Zhang Kexiang, the patriarch of the Senate of the Youzhou Republic, left the Senate building with a lot of heart and returned to his mansion.

His heart has little to do with the "Million Khitan" approaching Lushun Mansion, but with a secret letter sent by his cousin, Zhang Kegong, the current Hebei transit envoy.

As a member of the Zhang family in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhang Kexiang is of course in Wuying's heart in Zhao. Wu Haogu's Youzhou republican regime is nothing more than a chaotic minister and thief in his opinion! Since he is a rebel and a thief, of course, everyone can be punished. "Millions of Khitans" want to attack Lushun, even if they win, they will kill the rebellious ministers and thieves, so what's the matter?

And in the letter sent by Zhang Kegong to Zhang Kexiang, of course, he also mentioned how to dig into the corners of the republican regime.

It would certainly be best to veto the bill for the issuance of war bonds in the Senate! But Zhang Kegong also knew that this matter was a bit difficult.

Then Zhang Kegong hoped that Zhang Kexiang could retreat to the next best thing and help the Hebei Xuanfu Division hire strong men in Tianjin. The strong men of Yandi are limited, and if the imperial court hires one, there will be one less person that Wu Haogu can hire.

This time, the imperial court allocated 10 million yuan to the Xuanfu Division of Hebei, nominally to recruit troops to fight against the Khitan, but in fact to rob people with Wu Haogu.

And Zhang Kegong (the money was allocated to the Xuanfu Division, but it was the Transit Department who was in charge of the money) and Tao Jiefu did not save money for Zhao Ji, and offered a high salary of 200 taels plus 5 taels per month, and the military rations were calculated separately. If you take refuge with horses and equipment, the settling-in allowance will be increased by 100 taels, and the monthly salary will be increased to 8 taels.

This price is really not low, enough to dig out a little bit of the corner of Wu Haogu. And the task assigned by Zhang Kegong to his cousin was to hire guards in the name of the Zhang family firm, and the more the better. The cost of hiring an escort team is, of course, reimbursed by the Hebei Transshipment Division.

It's a betrayal, at worst!

Zhang Kexiang himself is a veteran, and of course he is also a citizen, and he has the obligation to defend Youzhou. Now that Youzhou is facing a great enemy, and the people are panicking, he, an old citizen, will take the lead in betraying again, then he will step on the bottom line of Wu Haogu......

Moreover, Youzhou has really collapsed, and it is not good for Zhang Kexiang!

Because Zhang Kexiang is not popular in the Zhang family, the ancestor of the Zhang family, Zhang Qi, is too capable of giving birth and gave birth to twenty-four sons, and there are too many people in Zhang Kexiang's generation to count, so he has no hereditary official body to take, and he does not have the ability to be admitted to the Jinshi, otherwise how could he be sent to Tianjin to do business?

And he made a windfall in Tianjin, and now he has more than 10 million yuan of family assets...... The property rights of this property are a little unclear!

In Youzhou, all these properties are registered in Zhang Kexiang's name! In the eyes of the Zhang family in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhang Kexiang's property is family property.

In Tianjin, Zhang Kexiang is of course not afraid that the Zhang family will come to fight for production. He was a patriarch and the head of a party in the Senate called the Xiangguosi faction, whose members did not believe in Tianli, but were traditional Buddhists who often met at the Xiangguo Temple in Tianjin, hence the name Xiangguoji faction.

Such an identity is an incredible existence in Youzhou, and Wu Haogu himself is also the chief patriarch of the Senate, slightly higher than Zhang Kexiang.

But if you go to Kaifeng Mansion, how old is Zhang Kexiang? It's just that there is an official body of a nine-rank military attache (he came from his own movement), why does he have tens of millions of family properties?

Therefore, Zhang Kexiang, as well as several other bigwigs of the Xiangguo Temple faction, Xiang Bao, Cao An, Han Anxuan and others, are now quite contradictory.

On the one hand, there is the imperial court, and on the other hand, it is his own net worth and status...... It's really hard to choose! Is it to be a glorious and rich rebel thief, or to be a poor and loyal loyal son who is as poor as water?

After Zhang Kexiang, who was in a dilemma, went home, and was waiting for dinner in the hall, he saw his two sons who were in elementary school, Liulang Zhang Zhongshu and Balang Zhang Zhongning, chatting in the corner with an excited face. I called them forward, and suddenly remembered what Wu Haogu said in the Senate, so he asked.

"My lord, the child is going to join Rong and go to Liaodong to fight with the Khitans!"

"My lord, go too, children! The child is a citizen of Youzhou, and when he shoulders the rise and fall of Youzhou, he must not sit back and watch the Yongjia Rebellion reappear in Shenzhou! ”

What the?

Are these two little bunnies crazy?

Zhang Kexiang couldn't believe his ears. I am still thinking about recruiting some strong men in Tianjin, so that I can dig into the corners of the ancient martial arts. When I went home, I saw that my son was going to serve as a soldier to defend Wuhaogu......

"You guys, how old are you? How can you join the army? Zhang Kexiang pointed to the two sons, "And Youzhou belongs to the martial arts, so you need to protect it?" ”

"My lord," said Zhang Zhongshu, who is older and in the fifth grade at Beikai Elementary School, "my son is sixteen years old, and he has a good martial arts, why can't he join the army?" And how is Youzhou a martial artist? Wu Zhengzhi is a veteran, you are also a veteran, and you have a share of our family in Youzhou! ”

Have it? Zhang Kexiang thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was really a ......

