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Chapter 380
Gao Lishi laughed and said: "But there were people in the clan who were in favor and some were against, and there was a lot of quarrels. Li Linfu divided the ancestral hall into two, which is actually a separation of families. The East Temple let Li Dai be the head of the clan, and the West Temple continued to let Li Xiu be the head of the clan. , so there is a nursery rhyme in Chang'an, Li Xiangguo, who split the root of his descendants at the end of his life, and it is about the division of the Li family."

Li Longji narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who does Li Linfu's Lancui Building belong to?"

Gao Lishi's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly understood that the Holy Majesty came prepared today.

"Give it to 38 Lang Li Ye!"

Li Longji nodded, "That's right, he regards Li Ye as his heir."

Li Linfu's descendants still can't see through it, but Li Longji and Gao Lishi, who stand tall, understand that how to determine who is Li Linfu's heir, and the others are false. The key depends on who Li Linfu gave the treasured Lancui Tower to. , the second is to look at the succession of the title, but this can only be decided after his death.

"How long can Li Linfu live?" Li Longji asked again.

"The imperial doctor said that he has run out of oil and is dying, and now he hangs himself with ginseng, but he won't live for long."

Li Longji frowned, "How long is it?"

"The imperial doctor said he won't live to spring."

Li Longji said coldly for a long while: "When he dies, Li Dai and Li Ye will not be allowed to wear mourning, but continue to serve. The other descendants and sons-in-law will all be dismissed from office and mourning, even if the mourning period expires, they will not be allowed to serve again.

"The old slave understands!"

Gao Lishi understood that this was the reason why the emperor dismissed all Li Linfu's descendants from office under the pretext of mourning, except Li Ye and his son.

Li Longji walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Go back to Li Ye and take the items in Cuicuilou. He can take ten items, and then hand over the list to me!"

Gao Lishi sighed secretly in his heart, he knew that the emperor had already set his eyes on Li Linfu's Lancui Tower.

"Old slave obeys!"

Li Longji also felt that his eating was too ugly, so he said: "You tell Li Ye again, I will not treat him badly. After the spring, I will change his father to be the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and his grandfather's title will be inherited by his father."

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Li Ye came to the ancestral hall of Changlefang. Today is the family sacrifice day, and every household is busy offering sacrifices. Generally, the sacrifice time is midnight, but it is not always necessary, and measures should be taken according to local conditions.

For example, there is a curfew in Chang'an City, how do people gather in the ancestral hall, and how do they go back after the sacrifice?

For another example, on the first day of the first lunar month there will be a New Year’s Eve, which will begin before dawn. If the officials living in Chang’an offer sacrifices at Yinshi, how can they go home and change their official uniforms, and how can they catch up with the New Year’s Eve?These are very real problems.

Therefore, in the countryside or in small counties, it is possible to offer sacrifices at Yin time in the middle of the night, but the custom in Chang’an is to worship the ancestors before dinner in the evening, and then go home to eat New Year’s Eve dinner after the sacrifices. Some people even offer sacrifices on the fifth day of the first lunar month. This is for convenience. The clansmen who rushed back from other places to worship their ancestors.

When Li Ye walked to the alley, he suddenly found that the ancestral hall was a bit strange, it seemed to be bigger than last time, and after a closer look, he found that the house of the old couple next door had also become the ancestral hall.

Li Wei stepped forward and said with a smile: "The old couple returned to their hometown of Hanzhong and sold the house to us. We just needed a rest area for the clansmen, so we transformed their yard into a rest area. The work was completed yesterday."

The gate of the old couple's courtyard has disappeared, and it has become a wall. There is only one door to enter the ancestral hall, and then a door is opened from the side of the courtyard to the rest area.

"I remember their house is not big?" Li Ye laughed.

Li Wei nodded, "It's only five cents of land, but it cost a thousand pennies."

When Li Ye walked to the gate, the plaque had already been hung up, 'Li's Ancestral Hall of Yuanzhou Landlord'.

