one person's life

Chapter 427
Yang Lie's meaning is very clear. There is no need to separate families in the Tang Sect. It is nothing more than dividing those within the sect who want to make money and those who will be recruited in the future who are nominally employees of the security company, as well as the current Tang Sect disciples regardless of their internal or external surnames. Do a reshuffle.

To put it simply, those ordinary people who manage affairs in the sect are assigned to the outer sect—that is, a series of factories and companies under the Tang Sect, and the real core strength of the Tang Sect, whether they are surnamed Tang or not. In this way, the traditional system of inner and outer sects will no longer exist, both in form and in core. Tang Miaoxing and other Tang surnames are naturally hesitant.

In troubled times, use your fists to protect your money bag; in times of trouble, use your money bag to protect your fists.

Yang Lie used such a simple and crude but effective method to separate the "money bag" and "fist" in the proverb of the aristocratic family, using a knife to bleed. Although they were clearly separated, they were still connected.

The outer sect (money bag) continuously maintains the Tang Sect's economic strength, and imposes strict sect rules to prevent those in the inner sect (fists) from becoming direct beneficiaries and neglecting their martial arts practice. After the inner sect disciples become successful, they will Some of it can be fed back to the outer door with fresh blood.

This is a big step but seems to be a temporary solution rather than a permanent one.

The reason for the big commotion is that Yang Lie's move will completely break the Tang Sect's management model that has been followed since the founding of the sect. That is, the inner sect disciples always have to overpower the outer sect disciples. Once this situation occurs, it must be within a certain limit. Weaken the outer door and strengthen the inner door in different ways.

For example, in the original work, Tang Miaoxing did not inherit the ability to swallow pills, but he would rather bear the shame of being the head of the sect without knowing how to swallow pills. He would rather sacrifice himself to let Xu Xin be born with a different surname. Xu Xin suddenly became a Tang Dynasty from a prisoner in the outer sect. The head of the sect named Tang, and he can also eat elixirs, as if the glory of the Tang sect will be restored.

A sect must have "lizi" and "face". Everyone knows that Xu Xin has not been born for decades. Apart from the rebellion and quick thinking engraved in his bones, as well as his alchemy and absolute loyalty to the Tang Sect, he has no Any advantage is the "face" of a sect, and he and Zhang Wang can make up for each other's strengths and weaknesses to form the Tang sect's "face". Of course, Zhang Wang accounts for the majority of the "face", but just because his surname is not Tang!There is no natal family named Tang, so even after Tang Miaoxing died, he was still cutting off Zhang Wang’s path!
Although Tang Muzhi was an inner disciple, he did not have the same traditional and pedantic ideas as Tang Miaoxing. On the one hand, Yang Lie regarded him as a disciple early after realizing his potential, so he was not influenced by Tang Miaoxing. On the other hand, Zhang Wang He was also keeping an eye on him all the time. If one day he found out that Tang Miaoxing was instilling principles of honor and disgrace in the inner sect to the inner disciples, especially Tang Muzhi, he would naturally curse.

It is true that all the old men in the Tang Sect are brothers who have died, but they are not without their own thoughts towards each other, especially because of the conflict of ideas. No matter how great and upright the characters are, they all have their flaws that cannot be concealed.

In the decades before Tang Muzhi joined the Tang Sect, when Yang Lie was in charge of the sect, the outer sect dominated the inner sect. This was unique in the history of the Tang Sect. Tang Miaoxing's ideas were relatively old-fashioned, and he had been depressed for many years, so he wanted to revive the Tang Sect. , or in other words, reviving the inner sect has long been a demon in Tang Miaoxing's heart.

But since Tang Muzhi showed his talents, Tang Miaoxing's thoughts on this aspect have faded away. The Tang Sect is now from the outer sect and belongs to Yang Lie, but in the future it will definitely belong to the inner sect and belongs to Tang Muzhi. No matter whether Yang Lie accepts him or not The disciple still took the opportunity to keep Tang Muzhi away from the sect for a long time. The future was a foregone conclusion. The next head of the Tang sect was none other than Tang Muzhi. He was only making a fuss about the length of time.

Tang Miaoxing has always thought so and planned this way.

But I didn't expect that Yang Lie would break the thousands of years of rules of the inner and outer sects during this tense period when surrounded by enemies!
"Yang——Chief!" Tang Miaoxing's face was clouded. He stared at Yang Lie and said every word through gritted teeth.

This was the first time that Tang Muzhi saw an elder in the sect become really angry, especially against Yang Lie.

"Muzhi, you go out first." Zhang Wang lowered his voice and reminded Tang Muzhi.After all, Tang Muzhi was the youngest in the field, and even the youngest Tang Ming was more than ten years older than him, almost 20 years older.Perhaps it was the older generation's desire to care for the younger generation, but Zhang Wang did not want Tang Muzhi to be involved in the internal conflicts within the Tang clan prematurely.

"Let him stay here, Zhang Wang." Yang Lie looked away from Tang Miaoxing who was also tall, cast a glance at Zhang Wang, and said in a serious tone.

"Chief, this..." Tang Ming's face felt a little unnatural, and he also stood up and wanted Tang Muzhi to avoid it first.

"Xiao Ming, you stay here too. What are you afraid of? I asked you to come here. Mu Zhidu has a family and has been working for the country in the past few years. Do you still treat him as a child?"

Zhang Wang's eyes were a little dazed. In his mind, he recalled the young man who opened the door of his house in [-] to question his identity. In the past eight years, that young man had indeed become one of the pillars of the Tang Sect, but he felt dazed occasionally. For a moment or two, Zhang Wang looked at Tang Muzhi and recalled that young man. They really didn't seem to be the same person.

Everyone was silent. After Tang Miaoxing, who had the most violent reaction, calmed down, Yang Lie asked everyone to sit down. This time, Tang Muzhi did not act as the tea maker, but just took his seat safely.

Tang Miaoxing looked at Tang Muzhi several times, then stared at Yang Lie, and said slowly with careful consideration: "Chief, there are some things that I have never had the nerve to mention, but I can't care about them now. Head, you have forgotten the old head's Did you ask me?"

Zhang Wang, Tang Qiushan and others had different expressions.Zhang Wang appeared confused and seemed to know nothing about the "old boss's instructions".

Yang Lie stood up alone, respectfully burned incense and worshiped at the "Elixir Devouring Picture" behind the office, then turned to face everyone and said sternly:
"Now it's nothing to shy away from."

"Senior brother?" Zhang Wang asked in disbelief.

"Well. I was not too old back then. When I took over as the head, the Tang Sect had already experienced several disasters, and its internal strength was a vacuum. The old head Tang Bingwen coughed up blood and handed the position of head to me. , before I took over, I promised the old master that if I meet a talented inner sect disciple in the future, I will return the power to the inner sect as soon as possible."

"This!" Zhang Wang widened his eyes in disbelief.

Tang Bingwen was born in the sixth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty and died in [-].The previous head of the Tang Sect had witnessed the Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Movement, the founding of the Republic of China, warlord wars, the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War until the founding of the Republic. It can be said that he was born in this land and has experienced all major world events and dealt with them. Old man, after all, can't you let go of the almost useless system of inner gate and outer gate?

(End of this chapter)