Chapter 231 Brothers, clear accounts

After living in Shandong for nearly a month, Hu Chuyuan successively inspected some conditions of Zibo Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and Weifang Diesel Engine Factory, and then returned to Shanghai by boat from Qingdao.

Under the protection of the army, Hu Chuyuan's family has safely withdrawn from Yingtai, and the navy has sent a number of cruisers to escort them to Shanghai Yongyuan.

Hu Chuyuan did not stay in Shanghai for a few days. He soon made an appointment with his cousins Hu Shiyuan, Hu Weiyuan, and his younger brother Hu Pinyuan and Hu Zhenyuan's family to return to the Baoguo Temple to visit the tomb of his father Hu Guangying, fourth uncle Hu Yueqiao, the old lady and the eldest lady.

Hu Weizhong, the eldest son of Hu Chuyuan's cousin Hu Weiyuan, is 19 years old and has been admitted to the Law Department of Yale University. Vivi, Winnie and Julia are studying in a girls' high school in Boston, and Wessey is studying in a business school in Boston. These five children are now in the United States.

At present, the children who are still with Hu Chuyuan are only Hu Weitang, Hu Weiting and Hu Weixin.

Hu Weitang is the only biological son of Wu Shuzhen. He is 13 years old this year. Hu Weiting and Hu Weixin are Pan Limei's children. Weiting is also 13 years old. Hu Weixin has just turned nine years old.

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

The Hu family is the largest benefactor of Baoguo Temple. There is a separate ancestral hall and mausoleum in the west courtyard of the temple. Most of the people of the Hu family are buried here after death. Several old shopkeepers are also buried nearby after death. By the way, Hu Chuyuan also gave Chen Xiaobai and Liu Chengxiang a column of incense.

Dust returns to dust, earth returns to dust.

There are no immortals in this world, and there are no immortals.

In the quiet and quiet Buddhist hall of Baoguo Temple, Hu Chuyuan's heart seemed to be particularly quiet, as if he had found his last destination.

Yes.

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

Hu Chuyuan silently put his hands together and read the Nanwu Amitabha Buddha in his heart. Then he looked resolutely and said in a low voice to the abbot Puguang Zen master beside him, "Master, please cut off this braid for me and give me a quiet one!"

When he only heard this, Zen Master Puguang was slightly shocked, but what was even more surprised was his family. Everyone thought that he suddenly fell from the position of the first assistant minister, and he was sad and helpless.

Hu Yuyuan understood, but he didn't say anything. Since Hu Chuyuan returned to Shanghai, they talked all night, but it was not as good as he expected.

In a word, Hu Chuyuan was very angry.

Of course, Hu Zhenyuan knew that he had done a bad job in the mue, but he also had a clear conscience. In the final analysis, he also did it for the good of Hu Chuyuan. According to Hu Chuyuan's current ling attitude, he didn't know when he would become the founding president of the country.

If you are angry, just be angry!

Hu Yuyuan is not in a hurry. He knows that when Hu Chuyuan really become the president, he may have to be the first to thank him.

They are brothers. They can't get up, and they will always make up.

The Zen master hesitated slightly and didn't know what to say for a moment. 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 and agree, and then said, "Then allow Lao Kun to replace the great benefactor but the devil."

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

These days, the temporary political axe has ordered the forced cutting of braids in various places to restore the identity of the Han people. Some officials support the local political axe, while others refuse to implement it.

Although he did not dare to forcibly cut the braids of the Hu men, Hu Chuyuan had stated that he was on the side of the temporary political axe. Even if Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan were a little hesitant, they also cut the braids together in the Baoguo Temple.

Today's Hu family is a real big family. Hu Guangying and Hu Yueqiao are the second generation after the Hu family moved to Hangzhou. Hu Guangong's father, Hu Luquan, is the first generation. The Hu family originated from Hu Guangying, and then blessed Hu Yueqiao.

Hu Shiyuan, Hu Weiyuan, Hu Chuyuan, Hu Pinyuan and Hu Zhenyuan are the third generation, Hu Weizhong, Hu Weisai, Hu Weitang... are the fourth generation, and there are 14 men in this generation.

Twelve of the 19 males are in the Baoguo Temple, and the remaining seven are fourth-generation young people. They are all studying abroad or doing business in foreign countries to buy family property.

