Five hundred and fiftieth chapters self-inflicted (five)
"The Shen family in Songjiang is so popular in Shilin." Chen Ying said.
As soon as the second top scorer of the Shen family came out, anyone could see that unless there was an accident, the Shen family could prosper for another fifty years. As the younger generation successively took the imperial examinations, the number of children of the Shen family in Songjiang became an official in the Songjiang River was increasing. .
When a tree stands out in the forest, the wind will destroy it.
As soon as the case in Songjiang was released, the big shots in the capital were looking at the children of the Shen family.
There are both advantages and disadvantages in the merger of the clan. In this case, it is because there is no division of the clan, and the children of the clan will be implicated. The family will be confiscated and executed, which is also calculated according to the family.
What is a family? The family is a relative of five obedients, with blood and close relatives; but after five, what else is there except for the common surnames left?
Even if the clan is divided and the family becomes a clan, if they really need to resist foreign humiliation, the clan will be relatives.
Chen Qi and Chen are all smart people, so they naturally understand the interests.
Chen Quan patted his forehead and said, "I used to think about the unfairness of the clan's family. I took the position of patriarch to the second brother. I will not be able to hold back the clan in the future. Now I think it's hard to make everyone talk, and the second brother will be in a dilemma when things happen. It's better to split it up."
As early as when the clan leader was alive, the Shen clan's family had close relationships. With the death of the clan leader, Chen Hai had insufficient prestige, and the clan leader tended to be "autonomous", which was not as close as before.
Chen Quan stood up and said, "I have to go and say hello to Brother Jin. Brother Rui is still thinking about changing the patriarch. I'll save you all the trouble tomorrow!"
Chen Hai was guarding against the fifth room before, and after sending people to each room to deliver posts, he arranged for people to stare at this place, wanting to see who the fifth room is connected with.
When the sun was dusk, I stared at the servants in the fifth room and went back to report, but I didn't see Chen Hai, but Chen Jun with red eyes.
"The master got drunk and rested. I'll just say anything to me." Chen Jun rubbed his forehead and said.
The servant was speechless and honestly replied: "The fifth house, Quan San, went to the fourth house, and then went to the side of Li Liu, and did not go to the next house."
Chen Jun waved his hand: "Thank you for your hard work, go to the account to pay a bunch of money."
The servant went down happily, Chen Jun turned around and looked at the study room, where he had not moved for a long time.
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The next morning, the heads of each house who received the post all arrived at the old house of the clan house.
Needless to say, the second room came from Chen Yuan and Shen Rui's uncle and nephew; the third room came from Chen Hu and Chen Yong brothers, the fourth room came from Chen Jin, the fifth room Chen Ying and Chen Quan brothers, the sixth room was Chen Qi and the seventh room Chen Qin, Chen Liu and Chen Bao, the father and son of the eighth room, are surprising but not surprising. Jiu Fang, in addition to the master of Jiu Fang, there is also Shen Li.
Chen Jun stood at the gate of the ancestral hall with a crutch, greeted him in person.
Although the second and fifth bedrooms are out for service, due to Shen Rui's relationship, the uncle and nephew are still simple.
The two brothers Chen Hu and Chen Yong are also simple-god, but they are the filial piety of the old man in the third room. After all, the two brothers are brothers of the same family. Although they have quarrels, now in order to get the He family and his son to return to the third room, the two brothers have become united again. The fourth and fifth rooms have always been close to each other. After sitting down, Chen Jin also whispered to Chen Quan.
Needless to say, Chen Jin from the fourth room was also because Chen Hongre, the fifth room failed to filial piety and was just wearing simple clothes.
Chen Qi, a six-bedroom house, was also wearing a plain clothes, and her beard was a little unshaven. He was filial to his wife, and his wife died when the Japanese pirates came ashore. The six-bedroom house was small and there were few guards. The most loss was the most, except for The warehouse was robbed, and Grandma Qi protected her children and died tragically. Chen Qi was clearing the paddy fields outside the city at that time, but escaped.
