Seeing this clearly, Li Ming realized that if the Li family wanted to remain in power, it must change and change the mentality of continuing to enjoy themselves.

And this time he made a military order, in addition to protecting the status of the Li family, the second is to let the Li family unite and share honor and disgrace.

Although Li Ming is not the patriarch of the Li family, he cares about the Li family, after all, how can there be him without the Li family?

Although the big family is very cold-blooded, relatively speaking, it is also the most united among the big family.

Sometimes looking at the cold-bloodedness of the great family, isn't it a kind of warmth? Sacrificing the happiness of one person to satisfy the happiness of the whole family.

Maybe the people who were sacrificed were unwilling, and the family of Jue was cold-blooded, but without the family, how could you be where you are today?

The patriarch of the Li family is an old man, although he does not hold an official position in the Qi State, but he used to be a well-known task in the Qi State, but he is old and talented, and he has to abdicate.

Li Ming said just now, although he was silent, but he kept thinking about any of Li Ming's words.

When Li Ming finished talking with several Zhongqing in the family and was about to leave, the old man stopped Li Ming: "Li Ming, you are waiting to leave, you come to my study, I have a few words to talk to you!" ”

The patriarch of the Li family was 'Li Geng' When he was young, he was also a talented man in the Qi State, when there were eight talented people in the Qi State, and Li Geng was the head of the eight talented people.

It's just that the eight talented people later succeeded in becoming successful and all had good results, and now the eight talented people, who died of illness, and the eight talented people who were imprisoned were imprisoned, did some wrong things, and there were also unnatural deaths, and now the eight talented people who are alive also have Li Geng, the head of the eight talents.

Li Geng was once nominated for the secretary, of course, it was only a nomination, and in the end he did not succeed in becoming the secretary.

When competing for the position of Shangqing and Xiangguo, he met a strong opponent, that is, Zhang Tianshang, after he lost to Zhang Tianshang, in the fifth year, he resigned from all official positions.

However, at that time, he was not young, and he also saw that there was no hope for him to rise to the official rank of Shangqing, so he left the officialdom and has been guiding the people of the family behind his back, running rampant in the officialdom of the Qi State.

The Li family can have a situation where there are five central secretaries in one dynasty, which has a lot to do with Li Geng, the person behind the scenes.

After all, in many cases, Li Geng is the staff of the master of the house, and he advises them on how to do certain things and how to do them, so that they can do better.

Hearing the patriarch call himself, Li Ming followed Li Geng to a small courtyard of the Li family, which had a small pond with some fish in it.

And next to this pool is a small pavilion, on which there is a stone table, table and stone bench, Li Geng walked to the side of the stool and sat down, Li Ming stood in front of Li Geng.

Although Li Ming is the secretary of state of Qi, and Li Geng is a person without an official title, in the family, the elders have the absolute right to speak, and at any time, they must obey the words of the elders.

Of course, this is the tradition of the family, unless the elders do something very wrong, the juniors of the family will rebel, or refute, if they do not do something very wrong, the juniors must absolutely obey the will of the family elders.

Therefore, although Li Ming has a meritorious reputation, he still faces Li Geng as a junior descendant.

"Li Ming, sit down, don't stand here!"

"Although we are called a family and a noble family by outsiders, in fact we are just a family, but our family is more united than ordinary families, and at the same time there are more people than ordinary families!" Li Geng looked at Li Ming and said.

Li Ming nodded on the side, still thinking about what Li Geng meant.

Li Geng looked at Li Ming and asked, "Do you know how old I am this year?" ”

Li Ming thought for a while, and then said, "Eight out of ninety!" ”

Li Geng smiled when he heard it and said, "I didn't expect the descendants of the family to know my age!" ”

Li Geng's age is ninety-eight years old, and he is very old, but Li Geng's mentality is very good, and he pays great attention to maintenance, after his abdication, his body is light, and his mind is more Hoda, because he has a good mentality, he does not hate anyone, he also knows how to maintain, enjoy life, and because he is a nobleman, he can live so long.

"The head of the family is the core of my Li family, the backbone of my Li family, everything about the head of the family, Li Ming is in his heart!" Li Ming looked at Li Geng and said.

Li Geng smiled when he heard it, then looked at Li Ming and said: "We are all members of the same family, but I am your elder and you are my junior, this kind of compliment, let's not say it!" ”

"Do you know why I asked you to come here and talk to you alone?" Li Geng looked at Li Ming and asked.

Li Ming thought about it, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still had some doubts in his heart, he looked at Li Geng and asked, "I don't know, please make it clear to the head of the family!" ”

Li Geng looked at Li Ming and said, "What you said just now moved me!" ”

Li Ming was stunned, then looked at Li Geng, Li Geng looked at Li Ming and asked: "Back then, I competed with Zhang Tianshang for the position of Shangqing, and I lost at that time!" ”

"You should know the reason I summarized at that time, right?" Li Geng looked at Li Ming and asked.

Li Ming nodded: "I know, the head of the family said at the beginning, it was because Zhang Tianshang was a little far worse than Zhang Tianshang, and Zhang Tianshang was born in a commoner, and he was in his early years, and he knew the art of pandering, so the head of the family lost to Zhang Tianshang!" ”

In Li Geng's eyes, he lost to Zhang Tianshang, that is, he was not as good at slapping horses as Zhang Tianshang, and he was not as sociable as Zhang Tianshang.

Li Geng shook his head: "Before I heard your words, I would still think so!" ”

"But if you think about it, is my whisker really worse than Zhang Tianshang?"

"Is my interpersonal communication really worse than Zhang Tianshang?"

Li Geng shook his head and said, "Definitely, my theses are better than Zhang Tianshang, but I still lost to Zhang Tianshang!" ”

"I thought so at the time, but after listening to your words, I realized that this is not at all what I thought!" Li Geng looked at Li Ming and said.

"I'm afraid that when I compete with Zhang Tianshang for the position of Shangqing, I will lose to Zhang Tianshang, and the actual reasons are probably not these!" Li Geng looked at Li Ming and said.

Li Ming looked at Li Geng and asked, "What is the reason why you lost to Zhang Tianshang?" ”

Li Ming was also a little curious at this time, this Li Geng suddenly realized something.

Li Geng took a deep breath, looked at the fish in the pool, and became silent, Li Geng's sudden silence made Li Ming a little confused and a little puzzled, he thought that Li Geng asked him this, he wanted to tell him the reason, tell him some truth.