If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

The gate of the West Mansion was closed. Qin Shu's carriage slowly passed the West Mansion and stopped in front of the main gate of the East Mansion.

Nanny Chun, Nanny Liu, Li Youlin, the Qin clan leader, and all the elders of the clan came out to greet them.

As soon as Qin Shu got off the carriage, Nanny Chun and Nanny Liu rushed over, each holding her in their arms, crying and laughing.

Qin Shu smiled at everyone and said, "Madams, let's go back to the mansion and talk."

Nanny Chun quickly wiped away her tears and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, go back home. No, go home, the young lady is going home."

The entire East Mansion was empty. No one had cleaned it in recent days. The yard was filled with fallen leaves and the remaining furniture was covered with dust.

Nanny Chun and Nanny Liu cleaned the study room in advance and welcomed the clan elders, Qin Shu and others in.

Qin Shu had already told what happened after leaving the mansion outside the South City Gate. It was not Qin Shu's fault that she did not return for the Fifth Seventh Festival, so the elders could not say anything more.

Qin Shu said: "My uncles and aunts must have known who killed my parents. Therefore, Qin Antai is no longer suitable to be adopted by my parents."

"During the period of mourning and vigil for his parents, Qin Antai committed adultery with a maid in the mansion inside the mourning hall. This incident was witnessed by everyone in the East and West mansions. I hope that the clan can come forward and report it to the governor's mansion to punish Qin Antai."

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, anyone who forgets to mourn and indulges in joy before the mourning period is over will be sentenced to three years in prison.

Qin Shu didn't care whether he was a disciple or not.

As long as this matter is publicized and known to everyone, it is enough.

Qin Jingchang and Liu Yinghua spread rumors about Qin Shu everywhere, slandering and destroying her reputation.

She also wants them to experience what it means to "have difficulty expressing one's pain" and what it means to "be unable to defend oneself"!

"Regarding the marriage with the Cheng family, Master Cheng has already promised to return the engagement letter. The dowry will naturally be returned in full as well."

Qin Shu looked at the clan leader with a twinkling look in his eyes and said, "The Qin clan school was founded by my father. Now that my father is gone, although I am a woman, I am still a daughter of the Qin clan. Since I have the surname Qin, I hope to carry on my father's wishes and continue to run the clan school, and do my part for my Qin clan."

After listening to Qin Shu's words, the clan leader, who had been holding his breath since the beginning of the "Qin Clan Studies", finally let it out smoothly.

He sighed deeply with deep emotion and said, "Well, well, well, Shu'er is so kind and righteous, she really has the style of her father..."

Qin Shu didn't wait for the clan leader to finish being excited. She curled her lips slightly and said, "But, Shu'er has three conditions."

The clan leader said excitedly, "Shu'er, please feel free to speak."

There is hope for funding for ethnic studies. Is there anything more exciting than this?

Not to mention three, he would agree to thirty or three hundred as long as it wasn't too excessive.

Qin Shu's eyes swept across the faces of the other elders one by one.

Several elders also nodded in agreement.

Qin Shu then said, "The first thing is to build a temple for my father next to the clan school."

The clan school was founded by Qin Jingyuan, who funded it alone to sponsor free enrollment for clan children, allowing poor children to also receive an education, which was a great deed.

Looking back over several generations, none of the Qin family's ancestors had held high positions.

With the clan school founded by Qin Jingyuan, more than a dozen scholars and three juren have emerged from the clan.

Among them are Qin Anning and Qin Antai.

If the Qin family can rise in the future, Qin Jingyuan will make great contributions.

Therefore, the request to build a temple for Qin Jingyuan is not excessive.

The elders just looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Qin Shu continued, "The second thing is that I want to establish a female household."

As soon as the words came out, almost everyone was shocked.

Establishing a female household means that a woman is the head of the household. After establishing a female household, she will have absolute control over and inheritance rights to the property in the household.

The clan no longer has the right to interfere.

