The palace affairs department, this institution was originally the secretary office of the yamen supervision office of the business district, and later it evolved into the secretary's office of the generalissimo's office, and Lin Zhe officially changed its name to the palace affairs department after the emperor.

The functions and powers of this palace affairs department are relatively extensive, and basically those related to the royal family can intervene.

The Department of Internal Affairs is mainly responsible for managing the affairs of the court, that is, the affairs of the life of the royal family.

The chamber of attendants, responsible for the security affairs of the royal family, is different from the first-class attendant military attache and second-class attendant military attache of military generals, Lin Zhe's attendant military attache is generally an honorary title, roughly similar to the military adviser, mainly responsible for accompanying Lin Zhe to provide answers to various military questions, generally held by senior generals in Beijing, and the lowest third-class attendant military attache are all major generals. And the chamberlain of the palace department is only responsible for the security of the royal family.

The inner room of the sect is naturally responsible for the messy affairs of the royal family and various royal relatives.

The Medical Service is an institution that provides medical services to the Imperial Family.

The Finance Office is an organization that manages the royal family's property and provides the living expenses of the royal family, and the living expenses allocated by the government to the royal family every year are also arranged by the Finance Office.

In addition, there are several other chaotic institutions, but the functions and powers of these institutions are limited to the imperial court, which is important and important, but it is not on the table of imperial political power.

But the reason why the palace affairs department was stared at by a group of people with wide eyes was actually because of the other two institutions.

The first is the Secretariat, this institution is not an institution that manages the life of the royal family, but a serious political institution, which coordinates the handling of various documents of the emperor, and most of the official edicts issued by Lin Zhe are drafted by the Secretariat, which is very similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty and the Military Aircraft Department of the Qing Dynasty. On the surface, they don't have any rights, but in reality no one can ignore these secretaries.

Then there is the newly established Intelligence Department, as the first intelligence agency in the Chinese Empire, its importance is unquestionable.

However, although the Secretariat and the Intelligence Department belong to the Palace Affairs Department, they are actually managed vertically by the Emperor himself, and they are only named in the Palace Affairs Department.

Although Lin Zhe formulated various regulations in advance, he still warned Zhao Dongzha and Xu Yanling, whether it is during the preparation period now or during the future work period, you must abide by two words: low-key!

Lin Zhe was reluctant to let the military and political officials below treat the intelligence office he had made as the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty or the East Factory and the West Factory, and caused great disgust.

So it's very important to keep a low profile!

After Zhao Dongzha and Xu Yanling withdrew, Lin Anfei and Xu Yanqing came in under the guidance of the secretary of the Secretariat of the Palace Affairs Department.

"The two Aiqing have worked hard along the way, come, give me a seat!" Lin Zhe looked at the two generals and asked them to sit down with a kind face.

Although Lin Zhe has abolished the kneeling ceremony, the following people are not qualified to sit with Lin Zhe, unless Lin Zhe takes the initiative to give a seat, otherwise he has to stand obediently in front of Lin Zhe.

Although Xu Yanqing and Lin Anfei are already considered to be high-ranking powers, but the more they are at this time, the more cautious they are, although Jun Ci did not dare to resign, but they did not dare to sit down directly with a big grin, but just sat on the side of the chair, with a panicked look.

Next, Lin Zhe naturally listened to the brief oral reports of the two men according to the usual practice, which can be regarded as a debriefing, and heard Lin Anfei say that the troops sent to cross the river into northern Anhui were met with stubborn resistance from Chen Yucheng's troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the progress was not very smooth.

Lin Zhe said: "Now that we have preliminarily laid the foundation, our main work in the next step is to focus on the rectification and replenishment of the troops, and there will be no large-scale offensive in a short period of time, so your second division is cautious in northern and southern Anhui, and can fight if you can, but you don't have to be reluctant." ”

Speaking of this, he also said to Xu Yanqing: "Your Fourth Division is the same, in the near future, it will focus on consolidating the existing fruits, and it is not appropriate to launch a large-scale offensive in advance!" ”

When Lin Anfei heard this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, now that we have taken the eastern part of southern Anhui, should we step up our efforts and increase our troops in southern Anhui, so as to completely take down southern Anhui?" ”

Lin Zhe shook his head slightly: "Southern Anhui, especially near Jiujiang and other places in northern Jiangxi, is now Lin Chengting, Zeng Guofan and Shi Dakai are fighting each other, I am afraid that we will not be able to tell the winner for a while, now our foundation is not stable, we need time to digest the new occupation area, and the troops also need to rest and expand, and Li Hongzhang on the Yangzhou side is still there, so I have to guard against it!" ”

Lin Zhe's words, although he did not say it very clearly, but the meaning of it has been very clear, that is, now the Chinese army should improve its own strength, and Shi Dakai, Zeng Guofan, and Lin Chengting in southern Anhui, northern Jiangxi and other places will mainly be bystanders, and the next step will be when the Chinese army will rectify its internal affairs and launch a new large-scale offensive, and the main target will be Li Hongzhang in Yangzhou.

Xu Yanqing also said: "What His Majesty said is that Yangzhou and Zhenjiang are only separated by a river, as long as Yangzhou is in the hands of the Qing army one day, our Zhenjiang will be greatly threatened, and the Yangtze River shipping is also facing a threat at all times, if you want to completely remove the strategic threat to the south of the Yangtze River, you must first take Yangzhou and other Jianghuai places!" ”

Lin Zhe spent much more time meeting with Xu Yanqing and Lin Anfei than meeting Li Ganzhou, Zhao Dongzha and others.

