Guo Zhiqi's ancestors were from Putian, Fujian. They first moved to Chaozhou. They first settled in Dengyundu, Haiyang County, and then moved to Dongguan, the current city of Jieyang County, when Guo Cheng arrived. Guo Cheng was passed down for four generations as Guo Zhiqi's father.

Guo Zhiqi was the second eldest son, and many of his brothers in the clan called him the second brother.

All in all, the Guo family has been in Jieyang for more than a hundred years and is quite influential among scholars in the county. It is also slightly famous in Chaozhou as a whole. At that time, Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Hongkui and Chen Kai successively ran Chaozhou, and they also had a wooing attitude towards the Guo family.

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However, in the political struggle, the word faction is crucial. There is constant acrimony between the Zheng Group and the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group. Although the Guo family has not had any major unpleasantness with Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai,

But this time Chen Kai has made it clear that he is trying to win over powerful people in Guangdong Province, so Chen Kai must not be allowed to succeed, because once Chen Kai succeeds, Guo Zhiqi's influence in Guangdong's official circles is bound to decline, and he may even be sidelined.

Danger exists.

In Qiongzhou Prefecture and northern Zhaoqing Prefecture in western Guangdong, Chaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture in eastern Guangdong, and Shaozhou Prefecture and Nanxiong Prefecture in northern Guangdong, invited local people flocked to Guangzhou by boat and car.

Come on. Among these people, each person or group of people basically does not have exactly the same thoughts. There are many people like the Guo brothers, but there are very few who are as determined as the Guo brothers.

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The conference is scheduled to be held in mid-November. The closer the date is, the more invited people will enter Guangzhou. By the time the conference is approaching in early November, local powerful people from various prefectures and counties in Guangzhou have become

It has created a new landscape in the city.

"I don't know why Chen Fujun invited me this time."

In the invitation letter, Chen Kai did not explicitly state what the meeting was about, only that it was to discuss the rejuvenation plan. Chen Kai did not mention the specifics of the so-called rejuvenation plan, or even the general direction and outline.

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This undoubtedly caused speculation and even speculation among the invited people. In fact, it was not just the invited people. Even ordinary people who had nothing to do with this meeting could not help but be confused after hearing some fragments of information.

Kai's plan.

In the restaurant, various people gathered in small groups and talked freely about their opinions. Some thought that the war had just ended and Guangdong's military rations and military pay were insufficient, so they had to ask the prefectures and counties for payment;

Not long ago, the Ming army recaptured southern Gansu, but eastern Guangxi fell at the same time. The current strategic situation is like this, so Chen Kai wants to unite the power of local powerful people in Guangdong to fight against Hong Chengchou; some people think that Chen Kai's move is

In order to seek the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, now that Zheng Chenggong has established the six-official system to centralize power, he must narrow the public opinion to move the court...

"My husband is so tight-lipped right now. The tighter he keeps his mouth shut, the more others want to know. It's really bad."

Everyone is curious, especially a guy like Chen Kai who can come up with new gadgets at every turn. In the eyes of others, his expectations are much greater than those of others. Zheng Xiyuan naturally knows very well about Chen Kai.

What is the next step to be done? However, like Chen Kai, she is unwilling to reveal anything about the high-ranking officials, marshals, and women from wealthy families who she interacts with on a daily basis. She is just like Chen Kai when it comes to those who ask questions intentionally or unintentionally.

In one word, it means a husband and wife become one body.

However, in private Zheng Xiyuan has talked about her thoughts more than once, mostly because she is worried about Chen Kai, because Chen Kai's purpose this time is to completely overturn this chessboard with the world as the game.

, similar things have not been done before, or in other words, they have not gone as deep as he did. Whether it will succeed is actually still unknown.

"Don't worry, no matter how thoughtful they are now, when I lift the curtain of this scene, I will definitely be able to scare them and make them feel that their trip is worthwhile."

Chen Kai was as confident as ever, stroking Zheng Xiyuan's hair, gently raising the corners of his mouth, and then returned to the study room to make final preparations for his plan.

Soon, the meeting date has arrived. According to the instructions on the invitation letter, the invited people rushed to the venue early in the morning. It was not a certain government office, nor was it the Zhenhai Tower or Gongbei Tower in the city.

A landmark building. Leaving the city from Dadongmen, there is a former military camp not far away. It was originally the direct battalion stationed in Fubiao, Guangdong. There is a fairly large school ground there, which the Iron Man Army once used as a base.

The main training ground has now been transformed into an open-air venue. Under the former military commanding platform, a shed with green bamboo as beams and cloth as gray tiles shaded the rows of seats below.

When the Guo brothers arrived, only one person could enter with the invitation letter. The older man nodded to the younger one and entered with the invitation letter. Then he got together with several gentry who also came from Chaozhou.

Entering the open-air venue, more and more people entered the venue, and the number of empty seats was also decreasing. I don’t know how long it took, but the bell that was about to start the meeting officially rang, except for some people who were hurriedly walking here.

