Wang Daoyuan didn't want to be the patriarch. Although the family's affairs were all managed by the Great Elder, the patriarch didn't have much to manage. However, most of the family's affairs required the patriarch to personally decide.
From the relationship with other families to the work that each family member had to do, the patriarch had to know everything.
Otherwise, if he made a wrong decision, the entire family would be unlucky.
He cultivated the Five Spirit Immortal Art and would need to spend a lot of time looking for the other three types of spirit fire.
After becoming the patriarch, he would have a lot of affairs to deal with and wouldn't be able to go out for a long time.
Therefore, it was best for someone else to be the patriarch and for him to come up with ideas.
Therefore, after the patriarch finished speaking, he immediately said, "Patriarch, don't bring me along. I don't want to be the patriarch. It's better to let the Twelfth Uncle be the patriarch.
My strength is in finding spirit objects. If I become the patriarch, there will be a lot of affairs waiting for me all day. How can I search for spirit objects?
There's also a secret that I've been hiding from everyone.
In addition to being a second-rank middle-grade spirit talisman master, I'm also a second-rank high-grade alchemist. Where would I find the time to manage the family's affairs? "
As soon as these words came out, before anyone could react, Seventh Uncle Wang Shouhong stood up excitedly and asked, "Is this true? Are you really a second-rank high-grade alchemist? "
Wang Daoyuan smiled but didn't answer. He directly took out a stalk of Dew Congealing Grass that he had harvested and stored for a long time.
In his hand, he condensed a ball of flame with fire attribute spirit energy and roasted the Dew Congealing Grass to extract its essence.
After a few dozen breaths, the Dew Congealing Grass turned into a pile of ashes. Wang Daoyuan's hand had an additional ball of transparent liquid the size of a longan. It was the essence of the Dew Congealing Grass.
He smiled at Wang Shouhong and said, "Seventh Uncle, do you think my skills are okay? If you still don't believe me, I can refine a furnace of Essence Condensing Pills with my bare hands. "
Wang Shouhong shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "No need. Just this method of extracting the essence is much better than mine. He's at least a second-rank middle-grade alchemist.
In addition, he doesn't use an alchemy furnace and extracts the essence of spirit herbs with his bare hands. His level is even higher. He should be a second-rank high-grade alchemist. "
The other elders were laymen in the field of alchemy, so they couldn't tell whether it was good or bad. Since Wang Shouhong, an alchemist, said it was amazing, then it was really amazing.
The Patriarch thought for a long time and said, "I thought that since you have made such a great contribution, when you become the Patriarch, everything in the clan will be handed over to you. You can take whatever you want.
Since you don't want it, then I'll have to properly count your contributions.
Before I abdicate, I'll make one final decision. You'll get 30% of the benefits from your contributions to the family. This is what you should be given according to the family rules.
For those that need to be kept secret, half of the profits will go to you.
Whether you want it or not, the family will keep it for you. You can use it whenever you want.
You can do whatever you want with these Spirit Stones. You can even throw them into the river.
Also, you can't just ignore everything.
Pick a position yourself. While I'm still the patriarch, I can promise you that you can have any position you want. "
Wang Daoyuan was very satisfied that he didn't need to be the patriarch and didn't need to be restrained.
He pondered for a long time and said, "Patriarch, since you mentioned the issue of the family rules, I'll talk about my views on them.
I just want to say that the rules of our Wang Clan and the vast majority of other clans are simply terrible.
I've always wanted to reform the family rules, but I was busy with the matter of building my foundation and didn't have time to care about these things.
Since Patriarch wants me to pick a position, I'll pick a position that can propose reforms for the family. "
Ninth Great Uncle said, "The rules of all the clans I know are more or less the same. Everyone is like this."
Wang Daoyuan replied, "The biggest problem is that everyone is like this. It shows that no one is making changes.
There is nothing perfect in this world, and the same goes for the clan rules. There are always loopholes that can't be fixed no matter how much you fix them.
Every loophole in the clan rules, once discovered and exploited, will cause harm to the clan.
