Chapter 7138 Do you really think the interests of all the major families are aligned?

Chapter 7138 Do you really think the interests of all the major families are aligned?

Indeed, the major families are very wary of this, after all, more than a decade has made them realize Chen Xi's strength, or even his invincibility.

Therefore, they also understood what they had relied on to survive under Chen Xi's control until now. So when Chen Xi suggested that they set up their own schools and then select suitable people from state-owned factories as teachers, the leaders of the aristocratic families who had spoken earlier all fell silent.

Hesitation, silence, and some kind of contemplation plunged the grand court assembly into a strange atmosphere. Chen Xi glanced at Yuan Sui, Yuan Tao, and Chen Ji indifferently. As he always said, it would be best if it succeeded, but if it didn't, it wouldn't have any serious impact on Chen Xi.

After all, Chen Xi still has plenty of time. He is still young. As long as the major families don't assassinate him, as time goes by and the benefits of supermodels emerge, the young people who inherit the ideas of these older generations will eventually choose the path proposed by Chen Xi.

Yuan Sui, Yuan Tao, Chen Ji, and others are now aware of the problem and know what their greatest authority is in dealing with Chen Xi, so they are carefully relying on this authority to deal with Chen Xi.

But if this power cannot bring huge benefits, what is the meaning of this power to the aristocratic families? So this is a paradox—that is, this thing must be used to exchange for resources, and as long as Chen Xi is alive, sooner or later someone will choose to trade it.

So when Yuan Sui, Yuan Tao, and Chen Ji, the guys who were publicly elected, fell silent, Chen Xi didn't care. He didn't care. If you disagreed in the third or fifth year, there would be a fourth or fifth year, and if that didn't work, there would be Kongming. In any case, you would have to change it sooner or later. And if you don't change it now, the better the country is in the future, the worse the power you hold in exchange for will be overall.

Of course, the better the exchange, the more likely it is to be. But even the best things will decrease in proportion as times change.

Seeing this, Chen Xi didn't say much, but just shook his head with a slightly indifferent smile, preparing to continue explaining the next point.

However, at this moment, Deng Tong sighed and stood up. "Lord Chen, could you describe it in more detail? I think everyone here is quite interested in this."

The moment Deng Tong spoke, Yuan Sui and Yuan Tao turned around to look at him. They saw that Deng Tong was calm and composed, without the slightest panic. Chen Xi's lips curled up naturally at the sight of this.

“Indeed, our Wang family is also very interested in this proposal.” Wang Rou also stood up and replied, “Our Wang family participated in the Second Five-Year Plan, and now we have some surplus strength, which can take over some of the resources that have overflowed from Chen Hou.”

Guo Zhao also stood up and said that he could follow along, he could follow along with anything. If Chen Hou was willing to provide teachers, then we were naturally willing to provide students. Anyway, the three families of Guo, Liu and Yin could still produce some students.

Chen Xi nodded upon hearing this, "Then we can discuss this matter in detail later."

The powerful families are terrifying. They control a large part of the country's power. Even though Chen Xi has tried his best to suppress them, the Han families still have intricate connections with most literate people and still hold about half of the official positions in the country. As for high-ranking noble titles, they hold more than 70% of them. It can be said that the overall strength of the powerful families is the most important component of the country.

However, aristocratic families are never a collective. The leader chosen by the aristocratic families made his own correct judgment. In Chen Xi's view, this judgment was the most advantageous choice for the aristocratic families at present after taking into account all the realities.

So what? What happened to Yuan Yang? What happened to the Chen family? Your choices may be beneficial to the aristocratic families as a whole, but that doesn't mean they are beneficial to every single aristocratic family. How could those families that are not benefited not oppose you?

You think this is a bad idea? Then we're determined to do it this way!

At this moment, Yuan Sui and Yuan Tao glared angrily at Deng Tong, while Deng Tong sat there calmly without saying a word. He didn't have as many thoughts as Yuan Sui and Yuan Tao. His understanding was simple: if everyone joined forces, they couldn't beat Chen Zichuan. Plus, following Chen Zichuan would really bring benefits, so why bother? He might as well blindly follow Chen Zichuan.

