First Secret Agent in History

The New Dayan Empire adopts a king-selection system. Of course, this is not uncommon. The Kingdom of Poland also had it.

In many cases, the New Dayan Empire adopts a dual-king system.

This does not seem to be unusual, because the city-state of Sparta also adopted a dual-kingdom system for a long time.

But the situation in the New Dayan Empire was different. The ruling king was elected by the Senate, and could only be the descendants of the Yanxin Sect. Other families were not eligible to become kings. In other words, only those with blood from the Great Yan royal family are eligible.

The reason why the dual king system was adopted was because the New Dayan Empire adopted a policy of coordinating civil and military affairs.

The so-called literature is not poetry and articles, but the new learning, or science, advocated by Yanxinzong.

In the New Dayan Empire, as long as you are a member of the Dayan Royal Family, no matter which subject you study, medicine, arithmetic, or physics, as long as you have amazing achievements, you may be elected as the king.

So can you still govern the country if you study such a new major?

Of course it is possible, and scientific governance sometimes yields more significant results.

In the New Dayan Empire, both provincial governors and consuls must graduate from professional academies and have very good grades before they are qualified to become chief officials.

Retreating was not popular in the New Dayan Empire, and the imperial examination system was even criticized as shit.

Because these people who established the new Dayan Empire were expelled by the conservative forces of the Dayan Dynasty.

The other king must have a background in martial arts. He must have great military achievements and prestige in martial arts before he can be selected as the ruling king of martial arts.

Moreover, the ruling king is neither hereditary nor lifelong.

Generally speaking, the term of a ruling king will not exceed twenty years, but the previous generation of ruling kings is eligible to nominate a new ruling king.

Of course, sometimes, the New Dayan Empire has only one ruling king. That is because this ruling king is versatile in both civil and military affairs, and his prestige is very high in every aspect.

This was the case for the previous generation of ruling kings, who shouldered both civil and military power.

When the ruling king is strong, the Senate will naturally be weak. Therefore, the period of the previous generation of ruling kings was also the time when the royal power of the New Dayan Empire was the strongest.

However, the last ruling king of the previous generation was not in good health in the last ten years, so the queen helped him control the power of the Great Yan Empire.

Therefore, Queen Dusha became the most powerful woman in the Great Yan Empire, and she was actually the second wife of the ruling king of the previous generation.

But no matter how powerful she is, as a woman she cannot be king.

The previous generation of ruling kings passed away before the end of their term, and two new ruling kings took over.

In a sense, these two new ruling kings were jointly nominated by Queen Tussaud and the previous ruling king.

So the two new kings respected her very much and invited her to stay in the imperial capital, but Queen Tussa decided to return to her hometown.

In order to show respect to Queen Tussaud, the two new kings and the Senate spent several years building Tussaud's Palace in her hometown.

The two new kings would not refuse officials or generals generally recommended by Queen Dusha.

So even though her husband has passed away, she is still the most powerful woman.

After entering the palace gate and arriving at a square, Yun Zhonghe saw a dark crowd.

They are all queuing up to be received by Queen Tussaud, asking for promotion.

Therefore, Yun Zhonghe is waiting in line!

Grandma's, how long will the queue last? There must be at least a hundred people in front of me.

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"Master Zhu, can anyone come and pay homage to this queen?" Yun Zhonghe asked.

"Of course not. Only those who have received the invitation can come to see the queen." Zhu Yuyan said: "The Tussauds Palace opens its doors to welcome guests every other month, so this invitation is very precious."

Yun Zhonghe said: "Do you know Queen Dusha?"

Zhu Yuyan said: "We know each other, because she is from my hometown, and my teacher is the governor, and my father is the county governor."

Zhu Yuyan is indeed the daughter of a wealthy family.

Then, she laughed at herself: "Of course, Queen Tussaud probably just knows my name."

Then, she said unhappily to Yun Zhonghe: "Do you know how much this invitation is worth on the market? But I gave it to you."

Yun Zhonghe said: "That's not what I meant. I meant that I finally made up my mind to sell myself for my goal, but I didn't expect that there are so many people selling their souls. Even if I want to sell myself, I may not be qualified."

Yun Zhonghe saw that most of the people lined up in the square in front of the palace entrance were carriages.

Many people stayed inside the carriage, while some stood outside.

"Those inside the carriage are all planning to sell their bodies and souls. And those standing outside the carriage are officials or military generals themselves. They just want to seek refuge with Queen Dusha and find a backer." Zhu Yuyan said: "And you Inside the carriage, planning to sell his body and soul.”

