Patriarch Xiao told Chen Shihong that the patriarch of this big family is not so easy to be, in order to maintain the operation of the family, he can't just establish the patriarch and not the virtuous, and if the patriarch dies early, if the eldest son is young and ignorant, it will not be a disaster for the family at that time.

Therefore, the patriarch of the Xiao family chooses the old man, not only the father dies and the son succeeds, but also the brother and the younger brother, all the head of the family must have three conditions, the first is to have prestige, if you can't convince the public, the people's hearts are scattered, and such a big family will naturally not be able to maintain.

The second is that there is a generation, if the generation is not enough, there are too many older generations in the family, and it is not possible to do things for a long time.

The third is to have a public heart, to plan for the whole family, not to think about yourself all day long, if you are selfish, the whole family's property is greedy, how can everyone be willing.

After the clan elects the patriarch, if the patriarch is unfair, you can go to the ancestral hall to discuss it again, if everyone thinks that the patriarch is incompetent, then the patriarch must abdicate and make way for Xian.

When Patriarch Xiao said this, he sighed and said: "This person has a lot of things, and there is still resistance between neighbors, not to mention that they live under the same roof. ”

Patriarch Xiao told Chen Shihong that this person has selfish intentions, and it is very difficult to serve the public, so in order to maintain the family, there must be a family discipline. There is a training in this family, the young must listen to the elder, and the young must listen to the old, so that some problems can be solved.

Chen Shihong asked, what if someone doesn't listen and violates the family motto?

Patriarch Xiao also told Chen Shihong that there are regulations and corresponding treatments, which is first of all a punishment, so that this person kneels in front of the ancestral hall and repents and introspects.

There is also a reduction in the monthly food supply, a slight punishment.

Of course, there is a mixture of the two, if they really don't listen to the education and do something hurtful to heaven and reason, they will expel this person from the family, twist him to the government, and make him confess his sins and surrender to the law.

Chen Shihong listened to Patriarch Xiao's words, nodded from time to time, and then asked Patriarch Xiao, what should he do if he encounters war?

Patriarch Xiao told Chen Shihong that their ancestors fled to another country when they were in Chen Wei, because of the subtle changes at the beginning, none of these clansmen were separated, and after the war ended, they returned to their hometown again. During this period, he traveled for decades and never got separated.

Chen Shihong naturally doesn't believe that when so many people are in chaos, they will not be separated, there should be very few people who are scattered, but this is also worthy of praise.

Patriarch Xiao told Chen Shihong that many people are jealous of such a big family, after all, there are now 3,000 people in the Xiao family, not to mention the four mansions of the East China Sea, even if there is no bigger family than the Xiao family in the world.

Therefore, the impeachment of so many people in the Xiao family is a hidden danger that needs the attention of the imperial court.

In order to reassure the imperial court, the patriarchs of the past dynasties will take the initiative to pay taxes, and as long as they can survive, the whole clan will pay on time regardless of the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and will never make the court embarrassed.

When Chen Shihong heard Patriarch Xiao say this, he thought of the purpose of his coming, so he pretended to sigh, saying that although there were no official gentry in the Xiao family in the past dynasties, it was more admirable than those gentry families.

Chen Shihong said that the gentry were unwilling to build roads, and the Xiao patriarch also understood, and told Xiao Zhan that although he was under the management of Hailan County, some fields were also in Haining County, and he should also contribute to the road construction in Haining County.

Chen Shihong naturally thanked him, and then made an appointment with Patriarch Xiao to return to his residence.

On June 15, Chen Shihong held a banquet in Yamen and invited the gentlemen of Haining County, who also understood that it was for the purpose of building roads, so they naturally came here.

At the banquet that day, the gentleman saw an old man dressed simply and with a simple appearance, and there were still some doubts in his heart that he didn't know, who was this person? How haven't I seen it before.

I also know the same doubts, how can this Xiao family patriarch participate in this banquet in Haining County.

The banquet began, and everyone naturally didn't talk about things at first, and after the banquet ended, Chen Shihong opened his mouth and said that this time they were invited to come for the purpose of repairing the road.

None of the gentry spoke, just waiting for Chen Shihong to follow.

Patriarch Xiao stepped forward and presented a list, saying how many fields in his family belonged to Haining County, according to the time when the fields were divided into Haining County at the beginning of the dynasty, how many people were assigned to the fields in Haining County, how many descendants of these people were, and how many people should they produce according to the three dings.

Next, Patriarch Xiao said that now it costs eighty wen a day for a Ding agent, how much money should his family pay.

In the end, Patriarch Xiao even counted all the fire consumption, and then after finishing speaking, he asked Chen Shihong to find the master of the workshop to settle the account.

The master of the workshop calculated according to the roster, and said that there was no mistake, so the patriarch Xiao asked his family to take the silver taels, verified them on the spot, and after weighing, wrote a note.

This set of clouds and rivers flowed, without the slightest suffocation, and stunned the original gentlemen.

