Ling Ping'an yawned.
Then, he stood up and made himself a cup of tea.
As the fragrant tea entered his throat, he felt energized again.
Looking at the time, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
He casually turned on the television and watched the news while leaning back in his chair and scrolling through his WeChat read.
Today, the biggest news and explosive point was that the Donglai Autonomous Region had begun to announce the results of the college entrance examination.
The Donglai Autonomous Region was an enclave of the Federal Empire.
Speaking of which, this enclave had a lot to do with the legendary Sun family.
Back then, after the Hundred Year War, the Land of Qin was surging and entered an era of great change.
The Emperor of Felan took the lead and started the modernization of the Land of Qin.
As a result, he was targeted by the entire world. Other than the Federal Empire, the entire world was his enemy!
However, the Federal Empire hated foreign wars after the Hundred Year War. At most, they could only provide moral and resource support.
Thus, the Emperor of Felan could only ask the Sun family, who was known as the richest family in the world at that time, to help mediate.
With this mediation, they sold a piece of land in the Felan Kingdom.
This piece of land was very small, located in the Red Sea between the Kunlun State and the Land of Qin.
It was an island of less than 30,000 square kilometers.
At that time, the price was 5 million federal dollars, which was equivalent to 500,000 taels of gold.
This was a friendship price!
However, the Sun family had no use for this piece of land, so it was given as a gift to the Emperor Dezong at that time.
The Emperor Dezong took a look...
He remembered the teachings of Emperor Gaozong: Do not do evil because it is small, do not do good because it is small. Colonization, invasion, interference... are all unjust acts... If my descendants do any of them, they are not my descendants!
Thus, he decisively refused and sent messengers and cabinet representatives to Donglai, preparing to give Donglai Island independence and freedom.
But...
The Federal Empire never expected that the Donglai people would not do it!
As soon as the messengers and representatives landed on the island, they were surrounded by the local people.
When they heard that the Emperor did not care about them and wanted to give them independence.
He immediately threw a tantrum and rolled on the ground, wailing and crying.
What was even more tragic was that at that time, the Federal Empire thought that this would be a good publicity point, so they sent a huge press corps to go with the delegation.
Then...
Under countless flashes, pictures of the Donglai people crying and wailing were published in all the major newspapers in the country.
In particular, in one of the photos, a certain chieftain of Eastern Lai Island had somehow found the Red Pill Iron Coupon bestowed upon them by the previous dynasty's emperor.
He checked the history books and found that Zheng He seemed to have sent someone here.
Moreover, the descendants of the crew may have settled here.
According to the example of Nanzhou and Beizhou, this could invoke the relevant content of Article 12 of the Constitution.
But the problem was, even if there was a lot of evidence.
However, the people of East Lai Island were completely different from the Federation in terms of skin color, culture, and customs.
It did not constitute Article 12 of the Constitution, the three prerequisites for joining the Empire.
Hence …
The Imperial Cabinet was in a mess.
The Donglai issue triggered the first constitutional crisis.
In the end, the matter had no choice but to be handed over to the Supreme Court for investigation.
The Nine Great Protectors of the Supreme Court took on the task of formally interpreting the Constitution for the first time.
After several years of trial and discussion, in the end, the Great Guardian of the Supreme Court rejected the request of the Kingdom of Donglai to join the Federal Empire by five to four.
The reason was: Although Donglai Island and the Empire had a long history, and there was evidence that the ancestors of the Empire had once settled here … But according to the principles of the Constitution and the many explanations of Taizu, Taizong, and Gaozong, Donglai did not constitute a necessary condition for joining the Empire … But considering the feelings of the people of Donglai and the related history … It was recommended that the central government legislate to allow Donglai to participate in the cooperation of the Empire in some form …
Thus, the Donglai Autonomous Prefecture was born.
This was a territory that would never be labeled as the Empire's territory on the map, but it was actually no different from the Empire's territory.
Everything there followed the Empire's system.
The people there enjoy all the rights of the people of the Empire, except the right to vote and to stand for election.
At the same time, the central treasury would allocate funds every year in the name of a 'special budget'.
Although the money was very little, only a few million a year.
However, Donglai's total area was less than 30,000 square kilometers, and the total population added up to a few hundred thousand.
Relying on the large market and resources of the Federal Empire, these hundreds of thousands of people directly lived a life equivalent to that of the natives.