Yun Zhonghe counted dozens of people in the carriage.

Is the competition for soft rice so fierce? So many people want to be the queen's face?

"She is the queen of the ruling king. Her private life is so messy and no one cares about it?" Yun Zhonghe couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Yuyan said: "The more chaotic her private life is, the happier and relieved the people in the imperial capital will be."

Yun Zhonghe understood this very well.

"And this is the new Great Yan Empire. Women can get divorced, and they can have freedom of marriage and love after becoming widowed. It's not like yours, which is rotten and outdated." Zhu Yuyan said disdainfully.

Yun Zhonghe said: "That's why there are people at your age who haven't gotten married yet and are in love."

These words immediately made Zhu Yuyan jump up in anger and punch Yun Zhonghe in the waist.

"Well..." Yun Zhonghe was so painful that he almost shuddered.

I...fuck, this bitch specializes in dissecting corpses, but she knows how to hit someone in the most painful way.

"Next time you talk rudely, I won't hit you on your waist." Zhu Yuyan threatened.

"I understand, I understand..." Yun Zhonghe raised his hands and begged for mercy.

Zhu Yuyan said: "Yun Zhonghe, you have also seen that you have many competitors."

Yes, at least forty or fifty.

"Moreover, these people are all kinds of handsome men, each of them is talented or has strong martial arts skills. Your competitiveness is not very strong." Zhu Yuyan said: "Have you ever thought about what happens next if you fail? what to do?"

Yun Zhonghe also discovered it, because some young men with overwhelming self-confidence were not in the carriage, but stood openly and openly outside. Each one of them was a uniquely handsome man, with various styles.

It's as if the most handsome young men in the entire New Dayan Empire have come to compete. It can be called a group of death.

"Although my father is a county consul and a high-ranking official in the empire, my father's official position is still lower than your ambition. Besides, if I dare to marry you, he will probably beat me to death. If I don't know better, If I don’t give you my lover for free, you won’t get my family’s resources.” Zhu Yuyan said: “Not everything in this world can be successful.”

Yun Zhonghe asked: "After becoming Queen Dusha's face, can you soar into the sky?"

Zhu Yuyan said: "At least this is the shortest way to power."

Yun Zhonghe said: "This is the shortest shortcut, is that the best shortcut?"

Zhu Yuyan said: "The best shortcut is don't think about it. It's even harder than climbing to the sky. Becoming the queen's face will at least bring you power."

Yun Zhonghe said: "Generally, how long do you need to stay by her side to be her face?"

"The shortest one would be kicked out of the palace in one day, the longest one month." Zhu Yuyan said.

Yun Zhonghe asked: "Are you so fond of the new and hate the old?"

"Nonsense, maybe I like the new and dislike the old, and I'll be disgusted with you after three days." Zhu Yuyan said angrily.

Then, she added: "But even if she only stays with him for a day, she will give this boss an explanation, arrange a powerful official position, or give him a good background."

Yun Zhonghe said: "Then she has to go through more than a dozen men in a year?"

Zhu Yuyan said: "Dream, although she has the most handsome and outstanding face, she is not qualified to sleep with her. Don't think so beautiful. Her alluring appearance and body will not come cheap to you pretty boys. Her The taste is very strange, and the requirements of the boss are also very strange, so I said this is a fire pit, and if you insist on jumping into it, there is nothing I can do."

For a moment, many strange pictures appeared in Yun Zhonghe's mind, and then he trembled all over.

It was as if he could feel the temperature of the flame, or the sharpness of the whip, or the sharpness of the steel brush.

"Then this Queen Tussaud, does she have nicknames like the Snake Queen, the Demon Queen?" Yun Zhonghe said hoarsely.

"Yes." Zhu Yuyan sneered: "Are you scared?"

Next, a two-meter-tall female warrior walked out.

"Number twenty-five."

Suddenly a man got out of the carriage, the door of the palace opened, and the man walked in.

Zhu Yuyan quickly opened the curtain of the carriage and went to see the young man.

"Wow, so handsome." Zhu Yuyan said: "Yun Zhonghe, he is taller than you, more powerful than you, stronger than you, and more heroic than you."

Yun Zhonghe also saw it. The man who just entered was indeed extremely handsome. He would not be forgotten after one glance, as if he would be engraved in his mind.

He is so handsome!

These days, the competition for those who want to eat soft rice is so fierce, there is simply a rush.