"Is the Western Ancestral Hall over there at Pingkangfang?"

Li Wei shook his head, "They haven't changed anything, they still use the original plaque, which is a bit disgusting, as if they are the master and we are the second."

"Li Xiu! His heart is just that big."

"There's one more disgusting thing!"

Li Wei lowered his voice and said, "Do you know about Li Huai?"

Li Ye nodded, "I heard what my father said."

Li Wei sneered, "Your father certainly didn't tell you the most disgusting part."

"Uncle Eighteen, tell me!"

"Li Huai donated a thousand coins to the ancestral hall, but the four of them divided it up and agreed to accept Li Huai back to the clan. It was a mess, but in the end it was definitely nothing, several people refused to admit it, and Li Linhao also said that he was drunk and talking nonsense."

Speaking of this, Li Wei laughed again: "From now on, just call me Seventh Uncle. We held a clan meeting yesterday and unanimously agreed to cancel the family ranking, so as to save their sons-in-law from always pressing us with ranking, which is very useless. "

Li Ye understands that this is a complete separation of the family. It used to be in the ancestral hall of a family, so it was necessary to distinguish the concubine. Cancel the concubine.

"Then how do we divide it now?"

"Now it's re-ranked, come and see."

Li Wei led Li Ye into the ancestral hall, a large wooden board on the left was covered with small plaques, distributed in a branch shape, this is the patriarchal plaque, on the top is the patriarch Li Dai, below are Li Dai's family members, wife Pei, son Li Ye, The second line is the head of family affairs. The sign is Qilang Li Wei, and the lower branch is his children. If there are red letters on it, it means that they are married, such as Li Wei's eldest daughter.

If they have passed away, they will hang the sign upside down, so as to ensure that all the clan members are here. This is the meaning of the patriarch Li Dai. Married daughters should also be hung up. This is to respect their parents and win the unanimous support of the clan.

The next line is the other eleven brothers. They are rearranged. Dalang is the original Qilang Li Song, Erlang is Jiulang Li Wei, Sanlang is the fifteenth Lang Li E, Silang is the Sixteenth Lang Li Xun, Wulang Li You, Liulang Li Zhi and Qilang are the clan affairs chiefs Li Wei, Balang Li Qi, Jiulang Li Lan, Shilang Liyu, Eleventh Lang Li Qi, Twelfth Lang Li Qiao, etc. The following are their wives and children.

In addition, the patriarch does not participate in the ranking.

This is tantamount to abolishing concubines, and everyone treats them equally. Of course, it doesn't mean that concubines are gone, and their descendants will have concubines, which is inevitable.

Everyone's salary and treatment are the same, so of course there is no need to distinguish between superior and inferior, they are all brothers.

This is also something that Li Linfu regretted in his later years. The difference between the concubine and concubine caused many disputes and contradictions in the family, and the brotherhood of brothers was torn apart by the competition for interests.

So Li Dai took this opportunity to correct this mistake decisively, while Li Xiu's side is still strict with three levels of concubine and concubine. This is because Li Dai and Li Xiu have different attitudes and realms.

"Then how to manage and discuss matters?" Li Ye asked again.

"The usual trivial chores are handled by the head of the clan affairs, and the head of the clan affairs is also changed every year. The first year of next year is me, the year after that is the eldest uncle Li Song, and the year after the second is the second uncle Li Qi, and it goes on like this.

As for the discussion to be convened by the patriarch, all twelve members of the clan must participate. Except for things that must be decided by the patriarch, other matters are decided by everyone's vote.

Then there are the expenses. The patriarch decides the expenses above [-] guan, and the head of the family affairs is responsible for the expenses below [-] guan, and they have to report to everyone every month. "

At this time, Li Xun ran in and whispered something nervously to Li Ye. Li Ye was startled, and rushed out to greet him, only to see Gao Lishi standing at the door smiling with a few attendants.

"I've been looking for you everywhere, I guess you're here!"

(End of this chapter)