As the Shenzhou family arrived in Songjiang, the news that the second master of the house was released from the fourth rank for consultation immediately spread among the clan.

The happiest person was Shen Juren in the fourth room. Since the end of the provincial examination, he was counting the time for the replacement of teaching posts on his fingers. Even though Shen Zhou had promised well before, he still couldn't help but feel like a villain, fearing that there would be What changes.

Unexpectedly, Shenzhou was on his way out and passed by Songjiang.

Shen Juren had gone to Beijing twice before, but he had lost his reputation both times and had no intention of pursuing an official career. Now that he was aroused, this idea became more and more intense.

Since the death of Mr. Sun, there have been constant twists and turns in the four houses, and Shen Juren has experienced the harshness of the world.

Even among the clan members, why are everyone willing to flatter the second wife? It's just the word "power".

The He family was originally defeated by the Shen family. Why has there been a faint intention to compete with the Shen family in recent years? It's just that the eldest son of the He family won the Jinshi and became a capital official; while the two masters of the Shen family's clan failed, and they became the Yuzi generation. Someone is going to work.

Shen Juren could not wait even a day. After receiving the news, he immediately prepared a greeting card and went to the clan house.

Although Shen Zhou didn't like Shen Juren, he had no intention of breaking his promise. After meeting Shen Juren, he agreed to Shen Juren's desire to go with him.

Shen Juren felt at ease now, thanked him again and again, and hurriedly went home to prepare his luggage.

After all, Shen Zhou was on his way to take office. Even if he passed through Songjiang, he couldn't stay long. He had to rest for three days and would set off again in two days.

Because the local teaching assessment is based on the results of the rural examination, when the results of the rural examination are released, the evaluation results of teaching positions at all levels will also be released. After nine years, there will be a decision on whether the teacher will be promoted or demoted. The replacement time for the new and the old will be at the end of the year.

The position Shen Zhou had previously offered to Shen Juren was to be a professor of Fu Xue in Yangzhou. The professor there was old and was about to retire this year, so Shen Zhou dragged Mr. Qiao San to "reserve" the teaching position internally.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a professor of government education is also an official. In fact, in the officialdom, those who are really well-connected do not care about this. Therefore, it is very easy to operate.

Shen Juren paid attention to the professor's affairs and how to arrange things at home, and he had already made a decision in his mind.

Zhang Lao'an behaves more left-leaning as he gets older, but Qiao is so docile and shy, but she can be ruthless and make things difficult for her family, making the family uneasy. Even though she is the biological mother, Shen Juren only has resentment in her heart.

If he had a choice, he would naturally want to leave Zhang Lao'an in Songjiang and be clean himself. However, thinking about the Zhang family who had become restless after half a year of poverty, Shen Juren did not dare to leave Zhang Lao'an behind. at home.

Otherwise, as an old mistress, she would have no control over her actions and would move all four rooms back to Zhang's house if she had no choice but to do so.

The matters regarding Songjiang can also be left to Shen Jin.

Although Shen Jin was first-class in the previous annual examination and the subject examination and qualified for the provincial examination, she missed it. If she wanted to take the next provincial examination, she could not leave Songjiang and had to take the annual annual examination.

Even if there is no annual examination, Shen Juren does not intend to take Shen Jin with him.

Although Shen Jin and Mr. Qiao are mother and son, they are similar in age. In the past six months, because Shen Jin has been recuperating at home and living in the same house, they always see each other.

Shen Juren himself behaved inconsistently, and he became suspicious when he looked at others, and was very wary of Shen Jin. At the same time, he was also worried that compared with the young man Shen Jin, Mr. Qiao would dislike him for being too old.

Being suspicious, Shen Juren became more and more angry. If it weren't for Mr. Qiao's gentleness and petty attitude, and Shen Jin's always filial and respectful nature, he would have exploded long ago.

Now that Mr. Qiao and Shen Jin can be separated, Shen Juren is secretly relieved...

Clan house, in the room of the patriarch.

After talking to Shen Zhou, the patriarch came to look for the patriarch.

Shen Zhou proposed to take two clan nephews to Nanchang and asked the clan leader and clan elder to choose two suitable ones.

Shen Zhou's foreign appointment, in addition to the staff and stewards, is willing to promote the younger members of the family, which is also beneficial to the Shen family. Similarly, Shen Zhou's move also helps to train the second wife.

After hearing this, the clan leader and the clan elder were naturally willing.

Except for the third brother who is engaged in business, most of the other brothers in the clan are studying. However, the imperial examination career is not that easy, and not everyone can pass the exam.

Following Shen Zhou might be a way out.

"The third brother was spoiled by the Qu family, and the fourth brother was too cowardly to mention him. The most suitable person in the clan house is the second brother. Although the second brother is not good at studying, he is good at handling people, but he cannot be separated from the family. He..." the clan elder sighed.

The patriarch said: "The clan clan should not participate in the cooperation. We don't have to ask Brother Jue to embarrass other clan leaders. We can choose two of the children who have no hope in the imperial examination. We are not afraid that they will be stupid. Their duty is the best..." At this point, he paused. He said: "Forget it if you have a family and a family, choose from those who are not married."

After hearing this, the clan leader thought about it and understood the intention of the clan leader.

