Chapter IV: Lawful Inheritance of the New Tang Dynasty
"Hey, the first emperor just died three days ago, but the first emperor has no children under his knees, and only your grandfather has a brother, after knowing that you are the eldest grandson of the Li family, the first emperor passed the throne to you before his death, I hope you can return to China with the old minister as soon as possible to inherit the throne, after all, the country cannot be without a king for a day. At this time, the old man Zhang Xian finally spoke.
"Eh, Mr. Zhang, who is my second grandfather?" Li Quan said curiously.
"The old minister's surname is Zhang, his name is Xian, and his name is Zhan, and he is now serving as the first assistant of the cabinet. Zhang Xian introduced himself.
The first assistant of the cabinet, amazing, one person under ten thousand people.
"I've seen Zhang Ge Lao, I don't know you, oh, it's us, what country are we?" Li Quan asked bluntly, not embarrassed, and the honorific title of Ge Lao was seen in the TV series, so it shouldn't be rude to think about it.
Zhang Xian's first impression of Li Quan is still good, so he knows everything:
"As the heir, you should know the origin of our country, so I will tell you about it in general, and I will talk about it after we return to China. ”
"The name of the country is the New Tang Dynasty, the Tang is the Tang of the Tang Dynasty, the New Tang Dynasty royal family is the lineage of the Xuanwu Gate that was transformed into the prince, and a few nobles in the country are also the descendants of the East Palace ministers who built the prince, and some are people with lofty ideals who joined our cause later.
Our ancestors were determined to support orthodoxy at first, but then they didn't expect that even the Tang Dynasty was gone, and our ancestors almost fell apart for a while, because the goal that people had been fighting for for several lifetimes was gone.
Everyone was very hesitant, but fortunately, everyone cheered up later and found a new goal, that is, to aspire to restore the country, and this ambition has continued for more than a thousand years, and the ancestors have never given up.
It is a pity that with the passage of time, the hope of recovering the country became more and more slim, until more than 100 years ago, our ancestors finally gave up the unrealistic idea of restoring the country in the Central Plains, and chose to re-establish the country overseas and continue the national ancestry, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of the last wishes of our ancestors.
At that time, at the same time, Gaozu inadvertently rescued several important members of the British royal family, and had a life-saving grace for them, and they agreed to fulfill a wish of Gaozu in order to repay the kindness, but Gaozu was open-minded and unwilling to accept their gifts.
So Gao Zu spent half of the money saved by his ancestors for many years to buy a piece of land from them, which is now the New Tang Islands, which was known as the Devil's Sea at that time, with no people, no good harbors, and no main shipping lanes.
The money spent by Gaozu has far exceeded the value of the New Tang Islands themselves, and the members of the British royal family may feel that they have not repaid their favor and made money, so they are very embarrassed, so they promised to protect the New Tang Dynasty, which was still extremely weak at that time, from foreign enemies for a hundred years.
In this context, the New Tang Dynasty is officially restored, and it has been one hundred and thirty-six years since the New Tang Dynasty. ”
Li Quan didn't expect that this New Tang Kingdom would have such a legendary origin, and he didn't know if it was systematically arranged, after all, he had never heard of such a feudal country on Shui Lanxing before.
And William on the side heard Zhang Xian's explanation, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't know what the reason was.
"System, is this what you arranged?" Li Quan said silently in his heart, without any change on the surface, with a paralyzed expression.
But Zhang Xian thinks that this is a sign of Li Quan's maturity and stability, and his mood is not good.
"Yes and no. "The system pretends to be mysterious.
"What's the explanation?" Li Quan was even more puzzled.
"There is indeed such a miniature country in this world itself, and it does have something to do with your family, your grandfather is a former prince, but he failed in the struggle for the throne, your second grandfather is a little softer than Li Shimin, so he let your grandfather leave, asking him never to return to China, your grandfather did this, and later met your current grandmother who no longer thinks about the things before, and lives an ordinary life in Su Province. ”
"It's just that people are not as good as heaven, your second grandfather has no children in his life, and he faces the problem of succession to the throne before he dies, although he has conflicts with your grandfather, but he also doesn't want the throne to fall to others, my role is to help him know that there is your existence, don't look at your second grandfather is the head of a country, but the strength of that small country is weak and pitiful, without me, he can't find you in a short time. ”
"Then why me, not my dad, should be passed on to my dad first?" Li Quan said curiously.
"Pass it to your father, what else is going on with you, I only conveyed information about you, and your second grandfather only knew about the existence of you, a nephew, and it was that simple. The system explained.
After listening to the system's explanation, Li Quan was speechless for a long time, feelings, he is really a relative of the emperor, but, in other words, the tradition of the old Li family's brothers fighting for each other has been inherited very well, and it has not changed for thousands of years.
It's really fucking blood, but fortunately, in the end, it was cheaper, and I think that if grandpa is still alive, he will be gratified.
"System, you won't choose me for this reason, right?" Don't blame Li Quan for thinking wildly, this is the only possible answer, otherwise he doesn't have anything peculiar.
"If you think like that, you'll feel better, that's fine. ”
It's okay to call it, it's really perfunctory, but Li Quan is no longer entangled in this problem, no matter what, he is the biggest beneficiary, what else is there to complain about.
"Mr. Li, this is an inheritance contract, you can sign it if you look at it, no problem. William saw that Li Quan seemed to have deserted, and reminded him at the right time.
Li Quan carefully read the contract, and under the inspection of the system, he officially signed the contract, and at the same time, he officially owned the inheritance of a country.
As for why the succession to the throne of such a sovereign country as the New Tang Dynasty needs to sign this inheritance contract, it is because at present, Britain is still nominally the suzerainty of the New Tang Dynasty.
But only in name, they can't oppose the choice of the new Tang Dynasty to become the king, otherwise the new Tang Dynasty can break away from them at any time, after all, the two countries are far apart, and Britain is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets a hundred years ago.
What's more, their royal strength has plummeted, and normal means can't deter New Tang at all.
"Ding! The Super Emperor system has been officially launched, binding the New Tang Kingdom. The voice of the system came again, no wonder I looked at this system before, it didn't seem to have any function, it turned out that it needed to start the condition.
"Your Majesty, the old minister. ”
Waiting for Li Quan to sign the contract, Zhang Xian hurriedly knelt down and bowed.
"Here, please get up quickly. Li Quan hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Xian, the old man, who was so old, knelt down for himself, and was not afraid of folding his own life, it seems that he has not yet gotten used to the living habits of this feudal imperial country.
"The old minister obeyed. ”
"Congratulations, Mr. Li, you are the lord of a country. William said enviously, even if the country is small, it is a sovereign country, and it is also a king with real power, which is something that their British royal family dreams of now.
"Thank you, Mr. William, if Mr. William is free, welcome to the New Tang Dynasty, I will definitely entertain you at that time. "Li Quan did not become arrogant because of his change in status.
"Then thank you Mr. Li for the invitation, I will definitely go if I have the opportunity. William said meaningfully.