Based on this idea, Chen Xi proposed a plan, and Deng Tong simply followed it. As for whether it was right or wrong, or whether implementing the plan would cause trouble for others, Deng Tong didn't care at all; his family wasn't going to be trifled with.

The Deng family of Nanyang, with the strength of a super marquis family, is not afraid of their opponents playing dirty tricks. Moreover, in Deng Tong's view, there will always be benefits to being the first to respond to Chen Xi's plan. Chen Xi would never let the first person to respond to him suffer a loss. Since that's the case, what else is there to say? Of course, they should follow suit.

As for Deng Zhen, who came to the meeting at the beginning of the second year of the fifth lunar month, he was one of the same kind as Yuan Yang, Chen Xun and Sima, and always had the idea of ​​holding onto the power of knowledge. So what? Now it is my turn, Deng Tong, to be in charge. Back then, Deng Zhen stole the position of head of our Deng family because I, Deng Tong, had not yet risen to power. Now I am the head of the Deng family, and what I say goes!
Let's see if Deng Zhen dares to refute what I, Deng Tong, said today.

"Marquis of Gaomi, why didn't you discuss it with us before you agreed!" After Chen Xi finalized the matter, he naturally began the next announcement. At this moment, the aristocratic family group was in an uproar, and Yuan Sui frantically asked Deng Tong in the public channel.

"What are you discussing?" Deng Tong asked somewhat dejectedly. "Discussing won't solve anything. You definitely won't agree, but there's no point in disagreeing. Going head-on with Chen Zichuan is pointless. I don't see any hope of victory for you anyway. You might as well sell it off early while it's still valuable and get something better from Chen Zichuan. Isn't that better?"

"The problem is how you just blurted it out like that?" Yuan Sui was furious. "Damn it! We signed an alliance to ensure we were in sync. We agreed that we were an unbreakable alliance, a unified whole. And yet, you just rushed into something like this without any prior notice. Is this still an alliance?"
"The problem is that if we don't speak up now, we won't have another chance to speak up later. Once Chen Zichuan skips this matter, tell me, how am I supposed to talk to him about it?" Deng Tong was also very direct. He wasn't afraid of the Yuan family of Runan. To other families, the Yuan family of Runan was a super-rich family, but to Deng Tong, it was just that. Who isn't a super-rich family?

“I’ve followed Chen Zichuan for so many years, and I’ve realized one thing: all of us combined can’t beat him, understand? Lord Yuan, if you think we can win by dragging things out, then bring everyone here now and see if the others believe it!” Deng Tong bluntly stated his point, not even caring that Yuan Sui had already brought Chen Ji and Yang Zhong in.

“But if you agree so readily, our core authority will be eroded. The only thing we have left is to face Chen Zichuan and withstand his pressure. Everything else is about to be destroyed by him.” Yuan Tao said helplessly. He actually wanted to agree too, but Yuan Sui and Chen Ji were right. Chen Xi’s educational talents had entered their core area and started educating their people. Those who emerged would definitely bear the mark that Chen Xi needed, which was very dangerous.

"You guys are overthinking things. To be honest, I don't believe you don't know that even without this, there would still be people who side with him. Forget about that, I am, damn it, I am the head of the Deng family of Nanyang, the head of the Deng family of the Thirteen Marquises, and what happened? I sided with Chen Zichuan. Do you really think the young people in your families are of one mind with you?" Deng Tong directly used his own experience to show that even someone like him had sided with Chen Xi, so there must be others in your families as well.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ji, Yang Zhong, and the others fell silent. This was actually their most helpless situation. It wasn't that they couldn't see the insidiousness of Chen Xi's move, nor that they were unaware of the truth of Deng Tong's words, but rather that they were putting on a brave face, hoping to stall for as long as possible.

