Family Rise: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 257: Eighth-Rank Welfare, Da Zhou Academy, Seventh-Rank Family
at the same time.

Outside the Zhenshi Division.

The second elder of the Gongsun family was also waiting outside the door. After he handed the benefits to the guards with a smile, he was taken to the side hall. The second elder of the Gongsun family came here today to take over the official enthronement of the family's jade seal.

After the death of Patriarch Gongsun.

About his taking on the position of head of the family.

More than half of the tribe members were opposed to this idea.

Because this goes against our ancestral teachings.

and.

It’s not like all the people in the eldest branch of the family are extinct.

In addition, Gongsun Tang and Gongsun Qing who went to Jingzhou might have already established their foundation. In any case, the position of head of the family should not be inherited by the second branch.

to this end.

The second elder spent several months.

Only then did he suppress the voices of opposition and forcibly ascend to the position of head of the family.

"Whoo~"

Next.

As long as the court confers a title on him.

Then he is the true head of an eighth-rank family.

When the Gongsun family is passed down to him, he will surely rekindle the glory of his ancestors and will never go downhill again. However, for now, he can only think about being promoted to a seventh-rank family.

after all.

This is a great feat that our ancestors have been trying to accomplish for hundreds of years but have failed.

At the beginning.

The second elder was still somewhat excited.

However, after he finished one cup of tea and drank most of the second cup, no one had yet called him to see Palace Master Xu, and his face looked visibly unhappy.

How to say.

He is also the patriarch of a quasi-eighth-rank family.

Unexpectedly, he was arranged to sit on the bench. He could not help but stand up and said to the guard at the door in a low voice: "My fellow Taoist, please tell the Palace Master for me that I am here today to take over the position of the head of the family."

The latter sentence particularly emphasized the tone.

The guard glanced around.

I thought about it.

Still whispering:
"The Palace Master is busy conferring titles on the newly promoted ninth-rank family in the Fu family's fiefdom. I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer."

"what?"

The Second Elder Gongsun was stunned for a moment.

When did a ninth-rank family appear in the Fu family's fiefdom? !
If he remembers correctly.

Once the Fu family's fiefdom really has another ninth-grade family, wouldn't it be able to be promoted to the eighth-grade immediately?

The Second Elder Gongsun could no longer sit still.

An eighth-rank aristocratic family enjoys many privileges, including a 20% reduction in annual taxes. Of course, this is secondary.

The most important thing is.

When you are promoted to the eighth rank, you will be able to have access to many opportunities.

The most coveted thing is to be able to recommend clan members to enter the Da Zhou Academy. The last clan member who successfully graduated from the Da Zhou Academy, his family has been promoted to a fifth-grade golden elixir family.

Of course this may take a long time.

but!

Once the Fu family is promoted to the eighth rank.

Then Fu Changsheng would have the opportunity to break through to the Purple Mansion. Although he was unwilling to admit it, judging from Fu Changsheng's current cultivation speed, he was probably at least an Earth Spiritual Root, so breaking through to the Purple Mansion would not be a problem at all.

Once the other party becomes a Purple Mansion master.

That would be the day when the Gongsun family would be exterminated.

Elder Gongsun II suddenly stood up:
"We must not let the Fu family successfully advance to the eighth rank!"

My mind was racing.

Gongsun Erchang's eyes suddenly lit up.

He cast a soundproofing spell with his right hand, then took out a jade communication talisman and spoke a few words quickly.

The jade talisman trembled slightly.

The spiritual light faded.

Elder Gongsun II smiled coldly:
"There is still a lot of time between filing with the court and conferring the title. If the Cui family is not stupid, they will definitely know what to do after knowing this news."

of course.

It is not enough to rely solely on the Cui family.

Elder Gongsun II sent messages to different people one after another. After everything was arranged, the uneasiness in Elder Gongsun II's heart finally subsided.

He sat back down steadily.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Eyes narrowed slightly:
"Fu Changsheng, this time I want to see how you can turn the tide?!"

He looks like he is sitting on a dangerous path.

Cui family.

The jade talisman of communication on Patriarch Cui, who was originally discussing matters in the meeting hall, suddenly lit up, and a spell was cast into it. After hearing the message from the second elder Gongsun.

Patriarch Cui's face changed.

