The only clan leader and clan elder are basically the only clan leader who can enter the ancestral temple.

According to the rules, we naturally burn incense and pray, which is to say hello to our ancestors and let them be witnesses. Everyone knows that they will not really be witnesses, and everything is just a ceremony.

Due to the time issue, of course, Liu An's selfishness was also a little bit of selfishness. He only summoned the Liu clan members of Lousang Village. At least the Liu clan members in the surrounding villages were to be summoned, and naturally, they also included the Liu clan members of the Liu clan members of the Liu clan members of the Liu clan village.

"I said to Xiaosaner, what's the matter with calling us old bones?" The eldest elder Liu Yin leaned lazily against the wall. At the age of 73, he was already unable to withstand the body.

But as a great elder, he will never be missing any clan meeting. Besides, others are old but not confused. Their heads are filled with experience accumulated over 73 years.

"Actually, I proposed to hold this meeting." Liu Ming stood up and said to everyone present.

"I remember you, are you the fifth grandson of Lao Wu?" The elder looked at Liu Ming carefully and then asked.

"Boy is right, I've seen the grandpa!" Liu Ming nodded.

The eldest elder is also Grandpa Liu Ming's elder brother, and he is also his grandfather in terms of seniority.

Here, no matter how the identity changes, they are all members of the Liu family. The clan rules and clan identity are the criteria for evaluating everything. Even if you become an emperor, you can only be a minority here.

"Old Wu's lineage is just a grandson, you are the only one who has suffered over the years." The Great Elder said calmly. However, everyone could hear that the Great Elder still cared about this grandson and younger generation.

"The grandson didn't cry, and finally managed the Liujia Village left by grandpa." Perhaps it hit the tears, or was infected by this atmosphere, Liu Ming couldn't help but feel a little urge to cry.

"Brother, I heard that Ming'er has become the mayor of the town! It was originally Liujia Village, but was promoted to Liujia Town by the governor!" Another elder next to him suddenly said.

"It's a promising moment! In many years, our Liu clan has never produced a single official who has surpassed the village chief!" The elder suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Liu Ming with an excited expression.

Not to mention the great elders, the Liu clan members who were listening outside the ancestral temple began to whisper. Some were envious and jealous, some were planning to make a living by their relatives, and of course some were doing small calculations.

"By the way, Xiao San'er, I asked us old bones to come here, just to congratulate Ming'er on being the mayor, right?" The elder suddenly changed his mind and looked at Liu An on the side.

"Of course not. The boy just wanted to gather everyone to ask. He has forgotten his clan because of his wealth. What should he do?" Liu An smiled and then looked at Liu Ming viciously.

"Missan'er, don't be so sarcastic when speaking. Just tell me what's going on!" The elder who echoed earlier frowned and scolded Liu An.

"The fourth elder doesn't know that Liu Ming has become the mayor and is rarely back. How can he make a name for himself in front of me? No matter how big the official he is, isn't it my Liu clan? But not only did he not give me a good look, but he also wanted to take my position as the leader. What do you mean?" Liu An said with a 'bullyed' face and complained to the elders.

"Ming'er, is there any such thing?" another elder asked.

"Elders, I just want to ask, is Liu Bei a member of my Liu clan?" Liu Ming asked calmly.

"Ming'er, I'll ask you something, you can answer first!" the elder said dissatisfiedly.

"My question is related to my answer. Besides, when I heard the tone of the third elder, why did I feel like I was sentenced to death directly?" Liu Ming asked with a smile.

It was said to be a smile, but everyone could see the coldness and lack of emotion behind this smile.

This is not surprising. Liu An mainly relies on serving the third elders. In recent years, the third elders have also received a lot of filial piety from Liu An. It can be said that they are a symbiosis of prosperity and humiliation.

"Three, don't be so excited...but Ming'er, your tone is not good, it's big or small." The elder saw that the third elder was about to say something, and immediately interrupted.

"My grandson is just unwilling to accept his feelings, and he can't help but unable to control his feelings." Liu Ming lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

His attitude was very sincere, but everyone felt that maybe he was really unwilling to accept it.

Seeing this, the Great Elder secretly gave a look to the Fourth Elder.

"Liu Bei... which family is he from?" the fourth elder asked casually.

"Liu Bei is my Liu family..." The third elder immediately stepped forward to explain.

"Liu Bei has nothing to do with our Liu family, but his surname is Liu. If you really want to trace it back, maybe it might be a bit related to more than ten generations ago. However, he is definitely a concubine and is not as good as the Liu family genealogy." The second elder, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.

Liu Ming didn't know who he was, but when he heard him say the answer he wanted to know the most, he couldn't help but look at him with gratitude.

"Ming'er, you have the answer you want, it's your turn!" The elder said casually.

"Ming'er's family changes in the middle of this year. The only grandfather passed away. All elders should know. And for the sake of the villagers in Liujia Village, my grandfather borrowed 500 jin of grain from the clan. I wonder how many people still remember this?" Liu Ming took a deep breath and said slowly.

"Remember, remember... The fifth brother knelt down at that time and made his head bleeding..." The second elder recalled with a regretful expression.

"The sixth brother is also... we are all a family, just squeeze it..." The fourth elder sighed.

"For this reason, our village was very busy that year, and he owed the accounts of several village tribesmen around him. He had never paid any more than this!" Seeing this, the third elder immediately jumped out and shouted.

