0299 Factional Disputes
The army side and the snakes in the Star Harbor have their own victories and defeats, but no one can destroy anyone.
Later, the military side took advantage of the internal contradictions between local associations such as the Ngee Ann Association and the Tianlong Gang, and successfully merged with the Ngee Ann Association to form the United Righteous Society.
As a result, the Lianyi Society combined with the local and foreign communities, and its strength increased greatly, and gradually developed into the largest community in Xinggang, becoming the first of the three major associations in Xinggang.
After the merger of the Lianyi Society, the first president, Chen Hanqiu, who was originally the main colonel and brigade commander of the United Party Army, a defeated party in the Han Kingdom, led almost a whole brigade of four or five thousand troops to abscond to Xinggang, and when the government of Xinggang at that time intended to provide shelter, he stopped and broke into pieces, turning all the soldiers into civilians.
Under the leadership of Chen Hanqiu, in just one or two years, they merged the Ngee Ann Association to form the Lianyi Society, Chen Hanqiu naturally became the first president, Chen Hanqiu was 38 years old that year, he sat in the position of the president of the Lianyi Society for 25 years, and personally built the Lianyi Society into the first major community in Xinggang.
When Chen Hanqiu was 63 years old, he took the initiative to abdicate and gave up the president position to his brother who had been with him for decades, and he was also the most courageous battalion commander in his team that year, Tan Zhongping.
Tan Zhongping was in charge of the president for 8 years, and then gave up the position of president to Chen Hanqiu's only son, Chen Zhaohua, who had just been in power, and Chen Zhaohua has been in power for 18 years.
Since the establishment of the Lianyi Society, the military side represented by Chen Hanqiu has always been in a strong position in the society, while the original Ngee Ann Association has always been in a subordinate position in the Lianyi Society, and this characteristic has not changed until the time of Chen Zhaohua.
As the soldiers gradually integrated into the local area of Xinggang, the boundaries between the soldiers and the natives of Xinggang have gradually blurred and faded, especially in the second or even third generation of soldiers, these young people rarely regard themselves as outsiders, and they have already regarded themselves as Xinggang people.
However, conflicts between soldiers and local gangsters still occurred from time to time within the community, especially during the Chen and Tan eras.
At the beginning, when Chen Hanqiu was founding the society, in order to ensure the absolute leadership of the soldiers in the community, the important positions and turf of the society were placed with their own soldier brothers, and some unimportant positions and territories were allocated to the members of the original Ngee Ann Association.
However, Chen Hanqiu's arrangement also planted the seeds of instability in the community, especially in the later period when he was in charge of the association, the members of the original Ngee Ann Association began to be dissatisfied, and there were more and more things that were secretly causing trouble, which made Chen Hanqiu struggling to cope.
When Tan Zhongping was the president, he was forced to implement Chen Hanqiu's original promise, and clearly stipulated that from the election of the next president, the military department and the original Yi'an department would each recommend a candidate, and the elders of the club would inspect the two, and finally appoint the one who won in all aspects as the president.
Therefore, although Chen Zhaohua is the son of Chen Hanqiu, when he became the president, he also competed with the recommenders of the Ngee An department to be elected, rather than being appointed by the previous president Tan Zhongping.
In the end, Chen Zhaohua had to open the position of the second leader of the association to the Ngee An department, and promised that in the future, among the two positions of president and second leader, the military department and the Ngee An department must occupy one of them, that is to say: if one party is elected as the president, the other party will be the second leader, and one faction cannot monopolize the two positions of president and second leader.
Therefore, during the Chen Zhaohua period, there were two second-term leaders, both of whom were from the Ngee An department. Needless to say, Feng Mingqiu is Chen Zhaohua's second second master, and of course, Feng Mingqiu is naturally also a member of the Ngee An department.
During the period of Chen Zhaohua, the military department still occupied a strong position, and the eight halls in the community, the halls with good locations and strong strength were all controlled by the military department, and those halls with strong corners were all managed by the Ngee An department. Among them, the three peripheral halls of Zhudao Tangkou, Guantang District Tangkou and Shajiazui Tangkou have long been controlled by the Ngee An Department, while the Tangkou of the North and South Districts of Shangdong District, Qingshuiwan Tangkou, Yanxia Street Tangkou and Sanlitun Wharf Tangkou are controlled by the military department.
The entrance of the Sanlitun Wharf under the control of the military department, although it is now not as strong as before, it has been ranked behind in the entrance of the eight halls. But more than ten years ago, when Sanlitun Wharf was prosperous, the status of this hall in the community was not inferior to any hall in Shangdong District.
It's just that with the decay of Sanlitun Wharf, this hall has become a tasteless and discarded chicken rib, and it is no longer taken seriously.
However, in recent years, with the growth of a new generation of backbone members of the community, the differentiation between the military department and the Ngee An department within the Lianyi Society has begun to gradually eliminate, and many new community members, it is difficult to distinguish who is the military department and who is the Ngee An department.