Of course, if Qin Shu gets married or takes a son-in-law, or adopts a step-son, the household headed by the female must be changed to a civilian household.

The room was suddenly too quiet.

Qin Shu was not in a hurry and waited quietly for the elders to figure it out.

During this period of time, the most popular rumor was about Qin Jingchang selling his shop and pawning his jewelry.

If the Duke of Dongfu had extra money, Qin Jingchang wouldn't have been in such a miserable state.

It should be that Qin Jingyuan and his wife had long been wary of their second brother's family and transferred all their property to their daughter's name.

Without establishing a female household, the clan will not get more benefits.

By establishing a female household, Qin Shu could not only obtain the protection of the clan, but also had the responsibility to maintain the clan, participate in and support clan affairs.

Since she wants to establish a female household, she might as well do her a favor so that she can do more for the clan in the future.

After receiving eye contact from several elders, the clan leader agreed immediately, "Okay, Uncle will arrange for the clan to go to the government office to handle this matter."

Qin Shu nodded slightly to the clan leader to express her gratitude, and then said, "The third thing..."

Her eyes swept across the faces of the elders, and she said word by word: "Qin Jingchang's branch will be expelled from the Qin clan! The descendants of Qin Jingchang's branch shall not enjoy the clan's support and assistance, shall not study in the clan school, and shall not occupy the clan's ancestral land. From now on, Qin Jingchang's branch will have no relationship with the Qin clan!"

The soft voice was clear and cold, yet it carried a chilling chill.

As soon as Qin Shu finished speaking, everyone in the room was stunned.

Qin Jingchang may not be good enough, but Qin Anning and Qin Antai are both very promising in their studies.

Qin An Ning is the young man in the clan who has the greatest hope of becoming a Jinshi.

Many people in the tribe have high hopes for him.

Qin Shu could see the dilemma among the clan leader and the elders.

Because in their eyes, Daddy Qin Jingyuan, no matter how much money he made, was just a lowly businessman.

Although the money earned could be used to support the clan members' education, its importance to the clan was far less than Qin An Ning's success in passing the imperial examination.

Passing the imperial examination was equivalent to entering the ranks of court officials.

And the clan this person belongs to can finally be proud of itself.

Only with successful precedents can we encourage future generations.

The predecessors made great achievements in the court, and the descendants followed closely and carried forward their legacy.

This is also the reason why, if there is a child in a family who has the potential to study, the whole family will do its best to support him in his studies.

Qin Shu said: "My niece knows that all of you uncles value talents. However, studying is for the sake of happiness and eyesight, and then to be knowledgeable and reasonable, and to establish a good conduct. If a person is selfish and mean, vicious and evil, and repays kindness with enmity, once such a person has power, he will do anything to achieve his goals. A high position but poor moral character will surely bring disaster."

If something goes wrong, the whole family will be affected!

"My Qin family has countless children. As long as the family school is still there, are we still worried that there will be no students with both good character and good academic performance?"

The clan leader was silent for a long time, and finally he sighed and said, "This matter is of great importance. We need to summon the clan elders and make a decision after discussion."

Qin Shu didn't force him.

Of course she is not in a hurry, it is her clan that is in a hurry.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was just a few days away, at this time of year in previous years, the money that Qin Jingyuan had allocated to the clan school would have already arrived in the account.

If the clan agreed to Qin Shu's three conditions, Qin Shu would immediately transfer the money.

If you don't agree...

Then just wait until they agree!

If she could, she would stay.

If not, she leaves.

The pit of fifty thousand taels of usury is still waiting for Xifu.

She didn't believe that Xifu could make a comeback this time!

As they were talking, Nanny Chun suddenly walked in and said softly, "Mr. Qin, Mr. Xiao, Miss, and Madam Cheng are here."

Xiao Cheng stood up quickly and said quickly: "I'll step aside for a moment."

Without waiting for Qin Shu to say anything, Xiao Cheng quickly walked out.

Qin Shu had just walked to the door when she saw Madam Cheng walking in with Nanny Yuan and two maids.