Su Yu came to communicate with Lin Zhixuan, saying that the Mongolian Great Khan and the princess had arrived in the capital. Now the busiest in the court is still the Ministry of Rites, on the one hand, it is busy with the funeral of Prince De, and on the other hand, it is necessary to prepare for the envoys of the 29 countries of the Western Regions, as well as the envoys of Mongolia and North Korea.

Hearing that the Great Khan of Mongolia was going to come in person to congratulate Wei Mingxu on his birthday, the former small subordinate states of the Great Zhou Dynasty, such as Korea, Java, and Rakshasa also sent envoys over.

Even the neighboring countries such as Tsarist Russia and Dongying, as soon as they heard that the Great Zhou Dynasty had such a prosperous era, they also sent envoys to come, one to congratulate Wei Mingxu on his birthday, and the other to pay tribute to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and to contact the envoys of the Western Regions.

In the list drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, a total of envoys from more than 40 countries will come this time.

The official post in Beijing has never received so many envoys at the same time, and it is no longer enough, Wei Mingxu this time because he wants to accept the worship of the envoys, representing the supreme of a country, the birthday banquet must not be placed in the Jingwang Mansion.

There have long been ministers who have written to hold a banquet in the palace, but even in the palace, there is no suitable place to contact so many envoys, and those old ministers still have a round, saying that if they are in the Qianqing Palace, it will inevitably be unruly.

Wei Mingxu didn't feel that it was out of order, the main problem was that the Qianqing Palace was too small, and if so many envoys were to be arranged, it would definitely be very crowded, and there would not even be a place for night banquets, singing and dancing.

Not to mention the princes and princesses of the capital.

Or Lin Zhixuan proposed: "Then let's build another palace, the prince opened the peaceful and prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty, sent people to the sea, and sent envoys to the Western Regions, now it is only the first year, and in the future, the time of the Western Regions will enter Beijing to see the court, I am afraid that it is a common thing, and there will only be more envoys to Beijing."

Prepare a place for such use. Moreover, this is the first time that the envoys of the Western Regions have returned to the capital, and if they are too restrained, they will inevitably lose the face of our Great Zhou Dynasty, which is not conducive to spreading the edification of our Dynasty after they return to the Western Regions. ”

As early as the beginning of March, when he received a note from the governor of Fujian, Wei Mingxu mentioned this matter in the court, Zhao Yusheng now has the Lin family's suggestion, and he flattered Wei Mingxu vigorously, saying: "The previous dynasty also had a precedent of receiving foreign envoys in the royal garden, but now the garden of our Great Zhou Dynasty, because of the previous years of conquest and famine, the emperor and the queen mother rarely went out of the palace, so it has been in disrepair for many years.

And the prince of Jing meditated on virtue and politics, built a nursing home and a Jishitang among the people, but never built a large number of buildings in the palace of the capital, and now it is time to build a new welcome pavilion for such a national grand ceremony. ”

After Lin Zhixuan and Mrs. Wang mentioned this matter, Mrs. Wang had already sent Lin Penghai to discuss with the people under him, this should have been a matter of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Yusheng brought it up in the court, and Lin Penghai was in his arms, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The minister feels that Zhao Ge's old words are reasonable, and the minister has also discussed with the ministers of the Ministry of Industry, it is better to rebuild the West Garden, and repair the former Banana Garden, Shuiyun Pavilion, Yingtai, Fengze Garden and Jinggu one by one. Then build a new purple light pavilion, take the meaning of purple gas from the east, for the regent to receive foreign envoys, arrange banquets. Then repair the diligent government hall for the emperor and the queen mother to rest. ”

Li Miaosheng also felt that it was very suitable when he heard it: "This West Garden is just west of the Forbidden City, south of Aoyu Bridge, and the Forbidden City is very close, and you can borrow the natural scenery of Zhonghai and the South China Sea, so you don't have to dig lakes to build mountains, but it also saves manpower and material resources."

It's just that this Purple Light Pavilion must be grand and magnificent, and it can't let go of the national prestige of my Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

Lin Penghai responded one by one, and had already instructed the best craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry to start drawing the patterns of the Purple Light Pavilion.

And because Wei Mingxu's birthday was only a little more than a month away, the emperor ordered Lin Penghai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to take charge of the matter, with the assistance of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It's just that now Liao Qing has been temporarily dismissed at home because of the corruption case, and he is still awaiting trial, so he can't come forward. The affairs of the household department were handed over to Qian Bin, the servant of the household department.

But Liao Qing left, and also gave Bai Hui and Lin Jiahong a chance to come out.

Zhao Yusheng was so busy that he didn't care about the end, this rebuilding of the West Garden and the new Ziguang Pavilion was just one of his tens of millions of livelihoods, arranging accommodation, cars, clothes, food, dishes, amusements, and attendants for the envoys of more than 40 countries, all of which were the livelihoods of their Ministry of Rites.

Zhao Yusheng couldn't care about the affairs of the Ziguang Pavilion at all, he only visited Lin Penghai, and asked Lin Penghai to take care of it, about the matter of the Ziguang Pavilion, let Lin Penghai make up his mind alone, among the three cabinet ministers, Qian Bin is just a temporary generation, and Lin Penghai will naturally not take him seriously. After Zhao Yusheng took the initiative to let Xian go, Lin Penghai naturally said the same thing in the matter of rebuilding the West Garden and supervising the construction of the Ziguang Pavilion.

As soon as Liao Qing left, the first major thing that the household department took was Wei Mingxu's matter, and Lin Penghai was in charge, and Lin Jiahong was like a fish in water.

Besides, Huang Zhen of the Internal Affairs Office has always been the most diligent in helping Jingwangfu to do things.

In Beijing for a year, Huang Zhen and Lin Jiahong have gotten along very well, Huang Zhen now has the opportunity to help Lin Jiahong openly and secretly, but whenever Lin Jiahong comes up with a good idea, Huang Zhen praises him in every way, and restricts Qian Bin everywhere and does not listen to his dispatch.

This Qian Bin just relied on his qualifications in the household department and was Liao Qing's protégé, so he took charge of the affairs of the household department temporarily, but he did not have any prominent family affairs.

Only the Xie family, the former owner of Liao Qing, in order to preserve their power in the household department, gave some support to Qian Bin, but now in the circle of Lin Penghai's principal, he is doing things for the Jingwang Mansion, and the little power of the Xie family can't help.

has been suppressed for so many years, but Lin Jiahong is under the protection of his father for the first time, and he is proud of himself. Moreover, Wei Mingxu also greeted Lin Penghai and asked him to focus on promoting Lin Jiahong's reputation in the household department, and after Liao Qing's affairs were investigated, he would entrust Lin Jiahong to reuse.

Huang Zhen got the news from Lin Jiahong because of his good relationship with Lin Jiahong, and he had already openly and secretly respected Lin Jiahong as the future head of the household.

In these three parts, who doesn't know the friendship between Princess Shuhui and Lin Zhixuan, and the words that come out of Huang Zhen's mouth must not be wrong. When he got up in the morning, Lin Jiahong went to the Yamen to respond to him, and there were already colleagues who looked down on him in the past, and they took the initiative to greet him and bring him tea and water.

The ministers of these three departments and Huang Zhen were busy together, staying up for days and nights, and the construction drawings of the Ziguang Pavilion were deleted, deleted, and modified. There are all over the country to call precious wood, recruit laborers, and renovate the West Garden, but this West Garden is full of more than 1,500 acres, of which there are more than 700 acres of water surface, and it is not easy to renovate it in just one month.