Just as everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, the old man's calm words surprised those who originally thought they were all happy.

"However, if you want to be fully prepared before the general situation is turbulent, there are a few things that can be dealt with by taking the opportunity of the clan discussion - Nine Levels!"

After the old man clicked on Yang Jiuguan's name, he stopped speaking, Yang Jiuguan understood, and slowly got up and said: "I, Yang Jiuguan, am entrusted by the elders and patriarchs to exercise the power and responsibility of supervision and punishment for the entire family. Listening carefully, Yang Jiuguan's voice was actually not loud, but when he said this, the entire hall could hear the sound of needles.

"Wanning City smuggles salt and iron, and takes the position of the patriarch of the clan!"

As soon as he spoke, everyone's hearts trembled: in the past, the matter of smuggling salt and iron did have such a punishment in the clan rules, and it was not that no tribe had violated it before, but the punishment was not so serious, and the previous patriarchs were all looking at the friendship of the same clan to show a little favor, and the punishment was at most to pay some more fines or deprive some tribes of their rights in the clan and weaken their status, but they had never heard of directly depriving the clan patriarch of the position - the signal from this act alone was extremely clear, and everyone understood in their hearts, I'm afraid it's going to be real this time.

"Deyuan City ......"

"Great Elder, I was wronged!" Yang Jiuguan was about to read the second one, but someone in the hall had already called out for injustice.

At this time, although some people were shocked, it has always been inevitable that the supervision and punishment elders will be blamed, but they will be refuted on the spot, especially if they raise objections just after reading the punishment decision, which is definitely not a normal phenomenon.

"Yang Zhengxian, what do you have to say?" At this time, the person who spoke was the patriarch of a branch in Wanning City, and the old man looked at this person with a treacherous face, and sneered in his heart: This is your own initiative to jump out!

"Great Elder, Patriarch, Brothers!" Yang Zhengxian saw that he was allowed to speak, so he naturally refused to let go of the opportunity to confess, and said to everyone: "My clan has always abided by the law in Wanning City, and I will never do anything about smuggling salt and iron-this is obvious to all in Wanning City, and Lord Zhang Yuanqing, the garrison of Wanning City, can also testify!" I don't know where the Nine Elders got the news that I am selling salt and iron? ”

Yang Jiuguan just smiled after hearing this, and did not speak, but Yang Junhou spoke: "In March, ten catties of salt and one ton of iron." ”

"In April, fifteen catties of salt and two tons of iron." Yang Xingquan seemed to join in the fun, and came up with a smile to say something.

"In May, fifty pounds of salt and one ton of iron."

"In July, more than 100 catties of salt were sold to more than ten places such as Huazhou and Qingzhou in three ways."

"August ......"

It seems that they have followed some tacit understanding, Yang Junhou and Yang Xingquan reported all the salt and iron sold in Wanning City in the past year in a bland and ridiculous manner, and everyone was shocked when they heard it.

"Every time you sell profits, you Yang Zhengxian and Zhang Yuanqing each take thirty percent, and the remaining forty percent is used for the income of the clan, you let me ask Zhang Yuanqing, I think he thinks that he and you are grasshoppers on the same rope, so naturally you have to find ways to protect you, right?" In the end, Yang Jiuguan took over the conversation and sneered.

"Zhang Yuanqing was first removed from the official position when you left Wanning City, and now you should be recruited for everything." When Yang Wu heard this, he also said lightly.

As soon as these words came out, Yang Zhengxian, who was still pretending to be full of grievances, had a face like ashes for a moment, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

"With the amount of salt and iron you sell, which time is not a capital offense? Patriarch Hong En just stripped you of the position of clan patriarch, why are you still dissatisfied? According to the official law, you die and die, where can you quibble! ”

"I ...... I ......" Yang Zhengxian slowly came back to his senses after Yang Jiuguan's angry scolding, and knelt on the ground with a "plop" sound, but finally only cried out one sentence: "Patriarch Xie spares his life!" ”

Of course, in this little episode, there are people who are frightened, and there are those who are uneasy, but when it comes to those who have a feeling of suffering, it is none other than Yang Youwei.

Who is Yang Youwei? It was Yang Jiuguan who read out half of the patriarchs of the "Deyuan City" tribe.

Finally, after dealing with Yang Zhengxian's matter, Yang Jiuguan will continue to read:

"Deyuan City recruits private soldiers without permission and takes office!" After reading, he paused for a while, found Yang Youwei's figure in the crowd, and saw that the other party had no intention of opposing or avenging grievances, and lowered his head and read: "The bully side of the city is ...... to take office."

