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General Shen's grandfather was obviously a talented person, otherwise things would not have developed to that point.

It turned out that the Shen family in the capital looked down on General Shen’s grandfather at first, because at that time he was not only of low status, but also not smooth enough. Their status was high enough at that time, and even if they wanted to accept some vanguards, they naturally wanted those with flexible brains.

General Shen’s grandfather was not among their choices, but he was lucky and had real ability, so after being sent out for a few years, he was directly transferred from a civil servant to a military officer.

Although he was indeed no match for those people in the court, he could have had more fun on the battlefield.

So in a short period of time, he got promoted and became rich.

In contrast, the Shen family in Beijing is slowly going downhill.

In fact, it’s not that their head of the family is incompetent, but that there is no one in the next generation who can shoulder the burden of the family.

It just so happened that at that time General Shen's grandfather was promoted again based on his merits. A person without any foundation or background who was promoted so quickly would naturally be targeted by others.

If the Shen family in Beijing had not disliked his intelligence at the beginning, it would not be unfair to him.

Because of the rules of their dynasty, there were actually people who were promoted as fast as him, or even faster than him, and who held higher official positions.

Moreover, there are people who don’t even have a family background, so naturally they will be targeted.

But some people are smart. They know that they are being targeted, so it would be risky to find anyone to back them up. In this case, they naturally need to find the most reliable person.

And the most reliable person in the court, apart from the emperor who promoted them, could there be someone else?

This is certainly what smart people do, but the stupid ones are like General Shen’s grandfather, who panicked after being stared at and attacked a few times.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on him. After all, he was not afraid when facing the enemy on the battlefield.

But perhaps he was frightened during his first year as a provincial official, and the local customs were quite good during those years when he was sent out, so he had not yet been trained in any aspect, and it was normal that he could not beat others.

So in a panic, he naturally got in touch with the clues sent by the Shen family in Beijing.

If it were in other dynasties, even if the next generation was not capable, as long as the predecessors had accumulated some family property and connections, they would not decline too much, at least they would still be able to enjoy wealth and glory.

But the situation of their dynasty was different. The Shen family in the capital was able to be ranked among the aristocratic families in the beginning because they were quite capable and smart.

As long as they are capable of working for the emperor and do not form cliques for personal gain, their status will not change much.

But people often make stupid moves when they are anxious, and the same is true for the Shen family in Beijing. They acted too quickly, so that the family shrank in a short period of time.

So they didn't want to disappear completely in the capital, and they just happened to see General Shen's grandfather pop up. So, their attention was drawn to General Shen's grandfather.

Anyway, everyone had the surname Shen and their ancestral home was in the same place, so they held an outrageous ceremony to recognize each other as relatives.

Not to mention how many jokes they made by doing this, let’s just talk about General Shen’s grandfather. Even though his brain was really not working well, after he reacted, he found that he seemed to be used as a shield.

If he didn't want to acknowledge this relationship, he could only do nothing and let the emperor demote him. Then the Shen family in the capital might despise him as a waste and distance themselves from him.

But if he doesn't want to be demoted and wants to continue to get promoted and make money, then the people from the Shen family in the capital will be able to follow behind him and take advantage of the situation.

But after all, he got promoted based on his own ability. Even if the relationship is temporarily bound, he can still go out on his own.

So he complained to the emperor at that time. He thought that he had gained the emperor's consent to let his family go to the border by selling his misery. In fact, the emperor thought he was still useful and did not want such a talented person to be taken advantage of, so he sent his family away from the capital.

But even so, their family trees are connected, and even if they don't want to admit this relationship, in the eyes of outsiders, they are of the same clan.

In Zhou Jinran's view, the turn of events actually did not change at all.

The reason why the Shen family in the capital fell was that they had no outstanding heirs, so after all the people who could support the Shen family passed away, they naturally wanted to grab everything they could.

So even though General Shen's grandfather warned his sons before he left, things didn't get any better, and they were still treated as blood bags.

Because whenever something happens in the capital, they have to help clean up the mess if they want to avoid being implicated.

In the end, they were forced to bring all those people to the border in order to keep an eye on them and prevent them from getting into trouble.

But who could have thought that it was because of this that people would hold a grudge against them.

After all, in their opinion, General Shen’s grandfather was not as good as them at the beginning, but later he was lucky enough to be noticed by their elders and integrated into their family. In the eyes of these people, doing so was an honor to General Shen’s grandfather.

From this we can see why the head of the Shen family at that time made stupid moves because there was no successor, because they were really stupid. Not only were they stupid, they also had a sense of superiority.

However, they were used to being in a superior position, so when they arrived at the border, they naturally could not accept the difference in status.

Because in the capital, they can at least survive and maintain their status and dignity.

But their coming to the border means they have given up everything in the capital. Here, they are just like ordinary people, because General Shen and his father's family will not treat them preferentially.

The most I can do is find something for them to do when they can't stand it anymore.

It was precisely this disparity in status that caused them to bear a grudge against General Shen's family, and they were even willing to collude with outsiders to bring disaster to General Shen's family.

These were just Zhou Jinran’s summary. There were more details that even she couldn’t bear to read, so she ignored them.

She really didn't expect that there was such a thing. To be honest, Shen Muxi had never known much about these things in his life, or she knew about them but didn't take them to heart. After all, as mentioned before, their identities were not equal, so this was also the reason why Zhou Jinran didn't read these things when she was looking up Shen Muxi's information before.

Now that she knew this, she didn't know what to say.

It seems that General Shen’s grandfather did something wrong at that time, right?

But in that situation, it seems possible that someone would make that choice. After all, General Shen’s father was born at that time, and General Shen’s grandfather was not alone, so he naturally had to consider his family.