After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 580 Asking for Ideas

Haijiao didn't know what was going through Jin Jiashu's mind at the moment, and continued, "We will have to live in Chang'an for several more years at least, so we won't go back to our hometown until later. You are doing well in your studies now, and you may pass the imperial examination in three to five years. You don't have to worry about separation for now, and it's important to concentrate on your studies first."

Jin Jiashu looked up at him, smiled, and nodded heavily: "Yes! I will!"

This topic passed for the time being, and Haijiao brought up the Jin family again: "They seem to be quite sensible. They will not bother you, and they may train one or two outstanding children to enter the government. After you go to Beijing, they will be your arms. They are much better than the second branch of the Jin family. No wonder the people of the second branch of the Jin family always stop your father from interacting with the main family. They have done so many bad things, and every one of them violated the family rules. If it weren't for your father's kindness, he would always let them go. I'm afraid they would have been expelled from the family long ago. How can they talk about living a good life?"

Jin Jiashu was also quite satisfied with the attitude of the Jin family's main branch, but he still said a "fair word" for the Jin family's second branch: "When my father was alive, he didn't like to listen to the preaching of people from the main branch, and he didn't like people from the main branch to interfere in the affairs of the branch. However, he has been in the countryside for a long time and doesn't have many friends. When he needs to inquire about the news of the imperial examination, he needs the help of his main branch, otherwise he will have to rely on himself to find out the news. How can he do it? He had to keep in touch with the main branch in private and keep some face, but he didn't want to let the people from the second branch know, so he acted quietly, even hiding my stepmother.

"If my stepmother hadn't once threatened to kick me out of the house and remove my name from the family tree, and that all the family property would belong to her son, my father would have comforted me privately and told me not to be afraid, saying that my name was on the family tree of our family, and that the old lady of the second branch had secretly changed the family tree of our branch more than once, so it couldn't be taken as a reliable number. I didn't even know that he had any connection with our family. In fact, he was more interested in taking advantage of our family, and didn't take the family rules seriously, otherwise he wouldn't have let the people of the second branch step on him."

Jin Juren's behavior left the Hai brothers and sisters speechless. Even the family tree could be tampered with at will, and he had the nerve to say that he was the head of a branch clan? !

Haijiao coughed and whispered, "It seems that there have been precedents of people from the second branch of the Jin family violating family rules and clan precepts. Your father didn't say anything because of family affection. If he was serious and asked the head of this family to punish the people from the second branch, from Old Lady Jin Er to Jin Miao, everyone is a black sheep who should be expelled from the family! The method that Ma Shangyi and Nanny Tian planned for you is actually very good. If it really works, all the living people in the second branch will no longer be your relatives, whether they are dead or alive, you don't need to worry about them. You don't have to worry about the livelihood of Aunt Jin, nor do you need to consider the life and death of the younger generations such as Jin Wu. When you have children in the future, adopt one to Old Master Jin Er, and no matter how much of their second branch's property is left, it will all be yours. Those who harmed you and your mother will all have their way out and are destined to become lonely ghosts. It sounds more satisfying!"

Jin Jiashu smiled and said, "Forget it. What good things can the second branch have? Even if there are any, they were taken from our first branch. Asking my children to worship the second branch old man? Do you think the person who can raise such children is a kind and upright elder? It's disgusting!"

Hai Jiao laughed when he heard this: "That's true. You have your own ancestors, and your children have no shortage of ancestors to worship, so why bother worshipping an extra disgusting one? Let the unfilial descendants of the second branch worship on their own!"

Haitang asked Jin Jiashu: "Brother Jin, are you not going to accept the advice of Nanny Tian and Ma Shangyi and evict the second branch of the Jin family?"

Jin Jiashu shook his head, "No, I accept. I just don't plan to adopt my future child to the second branch. If the Jin family is willing to send an adopted son, I would be happy to accept it. I may not live in my hometown in Zunhua Prefecture in the future, but I can't abandon the graves of my ancestors. I originally thought of sending my family to take care of it in the future, but if there is an adopted son from the family to share my worries, it would be great."

His relationship with the Jin family was still too distant. But if a descendant of the Jin family was adopted and became the second branch's uncle, his relationship with the other party should be closer, right? If the Jin family had outstanding children in the future, they would be more attentive when serving Concubine Xu and the Eighth Prince. Haitang also thought of this, and said thoughtfully: "The Jin family should be quite prosperous, right? There is probably no shortage of descendants. As long as the adopted one is an honest person, he will naturally be a hundred times better than the original person of the second branch."

Hai Jiao said, "That's good. Xiao Jin is too lonely now. If he has a clan to rely on, he will have more help in the future." He paused, "Then what Ma Shangyi and the others proposed to unite the clans... don't you plan to consider it?"

Haitang asked quietly, "How many Jin families in Chang'an have become famous? Since Ma Shangyi would make such a suggestion, I guess they are not from a small family, right?"

The brother and sister looked at each other and both had a bad feeling.

Could it be... that Jin family?

Jin Jiashu looked at the strange expressions on their faces and couldn't help laughing. "You guessed it, right? It's the Jin family. The Jin family of the great talent Jin Shan! His family had a minor military officer serving in the capital several decades ago. At that time, an ancestor of our Zunhua Jin family passed the imperial examination and became a minor official in the capital. They were not prominent figures, but they just happened to work in the same place. When they saw that they had the same surname, they took the opportunity to become a clan. They originally wanted to support each other, but within two years, the Jin family member was transferred to Chang'an, and the fellow Jinshi in our family retired due to old age and illness. There were no more officials in their descendants, so the friendship between the clans naturally failed to continue."

Several decades have passed, and I wonder if the Jin family in Chang'an still remembers who their ancestors were related to. However, Jin Jiashu once heard Haijiao talk about the gossip about the Jin family, and knew that his family was the most snobbish. Even the Tang family, which had produced several generals, turned against them once they lost their power in Chang'an. In their eyes, what was the Jin family of Zunhua?
Even though the Zunhua Jin family is now related to an imperial concubine or a prince, it is still not as good as someone from the Chang'an Jin family marrying into the Tang family, which are relatives of the Zhou family, while the Zhou family already has a queen mother!

However, even if the Jin family in Chang'an wanted to cling to the imperial concubine and the prince and were willing to form a clan with Jin Jiashu, Jin Jiashu did not want to have anything to do with his family. This family was not smart, and their character was even more unreliable. If they really got involved, it would cause trouble for Concubine Xu and the Eighth Prince.

The Jin family's second branch had already caused enough trouble for Concubine Xu and the Eighth Prince, so there was really no need to let more people with the surname Jin get involved. He, Jin Jiashu, did not need useless clansmen from the same clan. He believed that with his intelligence and talent, he would be able to pass the imperial examination and become a powerful arm of his mother and brother one day!

Jin Jiashu pursed his lips and smiled at Haijiao and Haitang again: "Don't mention these disappointing things. I have something that I want you to help me with. Ma Ma promised to send someone to find the whereabouts of the Hu brothers and sisters for me, but she has been away from Chang'an for a long time after all, and she is unfamiliar with the place. I don't know how long it will take to find them. If I wait until the weather gets cold before I can find them, how should I place them? Even if I want to send them back to their hometown in Zunhua Prefecture, it will be after the beginning of spring next year. Now my eldest aunt has returned the rented house and moved into the thirteenth room of the Zhou family. I don't want to let outsiders live in my house anymore... But if the Hu brothers and sisters return to Chang'an, I can't let them live on the streets, right?"

(End of this chapter)