Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 71 Meeting Wang Ren, Analysis of the Background of Dream of Red Mansions

The next day, Jia Qi came to the Imperial College and found nothing unusual.

However, when the time came for the lunch break, he finally felt something was wrong.

After his ability to identify the location of sounds was activated, he discovered that someone was following him.

He went out to eat at noon every day these days.

There are many shops near the Imperial College, including many restaurants, and he eats something different every day.

Because of this, almost no one dropped in with him these days.

Today, by listening to the sound and identifying the location, you can tell that when you walk, the person behind you will follow you, and when you stop, the person behind you will also stop at the same time.

"I really didn't expect that I have been studying diligently in the Imperial College these days, waiting to set off. With incredible luck, I have achieved great success and gained a high official position. Can this also be noticed by others?"

As the saying goes, people with good skills are bold.

Jia Qi's training in Tiebushan Kung Fu has made him very powerful.

Coupled with the consumption of ginseng and polygonum multiflorum in the past few days, my physical condition has been rapidly increasing due to the reversal of the lower body.

Nowadays, he can be said to be a very powerful existence, and he can no longer be regarded as an ordinary person.

So no matter who is following him, he has nothing to be afraid of.

"In order to earn this reward these days, I haven't activated the system for a long time. If someone really has ill intentions towards me, that's a good thing. Having multiple tool men in the Imperial College will allow me to continue to improve."

"Although I don't know who you are, please don't let me down."

Jia Qi pretended not to notice anything and moved on.

Soon, he came to the largest restaurant near the Imperial College.

In the past, when he entered the restaurant, he would ask for a private room and watch everything outside, but today he directly found a place to sit down in the lobby.

"Waiter, let me continue serving your signature dishes. Let's change it to the same dish today."

"Okay, sir, I will serve you our store's signature dish, pickled pork ribs and a side dish today. I hope you will continue to come."

"Go on, go on, just eat this..."

He had eaten in this restaurant for three days and had three signature dishes, and he was going to eat the fourth today.

As soon as the waiter left, he heard the footsteps that had been following him before entering the restaurant.

He looked up, but his heart moved.

He actually knew this person.

I remember meeting him several times when I was in Rongguo Mansion, but the person who gave the speech was a young man from a high family, and he didn't take me seriously at all.

I just don’t understand why he wants to follow me now.

Just when Jia Qi was confused, the other party walked straight towards him.

"Isn't this Brother Jia Qi?"

After walking over, he sat across from him very familiarly and greeted him cheerfully.

Seeing him like this, Jia Qi understood that this boy was probably targeting him, and that nothing good would happen to him.

If he didn't listen to the advice system, he would avoid the words of such people and go as far as he could.

However, he became happy with his persuasion system.

"It turns out to be Mr. Wang Ren. I didn't expect to meet him here. Mr. Wang is also here for dinner?"

Wang Ren didn't expect the other party to recognize him, so he smiled happily.

"I didn't expect that brother would still remember me. Don't call me Young Master. If you think highly of me, just call me Brother Wang. We are all descendants of the four major families in Jinling."

"If you really think about it, our ancestors were all brothers who followed Taizu to conquer the world more than 60 years ago. As the same generation, they can be considered brothers, right?"

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

But Jia Qi liked this kind of brother, so he said it very cooperatively. "Brother is right, from now on we are brothers."

"Sixty years ago, our elders were able to conquer the world with Taizu and once again determine our empire. As the younger generation, they should unite sincerely and continue to follow the emperor's footsteps."

Jia Qi was just trying to cooperate with Wang Ren, but when he heard him say this, Wang Ren just shook his head and said.

"Brother, this is indeed wrong."

"It is right for us to unite and cooperate, but what our four major families and the four princes and eight princes follow are not the footsteps of the emperor, but the footsteps of the Supreme Emperor."

"And don't forget, Taizu had already said back then that our country, the Great Zhou Dynasty, should be distinguished from the Western Zhou Dynasty again and named after the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

"It was only after His Majesty ascended the throne that the Emperor of Zhou was destroyed by the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the country of Han Dynasty also perished from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The origin of the Eastern Han Dynasty is unknown, so we restored our dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty and continued to use the title of ancestor."

"However, the Supreme Emperor does not approve of this. As the direct descendants of the Supreme Emperor, we still have to remember that we are in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

Jia Qi shook his head and became serious.

After coming to this world, he also studied the history of this world.

When I watched Dream of Red Mansions in my previous life, there were actually a lot of mysteries about it.

For example, it has only been fifty or sixty years since the Jia family followed Taizu to conquer the world.

However, the book also writes that more than 100 years have passed since the Lin family passed through generations.

It is impossible for the princes of the previous dynasty to pass it on to the present.

He didn't understand until he came to this world.

These two seemingly contradictory things are actually not contradictory at all.

More than 60 years ago, this world belonged to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's just that the emperor at that time was faint and incompetent, causing the Great Zhou Dynasty to change its masters. Taizu was a figure like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu or Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei of Han Dynasty.

At that time, with the help of the four princes and eight princes, the world of Great Zhou was re-established.

It was also because the dynasty changed hands, so in order to distinguish the two dynasties, and also for the name of Taizu, he named the new Great Zhou Empire Eastern Zhou.

However, the books he came into contact with did not record the specific circumstances of this war, nor did they record who caused the Great Zhou Dynasty to change hands.

Of course, these are not important to him now.

He only knew that the four princes and eight princes were direct descendants of the new emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

And old nobles like the Lin family belong to the nobles handed down from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Since Taizu re-established the world, the two forces have been checking and balancing each other.

The Supreme Emperor ascended the throne with the support of four princes and eight princes.

Today's new emperor ascended the throne under the influence of established aristocratic users.

It was only after the current emperor ascended the throne that he announced the abolition of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the name of the Western Zhou Dynasty was unified into the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Why does Jia Qi want to find potatoes and sweet potatoes, and get a title by offering treasures?

The reason is precisely because of the existence of factional fighting.

For him, whether it was the imperial examination or joining the army, it was not that easy.

And both paths are dangerous later on.

Only by offering treasures can you ensure that you will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life.

Having watched Dream of Red Mansions, he naturally knew that if there were no accidents, the final winner would be His Majesty.

When the Supreme Emperor passes away, I am afraid that all four princes and eight princes will be affected.

Jia Qi didn’t know whether this was the TV version of Dream of Red Mansions or Cao Xueqin’s unfinished Dream of Red Mansions.

But no matter which one, it is a good choice to join His Majesty now.

(End of this chapter)