Immediately said:
"Third brother, immediately send a message to Qiu Ya in Wanning Market and ask her to go to the Zhenshi Division to find out if the situation is true!"

"Yes, master!"

The elders in the entire meeting hall were extremely shocked by this sudden news.

The intelligence they had previously obtained was.

The head and mistress of the Fu family went into seclusion one after another.

Also.

Everyone in the Fu family stayed in the clan obediently and did not take any action.

But I never expected it.

Suddenly, a ninth-rank family appeared in the Fu family's fiefdom.

Even if it's a magic trick, it's impossible to create a family of hundreds of thousands of people all of a sudden.

After a while.

soon.

A message came from Qiuya in Wanning Market.

Outside the market.

The parked treasure ship of the Shangguan family carries the members of the Yu family, who are also the second ninth-rank family in the Fu family's fiefdom.

Hear this exact message.

Patriarch Cui's spirit seemed to be drained away all at once.

nowadays.

There was only one spot left for an eighth-rank family in the entire Huainan, and it was taken by the Fu family. It would take an unknown amount of time for the Cui family to get their turn.

Elder Cui San was unwilling:
"Homeowner"

"We spent a lot of money to cultivate a second-level spiritual vein for Cao Xuerui, and bought mortals everywhere to fill their numbers. It was not easy to make the Cao family a ninth-grade family in our fiefdom. Now we only need another ninth-grade family to be promoted to the eighth grade in one fell swoop."

"anyway"

"We can't let the Fu family get ahead of us either."

"Although the Second Elder of the Gongsun Family has bad intentions in sending this message, if we send troops to a certain stronghold of the Fu Family at this time, as long as we destroy one of their Ninth Rank Aristocratic Families, it will not count until the imperial court confers the title."

"We have a chance."

The other elders heard this.

It's like a drowning person finding a life-saving straw.

Nodding repeatedly:

"I agree with this suggestion, brother."

"also"

"We should contact the Hong family and the Qi family immediately. The three of us are in the same boat. With the combined efforts of the three families, it will be no problem for us to destroy a ninth-rank family in the Fu family's fiefdom!"

Everyone was talking a lot.

Almost all of them wanted to go to war with the Fu family.

Patriarch Cui rubbed his brows with a headache, but did not say a word.

Elder Cui San saw this and said hurriedly:

"Master, time waits for no one. Please quickly contact Patriarch Hong and Patriarch Qi to discuss how to attack the Fu family."

Chief Cui sighed.

His right hand tapped rhythmically on the Qianyang Stone Table, and the originally noisy conference room suddenly became quiet.

Patriarch Cui then slowly said:

"Not long ago"

"The old patriarch of the Hong family has passed away, and the successor of the Hong family has not yet been determined. Do you think the Hong family has the energy to go to war now?"

"also"

"Although the Qi family is an alliance with us"

"But after all, it is our Cui family that benefits from the promotion to the eighth rank. Think about it from the perspective of the Qi family. Are you willing to offend the Fu family, who may be promoted to the eighth rank at any time?"

After some analysis.

The high emotions of the crowd calmed down temporarily.

But Elder Cui San was unwilling to give in:
"Master, are we just going to watch helplessly as the last eighth-rank family quota falls to the Fu family?"

He made his words so clear.

Seeing that his people were still unwilling to give up, Chief Cui immediately became serious and said in a cold voice:
"The Fu family was able to grow from four cultivators to an eighth-rank family in just forty years. This shows that the Fu family's luck is unmatched by ordinary people. Even the eighth-rank Gongsun family, which is one level higher than them, has been suppressed by the Fu family's luck."

"What do you think?"

"How does our Cui family compare to the Gongsun family in its heyday?"

From Anyang County to Pingshan County, any family that opposed the Fu family had a bad ending.

Think about it.

Everyone was instantly frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

Patriarch Cui looked around at everyone and said word by word:

"Everyone present here, please remember this."

"Whenever you meet someone from the Fu family in the future, be more respectful to me. The rise of the Fu family cannot be stopped by us."

The Fu family is definitely not something that can be easily ignored!

Everyone in the Cui family has always followed the lead of the head of the family, and they all responded loudly when they heard the words.

Patriarch Cui was worried and wanted to give a few more instructions, but the next moment, the jade talisman on his waist lit up again. Patriarch Cui looked down and saw that it was a message from the eighth-rank Shi family.

