Chapter 1737: Suppression by Force

In Ye Chen's eyes, these collateral families were second-class citizens relative to the main family.

Plus, with the black history of being ungrateful, it was even more impossible for him to treat them as human beings in the future.

Letting every family send two young descendants to the Ye family to be servants was to let them know that their own mission was to serve the main family.

The more than seven hundred collateral Ye family members heard this, and although they were full of complaints in their hearts, with the precedent of Ye Tao's family, no one dared to say half a "no" word at this time.

Seeing that everyone didn't dare to object, Ye Chen said, "Since you all have no opinions, then this matter is settled."

After finishing, he took the roster of this ancestor worship ceremony and said, "This has the information of every collateral branch of the Ye family, as well as the list of representatives who came to Yanjing to participate in this ancestor worship ceremony. Within a week, all families must submit the information of the selected young descendants. As for the selection criteria, my requirements are very high. You all listen well."

Everyone looked at Ye Chen breathlessly, not knowing how harsh the requirements he would put forward would be.

Ye Chen cleared his throat and said coldly, "First, it must be a direct relative of the Ye lineage. None of you should think about taking an outsider or an in-law to fool me. The person who comes must be surnamed Ye, and must be the legitimate son and grandson of each of your families!"

The crowd didn't dare to speak and could only nod in agreement.

Ye Chen added, "Second, it must be a bachelor's degree or above;"

"Third, the age range is between twenty-two and thirty-five. Those over thirty-five are not wanted! And you cannot send all female family members. Among the two from each family, at least one male must be guaranteed."

Some people's expressions changed slightly.

When they first heard that they had to send people to the main family to be servants, they thought about sending two girls. After all, they were all very patriarchal and generally wanted to cultivate boys as successors. How could they be willing to send their own children and grandchildren to the Ye family to be servants.

But as soon as Ye Chen said this, these people were all very uncomfortable.

Some families with many boys were okay, but those with few boys were depressed.

There were only two or three young grandchildren in total. Those who met the education and age requirements were either continuing to study for a master's or doctoral degree, or were already being trained in their positions. At this time, being drawn to the Ye family to be servants, whether from reality or psychology, made them difficult to accept.

At this time, Ye Chen continued, "Fourth, those who serve the main family will rotate every two years. After the two-year period expires, they can leave the main family and return to their own family, but you must send the next batch of people three months in advance, and conduct a work handover with the previous batch to ensure that all positions can be seamlessly connected. Otherwise, if there is any mistake, you will be held responsible."

Hearing this, the crowd's expressions were even more bitter than bitter gourds.

In their view, Ye Chen's requirements for them were already harsh to the extreme.

And behind this, there was vaguely a feeling of hostages in ancient times.

It was like every vassal king had to send a son to the capital as a hostage.

Thinking of this layer, they found it even harder to accept.

However, there was no way to accept it.

What Ye Chen was playing with them now was the set of power politics in diplomacy.

Not only economic sanctions, but also military threats and military strikes, and even control over their internal affairs.

Economic sanctions went without saying. Very few families here could be like Ye Tao's family, basically no longer relying on the Ye family. Most other families' businesses had to rely on the Ye family for promotion.

And this group of people now had all their cash sucked dry by the Cataclysmic Front, and signed a five-year installment agreement, so their economic lifeline was already in Ye Chen's hands.

The military level went without saying. The Cataclysmic Front was the best fist in Ye Chen's eyes, pointing where to hit, which was enough to make this group of collateral members fearful.

As for the control of internal affairs, it was entirely up to Ye Chen's will. Whoever didn't listen, Ye Chen could completely abolish the disobedient head of the family and then support an obedient one from within.

These collateral members also saw Ye Chen's intention, but they now had no strength to confront Ye Chen, so they could only agree reluctantly.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Ye Chen said, "Since you all have no opinions, then this matter is settled."

After finishing, he took the roster of this ancestor worship ceremony and said, "This has the information of every collateral branch of the Ye family, as well as the list of representatives who came to Yanjing to participate in this ancestor worship ceremony. Within a week, all families must submit the information of the selected young descendants. As for the selection criteria, my requirements are very high. You all listen well."

Everyone's expressions stiffened, and although they were extremely painful in their hearts, they could only express their willingness to actively cooperate.

And Ye Changmin was already excited.

Originally, she felt her scalp tingle when she saw Ye Chen's cold face, but now looking at it, she felt it was so cute.

This was also because Ye Chen had indeed treated her with some preferential treatment in the past two days.

Before, it was the mourning matter that allowed her to be exempted, and she only needed to kneel on Mount Ye Ling for three days before leaving.

And now, he had handed over such an important job to her to be responsible for, which immediately made her feel that she had been reused by Ye Chen.

At the same time, it also made her sigh in her heart: "It seems that the suffering I endured in Jin Ling before was not in vain..."

Actually, what Ye Changmin didn't know was that it wasn't that Ye Chen wanted to reuse her, but that Ye Chen knew her mentality very well.

Ye Chen knew that this aunt of his had always wanted to stand firm in the Ye family and had been looking for opportunities to perform.

And she had a quick temper, a big temper, and had always held a very high posture. To say she could do serious things, she might not have any ability or capability, but to say let her be a supervisor, to torture people, to do some things of picking bones in an egg, she was absolutely the most suitable candidate.

With her old princess temper, once it broke out, ordinary people couldn't stand it at all.

Therefore, handing this matter to Ye Changmin to be responsible for, the subsequent results would definitely be enough for this group of collateral families to drink a pot, and those descendants sent to work wouldn't want to be lazy.

Ye Chen said at this time, "By the way, in order to prevent the people you submit from being looked down upon by Ye Changmin, you might as well submit the information of all members of your family who meet my requirements above to her, and let her select the best from them."

As soon as Ye Chen said this, the heads of these collateral families were crying without tears.

Originally, they thought they only needed to select people according to Ye Chen's requirements. Families with many boys basically had no pressure, just pick one who was not so favored and send him over.

Like Tian Ji horse racing, at this time, you could send the lower-class horses to fight, and it wouldn't matter if you lost.

But now Ye Chen required them to submit everyone to Ye Changmin for screening, which was troublesome, because Ye Changmin would definitely select the best from them. In that case, it was very likely that the one selected would be the successor originally scheduled for their own family. How could they accept this situation?

However, although these people found it difficult to accept, some people were already excited. These people were basically descendants who couldn't rank first in their respective families, but once the first place was selected to serve the main family, they would have a few more opportunities to stand out.

Ye Chen naturally saw the faces of all living beings who were happy and sad, but he was too lazy to care. He ordered the soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front, "Drive the half of these people who went up first down the mountain, let them go back to their homes and find their mothers; as for the half who went up later, let them kneel in front of the Ye family ancestors until this time tomorrow before letting them roll away!" ===== CHAPTER 1738 =====

Ye Chen naturally saw the faces of these people, some happy and some sad, but he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them. He instructed the soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front, "Drive the first half of this group who came up first down the mountain, and let them return to their homes and find their mothers; as for the second half who came up later, let them kneel in front of the Ye family's ancestors until this time tomorrow before letting them get lost!"