Chapter Eighty-Four: Staying Up Late
Today, ten years later, Zhuang Feng chooses to start over;
In the past ten years, the situation in Jinguo has undergone many changes, and the countries on the mainland have also been in endless disputes, which has made the international situation more complicated.
Zhuang Feng returned to Jiangzhou and gradually gathered strength according to his own plan, and the most important thing was the power that they had managed by the three generations of the Zhuang family;
Therefore, when Zhuang Feng will appear in Jiangzhou, he immediately set out to contact these hidden forces; perhaps when the time comes, the superstitious saying can also be called God helping me, there happens to be a loyal to Zhuang Feng, and has a huge smuggling route Su Zhen, which makes Zhuang Feng immediately take action;
With the smuggling route that Su Zhen has in his hands, then he can complete the involvement of these forces according to Zhuang Feng's requirements without alarming anyone.
In a year's time, the suitcase brought back by Su Zhen is Zhuang Feng's real hole cards, unless Zhuang Feng wants to separate the southwest or dares to openly participate in the power game in Jindu, otherwise even if Zhuang Feng is slaughtered and eaten meat in the past ten years, it will not be used;
As for the question of what to do if Zhuang Feng dies unexpectedly, this Zhuang family has its own inheritance system;
To this day, Zhuang Feng has not used these forces, but only needs an updated situation report to facilitate Zhuang Feng's follow-up plans;
These powers, which only belong to the inheritance of the head of the Zhuang family, Zhuang Feng will not let anyone touch them, even Tang Guiyi or Meng Yuanhua can't touch them, even if Su Zhen does this, in fact, Su Zhen has never even seen a personal figure;
These things can only belong to Zhuang Feng alone, and no matter how close they are, other people can't touch them; not only that, but these things have more precautions; even if there is any accident, these things are leaked out and fall into the hands of others, but they will not be able to understand the real content of them;
Zhuang Feng lit a cigarette and flipped through the box of documents there;
With the handover of Qizhou, Zhuang Feng's power also expanded rapidly; in order to stabilize Qizhou, Zhuang Feng needed the support of these forces; otherwise, it would take a long time for Qiaozhou, which seemed to be a peaceful handover, to re-evolve into Zhuang Feng's strength, and Zhuang Feng did not have so much time;
After the handover of the new cabinet is completed, Qin Su, the new prime minister, and his cabinet are still in a difficult situation; in order to prevent accidents, Zhuang Feng urgently needs to control a military-level armed force to prevent accidents;
Zhuang Feng flipped through the documents very carefully, and time passed in Zhuang Feng's serious work;
Zhuang Feng is usually a little lazy, but as long as he is seriously invested, he still has the appearance of being the head of the house, tirelessly investing;
While Zhuang Feng was reading the documents very carefully, the knock on the door also sounded;
"Who?" Zhuang Feng continued to do without raising his head, and said a word there;
Zhuang Feng's voice sounded quite loud, but Zhuang Feng himself didn't notice that his voice was already a little hoarse;
"I;" Meng Yuanhua's voice sounded outside the door;
"What's the matter?" Zhuang Feng still didn't look up, just responded there;
"Breakfast;" Meng Yuanhua said in a somewhat unpleasant mood;
"Just put it down;" Zhuang Feng continued to work;
"At the door?" Meng Yuanhua said;
Zhuang Feng did not answer, and continued with what he was doing, as if he did not realize that it was already breakfast time, and he had stayed up all night;
Zhuang Feng didn't answer, Meng Yuanhua didn't have a voice, and seemed to have left;
Time passed, Meng Yuanhua's voice sounded, Zhuang Feng still read the documents seriously, and said a few words to Meng Yuanhua through the door;
At noon, Meng Yuanhua was not able to enter Zhuang Feng's study, and Meng Yuanhua didn't say much about the breakfast placed at the door;
