Updated: 2010-04-06

Chen De could walk and stop along the way, but since he had arrived in Jiangzhou, he was only a short distance from Xunyang, but he could not stay. Instead, he had to act resolutely and acted vigorously and ordered the governor of Jiangzhou Zhou Shu to accompany him to Xunyang the next day to present golden plaques, imperial couplets and other items. Zhou Shu wanted him to hand over his errands as soon as possible, so he naturally obeyed his orders.

The Chen family of Jiujiang is a big family that has been granted throughout the ages and is familiar with receiving imperial envoys. There are Chen clans in Xunyang County who are waiting for imperial envoys. The closer they are to Chenjia Village, the smoother the road is, with mulberry trees planted on both sides. Children carry bamboo baskets to pick mountain fruits in the forest halfway up the mountain, which is a pastoral scenery.

"At that time, the ancestor Chen Wang led his clan members here, and it was still in barren mountains and wilderness. The Chen clan members worked hard to create today's situation." Chen Jingliang, who was welcomed by the imperial envoy in Xunyang County, introduced proudly: "In addition to mulberry trees, the hillsides are also planted with peach and plum trees. The flowers bloom in spring are blooming, which is a rare beauty."

Zhou Shu, the governor of Jiangzhou, also smiled and said, "It is true that ordinary villages and each manage their own land. If you are interested in creating such a beautiful scenery in the world, only the Yimen Chen family, which lives in three thousand tribes, has such a spirit. I wonder if the imperial envoy has ever heard of these four masters of the Chen family in Jiujiang?"

Seeing Chen Jingliang next to him showing a reserved look on his face, Chen De knew that Zhou Shu had scratched the itchy place and asked tactfully: "Huh? There is such a saying. Please ask Master Zhou to teach me."

As a local parent, Zhou Shu had a family that had such a moral model in the world, who was extremely proud of his pride, and said, "These four qualities are the robes in front of the hall, and the three-year-old child did not know his mother. The husband did not listen to his wife's partial words, and the pursuing man was not aware of the pain in the field." Seeing Chen De's confusion and listening look, Zhou Shu said even more proudly: "The robes in front of the hall are unowned. What is said is that the clothes placed on the robes in front of the hall are publicly owned by the whole clan. All the clothes are needed to be used. When you are well-dressed, you wear coarse clothes when you work. When you are not in use, you will be hung in front of the hall."

"Oh, what happened?" Chen Deqi said, looking at Chen Jingliang's fine silk clothes on his body, and smiled and said, "If Brother Jingliang's fine clothes were also hung in front of the hall, would anyone use them?" The Chen family in Jiujiang was famous at that time. Many people served in a family. Chen De and Chen Jingliang, who were in charge of the military service, were not too humble. Although his question was a bit sharp, it was also a question that the guests who visited the Chen family heard about the "no master in front of the hall". Chen Jingliang explained with a gentle smile: "The clothes are also hung in front of the hall, but the Chen family's righteous party,

All the matters that the receptionist was held by the subordinates, so it was because others rarely took them for wear." Chen De smiled and bowed to him, thinking that since the receptionist had special clothes, the elders of the clan naturally had their own things to use. Although they were hung in front of the hall, no one dared to use them. Just like the small units in later generations used cars, although it was not stated that they were for the boss, no one would be too immature to ask the boss for the car keys. This seemingly fair method is to engrave the possession of the items in people's hearts according to the level.

Zhou Shu laughed in his heart. The first guest who came to visit the Chen family in Jiujiang always did not believe that there was a family that had carried forward the teachings of Confucius and Mencius to such extremes, but was always impressed. He also enjoyed the process of watching others being impressed. Seeing that Chen De stopped talking, he continued: "These three-year-old children do not know their mothers, and the babies in the tribes are placed together to feed them, regardless of you and me. As long as there is a child crying and wants to eat milk, any woman with milk will feed them when they see them. After a long time, the child naturally does not tell who is his mother." After he finished speaking, he smiled very despicable. Chen De thought that this principle is similar to the nursery in later generations, except that even the female workers were deprived of the breastfeeding period, allowing more people to participate in the work.