The Shi family rarely issues orders to their subordinate families.

When Patriarch Cui saw the jade talisman, he was startled. Not knowing what to do, he quickly entered a spell, and then the voice of the Patriarch of the Shi Family came out:
"The Fu family cannot be touched!"

Patriarch Cui was stunned for a moment.

Then he let out a long sigh.

I feel indescribable envy for the Fu family's promotion to the eighth rank. Their Cui family had been planning for a hundred years, but they never expected that they would be snatched away by the emerging Fu family.

He understood in his heart.

Once the Fu family is promoted to the eighth rank.

It will definitely ride on the wind.

Perhaps it would be possible to be promoted to the seventh rank earlier than several old eighth rank families.

From this point on, the difference between the Cui family and the Fu family was like heaven and earth.

Think about it.

Patriarch Cui immediately said:
"Third brother, make me a list of the women of marriageable age in the clan, and hurry up!"

While the Fu family has not yet been promoted to the eighth rank and they can still have a say with the Fu family, they can arrange their children's marriages, so that they will have ties with the Fu family in the future. If they need help, they will have someone to pass on the message. Although it is a little late to arrange the marriage now, it is better to mend the fold before the sheep are lost than to do nothing.

at the same time.

The meeting room of Shangguan family.

Shangguan Feng and Shangguan Hongyu sat on the left and right sides of the upper seat respectively. Both of them were half-step purple mansion and their status in the Shangguan family was unsolvable.

After everyone finished their discussion.

Shangguan Hui, who was sitting below him, could not help but stood up and bowed:
"Great Elder, the Fu family has rented our treasure ship for ten years. During this period, many important matters have been delayed. If the treasure ship is not returned, it will become the property of the Fu family."

in those days.

Shangguan Hui is also a man who is highly respected in the clan.

however.

At this time, no one dared to say anything after he said this, as if they hadn't heard him. They all drank their tea. Because Fu Changsheng had saved the lives of Shangguan Feng and his daughter, they didn't dare to say anything more about renting the treasure ship, or even if he really gave the treasure ship to the Fu family.

But I couldn't help but complain a few words in private.

Shangguan Hongyu narrowed her eyes slightly.

Lightly said:
"Elder Hui, why don't you ask more about why the Fu family rented the treasure ship?"

"Humph, what does his Fu family's affairs have to do with me?!"

Shangguan Hui has been cheating on him since he found out that Zhang Yuanyuan was cheating on him.

The whole body is covered with thorns.

It doesn't please anyone.

Shangguan Hongyu was not annoyed and said slowly:
"Let everyone know that the reason why the Fu family rented this treasure ship from our clan was that they traveled thousands of miles to Jingzhou. Now they have returned, but they have brought back a ninth-rank family."

"That is to say"

"An eighth-rank family was born under our rule!"

This statement came out.

The whole house was in an uproar!

A family under his rule was promoted to the eighth rank.

For their Shangguan family, it has tremendous benefits. The most direct one is that it can help them be promoted to the seventh rank. In addition, it also brings the blessing of luck.

Even Shangguan Hui, who was covered in thorns, heard this.

At this moment, there was a rare smile on his face.

The puppet patriarch, Shangguan Patriarch, was also busy agreeing:
"Hongyu is right. The Fu family has done a great service to our Shangguan family. Let alone leasing the treasure ship for ten years, we would even give it to the Fu family."

"Yes, yes, it was the Great Elder and Hongyu who had a sharp eye. They chose Fu Changsheng of the Fu family to support."

"That's right, if the Zhang family was supported back then."

The Sixth Elder was halfway through his words when he realized that the Zhang family was originally chosen by Shangguan Hui, and he immediately fell silent. After all, Shangguan Hui's current situation was really pitiful.

Shangguan Hui, who was sitting at the end, was feeling a little better, but when he heard the word "Zhang family", his expression suddenly turned extremely bad.

He snorted coldly.

He immediately turned away.

Behind.

Instead, there were the sounds of lively congratulations and joy from the crowd. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on him, stretching his shadow long.

In the palace.

Shangguan Hongyu, who was sitting at the head, turned to Shangguan Feng and said:
"Father, although the Fu family is qualified for promotion, the entire canonization process at the court may take some time to complete. In order to prevent sabotage by those with ulterior motives, do you think we should send people from the foundation-building clan to garrison at several of the Fu family's strongholds?"

