A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 971 The pace is a bit too big
Wu Huaiyu ranks third and is the first in the third class.

The first-class family is naturally the Li family of the royal family, but not all the Li family in Longxi are listed together. The new version of the clan chronicle compiled this time uses official titles as the standard, and the descendants of Kun disciples are not included. Just like Li Shimin belongs to the first class, first surname, and first family, his brothers, as well as his children and grandchildren, all belong to the same family.

However, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, etc., do not belong, and they must be recorded according to their official titles. Therefore, although they are both in the first rank, they are in the last rank.

The second class is the relatives. The first among the relatives are the families who served as empresses of Li Tang, such as the Dugu family, the Dou family, and the Changsun family. They are also descendants, and they are ranked in order of official title. This time, Changsun Wuji is ranked second. First, he is the former Prime Minister and now the Third Duke, and he is also the First Grade Kaifu Yitong Sansi and Guojiuye.

In addition to the third queen's surname, there is also the second queen. These two queens refer to the titles given to the descendants of the previous dynasties after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and were given to them as fiefs and offered sacrifices in the ancestral temple to show respect, show the lineage inherited by the dynasty, and indicate the orthodox status. The two queens of the Tang Dynasty named the descendants of the Yang Sui Dynasty the Duke of Wu, and the descendants of the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty named the Duke Jie.

The three empress surnames, Fu Gong and Jie Gong, are the Dugu family, the Dou family, the Changsun family, the Yuwen family and the Yang family. Among these five surnames, as long as they are officials of the fifth rank or above in the current dynasty, they can enter.

There are many families in each surname.

For example, Changsun Wuji and Changsun Shunde are in the same second class, but they are considered two families, because Changsun Wuji's great-grandfather is Changsun Shunde's great-grandfather. Although he did not appear in the fifth server, according to the new standards of clan annals, he is not Kun's younger brother and descendant, so Two families must be counted, and Sun Wuyi, the Duke of Pi County, General Yunhui, is Changsun Wuji’s younger brother, so he is counted in Changsun Wuji’s family.

Wu Huaiyu ranked third,

This class includes Sangong, Prince's third division, Kaifu Yitong's third division, and Shangshu's left and right servants.

Two hundred and ninety-three surnames, one thousand six hundred and fifty families,
Wu Huaiyu looked at this clan chronicle,
I have been practicing for five years.
The more than a thousand people in this newly revised version basically include all the officials of the imperial court who are in actual service of fifth rank or above. Because many officials are closely related and registered as one family,

Although Wu Huaiyu and the warrior Xun were from the same clan, they had the same relationship with Changsun Wuji and Changsun Shunde, and they were both divided into two families.

Wu Huaiyu saw forty-four families with five surnames, seven sects, and these prominent Shandong families were generally ranked lower this time.

Wu Huaiyu served as Dai Sikong, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Prince Taifu, and paid homage to the prime minister three times. He deservedly ranked among the third and first families.
The warrior Yu, who also served as prime minister and was awarded the title of Sikong after his death, because his official title did not meet the standards of the third class during his lifetime. He was a special minister and minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and participated in political affairs during his lifetime, so he could only be ranked in the fourth class, or even In the fourth class, it can only be ranked in the middle.

For example, Zheng Yuanzhen of the Zheng family in Xingyang was once the Duke of Pei and the general of Zuo Wuhou in the Tang Dynasty. He was even appointed as the governor in the Sui Dynasty. However, because he was dismissed from office before, he now has no official or title.
Therefore, Zheng Yuanxuan from Xingyang, the head of the Zheng family, who was born in a famous family of five, did not even make it into the clan annals list this time.

There are many such situations, so there are many ministers of fifth rank and above in the imperial court, but in the final statistics, there are only 1,651, and these 1,651 actually belong to 200 Ninety-three surnames.

For example, Boling Cui Cui Minqian, who was previously ranked first by Gao Shilian and others according to the old family tradition, once served as the minister of Huangmen, and is now the Duke of Boling County and the governor of Songzhou. Although he is of the third rank, according to the new standard, But it was only ranked sixth.

