Chapter 92, The Art of Self-Preservation
"I don't know what problems Daddy has to test the child. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info," Zheng Sen said.
"Come on, what's going on with your dad and my knowledge, you still don't know? What to take? Zheng Zhilong smiled, "You, there are too many rules." Come quickly, and sit down beside me. ”
"The child obeys." Zheng Sen said, and then stepped forward and sat next to Zheng Zhilong.
"Ah Sen, recently I read "The Book of Jin: The Biography of Shi Chong", and when I read that Shi Chong was dying, I sighed: 'Slaves benefit my family's wealth.'" His captor replied: 'Knowing wealth is harmful, why don't you leave it sooner?' Actually, although Shi Chong is arrogant, he is not stupid, how can he not know this truth? It's just that good money is hard to give. Thinking about Shi Chong in his father's shoes, he found that if his father was Shi Chong, he would never have a reason to disperse his property. Besides, Shi Chong is also a famous family, and the official is not small, but he still can't keep his family wealth, and he was razed by the three clans for this. Not to mention Shi Chong, Zhang Jiangling in modern times, such a status, such a meritorious career, but no one dared to move when he was alive, once he died, his mother could not be protected, and he couldn't help but sigh! As a father, it suddenly occurred to me that in ancient times, there were not many rich people like Shi Chong, and there were not a few who caused trouble because of wealth, but there were also some people who kept their wealth even though they were rich enough to rival the country. For example, Fan Li, such as Zigong. The wealth of my family is actually no less than that of these ancients, and I am afraid that it even surpasses them. So I'd love to see from the history books how these people kept their money. It's a pity that there seem to be very few records in the history books, at most only a few strokes, and nothing can be seen at all. Zheng Zhilong said.
"Since ancient times, merchants and the like have often been looked down upon, and there are really few records of these people in the history books." Zheng Sen replied, "However, the reason why Tao Zhugong and Zigong's families have huge wealth and are rich enough to rival the country and have nothing to do is not difficult to deduce. ”
"Oh? Tell me about it? Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said.
Zheng Sen thought for a moment and replied; "Daddy, whenever you look at the stories of people in history books, you must first consider the characteristics of the era in which he lived. For example, Tao Zhugong and Zigong were both people in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Spring and Autumn Period, although Zhou Tianzi was still alive, in fact, the order of the Son of Heaven could not be carried out several miles away. The princes of the world, each in their own way, fought against each other. At this time, any prince was actually just a governor. The power that can be used is far inferior to that of the Son of Heaven after the great unification. And they are fighting each other, and the power that they can take out to do other things is naturally even smaller.
And Tao Zhugong and Zigong are both businessmen, although their family wealth is huge and rich enough to rival the country, but the family wealth is not necessarily in a certain country. And these people travel from nation to nation, and they have connections in all nations. If the princes of a certain country want to move him, they will get a limited amount of what they can get, and it will be difficult to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. The power of these people in other vassal states will naturally help its enemies in an attempt to take revenge. In this way, all these financial and human resources abroad will be used by the enemy country. If you calculate it in this way, it may not be cost-effective to move them. And there is this example, no businessman dares to come in the country, the countries are not big, and many things have to come from neighboring countries. If no merchant dares to come, there will be want. In this way, killing Tao Zhugong, Zigong, etc., and seeking their property, is a loss-making thing. Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were not many wealthy businessmen who could protect their families. I am afraid that the reason for this is due to the unique time of the Spring and Autumn Period. Daddy only needs to think about Japan, and the situation in Japan today is a bit similar to that. You see that the Japanese generals are short of money, and they can only borrow money from merchants, and there are very few people who kill merchants to steal money, right?
As for the future generations, the world will be unified, and the situation will naturally be different. If you think about it, your father will understand it, and the child will not be long-winded. ”
Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong was silent for a while before he sighed: "In this way, the examples of Tao Zhugong and Zigong are of little use now. ”
"Daddy, that's not true." Zheng Sen said.
"Oh, tell me about it." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly asked.
"Daddy, the self-protection method of merchants such as Tao Zhugong and Zigong is just to make the princes throw rats. Although their practices are no longer available due to the different times, the basic principles are common to all generations. For example, pufferfish, everyone knows that puffer fish is delicious, but how many people really dare to eat it? If we want to keep our wealth safely, we must let anyone who covets my family's wealth have scruples, and let them move us more than we gain. Zheng Sen replied.
While he was talking, another maid came in outside and reported, "The second master is here." ”
As soon as the maid's words fell, I saw Zheng Zhihu striding in. Zheng Sen hurriedly stood up to greet him and said, "Second uncle is good! ”
"Okay, okay...... You're good too. Hello big brother! Zheng Zhihu said hello to Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Sen with a big grin, then walked over and said, "Ah Sen, how do you think we should deal with Liu Zeqing, a bastard?" ”
Zheng Sen looked at Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong frowned and said, "Second brother, what's the hurry?" Fourth, Ah Cai, they haven't arrived yet. ”
"They're really grinding......," Zheng Zhihu said.
