Chihu Mountain, the newly built meeting hall of the Zhou family.
The general style of this newly built meeting hall of the Zhou family is not much different from the meeting hall on Yuquan Peak, but the space inside is wider, enough to accommodate thousands of people discussing matters inside.
At the same time, the decoration in the meeting hall was also much more exquisite. Not only were there hung more than twenty jade lamps made by the Zhou family monks themselves using light jade, but there were also hundreds of "Qingxin futons" placed on the floor.
This "Pure Heart Futon" is a commonly used auxiliary magical tool for low-level immortal cultivators in their daily meditation practice. It is woven from "Ningshen Grass" and has the effect of clearing the mind and concentrating the mind. Put it here, and naturally the monks of the Zhou family who want to participate in the discussion will all
Able to calm down and think calmly.
But there are so many futons here today that they are definitely not full, because the people participating in this family meeting are all the real elites of the Zhou family. Excluding those who have heavy responsibilities and cannot leave, there are only less than forty people.
"I called all the clan members here today to hold a small family meeting to discuss a few important matters."
"I also know that all the clan members here are busy with family affairs and are pressed for time, so today I will not listen to your report on the family affairs, and directly explain the things to be discussed."
In the meeting hall, Zhou Yang sat cross-legged on a cold jade bed at the top, glanced at the dozens of Zhou family monks sitting cross-legged at the bottom, and opened his mouth to go straight to the topic.
"The first thing is that since my Zhou family has been promoted to the Zifu family, some of the family's outdated rules need to be changed. Yes, I am referring to the issue of being automatically promoted to family elders after being promoted to the ninth level of Qi training.
One thing!"
"The second thing is that the number of monks in our Zhou family is increasing, and we are facing more and more problems. The original regulations of the general affairs hall in charge of the affairs of the whole family are out of date and need to be changed."
"The fourth thing is that as the family gets bigger and bigger, some bad signs have begun to show up. Today I have called you here to ask you to first check and correct yourself, and go back
Later, we will inquire and guide other clan members, and establish a Qingming family tradition of integrity, kindness, diligence, thrift and honesty for my Zhou family!"
He finished what he wanted to say one by one, and then stopped talking and waited for the monks of the Zhou family who were next to carefully reflect on the meaning of what he said.
After waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, he looked at everyone and said: "Now let's talk about the first thing. You all know the situation of this matter. As the family's conditions get better and better, the cultivation level of the family's monks has improved to the level of practicing.
The ninth level of Qi training has become countless times easier than before, so much so that the family now has as many as twenty-two elders of the ninth level of Qi training, and it is expected that there will be many more in the future."
"I don't want to talk about what the ancestors thought when they formulated the system that allows you to be promoted to a family elder by practicing nine levels of Qi. What I just want to tell you is that if this system does not change, as the number of elders increases, the number of elders will increase.
The more there are, the status of the family elder in the hearts of the clan members will definitely become lower and lower in the future, and the status in the eyes of outsiders will also become lower and lower."
"If you, as the elders of the Zhou family, cannot get the respect you deserve in front of outsiders, how can you make people respect the Zhou family? Fear the Zhou family?"
Hearing his words, the faces of some of the Zhou elders present changed slightly, and then some looked thoughtful, and some looked anxious and worried, but no one dared to immediately
say something.
What can be clearly seen is that those who look thoughtful are all people who have been promoted to family elders for more than ten or twenty years.
When these people were promoted to family elders, there were only a few elders in the Zhou family. They truly understood the difference between what family elders represented at that time and what family elders represent now.
Most of those who showed anxious and worried expressions were those who had been promoted to family elders in the past ten years. These people had finally been promoted to family elders and enjoyed the benefits of elders that they had envied before. Naturally, they were worried that Zhou Yang would propose reforms at this time.
The rules for the appointment of family elders will weaken their welfare benefits.
These people did not dare to say anything, but they all looked at the white-haired old woman sitting in the first row in front of her with many foundation-building monks.
The white-haired old woman is Zhou Yuanchun, the current eldest elder of the Zhou family.
As the eldest elder of the Zhou family and the great-granddaughter of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, Zhou Yuanchun is indeed qualified to sit in the same row as those foundation-building monks.
After feeling the gazes of the descendants behind him, Zhou Yuanchun, who was already 118 years old, immediately stood up tremblingly, cupped his hands towards Zhou Yang, and said in a hoarse voice: "This is what you said, clan leader.
We all know that, you’d better express your opinions directly!”
"Sixth sister, you are old, so you should sit down and talk."
Zhou Yang glanced at this white-haired clan sister who had not lived for two years, and his mood was a bit complicated.
After the death of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, most of the inheritance was given to this granddaughter, with the exception of one thing, which was the family contribution points accumulated throughout his life.
Originally, Zhou Minghan had at least 30,000 family contribution points, but before his death, he destroyed all of these family contribution points, leaving nothing behind.
