The news of convening the clan conference immediately spread throughout the Zhao clan. It was already close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the clansmen originally thought that the meeting was going to be held for the Mid-Autumn Festival to worship their ancestors, but half a day later, they heard the wind and knew that the matter was related to Xiao Changfang.

Xiao Changfang has lived in the capital for many years, even the Niu family and Zhao Jue rarely go back to their hometown, at most, when the old county prince was still there, he came back every New Year to worship his ancestors. Although Niu is the eldest daughter-in-law, she is married to the eldest son. The people in the clan are emotionally more inclined to the old county prince's Yuan and Qin family, and under the influence of the Qin family, they are more distant from Zhao Jiong's concubine. Zhao Jiong doesn't like to deal with the clansmen, he always thinks that they will only hug the thighs of the second room and fight the autumn breeze, they are all relatives in the countryside, and they don't take the clansmen in their eyes at all. Niu's mother and son are familiar with their ears and eyes, and they love to put themselves on a high shelf in front of the clansmen, and the clansmen respect them in front of them, and they never miss gossip in private.

Only Zongfang and Xiaochangfang have a natural blood relationship, and Zongfang Yu's biological mother Qian is a sister to Zhao Jiong's biological mother Aunt Qian, so they are particularly close. But with the death of the Qian family, Master Yu's Yuan and Lu family, that is, Zhao Jing's biological mother, became the clan wife, and the Qian family gradually declined, and the relationship between the younger generation of the clan and the little Changfang became much more estranged. Master Yu also felt that he was being used by Zhao Jiong because of the shipwreck back then, and he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart.

The shipwreck had a great impact on the Zhao clan, Zhao Jiong was convicted by the imperial court, and the Jiang family was also imprisoned, and the clansmen all knew that Xiao Changfang killed his relatives for the title and secrecy, and according to the clan rules, the whole family was driven out of the clan. If it weren't for the fact that the second house was thin, the small long house had several children. In order to prevent the old county prince from having no descendants to succeed the incense lamp in the future, after the main offender was convicted, everyone did not pursue the other members of the small long house. Xiao Changfang stayed in Beijing and did not come back. Everyone ignored them, as if they were transparent and never thought of hugging their thighs. Everyone knows in their hearts, Xiao Changfang can be ruthless to his relatives for the sake of glory and wealth, how can he look down on these ordinary clansmen with weak blood?

In the past few years, Xiao Erfang has lived in the clan, and Zhang's heart is kind. In the past few months, Zhao Xiu has successively provided relief to the affected tribesmen, and put forward a few very good new clan rules. Therefore, everyone is closer to the small second room. This time, I heard that Xiao Changfang had bought off Xiao Erfang's subordinates, intending to poison Xiao Erfang's ancestors and grandchildren thousands of miles away in order to seize the family property, and I was very disdainful. By the next day. The clan assembly was held. Zhang personally took his grandson, escorted Lu Dashou to the courtyard of the ancestral hall, explained the whole story, and took out the bag of poison powder, and Zhao Jing invited the most famous doctor in Fengxian to testify. The eighth old lady didn't even need to mention that Xiao Changfang had colluded with King Ying.

There was no one in the clan who hesitated, they heard that Zhao Jue was now a six-rank military attaché. How much can be handled, if Xiao Changfang is removed, the entire Zhao clan will not even have an official body, and only rely on the Zhang family's order to support it, what if when will she die? At that time, the Zhao clan was really going to be reduced to an ordinary family.

The eighth old lady said, "What about the six-rank military attaché?" He doesn't even worship his ancestors, and he has never returned to his hometown to see his grandmother once in the past few years. If you want to have an official body in the clan, you want someone to support the clansmen when they encounter difficulties, will Zhao Jue support the clansmen? This year, the clansmen suffered a disaster, and each house contributed money and efforts, and most of his family's land was fine, but had he ever helped the clansmen for a penny? If he doesn't treat us as relatives, what difference does it make if he doesn't have him? If he causes trouble outside a day later, and he has to implicate the clan, won't everyone be wronged? If you want to be an official, you don't need to rely on him, there are several reading seeds in the clan. ”

Although there is rain this year, the scientific examination is still the top priority, and at the end of the hospital examination in June, there are two more talents in the clan. Other people who have not taken the test are not discouraged, everyone is at the same level, and some people have passed, which proves that everyone has hope, at most, this time they are unlucky and do not play well, but sooner or later they will be able to be admitted to Xiucai. If you become a showman, you will work hard for another two years, and take the township test the year after tomorrow. Therefore, after listening to the words of the eighth old lady, the clansmen felt that there was still hope for the clan to train a few officials, and the imperial examination was born in the right way, which was much more promising than the military attache who was promoted from a small official like Zhao Jue, so they no longer bothered about this matter.

The next procedure went very smoothly, and there were several experiences, whether it was making ballots or queuing up to vote, the clansmen were very familiar with it, but it was the first time for Zhao Wei to do this kind of thing, and it took some time to listen to Zhao Jing's instructions. After everyone finished voting, Zhao Jing asked the eighth old lady to be the scrutineer, and counted the votes in front of everyone, and as a result, 54 of the 56 households voted in favor, 2 abstained, no one objected, and the resolution was passed.

Zhao Jing ordered his son to get the family tree on the spot, and in front of the owners of each family, remove the names of the owners of the small long house from the family tree, and then report to the government for a record, and most of them have to report to the capital to inform the Jingzhao Yamen. The clan will also send people to Beijing to ask Xiao Changfang for the ancestral tablet and ancestral property, if the Zhang family has a request, even the things left by the old county prince can be returned. Because Xiao Changfang is no longer the descendants of the old county prince, they are not qualified to take the old county prince's things.

