Chapter 360: Trade-offs
As a family that has been inherited for 3,000 years, if the Mo family only has less than 200 descendants, I'm afraid no one will believe it!
Even if you add the more than 100 descendants over the age of twelve, the total number is less than 400, accounting for more than 10% of the entire Mo's population and less than 20%!
In other words, this time, the patriarch of the Mo clan planned to sacrifice more than eighty percent of the Mo clan's personnel, and his ruthlessness made the rest of the people not only feel a little shocked!
"Old Mo, you're too ruthless, aren't you?!" The Yu clan leader looked at the other party in surprise and said. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"I'm a strong man with a broken wrist!" the Mo clan patriarch shook his head and said with a solemn expression, "I think you must also know that although we are all big families that have been inherited for more than three thousand years, the depth of the accumulated evils is also difficult to eradicate!"
"I have to admit that our 'Elder Group' has a big problem, and it is a constraint on the development of the 'Shanchuan Hall'!
"Everyone here knows what our problem is, but in the face of the problems of nearly eighty percent of the entire family, we can't eliminate those ills except for trying to maintain it!"
"Now what we are facing is the thunderous means of the Ruimu Eagle! What he wants to do is to wipe us all out!" the Mo clan patriarch looked around at everyone, "And I think this is also our chance to be reborn from the ashes!"
"......" Everyone fell silent, and if they could sit in their position, they were naturally not fools, and they immediately heard the meaning of the Mo clan patriarch's words.
It is impossible to say that they are unaware of the problems of the Elders!
To be able to achieve the position of the head of a clan, whether it is vision or mind, it will not be so simple!
But just like the Mo clan patriarch said before, it's one thing to know, and it's another thing to solve it!
In the face of the problems of the entire family, it is difficult for these patriarchs to be arbitrary! After all, they do not have an absolute position in the clan, and they need to win over the vast majority of members in order to consolidate their rule!
But this 'vast majority' of members is often where the family's shortcomings lie!
Now, the Ruimu Eagle has sharpened its knives and is ready to eradicate them! The patriarchs of the four major families all know that in the face of such a crisis, they can only save the foundation of the family except for the strong man who broke his wrist as agreed before!
The so-called crisis is both dangerous and organic, and the Mo clan patriarch is right! This time is also the best moment for them to remove the family's accumulated shortcomings for 3,000 years!
It's just that...... The one-time sacrifice of nearly eighty percent of the family members is really difficult for them to choose!
"Everyone, don't hesitate!" the Mo clan patriarch looked at them and said in a deep voice, "You and I both know that after this time, we will be in a state of secrecy for a long time! At this time, what we need is an elite and a foundation! Those who have not achieved enough and have more than enough to lose, there is really no need to stay!"
"Old Mo, your thirteenth son, but your favorite son!" the patriarch of the Chen clan looked at the patriarch of the Mo clan and said in a deep voice.
Mo Ning, the thirteenth son of the Mo clan chief, has been loved by the Mo clan patriarch since birth. Cloth and food, there is a response!
In such a situation, Morning's squillity and waste materials are almost well known!
If the suggestion made by the Mo clan patriarch this time is adopted, then his favorite thirteenth son, Mo Ning, will definitely be sacrificed by him!
"Yes! I like this son very much! He was born with a good skin, can speak well, and can slap horses! In him, I can indeed feel a lot of transgressions!" The patriarch of the Mo clan nodded, and said indifferently, "But everyone, haven't you noticed? Although I gave him fine clothes and food, I never gave him the slightest bit of power! Most of the things he did outside were fox and false tiger power, but none of them had anything to do with the power he held!"
"This ......" At this time, everyone reacted.
It is true that Mo Ning is outside, bullying men and women, and taking advantage of them, but every time he succeeds with the favor of the Mo clan patriarch! The benefits that he really obtains because of the power he has are not at all.
"Old Mo, did you ...... at first" The He clan patriarch looked at the Mo clan patriarch with a shocked expression.
"It's just a pet to amuse!" the Mo clan patriarch looked at him and whispered.
"......" everyone was speechless.
