But the ancestors of the Yong family also knew that the people of their clan could not survive solely on the support of the imperial court. Such a symbiosis of dependence was extremely unsafe.
The Yong family must have a stable source of income, and that is only if they have independent operational and creative capabilities in the economy.
One's direct descendants cannot engage in business or become officials, but this does not prevent them from recruiting talents to engage in business and make profits.
Managing talents who serve oneself well is a good opportunity to test the ingenuity of future generations when facing problems, to control subordinates, and to check and balance the abilities of all parties.
The ancestors of the Yong family supported and encouraged this, and "governing affairs and doing business" became an important basis for the survival of the Yong family.
With this method, the Yong family can avoid political fluctuations and political struggles that would affect the survival and development of the entire family.
The direct sons and grandsons of the eldest branch of the Yong family can manage corresponding business and trade talents and hone and improve their ability to manage economic affairs, but they cannot personally participate in specific operations.
We can only make judgments based on the overall situation, grasp the direction of business, seize trade opportunities, and continuously create wealth for the Yong clan to support a large and growing number of clan members.
This is the preventive measure taken by the ancestors of the Yong family to prevent their descendants, especially their direct descendants, from being involved in business and not knowing how to distinguish between self-discipline and becoming extravagant and lethargic. It is a "city-protecting gap" that future generations are not allowed to cross.
Therefore, Xiong Guyan guided his grandson Yongrongzhen to directly participate in business, and followed him to communicate and discuss business with people in the Xiong family's own shop, subtly guiding him to learn the ways of doing business.
In this way, the "seed" of the idea that one can make a lot of money by doing business was inevitably planted in the young Yong Rongzhen's heart.
And with the growth of age, this originally weak "seed" grew stronger and stronger in Yong Rongzhen's heart, and the rhizome of the "seed" also penetrated deeper into Yong Rongzhen's heart, becoming deeply rooted and difficult to shake.
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Yong Ming's father repeatedly taught Yong Rongzhen to change his temperament of being keen on doing business, but with little success.
In the end, Yong Ming's father had to strictly forbid Yong Rongzhen to go to his grandfather's house, and Yong Rongzhen was not allowed to read any books on business and trade. He basically began to restrain Yong Rongzhen so that he could not continue to deviate from his ancestors' precepts.
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This move achieved certain results. After being kept at home by her father and cutting off contact with the Xiong family, Yong Rongzhen's condition improved a lot.
After a period of time, Yong Rongzhen began to like reading and learning again, and was able to calm down and study book knowledge seriously with the private school teacher at home.
Yong Rongzhen's performance made Yong Ming's father very happy and felt that his second son's studies were finally back on track.
He has always been wise, but when it comes to his son's growth, he has some simplistic ideas, or he believes too much in his own methods of correcting problems.
Little did they know that cutting off Yong Rongzhen's contact with her grandfather's family was only a temporary solution, but failed to cure the root cause.
That "seed" has sprouted and grown into a "strong seedling" in Yong Rongzhen's heart, and it cannot be treated simply and roughly.
If you just lock up the "strong seedlings", stop "watering and fertilizing" them, and prevent them from being exposed to "sunshine, rain and dew", you can only make them "wilt" but not "die".
As long as the rhizomes of the "strong seedlings" are not removed, all other methods will only slow down their continued growth.
It seems that Yong Ming's father took decisive measures to correct the problems that occurred during Yong Rongzhen's growth. It seemed to have achieved results, but in fact it was useless.
After Yong Rongzhen grew up, especially after his father passed away, the "seed" in Yong Rongzhen's heart that had been dead at first gradually regained its livelihood and began to "grow" again without external suppression.
The speed of this "growth" that had been suppressed for many years was astonishing, and it didn't take long for it to grow into a "big tree".
From a "seed" to sprouting again and then "growing" into a "big tree", the whole process seems crazy, but in fact it is an inevitable result.
Because the "seed" in your heart never dies, after getting the opportunity to "rebirth", can you not "grow" crazily to give away the years of waiting?
Yong Ming was more or less responsible for his brother's re-involvement in business.
After his father passed away and he took over the position of head of the Yong clan, he felt like an "eldest brother like father" compared to his only younger brother.
Although the age difference between the two of them is only more than three years, this is how things should be thought of.
Because as soon as he took over as the head of the Yong clan, even under his father's arrangement, Yong Ming had already been exposed to some affairs in advance and learned to exercise his ability to handle affairs. When dealing with specific affairs, he was still a little confused.
Moreover, at this time, the Yong clan had multiplied and developed into a large-scale family with tens of thousands of people. The various affairs involving both inside and outside the clan were complex and numerous. There were many matters that Yong Ming needed to become familiar with as soon as possible, which would occupy a lot of space.
Yong Ming spent a lot of time and had no time to take care of his younger brother Yong Rongzhen.
In the absence of external constraints, Yong Rongzhen is like a horse that has been locked in a stable. After regaining his "freedom", he can gallop freely on the vast grassland and run freely, sweeping away the depression and depression of many years.
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It's not that Yong Ming is unaware of his brother's problems, he just feels that the "grassland" he is struggling with is still within the scope of his control. Even if some problems arise, they are controllable.
Therefore, he adopted a completely opposite strategy from his father to deal with issues related to his younger brother.
The father used "strong medicine" to treat his younger brother's problems. This may not necessarily cure the "sick" brother, but the medicine is poisonous, and it will definitely hurt the younger brother in the process of "treating the illness".
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Yong Ming, who had a somewhat different personality from his father, did not use this method to help his younger brother solve his own problems.
His method is to use a "big framework" of principles to enclose the range within which his younger brother can vent his emotions and temperament. The purpose is that as long as his younger brother does not get out of the circle or cross the line, he can let him do whatever he wants.
However, this time of being left to his younger brother will not last long. After sorting out the affairs within the clan and handling the external affairs, Yong Ming will take care of the family affairs and control this willful and ignorant younger brother.
Let the "poisonous seed" in my brother's heart sprout into a tree, let all the problems explode, and then prune the bad branches in a targeted manner and remove the diseases on the branches. Who says that this "tree" will not survive in the future?