Zhuang Feng's temperament Meng Yuanhua still understands, knowing that if Zhuang Feng is very serious about doing something, he is the most tired of being disturbed by others;
Regarding this understanding, it was when Zhuang Feng and Yan Nan were together ten years ago, a certain time Yan Nan cared about Zhuang Feng there, and Zhuang Feng at that time also had some important matters in his hands, and he seemed to be dealing with them quite seriously;
That was also the first time Meng Yuanhua saw Zhuang Feng's anger, and it was also after that time that Meng Yuanhua remembered Zhuang Feng's temperament;
Time passed, and Meng Yuanhua, who was dealing with the affairs of Qiaozhou in another study, heard all the unique bells from Zhuang Feng's study;
"What's the matter?" Meng Yuanhua said angrily;
"There's no smoke;" Zhuang Feng said directly;
After Zhuang Feng's words were finished, Meng Yuanhua looked powerless, what is this called, but Meng Yuanhua still put down what he was doing, and got up there to send cigarettes for Zhuang Feng;
Cigarettes are also indispensable to Zhuang Feng, perhaps because Zhuang Feng has a smoking addiction, once Zhuang Feng has not smoked for a long time and has a smoking addiction, the temper is so big, the anger is strong, although this Meng Yuanhua has not experienced it personally, but he has heard Tang Guiyi Xu Wei Yang Lin They said, this is why even people like Tang Guiyi who do not smoke will carry cigarettes with them, in order to get them when Zhuang Feng needs them, and he is not willing to let Zhuang Feng be angry because there is no smoke;
Meng Yuanhua took a cigarette to Zhuang Feng's study and knocked on the door;
"Come in;" Zhuang Feng's voice sounded, and Meng Yuanhua also pushed the door in;
As soon as Meng Yuanhua entered the study, he saw Zhuang Feng reading the documents with his head calm, and he didn't say anything, just walked over and handed the cigarette to Zhuang Feng;
Zhuang Feng took the cigarette and skillfully disassembled it and lit it;
"Seventh brother, there is a banquet for Su Zhen in the evening;" Meng Yuanhua asked tentatively with the other place;
Su Zhen is the candidate arranged by Zhuang Feng to take over the affairs of the private road, which according to Zhuang Feng's prior explanation, the people below will be gathered together and announced by Zhuang Feng;
This is a rule, such as Su Zhen's level of personnel announcement, it has to recruit relevant personnel, announced by Zhuang Feng, and the time is set at night;
Although Zhuang Feng worked hard, he didn't have a confused mind because of this day and night, and asked calmly: "What time is it?"
"Five o'clock;" Meng Yuanhua said calmly;
"It's so late, okay, I'll go wash up;" Zhuang Feng listened to Meng Yuanhua's words, and raised his head there and said;
Zhuang Feng raised his head, and Meng Yuanhua finally saw Zhuang Feng's appearance clearly;
Zhuang Feng's injuries on his body originally needed to be recuperated, and after staying up all night this day, Zhuang Feng's appearance would be ugly;
His eyes were red and swollen, and his face was pale, plus he hadn't eaten food after staying up all night this day, this person looked a little heartbroken for Meng Yuanhua;
"Do you want to eat something?" Meng Yuanhua was heartbroken, but he didn't dare to say anything rashly;
Zhuang Feng's temper is too unpredictable, Meng Yuanhua can only be cautious and tentative;
Zhuang Feng closed the document in his hand, then put it back into the file bag, and said there: "Okay;"
After speaking, Zhuang Feng stood up with that, as if he wanted to stretch his body, but before the arms were raised, he stumbled with that and sat back down;
Seeing Zhuang Feng sit back again, Meng Yuanhua also hurried over to help Zhuang Feng;
Zhuang Feng stayed up there for a day and a night and didn't eat, it was normal to have such a reaction;
"It's okay, go get something to eat;" Zhuang Feng looked at Meng Yuanhua's concerned appearance and said there;
"Well, I'll go get food first, and you go wash it;" Meng Yuanhua said with concern;
