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Chapter 308 The Powerful Zhou Family [Subscription Request]

Since Zhou Chun succeeded as the head of the Zhou family and took charge of the family's power, the frequency of elders' meetings has increased significantly.

This was certainly related to the fact that more things happened after he succeeded as the patriarch, but the real biggest reason was that he himself liked this kind of meeting more.

Zhou Daoyi was considered a very open-minded clan leader, but when he was the clan leader, he would avoid holding such elders' meetings if possible.

Because in the minds of the monks in this world, the authority of the patriarch and the head of the clan cannot be questioned, and convening a meeting of elders and allowing the elders to interfere in the management of the family is a weakening and questioning of their authority.

Therefore, except for some major events involving the life and death of the family or sect, most of the time, the leaders and clan leaders of those family or sect forces will not convene a meeting of elders to allow the elders of the family or sect to disperse their power.

But Zhou Chun is different. He is not afraid that his power as the clan leader will be taken away by anyone, because he is confident that no one in the Zhou family is more suitable for the position of clan leader than himself.

If a person with extraordinary abilities really appears in the Zhou family one day, he will be very happy to give up the throne, just like Zhou Daoyi did before.

Moreover, everything has its pros and cons. While the elders' meeting distributes the power of the patriarch, it also distributes the responsibility.

Things decided by the elders' meeting represent the endorsement of all the senior members of the family. Even if any major adverse effects are caused later, everyone will bear the responsibility together.

If everyone takes responsibility together, it means no one is responsible!
This is also very important!
At this time, since it was decided to hold a meeting of family elders, Zhou Chun first notified all the elders and the supreme elder, and then ordered the subordinate halls and the clerks to organize the materials to be used in the meeting.

Report-style meeting, this is a change that Zhou Chun brought to the Zhou family.

From the initial surprise to the current adaptation and anticipation, the elders of the Zhou family have all experienced it firsthand.

In previous elders' meetings, every elder who participated in the meeting would feel very heavy-hearted, because it must be that the family had encountered some major problem that was difficult to resolve.

But now, before attending the meeting, they all have expectations in their hearts.

Although they are elders, they have the right to check various information at any time and keep abreast of various personnel and financial changes in the family.

However, out of trust in clan leader Zhou Chun and not wanting to waste too much time looking up information, they would not actually check these things.

Therefore, attending the elders' meeting every time is the most convenient way for them to understand the changes in the family.

This time is no exception.

Half a month later, when the elders' meeting chaired by Zhou Chun was held behind closed doors in Zhongping Hall, except for a few people who were unable to attend due to important matters, all the other elders, including two supreme elders and four family elders, attended the meeting.

At this time, after everyone had arrived, Zhou Chun looked at everyone and bowed, saying, "Dear Grand Elders, fellow elders, I have called you all here to discuss this matter because of something that happened recently. I am deeply worried and uneasy. I would like to listen to your opinions and suggestions."

After that, he told what Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli had done, and also explained his punishment for the two and his concerns afterwards.

This matter has also spread in the Zhou family recently, but the high-level cultivators at the elder level don’t know much about it.

After all, these elders usually focus on cultivation. If no one specifically tells them, they generally don't care so much about these internal family punishments.

After hearing Zhou Chun's words, many people were surprised.

"Zhengchun, what you said really needs to be taken seriously."

"Things are different now. Although our Zhou family is more powerful now, we are also more likely to attract more attention. I don't know how many people are jealous of our Zhou family in secret."

"If we are not careful and give others the opportunity to attack us, it will definitely bring unnecessary trouble and losses to the family!"

Zhou Mingde spoke in a deep voice with a serious expression, first expressing his own opinion.

In fact, he himself felt this most deeply.

Because the previous Jindan War that took place outside the family’s mountain gate brought powerful enemies to the family because of him.

In order to resolve this matter, the Zhou family undoubtedly paid a considerable price.

In view of this, he certainly does not want similar things to happen again in the family.

