I don't know if there are people around you who are like gods, or who can foresee things in case of trouble, in the rapid development of modern information technology, changing every day today, it is very remarkable that someone can predict things in a few years. And these gods-like people either have enough sources of information or learn to be rich, and their vision has become very sharp. In our impression, the ancients were very wise, such as Zhuge Liang, who was clever and calculating, Sima Guang, who smashed the cylinder to save people, and Cao Chong, who was 5 years old and called an elephant. A person's temporary happiness depends on small wisdom, and it is great wisdom that determines the lifeblood of a family. Zhu Xi, a famous theorist of the Southern Song Dynasty, was very famous for his achievements in his life, and it was certainly not a small family that could cultivate such a genius as him. Not to mention the ancestors before Zhu Xi, only to say that the inheritance of the Zhu family continued from Zhu Xi to more than 600 years, until the Qing Dynasty, still prosperous.
It is reasonable to say that a generation of Tianzi and a generation of subjects, zhu xi's zhu family more or less will always have a few powerful ministers often accompany the emperor, but when the dynasty changes, the Zhu family has never been liquidated, which really depends on the wisdom handed down by the big family. From 1662 to 1722, it was the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, and the historical Kangxi can be regarded as a generation of Ming emperors, but he was also an emperor with an "iron fist". He quelled the rebellions of many regimes, fought wars and paid attention to people's livelihood, spending 61 years handing over to his descendant Qianlong a rising country. Doing things under a Ming Emperor was still quite promising, so in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, the young people of the Zhu family were also angry and strong, and wanted to take the examination to enter the imperial government as an official, Guangzong Yaozu.
However, when the patriarch at that time saw this scene, he hurriedly dissuaded it, and it was a good thing to study, but he did not allow young people to go to the examination. Some people were told by the patriarch that they were not interested, so they gave up the imperial examination, but Zhu Shangmeng was unwilling. He has the talent to learn, is willing to work hard, and he also feels that he is a piece of gold, unwilling to listen to the persuasion of his mother and patriarch, and continues to be angry and strong. Sure enough, in 1677, Zhu Shangmeng's gold list was titled, and it was difficult to enter the army in ancient times, and every few years it was so many people. Many large families have worked hard to cultivate a person who has never been a soldier. Everyone is already a "Wenqu star", so jinshi is a "prodigy of the world", at least can drive the family to prosper for three generations.
This was a happy thing, and Zhu Shangmeng also feasted on the clan with joy. However, the patriarch suppressed this matter and removed Zhu Shangmeng from the family tree and reported it to the official court. Zhu Shangmeng and the clan members could not understand why the patriarch did this, Zhu Shangmeng asked for an explanation, and the patriarch only waved his hand and said, "Good for yourself." Unable to resist the authority of the patriarch, everyone could only give up, and Zhu Shangmeng still took up his post with joy. In the first ten years, Zhu Shangmeng rose steadily, but in the late Kangxi Dynasty, a literary prison arose, and many officials were implicated in unjust imprisonment. The most famous of these is dai Mingshi's "Nanshan Collection" case. Dai Mingshi also entered the army in high school in 1683, but he was a high-ranking person and was not accustomed to Qing officials, so after the "Nanshan Collection" incident in 1713, not only Dai Mingshi himself was killed by the Qing Dynasty, but all those who had communicated with Dai Mingshi were also ordered to be killed by Kangxi. Zhu Shangmeng is also in the list of hundreds of people, and many families have been implicated.
At this time, the talents of the Zhu family remembered the wise deeds of the old patriarch who had passed away, and they also often taught their children about this matter. In 1781, during the Qianlong period, the Zhu family produced another jinshi named Zhu Shaoyu. From the beginning of Zhu Shaoyu's decision to study for the examination, he often listened to the teachings of the elders in his family, so after he passed the entrance examination, he took the initiative to quit the family. But the new patriarch told him that there was no need to go to the office. Although Zhu Shaoyu was full of doubts, he still went to become an official. But because there are lessons from the past in the family, Zhu Shaoyu has always been careful. Because he was very resourceful and cautious, he rose all the way and rose to the top, and the Zhu family became stronger and stronger, and several important people appeared in a row.
The clans did not quite understand why the new and old patriarchs had different attitudes towards officials who had entered the DYNASTY, and always ran to ask questions, and the new patriarch leisurely said what the old patriarch did not dare to say at that time. Historically, whenever the dynasty changed dynasties, it was the most chaotic time, and the old patriarch knew that in a chaotic world, he must not be an official, so as not to lead to the disaster of killing himself. However, now that it is a prosperous period, and the contradictions between the Manchu and Han dynasties have slowly dissipated, then the officials will have a greater future. And the reason why the old patriarch refused to say the reason was that he was afraid that after everyone knew, too many remarks would also lead to misunderstanding.