Chapter 283 The Divine Right of Kings

"I believe you have recognized today's special guest without my telling you." Principal Yan happily introduced the person who came out of the imperial chariot to everyone.

When the man in the imperial chariot came out, there were exclamations from all around.

"It's that man."

"Your Majesty is here."

"And Taifu Zhao, Taifu Zhao and Emperor Xuanyi came out of the imperial chariot together."

This was the first time Chen Xing saw Emperor Xuanyi in real life.

In fact, he had seen Emperor Xuanyi in some promotional brochures or on TV in previous years, but there was still a certain difference between him in the media and in real life.

It was mainly reflected in the fact that Emperor Xuanyi himself had a faint sense of alienation, and a faint majesty was revealed between his eyebrows.

Especially after the imperial chariot landed, it turned into maple leaves flying in the wind, and the maple leaves danced in the invisible power.

It was as if being fiddled by an invisible big hand.

At first, Chen Xing thought that these maple leaves were the body of the beast, but later found out that he was wrong.

These fiery red maple leaves were not the body, but more like some simple maple leaves.

Since Maple Leaf is not the body of this dragon-shaped creature that looks like an oriental dragon, then it must be some kind of invisible beast?

Chen Xing tried to check its panel, but found that he could not check it.

Either he did not see its body, or the body he saw was incomplete.

Emperor Xuanyi smiled and said, "You are all elite students of my Great Xia. I happened to pass by nearby and came to see you. You are in good spirits. The rising sun should be so vigorous."

Knowing that His Majesty would pay attention to their exam, many students were a little excited.

Whether it was intentional or accidental.

At least looking down from the podium, many people showed excitement on their faces.

After the students left one after another.

Emperor Xuanyi, Principal Yan and Taifu Zhao left together.

"Your Majesty, just now in public, you should not say me, you should call yourself I." Principal Yan said calmly.

Emperor Xuanyi smiled contemptuously, "Is there a difference?"

"Those who respect me will not let a single word affect their respect for me. Those who do not respect me will not even look at me even if I wear a crown and tassels. Times have changed now." At this point, Emperor Xuanyi's eyes were dim.

Principal Yan heard the hidden meaning, "Your Majesty, is it still for that matter? Have you really not given up the idea?"

"Grand Master Yan, I need your help." Emperor Xuanyi said solemnly.

Hearing this title that he had not heard for a long time, Principal Yan was silent for a long time. He looked at Master Zhao behind Emperor Xuanyi, "Master Zhao, don't you want to persuade Your Majesty?"

Master Zhao, who was following behind Emperor Xuanyi, was calm and at ease. When he heard Principal Yan's attempt to divert the blame, his eyelids slightly raised. "I have tried to persuade him, but he still won't do anything."

Principal Yan stared at Zhao Guang, "Do you also think that His Majesty's idea is right?"

"Before His Majesty came, I had advised him not to come to you. You are fifty years older than me. I said that you are an old antique with rigid thinking. I have tried to persuade His Majesty, but he still won't do anything." Taifu Zhao said slowly.

Principal Yan's face darkened. Zhao Guang, you mean this when you said you couldn't persuade him!

After hearing what Zhao Guang said, Emperor Xuanyi raised the corner of his mouth and laughed softly.

Principal Yan said, "Your Majesty, you are the third emperor of Daxia. Under your governance, Daxia's national strength is getting stronger and stronger, which is unprecedented. Now Daxia's territory has even expanded to foreign lands. In this great change that has not happened in thousands of years, you actually want to weaken the imperial power? If your words are spread out, what would the late emperor think if he were still alive, and what would the scholars think?"

Yan Qubing could not understand Emperor Xuanyi's thoughts. He even once suspected that Emperor Xuanyi was occupied by some demons and monsters, or that some foreign tricks had blinded his mind.

How could an emperor take the initiative to weaken his own imperial power?

Emperor Xuanyi put his hands behind his back, his eyes deep, "I thought so at first, but since the day the door to the foreign land was opened, the times have changed, Master Yan."

"If it was still an atheist era, I would naturally not do this, but it is different now. I have read ancient history at home and abroad and found that in the Middle Ages in the West, there was a saying that the king's power was granted by God, but we have the king's power granted by God. Why?"

