Shen Yuan decided not to go home. While going to the capital to take the exam, the Shen family in Ninghua was discussing the merger of the family.

This time, not only were the Li family members, but even the parents' houses and branches of the Shen family prepared to rely on, mainly because Chen Xi was an official in the court and Shen Yuan passed the imperial examination, the Shen family had unknowingly become one of the top scholarly families in Tingzhou Prefecture. Not only could they be exempted from land tax and labor service, but their social status also increased significantly. Many people treated the Shen family as an official family.

As the most important figure in the Shen family's rejuvenation, Zhou's family, has become the best candidate for the new head of the Shen family.

Before, Xie Yuner was worried that the Shen family would not have been divided. Now the Zhou family has begun to enjoy the glory of the parents of this big family. The Shen family has returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors after the top scholar in Chenxi. After the funeral of Li, they gathered everyone in the Shen family together for the third time. The Shen family seemed to be united and even discussed choosing a date to buy land in the city to build a large mansion to allow the Shen family to live together.

In the past, Xie Yuner would never dare to imagine such a thing, because she felt that the Shen family in Ninghua was destined to become history. But now not only the Li family lineage may be reunited, but even the main lineage and branches must be gathered together.

Shen Mingjun and Shen Mingxin and Shen Mingxin have become the pillars of the Shen family because of the success of Chen Xi and Shen Yuan in the imperial examination. At such a large family meeting, the Zhou family represented the five families of the Shen family and Shen Mingxin represented the four families of the Shen family, and decided to build the Shen family into a grand family in Ninghua County and even Tingzhou Prefecture.

When the Shen family gathered together, everyone had a bright smile on their faces, but Shen Mingwen and his wife were dejected because they knew they were not the protagonist and others would not listen to their nonsense. Now they have no more than the Shen family's mansion and the old house. If they fight, they can only fight for whom to repay the debt. In addition, the house they live in is rented out by their daughter-in-law pleasing to Xie Yuner. They no longer compete for the position of the head of the Shen family.

Moreover, from the standpoint of the Shen family, Shen Mingwen is not the eldest grandson at all. There are still people older than him in the big house. These people follow the Zhou family's leader, and Shen Mingwen and his wife dare not come out to commit rash things.

Zhou's representative of the Li family, took the lead in speaking: "My son is now an official in the court. The news I received before said that he had been promoted to the Zuodu Censor, and was appointed as the Minister of War, and quelled local rebellions in the southwest. About six provinces were sent to my son. My son's official rank was already the second-rank official. Even if he did not serve as the Zuodu Censor and the Minister of War, he was also the governor of Huguang and Jiangxi provinces. He was also the second-rank official. Our Shen family has never had such a large official since ancient times?"

Shen Minglian from the old Shen family's big house came out to please: "Madam, isn't this a joke? Not to mention the Shen family, even Ninghua and even Tingzhou Prefecture, there has never been a second-rank official. This is the first one for our Shen family. Now, when others mention our Shen family, who is not a thumbs up?"

“Yes, yes!”

A group of people next to him followed.

Now they are all willing to admit that the Shen family is one. On the one hand, Shen Xi is an official, and Shen Yuan is an award-winning judge. If it is just a Chen Xi, it can only be said to be an accident. But now Shen Yuan is released, which shows that the Shen family has made achievements in education. If the Shen family is brought together, everyone's status can be promoted.

Zhou's smile was very natural: "Our Shen family is in Tingzhou Prefecture and has always been a scholarly family. He used to be the master of Taigong, and others knew about our Shen family, but later they declined. As for the reason, you all know that it was not the fault of our younger generations."

"Even my mother-in-law, the Li family of the Shen family, has lived for so many years. Even if the father-in-law passed away, she still supports our lineage alone. It took more than 20 years to revive the Shen family. She should be the most important guide for our Shen family. You have no objection, right?"

Zhou's words were very decent. Some words were not as spoken by people of her knowledge and knowledge. Those who didn't know thought that the top scholar's mother's level had risen now. She had seen big scenes and could speak appropriately. But those who knew would go to see Xie Yun'er standing behind Zhou. They knew that Xie Yun'er's status in the Shen family was higher than that of Zhou because she was Chen Xi's wife. The hope of the Shen family's revival in the future actually fell on Xie Yun'er, not the top scholar's mother.

However, due to the rituals and laws, no one came out to push Xie Yuner's status higher, and others used Shen Mingjun and his wife as the banner of the Shen family.

Everyone in the Shen family knew that even if the Shen family merged, Xie Yuner would not come back to live with the Shen family. If someone had a husband who was an official outside, he would naturally have to eat and drink outside. Returning to Tingzhou Prefecture would be like asking for trouble.

