Zhao An was stunned. What on earth? How did Qianlong become the Old Ancestor of the Green Gang?
If one were to say that Li Wei, the Viceroy of Liangjiang, was the man behind the Green Gang, Zhao An could believe it. Given the territory Li Wei governed and the responsibilities he held, it made sense for him to utilize the Green Gang, a vast grassroots organization. But the idea that Qianlong—the very man who had completely repudiated his father Yongzheng—was also the ultimate mastermind behind the Green Gang was simply too much to digest. Everyone knew that after ascending to the throne, Qianlong had set out to suppress the Green Gang. Logically, it was a profound contradiction.
Seeing the bewildered expression on his newly acquired student’s face—a student who clearly found it impossible to believe that Emperor Qianlong was the Green Gang’s greatest Old Ancestor—Zhang Baofa couldn't help but laugh. He hadn't believed it himself when he first joined.
Chapter 61