Currently.

In addition to the family land of Luofeng Mountain in Anyang County, the Fu family also has the Lin family's original fiefdom of Yunxiao Mountain, Yunshan County and Pingshan County, which are equivalent to four strongholds.

With Shangguan Hongyu's reminder.

The others also came back to their senses from their joy.

There is only one eighth-grade family left in the entire Huainan. As the head of the ninth-grade family, it would be bad if the Cui family had any ulterior motives and joined forces with the Qi family and the Hong family to attack one of the Fu family's strongholds.

of course.

The most important thing is.

The Fu family also has an open public enemy, which is the Gongsun family.

The Gongsun family will definitely not sit idly by.

Seeing that no one objected, Shangguan Feng immediately selected nine foundation-building cultivators from the clan and sent them in groups of three to Luofeng Mountain, Yunxiao Mountain, and Pingshan County in Anyang County:
"Fu's Yunshan County has the Demon Control City, which can kill even the third-level demon king. We don't need to send additional personnel to support this place. However, Changsheng's treasure ship is still staying in Wanning Market on the way back to Yunxiao Mountain. Just in case, Hongyu, you go to Wanning Market in person and escort the Yu family and others back to Yunxiao Mountain safely with Changsheng."

"Yes, father"

Shangguan Hongyu agreed very readily.

after all.

She and Fu Changsheng haven't seen each other for more than ten years.

After everyone disperses.

Shangguan Feng cast a soundproof spell and said:
"Hongyu, when you see Changsheng, remember to remind him that the imperial court's conquest of the Yinan tribe is already on the agenda, so let him prepare in advance."

"Yes, father"

Shangguan Hongyu's face turned serious.

but.

He hesitated.

She still spoke:
"Father, what is the ultimate purpose of the imperial court's attack on the Yinan tribe?"

These are all excuses for expanding territory.

After all, there are so many tribes in the Eastern Wilderness, why did they choose Yinan? Moreover, it is still quite a distance away from their Huainan, and they have to annihilate several foundation-building tribes along the way.

Shangguan Feng shook his head:
"Although the imperial court took the lead in this campaign, the main forces were the seventh-rank Luo family, the Wang family, and the Wan family. They were the only ones who knew the inside story."

The three seventh-rank families mentioned above all have several purple palaces.

The eighth-rank noble family of Huainan Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the seventh-rank Luo family.

"Father, why don't you go to the Luo family?"

Don't fight a battle you're not prepared for.

Shangguan Hongyu didn't want to be stupid and just let others tell her what to do.

Shangguan Feng pondered and said:
"The Luo family has always been indifferent to their subordinate families, and they rarely come into contact with them on weekdays. If we rashly go to their house now, I'm afraid we won't be able to get any useful information from them."

Shangguan Hongyu shook her head.

Quite confidently said:
"Father, you were talking about the past. Now, we have an eighth-grade family under our rule, and you and I are both half-step purple mansion. As long as there is an opportunity, breaking through to the purple mansion is just around the corner. The Luo family will definitely give in for this reason."

"Then I'll try to go there."

He family meeting hall.

at this time.

The elders of the He family were wondering why the head of the family suddenly convened an emergency elders' meeting. He Qingshang, who had just established his foundation three years ago, was also sitting at the bottom.

Seeing the smile on his father's face that he couldn't suppress, he hurriedly said:
"Father, what happy event in the clan makes you so happy?"

Patriarch He's face showed seven parts of joy and three parts of envy.

He looked around at everyone.

Then he said:
"Just now, Yongyi sent me a message saying that he has returned safely from Jingzhou. This time he brought back a ninth-rank Yu family member. The Fu family is about to be promoted to the eighth-rank."

In other words.

Their He family immediately had an eighth-rank relative.

The elders heard this.

Everyone was smiling.

nearly ten years.

The Gongsun family resented their relationship with the Fu family and, relying on the privileges of being a superior family, issued conscription orders to them almost every year, making them miserable. But this was secondary. The most important thing was that even Patriarch He himself almost lost his life several times.

Now the Fu family has been promoted to the eighth rank.

Then we will have the ability to confront the Gongsun family.

Their He family was finally able to free themselves from the bullying of the Gongsun family.

