Chapter 118: Factions
"Please come in!"
The old man at the head was in a happy mood, stretched out a hand, made a standard gesture respectfully, took a step sideways, and said to make a way.
The soldiers stood in two rows with high morale, standing straight with their heads held upright, holding their old smoothbore rifles in their hands, looking ahead and making a welcome salute of the highest standard.
Yang Zhe was taken aback, he didn't dare to slack off, and walked in honestly, in the courtyard blocked by the high wall, there were actually a few ordinary wooden bungalows, you must know that this is the heavily guarded central area around the capital.
Continuing to walk forward, several paddy fields with a large area appeared in front of him, an old man with quick hands and feet, with a body almost like a sixtieth analty, standing in the water with bare feet and trouser legs standing in the water hurriedly ploughing, one by one green seedlings were inserted into the muddy paddy field, and the roots were sunk into the bottom mud, revealing half of the water.
"You're here!"
When the old man heard the footsteps, he stood up straight with sweat, glanced at Yang Zhe in front of him, and said kindly.
Yang Zhe didn't know what to say, after all, the two of them met for the first time, and the other party's status was so high, he didn't know how to answer.
Seeing that Yang Zhe was silent, the old man was not angry, and bent down again to insert a large handful of seedlings in his hand, and a few leeches lay on their laps and greedily sucked blood, still not interrupting his busyness.
"Your Yang family, are you doing well in Yangjiaping?"
"Not good!"
Yang Zhe opened his mouth to answer, and stood motionless in front.
The old man's action of planting rice was obviously stiff, and he was obviously surprised by this answer.
"Why?"
Yang Zhe didn't answer immediately, he walked around and observed the rudimentary surroundings, and didn't find anything valuable, counting the smoothbore rifle soldiers standing guard outside the door up to 13 people, he already knew what the situation was, this was an old emperor who had lost his position and was imprisoned.
"You're in captivity, and it doesn't seem like you're in good condition."
"Obviously," the old man smiled bitterly, and instead of getting angry, he lowered his head and continued to work the farm.
"Then I can answer your question just now, the Yang clan is awakened by me alone, and the others are still unable to break free from the ignorant old thoughts, completely decoupled from this new era of technological outbreak, and now they only rely on state relief to survive."
Yang Zhe replied seriously, without a little perfunctory, telling the truth.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it would happen."
The old man said in frustration, his head never lifted, and he stopped what he was doing, feeling guilty for the difficult situation faced by the loyal descendants of the old guards who had fought side by side with him, and the inability to change the status quo.
"You are trapped here, unable to see the outside world, 3 years ago, most of the area of the Colorful Star was no longer able to be sown, the unknown alien virus is getting more and more intense, you can farm here with peace of mind because you have a protective cover on your head that spans a range of tens of kilometers."
Yang Zhe took a step forward and said, looking at the green plants that represented life in his hands, and thinking of the withered yellow of his hometown, which was the color he saw the most.
"I can't change anything at all, that's why I summoned you, your Yang family has been guarding our royal family since the founding fathers, and your loyalty has never changed, and you won the title of the strongest man in human melee with terrifying strength, and was named the old guard by the first generation of the First Emperor."
"It wasn't until the emperor passed to my generation that mankind encountered an alien civilization for the first time, and was defeated in the Battle of Whampoa Star in the Second Solar System, losing a large number of A-level powerhouses Old Guards, and there was an internal rebellion for 3 years, and I was overthrown."
The old man stood up and stared at Yang Zhe and said, recounting a past experience he had experienced, and what he said represented a small part of that tragic history.
"And why are you summoning me now?"
Yang Zhe was a little touched in his heart, he finally knew why there were no A-level powerhouses in the military, because they were all dead, why his father and Elder Bande mentioned Huangpu Star many times after they were drunk, because they were the survivors and participants of the Huangpu Star Armageddon 200 years ago.
"I need you," the old man pleaded.
"History tells us that dynastic changes cannot be changed."
Yang Zhe refused on the spot, joking that the rebellion would be shot, and now the old emperor is poor and white, and it is difficult to protect himself, just like a beggar who got a copy of the emperor, the difficulty is unimaginable.
