Chapter 22: The Shadow Under the Imperial Court
I can't sleep at night when I lie in bed at night. Today, Zheng Jun always stared at him, and he was afraid of being attacked by the hungry Zheng Jun at night.
Of course, this is a joke made by the white night, and the real reason, of course, is everything seen today.
Although he didn't say anything, his heart was full of doubts.
Yin Cheng is weird, it's just weird to the point of being incredible. Such a city should not exist under the rule of the imperial court.
What exactly does "Imperial Court" mean, this matter is more complicated to explain, and it requires a little patience.
The Xuanhuang Continent is a world ruled by the imperial court. The Imperial Court, on the other hand, was made up of a myriad of families, large and small, that were strictly graded.
The family at the top of the hierarchy is the Yuwen family, which rules the imperial court. The Yuwen family has direct jurisdiction over everything within Middle-earth. The other four continents are under the control of the four super families of Bai, Zhao, Ye, and Huyan canonized by the imperial court. The four great families belong to the imperial court and obey the orders of the Yuwen family, who rule the imperial court.
The continent is divided into districts, cities and villages, and the family that governs the continent appoints a family with the same surname or another family to take charge of it.
People in the present world may not understand why human civilization is still such a strict feudal society after 10,000 years of development, and even cronyism is still used for family rule.
Won't a family with a high degree of political and military freedom rebel, and won't the people under feudal rule revolt?
It's not entirely not, but the reality is that there are very few, at least far fewer wars than in the present world.
The roots of this political structure lie in the "Imperial Court".
The meaning of the word "imperial court" is far from being as simple as "state" or "imperial court". In fact, he is closer to "Jesus" or "God of Light."
The word "Imperial Court" is a banner that gathers the beliefs of all the people in the Xuanhuang Continent.
All Maisons exist and develop under the umbrella of these two words.
The first cultivators of the human race were all humane cultivators, and they were the ones who held up the space for the survival and development of the human race in a dangerous world infested with alien beasts. To this day, humanist cultivators are still the main force protecting the peaceful life of human beings under the threat of alien beasts.
Although the Immortal Dao cultivators are very strong, the threshold is very high, and the path is even more difficult, so the number is scarce. And most of them are incomprehensible people who are obsessed with exploring the mysteries of the world, and there is no reason to protect human beings.
However, humanist cultivators and humanity as a whole are inseparable and mutually beneficial.
The root of humane cultivation is "luck", which transforms the aura into the inner breath of the practitioner. Luck comes from the beliefs of all beings.
And the "Imperial Court" has served as a banner to protect mankind for 7,000 years. It is a collection of human ideals, persistence, expectations, glory, beliefs, and so on for 7,000 years. It has become the world's largest source of luck.
Luck is related to blood, and this is what makes the family. And the family that is "recognized" by the banner of "Imperial Court" will receive the luck bestowed by the "Imperial Court".
This "recognition" is generally formed by the canonization of the upper families in the imperial court.
"Canonization" and "delisting" of the canonization position can be said to be the most powerful spell in the world. It can make an inconspicuous small family quickly develop into a powerful family, or it can make a strong family decline rapidly.
Generally speaking, the family that has been removed will inevitably decline rapidly, unless before the decline, they hold up the banner of the imperial court and overthrow the family that is now in charge of the imperial court. This was the result of several changes in the imperial court.
This formed a political structure of hierarchical rule under the imperial court.
And also because of luck, the more upper-class families are, the more they want to protect the interests of lower-class families and people. Therefore, under such strict class rule, the people were not oppressed in any way and lived a happy life. And love the warriors of the family who protect them under the threat of foreign beasts.
However, the world is very large, and there will be no shortage of special circumstances due to various reasons, such as Yincheng in front of you.
The first meaning of "Yincheng" refers to the city in front of you, and the other more commonly used meaning refers to the vast area under the jurisdiction of Yincheng, which encompasses countless "townships". It's almost a country.
The situation in Yin Cheng is really incredible.
On the one hand, normally speaking, the upper-class family would not allow the Yin family to exercise such strict rule, which would damage their luck.
On the other hand, as a family of humane cultivators, once they are disgusted by the people, their luck will be consumed, and the people in the family will become weaker and weaker, and they will soon be replaced by the beloved family.
Unless this family cultivates not humanity, but immortals.
Bai Ye had already discovered that Zheng Jun and Ying Ying were both immortal cultivators, and they had never concealed this in front of Bai Ye. It's unusual.
Because the qualifications of immortal cultivators cannot be inherited, no family can guarantee the qualifications of family members to cultivate immortals. Therefore, the Immortal Dao could not support the development of the family.
It's like there may be a family of people who are all involved in finance, but none of them are scientists.
The Xiuxian family, Bai Ye only knows one, the Min family of the Western Continent. As mentioned in Dr. Bai's travelogue, that family is extremely special, and Bai Ye doesn't think that the Yin family can be compared with the Min family.
