Jiangdu, Yuanqili, the new Huaili Hou Tianrui Mansion.

Tian Xin's two cousins Tian Guang and Tian Cheng supported their grandfather Tian Wei into the wide warm pavilion from left to right, and since the beginning of winter, the moisture in the river capital has entered the body, Tian Wei also had old injuries on the way to escape in his early years, and the old body that has only lived a good life for a few years at the moment is tingling inside and out, and he is haggard and weak.

Tian Wei reluctantly sat on the warm slate fire, Tian Guang draped a light silk quilt on him, Tian Wei looked around the hall, the eldest son Tian Rui sat in the front row on the right, his grandson Yang Heng also sat on the periphery, and the two grandsons supported themselves on the left and right.

In the front row on the left is Tian Chang, who is about to get married, and Tian Juan, an orphan girl left behind by the third son, and behind them is the child held in the arms of Tian Wei's concubine, this young son already had a name some time ago, called Tian Zengtai.

Weak to breathe, Tian Wei's eyes fell on Tian Rui's face: "Last night, I saw my brother and other hometown villagers in my dream, and my brother had no blood to eat. ”

Tian Rui endured his grief and asked, "How does my father answer?" ”

Tian Wei's eyes fell in the direction of the babbling young son, and instead started to say something else: "San Lang only has an orphan girl alive, and there is no blood to eat after a hundred years, cry to me." I intend to make Ah Cheng succeed and be Amin's heir. ”

Tian Cheng was stunned by his side, and Tian Rui didn't think about it: "This child has a long-cherished wish, and the third brother should indeed have an heir." ”

In the past five years, he has also worked hard, and he has also accepted a little widow from a big family in Xiangyang as his wife, but he has not been pregnant so far, and he has not been able to expand his ethnicity, so naturally the candidate for the third brother's successor can only be selected from the two sons.

Seeing the mention of the sacrifice of her deceased father, Tian Juan couldn't help but bow her head and weep silently, if it weren't for Tian Xin painting portraits for Tian Min and his wife's family, she would have almost forgotten the faces of her parents, brother, and sister.

Yang Heng immediately took a pen and paper, Tian Rui turned around to get the thick genealogy, this is a re-copied genealogy, which is stamped with the official seal of the Fengchang Office of the Principality of Chen, with a silver plate as the cover, which is a silver genealogy.

To make a difference, Tian Xin's branch is a golden book.

In this way, Tian Rui wrote a letter to the court that needed to be filed and declared, and the second son Tian Chengcheng succeeded to his younger brother Tian Min's knees.

Tian Min did not have a title before and after his death, so he did not need to go through complicated procedures for inheriting the title in the past, which belonged to the internal affairs of the clan; It's just that Tian Ben himself currently belongs to the heir of the second sequence of Huaili Hou, and when he succeeded to Tian Min's knees, he deprived Huaili Hou of his inheritance.

However, if there is a risk of accidental extinction of the Tian Guang lineage in the future, if this situation really occurs, there will be a situation where the Marquis of Huaili will compete for the inheritance rights of the near branches, and there is now this document to prove that the inheritance of Tian Chengyi is higher than that of the younger uncle Tian Zengtai.

Since the canonization of the Sanke family, there has been a formal and comprehensive adjustment of the law on the inheritance of military meritorious titles.

The principle is the three priority and orderly inheritance principles of the father's death, the son's succession, the brother's death, and the close branch of the heir.

Of course, there is no such a sensitive and contrary to universal values as the son-in-law's succession, and there is no such thing as a woman's succession to the title.

The inheritance of the title by a woman and son-in-law is too sensitive, and Tian Xin does not dare to publicize even the slightest bit of talk and remarks.

According to the current "Jue Law", as long as the person who obtains the title has male descendants, then it can be passed on.

In the case of various capital crimes, the food euphen was halved for inheritance, the euphorium was reduced to less than 100 households, the knight was reduced, and the title was changed to hereditary sergeant; In each succession, the heirs have to pay the tax on the food and the income for five years is the inheritance tax.

Compared with the title inheritance law of the former Han Dynasty, this inheritance law is really generous, and if nothing else, there will be no situation where the heir will be stripped of the title.

In the former Han Dynasty, there was only such a thing as the succession of the father and the son, and it had to be inherited by the son-in-law; Therefore, Zhang Liang's descendants are all over the world, but because the branch of the title inheritance is cut off, and the overall wind direction is not good, the country will be removed from the country.