Hu Chuyuan and Hu Pinyuan were officials in the court, and the family business has always been handed over to their brothers and nephews.

In such a family room, the family business and incense can't be said to be prosperous.

It's like a god blessing. Almost none of the five brothers of the Hu family have died of their children, which is also a small miracle in this era.

In the hall of the temple, in front of the spiritual throne of grandfather, father and uncle, the men in the family shaved their hair one by one. Everyone seemed very calm, and the power of the family accumulated in their hearts to support them.

The family is like a totem of blood.

After the fourth generation of men cut their braids one after another, the Hu family took the most critical step. From today on, they will not give in to the Han family under Manchu people.

The Hu family.

Now it is the first Han family in the world.

At this moment, there was a hot stream in Hu Chuyuan's heart. He glanced at more than a dozen nephews in the family, and all he could think of 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. However, the Hu family is never a duffian. The children are free and can learn anything they want, but first of all, they have to learn well, and secondly they have to do business.

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

Taking the lead in coming out of the hall, Hu Chuyuan covered his blue head with a cool hat and looked coldly at the temple.

Hu Zhenyuan took a step forward, put on a hat, and asked Hu Chuyuan, "Brother, let's go back to the compound at night. Speaking of which, our brother hasn't returned to the compound for a long time."

Hu Chuyuan looked at him with a sigh and sighed helplessly. He said to Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan, "Two cousins, let's go back to the old yard together in the evening and let the children get together."

"All right!"

Neither Hu Shiyuan nor Hu Weiyuan have any objection.

The times are changing dramatically. In a flash, people are about to withdraw from the Chinese stage, but their Hu family is getting more and more powerful... Is this to thank the Hu family for its management over the years, or to thank Hu Zhenyuan for his visit?

Who knows?

However, the more big rooms like them are, the more they have to keep a low profile.

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

The Hu family's compound was originally given to the He family as a bride price, but there was no reason to take it back. After the death of the fourth master, Hu Shiyuan also moved to Shanghai with his family. Hu Zhenyuan used the fourth master's big house to build a two million taels of silver to exchange a house with the He family.

Now, the Hu family compound has been returned to the Hu family, just in the hands of Hu Zhenyuan.

Back in the courtyard, the brothers remembered the things they had done in the yard when they were young, and Hu Chuyuan remembered the time when he first took charge of the family business. He was nervous, excited and worth remembering.

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

Isn't there such a rule in the door of the mansion?

The men in charge always have something to discuss.

Entering the study, the five brothers sat down and made a pot of tea together. Hu Shiyuan smoked a dry pipe, and Hu Zhenyuan silently lighted a Western cigarette.

Everyone's business is getting bigger and bigger. Hu Zhenyuan has not been idle over the years. He began to invest in Nanyang Company. In Nanyang, he and Zhang Bishi jointly run a Nanyang Cigarette Factory, and in China, he and his cousin Hu Weiyuan jointly run Zhongrun Tobacco Company.

These are still small businesses. Hu Zhenyuan re-founded his own COFCO company in China, controlled CITIC, and invested heavily in the market to establish an oil and rice noodle processing factory to get involved in the textile industry.

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

Hu Weiyuan is still his Zhongrun company. 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 drugs, and also operated medical insurance.

Hu Pinyuan has always been following Hu Chuyuan as the minister of culture and education in the Ministry of Culture and Education of Beijing Normal University, and now he has also gone down with Hu Chuyuan. When Hu Chuyuan officially split up, he gave 30% of the shares of CITIC to Hu Zhenyuan, and in addition, he gave all 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 business of cultural relics, art, auctions and real estate is becoming more and more popular. In recent years, Hu Pinyuan has received tens of millions of yuan in his accounts every year.

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

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

Hu Shiyuan is nearly fifty years old. His temples are slightly white, and he smokes more than half of the dry tobacco of the pipe. He raised his eyes slightly and asked Hu Chuyuan, "Dayuan, you should be the most aware of the current situation. You might as well talk to everyone, so that everyone is not prepared at all!"

Hu Chuyuan continued to drink tea. He didn't seem to care much about the messy situation in front of him. He said, "Don't worry, cousin... No matter how much China changes, it won't change to our family for the time being. Third, you should also be very clear about these things recently. Why don't you talk to me and a few brothers?

"Hmm!"

