Chapter 216 Hongmen Big Boss
Wang Batian walked over quickly, and Vice Governor Lin and his group followed closely behind. Of course, the governor's welcome team on one side also leaned over, and at this moment...
"The earthquake in Gaogang is a beautiful mountain in the mountains forever!"
What the old man with crutches and teeth said undoubtedly made Wang Batian stunned. However, although he was a little stunned, he still couldn't help but interrogated: "The door faces the sea, and the three rivers flow for thousands of years."
"Chinese people all over the world, Hongmen is a family, children, welcome to the United States!"
The old man was very happy that Wang Batian could touch himself. Most people of this age pay more attention to tradition. Wang Batian could clearly remember this sentence, which shows that he also valued these things very much. This is the real reason why the old man was happy.
"I don't know what I should call you..."
"My family ranks sixth, and in terms of seniority, you can just call me Uncle Six."
Understanding how to call the other party, Wang Batian's face suddenly turned up, and then he clasped his fists with both hands and said respectfully: "Wang Batian, the 39th leader of Wangjiagou, has met his sixth uncles and all uncles!"
"Wang Pengyue, the 38th generation of Wangjiagou, has met all the brothers!"
"The 40th generation Wang Xiaoer of Wangjiagou has met all the uncles and masters!"
"Wang Sandan, the 40th generation of Wangjiagou, has met all the uncles and masters!"
"The 41st generation of Wangjiagou..."
The remaining Wang family members under Wang Batian took the lead and saluted these overseas masters with etiquette from the depths of their memory. The greetings of dozens of Wang family members were quite shocking, and several old men on China Street were also very excited. After all, few juniors now pay attention to tradition.
They thought that the same was true for the mainland with the advent of the economic era, but who would have thought that these etiquettes of these little guys from the mainland would remember so clearly that they even did more standard than them. How could they not be happy?
"Okay, okay! Lord Wang Xiang, please come here!"
At this moment, no one of these old men treated Wang Batian as a junior, and their title was changed to the internal title of Hongmen. The Wang family was one of the eight incense masters in the inheritance of the eight incense masters of the previous dynasties, so the old man in the head called Wang Batian as Wang Xiangzhu.
Wang Batian followed several Chinese Street bosses into the car, while the rest of the team were a little stunned. What is this situation? He hasn't traveled to ancient society!
Vice Governor Lin seemed to know something. He looked at Wang Batian's back as he left, and then walked towards the same stunned governor and his group next to him with a smile on his face.
"Old Gao, this is Hongmen!"
"Obviously, it should be! I didn't expect that Mr. Wang has such a great power overseas. What did the old man call Mr. Wang just now? Master Xiang?"
This is because Wang Batian is talking a lot, while Wang Batian is sitting in the black Rolls-Royce with the boss led by him, talking about some things about the Hongmen.
"Uncle Six, where are we going now?"
Although the lobbyist was at his own will, Wang Batian, the purpose of coming to the United States this time, did not forget. He could not just follow these old gentlemen and run around.
“Go to the airport, Los Angeles!”
"Los Angeles? Uncle Six, here I..."
"I know, don't worry, I'll be back tomorrow morning and will not delay your affairs."
It is hard to say anything when you see Uncle Six like this. You just miss it if you want to be honest. Now he is really interested in the overseas Zhongyi Tongtang.
When the elders of the family went in, they were not serious, so no one had told him in detail about the relationship between the Wang family and the Tiandihui (Hongmen), which was just an opportunity.
For old guys like Uncle Six, their favorite thing to do is to talk about the past. Wang Batian's inquiry just satisfies his story. After all, not many young people are willing to listen to these things now.
"Let me talk about your Wang family first! The Wang family has been a member of our Tiandihui since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. You should know that the predecessor of the Hongmen was the Tiandihui!"
When the old man saw Wang Batian nodded, he continued: "To be precise, your Wang family has nothing to do with the Hongmen. The real relationship is the Tiandihui. However, after all, the Hongmen is transformed from the Tiandihui. Your Wang family is naturally regarded as part of ours. Moreover, because of the Wang family's contribution to the Tiandihui, you are considered the hereditary incense masters of the eight halls of the Hongmen."
"Then you, Uncle Six..."
"Although only your Wang family is hereditary, who in fact, the incense masters in the Hongmen and those inside the Hongmen have not been passed down from generation to generation? But I am different from you. Speaking of which, I am just a master. The organizational structure of the Hongmen is not much different from the world. Do you know all these?"
He nodded and shook his head. Wang Batian knew a little, but not much. He was idle, so the old man just explained it to Wang Batian in detail.
"Our Hongmen has a leader and a leader, but after changing from Tiandihui to Hongmen, the deputy leader is a short title. After all, the Hongmen is no longer the Tiandihui of the year."
It is now an economic society, and there is nothing anti-Qing and restoration of Ming Dynasty, and there is no help to overseas Chinese. The Chinese living in the United States are still pretty good, which is also a major reason for the decline of the Hongmen.
Although the Hongmen is getting bigger and bigger, this Hongmen is no longer the Hongmen of the past. At least it no longer has the fundamental meaning and belief of the past.
During the Qing Dynasty, the belief of the Tiandihui was to revive the Ming Dynasty. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it was to revitalize the country and help overseas Chinese not be bullied. Now... making money and enjoying life may be the main thing.
Somewhat moved, then the old man continued: "Under the dragon head are the inner eight halls and outer eight halls. The inner eight halls are collectively called the incense master. The main responsibility is some things inside the Hongmen, while the outer eight halls are responsible for the specific places. Of course, now the Hongmen is scattered into a piece of Hongmen, who is the only one who truly possesses real power is the hall master. The incense master is nothing more than a virtual title."
Although he is the hall master himself, Uncle Six is not afraid of these things. From this we can see that although the Hongmen has very little control over these "frontier officials", these hall masters are still trying hard to keep their promises back then and have not forgotten that they are a member of the Hongmen.
The dragon heads began to lose control of the hall masters, and the incense masters naturally became empty titles. The Hongmen headquarters was almost an empty shell, and there were several incense masters who were even idle now.
As I said, it is now a new century, a new society, and those old and old things should be abandoned, and your persistence may not necessarily result in any consequences.
The decline of Hongmen was not a day or two. Since the 1960s and 1970s, the Hongmen church owners from all over the world have begun to work independently and ignore the orders of the Hongmen headquarters. Sun Laoliu is also because he is the owner of the United States and Longtou is his own brother, so he has no other thoughts.
Never think that the Hongmen is an underground club. It is true that they are an organization, and there is also a dark side. But most of them are still on the ground and in the light. They control elections, create consortiums, and help overseas Chinese. This is the real Hongmen.
Simply put, you can treat them as economic and political alliances like Ivy League and Skeleton Club. Although the behavior of this alliance is not very open and honest, if you really pursue it, which alliance and organization are open and honest?
Chapter completed!