Zhao's order to promote grace has been implemented for half a year. Although it was not a forced force, the lords and princes in various places felt the coldness of the severe winter, but the air conditioning that rose from the bottom of their hearts. There was a violent division and turmoil within the monarchs in each fiefdom.

People are selfish, do they all revolve around themselves?

Those unrespected sons and sons who are not legitimate, are excited by the order of favor and are eager to share the family's property in this policy, rather than always eating meat for the eldest son, who can't even eat thick porridge.

The Rou family is a big family, second only to the eight major families in Zhao State. In Zhao State, it has always been the leader of the Xiaqing period with tens of acres of land. They monopolized the leather-kneading business of Zhao State, which was passed down from generation to generation. For this reason, they proudly named their surname Rou after their craft. In the northeast of Handan, there is a special city of their own - Roucheng. The Rou family naturally became the controller of this county.

After five generations, the Rou family had a direct family of more than 400, which was prosperous. There were thousands of diners, which was not weak. But just like the entire era, there were a large population, but the territory remained unchanged. Now all the monarchs of Zhao State are wise and powerful. Otherwise, there would be no civil wars that were successful in the 12th generation of monarchs. Not to mention other princes, from time to time, a monarch who could be bullied by everyone, and everyone took advantage of him. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhao State was the first country to realize the centralized system. The family power was always suppressed by the central government. It was almost impossible to annex some smaller lords to expand their property.

He hurried back to his fiefdom, but before his butt was still sitting firmly, a group of sons and grandchildren ran over to pay respect for their respect, but the patriarch clearly saw that this time they looked different, with gloomy eldest son and grandson inside, and other children and grandchildren who were complacent. He knew that the news of the smoke order had reached their ears, and they were waiting for their arrangements.

According to the truth, the orders of the king and the laws of the country require him to execute this order, so what everyone is waiting for is not his decision, but how he distributes it. In the eyes of these children and grandchildren, this is a foregone conclusion and nothing can be negotiated.

After closing his eyes and pondering for a long time, the head of the Rou clan finally sighed and said softly: "I know the purpose of everyone, but I solemnly announce here that the order to promote grace issued by the monarch is not a compulsory law, but is voluntary implementation. So for us, I decided not to implement this decree, so forget it."

As a result, the eldest son and grandson were extremely happy as soon as they said this, because in this way they could continue to inherit the title of father and inherit this huge family property.

But the other sons went to fry the pot. Instead of dispersing immediately, they stood there, whispering at first, but later they were clamoring.

At the beginning, my father was still sitting on it, closing his eyes to endure it, but when he saw that the hall was really not a good deal, everyone in the middle ladder knocked on the table, shouted loudly, and shouted: "Enough, don't make this unnecessary quarrel anymore."

If it were in the past, the group under the pond would immediately be astonished as a cicada and dared not speak again. But today is very different from the past. The third grandson he despised the most usually dared to speak in front of him with his own doting. Today, with a sense of hostility, everyone instigated and leaped out from behind, and after saluting, they directly asked: "Grandpa, since the emperor has an order, why don't grandpa abide by it?" The tone was already accusing.

The head of the Rou clan looked at his always doting grandson, took a look again, and the group of indignant descendants lay down, calmed down the anger in their hearts, and finally decided to speak to them calmly.

"The Lord's order of grace cannot be implemented by a family like ours."

The second son muttered in a low voice below: "Why can't it?"

The head of the Rou clan sighed: "First of all, we are ancient nobles. The nobles must ensure the status and dignity of the nobles, and welcome and send them to the nobles. This is the basis for our family to last for a long time, which requires a lot of money."

This is true. The dignity of aristocrats requires massive wealth to support it. Welcoming and sending each other and giving each other a banquet is not a huge amount of money? Seeing that they have a wealthy family and a good income every year, this part of the expenditure alone has consumed most of their income.

"This is an era when tigers and wolves are in power. Fights and vendettas between nobles are happening all the time. We must raise our disciples and do things for us. We have been raising a family army all year round, ready to deal with the attacks of other families at any time, and destroying the robbers in the trap at any time. This requires a lot of money and food."

This is obvious to everyone, and there is no need to explain too much.

"The above expenditures are supported by the land and business workshops we have in hand. If we work together, we can continue to develop. Once the order to promote grace, what will the entire family use to support the huge group?"

This is also the reality of this era. It is strong and weak branches to maintain the overall strength of the family. This is the rule of this era and the law of forest that must be implemented in the prey of the weak.

This is the key and fundamental thing, and it is actually the purpose of this order to achieve the grace. This is the most acute contradiction.

The third grandson smiled indifferently: "If we allocate the land and workshops to each house, we can also follow the country and pay taxes to the clan according to the area of ​​the land and the number of slave craftsmen in the workshop."

The patriarch smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Holding together to keep warm and putting strength in one place is the foundation for becoming bigger and stronger. With the dispersion of funds and financial resources, we cannot concentrate our efforts to do big things. At that time, our clan will collapse and how can we have a complete egg when the nest is destroyed? I have brought you by my side for careful teaching over the years. Do you not understand this simple truth?"

The grandson retorted with his neck again: "But what we see is that the money we earn from working hard to work is all the money we earn from our eldest son and grandson. They go in and out with luxury and horses, and their lives are luxurious and corrupt. But we are busy eating and drinking every day, and we have to look at the face of our eldest son and grandson at the end of the month." Then suddenly our faces became soft: "For example, my family, my father sent a letter to this family, and my incompetent grandson, who is the only one in charge of the family, will be divided every month.

The profit was barely enough to provide food and drink for dozens of people in my family. Once there was a favor, we could only go to the eldest son's house and grandson to withdraw it. As a result, we were troubled everywhere and often could not do what we wanted, which made us lose face in front of relatives and friends. As I was treated like my grandfather, I brought my own back from time to time to help me. To say something unpleasant, once my grandfather has been a hundred years, our family will not be able to support me." So the following complained again, and the heavens became chaotic again.

As a descendant, he is controlled by others and cannot make decisions. He does not want anyone to put it on. This is also a reality.

After knocking on the table, the head of the Rou clan didn't want to listen to his doting grandson anymore, and then said something that went against his mind, because it made him feel pain.

Seeing his angry second son calling out the most happily below, he frowned and shouted: "Rouzhong, you are jumping up and down there and motivating other brothers, what do you think? Tell me in front of everyone, don't be a villain."

Rou Zhong stood up and shouted: "Father, I am working hard for the whole family, and I am sleeping all over the country. I earn more than tens of millions of dollars every year. However, the money my family gets less than 100,000 yuan every year. Is this fair?"

Then he followed his elder brother: "And he just sat in the high hall every day to have a banquet, and when he went out, he was in a group of chariots and horses, and when he got in, he was in a row, he was in a cloud of slaves. Is this fair?"

As soon as he said this, the descendants below also shouted about unfairness, and the words they said became increasingly unpleasant.

Seeing that everyone was saying too much, the leader of the Rou clan had already explained what he should have explained. These bastards could not understand their difficulties. At that time, they were furious: "Enough is enough, I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore. From now on, you will all return to your home, stay in jail for three days, reflect on yourself, don't come out if you can't figure it out, get out."
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