Chapter Forty-Eight: The Showdown
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Tumen set, the old residence of the Chen family.
Seventh Gong, Ninth Gong, Second Uncle Chen Hui, Cousin Chen Min, Chen Quan, Chen Jia, Chen Yi, Chen Guang, Chen Erbao, Chen Ming!
In addition to Chen Hui, who was imprisoned, there was also Chen Liang, who was far away in Zhoujiakou, Chenzhou, and the core figures of the Chen family were all present now.
Chen Ming first briefly talked about the situation in the county in the past two days, which really made the people in the room change color in an instant. Judging from the summary of all aspects, the Chen family is already in a catastrophe. So ......, what to do?
Chen Ming asked the elders in front of him. What should the Chen family do? What should he do? Cheap dad Chen Hui, he must be saved.
Everyone was speechless. Chen Ming's eyes inadvertently exchanged glances with his second uncle Chen Cong and Chen Erbao. Since he rushed back late at night, Chen Cong hurriedly pulled him to inquire about the scene of the county seat with his clothes on, and when he learned that Chen Gang and Gao Peng had no way out, Chen Cong was really saddened. He is the number two person in the Chen family, Chen Hui's younger brother, the Chen family has fallen, Chen Hui is late, can Chen Cong end well? The only thing he was lucky for was that both of his sons were already grown up.
Chen Ming asked Chen Cong with the words that Chen Erbao asked by the river: "Are you willing?" ”
Of course, Chen Cong was not reconciled. The Chen family has been prosperous in the past six months, seeing that the wealth of the Wanguan family is no longer a dream, and the guarantee of wealth for children and grandchildren will be destroyed in the near future. Of course he was unwilling, extremely unwilling!
Chen Cong has lived a very submissive life in his life, whether it is life or marriage, he is under the domination of others. Chen Cong didn't resist, but it didn't mean that he was really willing to be a son of a cow in his heart. He doesn't think about what happens to himself, but he definitely thinks about what happens to his sons and grandsons.
According to the previous agreement, black and white, it is clear that Chen Cong will get 6 points of profit in a year, plus Chen Hui and Chen Ming's subsidy to him, he can get 10% of the steel profit in a year, that is, tens of thousands of taels of silver.
It doesn't take long, as long as there is a good money situation for ten or eight years, Chen Cong will be satisfied. His requirements are not high, a son can share forty or fifty thousand taels of silver, as long as he does not lose his family, does not eat, drink and gamble, he can eat and drink for several lifetimes. However, the sudden change in the county town shattered all these expectations and reveries. Chen Cong is a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand are unwilling!
So Chen Cong got on Chen Ming's ship without hesitation. Falling into the grass, even if he dies, he will let Chang Rui and Li Zhao, the two dog officials, taste great. That's the extreme of 'I'm going to splash your blood even if I die'!
Of course, Chen Ming also agreed to Chen Cong, first let one of his sons flee to other places and stay incognito. Then, if the situation allowed, his remaining son, and even himself, could go down the mountain if he wanted.
This condition is the same as Chen Erbao. Chen Erbao first planned to let his wife, eldest son, and eldest daughter go, and went outside incognito to find a place to live. As for the other daughters and two concubines, they followed him up the mountain first.
Chen Ming didn't care about this matter, he only knew that he had pulled these two important people who spoke very weightily to his boat. In the case that his own prestige is insufficient, and his father, who has a deep prestige, is imprisoned, they are one of Chen Ming's important weights to control the Chen family.
The seventh prince is the father of the fourth uncle Chen Min, and the ninth prince is the father of the twelfth uncle Chen Guang. It's just that what Chen Ming wants to do now is to fall into the grass and go against the government, and it's hard to say whether they want to or not.
Fifth cousin Chen Quan, sixth cousin uncle Chen Jia, and tenth cousin uncle Chen Yi, among these three people, Chen Quan is really weighty, and this fifth cousin is relying on his true ability to ascend to the position of the Chen family's treasurer step by step. The sixth cousin Chen Jia is close to him, and the tenth cousin Chen Yi is more friendly with the second uncle Chen Hui.
But all this is the division before 'falling grass', after Chen Ming said the word 'falling grass', how many of these people can support him?
"This, this...... Isn't it self-defeating? Never, never! ”
"Ming'er, you are in a hurry, just talk nonsense in front of your own family. But you can't say it in front of everyone. ”
"Ridiculous, confused. You're going to take the Chen family to the land of no return......"
Sure enough, as soon as Chen Ming's words of 'falling grass' landed, as soon as the showdown began, the hall was full of objections. Chen Ming looked at them quietly, the authority of the Manchu government was really important in their hearts, and they had just blurted out, and these people objected loudly one by one without thinking. This circumstance shows exactly what they really think in their hearts.
Only the second uncle Chen Cong and Chen Erbao did not speak. Chen Ming and the others quieted their voices, and asked in a cold voice: "Since the elders don't agree with the falling grass, then dare to ask if you have a way to solve the difficult situation?" Is there a way to save my father? ”
"If there is, I, the junior, would never dare to take the Chen family to the point of no return. But if not, then don't blame me Chen Ming. ”
"I don't want my grandmother to be an old man, lose her son in her old age, and send a white-haired person to a black-haired person."
"I don't want my unborn child to not see his real grandfather."
"Chang Rui and Li Zhao, these dog officials, harm my Chen family Manchu, even if I die, I will drag them to hell together."
The room was silent. Chen Ming's voice fell, and no one made a sound. Because they can't oppose it, they can't say what they can do.
"It's been two days since the news of the county town reached Tumenji, and the elders must have thought about it carefully, this turmoil, if my Chen family can endure it, how much will we have left after the storm?"
"You are all the core figures of my Chen family, just if you want to get out, do you think you can get out?"
"Don't forget that our family still has four villages in Funiu Mountain, and there is a way to retreat. I can assure you that this winter, after the limelight has passed, anyone who wants to go down the mountain and live incognito will be welcomed by raising my hand. In the event of a loss of money, I can make a promise on behalf of my father to make up for it as much as possible. ”
"In this mansion, there are still a whole ten thousand taels of silver in storage. When you return home, if anyone who does not want to go up to the mountain, let him come and receive money. "The seventh and ninth princes have more than one son, and they have their own cousins and so on. In the entire Chen family, there are about one hundred and thirty or forty people who are not in five suits, and there are two or three hundred people who are close to each other, and fifty or sixty people are counted.
"Eighth Uncle [Chen Liang] is in Zhoujiakou, and a mess there can also clean up a lot of money. As long as there is a connection, the money is not enough, and Zhoujiakou's silver can also be turnover. ”
"Now!"
"Two hundred taels of silver for a family." Counting the cost of the road, it is considered compensation.
"But before I launch, they have to stay in the Tumen Collection. When I rescued my father, I could flee if I wanted to. I am a junior, and I dare not force everyone to bow to their fate. But Chen Ming also thinks that he is benevolent enough to do his duty! ”
"Therefore, after all the elders go back, they will also speak clearly, so as not to let people hear it confused, and make people think that our main line is not interesting enough, so that they have done something confused. If it falls into the hands of juniors, don't blame me for not recognizing people. ”