In each of the Shen family's rooms, the one who hated the He family the most was Chen Qi. Chen Qi's anger towards the confusion of Chen Hai, the patriarch, was no less than that of the fifth room.
Chen Li, the head of the seventh house, was not in Songjiang. He was still in the second house after failing the spring exam a few years ago. He chose a school official as a juren. Now he is on duty outside, so the person who came to the seventh house legitimate son Chen Qin. Chen Qin once went to Beijing to choose his heir. , and Chen Quan, Shen Rui and the others are also familiar with each other. Because the ancestors of the seventh house and the eighth house are brothers, the two houses have always been watching and helping each other. Therefore, even though they have left the five houses, Chen Qin is still wearing plain clothes. This is the filial piety of the old man who guards the eighth house .
Chen Bao and his son of the Eighth Room are naturally dressed in plain clothes.
The great master of the Ninth Room has the highest seniority and his bloodline is far away from each room. He doesn't need to wear plain clothes, but his face is as dark as the bottom of the pot, which is even worse than his dead grandson. It's not that he is like this, Chen Lu is still here now The prefect's office was in charge, and like Chen Zhu, he would go to the capital as a "witness" who had contacted the "Japanese pirates" and go to the capital with the imperial envoy.
Chen Li is close to Wu Fang and is also wearing plain clothes.
In this way, except for the senior members of the Nine Room Master, there were all in plain clothes. Everyone sat down, looked at each other, and felt a little more serious in their hearts.
Fortunately, others are lower in seniority and age than Chen Hai, so there is no need to go out to greet him by himself. However, there is also a great master from the Ninth House, who is lower in Chen Hai for a lifetime, and it will be rude if he doesn't go out to greet him.
This is the partial hall of the ancestral hall, which is the place where the clan members discuss matters. There is a chair above, the position of the clan leader, and four chairs on the left and right of the lower head, which is the position of the eight-bedroom chief. Behind the eight chairs, there are two rows of chairs. It is the position of the people who are listening to the tribe.
Although the master of Jiufang is of high age, Jiufang is in a fixed position in the ancestral hall. He sat down and looked at his nephews and grandchildren, and only his own family was alone. When things happened, he could only look for Shen Li with thick faces. He felt uncomfortable and was all over. Unhappy when he couldn't see Chen Hai, his face drooped and his face drooped: "The clan leader is so arrogant. Everyone is here and he has not shown up yet. It's a big deal!"
Because Chen Jun was inconvenient to walk, he had already asked someone to carry a chair and put it under the patriarch's position.
As soon as the Grand Master of Nine Room broke out, the people who were originally chatting extinguished their voices. Everyone looked at Chen Jun, and were also curious that Chen Hai was late.
Everyone has enough time to sit down, and even if Chen Hai wants to put the finale on the rack, it’s time to come out.
Chen Jun was sitting, but now he stood up with a cane and said with shame: "I am annoyed to all the relatives of my father on behalf of my father. Yesterday afternoon, Uncle Zhuo came over and talked about the funeral of Brother Ling's second brother. My father I thought of Brother Xiaodong, and felt uncomfortable. After eating a few more cups of wine, I felt a little uncomfortable. I had tossed and went to bed after a while at night. I took medicine and went to bed after dawn."
Chen Yong was worried and confused. He heard the words and said anxiously: "Why are you sick at this time? But after hiring a doctor, what do you say?"
Chen Jun said: "I invited Dr. Wu from Huichuntang, saying that he was hurt by the gods a few days ago and prescribed warm and tonic medicine to rest."
Doctor Wu is an old doctor who retired in the Imperial Hospital and a famous Xinglin master in Songjiang City. This is his diagnosis, so he naturally had this condition.
"Then the clan will today..." Chen Yong did not expect that things would change again and couldn't help but get anxious.
