After the word "reform" came out of Zhou Guangxiang's mouth, all the monks in the Zhou family's meeting hall were refreshed.
Regarding the reason for holding this family meeting, before the meeting officially started, the monks of the Zhou family who gathered at Chihu Mountain made various guesses, and even tried their best to get information from elder monks and close friends of the same clan.
Of course they got nothing.
Before Zhou Yang actually announced the reform plan, only he and Zhou Guangxiang in the entire Zhou family knew about the plan. Others, such as their Taoist companions Xiao Ying and Liu Xuanxuan, only vaguely felt that they were planning a big thing.
Don't know the specific content.
So now when they suddenly saw the patriarch Zhou Guangxiang saluting Zhou Yang so solemnly and respectfully and saying these words, the monks of the Zhou family in the meeting hall immediately realized that the real highlight of this family meeting was coming.
Sure enough, as Zhou Guangxiang finished speaking, Zhou Yang immediately stood up and walked to the main seat to sit down. Then a divine light flashed in his eyes, and he majestically scanned the eight hundred Zhou family monks in the hall.
For a moment, all the Zhou family monks in the audience felt their hearts tightening. Everyone felt that Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the family, was staring at them. They all lowered their heads and did not dare to look into Zhou Yang's eyes. Even those who built the foundation
Monks are no exception.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but nodded slightly, looked at everyone with satisfaction and said in a deep voice: "What I want to talk about today is a major event related to the prosperity and decline of the Zhou family, and one that will affect all Zhou family monks.
A major event that will affect the Zhou family for thousands or thousands of years in the future!"
"So you all cheer up and listen carefully, listen clearly!"
call!
There was a loud sound of inhaling, and as soon as Zhou Yang finished speaking, all the Zhou family monks in the hall couldn't help but take a breath, and then waited with bated breath for him to say those shocking words.
You must know that Zhou Yang has never said such words in such a solemn tone since the Zhou family held such a large family meeting.
Therefore, regardless of those Zhou family monks who participated in this kind of family meeting for the first time, some older Zhou family monks who have participated in this kind of family meeting many times already knew that what Zhou Yang said next must be earth-shattering.
talk.
Zhou Yang did not keep these tribesmen waiting. After he finished speaking for a while, he looked at everyone and spoke in a deep voice of his long-planned reform plan.
"In view of the increasing size of the family's territory and the increasing number of family monks, the original system of the patriarch and the seven elders co-ruling the family can no longer perfectly maintain the family's operation. After careful consideration, I have decided to separate the family!"
"Family division means dividing the family into main line and branch lines based on bloodline. The descendants of Guangxiang and me will be counted as main line monks in the future. From now on, the position of patriarch of the Zhou family can only be held by main line monks.
, the family inheritance treasure house can only be opened by monks with the bloodline of the main line monks!"
"Lingxi Peak and Chihu Mountain will be the inherent territorial assets of the main line. Only 30% of the income generated will be handed over to the family, and the rest will belong to the main line."
"As for branches, any existing foundation-building monks in the family can apply to the family to establish a branch for free, and obtain a third-level spiritual mountain as the branch's inherent territory. The income generated from the inherent territory also only needs to be handed over 50% to the family.
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"The founder of a branch can be called the head of the family, and has the same power as the clan leader over the monks of the branch. He can establish a branch treasure house to store all the property of the branch. He can establish a branch family elders meeting to discuss the internal affairs of the branch. He can also make some decisions that are not related to the current clan of the family.
If the family rules conflict with the family rules, the branch monks who violate the family rules will be punished."
"What needs to be made clear is that no matter whether it is a main line monk or a branch line monk, after owning a fixed territory, they will no longer enjoy the benefits of family worship, and they will not be able to hold the position of family deacon or elder. However, after establishing the foundation, they can still obtain the status of family elder and obtain
The right to participate in family affairs, and continue to enjoy all the rights of a family monk except receiving fixed benefits and enshrinement."
"At the same time, if the main line monks and branch lineage monks find that they have opened up a new territory, as long as they continue to hand over the income from the territory to the family, the territory will be protected by the family. If they hand over the new territory to the family, they can obtain a large amount of contribution points and spiritual energy from the family.
stone reward.”
"Also, the main line and branch lines are not static. Any monk with the blood of my Zhou family, as long as his cultivation reaches the golden elixir stage, he and his descendants can be merged into the main line and become main line monks.
Enjoy all the rights of the main lineage monks."
"Similarly, in the future, after any family monks other than the main line successfully build a foundation, they can apply to the family to establish a branch line by spending 100,000 family contribution points, and receive a spiritual mountain from the family as the base of the branch line."
"Finally, if the monks of the main line and the monks of the branch do not enjoy the benefits of the family, and do not join the various halls of the family to receive family job benefits, they are not required to complete relevant tasks without being assigned by the family's internal affairs hall and general affairs hall. However, if they violate the clan rules, or
In the event of a war, you still need to obey the punishment and recruitment of the family law enforcement hall and war hall."
"As for other non-mainline and branch monks, the original benefits and benefits remain unchanged, and their positions remain unchanged. They can still receive various tasks from the family as usual. At the same time, they can also receive various additional tasks issued by mainline monks and branch monks.
remuneration."
Zhou Yang looked down at all the Zhou family members sitting in rows under the stage, and his powerful voice resounded throughout the meeting hall.