If the fourth rank is the second rank and the prime minister, the fifth rank is the third rank and the Duke of the country. As a Duke of the county and the third rank, he can only be ranked in the sixth rank.

And Lu Chengqing of the Lu family in Fanyang was given the title of Duke of Fanyang County and was appointed as the ruler of Yongzhou. He was only ranked seventh in the rank of fourth-grade Duke of the County.

Wu Huaiyu, the warrior Xun, and the Wu family were deliberately suppressed by the emperor in terms of clan annals.

There are forty-four families in seven sects and five surnames. They are the most proud old clans in the Tang Dynasty. However, in this clan ranking, the highest one is only the sixth class. It is still ranked in the middle and last of the sixth class, and the rest are ranked seventh. Eighth or even ninth, but not many of them are on the list, and most of them are not on the list.

This is the emperor's deliberate attempt to suppress Wu Huaiyu.
Even though the samurai 彟书 was originally given to Sikong, and he was the prime minister during his lifetime, he was supposed to be ranked in the third class. However, Li Shimin insisted that he was posthumously gifted to Sikong and threw him into the fourth class.

For example, Wu Huaiyu and Wu Huaiyi, both of their brothers are of the third rank or above, so they are only recorded as one family.

Originally, the nine ranks of the clan, the royal family, the third concubine's family, the second queen, the third prince, the third prince's division, the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and the left and right servants were all listed as the first surname, but the royal family Li's was ranked first , according to this standard, Wu Huaiyu can certainly enter the first surname.
But in the end, the emperor changed his mind and insisted that only the royal family, Li, occupy the first place.
The five surnames of the third empress and the second queen are ranked second.

Li Shimin held the teacup and looked at Wu Huaiyu, observing the expression on his face.

Because he did not meet the hard standard of being a ministerial officer or above the fifth rank,
You have five surnames, seven sects and forty-four families, and all the prime ministers have to pay for their marriages, but under the emperor's request, they can't meet the standard.

Cui Dunli, the minister of the Ministry of War, who also came from the Bolingcui family, although he was a third-rank official, his official position was a fourth-rank official, and he did not have the title of county duke, and was only ranked seventh.

Wu Huaiyu, Prince Taishi, and Kaifu Yitong were all ranked third.

For example, the three brothers of the Zhang family of Sanji are all at level 3 or above, so only one family is recorded.

These are the only two families in the Wu family that are on the clan list, and the rest are not on the list. The three warrior brothers, the three brothers Xun, and the three fathers and sons of Wu Huaiyu, all meet the standards for official rank and rank, and they are divided into two families.

The emperor wanted to see Wu Huaiyu's reaction.

But Wu Huaiyu looked at the clan annals with no expression.
This surprised him a little,
After all, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, family status has been the most important. No matter how much the emperor said that he would only honor the officials of his own dynasty, the centuries-old tradition would not be so easy to break. Otherwise, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other meritorious senior officials of the new Tang Dynasty , they would not pursue the five surnames and seven families so much, vying to marry them, and even paying a large sum of money to lose their family wealth.

Wu Huaiyu was ranked third in official rank, but he actually agreed. After the death of the warrior Xun, he was now only ranked fourth, and Wu Huaiyu was not dissatisfied.

A little too calm,

"Does Erlang think it's okay to cultivate clan annals in this way?" Li Shimin asked.

Wu Huaiyu said with a smile, "If we go by the genealogy since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, my family's Wu family in Bingzhou is only a poor family and not a county surname, and it is not even included in the clan's annals.

The saint ranked Chen's family as the third class and Chen's uncle's family as the fourth class. This is a great compliment to our Bingzhou Wu family."

"I'm a little scared!"

Li Shimin couldn't understand. He could really be so calm. Why didn't he want to fight for the Wu family's family status?
You know, people like Li Yifu, who are successful in their official career, have to find ways to join the Li family in Zhao County. Brothers Du Zhenglun from Huanshui, who have three scholars in one family, also try their best to join the Du family in Jingzhao. He joined the clan, but was ruthlessly rejected by the Du family.

