Chapter 228: The Battle for Titles
Inside the Haijing Yunhou Mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
What? Let me call and let Yun Rui return to Yunhou Mansion Yun Miaoyin was completely stunned when she heard her father's words. If it weren't for Yun Feiyang, maybe she would have scolded her.
Yun Miaoyin was slandered. This is too shameless, isn't it? I kicked Yunrui out because of an outsider before, and I still hyped it up in the newspaper, for fear that others wouldn't know. Now that he saw that Yun Rui was about to soar, he asked himself to invite him back. What is this? What did they say when they opposed Kai Ge Yunrui in the first place?
"Father, with what I know about Yunrui, he can't agree to it. Yun Miaoyin tried her best to restrain her anger and said on the phone.
"Whether he agrees or not, you have to make this call!" Yun Feiyang said very domineeringly, and then hung up the phone.
Yun Miaoyin couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly, hesitated for a long time, and still dialed Yun Rui's phone, but as soon as she said a few words, she was interrupted by Yun Rui.
"Eldest sister, you know my character, so I won't say more. However, whether I am from Yunhou Mansion or not, you are my eldest sister, and this will not change. Yun Rui refused without hesitation, and he despised Yun Feiyang even more in his heart. Originally, he was eager to leave Yunhou Mansion, but he was expelled before, how could he go back now? If he was so cheap, what kind of real person would he be? With his character, it would be good not to trouble Yunhou Mansion.
Yun Miaoyin sighed secretly, and hung up the arc after saying a few words absentmindedly.
"How is it?, what did Brother Jiu say?" Looking at the eldest sister's wistful end call, although she knew the result, Yun Miaoge couldn't help but ask.
Yun Miaoyin shook her head, "Don't you know his personality yet? If he agrees, it won't be Yun Rui." In fact, I wish he refused, because the personnel in the mansion are too complicated, and with their temperament, Yunrui's return will not be beneficial to him at all. ”
Yun Miaoge nodded, "It's okay if Brother Jiu doesn't come back, sister-in-law, they are getting more and more excessive, they..."
"What's the matter, Miaoge?" Yun Miaoyin couldn't help frowning when she saw her sister's strange expression.
Yun Miaoge sent out the housekeeping, closed the door, and said to Yun Miaoyin a little mysteriously: "Eldest sister, sister-in-law has a personal affair with her father, do you know?"
"What are you talking about!" Yun Miaoyin Huo Ran stood up, "Don't talk nonsense..."
Yun Miaoge's face turned red, and she showed a disgusting expression that wanted to vomit, "I also hope it's fake, but it's not." Eldest sister, I heard this with my own ears. I drove into the garage the night before and fell asleep in the car because I didn't want to get out of the car because I was drinking. Later, my sister-in-law's car also entered the garage, and she parked next to me, but she didn't know that I was in the car all the time. ”
Yun Miaoyin's face slowly turned pale, and she didn't want to continue listening.
Yun Miaoge continued: "Later, when she got out of the car and saw that there was no one, she started calling. What she said was sensual, even... At first, I thought she was talking to her eldest brother, but then the more I listened, the more wrong it became, I listened to her, I listened to her..."
"You say!" Yun Miaoyin spat out two words coldly, no matter what, she had to figure out what was going on.
Yun Miaoge took a deep breath and said unspeakably: "She said, she said, 'House flowers don't have the fragrance of wild flowers, is my daughter-in-law a house flower or a wild flower?' and said with a smile 'Your son eats your wife's milk, you eat his wife's milk', and some foul language that they just say when they fool around, I really can't say it." ”
Yun Miaoyin's face was already pale, she knew that Yun Miaoge would not tell such a lie, these were all true. His father actually had an affair with his daughter-in-law!
Not to mention Yun Miaoyin and Yun Miaoge's mother and their eldest brother, even their two daughters, how can they accept this fact?
No wonder Yun Miaoyin felt that her sister was a little unrelenting in the past two days, it turned out to be because of this. She never imagined that her father, who had always been sanctimonious, would be so shameless that he could even do incestuous things. In an instant, the tall image of Yun Feiyang in her heart from childhood to adulthood suddenly collapsed, and after a period of unspeakable shame, Yun Miaoyin couldn't hold back her tears anymore.
After a long time, Yun Miaoyin came back to her senses, and suddenly thought of something, "Miaoge, don't tell anyone about this anymore." Especially my mother and eldest brother, otherwise..."
Yun Miaoge smiled bitterly and said: "Eldest sister, my brain is not broken, how can I tell people again? Originally, I wouldn't even say it to you, but I was too uncomfortable to hold it in my heart alone, so I had to tell you." ”
What would happen if their mother knew about it? And once such a family scandal is exposed, Yunhou Mansion will immediately lose face and become the laughing stock of everyone. No matter what aspect it is, the Yun family will be dealt a major blow.
