Jewel King City, the hall of the court. Lang Xuan presided over the meeting, convened the eight ministries and the prince, and discussed the new eight articles for many days.

It is said that it is a discussion, except for the prince who remains neutral for the time being, and the eight chiefs are all on the opposite side, and the positive side is absent.

Without the fierce collision of ideas, without the back-and-forth debate, without the game of opponents, the scene is inevitably a little dull and depressing. The drafts made by the bigwigs are about to be turned over, and they are still indifferent to the new system.

The first three are actually quite easy to understand. It is nothing more than extending from the royal family to the aristocracy, so as to prevent the royal family and the clan clan and the clan lords from being too bloated and large, which on the one hand brings a huge burden to the finances, and on the other hand, the allocation of social resources is unbalanced.

Human nature is mostly selfish. They all hope that their family tree has deep roots and lush branches and leaves, and will shade their descendants. I wish I could see the royal family and other families withering.

As the saying goes, "there is a mouth to talk about others, but there is no mouth to talk about yourself". Whenever others make mistakes, they can always quote scriptures and list many root causes, reasons and corrective measures. But when it comes to himself, he always prevaricates, and even pretends to be deaf and dumb, and obscures himself from hearing and hearing.

Innovation is a good thing, it depends on whose reason is the Ding, whose revolution is new. Change never starts within vested interests............

Here, many people are sitting at the round table, but their minds are wandering outside the court's side hall.

Jewel King City, the outer city.

The Metropolitan Government Office has set up booths in several markets, attracting pedestrians to stop and watch.

On the stand stood a small spear, on the other side was a porcelain ring hanging from a shelf, and a slightly lower clay urn on the side. In the center of the booth, a flag was erected high, and three golden characters were written on it - "Reward Order".

The officials of the Metropolitan Government Department solemnly announced that five days later, martial artists would be openly recruited in the martial arts arena outside the city, and the first person to completely pass the spear through the porcelain ring fifty zhang away without hurting the pottery urn would be rewarded with 100 gold.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused heated discussions.

What is the concept of 100 gold? One tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is exchanged for 1,000 yuan. One hundred taels of gold is equivalent to a million dollars. It's almost the equivalent of an average family's normal expenses for 50 years. Ordinary people get so much wealth for nothing, and basically they don't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

In other words, for the average person, this is almost an unimaginable amount of money.

Where did so much money come from? Could it be that it came out of the treasury?

Moreover, the parabola of 50 zhang with a spear is basically on the pottery urn. How straight does this have to be thrown so as not to touch the pottery urn? Not to mention fifty zhang away, even if the hole the size of a douluo is no different from a rat hole, it is fifty zhang without losing precision, what amazing control is required?

This joke seems to be a bit big. When many people hear this news, they find it incredible and unbelievable. People are very enthusiastic about gossip, and it is precisely because of the absurdity that things spread quickly and become the talk of people in their spare time.

Until the fourth day, the people of the Metropolitan Government Hall put the hundred gold in a huge tray, put up lights, and passed in front of the downtown area, neighborhoods, squares, martial arts halls, wine shops, and tea houses with great fanfare, and the whole king was completely sensational, and the people were boiling, and they rushed to pass on the news, one by ten, ten by hundred, and radiated out at a faster speed.

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Linghe Temple.

Alexei summoned Xingan for questioning.

"Alright, you don't have to be formal. Alexei motioned for Xingan to get up, "It's a bit of red tape, and sooner or later it's going to have to be changed." ”

"The Thunder Rider and the Divine Spear are all one, invincible. Alexei whispered the words. This proverb has been circulating in the north for a long time, and it is also one of the important reasons why some people in the dynasty are afraid of the Di and Wu tribes, and the hawks have always maintained a high-pressure posture against them.

"These roundabout masters who cling to the flaws will only make a mess of things. Alexei complained. Just like the procrastination attitude towards the New Deal, the contradictory and mutually restrained policies of hawks and doves, as well as their overt and covert actions, have turned the situation in the Northland into a pot of porridge.

For Alexei, the sword can hurt himself as well as others. No matter how powerful the Di and Wu ethnic groups are after they are fused, as long as they pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, and find out the common ground of interests, they can be won over and utilized. He had already entrusted Levy to send a signal to the high-ranking of the Di and Wu tribes that they could exchange the dynasty's grain, salt, tea, wine, pearl and jade treasures and other scarce materials in the north for the cultivation method of the Scaly Wildebeest and the mining rights of the Mithril Mine, etc. You can also open the martial arts hall to the Northland, and exchange martial artists (martial apprentices) for trainers and blacksmiths. In the face of sufficient exchange of interests, any grievances and feuds can be put aside temporarily.

