Five hundred and fifty-eight chapters Shen's branch (five)
As expected, Dong Qihe accepted the invitation from Shen Li happily. Not only did he feel a little impatient, but he was secretly happy.
Dong Qihe had been in the position of Tongzhi, and he had a lot of friends with the Shen family, the leader of the local gentry. Now that he has been promoted, he wants to be with the Shen family.
Regardless of whether the Shen family's children who are officials in the court have a promising future, and there are many senior officials in their in-laws, Dong wants to guard Songjiang in the future, so he must not let the Shen family get along well.
Even if the Shen family wants to divide the clan, it is a huge figure with many tribesmen in the local area.
Now that the He family is about to collapse, the Zhang family is not going to be lost. The Lu family has already stood with the Shen family in the Japanese pirate case. The Shen family, a first-class family in Songjiang, has a stable status. In the future, they will collect grain and collect taxes. Ding Weimin The Shen family must take the lead in the strong and even the gentry who built bridges and paved roads.
In his heart, Dong Qihe also regarded the Shen family as his lucky star. If it weren't for this Japanese pirate case, if the Shen family hadn't reversed the case, Zhao Xianzhong would have restrained. With his qualifications, he had no backer in the court, so he didn't know that he would have to. How many years have you been able to reach the fourth grade, let alone a prosperous city like Songjiang Prefecture.
Whenever he thought of this, Dong Qihe was excited. He had made up his mind to appease the Shen family by using the unjust case of Japanese communication and bringing the relationship closer. Now, before he could use his brains, the Shen family would give him goodwill first. How can I not catch it?
What's more, it's better to be the first emperor, but the identity of this old son-in-law is shining in Dong Qihe's eyes.
Although Dong Qihe was born in a Jinshi, his family was in an ordinary state when he was young, and he was not very agile. He didn't know how to prepare gifts or give gifts, so he couldn't even beg for the boss in Beijing. He was released from the place, so he was all due to his own responsibilities. The officials have only survived one after another. It would be fine if they were at the side. Now they have been lucky enough to sit in the position of the prefect of Songjiang. Since they are happy and have hidden worries, they know that if they don’t lean on the side, they are afraid that they will be the end of the day and will not be able to sit for a long time. .
Jiangnan is rich, who doesn’t want to take a bite?
If I could use the Shenli to get along with Master Xie...
"You are polite to Master Chen! This is also my duty." Dong Qihe smiled so much that his lips were short and his beard was raised.
He was able to bend and stretch. Putting aside the prestige of his parents, he promised that he would go to the branch site to testify. He was polite to Shen Rui, a young scholar who was a teenager, and praised the Shen family. : "The Shen family has a scholarly family and a family of officials, with many children and talents. Although today they are divided into sects and turn them into small ones, they will definitely be a grand occasion for all sects to be heroic in the future."
The county magistrate who destroyed the family and the prefect who destroyed the family had learned from Zhao Xianzhong's previous experience in frameing the Shen family to connect with the Japanese, the Shen family must be more attentive to the good friends of the place, and will not neglect it even if they are calm.
Dong Qihe's reaction was better than Chen Li expected. Chen Li also smiled and said humbly: "Mr. Dong is too good. Although the Shen family is divided into sects, it will also restrain the clan members and benefit the hometown. In the future, it will be in Songjiang. It is up to Lord Dong, the parent official, to give me some more care."
Both sides had the intention of making friends, and they had a great time talking.
After discussing the trivial matters in Songjiang, and having a chat with old friends in the same year, Dong Qihe regretfully found that he could not have any relationship with Shen Li, but because of the speculative talks, he still felt that he was much closer.
After Chen Li stood up and said goodbye, Dong Qihe even saw him off with a diligent look on his face.
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The division of the Shen family has now become a hot topic in Songjiang. All the families in Songjiang are watching the movements of the Shen family, especially Chen Li, the "leader" among the Shen clan.
As soon as Chen Li entered the prefect's office, all the gods of the ears ran to send messages. When he saw the prefect sending them out in person, the gods of the ears were in an uproar.
Although the Shen family was reported to be divided into sects and was no longer the first-class clan in the past, but with two top scholars and many children to serve in the office, their strength should not be underestimated. So, they seem to have a close relationship with the new magistrate.
When the news came back to the heads of each family, there was another guess. Many people were still secretly happy. The Shen family made friends with the new magistrate, and the next step was to deal with the He family.
After Mr. He Er worked hard for years, the He family's industry doubled. The Shen family made a hole and they could get a share of the pie. Just as the He family would be jealous of the Shen family, the He family was not jealous of the He family. One or two.
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Lu family, study room.
After hearing the news, Mr. Lu breathed a sigh of relief and finally did not make the wrong move. He casually ordered his confidant housekeeper and said, "Go to the government office to find the third child, ask him to take leave tomorrow, and go to the Shen family with me."