"I feel that the warrior Xun was a hero in the founding of Taiyuan and a hero in Zhenguan's real seal. He was promoted to prime minister during his lifetime. After his death, he was awarded to Sikong. Gao Shilian's placement in the fourth class was wrong. The gift to Sikong was also Sikong. Warrior Xun's family was Ranked third."

Wu Huaiyu was still calm.

"Do you have any other suggestions?"

Wu Huaiyu looked at the clan chronicle in his hand. He could understand the emperor's thoughts. He used the clan chronicle to redefine the gentry family status. This was to suppress the old gentry clans in Shandong and Jiangnan, consolidate the social status of the royal family Li, and even support a group of common people. The new nobles from poor families focus on supporting the ruling group.

This starting point is naturally good, but the steps are a bit too big.

The Five Surnames and Seven Families have such a high status in civil society, but their status is so low in the clan history. Many old clans are even not qualified to be on the list because their official titles are less than five ranks.
The consequence of this will inevitably be that the credibility of this clan chronicle will be insufficient.

"Your Majesty, I suggest you take it step by step and not take too big a step. Although it is good to use the fifth grade of this dynasty as the standard for the list, but as a result, most of the old nobles will not be able to make the list. I am afraid of the effect. It won't be too good.

It’s better to lower the standard a little bit for the old valve,”

Li Shimin thought seriously, "You continue."

"For example, those who were not originally from a county surname can be entered according to the current standards. Those with a fifth-level official position or above in this dynasty can be entered. However, those who were originally from a prominent family with a county surname can lower the standard even if they do not have a fifth-level actual job now, and they will still be included. They enter,"

"Old clans with county surnames, such as the five surnames, seven sects and forty-four families, and the six surnames of Guanlong, etc., if they do not have fifth-rank officials, they can also be regarded as entered from the third rank,"

We cannot simply abandon those old gentry, but we must include them.

But if they don't have high-ranking officials, then naturally they won't be able to enter the upper third class, and can only be listed in the middle third class, or even the lower third class. Wouldn't this make the clan's ambition more credible than not having them?

Cui Qian, Cui Dunli, Lu Chengqing and other elites from the five surnames and seven families are now holding important positions above the fifth rank in the court, and many of them even have the title of Duke and Marquis, so it doesn't matter if it is appropriate to improve their rankings.

Originally ranked at the sixth or seventh level, it is possible to upgrade them to the fourth or fifth level, or even the third or fourth level.

No matter how much he is mentioned, he must be ranked behind the royal family, the third concubine's family, the third prince, the third prince, the prime minister, and the first and second grades.

"Then put Cui Qian, Lu Chengqing, Zheng Yuanxuan, and Cui Dunli as the fourth class,"

Li Shimin followed his advice like a stream,
It turns out that all the 189 surnames in the county should be included in this clan annals, even if they do not have an actual job of fifth rank or above. As Wu Huaiyu said, most of the old clans that are popular among the people cannot be included in this clan annals. If this clan annals is published, I'm afraid it won't be very convincing.

"Erlang, you said you want to make another adjustment. The royal family, the third concubine's family, the second queen, the third prince, the third prince's division, the third division of Kaifu Yitong, the left and right servants are the first, the second rank civil and military, and the third rank Participate in political affairs are the second. etc., the civil and military officials are of the third grade, the Duke of the State is the third grade, the civil and military officials are of the third grade, the Duke is the fourth grade... the civil and military officials are from the fifth grade to the ninth grade,"

"Cui Qian, the Duke of Boling County and the governor of Songzhou, and his county surname of Boling Cui is ranked third. Cui Dunli, Lu Chengqing, Zheng Yuanxuan, etc. are also ranked third. How about that?"

If the emperor's words were followed, then Wu Huaiyu and Warrior Yu could both be ranked first in behalf of or given to Sikong and become first-class surnames.

(End of this chapter)