Yan Qubing said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the gods in our ancient history are just a fictitious concept. Therefore, your Majesty's saying of 'the king's power granted by God' does not completely conform to our history. On the contrary, in our history, the governance of the country is more through moral governance, ritual system, human governance and other methods to maintain orthodox legitimacy, emphasizing that the king's will is the will of heaven.

As for the West, it is because they have more faith and believe that the power of the monarch comes directly from the gift of God."

Speaking of this, Yan Qubing seemed to realize something.

His eyes were complicated.

"So, is this why your Majesty made this decision?"

"That's right." Emperor Xuanyi sighed. As a member of the royal family, he took the initiative to weaken the royal family and even remove the imperial power. This was tantamount to scraping the bone.

But some things had to be done.

Yes, at this stage, Daxia did not have a divine power that was superior to the imperial power, but it was only now. Who could guarantee that there would not be one in the future?

And he was sure that there would definitely be one in the future, and there would definitely be more!

Why has the foreign land developed for so many years but has not yet had a complete unified country, and there is not even the concept of a country?

And it evolved into a huge city, and a gathering place for human cities located in the wilderness.

Is it true that there has been no dynasty in the foreign land for so many years?

After learning about the history of the foreign land, Emperor Xuanyi keenly discovered the strangeness, so he began to investigate the history of the foreign land in this regard.

He really found some clues.

In the era of the gods in the foreign land, there were some dynasties in some local areas that existed briefly.

But they did not exist for long, at least not long compared to the history of the foreign land. Basically, they were submerged in the waves of history after only a few hundred years or even decades.

Behind this, there are four big words revealed in blood-the king's power is granted by God!

Behind the fall of those dynasties, there are shadows of the struggle of gods.

As the helmsman family of the dynasty, the royal family is undoubtedly the hardest hit area of ​​the struggle.

Facing the power of gods, the royal family has no power to resist.

Since learning the inside story, Emperor Xuanyi has been unable to sleep all night. In the eyes of many people, he is a high emperor. Since the day he was born, he has been focused on by countless eyes.

His every move touches the heartstrings of countless people. When he was still the prince, what he wanted today would be delivered to his house tomorrow.

On the day he turned twenty-one, his father was killed in the battle at the front line. Emperor Xuanyi ascended the throne and was ordered to maintain this huge empire.

He has been in this position for more than six hundred years.

Daxia has experienced the baptism of beast-taming civilization from ancient feudal society, coupled with the transformation of overseas industry and the development of modern science and technology.

He watched the ebb and flow of the tide.

He has experienced everything he should have experienced. After being an emperor for more than six hundred years, he actually has no great obsession with this position.

It's just that even if the plane wants to land smoothly, it takes a process and can't be rushed.

He used all means to maintain the ruling power of the empire.

Only with military power can there be imperial power!

The most obvious way is to increase the strength of the army. As long as the strength of the army is greater than that of the family, the world can be stable and his policies can be issued clearly.

At least the general direction will not be wrong.

But in recent years, he felt that his control over the dynasty was getting weaker and weaker, especially since the news of the restart of the road to godhood spread to Daxia decades ago.

He felt that Daxia was undercurrent. As far as he knew, in those years, the top talents of those aristocratic families disappeared mysteriously, and some hidden masters of the aristocratic families disappeared with them.

The arrows behind them all pointed to the depths of the foreign land. He knew what these people were thinking because he did it too.

Sometimes Emperor Xuanyi would go online, and he would also go to the forum to post.

He had also seen words like "The emperor comes to my house." and "I can replace him."

Sometimes he would silently like it below.

It seemed helpless, but it was actually clear.

He knew that human desires were like torrents, and it was better to drain than to block them, and the comments on the Internet only represented part of his inner thoughts at most.

People are complicated, and a simple idea cannot make him act on it. Just like him sitting in this position, countless connections, relationships, and interests are like a huge spider web that binds him, and a single move can move the whole body.

Sometimes he was very tired, and there was a thought in his mind that if he was not the emperor, but just an ordinary rich boy, he would not know how cool it would be.

But soon this idea was abandoned by him. If he was just an ordinary rich boy, he would not have lived for so many years! Although he wanted this and that, he knew that he could not do it.

"Grandmaster, I have thought about this idea for decades, and I should think it through. Now I go down, as long as I maintain the interests of all parties, my Ji family can still be decent. But if I am not decent, someone will help me be decent in the future." Emperor Xuanyi said in a deep voice.

