When he woke up, it was already eight o 'clock …
Ling Ping'an took the phone and looked at it, then yawned.
Then she put on her slippers and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Then he looked at himself in the mirror.
It seemed like he was going to cut his hair again …
"Let's go to the barber shop in two days and get a buzz cut …" he said.
Haircutting was something that only became popular after the establishment of the Great Xia Empire.
In the past, it was said that one's body, hair, and skin were given by one's parents, and one did not dare to damage them.
Whoever cuts their hair is unfilial.
However, in the last years of the previous dynasty, the world was in chaos.
Another minority group from the north entered the Central Plains and issued a proclamation saying, "Keep your head but not your hair, keep your hair but not your head."
In the face of weapons, the great scholars of Jiangnan no longer cared about their bodies, hair, and skin. They all shaved their hair and changed their clothes, pledging their loyalty to the new dynasty. Thus, the saying of the new dynasty was born.
When it came to Taizu Juyi, hair became a big problem.
In order to show that they were sworn enemies.
The Great Ancestor took the lead to shave his first buzz cut.
Therefore, the entire army followed suit and cut their hair.
As a result, the Great Xia army had a bandit nickname, Qiao Bandit.
When Taizu's army swept through the Nine States, restored the old capital, and returned the capital to the imperial capital.
The great scholars of Jiangnan naturally did not dare to fight against the great ancestor's weapons again.
As a result, the hairdressing industry in the empire flourished.
To this day, all barber shops still had portraits of Taizu, and people would burn incense and worship him in the morning and evening.
Thus, the buzz cut became another tradition.
Eighty percent of the people in the Federation chose a buzz cut as their first choice.
Simple, clean, and refreshing.
It also didn't need any extra care, especially suitable for people like Ling Ping'an.
After combing his hair, Ling Ping'an took his phone, hummed a tune, and walked down the stairs.
His pet cat was already waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs.
"Little darling!" Ling Ping'an picked it up and kissed it. "You're really my little cotton-padded jacket!"
He carried it to the door, pulled up the shutter, and pushed open the glass door.
The street outside the door was already bustling with people and carriages.
It was another sunny day!
… …
Carrying her briefcase, Qin Keqing walked into the Jiangcheng City Comprehensive Municipal Service Building in the city center.
Along the way, countless people turned to look at them.
It wasn't just because of her tall and exquisite figure and her comic-book queen appearance.
More so because of the uniform she was wearing.
Bright yellow coat, bright red boots.
There was a jade badge on her chest.
A standard Royal Commissioner!
And a High Commissioner!
More than two hundred years ago, in Gaozong's era, this kind of person was an imperial envoy, a patrolling envoy.
Thus, everyone bowed their heads to show their respect.
Qin Keqing nodded slightly at them in return, then took the elevator to the sixth floor.
Walking out of the elevator, the first thing that came into view was the nameplate of the Jiangcheng City Office of the Federal Empire's Committee for Meritorious Children.
Qin Keqing pushed open the door. The staff of the office who had been waiting for her all stood up.
"Hello, Secretary Qin!" Everyone bowed in unison to express their welcome to their superior.
Qin Keqing nodded, then walked to the conference table and sat down. Then, she opened the briefcase in her hand and took out a document.
Then, she looked at those who were still standing and said, "Everyone, please take a seat …"
Only then did everyone dare to sit down.
There was no other way!
The Committee for Meritorious Children of the Federal Empire was an official organization under the central government and the Council of Ministers in name.
But in reality, this organization had nothing to do with the central government and the Council of Ministers!
The funds of the Committee for Meritorious Children had been in charge of the royal family for two hundred years.
And they did not accept donations or grants.
That was the last order of Emperor Gaozong!
Therefore, the Committee for Meritorious Children was the same as other organizations directly led by the royal family. On the surface, it was a central organization, but in reality, it was a department of the royal family.
It was just a layer of the cabinet and the Council of Ministers.
Therefore, the royal commissioner from the imperial capital had absolute power over all the local organizations!
Qin Keqing looked at the respectful expressions of these people and shook her head slightly in her heart. The drawback of the royal family's organization was that it was not energetic enough.
In the words of Her Highness Rou'an, it would be a little difficult to change the drawbacks of decades in one go.
Thinking of this, she puffed out her chest and looked at these people. "Everyone, please report to me the situation of the meritorious children in Jiangcheng City in the past three years..."
