Chapter 925: Hongmen High-Level
Force is the foundation of an association, and if an association lacks force, it will not be able to control its own territory, and it will be easily eliminated by other associations. The competition between associations is often a mutual fire, and if the force value is insufficient, it is equivalent to a dead end.
This plate axe is very important.
And the second plate axe is also very important. In "The Godfather", the old godfather abides by the rules of society, works for the local Italian immigrants, never bullies men and women, and even helps the widow who is bullied, which makes the old godfather deeply loved by the local people.
With this popularity, the old godfather and the entire mafia will have a foundation, and it will not be so easy to be eliminated.
Only the most competent community will bully men and women, and most community leaders have brains and know the truth that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest. It's like the black gangsters in the black community, they do evil outside, but when they return to their own community, they send warmth to others. If outsiders dare to bully the residents of their community, they will also stand up for it.
This has at least one advantage, that is, when you encounter something, there are a large group of ordinary people who are willing to help you provide shelter and help you commit perjury.
The third board axe is the lawyer.
North America is a judicial country, and the contradictions between people are basically conditioned by the courts. A good lawyer can say that the black is white, the white is black, the guilty can be defended as innocent, and the innocent can be defended as guilty. With just one mouth, you can turn things around, and the most famous "Simpson Wife Murder Case" is the best demonstration of the power of lawyers.
Everyone in North America knows that Simpson killed his wife, but Simpson has money, and the lawyer team he hired is extremely powerful, which directly turns the situation around and exonerates Simpson. Although Simpson also suffered some sins in the end, the lawyer's ability to reverse black and white also stunned the North American public, and since then he has been full of awe of the profession of lawyer.
If a community is based on force and popularity, and has a lawyer who is proficient in the judicial process and has strong connections in the judicial system, it can occupy a place in North American society.
Hongmen has always had strong lawyers, and in the 20s, Hongmen's lawyers were even Roosevelt. Later, Roosevelt became president and led North America to win World War II. It was the glorious era of the Situ family's crimes, and it was also the most glorious era of Hongmen.
Yang Jiguo, a lawyer, is far worse than Roosevelt's lawyer, but he is also one of the top 1,000 silver lawyers in North America. There are more than 30 gold medal lawyers in North America, all of whom serve large enterprises and large consortia. This is followed by more than 1,000 silver-licensed lawyers throughout North America. Silver lawyers are already the elite of the legal profession, at least in a state and can do things peacefully.
The father-son relationship between Yang Wanli's family of three can actually show the reason why Yang Wanli is in charge of Hongmen. Hongmen's most powerful force (safflower double stick) Yang Jimin is Yang Wanli's eldest son, and Hongmen's head lawyer Yang Jiguo is Yang Wanli's youngest son. And Yang Wanli himself, who has been doing charity all these years, condolences to the lonely and widowed elderly during holidays, and sends small gifts to Chinese families in Chinatown if there is nothing to do.
Yang Wanli is hopeful, Yang Jimin has force, Yang Jiguo is the embodiment of judicial power, and the three of them together have the power that is difficult to shake inside Hongmen. The Situ family is now unable to regain the authority of the Hongmen dragon head, and there is only one reason, that is, the strength of the Yang family's father and son is too strong.
However, among the Hongmen, Yang Wanli is not a monopoly, there are at least two forces that can faintly compete with Yang Wanli. These two forces have no chance of winning against Yang Wanli alone, but once they unite, they can also fight Yang Wanli. Knowledgeable people say that there is now a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" inside Hongmen, and Yang Wanli is the Wei State.
So who is the Shu Kingdom?
It's the Situ family!
The Situ family used to be the master of Hongmen, and it was true that other forces in Hongmen had no possibility of challenging the Situ family, but the Situ family declined due to infighting, giving the Yang family an opportunity. After the infighting, the vitality of the Situ family was greatly damaged, and they could no longer regain the position of the dragon's head, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the Situ family was still the second largest force in Hongmen today.
The current head of the Situ family is Tang Yuelian, who is now over eighty years old. Tang Yuelian was not the original partner of Situ Daji, but the continuation of Situ Daxi when he was fifty years old, and Tang Yuelian was only sixteen years old at that time. Now that Situ has passed away for decades, Tang Yuelian, as the widow of Situ Dagang, has won the victory in the family's struggle and has become the helmsman of the Situ family.
Tang Yuelian looks like a shriveled old woman, with a dragon's head on crutches, her movements are not very convenient, and she has to be supported by two girls wherever she goes. But Yang Wanli didn't dare to underestimate this Tang Yuelian, Yang Wanli knew that Tang Yuelian had set up a killer organization behind her, and although this Tang Yuelian was inconspicuous, it was unfathomable. As a last resort, Yang Wanli was unwilling to have any conflict with Tang Yuelian.
Tang Yuelian now serves as the Great Elder of Hongmen, and her status is second only to Yang Wanli, the leader of the group.
Beside Tang Yuelian, there were two people, an old man and a young man. The old man's name is Situ Liufang, the youngest son of Situ and Tang Yuelian's son, who is over sixty years old this year. Although Situ Liufang does not know martial arts, he is also one of the Hongmen's safflower double sticks, and he is mainly in charge of the finances of the Hongmen.
The other one was a little younger, about early in his twenties, who was jointly elected by other factions of the Situ family to talk to Tang Yuelian, named Situ Feixing. Situ Feixing is a good player, and now he is an action director in Hollywood, responsible for helping Hongmen publicize, and is a hall master of Hongmen. But he, the hall master, doesn't have any real power.
The Situ family, just like the Shu Kingdom, is the orthodoxy of Hongmen, but its strength has declined, and it is no longer enough to compete with Yang Wanli.
And who is Wu Guo?
It turned out that in addition to the two towering trees of the Yang family and the Situ family, there were also some weeds and very small saplings, which were those scattered small forces and small hills. They were unwilling to surrender to the Yang family, nor were they willing to surrender to the Situ family, so they played the game of wall-to-wall grass. When the Situ family was dominant, they helped Yang Wanli fight the Situ family. Now that the Situ family has declined, they are fighting against Yang Wanli together with the Situ family to contain Yang Wanli's power.
It's like the British Empire in Europe, a proper-stirring stick!