Just wait for your number to be called!

"How long do we have to wait?" Yun Zhonghe asked.

Zhu Yuyan said: "Generally speaking, it takes no more than half a quarter of an hour for each person to be interviewed, so we will have to wait for two hours."

Then, it's a long wait.

"Yun Zhonghe, if you succeed and borrow the troops of the New Great Yan Empire to march eastward and destroy the Great Salt Demon Kingdom, what do you want to do? Should you return here and continue your life, or stay in your homeland in the east and become the emperor?" Zhu Yuyan said.

Yun Zhonghe said: "From what I heard, you sounded like you were staying in your homeland in the East to be the emperor. Do you feel like a cat or a dog?"

"Isn't it?" Zhu Yuyan said.

Yun Zhonghe was speechless, you people from the New Great Yan Empire have too strong a sense of superiority.

There is quite a feeling that I would rather be an otaku in modern times than be a rich man in ancient times.

Yun Zhonghe said: "The New Great Yan Empire is very powerful, but you have also underestimated the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom. They are also very powerful, much more powerful than you think."

Zhu Yuyan looked at Yun Zhonghe, pursed her lips and smiled, and it was a very exaggerated fake smile.

About half an hour later.

The door to the castle opened again, and the majestic female warrior came out again.

"Master is tired. That's it for today. Please go back."

As soon as these words came out, the crowd suddenly exploded.

There are so many people who haven't been received yet, yet they are kicked out?

Many of them spent a lot of money to get the invitations, and even spent the entire family's savings.

The productivity of the New Dayan Empire is too developed. There are many colleges at all levels, so there are too many talents. Without a backer, it will be too difficult to get ahead regardless of whether it is civil or military. Queen Tusha is a shortcut.

Not everyone has Zhu Yuyan's family background and can get an invitation.

Many young talents, even through loans, got this invitation and had the opportunity to be received by Queen Tussaud for half a quarter of an hour.

Immediately, many people present knelt down and said, "Queen, have mercy. We spent all our family savings for this invitation."

"Your Majesty, please be kind to me. I used my house and land as mortgage, and I borrowed the money to buy the invitation."

Yun Zhonghe frowned and said, "What is going on? Could it be that she has already picked the one who is the most handsome man?"

"I don't know." Zhu Yuyan breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Perhaps this is God's will to prevent you from sinking."

Then, she hesitated for a while and said: "If you just want to live a good life here, I... I can arrange a job as a laboratory assistant for you. Although the salary is very low, but... I am still rich. ."

Everyone stayed in the palace square and refused to leave. Suddenly a group of warriors came out of the palace, swung their weapons and wanted to expel them.

This Queen Tussaud is so cruel, she will fall out whenever she wants.

But this is nothing. When she was in power, she killed people with no consequences.

Suddenly, the whole square screamed. These are young talents studying literature. And those young people who practice martial arts, no matter how high their martial arts skills are, do not dare to resist.

After a while, another female general came out and said: "The master has an order, and everyone who is left will be summoned together."

Summoning dozens of people together, this is considered perfunctory, there is no chance at all.

"Have you decided whether to go back with me or enter the palace and be selected?" Zhu Yuyan asked.

Yun Zhonghe got off the carriage directly.

Dozens of people present got off the carriage and walked toward the palace castle together.

All beautiful men, it’s like an imperial male beauty pageant.

It’s not just one out of a thousand, one out of ten thousand is not qualified to participate in the audition.

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Arrive at the main hall of the palace castle.

Yun Zhonghe sighed with emotion, it was so resplendent, so majestic.

This is more majestic than the Praetor Hall in the East. She is indeed the most powerful woman in the empire.

This huge hall seemed particularly empty with dozens of people standing there.

For these handsome men, this is an opportunity to change their destiny, a chance for a carp to jump over the dragon's gate.

For Yun Zhonghe, this is the opportunity closest to the core of power of the New Dayan Empire, an opportunity to change the empire's decision-making.

The empire must be allowed to send troops to the east to destroy the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom.

Of course, although the army of the New Great Yan Empire is very powerful, for Yun Zhonghe, this army does not have a particularly big advantage over the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom, and he needs to transform this army.

After transformation and equipped with brand-new weapons designed by him, this army had a crushing advantage over the Great Salt Demonic Kingdom.

But can Yun Zhonghe come up with his gun design now? Can you figure out how to make incredibly powerful explosives?

Of course not!

If you take it out now, it will only be taken away in vain, and you may even lose your life.

