There is a small floating boat landing yard in the northern part of the imperial capital, which is exclusively for the use of regional residents.

At noon, the fleet of the King of Linjiang landed.

As the first person among the vassal kings of important towns, the lightly armed formation he could bring into the imperial capital was 1,900 people, even more than the Heavenly King's guards. However, the number of people in front of them is less than half, probably only about half. Obviously, this unbridled sect king when he was young has now been polished restrained by the years.

Even with only a few hundred people, there is a lot of pressure on the take-off and landing field. The battleships could only land in turn to put people down, and the honor guards in line packed the entire field.

No one noticed that one of the entourages who had been waiting on the ground to meet them got on the flagship and did not come down.

After all the honor guards and commanders were all in the team, King Linjiang, who was wearing the ceremonial dress of King Zong, walked down the gangway and sat directly into the extended off-road vehicle, and the team immediately set off.

The warships on the landing ground were taking to the air one after another, and the fleet could not stay in the imperial capital, so they had applied for a place to camp outside the city, and the other half of the honor guards of the King of Linjiang would be stationed there.

When all the warships have been pulled up to a certain height, they begin to collectively turn westward, only the flagship continues to climb until it enters the outer void, and then begins to do a fixed-point circular movement.

In the main cabin of the flagship, Emperor Hao and King Linjiang sat opposite each other. On the table between the two, in addition to the tea set, there were a lot of documents and albums and other things. From the perspective of regulation, part of it should be brought by Emperor Hao, and the other part should be brought by King Linjiang.

King Linjiang was reading a book of folds, the cover style should be from the Cabinet and Military Department, he was very impatient to glance at ten lines, hurriedly turned to the last page, and threw it on the table.

Emperor Hao looked more leisurely than him, holding a thin porcelain cup, and his eyes fell on the blue and brown color in the cup, as if he was enjoying the tea purely.

King Linjiang said: "The ancestral king's clan has been dealt with?"

Emperor Hao said: "The grandchildren of the ancestor and below are all removed from the jade book of the clan, and the surname is changed by them. The fiefdom has also been changed out of the royal reserved territory, and it will take about a year to relocate. ”

Although the Immortal King almost caused the empire to collapse at the beginning, today when he heard that his entire descendant had been expelled from the genealogy, the King of Linjiang still couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow. He was silent for a moment, sighed, and didn't say anything after all.

King Linjiang looked at the letter he had read earlier, and said, "The place in the military headquarters has now become a hodgepodge, and anyone can come and intervene." When the ancestor was here, trouble was trouble, but there was always a vein to be found on several hills, and it didn't become like this! You brought the military department into the cabinet, but now it seems that you don't see the benefits of it, but the harm. ”

Emperor Hao said lightly: "With the prestige of Emperor Taizu Wu back then, he didn't turn the military department into a hall of words. The military department that coordinates the war is the only department in the entire empire that balances resources across war zones and fiefdoms. ”

"Nowadays, several heavenly kings are at least not involved in politics, and among the ministers, no one has been able to suppress the generals. After the patriarch's incident, the court affairs were adjusted, the original alliance of the major forces was broken, the new alliance had not yet been formed, and several major mountains were divided into many small hills, and it was normal to be chaotic. ”

King Linjiang frowned, the military department is the place where the emperor, the gate lord, the family, and the army wrestle, and Lin Xitang was the first marshal and the head of the civil officials, but he only occupied a third of the world in it.

Originally, after the fall of the Immortal King, the military department was demoted and merged into the cabinet, and if Dazai was served by Lin Xitang, it would be possible to control the situation. Now don't say that Dazai's position is vacant, and even the newly appointed shrunken right minister will need a while to secure his position.

A behemoth like an empire is like a precision instrument with more than a thousand parts, and the damage of several parts can be quickly repaired. But like the rebellion of the Heavenly King, a big earthquake like pulling off one of the main shafts, although it is not enough to collapse as a whole, but the restoration work is equivalent to a partial reconstruction, how can it be so easy?

King Linjiang grabbed the teacup and took a sip, thinking about those things made him a little angry, and then he remembered one person, it was Fang Qingkong, the imperial envoy who went to the fiefdom to summon him this time.