Shen Minglian continued, "What the wife said is that Aunt is the most important person in the Shen family's Zhongxing!"

The Shen family has not been in good condition in recent years, and each house lives by relying on his old capital. Now, among the previous generation of the Shen family, Li family died at the latest. In this generation, although Shen Minglian is not the eldest son, he is the second son of the old Shen family's parents' house, that is, the second son of the Shen family's grandfather. His status in the Shen family is not low. In the past, Li family came to Ninghua County and often lived in the Shen family's house.

Zhou said: "Since my mother is the key to the revival of my Shen family, now her children are naturally the master of the Shen family. Do you have any opinions?"

The people present originally couldn't understand why Zhou said this, but now they finally understood that Zhou was fighting for the orthodox status of the Shen family for the Li family. Although the Li family had Chen Xi and Shen Yuan, because they were not the eldest son of the Shen family, they could not get the recognition of the Shen family genealogy on the truth.

But everything can be discussed. If the Zhou family determines the orthodox position of the Li family, the genealogy will be re-edited. Just select the Li family of the Shen family and list it in front of the genealogy.

As the family members of the Shen family, Shen Minglian and others naturally did not want to be occupied by the Li family as the orthodox family. When Zhou said this, they immediately turned a blind eye. Others also talked about it and kept shaking their heads, obviously disagreed with Zhou's opinion.

Seeing that the people present seemed a little resistant, Zhou was a little annoyed: "Why, I said it well before, but now I don't want to admit it?"

Shen Minglian spoke on behalf of other branches: "My brother and sister, things need to be discussed carefully... The Shen family genealogy cannot be changed, and the rules cannot be changed. Many things... they still need to be implemented according to the family laws left by the ancestors, right?"

Before, Shen Minglian called him "wife" one after another, but now he had a dispute and simply called him "legend and sister-in-law", which made Zhou's face look very ugly.

Zhou said: "So far, the Shen family has produced many scholars, but the best one before was our uncle, who passed the exam for scholars and became a county school student. He has not changed for more than ten years... How many of your houses have you had children? Some have had children, but have they had scholars?"

This sentence offended a large group of people... Zhou's words were very unpleasant, and it was also a fact that the other rooms of the Shen family were unwilling to admit.

Even if the Shen family was not in the scholarly family before, it was a blessing for a scholar to become a scholar in several lifetimes. Later, they bought a family business in the city, but were eventually defeated. If it weren't for the rise of Chenxi, the Shen family would have lost their family. After two generations, no one might remember it.

Shen Minglian said: "My brother and sister, today we are discussing the reunion of the Shen family. Such a great situation, why don't you talk about those that are unpleasant?"

Shen Minglian said this, which already gave Zhou a very considerate face.

Zhou's speech is completely from the perspective of the winner. In Shen Minglian's opinion, although your family has produced the top scholar and the juren, they have even sold their houses now. They are so down and out. If they really want to build a mansion in the future, then we will pay for money, but you occupy an orthodox position... Who would like to listen to your longing?

There were many things that could be discussed, but Zhou took his domineering to the extreme and did not want to make wedding clothes for others when it comes to the merger of the Shen family.

Zhou said: "If this matter cannot be agreed today, then don't talk. Our family can still live a good life. The Ninghua Shen family has already separated the family members, and even the official residence is not one. So what if there is a genealogy? At worst, we will build our own genealogy..."

Zhou's words quickly aroused public outrage.

Your team is now proud and has a top scholar. If you want to draw a separate genealogy? That is the matter of betraying the ancestors and forgetting the clan. If you want to accept moral criticism, you must now be taught a lesson and let you know how serious the consequences will be caused by speaking like this!

Dividing a family is a small matter, and even deviating from the ancestral genealogy is a big matter.

Seeing that Zhou was talking so flawlessly, Shen Mingxin hurried out and said, "My brother and sister, you have to discuss a lot of things carefully. Does this Bu Er brother have anything to say?"

The second brother of the eldest house is also the second brother. Shen Mingxin used to see Shen Minglian and couldn't even raise his head. He was a well-known figure in Ninghua County, and his lineage had long declined, but now his son has been a juren and finally has some confidence in speaking.

Zhou said, "What's the matter with discussion? The Shen family's Zhongxing is the credit of our house, and even he admits it himself. So many people heard it with their own ears just now... But when it comes to the issue of the orthodox Shen family, they stammer. Your big house has not even been released, but they insist on occupying the orthodox. Since that's the case, then the family will be divided to the end and live their own lives in the future. Wouldn't it be enough?"

After talking for a long time, Zhou's attitude was still tough and he did not get into the oil and salt.
Chapter completed!