After all, Lin Anfei and Xu Yanqing are one of the few generals in the Chinese army, and Lin Zhe must let them keep the same tone as himself, and don't make it like the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

When Lin Anfei and Xu Yanqing withdrew, it was already approaching evening, and after Lin Zhe met with several cabinet ministers, the afternoon meeting was finally completed.

Immediately, he returned to the backyard of the palace, and as soon as he entered, he saw Chen Jing holding his eldest daughter, Princess Shuchun!

Chen Jing, the queen of the Chinese Empire, was wearing a Hanfu skirt with a strong late Ming style at this time, and the whole person looked much better than wearing a long skirt in the past.

I have to say that since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, whether it is the forced change of men's clothing or the gradual change of women's clothing, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the clothing of the Han people has become extremely ugly, and the men's horse coat and robe are actually quite good, but the women's clothing is even more difficult to see.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, although it was not forced that women should also wear satisfactory clothing, so that Han women could maintain the style of Hanfu in the early Qing Dynasty, but after the middle and late Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were slowly influenced by Yan zhòng's Manchu cheongsam, so that in the late Qing Dynasty, Han women were no different from Manchu women.

After the establishment of the emperor, Chen Jing, who was named the queen, was the mother of the country, and this dress was a model for women in the country, so she took the lead in retro clothing, wearing traditional Hanfu, many with late Ming style, and at the same time the improved skirts filled the entire court and the upper echelons of the empire.

And I have to say that the traditional Hanfu of the Chinese nation has a great effect on women's appearance, which is changed from the Qing Dynasty women's placket to the Ming-style group dress, and the originally stupid village girl can immediately become a fair lady.

After Lin Zhe came back, Chen Jing didn't wait for the palace maid to step forward, she herself took two steps forward, took the coat that Lin Zhe took off, and then handed it to the palace maid on the side, and at the same time said: "Why is it early today!" ”

Chen Jing left Shanghai a few days ago with Princess Shuchun and Lin Zhe's mother, the newly crowned Empress Dowager Lin Old Lady, and was escorted to Nanjing by a warship jointly sent by the Seventh Mixed Brigade and the Admiralty.

In this way, the entire royal family has moved to Nanjing, but in the past few days after Chen Jing arrived in Nanjing, Lin Zhe was busy with affairs, and basically returned to the back house every day when the lights were on, and although it was already evening at this time today, it was still an hour or two before it got dark, so Chen Jing had to ask.

"Today's matter is handled faster, and tomorrow is also a big day, today you have to rest early to recuperate, otherwise I understand that I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on!"

Chen Jing listened, and her face also showed a hint of helplessness.

Tomorrow is the Dingdu ceremony, according to the urine nature of the group of officials of the Ministry of Education, the scale is eager to get bigger as possible, these officials of the Ministry of Education hang the name of the Ministry of Education, but they all regard themselves as traditional officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, and they do not do education business, but ponder the etiquette and these empty things every day.

When the enthronement ceremony was held in Shanghai, the scale was already large, but the officials of the Ministry of Education were not satisfied, saying that it was too simple according to the ancient system, and it was completely unworthy of the outstanding merits of our Great Chinese Empire, so they took advantage of this Dingdu ceremony, and they were ready to make a big deal, and the scale was even larger than the original enthronement ceremony.

What emperor personally sacrificed to the sky, the emperor personally went to the temple to present the table, the emperor accepted the courtiers' protocol congratulations, all he could do was done, and he vowed to make up for the regret that the enthronement ceremony was too simple!

In the face of this kind of ceremonial activity, Lin Zhe could only let the officials who were mainly the Ministry of Education toss, anyway, he had free up the whole day, just waiting to be a puppet for those officials to fiddle with.

The next day, April 16, the Chinese Empire officially held a ceremony to set the capital, and not only Lin Zhe and the senior officials of the empire participated in the whole process, but also a large number of troops stationed in Nanjing.

Lin Zhe personally instructed the officials who were preparing for the ceremony to hold a large-scale military parade!

Therefore, the two main troops stationed in Nanjing with the First Division and the Fifth Division all participated in the parade, and at the parade, Lin Zhe did not wear the bloated dragon robe, but changed into a military uniform.

Dressed in a military uniform with dragon patterns as the keynote, he did not ride any sedan chair or carriage, but directly rode a British thoroughbred horse with a shoulder height of up to 1.65 meters and a red body, and led a group of senior generals who also rode tall horses behind him to sweep past the troops under review.

I saw him riding a horse at high speed, the command knife in his hand shining in the sun, and shouting loudly, "The Chinese Empire is invincible!" ”

The senior generals behind him also held high their command swords, and they also shouted that the Chinese Empire was invincible, as if they were going to follow Lin Zhe to charge the enemy!

At the same time, the soldiers and officers of those units under review also shouted out that the Chinese Empire is invincible!

The bursts of noise almost frightened the civil officials who watched the ceremony, whether they were former Qing officials or civil officials who rose with Lin Zhe, although they knew that their own Chinese army was very capable of fighting, and they also knew that Lin Zhe, the emperor, was born as a military commander, but they were still a little surprised when they really saw Lin Zhe riding on a tall horse and leading the generals to gallop at high speed in front of the parade troops.

As for the countless soldiers shouting slogans such as invincible or long live, they were even more frightened.

They could clearly see the fanatical expressions of the soldiers below when they looked at Lin Zhe!

Lin Zhe, he is not only the emperor of this empire, he is also the commander of this army! (To be continued.) )