But now that Deng Tong has made his point clear, they really can't refute it. Even a patriarch like Deng Tong from a super-rich family has given in. What about the young people in their families? Will they believe Chen Xi's teachings or the teachings of these old folks? This is a very big question.

Although the old folks present were still somewhat confident, they themselves didn't believe that their younger generation hadn't been influenced by Chen Xi. After all, even they had been influenced by Chen Xi's laws and regulations. The words and morals of the strong could truly become rules that bound everyone.

Chen Xi's existence has already changed many of the original rules of aristocratic families. Just by opening up knowledge to ordinary people and expanding the scope of family learning, some of the old folks would be turning in their graves if they knew!
"So, stop struggling, it's pointless. Just go along with Chen Zichuan's wishes. We can't possibly beat Chen Zichuan at these things. It's better to be realistic and just go along with his ideas. He'll have to give us something in return. Even if you're raising a dog, you still have to feed it." Deng Tong said very practically. He had completely understood Chen Xi's thinking, which was a transaction: your aristocratic family would give up some of the power that once belonged to you, and Chen Xi would give you some compensation.

Although from the perspective of the aristocratic families as a whole, the compensation offered by Chen Xi was somewhat of a loss for them. After all, the aristocratic families, who once accounted for more than 70% of the world's wealth, had been reduced to one-third of their size by Chen Xi in these transactions. This was the reason why the major aristocratic families considered it a loss.

However, in Deng Tong's view, the overall losses of the aristocratic families were not a problem as long as they did not affect the expansion of his own family. In any case, Chen Xi's general trend was such that he only needed to take care of his own family. If you stand too high and think too far ahead, and do not follow Chen Xi's path, you will not even be able to protect a third of your family.

So, go all in! That's the wisdom of the Deng family of Nanyang!

Deng Tong's theory about raising dogs left the few people in charge of the wealthy families speechless, but they had no way to refute it, especially when facing Chen Xi, they really didn't have any good solutions.

"So, it's better to trade everything we can as soon as possible, so there's less struggle and everyone's happy. After all, we agreed to this suggestion the first time it was made, which shows we're very obedient. And Chen Zichuan has never mistreated the first person who followed him all these years. On the contrary, the longer you fight against him, the worse your fate will be." Deng Tong earnestly advised these old guys.

"Where are you two?" Yang Zhong suddenly transmitted his voice to Guo Zhao and Wang Rou, who had been silent on the public channel. The two of them had participated last time, so this time, if anything, they had the right to speak.

However, unlike the Deng family of Nanyang who could directly reject the leader's ideas, these two families still had to follow the mainstream at this stage.

Of course, they didn't have the guts to lead the charge, but they certainly had the guts to follow their leader and join forces to vote for Chen Xi.

“I think what Marquis Gaomi said is absolutely right. Marquis Chen is calculating every move. Even if we win temporarily, well, it may not really be a victory. Perhaps this was all part of Marquis Chen’s calculations. Can the plans of you elders really transcend Marquis Chen’s calculations? I don’t think so.” After being pointed out by Yang Zhong, Wang Rou did not stand on ceremony and directly gave her answer, following Deng Tong’s words.

Moreover, compared to Deng Tong's statement, Wang Rou went a step further and said that what you consider to be ingenious schemes and wisdom may have been things that Chen Xi had considered. He asked this question, and it's hard to say what he was thinking, but do you believe him if he said that he didn't actually think you would refuse?

No one believed it. Even Yuan Sui and Yuan Tao were wondering if Chen Xi had already anticipated their current choice.

In fact, this is also the dilemma faced by the major families when dealing with Chen Xi. Many times, when they see the victories that Chen Xi achieves, after the truth of the matter is revealed, they will find that their stage victories are not so significant in the long run.

Even some of their actions were actually contributing factors to Chen Xi's decision. Although what they did seemed right to them at the time, it might not have been what they wanted in the overall context.