Thinking of this, she puffed out her chest and looked at these people. "Everyone, please report to me the situation of the children of meritorious service in Jiangcheng City in the past three years …"
She raised her head and looked at the well-dressed man. "Commissioner Wang, let's start with you!"
The other party immediately smiled, took out the notes that he had prepared long ago, and began to talk.
Qin Keqing listened for a while and became a little impatient.
Because what he said was all official articles.
It was nothing more than praising the royal family and flattering the Emperor.
But there was not a single word of actual work.
Qin Keqing listened for two minutes and could not hold it in anymore. She directly interrupted, "Commissioner Wang, I came here on orders not to listen to your praises!"
"I want to hear the truth!"
"If the commissioner is unwilling to speak, I believe that there will be someone in the office who will speak!"
"I believe that there will definitely be someone in the Jiangcheng City office who is loyal and virtuous!"
Hearing her words, the person smiled embarrassedly. His face was extremely awkward and he did not say anything else. He fell silent.
It looked like he had been scolded.
In fact, the mockery on his face and the contempt in his eyes were clear!
Qin Keqing knew that he looked down on her.
It was because she was young, so she was inevitably despised. At the same time, it was also because she was a woman.
Qin Keqing sneered.
She was Crown Princess Rou'an's subordinate, and Crown Princess Rou'an, in addition to being the person in charge of the various committees of the royal family.
At the same time, she was also an honorary member of the Federation of Women of the Federal Empire.
A feminist!
The feminism of the Federal Empire rose in the era of Gaozong.
It was a dream-like era.
The awakened women loudly said no to the feudal customs.
At first, people only wanted marriage and freedom of love.
But later, after the princesses of the Empire joined, feminism began to pursue equality in all aspects.
The princesses believed that if men could do it, women could do it too.
For example, the eldest daughter of Gaozong, Princess Xin'an, was a typical example.
At that time, some decadent old scholars said in the newspapers, "There are still differences between men and women. For example, men can go to the battlefield and kill enemies, but women can't!" and "War makes women go away."
Therefore, Princess Xin'an signed up to join the army. After three years of service, when she was discharged, she was ranked in the top three of her company in every military training.
She even obtained the title of 'Special Shooter'.
Princess Xin'an made her results into a table and published it in the "Empire Central Daily".
The faces of the great scholars were swollen like steamed buns.
Encouraged by the princess, the number of women who signed up to join the army that year increased. From then on, there were women in the Empire's army, navy, and air force. There were even female generals.
Later, some people said that there was a difference in the IQ of men and women. The reason was that all the grand scholars were men.
Therefore, Gaozong's other daughter, Princess Ya'an, devoted herself to scientific research from the age of 16. At the age of 25, she discovered that the particles in the air and water were always moving irregularly, and thus received the honor of a grand scholar.
Moreover, the movement she discovered was named the 'Ya'an Movement'.
Since then, the number of female grand scholars in the Federal Empire had increased. Today, 40% of the grand scholars were women.
...
In short, feminism was a movement that the royal princesses participated in and called for.
And it was still the same today.
Influenced by the princesses, the women's rights of the Federal Empire had always pursued equality.
If men can do it, so can I.
Therefore, through the women's rights movement, the Empire not only eliminated many of the feudal customs of the past, but also eliminated the bride price.
The reason was that women's rights believed that if they accepted the bride price, it would be an attack on themselves!
How could that be?
Women's rights were the pursuit of equality, not subversion.
Subversion was not women's rights. That was a matriarchal society, reversing history!
Naturally, after staying around the princesses for a long time, most people would be influenced and become feminism.
Qin Keqing was no exception.
Her sense of equality was very strong.
At this moment, she looked at the self-righteous committee member in front of her.
"Committee Member Wang!" Qin Keqing said calmly, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
"Are you a little tired?"
"If you're tired, go back and rest!"
At this point, she stood up and looked at the other party. "As a commissioner of the royal family, on behalf of Princess Rou'an, I announce that you are relieved of your position as a member of the Jiangcheng City office of the Federal Empire's Committee for Meritorious Children!"
"From now on, you are no longer a member of the royal family..."
"I will sign the relevant documents to the municipal authorities of Jiangcheng City later!"
After saying this, Qin Keqing slammed the table. "Mr. Wang, you can leave now!"
"You are no longer welcome here!"
The other party was stunned and immediately became furious.
"Little girl!"
"How dare you do this?"
Qin Keqing sneered and waved her hand. "Send Mr. Wang out!"
