After living in Shandong for nearly a month, Hu Chuyuan inspected the Zibo Aircraft Factory and the Weifang Diesel Engine Factory one after another, and then returned to Shanghai by boat from Qingdao.

Under the protection of the army, Hu Chuyuan's family had been evacuated from Yingtai unharmed, and was escorted by the navy to Shanghai Yongyuan by a number of cruisers.

Hu Chuyuan did not stay in Shanghai for a few days, and soon made an appointment with his cousins Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan, and his younger brothers Hu Pinyuan and Hu Yuanyuan's four families to return to Hangzhou to Baoguo Temple to sweep the graves of his father Hu Guangyong, his fourth uncle Hu Yueqiao, the old lady, and the eldest lady.

Hu Chuyuan's eldest son, Hu Weizhong, who succeeded from his cousin Hu Weiyuan, was 19 years old and was admitted to the law department of Yale University. Vivi, Winnie, and Via attended a girls' high school in Boston, and Vesai attended a business school in Boston, all five of whom are now in the United States.

At present, the only children who remain by Hu Chuyuan's side are Hu Weitang, Hu Weiting and Hu Weixin.

Hu Weitang is Wu Shuzhen's only biological son, thirteen years old this year, Hu Weiting and Hu Weixin are Pan Limei's children, Weiting is also thirteen years old, and Hu Weixin has just turned nine years old.

Watching the children grow up, and he and his wife are already middle-aged, Hu Chuyuan is also quite touched in his heart.

The Hu family is the biggest benefactor of Baoguo Temple, there is a separate ancestral hall and cemetery in the west courtyard of the temple, most of the people of the Hu family are buried here after death, there are several old shopkeepers who are also buried nearby after death, by the way, Hu Chuyuan gave Chen Xiaobai and Liu Chengxiang also a pillar of incense.

Dust to dust, dust to dust.

There are no immortal people in this world, and there are no immortal people.

In the quiet and peaceful Buddha hall of Baoguo Temple, Hu Chuyuan's heart seemed particularly peaceful, as if he had found his final destination.

Yes.

One day, he will also die, and his children will come here to worship him.

Hu Chuyuan silently folded his hands and recited the sound of Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha in his heart, and then he said in a deep voice with the abbot Zen Master Puguang beside him with a resolute expression: "Master, please cut off this braid for me and give me a quiet life!" ”

Hearing this, Zen Master Puguang was slightly surprised, but what was even more shocked was his family, everyone thought that he had suddenly fallen from the position of the first assistant minister, and he was sad and helpless.

Hu Xuanyuan understood, but he didn't speak, since Hu Chuyuan returned to Shanghai, they talked all night, but it was not as good as he expected.

In short, Hu Chuyuan was very angry.

Of course, Hu Yuanyuan knew that he had done a very bad job in the mutiny, but he also had a clear conscience, in the final analysis, he was also for Hu Chuyuan's good, and according to Hu Chuyuan's current attitude, he didn't know when Ma Yue would be able to become the founding president.

Be angry!

Hu Xuanyuan is not in a hurry, he knows that when Hu Chuyuan really becomes the president, maybe he will have to be the first to thank him.

They are brothers, they can't be separated, and they will always get along.

The Zen master hesitated slightly, and didn't know what to say for a while, he could only look at Hu Chuyuan's wife, Wu Shuzhen.

Wu Shuzhen nodded silently and asked Zen Master Puguang to cut off the old things for Hu Chuyuan.

"In that case......!" Zen Master Puguang could only nod in agreement, and said, "Then let Lao Qu be the big benefactor, but he will be demonic." ”

After saying this, he asked the disciples around him to take the ring knife and cut off Hu Chuyuan's braids one by one.

These days, the Provisional Axe has ordered mandatory braiding in various places to restore Han Chinese status, and some officials support the local axe, while others refuse to carry it out.

Although he did not dare to forcibly cut the braids of the Hu family man, Hu Chuyuan had already expressed his stance on the side of the temporary political axe, and even though Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan were a little hesitant in their hearts, they also cut their braids together in the Baoguo Temple.

