Ji Tang

Chapter 903: Leaving Home and Zhang Liang’s Transformation
The Spring Festival is supposed to be a time for the whole family to celebrate, but during this period of time in Jijiazhuangzi, it seems a bit deserted. Everyone always smiles a little forcedly, and acquaintances nod when they meet, and there is no enthusiasm as in the past. !

No wonder, apart from what should not be said at the clan meeting, everyone also knows what they will face next.

Break up!

This word that would never have been thought of in the past filled everyone's hearts. How could they be happy after living here for so many years and now going to a foreign country?
"What do you think the head of the family thinks? How can we divide the families? From now on, people from all over the world will find it difficult to come back to worship their ancestors even once! Besides, how can we all just divide the families if we can? There will be huge losses here. It’s gone.”

"No, we have to discuss this matter with the head of the family. How can we just divide it?"

When the news came out, some people became uneasy and wanted an explanation from Ji Song.

"stop!"

The old man attending the clan meeting scolded.

But the young man was obviously unwilling, but because of his father's majesty, he still obeyed and came back.

The old man slammed the ground with his crutches and cursed: "You are looking for Song'er? Why are you looking for Song'er?"

He hated the iron but said: "It seems that I have indulged you a little in recent years. That's why Song'er wants to separate the family. With such a blind person like you, if we don't separate you, the Ji family will be destroyed sooner or later."

The young man looked at his father in surprise. He didn't expect his father to say that?
"Father!"

"To shut up!
The old man stopped his son's words and said: "Your generation was born after the Ji family became famous. You have never experienced the hard days at the beginning. You don't know how difficult it was for the Ji family back then. You haven't had much food since you were a child." Ku, we old guys all agree with Song'er's decision, and your third uncle strongly supports it, why do you ask Song'er?"

"Have you made any contribution to the family, or is there something special about you that makes people look up to you?"

"If you weren't from my Ji family, you wouldn't even be qualified to look at Song'er, and why would you go to ask for an explanation? If this spreads out, even if Song'er cares about family ties and won't do anything to you, I am a godson. Wu Fang’s reputation is finally gone.”

The young man opened his mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start!
The two were silent for a long time, and the old man said: "This matter has been decided. This is a matter decided by the clan council, and no one can change it."

"You have been going smoothly these years and have not experienced any setbacks. You can't learn in school, and you can't endure the hardships when I send you to practice martial arts. At the beginning, I thought that my family would be okay. With what I have earned from my hard work over the years, even if I can't succeed, If you can't fight with force, it's still good to keep you worry-free for the rest of your life."

He looked at his son who was bowing his head in silence, and said with a wry smile: "Now it seems that my father made a mistake. I didn't realize it before. Not to mention you and your contemporaries Ji Qing and Liu Xiancheng back then, even with more than 100 people who went to sea, you were very different." Far."

"Ji Qing and Liu Xiancheng are now the heads of the branch clan, and they will definitely become a prominent family in the future. The other children will also become the heads of the Ji family's branch family and spread their wings for the Ji family."

To be honest, the old man really regretted it!If I had just put a little thought into it, I wouldn't have raised my eldest child like this, but now it's too late!
The only good thing is that although the eldest son has no abilities, he is impulsive and timid.But he has also developed a character of not causing trouble, which can be considered a great blessing among misfortunes. As long as he lives a good life and has Ji's protection, there will be no big problems in this life.

But... that's the leader of the branch!

It would be a lie to say that he is not jealous. Being the leader of a branch is equivalent to a local prince, with great autonomy.Even if it didn't work, a head of the branch family would do, but looking at his son's appearance, he suddenly lost his temper!

Now the only thing he can count on is his grandson. His son is useless, but his grandson is a very smart child, and he is at the top of Ji's school. His teachers say that this child is a good student. As long as he is well cultivated, he will definitely be good in the future!
"From now on, you and your wife should move out. Song'er promises not to let you go out for my sake, but it's impossible to live alone and wait for death. I, Mrs. Ji, can have waste, but they must not appear. Pigs that sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.”

"I will open a shop for you in Chang'an. From now on, you can live in Chang'an. The child will stay at home and I will educate you personally. Don't let this child be influenced by you again. From now on, this child will be the only one in our lineage. Tell me. Your wife, if you dare to affect your child’s studies, don’t blame me for not caring about family affection!”