Now that Tian Wei's health is declining, he has to solve the problem of family genealogy at the end of his life, and Tian Rui, as the only person left in the second generation, can only cooperate.

According to the regulations of the Standing Office of the Duke of Chen, as well as the provisions of the Household Separation Law, if Tian Cheng reaches adulthood in a few years, he will set up another household registration and live separately, and Tian Cheng will be re-copied with a bronze genealogy.

In the future, if Tian Cheng's line is divided again, it will only be recorded in the copper book in Tian Cheng's hand; Unless a marquis of a certain ethnicity is knighted, no new bronze or silver books will be issued.

According to the regulations of the Standing Office, Tian Zengtai belongs to a concubine, and unless he has the title of county marquis when he becomes an adult, he will only be awarded a bronze book, and it is impossible to give a silver book.

In the future, the generations of Tian Rui's sons-in-law will only get the copper book after they are separated, and the other generations of concubines will not have the copper book.

And the silver book has always been only such a volume, unless there is a descendant of the Marquis of Jinjue County.

According to this regulation, in the future, Tian Xin's heirs with titles will be silver books, and the children without titles will also be bronze books; Tian Xin's deceased brother's lineage will be succeeded in the future, and he will also hold a silver book; Tian Ji has been made a marquis and will also hold a silver book; Wudang Marquis Xiangtian Yun does not have a title, so it is a bronze book.

The Fengchang Office of the Principality of Chen has its own relevant laws to manage the office and clan of the Principality of Chen, and those who hold the silver book are members of the office, and those who hold the bronze book are members of the clan.

The holders of the silver and bronze books can naturally control the clansmen recorded in the books, unless the other party does not want their descendants to be named on them.

In order to avoid the sharp increase in the number of public offices and clans in the future, which will increase the difficulty and pressure of management, there is also a provision for the removal of three generations.

For example, if a son of the first generation Tian Xin did not receive the title, he who belongs to the second generation will have a copper book, and when this copper book is passed on to the fifth generation, it will only record the brothers, cousins, cousins, and clan brothers of the fifth generation, and expand and clean up from this point to the top and bottom.

In other words, only the relatives within the scope of the 'Nine Clans' of the holder will be recorded, which is also in line with the custom of beheading the fifth generation.

What Tian Wei wants to do is not only to give his third son a step-heir, but also to completely solve the problem of large and small sects.

He endured all kinds of physical discomfort and continued: "I am so guilty that my brother has been deceased so much that I have been dreaming of me many times lately, and I can no longer procrastinate. My brother's lineage is really a big lineage, and I originally intended to make Ah Cong's lineage pass under the name of my stepbrother. It's just that the world is restless, and Ah Cong and Ah Liang died one after another, which makes me sad, and it has the intention of making Ah Xin succeed. ”

Although the second son Tian Cong has died of illness on the way to migrate, the eldest grandson Tian Liang also died of illness, even if he is gone, he is his son and grandson after all.

If you go out like this, in the future, you will not be your own son or grandson in the genealogy, patriarchy, etiquette, and cognitive concepts.

Seeing each other in the underworld is no longer a relationship between father and son, grandfather and grandson.

It is inevitable to feel sad in his heart, but what Tian Xin is doing is something that he could not have imagined a few years ago.

Now it is necessary to make a division, make a cut from the patriarchal law and ritual law, let Tian Xin's lineage pass to the name of his brother who died early, and let the difference between the big sect and the small sect be completely implemented.

In this way, Tian Xin, Tian Guang, and Tian Cheng will change from cousins to cousins, from the scope of the three clans to the scope of the six clans, and in another generation, it will become the scope of the nine clans; In another generation, it will be out of the range of the nine tribes.

In these years, the population is sparse, and no matter how big the crime is, it is often the killing of the three clans, and in principle, it is not advocated to implicate the family and relatives, or even only kill the men and leave the women.

Enduring the discomfort and pain, Tian Wei made the decision here to send someone to Nanyang and hand it over to Guan Ji, and asked Guan Ji to send it to Guanzhong in the fastest way.

Among them, there is also a little request from Tian Wei, he hopes that Tian Xin can attend Tian Chang's marriage and stand on the platform, so as not to be bullied by the palace people.

As for whether he can wait for Tian Xin to attend the funeral, Tian Wei does not look forward to it...... The road back and forth to Guanzhong is too far and difficult to walk.