Jiang Mingyun's words immediately made the other members of the Jiang family except Jiang Mingzhang echo: "Yes, family master, you can't just make money and forget about the clansmen." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info there are so many clansmen who are officials in the court. ”

Jiang Ming tried to be unmoved, and said coldly: "For the sake of the Jiang family, the necessary sacrifices must also be paid. Don't you see the situation as it is today? Although the imperial court still occupies most of the land and provinces for the time being, it has deteriorated. The Qing army couldn't even defeat the rogue long-haired thief army, and a Northern Expeditionary Army turned the entire Qing Dynasty upside down, not to mention those Nanyue thieves who were equipped with foreign guns and cannons? ”

"I wonder if you saw the news written in the newspaper some time ago? The Guangdong thief sailors successively defeated the Guangdong sailors and Fujian sailors of the imperial court, and now the imperial court no longer has a regular maritime sailor. Because of this, it will happen that the newspaper reported some time ago that the long-haired Northern Expeditionary Army had been surrounded by tens of thousands of troops from the imperial court, but was rescued by the Cantonese thief sailor, and now, the long-haired thief soldiers are wreaking havoc in Liaodong in the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court is making matters worse, and even the foundation of the land is going to be turbulent. ”

"Moreover, it is impossible for you not to know that I just received the news from the overseas merchants three days ago that the Cantonese thief sailor has occupied and annexed the Moss Wan Province and the Ryukyu Kingdom. Based on this alone, the Cantonese thieves were already invincible: they had a foothold overseas, and the imperial court had recovered the two vast lands, and they could flee overseas. And, looking at this situation, is it possible? Regardless of whether it is a naval division or a land soldier, the officers and soldiers cannot defeat the Cantonese thieves, otherwise they would not have allowed the Cantonese thieves to develop from a stream of rogue bandits to now occupy almost four or five provinces, almost occupying the entire south. ”

"From this, it can be seen that I, Jiang Ming, tried to assert that the Qing Dynasty would not last long, and the world was about to change the dynasty, and it should be what we call the Guangdong thief." Jiang Mingqian sighed categorically.

Everyone looked at him incredulously, and Jiang Mingyun's eyes were about to pop up: "Second brother, this is ...... How is this possible? How could you have such a rebellious idea? ”

"Big brother, as I said, we must look at the problem rationally, and don't think from the position of the Qing Dynasty because our Jiang family is an official eunuch family. My Jiang family is only for the benefit of my own family, and the Qing Dynasty is strong, so we will follow the Qing Dynasty, but if the Qing Dynasty is about to overthrow, will our Jiang family also follow him to destroy together? No! We are looking for a new follower, and this winner, according to my judgment, should be what we call a thief. ”

Jiang Ming tried to say what he thought: "Brothers, there is one more thing you haven't noticed, Mingzhang is right, the Xu family, the Zheng family in Guangzhou, and the Wu family, why do they want to take refuge in the Cantonese thieves?" They're not stupid! Especially the Wu family, who can do business to his level, is much richer than our Jiang family, and it is even more impossible to be stupid. I inquired privately, and now the Wu family donated all their family property to the Yue thief, but the Yue thief did not accept all of it, but partnered to open a Nanyang company, leaving 10% of the dry shares to the Wu family. ”

"What?! Nanyang Company!! The fifth Jiang Mingxi shouted in disbelief on the spot: "Nanyang Company was opened by Cantonese thieves? I said, how can it be unimpeded from the territory of the Cantonese thieves. I've done business with them so many times, and I always thought it was started by a foreigner, but I didn't expect it to be a Cantonese thief. ”

Jiang Mingyun also had a bitter mouth: "Nanyang Company is a Cantonese thief?!" I estimate that the profits made by Nanyang Company in a year are worth one-third of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Others, however, know that they also know that Nanyang Company was founded by Cantonese thieves.