Only after mastering the power of this empire can we take out these things and build the most powerful army.

And the New Dayan Empire has the best foundation, because the productivity here is amazing, and Kewu has developed to a very high level. There are biogas lamps, the most advanced forging technology, advanced materials, and even various steel machines. Powerful battleships, with much more advanced medicine than those in our homeland in the East.

It's just that because their personal force is very strong, they did not light up the technology tree of guns, but developed it to the extreme in cold weapons.

Therefore, Yun Zhonghe is a perfect match for the New Great Yan Empire. He can make the New Great Yan Empire's national power grow by leaps and bounds.

But first he had to gain power.

Arm yourself with power.

And the shortest way to get power is this Queen Tussaud.

A female official said: "This time the master wants to recruit family painting teachers, so everyone prepares a painting, and I will pass it to the master, and she will decide which person can stay and become a teacher in the palace."

Nonsense!

That bullshit painting teacher is obviously a faceless person.

But Queen Tussaud can't say publicly that I want to recruit men/favorites, and all handsome men will sign up.

Each time under various names, such as gardener, sculptor, painting teacher, music teacher, etc.

Having a fig leaf is better than nothing, right?

Moreover, before, Queen Tussaud had to meet and select in person, but now even the meeting has been cancelled.

Could it be that the man who entered the palace before was so outstanding and handsome that Queen Tussaud gave up meeting other handsome men?

Now the so-called asking everyone to present paintings is completely perfunctory, and there is no chance at all.

Queen Tussaud must have already finished selecting this month’s face.

As soon as the female officer finished speaking, dozens of handsome men present took out their scrolls and presented them to her.

Is everyone a senior painter?

Of course not. In the New Dayan Empire, art is just a decoration, not the mainstream.

When everyone has the same new academic attainments or the same martial arts, artistic embellishments become extremely precious.

So art is not a necessity, but a luxury.

If you want to be in the upper class, you must master such an artistic skill.

Most of the paintings presented by these handsome men were bought from well-known painters at high prices.

Most of them are portraits of themselves, and some are portraits without clothes.

Just to show Queen Tussaud how beautiful, strong and talented they are.

Some handsome men with good family backgrounds will spend huge sums of money to buy paintings from master painters.

Most of these paintings are portraits of Queen Tussaud.

In short, everyone was carefully prepared, and most of them were works by master painters.

After all, the name of recruiting face leaders this time is to recruit painters.

Only Yun Zhonghe was not prepared because time was too short.

Zhu Yuyan felt that recruiting painters was just a gimmick and was not important at all. The key was how Queen Tusha felt when she met Yun Zhonghe.

But now, I don't even have the chance to meet.

All hope was pinned on an illusory portrait.

Yun Zhonghe looked at the portraits presented by these people, and two words came to his mind: I will.

These painters are so good!

The color sketches and three-dimensional portraits that Yun Zhonghe originally used as his trump card are no longer his skills here.

Even if you draw people as realistic as photos, it will be useless, because everyone has this ability.

Every painting presented by these people is a masterpiece of art, far exceeding Yun Zhonghe's own level.

Yun Zhonghe once used Leonardo da Vinci to copy "Yuan Yuan Ye in the Imperial Capital", which was called a painting saint's work and defrauded millions.

But it is useless here, because it was expelled by the conservative forces of the Dayan Dynasty, so all the oriental art here has been denied.

What landscape painting? Not appreciated at all, completely defeated.

Even if you take out immortal masterpieces such as "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and "Spring Residence in Fushan", it will be useless.

But Yun Zhonghe also discovered that the painting trend of this new Great Yan Empire was roughly equivalent to the Renaissance in Europe.

The mainstream is oil painting, similar to the "Mona Lisa", which favors realism and classicism, and also has a certain romanticism.

But Post-Impressionism was not yet enlightened.

However, since their painting art follows this path, it seems inevitable to move towards Post-Impressionism.

Because no matter how similar the painting is, even if it is the same as the photo, there will still be aesthetic fatigue.

Therefore, Impressionist paintings may be like lightning, tearing open the artistic sky of the old era.

Just like Master Picasso, his realism skills were actually very strong, but he could no longer get ahead, so he turned to Cubism.

Yun Zhonghe felt that Queen Tussaud had seen too many realist and classic paintings, and she had long been tired of aesthetics.

A post-Impressionist painting at this time will definitely give her a strong stimulation.

Even which post-impressionist painting to choose?