"What about Fang Qingkong? I remember that he was the right envoy of the Supervision Department before, and he was promoted to the first level as the chief minister of the cabinet. ”

"Fang Qingkong was originally in charge of strategic intelligence for Master Lin, and now that piece is still in his hands. Saying that, Emperor Hao paused and said with a smile: "He has asked me to resign and ask to go back to the Beifu Army." ”

King Linjiang was taken aback, "What's wrong with the Beifu Legion?"

Emperor Hao said: "There is nothing wrong with the legion itself. Fang Qingkong just planned to change back to his original military registration and name Lin Wu from the Beifu side. ”

The Beifu Legion is currently a public and private army in terms of establishment, but because of the invasion of the Alien Beast Legion, it was left behind in the Western Continent to assist in defense. The Lin family has never had a suitable candidate to take over, and the formalities have never been completed. However, it is really too difficult to let those generals of the Lin family, who are generally only in the early tenths, lead an elite legion.

Because of the events of his early years, King Linjiang knew a little more about Fang Qingkong's origin than others. This man was born in the assassination battalion of the army, and he was a dead soldier with no background, who walked from the darkness to the sun. It's just that with such a resume, when you join the civil service system, you will inevitably need to change your face.

With Fang Qingkong now cultivating as a god general, if he reinstates his military membership from the Beifu Legion, he will be a low-ranking corps commander, and he must at least be given a deputy commander in the war zone. But Lin Xitang was picked up by a marshal from Zhao Valve in the war zone on the Western Continent, and these two groups of people are not easy to put together.

King Linjiang was still thinking about the meaning behind this matter, and Emperor Hao said again: "I have promised him that the strategic intelligence department in his hands will be handed over to you in the future." ”

King Linjiang's face darkened, don't think that such power is a good thing, the highest level of strategic intelligence in the empire is the core and heavy responsibility.

However, the King of Linjiang is also very clear why Emperor Hao wants to give him this department, the Royal Heavenly Machine Academy has the function of preparing strategic consultation, and it must need strategic intelligence to verify each other, and now that Li Hou is in charge of the Tianji Academy, the King of Linjiang, as the prison state, must be able to control the intelligence to be unhindered.

It's just that King Linjiang didn't expect Emperor Hao to delegate power so completely before he came.

King Linjiang couldn't help but stab Emperor Hao and said, "I knew you were so generous, I should have brought more people over." ”

Emperor Hao said casually: "Ah, Uncle Wang had better transfer all the Changshi Mansion." In order to show that he was not talking back, he added very sincerely, "There is really not enough manpower." ”

King Linjiang was suddenly a little angry, pointed to the twists and turns he had just seen, and said, "Since the information is still in Fang Qingkong's hands now, what is the matter with this rumor about Lin Gong? It's only been a few days, and I've heard about it." ”

Emperor Hao said lightly: "That, the place of origin is Younan, the rebel province of the Western Continent, and then it will be two days to the imperial capital, as for the bridge, one is the Zhegui Palace." ”

King Linjiang's eyes sank, "It's Zhao Valve again! Are they still finished?!"

Emperor Hao pointed to the stack of materials on the table and said, "Uncle Wang should familiarize himself with the affairs of the court as soon as possible, I want to go to the Western Continent in the near future." ”

King Linjiang had already heard Fang Qingkong report on the Heavenly King Conference and the major affairs of the Empire, but now he looked at the large pile of materials in front of him, even if he had already read some of them, he still showed a little toothache.

He suddenly thought of something, "Where's the storage space?"

Emperor Hao said lightly: "If I have been alive, I don't need a prince." ”

Emperor Hao is already the king of heaven, as long as he does not fall, as long as he is willing, he can choose the prince from his great-grandchildren. However, on the battlefield, no matter how noble and powerful you are, who dares to say that you will definitely be able to come back alive? Emperor Hao will not know this truth, he has arranged all the details, how can he forget this?

