Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 805 Every family has a hard-to-read scripture
Both the Zheng family and the Liu family were severely weakened after Chen Zhi took office, with the Zheng family being the worst.

Originally, the Zheng family, the Zhu family, the Wang family, and the Tang family were the four major families in Dai County. They were so majestic. However, with one mistake, everything was lost. The essence of the entire family in Dai County was stripped away. , has since withdrawn from the center stage.

However, relying on a few favors and connections in the past, the family does not have to worry about complete decline. At most, it will disappear into the public, just like other small families and clans. However, such a huge contrast makes the Zheng family think about how to do it all the time. Rejuvenate.

Of course, this was mixed with complaints and hatred towards Chen Zhi.

For such a family that hates Chen Zhi, it stands to reason that once Chen Zhi comes to power, he should be severely suppressed. However, he did not expect that after driving away several incoming external troops, Dai County entered a period of great construction, and various industries Many people from all walks of life, inside and outside, were busy. Chen Zhi was taking care of everything, but he actually let the Zheng family go.

Not only that, taking advantage of the great development of Daijun, the Zheng family quickly restored the family's business routes, and actually gained a lot of benefits, which also made the family heave a sigh of relief——

Such a big family cannot be maintained by a belief in revenge. It must be supported by real money. Therefore, the family's strength has been greatly damaged and many financial sources have been cut off. The whole family is panicked and somewhat divided. There are even signs of backlash at home.

Finally, relying on the opportunity of Daijun's development, we found some ways to make money again. Although it is not as good as Daijun Paper and Dai Kiln, it can barely maintain its income and expenditure. As long as some unnecessary expenses are cut, the family's prestige will be improved. Still able to maintain it.

It's just that they can't feel at ease in their hearts for doing things like this. They always feel that they are struggling in the cracks. Once Chen Zhi pays attention, everything in their family will collapse immediately. This kind of worry is too strong, even overshadowed. The original grudge.

Therefore, when Chen Zhi's invitation was sent, the entire Zheng family immediately became excited, thinking that this was an opportunity!
"If I can get the position, I won't have to worry about making some profits in the future. Not to mention, if I join the general's mansion, I can repair the relationship between our Zheng family and the master in the future!"

The person presiding over the meeting of the Zheng family was Zheng Lin, who looked vicissitudes of life.

Zheng Lin was reprimanded for offending Chen Zhi in the past, and was directly exiled to take charge of some trivial affairs. However, as the Zheng family was in chaos and no one could take charge of the situation, Zheng Lin actually seized the opportunity. After re-emerging, he slowly attracted a group of people, and now he is considered a core figure.

And it was precisely because he was worried that Chen Zhi would find him again in the future, so he promoted the idea of ​​reconciliation within the Zheng family, and deliberately came forward by himself to negotiate with Chen Zhi, so as to test Chen Zhi's intentions.

"If our Zheng family wants to tide over the difficulties, the current income alone is far from enough. Unless we can participate in the sales of that generation of county paper, it will be very difficult just to maintain the current airs. Difficult, let alone recovering and repeating old views in the future.”

As he spoke, he reached a consensus with everyone.

"I know what the Tang family wants to propose, but we must fight for this position. This is for the continuation of the family. Even if we can't get one of the nine under the mansion, we have to get a few key officials! If we can If it is achieved, our Zheng family will slowly get back on track, and we will be able to gradually participate in several major industries in the county in the future!"

The so-called "heavy business" refers to selling paper, transporting porcelain, and distributing mineral deposits. These three items have replaced the original merchant transit and become the pillar industry of Daijun. As a result, many merchants come to Daijun again. Instead of resting and transshipping, the output of Daijun was directly transported back to the hinterland of the Central Plains.Similar words also sounded in the Liu family at this time.

The person who spoke was Liu Bao, who worked in the government.

But compared to the Zheng family's enthusiastic response, the Liu family's response was much colder, and many people even showed disgust towards Liu Qing.

"I know you all have opinions about me, Liu Qing, but when it comes to family interests, I can't be too willful. It's been decided that I will be a county official. I may be able to take a position in the general's mansion, but my decision is I can't get one of the nine members of the family, which is very detrimental to the future development of our Liu family. We now seem to be better than the Zheng family, but in fact it is still not enough. Last month, two more branch families came to find me. He said that the family was in trouble and hoped that the main line would provide subsidies, otherwise he would have to find his own way out. I finally managed to appease them, but they asked me to come up with money, but I really couldn’t come up with it!"

At this time, someone was muttering below and said: "It's not so miserable because of that prince, but now I want to please him..."

"Who's talking?" As soon as Liu Bao said this, his son Liu Qing had already asked before Liu Bao said anything.

Unlike the honest Liu Bao, when Liu Qing spoke at this time, he had an aggressive air. When he asked him this question, the person who had muttered before immediately stopped and did not dare to speak.

Liu Qing did not pursue the case. His original intention was not to hold anyone accountable, but to take the opportunity to speak out.

As Liu Bao was brought out by Chen Zhi, as the focus of controlling the Liu family, Liu Qing also seized the opportunity and began to expand his influence within the Liu family, and was more involved than his father in many family affairs. He is more positive, so on such occasions, when he speaks, his momentum is different.

"Don't you know why our family is in such a situation? Is it because the Lord is suppressing it for no reason?" Liu Qing said and shook his head, "It's because some people in our family are obsessed with it and take the initiative to contact outsiders to plot murder. The Lord of the Mansion ended up in such a situation, but he died, but let the family suffer the current suffering!"

The voices of the people around him became smaller and smaller, and only the sound of breathing could be heard.

"It's really wrong to say this now." Noticing that everyone was quiet, Liu Qing glanced at his father and took a step back, "The most urgent task at the moment is to obtain a position in the general's mansion, which my father has just given to everyone. After analyzing it, once it develops, the future will be bright, which is more important than his current position, but the aristocratic family can touch, I am afraid there is only one position, there are too many monks, and the most urgent thing is to work together. Think about the advantages of our Liu family. You can stand out, suppress other families, and win the favor of the prince!"

Liu Bao nodded, and also said: "That's the reason. Our Liu family offended the Fujun before, and others felt that there was absolutely no chance, but because of this, maybe the Fujun needs to use our Liu family to balance other families. The Tang family has gained the benefit of acting as a kiln, and is already rich. If they get another general and nine positions, they will have a combination of power and wealth. I am afraid that the situation will be difficult to govern. It is not as good as us. Although I also serve in the government, the term of office is not long. If you are diligent, you may be able to promote one or two more disciples..."

(End of this chapter)