"What the Grand Elder said is absolutely right. Our Zhou family may not be afraid of trouble, but we cannot take the initiative to cause trouble."

"The family has grown too fast in recent years. The younger generations have only enjoyed the benefits of the family's rapid development, but have not experienced the hardships of the family's previous life. I wonder how difficult it is for them to live like this now!"

"Before, this incident happened because we focused our energy on other things and ignored the education issues in this area."

"Now is the time to pay attention to this matter. We must reverse this unhealthy trend, grind away the arrogance of those tribesmen, and prevent such things from happening again!"

The person who said this was the fourth elder Zhou Jiarui.

As an elder of the Zhou family and the designated acting patriarch when Zhou Chun is away, he has the deepest understanding and involvement in family affairs among all the elders.

He usually has more contact with the young people in the family, so he has a clearer understanding of the thoughts and styles of these young monks.

After listening to his speech, Zhou Daoyi suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "What do you think, Zhengchun?"

"Grand Elder, I do have some ideas."

Zhou Chun nodded and immediately expressed his thoughts.

“I think that in order to reverse this unhealthy trend, we must first make these clan members realize how much harm this violation of clan rules will bring to themselves and the family; second, we must let them know that although the Zhou family is powerful now, it is far from enough to become their capital to act recklessly outside. With their little ability, they simply don’t have the capital to act recklessly in the world of immortal cultivation!”

"The former may revise the clan rules, increase the severity of the punishment for such incidents, and establish new clan rules to clearly tell them that the clan will not protect them from their acts of actively seeking money and killing people, so that they don't expect that after committing evil deeds outside, they can hide in the clan and everything will be fine!"

"As for the latter, it would be best to join forces with other forces to hold some martial arts competitions, allowing them to see the strength of the elites of other forces and thus erase their arrogance!"

At this point, he bowed to the two great elders and said, "Of course, these are just some of my personal thoughts, just a preliminary intention. As for what to do, I still need the two great elders and all the elders to discuss it together."

"Well, Zhengchun, your idea is not bad, but you have to find the right balance when implementing it."

Zhou Mingde could not help but nod his head, expressing his agreement with Zhou Chun's idea. Then, just as Zhou Chun said, nearly ten of the Zhou family's senior executives began to discuss ways to rectify the family tradition based on the ideas Zhou Chun provided.

After such a discussion, everyone reached a consensus.

With the consent of the two supreme elders, the modification of the severity of the clan rules and the formulation of new clan rules were allowed.

However, the new clan rules are not as inhumane as Zhou Chun said. For those clan members who make mistakes outside, the clan will punish them internally and will still give them shelter to a certain extent, provided that the family can cover up the mistakes they make.

Sometimes, helping relatives instead of others is a necessary means to maintain people's hearts.

Zhou Chun also understood this and did not have much objection.

As for the idea of ​​joining forces with other forces to hold a competition, it has also been agreed by the top leaders.

However, whether this can be done, whether it can be done well, and whether it can achieve the effect that Zhou Chun mentioned, no one can say for sure now.

After all, the Zhou family is indeed unique among the immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou. The young cultivators of the Zhou family are indeed stronger than cultivators of the same age from other families, otherwise they would not have developed such arrogance.

Therefore, if one really wants to dampen their arrogance, one can only find the Jindan families, or the immortal cultivation families whose strength is only slightly weaker than that of the Zhou family, to participate.

However, those families may not be willing to participate in such activities organized by the Zhou family, and may not be willing to serve as whetstones for the Zhou family.

After discussing all matters concerning the family tradition, Zhou Chun opened the door of the hall and asked the clerks waiting outside to bring in information and reports and begin to report on the current personnel and material situation of the Zhou family.

"Grand Elder, Clan Leader, and all the elders, following the Clan Leader's instructions, I will now report to you the statistics and verified information of the Zhou family members."

"Currently, my Zhou family has a total of 285 cultivators, including 216 cultivators from the Zhou family, 71 cultivators from relatives outside the family, 180 male cultivators, and 106 female cultivators."

