On the southwest side of the Imperial Palace, between Tianwumen Square and Xicheng District of the Imperial Capital, along the north of Changning Street, there is a red wall hundreds of meters long and more than six meters high.

Inside the red wall, there is a continuous natural lake, with rippling blue waves, scattered buildings, and green trees. All kinds of ancient buildings and modern office buildings are harmoniously dotted among the blue waves and green trees, under the blue sky and white clouds.

This area, named the Southwest Sea, is home to the offices of the Imperial Cabinet and its ministries, covering an area of about 1,500 acres, of which more than 700 acres are on the water.

It has been since the establishment of the empire, since Taizu issued the edict of the founding of the country and officially returned to the people. It has always been the political heart of the empire, one of the three poles of power.

At the same time, the Southwest Sea and the five-pointed star building of the military headquarters located on the southeast side of the imperial palace also complement each other, forming the second of the three legs of the empire - the emperor represents the country and commands the government and army, but does not easily interfere in specific affairs. The Imperial Cabinet Government and the Headquarters of the Imperial Armed Forces are in charge of military and political power!

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In contrast, the royal and military departments, which are usually low-key and silent, do not have a loud voice in the empire. On the contrary, it is the cabinet government that is closely related to the people of Lebanon that attracts more attention, and invisibly, it also seems to be powerful.

However, the army was still a one-third of an acre of land for the royal family and the nobility, and the Imperial Cabinet had no choice but to intervene except for a certain amount of assistance and nominal advice.

But that's also a must, and there's nothing to worry about, right?

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You must know that His Majesty's royal family is also one of the four great star families, and it is the first of the four star families. In the military department, the chief is of course the most powerful, but at least half of the soul lineage families at the core of the military department are more subordinate to the royal family who holds the power of aristocracy. With His Majesty in control and influencing the military department, who will destroy the foundation of their own empire?

Moreover, there is no deterrence and restraint from most of the soul lineage families, high-level top-level and even super-level magic battles. The soldiers and the demons are not birds, and they are a group of civil officials who can only play with pens and mouths.

The magic armor soldiers are better, they still need to be restricted by logistics, and those who usually bow their heads and look up always have to give the cabinet some face.

However, the demon wars ...... Uncle's eyes know you, but fists don't know you.

They are also humanoid tanks at the lowest, and they can fight when they are full, what can you do with me? As for logistics...... What is logistics?

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In fact, the Cabinet was deeply aware of this at the very beginning of the Empire.

In that year, the Imperial Taizu and the military department planned to form a Western Expeditionary Corps to cross the Great Desert of the Middle East. After a surprise attack on the barbarians' flank, when cutting off the lifeline of the barbarians' east-west land bridge.

As soon as this plan was released, it was met with strong opposition from the cabinet. Even Zhou Shoufu, who was famous for his 16-character criticism of "assisting yin and yang, coordinating the overall situation, planning farsightedly, and doing his best" at that time, and was known as the first chief assistant of the empire so far, had a lot of complaints about the crazy ideas of Taizu and the military - not that the strategy was not good enough, but that he was worried that the logistics would not be able to keep up.

After the military insisted on going on the expedition, the cabinet in desperation was greatly nervous. Zhou Shoufu, who has always been gentle and elegant, even sternly emphasized on several occasions at the small meetings of the Cabinet General Assembly -- At this time, if the Cabinet departments, especially the logistics departments, have the slightest delay, and the logistics system is not operating at an efficiency of 100 percent or even more than 100 percent, he will never mind cutting off a few heads!

But when the cabinet was full of soldiers and trembled and thought that they were wiping their butts for the military -- the war was only halfway through, and the logistical pressure was getting lighter and lighter.

In the end, when the Expeditionary Legion experienced countless bloody battles, it was already on the skirt of the goddess of luck, and it developed into a demon war that accounted for more than half of the total number of troops, after the Super Demon War Legion. Their only dissatisfaction with logistics began with -

"Hello? Is it a food delivery? Please add more vegetables to the lunch box tonight, and it would be better if you could come with a fruit, thank you. ”

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Since then, the Imperial Cabinet has understood a profound truth from top to bottom: although the Demon Suit Corps can be restrained by the Cabinet, the Demon War Masters ...... If they don't mess with you, you'll be thankful.