For the first time, they knew that the Mo clan patriarch's pampering of this thirteenth son turned out to be completely a kind of pet mentality! No wonder the Mo clan patriarch, who gave people a sense of wisdom and extraordinary, seemed so indifferent and indifferent when Mo Ning was doing nonsense on the other side!
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"I've seen the Commander!" A hundred miles to the southwest, in a hidden cave, a group of masked men in black gathered.
After Mu Shan, who was tightly wrapped, arrived, the group of masked black-clothed men stepped forward and saluted.
"How's the preparation?" Mu Shan nodded and asked in a deep voice.
"Commander, rest assured, everything is ready!" a black-clad masked man stood up and said firmly, "As long as the other party contacts us, we can act immediately!"
"How's the efficiency?" Mu Shan nodded and continued to ask.
"At most, in five hours, you can transport all the descendants of the four major families out!" the man in black continued, "And the subordinates can guarantee that they will not be discovered by anyone!"
"You don't need to send out all the people!" Mu Shan shook his head, looked at him and said, "If I am not mistaken, there will be no more than a thousand people at most!"
"What?!" those black-clothed men looked at Mu Shan in disbelief, "More than a thousand people, that's just less than one percent of the four major families!"
"Indeed, less than one percent of the total number!" Mu Shan nodded, and said technically, "But the first thing to be discharged is those collateral disciples! In order to maintain the stability of the family, this time they will definitely only transport the members of the descendants...... Will definitely give up!"
Among the remaining members of the branch, those old and weak women and children will probably also be abandoned! Among the remaining young and strong children who can grow up in a short time, those who have no qualifications and are not gentle...... I don't think they will be evacuated with them!"
"This ......" Everyone was speechless for a while, they didn't expect Mu Shan to say this.
"You have to remember! Those people are different from us!" Mu Shan looked at them and said in a deep voice, "For the continuation and revenge of the family, it is inevitable that the strong man will break his wrist!"
"You also know that among the various families of the Zizijin Empire, the contradictions between the descendants and the side branches are too normal and there is almost no possibility of reconciliation! This time, if the four major families want to avoid the blow of the 'Shanchuan Hall', they will inevitably need to hide for a long time! During this time, although the four major families still have a lot of power and backhands, they have lost their prestige on the surface!"
"At this time, it is almost impossible for the side branch to suppress the side branch! Therefore, in order for the side branch to survive forever, sacrificing the side branch is the best way! First, we can confuse the 'Shanchuan Hall', and second, we can eliminate the threat of the side branch to the side branch in the future!"
"As for the old and young women and children of the Yan Branch, they are a little helpless! If the old and weak women and children disappear overnight, I am afraid that everyone will know that the four major families have fled! At that time, they may not need to make any moves, and those remaining members of the side branches and the families that depend on them will surrender!"
"At that time, the battle of these four major families will be greatly threatened! Therefore, in order to cover the withdrawal of the main members of the Yanzhi, these old and weak women and children will be abandoned!"
"In the end, nearly eighty percent of the young and young men have given up!" Mu Shan paused and continued, "The current situation is that the strong men of the four major families of Chen, He, Mo, and Yu broke their wrists and temporarily hid to continue to fight with the 'Shanchuan Hall'! In essence, they are retreating and admitting defeat!"
"At this time, the elite is what they need! Those children of the low-qualified, unscrupulous descendants naturally don't need to evacuate with them!"
"I see!" After listening to Mu Shan's explanation, the black-clothed masked man in the lead nodded, "Since that's the case, it only takes half an hour to do it!"
"Very good!" Mu Shan finally nodded, "I'll leave it to you!"
At the same time, the patriarchs of the four major families had finished discussing and returned to their homes.
The patriarch of the Mo clan directly entered his inner hall and did it in front of his wife.
"What's the matter?" the Mo clan chief's wife asked softly, looking at her husband.
Molyo is a woman who was born very ordinary. He doesn't have a deep family background, he's just a commoner!
But with her outstanding intelligence, she was favored by the young patriarch of the Mo clan at the time, and married her wife despite the opposition of the family, which was more than seventy years ago!
As the wife of the Mo clan patriarch, the Mo Liao clan did give him great help!