"Go ahead, go to Chang'an after the Lantern Festival. Do your work honestly and responsibly. With the protection of the head of the family, no one dares to embarrass you. But if you let me know that you dare to do anything wrong, don't worry, I will interrupt you. Legs, I would rather raise a waste than a fool!"

Scenes like this are constantly happening in Jijiazhuangzi. Some are happy, some are unwilling, and some have dull reactions. All living beings are in it.

As the saying goes, everyone has his own ambitions, but not everyone is passionate and willing to create a great cause.

In the end, a total of more than 300 people came to Ji Song to report. That is to say, there are more than [-] households and more than [-] people in the Ji family. Fully two-thirds are willing to become branch families and travel to various places to open up branches for the clan. Scattered branches and leaves!
Many of these people are tribesmen who went to teach in other places. Many of them have already settled outside. Now they are the heads of the branch family, which can be regarded as their rightful position.

The remaining 100 or so households are families with few children, or people who are unwilling to stay away from Guanzhong and are willing to live a mediocre life.

Ji Song didn't say anything to these people. Except for a small number of people who had to leave, he would not force the remaining people.With me here, no one dares to do anything to them as long as they don't do their duty.

In fact, these talents are the norm for ordinary people. Everyone else has received elite education from the Ji family. Anyone who can graduate from the school has some abilities.People who are capable are arrogant. How can they not be tempted by the opportunity to be independent and build their own family business?
They want knowledge and knowledge, and money. Even if they don't have family members, they will borrow some, which is enough for them to establish a separate family.

People, if you don’t go out and have a try, you don’t know how capable you are.

Only after having a bloody encounter outside did I realize how happy it is to live in a family like the Ji family!

After the Lantern Festival, some impatient people couldn't wait to leave.They all went to Ji Song before leaving, and no one knew what they said.

It's just that he went in happily just now, but when he came out, he looked solemn, which was puzzling.Along with it, there was a token sent by Ji Song, the head of the family.

This wooden sign made of ginkgo wood is about the size of a palm and is polished extremely smooth. After being made by the skilled craftsmen of the clan, there is a word "郕" on the front and Liangshan in the distance on the back. They are all made of the same thousand-year-old ginkgo wood. Done.

Not to mention forgery, even members of the clan have put in a lot of effort to find this thousand-year-old tree, let alone others.

And in the future, all wooden plaques will use this thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, which indicates that the Ji family is born from the same root and has shared this root for thousands of years!
I just want to tell them that they should never forget their roots no matter what.When you meet people of the same race, you can recognize them by taking out the wooden sign.

In order to prevent counterfeiting, Ji Song assigned each wooden sign a cryptic number. Only people of the same clan could understand what it meant.It was also rubbed with ink, and the texture on it was clearly visible, so there was no possibility of fraud.

When they left, Ji Song would send them thirty miles away in person no matter how busy he was, teaching them earnestly along the way, and his concern was beyond words!
I don't know how many households were given away. Ji Song returned to Zhuangzi after giving away the last household, and it was already the end of the first month.I wonder if everyone knows the reason for Ji's big move during this period. No one made a fuss about his request for leave, and no one came to disturb him!

"Three uncles?"

As soon as he reached the door of Zhuangzi, he saw his third uncle on crutches, accompanied by You Ning and Ji Run. Ji Song quickly dismounted his horse and stepped forward.

"You are not in good health, so just take good care of yourself at home. What are you doing out in such a cold day?"

Ji Song complained, but he kept moving his hands. He took off his cloak and put it on his third uncle before he shut up! "Third uncle just wants to see them off, but his health is not up to par and he can't even walk a few steps!"

Seeing the decline on his third uncle's face, Ji Song became silent.

"Okay, why are you so embarrassed?"

The third uncle said with a smile: "This is a good thing. It will open up branches and leaves for the Ji family. When all these people have a firm foothold, the Ji family will definitely be more prosperous than now."

"Song'er, although these people are somewhat utilitarian, they are not bad-hearted. You can't have any bad thoughts about them just because they can't wait to leave. People have selfish motives. As long as they don't harm their great virtues, other things will be done. Just let them do it!”

Hearing what the third uncle said, Ji Song smiled hoarsely: "You are looking down on me. I haven't seen any big storms in these years? How can I care about these small things?"

"Besides, they are also following the orders of me, the head of the family. I can't blame them for this, right? Then what have I become? A chicken with a small belly?"

The third uncle heard this and scolded with a smile: "You!"