After Meng Yuanhua finished speaking, Zhuang Feng also smiled, feeling quite familiar;
Seeing that Zhuang Feng's smile had some different emotions, Meng Yuanhua did not stop and left on his own;
Zhuang Feng watched Meng Yuanhua leave, and he was used to lighting a cigarette there, and his thoughts were a little chaotic;
It is extremely rare for Meng Yuanhua to be so gentle, especially when he Zhuang Feng stayed up all night with him and didn't eat all day and only smoked, he didn't say anything about this Meng Yuanhua, and he didn't even show Zhuang Feng that kind of face, which made Zhuang Feng feel a little strange and a little familiar;
There used to be such a woman who could indulge or tolerate all the behaviors of Zhuang Feng like this, but that person was not Meng Yuanhua;
Zhuang Feng lit a cigarette and thought, and did not come back to his senses until the cigarette was burned, as if he had thought too much, and then smiled, and then got up and washed himself;
At dinner time, Zhuang Feng announced that Su Zhen would become the vice president of the governor's hall, in charge of private affairs; Su Zhen met everyone directly for the first time, and Zhuang Feng was so solemn that he was naturally moved; and then he had dinner with the place, chatted a few words and left first;
With such a large pile of document bags, let Zhuang Feng go through and sort them out by himself, it is not a job that can be completed in one day and one night;
It took Zhuang Feng three days and nights to finally finish what he was doing, read through all the documents, and sort out all the things that were needed at present, and then asked Meng Yuanhua to hold a big brazier and burn the whole box of document bags;
Seeing Zhuang Feng stay up with him for three days and nights, Meng Yuanhua and Tang Guiyi finally breathed a sigh of relief;
With Zhuang Feng's current health condition, if he stays up for three days and nights without rest, he may die suddenly due to an accident; but they also know Zhuang Feng's temper, and they don't dare to dissuade him, so they can only wait for Zhuang Feng to finish his own work;
"You can take this document and take a look;" Zhuang Feng handed over the finished materials to Tang Guiyi and said there;
After Zhuang Feng sorted out the information, the confidentiality is much lower, and it belongs to Tang Guiyi, Meng Yuanhua, and can all access permissions;
Tang Guiyi took the information, but didn't go through it immediately, but looked at Zhuang Feng and said, "Shouldn't you sleep?"
"Then you still need to say, I am not crazy, I know that I have stayed up for three days and three nights; you look at this document first, and I will go to sleep;" Zhuang Feng said with a natural look;
"That's best;" Tang Guiyi replied;
Zhuang Feng didn't say anything, went directly to the room, and then fell asleep;
Zhuang Feng slept, and Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua also followed through the documents handed over to them by Zhuang Feng;
Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua flipped through the documents given to them by Zhuang Feng, and they didn't notice anything at first, but the more they looked at it, the more shocked they became;
The things in the information that Zhuang Feng gave him were beyond the scope of what they knew before, especially the relevant information about some officials in Qiaozhou in the materials, which made Tang Guiyi extremely shocked;
Originally, Tang Guiyi was still worried about the affairs of Qiaozhou, which seemed to take over peacefully, but it was to take over business and Jianghu affairs, as for intelligence-related, that is now in charge of Ye Tao, and the most important official matter, this Zhuang family did not install people in Qiaozhou before, resulting in the extreme lack of officialdom in Qiaozhou;
Without the support of officials, it would be extremely troublesome for Naqiao Prefecture to be controlled, and it would take time to develop and sell it now, and the information that Zhuang Feng handed over to Tang Guiyi solved this problem, which made Tang Guiyi quite shocked there;