Zhang Zhongning, who is a little younger and has half Hu blood (it is Zhang Kexiang and a cub born to a Hu Ji), also said: "Adult, although the child is only thirteen years old, he also has a martial arts, and he is not afraid of the Khitans!" Also defend the Youzhou Republic! When the Khitan is defeated, the child will stop studying, and the child will become a knight. ”

"You ......" Looking at the two unconscious sons, Zhang Kexiang was so angry that he didn't know what to say. In his opinion, martial arts are inferior after all, and the roll call outside Donghua Gate is a good man.

Therefore, several of his older sons stayed in the Zhang family school in Kaifeng Mansion to study, but unfortunately their talent was limited and they couldn't even pass the liberation test. Now they are a lot older, and they are still studying hard at home.

It is precisely because several big ones are unproductive that Zhang Kexiang also wants to open it, let the two small ones go to learn a new school, and if they can't pass the Jinshi exam in the future, they can still take over their own business.

I didn't expect the two sons to be brainwashed in the positivist school!

Zhang Kexiang had a straight face, and just wanted to teach his son a lesson, the servants at home came to report: There is a guest visiting!

The visiting person is also the patriarch of the Daxiangguo faction, Master Zhishen, the abbot of Tianjin Daxiangguo Temple, is Lu Zhishen. Daxiangguo Temple is also one of the initiators of Jiehe Commercial City, and Daxiangguosi Bank (the original Jiehe Daxiangguosi Changsheng Library) is still the largest bank in Youzhou in terms of assets, and Master Zhishen has become the elder of the Youzhou Senate with the tax payment of Daxiangguosi Bank.

The rich monk came, and Zhang Kexiang didn't have time to train his son. Hurriedly asked people to prepare a meal, and personally greeted the great monk and invited the great monk into the inner hall.

Monk Zhishen is now a little older, his beard is gray, and his body is not as fat as before, but his voice is still as loud as ever.

"How? Are a few of your little gentlemen also clamoring to serve the country in the army? The great monk took the teacup handed over by the servant of the Zhang family, took a sip of fragrant tea, and asked with a smile.

Zhang Kexiang was a little strange when he heard this, why did Lu Zhishen ask this? He had no sons......

"Xiang Lao's two grandsons were also bewitched, and the old man was so angry that he ran to Daxiangguo Temple to become a monk."

"Monks?" Zhang Kexiang was stunned and stunned, "He is a monk, and his two grandsons will not go to the army?" ”

"Alas," the great monk Zhishen shook his head again and again, "the two grandsons are from the military to the big name. ”

"Daimyo ...... home," Zhang Kexiang sighed.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read! Zhang Kexiang's family also has a dispute over property rights, and Xiang Bao's family also has it, and it is even more troublesome. Zhang Kexiang is a descendant of Zhang Qi, and Zhang Kegong, Zhang Shuye, and Zhang Kejian (also a Jinshi from the Zhang family) are all serious Zhang family generals. But Xiang Bao is not a descendant of Xiang Minzhong, but a member of the Xiang clan. Entrusted by Xiang Zonghui and Xiang Zongliang, he took tens of thousands of dollars to Jiehe Commercial City to start a business.

Who knew that this karma would make a fortune! There are millions of them, and he has become the patriarch of the Senate of the Republic of Youzhou.

The two brothers of the Xiang family who supported it died one after another in the Daguan years, and a group of descendants of the Xiang family also wanted to distribute the property operated by Xiang Bao, and asked Xiang Bao to sell the property and bring the money back to Kaifeng Mansion. But Xiang Bao's sons refused to agree, wanting to swallow these millions of family properties.

Speaking of which, this matter is also made bad by Wu Haogu. In the process of the development of Jiehe Commercial Market, he has engaged in several property rights registration. Under the pretext of facilitating tax collection, agents like Zhang Kexiang and Xiang Bao were encouraged to "hold on their behalf".

In other words, Zhang Kexiang and Xiang Bao have millions of family properties under their names!

Wealth is moving!

Not only did they have money, but they were also the senators of the republican senate...... Although they had political differences with Wu Haogu, they had been operating in Tianjin for many years and had formed their own forces. Moreover, the earlier Jiehe Commercial Market, now Youzhou, has its own set of rules for politics. That is, on the principle that the whole world is the public good, with the vote of the Senate and public opinion (mainly newspapers) as a means, the judiciary and the army have never intervened in internal struggles. And the Senate is not intended to deprive opponents of their lives and the right to speak. Even the suppressed Daxiangguo Temple faction is still in front of the patriarch, and their property and honor are also very guaranteed.

Wu Haogu set a very good example in this regard, not only the elders of the Great Xiangguo Temple faction were not persecuted, but even the property of the Liao relatives and nobles who were waving millions of troops to fight Lushun in Tianjin was also protected.

"Mingxin layman," Monk Zhishen called Zhang Kexiang's nickname and said in a low voice, "Your Zhang family has more than 20 rooms...... Give them a share of your little family business, how much is left? Why don't you come to Daxiangguo Temple for a few days? ”

"Can this work as a monk?" Zhang Kexiang took a breath, "I think I have to look at Liaodong!" Liaodong is the battle for the founding of the country, if we win, Xiang Lao and I will be the veterans of the republic......"

The great monk just smiled, "Layman, do you think you can win?" ”

Zhang Kexiang was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "This matter is not in the old man, but in the young man!" Both of my dogs were clamoring to be killed...... I don't know how many such teenagers there are in the entire Youzhou? ”

The great monk stretched out two slaps and said with a smile: "There is always one hundred thousand, right?" ”

"One hundred thousand? How can it be? ”

The great monk smiled: "How could it not be?" Youzhou is not as good as Kaifeng, fresh clothes and angry horses, and Meiji accompaniment, who is not a citizen? How should citizens be? Naturally, he went to Liaodong from the army to kill the enemy. Now that the conscription order has not yet been issued, many people are already eager to try. Once the Senate passes the resolution, hehe, if you want to fight a rich Yandi boy, why not 100,000? ”