Today's Hu family is a real big family, Hu Guangyong and Hu Yueqiao are the second generation after the Hu family moved to Hangzhou, Hu Guangyong's father Hu Luquan is the first generation, and the Hu family started from Hu Guangyong, and then Cai Fu and Hu Yueqiao.

Hu Shiyuan, Hu Weiyuan, Hu Chuyuan, Hu Pinyuan, and Hu Xuanyuan are the third generation, Hu Weizhong, Hu Weisai, and Hu Weitang...... It is the fourth generation, and there are fourteen men in this generation.

Of the nineteen men, 12 are in the Baoguo Temple, and the remaining seven are fourth-generation young people, all of whom are studying abroad, or doing business in foreign countries, and buying family businesses.

Hu Chuyuan and Hu Pinyuan were officials in the court, and the family business was always handed over to his brothers and nephews.

Such a family, family business and incense are not prosperous.

In the dark, it seems that there is a god blessing, and almost none of the five brothers of the Hu family have ever died young, which is a small miracle in this era.

In the main hall of the temple, in front of the spiritual seat of grandfather, father, and uncle, the men of the family shaved their hair one by one, and everyone seemed very calm, and the strength of the family was accumulated in their hearts and supported them.

The family is like a totem of blood.

After the fourth generation of men cut their braids one after another, the Hu family has taken a crucial step, and from today on, they will no longer succumb to the Han family under the Manchus.

Hu family.

Now it is the number one Han family in the world.

At this moment, Hu Chuyuan had a scorching flame rolling in his heart, he glanced at the dozen or so nephews in the family, and all he could think of in his heart was the future of the Hu family.

The future of the Hu family is in their hands.

The Hu family is very rich and powerful, but the Hu family will never produce children, the children are free, they can learn whatever they want, but they must first learn well, and then they must be able to do business.

Every child of the Hu family has to make a good calculation from an early age.

Taking the lead in walking out of the main hall, Hu Chuyuan covered Qingguang's head with a cool hat and looked coldly at the temple.

Hu Xuanyuan took a step forward, also put on a hat, and asked Hu Chuyuan: "Big brother, let's go back to the compound at night, speaking of which, our brothers haven't been back to the compound for a long time." ”

Hu Chuyuan glanced at him with a sigh, sighed a little helplessly, and said to Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan: "Two cousins, let's go back to the old courtyard together in the evening, and let the children get together together." ”

"Okay!"

Neither Hu Shiyuan nor Hu Weiyuan disagreed.

The times are changing drastically, and in a flash, the Manchurians are about to withdraw from the Chinese stage unconsciously, but their Hu family is getting more and more powerful...... Is this to thank the Hu family for their business over the years, or to thank Hu Xuanyuan for his kick in the door?

Who knows?

However, the more they are like them, the more low-key they must be.

A family of more than 30 people quietly left from the west gate of Baoguo Temple and returned to the Hu family compound in their respective carriages.

After the death of the fourth master, Hu Shiyuan moved to Shanghai with his family, and Hu Yuanyuan used the mansion of the fourth master's family to build two million taels of silver and exchanged houses with the He family.

Now, the Hu family's compound has returned to the Hu family, but it is in the hands of Hu Xuanyuan.

Back in the compound, the brothers remembered the things they did in the yard when they were young, and Hu Chuyuan remembered the time when he first started to take charge of the family business, nervous, excited, and worth remembering.

Entering the Lion Building, Wu Shuzhen led the ladies to play mahjong, the children played nearby, and the five men in charge went upstairs to talk in the study on the second floor.

Isn't that the rule in the mansion?

The men in charge of the house always have things to discuss.

After entering the study, the five brothers sat down and made a pot of tea together, Hu Shiyuan smoked a dry pipe, and Hu Yiyuan lit a Western cigarette in silence.