King Linjiang's expression became serious, he sat up straight, stared at Emperor Hao, and said, "The storage position is the foundation of the empire. ”

Emperor Hao said slowly: "No, Uncle Wang, the storage position is not important to the empire. ”

King Linjiang savored this sentence, his expression became more and more solemn, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "What do the kings of heaven say?"

Emperor Hao smiled slightly: "The imperial family does not ask about the internal affairs of the family, and the family does not care about the housework of the imperial family. What can the kings say?"

"But the two uncles are not the imperial family...... King Linjiang suddenly closed his voice and looked at Emperor Hao with a frown.

Emperor Hao said lightly: "Is there a difference between today's clan and family? Qingyang Zhang and Haobei Zhang have the same origin and surname Zhang, and the emperor family and the clan have the same surname Ji, that's all." ”

The king of Linjiang was speechless for a while, and after a thousand years, the gate valve family more or less had a division of the sect, and the surname Ji did not.

But in fact, the way of the Ji family's thousand-year-old inheritance is no different from that of other clans, the intertwined marriages and the resulting covenants, the relationship between the imperial family and the clan is not necessarily closer than that of the lineage and collateral of the family.

The Ji family still has a main sixteen branches, of which fifteen lineages have all changed the main ancestry, after the descendants of the immortal queen were expelled from the Ji family, the real uninterrupted inheritance of the emperor's blood is only the Xiansu Emperor.

In fact, King Linjiang knows his own family affairs, his mother is the daughter of a princess, and his great-grandmother is a clan daughter, and he also has too many family imprints. In his early years, he once became a banner figure among Lin Xitang's political enemies, and his reason is the same as Zhang Boqian's current identity as the leader of the gate valve.

And King Linjiang is not the same as Zhang Boqian, he does not have his unique identity and status, nor does he have his rampant and unscrupulous spirit, so he can only invite himself to the frontier of Yuanzhen back then.

After being silent for a long time, King Linjiang said: "In the battle of floating land, I remember that you had five princes on the expedition, one dead, two wasted and two wounded, and there was one more princess on the final death list. ”

Emperor Hao quietly held the tea, without the slightest wave in his face.

King Linjiang continued: "If you make any mistakes, and all the children under the queen's name are excluded from the throne, and the last successor is likely to be the son of Concubine Zhao, is this really good?"

There are no concubines in Emperor Hao's harem who are lower than the family, and in the case of his equal treatment, the status of the prince and the princess only comes from personal talent and the maternal family behind him.

If Emperor Hao falls without a prince, then there is no doubt that the big position will become a competition field for the gate valve family, and Concubine Zhao, who is backed by Zhao Valve, is the one with the greatest possibility of winning. But in the absence of the emperor's will, the princes naturally became the spokesmen of the family. And Concubine Zhao's temperament, don't talk about it.

Emperor Hao asked rhetorically: "Is there anything wrong?"

King Linjiang was a little choked by this sentence, and said: "If it really comes to that point, I'm afraid Zhao Valve himself will have to mess up first......

Emperor Hao smiled and said, "It should be given to Zhao Valve, I have never missed them." Even if Duke Weiyuan can't make a name for himself, the title and military exploits will all belong to Zhao Valve, of course, how to distribute it within their clan, I can't control it. As for Tianxun's engraving, I don't know why the military department would send such a report to King Zhang, he personally approved it, and even the old princes didn't want to care about it. However, Yan Yun Zhao has no shortage of names on the Tianxun list, and he doesn't mind missing a lot if he thinks about it. ”

King Linjiang couldn't help but smile bitterly, no family is a monolith, which is more important, blood relatives or in-laws, it is like a mother and wife who want to help which side they want to solve. Not to mention that more than four generations are in the same house, and there are no less than 100 direct children and grandchildren who stand up, who to cultivate? Who to suppress? As long as the elders can act according to the family rules and do not interfere too much, it is already fair.

In the case of Zhao Valve, now that the momentum has overwhelmed Zhang Valve, there is only one heavenly king missing. However, since the Zhao valve broke away from the original inheritance order and Cheng Engong sat on the throne, the internal imbalance has been imbalanced. At this juncture, smashing the throne for Zhao Valve again, it seems to be full of flowers, but it is actually cooking oil with fire.