"The third brother, the fourth brother is right! Who can guarantee that there will be no problem with the family? The reason why the clan exists is to take care of each other soon?" The elder immediately scolded.

The third elder didn't care about disobeying this elder brother, so he could only shut up his mouth obediently.

"Ming'er, keep talking!" the second elder signaled.

"This year, my grandson hunted a big insect and sold it to Zhuo County. I happened to meet Zhang Fei, the eldest son of the Zhang family, and Ming'er just worshipped, had an old age with him..." Liu Ming slowly told his experience, but he just concealed the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

"Give it? Whose family is so idle that they can give it away as soon as they say it?" After hearing this, the third elder said sarcastically.

"Young Master Zhang is outside, and now he is one of the two major captains under Ming'er. If the third elder doesn't believe it, please come and prove it." Liu Ming said in a humble and arrogant manner. He was really unhappy with the third elder.

"Come on, so this kind young owner gave you five hundred coins, but the mistress was about to leave, right?" The elder already knew roughly what was going on.

"Great Elder, Liu Bei had already joined the great scholar Lu Zhi at that time. It is very likely that my Liu family would have a scholar!" Liu An said in a hurry.

A scholar is the foundation of a family from a powerful man to the world. Every powerful man hopes that a scholar can appear in his family, but to become a scholar, it is not enough to be talented.

If you have some talent, you can become a scholar, then there will be no such poor class in this world.

"How is the result now?" the second elder asked casually.

"His mother died... she came back to mourn... she could go to Lu Zhi's disciples to listen to the lecture three years later." Liu An had to answer truthfully in this situation.

"Do you know how old Liu Bei is this year?" Liu Ming suddenly asked.

"I know a little bit that he is very close to Liu An and is the target of Liu An's focus on training. I remember that he is almost thirty years old this year, right?" the second elder said with a sneer.

"At the age of thirty, I have to stay mourning for three years?" The fourth elder suddenly felt funny.

At this age, I am afraid it will be difficult to enter the officialdom. What did you do earlier?

"I heard a little bit about it. I heard that Liu Bei had been with his classmates in Luoyang all day long, and he had hardly focused on his studies. He wore luxurious clothes and ate delicious foods that scholars ate. Those days were really something that we, the country people, could not compare with..." Liu Ming said disdainfully.

The tribesmen soon whispered, obviously very dissatisfied with such a guy.

Liu An suddenly felt a suffocating feeling. Liu Bei really often needed to spend money in Luoyang, but he didn't know where Liu Bei spent the money. Unexpectedly, Liu Ming found this!

But Liu Bei, the unsatisfied man, actually played a family style in Luoyang, and didn’t look at his identity. To put it bluntly, he was just a straw sandal and straw mattress.

Amid everyone's discussion, Liu Ming told all the things he saw and heard today, as well as Liu An's ugly appearance. In the end, he only gave one conclusion, that is, he wanted to take the position of patriarch of the Hui tribe.

Giving Liu An the position of chief of the Liu clan would only ruin the only savings left by Liu clan.

"Haha, after all, you just want the position of patriarch! Do you know that there are rules in the clan that people who are not as tall as the crown have no right to compete for the position of patriarch?" The third elder laughed.

"Ming'er, you should know the rules, right?" The elder didn't say anything, but just asked Liu Ming.

"Please give Ming'er a gift in advance!" Liu Ming breathed deeply and knelt down at the elder.

Everyone looked at Liu Ming, and no one knew that he would make such a request.

"What nonsense are you talking about..." The third elder's tone was almost roaring.

"Third brother, have you been too presumptuous recently?!" The second elder raised his head and cursed.

"Huh... I hope my decision is correct..." The elder closed his eyes, and after a long time he let out a deep breath, then opened his eyes and looked at Liu Ming.

Then, he solemnly glanced at everyone and asked: "Liu is everyone's Liu family, not the Liu family of us old men. Everyone is a clan member, let's vote!"

Things have developed to this point, and it has basically been a referendum.

Whether to choose Liu Ming or Liu An as the patriarch is chosen by those present.

Two bowls were placed silently in front of everyone, and each person had a Go piece in his hand.

Thirty minutes later, Liu Ming won twenty votes and Liu An got thirty votes.

Yes, this is Lousang Village, and the residents here are all under the jurisdiction of Liu An. If you don’t want Liu An to use any tricks, it’s better to submit. We are from the Liu clan, but we are even villagers of Lousang Village.

And Liu An is the village chief and their village official.

Liu Ming sighed, and the result was as expected.

But, he doesn't care!

"Ming'er, did you see it too?" The elder pointed at the bowl in front of Liu Ming with a crutch.

"Ming'er saw it!" Liu Ming said with a smile, his expression was so calm.

"What do you think?" the elder asked again.

"Where are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are disputes about interests in the clan." Liu Ming said with a smile.

"Yes... everyone has their own interests..." The Great Elder slowly stood up.

Then, he waved his crutch suddenly and swept off the bowl in front of Liu An.

"But the existence of the clan is to unite the clan. If even the fundamental interests of the clan members cannot be guaranteed, then what is the point of asking for the clan and the clan leader?" The elder looked at Liu An coldly and at the villagers outside.

"All those who voted for Liu An will be expelled from the genealogy from today! Liu An is exempted from the position of patriarch, and the third elder is exempted from the position of patriarch. From now on, Liu Ming will be the new patriarch of the Liu family of the King Jing of Zhongshan!" The second elder stood up tacitly and said.
Chapter completed!