Since then, the three legs of the pinnacle of imperial power have also been completely stabilized.

However, in recent years, some new nobles who are eager to expand their power and influence have begun to infiltrate the civil service system, which has caused headaches for every imperial chief. Even in this cabinet, there are people who have mixed into the high position of foreign minister.

Everyone knows that he is not supported by the party, but by the aristocracy, but it is also in vain - the party to which he belongs does not mind, what can you say?

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At this time, in a heavily guarded building deep in the southwest sea, a large conference room was full. Looking at it, even the person carrying the bag is a director-level person.

In the conference room, the members of the cabinet, either by their subordinates or by their parties, gathered in twos and threes, discussing something.

"This Shoufu Lord suddenly convened a meeting of all ministers, and he was strictly ordered not to be absent, but what happened to him?"

"I don't know, it's only September, and it's not yet the year-end conference. The Imperial Government usually orders it to hold fewer meetings and do more things, and I am just wondering. ”

While the crowd was talking, a light cough came in with the sound of two hurried footsteps.

"Shousuke-sama has arrived." One of the guards at the door was already shouting.

The crowd suddenly fell silent, but they saw that behind Lord Shousuke, who was respectfully leading the way, another figure also entered from the door.

"His Majesty the Emperor is here." The guards sang loudly.

"Your Majesty, please."

The crowd was full of surprise, but they were bowing deeply. The majestic middle-aged emperor has already sat in the chief position under the leadership of the cabinet Zhu Shoufu.

"I ...... Today, I am here to canonize a founding nobleman. I saw that the emperor glanced around, and after seeing that everyone had already sat down one after another at his signal, he coughed lightly and said slowly.

The ministers, who were already surprised that this meeting seemed to be convened by the first assistant at the request of His Majesty, suddenly looked incredulous.

Founding? Your Majesty, you're not joking, are you? How many years has it been since the founding of the country, and there are still founding nobles? If it is a non-founding nobleman who opened the country because of his unrewardable merits, I haven't heard of anything happening in the empire recently, and which nobleman in the empire suddenly made a miracle achievement.

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When the Emperor's words to explain everything slowly ended, the entire conference room was silent. All kinds of incredible colors flashed on the faces of the ministers.

"Secretaries, do you have any objections?" The majestic emperor slowly glanced at his courtiers and said lightly.

"Your Majesty, by all means." A thin old man had already stood up, took a few steps back, and bowed deeply in the direction of the emperor.

"Oh?" The Emperor's brow jumped suddenly, and a mocking smile quickly crossed the corner of his mouth.

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs ...... Zhang Guozhong? Flatten, talk about it, tell me your reasons. ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Guozhong had already raised his head.

"Although Wechen believes that His Majesty will not make a mistake in judgment. But this matter is also too appalling. Moreover, how can a yellow-mouthed son suddenly rise to a high position because of unbelievable things? It is appropriate to confer the title when he really achieves the stars and makes miraculous contributions to the empire. ”

"Yes, the minister risked his life to admonish, how could His Majesty disturb the strict ancestral law granted by the imperial title because of his own selfishness? Your Majesty is so reckless, and where is the Imperial Title Law finally formulated by Taizong? ”

As he spoke, Zhang Guozhong's face was already full of impassionedness.

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The crowd buzzed with each other, and some whispers of echo continued to reach the Emperor's ears.

"Please don't lose your manners in front of you, be quiet." Zhu Shoufu coughed lightly and knocked on the table.

When the whole room was quiet again.

The emperor opened his mouth again: "Zhang Qing, I remember, you are from Jiangning, your wife...... Surname Guo? ”

He looked at the thin old man and suddenly said leisurely.

Zhang Guozhong was startled, his expression changed suddenly, and after a long time, he bowed again: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" ”

"It's nothing, just a casual question." The emperor said lightly.

"Since you have objections and respect Taizong, then act according to Taizong's edict."

As soon as he raised his hand, a roll of yellow silk had already been thrown onto the table in front of Zhang Guozhong.

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