Chapters 570 – 571. Making Proposals for Competition.

“I have something to suggest about selecting a successor.”

Lee Jae-won continued with a calm expression on his face.

“As you all know, it has already been a month since the contest was postponed due to an unfortunate incident. If it is delayed any longer, it will be obvious that the candidates will be dissatisfied. Bio suggesting to proceed. What do they think?”

Lee Jae-won opened his mouth while looking around the crowd.

“…”

“…”

After hearing Lee Jae-won’s words, the leaders kept their mouths shut.

It was because I felt uncomfortable accepting his offer so readily.

The family of Ja-Yeop Gu, who was one of the leaders and had the greatest influence, was destroyed.

It was because I had doubts about whether it was right to resume the competition in such a situation.

“I am in favor. If we delay it any longer, the backlash will be strong.”

At that time, Lee Dae-gon, the head of Hwalbindang, who was in a corner, spoke.

“I agree. It’s something that can’t be postponed anytime.”

“I agree too…”

“Me too…”

“Me too..”

Starting with Lee Dae-gon, you and I began to agree with Lee Jae-won’s opinion.

‘The authors…’

Dugwak, Mokgi-dangju, looked at the leaders who had started sympathizing with him with sharp eyes.

All of them were pro-affiliated factions and politicians who lined up each candidate.

‘The scumbags.’

Duguk frowned.

It was because he was angry at the attitude of not caring about the death of a colleague for the sake of power.

“Thank you so much for agreeing with me. It seems I’m not alone.”

Lee Jae-won, who watched the scene, continued with a smile on his lips.

“Then, we will proceed with the succession competition by majority vote.”

Lee Jae-won continued as if he was declaring.

‘Huh.’

Seeing this, the duo sighed inwardly.

It was because the opinions of the minority who were opposed were passed over as if they were not important at all.

In general, the meeting did not unconditionally decide on the agenda on the agenda.

The essence of a meeting is to find more points of agreement through mutual discussion.

But to drive it to a majority vote like this and get my argument carried through?

How can I not laugh out loud?

‘This guy and that guy are all the same.’

He thought.

He said that the group called Cheonmu-maeng is a shallower group than he imagined.

“Anyway, since that’s been the case, I’d like you to give your opinion on how to proceed with the contest. It’s the right thing to come to an agreement on this through a meeting rather than my own.”

Lee Jae-won looked around at the crowd with a relaxed expression on his face and continued.

“…”

But even after his words were finished, no one said a word.

This was because interest in the succession competition had been pushed to the back burner due to a series of big events, such as the Daejabo incident and the Goo family family extinction incident.

“You have no opinions?”

When they didn’t say anything, Lee Jae-won continued with a disappointed expression on his face.

“Anyway, it seems that the only person who has thought of something is the Bone Lord.”

Lee Jae-won shook his head slightly and opened his mouth.

“Master, then, have you thought about the competition?”

Hwalbindang Lee Dae-gon asked the main lord as if he was curious.

It was a very intentional question.

“It’s not that I haven’t thought about it… It’s about determining the successor of the proud Cheonmu-maeng, so how could I not have any thoughts? These days, Maeng-nae is so cluttered that he’s been sparing his words, but there are various things I’ve been thinking about. “
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Lee Jae-won continued with a shy expression on his face.

“As expected, the Lord of the Rings has a deep insight. I admired it.”

Lee Dae-gon opened his mouth with a look of admiration.

“It’s no big deal. As a leader, isn’t it natural?”

Lee Jae-won received the words with trembling humility.

“It’s not a big deal, isn’t it something nobody here thought of?”

Haha… This head of the family is putting gold on the face of the leader he saw.”

Hearing Lee Dae-gon’s words, Lee Jae-won waved his hand and opened his mouth.

However, a deep smile appeared on his lips as if he did not hate his praise.

‘You will be promoted after this succession competition.’

And he thought

He said that he would definitely promote Lee Dae-gon, who has a sweet mouth like honey, after the competition is over.

“I’m serious, not gilding. Heh heh heh. By the way, I’m very curious what kind of contest the Lord of the Lords had in mind.”

Lee Dae-gon looked at Lee Jae-won with curious eyes and opened his mouth.

“Now that you say that, then I’ll start by talking about my plan. It seems like there are no other opinions.”

“You’re right. It would be much better to listen to the leader’s opinion than to wrap your head around it.”

Lee Dae-gon shook his head and agreed with Lee Jae-won.

The word gansin seemed to fit perfectly.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about this competition. To determine which talent has the right qualities to be the next Heavenly Warlord. At first, I thought it might be better to compete with a high force. It’s a strong force. It was because I thought it was a virtue that a lord of the Heavenly Armed Forces should have.”

Lee Jae-won continued with a calm expression on his face.

“It’s not like that. Armed power is the basic quality that a leader should have.”

Lee Dae-gon continued his speech with a cheer.

“But when I thought about it again, I thought that armed force might not be everything. In a way, isn’t the position of the Heavenly Armed Lord the manager who runs the organization? I think that the operation and management of the organization is also a virtue of the Heavenly Armed Lord.”

“It’s not wrong. In order to lead a huge group called the Armed Forces, not only military force, but also operational and management skills are essential.”

“But again, as time passed, I realized that there are other important things besides military power and operational and management skills.”

Lee Jae-won opened his mouth with an infinitely serious expression.

“What is it?”

“That’s just agreement and righteousness.”

“Are you talking about agreement?”

“That’s right. What is the founding ideology of our Cheonmu-maeng? Isn’t it a gathering of councilors who do not see, hear, or do anything other than cooperation? .”

Lee Jae-won spoke in a calm tone.

“That’s why the leader wants to propose to you different contests on these three themes.”

“Are they different competitions?”