Hu Yuyuan agreed in a low voice and said, "The situation in front of us is indeed a little chaotic, but the person who can really control the domestic situation is still the eldest brother. Lu Guangyuan wants to control it now, but he doesn't have such strength... What's more, others will not agree. Recently, I have been sending people to inquire about the news, including some friends of the China League Association and the Renaissance Society. Generally speaking, everyone is anxiously waiting for the big brother to come back. It can also be said that as long as the eldest brother comes back, all the domestic problems can be solved. The key is that those people abroad are not easy to deal with. I guess, the eldest brother is not in a hurry to come back now to think about dealing with foreigners.

Hu Chuyuan said, "It's true. France and Russia said that the three countries formed an allied country, basically coming for us. If we have concluded a military alliance with Britain, it will be fine. The key is that it has not been concluded yet. Looking at the appearance of the Allygions, I don't want to let go now. I'm thinking about how to deal with them!"

Hu Pinyuan said, "Several brothers, the third brother, I don't think it's a bad thing to be the position of emperor... At least we have a chance to hold power. Now it's good. At present, everyone wants to be an emperor, and everyone wants to be a president... In the future, doesn't anyone who has military power dare to have such a mue? Besides, if we continue to let Zai Ting be the emperor, won't the Allied countries have no excuse to trouble us?

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help snorting coldly and said, "Second, I think you have been a son-in-law for too long!"

Hu Pinyuan smiled and said, "Brother, don't be angry. It's all said by the family. I just feel that it's much more chaotic than before. Even if you come back... regain control of the situation, it's hard to predict what will happen later."

Hu Shiyuan said, "Dayuan, don't be angry with your second brother. I think what he said is reasonable."

Hu Chuyuan frowned slightly and said, "What the second brother said is true. The future situation is really 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 quickly... As for the future, let's continue our business."

Hu Pinyuan said, "Brother, in fact, I also have something here. The emperor thought of a way and sent me a note through Zaifeng, thinking that you should raise an army to suppress the rebellion... This, you think I didn't say it."

Hearing this, Hu Chuyuan sighed slightly.

Guangxu trusted him too much. At this time, he still expected him to rescue him. Of course, it was useless to expect others. He was the only one who could bring down the situation.

Even if Emperor Guangxu is clear at this time that Hu Chuyuan may be the boss behind the scenes, he may look forward to a miracle again. Hu Chuyuan can suddenly find his conscience and think about their friendship over the years.

For Emperor Guangxu, Hu Chuyuan is actually his teacher, a good teacher who makes him suddenly understand how to govern the country.

Therefore, Emperor Guangxu is willing to entrust his rights to Hu Chuyuan, and is willing to follow the example of Britain and Germany to implement the real constitutional monarchy. In his heart, Hu Chuyuan is the only person who can make the Qing Dynasty strong, and he is a real emperor.

Emperor Guangxu even thought that if Hu Chuyuan left, he would build a mausoleum for Hu Chuyuan to sit shoulder to shoulder with the prince and bury the ancestral temple according to the prince's standards.

Unfortunately, he is full of people.

After a pause, Hu Chuyuan and Hu Pinyuan said, "You send a message to the emperor and say that it has become a boat, and it is difficult to save it. All you can do now is to wait and see what happens."

Hu Yuyuan quietly raised his eyes with some vigilance and asked, "Brother, are you...?"

Hu Chuyuan was too lazy to explain and said, "Talking for comfort!"

"Hmm...!"

A sneer floated at the corners of Hu Zhenyuan's mouth.

"This?"

Hu Pinyuan was extremely embarrassed and embarrassed.

Seeing that the three brothers were quite divided in politics, Hu Weiyuan made a stand in the way and said, "A few old brothers, we Hu brothers can't do our own things and do our own things. We... We have to twist it into a rope all the time. No matter how the outsiders are outsiders, 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.

"Brother, what you 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 must adhere to these two rules, unite internally, not deceive each other, and have their own ideas. As long as we decide to do it, we must do our best. Second, third, I don't care what you think now and what you did before. The eldest brother has to explain here that no matter when in the future, our five brothers must be consistent.

Hu Zhenyuan nodded slightly and said, "Brother, don't worry, no matter when, I will definitely keep up with you. No matter how the world changes, our family is a family after all.