If this loophole isn't fixed, then the damage it causes will accumulate, and the damage to the clan will become greater and greater until it can destroy the entire clan.
Only by constantly patching up the loopholes can the clan have a chance of surviving.
As far as I know, there isn't a single clan in the State of Zhao that can surpass ten thousand years. Even in the whole of Beiyuan Xiuxian, there isn't a clan with ten thousand years of history.
There are very few clans with more than a thousand years of history. Most of the clans are gone in a few hundred years.
One or two clans can be said to be an accident, but if all the clans are like this, then all the clans have made similar mistakes.
This similar mistake is the clan rules. "
The Patriarch nodded and said, "Since you want this position, then I'll give it to you. I'll appoint you as the reform elder. In the future, you'll be in charge of changing the clan rules.
Since Dao Yuan isn't willing to be the Patriarch, then Shouye will be.
Dao Yuan, tell us roughly how to change it. According to you, the clan rules are related to the life and death of the clan. We have to know how you want to change it. "
Wang Daoyuan replied, "Since we're all in the upper echelons of the clan, then we'll change it from top to bottom. We'll start with the elders.
First of all, there's a problem with the selection of elders.
If one's cultivation reaches the peak of Qi Refining, or one of the hundred arts of cultivation reaches the second level, then one can become an elder.
These people can make more contributions to the clan, so it's understandable for them to become elders.
But those who don't have good cultivation talent and aren't good at the hundred arts of cultivation don't mean that they can't make great contributions to the clan.
For example, the Tenth Granduncle has been running the store for many years. His contributions aren't any less than those of you sitting here, maybe even more.
However, he can't become an elder. This is unfair to him.
Therefore, I feel that when promoting an elder, we can't just look at the cultivation level and the hundred arts of cultivation, but also at the actual contribution.
If you're a good shopkeeper, you can also become an elder. "
Everyone nodded. What he said was indeed reasonable.
In the hundreds of years of the clan's history, there were more than one or two people like Wang Zhihe.
They had devoted their whole lives to the clan and made greater contributions than many elders, but they didn't have the chance to become an elder. This was unfair to them.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Wang Daoyuan continued, "Also, the authority of each elder must be changed.
The current situation is that most of the clan's affairs are placed on the First Elder and the Patriarch.
If the other elders have something to do, they can just send it to the First Elder.
Then, the Patriarch makes decisions and the First Elder executes them.
The Patriarch and the First Elder have endless work to do, while the other elders have nothing to do.
Therefore, my suggestion is to classify the clan's affairs.
Mining, spiritual plants, alchemy, raising spiritual beasts, transportation, trading, finance, and so on, set up an elder for each.
Under each elder, set up a few stewards.
Of course, it's more or less like this now, but the authority of the elders and stewards can't be separated.
In the future, the daily affairs of all aspects will be decided by the elders and executed by the stewards.
The First Elder will be directly in charge of the elders and stewards. If they do well, the First Elder will reward them. If they don't, the First Elder will punish them.
The First Elder will also be in charge of the appointment and dismissal of personnel. The appointment and dismissal of each steward position will be decided by the First Elder and the Elders directly under the stewards.
The major affairs will be decided by the Patriarch and the Elders after discussion. If there's a big disagreement, the Patriarch will make the final decision.
The Patriarch has the highest authority to appoint, dismiss, reward, and punish. He has the right to overturn the decisions of the First Elder and the Elders.
In this way, many things can be dealt with quickly, and the efficiency will be much higher. "
The system was compatible with the production level, and all cultivators were regarded as mortals. The production level of Beiyuan Xiuxian was very similar to that of the feudal imperial era of Huaxia in his previous life.
The structure proposed by Wang Daoyuan was also a simplified version of the Three Provinces and Six Ministries System. Some modifications were made, and a layer of the clan's skin was put on.
Each elder was equivalent to the Minister of the Six Ministries, the First Elder was equivalent to the Prime Minister, and the Patriarch was equivalent to the Emperor.
Because the number of cultivators in the clan was limited, they couldn't support too much of a frame. The current simplified version was enough.
In the future, they would make changes according to the actual situation of the clan.
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