Chen Jun looked apologetically and looked at everyone and said, "My father invited everyone here before to discuss the affairs of Brother Ling's second son, but now he is sick and really doesn't care about this."
The Master Jiufang also wanted to mention Chen Hai's detention. After hearing this, he snorted coldly: "You can't pretend to be sick, right? Your elder brother Lu and Chen Zhu are still in the prefect's office, and your father, the patriarch, doesn't say anything about it. Express your opinion in person.”
Chen Jun smiled bitterly and said, "My father is afraid he is not in enough energy."
Chen Qi was angry and said with a sarcasm, "Didn't Shen Ling ask Uncle Yong to get rid of the clan? How to handle the funeral? There is no need for the clan room to speak again."
Chen Yong frowned and said, "It was just a temporary solution at the beginning. Now that the lawsuit has been filed, I know that Brother Ling is wronged, so I will naturally not let him be buried outside and be a lonely ghost."
As soon as they said this, everyone here could see that Chen Yong and the clan leader had already reached a consensus. What this clan would say was that Shen Ling was re-entering the genealogy. It was not for the death of Shen Ling, nor was it still alive. The He family and his son were the three percent of the family property that the Yan family judged.
Chen Qi's face was even more mocked, and she turned around to look at Chen Jun: "Second brother Jun, are you going to make the decision for the third house on behalf of the clan leader? If the He family and his son do not agree, will the Zongfang come forward and persuade him with kind words? ?”
Chen Jun quickly shook his head and said, "Brother Qi misunderstood. I don't mean to interfere in the housework of the three rooms. What I can do for Ling's second brother is to lay out two acres of land next to the ancestral land to be Ling's second brother's blessed land. What exactly is it When mourning, it depends on He’s meaning.”
Chen Yong heard something was wrong. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Chen Jun say, "The reason why I bothered all the relatives of the clans still going on this is because I really can't rest assured that my father's health. If my health is still good, I won't What did you say? My father is resting, and I will do chores with you if there is something in the clan. Now we are inconvenient for both father and son, so we can also keep things casually for sacrifices to the fields, clan studies, etc., and now we have to worry about relatives of all races and choose another house. It is better to temporarily serve the clan…”
As soon as the words came to an end, the whole place was silent.
What does this mean? To hand over the position of patriarch?
No matter what each room was thinking before, I was shocked now.
Even Shen Rui, Chen Jin, who had the intention of changing the clan leader before, and later changed it to the branch sect, Chen Quan and a few small people thought that there must be a dispute today, so they could not go out to move Chen Yuan and Shen Jing to confront each other, but Unexpectedly, without anyone having to speak up, Chen Jun took the initiative to hand over the position of patriarch.
What's going on? Is Chen Hai really sick?
With Chen Jin "Pearls and Jades in front", the clan brothers had similar guesses when they were right and their eyes were right. Chen Hai was probably "been sick", so it would be better than really confrontation and fighting to tear his face. It's well arrived.
Before others could speak, Chen Yong stood up: "Nothing! Chen Jun, don't take your own actions. It's just a minor illness. Why did you reach the point of changing the patriarch? Even if you have a leg injury, it will be almost cured for three or five months. Why bother with that? The clan house is the legitimate branch and it is natural to take charge of tribe affairs. If you switch to another house, it will be injustice."
This strong opposition to the change of the clan leader was just because he was worried that Shen Ling would reappear in the genealogy.
Everyone just thought it was a joke and looked at Chen Jun, wanting to see what he said.
At this time, Chen Hu was the one who spoke with Chen Yong: "Why can't you change it? The Shen family has been in Songjiang for more than a hundred years, and the position of patriarch has not always been in the clan house. When the great-grandfather of his great-grandfather was in the second house, the old man in the second house had done it. The patriarch. However, now the second family is in the capital, and Songjiang is a neighboring polite house. Since the clan leader’s position as the clan leader is given up, it will be the third family’s turn..."