Except for those who came, the entire venue was already packed.

"Hey, why hasn't Chen Fujun arrived yet?"

"It's normal for a feudal official to be late."

"I'm afraid you don't know something. Chen Fujun has always been the most punctual. When he invited gentry and officials to meet in Chaozhou earlier, he always arrived early. It has never been like today when it is already a quarter of an hour and he is still there.

There’s no showing up.”

The speaker was talking about things in Chaozhou, but he was a gentry from Guangzhou. However, he had followed Chen Kai to live in Chaozhou, and he had filled the post of county magistrate while in Chaozhou.

His father died of illness, and if he died as usual, he might be an official at the government level now.

During this time, he was telling some past events to his friend from Sanshui County, which also attracted the attention of people around him. There were quite a few people at the venue who knew something about Chen Kai.

Soon there were more and more whispers about this exception, and the noise here inevitably became louder and louder as the number of people participating in the discussion increased exponentially.

However, this kind of discussion did not last long. Soon, after a high-pitched announcement, Chen Kai quickly disappeared without a trace and strode onto the one-seat military ordering platform.

"The student (villain) has met Mr. Fujun."

The distinguished gentry bowed their hands in salute, while the merchants and powerful men without fame fell directly to the ground. Afterwards, Chen Kai stood on the stage, said no salute, and at the same time slowly raised his hands with palms upward, and the participants in the audience

Then he stood up again with thanks.

"Gentlemen, please take a seat."

With a smile on his face, Chen Kai motioned for everyone to sit down, but then he bowed his hands in a salute, which frightened everyone and quickly stood up to return the salute, making it very hectic.

"When I passed the Great East Gate, a family happened to be carrying a coffin for a funeral. I followed that family out of the city. I wasted time. I should apologize. You don't have to do this."

Many people present knew Chen Kai more or less, especially the gentry, businessmen and local powerful people in Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Qiongzhou. Many of them were actually related to Chen Kai.

Those who have interacted with others have a much clearer understanding of their temperament than others.

Speaking of which, many people know that Chen Kai is punctual and is famous for his lack of pomp and circumstance. Cleaning the street is basically a scene that is not seen in Chen Kai. He never even rides in an official sedan chair.

Either riding a horse or riding an inconspicuous carriage. Some people say that Chen Kai was afraid of being assassinated, while others said that Chen Kai did not dare to overstep because he had no fame. There are many theories, but some

One thing is certain, that is, Chen Kai can be said to be the official who dislikes showing off the most in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

At this time, Chen Kai politely expressed his apology, but the explanation was as follows, and everyone present nodded and praised. After all, the deceased is the most important, this is a long-standing Chinese tradition. It is indeed wrong for Chen Kai to be late, even if

Therefore, given his current status, such trivial matters as being late can be completely ignored and will still cause dissatisfaction. However, the reason why he was late this time was that as a feudal official, he was willing to follow the corpse of a civilian out of the city, and even

Breaking the rules for this is not just a low profile. It is maintaining moral ethics and respecting tradition. It is a completely different matter than simply being late.

Voices of praise began to come from the audience. Most people believed that with his normal temperament, Chen Kai would never lie about such a matter. But Chen Kai himself, while thanking everyone's compliments,

Secretly cursing at this impromptu idea, he seemed even more embarrassed.

Making final preparations, Chen Kai left the city a little later than the invited participants, but if he followed the white-haired team normally, he would not be late. However, after seeing those,

Chen Kai suddenly remembered some books and articles he had read before that described and analyzed the German Third Reich. One of the articles about the establishment of the Communist Party by the Führer mentioned that he deliberately came late to meetings to attract attendees.

The people were dissatisfied with the current situation of the Weimar Republic, so they decided to follow suit.

Here, there was already a resonance of respect for tradition, and Chen Kai secretly had a plan, and officially opened the meeting after some thanks.

"Everyone was invited here by me, but I have never mentioned the details. I must have been thinking hard about this recently. Speaking of which, I am not deliberately concealing this matter. There are actually some details.

I haven't thought it through clearly at that time and dare not speak out easily. However, after this period of time, I have considered all the things that need to be considered, and I will tell you what I have been thinking and feeling recently."

This was obviously a joke. As usual, Chen Kai told some good news since the liberation of Guangdong, including the recovery of southern Jiangxi and the recovery of people's livelihood in some areas of Guangdong. However, instead of continuing to think about the future on this topic, Chen Kai directly played the joke

After it was brought up, everyone sat upright after hearing this, raised their ears, and widened their eyes to take a clear look at the things wrapped in three layers outside and three layers here.

Everyone present looked like this, Chen Kai smiled slightly, and then said frankly: "As we all know, I was born in the north, and I have seen a lot of the troubled times before and after the Tartars entered the pass. When the Lie Emperor came to the court, rogue bandits were everywhere, and there was a lot of chaos.