The housekeeper was not surprised. Lu Sanlang was originally a clerk. Since the prefect went to the Shen family tomorrow, he happened to ask Sanlang to show his face, showing that he had a close relationship with the Shen family, which would be beneficial to the future. He answered the order now. But he didn't go on right away, his face full of entanglement.
Mr. Lu turned the bracelet of Duobao's sandalwood eighteen-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-s
The housekeeper was a little embarrassed and said, "No, it's not Mrs. He, this time it's Mrs. He's aunt who asked someone to say..."
This old lady of the He family is not talking about others, but Mrs. He. She is a daughter of the Lu family, but she is not a legitimate branch. In other words, she is still Mr. Lu’s elder.
Mr. Lu sneered, "Don't mention the old lady, you're almost out of the fifth squad, and you can't judge any relatives. Moreover, He Er doesn't recognize relatives, but only recognizes money. Don't want his relatives. Did it.”
The housekeeper became more and more embarrassed, but he still said, "Mrs. My aunt wanted to meet Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan and Shen Rui's younger husband, and she planned to ask the master to accompany him as a witness."
Mr. Lu was full of sarcastic expressions: "She wants to ask for peace, and ask me to be a good person? A fool just wades into this muddy water..." As he said that, he suddenly stopped, pinched his bracelet and frowned and began to think, and sighed for a while. He said: "What an old lady, I can't testify. This is just a message to let me know. She probably calculated that since I knew it, she would be dragged into the water and get involved in the dispute between the two families. ”
"I look like a fool who is so foolish?" Mr. Lu threw the bracelet on the table and said coldly: "I really don't know what she has to do! Although He Er is locked in prison, he can be sent to Beijing. Of course, there is also protection from Boss He. What is the fun she, an old lady, joins in? Everything is wrong, but it’s just a waste of trouble. Besides, Xiao Shen is just the top scholar. She really thinks that Brother Xiao Rui is easy to fool? Or do they think If the fourth wife of the Shen family married the He family as a housekeeper, can they get involved again?"
Speaking of this, Mr. Lu glanced at the housekeeper with a surprised face, waved his hand weakly, and said, "No one in the He family will come to see you in the future. The He family is really not a kind person, and he is just calculating relatives, so he is really not close to you. …”
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The He family did not think that they had planned on their relatives at all, but instead felt that the world was in a bad state. At this moment, relatives were unreliable and no one could avoid them.
The news of Dong Qihe personally sent Shen to the He family, and He Beisheng became more and more upset. While he was worried that the Shen family would climb to the new magistrate, he might be hurt by the He family. At the same time, he felt that his second brother had done too much this time and would have a life. In it, no matter how much revenge you receive, it is a sin. But that is not someone else, after all, it is his own brother and sister. Even if you know that he is wrong, you cannot give up.
He Beisheng walked around the hall, full of conflicts and confusion, and kicked the table and chairs for a while, which attracted the attention of Mrs. He.
Old Mrs. He also counted Buddhist beads and sighed: "Lao Wu, go and sort out the accounts of the two weaving factories and return them to the Shen family another day."
He Beisheng was shocked and blurted out: "Why is this?"
But when he thought of his second brother in prison, He Beisheng sighed heavily again. He naturally knew the origin of the two weaving factories, the root of the rift between Chen He and the two families, and the dowry of Sun, who was plotting against him by the second brother.
In order to ease the relationship with the fourth wife of the Shen family, the second brother would rather find another way to marry, than spit out the weaving factory. In recent years, the two factories have indeed been well managed, and hundreds of looms have been expanded one after another. , with a annual profit of nearly 10,000 taels, becoming one of the most profitable industries of the He family, and it is no longer comparable to the weaving factory in the past.
The eldest brother had to withdraw 50,000 yuan in Beijing before, and asked his second brother to sell the weaving factory. The second brother was not willing to sell it. Now he wants to "repay"? Not to mention Mr. He who has been working hard for many years, he is a bystander like He Beisheng. I can't bear to leave it alone.
"Mom, it's my second brother's hard work." He Beisheng took a little bit of praying: "Even if I send it back, the Shen family may not want it."
Old Mrs. He shook her head and said, "One mistake, every step is wrong, that is the root of the disaster! Although Sun was a merchant, she has always done good deeds. She is the kindness of Chen Li and the fifth family of the Shen family. This is still in the Shen family. Not one or two people who received the favor of Sun's family outside. Keeping those weaving factories in their hands will only remind the people of the He family's injustice to the good man Sun's family at that time. What's the point of being good at it? If you ask you to go, go, don't talk about it anymore. !" She looked down at the big and round sandalwood Buddhist beads in her hand, and her voice was low: "Whether they want it or not, they can..."