Everyone's business is getting bigger and bigger, Hu Yuanyuan has not been idle over the years, and began to invest in Nanyang Company, in Nanyang and Zhang Bishi co-stock management of a Nanyang cigarette factory, in China and his cousin Hu Weiyuan co-stock management of Zhongrun Tobacco Company.

These are still small businesses, Hu Yuanyuan re-established his own COFCO company in China, controlled the CITIC Agency, and invested heavily in the market to establish an oil, rice and flour processing factory, and set foot in the textile industry.

He has nearly half of the market share in the textile industry in Qingdao and Shanghai, is the largest vegetable oil manufacturer in China, and has invested in palm oil processing plants and food companies in Nanyang and the United States.

Hu Weiyuan is still his Zhongrun Company, and Hu Shiyuan has merged a number of time-honored pharmacies on the basis of Qingyutang, opened Guangji Company, opened a chain pharmacy, produced Chinese and Western medicines, and also operated medical insurance.

Hu Pinyuan has always followed Hu Chuyuan and served as the Minister of Culture and Education in the Ministry of Culture and Education of Beijing Normal University, and now he has also gone into the field with Hu Chuyuan. When Hu Chuyuan officially separated, he gave 30% of the shares of CITIC to Hu Yuanyuan, and gave 50% of the shares of Poly Company to Hu Pinyuan.

Nowadays, with the large-scale development of the banking industry, the pawn business is not as prosperous as before, but the cultural relics, artworks, auctions and real estate business are becoming more and more prosperous.

Let's put it this way, each of the five leaders of the Hu family is an authentic billionaire, and in Shanghai, the annual salary of a senior technician is only 500 yuan, and the actual value of 100 million yuan can be seen.

Of course, the source of all this is Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Shiyuan was already nearly fifty years old, his temples were slightly white, and he smoked more than half of the dry tobacco of his pipe, he raised his eyes slightly, and asked Hu Chuyuan: "Da Yuan, you should know the situation in front of you best, you might as well talk to everyone, lest everyone be unprepared!" ”

Hu Chuyuan continued to drink tea, not as if he didn't care much about the messy situation in front of him, and said, "Don't worry, cousin...... No matter how China changes, it will not be able to change our family for the time being. Third child, you should be very clear about these recent things, so let's talk about it with a few brothers for me, right? ”

"Hmm!"

Hu Yuanyuan agreed in a deep voice, and said: "The situation in front of me is indeed a little chaotic, but the person who can really control the domestic situation is still the eldest brother, Lu Guangquan wants to control it now, but he doesn't have such strength...... What's more, no one else will agree. I've been sending people to find out the news recently, including with some friends from the Huameng Association and the Fuxing Society, and in general, everyone is anxiously waiting for the comeback of the eldest brother. It can also be said that as long as the eldest brother comes back, everything in the country will definitely be solved, and the key is abroad, and those people abroad are not easy to deal with. I guess that the eldest brother is not in a hurry to make a comeback now, but he is thinking about dealing with foreigners. ”

Hu Chuyuan snorted and said, "That's true, France and Russia said that the three countries formed the Entente, and they basically came for us." If we have already concluded a military alliance with Britain, then it is easy to say, the point is that it has not yet been concluded. Looking at the appearance of the Entente, I don't want to let go at the moment, and I'm thinking about how to deal with them! ”

Hu Pinyuan said: "Brothers, third, I think it's not a bad thing for Manchu to be in the position of emperor...... We at least have a chance to hold the power, and now it's good, everyone wants to be the emperor and everyone wants to be the president...... In the future, wouldn't anyone with military power dare to come to such a mutiny? Besides, if we continue to make Zai Yan the emperor, won't the Entente have no excuse to trouble us? ”

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "Second brother, I think you've been doing it for too long!" ”

Hu Pinyuan smiled when he heard it, and said: "Big brother, don't be angry, isn't this all the family's own talk, I just think it's a lot more chaotic than before, even if you come back...... Regain control of the situation, but it is difficult to predict what will happen next. ”

Hu Shiyuan said: "Da Yuan, don't be angry with your second child, I think what he said is reasonable." ”

Hu Chuyuan frowned slightly, and said: "What the second brother said is true, the situation in the future is indeed unpredictable, but we have to look forward, the situation will eventually develop to this day." Of course, I didn't expect it to come so soon...... As for the future, let's continue to do our business. ”

Hu Pinyuan said: "Big brother, in fact, I also have something here, the emperor thought of a way, and sent me a note through Zaifeng, thinking that it was for you to raise troops to quell the rebellion...... This, you didn't say it. ”

Hearing this, Hu Chuyuan sighed slightly.