At this time, a maid came in and reported: "The fourth master and the colorful master are here." ”
After a while, I saw Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Cai walking in together.
"Okay, now that everyone has arrived, let's start discussing things." Zheng Zhilong said, "Ah Cai, you tell Ah Sen about the matter first. ”
"Daddy, on the way back, Uncle Cai has already told me." Zheng Sen replied.
Zheng Zhilong listened, nodded and said, "Okay, then it's more convenient." Ah Sen, what about your second uncle, he ...... about this matter"
"I think, this Liu Zeqing is completely underbeaten! If you don't beat him, he won't know how thick the sky is! Zheng Zhihu hurriedly said.
"Dick!" Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Zhihu fiercely, and Zheng Zhihu stopped talking.
"Ah Sen, although your third uncle is not here, his meaning is also mentioned in the letter to me. Your third uncle thinks that this matter still has to go the way of officials, after all, we are now an official army, and we can't be the same as before. Even if you want to do something, you have to pay attention to being a famous teacher. Zheng Zhilong said again.
"Big brother, the third brother ...... him," Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but want to say again.
"Let the fourth child talk about his thoughts first." Zheng Zhilong said.
"Big brother, second brother," Zheng Zhibao said, "I think what the second brother said makes sense, Liu Zeqing is a bastard, if he can't give him some color, he is afraid that he will become more and more unscrupulous." ”
"Big brother, I'll just say ......" Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but interject again.
"But what the third brother said is also reasonable. We are now an official army, and many things cannot be as they were before, so it is also the right way to take the official path first, and find someone to impeach Liu Zeqing first. ”
"Fourth, you...... If the impeachment was useful, Liu Ze would have been arrested in Beijing early in the morning and cut with a thousand knives. What's going on today! Even if someone impeached him, can there be conclusive evidence? Without evidence, the surname Liu is at most a dead person who does not admit it, what use can he have? And what can he do with him? It's just a joke for nothing. Zheng Zhihu just sat down, listened to Zheng Zhibao's words, and couldn't help but stand up again.
"Second child, don't worry, listen to the fourth child." Zheng Zhilong said.
"Second brother, I know that this probably won't have much effect, but what do we really want to do, and what can we do with Liu Zeqing?" Zheng Zhibao said, "Liu Zeqing will not go to the sea. If he has any business at sea, or if he himself goes out to sea on a ship, we can immediately let him visit the Sea Dragon King's house. But people are huddled on the shore, far away, and it is not easy for us to move him, and if we don't do it well, it is possible that we will suffer a loss. And what do we really have to do, we have to do it before, and people don't have anything to say, right? ”
"I think that even if I suffer a little loss, I can't make Liu Zeqing feel better. Our family can afford to lose, can Liu Zeqing afford to lose? Malegobi's, even if you take money to smash him, you will also smash him to death! Zheng Zhihu said.
"Asen, what do you think?" Zheng Zhilong asked.
"yes, it's mainly up to you this time." Zheng Zhihu also said.
"Daddy, second uncle, fourth uncle, and Uncle Cai." Zheng Sen said, "It stands to reason that such a big event, how can I have the share of a junior." But since Daddy and Second Uncle asked. The kid just said a few nonsense. When the uncles didn't come just now, the father and the child talked about the fact that it has always been difficult for the rich to protect their family wealth, and just said that if the rich want to keep their family wealth, they need to make people jealous and dare not move. Now my family is considered rich. I don't know how many people in our family are jealous. If these people all come together to deal with us, we will be three heads and six arms, and we will never be able to resist it. So what to do? Of course, the solution cannot be to be slaughtered by others. Those who want to rob us of our money, why don't they have their own ghosts, why don't they think that people will work hard first, and then they will pick up the cheap ones? Now that Liu Zeqing is the first to jump out, if he gets a benefit, people who want to benefit will naturally flock to him, then we will be really in danger. So at this time, whoever is the first to jump out, we have to fight with all our might, beat the first guy to jump out and break the bloodstream, make him suffer heavy losses, or even let him finish out altogether. In this way, the second and third people who want to jump out will have to weigh who will be cheaper by doing so. If the second one doesn't dare to jump out, the third one naturally doesn't dare, and the fourth and fifth ones don't dare either. This way, my family is safe. Daddy, I heard Li Guozhu tell the story of Daddy, saying that once Daddy was surrounded by several bandits, and if those bandits were willing to fight hard, although Daddy was superb in martial arts, he was also very dangerous. As a result, Daddy took the initiative to attack, first killing a fang, and the rest of the bandits suddenly fell into fear, so frightened that they just fled, but were chased and killed by Daddy all the way, and they were all beheaded. Now that Liu Zeqing is the first to jump out, he can't let him go, just use him as an example for others. ”