After the Tatars entered the Pass, they shaved their heads, changed their clothes, enclosed the land, and surrendered. As for the cruel escape,

According to human laws, even Geng Jimao's father was forced to commit suicide. The latter, both from the north and the south; as for the former, before he initially went south to join the king's army, the official believed that Jiangnan was singing and dancing, and the Fujian-Guangdong sea trade was in full swing, until

I really started to follow Mr. Guo in running Chaozhou, and then I realized that this was not the case!"

Not so. Almost everyone here immediately thought of what Chen Kai would say next. Sure enough, Chen Kai started talking about Che Renzhong, Wu Liuqi, Xu Long, Su Li, starting from when he and Zheng Chenggong ran Chaozhou together.

He talked about the decay on the Xiangzi Bridge when he first entered Chaozhou, and even talked about the Niujia Village where he met the Lin brothers, and the headless corpses in that village...

For the locals in Chaozhou, these are already old things seven or eight years ago, and many people don't remember them clearly. So, Chen Kai named him, and then the man who came from Chenghai County was named Yang Hu.

The representative of the local power came to the stage and talked about the situation at that time with everyone based on his memory.

"At the time of Emperor Lie, the local government had no control over many things, so many gangsters started to cause trouble in the local area, like Xu Long, Su Li, and even a scholar named Chen Jun'e who started a business without any capital.

To make a living, they even have to cut open the belly of the captured person and pull out the intestines..."

The old events in Outing Village made many people look unhappy. Yang Hu didn't seem to notice this, and continued to talk about the local bandits and powerful men who were causing trouble. He was protecting the border and the people in Chenghai County.

The struggle against Xu Long and Huang Hairu was not to be mentioned, and the dangers involved need not be mentioned. These days lasted until Chen Kaizhi captured Chaozhou Fucheng, and Zheng Chenggong went south to capture Chenghai County and Nanyang Village.

"Today's Chenghai County is full of fertile fields. When the harvest season comes, the fragrance of rice hits you. Beside the fields, there are no longer villagers and villagers with soldiers on guard. Some are just laughter and laughter, as well as old and new ones.

In the school, the sound of children reading is as if we have returned to a peaceful and prosperous age."

In the peaceful and prosperous age, this is really true. However, the chaos in Chaozhou mentioned by Yang Hu here was actually not only in Chaozhou, but also in other prefectures and counties.

In the late Ming Dynasty, internal and external troubles were never limited to the rogue bandits in the north and the Manchus in Liaodong. In the south, the drama of oppression and the disintegration of grassroots order was also constantly being staged. It was just that the geographical and climate environment in the south was more affected than in the north.

Small, the scale of these phenomena is also much smaller. However, small scale does not mean that it has not happened. Peasant uprisings, local tyrants and local bandits are divided into one side. The closer to Jiashen, the more serious it is. It is the same as before the demise of many dynasties.

All very similar.

"From the first year of Hongwu to the present, the Ming Dynasty has been in the country for nearly three hundred years. In these nearly three hundred years, the country has changed so much that the old system has long been hard to return. If we follow the normal trajectory, then A

The year of Shen was supposed to be the starting point for a dynasty change. The Ming Dynasty was replaced by an emerging Han dynasty. The new dynasty would also take the essence of the Ming Dynasty and eliminate the dross of the Ming Dynasty. Chinese civilization would also be transformed in this process.

China has entered a new chapter. However, Li Zicheng's incompetence and the Tatars' cunning have completely interrupted this process. China is in danger of sinking again, and what we need to face is no longer the subjugation of the country, but the subjugation of the world!"

As a frontier official of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Kai spoke of unspeakable things such as the change of dynasty so frankly that everyone present was dumbfounded. Fortunately, Chen Kai then led the Manchus out and pointed out the

The issue of subjugation is not the subjugation of the country but the subjugation of the world. This is discussed a lot in Kuang Lu’s Guangdong Di Bao. Many people who read Di Bao already have a basic conceptual understanding of this. Here I heard Chen Kai talk about it.

After reading these, you can immediately understand the meaning and avoid the embarrassment.

"Resisting is the only thing we and the sons of the Han family can do and must do now. Only by driving the Tatars out of China can we be worthy of our ancestors and prevent our descendants from

We are reduced to the tragic fate of being born as slaves to the subjugation. However, this does not fundamentally solve the problem. Maybe two hundred years later, maybe a hundred years later, maybe decades or more than ten years later, we are likely to still be

We have to face similar situations, like those in the Ming Dynasty and the two Song Dynasties."

Periodic law, although the ancients did not use such a term, it does not mean that they did not know such a thing. This is an extremely realistic problem and a cruel problem, especially when it is mixed with the loss of civilization.

They couldn't help but think deeply.

At this moment, Chen Kai finished his preface, paused for a moment, and then said loudly: "I have been an official for many years, I have been fighting against the Japanese for many years, and I have been thinking about this matter for many years. After thinking about it, I think that only
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