Chapter 205, Zhao Xincheng
What is meant by "decent" has been said differently in different eras.
For example, in Pan Long's previous life, if a person is said to be "decent", it must be because he has outstanding performance in science and technology, culture, sports, etc., and has been appreciated and praised by many people.
Among Pan Long's friends, there are really several decent people.
For example, there is a friend who studied history, and in his middle age, he spent about 30 years in economically backward areas, mediating ethnic conflicts caused by history, religion and other reasons, and won the Grand Federation Humanities Medal at the age of 60......
Pan Long was older than him and died before the results of his development came out. If the two worlds had the same speed of time, they should have reached the constellation Centauri by now and established the first permanent residence outside the solar system in the history of human civilization, right?
When the brother died, it was estimated that the federal news would have dedicated him with a memoir of at least ten minutes......
That's so decent!
Of course, you don't have to be so awesome to be decent. At the beginning, there was an old man in their community, who was enthusiastic about public welfare in the community for decades, helping you today and helping him tomorrow.
When the old man was 120 years old, the community specially painted a mural for him that took up the entire wall, called "The Sixtieth Nail Reopens, Warms the World".
That's pretty decent!
Pan Long thought of it again.
I didn't get such treatment in my previous life, at the memorial service, in addition to my own children and grandchildren, who else will come?
Probably not......
Thinking about it this way, my previous life was really not decent enough.
And the "decency" of the Kyushu world is quite different from the previous life.
The decency of this world pays more attention to "death".
When a person dies, it is decent, clean, neat, and beautiful.
As for what this person has done in his life, whether he is enthusiastic about helping others, selfish and greedy, virtuous and respectable, or notorious...... It doesn't matter.
As long as you die beautifully, then you are decent.
This "decent" requirement is much lower and easier than in Pan Long's previous life.
Specific to Zhao Xianda, it is probably ...... After Pan Long killed him, he needed to take his body to the mountain and sea map, clean it up, make it neat, preferably with a ruddy face and a smile, and immediately push it out and go straight to the memorial service venue.
This is Zhao Xincheng's request.
This is not a high requirement, as long as you don't miss and beat him to ashes, even if he is blasted into meat sauce, he can be put back together.
For a real person who can control his power in the smallest detail, as long as he fills in some small details, he can indeed reassemble a lump of meat sauce to look like a human again, and it doesn't take much time.
Of course, Zhao Xincheng didn't ask him for help, and in return, the chief officer of the Wind Patrol Division provided several main locations where Zhao Xianda might haunt.
The first is his home, the Chen Guogong Mansion.
Chen was a country in the Warring States Period, and taking the country as the title means that Zhao Xianda's line has made great contributions, and his own merits are enough to be knighted.
According to the rules of Great Xia, the brother of the Son of Heaven was crowned king, and the general titles were "King of Leisure", "King of Anle", "King of Taiping" and so on.
The sons of these princes could not inherit the prince, and could only be demoted to dukes, mostly with the likes of "Duke Shunhe", "Duke Ningyong", "Duke Changfu" and so on.
Further down to the next generation, if there is not enough merit, he is demoted to the rank of marquis. Then there are counts, viscounts, barons...... In the baron's generation, if there is no merit that can be done, the title will be completely lost. only retains the identity of the clan relatives, there is no additional preferential treatment, and it can no longer be called "Zhu Zhao".
It is probably similar to Liu Bei's "Han clan relative" in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty in the previous life - the Han clan at that level, it was conservatively estimated that there were 108,000 at that time......
If Zhu Zhao has merits and can continue the title, then he must first be transferred.
To transfer is to change the title. From this kind of "name seal" without actual fiefdom to "collar seal".
This meant that he had to choose a place in the territory of Great Xia and become his nominal fief, and use the local taxes as his money.
If there is not enough merit within three generations, it will be reduced from the title to the name, which is "descending".
For example, Zhao Xincheng himself, he is currently the Marquis of Huayin County. The identity of this county marquis was inherited from his father, and according to his situation, it should be enough to maintain the title if there is no accident - that is, if his son, grandson, and great-grandson are not worthy of the rank of "county marquis" in the future, he will be demoted to the rank of "county marquis", and become Huayin marquis, Huayin uncle, Huayin son, Huayin man, and finally lose the title completely.
The Marquis of Huayin County and the Marquis of Huayin, although there is only one more word, there is a world of difference.
The county marquis not only has one more piece of money and can be passed on for several more generations, but if someone makes meritorious service and receives the title of Huayin County, then the "Huayin Marquis" will change the title and give way to the "Huayin County Marquis".