"Starry Sky", "Sunflower"?

No, although these two paintings are classic, they don’t have a strong impact.

Soon, Yun Zhonghe chose the target of plagiarism: "The Scream".

"The Scream", this immortal masterpiece of Impressionism, can cause a strong mental impact even for people who don't know how to paint, with its twisted lines and skull-like face.

It was this painting that was auctioned for a sky-high price of $199 million.

Moreover, this painting did not become famous after his death. It was already hailed as a masterpiece when it was born.

In the entire history of the earth, this painting should be ranked among the top in history. It is an absolute masterpiece of thousands of years.

Of course, Yun Zhonghe does not have Da Vinci's upper body now, but he has been with Yun Zhonghe for a long time, which has left him with enough painting skills.

At this time, it is of course impossible for Yun Zhonghe to independently copy a work like "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". It would be too difficult.

But he could definitely copy a painting like "The Scream".

So, he started painting.

In just half an hour, some of the most immortal masterpieces on earth were painted.

The next step is to sign the payment. Write your name directly? That's too low-level.

Yun Zhonghe used another super dazzling technique, three-dimensional rendering.

On the surface, this kind of picture looks like a repeated color block plan. But as long as you relax your eyes and adjust the focus, a three-dimensional image will emerge.

On modern Earth, this is certainly nothing. But at this time, this is definitely a magical skill.

Yun Zhonghe's signature is: Emperor Yun Zhonghe of Dayan.

As long as the focus is aligned, these large characters will shine goldenly and appear three-dimensionally.

But on the surface, nothing can be seen.

Therefore, the skill of Yun Zhonghe in this painting is completely dazzling to the extreme.

After finishing the painting, Yun Zhonghe handed the painting to the female officer, but she had already been waiting impatiently.

After taking it, the female officer suddenly felt intense discomfort. What kind of garbage is this painting?

"Everyone has handed in their works, each wrote his or her address, then left the palace and went back to wait." The female officer began to drive people away.

No matter how unwilling they are, many beautiful men can only leave the palace, just like mourning their heirs.

Almost everyone knew that this time the queen had already been chosen, and they had no hope.

Yun Zhonghe was also expelled from the palace and returned to Dongzhou City.

Along the way, many handsome men lamented, extremely desolate. The opportunity to change destiny was lost.

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Inside Tussaud's Palace.

Queen Tussaud lay lazily on the bench.

The figure is breathtaking!

You don't even need to look at her face, you are already captivated.

It cannot be described as a devil figure, every inch is full of magic temptation.

Every inch seems to ignite a man's hormones.

A true beauty snake.

The real Queen Marie!

A moving beauty disaster.

A poisonous beauty.

"Master, these people's paintings have been presented. Do you want to see them?" the female official said.

"Don't look at it. The person has been selected. Let him accompany me in the palace this month." Queen Tussaud said: "It is rare to see such a face full of artistic sculptures."

"Yes!" the female officer said, "What about these paintings?"

Queen Tussaud said: "Burn them all."

"Yes!" Then all these excellent paintings were thrown into the fireplace and burned.

Each of these paintings is the work of an outstanding painter, and some are even works of masters. Those beautiful men spent an unknown amount of money to acquire the paintings, and some even spent all their wealth to acquire them, just to amaze the Queen of the Empire, but they were burned to the ground at this time.

This is...power!

Queen Tussaud was also idle, just watching each painting being burned lazily, without feeling any regret at all.

These paintings are really disappointing.

Either they are self-portraits of these handsome men, or they are portraits of her, Queen Poison.

The paintings are very good, they are all masterpieces, but after seeing them too much, I feel really full of aesthetic fatigue.

No matter how excellent something is, as long as there are too many of it, it becomes mediocre.

Soon, the female officer got Yun Zhonghe's painting and threw it directly into the fireplace to burn it.

Queen Tussaud didn't care either.

But... the first time she saw Yun Zhonghe's painting, she was mentally shocked.

I have never seen such a painting before, the lines are so distorted and the picture is so weird.

The sky is distorted, the ground is distorted, and the people in the portrait are like skeletons.

Ubiquitous despair, omnipresent terror, full of death and loneliness.

This kind of painting has never been seen before!

"Save it, save this painting, and see who its author is?!" Queen Tussaud sat up suddenly.

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Note: Once again I stayed up all night writing until six in the morning, woohoo!

Brothers who have monthly tickets, can you support me with a few? Ranking on the monthly ticket list scares me, please!