King Linjiang sighed: "You really hate Zhao Valve. ”

Emperor Hao said lightly: "Zhao Valve also hates me, it doesn't matter if he hates me, what is the reason for hating teachers? Besides, even if I am the emperor, I can't deduct Zhao Valve's military exploits, indifferent the daughter of the Zhao family, and treat the prince and grandson of the Zhao family harshly, right? I don't want to cut the domain, why should I suppress them?"

King Linjiang was speechless, and the grievances between Zhao Valve and Emperor Hao were completely confused.

The cause was the death of the previous generation of Empress Zhao, who was said to have been born prematurely by Emperor Su, who was so angry that she had two lives. This matter is not clear to the palace boudoir, who knew that more than ten years later, the son of the singer sat on the throne, and it was simply a slap in the face of Zhao Valve.

Zhao Valve was dissatisfied, it was normal not to see Emperor Hao, and when Emperor Hao was in Wei, it was more normal to extend this disgust from the natural opposition between the gate valve and the imperial party to Lin Xitang.

Emperor Hao said again: "If Zhao Valve feels that the Ji family owes them an emperor, then pay them back an emperor." ”

King Linjiang was stunned for a moment, and said incredulously: "Who is spreading such words? ”

Emperor Hao smiled and said: "Emperor Qin is the co-head of the family, and the virtuous person lives there. This is when the country was founded, the princes of all families recommended Taizu to be the emperor, and Taizu himself said. So, Uncle Wang, Emperor Qin is the lord of the empire, but the Ji family is not necessarily. Since the beginning of the Luoshui incident, my Ji clan has stepped on the high platform since then, and now it has been 1,200 years, so let's end the curtain with the beginning of Zaiyao. ”

After speaking, Emperor Hao took out two copies from a pile of booklets, opened them one by one, and laid them out in front of King Linjiang.

"I have prepared two appointments for Uncle Wang, one for the superintendent and one for the regent. Uncle Wang took it for himself, and I had no opinion. ”

King Linjiang supported his head with his hand, pressed his eyes, and was silent for a long time.

Emperor Hao's expression was immovable, very comfortable, and he had time to pour himself another cup of tea.

King Linjiang finally raised his head, looked at Emperor Hao for a long time, stretched out his hand to knead the reggent's edict into powder, and said, "If Duke Lin was still here, he wouldn't do this." ”

Emperor Hao showed a look of nostalgia and said, "King Zhang also said so. ”

King Linjiang was stunned, sighed, and said, "What about that child?

Emperor Hao said: "No, I hope he can stay out of the matter completely this time." ”

King Linjiang heard that the words were wrong, and said suspiciously: "How many people know about this matter now?"

"King Zhang, you, me. ”

King Linjiang's face turned blue, and he wanted to scold something regardless of his manners, and finally said: "You guy, you are pretending to be pure in front of the little teacher!"

Emperor Hao sneered: "You can't even pretend." ”

After the two blurted out, they were both stunned, staring at each other for a long time, and finally smiled with relative relief.

This smile passed through time, as if many years ago, the little prince and the little uncle were arguing behind the crowd like this. What about the noble status and the gentle temperament, it is all the same in the eyes of that person.

King Linjiang sighed and said: "Lin Gong's implementation of the new policy has not been smooth over the years, and now that he is gone, many things have been put on hold, I thought you would continue, but I didn't expect that you would return the empire to the autonomy of the family before it was established." ”

"Uncle Wang, you will be mistaken, but since the Ji family has a curtain call, it is up to the latecomers to choose the path they want to take. Emperor Hao said: "Actually, many of the teacher's new policies do not agree with you, right?"

