Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong sat on the main seat in the inner hall, silent.Xu Limu and the six hundred households sat beside him without saying a word.They all thought that Wu Shigong was deliberately ignoring them, and because of their contempt for Wu Shigong this morning, Wu Shigong received another kind of power from Wu Shigong, and no one wanted to be the one who got shot at this time.Therefore, the inner hall seemed very quiet.However, they were all wrong. Wu Shigong was carefully considering how to speak to these people, because the first speech was very important, and it would specifically reflect Wu Shigong's life plan.

In his previous life, Wu Shigong was able to grow from a gangster to a gangster tycoon in six years. Needless to say, his personal bravery and intelligence, if he had to use a commendable word to describe him, it could be called both civil and military.And the way he acts always reveals the style of the gangster's behavior naturally and unnaturally, and some behaviors have even become an instinct in his actions. (Wu Shigong's underworld instinct is not unimportant, but a major principle of his behavior in this work. Therefore, the characteristics of his underworld instinct will be introduced in detail later.)

Another very important reason is that Wu Shigong is very ambitious.Otherwise, let alone six years, even if it is 16 or 60 years, the punks in the society are still punks, and there are many people there.The reason why other people will follow you is because following you has a future and makes money, not because you are the world's best boxer or can give your friends both sides, or else, all the gang bosses are boxing champions.Although the status of the son-in-law that Wu Shigong traveled through was not pleasant, Wu Shigong had no choice but to change it, but as a man, his ambition to start a career would never be wiped out for Wu Shigong.Originally, Wu Shigong might have just crossed over and was not familiar with the situation. He might have to wait and see the situation for a while, and even because he didn’t have any good opportunities, he was content to enjoy the current stable and rich life, but now Xue Lian pushed him to Nancheng to command the soldiers and horses. The acting commander of the company is a position with certain power. With this platform, how could the fire of Wu Shigong's ambition not be ignited?

Of course, there is another hidden reason, mainly because Wu Shigong is a little worried.Wu Shigong knows that he is young and has no qualifications. The reason why he got this position is because he has a father-in-law, Xue Lian, who is Yang Wuhou, as his backer, and Xue Lian's backer is Wei Zhongxian.From the limited historical knowledge in his memory, we know that Wei Zhongxian's fate is very sad. Although he is now enjoying the trust of the emperor, as long as the new emperor comes to power, he will inevitably die.Without a backer, Xue Lian, Wei Zhongxian's confidant, and Wu Shigong, a confidant of Wei Zhongxian's confidant, would end badly, and there was even the possibility of ransacking their family and exterminating their clan.But when will the old emperor die?When will the new emperor come to power?What may have happened decades later may have happened tomorrow.What time was it, but Wu Shigong didn't have any impression in his memory.Ignorance is not the scariest thing, knowing a little bit is scary.Therefore, before the new emperor comes to power, firmly grasp, or even expand the power in his hands as much as possible, so that he may be wooed by the new emperor, or at least have the possibility of throwing rats. This is a way to preserve himself.Taking a [-]-step back, if you can use the power in your hands to earn enough money now, using the money to bribe the cronies around the new emperor is another way to save yourself.

Therefore, the combination of Wu Shigong's instinct, ambition and his sense of crisis determine his life plan for a period of time in the future.That is - hurry up, win over the most people in the shortest time, obtain the most power possible, and earn the most money.

Maybe many readers have obtained impressions of the underworld from overseas and Hong Kong underworld film and television and literary works, but unfortunately, after literary processing, many of the introductions of these works are one-sided, or even utterly wrong .The introduction of the underworld can be devoted to writing a thesis, but it has little to do with this novel.However, in order for the judges to better understand Wu Shigong's ideas and code of conduct, here, the author will also briefly introduce: What is the underworld?

In fact, in the official titles of various countries and regions, there is no word "underworld". "Underworld" is mainly a popular term among the people.In official documents, they are referred to as "organized crime".But the author still thinks this term is not comprehensive, and thinks it should be called "a group of money-making organizations for organized crime".

Therefore, all the actions of the underworld (for the sake of easy understanding, it is still called "the underworld" in the text) revolve around the purpose of making money, not one of them.The status of the various bosses of the underworld in the underworld is also determined according to how much money they make.Of course, these leaders must also have the ability to protect themselves.The underworld does not commit crimes for the sake of committing crimes. If he commits a crime, it is only for making money. The underworld will even play a role in maintaining normal social order in certain places, completely serving as a powerful supplement to the police.For example: the crime rate of several major casinos in the world is relatively low.

Especially the boss of the underworld, anyone who can be called a drug tycoon is a master at running the industry and making money illegally and legally.It is no exaggeration to say that, except for some aspects (for example, foreign languages), every political tycoon is more than capable of being the CEO of any large company by virtue of his business talent and ability.So is Wu Shigong, of course.But on the other hand, in a big company, a big boss who can call the wind and rain, especially those who can start from scratch, his ability is also fully qualified for the position of a powerful tycoon.The difference among them is nothing more than different life experiences, so they have embarked on different paths.

