The old house of the Ye family in Anrong City.
On a sycamore tree in the middle of the courtyard of the house, a yellow leaf fluttered down, swirled a few times in the wind, and finally fell on the window sill of Ye Shiqing's study.
"It's summer, why are the leaves turning yellow..."
Ye Shiqing flicked the leaf with his fingers, and it immediately fell from the window sill and flew up again.
Looking at this leaf, Ye Shiqing suddenly felt very old and tired, so he picked up the phone in the study and sighed: "Shi Guang, let's start the retreat plan... No, but the 'wind direction' is wrong. After decades of being an official, don’t you still feel it?”
After hanging up the phone, Ye Shiqing quickly picked up the phone again, and said, "Zhong Kai, inform the direct family members that a family meeting will be held in half an hour. It is a matter of family life and death. All those who are eligible to participate in the family meeting must be present!"
Half an hour later, Ye Shiqing in a tunic suit appeared in the family meeting room.
In this large conference room, there are a total of twenty people sitting, all of whom are direct descendants of the Ye family, and all of them are key officials in the military and political system of Pingchuan Province, or the bosses of many large companies in Pingchuan Province. These twenty or so people are the mainstay of the Ye family. At this time, Ye Shiqing summoned them urgently, just because Ye Shiqing knew that the Ye family had reached the critical point of life and death.
"Old man, the situation shouldn't be that bad, right?" a person sitting on Ye Shiqing's right asked.
This person is called Ye Zhongkai, after Ye Shiqing, the leader of the second generation of the Ye family, currently serving as the executive deputy governor of Pingchuan Province, a very powerful position. If it wasn't for the moment of life and death, Ye Zhongkai would usually not come to the clan meeting. After all, in his position, there are too many ordinary jobs. Today, Ye Shiqing told Ye Zhongkai that the Ye family had reached a critical moment of life and death, but Ye Zhongkai didn't think so.
"What do you think?" Ye Shiqing asked Ye Zhongkai back.
"Old man, I know that you are far-sighted and farsighted. However, judging from the current situation, the foundation of our Ye family has not been shaken, and we have not reached the critical point of life and death, right? At least, there is no need to start the retreat plan, right?" Ye Zhongkai said My own thoughts, and then I analyzed it again, "At present, if the officials of our Ye family unite together, they can completely fight against Xu Shiping in the provincial party committee. If he wants to move me, I'm afraid it won't work. He wants to introduce Measures that are unfavorable to our Ye family are probably not acceptable!"
Ye Zhongkai has such strong confidence because the Ye family's power in Pingchuan Province is deeply rooted. Among the standing committee members of Pingchuan Province alone, there are several people who are inextricably linked to the Ye family, including those from Pingchuan Province. Province. Long. That's why Ye Zhongkai has the confidence to fight against Xu Shiping.
"That's right. Even if Xu Shiping is determined to fight against us, can he still intervene in the affairs of the military?" Another person nodded in agreement. This person is Ye Guangwei, a lieutenant general of the Pingchuan Military Region, and also the current member of the Ye family in the army. One of the leaders of the system. There is also an officer in the Ye family who has been awarded a major general, but he is not in Pingchuan Province, but is serving in the Navy.
"So, you all think that Xu Shiping is just bluffing and putting on airs this time?" Ye Shiqing sighed, "The two of you have been officials for so many years, and it is unexpected that you still can't see Xu Shiping's methods clearly. A little guy opened the way, do you think he just took the opportunity to make trouble, wanting our Ye family to compromise and give him more power?"
"Isn't it?" Ye Zhongkai said.
"Of course not!" Ye Shiqing snorted coldly, "Xu Shiping is different from the previous secretary. This person looks peaceful, but in fact he is a radical. He has been forbearance since he took office, but now that he has finally found an opportunity, do you think he will endure it?"
"Old man, what do you mean...Xu Shiping, this guy, he actually wants to uproot our Ye family's influence in Pingchuan Province!" Ye Zhongkai couldn't help being moved, he couldn't even believe it, "Impossible! Xu Shiping's appetite is impossible It's so big! How could he have the ability to eat our entire Ye family? Can he eat it?"
"That's right, be careful to support him to death!" Ye Guangwei snorted coldly, "If I really offend Lao Tzu, I'll mobilize the troops directly and destroy Ye Shiqing!"
"Stupid! What's the point of saying these vindictive words!" Ye Shiqing snorted coldly at Ye Guangwei, "The reason why the Ye family has fallen to where it is today is because there are too many stupid people who love leisure and work hard! You, Xu Shiping, are easy to deal with. You think Xu Shiping You are just an outsider, so you dare not touch us? This kind of thinking is so naive! Today's public trial, I don't know how many people are watching our Ye family's jokes, and you should carefully feel the attitude of those around you towards us , is it the same as before? Isn't it?"
After hearing Ye Shiqing's words, everyone present subconsciously thought about the attitudes of the people around them towards them. In the past, almost all the people around him spared no effort to curry favor with, curry favor with, or even flatter them. It was because these people were afraid of the power of the Ye family, and they all believed that the Ye family was the master of Pingchuan Province; but now, these people who used to flatter the Ye family The attitude of the people towards the Ye family has changed. They have begun to respect the Ye family at a respectful distance, and they are even preparing to be fools. Everyone knows that Ye Shiqing's words are correct, and now the "wind direction" has changed.
"The cicadas are aware of the autumn wind before it moves, and the ducks of the spring river are the prophets. These people have been in the officialdom for decades, and they are the most able to sense the changes in the situation, so you should be aware of the situation from the attitude of the people around you. Mutation. Let's not mention these for now, let's start the family's 'retreat plan' now." Ye Shiqing said.
"Old man, do we really want to launch a retreat plan?" Ye Zhongkai said extremely unwillingly, "Our Ye family has worked hard for decades to become the first family in Pingchuan Province from a gangster. Seeing that there is hope Becoming a member of those super families in Huaxia, do we just give up?"
Although the descendants of the Ye family have become corrupt, not all family members have no ambitions. For example, Ye Zhongkai, Ye Guangwei and others, like Ye Shiqing, are ambitious people. And the ambition in their hearts is to turn the Ye family into a super family in China. Once they become a member of the super family, they can have many unimaginable status and privileges. At that time, the status was as stable as Mount Tai, and almost no one dared to shake its foundation .
Ye Shiqing has always been adhering to the last wish of his ancestors, and wanted to develop the Ye family into one of those super families, so that the descendants of the Ye family can rest easy and worry-free, which can be regarded as honoring the ancestors. However, he never dreamed that he had worked so hard all his life to make the Ye family a member of the super family, but he didn't expect that it would fall short!