King Linjiang was stunned and said, "Not bad." ”

"King Qingyang also mostly disagreed. Emperor Hao said: "Throw away their respective positions and purely discuss political opinions." What the teacher wants is to expand the number of sheltered people as much as possible, give them the starting resources, and then select the best of the best. Qingyang Wang felt that it was completely an idealized plan on paper. ”

In fact, the teacher's proposition is not a new point of view, looking at the history of the empire, the ancestors have also put forward and practiced. Terrans are inherently more fragile than the dark race, so wherever they escape from the food pen, they are all one place and one race. After the founding of the country, an empire was built on this basis. ”

"Nowadays, most people's starting point is the family, and the level of the starting point depends on the strength of the family and their position in the family. It's just that in this way, the poor families and civilians whose family abilities are not strong, the descendants of the displaced people caused by various reasons, and even those human races in the Eternal Night Continent at the bottom, have very little chance of obtaining starting resources. ”

"When the empire established the four major training camps of Yellow Spring, Dark Flower, Sword Rain Spring, and Great Dao Fangyuan, it was out of this consideration that they only relied on their talents and did not restrict their origins. It has been in operation for hundreds of years now, and the results are not satisfactory. Huang Quan also got more resources than the other three after the teacher and Zhang Wang were released, but the problem is that neither of them is a civilian. ”

"Guy is the growth of a strong man, igniting the Force is just the beginning, and then there is a longer process. And a civilian soldier, through such a resource tilt, after standing in the same position as the soldiers of the children of the clan, will still encounter the problem of lack of family support, and at this time it may not only lack resources, but also secret methods, experience, and connections. ”

Therefore, the best of the best of the teacher's choice, in the eyes of King Zhang, is just to build a greenhouse, raise a group of sheep, and never be able to kill lions, it is better to go with the flow and compete for natural selection. Because no one knows at what point this support will have to go before letting go. ”

"Resources don't come out of nowhere, and people's hearts vary widely. Throwing a lot of resources into the commoners of the poor family outside the gate lord family and the scholar race, hoping to increase the proportion of the Dawn Force awakening of the human race as a whole is an unpredictable result in itself. And how many families are willing to share the resources that should be given to their children for this?"

"From the perspective of this millennium, it is possible to do it on a small scale, but it is impossible to do it on a large scale. The family is willing to hand over part of the war resources and use them in the empire as a whole, and they will also recruit vassals and issue bounties to the nobles, Hanmen and civilians, but these investments are not enough for everyone. At the end of the day, the empire is too weak. ”

"The most failed test zone is the rebels in the two provinces of the Western Continent, who are no different from the gray areas of other places, relying on trade between the human race and the dark race, and gradually forming a class. It does not provide any new way to the unsolvable problem above. Now we can only leave the experience of failure for future generations. ”

King Linjiang sighed and said, "In recent years, Lin Gong's measures to promote the commoners of the poor family have been too radical, in fact, his biggest problem is not that he has affected the fundamental interests of the family, but that he does not form a party. Like you said, the problem of starting different starts is at every threshold. ”

"Lin Gong promotes people, only looking at talent, not asking about background, and not accepting for use. If the person who is promoted does not have a background, he or she will encounter obstacles when he or she goes to the next level. If you have a background, you must draw a line with him, so as not to be suspicious of your own faction. There are even some villains, after Wei Hanzhi got this opportunity, they vigorously criticized him, thinking that they had taken refuge in a certain faction's advancement level. ”

"There is such a guy in the red scorpion, it is said that he was still born in Huangquan, and he said a lot of gossip in order to catch my way through the Nangong family. He and Song Zining were in Huangquan at the same time, and the two probably had friction, and they also had a lot of things about Lin Gong and Song Zining. ”

Emperor Hao frowned and said, "There is still such a person in the red scorpion?"

King Linjiang raised his eyebrows, "Oh, this person is so motivated, I have given him enough opportunities to improve, and I haven't heard from him for a long time." ”

Emperor Hao's eyebrows were relieved, and he couldn't cry or laugh a little, this little Uncle Wang has never been good at stubble.

King Linjiang stood up, walked around the room, stopped in front of the porthole, and looked out into the void. After a while, Fang Dao said, "If we go to war with Eternal Night, what will be the result?"

"The best result is a small defeat and peace talks. ”

The overall strength of the empire is inferior to that of Eternal Night, and a full-scale war can still be in a state of small loss, so that Eternal Night is willing to sit down and negotiate peace, it must have been fought to the point where both sides are unable to continue. Leave it alone with the loss of the mainland continent, the fall of the Heavenly King is almost inevitable, judging from the current defensive position, the first to bear the brunt is Emperor Hao and King Dingxuan.

