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Zhao Ming: "My father was the first to refuse, and other clan elders were also very dissatisfied with him."

With Zhao Song taking the lead, other clan elders will definitely follow and oppose. It will be impossible for Zhao Ji to become the clan leader.

If Zhao Hanzhang and Zhao Erlang have no future, they need to rely on the clan. Except for the fifth uncle, other elders in the clan may turn a blind eye to the mistakes Zhao Ji has made, and they will tolerate it even if they feel uncomfortable. Down;

But now Zhao Hanzhang is the most promising descendant of the Zhao clan, and even Zhao Erlang has ascended to heaven. Two days ago, it was reported that Zhao Erlang was appointed as the governor of Nanyang Kingdom. The mouths of the people in the clan are so big that they can swallow an egg.

Therefore, even if they were afraid of Zhao Hanzhang's power, the clan elders would suppress Zhao Ji from being the clan leader, not to mention that they did not like him in the first place.

Zhao Ji could use tricks to compete with Dafang for the title, or even suppress Dafang. These were nothing to the clan elders, but he should not abandon Zhao Changyu's coffin and Dafang's heirs.

With just this one mistake, the clan elders could not allow him to inherit the position of clan leader.

As a clan leader, he did not inherit the filial piety and spirit of his ancestors; he did not have the kindness and foresight to raise the clan's heirs, so the clan elders had to go crazy before choosing him as the clan leader.

The character of a clan leader will determine the rise or fall of a family.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hanzhang raised his head and looked at Zhao Ming, lightly tapping his knee with his finger, "Uncle Ming, do you also want Dalang to be the clan leader?"

Zhao Ming raised his eyelids and glanced at her. He took the wine bottle and slowly poured a glass of wine. While drinking, he said, "That's your eldest brother."

Zhao Hanzhang said nothing.

Zhao Ming didn't need her to say anything, and continued: "You want to be the clan leader? That is much more difficult than if you want to be the governor of Yuzhou. Not to mention, even if my father loves you no matter how much he loves you, he will not agree. ."

Zhao Ming drank all the wine in the cup, put down the cup and looked at her and said, "I can't either."

Zhao Hanzhang: "...Uncle Ming misunderstood. I have to think too hard to think about becoming the patriarch. Moreover, I will get married after all. Fu Tinghan and I are getting married, not raising children."

She leaned forward, pressed her arms on the desk, looked at Zhao Ming with a smile and whispered: "What I want to say is that the eldest brother may not be able to be a patriarch, and is far inferior to uncle Ming, so uncle..."

"Don't talk nonsense," Zhao Ming's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice: "The position of patriarch can only be passed down to the direct descendants. This is the ancestral motto of my Zhao family, and it must not be changed!"

"My uncle and my ancestors come from the same lineage. They were also direct descendants at the beginning, but our branch is the direct eldest son, so we have always inherited the position of head of the family, so..."

Zhao Ming looked at her seriously, "That was four generations ago. Counting from you, no more, it happens to be the fifth generation. If you really count, then your seventh uncle will come to fight for it." Let’s fight for the position of clan leader.”

Zhao Hanzhang shuddered when she thought of her dear seventh uncle, "The choice of clan leader should be based on virtue..."

"No, the direct elder should be the main one," Zhao Ming said with a serious look on his face, looking at her deeply: "Sanniang, if the position of the clan leader is determined based on virtue, then every time the position of the clan leader needs to be changed in the future, I'm afraid The family will fall into endless internal fighting. The teachings of our ancestors are summarized in blood and tears, and you must not violate it."

Zhao Hanzhang did not expect that the biggest resistance to recommending Zhao Ming as the clan leader came not from his fifth uncle, but from Zhao Ming.

She sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, let's skip this for now. I think my uncle will live a long life. It's too early to talk about it at this time."

Zhao Ming pursed his lips and said nothing.

Zhao Hanzhang herself never thought that one day she would pray to God that Zhao Zhongyu would live longer. She summarized her psychological activities and couldn't help complaining to Fu Tinghan, "This is choosing the taller one among the short ones. Alas, the second wife is really One generation is worse than the other."

Fu Tinghan didn't quite understand the persistence of this era, "Why does it have to be the direct eldest son? Uncle Ming is obviously more suitable to be the patriarch."

"Because of the four words 'follow the rules'," Zhao Hanzhang said: "If Zhao Ming sets a precedent, in the future, side branches, even common branches, as long as they are not convinced by the clan leader, can follow this example to provoke the clan leader. Fight for the position of clan leader."

She sighed: "I also know that there is this hidden danger, but... Zhao Ming is really suitable to be the clan leader. Now Zhao Zhongyu is the clan leader. He has the clan in his heart, so he can still give in, but when Zhao Ji and Zhao Yi come to the throne , with their character and intelligence, do you think we can live in harmony?"

Fu Tinghan was not familiar with those two people and had only met a few times. However, these few meetings were enough for Fu Tinghan to realize the ability and character of the other party. In addition, Zhao Hanzhang occasionally competed with them in the past two years. Fu Tinghan shook his head directly, " They will most likely die at your hands."

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and said: "Other family members can be killed if they commit crimes, but if I kill the Zhao family leader, even if the clan will not turn against me, it will be difficult for our relationship to return to the past. But I have to tolerate them being stupid. , it’s not okay to cause trouble for me.”

"So the best way is to change the clan leader," Zhao Hanzhang sighed again, "Zhao Ming is really the most suitable candidate."

Fu Tinghan was always inferior to Zhao Hanzhang in handling complex relationships, so it was difficult for him to give her advice on this matter. He could only accompany her by doing arithmetic problems.

Zhao Hanzhang held his chin and thought, and his mind had already extended the consequences of various choices to a hundred years later. If there is no more reasonable excuse, choosing Zhao Ming as the clan leader will indeed bring troubles to the Zhao family, especially the more serious the consequences are.

It's good for the present, but as a clan leader, you have to consider not only the present, but also a hundred or even hundreds of years from now.

However, from Zhao Hanzhang's point of view, there is actually no need to worry so much. Hundreds, hundreds, or even thousands of years later, the clan migrated several times and branched out. In the end, the influence of the clan power was reduced to the minimum. When it reaches the point where one only hears about national laws and does not know about clan laws, by that time, the impact of this incident on clan inheritance will be reduced to the point of being insignificant.

She was even a little rebellious in her heart. She felt that it was wrong to let Zhao Ming be the clan leader. There were already various battles in the clan inheritance, but now there was just one more battle option.

When Zhao Hanzhang was about to be rebellious, Zhao Ming came over leisurely. Obviously he was not at peace in his heart, so he kept thinking, and finally came up with an excellent idea for Zhao Hanzhang, "Let's propose marriage to Erlang, choose Marry him with a smarter girl, give birth to a child as soon as possible, and let you educate him. If you are not free, you can leave it to me."

"As long as the child is over eight years old and is not like Erlang, he can inherit the position of patriarch."

Zhao Hanzhang: "...Uncle Ming, Erlang is not yet thirteen years old."

This is simply destroying the flowers of the motherland.