Today's society is a society that speaks by strength.

If a person wants to be valued and respected by others, it is not enough to have the origin and background of his identity, but also to have economic strength or political strength.

Take the current Wu Xiaozheng as an example.

He believed that if he was simply just a closed disciple of He Yuncong, then He Shiyuan and Chen Hongsheng, the two senior brothers who suddenly appeared, would not have been so interested in him at all, and would not have been so eager to invite him to join the guild.

Of course, Wu Xiaozheng is not disgusted by this.

He knew it was a mutually beneficial thing.

His joining will be of considerable benefit to expanding the influence of the Hongmen Zhigong Court in the United States, and the identity of Hongmen will also bring him considerable convenience in the future.

As soon as he figured it out, his mood immediately lightened up.

Soon after, people arrived.

After He Shiyuan introduced Wu Xiaozheng to the future one by one, Chen Hongsheng ordered: "Senior Brother He, prepare to open the altar." ”

"Little junior brother, follow me. ”

He Shiyuan took Wu Xiaozheng to a side room and handed him a booklet: "This is the thirty-six oaths of Hongmen, you read it first." ”

Wu Xiaozheng had long heard that there was a set of strict old rules for joining Hongmen, and now he has seen it.

For example, the thirty-six oaths in his hand are what all the brothers who join the Hongmen must keep.

"Since entering the Hongmen, your parents are my parents, your brothers and sisters are my brothers and sisters, your wife and my sister-in-law, and your son and my nephew, if there is any violation, the five thunders will be destroyed. ”

"If there are parents and brothers, a hundred years of life, no money to bury, once Bai Aya flies in, in order to ask for help, immediately know that there is money to pay, no money to contribute, if there is fraud do not know, five thunders will be destroyed. ”

"The brothers of the Hong family outside the provinces, regardless of the arrival of the farmers, businessmen, and the guests of the rivers and lakes, must keep one night and two meals, if they do not know the fraud, they will be regarded by outsiders and die under ten thousand knives. ”

"The brothers of the Hong family, although they don't know each other, when they encounter a foreign brand, they talk about speculation, but they don't recognize each other, and they die under ten thousand knives. ”

"The affairs of the Hong family, fathers and sons, brothers, and six relatives and four dependents, are not allowed to talk about private transmissions, such as the waist and background of the shirt, private teaching, and greed for money, and died under ten thousand knives. ”

"Brothers of the Hong family, you must not make eyeliner privately, arrest your own people, that is, there is an old hatred, when the brothers are passed on, judge the merits, and never hold a grudge, in case of misunderstanding and arrest, you should be let go immediately, if there is any violation, the five thunders will be destroyed. ”

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There are a total of 36 articles, and all of them are poisonous oaths.

But no matter which one it is, it is conveying a concept: all the Hongmen in the world are brothers, they don't love gold, they don't love power, they only love brothers.

Wu Xiaozheng feels that this kind of oath is actually just a good wish, which can really bind people's hearts.

But it is precisely this long-standing oath that has caused no one in the world to dare to blatantly kill their brothers.

This is the Word!

After Wu Xiaozheng read it carefully, he followed He Shiyuan to read.

This is also a process that has been passed down for many years.

Even though times are changing, many of the rules that have been passed down through history have not changed.

Next, He Shiyuan explained to Wu Xiaozheng in detail the rules of opening the altar.

The so-called opening of the altar refers to the initiation ceremony of the newlyweds.

Hongmen has no qualification restrictions for newcomers to join, but there must be an introducer.

And Wu Xiaozheng's introducer is naturally He Shiyuan, the Hongmen boss.

After talking about the rules of opening the altar and the matters to be paid attention to, He Shiyuan solemnly introduced the position of Hongmen.

"Remember, all those who enter the Hongmen are called brothers, and there are different positions and positions within the gang, but there is no distinction between generations. ”

It is said that there is no distinction between generations, but in fact, there are still some of them.

But Hongmen's seniority approach is very interesting.

This is a criss-cross seniority theory.