King Linjiang's face changed, and he asked, "What about the worst outcome?"

"The empire is broken up, and most of the Terrans are back to the Dark Ages. ”

Emperor Hao said very lightly, although King Linjiang was somewhat mentally prepared, his face was still getting more and more ugly.

Emperor Hao glanced at King Linjiang and said with a smile: "Actually, there is a third possibility. There is a place for the Terrans on the Holy Mountain. If, during this period, the empire can produce a king on the holy mountain, the council may throw in an invitation as before. ”

King Linjiang didn't think that this invitation would be so simple, "What about the conditions?"

"Abandon 'blood for blood' and open up the trade of people below level 5. ”

"Blood for blood" is the Empire's incomparably tough response to the dark race's blood feast, and whenever it happens, the perpetrators will inevitably be hunted down to the end. If there is really no way to pursue the murderer, or if there is no condition to hunt down the murderer for the time being, they will also kill in the same area, returning blood for blood.

The empire has been established for a thousand years, and many national policies have changed from time to time, but only this one has been resolutely implemented until now, even if it has to pay a heavy price, no one has flinched.

King Linjiang was silent for a long time and said, "Who would agree to such a condition?"

Emperor Hao said coldly: "Maybe in the future, there will be people who don't mind fusion." ”

King Linjiang suddenly remembered two rumors, and then thought about the intricate relationship between the three surnames, and only felt a headache. "The Holy Mountain said, there was no rumor at all before, and those ancestors didn't even think about agreeing. ”

Emperor Hao said: "Only those powerful people in the history of the empire and the emperors of previous dynasties know, but it is unknown whether there are kings with different surnames who have also been lobbied." ”

King Linjiang listened to a bunch of secrets, and he had a feeling that he was in a trap, and said angrily: "Your Majesty told me today that only the emperor can hear about so many top-secret things, if it is really the son of Concubine Zhao who will succeed to the throne in the future, do you need to tell your subordinates on your behalf?"

Emperor Hao really thought about it before replying, "No need." ”

The king of Linjiang couldn't help but be angry.

Then Emperor Hao seemed to think of something again, and said: "Ah, I almost forgot, I plan to cancel the rule that the 'human emperor' is only held by the imperial family, and all the gods and generals of the clan, gate valve, and high-grade families can apply for a try, and the most suitable one will be given a gun." Uncle Wang, do you want to try it first?"

King Linjiang said expressionlessly: "I dislike that it doesn't have enough firepower." ”

Emperor Hao didn't expect to get such an answer, blinked his eyes, and finally held back a smile and said, "The 'Human Emperor' will be very disappointed." ”

King Linjiang didn't have the heart to skin him down, "Actually, I still don't understand, you became the Heavenly King a year earlier than Zhang Qingyang, and the Holy Mountain may not be hopeless in the future, wouldn't you be more able to control the future of the empire?"

"The teacher once said to me that the star track changes every moment, and the future may be better or worse, it may be better for some people, and it may be worse for others. The choices made by the Heavenly Machine Technique are only the best at the moment, not the best, so he never minds fame, nor does he mind failure, he just hopes to have more choices. ”

"And when I was a child, I never longed for that big position. When I sat in the big seat, I didn't think about being a hero for a moment. My only wish now is to see the results of Jaeyao for him. ”

King Linjiang suddenly closed his eyes and raised his hand to hide all his expressions.

That person is always like this, with the whole world of nebula in his eyes, but not his own figure. Whether it is a noble son or a commoner, he has saved countless people along the way, but he never looks back, no matter whether he is grateful or resentful, it will not make the nebula in his eyes brighter or dimmer.

When King Linjiang opened his eyes again, he was the only one left in the cabin, and Emperor Hao had quietly left.

He seemed to go back to thirty years ago, everyone was moving forward, but he was carrying the burden of not knowing whether he didn't want to or cowardly, and drew the ground as a prison.

If you don't get rid of the demons, you will not become a king in the end.

PS: The manuscript box has completely exploded, and the new editor has already cried. Well, take a few days off for the next.

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