Chapter 262: The Imperial Palace
It's probably not repaired for too long, so looking at the exterior wall, this Luo Sha royal palace's palace is really not very good, and even a little out of grade.
Inside, it's a different world.
"Brilliant" is not enough to describe!
If nothing else, each aisle has a dome made of colored glazed tiles, and the corridors are flanked by hand-painted murals.
Although Bai Zhizhan didn't know much about art and couldn't appreciate it, he painted the murals with gilt paint.
It's just blind!
A palace for women to take care of their skins is still like this, and the palace and the winter palace are still good!
Along the way, Bai Zhizhan was an eye-opener.
From the luxury of this palace, it can be seen how extravagant the Luo Sha royal family is, and it is no wonder that it will be wiped out in the last war.
Although he has never been to the imperial palace of the empire, Bai Zhizhan has seen relevant reports.
The imperial palace of the empire is also very luxurious, but it is far less than Luo Sha, at most it is only luxurious, and there is not too much extravagance and waste that has nothing to do with showing the majesty of the royal family.
In all fairness, in terms of self-restraint, the imperial family can be said to be very strict, not only has it always insisted that members of the royal family serve in the army, and they went to the front line to fight during the war, even in terms of daily life, they are more self-disciplined, at least not deliberately pursuing enjoyment.
Take Li Qing as an example, he didn't make a special one just because he was the eldest prince.
In addition, after the constitutional reform, the imperial family was even more low-key.
In addition to renting out the royal property to obtain a small annual rent, the annual expenses of the imperial family are controlled within one thousandth of the fiscal revenue of the year.
This was a rule set by Emperor Shiwu, and it was written into law.
In terms of the overall strength of the country, the Liangxia Empire far surpassed the Luosha Empire, and the royal family of the Liangxia Empire was still able to restrain itself, but the Luosha royal family was so extravagant.
Although he has not participated in the ground war or been to the Western Front, through Lian Xusheng, Bai Zhizhan has some understanding of the situation on the ground battlefield.
Towards the end of the war, many Luo Sha soldiers would kill each other for a steamed bun.
The soldiers who fought bloodily on the front lines were starving, and the royals in the rear were all enjoying themselves and even squandering and wasting them.
The point is, a lot of the royal family's spending is misappropriated from military spending!
In the last year of the Great War, Emperor Luo Sha held a birthday banquet for the empress, spending 10 million ruins. In the same year, hundreds of thousands of Luosha officers and soldiers suffered frostbite because they did not receive winter clothes, and many of them froze to death, and even if they did not freeze to death, they had to amputate their limbs because of the lack of medical treatment.
It would have been strange if there had not been a mutiny.
Bai Zhizhan was also very emotional.
With the contrast, it is not difficult to understand one thing.
To promote constitutional reform, the first chief assistant of the empire to grasp real power, the Ming Zheng Gong Tang Sage is the number one great man of the empire after the Shiwu Emperor!
If it weren't for the constitutional reform promoted by Tang Shengxian and the constrained imperial family established thereby, there would never be the current empire!
In terms of contribution, the significance of constitutional reform is by no means under the creation of an empire.
As the saying goes: it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.
Emperor Shiwu laid down the country and created the foundation of the empire.
The constitutional reform promoted by Tang Shengxian was the beginning of the prosperity and strength of the empire, or it could be said that it cleared the biggest obstacle to the prosperity and strength of the empire.
It is not surprising that Tang Shengxian is the first of the eight pillars of the empire, and the Tang family is prominent in all dynasties.
This also reflects from one side that Emperor Shiwu is indeed an emperor through the ages.
Emperor Shiwu not only appointed Tang Shengxian as his first assistant in his later years, but also authorized Tang Shengxian to carry out constitutional reforms after a hundred years through an edict.
Without Emperor Shiwu, where would Tang Shengxian come?
Visiting all the way, Bai Zhizhan also noticed that Li Qing was not interested in the exquisite murals, and it seemed that these things in front of him had long been commonplace.
He must be the Grand Prince of the Empire.
Growing up in the palace, you naturally won't catch a cold.
What surprised Bai Zhi's sense of strategy was that Zhang Xiaoqing was similar to Li Qin, and he also had a boring expression.
Is she commonplace too?
If it's true, the Zhang family is really wealthy.
What made Bai Zhizhan even more puzzled was that Li Qing respected Zhang Xiaoqing very much, and he also whispered a few words with Zhang Xiaoqing along the way.
They definitely know.
Zhang Xiaoqing is Fang Suqing's cousin, even if she can't have anything to do with today's saints, according to the generations of the people, she is the elder of today's great prince.
The seniority is placed here, and the royal family has to recognize it.
It took more than ten minutes to walk to the destination of this trip.
Bessho East Temple.
The meeting took place in the Palace, where the negotiators from all three parties lived, so that they could meet immediately if necessary.
According to the orientation, the negotiators of the Liangxia Empire lived in the East Courtyard.
The middle main courtyard is occupied by the negotiators of the Luosha Federation, and the negotiators of the Manman Empire live in the western courtyard.
This arrangement is also to separate the personnel of the Liangxia Empire from the Manman Empire.
From the east courtyard to the west courtyard, if you want to bypass the main courtyard, it will take at least half an hour to walk. It's a harsh winter, and the cave is an inland climate, and even during the day, the temperature is minus 20 degrees Celsius, and at night it will be below minus 35 degrees Celsius, and no one can survive outside.
It's not the same indoors.
Each room has a fireplace and heating is also provided. There is a hot spring bathhouse that can accommodate dozens of people in the east courtyard, and there are bathtubs in some rooms.
Because there were two stopovers on the way, mainly to refuel the plane, when I arrived, it was already early in the morning.
Considering that everyone was tired of traveling, the reception party did not make special arrangements, but just reminded that the whole banquet was scheduled to be held in the evening.
Because it was a representative of the navy, it was a high-class suite that was assigned to Bai Zhizhan.
slept all the way, but Bai Zhizhan was not too tired.
After taking a hot spring bath, he originally planned to get some sleep, but found that he couldn't sleep after lying down, but became more and more energetic.
It wasn't until noon, and he felt that it was almost time for lunch, so Bai Zhizhan came out of the room.
The kitchen and dining room in the East Courtyard were for the use of the Imperial delegation, but the accompanying chef was still preparing the ingredients, so there was no way to provide lunch.
The point is, most of the ingredients were delivered by rail several days in advance, but they have not been delivered until now.
If they just stopped fighting for nothing, they would be fine, but with the eldest prince here, they couldn't be too casual. What's more, during the negotiations, negotiators from other countries will definitely be entertained.
No matter how frugal and low-key the imperial family is, it cannot lose face in international occasions.
Fortunately, the restaurant in the main courtyard is open to all negotiators, and a variety of meals are provided free of charge.
The organizers also arranged for more than a dozen vehicles to be used exclusively by negotiators.
As for the documents, they don't need it at all, just brush your face.
According to Bai Zhizhan's knowledge, the service personnel of the meeting were all agents of the Luosha Federal Intelligence Agency, and they had already obtained the information of all the participants.
For key personnel, it is still one-on-one marking.
Not for surveillance, for security.
This is a diplomatic activity at the royal level, not to mention a member of the royal family, even if it is just an ordinary negotiator, there must not be the slightest mistake.
The driver who drove Bai Zhizhan to the main courtyard may have been in charge of keeping an eye on him, because when he came out, that guy greeted him with great enthusiasm.
However, this is also normal.
If the negotiations were held in the Empire, the Praetorian Fifth Bureau would make similar arrangements.