I looked out the window.

The twelve annexes cast huge shadows in the Nine Dragons Lake, but they themselves were in the shadows of the palace, trembling and ashamed of themselves.

People are standing in front of the window, thinking about something.

I asked, "The first floor is the Royal Inspectorate, the second floor is the Royal Officials' Department, and the third floor is what is the Department?" ”

A man came over and said, "The third floor is the Royal Legislative Department." ”

I was about to ask, "What about the building in the back," and he said, "Okay, don't ask too much." You only have such a small level, and your level has such a little authority, and your authority can know so much. ”

Someone asked, "Your Excellency is ......?"

The man behind him said, "Minister of the Royal Officials." ”

Someone said, "Wow! What a big official! ”

The minister of officials smiled and said, "In the future, each of you two hundred and fifty people will be higher than me. I was born as a harem eunuch. ”

Someone said, "Your Excellency is too modest." The ministry is not big? ”

The Minister of Officials laughed: "You don't know this, do you?" The official department is in the auxiliary building, and the official department is in the palace. The two ministries are completely different. They belong to those who do big things, and we belong to those who do small things. They command the world, and we will take care of this building. ”

No wonder!

Someone asked, "What do you mean when you say rank and authority?" Is it an official rank? ”

Minister: "Rank and rank are completely different. The palace has hierarchical authority, the lowest level, the highest does not know. My authority is second-level, which is the lowest, and I can only go to the palace to find people. You are now at the first level, and you can't even go to the palace, so you can only stay in the auxiliary building. ”

Someone said, "We are lifting people, why can't we go to the palace?" ”

The minister smiled: "If you take something away, you can enter." ”

The scene was awkward.

The minister waved his hand, and his men took a box containing a lot of small red pills.

Minister: "The antibacterial drugs of the Royal Medical Department are very precious, and there is nothing else except the Imperial Palace!" ”

I was taking these pills. The outside is sugar-coated, and it's a little sweet when swallowed. Biting it, it's bitter to death, like poison - I have to think: it's better to pretend not to know some things!

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These naïve hell, all sorts of guys come to "condole" us, saying things that we don't know if it's true or not.

Someone from the Royal Secret Service came, and he said a bunch of awesome things about the secret department, and said a lot of retarded things about the intelligence department.

After a while, someone from the Royal Intelligence Service came, and said a bunch of awesome things about the Intelligence Service, and a bunch of how mentally retarded the Secret Service was.

After a while, someone from the military headquarters came and said a bunch of words, "The forbidden army is invincible, the imperial army is soft, welcome to join the forbidden army".

After a while, the officials came and said a bunch of words, "The inner court is the largest, the outer court is the smallest, welcome to join the inner court".

After a while, someone from the household department came and said a bunch of words, "The common people are loyal to the king, the scholars are rebellious, and they will always be loyal to the emperor".

After a while, someone from the harem came and said a bunch of words "It's good to mix up in front of the emperor".

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The face of the deputy minister of the Ministry of Officials became more and more gloomy. He pointed to the nose of the minister and said, "They use this as a public toilet?" Come as you want! Just go if you want! ”

The Minister of Officials actually smiled at the Deputy Minister! "They care about lifting people's ......," he said.

The deputy minister shouted: "The Law on Officials states that no one is allowed to come to the Royal Officials' Department. Especially the people of the Inner Court! ”

The minister smiled awkwardly.

The deputy minister continued to yell: "Spit out the money you swallowed!" No one is allowed here until they are assigned! ”

At this point, a man stood up - this guy was the head of the service department of the Ministry of Officials - and said, "What happened to the people in the inner court? Everyone is not the emperor's person, what are you and me? ”

When the deputy minister saw that the director was "guilty", the corners of his eyes twitched a few times, and he said: "They haven't been assigned yet!" The Law on Officials expressly prohibits contact with outsiders. ”

The commissioner smiled and said, "It also stipulates that all appointments are vested in the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials has autonomy. Ha, can you appoint? ”

The deputy minister's face was gloomy and he stopped talking.

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Afterwards, people were talking about: "The official rank is wrong!" Why are they so 'guilty'? The director is actually better than the deputy minister, and the deputy minister is actually better than the minister? ”

An old eunuch said mysteriously: "Haha, the court is the first in strength, and the official rank is a fart!" The head of the service department is a person from the inner court, the deputy minister is a person from the outer court, and the minister is a person from the harem. Therefore, the director of the service department is the boss, the deputy minister is the second, and the minister is the third. ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

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In the afternoon, there was a commotion at the door on the first floor of the Officials' Department.

Dozens of people pushed through dozens of blocking troops and broke in.