The title of Daxia is roughly the first-class prince - the prince has no fief, only a title, a second-class national duke, a third-class county duke, and a fourth-class liegong - that is, there is only a title and no fief, followed by the county marquis, county marquis, liehou, county uncle, township uncle, liebo, township, pavilion, liezi, pavilion, lienan, lienan.
A total of fifteen titles.
Among these fifteenth-class titles, there is a special type, that is, the actual duke.
Such princes not only had fiefs, but also the political and livelihood of the fiefs were managed by themselves, and the imperial court did not interfere in the local civil affairs except for the garrison, nor did it levy taxes and levies from the localities.
Actual dukes are not outside the fifteenth rank, but they have a transcendent status - they are hereditary, and they can have titles and fiefs for generations unless they are deprived of their fiefs for a crime.
But if the princes want not to sin, it is not easy to tell the truth. In the early years of the Great Xia, less than one-fifth of the princes who were actually sealed were still safe and secure after five generations and did not win the title for sin.
The emperor is not engaged in public welfare, who wants to divide the territory!
Therefore, if the descendants of the princes of the real feud are not sure that they can keep the fief, they will often choose to return the fief to the imperial court and descend from the actual fief to the feud.
For this kind of sensible person, the emperor often gives face, and generally decrees that the third or fifth generations will be exempted from the survey - exempt from the survey, that is, not to verify the merits, and only when the exemption is full, will they re-enter the process of reducing the participation of the three generations.
Of course, such as "Suishan Gong", although it is neither a national prince nor a county duke, but in fact, it is a real and will never be revoked from the fief.
...... People are backed by immortal Buddhas, which neuropathy will provoke him?
Great Xia is dead, and Ren Changsheng will not die!
Zhao Xianda, the "Chen Guogong", is naturally at the bottom of the meritorious service, and their family has practiced the "Great Freedom Heavenly King Mantra" for generations, training secret guards for the Great Xia royal family, and it can be said that he is the henchman of the royal family.
With such merits, it is naturally enough to maintain the title of duke.
In fact, Chen Guogong's lineage, even among the Zhuzhao, is among the best.
In contrast, Zhao Xincheng's family, the marquis of Huayin County, is a big difference.
Watching Pan Long leave in a hurry, Zhao Xincheng was silent for a while, and then said to Cang Yuan: "Brother Zihai (Cangyuan Zihai), will I do something wrong?"
"What do you mean by that?" Cang Yuan replied as he corrected the case file.
"I asked Brother Pan to find Chen Guogong, and I estimated that Chen Guogong would die. Zhao Xincheng whispered, "Brother Pan is from a heroic background, and his temperament is as fierce as fire. Although Chen Guogong is usually moody, he is also an extremely stubborn person. There was no way he bowed his head and admitted his mistake and came out to testify for the merchant post rider...... Then there will only be one result. ”
"You don't think he deserves to die?"
"I just think...... He is the confidant of the Son of Heaven, he will do this, and he is afraid that there will be ...... behind him."
Cang Yuan raised his head and interrupted him: "Chen Guogong's back can only be the crown prince, it can't be the Son of Heaven!"
"Why is Brother Zihai so sure?"
"Between the Son of Heaven and Brother Luonan, there is no need to play such a trick. Cang Yuan replied almost without hesitation.
But Zhao Xincheng smiled bitterly and didn't say anything more.
Obviously, he didn't believe Cang Yuan's words.
As Zhu Zhao, he asked himself to know more about the emperor's family than Cangyuan, an outsider, and understood the Son of Heaven, Emperor Renchen, and the two princes.
In his opinion, maybe it was only the crown prince Emperor Hedong who went directly to persuade Zhao Xianda, but if the Son of Heaven didn't give Zhao Xianda some hints, this Zhao Zhenren, who had been keeping to himself and doing almost nothing since the death of his uncle Zhao Zhongwu, would definitely not surrender his identity and engage in such ghostly methods.
After all, he is also the head of the royal secret guard, so he has to save face!
As for what Cang Yuan said, he just smiled.
Sitting on the throne of the Son of Heaven, who is not playing with means?
Not to mention with his son, even between husband and wife, isn't it playing tricks all day long?
Moreover, for a long time, the Wind Patrol and the Secret Guard have been each other's inside and outside, constituting a secret force that directly obeys the emperor's orders. Now that the dark guard has almost completely been wiped out, and the patrol has made the family dominant, does the Son of Heaven really want to see this situation?