In this list of punishments, there are nearly fifty large and small tribes of the entire Yang clan, and more than forty have been pointed, including Yancheng and Ancheng, which are in charge of Yang Jun, Yang Yanshuo and other elders, but the disposal is only a symbolic fine ranging from three to fifty thousand taels.

After reading the list, Yang Jiuguan accepted the questions of the various clans on the spot according to the previous rules, but none of the clans had any objections.

"Well, it's been hard for nine levels lately!" Seeing that things were going as smoothly as he expected, the old man comforted Yang Jiuguan and continued: "Fang is the first thing, judging from everyone's reactions, I think it has received everyone's support and understanding. ”

After a slight slowdown, the old man straightened his body and said, "Our group of old guys have been in the position of elders for decades, especially from myself to the fifth elder, all of whom are old people in their seventies and eighties...... At the beginning of today's clan meeting, the second elder said that he would leave the opportunity to the younger generation, and I think it is very reasonable. With that, the old man got up from his seat and looked at the crowd.

After a long time, he bowed to the people present with both hands: "Please make room for the young man too!" ”

Hush!

Listening to the ears of Yang Jun and other elders, the meaning could not be simpler: you are all big people, you should enjoy Qingfu and spend your old age in peace!

And in the ears of the younger generation, it is not too happy: give up the positions of the elders and the tribal patriarchs, and let these young people who are in the prime of life do it, and it will be time for them to show their strengths!

No matter what these two people think, one thing is clear and clear: the old man personally lowered his posture to "please", I am afraid that this time there is no possibility of avoidance!

"What the eldest brother said is extremely true!" The first to respond was Yang Jun!

In fact, from the beginning of the punishment that Yang Jiuguan read about just now, Yang Jun knew that the old man was ready to use a strong hand to deal with the accumulated shortcomings in the clan, and naturally thought that he had no possibility of dodging - since he couldn't dodge, why not just meet it neatly?

Hearing Yang Jun's words, the old man glanced at him deeply, but he didn't say too much.

"That...... I have one more thing to ask. Yang Min saw that Yang Jun had already agreed, and he knew in his heart that he couldn't escape—but the old man said it himself, "Especially since I go to the fifth elder", isn't it just to point to myself? But relinquishing the elder and resigning from the position of the clan patriarch was related to the interests of the clan in the clan, so at this time, he still clearly thought of a key point.

Seeing the old man signaling to ask, Yang Min said: "It is a matter of time before the power is handed over to the young people, and it is appropriate to hand it over before the general trend changes, I have no opinion on this point - what I care about is who to give this power to, and how can the younger generation who take over the power quickly and effectively handle the clan affairs?" ”

Although Yang Min considered it like this, and his selfish side was exposed, to the rest of the people, this was indeed an inevitable problem in the handover process.

"I've discussed this with Elder En, and I have come up with a compromise for everyone to discuss." Yang Wu smiled slightly, and said: "You all know that this is a special period related to the fate of the clan, and the so-called special time should have a special law, so we think like this, the elders and clan patriarchs who want to hand over their powers do not have to quit immediately, and they can still participate in the resolution of affairs within the clan in their original capacity within one year, and they must be innocent after one year, and there is no possibility of negotiation." ”

Speaking of this, seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, he continued: "Speaking of who the authority is entrusted to, this issue is a bit sensitive, if in normal times, all clans should go through the procedures of nomination, selection, and evaluation to determine—at the moment, in addition to the fact that the position of the patriarch of each clan is temporarily designated by the patriarch of the original clan, how about the position of elder be nominated and elected now?" ”

In fact, Yang Wu can see the crux of the problem here clearly, and the various clans are more inclined to the former than the clan patriarch and the clan elder—what is the reason? Weight, job micro, big profit!

"Lida" is easy to understand, but why is it said that the power and position of the tribal patriarch are higher than that of the elders? It's just the psychology of "the sky is high and the emperor is far away" and "there is no tiger and monkey in the mountains to call the king"! The tribal patriarch is in charge of his entire territory, and almost one person has the final say; What about the elders? Although the territory of Guan is much larger than the former, its influence is still a lot worse.

The two are right, and they know their own importance.

Seeing that everyone was the same, the old man said: "Then let's take a look at which elders feel that they are no longer suitable to continue to serve, raise their hands!" ”

Hearing this, the old man himself, the second elder Yang Jun, the third elder Yang Yanshuo, the fourth elder Yang Yizhou, and the fifth elder Yang Min raised their hands, and everyone didn't think it was strange.

