Chapter 1278 Hebei Heroic Clan

Chapter 1278 Hebei Heroic Clan

As a famous clan in Guandong, the Li family of Zhaojun is said to be the descendant of Li Mu, Lord Wu'an during the Warring States Period. It can be said that it has a long heritage.

Even if there is really evidence to test the ancestors, it can be traced back to Li Kai during the Western Jin Dynasty. It is said that Li Kai is the seventeenth generation grandson of Li Zuoche, the king of Guangwu in the Western Han Dynasty. Although the lineage of ancestors before this is slightly unknown. , but since Li Kai led his tribe to settle in Pingji County, Zhao County, the Li tribe has spread out and thrived in this land.

The East Ancestor, West Ancestor and South Ancestor of the Li family in Zhao County had three houses. They were all descendants of Li Kai. Their house lines were determined by the location of their respective homes. Each of them thrived in the village, and the village became stronger. During the Yongjia Rebellion at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the Five Hunan Rebellions in China, the people of Hebei were in dire straits. However, the Li family in Zhaojun grew stronger due to the self-defense in their territory, and their clan members frequently became prominent officials during the Northern Wei Dynasty and gained greater influence. force.

For example, Li Anshi, who initiated the equalization of land during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was born in the east ancestral house of the Li family in Zhao County. Because of the increasing influence of the Li clan in Zhaojun in the political situation of the Northern Wei Dynasty, when Taihe was restructured, the Li clan in Zhaojun officially became one of the four surnames of Cui Lu, Li, Zheng and Han people designated by the Northern Wei court.

In addition to the increasingly prominent political status and influence of the Li family in Zhaojun, they did not lag too far behind in terms of local and rural development. Since the Western Jin Dynasty, its clan has grown stronger and moved to all directions with its original clan territory of Pingji County as the center, and gradually expanded to Zhaojun, Nanzhaojun and other counties.

In later generations, the so-called rich families could have thousands of clan members and tens of thousands of acres of land. However, the power of the Li family in Zhao County really spread across the county. Ten thousand.

When later generations talk about the development of powerful northern families and other local forces during the medieval and Northern Dynasties, they often cite an example recorded in "History of the North": "Thousands of Li's families gathered in the west mountain of Yinzhou and lived fifty or sixty miles away from Li Yuchuan. Its patriarch".

This passage talks about an example of the development and growth of the Li family in Zhaojun. The Li Xianfu mentioned in it was born in the east ancestral house of the Li family in Zhaojun.

Li Xianfu opened Li Yuchuan and gathered thousands of people to live here. It was probably during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was not the year of the Six Towns Mutiny. It was not necessarily the case of building dock walls to protect themselves from the disaster of war. It was more like a regional The development of the clan power has been saturated, so it is diverted elsewhere to continue to expand its clan power.

Li Xianfu alone could mobilize thousands of family members to open up new clan lands, often covering dozens of miles in radius. His mobilization of local personnel was no less powerful than that of state and county officials, which shows the great power of the Li family in Zhao County.

Li Xianfu's son Li Yuanzhong was still more victorious. Not only was he a powerful man in the countryside, his reputation was so great that he frightened the bandits in the village, but he also once had a profound influence on the general trend of the world.

When Gao Huan was about to enter Hebei, Li Yuanzhong personally welcomed him and made suggestions. He also gathered rural soldiers to attack Yinzhou and opened the way for Gao Huan to enter Hebei. After Gao Huan succeeded, he joked that it was Li Yuanzhong who forced him to do so. Build a cause of justice.

The Li family of Zhaojun had such majestic power and glorious deeds, so naturally the people in their clan were very proud. Therefore, when word of the Tang Dynasty's punishment against the Li family in Zhaojun reached Hebei, one can imagine the indignation in the hearts of the Li family in Zhaojun.

Although this so-called unpardonable punishment only targets the Li Xian branch of the Li family in Zhao County, Li Xian's family is the prominent ancestor of the Li family in Zhao County. Their family alone accounts for almost half of the east ancestral house. Once accepted, This unpardonable punishment would be a devastating blow to his family's political future, and would also cause great damage to the Li family's reputation in Zhao County as a whole.

Later generations often use the Langya Zhuge family to take charge of the Three Kingdoms to demonstrate that the gentry in the troubled times of the Middle Ages were good at dancing and steering according to the wind. However, the Li family in Zhaojun is still different from the Langya Zhuge family.

The fact that the Zhuge family is divided into three kingdoms just shows that the family itself does not have strong enough rural power and cohesion, so the clansmen are scattered in different directions, looking for their own way out. However, the Li family of Zhaojun is the first-class in Hebei in terms of rural capital and political influence. The cohesion among the clan members is naturally very strong. Li Xian's family is also a prominent member of the family. Even if they want to cut off, it will be difficult for a while. Cut clearly.

In short, when the news reached Hebei, Zhao County, Nan Zhao County and other places where the Li family lived were completely boiling. Not to mention the Li clan in Zhao County, who were in danger of being embarrassed and angry, some of the powerful attitudes of some people who had already held high the banner of righteousness and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty had also become more subtle.

These powerful people have established their power based on this, and they are more or less involved with the Li family of Zhao County. Moreover, according to historical records, whenever there was a famine in Zhaojun's township and the villagers were poor and difficult to live, the Li family in Zhaojun would lend money and provide relief, and later burn the IOUs to please the villagers.

Regardless of the appearance of this kindhearted village, the essence reflected inside is that the Li family of Zhao County firmly controls the money and food power in the village. If the gentlemen do not show kindness, the villagers will have a difficult life! After hundreds of years of management, this piece of land has been built into a dense nest of spider silk!