"A husband does not listen to his wife's partial words, and he does not mean that he is suffering in the field. To be honest, the children of the Chen family of Yimen were naturally well educated by the ancestors of the Chen family, but the women who married in other surnames were not like this. The emperor said, 'It is difficult for women and villains to raise them'. Therefore, the children of the Chen family's ancestors should not listen to their wife's words. The men in the clan went out to farm together every day, and returned at sunset. At the end of the year, they were all included in the granaries of the whole clan. Three thousand people in the clan cooked and drank together, beat drums and passed on their meals, and the family had no selfish stoves, so people did not complain." Chen Jingliang continued to explain appropriately.

Chen Jingliang's face was fair and his belly was bulging. Obviously, he was not a person who often worked in the fields under the scorching sun. Chen De smiled and said, "Brother Jingliang, don't bully me. You look like this, you are obviously a scholar who has been reading books since childhood. He is not a person who has to go to the fields to work every day."

Chen Jingliang was stunned when he heard Chen De say this, and then replied: "The Chen family was a farmer and passed on his family. He was not talented. When he was young, he was selected by the clan leader to study in his family. He did not have any farming fields." Chen De mistakenly thought that he wanted to go to the fields to work, which was no less than an insult to a scholar, just like thinking that a general was an ordinary military clan. Chen Jingliang saw that Chen De was so rude, and he couldn't help but feel a little stiff when he said: "Chen Jiedu is a martial artist. I don't know that Brother Jingliang is a talented man from a Jinshi, but he would rather return to his hometown and would not be a civil servant like us."

Chen Jingliang hurriedly said: "It's better not to mention the fame of the pseudo-dynasty of Jinling." He was quite content with his words, and he also expressed the meaning of drawing a clear line with the Li family of Jinling.

Chen De thought to himself, if you have farming together and eating together, wouldn’t it be the style of the people’s communes in later generations? As the saying goes, three monks have no water to eat. The movement in later generations caused three years of famine. As the saying goes, three monks have no water to eat. Can the tutor of the Yimen Chen be so good that it can actually change the nature of ordinary people to seek profit and avoid harm? What’s more, the elders of the clan also have the right to separate the scholars and farmers for the lives of young children. They smiled and said, “I heard that the court rewarded the Chen family of Yimen every year for 200,000 kilograms of grain, but is it true?”

Chen Jingliang smiled and said, "The emperor's kindness is so great, and the Chen family in Xunyang is so grateful." He only said that Chen De deliberately mentioned this beautiful thing in order to make up for the abruptness of his time. Who would have thought that Chen De just wanted to confirm his memory of the inefficiency of the People's Commune era.

Chen De nodded with a smile, thinking that there was nothing new in the world.

Chen Jingliang was indeed responsible for receiving distinguished guests. Through the numerous gates established by the imperial courts in the past dynasties, he led Chen De and his party to the west to the official hall. Chen De had a short rest and went to the central hall to present golden plaques and imperial couplets. After the ceremony, Chen Gun, the head of the Chen family, accompanied him, visited the middle view of the mansion, and then went to Dongjia Academy after lunch.

After more than ten generations of rest and recuperation, the Chen family is now extremely prosperous. The family has schools, library buildings, reception rooms, medical rooms, ancestral halls, and farm management departments. At lunch, the scene of more than 3,000 people eating together was spectacular. Chen De and the governor of Jiangzhou Zhou Shu were lucky enough to have lunch with an old man twice his age. The chicken, duck, fish and meat on the table were stewed extremely soft. Only the salt price in the mainland prefectures was high, resulting in a light taste. Facing a table with a dangerous old man sitting with chicken skin and crane hair, Chen De's appetite was not good. Looking around, he saw that people were different in size and gender. Young women, young men, middle-aged women, middle-aged men, old men, old men, old women, old women, and old women all sat on the same table. The food on the table was different. In general, the older the person, the more exquisite the food he was.