Tang Guiyi has always thought that he is more suitable for controlling the family than Zhuang Feng, even after resolving the grievances with Zhuang Feng, although Tang Guiyi no longer has such cognition, he does not think that Zhuang Feng has much gap with him;
Now Tang Guiyi finally understands that the resources in his hands as the head of the Zhuang family are far from what he can imagine, and he no longer thinks that the gap between him and Zhuang Feng is actually not big, on the contrary, this gap is something that he Tang Guiyi can never make up;
At the same time, Tang Guiyi also understood the reason why Zhuang Feng asked Su Zhen to bring back something that he didn't let him contact, this Tang Guiyi understood, as the old saying goes, the king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body;
Zhuang Feng is his Tang Guiyi's monarch, and naturally has secrets that only belong to Zhuang Feng;
It's just that Tang Guiyi thinks like this, but he doesn't know that the documents that Zhuang Feng can show him and let him execute are just a very small part of Zhuang Feng's control, or not the most important part;
Not only did Tang Guiyi have such shock and thoughts, but Meng Yuanhua was also shocked;
Although there is still a gap between Meng Yuanhua and Tang Guiyi, this has also followed Zhuang Feng for nearly a year, and many things are no longer in the previous vision, but even Meng Yuanhua, who has opened his horizons, is still shocked by the information given to them by Zhuang Feng;
"What else do you say Seventh Brother is hiding from us?" Meng Yuanhua also calmed down after the initial shock, and asked Tang Guiyi there while flipping through the information;
"It's not that Xiaozhuang has something else to hide from us, it's that we don't have enough permission to check it;" Tang Guiyi said seriously;
Regarding Tang Guiyi's words, Meng Yuanhua looked at Tang Guiyi with some puzzlement;
What is the difference between Zhuang Feng hiding from them and not having enough authority to see;
Tang Guiyi seemed to see Meng Yuanhua's doubts, so he explained there: "We have always regarded ourselves as Xiaozhuang's side, for example, I always thought I was Xiaozhuang's seventh brother, what about you are secretly in love with Xiaozhuang, you can be regarded as half a lover, right?"
Meng Yuanhua listened to Tang Guiyi's half-lover's statement, and felt a little embarrassed;
However, Meng Yuanhua listened to Tang Guiyi's words and nodded there, expressing his agreement with the words of the people around Tang Guiyi's Zhuang Feng;
Looking at Meng Yuanhua's embarrassment, Tang Guiyi paused for a moment and then continued: "We all regard ourselves as the people around Xiaozhuang, just like I am used to calling Xiaozhuang, and you are used to calling Seventh Brother;
Meng Yuanhua listened and nodded thoughtfully, now Meng Yuanhua has understood what a family is, it is not what she Meng Yuanhua did in those ten years and can be called a family if she organizes her strength;
"Since we are a family, we also have a name and surname in this Jinguo, and naturally have the rules of the family; Zhuang Feng has been designated as the heir by the old man since he was a child, and has also become the head of the family; as the head of the family, Zhuang Feng naturally holds the highest power of the Zhuang family;
"What about the Governor's Hall?" Meng Yuanhua asked one more sentence;
"The Governor's Hall is just an institution of the family;" Tang Guiyi replied, looking at what Meng Yuanhua wanted to say, Tang Guiyi continued to say: "I know what you want to say, now the Governor's Hall is indeed taking care of all the current affairs, and I, as the head of the hall, you are also the vice president, it seems that the authority is extremely high, but in fact, the Governor's Hall does not represent the Zhuang family;"
Meng Yuanhua somewhat understood Tang Guiyi's words, and said there: "Seventh Brother has disappeared for ten years, and we have just started again, and this governor's hall is just a temporary preparatory department, right?"