In the end, Patriarch Xiao also thanked the saint for his kindness with tears, this road is for the sake of all the people in the world, in order to build the road, the imperial diet is halved, what a benevolence this is, these small people bathe in such a holy grace, only hate their own family business is not big, otherwise all donate it to the saint.

Patriarch Xiao said so, and the gentry looked at Lin Duowen, who pretended to be helpless, and then stepped forward and asked the master of the workshop how much silver his family needed.

Master Gongfang smiled and said, "Uncle Lin, you don't have many people in your family, but you don't have to serve." ”

Lin Duowen said that now that the sage and the prince have all contributed money, he should also contribute a little, so he counted the students of the Lin Mansion and the academy, and finally said that he would find students to serve.

The reason why Lin Duowen didn't use the money was because the little money in the Lin Mansion had been lent to Chen Shihong, and now he was powerless to want to give out this generation of silver, but fortunately, the students of the academy did not have any distinction between busy farming and idle farming, and this person could come out.

Lin Duowen took the lead, and the gentry could only grit their teeth and express their attitude, and Lin Duowen didn't get rid of Ding Kou, so they were naturally embarrassed to mention this matter.

So at the banquet, the matter was completed.

After the banquet, Chen Shihong hurriedly thanked Patriarch Xiao for helping him, Patriarch Xiao said that this was what he should do, Chen Shihong didn't need to thank him, but now that he has offended these gentry, it is inconvenient to stay here longer.

Chen Shihong said that he would visit again another day, and asked Siyun to send Patriarch Xiao back.

Lin Duowen didn't want to talk to Chen Shihong more, but asked the servant to tell Chen Shihong that if this matter was done, he would come to the academy.

Chen Shihong asked Liufang to write the seal that night and began to arrange the road construction.

The next day, Chen Shihong asked people to find a beggar, and the beggar had a sad face, as if he owed a lot of silver.

Chen Shihong didn't pay attention to it, and told the beggars that this hurried shop was drawn from among their beggars.

"Master, this court dignitary, do you still have any objections to the small ones? It's just that the poor ones are small, when these people don't have anything to eat, they are the little ones who help feed them, and when they grow up, the court will directly transfer them. ”

Chen Shihong naturally knew the reluctance of the beggars, after all, he relied on these beggars to beg for support, Chen Shihong told the beggars that the court was already very dissatisfied with so many beggars in the world.

In such a peaceful and prosperous world, if there are millions of beggars, wouldn't it be a ruin to the holy name.

Now the saint uses this method to be good for everyone, if the beggar doesn't know how to do it, then the saint will be angry, and I'm afraid that the beggar will be too late to regret it.

The beggar said yes, in such a prosperous world, he still has to beg, I'm really sorry for the saint, Chen Shihong is right, they should be grateful to the saint for this opportunity.

The beggar said that there were not many people who wanted to go to the shop in a hurry, and there were only five shops at most in Haining City, with more than 30 people.

Chen Shihong told the beggar that this is the second thing, there are not many displaced people in the city who are building roads, and they need to find beggars to help.

After hearing this, the beggar couldn't help but say: "Master, you really don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, and these eighty yuan can be more than a day of begging." ”

Chen Shihong really didn't know, but the price was agreed, and he couldn't fill in a little bit himself, telling the beggar that at least this matter was beneficial to the people.

"Master, you scholars only talk about this people every day, and for us small people, they are the people. No matter how good this road is, we can walk it a few times in our lives, and it's not that you scholars go to the college entrance examination, so you guys go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers. ”

Chen Shihong said that this is not the case, if there is a natural disaster, then the imperial court's food and salary will be much faster, and when the time comes to save lives, how many people will have to be saved if they are one day faster.

Not only that, but when the time comes, merchants can also move around and bring goods with them, so that some families can also slowly make a fortune.

Chen Shihong talked about Fengcheng, Fengcheng has the most merchants, and the merchants bring a lot of benefits.

Chen Shihong believes that there is nothing wrong with businessmen being lowly people, but the role of businessmen is not small, or they will not be included in the four people, but if there are many businessmen, then they must have a good road.

The beggar has no interest in these, saying that these have nothing to do with him, and Chen Shihong doesn't need to say these mysterious things, but after all, he is from Haining County, and he is in charge of this master.

"Master Chen, but after you came, Haining City is indeed much better, the old county master in the past was really greedy, and everyone hated him. And you, the old man, have done a lot of things for the people. The beggar is half patting the horse, half telling the truth, saying that he will fully cooperate with Chen Shihong and will never make Chen Shihong embarrassed.

Chen Shihong also thanked the beggar, if this beggar gave himself small shoes to wear, then it would not be easy to solve it, compared to the gentleman, this beggar is more worthy of wooing.

The beggar asked Chen Shihong if there was anything else, Chen Shihong said no, the beggar then resigned and left, and when he left, the beggar told Chen Shihong: "Master, there have been some restlessness in the city recently, you should pay attention to it." ”