In Xiahe Town, a small town on the coast of Bohai Bay, the Liu family¡¯s ancestor worship event has not even begun once every ten years, and the entire Xiahe Town has become extremely lively and noisy.
Starting from the highway connecting Changli International Airport in Changli County, luxury cars continued to get off the highway and arrived at Xiahe Town.
"Any one of these luxury cars is worth one or two houses. They are all top luxury brands and extremely expensive. Ordinary people will not be able to earn the money to buy such luxury cars in their lifetime.
What¡¯s even more incredible is that the license plates on these luxury cars are actually from all over the world, including license plates from South Africa, the Republic of East Tianzhu, as well as license plates from Daming Golden Continent, Australia and other places. license plate.
It¡¯s as if all the vehicles from all over the world have gathered here.
"If outsiders saw it, they would definitely exclaim loudly, how can these cars that are not local to Daming be able to drive to Daming casually? Don't they need all kinds of complicated procedures?
And what happened in Xiahe Town? There are so many luxury cars from all over the world, and there are even a large number of private jets parked here at Changli International Airport.
Are we going to hold a world summit here in Xiahetun?
?? Or we should hold the World Cup here in Xiahe Town, otherwise there would be so many private jets and luxury cars gathering in this small Xiahe Town.
Of course, this is the confusion of outsiders.
For people in Xiahetun and even the entire Changli County, this has become a common thing, because every ten years, the descendants of the Liu family return to their ancestral Xiahetun from all over the world.
On the one hand, it is to compile the genealogy and write down the men born in the family in the past ten years into the genealogy. Compiling the genealogy is a very important thing for the people of Ming Dynasty.
Even ordinary families will revise their genealogy regularly, let alone a super big family like the Liu family, who pay special attention to the inheritance of their own family.
The Liu family of Changli was a well-known super family at that time. Starting from the founder Liu Jin and Liu Wenzhenggong, it has a history of more than 200 years. The family has many children and capable people. It is rumored to be one of the seven major families that control the world. one.
When the Liu family compiles their genealogy, it is naturally extremely grand and important. Descendants from all over the world will gather here in Xiahetun.
As early as a month ago, the descendants of the Liu family had booked all the high-end hotels in Xiahetun and even the entire Changli County to arrange for the descendants of the family who came back to worship their ancestors and compile genealogy.
In addition to revising genealogy, another important thing is to worship ancestors.
Changli Liu family, there was no such thing as Changli Liu family in the past. Until the emergence of Liu Jin Liu Wenzhenggong, his life was full of legends and brilliance, and he directly created a new branch, the Changli Liu family.
All the descendants of the Liu family in Changli are the descendants of Liu Wenzhenggong. If they are not descendants of Wen Zhenggong, they cannot call themselves the Liu family of Changli, otherwise they will be prosecuted and held accountable by the Liu family's children.
Of course, if you are a descendant of the Liu family in Changli, the Liu family in Changli will also give you a lot of help and include you in the welfare system of the Liu family fund.
When Wen Zhenggong was in his later years, considering the future multiplication and expansion of the family's children, he also established the Changli Liu Family Fund with part of the family's industry.
The ownership of the entire fund belongs to all the children of the Changli Liu family. The children of the family select suitable candidates to manage these enterprises and assets, and allocate funds from the output of these enterprises and assets to the children of the family.
Any descendant of the Liu family can get benefits from it. This benefit includes monthly pocket money and year-end lucky money. If a descendant of the family gets married, he or she can also get a large amount of start-up capital for the first marriage. If the age Over the age of sixty, there are additional pensions, etc.
This fund has been in operation for more than 100 years. The scale of its industries is very large, covering all parts of the world and in various fields.
Only the descendants of the Liu family know the annual income. Outsiders have never known how profitable this fund is. However, judging from the continued expansion of the Liu family's descendants, the fund's benefits have not only not decreased but have increased. look.
