Chapter 529 [Listen to the story]
"Until eighteen years ago, I was still the young master of the Chen family. Although I was not the eldest son, I also had a good status. In the family, it was possible to inherit the title of the head of the family." Chen Shu saw that Wen Fang and others had heard of the Chen family, and He Ping also learned about the affairs of the Chen family under the explanation of several people, so he continued: "It was the young master. At that time, I was already in my thirties and almost forty years old. Because Tian Zheng was not a border with war like this, and the water and soil were better, so everyone's lifespan was generally longer. My father was already in his sixties at that time, but he was still very healthy."
"I am the second son of the head of the Chen family. However, because I was only a concubine, my status was not high at the beginning. Above me, my eldest brother was the eldest son, and the succession was naturally the first." Chen Shu said: "Brother is eight years older than me. When I was still in school, my eldest brother had already followed my father to attend some important diplomatic venues. Sometimes he had to serve as the clerk of the father of the Daxing Order, and he was also a young diplomatic star. No one suspected that the eldest brother would inherit the position of the Daxing Order and eventually become the Daxing Order."
"However, I'm just outsiders thinking that way." Chen Shu's eyes were a little nostalgic and continued, "The Chen family is also an old family. There are many talented people in the family. Moreover, the status of the eldest son cannot guarantee the inheritance of my elder brother. My cousins are not mediocre, and my talents are only higher or lower than that of the elder brother. In fact, overall, my elder brother's level among all the children of the Chen family of that generation can only be considered medium-level."
Speaking of this, Chen Shu's expression changed to pride and confidence: "Brother is older and has appeared in various places with the elders in the family very early, so everyone initially agreed with the eldest brother, but when the rest of us gradually grew up and began to appear in various diplomatic places and start to hold various positions, this situation was changed. Among us, there are many more talented people than the eldest brother, and the position of the head of the family has changed."
What Chen Shu said next is the same as in many big families. The dispute over inheritance rights is common among families with a slightly larger scale. That is, the Zhao family is poor, and Zhao Zheng is in his prime, and no one of his peers is better than him. The younger generation is still young, and the army does not have so many twists and turns. Even if they compete for inheritance rights, they will fight and grab it with real swords and guns, so there is not much trouble in this regard. Even the Wang family, a scholarly family, has not escaped such things.
The Chen family is prosperous and the elders live longer, so it is left for the younger generation to compete for inheritance rights. Moreover, everyone is very talented, and the eldest son does not have the absolute advantage to overwhelm everyone. Whether it is a concubine's son or a son of a sideline, there is a possibility of competition. Of course, it is also possible that the Chen family uses this method to increase the intensity of competition within the family to train the younger generations of the family. After all, in addition to this industry, outsiders seem to be very relaxed to talk, but in fact, they are intrigue and open and secretly arrows. A mistake may lead to big problems. Without the right talent and personality, they really cannot do this industry.
Therefore, including Chen Shu, the children of the Chen family joined the ranks of competing for the head of the family. Although the family seemed very messy, the competition between them could be regarded as an improvement of the Chen family's strength. In the eyes of outsiders, the Chen family is also very dynamic. Such competition was initially very stable. Everyone was competing with their talents to show their diplomatic level and add points to themselves.
However, gradually the situation changed a little. Chen Shu also said that the Tianzheng Territory was very well-water and the people there were generally relatively high lifespans. In other places, they could almost prepare for their funeral at the age of 60. If they could live to the age of 70, they could be called the birthday boy. If they could continue to set records, when they were eighty, the local law would not be controlled. As long as they had the strength, they could kill and set fire at your best. At most, the government would stop them and would not arrest them.
But in Tianzhengling, people in their sixties can be seen everywhere, many people in their seventies, and some people in their eighties can occasionally see them. Although not many people in their nineties can go out, there are also some. Therefore, the elders have been in power for a long time, and the younger generation has become middle-aged and older, but they are still younger generations. After all, the elders took over when they were not young, so they naturally would not let go easily, so the so-called "juniors"'s ideas have become increasingly impure.
When the younger generations have already started their families and have children, even the children have begun to grow up, they are still interns, subordinates, and auxiliary officials. In this case, their psychology will of course change, breeding some dark things. At this time, competition is no longer the initial competition that relies entirely on talent. There are many secret tricks mixed in the competition.
"Eighteen years ago, Tianhua's call for the Longlai Kingdom to take action is getting higher and higher." Chen Shu finished talking about the Chen family and then began to continue the topic just now: "My father, the head of the Chen family, understands that if Tianhua starts war against Longlai, then Tianzheng will definitely become the front line of the war, and the Chen family must also send troops. Although the Chen family does not lack troops, they lack a general who is good at fighting. The children and son-in-law in the family are all biased towards Yu Wen. Of course, with Tianhua's national strength, victory is inevitable, but the price the Chen family pays must be quite high."
"So, my father came up with a method, that is, diplomatic merger!" Speaking of the most praised thing by outsiders in the past few years, Chen Shu's face also released a light. He introduced: "After strict planning, my father and the elders in the family finally formulated a complete plan that allows the Chen family to achieve the goal of merger with Longlai through pure diplomatic means. In this way, the Chen family can not only spread its reputation but also avoid a large amount of losses caused by war."
"However, although my father and the others made that plan, they did not implement it themselves." Chen Shu sighed and said, "What my father and the others mean was to let us juniors implement this plan, and we were entirely responsible. As for who will be responsible for the specific work, it was up to us to decide who would inherit the position of the head of the family. It was from that time that everyone had seen that the elders planned to use the performance of us juniors in this plan to decide who would inherit the position of the head of the family.
"In such a large-scale diplomatic merger plan, there must be a leader and a diplomatic team headed by the leader. At the same time, some people need to do some unimportant work. Such obvious primary and secondary naturally cannot satisfy everyone's demands. Although the elders mean to rely on observing the process of this task to determine the new head of the family, in fact, before the task begins, the final result of this competition is already determined."
"Brother and I, and one of my cousins. As the most likely leaders, the other brothers began to choose a camp around us. In the end, my camp had the largest number of people and the strongest strength. And that cousin turned against me and joined my camp. So for that mission, I was the leader, that is, I was the one who merged Longlai Kingdom into Tianhua as the implementer of the diplomatic merger plan!"
Damn it! He Ping has no practical feeling. After all, he is not a person from this world, but Wen Fang and Qi Mengqilie were already stunned. Although the plan was formulated by the elders of the Chen family and Chen Shu and the others were just implementing it in detail, this is not a simple matter. It is definitely a comparison with Zhao Zheng leading his troops to destroy the Lance family. Besides, there are also reasons for He Ping to help him. Therefore, Chen Shu and others who have helped him with elders are already at the same level as Zhao Zheng.
Chapter completed!