Hu Chuyuan seemed to be very satisfied and asked Hu Pinyuan, "Lao San, what do you say?"

Hu Pinyuan couldn't help but hesitate. At least his wife was also the half-sister of Emperor Guangxu, which was not an ordinary marriage relationship.

He thought for a moment and said, "Brother, don't worry, I'll listen to you."

Hu Chuyuan hummed again, and then said, "Whether I can come back now is still unknown. I didn't care about this before. I just wanted to make a transition and let others take over and be happy. It's different now. If I come back this time, I must do my best to cope with the changes in the international situation. At that time, I hope my two cousins and two younger brothers can help me take care of my business!"

Hu Shiyuan and Hu Weiyuan said, "Dayuan, don't worry."

Hu Yuyuan and Hu Pinyuan also said, "Brother, this is all for brothers!"

Hu Chuyuan was not surprised. He nodded and said, "Well, let's talk about it today. Although my father and fourth uncle have left, our generation is still there. There are unexpected disasters and blessings. Let's take today's opportunity to re-establish the rules of the family. I plan to set up a Fukang company within the family that will never go public, control the family's industry, set up a foundation, and Children are given long-term care and protection. In addition, we have to say that although the Hu family has a big business, no one can be a dough.

Listening to these words, several brothers nodded.

But what to do and how to make family rules so that you don't have to be a dundy, you need to think carefully.

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

In the era of Hu Chuyuan, he did not take this matter seriously.

His opinion is very simple. If Jixi Hall is not allowed to open a new spectrum, they will set up their own West Lake Hall and hold the genealogy in their own hands. They can't cling to those self-righteous antiques for the so-called ancestral matters.

Focusing on the Fukang Foundation, Hu Chuyuan, Hu Shiyuan and others have formulated a complete set of new family rules. Among the five families, Hu Chuyuan is the branch, and the other four are branches.

Whether it is the children of the clan or the children of the family, they are divided into six grades, and different fund dividends and support are given according to different performance. If you are a duffian, you can only receive the lowest family dividend.

The head of the family is responsible for the management of the Fukang Foundation.

In Hu Chuyuan's generation, the head of the family is of course Hu Chuyuan, but his situation is relatively special. Hu Shiyuan is the 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 domestic charity activities such as education, medical care and relief.

After the establishment of Fukang Fund Management Company, the only company held separately is Fukang Bank. Like Fukang Company, Fukang Bank is also a pure family bank that is not listed, and it is only opened in Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, Fukang Company, including Yangtze River Bank, Huishang Bank, Jiangnan Commercial Bank, CITIC and other large companies with great influence in China, all hold their shares.

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

Except that Hu Chuyuan's total capital is too large, the capital of the other four brothers have been concentrated in Fukang Company one after another. Hu Chuyuan still holds the capital of five major series: rich countries in the Americas, rich countries in Asia, BASF in Germany, Taikoo Bank and CITIC Bank. He is in the Yangtze Bank, Jiangnan Commercial Bank, CITIC News Agency and Poly. The company... 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, with high quotas in agriculture, textiles, real estate and finance, with total assets of more than 1.47 billion yuan.

After talking about the family affairs, late at night, Hu Chuyuan left Hu Yuyuan alone and talked with Hu Yuyuan all night.

He did not let Hu Zhenyuan completely withdraw from the Chinese League, but he also basically banned Hu Zhenyuan from blindly intervening in political associations such as the Chinese League and the Renaissance, so that Hu Zhenyuan should focus on business.

Hu Chuyuan set up 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 intends to advance 500 million yuan from the whole Hu family for a possible war.

This money is temporarily out of charge and is used to order military materials and equipment in advance in the United States and China in advance. Rich Asian countries and American rich countries will also use the entire industrial network to accelerate production capacity expansion to ensure that more than 1,000 armored vehicles and total displacement tonnage will be provided to the new army within two years. New ships of less than 300,000 tons.

Money... is not a big deal after all.

After handling these things, Hu Chuyuan is not going to be distracted anymore.

He has to clean up. He has to clean up not only the foreigners, but also the domestic people... He also has to pay some attention to tidying up. Since he is going to come back, he is not going to encounter a second mutiny.

Maybe one day, the mue may happen to him!

The surname may not be too big, but it is not completely impossible.

This kind of thing is always uncertain.

(to be continued)