Chapter 635: The Royal Family, the Imperial Court, and the Business Association
Tianya Hotel is located at No. 1 Yunling Road, the gathering place of Qinghe, which was the most prosperous area of Qinghe before the end of the world.
The entire hotel has a construction area of 36000 square meters, with 23 floors above ground and two floors underground. It has a total of 258 guest rooms and has multiple leisure and entertainment areas such as a gym, foot bath, chess and cards, health care, and tea.
As the only hotel with electricity in the entire Qinghe settlement since the end of the world, it is mainly used as a dormitory for cadres at the bureau level and above of the Night Province Standing Committee on weekdays.
The provincial military district also arranged for the 77th Corps exchange group to visit here to show its importance.
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Hotel 23rd Floor 2301 Executive Suite
After everyone retreated to the corridor and the door was closed, the only people left in the room were Gu Chengyuan and Yu Zhengguo, who were sitting opposite each other in the office area.
Wisps of green smoke rose from the teacups in front of the two people. The rich sandalwood mixed with the mellow scent of leather and wood filled the air, making it seem particularly peaceful and reassuring.
The six crystal chandeliers on the dome hang down icicle-like decorations, and the light intensity is just right, neither dim nor overly glaring.
In this silence, Gu Chengyuan, the host, spoke first:
"Captain Yu Zhengguo, there are only two of us left now. If you have anything to say, you can speak freely."
Gu Chengyuan's words were quite straightforward, with a youthful sharpness.
He expected to have a private conversation with Yu Zhengguo, but he didn't think it would be today, let alone that the other party would be so anxious.
Just now on the way here, Gu Chengyuan's motorcade was planning to separate from the welcoming motorcade and return to the Ye Province Military Region, but was suddenly told that the other party wanted to talk to him.
Therefore, this made Gu Chengyuan even more curious about what the other party wanted to talk to him about that could make a legion commander so impatient.
"Commander Gu, since there are only two of us here, I won't beat around the bush with you."
"May I ask what do you think of the royal family, the imperial court, and the business association?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Zhengguo changed his previous listlessness and forced himself to straighten his back, like an old sitting tiger, with blazing eyes and inner divine light.
Hearing this, Gu Chengyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, also containing an indescribable power, and looked at Yu Zhengguo.
After such a long period of training, Gu Chengyuan is no longer a novice, so he naturally knows that the other party is not just asking for his opinion.
Attitude determines position, so the other party is asking about your position?
To be honest, Gu Chengyuan had heard of the three entities, namely the royal family, the imperial court, and the business association, mentioned by the other party before the end of the world.
And compared to those politicians who rely on unreliable information on the Internet, he has a more accurate information channel, that is, his father, the mayor Gu Jianguo.
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What is the royal family? Actually, it is not accurate to call it the royal family. It should be more accurately called the heavenly family, that is, the Ji family of the Zhou emperor who has been in power for 3,000 years.
When talking about the Ji family, we have to start from the Warring States Period.
After the collapse of the Zhou State, the King of Qin not only did not liquidate the royal families of the six states, but also retained the Ji family, the co-ruler of the Zhou State.
They were allowed to retain their ancestral temples, hold sacrifices, and be granted a special political status in order to strengthen the legitimacy of the Qin Empire's rule over the world.
Because the Ji family at that time had lost power for hundreds of years, its symbolic significance was greater than its practical significance. To Qin Shihuang, who ruled the world, it was just a gorgeous ornament on the imperial desk with great collection value, and its threat was far less than that of the royal families of the six kingdoms.
Later, as the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism and as Confucianism flourished, the Ji family, which was regarded as the master of utopia by Confucianism, was also deified.
Later, while the Ji family broke away from the bloody vortex of secular royal power, they also got involved with the three sects of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, becoming an intertwined group.
Whether ordinary people go to the Confucian Temple, the Taoist Temple, or the Buddhist Temple, they can see the sanctified ancestors of the Ji family sitting inside and enjoying the incense.
The Ji family alone has produced several saints, immortals, gods, and Buddhas, and their status in the three sects is not low.
Especially in Buddhism, Ji Song, the King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty of the Ji family, is revered as Namo Gautama Buddha. Because of his status in Buddhism, he is often jokingly called the executive vice-Buddha by netizens.
This is also the main reason why the Ji family has been able to last for three thousand years, because they stayed away from the fiercely struggling secular power and moved to another track.
As for the current status of the royal family, it was completely elevated and has a sense of being popularly accepted.
During the chaos that swept across the world and sank China before the founding of the country, the Ji family firmly supported and funded every resistance force!
As long as you raise the banner of anti-aggression, the Ji family will give you money!
As a result, while the Ji family made great contributions to the anti-aggression struggle, they also gained a huge amount of social prestige!
Therefore, after the world was settled, in order to give back to the Ji family for their contributions, all sectors of society voted together and eventually established the state system as a constitutional monarchy!
However, in recent years, the Ji family seems to be less and less satisfied with being a golden statue in a temple.
He began to gradually expand his influence into the court, seeking to expand the power of the monarch.
Relying on its good social reputation and almost completely preserved influence, the Ji family has expanded rapidly in the political arena in recent years, and it is common to see politicians labeled as members of the imperial faction rising to prominence.
As for the imperial court, it should not be classified as a specific faction. A more accurate description should be: a huge political agglomeration, which is subdivided into various political forces, but as a whole, it represents the central power of the entire Zhou state to the outside world.
With a central government, there will naturally be corresponding local governments. The Enterprise Association mentioned by the Corps Commander is fully called Zhoubang Enterprise Association, and its main backbone force is the various large-scale commercial complexes in Zhoubang.
The game between local and central governments, and the struggle between official power and capital groups can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty in Zhou State.
This is a problem that has remained unresolved for hundreds of years because the government pursues balance and capital pursues profit.
Officials of all dynasties in the Zhou Dynasty adhered to the governing principle of the Way of Heaven, reducing the surplus and giving to the deficiency.
And this "surplus" usually comes from businessmen and capital groups.
Therefore, there is actually a fundamental contradiction between the two, and the game has been very intense long before the end of the world.
It's just not known to ordinary people...
Therefore, the question asked by Corps Commander Yu Zhengguo at this time, although seemingly normal, was actually dangerous.
The game between large interest groups has always been a bloody fight, with no scruples and a single strike to kill!
According to Gu Chengyuan, the 77th Corps might even have nuclear bombs!
What should I do if the other party has no moral principles and directly launches a nuclear explosion on me because of different interest groups?
Is this end of the world caused by a natural disaster? Or a man-made disaster? It is still unclear!
Not to mention whether these interest groups have any means of contact after the end of the world, Gu Chengyuan is also unclear.
So in this case, Gu Chengyuan did not want to blindly expose his true colors...
"I wonder what the legion commander means by this?"