And his words, like thunder, suddenly exploded from the minds of all Zhou family monks who had no prior knowledge, shocking these people to the point where their scalps exploded and they were dumbfounded.
Before this, no one would have thought that he, the Supreme Elder who single-handedly created the glorious Zhou family today, would openly bring up the topic of family separation in front of most of the monks in the clan.
So after he said these words, everyone was confused, dumbfounded, and stunned and didn't know what to do.
Even those monks in the foundation building stage are the same.
Zhou Yang did not rush these people, but waited patiently for them to digest this shocking news.
After waiting like this for about half a quarter of an hour, an elder from the Zhou family finally came to his senses first and asked a question.
"I dare to ask the Supreme Elder, why is it that my Zhou family is at its peak now? Why do you suddenly have such an idea of dividing the family?"
"There are so many immortal cultivating families in our Boundless Sand Sea Immortal Cultivation World. Every family is afraid that the family territory is not big enough and the population is not large enough. They are trying their best to bring the family monks together to achieve things together. Once our Zhou family is separated, wouldn't it mean that
Give those people a chance?"
The elder Zhou who asked the question was none other than Zhou Guangqing, who is considered to be the oldest among the elders of the Zhou family.
Zhou Guangqing is also an old man of the Zhou family who has experienced many family meetings. When Tan Qiu, the first generation foreign affairs elder of the Zhou family, proposed that he could use the Foundation Establishment Pill to attract outside genius monks to join the Zhou family, all the monks in the Zhou family collectively opposed it, causing Zhou Yang to take this
He has also experienced the rejection of opinions personally.
That's why he dared to stand up and question Zhou Yang's decision at this time, and dared to ask the doubts in his heart.
"Guangqing, your two questions can actually be answered together."
"It is precisely because the Boundless Sand Sea Immortal Cultivation World has never had a family as prosperous as our Zhou family in the past two thousand years, that other families have not encountered the bottlenecks and difficulties that our Zhou family is currently facing, and that is why there will be no separation of families.
idea."
"But what I want to tell you is that any thousand-year-old clan that has been inherited for thousands of years and has golden elixir-level monks, a large number of purple mansion monks, and foundation-building monks are in charge, there must be a main line and a branch line in the family!"
"And I want to correct your thinking. Splitting the family will not weaken the Zhou family. On the contrary, it will make the Zhou family more prosperous and powerful as time goes by!"
"You should keep in mind that no matter when, no matter where you are, you are a member of the Zhou family. As long as you have not made a big mistake or done anything treasonous and evil, no one, even me, can
Even as an elder, I have no right to deprive you of the honor of being monks of the Zhou family, and of the surname that brings you glory!"
Zhou Yang looked solemnly at Zhou Guangqing, who was full of confusion in the audience, and responded to his questions in a loud voice.
After he said this, the monks of the Zhou family in the hall were also stunned, and couldn't help but lower their heads and ponder the profound meaning of his words.
After a while of this, a monk from the Zhou family mustered up the courage to stand up and ask:
"Then I dare to ask the clan leader. According to what you just said, the main line and the branch lines will occupy the family's existing spiritual mountains as their inherent territory. So what should be done with the various treasures that originally belonged to the family on these spiritual mountains and the treasures in the existing family treasure house?
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"Can we non-mainline branch monks who originally lived and practiced on these spiritual mountains have no choice but to move to other remote and barren low-level spiritual mountains to practice?"
Zhou Yang looked down and saw that the person who asked this question was actually the financial elder who had previously reported on the Zhou family's financial situation.
From the financial report just now, he found that this person's business level was quite high, and the words he asked now showed that he had a keen sense of thinking that ordinary people did not have.
It's a talent!
He nodded secretly in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "This is a good question. What I can explain to you here is that except for the [Condensing Yuan Fruit] tree, which is still a spiritual object owned by the family, the rest of the things that have been planted are
The property rights of elixirs, spiritual fruits, and raised spiritual beasts within fifty years will still belong to the family, and after fifty years they will belong to the main line and branch lines."
"As for you monks who live on the spiritual mountains owned by the branches of the main line, your right of residence can continue until your lifespan is exhausted or you die, and your descendants can no longer inherit it. At the same time, the monks of the main line and the branch monks are not allowed to return.
Other families settled in Lingshan."
"Furthermore, among the fifth-level spiritual mountains and fourth-level spiritual mountains owned by the main line, ten caves must be set aside for each spiritual mountain to be managed by the family and used for retreat by some tribesmen who need to retreat to break through the realm."
"If a clan member definitely wants to live on the Lingshan Mountain where the main line or the branch line belongs, they can negotiate with their family head on their own, or use the spirit stone and the family head's contribution points as rent, or rent it with work, help with farming, and raise spiritual animals.
In exchange for residency.”
"There are also those family elders who are unwilling to establish branch lines after successful foundation building. They can also build caves and settle on any spiritual mountain owned by the main line and branch lines. This is the prerogative of the family elders."
"The last step is the disposal of the treasures in the family's existing treasure house. For these treasures, all fourth-level treasures and above will be transferred into the family inheritance treasure house after it is completed. Their ownership will still belong to the family. If any family monk wants to redeem it, he can ask the patriarch
Apply for redemption.”
"Treasures below the fourth level are still stored in ordinary treasure houses and are managed by the family finance hall. The rules for exchanging treasures remain as usual."