Chapter 3 The Feudal Imperial State in the Twenty-First Century
In the distant Pacific Ocean, there is an inconspicuous archipelago located right on the equator, and something is happening on it that will affect the entire world pattern in the future.
In Chang'an, the capital of the New Tang Dynasty.
A middle-aged man in ancient mourning clothes bowed slightly to an old man who was also wearing mourning clothes and was in good spirits and said: "Elder Ge, the first emperor died, and the incident happened suddenly, but the country must not be without a king for a day, otherwise I am afraid it will cause turmoil in the country, should we set up a new monarch as soon as possible?"
The old man pondered slightly for a while and said: "Of course the new monarch must be established, didn't the first emperor leave an edict before he died, just follow the edict." ”
When the middle-aged man heard the old man's words, he was very anxious, and hurriedly stood up and said again: "But, Ge Lao, that one is the former prince's lineage, who knows if he will turn over the old accounts after he succeeds to the throne, and we don't know who that person is, he doesn't understand the national conditions of our New Tang Dynasty, is it inappropriate to let an outsider be the new king, please think twice." ”
When the old man heard this, he immediately looked angry: "Hmph, Wang Quan, this is the edict of the first emperor, we as courtiers, we should act according to the order, how can you be so arrogant, for the sake of your hard work in the past, I will punish you for half a year, but if you dare to say such a rebellious word, the old man will severely punish the first emperor." ”
When the middle-aged man heard the old man's words, he became even more anxious, looked around, and said to a burly, general-like person next to him: "General, you have something to say, what should we do?"
Apparently he was panicking and didn't know what to do.
The man who looked like a general originally looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, but he didn't expect Wang Quan to be involved with him, so he could only open his eyes, hugged his fist at the tablet of the first emperor and said: "Wang Cifu, please be cautious, the minister is the general of the New Tang Dynasty, and he only listens to His Majesty's will." ”
The implication is that he does not care who succeeds to the throne, he is only responsible to the one who ascends the throne, and does not participate in the canonization of the new king, and the two do not help each other.
"Hmph, erector" The middle-aged man saw that General Liu didn't help him, and he was so anxious that he scolded his mother.
"Wang Quan, Wang Cifu, the old man has already spared you once, and you dare to be so presumptuous, come here, take Wang Quan down to the old man, put him in prison, and wait for the fall. The old man looked genuinely angry this time.
As soon as the old man's voice fell, two golden gourd warriors walked in outside and tied Wang Quan, who struggled and shouted: "What are you doing, what are you doing, do you know who I am?" ”
When the soldiers heard this, they hesitated a little, they didn't know what to do, and they all looked at the old men on the high platform, they were all big people, and they couldn't afford to offend.
"What are you doing in a daze, tying up the old man. The old man commanded again.
"Wow. When the soldiers answered, they no longer hesitated, stepped forward and tied up Wang Quan and dragged him out of the palace.
After all, in this hall, this old man's official position is the highest.
As the saying goes: Xiucai rebels for three years.
Wang Quan didn't expect this ending, and the courtiers in the palace didn't dare to say anything to save the old guy's obscenity, so they said in a fierce voice: "Zhang Xian's old horseman, I am the same minister as you, the old horseman dares to be like this, and he dares to be so ..........."
Although Wang Quan had been dragged out of the main hall, he could still be heard scolding hoarsely outside, but the hall had become extremely quiet now, some people closed their eyes and didn't care, and some people didn't dare to wipe their foreheads in cold sweat, for fear of attracting the old man's attention.
"Hey, the old man is just following the edict of the first emperor, everyone continues to guard the spirit of the first emperor, no need to think about it. "The old man didn't want to escalate the incident.
So he picked it up high and put it down gently.
"General Liu, Tian Cifu, the old man will go to the Central Plains tomorrow to welcome the new monarch back to the dynasty, and the two of you will be responsible for all the affairs in the country, I hope you will not live up to the trust of the first emperor. The old man frowned.
He is loyal to the royal family, of course, he also hopes that the new monarch is a virtuous person, but he doesn't know that person, and that person is a modern society living like outside, I don't know if he can accept the status quo of the New Tang Kingdom, he can't see the future clearly, he doesn't know what will happen in the future, he can only take one step at a time.
And this kind of worry is not the worry of all the courtiers of the New Tang Kingdom, otherwise Wang Quan would not have jumped out, this is actually the idea of many people, but he has come up.
The gun shot the first bird.
General Liu Ming and Tian Jin Cifu said in unison: "Minister, you will live up to the trust of the first emperor." ”
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The two days passed quickly, and on the afternoon of the third day, a phone call completely interrupted Li Quan's peaceful life.
They're coming.
WYN Hotel.
A middle-aged foreigner led a sixty or seventy-year-old man in ancient costume and five bodyguards to stand at the door of the hotel to greet him, and when he saw Li Quan get out of the taxi, he stepped forward and welcomed him in very skilled Chinese: "Mr. Li, hello, just now I called you, let me introduce myself first, my name is William, I am a representative of the British Empire royal family, next to this is Mr. Zhang Xian." ”
"Oh, hello, Mr. Zhang. Li Quan still returned the salute very politely.
Different from William's flattery, this old man named Zhang Xian is very good at cultivating his qi, and he only nodded politely to Li Quan's greeting, but his eyes never left Li Quan, as if he was examining his every move, I don't know if it was Li Quan's illusion.
"Let's go in first. William said.
"Good" Li Quanke is as he pleases.
Speaking of which, he has never been to such a high-end hotel, after all, with such a small salary, how can he come here to spend money in vain.
William took Li Quan and the others to a presidential suite, which had a small conference room, just in time for them to talk about things.
"Mr. Li, it's not clear on the phone, I'll give you a brief introduction to the specific situation this time. William said, pulling out a file bag.
"Okay, please. Li Quan also couldn't wait to know the specific information, after all, the system only told him that he was about to inherit a country, but there was no specific information.
"You have a second grandfather, do you know?" William didn't go into the details, but asked a strange question first.
"Well, the second grandfather, I seem to have heard my father talk about it before, but I heard that my second grandfather died when he was a child. Li Quan said this, but he had already guessed in his heart that it should be this so-called second grandfather who left him a national legacy.
He does have a second grandfather, although the family basically does not mention it, but occasionally I will hear my father talk about it, grandfather's generation, there are still relatively few only children, but his grandfather does have no brothers and sisters, and he moved to Suzhou Province from other places, and his ancestral home is unknown.
When Li Quan was young, his grandfather was still alive, and he also asked the question of where their ancestral home was, but his grandfather always sighed and didn't say anything, and he didn't want to ask about it, and then he didn't take it to heart, and he forgot about it after a long time.
It seems that everything is well arranged.
"Hehe, your second grandfather did not die young, not only did he not die, but he was also the lord of a country. William said enviously.
"What, the lord of a country, are you kidding?" Li Quan pretended to be surprised, acting vividly, he can definitely participate in the birth of the drama spirit.
The reason why he was surprised was because William had only mentioned the inheritance on the phone before, and it would be suspicious if he wasn't surprised at this time.