Zhou Yang knew very well the reason why Zhou Minghan did this, that is, he did not want Zhou Yuanchun to exchange the huge contribution points for the Foundation Establishment Pill for her two sons with low-grade spiritual roots.
So when Zhou Yuanchun took the magic weapon and spirit stone left by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan a few years ago and wanted to exchange it with him and his father Zhou Xuanhao for family contribution points, he and Zhou Xuanhao both refused.
Because of this, the relationship between Zhou Yuanchun and them suddenly became quite estranged, and he thought he resented them a little in his heart.
Even so, Zhou Yang didn't think that his father and son had done anything wrong.
The Zhou family has limited resources and cannot waste precious foundation-building pills on Zhou Yuanchun's two mediocre sons.
In fact, as long as her two sons can show other superhuman talents outside of their spiritual roots, Zhou Yang is actually willing to give her a chance.
It's a pity that her two sons don't have this kind of talent, and they are a little spoiled and arrogant. How can Zhou Yang be willing to waste precious foundation-building pills on such unworthy people?
"My opinion is very simple. From now on, family monks can only be promoted to supreme elders when they reach the Zifu stage, and those who succeed in foundation building can be promoted to family elders."
"Of course, foundation-building monks should focus on cultivation and not focus on specific family management. Therefore, the family should also select some people with outstanding relevant abilities among the ninth-level Qi training monks and grant them the position of deacon elder.
, responsible for the management of various family affairs."
"The number of deacons and elders is fixed at seven, divided into meritorious service elders, internal affairs elders, general affairs elders, financial elders, law enforcement elders, security elders, and external affairs elders. Each elder is responsible for one aspect of family affairs management."
"The elders are responsible for managing the Scripture Cave, testing the spiritual roots of the clan members, and teaching the clan members with spiritual roots to practice. The elders of the internal affairs are responsible for reviewing and assessing the promotion and demotion of family personnel, counting the number of monks and mortals in the family, and the cultivation level of the monks.
And the realm of cultivating immortals and hundreds of arts; the general affairs elder is responsible for processing the report applications submitted by the family monks, and is responsible for centrally issuing various family entrusted tasks and private entrusted tasks."
"The financial elder is responsible for auditing and statistics of the family's property income and expenditure, and managing and operating various family properties; the law enforcement elder is of course responsible for the implementation and supervision of family rules and laws; the security elder is naturally responsible for maintaining law and order in the family territory, including removing monsters and capturing monsters
The criminal monk; the foreign affairs elder is mainly responsible for foreign exchanges and trade and introducing outstanding talents to the family."
"These seven deacons and elders have the same status as the family's foundation-building monks. All clan members must salute when they see the elders in public. The welfare offerings each of them receives every year should be increased to 300 contribution points!"
Zhou Yang looked at the Zhou family monks present and said in a loud and deep voice what he had been thinking about for a long time.
For a moment, the entire meeting hall fell silent.
"Seven, seven elders! Isn't this number too small? Patriarch, you want to improve the efficiency of the family, we all understand, but the quota of seven elders, is this number too small?
?If any of the elders goes into seclusion or has an accident, we don’t even have anyone to replace him!"
The person who broke the silence and said this was not Zhou Yuanchun who had just asked the question, but Zhou Yuanpeng, Zhou Yang's younger brother.
Zhou Yuanpeng ranks tenth among his peers and is two years younger than Zhou Yang. Based on the lifespan of a monk in the Qi training period of 120 years, he can live for about ten years.
Moreover, because of his meritorious service in discovering a new mortal food crop "white taro", he once received a special contribution point reward from his family, and he also has a lot of prestige among the current elders of the Zhou family.
"Of course I have considered what you said, Tenth Brother, so what I want to say is that if you want to obtain generous family benefits and gain a superior status, you will naturally have to make sacrifices."
"Therefore, once you become a family elder, you should not think about making any progress on your own path. You must not do such things as seclusion unless it is to recuperate!"
"As for the replacement, this is related to the second thing I want to say next!"
Zhou Yang nodded gently and said, then glanced at the Zhou family elders whose expressions were changing, and then said:
"The second thing is that I want to set up seven management agencies in the family, including the Chuan Gong Hall, the Internal Affairs Hall, the General Affairs Hall, the Xing Hall, the Financial Hall, the Public Security Hall, and the Foreign Affairs Hall. The head of each institution will be a
The corresponding elders will serve, and one or two deputy hall masters will be appointed to assist the hall master in handling affairs within the hall."
"These seven halls are directly responsible to the clan leader and the elders' council. The quota number and personnel recruitment review of each hall will ultimately require the signature of the clan leader to be valid!"
"Those of you, even if you are not capable of becoming elders, can still compete for the position of deputy church leader or deacon. As long as you can join these seven churches, you will all receive a certain amount of position subsidies, ensuring that even if you are over age
After 60, you can continue to receive family welfare points!"