From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 331 Baron Zhongshan

"Sun Shan, your talent is brilliant. I often heard of your name in the imperial capital. I was able to hear the poems and songs you wrote. After seeing you today, I can see that you really lived up to my and the queen's expectations."

As he spoke, Emperor Yuanfeng glanced up at Sun Shan's old wife with stars in his eyes, and suddenly, he felt a hint of jealousy.

This kind of stringy feeling in her eyes has not been seen in twenty years.

However, as the ruler of the empire, he naturally would not care about this little bit of admiration between men and women.

Not to mention the queen, among the tens of thousands of palace maids in the harem, how many could not recite Sun Shan's poems and ditties?

Especially when the song "Song of Water Melody" was released, the whole world was moved.

"In view of your outstanding talent and contribution in poetry, the Alliance has specially appointed you as the Royal Music Master, equivalent to the Taiyue Cheng of the Taichang Temple Music Bureau, and has conferred you the title of Baron Zhongshan. I hope you will continue to carry forward your talent and make outstanding achievements in poetry and song creation and talent training!"

Sun Shan was stunned!

Baron Zhongshan!

Zhongshan?

Zhongshan!

Your surname is Sun and your name is Zhongshan?

My God, Sun Shan only felt an electric current like a snake, running from the top of his head, all the way down, directly hitting his spiritual orifice.

The whole person flew up all of a sudden.

A thousand years later, Mr. Sun Yat-sen was a great pioneer who ended the feudal empire and created a new democratic world!

If I also accept this name, wouldn't I have the same name as Mr. Sun Yat-sen?

Could it be that I came here through time with a certain mission?

In a trance, Sun Shan's soul began to dance.

Under the bright sunshine, it flew to a height of nearly ten meters.

This time, the speed of breaking through the air was more intense and sudden than any previous time.

Sun Shan felt that for the first time, his spiritual awareness began to actively absorb the popularity around him.

Especially from Emperor Yuanfeng and the one beside him, staring at his queen with sparkling eyes.

At this moment, tens of thousands of people at the scene took a deep breath at the same time.

Unexpectedly, Yuanfeng conferred the title of baron on Sun Shan after his singing and dancing.

The Sui Empire inherited the Zhou system. In addition to the titles of kings and princes for direct relatives, the dignitaries of different surnames were divided into five levels of titles: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron.

Among them, the duke is equivalent to the first or second rank officials of the empire, the marquis is equivalent to the second or third rank officials, and so on. The baron is roughly equivalent to the fifth or sixth rank official.

In terms of taste, he is slightly lower than Zhang Ping'an, the prefect who is the head of a prefecture.

He is at the same level as Chen Kun, who is currently a sixth-rank governor.

However, this title does not have any real power.

It is just the royal and official recognition of a certain person in a certain aspect.

It is somewhat similar to the role of local People's Congress or CPPCC members a thousand years later, representing a kind of honor and title.

It is convenient to do certain things.

Lu Jinxi's mouth trembled. He had never expected that Emperor Yuanfeng would directly bring Sun Shan, who was still working hard to pass the imperial examination, into the empire's noble system in such a way that did not require any approval from the court.

In this way, even if Sun Shan fails to pass the imperial examination in the future, he will be able to become a juren or jinshi.

He could also use the title of baron to enter the imperial bureaucracy in a roundabout way.

No wonder Emperor Yuanfeng had just deliberately stimulated Sun Shan’s desire to create.

So, this is the key point?

However, I have no power or ability to stop this.

Because this was a great music master specially hired by Emperor Yuanfeng for the royal family, and it was not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Moreover, Sun Shan has the ability and strength to accept this position and title.

After all, in just over half a year, the poems and songs he created have become popular all over the world.

If he says he is second, no one dares to claim to be first.

After Emperor Yuanfeng spoke in a leisurely manner in front of many court officials and common people, he saw that Sun Shan seemed to be so happy that he was a little absent-minded.

He thought Sun Shan was overly happy, and couldn't help but coughed complacently, and asked, "Baron Zhongshan, do you think you have the ability to lead our Great Sui Empire to take another step forward on the road of art, and at the same time, create more tax revenue for the empire?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Zhongshan can definitely do it!"

As he said this, Sun Shan knelt down sincerely for the first time and kowtowed three times in succession.

Then, he straightened up, his eyes burning, as if he was swearing or warning himself: "I, Sun Shan, will always follow in your majesty's footsteps. With my passion, I will continue to insist on cultural creation and cultivate a group of cultural enterprises to create more taxes for the empire."

Hearing this last sentence, Lu Jinxi and the high-ranking court officials who came to ask for tax silver raised their eyebrows.

It seems that Sun Shan is a kid-----

No, no, no, it should be that Baron Zhongshan intended to make outstanding contributions to the empire's taxation cause.

Since you have the idea of ​​paying taxes to the court, then everything is easy.

Besides, he is just a lowest-ranking baron with no official position or power. How can he affect me?

So, under the leadership of Yang Yuanqing and Li Shimin, Lu Jinxi and others also came forward to celebrate.

Moreover, Lu Jinxi grabbed Sun Shan's hand, congratulated him enthusiastically, and warned him: "Baron Zhongshan, I congratulate you. I believe that with your outstanding talents in poetry and business, you will definitely create more tax revenue for the empire. Have you forgotten what you just said?"

"Thank you, thank you Lord Lu. I am still young, and I will need your guidance and promotion in the future. What I said must be realized. I will do my best to create more achievements for the empire's cultural and taxation undertakings."

Hearing this, Lu Jinxi, who was already in his early sixties and whose hair had turned completely white due to the increasing deficits year by year, laughed heartily.

All the worries and depression along the way seemed to disappear in an instant.

He took a look at the exceptionally outstanding Sun Shan, who was almost a head taller than him and a few years younger than his eldest grandson. He patted his shoulder vigorously and said, "Since you have this intention, Zhongshan, I feel relieved."

As he spoke, Lu Jinxi let out a long sigh: "Zhongshan, you don't know my difficulties. Now the country's expenditure is increasing year by year, but the tax revenue is decreasing year by year."

Then, he touched his completely white hair and face full of silver wrinkles, and sighed with a sad face: "Oh, I am so worried that my hair has turned completely white. I can't eat or sleep well all day long."

"So, this time I heard that Hengzhou's tax revenue has hit a new high, so I came here to learn from them and reduce the burden."

After hearing this, the Hengzhou officials, led by Zhang Ping'an, turned pale.

However, Sun Shan chuckled and consoled him, "Lord Lu's concern for the country and the people is something that I admire. If all the officials in our empire had Lord Lu's spirit of being willing to work hard for the country and the people, why would we worry about the country not being rich and the country not being stable?"

Hearing this, Lu Jinxi's old face turned as red as an orange peel.

While he was being humble in words, in his heart he deeply regarded Sun Shan as his close friend.

It seems that among the millions of people in this empire, only Baron Zhongshan is my soulmate!

Wang Meiyu, who followed the welcoming team, looked at Sun Shan, who was surrounded by the crowd and had suddenly won the title of baron and became a royal music master with his poetry.

My eyes are about to burst into flames!

When did I become the little person standing aside, waiting to be greeted?

Along with the anger, people began to question for the first time the role and prospects of poetry, and especially singing.

Could it be possible to become successful just by singing a few songs?

How could he be so successful that even the emperor and high-ranking officials in the court looked at him differently?

This is certainly not the case. It’s about the wealth that Sun Shan has accumulated over the years and his ability to create wealth.

But it is undeniable that Sun Shan’s rapid rise was due to his talent in poetry and drama.