To say a word of arrogance, if Zhao Xincheng is the son of his own day, he must also find a reason to temporarily suppress the wind patrol system for two or three years, at least until the new generation of secret guards can take over the work, and then he can let go of the suppression of the wind patrol envoy.
The way to be a king is first and foremost to master balance.
So this time, Zhao Xianda, the head of the dark guard, made a move, but I am afraid that the Son of Heaven is hinting at something.
But he didn't say it.
Because he knows Cang Yuan, he also understands Pan Long.
Both of these people are the kind of people who are upright, and for them, there is only right and wrong in the world, nothing more.
As for positions of power, money, wealth...... They don't really care.
When Pan Long went, he was probably going to kill Chen Guogong and Zhao Xianda, thus angering the Son of Heaven.
But...... If you are angry, you will be angry.
People like Pan Long will never take "the Son of Heaven will be angry" to heart.
On the contrary, to put it mildly, the Son of Heaven will be angry, won't he Pan Long be angry?
The Son of Heaven is angry, it is nothing more than a matter of decades, he Pan Long will cultivate in the future, he is angry, that is, the sea is dry and rotten for a long time...... Think about it for yourself, which is more troublesome compared to the two?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xincheng suddenly wanted to laugh.
Since the change, the pressure on the Wind Patrol Division has been increasing, and the trouble has been increasing day by day.
As the chief officer of the Wind Patrol Division, although he had the support of Di Luonan and the help of Cangyuan, he gradually felt that the pressure was too great, which made people a little tired.
Since Zhao Xincheng came to the Wind Patrol Division to do things, he naturally wanted to benefit the country and the people and support righteousness. But the longer he worked in the Wind Patrol Division, the more he realized that the current problems in Great Xia really could not be solved by a single Wind Patrol Division.
For Di Luonan's change, he raised his hands in support. can be supported and supported, and he is not optimistic about changing the law in his heart.
This set of law change plans has really harmed the interests of too many dignitaries and nobles!
Even if it is the Son of Heaven, in the face of so many dignitaries whose interests have been damaged, he can only make concessions.
Therefore, he never expected the success of the law change, but only hoped that there would be some results and that the situation in Great Xia would improve, which was enough.
Now this wave of counterattacks, I think the Son of Heaven also feels that the degree of change is too deep, the steps are too big, and there are too many people offended, which makes him a little worried and wants to take it away.
It is said that since he, Zhao Xincheng, understands the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, he should be aware of the intentions, cooperate with the attack of the conservatives, and suspend the change for a while.
But...... When this choice came to the front, Zhao Xincheng felt unwilling.
And that's the end of it?
They have worked hard for so long, and they have just gotten some results, not to mention eating meat and drinking soup, but just smelling the taste, and this feast is about to end?
Why!
Not to be said by others, there are thousands of people up and down the Wind Patrol Division, and how much effort has been spent in the past few years! How many open and secret battles have been fought! A large number of people have died in the line of duty!
And that's the end of it?
Why!!
He had always felt that he was a sensible, sensible and calm man, but when the words "why" came out of his heart, it was like throwing a torch on the lamp oil all over the floor, and it burst into flames.
yes, why should they give in?
Why can't you just let those conservatives give in again?
They have a solid family background, and they won't hurt their muscles and bones if they take ten or eight steps.
The Wind Patrol Division is so hard, sweating and bleeding, where can it be just like that!
At the very least, I have to blind those eyes that stare at the Wind Patrol Division, and chop off the claws of those who want to hit the Wind Patrol Division!
So just now, although he hesitated slightly, he finally told Pan Long where Zhao Xianda might appear.
Chen Guogong's Mansion is nothing, and the most important of them is a secret training camp.
It didn't have a name, but it was very important, and it was one of the main training camps for the Royal Secret Guard.
Its location is extremely secret, not to mention that it is impossible for outsiders to know, even the patriarchs of the various sects of Zhu Zhao, few people know.
Zhao Xincheng himself only learned about this matter because of a chance.
According to his estimates, Chen Guogong and Zhao Xianda are most likely in that training camp.
Pan Long is gone, Zhao Xianda will definitely die, and that training camp will probably be over.
"That's fine. He said to himself in his heart, "Completely cut off the Son of Heaven's desire to quickly rebuild the Secret Guard, he will probably have to rely on the Wind Patrol again." ”
After all...... For the Son of Heaven, the Wind Patrol is also "his own person" after all......