Even, Alexei also imagined that when the time came, the two clans would completely let down their guard, and they could reserve a proper position for the Diu and the two clans in the center. In this way, two counties were set up in the Northland for the Diu and the two tribes. No, preferably a county. In Alexei's view, the reintegration of the Diu and the Diu is what to look forward to.

Now, with Levy being interrogated in custody, it all seems to have come to a standstill. And as a king, he must pay attention to breaking the situation in everything, find an appropriate fulcrum, and pry things forward gradually, instead of sitting and waiting and doing nothing, which he cannot tolerate.

Alexei said to Xingan: "I have ordered the military department to deploy all the scouts you intend to choose as required, without delay. ”

Xingan hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty." He immediately suggested, "However, the number of Biansai scouts is also quite tight, and the minister suggested that the personnel should be removed from their posts for the time being, and that the personnel should be transferred back in stages and again through methods such as training and substitution, mutual sharing of information, and secondment of personnel, until the Biansai Nai scout system is sound." Prevent the collapse of the military intelligence system. ”

"Well, that's a good suggestion, and it's a lot of thought. You can just coordinate with the Ministry of Martial Arts, and I won't interfere specifically. By the way, how did you do the errand you did a few days ago?"

"Back to Your Majesty, that Chabu has been very active recently, wandering around the martial arts halls. There are various indications that some budokan halls have lobbied and agreed to support Levy. Moreover, it is understood that someone handed a note to the pledge office of the Metropolitan Government Office. ”

"Oh?" Alexei felt a little funny, "Do you know what's on the note?"

"This ...... His Majesty has not yet known for sure. Xinggan was a little apprehensive, "The channels for these notes are very secret, and I don't have any eyeliner in the main camp of the forbidden army and the gendarmerie department. ”

"You're still shallow in your foundation, and it's normal that you can't do this. If you knew everything, maybe I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Alexei couldn't help but tease him.

"Your Majesty is terrified!" Xinggan hurriedly saluted.

"Okay, there are some things that need to be done urgently, and I didn't teach you one step at a time. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has found some strange things in the past few days. ”

"Oh, let's hear it. ”

"Your Majesty found that the Minister of War and Armed Forces, the steward of the Navy, had approached him many times these days in the name of hiring Chabu. Chabu flatly refused each time. ”

Chabu refused to be solicited by the Qianye Mansion without any delay, and he could gain a reputation among mid- and low-level martial artists who were not subject to supplication. But the question is, how can a low-level martial artist in Chabu win the favor of the Qianye Mansion? Moreover, the steward frequently contacted him in the name of "three visits", which was a bit eye-catching during this sensitive period. After all, it is not often that the strongest bald man on the surface is wrongly classified and demoted. Chabu's recent performance is not very much like Taoguang's low-key person.

However, as the steward of the Minister of War and Armed Forces, there are too many people who can be deployed. It is not suspected of rebellion, and it is impossible for a judge to stare at it with all his might. And that's just one of the lines.

Typical misguided.

"There is a new jugatorium, there is a shortage of manpower, and things are complicated," Alexei reassured Xinggan, "You have to learn to grasp the big and let go of the small, and grasp the focus." In addition, it was found that there were available talents in other departments, and although they proposed to Lone. If it works, I'll fight for you. In addition, the establishment of the internal division and the external division, the external division focused on the collection and judgment of foreign intelligence, and the internal division was mainly aimed at the internal economic, military, political, military, educational, eunuch and other aspects of the dynasty, with a focus on the ....... ”

"Your Majesty, ...... this"

Alexei sighed lightly: "Levy's incident reminded me that our tentacles are still not stretched long enough, and our influence outside the country is still too weak. ”

The main purpose of the establishment of the dynasty was originally intended to be under the supervision of the Holy See, with the inheritance of gems as the mainstay, and the establishment of a unified spirit regime to deal with the demonic disasters that may break out at any time.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Gem Dynasty, the initial territory was established with the structure of one country and five states. At first, the dynasty was sparsely populated, and its effective control area was only five states and eleven counties. Later, after experiencing several baptisms and tests of large or small demons, the population stabilized and showed a growth trend, and there was a demand for external expansion, and gradually expanded into today's territory - five states and thirty-three counties.

