If you can rise to a high enough height and look down in the sky, then you can easily find that the Kyoto Prefecture of Nuoda is in the shape of a standard square, entrenched in a boxy shape on the vast plains of Tianhe County.

The huge city surrounded by the tall and majestic city walls is encircled in the heart of this Tianhe County, although there are endless plains on three sides, but at the same time it is backed by the rolling sunset mountains, so there is not much desolate and tragic feeling.

And in the center of the boxy city of Kyoto Prefecture is the core of the power of the entire Daqian Dynasty, the Imperial Palace.

Whether you look at it from an architectural point of view or from a visual point of view, the Imperial Palace Ouchi is the undisputed most majestic complex in Kyoto Prefecture!

Compared to the towering walls of Kyoto Prefecture, the walls of the Imperial Palace are about one meter higher.

And in the palace, there are many palaces in Qionglou, as many as a thousand!

At least one-third of the temples can be taller than the palace walls!

The carriage that Xia Fan and Yu Yan were riding had been stopped outside the palace wall, and the two got out of the car, first by the guards to check the waist card carried by Yu Yan, and after confirming that it was correct, a small yellow door came out, and led the way first, taking Yu Yan and Xia Fan through the palace ban and entering the palace.

As soon as he stepped into the palace wall, a blue brick road hundreds of meters long appeared in front of Xia Fan's eyes, the road was about ten meters wide, one side was the tall palace wall, and the other side was the second layer of the wall that was similar to the palace wall.

The reason why there are two palace walls in a row is also to be built so that if there is a real siege of the imperial city, it can organize several more resistances in the imperial city.

Although there has never been any military incident in this miraculous city since the day Kyoto Prefecture was built, it is natural that the superficial work that should be done cannot be slackened.

In particular, the imperial palace is also the most convenient place for the emperor to see with his own eyes.

It's just that following Yu Yan at this time, walking on this blue brick road, there are towering palace walls on both sides, and the same is true at the end of the line of sight, only when you look up can you see the blue sky, which makes Xia Fan really feel uncomfortable.

"There are many rules in the palace, don't look around. There is nothing on this road to clear the customs, but after waiting for the corner in front of you and officially entering the palace, it is said that it is three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and there is absolutely no exaggeration. Especially some of the hidden piles, all of them are real high-grade martial cultivators, and it will be very troublesome if they mistakenly think that you have any bad intentions against the palace. ”

Although Yu Yan walked in front of Xia Fan, he seemed to have long eyes in the back of his head, and when Xia Fan looked around, he opened his mouth to remind.

"Yes, Dean."

Xia Fan didn't say anything, and nodded obediently.

The little yellow door at the front was walking as if he hadn't heard anything, always keeping his head down and hurrying.

A stone brick road came to the end, turned in a different direction, and passed through an access control check, and Xia Fan's eyes suddenly opened up.

Suddenly, what appeared in front of me was a flat square with a size of more than 100,000 square meters, and in front of it was the largest hall in the entire palace.

In ordinary court meetings, the emperor will meet with the ministers in this hall.

Every ten days of the great court meeting, in the capital of all the officials above the sixth grade, regardless of martial arts, will bustle into this palace, according to the level of the official position, in the hall divided into two shifts, black pressure on the stand, thousands of people together to shout long live the scene, is really very shocking.

Although for those low-grade officials standing at the end, due to the distance, they can't even see what the emperor who sits on the dragon chair looks like at all, but this kind of court meeting, there are still no low-grade officials who will not be sick.

Being able to participate in the court meeting is one of the great benefits of low-grade Beijing officials.

As for the small court meeting once every two days, only civil officials above the fourth rank and military ministers above the third rank in the capital are eligible to participate.

That is the real decision-making class in the entire Daqian Dynasty, and unlike the Great Dynasty Meeting, which generally only conducts some ceremonial worship and announces some important matters, the Small Dynasty Meeting is when the emperor really discusses specific affairs with his courtiers.

After all, there are too many people involved in the Great Pilgrimage, and if it is used to discuss things, even if one person says a word, I am afraid that it will have to go from daytime to the second half of the night.

Therefore, the great court meeting once every ten days is more meaningful, just to let those low-level officials in the capital get a glimpse of the sky.

Under the guidance of the small yellow gate, Xia Fan followed Yu Yan around the main hall and walked towards a side hall not far away.

The main hall was used to meet the ministers, and after the court meeting, the emperor would often deal with more detailed government affairs in his study.

When it is necessary to summon relevant officials to discuss government affairs, it will also be held in the side hall where the study is located.

The place where Xiao Huangmen led Xia Fan and Yu Yan to go was this side hall.

Although with the passage of time, the news that the emperor is about to return to heaven has spread in the upper circles of the entire capital, the emperor does not have any appearance of running out of oil, and still handles government affairs as usual every day, and the large and small court meetings are never interrupted.

If the news is not confirmed, I am afraid that everyone who knows the news will denounce the news as absurd.

led Xia Fan and Yu Yan to the outside of the side hall, Xiao Huangmen asked the two to wait, and then lowered his head into the side hall and reported alone.

That is, after a short while, the voice of summons sounded in the side hall.

At the same time, an old man wearing a second-grade civil official court uniform walked out of the side hall, and after passing Yu Yan and Xia Fan, the official also bowed to Yu Yan, and after looking at Xia Fan more, he didn't have any intention of talking, so he left directly.

"That is the Ministry of Rites Zhou Shangshu, the six Shangshu, the most upright old scholar, from the age of forty-five as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for nearly 30 years, even the believers of the current emperor. The Ministry of Rites is the nominal head of the six ministries, although the real power cannot be compared with several others, but Zhou Shangshu has a very high reputation among Shilin, and in the entire dynasty, only Chen Zirong, who has returned to his hometown, can compare with him. ”

Looking at the old man's departing figure, Yu Yan opened his mouth to introduce to Xia Fan.

Xia Fan nodded, and didn't say much, he didn't know much about the civil system of the Daqian Dynasty.

Whether it was in the previous life or in this life, the civil official system was not the focus of his understanding, after all, in such a world where strength is respected, the so-called benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and law will always only be useful to ordinary people who have no power.

Following Yu Yan, he walked into this side hall, and then Xia Fan saw the Great Emperor sitting on a wide horizontal chair in the study of the side hall!