In recent years, Chen Zhaohua has also promoted some newcomers who do not have a military background in some key positions, such as Xiao Junhao, the head of the southern district of Shangdong District, which is a typical example.
Xiao Junhao's ancestors are all from Xinggang, and he has no background in the military, but he is not a descendant of the old Yi'an department, just a native of Xinggang, but Xiao Junhao is a man who dares to fight and kill, and has fought many tough battles with Chen Zhaohua, and is deeply loved by Chen Zhaohua, so he manages the South District Hall of Shangdong District into his hands. There are, of course, many other examples of people from non-military backgrounds taking the position.
However, in the election of the president, the president election system did not keep pace with the times because the president of the company voluntarily abdicated the position of the president after reaching a certain age, and the term of office of each president was very long.
Now Chen Zhaohua suddenly lost contact, leaving only a handwritten letter from Xue Yao to the Association of Elders of the Society, explaining that he had no intention of serving as the president of the Lianyi Society again, and that his daughter Xue Yao would temporarily replace him, and then the Council of Elders would organize the election of the president, and select another merit to serve as the president.
This happened suddenly, and the Senate had to follow the old practice of electing one candidate from each of the military department and the Ngee An department, and then elect a new president by voting.
At this time, Feng Mingqiu happened to return to Hong Kong from overseas and assisted the interim president Xue Yao in handling the affairs of the gang as the second leader.
The two candidates for the presidency have been confirmed, of course, Feng Mingqiu will run for the Ngee An department, and Xue Yao will make it clear that she will run for the military department. In this way, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is all arranged in advance, Xue Yao is obviously held hostage by Du and Feng at present, and Feng Mingqiu's backstage boss is very likely to be Du Jiaqi, that is to say, no matter who of the two presidential candidates succeeds in running for president, in the end, the president and the second leader of the Lianyi Society will be firmly controlled by Du Jiaqi, that is to say, the Lianyi Society will definitely obey the orders of the Gangxing Association in the future.
Du Jiaqi actually used such means to swallow the Lianyi Society, which seemed to be bold and reckless, but it was done seamlessly, so that the Lianyi Society could not find a suitable reason to oppose the development of the situation so far.
And now, what Yuan Gang and Geng Feng have to do is to rely on the strength of the two of them to turn the tide. But the eight halls of the Lianyi Society, which ones will follow them, and which ones will be bought by Feng Mingqiu, they don't have any bottom now.
In the current situation, Feng Mingqiu is obviously in the upper hand, as the second leader, he is in charge of all the affairs of the society, Xue Yao is just a puppet president, Yuan Gang has been successfully overshadowed by Feng Mingqiu since he returned to Hong Kong, and he has no real power at all.
What's even more infuriating is that Feng Mingqiu is everywhere in the hearts of the people, with a big stick and gold dollars, each hall, those who are obedient will give money to others, and those who are disobedient will be given blows, Brother Nan's death must be caused by his refusal to give in to Feng Mingqiu.
Brother Nan is from the orthodox military department, a few years older than Chen Zhaohua, he is an iron brother who has followed Chen Zhaohua all the way, and he is also one of the members of the elder club of the society. Feng Mingqiu killed Brother Nan, not only to remove the obstacles in the Senate, but also to make an example, so that the other old guys in the Senate were afraid and did not dare not choose him, and thirdly, he could blame Junjie, so that Junjie had no time to make trouble with him, and the plan of killing three birds with one stone made it very successful.
Although at present, the president of the Lianyi Society has been pocketed by Du Jiaqi, no matter who is the president, it makes no difference to Du Jiaqi, but for Feng Mingqiu, it is inevitable, if Xue Yao becomes the president, although she is still just a puppet, but once Xue Yao and Du Jiaqi get married, she manages the Lianyi Society in the name of Du Jiaqi's wife, and then it may not be as simple as a puppet, if she blows a little pillow wind to Du Jiaqi and provokes Du Jiaqi's relationship with him, then his Feng Mingqiu's life will be much sadter.
So this time, Feng Mingqiu will never let the president seal slip away from him, of course, he has another plan, that is, when he becomes the president of the Lianyi Society, he will slowly cultivate his own strength, once he grows, he can get rid of the control of Du Jiaqi, the little guy, and become the veritable president of the Lianyi Society. At that time, the rivers and lakes of Xinggang were his Feng Mingqiu's world, wasn't this what he Feng Mingqiu had dreamed of overseas for so many years?
And the opportunity to realize this dream of his is close at hand, and there is no reason why he should not try his best to fight for it!
In front of Yuan Gang, Geng Feng, and Junjie is a vicious and extremely powerful Feng Mingqiu, and they must find a way to prevent Feng Mingqiu from climbing to the throne of president.
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