Guangxu trusts him too much, and at this time he still expects him to come to the rescue, of course, it is useless to count on others, and the only person who can turn the situation down is him.

Even if Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan knew very well at this time that Hu Chuyuan might be the boss behind the scenes, he might hope that a miracle would appear, and Hu Chuyuan would suddenly find out with his conscience and think about their friendship over the years.

For Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan, Hu Chuyuan was actually his teacher, a good teacher who made him suddenly understand how the country should be governed.

Therefore, Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan is willing to entrust his power to Hu Chuyuan, and is willing to follow the example of Britain and Germany to implement a real constitutional monarchy.

Emperor Guangxu even thought that if Hu Chuyuan left, he would build a mausoleum for Hu Chuyuan comparable to the prince, and bury him according to the prince's standards.

It's a pity that he is Manchurian.

After a pause, Hu Chuyuan and Hu Pinyuan said: "If you give the emperor a word, just say that the wood is already in the boat, and it is difficult to recover, all you can do now is wait and see what happens." ”

Hu Xuanyuan quietly raised his eyes with some vigilance and asked, "Big brother, ...... are you?" ”

Hu Chuyuan didn't bother to explain, and said, "Chat for comfort!" ”

"Uh-huh......!"

A sneer floated at the corner of Hu Yuanyuan's mouth.

"This?"

Hu Pinyuan was unusually embarrassed and embarrassed.

Seeing that the political differences between the three brothers were quite big, Hu Weiyuan interrupted and said: "A few old brothers, we Hu family brothers can't have their own affairs and their own masters. Let's ...... We have to twist into a rope all the time, outsiders are all outsiders, and our Hu family is our own family, only in this way, no matter how the situation in the government and the opposition changes, we are still the Hu family. ”

"What my brother said is very reasonable!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently, and said: "My father has only taught me two things in his life, the first is to abstain from bullying, and the second is to be good; Our Hu family has to adhere to these two rules, we must be united internally, we can't deceive each other, we have our own ideas, as long as we decide to do it, we have to do our best. Second, third, I don't care what you think about now or what you have done before, the eldest brother has to explain here, no matter what time in the future, our five brothers have to be consistent. ”

Hu Yuanyuan nodded slightly and said, "Big brother, don't worry, no matter what time it is, I will definitely be consistent with you." No matter how the world changes, our family is one family after all. ”

Hu Chuyuan seemed to be very satisfied, and turned to Hu Pinyuan and asked, "Third child, what do you say?" ”

Hu Pinyuan couldn't help but hesitate, his wife in the main room was also the half-sister of Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan, this was not an ordinary marriage.

He thought for a while, and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I will listen to you in everything." ”

Hu Chuyuan hummed again, and then said: "Whether I can make a comeback at the moment is still unknown." I didn't care about that before, I just wanted to make a transition, let someone else take over, and have fun with myself. Now, if I make a comeback, I will have to do my best to cope with the changes in the international situation. At that time, I hope that my two cousins and two younger brothers will help me take care of my business affairs properly! ”

Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan said: "Dayuan, you can rest assured." ”

Hu Jinyuan and Hu Pinyuan also said: "Big brother, this is all within the brothers' responsibility!" ”

Hu Chuyuan was not surprised, nodded, and said, "Okay, let's talk about it today." Although my father and fourth uncle are gone, but our generation is still there, there are unforeseen circumstances, people have good fortune and bad luck, let's take this opportunity today to re-establish the rules of the family, I plan to set up a Fukang company within the family that will never be listed, control the family industry, set up a foundation, and give long-term care and protection to every child of the family. In addition, we have to have a saying, although the Hu family's business is big, no one can make a difference. ”

Hearing this, the brothers nodded.