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Shen family, five bedrooms
Chen Li, the Shen Rui tribe brothers went to the fifth room without saying a word, and Shen Rui conveyed the attitudes of Wang Shouren and Dong Qihe to the three brothers Chen Ying.
Chen Quan nodded repeatedly and said, "With a few adults witnesses, the third and nine rooms will not be too noisy, and the division of the sect will be smoother."
Chen Qi shook his head and said, "It's not obvious. According to the previous statement, the division of sects wants to divide half of the clans into each house. Even if they are afraid of the officials, they are afraid that they will not care about the silver when they see it. Now.”
Chen Quan laughed dryly, "I gave them all the family property and they thought they were too little..." When he mentioned the idea of the third room's greedy for money, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Shen Rui: "Today, my mother went to see Ling's second sister-in-law, and she was meeting her Uncle Yong was angrily beating over there and cursed. Sister Ling's sister-in-law didn't tell me in detail, but I guessed that Uncle Yong was still staring at Brother Ling's pension and wanted to recognize Brother Ling's second. Now After the division of the clan, the clan cannot take care of the third wife. If the second uncle Yong forcefully put the second brother Ling into the genealogy, Brother Xiao Nan will…”
The room was quiet for a moment, Chen Li shook his head and said, "Although he divided the sect, the genealogy was not the final word for him." Having said that, after the sect, the authority of the clan leader was no more than before, so he was recommended. Chen Qi became the leader of the clan, and the clan members were convinced, and the third wife might not be content with money.
Shen Rui thought of the little brother Nan and sighed.
Chen Zhou had the intention of adopting the grandson before, but for some reason he has not made it clear now, so Shen Rui could not ask Chen Zhou. After all, the two families are still the same, and in fact they have separated their families and no nephew has ever asked. The truth about the uncle's matter.
Shen Rui didn't know what Chen Zhou was thinking. He valued Shen Ling but did not consider adoption. At that time, because he hated the third room, he was afraid that the third room would mess with Shen Ling and cause trouble for the second room. Just like before, Mr. He second planned to plot against the third room of the Shen family. When the property was in progress, the third room asked Shen Ling to accompany Chen Zhu to Beijing for help. Shen Ling, a junior, had no right to refuse at all.
The situation is different now. Before and after the "Three Sons of Shen's Encounter with the Japanese", the various shameless and ruthless actions of the three families have long made He hate him. The young brother Nan was raised by He who hated the three families. It would be good if it was not retaliated against the third bedroom in the future, no matter how it was, it would be impossible to take over the third bedroom. This emotionally cut off the entanglement between Xiao Nan and the third bedroom.
Shen Ling is now a "single family" who has been removed from the clan. She does not need to take into account her family's family's family's family's requests, nor is she worried about ignoring the requests of her family. This is the tangle between the three families from the perspective of etiquette and law. In this way, it completely eliminates the hidden danger of entanglement between the three rooms.
`If the second house is not promoted, he may not be promoted to the government in the future.
Shen Rui was not very interested in the second house of Jianyu, and even felt that having or not having a son was not related to him, but he really hoped that He would become Chenzhou's daughter-in-law. There was no such thing as He was a good at dealing with housework. He had been in Nanjing before. At that time, I would do housework with my husband one mile away.
Xu is over 60 years old, and his energy is not as good as before since Shen Cangguo. Mrs. Run San is a soft-hearted person and is not very smart at the housekeeper. Fortunately, Xu is in charge and has no major mistakes.
Before Shen Rui got married, the mansion was short of a mistress who could housekeeper. Regardless of whether Shen Ling was adopted by Chen Zhou or not, as a young widow, He family should not take care of the internal affairs of Chen Zhou, who was single in Nanjing. , I must take Brother Xiao Nan back to Beijing to mourn, just in time to help Xu.
Not only Shen Rui was thinking about adoption, Chen Li, but Chen Ying also thought of this. However, as "outsiders", they could not argue about the matter of the second house's descendants.
Chen Ying only said: "Although we have divided the clans, the family of three families is not up to date. Besides, the clans have to go to the government to register. When I am presenting the genealogy, I have to go to the yamen to register again. He refused, If you don’t go, the third room has nothing to do with you."
Chen Li nodded and said, "I'll just say hello to the yamen, so I can save them from making trouble." He and the brothers of Shen Ling were very different from each other and had no contact, but he was also very sad about Shen Ling's situation, and sympathized with him. I am happy to help Shen Ling's wife and children.
Thinking of this, he paused and said, "Tomorrow, I'm afraid there's something else." After that, he looked at Shen Rui, "Analysis of property, and the wealth of the houses is uneven, so he must be mentally resentful. If he pursues the matter, This man-made disaster in the Shen family is probably to pursue Master Yuan’s fault for three or nine or even the clan. If he had not been treasonous and had broken the contract for no reason, he would not have been able to retaliate against the Yan family, which would have frightened the Shen family…”