"No wonder the husband doesn't listen to his wife's words. Most of his life is collective action. Where can there be a private space for couples to live?" Chen De slandered. Just now, Chen Jingliang told him that the Chen males are not allowed to take concubines and only marry one wife, even the head of the family was no exception. Chen De was quite respectful, but what he could not accept was that the marriages between the Chen male and the elderly in the clan were decided based on family background, horoscopes and even lottery draws, and there was no room for love.

This famous family, which is the most famous contemporary family, pays attention to eating without saying anything or sleeping. Even Zhou Shu changed his usual habit of being silenced at dinner parties and spitting wildly at the dinner party. After the meal, he heard on the way that the scenery on the top of Dongjia Mountain was quite good. The stone color was as white as jade, and the light could shine on people. There was also a purple stone wall screen, which was reflected by red and yellow, and was dozens of feet high. The spring came out of the screen and flew white into the blue sky as a spectacle. The spring water flowed for several miles, and sometimes the trickle dripping sounds like fairy music. Chen De climbed Dongjia Mountain with Chen Gun, Chen Jingliang, Zhou Shu and others, and then returned to Jiangzhou.

Although the scenery here is good, there are too many rules, and it is particularly discriminatory to women. If the wife comes with her, she may be scared. While climbing the mountain, Chen De secretly thanked that he did not bring Huang Wen. It doesn’t matter if he brings his family to the mountains and rivers along the way. If Chen bids his edict to take his wife with him, he may not have looked so kind.

Chen Gun, the head of the Chen family of Yimen, wore a gilded shirt and looked pretty, but was energetic. He didn't say anything like Chen Jingliang, but gave people a feeling of being generous and kind. However, when he looked carefully, he was unpredictable. Zhou Shu talked a lot along the way.

Up to the top of Dongjia Mountain, I saw the peaks standing from afar, and the waterfalls and springs were so refreshing that I felt refreshed. Chen De was quite dissatisfied with Chen Gun's silent all the way, and deliberately wanted to draw a clear line with him. He smiled faintly: "When I was in Jinling, I heard that the Chen family of Jiujiang came from the later lord Chen Shubao, who was my noble in Jiangnan. Today, I looked at it. It was indeed grand. Even the Dongjia Mountain was cloudy and cloudy, as if it was a royal aura." He was afraid that others would not know that he had served in Jinling. As soon as this statement came out, Zhou Shu and Chen Gun's faces changed color at the same time. Although everyone knew that Chen De was not a favored court official, he said this as an imperial envoy of the court, which was a heart-breaking word.

Note 1: Kou Zhun's "Inscription on Yimen in Jiangzhou": Civilization is the world, and filial piety is given three thousand millet per year" refers to the first year of Chunhua (990) and after, the government borrowed millet to the Chen family every year to save the spring famine. After the autumn harvest, the warehouse was returned to the warehouse, and only one bullion per bucket was collected without rent. This is the court's affection for the Chen family. Three thousand millet per year, and thousands of books were collected in the building. The green wine was opened and the green vegetables were boiled. The long song was long outside the sky, and the family was harmonious and celebrated.

Note 2: In the seventh year of Jia of Renzong (1062 AD), the Yimen Chen family had lasted for more than 300 years, with more than 3,700 families and more than 300 farms, becoming the most populous family at that time. Such a large family was united and seemed to be too inflated, and the court began to be afraid of endangering its rule. So when Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng, Fan Shidao and other important officials suggested that the emperor split the Yimen Chen, it hit the thoughts of Song Renzong. Therefore, in the sixth year of Jia of Song Renzong (1061 AD), the Yimen Chen divided the family.

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