"Who would do this? Then he would be an enemy of hundreds of millions of people in Daxia!" Yan Qubing said in a serious voice.

Emperor Xuanyi laughed.

He looked at Yan Qubing, and Yan Qubing looked at him.

After a long time, Yan Qubing was silent.

Emperor Xuanyi said: "Daxia doesn't need an emperor now. Whether there is an emperor or not doesn't affect its operation. My Ji family has taken a lot of benefits by relying on the status of the royal family for so many years. Even if I weaken the imperial power now, it doesn't matter."

"So your majesty, you have been prepared to establish a parliament decades ago?" Yan Qubing sighed.

Emperor Xuanyi smiled slightly and did not explain.

"Then what are you going to do, your majesty?" Yan Qubing asked.

Emperor Xuanyi said calmly: "Students are the youngest and the most radical. They are new blood and are most receptive to new knowledge.

So. What do you think of establishing a new department with this group of young blood? And now is the war period. As long as it can be well developed, this new department can grow rapidly. This time, these fresh blood will be mainly from Jiuzhou University, and other universities will be supplemented. What do you think, Master Yan?"

Yan Qubing was a little shocked. This is a big deal.

Before this, the biggest use of the education sector was to supply fresh blood to the major departments of Daxia, and it had no other rights.

But if the education sector also has another powerful department besides the school, there will be more things that can be operated.

This big piece of cake alone can attract countless people.

So your majesty means that Yan Qubing vaguely guessed Emperor Xuanyi's thoughts.

He wanted to win over himself and the education sector, so in the next war, a new piece of cake was marked out for the education sector.

"Master Yan, since this new department is mainly composed of fresh blood, try not to have too many old people, otherwise it will easily be affected by the old age. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty is right."

Yan Qubing understood that Emperor Xuanyi wanted to cultivate a new department this time.

It is all fresh blood, and the degree of fresh blood needs to be controlled.

Either only recruit fresh graduates?

But the number is too small, and there are not many elites absorbed.

Or recruit fresh graduates who have graduated within three years at most? And elite students in school?

If so, perhaps it should be more satisfied with the fresh blood in His Majesty's mouth.

"Your Majesty, who will this newly established department connect with?" Yan Qubing asked cautiously.

"Connect with me at this stage." Emperor Xuanyi said.

"I will not take care of the specific recruitment, I will leave it to you!"

Even though he knew it might be just a polite remark, Yan Qubing still felt warm in his heart.

He bowed and said, "I will do whatever you want."

"Master Yan, you don't have to be so polite. Alas." Emperor Xuanyi wanted to dissuade him, but when he saw Yan Qubing's stubborn eyes, he knew that he couldn't persuade this stubborn old man.

Yan Qubing was older than him.

He was an old man who really came out of the feudal era.

Those who survived from that era were rare.

The most important thing was that people in that era had just come into contact with foreign lands. Whether it was the knowledge of beast taming or the concentration of elements in Daxia, they were far from comparable to now.

So the old people who survived from that era had to have opportunities in addition to talent! All kinds of opportunities found in the secret realms that appeared in various places in Daxia at the beginning of the collision between the two worlds.

"Everything is up to your majesty." Yan Qubing said, "Your majesty, I would like to ask, how many people do you need to recruit for this new department? How to determine the official rank?"

"You can discuss it with Master Zhao, and tell me the result after the discussion. For the official rank, it will be half a rank lower than the Jinyiwei for the time being." Emperor Xuanyi said casually.

Then Emperor Xuanyi looked to the east, as if sensing something.

"Is that where the exam will be held?"

Yan Qubing was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes."

Emperor Xuanyi seemed to be thinking, "Give me the list of this year later."

"Yes."

"You two old men are more energetic than me. I'm going to take a nap. You can chat first."

Emperor Xuanyi waved his hand and walked into the guest room to close the door and rest.

Looking at Emperor Xuanyi's casual movements, Taifu Zhao's eyes flashed with envy, and he whispered to Yan Qubing, "Taishi Yan is deeply loved by the emperor! His Majesty will only act so casually with you."

Yan Qubing raised his head slightly and snorted, "What are you saying? What are you hinting at! Old man Zhao, how come you are still alive and kicking after so many years?"

Taifu Zhao's mouth twitched. Is this what a human being would say?