Immediately, a guard came in and grabbed him out of the door.
However, the other party broke free from the guard, straightened his clothes, and said, "I can walk by myself!"
"But Secretary Qin... if you mess up the matter in Jiangcheng City..."
"I'm afraid it's hard to explain!"
"You don't have to worry about it!" Qin Keqing laughed.
She would not do anything she was not confident about!
In terms of work, she had never been afraid of anything!
"Hmph!" Committee Member Wang angrily slammed the door and left.
Qin Keqing looked at the others. "Let's continue..."
With a committee member killing the chicken to scare the monkey, the rest of the people immediately put away all their contempt and finally began to seriously talk to Qin Keqing about practical matters.
Qin Keqing, on the other hand, sat upright and listened very carefully.
From time to time, she would interrupt and ask some questions, and these questions often pointed to the key points.
This made the others even more afraid to be negligent.
Unknowingly, the rhythm of the entire meeting room was controlled by Qin Keqing.
And the Jiangcheng City office was also controlled by her.
This was one of the reasons why she came to Jiangcheng City.
To rectify and strictly enforce the discipline of the Jiangcheng City office.
This was the task given by Crown Princess Rou'an!
… …
Situ He held his luggage and stood at the entrance of Jiangcheng City Airport.
He turned around and the people who came to see him off waved at him.
Situ He looked affectionately at the city that had made him sleepless day and night for the past month. He was both excited and afraid. Then, he walked into the airport waiting hall without hesitation.
The staff who had already been notified immediately came up to him.
"General... your private plane is ready. It can take off at any time..."
"Okay..." Situ He nodded. "Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's not hard at all!" The staff smiled and led him to the specially opened passage. Then, they entered the terminal through the airport's VIP passage.
A wide-body passenger plane was already on standby.
This was the Blackguard's business plane. It was specially designed to travel between the two sides of the ocean.
It used many advanced passenger planes and various special equipment developed by the empire's psionic power experts.
It could travel at supersonic speed. More importantly, it had a certain degree of resistance to psionic power. It could effectively prevent and guard against all kinds of possible transcendent being attacks.
Situ He carried his luggage and walked directly from the terminal to the passenger plane. The cabin door had already been opened. The officials and representatives of the Blackguard from the Nanzhou Kingdom raised the welcome flag at the cabin door.
Situ He looked at it and couldn't help but touch the appointment letter on his body.
This morning, he had been approved to be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Nanzhou Kingdom's Blackguard. He was also the representative of the Nanzhou Kingdom's royal family, the Minister of the Privy Council, the Deputy Commander of the Homeland Defense Command, the representative of the empire, and the commander of the Palace Guards.
He was fully responsible for the management of special affairs and the security of the royal family in the Nanzhou Kingdom.
… …
Almost at the same time Situ He stepped onto the private plane.
Song Shihui pushed open the door of the Jiangcheng City Blackguard Surveillance Center.
Many surveillance screens appeared in front of him.
When he walked in, all the staff turned around and saluted, "General!"
Song Shihui smiled and raised his hand. "There's no need to stand on ceremony..."
"I came to Jiangcheng City to learn..."
"In the past, when General Situ was here, everyone should still be the same..."
He walked to the center of the surveillance command room and looked at the screens. Then, he asked Xia Ping, who was already on standby, "Director Xia, have you sorted out the relevant information and intelligence?"
Xia Ping saluted and said, "General, everything has been sorted out!"
"That's good!" Song Shihui nodded. "Please send them to my office..."
He looked at the screens and asked, "Are those the target?"
Xia Ping pointed at all the screens. "All of them!"
"We have installed 124 high-definition surveillance cameras on the street where the target is and within a kilometer of the surrounding area..."
"In addition, there are also 38 high-performance long-endurance drones on standby 24 hours a day..."
"In addition, according to the target's personality and the think tank's deduction, there are also real-time cameras in all the areas within 20 kilometers of the target that he might go to!"
"Make sure that when the target wants us to know... we can know as soon as possible!"
"Want?" Song Shihui immediately grasped the key!
"Yes!" Xia Ping said, "If the target doesn't want to, no matter how hard we try, we won't be able to find any trace of him..."
"Just like now..." Xia Ping pointed at the screens.
On the screen, the streets were bustling with people and cars.
Multiple cameras were aimed at a bookstore.
However, no matter how they adjusted their positions, they could only see the bookstore's door and the scene at the entrance.
Other than that, everything in the bookstore was not in the camera!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