Take the Hongmen Zhigong Church in the United States as an example.

At the top of the list is naturally Chen Hongsheng.

Externally, he is called Prime Minister, but internally he is called the dragon head, and he is usually called the dragon head boss.

But he is not the biggest, the biggest is the emperor.

The emperor refers to the previous leading boss, as well as the important elders who have been promoted, such as He Yuncong's level.

Of course, the emperor belongs to the patriarch who has office but no power, and has a lofty status, but has no real power.

Below the faucet, there is also a deputy faucet, and the current deputy faucet is He Shiyuan.

Further down the deputy leader, there are also sitting halls and accompanying halls, which are second only to the senior positions of the main and deputy leaders.

Next, there is the incense chief and the alliance, also known as the Holy Hall Master and the Middle Hall Master.

These two positions are often held by guest secretaries, and they are also positions with and without authority.

Further down, there are also the Guan Hall, the Punishment Hall, the Executive Hall, the Auditorium, the Sword Guard, the Seal Guard, the Criminal Vice, etc., all of which belong to the "central" official rank.

And within Hongmen, the status is divided by line.

The above thirteen positions constitute the "line one" of Hongmen.

Under line 1, line 2, line 3, line 5...... All the way up to line ten, there are no lines four and seven in between.

The addition of positions and rankings has formed a criss-cross ranking method.

Wu Xiaozheng smiled and asked, "Then how many lines can I get in?"

If you are a newcomer, you will naturally have to start from line 10 and go up.

But there are exceptions.

For example, Sun Yat-sen, as soon as he joined Hongmen, held the position of "Hong Stick" with a high status, ranking very high, and after the establishment of the Xingzhong Society, he was promoted to the leading boss, ranking first.

Now there are exceptions.

He Shiyuan said with a smile: "You are a closed disciple of the old man, can you hold the old man's face if you are low? Therefore, the position that Senior Brother Chen arranged for you is the alliance certificate, and the ranking is the first. ”

Wu Xiaozheng smiled knowingly.

The result was not what he expected.

Sure enough, it's the position of the guest secretary of the alliance!

But he knew that the reason why he was really given this position was not only because he was a closed disciple of He Yuncong, but also because of his current strength.

Recognize but not reveal.

Wu Xiaozheng followed He Shiyuan out of the side room and waited at the door of the lobby.

The opening ceremony soon began.

A high-ranking person in the hall who acted as a white paper fan shouted, "Please invite the altar master." ”

The so-called "altar master", that is, the important person who presided over the incense hall ceremony, naturally has Chen Hongsheng, the leading boss, this time.

Chen Hongsheng walked up with three pillars of incense in his hand.

"Kneel, swing. The white paper fan shouted again.

As Chen Hongsheng took the incense to the incense hall and bowed, everyone present also knelt down and bowed to the sage tablet enshrined on the incense hall.

After kneeling, the people in the hall sat down in an orderly manner according to their positions.

The white paper fan shouted again: "Spread the newcomer." ”

Wu Xiaozheng walked into the incense hall, and after some usual interrogation, the person who served as the "deacon red stick" handed him a stick of incense.

Wu Xiaozheng held up the incense and knelt down in front of the incense hall.

The deacon walked up to him with a big knife in his hand, patted him on the back with the back of the knife, and then loudly proclaimed the thirty-six oaths and seventy-two cases of Hongmen.

And preached: "If you violate it, you will be punished by the family law." ”

This is the famous three-knife and six-hole punishment in Hongmen, which is explained when the newcomer joins the club.

Next, the deacon Red Stick proposed a fierce rooster, holding a large knife in his hand, and recited the phoenix poem.

After reading, the knife fell, the chicken head fell to the ground, and then seven points of liquor to accept the chicken blood.

From the altar owner to the newcomers, they all dipped their fingers in blood and sent it to their mouths, representing the alliance of blood drops.

At this point, the rite is completed.

From now on, Wu Xiaozheng has become a member of the Hongmen, and he is the alliance of the top ranking.

That is, Uncle Zhongtang.