Although Mo Liao's martial arts qualifications are not very good, and he has only just reached the innate realm after more than seventy years of cultivation, he is not bad at all in terms of intelligence and means!
For more than 70 years, the Mo Liao clan has given advice to the Mo clan patriarch, not only letting her husband firmly grasp the position of the Mo clan patriarch, but also allowing the Mo clan to stand among the four major families of 'Shanchuan Hall'!
This is also why the patriarch of the Mo clan, who has countless wives and concubines, and the Mo Liao clan, who has always made people old and decrepit, hold the position of the patriarch's wife and give him the highest power under him!
In the entire Mo clan, Mo Liao's orders can be carried out without resistance, and the Mo clan patriarch will not have the slightest opinion!
"That's the case...... "The patriarch of the Mo clan told the other party all the situation after letting the servants leave.
"You're right!", after listening to the Mo clan patriarch's statement, Mo Liao's expression did not change in the slightest, and she still maintained an indifferent appearance, it seems that she doesn't care about becoming an 'outcast'!
"Phoenix Panni, reborn from the ashes! I, Mo, must go through such pains in order to continue!" "Moliao looked at her husband and said gently, "You can do it with confidence, with me, no one will ruin your plan!"
"......" The Mo clan patriarch looked at his wife, who was already showing his old state, and was speechless.
Seriously, for his wife, the patriarch of the Mo clan really respects him very much!
It can be said that in addition to the fact that the other party's martial arts qualifications are not high and he cannot maintain his youthful appearance, Mo Liao does not have the slightest shortcoming!
In the past 70 years, he has managed the Mo clan very well outside his own wife and inside the house, and he is completely deserved as the patriarch! In this regard, his wife has definitely given him great help!
It's just that, like all men, after the Mo Liao clan began to decline in appearance, the patriarch of the Mo clan began to rarely sleep with the Mo Liao clan, and those young and beautiful concubine rooms were the places where he stayed all year round!
And all this, the Moliao clan did not have the slightest opinion, and did not have the slightest jealousy of those favored concubines, and firmly controlled the family business!
And the patriarch of the Mo clan knows that once something happens, the only one who can really help him is this wife!
"Are you guilty?" said Molyo, looking at her husband, and suddenly chuckled.
"Yes. ”
"You don't have to feel guilty!" Molyo smiled and said gently, "You have not done anything wrong from the beginning! And you and I have been together for more than seventy years, in the early years, and later we respected each other, and your trust in me has not changed in the slightest! You don't owe me!"
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"I don't have a lot of talent for martial arts, and I can't maintain my youthful appearance, which makes you always a little disgraced when you take me out to meet guests!" Mo Liao looked at her husband and said gently, "So since that time forty years ago, I have never seen outsiders again!
"I don't blame you for anything! This is my decision, and it is also determined by the sophistication of the people in this world!" Mo Liao's tone was indifferent, and he continued, "Since the moment you ignored the family's square team and married me, a commoner woman with low qualifications, to be your wife, I have recognized you! Although you have not seen me much over the years, you still maintain your trust in me, and you will come to me as soon as you want to discuss anything, which I am very happy about!
"Everything is up to you!" the Mo clan patriarch didn't say anything more in the end, just respectfully bowed to his wife.
In the other three major families, the patriarchs of the Chen, He, and Yu families were also discussing something with the people they trusted the most.
However, unlike the Mo clan patriarch, they all chose their own successors, their most trusted and capable sons!
People are selfish!
Therefore, except for the Mo clan patriarch who knows his wife's temperament and dares to tell the whole truth to this wife, who must be a member of the victim, the other three patriarchs can only choose the beneficiary!
In the face of their own safety, those people naturally know how to make decisions!
Dead friends are not dead and poor, and in the face of the existential crisis, it is naturally impossible to have too much hesitation!
"Are you ready?" Guo Jing asked his important assistant Mu Shan in the camp of the 'Shanchuan Hall'.
"Everything is ready!" Mu Shan said with a calm face.
"Very good!" Guo Jing nodded with a smile and didn't speak again.
Everyone present felt that this was Guo Jing's normal inquiry to Mu Shan, the commander in charge of the logistics support of the battalion, and there seemed to be no problem!