In our time, there are not many good ways for ordinary people to change their destiny. There is a more reliable path, that is, knowledge changes destiny. If we look at people who graduated from prestigious universities, most of them got a good job. In fact, this was also the case in ancient times, the ancients studied hard for ten years, in order to one day be able to live a better life.
However, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a strange thing happened, a person passed the entrance examination but was not recognized by the patriarch, so why is this? In the 16th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, a man named Zhu Shangmeng in Lujiang finally won the title of the gold list through his hard work and passed the jinshi examination. Logically, this is a glorious lintel thing, and people of Zhu Shangmeng's clan are happy for his success.
But Zhu Shangmeng's joy was not over, and he ushered in a bad news. The patriarch of the Zhu clan held a clan assembly and kicked Zhu Shangmeng's name out of the family tree, which made the clan members unable to understand. The patriarch's attitude was also very strong, and he only said one reason, "If you don't kick out the family tree, you are not allowed to be an official."
In desperation, Zhu Shangmeng could only leave the Zhu clan and go to his post as an official. The time passed year after year, until 34 years later, the imperial court sent people to Zhu Shangmeng's hometown to check on the zhu clan. It turned out that Zhu Shangmeng was about to be exterminated by the imperial court for participating in the "Nanshan Collection Case". As a result, after investigation, it was found that Zhu Shangmeng was no longer a member of the Zhu clan, so the Zhu clan was also retained. Therefore, the clan members were also grateful to the patriarch for his wise decision.
It turned out that the patriarch kicked Zhu Shangmeng out of the family tree after deep thinking. Because the Qing Dynasty was not established for a long time at that time, the Han people still had a relatively high defensive mentality. In this case, the Han people must be cautious if they go to become officials, because it is likely that a small mistake will lead to disaster. Therefore, in order to consider the overall situation and better protect the clan, the patriarch came up with this method. I have to say that this patriarch is indeed a man of great wisdom. I don't know what everyone thinks? Feel free to leave a comment below.