Chapter 389 Chapter 12 Single Pass from Generation to Generation

When grandpa told me later that they walked to Li Tieshu's side, grandma interrupted grandpa's words.Grandma tugged at Grandpa's clothes and asked, "Old man, I haven't quite figured out the geomantic treasure you mentioned. Since it's a geomantic treasure, how could it turn into an unlucky place?" I was eager to hear what happened later, but I couldn't stop grandma abruptly.But if you think about it carefully, what grandma said is not unreasonable.Since it is good feng shui, it should be auspicious in death.It's also the first time I've heard that good Feng Shui doesn't work.

In order to resolve Grandma's doubts, Grandpa changed the subject and told us another story about Feng Shui.Originally, this story had nothing to do with Taoist Yang's affairs, but it was extremely interesting and mysterious, especially what happened later was even more unexpected.In addition, it can also prove that good Feng Shui does not necessarily have a good effect. Grandpa said that there is Jixi County (note the location) near Huangshan Mountain in Anhui, which is said to be a treasured land of geomantic omen. More than 1,600 years ago, Hu Yan, a leading general guarding Shezhou, married a lady surnamed Wang from Huayang Town, Jixi County, and moved his family to Huayang Town, Jixi County.On this day, I saw the Dragon Peak towering in the east, the cockscomb in the west, the celestial horse galloping up in the south, and the long river meandering in the north. I couldn't help sighing: "It's really a treasured place of geomantic omen!"

So Hu Yan decided to move his family here, so Hu Yan became the first ancestor of Longchuan.Hu Yan chose to move to Longchuan because he hoped that this good feng shui would make his descendants prosper, so that talents would come forth in large numbers, and there would be high-ranking officials from generation to generation.But the Hu family has always been prosperous, but their official career is not very developed. Hundreds of years later, the Hu family has passed down to the 25th patriarch Hu Nianwu. Hu Nianwu has been thinking hard for many years to choose a site for Longchuan to build the Hu's ancestral hall.One day, Hu Nianwu took a compass to Mount Chaohu, where his ancestor Hu Yan used to observe Fengshui, and climbed the mountain to look far away. He wanted to choose a place with excellent Fengshui in the village to build an ancestral hall to worship his ancestors and seek their blessings.

Just as he was thinking hard with a compass, he heard a disheveled beggar on the mountain chanting words: "A first-rate geologist looks at the stars, a second-rate geologist looks at the mouth of water, and a third-rate geologist walks all over the mountain." After inquiring, I found out that he was Lai Wenzheng, who was born as a Jinshi. He was highly educated. Because he didn't like officialdom, he abandoned his official position and devoted himself to the mountains and rivers. He studied it all his life and became a famous Fengshui master.Because he often wears commoner clothes, he is called "Lai Commoner".

Lai Wen is being invited by Hu Nianwu to his home as the guest of honor.One day, Hu Nianwu asked: "I want to build a Hu family's ancestral hall in Longchuan, so that my ancestors can bless my descendants to prosper and have a prosperous career. Where do you think is the best place to choose?" Lai Wenzheng said: "It is not difficult to choose the site of the Hu's ancestral hall, but the first thing is to solve the Fengshui of Longchuan Village." Hu Nianwu asked: "Longchuan Village is a treasure land of geomantic omen. Many geomantic omen masters have seen it. Is there any problem?"

Lai Wenzheng said: "Longchuan Village has a towering dragon peak in the east and a confrontation with Fengshan Mountain in the west of the village. According to Feng Shui, it is an excellent place where the dragon and the phoenix are auspicious. The Dengyuan River winds to the north and the Tianma Mountain rushes to the south. Above, Longchuan Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the Longchuan Water flows around the village to the east and flows into the Dengyuan River. The whole village is shaped like a boat, which looks like a dragon boat sailing out to sea. ?” Hu Nianwu asked, "What a pity?"

Lai Wenzheng said: "It's a pity that you all have the surname Hu. Because the word 'Hu' and 'fu' in the Jixi dialect are homophonic, this dragon boat is not stable. Originally, your Hu family could do more." Hu Nianwu hurriedly asked: "In this case, is there any way to crack it?" Lai Wenzheng said: "It depends on the iron anchor, and the iron anchor is T-shaped, so you have to find a family named Ding to move to Longchuan. For peace of mind, you have to build a house for him and give him land, so that the boat can be nailed Living." Hu Nianwu said worriedly: "But the Ding family will be prosperous in the future, and they will not be able to pin down this geomantic treasure. The descendants of the Ding family will have more people than the Hu family, and they will lose their aura. What should I do?"

Mr. Feng Shui said: "I have a solution to this problem. Too many nails will sink the ship, which is not good. It is best to have a single nail and a single base to pass on from generation to generation. In order to prevent the surname Ding from becoming prosperous, you invite a poor couple with the surname Ding , and moved his ancestral grave here, I tampered with the Ding family's ancestral grave, so that the Ding surname can only be passed down from generation to generation." Hu Nianwu followed what Lai Wenzheng said. Strange to say, twenty-four generations have passed, and as Mr. Feng Shui said, there is only one family surnamed Ding in the village.In the feudal society, the birth of a girl is not counted as the inheritance of the family, but the birth of a boy is considered as the inheritance of the family.

In the case of natural development, how can we ensure that the twenty-four generations are passed on from generation to generation?What did Mr. Feng Shui do?These are all unknown. After the founding of New China, the Ding family and the Hu family were on an equal footing, but they were still passed down through three generations. After the Ding family moved to Longchuan, the people of Longchuan Village really came out in large numbers, and there were high-ranking officials from generation to generation.According to the genealogy of the Hu family, there were eleven Scholars in Longchuan in the Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties alone, and seven Scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Shangshu Hu Zongxian and Deputy Capital Censor Hu Zongming.In addition, there are three Hus in Jixi Rites in the Qing Dynasty: Hu Kuangzhong, Hu Bingqian, Hu Peihui, Hu Zai, author of "Tiaoxi Yuyin Conghua" in the Northern Song Dynasty, Hu Tianzhu and his son, a master of Huimo ink, Hu Xueyan, a red-top businessman, Hu Shi, a famous scholar at home and abroad, etc. .

Among the names mentioned by my grandfather, I only know "Hu Xueyan" and "Hu Shi", but these two names are enough to shock me. At first, I thought Grandpa was confusing it, counting all celebrities with the surname Hu.But after checking the information, I found out that everyone mentioned by my grandfather was indeed from that place. At that time, I hadn't taken the college entrance examination, and I didn't know that there would be a more important person who came from that place in the future.Later, by chance, I remembered that the chairman of our country is also surnamed Hu, and I happened to think of the Fengshui story my grandfather told me. Out of curiosity, I checked the information, and I didn’t expect it to come from Jixi County!

At that time, this was something that my grandma and I, including grandpa, could never have imagined. Grandma doesn't know who the people listed by Grandpa are, but she knows the weight levels of "Jinshi" and "Shangshu".So, she let out an "oh" and reluctantly believed her grandfather's words.