Advanced and complete infrastructure …
A highly developed network …
There were also unimaginably cheap grains, drugs, and machinery …
Naturally, there was also the same level of education.
Donglai had a population of hundreds of thousands, but in the past hundred years, it had sent more than a dozen grand scholars to the Empire.
The people of Donglai were even more outstanding in terms of examinations.
Every year, thousands of Donglai people would come to the Metropolitan University!
This time was no exception.
According to the announced results, the university admission rate of more than 3,000 fresh examinees in the Donglai Examination Area was close to 60%.
Among them, more than 200 people had reached the standard of a key university!
Ling Ping 'an looked at the photos on his WeChat read and was also filled with emotion.
"Actually, I might also be one of the examinees of Donglai..."
The Federal Empire had two fulcrum points of assistance in the Kunlun State.
One was Malin, and the other was Donglai.
The Malin Naval Base and the Donglai Air Force Base were the two hands of help extended by the Empire to the Kunlun State.
Every year, tens of millions of tons of aid entered the Kunlun State through these two places.
Most of it was food and medicine.
And most of the children of foreign aid personnel went to school in Donglai.
It was relatively safe there, and it had developed facilities that were not inferior to the Metropolitan University.
Therefore, Ling Ping 'an had actually packed his luggage and prepared to go to Donglai to study.
In the end, his parents died unexpectedly.
This matter was put on hold.
Now, looking at the beautiful picture of Donglai Island on Wechat Read, Ling Ping'an was also filled with emotions.
Closing his phone, he leaned back in his chair.
"Since Donglai's results have been announced …"
"Soon, the results of the Western Song Dynasty and the mainland will be announced …"
"I wonder if Jiangcheng City can counterattack the City of Salvation this year?"
Thinking of the ridicule that the people of the City of Baoan had towards Jiangcheng City in the past ten years, Ling Ping'an was looking forward to it.
For the people of the Federal Empire, poor results were a topic that was easier to mock than a bad economy.
After all …
Since ancient times, the status of education has always been higher than the economy!
For the ancient officials, the merit of education was greater than anything else!
Therefore, even though the economy of Jiangcheng City had always been better than that of the City of Salvation, there was really nothing that could be done about it.
The first response from the people of the City of Salvation was - We are scholars, and we do not associate ourselves with the profligate and unscrupulous people of the City of Salvation!
The first person to speak was Ancestor An!
Unfortunately, he couldn't refute it.
This was especially true last year when the City of Salvation's Number One High School produced a national champion!
That would really be …
A dimensional reduction attack!
"Looking at the time, according to the pattern of previous years, the results of the Guangnan District will probably be available the day after tomorrow …"
"I hope we won't be suppressed by the people of the City of Salvation again!"
The City of Salvation and Jiangcheng City had been enemies since ancient times.
For every person in Jiangcheng City, there was a popular online saying that could be described straightforwardly — anyone could lose, but not the City of Salvation!
Thinking of this, Ling Ping'an remembered something that gave him a headache — the day after tomorrow, when the results of the college entrance examination in the Guangnan District could be checked, seemed to be the day when the royal commissioner came to visit.
Therefore, he lowered his head and began to think about how to deal with that troublesome commissioner.
The excuses he used in the past were probably no longer useful.
After all, he was already 24 years old.
He could no longer use excuses like 'I'm still young' or 'I don't want to fall in love too early'.
It was also difficult to use excuses like 'I don't have time' or 'I'm very busy' to evade it.
After all, his age was right there.
No matter what he said, he wouldn't admit it.
Moreover, the royal commissioners were very patient people.
Ling Ping'an had seen an example on the Internet. The Imperial Poverty Alleviation Commissioner, in order to help a poor village in the northwest get out of poverty, actually abandoned the comfortable life in the imperial capital and ran to that highland village to eat and live with the people.
He had forcefully turned a remote village into a modern village.
For this reason, he stayed from the age of 30 to the age of 45!
For a whole 15 years!
From a middle-aged official to a black-faced burly man!
This was a very touching story.
However, if Ling Ping'an were to face such a person, he knew that he had no chance of winning.
"But I really don't want to go..."
He lamented.
What was so good about the imperial capital?
There were high-rise buildings, luxury cars, and houses everywhere.
There was no delicious food, and there was no fun.
Just thinking about it was unlucky!
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