They were dressed in black uniforms and black military caps, and the epaulettes and armbands of the dozen or so people led by them were all yellow dragon marks - major generals, one person's epaulettes were double dragon marks - lieutenant generals, and one was three dragon marks - generals.

These people are the forbidden army.

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The army of the Ming Empire was extremely large, amounting to 100 million, at least according to the "King James Military Law". The Emperor is the supreme commander in charge of the Royal Army, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy (the first three are collectively referred to as the "Imperial Army", but the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy do not exist, so the Royal Army itself can be called the "Imperial Army"), the Forbidden Army, and the Forbidden Army. The concept of the imperial army is more mixed, all the army can call itself the imperial army (the world is the emperor's, the army is naturally the emperor's), specifically, including: directly under the imperial army, the imperial army, the army of the scholars, the provincial army, the county soldiers, the county soldiers, the township soldiers, the village soldiers.

But the strongest combat effectiveness is still the forbidden army, and the other armies are simply a number, for example, if there are tens of thousands of troops in a county, there may only be one rifle. The Janissaries had a million men and the Praetorian Guards had 10,000 men, each with a gun. Both the Forbidden Army and the Janitor Army were eunuch armies, so that they would be absolutely loyal to the Emperor.

There are many generals in the Ming Dynasty, but there are not many generals in the forbidden army. According to 10,000 people with one general, there are 10,000 generals in the 100 million army of the imperial court! The forbidden army of 20,000 people formed an army, and the commander was a major general, so there were only a few dozen major generals in the entire forbidden army.

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Now, even the lieutenant generals and generals of the forbidden army are here, it's scary enough!

As a result, the whole hall was gone—meaning that everyone else had fled except the lifters.

The Praetorian Army stared at us.

The general headed by him is not tall, not short, not fat or thin, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but with a detached temperament, he seems to be stable and imposing, which makes people happy and convinced.

The lieutenant general behind him was tall and strong, and his leopard eyes were wide open, making people dare not look at each other.

The rest of the major generals looked ahead with serious expressions.

The hall was silent.

The admiral stepped forward and walked in front of the crowd, looking at the people, looking at everyone's eyes, and the dark eyes were staring at the hairs of others.

The hall was so quiet that you could hear everyone's heartbeat.

The admiral walked in front of the crowd, and as he went, he said, "In the beginning, everything was nothing, and everything was nothing. God said, Let there be light, and there was light. And God said, Let there be stars, and there were stars. God said there would be an earth, and there was an earth. God said there would be people, and so all things and human beings were born on the earth. God gave the emperor to rule over the entire human race. ”

Someone whispered down there.

There are four major orthodox churches in the Ming Dynasty, and it is clear that he belongs to the four major orthodox religions. Cultists are the smallest of the religions. The cultists are strange, and only the best and the worst people believe in them, such as the poorest and cheapest beggars in the village, or the highest officials in the court.

The Admiral continued: "The Emperor is the embodiment of God, and we are the representatives of the Emperor. We are the emperor, we are the gods. ”

His voice trembled with excitement: "If you think this is impossible, it means that it must be believed, because faith is to believe in the unbelievable." ”

Everyone stared at him in surprise.

He continued, "You have been chosen here to serve God and the Emperor as the chosen ones, and we—"

He paused and said, "You will be taught how to fulfill your duty of faithfulness." ”

He said loudly: "We are the court, we are the present, history, and the future." ”

The general looked around and said, "My name is Liu Xingchao, the supervisor of the forbidden army, and the deputy head of the inner court. ”

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The first three ranks of the forbidden army: commander, superintendent, and superintendent.

No wonder it is the rank of general of the forbidden army who is scared to death, this person is the second person in the inner court and the forbidden army, ranking second only to Li Yongfu, the head of the inner court and the commander of the forbidden army.

Everyone knelt down and shouted, "See Lord Liu." ”

Liu Xingchao looked at the people, looked at it for a while, and said, "Get up." ”

People looked at each other and got up.

Liu Xingchao continued to look at the people, looked at them for a while, and said: "You are the people of the empire, the elite of the empire, and the hope of the empire. You have chosen your destiny and come here with all the hardships you have endured. However, there are those who will co-opt you into doing some of the tricky things. You will also revel in the land of gentleness, and be defiled by the world. But do you understand your mission? Our purpose is truly for the harmony and perpetuation of the world. We are not important, the inner court is not important, the outer court is not important, the world is important! That's our biggest responsibility, because we have the greatest capacity. ”

When he was done, he continued to look at us.

Everyone looked up at him.

Liu Xingchao continued to look at the people, looked at it for a while, thought for a while, and turned to leave.