However, the expected subtle feeling had just passed, and the two raised their hands to surprise the people present.

These two people are Yang Wu and Yang Jiuguan!

"Nonsense!" The old man didn't expect that the younger generation, who were the most powerful and hopeful of the two clans and wanted to lead the whole clan to prosperity, would jump out to stir up the situation, and immediately reprimanded him angrily.

"Elder En, I also have a hard time, you listen to me first......" Yang Wu smiled bitterly, how could he tell the old man in advance about this episode? I'm afraid that even if the old man doesn't say anything on the scene, he will scold himself half to death when he goes back!

"Humph!" The old man was really angry at this time, and he didn't even look at Yang Wu.

"As the city lord, I don't serve as the patriarch because I have more energy to deal with the unknown killing of life and death...... Besides, you know my situation best, and I am afraid that it is not appropriate to bear too much. ”

Although Yang Wu didn't say much, he was reasonable and intercede in just two sentences - the plan for survival, this is "reason"; Seriously injured, this is "love". I have to say that Yang Wu took advantage of the old man's love for himself when he spoke, and after listening to the words for a long time, the old man sighed slightly, and said, "That's it, it's up to you!" ”

"I ......" Yang Jiuguan looked iron-faced when he was in front of everyone, but when it came to facing the old man directly, he only had one word in his heart: cowardice!

"What's your reason?" As if he wanted to sprinkle all his anger on Yang Jiuguan, when the old man asked Yang Jiuguan, there was already a faint anger in his tone.

"I am in charge of supervision and punishment, and I am a ...... of the rivers and lakes."

"Get out of the way!" As soon as Yang Jiuguan said a sentence, the old man had already begun to scold angrily: "Don't come to this set, you, I have my own arrangements!" After that, he didn't care about Yang Jiuguan's crying face, and directly waved his hand and ignored him.

"Tell me your recommendation!" The old man was angry, but the first priority at the moment would not be delayed, and he directly commanded everyone.

Within a moment, the newly elected person was determined, except for the expected Yang Rui and Yang Jian, the other elders were all close to him-but Yang Jun gave up this place, not that he was willing, but his only son was long gone, and Yang Xian, who had always been cultivated as a candidate, poked out such a big basket, who else could he push? Rather lack than abundance, he was like this when he was in business, and he was also like this when he considered the clan.

"Fang Jiuguan said that he has a heavy task, so if I don't share it, I will share it." After the others were selected, the old man began to deal with Yang Jiuguan's affairs again. "Now that I have separated your duties of supervision and punishment, it is feasible for you to be responsible for punishment only?" This was asked by the old man to Yang Jiuguan, although Yang Jiuguan was unhappy in his heart, but he also knew that the separation of the two positions was a unique thing in more than a hundred years, and the old man could understand himself like this is also the biggest concession he made, and immediately replied: "Listen to the arrangement of the great elder!" ”

Hearing his words, the old man snorted secretly, and then said to everyone: "Now everyone knows that we and Si Chou Zhai are in the same voice of coexistence, since this is the case, it is essential for the two sides to win each other's trust, so we must first show our hearts in the clan, I discussed with Yang Wu and decided to entrust the post of Inspector Elder to Xiao Huahua - well, it is Hua Hates Willow, he is responsible for supervising the affairs of our clan, and it is also convenient for everyone to adjust and cooperate with each other, do you have any objections?" ”

How could the Yang clan present have any opinions? I have vested interests, to put it bluntly, the benefits I get now are just the road paved by the old man in order to facilitate his own work.

"As for how Sichou Zhai won our trust, Mr. Chou also had some discussions with us, and later decided to adopt the method of marriage to consolidate the relationship between the two sides, which is also a family affair set by the ancestors of Sichou Zhai back then - therefore, Xiaohuahua is also our own person, and when we meet in the future, this 'uncle' is indispensable."

"Elder, I don't know who this Mr. Hua has this happy relationship with the girl from our Yang clan?" There are a lot of good people in the hall, and they also know that the clan will be fine here, so they asked with a smile.

"It's the little girl!" Yang Wu stood aside, first smiling, and then coughing lightly intentionally or unintentionally, so that Yang Jian, who was tending to be angry, suddenly calmed down.

What's going on? The inexplicable question in Hua Hateliu's heart was instantly drowned in the voices of "uncle" and "congratulations" sent by everyone.