During his lifetime, Emperor Taizu Cao Cao once brought Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Bu (a powerful general adopted by Cao Cao in his early years and had a strength that was not inferior to Lu Bu), Cao Tuo (a descendant of the defeated Roman soldiers during the Chen Tang period of the Han Dynasty, and later became Cao Cao's servant, and was given the surname Cao, and was the only real foreign clan among all the royal families.), Cao Zhen (adopted son) and others were merged into the royal family to protect the imperial power. According to his legacy, only those who made contributions can write the genealogy of the royal family and be recognized. Those who entered the Taimiao after their death and could not make contributions will be removed from the list three generations later.

Under such a system, many of the clans of the clan have become ordinary families, but their descendants always remember to return to the clan. Therefore, most of the clans or those Cao's descendants who became descendants of the Ping family are war most eager for war. Only by war can one have the opportunity to make achievements and obtain wealth and fiefdom. It can be said that the warlike clans of the clans and many military families and military nobles constitute the backbone of the Qin army. For the civil servants of the empire, although Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong gave them great power in the system, the Qin army controlled by the clans and aristocrats became an indelible nightmare and shadow in their hearts.

When talking about the royal family of the Qin Dynasty, we have to mention aristocratic families with many similarities. There is no absolute difference between aristocratic families and civilians. If aristocratic families cannot inherit the military merits and titles of their ancestors, they will gradually become civilians. And civilians can also become noble families. However, some aristocratic families are recognized as "high families" with great reputation and honor due to their cultivation and accumulation over the past century.

Every aristocratic family, that is, each surname, will have a "ancestral hall". Whether it is a division of families or a master family, as long as they still firmly believe that they originate from the same ancestor, they will worship the same ancestral hall. This ancestral hall is a system of family elders' meetings under the same ancestor.

The ancestral hall is under the convening and maintenance of the master's family. However, the ancestral hall itself is composed of several elders, and it is not related to whether it is from the master's family or the family's family. Usually the head of the master's family is the leader of the ancestral hall, but there are exceptions. In short, the power ratio between the master's family and the family's division indicated by the elders of the ancestral hall depends only on each other's power.

Generally speaking, after each generation of a family establishes the head of the family, his brothers are also written in the family tree, but only records their third generation of descendants, they will no longer be recorded. Therefore, male descendants who cannot inherit the head of the family often choose to be independent. As long as they apply to the ancestral hall and prove that they do have the ability to survive on their own and reproduce the descendants of the family, they will often obtain the permission of the ancestral hall to establish a new division. After that, the ancestral hall will no longer manage the internal affairs of the division, but in principle, the division of the family should be consistent with the pace of the master.

Of course, most families will decline after a long period of time, but a few families will grow and grow, and even surpass the power of the master family. The inheritance of aristocratic families is equal to the inheritance of the master. The establishment of the master's choice is to follow the inheritance system of the royal family and choose the legitimate and virtuous.

The only difference is that the competition in the family is much smaller, so the personal tendency of the previous head of the family and the opinions of the ancestral hall are enough to establish an heir. For the master's family, the opinions of the ancestral hall are more important, and for the division of the family, the opinions of the head of the family are more important.

When the master family cannot maintain the status of aristocratic families, the ancestral hall usually allows powerful families to replace the master family, but the original master family needs to be given corresponding compensation.

Children of aristocratic families have received a systematic and good education in their families, so they have advantages over civilians when they become officials and join the military. Although the civilian class can also become nobles, the journey is relatively difficult. Unlike children of aristocratic families, they have huge family relationships and connections. They must rely on military merits or make contributions in certain special opportunities to become nobles and establish aristocrats.

A true high school has a long history and connotation, so even though those courtiers at the peak of power are in power, they are still regarded as becoming rich overnight and not being truly respected.

Generally speaking, the masters of the aristocratic families are located in Chang'an and have close ties with the royal family, but sometimes they will help civil officials to restrict the emperor from doing certain things. There are also their own factions between aristocratic families. Generally speaking, the aristocratic families passed down from the founding period and the military generals of the founding period are the most determined imperial parties. They are almost all military nobles. In their words, peace is for the next war. Only by inserting the black dragon flag of the Qin Dynasty to the end of the sunset can they stop the idea of ​​conquest.

In contrast to them, some gentle high-ranking families and aristocratic families believed that the Qin Dynasty only needed to maintain its existing hegemony, so they sometimes stood on the side of civil servants and suppressed those martial arts families. However, these high-ranking families and aristocratic families were also quite dissatisfied with the slightly weak external methods of civil servants, so more often they still stood firmly on the side of the emperor and deal with these civil servant groups who wanted greater power.
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