It is not difficult to understand that some tycoons who were lucky enough not to be caught, after their own unremitting efforts, successfully changed from black to white in the second and third generations, and through their own words and deeds and accumulated huge After wealth and these reasons, he transformed his family into a business tycoon, a wealthy family (a wealthy family married to a foreign diving star, as can be seen from their family's shares in Macau casinos).

Another characteristic of the underworld is that the way it makes money is very vague.Why do you say that?Of course, the underworld makes a lot of money through crime, but it can also make a lot of money through legal means. After all, who wouldn’t want to make money legally?But this money is not the bulk of all the money it earns. Among the ways it earns money, the biggest source is those gray areas. To put it plainly, it is to take advantage of legal loopholes.For example, in the current underworld, there are not many simple and crude methods of directly collecting protection fees, which can be seen as criminal acts at a glance, but it is very common to send a few people to collect viewing fees.Because the fee for watching the show can be regarded as a protection fee in disguise, but it can also be justified as a legal security fee.This behavior is difficult to define in a legal sense.Much of the income of the underworld comes from similar legal fringes.

Ironically, this has also brought about another evil result, that is, as long as there are countries and regions with relatively sound laws, the underworld can get the soil and space to thrive.For example, the United States and Italy in the West, Japan and Hong Kong in the East...Of course, due to the emphasis and targeted attacks on the underworld phenomenon in various countries and regions, the underworld has been effectively controlled.Notice!It is control, not elimination.In a ducai country that doesn't pay much attention to the law, the underworld cannot develop.For example, in history, under the rule of Mussolini's Italian fascist government, the mafia was punished by him to death.Not to mention Hitler, under the weight of the Gestapo and the direct threat of concentration camps, Germany under the Nazis had absolutely no room for gangsters to survive.

Another characteristic of the underworld is its organization.On the surface, the underworld, especially its peripheral members, is very loosely managed, but its core members are managed in an extremely strict way, and a certain "corporate culture" has been formed. Its uploading and issuing of information and transmission of orders , its fund management and transmission have strict requirements.Moreover, for the sake of the centripetal force of the members of the organization, there are many strict rules and requirements. For example, we often see in Hong Kong gangster movies that the "second sister-in-law" who cannot play with brothers is such a rule.However, this is not absolute. Even if some members violate some small rules, others will open their eyes and close their eyes. This person is very good at making money (this situation further emphasizes that the underworld is a money-making organization).

Because of the organized nature of the underworld, its members are very disciplined.Basically, the core members of the underworld will not disturb the people. As long as ordinary people do not have anything to do with the underworld, the members of the underworld will basically not trouble him.Of course, if you insist on asking for death to borrow usurious loans from the underworld and refuse to repay them, don't blame them for writing red letters on your door and pouring shit.Even some triad members interact very politely with their neighbors in daily life. For example, the largest gang organization in Japan, the Triad Society, their leader, sends bodyguards to clean the streets around his house every day, and When you meet neighbors, bow and say hello.This makes the behavior of members of the underworld very deceptive among ordinary people.Of course, when the underworld commits crimes of disturbing the people, it is basically to make money for themselves.

Since members of the underworld are basically born at the bottom of the society, they have no start-up capital to make money. Therefore, the methods they adopt, in addition to using criminal methods and wandering on the edge of crime, often adopt the most effective method. The only way to make huge profits is monopoly.The most common way to grab land and collect protection fees is to monopolize the right to collect protection fees in this area.In a sense, regardless of the crime factor, there is no difference in essence between the monopoly guaranteed by the underworld and the monopoly of Microsoft's bundled sales on Windows.

The last characteristic of the underworld is the intricate relationship with the outside world.Needless to say, the peripheral members of the underworld, there are all kinds of people, and they can do any kind of work.That is, many core members of the underworld even have a normal family and a normal job, which can effectively cover up his identity.In addition, the underworld has effectively maintained a good relationship with officials, especially those of the law enforcement department, by means of bribery and bribery, resulting in the so-called gangster family.Of course, this is also a means for the underworld to reduce their own operating costs. After all, if they are completely hostile to law enforcement agencies, it will be too late to work hard every day. Where can they make time to make money?This has also caused the social harm of the underworld to be particularly huge.

From this point of view, Wu Shigong's life plan is nothing more than the following points: internally, focus on the organization and the core, and the key is to make money; externally, send backers and routines, and maintain good external relations. These need not be brought up at the meeting with Xu Limu and the six hundred households.

After Wu Shigong carefully brewed, he cleared his throat, let them focus on himself, and started the first thought unification meeting of the Nancheng Military and Horse Command Division.It should be said that this meeting was quite successful, making the Nancheng Bingma Command Division a combat-effective group, and also made Wu Shigong the well-deserved leadership core of the Nancheng Bingma Command Division for a period of time to come.

(In the future, there may be chapters similar to this chapter that should be included in the information. But the author still thinks that they should be included in the main text, because they all give readers a great understanding of the background of the character's origin and the history of the late Ming Dynasty Background plays an extremely important role.)