Out of the inner palace wall of the Forbidden City, on the west side is the famous Xiyuan Taiye Pool. The lake is long and narrow and has the beautiful Qionghua Island on it, and it was a place where the emperor often went to spend his time. As long as you take a look at the palaces left behind by the Kyoshi, you will know that even the residences can be luxurious to the point of being pleasing to the eye.

In China's thousands of years of imperial culture, there are countless descriptions of the construction of palaces, and under the influence of this idea of family and world, His Majesty's residence has become a symbol of spiritual civilization that gathers the wealth of the world.

In fact, there are many, many departments in the inner courtyard of the entire palace, not just the legendary emperor's Lichun Courtyard. In some corners, there are stone processing, winery ice cellars, flower rooms, and purchasing departments, as well as a stolen goods storehouse and a banknote printing factory, a library, and a pet management office...... It's so messily crowded together, if it doesn't build as big as the Forbidden City, it really can't be stuffed.

To the northwest, there is the inner school field, which the emperor usually does not frequent, but this place has become a major training ground for the forbidden army since the apocalypse.

Today's crown prince Zhu Mu is standing in the middle of the school yard in filial piety clothes, looking at those brocade guards with great interest, pressing his hand on the dragon flag of the Ming Empire, and raising his arm to swear allegiance to the prince Zhu Mu.

Under the leadership of the squad leader, 12 people in a squad stood in front of Li Keshou, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the four deputy commanders, pressed their hands on the dragon flag torn apart by the guards, and shouted loudly: "I XXX swear to the sky that I will move forward bravely and fearlessly during the service. Loyal to the Ming Empire, willing to sacrifice his life and fight until the last moment for His Majesty the Great Emperor! ”

Then all the soldiers of this squad turned back and left the place where the oath was taken. They will be led to the outskirts of the Beijing Division, where they will begin to change into the uniforms and weapons of the Praetorian Guard. And these soldiers are no longer simple internal guard troops of the Ming Empire, they will be trained into real front-line combat units, accompanying the normal imperial army to fight on the front line.

The 12 soldiers of this squad had just left, and the other 12 soldiers of the second group marched solemnly towards the sworn national flag. These brocade guards were carefully selected, and there was only one reason for choosing: loyalty to the Ming Empire and no bad records from their parents.

Not far away was another place where the oath was taken, followed by a third and a fourth, one in a row and the other adding up to ten. The oath-taking ceremony here will take place over several days.

"In the next one year, the reorganized Praetorian Guard will be expanded to 300,000 and 20 combat divisions, which will be managed by the Praetorian Guard Command. According to the combat mission and the battlefield situation, it will be assigned to the coordinated command of each theater of the army. His Majesty, the future Emperor, will always be the Commander-in-Chief of the Praetorian Guard, a ceremony that will begin this year and will be a permanent practice for future generations. Zhu Mu pointed to the soldiers who had taken the oath, and said to Chen Yue, the superintendent of the Dongchang factory behind him.

Chen Yue frowned imperceptibly, and then replied softly, "Your Highness, part of the duties of this brocade guard was originally to supervise torture...... Now that such a large military power has been given, I am afraid that the minister will affect the ...... of the imperial family in the future."

The crown prince Zhu Mu waved his hand and interrupted the words of the close minister: "You, just say what you want to say, I don't want to spend my brain and time on you twists and turns, aren't you afraid that Dongchang will lose power?" Next time you talk, don't go around in circles, I'm tired and you're tired. ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Yue, who was a little embarrassed, from the corner of his eye, and then looked at Li Keshou, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who was not very good-looking in the distance, and continued to speak: "I will also give you the authority of the East Factory...... Judging from the chaos in Liaodong this time, the intelligence work of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is really poor. ”

Chen Yue heard Zhu Mu say this, and hurriedly bent down to kneel down and shout that the familiar crime deserves death, but Zhu Mu stretched out his hand to stop him: "Don't be in a hurry to shout, if you really want to die, it's just a matter of death, where will I go to kill you a second time?" Jinyiwei is now busy with the affairs of the Praetorian Guard, I will hand over this intelligence work to Dongchang, stretch out your hand abroad, don't just stare at the little pots and pots at home, it's too petty. ”

"Yes! The minister will purge all the intelligence personnel, and he will definitely polish your eyes and ears for Your Highness......" Chen Yue was about to kneel just now, so he bent down and admitted: "Dongchang has been in the factory for hundreds of years, this intelligence foundation is still there, it only takes a few months, and the minister must ......"

"Do it! The ancestor Emperor of the Apocalypse was able to prosper the Ming Dynasty under that condition, although I, Zhu Mu, am stupid, but I also have to follow the example of the ancestors and fight for a peaceful and prosperous era for future generations! ”

Here, when Zhu Mu was still discussing with Chen Yue and the two of them how to revive the Dongchang intelligence network of the Ming Empire, which made the whole world frightened and elusive, an attendant walked quickly to Zhu Mu's side, bent down and stuck to Zhu Mu's ear, and whispered a few words.

"What? How can you use filial piety? Zhu Mu furrowed his brows, stared at the attendant who came to deliver the news, patted the armrest that had been standing up, gritted his teeth and asked slowly: "Is it a draft for the time being, or has it already been decided by the cabinet and the representatives of the clan?" ”

"Your Highness...... This was discussed in the cabinet meeting, although the clan did not speak, but at this time, who would refute the face of the first and second assistants of the cabinet for this kind of thing? The waiter was Zhu Mu's confidant, and when he heard Zhu Mu's question, he quickly lowered his head and answered.

"Trick me into being young!" Zhu Mu snorted coldly, then looked at Chen Yue beside him, and hurriedly left in the direction of Taiye Pool, and said, "Go and do it!" ”

Chen Yue immediately bent down to agree, Zhu Mutou continued to walk outside the school without looking back, and the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard who were standing in the distance waiting for the oath all saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leaving in a hurry, and they all guessed in their hearts what was going on. The movement here also alarmed Li Keshou and others, who presided over the oath-taking ceremony.

They watched His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go away, and they didn't know what the point of standing here and doing these things that were almost like farce. However, after only ten seconds, the chamberlain who was following the prince turned back, and he ran to Li Keshou's side and read out the will of the prince Zhu Mu.

"Your Highness has asked you to continue to preside over the oath-taking ceremony, and he is going to discuss important matters with the ministers, and when he is done, he will rush back to continue watching. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is away, I am here to watch, and the ceremony cannot be abolished. After the waiter finished speaking, he stood by Li Keshou's side and didn't say a word more.