Jiang Ming tried to see that everyone was finally shaken, and hurriedly took over the words and continued: "Yes, Nanyang Company earns a lot of silver for the Cantonese thieves. Moreover, judging from the movements in the Southern Weekly, the Cantonese thieves were not like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the holy king of the Cantonese thieves was very knowledgeable, and he took the initiative to trade with foreigners. ”

"The Holy King of the Cantonese thieves also purchased foreign guns and cannons from foreigners. We all know the power of these things, and in the Opium War ten years ago, thousands of foreigners relied on these foreign guns and cannons to easily defeat tens of thousands of troops in the Qing Dynasty. You now know why I'm so sure that the Qing Dynasty can't defeat the Cantonese thieves, right? Wealth and weapons can't be compared, one eliminates the other, how can the Qing Dynasty turn around? What's more, there is also a long-haired thief soldier in the Yangtze River area to help the Cantonese thieves attract court officers and soldiers and become a leading bird. ”

"However, eggs can't be put in one basket, the Zhuge family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Jin went to Eastern Wu, Zhuge Liang went to Western Shu, Zhuge Dan went to Northern Wei, whichever one wins, the Zhuge family always stands on the winning side. Therefore, we Jiang family should also be like this. In order for the family to continue better, our Jiang family must also be separated. ”

"The head of the house, I didn't expect you to be optimistic about the Cantonese thief. Then why did you advocate vigorously supporting the imperial court when the long-haired thieves attacked Changsha before, and you also gave more than 300,000 taels of silver as military salaries? Jiang Yun asked puzzled.

"It wasn't the Cantonese thieves who came to attack Changsha before, but the long-haired thieves. The hairy thief can't get into my eyes. But the Cantonese thieves are different, but even if I am optimistic about the Cantonese thieves, I can't bet all on their family. Today we will decide who will leave Anfu, leave Lizhou, move to the Central Plains and even Beijing, and defend the Qing Dynasty; Who stayed in Anfu and took refuge in the Cantonese thieves. ”

Jiang Ming's words made everyone silent. I have to say that the head of the family has the deepest thoughts, no wonder the previous head of the family would rather choose his own son than choose a nephew as the head of the family. At this time, everyone realized that Jiang Mingqian was indeed the most suitable as the head of the Jiang family.

Seeing that everyone was silent, he knew that his words had already touched them.

Jiang Mingqian then said: "In this case, let's decide now." Mingzhang, you must have stayed in Anfu and taken refuge in the Yue thief, no, the Holy Kingdom, right? What about the others? Big brother, third brother, how many of you are Mingxi Mingen? ”

Jiang Mingyun shook his head slowly and said, "Even if I know that what you said is true, I am still unwilling to take refuge in the Yue thief." In three days, all the people of the Jiang clan in my house packed up and went to Beijing. As for the fields and the shops in Anfu and Lizhou, leave them all to the owner. "Jiang Mingyun is determined to follow the imperial court.

Seeing the eldest brother's decision, except for Jiang Mingzhang, the rest of the people also said: "I will wait for the house to go to Beijing like the eldest brother." ”

Jiang Ming tried to say: "Even so, I won't hide it from you, half of my land, a total of more than 20,000 mu, has been sold at a cheap price." The rest of the land was too late to be sold, and it was also distributed to the former tenants with half gift and half rent. ”

"Head of the family, it turns out that you are also moving away? Scared me, I thought you really wanted to take refuge in the Cantonese thieves! Jiang Mingxi laughed.

"You're wrong. I thought about it for two whole days before I made my final decision. I want to move away, but not to move to the imperial court, I want to move to Guangzhou, and only there is a place for development and prosperity. Jiang Ming's answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

"What? The head of the family, you value the Cantonese thief so much? ”

"The head of the family has always had an accurate vision, can it be that the Cantonese thief can really become a big thing? Is it a mistake for me to flee to Jingshi again? ”

For a while, everyone was a little confused.

Anyway, the next moment, the entire Jiang family took action.