At the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, the territory of the main diamond state was the largest among the five states, and it belonged to the structure of the four states to defend the main state. Later, with the continuous expansion of the dynasty, due to the lack of malleability in the space of the central main state, the area of the other four states has far exceeded that of the main state after repeated expansion. Coupled with the expansion of the power of the Saga gate valve, the control of the center has a faint tendency to decline.

Because the world is so vast, while the dynasty continues to gain and consolidate its territory, there are also some foreign races who choose to live in the land and gradually grow and develop. On the border, the area bordering dynasties and foreign races is increasing, and there are constant frictions and disputes due to competition for resources and land.

In order to consolidate political power internally and increase exchanges with foreign races externally, it is necessary to collect and summarize the information of various states, family gates, martial arts halls, chambers of commerce, foreign races, and other aspects, sort it out, and provide it for the reference of the central center to formulate corresponding internal and foreign policies.

In the past, he was out of reach of foreign races, and he had no time to take care of him. Now, as multilateral frictions continue to increase and intensify, they have become issues that have to be avoided and ignored. This is also the reason why Alexei did not hesitate to temporarily sacrifice the scout forces in the army, and urgently pulled up the framework of the judges.

As a king, you can't do everything, grasp everything, and manage everything. Therefore, for the magistrate who is accountable to the king, it is natural to try to grasp the main aspects of things.

As for how to master this degree, Alexei is point-to-point.

Previously, Xinggan proposed to transfer the scouts to the Border Fortress, temporarily staying in the Border Fortress, and in the arms of Alex, this part of the scouts was originally familiar with the situation in the Northland, and staying in the Border Fortress could better maintain the extension of the tentacles in the Northland, so that the information could be transmitted back to the center in an endless stream.

There is a furrow in the chest, and there is a hole in the abdomen. Naturally, Alexei would not condemn Xinggan and be angry with him because of his slight flaws—this is a sign of poor skills, incompetence, and weakness. This was one of the reasons why the courtiers were in awe of Alexei—they could not find an excuse to attack and impeach the king.

Now, because of Levy's affairs, many parties are involved - the Praetorian Guard, the Ministry of Armament, the Ministry of Materiel, the Martial Arts Hall, the Military Police Division, ....... It is clear that someone is ready to use this triage to make a fuss. And no matter who or what kind of article he does, as long as things don't show signs of getting out of control, let him do it for the time being. Alexei was curious about what kind of waves could be tossed from this thing.

For kings, when they encounter problems, they can always find a fulcrum to pry the stumbling block, and there is often more than one such fulcrum. If you exert more force, there will always be a moment when things will be solved.

Returning to Levy's side, Xinggan Lao felt that it was not a way to mobilize the people, and he said: "Your Majesty, you see, this is not a matter of an edict?"

Alexei shook his head. If it's really that simple, why should we discuss the new system with great fanfare, and just force it to be promulgated?

It's like two people fighting, not the kind of life and death, unless they are both tired, or one of them is in pain, both sides will naturally stop. In the process of wrestling, the two sides gradually tested the bottom line with an appropriate tough attitude. Until one of them has the upper hand, they will say, "It's painful, isn't it?" Or you look at this, I will pay for the medical expenses, and I will give you a little compensation, but you must give me this benefit, or you will continue to pinch. In other words, the two sides reached a compromise through the exchange of interests.

And at the moment, both sides believe that they have not stepped on the other's bottom line. Therefore, before getting tired or hitting the other party's pain point, there is no reason for the two sides who are fighting to stop suddenly.

Xingan also suggested that some judges could lean towards Levy's side, at least in terms of collecting evidence. And this, too, was rejected by Alexei.

It is true that there are judges who are directly responsible to the king, but Alexei believes that there are judges who do not serve anyone alone, let alone a tool used for party struggle. Once the opening is opened, there is a danger of getting out of control in the future. And a judge who is out of control will make people shudder when they think about it.

Through various signs, it can be vaguely confirmed that there is no obvious involvement between the Martial Arts Guild and Chabu's side, and Alexei breathed a sigh of relief. He and Xinggan confirmed their opinions on some things, and then asked him to step down.

On the fifth day, the people, martial artists, and martial disciples rushed into the martial arts arena outside the royal city. A small part of them are trying to show off their skills and win 100 gold. And most people come to join in the fun and have a look. And this day happened to be the day of Levy's public trial.