so young sons. This was a family event, and no matter how young the boy was, he had to come.

Today, as usual, the powerful and wealthy have to donate a sum of money to various charity villages in the clan, and then the elderly, weak, disabled, orphans and widows in the clan will also receive a sum of money and food.

But there is another important thing today. In fact, Wu Huaiyu is going to Lingnan. He plans to discuss it with the tribesmen to see if he can mobilize some tribesmen to go south for development.

There is gold and silver flowing in Lingnan. If you have a great opportunity, you must first take care of your clan members.

They are all from the Wu family, and they can become Huaiyu's trusted helpers when they arrive in Lingnan.

Well, this time a large number of faculty and staff from Qujiang Academy will be transferred to Lingnan. First, an academy will be built in Guangzhou, and then at least one academy will be built every year. We will strive to build a branch of Qujiang Academy in all six prefectures in Lingnan.

(End of this chapter)