The Great Qin Empire, since Tang Ling before, has never appeared the title of Wang Ye, they are all Hou Ye, Hou Ye is also divided into two levels, one has a fief, the other is no fief, even Tang Ling, his title is also Hou, and the fief is Baochuan Island, just for the sake of soundness, he is called "King Ling", in fact, he should be "Ling Hou", it does not sound like he is more domineering than King Ling.

In this way, Emperor Qin's brothers and sisters naturally cannot be crowned kings, and even those who are crowned marquis can only be marquis who has no fief and only a title.

But among them, there are special cases, the Great Qin Empire has only four marquis with fiefs from ancient times to the present, and has been passed down to this day, they are the eastern, southern, western, and northern four marquis, the four marquis of the past dynasties are the county guards of the four major counties of the empire, and enjoy a fief the size of a county in the county, which has changed at any time for thousands of years, but the fief has always existed.

Inherited for thousands of years, the Ying clan has actually developed to a considerable scale, and their various branches have prospered and declined. But the only one that remains unchanged and stands tall is the emperor's lineage and the four marquis clans.

Behind the scenes, some people even compared the four largest branch clans of the four marquis with the emperor's main lineage, which shows how powerful they are within the empire?

For thousands of years, because the ancestor emperor issued the ancestral teachings, except for the need to come to the empire to worship the emperor when he took over the title, he was not allowed to enter the imperial capital the rest of the time. Therefore, thousands of years have passed, and the four major counties of east, west, south and north have been completely controlled by them, the county lieutenants have been hollowed out, and the military power has been controlled by them.

Not only that, but now in addition to the warship island is still the ironcore of the royal family, plus the South China Sea fleet is still neutral, the north and west are no longer under the control of the emperor, and there are two anti-bones in the court, the Taiwei and the prime minister, who are thinking about doing things every day, and the four brothers are always trying to get things out.

The ancestors left behind to balance the four fleets of the four marquis, and the East China Sea fleet let the current captain and the fleet directly under the original captain all rush to the warship island to guard the border sea, although the most powerful fleet of the empire has been created, but eighty percent of the forces are contained, once something happens within the empire, it is beyond the reach of the whip to rescue, and there is nothing to be done.

The South China Sea fleet, the Bai family, because of the old accounts between the ancestor Bai Qi and the imperial royal family, now does not deal with the royal family, and they are inseparable.

The four marquis, the Taiwei, the Zhenxi Hou, and the Wangbei Hou, all of them are powerful figures with military power, and they should be the emperor's right-hand men, but they all want to do things.

Therefore, this is why Emperor Qin is so eager to support Tang Ling, in this way, he just gave some empty checks, no need to make any effort, even the fleet has to rely on Tang Ling himself to build, not only that, Tang Ling has given Emperor Qin one great benefit after another, both militarily and economically.

In terms of combat power, the Baoling fleet, which has the most advanced creation equipment, may not have a big problem in single-handedly fighting the fleet in both aspects; In terms of financial resources, the Ling Wan Chamber of Commerce has become the most powerful chamber of commerce in the empire in less than six years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rich country; In terms of technology, Ling Wan Research Institute and Baochuan Island, as well as Tang Ling himself, are the pioneers of the times, and they are the undisputed first!

In this way, Tang Ling will naturally become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the hostile party, and he definitely wants to get rid of him as soon as he dreams.

Unconsciously, Tang Ling still had to block the gun for Emperor Qin. Therefore, when Emperor Qin, who knew that he was at a loss, learned that Tang Ling had created a new type of warship, he only sent a secret message to Tang Lingyun as soon as possible, instead of directly looking for Tang Ling.

How could Emperor Qin not know that he was becoming more and more unpopular with Tang Ling, he owed Tang Ling enough, and if it continued like this, maybe the honeymoon period of both parties would end early, obviously, this is what Emperor Qin absolutely did not want to see, if there was no Tang Ling now, he would most likely be finished!

However, the more Emperor Qin didn't want something to happen, some people just wanted to do things on purpose.

According to the ancestral teachings, the deadline for the succession of the four marquis is to report to the heir of the empire when he reaches the age of 25.

Ying Jian, the eldest son and grandson of the current Xihou, these people are smart, and they directly skipped their sons to report the heirs!

But even so, what should come is still coming after all, because Senior Jian is 24 and a half years old this year, and next year, he will become the new Xijun County Warden, and take over the title of his grandfather, that is, the current Xihou, and become an existence above tens of thousands of people under one person.

And at that time, he had the only chance to go to the imperial capital in his life, so this guy would come to Tang Wan'er so eagerly, because it was naturally impossible to find Tang Lingyun in the academy for such a thing, so he only had one chance, the only chance to propose.

That's the case, so where will this guy who regards Tang Wan'er as a forbidden person care about Tang Ling?

In their eyes, this kind of guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere is just a flash in the pan, how long can it be bouncing?

For a person like Ying Jian, who is about to embark on the pinnacle of his life, and is still only one step to the second layer second only to the top of the pyramid, and has already expanded infinitely at this time, except for the other three marquis and their successors, as well as the emperor, almost dare not bird anyone else!

What about even a lieutenant? The real master of the fleet on the West Sea side is their Xihou lineage, and in the same way, the fleet on the North Sea side is also under the dispatch of the Beihou, so except for the fleet directly under the Tai Lieutenant, the current Tai Lieutenant cannot command any other fleet, in the eyes of the four marquis, he Wang Jie is also just a pawn in front of the charge!

After eating, sending the students back to the houseboat, Tang Ling returned to his home on the main island, picked up all the information about the four marquis that Shadow Dance had sorted out for him, and thought about the benefits and harms of it.

"Young master, among the four counties, Dongjun is the weakest of the four counties because it is closest to the imperial capital, and the fleet of the East China Sea has always been under the control of the Zhang family, followed by Nanhou, and the fleet of the South China Sea is not under their jurisdiction."

"The rest is Beihou and Xihou, in terms of combat power, Xihou who guards the west is the strongest, and in terms of financial resources, Beihou is better. The one who came to find the young grandmother this time was Ying Jian, who was about to succeed to the title of Marquis of West. ”

"This Ying Jane is one year higher than the young grandmother, and she has been the number one suitor of the young grandmother since the beginning of the academy, and she is also the culprit who finally forced the young grandmother to go to sea with the dolphin mercenary group!"

"Now, he is about to inherit the hereditary title of marquis, and it is obvious that he wants to take the only opportunity to enter the imperial capital to propose to his wife!" Standing in front of Tang Ling, Ying Wu analyzed for Tang Ling.