"Yes;" Tang Guiyi came back, and then continued: "Maybe we should recognise our own identity; I know what you want to say, not to draw a line with Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Zhuang is a cronyistic virtue, as long as you have enough ability, you can naturally get closer to Xiao Zhuang, what I want to say is to be like Xiao Zhuang to make a clear distinction between public and private;"
"Can we still distinguish between public and private with Brother Seven?" Meng Yuanhua asked a little ununderstandingly;
"Our relationship with Xiaozhuang is close enough, right?" Tang Guiyi said;
Meng Yuanhua nodded, waiting for Tang Guiyi to continue;
"The relationship between our Xiao Zhuang is so close, but with so many documents brought back by Su Zhen, Xiao Zhuang would rather drag his injured body and bones there for three days and nights alone, but he will not let us interfere;
With Tang Guiyi's words, Meng Yuanhua also understood Tang Guiyi's true intention of saying so much;
People are like this many times, the more people who think they are close, the more they have no scruples, which leads to many things that should be official become ambiguous, and simple things become complicated by personal feelings;
"I understand;" Meng Yuanhua thought, responding there;
"It's good to understand, now let Zhuang Feng rest, let's start doing things;" Tang Guiyi didn't say anything more;
After saying this, Tang Guiyi got up, and Meng Yuanhua followed, and then went to the office of the metropolis, and began to follow the information given to them by Zhuang Feng to carry out follow-up affairs;
Zhuang Feng woke up, lit a cigarette habitually, looked at the time, but he didn't sleep confused, he knew that he slept there for two days and nights;
After lighting the cigarette, Zhuang Feng also got up to wash up and went to the restaurant to find something to eat;
At breakfast time, Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua were eating breakfast in the restaurant, chatting with them;
Seeing that Zhuang Feng finally woke up, Meng Yuanhua said with a smile: "Our Zhuang Dashao is really able to sleep, I don't know the time when I wake up;"
"Who said I don't know the time, it's morning, it's time for breakfast;" Zhuang Feng said disapprovingly;
"Do you know what morning it is?" Meng Yuanhua continued;
Zhuang Feng followed there with the breakfast brought by the maid, which had not yet been eaten, so he said there: "What is it to sleep for two days, you ask Brother Qi, I used to sleep for fifteen days at a time;";
"Really?" Meng Yuanhua looked incredulous;
"It's true, but that was more than ten years ago;" Tang Guiyi made it clear for Zhuang Feng's evidence;
"I barely believe you;" Meng Yuanhua said after thinking about it;
Originally, Meng Yuanhua still wanted to ask something, how could a person sleep for fifteen days and half a month; just to see that Tang Guiyi said quite seriously, and mentioned it more than ten years ago; maybe there were some things at that time that she Meng Yuanhua could not know, and there were some things more than ten years ago, Zhuang Feng was reluctant to mention too much, so Meng Yuanhua didn't say anything more;
After breakfast, Zhuang Feng, Tang Guiyi and Meng Yuanhua chatted with the flower hall;
"Have you finished reading the information?" Zhuang Feng habitually lit a cigarette and said aloud;
"It's already going according to plan;" Tang Guiyi said calmly;
Zhuang Feng nodded, and said there in response;
"Qin Xiang has just come to power and will make a move;" Meng Yuanhua chatted casually;
"The new official has three fires, and that's it;" Zhuang Feng said uncontrollably;
"This really has something to do with us;" Tang Guiyi continued;
Listening to Tang Guiyi's words, Zhuang Feng became interested;
"Liang Kui was arrested by the procuratorate;" Tang Guiyi said;
"Sooner or later;" Zhuang Feng didn't feel that it was a big deal;
"Don't you think Qin Xiang is very courageous?" Tang Guiyi continued;
"This is indeed very courageous, just took over the cabinet, the first one to move Liang Kui, heh, it's really a bit courageous;" Zhuang Feng said casually;
"It's not that I have some courage, I think Qin Xiang should be an extremely strong figure;" Meng Yuanhua also said there;
Listening to Meng Yuanhua's words, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi were quite interested there;
Based on Meng Yuanhua's past experience, he Meng Yuanhua couldn't understand these disputes in Jindu, but now listening to this, he seems to understand the power game in Jindu;
With such interest, Tang Guiyi and Zhuang Feng both looked at Meng Yuanhua with great interest, waiting for Meng Yuanhua to continue;
"Who is Liang Kui? That is the person in charge of the Gong faction's supervisory power, this Qin Xiang burned him with the first fire, such a person is not just a little courageous;" Meng Yuanhua said;
With Meng Yuanhua's words, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi both fell silent, as if they were thinking about something;