Of course, Yun Feiyang didn't know that the two daughters already knew about the dealings between him and Mei Xuan's daughter-in-law, and he was already very unbearable in his daughter's heart. At this time, he was sitting in the "Fangyuan Pavilion" with a serious face to attend the aristocratic meeting.
The Fangyuan Pavilion is the hall of the nobles, and only the nobles are qualified to attend the meeting. The politics of the Great Xia Empire had a distinct aristocracy, similar to that of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and most of the official positions above the third rank were held by aristocratic families. This Council of Nobles is a complement to the National Assembly, somewhat like the House of Lords in the West.
Except for Yun Feiyang, all the nobles in Yanjing were summoned to come.
The three dukes and five waits have all arrived, and the two royal princes have also arrived. In addition to this, there are twenty or thirty uncles, sons, and men. One-third of the nobles of the Great Xia Empire are here. But except for Li Luo, Shang Chaodong and Rong Changxin, everyone else didn't know what to discuss.
Presiding over the meeting was the Prime Minister, Earl Shang Chaodong, although he was only an earl, but because he was the Prime Minister, he was qualified to preside over the meeting. The prime minister is a rank, the same rank as the duke, but much more powerful.
According to the regulations, in the deliberation and voting, the number of votes from baron to duke is increased in order of title, with one vote for the baron and five votes for the duke. But the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament, regardless of their title, have five votes. The prince also had five votes, while the emperor had twelve, but the emperor rarely voted.
When everyone heard Shang Chaodong announce the issue, they were a little surprised. They didn't expect to talk about Yunrui's title. It is true that the major event of knighthood, after all, once knighted, the national treasury will have an additional long-term expenditure. A baron, the country costs millions of Chinese dollars a year, and once it is given, it may be several lifetimes.
Therefore, on the one hand, the state has formulated a knighthood system in order to encourage meritorious service to the country, and on the other hand, the control of knighthood is extremely strict. Now the Great Xia Empire has a population of more than one billion, and there are no more than 100 people with titles, and most of them were sealed when the country was founded. After the founding of the country, there were only seven or eight of them in more than a hundred years, and they were all the lowest-level barons. Several of these seven or eight barons were awarded the Nobel Prize.
Mei Xiaohan's face was ugly. At the time of the coup, the Meiguo Mansion was also occupied by the black vest of the Savior, and he himself was imprisoned in the Ministry of Finance, and he did not regain his freedom until the coup failed. It stands to reason that he should be grateful to Yun Rui, but Mei Xiaohan didn't have the slightest gratitude when he thought of Yun Rui and his grandson Mei Yun's holiday.
At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh, if he had known that Yun Rui had such great ability, why should he offend the other party? It would be unwise to offend such a person. And Yun Rui is about to be knighted, who can suppress the real credit? The force is unfathomable, coupled with the status of nobility, such a person no longer needs to look at anyone's face.
Of course, Yun Feiyang was even more unhappy in his heart, seeing Mei Xiaohan sitting there in the same old way, he couldn't wait to kick this Mei Guogong to death, and scolded himself: "It's all you old thing!"
Shang Chaodong finally said: "This is the case, the viscount is still the earl, you can start voting." ”
Everyone was shocked again, originally thinking that Yun Rui would be crowned a viscount at most, but they didn't expect that even the earl was one of the options. Suddenly, many people were very uncomfortable. Of course, it's more jealousy.
Shangguan Ding voted first, he heard his daughter Shangguan Lanze talk about Yunrui not long ago, the two still have some origins, and his plan in Forest City Yunrui also helped, in public and private, Shangguan Ding will approve of being the earl.
Mei Xiaohan snorted coldly in her heart, and did not hesitate to approve of the title of viscount.
Sheng Guogong has always been close to Mei Xiaohan, and he is also in favor of being a viscount. Of the five candidates, except for Yun Feiyang, who has not yet expressed his position, the other four, Zhou Hou and Shen Hou are in favor of being made an earl, while Zeng Hou and Zuo Hou are in favor of being a viscount.
Most of the barons and viscounts voted for the title of viscount, and they certainly didn't want Yunrui's title to be higher than theirs. Among the counts here, several were in favor of Viscount Yun Ruifeng, and they didn't want to make another earl.
At this point, the number of votes in favor of the title of viscount has been ahead by thirty votes.
At this time, the vote surrounding Yun Rui's knighthood has been divided into two distinct factions. One faction is headed by Shangguan Ding, supporting Earl Yunrui, and the other faction, headed by Mei Xiaohan, supports Viscount Feng.
Suddenly, a tense atmosphere rose in the Fang Yuan Pavilion. Obviously, it is no longer as simple as simply knighting Yunrui. (Give me some support, everyone)