"Except for the Grand Elder, the Clan Leader, and all the elders, including the in-laws, the Zhou Clan currently has 33 core members, 80 elite members, and 161 ordinary members."

"Among these clansmen, there are 46 cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, 97 cultivators in the middle Qi Refining stage, 99 cultivators in the early Qi Refining stage, and another 33 clansmen who are still young and have not yet entered the Dao to practice."

At the bottom of the hall, a young descendant of the Zhou family was standing there with a book in his hand. He reported the situation of the Zhou family members slowly in a slightly nervous tone.

After listening to his report, Zhou Zhengyuan, who had always been concentrating on refining pills, couldn't help but exclaimed: "Does the family already have so many cultivators?"

His impression of the number of people in the Zhou family is still stuck at the time when there were less than two hundred people.

I didn't expect that in just over ten years, the family has undergone such great changes.

"Thanks to the special birth allowance policy implemented by the family, the younger generations in the family have been more active in having children in recent years. In addition, the family's mortal population has also increased significantly every year, providing the family with more children with spiritual roots, so the number of family members has indeed increased rapidly."

"In addition, the family is now prosperous, and more female cultivators from small and large families are willing to marry the family cultivators, which has led to a rapid increase in the number of family cultivators with external relatives."

Zhou Chun answered with a smile on his face. This was his political achievement, so he naturally felt gratified and happy when he talked about it.

"No wonder the family's demand for elixirs for improving the cultivation of Qi Refining cultivators has increased a lot in recent years. It turns out that the number of cultivators in the family has grown to this extent!"

Zhou Zhengyuan murmured with a look of sudden realization, as if he had solved some doubts.

Then his expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun and asked, "But with so many family monks, the consumption must be very high. Can the family finances support this increasing consumption?"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said, "Don't worry about this, Sixth Brother. Although the family's current expenditure is not low, the income is also not small. It is not a problem to maintain the current expenditure."

Hearing his words, Zhou Zhengyuan immediately laughed and said, "Then I feel relieved. No matter what, an increase in the number of family members is a good thing. With talents, there is a future!"

"Zhengyuan is right about this. There is a future only if there are talented people. Our Zhou family doesn't have to worry about the number of monks increasing too much. We are only worried that there won't be enough people!"

Zhou Mingde nodded repeatedly, his words filled with joy at the massive growth in the Zhou family's cultivator population.

Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but say with emotion: "That's exactly the reason. In this world of immortal cultivation, if you want to give birth to a child with spiritual roots, it depends on luck. But if you want to control the growth of the number of cultivators and reduce the number of cultivators, there are many ways!"

The monastic population can only grow by reproduction.

But there are many ways to reduce the monk population.

Whether they died in war or accidents, or were married off female cultivators, or were sent to sects, all of these can reduce the population burden of a cultivating family.

Therefore, for the Zhou family, when the time comes to control the growth rate of the number of family cultivators, it will be very easy to control it, and there is no need to consider this now.

"So what is the family's current financial situation? Judging from your tone just now, the family's income should be pretty good now!"

Zhou Zhengyuan looked at Zhou Chun with sharp eyes and asked in an expectant tone.

Even though he usually doesn't care about external affairs, he knows that whether he can live a comfortable life depends entirely on the family's financial situation.

After all, since he successfully built his foundation, he has never really fought with cultivators of the same level, nor has he gone out on an adventure.

This means that he can hardly get any income from outside the family, and his degree of dependence on the family is the highest among all the elders.

Therefore, he really didn't want any financial problems in his family to affect his own practice.

"Yes, the family income is very good now, and it is expected to be even better in the future!"

Zhou Chun nodded with a smile on his face, his tone quite proud.

This is also his achievement. It was his hard work after he became the patriarch that turned the Zhou family from a financial deficit to the current well-off life.

Without keeping the topic in suspense, he immediately asked the younger generation of the Zhou family to report on the financial situation of the Zhou family.

(End of this chapter)