But what exactly to do, how to make family rules so that there is no confusion, this needs to be carefully considered.

The five brothers discussed behind closed doors, and finally decided to contact the patriarch of Jixitang first to determine the matter of the family tree,...... Hu Xueyan did this in his early years, but he was rejected by the patriarch of the family.

When it came to Hu Chuyuan's time, he didn't take this matter seriously.

His opinion is very simple, if Jixitang is not allowed to open a new genealogy, they will set up their own Xihu Hall, take the family tree into their own hands, and they will not be guilty of settling with those self-righteous old antiques for the so-called ancestral things.

Focusing on the Fukang Foundation, Hu Chuyuan, Hu Shiyuan and others formulated a complete set of new family rules, with Hu Chuyuan's lineage as the sect and the other four as branches.

Whether it is the heir of the clan or the heir of the split family, it will be divided into six grades, and different fund dividends and support will be given according to different performances.

There is a head of the family who is responsible for the management of the Fukang Foundation.

In Hu Chuyuan's generation, of course, the head of the family is Hu Chuyuan, but his situation is relatively special, so Hu Shiyuan serves as the acting head of the family and is responsible for managing the Fukang Foundation.

From now on, the foundation will also be responsible for the unified expenditure of charitable and public welfare activities such as education, medical care, and relief in China.

After the establishment of Fukang Fund Management Company, the only company held by Fukang Bank was Fukang Bank, which, like Fukang Company, was also a pure family bank that was not listed, and was only opened in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, Fukang Company holds shares in large companies with greater influence in China, including Yangtze River Bank, Huishang Bank, Jiangnan Commercial Bank, and CITIC Press.

Hu Chuyuan, Hu Xuanyuan, Hu Weiyuan, Hu Shiyuan, and Hu Pinyuan respectively hold 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, and 10% of the family shares of Fukang Company according to the total amount of funds invested.

In addition to Hu Chuyuan's total capital is too large, the capital of the other four brothers has been concentrated in Fukang Company, Hu Chuyuan still holds the capital of the five major systems of rich countries in the Americas, rich countries in Asia, BASF in Germany, Swire & Co., and China CITIC Bank...... and his shares in dozens of large domestic Huishang factories were merged into Fukang Company.

As a result, the newly established Fukang Fund Management Company can control China's traditional industries, and has high quotas in agriculture, textiles, real estate, and finance, with total assets of more than 1.47 billion yuan.

After talking about things at home, late at night, Hu Chuyuan left Hu Mingyuan alone and talked with Hu Mingyuan all night.

He did not let Hu Mingyuan completely withdraw from the Huameng Association, but he basically forbade Hu Jinyuan to mix blindly in political associations such as the Huameng Association and the Fuxing Society, so that Hu Mingyuan could focus on business.

Hu Chuyuan set up the Fukang company and the family fund, and at the same time put all the power in his hands, the purpose is already very obvious.

…… As in the past, Hu Chuyuan planned to advance 500 million yuan from the entire Hu family for a possible war.

The rich countries in Asia and the rich countries in the Americas will also use their entire industrial network to speed up the expansion of production capacity and guarantee that they will provide the new army with more than 1,000 armored vehicles and new ships with a total displacement of not less than 300,000 tons within two years.

Money...... It's not a big deal after all.

After taking care of these things, Hu Chuyuan didn't plan to be distracted anymore.

He has to clean up well, not only for foreigners, but also for domestic people...... He also had to keep some mind to clean up and tidy up, and since he was going to make a comeback, then he didn't plan to encounter a second mutiny.

Maybe one day, a mutiny might happen to him!

It may not be too big, but it's not entirely impossible.

This kind of thing is always out of the question.

(To be continued)