In the officialdom, the most common means of forming alliances is marriage. Even if Shen Zhou did not take his daughter south, he made it clear that he would not marry his daughter outside the capital. Shen Luo is only thirteen years old, and it is still too early to discuss marriage. If he brings two of them, he will not The betrothed clan nephew went south and reached the local area, but he also used the opportunity to get married and win over two allies.

The eldest master of the clan thought for a while and said: "Needless to say, the fourth brother is the only one left now, and Shen Jin is the only one who is determined to take the imperial examination... The direct descendants of the fifth brother are all in the capital, and Shen Ying has a good future now. If he pulls the fifth brother, , they will probably get close to him in the future. Liufang has never been able to do anything, and the direct branch is not good, and the side children are not outstanding. The seventh-fang and eighth-fang have good tutors, but the seventh-fang's brother is young, and the eighth-fang is afraid that he will not be able to let go of his sons. She doesn't study... Shen Lin is a loyal person among the remaining nine families, but she can't even pass the county exam, she is too stupid..."

I thought that there were many children in the clan, but when they started talking about it one by one, the clan leader was in a dilemma.

That is to say, if you want to follow Shen Zhou and do some errands and spread the news, you can't be too young. But if you want to be married and not engaged, then you can't do it if you are older.

At this age, those with better qualifications can study.

After counting over and over again, the clan master couldn't choose anyone.

"It's a good thing to be clumsy and have a good temper. Shen Lin is one of them. It's enough to choose someone smart to complement him..." The patriarch thought for a while and said.

The clan house must avoid suspicion, the fourth house has no one, and the fifth house now has prosperous direct descendants, so the second house must choose from the remaining heads to train and help.

"Third room..." The father and son looked at each other and thought of the third room in unison.

Even if they don't like the old man of Sanfang, they are all of the same race after all, and they can't watch Sanfang really decline.

After Shen Yong and his uncle and nephew Shen Zhu returned to their hometown two months ago, the three families have been officially separated.

The property of Sanfang was divided into two parts. One part was attributed to the old man as a "sacrificial property" and was indivisible, and was inherited by the eldest son of Sanfang. The other part was divided into five parts, with the eldest son of Sanfang having a share and the eldest brother of Sanfang as his wife.

The eldest son and grandson received another share, leaving three shares, one for each of the three masters.

The second master, the third master, and the fourth master have worked hard for more than ten or twenty years. The brothers worked together to earn tens of thousands of yuan for the third family. In the end, each family only received one-tenth of the family property. How can we accept it?

The second master is still silent, but the second wife is no longer there. She joins forces with the third master and the fourth master to come to the clan house and ask to be the master of the clan. The descendants of the several families are even more at odds. When they meet, they want to greet each other's ancestors, but forget to

We all have the same ancestor.

I saw that the smell of gunpowder in the third house was getting stronger and the disputes were getting more serious.

The patriarch had no choice but to intervene.

Although the old man from the third house hated his grandsons for being disobedient, he compared the list of the third house's ancestral property and knew that this method of dividing the family was unfair.

But he was accustomed to favoring his eldest grandson, and refused to agree to share the family property equally.

In his opinion, since the second master, the third master, and the fourth master have learned how to buy and sell, even if they share less of the family property, they can still make money back in the future. Most of the descendants of the Dafang family are studying and have no business knowledge.

It is necessary to have a good family fortune to support your studies.

When Shen Zhu and others become successful, they will naturally not forget the uncles in other houses.

Nowadays, several gentlemen first put their private property first, and then split up the family and left it behind. This is really heartless.

He has set such harsh conditions for the separation of the family, and it is possible that he has not given the second master, the third master, and the fourth master a step down. It is best not to separate the family.

The three gentlemen are smart in business and are not stupid. They have endured all kinds of injustices over the years, but they have been supported by filial piety and friendliness. They saw the old gentleman's methods and made a decision.

We must divide our homes, but we don’t want to live in a house at a cheap price.

Things started to get heated until the eldest brother "accidentally" fell into the pool and almost died. Then there was a fight between the eldest brother and the fourth house's master and his servants, and they were put into four or five.

The third master finally gave up, took a step back, and redistributed the family property. He gave 50% to the eldest master, the remaining 50%, 40% to the second master, the fourth master, and the remaining 10% to the third master.

This is his bottom line. The property of Changfang cannot be less than 50%.

Although the three gentlemen were reluctant, there was nothing they could do.

After more than half a year of struggling with the separation of the three houses, everyone is exhausted both physically and mentally.

The old man from the third house favored his eldest grandson, and although he was regarded as an old fool, the reputation of his grandsons, who were about to separate their families, would not be as good as theirs.

Their parents died young, and their grandfather raised the four brothers. It was not what they wanted to be like now.

The last few masters nodded and agreed to give the eldest master 50% of the family property. However, the second master and the fourth master raised objections to the distribution of the remaining 50% of the family property. That is, the three houses should be divided equally, and the three houses should not be given to the three because of the distinction between concubine and concubine.

The master suffered a big loss.

In this family division dispute, the second master was in Beijing and not in Songjiang, so the eldest master and the fourth master were always fighting on the stage. The brothers were almost life-and-death enemies, and even met at knifepoint.

Whether it's the Shen family or other families, they are all watching Sanfang's joke.

I feel that they are simply not worthy of being scholars. They not only engage in business, but also do not even follow etiquette and rules in order to strive for profit.

Who would have thought that when the family is divided and the property is divided, the second master and the fourth master will take the initiative to give up the property.
Chapter completed!