Lee Dae-gon asked Lee Jae-won with a suspicious look on his face.

“It’s simple. The competition for military power, the competition for operational ability, and the competition for consultation will be held differently.”

Lee Jae-won spoke in a calm tone.

“In each contest, the candidate with the highest overall score is selected as the final successor.”

“But if it’s a rivalry like that for the leader, an halfway candidate can become the successor.”
At that time, Dangju Dugwak, who had been silent, raised his hand and retorted.

Because I couldn’t understand that kind of competition.

“It’s not halfway. I just want to elect a successor who possesses all abilities above average.”

Lee Jae-won continued with a calm expression on his face.

‘You fucking bastard, don’t you know you’re almighty? All-rounder?’

Of course, on the inside, he was spitting out swearing at Dugwak, who was arguing against him.

“I’m against it. An exceptional talent would be better than this one with such mediocre abilities.”

“Tsuttuk … Mokgi dangju has a very old-fashioned way of thinking.”

‘Lee Jae-won clicked his tongue lightly and continued.

“In this day and age, how can you say that you are exceptionally talented just because you are good at one thing? A person who can do anything can be said to be a typical talent that this era and this Cheonmu-maeng want.”

“If you say you can do everything, doesn’t that mean you have a shallow depth? How can a person with a shallow depth manage and lead an organization?”

Dugwak continued his speech with an expression of incomprehension.

Having wide feet in many fields meant that the depth was shallow.

But how can a person with a shallow depth be able to properly perform the leadership role?

It was absurd.

“The position of leader is to coordinate, mediate, manage, and operate various organizations. Rather, it is said that breadth is more important than depth.”

Jaewon Lee refuted Dugwak’s words, slightly furrowing his eyebrows.

It was because I was a little annoyed with his continued resistance.

‘Ah, there are so many bastards.’

Jaewon Lee thought.

He said that he would sooner or later deal with the prickly bastard in front of him.

“I can’t understand!”

Du Guo raised his voice and shouted.

“Don’t you guys think so too?”

Then he looked around at his audience and continued.

“…”

“…”

However, no one was willing to agree with his words except for a few few people.

It was because most of the candidates lining up were actively in favor of Lee Jae-won’s proposal.

Currently, the succession competition was going very favorably for Lee Ye-seol.

It was because he had Jang Seon-woo, who had subdued the Yongbong, who were said to be the best players in Moorim, at once.

However, in such a situation, the leader suggested not only military force but also other contests.

How could you not welcome it with open arms?

If it wasn’t limited to force, there was a good chance.

The odds are that the candidate they support will win.

“Anyway, those who agree with the opinions of the two heads seem to be in the minority.”

Lee Jae-won smiled softly and continued.

“…”

Dump

Upon hearing this, Du Guo frowned and sat down.

It was because he realized that the initiative had completely passed to Lee Jae-won.

In this situation, he is unlikely to listen to anything he has to say.

“Thank you for understanding. Dudangju.”

Lee Jae-won looked at the outline and then thanked him.

With a very mischievous smile.

‘…You son of a bitch.’

Faced with that ironic smile, Dugwak spat out curse words inwardly.

It was because I was annoyed at that mocking look.

“Anyway, since the others seem to have agreed, let’s talk about the competition.”

Lee Jae-won, after roughly summarizing the situation, slowly opened his mouth.

“The competition for military power will be directly supervised by the head of the clan, and they will be evaluated.”

“What do you mean? Lord?”

Hearing his words, Lee Dae-gon opened his eyes wide as if surprised and asked him.

“If it is decided simply by fighting between candidates, there may be cases where you get a high score not by military force, but by Daejin-un.

Lee Jae-won spoke in a calm tone.

“But Lord, there are more than 20 people who have participated in the succession competition this time. But how can you evaluate them one by one?”

Lee Dae-gon continued his speech with an expression of incomprehension.

In this succession competition, not only Lee Jae-won’s children, but also many people from the old school or small and medium-sized families participated.

In such a situation, Lee Jae-won’s words that he would do the dance every day felt so unrealistic.

“I think it’s something we have to bear enough for a fair evaluation.”

In response to his question, Lee Jae-won continued with a very calm expression on his face.

“…But..”

Lee Dae-gon continued with a worried expression on his face.

There were more than twenty candidates participating.

If you include the late exponents who support them, there are more than 100 people.

I couldn’t help but worry that the leader alone would handle that number of people.

“Don’t worry too much. The Bone Lord has the undeserved honor of being the first person in the world. Although he is old, he will not be pushed back by the newly sprouted latter ranks.”

Lee Jae-Won continued his speech with a presumptuous expression on his face.

It was an expression of self-importance.

“I object.”

At that time, Heo Sam-gwan, the head of the Beatitudes, who had been sitting silently, spoke slowly.

“…Tell me.”

Lee Jae-won asked him with a casual expression on his face.

“Certainly, there is a point in what the leader said. If the competition is judged by the fighting between the candidates, luck, not ability, will surely determine the outcome. But I don’t think it’s right for the leader to make an arbitrary evaluation. “

Heo San-gwan continued to speak with his eyes twinkling.

“Why do you think so?”

Lee Jae-won continued to speak with an expression as if he did not know.

“If the Lord of the Lords was to give an arbitrary evaluation, wouldn’t he be able to give a high score to the candidate he wants?”

“Are you doubting the fairness of the leader you just saw?”

Lee Jae-won asked him back with a displeased look on his face.

“It can’t be. It means that others other than me might see it that way.”

At Lee Jae-won’s seemingly unpleasant question, Heo Sam-gwan continued with a smirk on his face.

‘Haa, I fucking want to explode my fucking head.’

Seeing this, Lee Jae-won felt the desire to kill soar.

Because that smirking attitude was very irritating.