Several people walked back slowly, Ji Run and You Ning supported their third uncle, while Ji Song talked to his third uncle.

But as they talked, both of them fell silent!

Along the way, the originally lively Zhuangzi turned out to be a little deserted.Although there were not many people leaving this time, more people went to inspect the place. They all wanted to see for themselves where it would be more suitable to settle down, and then come to pick up their families after they have a foundation.

As for why it is deserted, everyone knows.In this era when we are away from home for a year and a half, separation is always a sad thing.

"Okay, I'll leave the matters here to your Uncle De! You are an official of the imperial court now. If you don't serve the Tang Dynasty properly, what will happen to you all day long at home? Although His Majesty won't say it, you can't be arrogant because of his favor. .”

The third uncle sighed and said: "If there are still people leaving, I will ask them to go to Chang'an to find you. Don't worry about the family affairs!"

Ji Song smiled bitterly when he heard this. Now those people in the court, including Li Shimin, were probably waiting for him to go back early.

The split of the Ji family is a good thing for everyone except the huge Ji family.

As soon as the Ji family left, the interests originally occupied by the Ji family were vacated. The reason why these people are not taking any action now is because they are waiting for Ji Song to finish handling the affairs of the clan and to wait for all the people in these industries to evacuate. Time to fight!
In addition, I don’t want to irritate Ji Song too much!

In their opinion, Ji Song was forced by the emperor to separate the family this time, and his heart must be full of hostility.If you go to stimulate him at this time, you might become the chicken that kills the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Therefore, everyone is waiting for Ji Song to come back.

As long as Ji Song arrives in Chang'an, it means that the matter has been dealt with, and that's when they take action.

"Yeah, it's time to go back!"

Ji Song looked towards Chang'an and smiled, but there was an inexplicable meaning in his smile.
Chang'an, the residence of the Duke of Yun.

Zhang Liang returned to the mansion after going to court, but as soon as he sat down, he saw his son walking over in a hurry, as if something big happened.

Since reconciling with Ji Song, he obviously felt that his life in the court was much easier, at least no one would target him inexplicably.

Even nobles with whom I rarely interacted in the past would send their trusted aides to invite them to every banquet. You must know that in the past, a servant was always sent.

In the past, I thought I was insulted, so I didn't go there very often. Even if I went, I would be a marginal figure. If anything happened, I wouldn't discuss it in front of me. It was better not to go.

But things are different now. Yesterday, when they were discussing the share of maritime trade, they specially invited me to go there. Although I had no share due to the previous events, so I had no say in it, but at least I had entered this circle.

"Why are you so panicked? What does your father usually teach you?"

Seeing his son working in a hurry, Zhang Liang frowned and scolded.

"Dad, it's not good! Brother Thirteen has been imprisoned by the Chang'an County Magistrate again. Go and rescue him quickly. I will have already disabled him when I come back. If you are late, you will be disabled!"

But what shocked him was that his father would usually be furious when he heard the news and would take people to the county government office directly. But what happened today?It’s so peaceful!

"Dad, you"

Zhang Liang glanced at his son and said, "What did you do again this time? Tell me the truth. If you dare to hide anything, I will take care of you!"

Zhang Liang's eldest son was stunned, but seeing his father's expressionless look, Ji knew that his father was not kidding him!

Then he told everything exactly. After Zhang Liang heard it, he said directly: "Go and tell Chang'an Order how to judge the sentence. Don't worry about me!"

"Also, let me tell your sworn brothers that from today on, any trouble you cause will be solved by yourself. My father will not interfere anymore."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Liang still felt that it was not enough, and said: "Get the horses ready, and I will go and apologize to your majesty! It is my father's fault that he did not teach his son strictly, and he actually allowed him to do something that was disgraceful to the family tradition. From today on, he will The general has nothing to do with the government of our country. Whether he lives or dies depends on his destiny."

"Do you feel unfeeling as a father?"

Seeing his son's appearance, he knew what he was thinking, and said: "My father used to indulge them too much. Back then, I was killed by several people and even exiled a group of them, but I didn't know how to restrain myself. How much trouble did we get into during the expedition?"

"Remember, you are my father's son, as for others?"

Zhang Liang looked at his son's surprised eyes and said with a ferocious smile: "Of course he is my father's 'good son' honestly. But if he uses the name of Xun Guo Gongfu to ruin his father's reputation, then don't blame him for being cruel." Got it!"

(End of this chapter)