Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Brother, where are you going now? Is it because this huge palace can't accommodate you anymore?"

In recent years, Sun Tong has been away from home less and less, which makes Sun Xiaoting feel more and more bored staying at home.

"I'm not going anywhere. I made an appointment with Old Carl and the others to go fishing today."

If you have nothing to do, you'd better stay away from hanging out with Old Carl and the others. Don't you see what those old guys have done?

"What did they do?"

"Didn't you read yesterday's newspaper? I'm embarrassed to tell you about what they did. The newspaper is in your study. Go and have a look yourself."

After hearing what Sun Xiaoting said, Sun Tong also became interested in the content reported in the newspaper.

Arriving at his office, Sun Tong took down a newspaper from the newspaper rack. The headline on the front page of the newspaper was "The Grand Duke has no scruples and takes a beautiful girl on a leisurely tour of Wenlai!"

While Sun Tong was still in power, monogamy in Nanhua was never implemented.

This is mainly because Emperor Sun Tong himself had several wives. If the country promulgated this law, it would obviously be unconvincing, because the people in charge did not take the lead.

But ever since Sun Tong abdicated, the Nanhua royal family and government have been pushing this matter forward.

At this time, Carl and his gang of old guys suddenly broke out such gossip. If this matter was exposed, it would bring shame to Carl and his friends and their families, but it might not be a bad thing for the government.

First of all, as great nobles of the empire, these old guys were hanging around with a group of young girls outside without caring about anyone in the country. This was not only difficult to say, but the key point was that their families would also be slandered because of this incident.

What about the government?

It stands to reason that it is not a good thing for these retired government officials to do these things, but the problem is that they have not violated the law by doing so. At most, they have some problems with their personal ethics.

On the other hand, it is precisely because the government promotes monogamy that these big men do not marry the girls they like as they did before. Isn’t this a victory for the government’s policy?

In fact, if we dig deeper into this matter, Sun Tong is wondering whether it is the retired old guys like Old Carl who are continuing to work hard for the empire.

Because no matter how you look at it, this incident seems like a play performed by old Carl and his people in cooperation with the government.

Let’s put it this way, if Carl and the others really wanted to suppress this matter, then this news would never have been revealed.

Look at the Oriental Metropolis Daily, which was the first to report this incident. This newspaper is not only one of the newspapers with the largest circulation in Nanhua, but also one of the earliest newspapers established under the Xinghai Media Group. Xinghai Media is one of the six major conglomerates under the royal family and an enterprise under the Nanhua Royal Fund.

Do you think a newspaper with such a background would report such content without regard for the dignity of the empire?

The Oriental Metropolis Daily reported this, and the newspapers that followed suit and reported this incident all had complicated backgrounds. Some were from royal consortiums, some had government and aristocratic backgrounds. Sun Tong would definitely not believe it if there was no explanation behind this incident.

If you look at those tabloids that have no background, this incident has happened for such a long time, have these newspapers mentioned it?

"Food and sex are human nature. Karl and the others are not in their seventies or eighties. Is there anything wrong with liking beautiful girls?"

Looking at Sun Xiaoting who was sitting at the other end of the office, Sun Tong said to his sister with a smile.

"They can't do that. Don't they know how to be more cautious? They have brought disgrace upon the royal family and the House of Lords."

"It's been so many years, why do you still only look at the surface? Did you find out which newspaper first reported this incident?"

"Oriental Metropolis Daily, what's wrong?"

"Then take a look at the other newspapers that reported this incident."

"..."

Sun Xiaoting is not really stupid. If she didn't understand the tricks here before, but Sun Tong has already reminded her to this extent now, if she still can't understand the things here, then it's purely her own problem.

“Brother, you said this is a play put on by Karl and the government?”

"That's probably the case. Otherwise, many problems here cannot be explained clearly. You know, because of my problem, the implementation of monogamy in the country has not been very smooth. Carl's incident seems to have caused quite a stir this time, but for people like Carl, this incident has not affected other aspects except for some damage to their reputation. On the contrary, the government can use this incident for propaganda. You see, even people of Carl's status don't dare to continue to marry concubines at home, what about others?"

"That makes sense, but even so, this incident is too ugly. Brother, why don't you do anything about it?"

“Does this matter have any impact on the development of the country?”

"I think should not be."

"If that's the case, then why should I interfere? Don't forget, the emperor of Nanhua is now Jingwen, so the one who should be in charge of this matter should be your eldest nephew!"