Even if Wei Xiaokuan did not formulate a plan to purge Zhaojun Township in the name of chasing down the remaining bandits, the Li clan in Zhaojun would have already taken action. The Li clan members of Zhao County who were originally scattered all over the country have fled back to their hometowns, and the clansmen who were originally concentrated in the countryside have also gathered together one after another. Of course, not everyone has the courage to fight against the general trend as a clan, so gathering together to discuss countermeasures can A little more reassuring.

These Li clan members mainly gathered in places such as Sanzu Lane in Pingji County, Zanhuang Zuoche City, and Li Yuchuan in Xishan. Among them, Li Yuchuan gathered the largest number of people. Only the Li clan members in Zhao County and their respective clan servants There are tens of thousands of people!

There are also several representative figures among them, such as Li Zongkan, son of Li Yuanzhong, Li Gongtong, son of Li Xiren, and Li Shiqian, grandson of Li Anshi, all of whom belong to the Eastern Ancestor Branch of the Zhaojun Li Clan. There are also uncles and nephews Li Zhilian and Li Taotu from the Southern Ancestor Branch. Li Wenshi, who is now under Gao Yu's command and suggests to march north to unite with the Zhaojun Li Clan, is Li Taotu's elder brother.

As for the Western Ancestor Branch of the Zhaojun Li Clan, there are few representative figures present, and there is a slight lack of people. The representative of the Western Ancestor Branch, Li Huibo, was once a very wild person. In his early years, he even participated in the Six Towns Rebellion. He followed Du Luozhou and Ge Rong successively, and was even once crowned as a king.

Later, after he surrendered to the Eastern Wei, he was appointed as the governor of Shanzhou. In the battle with the Western Wei, the city was broken and he was killed. His sons Li Zixiong and Li Zidan both fled to Guanzhong. Gao Zhongmi's ex-wife Li Changyi was his daughter. Li Bomu, who was the governor of Hezhou in Huainan before, was also Li Huibo's brother.

In short, the momentum of the various branches of the Zhaojun Li family was still very huge, but there were still some differences among them on what to do after they gathered. Some of them were determined to oppose the Tang Dynasty, some hoped to hide in the countryside and wait for the right time to act, and some still had illusions about the Tang Dynasty court and believed that there was still room for easing the situation.

Among them, the Li clan members who were the first to suffer the unpardonable punishment hoped for leniency. Li Gongtong, the grandson of Li Xian and the son of Li Xiren, held this view: "Everyone should not be too impulsive. Zuqin, Yuancao and others were forced by Gao Sihao to do this before, which was indeed a way to die.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has just founded the country and needs to rely on military men to strengthen his power, so the punishment is harsh. Our clan is the first to bear the brunt of it, and there is nothing we can do about it. But as long as we sincerely repent, when the time has passed and the world is stable, the order of confinement will inevitably be gradually relaxed. Now if we are restless and cause chaos because of a momentary impulse, it is unwise to use the power of one clan to resist the general trend!"

Li Gongtong here earnestly advised the clan members not to be impulsive. In fact, he was also complaining in his heart, and he hated Li Zuqin and others who brought trouble to the family.

Unlike other clansmen who either lived in seclusion in the countryside or fled back to their hometown from other places, he had actually already entered the government and was recruited by Li Qianzhi, the governor of Jizhou, to serve in the government. Moreover, Li Gongtong's uncle was Cui Xuanyou of the Boling Cui family. With such a relationship, Li Gongtong was actually looking forward to joining the Tang Dynasty.

However, because of his cousins ​​Li Zuqin, Li Xiaozhen and others' suicide, the Tang Dynasty court imposed an unpardonable punishment. Li Qianzhi did not dare to keep Li Gongtong in the government and could only send him out of the country with courtesy. After returning home, Li Gongtong did not intend to cause trouble, but because he was the direct grandson of Li Xian and the first person to be punished with an unpardonable punishment, he was pulled here by the clansmen to hold a meeting.

As soon as Li Gongtong finished speaking, another middle-aged man slammed the table and shouted angrily: "What a fool, you still hope that the Tang Lord will show mercy! The current punishment order is to humiliate our clan. Although the current imprisonment order only applies to your household, if you dare not resist, your entire clan will be punished in the future!

That Li Boshan abandoned his family and fled to Guanxi in his early years, and then joined the slaves of the town to gain power, and later even bullied the benefactor and monopolized power. He was even not tolerated by Zhishan Shamen. Such an unfaithful and unrighteous person who is ruthless and ungrateful now wants to harm our clan. If you don't resist, your clan will be destroyed in a certain period!"

The indignant middle-aged man was Li Shiqian, the grandson of Li Anshi. He was not within the scope of the unpardonable punishment, but he didn't care much about it, because he had always been indifferent to fame and fortune, had always lived in seclusion in the countryside, and was a devout believer in Buddhism.

The reason why he is so determined to support the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty is that he is angry about the Tang Emperor's attack and humiliation of the Li family, but there is another more important reason, that is, he hates the Tang Emperor's suppression of monks. The conflict between clan interests and religious beliefs has made him the most determined anti-Tang fighter in the Li family.

Because Li Shiqian has lived in the village for a long time, and his family is rich, he has helped the poor people in the village, so his prestige in the village is even higher than those of the clansmen who are traveling abroad. After he made such a clear statement of his attitude, many Li clansmen present also nodded in agreement.

Sorry, it took a while to sort out the relationship between the characters, and it's a bit late. . .