So what's going on? Although Bai Ye was puzzled, he was not in a hurry. Ying Ying is accustomed to all this and takes it for granted. But Zheng Jun is obviously different, he invited me to Yincheng so actively, naturally he has a plan, and when the time comes, I believe he will take the initiative to give me an answer.
Therefore, Zheng Jun really came to attack at night.
So the question is, this is Yin Mansion, as a male pet, is it really okay for you to be so unscrupulous?
Jung Jun easily pushed the door in, and saw that Bai Ye had not yet fallen asleep.
"Looks like you're already waiting for me. Zheng Jun smiled evilly.
Bai Ye shouted in his heart, "I didn't!", and you don't laugh so obscenely, okay, I'm so panicked.
Zheng Jun didn't joke anymore, his expression gradually became solemn, he thought for a while, as if hesitating how to speak.
"I don't know what Brother Bai thinks of the situation in Yincheng"
Bai Ye is a straightforward person many times, and he doesn't like to beat around the bush, and said bluntly: "It's not good, it's hard to imagine that to this day, there is still such a place to oppress ordinary people"
Zheng Jun was a little happy, feeling that he hadn't misjudged someone, but he didn't understand it, "I have long felt that Brother Bai seems to know the situation outside very well?"
"It's true that I haven't been out of Yincheng, but my father came from outside and left a lot of books behind. Bai Ye didn't care what Zheng Jun was planning, he did treat Zheng Jun as a friend, "I can borrow you if I want to see it." ”
"Thank you very much!" For immortal cultivators, nothing is more important than knowledge, especially in this closed place as Yin City.
Zheng Jun didn't come to study today, so he didn't continue the topic, and said:
"Yin Cheng's appearance is all due to the Yin family, Brother Bai has seen some of it, and there are many more that he can't see. ”
"Treating people like pigs and dogs, treating human life like a mustard, this is just the most ordinary. During the years of the Yin family's rule, they searched everywhere for beautiful women for their own amusement, and captured young and strong men for their own drive. is sending people to the dangerous Beida Forest to search for rare birds and treasures, and the ones that Brother Bai saw in the alien beast park are all piled up with human lives. Zheng Jun's tone was calm, but he could hear sadness.
"These arrested people are so easy to drive?" You must know that different people in this world also have a certain foundation of cultivation, and no one is weak.
"It's the beast control technique, and the Yin family has enslaved them with the beast control technique. Zheng Jun said sadly.
Thinking of the records in the history of 10,000 years, Bai Ye's heart was extremely shocked.
"What about the Bai family, how could they be allowed to do such a thing?"
Zheng Jun heard Bai Ye say that he had some relationship with the Bai family, and said with a strange expression: "I don't know about this." I only know that there is a White Emperor Palace in the Yin Mansion, and every time the Bai family comes to the inspector, they live there...... It's no different from the Yin family. ”
In Zheng Jun's heart, the Bai family may have acquiesced in Yin Cheng's affairs.
Zheng Jun looked at Bai Ye's face and was relieved to see that there was no change.
How the superior family supervises the lower family, this is something that Bai Ye does not know. However, it is also conceivable that it is nothing more than sending people to take turns to supervise.
Bai Ye, who understands the meaning of the imperial court, knows that it is impossible for the Bai family to have problems, and the only thing that can go wrong is the supervision of the Bai family. So the solution to the problem here is very simple, just try to go to the Bai family to complain.
"Other small families are also the profiteers and defenders of this exploitative rule. Under normal circumstances, he is unwilling to stand on the opposite side of the Yin family. ”
White Night heard a key word, "in general".
"Moreover, the Yin family has controlled the only magic circle that can teleport over a long distance, very few people return to such a remote place, and ordinary people can't leave Yin Cheng from ......."
Jung Jun talked about the causes of the current situation one after another.
Bai Ye sighed when he heard this, the purpose of controlling the teleportation array was to prevent someone from reporting the situation here to the Bai family.
Looking at the look in front of him, Zheng Jun, who was sad about reality and had ideals, also felt a little sad.
Even if the teleportation array is controlled, it is not completely impossible to leave Yin City, such as Yingying's blue bird.
But after years of closed rule, probably not many people know about the existence of the imperial court, and no one remembers the meaning of the existence of the family. Even Zheng Jun thought that the Bai family acquiesced to this matter, and never thought of solving the problem of Yin Cheng through the Bai family.
In short, under all kinds of coincidental factors, Yincheng became a real feudal empire?
Or in a place where the imperial court can't shine, the greed of human nature will inevitably contribute to everything in front of them? In this way, the Yin family is just a lucky person, and the driving force of all this is everyone themselves.
So, the author wants to write a story about the overthrow of feudal rule by the proletarian revolutionaries?