This is a critical point, and it is precisely because of this that the major families are extremely wary of Chen Xi. Unable to judge right from wrong, everything they do is questionable.

“It seems that the elders also have some doubts about this. Then why not listen to Marquis Gaomi? Marquis Gaomi chose to listen to Marquis Chen’s advice. Even if it’s not the best outcome, it’s still the second best outcome. At least that’s the fact,” Wang Rou said helplessly.

"Guo family, what's your suggestion?" Chen Ji asked Guo Zhao.

“I also think that the Marquis of Gaomi’s intuition is trustworthy. After all, he has never made a mistake in this area over the years. After all, relying on wisdom has proven that he can never beat the Marquis of Chen. Since that’s the case, why not put aside wisdom and rely on intuition?” Guo Zhao’s voice was like a gentle stream, clear and solemn, completely different from his previous madness.

There was no other way; her madness was just a protective shield. She couldn't really confront those big shots on the other side. Chen Zichuan didn't care about Guo Zhao's madness, but if those old geezers vented their anger on her, Guo Zhao really wouldn't be able to handle it. So it was better to be more obedient.

"Then let's leave it at that. Marquis Gaomi, please discuss any matters that may arise in the future." Yuan Sui sighed, knowing that things had come to this point and he could only move on. So he didn't say anything more and instead listened to Chen Xi explain the Second Five-Year Plan.

“What are those big shots up there doing? My gut feeling tells me they look like they’re about to start a fight,” Zhang Yong said, nudging Zhang Ping with his elbow.

"Who knows? Anyway, I couldn't understand much of it. It all seemed to have nothing to do with me. By the way, this is the 'Ode to the Epang Palace,' right?" Zhang Ping asked, glancing at the framed 'Ode to the Epang Palace' hanging in the hall. "It looks ordinary, but the content is quite impressive. I can understand it."

“I think you’d better not comment on this. If you do, it will make us all look like illiterate people,” Wei Shuang said to Zhang Ping. Then he also looked up at the Afang Palace Rhapsody. To be fair, everyone who enters Weiyang Palace can see this thing and can understand it.

"Speaking of which, the pastries on the table are quite good. May I pack them up?" Sun Er asked the palace maid standing to the side. He had tasted two and thought they were of very high quality. Well, it might also be because he was quite excited about sneaking some food in Weiyang Palace, so he tried asking the palace maid next to him.

The palace maid fell into deep thought. To be honest, this was the first time she had ever seen the Marquis of Guannei request that snacks be packed to go in such a situation. Logically speaking, the Marquis of Guannei should not have gone to such lengths.

"My lord, please wait a moment, I'll have someone pack one for you." Although Sun Er's situation was a bit strange, since the Marquis of the Pass had already spoken, then let's pack one for you.

"Is that even possible? Pack one for me too." Zhang Yong said, turning to the side. Forget about saving face, my son and daughter must eat the palace's bestowed snacks today.

"Mine, mine, give me one too." Zhang Ping and Wei Shuang said without any politeness. Of course, they would take advantage of any benefits. Look how good it is to be a Marquis of Guannei. They can even pack up the palace snacks.

"Hmph, be quiet." Hu Yuan, sitting next to these four guys, said gloomily.

"Who is this guy?" Zhang Yong asked, pointing at Hu Yuan with annoyance.

"The head of the Hu family of Anding, that should be it." Zhang Ping had served as the prefectural commander in Liangzhou for a period of time and was quite familiar with the locals. He recognized the current head of the Hu family of Anding after a glance and turned to Zhang Yong.

"Ah, does he want one? Give him one too." Zhang Yong glanced at Hu Yuan, sensing no malice in him, and then called out to the palace maid.

Hu Yuan almost lost his composure when he heard this, especially when he saw Zhang Yong turn his head and bare his teeth at him. He was speechless. When Zhang Yong handed over the pastries wrapped in paper, Hu Yuan was a little stiff.

No, what exactly makes you all think that the major families can unite? This isn't an internal problem anymore; they don't have internal issues.