Zhang watched Zhao Jing scribble the names of the people in Xiaochangfang on the family tree, and suddenly burst into tears. She begged for forgiveness from her dead husband in her heart, it wasn't that she didn't want to take care of his grandchildren, she couldn't bear it anymore, she was also a mother, a grandmother, she had already killed a son and a daughter-in-law, she couldn't bear to lose her grandchildren again! If the old county prince is surprised, just sprinkle resentment on her head! Even if it takes her life, she has no regrets!

Zhao Wei watched her grandmother cry from the side, but she knew why she was sad. He crept over and took his grandmother's hand, trying to give her a little more strength. In his heart, he never felt that there was anything wrong with what he was doing. Grandfather must have hoped that his children and grandchildren would be full and the family would be harmonious. It was Xiao Changfang who destroyed this qiē first, and it was wrong again and again, wanting to put his grandfather's closest children and grandchildren to death. Grandfather must have resented them. Otherwise, how did Zhao Jiong fall off the horse? When the procession was sent outside the city, why did the white flag break? What he and his sister did was nothing more than acting in accordance with his grandfather's wishes, looking up to the sky and bowing down to others, and his grandfather would never be surprised, and they would meet under the spring in the future. Grandfather might even praise them!

The genealogy is finished, and the matter is a foregone conclusion. Zhang suddenly proposed: "It turns out that Xiaochangfang also has a share of the land, including family fields and private fields. Over the years, he has been sending stewards to take care of it, and every year the harvested grain and cotton are sold on the spot, and the money obtained in exchange is sent to Beijing. Now that they have been expelled, neither the clan nor the private land can belong to them. It's still up to the sect to come forward. Take back the fields. I have heard that many families in the clan have been affected by the disaster this year, and many fields have been flooded, and even if the flood recedes, the damage will not be recovered. Each house in the clan has contributed money and efforts to help the clan tide over the difficulties, but this is not a long-term solution. I thought that after the land of the small long house was recovered, it was also owned by the second house, so I simply filled these fields into the sacrificial field. As a communal property of the clan. In the future, if any of the clansmen suffers from the disaster, let them take money from the output of these fields and give them relief. ”

The whole clan was in a stir. Even the outer six rooms were moved by Zhang's words. In addition to the grange given by the emperor, there are more than 9,000 acres of land, some are in Fengxian locally, and there are also in the nearby Songjiang and Suzhou areas, which are all good and fertile fields that have been added one after another after the county grandfather made a fortune, and the annual output is more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Zhao Wei was a little stunned, he didn't expect his grandmother to say this, but he has been rich since he was a child, and he doesn't care much about these fields. After thinking about it, he also nodded and said: "Grandmother is right, the Gongzhong Sacrifice Tian Yuan was purchased by my grandfather in the past, and there are not many of them, except for the four seasons of the sacrifice and the support of orphans and widows, there is nothing left." If the clan still wants to run a school, where is it enough to rely on that 100 acres of land? simply count these more than 9,000 acres of land, and if there is any place to use money in the clan in the future, there is no need for each house to take out the money. In this way, my grandmother and I can also show our innocence to everyone, and we did not want to expel them from the clan because we coveted the inheritance of the small house. If Zhao Jue's family slanders our ancestors and grandchildren outside, they will also ask the uncles, uncles, brothers and nephews in the clan to make a clear proof for our little second room. ”

He was the only remaining male in the second room, and his words were more authoritative than the Zhang family in a certain way, and he spoke out, and the clansmen were even more happy. However, the eighth old lady felt that this land property was not a small amount, and rashly used it as a sacrificial field, which seemed to be too much, so he mentioned Jian yì: "The clan land is down, it was originally the share that the second house should get, and the private land is your family's private property, how to divide it, it depends on the meaning of your ancestors and grandchildren." ”

The clan land under the name of Xiao Changfang is 4,000 mu, and the rest is all private land, although it is a small half less than the original 9,000 mu, but the clansmen are already satisfied and agree with this proposal. Even if the Zhang family and Zhao Wei insisted on not wanting to, Zhao Jing and the eighth old lady also let the whole family discuss and vote to get the result, the 4,000 acres of land still belong to the second house.

The method of public voting was originally proposed by the small second room. The clansmen all insisted, and it was not interesting for the Zhang family to hold on, so they had to give up for the time being. Zhao Jing took the opportunity to mention that such a large amount of land and property was confiscated into the public middle school, and it was not something he could manage alone, but he still had to send a representative from the major houses to jointly manage this field property. The clansmen remembered Master Yu, who had not yet returned home, and nodded secretly in their hearts, and began to discuss who should be selected by each person to participate in the management.

The head of the outer sixth room also very shrewdly proposed that although Xiao Changfang was far away in Beijing, the steward of his family's field was still waiting in Fengxian, in case he heard the rumor and reported it, Xiao Changfang hid his private property, which was a huge loss to the whole clan.

The clansmen all felt justified and began to talk about it again. Just when the ancestral hall was lively, the door of the second-room old mansion was knocked, and the porter saw that it was Master Yu, and hurriedly reported it to Zhao Xiu. Zhao Xiu remembered that the ancestral hall was still busy chasing the small long house out of the clan, and Master Yu rushed back at this time, but don't spoil the matter, he hurriedly greeted him in person, and invited Master Yu into the flower hall with a smile on his face, and let people serve tea.

"Don't be busy with your niece." Master Yu stopped her movements, and pointed to the unfamiliar twelve or thirteen-year-old boy behind him, "This is Brother Ze from Xiaochangfang, who is preparing for next year's children's exam, so he will follow me back to prepare for the exam." He's the one in your second room, so let someone clean up the yard and let him live there. (To be continued......)