"You have awakened, this is your mission, you old guards of the first generation, once made a heavy oath of loyalty as the sword of the royal family, for the emperor to expand the territory."
"That was before, and I never heard my father say, I am me, I am not them, I don't like to be constrained, and I don't like to be manipulated by others."
Yang Zhe refused again, and his sixth sense came again, he felt that if he agreed to the old emperor's intercession, he would definitely die a miserable death, and it would also affect those people in Yang Jiaping who had not awakened, this was a crisis, a political game with no chance of winning.
"I have the key to open the door to the highest floor of the Light Tower, and I can use the amnestic device on it to restore the memory of 80% of the population of the Colorful Star that has been erased, and that is one of my hole cards."
The old man said excitedly, the seedlings in his hand were subconsciously broken, and he didn't realize it yet, hoping to get Yang Zhe's allegiance.
"You are looking for death, what you restore is memory but not strength, and your willful actions will only make this relatively stable country split again."
"The people who have recovered their memories will recall the fear of being dominated by the Zerg, the riots cannot be stopped, and a country with two governments that dictate to each other, then civil war cannot be avoided, don't forget that the Zerg are still watching outside."
Yang Zhe said a little angrily, if things are done by the old emperor, the human race will be irreparable, and the human civilization will be weakened again due to this civil war, and it may face the danger of destroying the fire in the Zerg civilization.
"I don't blame you, you didn't go through any time period, you didn't see the despair after struggling with all your might, there are already many contradictions within the empire, and the current empire is just a precarious twilight when the sun sets."
"If you don't go to them, they will look for you, you want to protect yourself, they still won't let you go, just because your Yang family is the old guard all your life, from generation to generation, and it has been passed down to this day."
The old man shouted loudly and excitedly, his momentum completely changed, like an emperor who reigned over the world, thousands of feet tall, and his voice was deafening, so that the small Yang Zhe's momentum was crushed to death and could not be refuted, and even a few leeches on his thighs that were sucking Zhenghuan were also shaken down and died on the surface of the water, his body was torn apart, and red blood flowed out.
"I'm sure you have the hot blood of the old guard in your veins, and you'll come back to me."
Yang Zhe heard the anger, did not argue, turned to leave, and the first confrontation between the two ended in unhappiness.
In the car, Yang Zhe sat in the back seat, staring at the back of the robot brother in front of him, without saying a word.
"It seems that you didn't make a choice?"
The robot brother saw that the little brother in the back eyepiece was looking at him, and combined with his unhappy expression just now, he had completely guessed it.
"What do you want me to choose?"
Yang Zhe looked at the scenery outside the window and said, a little resentful of his eldest brother calling him here.
"In the Aisman Empire, it is divided into large and small factional camps, they are incompatible with each other, the most powerful is the aristocratic faction that is in power, and the second is the new era faction, they have the most advanced technology and ideas, and finally the royalist faction that has been squeezed out within the aristocratic faction."
"If you don't make a choice, after graduation, you will not be able to move an inch in society, and you can only go home to farm, so why should you come to study at the military academy."
The robot brother stepped on the accelerator, and the car accelerated and rushed out, while being kind enough to enlighten the younger brother.
"So who do you want me to choose? Who to play for. ”
Yang Zhe clenched his fists, closed his eyes unwillingly and then opened them, of course he knew that a person's strength could not change anything at all.
"This has to ask yourself, the military academy is only a place to cultivate talents, do not participate in political struggles, you must understand, after you lose the protection of the military academy, where to go, don't have empty ambitions and do nothing for the rest of your life.
This sentence directly woke Yang Zhe up, scared out of a cold sweat, he has always relied on the military academy to turn the corner, but one day he will graduate and leave, at that time there is no protection from the academy, and his end is predictable.
The robot brother saw that Yang Zhe was silent, and his heart was heavy, knowing that he attached importance to this matter, and then said a word.
"There is still a week to go to the Military Academy, the annual coming-of-age ceremony, for you first-year freshmen, it is an opportunity to fly Huang Tengda carp jump the dragon gate, once you miss it, in addition to being excluded, it is the fate of snow hiding."
"I know how to do it," Yang Zhe said with a clenched fist, giving in and not thinking that it was a compromise, if a person has not understood the change, then this person must have a hard time.