The scale and income of this fund are extremely huge figures. They are absolutely astronomical figures. Otherwise, it would not be able to support the increasing expenditures of the Liu family.
And according to the "Biography of Liu and Jin in the Ming Dynasty" compiled by later generations,On the other side, South Africa is the second largest country in the world after the Ming Empire, and it is also the country with the second largest population.
It is very powerful in the high-tech and industrial fields, and is the only opponent that can compete with the Ming Empire.
Liu Da's descendants are not only spread across South Africa's political arena, but have always firmly controlled the trends of South Africa. In the economic field, the Liu family is also a super family behind the South African economy. Quite a few industries and assets belong to Liu Da. Descendants of this lineage.
The third son, Liu Cheng, is mainly active in the Tianzhu area. He is a super-large family in the Republic of Ceylon. He has been active in the political and economic fields of Ceylon. There are even a large number of Liu family industries in many vassal states and colonies throughout Tianzhu. , huge in scale and very influential.
Every election of Governor of Ceylon is absolutely indispensable without the support of the Liu family, otherwise it would be impossible to be elected Governor of Ceylon, and the Liu family¡¯s own children have already produced two Governors of Ceylon.
The fourth son, fifth son and sixth son are super-large mining owners in the Nanyang region, Australia region and Golden Island region respectively. They each have a large amount of land, oil mines, gold mines, copper mines, etc., and they are also engaged in many other industrial fields. They are also involved, and the industry is spread across various industries.
The seventh son Liu Yang's lineage was because Liu Yang married the Nanyang Princess, the daughter of Emperor Hongzhi, which was even more remarkable. Not only did he independently obtain the title of a Duke, making the Liu family the second one after the Xu family, The Duke's family.
Moreover, the three generations of emperors Hongzhi, Zhengde and Yongsheng all gave a lot of rewards to this lineage. Among them, Emperor Hongzhi directly sent large islands in Southeast Asia as dowries. To this day, these islands are still in the hands of the descendants of the Liu family of this lineage. .
In addition to inheriting part of Liu Jin's assets, the descendants of Liu Yang's lineage are very rich. At the same time, they often have marriages with the Zhu family, so they have always been active in the political and economic fields of the Ming Dynasty. The recent chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet is from this lineage. Born Liu Ye!
The seven sons of the Liu family were all the children of Xu Waner and Li Zhen, whom Liu Jin married as a matchmaker. As for the sons Liu Jin later gave birth to from concubines, they were also numerous, but the property allocated to them was not much.
But even if it is not much, it is still compared to the first seven houses. In fact, this part of the industry is still huge. If you take out any one, it can support a big family.
The once-in-ten-year ancestor worship and genealogy revision is an extremely important event for the Liu family. People from all over the world gather at the ancestral home of Xiahe Town.
In the next half month, Liu's descendants will hold an ancestor worship ceremony here once every ten years. During the ancestor worship ceremony, they will not only study and visit the Wenzhenggong Museum, but also learn from their ancestor Liu Jin, and at the same time remember Family motto left by our ancestors.
After the ancestor worship ceremony, the family tree is compiled, which is also a major event. All the children of the Liu family born in the past ten years must be present to write their names into the Liu family tree.
This is an extremely important and important matter.
In about 200 years, the descendants of the Liu family have developed to the present, and they have become extremely large. There are tens of thousands of descendants in the family. Every ten years when the genealogy is revised, many new descendants will be added. The descendants stretch out and spread out.
At this moment, the entire Xiahe Town has become extremely lively. A large number of Liu family descendants have returned to their ancestral home, visiting the Wenzhenggong Museum, paying homage to Wenzheng Cemetery, visiting the entire Xiahe Town, etc. Liu can be seen everywhere. The figures of the descendants of the family.
The gathering that takes place once every ten years is a major event for the descendants of the Liu family. All other matters can be put aside for now.
Even Liu Ye, who became the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, rushed back from the capital to preside over the Liu family's ancestor worship event. Some relevant news media wanted to report this, but were severely prohibited.
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