Elder He San's eyes were red, and he kept saying:
"Master, this is truly a great joyous event, a great joyous event!"

"With the Fu family as our backer, our He family will be able to develop steadily for another one or two hundred years."

"After all, it was the master of the family who had foresight and chose the Fu family as his in-laws. Master, the old man said some unpleasant things before, so please don't take them to heart and just treat them as the old man's foolish fart."

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The Fu family was promoted.

Several veteran foundation-building elders who had originally questioned Patriarch He were now completely convinced.

The atmosphere in the entire meeting hall was extremely harmonious.

Only He Qingshang, who was sitting below him, was filled with regret.

If she had followed her father's arrangement and married into the Fu family, she would now be the daughter-in-law of the head of an eighth-rank family. The treatment and resources she would receive would definitely not be comparable to what she has now.

After building the foundation.

She found that if she only relied on hard training, it would be impossible to break through to the Purple Palace within 200 years of her life.

But the He family only has so many resources.

In addition, the resources of the Ten Thousand Mountains were exhausted, making it even more difficult for the Huainan cultivators to make any progress in their cultivation.

at this time.

After everyone was happy, Chief He, who was at the head of the clan, spoke:
"Although the promotion of the Fu family to the eighth rank is a foregone conclusion, we still have to send people from the foundation-building clan to help the Fu family guard several strongholds in order to prevent someone from causing trouble. Pingshan County is near us. Third Uncle, Fifth Uncle, Sixteenth Uncle, please go to Pingshan County."

"Yes, Master"

The three foundation-building elders who were called responded loudly.

Wanning Market.

Footsteps were heard from the main hall of Zhenshisi.

Fu Changsheng took a closer look.

The first person to come out was Palace Master Xu, and behind her was Yun Bozi who had already completed the conferring ceremony. Yun Bozi's aura at this moment was completely different from before, and one could vaguely feel a mysterious aura surrounding him.

Fu Changsheng smiled and bowed:
"Congratulations to Patriarch Yu for being promoted to the ninth rank patriarch."

Yun Bozi was beaming with joy, but he knew that he was able to achieve what he had today thanks to Fu Changsheng, and his life was still in the hands of the other party, so he did not dare to be arrogant and hurriedly said respectfully:
“This is all thanks to the support of the host family.”

Yun Bozi did not get carried away by his promotion to the ninth-rank family head, nor did he forget the kindness of the Fu family.

Fu Changsheng nodded slightly with satisfaction:
"Chief Yu, your clansmen must be waiting anxiously outside, go ahead."

He has a few more words to ask Master Xu
After Yun Bozi left.

Palace Master Xu was the first to speak:
"Patriarch Fu, your Fu family has all the qualifications to be promoted to the eighth rank. In addition, since Lord Cao has already informed the higher-ups in advance, once the imperial court officially issues the title, there should be good news in three months at the longest and one or two months at the shortest."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Lord Palace Master."

Fu Changsheng was a little surprised.

If he follows the formal process, he will probably have to wait another year or two.

Thinking of the intelligence that mentioned that Mei Zhen transferred 10% of the profits from the mine to Cao Xianger, the other party probably did it for this reason, so he informed the higher-ups in advance to avoid any further trouble.

Palace Master Xu personally escorted Fu Changsheng to the palace gate.

at this time.

The guards just happened to bring out the Second Elder Gongsun from the side hall. The Second Elder Gongsun swept his spiritual sense over Fu Changsheng and saw that he had indeed broken through to the peak of the foundation building stage. His eyes narrowed slightly.

Seeing how enthusiastic Palace Master Xu was towards Fu Changsheng, he felt mixed emotions when he recalled that he had been sitting on the bench for most of the day.

But of course this anger cannot be directed at Palace Master Xu.

I can only suppress my emotions.

But I thought about my several plans.

The mood of the Second Elder Gongsun improved immediately, and he sneered in his heart: "Fu Changsheng, I want to see how long you can be so proud."

I’m afraid it won’t be long.

This little beast has no place to cry.

Fu Changsheng passed by the second elder Gongsun. Although the other party's rapidly changing emotions were concealed well, how could he miss it?

Don't think about it.

This Second Elder Gongsun must be planning something dirty.

After coming out of Zhenshisi.

Fu Changsheng immediately had an idea:
"Exchange information!"

(End of this chapter)