"...Mulan City is hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from here, which is a pity. This winter, Mulan City is unusually cold, and it is not worth going there now. It's better to wait until next summer. If you want to go, you can go with Sister Hui." Fan Chengcai explained, and did not blindly agree with Quan Caiwei.
Quan Caiwei felt very good about Fan Chengcai's attitude.
This equal yet polite attitude is what she appreciates most.
She doesn't like to be with those who worship her, and of course, she doesn't like to be with those who hate her.
So she rarely interacts with people outside her circle.
Because only in their circle is there true equality. No one has to accommodate anyone else, and no one wants to take advantage of others or be taken advantage of by others.
Now Fan Chengcai gave her almost the same feeling, making her feel relaxed and comfortable.
She thought this trip was pretty good.
Just as they were drinking tea and listening to music, Xia Chu met their team and received the second schedule.
This is Quan Caiwei’s schedule after five o’clock.
They would go from Wushige to the nearby restaurant Yishaka for dinner.
From now on, they have to go to Yishaka Restaurant and impose martial law.
Everyone in the team: "..."
Although they knew yesterday that the noble lady Tulip would come to Yisaka for dinner, now seeing the scene, they sincerely believed that even if the princess came, the ceremony would probably be similar.
Maybe even worse.
Li Fu started the aircraft and flew towards Yishaka's landing pad, gossiping, "Actually, the children of the four noble families are not much worse than the royal children. And they are definitely much better than the royal children."
Xia Chujian's eyes welled up when he heard this.
"Master Fu, what is the relationship between the royal family and the clan? Isn't the clan the royal family?" she asked curiously.
Li Fu said, "Zongshi are members of the imperial family, but they are not the royal family. The royal family specifically refers to the branch of the imperial family that ascended to the throne. Those members of the imperial family who did not become emperors can only become ordinary Zongshi. They do not have noble titles, only Zongshi status, but this status is still equivalent to nobility. It's just not as good as the four great nobles."
Ping Qiong counted on his fingers and said, "So the four great noble families, the Su, Zong, Quan, and Li, have their titles hereditary?"
Li Fu said, "Well, not only is the title hereditary, but it can never be revoked. Otherwise, how could they be called the Four Nobles?"
"No matter what they do, they will not be punished? Even if it is treason? Or rebellion?" Xia Chujian asked curiously.
Li Fu said, "Of course they will be punished. Whoever commits a crime will be punished, and those who deserve to be killed will be killed, but they will not be implicated. That's why the titles of the four great nobles have always been secure and passed down within the family."
Xia Chujian continued to ask: "What about the other nobles?"
Li Fu said, "Other nobles also inherited their titles since the founding of the country. However, while their titles can be inherited, they can also be revoked. They are not as secure as the four great nobles. If they commit a crime, they will be implicated."
Xia Chujian pondered, "Will there be new nobles? Rising from the common people?"
Xia Chujian's words made Li Fu silent for a while before he said, "Of course, but the conditions are very harsh."
"Why?"
"Because the number of titles in the Beichen Empire is fixed, it was determined at the beginning of the country. There are only 3,184 in total."
"Four dukes make up the four great noble families."
"Thirty marquises, sixty earls, ninety viscounts, and three thousand barons."
"Except for the four great nobles, whose titles are hereditary and cannot be taken away, even by treason. For the past ten thousand years, all other titles have had successive generations."
"If you want to be knighted from a citizen, in addition to meeting various standards, you also have to wait until a vacant position becomes available before you have the opportunity to be knighted."
Xia Chujian was fascinated by what she heard and continued to ask, "Then under what circumstances will the title become vacant?"
Li Fu said expressionlessly, "There are three situations in which the title will become vacant."
"First, if you commit one of the three major crimes, the emperor will strip you of your title. These three crimes are treason, high treason, and political disorder. Of course, the four nobles are excluded."
"Second, if the entire family dies out, the title will be automatically reclaimed. This does not include the four great noble families, as both men and women can inherit the title anyway."
"Third, if someone commits a serious criminal offense, such as killing a noble, a member of the cabinet, the Senate, or a high-ranking military official, not only will the culprit be sentenced to death, but their entire family will also be implicated, stripped of their title, or even demoted to commoner status. Furthermore, even if they perform meritorious deeds in the future, they will never be able to be knighted again or promoted to nobility."
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched. "Actually, this is quite beneficial to the nobles, right? No noble would be so bored as to commit such a crime, right?"
"It's hard to say. The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds." Li Fu sneered.
Xia Chujian didn't care about these details, but just sighed: "If that's the case, then there's still hope for being a citizen or a commoner, right?"
Li Fu said, "Well, as long as there is a vacant title, and the Beichen Empire has two conditions for conferring a title, if one is met, then it will be fine."
"oh?"
"Either you have enough military merits, or you get elected to the Senate."
"Who decides that?"
"Conferring titles is absolutely the emperor's right. Neither the Senate, the cabinet, nor the military can interfere."
Xia Chujian sneered: "This Emperor Beichen is quite clever. Although it is a so-called constitutional monarchy, he still uses a title to firmly grasp the backbone of his subjects."
Because even if a constitutional monarchy is achieved, the privileges of the aristocracy are still written into the constitution.
If the emperor has the exclusive right to confer titles, then he still holds a large part of the power in the regime.
It is not easy to use a constitution to make the emperor completely give up his royal power.
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