Chapter 717: Sit down and talk
"I can tolerate the privileges of the family, the desire for power and land, and the expanding ambitions of the family, and I can even say that as long as the family does not shake the foundation of the country, in my opinion, the survival of the family is reasonable." Chen Xi's words almost made Chen Shang's heart bloom.
"However, the privilege of the family, the desire for power and land must be linked to responsibility, otherwise what the family does is essentially shaking the foundation of the country." Chen Xi's words made Chen Shang completely helpless.
"Isn't there room for maneuver?" Chen Shang looked helpless.
"No, do you remember how the Chen family became strong? From the decline of the Western Zhou Dynasty, to the rise of the Spring and Autumn Period, to the decline of the beginning of the Warring States Period, and then to the continuous accumulation of savings to reach the current Cheng dΓΉ again. Chen Xi said indifferently.
"But ......" Chen Shang still wanted to defend but was directly interrupted by Chen Xi, "Without foreign enemies, the self-contained family will disappear in the long river of history sooner or later, so it is better to let me personally handle the chaff." β
"Uncle Zu, you still have a chance, convince me, I will help you, if you can't do it, I will do it myself, at least fall under my knife, there will always be a chance to rise, if you are overthrown by the world, you will have no chance." Chen Xi was extremely solemn at this moment, like a warrior ready to meet the challenge.
"Can I convince you?" Chen Shang sneered, "Who are you?" You are Chen Zichuan, you are the Marquis of Yingshang Pavilion, you are the Marquis of Chen who helped up the princes all the way in the year of the weak crown, can you convince you that I still need this? β
"Then let me convince my uncle, uncle, Zichuan dares to ask. Is it reasonable for the Maison to acquire its current strength? Chen Xi looked into Chen Shang's eyes and asked, he had already found out. It seems that he now has a congenital suppression of the family, regardless of identity. Or something else, all-round suppression.
"Reasonable!" Chen Shang said angrily.
"Is it reasonable?" Chen Xi chuckled, still looking at Chen Shang.
"Reasonable." Chen Shang's eyes looked at Chen Xi's righteous words firmly.
"Is it reasonable?" There was a hint of mockery in Chen Xi's eyes.
"Reasonable ......" Chen Shang gritted his teeth, his eyes flickering a little.
"It seems that Uncle Ancestor also knows what the facts are, in that case, why don't you let me rationalize it, at least you can keep an eye on me when I ask you so much in the future!" Chen Xi said solemnly.
Chen Xi knew that the clans of big families like the Chen family and the Xun family always had their own ability to distinguish, and they were not willing to go against their will, even if it was for the sake of the family. They had to tell the truth about Chen Xi's inquiry.
"Rationalization, what can't be done, people's hearts always have selfish desires!" Chen Shang shook his head, "The survival of the family is inevitable, and the distance of people's hearts is predestined by nature, Mozi once said that he loves both, but your children fall into the water with someone you don't know, you can only save one, how can you love both." β
"......" Chen Xi tugged at his lips. The Chen family is not good at this, and they all understand it.
"Uncle, can you not come to the hypocrisy, I can't be completely fair. But I can at least be relatively reasonable, at least I will make the power of the family and their responsibilities relatively fair, at least so that the people of the world will no longer stare at this entire class with hateful eyes. Chen Xi said calmly.
"Our losses are too great." Chen Shang no longer hides it. Directly pointing to the most central point, to this Cheng dΓΉ Chen can still come. It has already been shown that the Maison, after eliminating the last wave of rebellious forces, began to think about the problem of its own existence. In the hope of being able to sit down and talk with Chen Xi, if nothing else, at least reduce his own losses.
"What does the Maison want? Don't think about the eternal blessings. Chen Xi blocked Chen Shang's mouth first.
"We don't want those impossible things, the family that can take refuge in the past has long given up the rigid consolidation, but we are not willing to be so lonely." Chen Shang waved his hand, he didn't pursue those unrealistic things, what he needed was tangible benefits.
"Okay, you don't need to talk about money, you need land, family education, power and privileges." Chen Xi glanced at Chen Shang silently, seeing that the other party looked at him nervously, as a representative of all the families who came to negotiate the conditions, the pressure was not small.
As Chen Xi said, money is not the pursuit of the family, although the family also needs money to embellish, but money is not the ultimate goal, for the family, land is the foundation, power is the goal, privilege is sublimation, and to say the most important, the most important thing for the family is family education and land!
If there is land, there is the capital to rise, there is a way to rise, and the remaining power and more distant privileges can be fought for by the ability of the clan, just like Chen Xi now, who would have thought that the other teenager now has such a powerful energy.
"Yes, we do need things like family education, land, and power, but family learning comes first, land comes second, and power and privilege can be given up first." Chen Shang nodded, but then corrected the mistakes in Chen Xi's words, the family can understand the importance of family learning better than ordinary people.
"Well, family learning is supreme, I can understand this aspect, land is secondary, yes, uncle, in fact, there is no problem with what you said, I have nothing to say about family learning, I have opened the library cabinet, whether you are satisfied or not, the library is there." When Chen Xi heard Chen Shang's words, he was very satisfied, and the family actually saw it very clearly.
Chen Xi's words obviously made Chen Shang's heart sink, isn't it just like ordinary people, the family doesn't have any advantages at all.
Chen Xi also saw Chen Shang's face and smiled, "The family, one book is worth ten, that is to say, the family takes out a book and fills it, and you can choose ten copies to copy!" β
As soon as these words came out, Chen Shang obviously had a touch of surprise, there were many books in the library pavilion, and if one top ten books, the family would not suffer, but Chen Shang still hoped to get more.
"One book is filled in, and ten copies can be selected from all the books? How many times a year can you do this? Chen Shang asked cautiously.
"Of course, this is a regular book, Cai Zhaoji has a bibliography there, as well as a general outline of books, one volume for ten volumes, of course, the family can also use a book to fill in, name and ask for a book, or don't know the title of the book, just fill in what the general outline of the book you want!" Chen Xi shook his head and said, what is limited can be known as precious.
"As for the number of times, count nine as the extreme, just nine times, and the additional name and surname, three times." Chen Xi set the number at random, of course, Chen Xi hadn't thought about the restriction at all before, but Chen Shang reminded him of it. (To be continued......) R1292