"Li Cheng wants to see me?" Ren Tianxiang was surprised, he couldn't think for a while why the famous Hongyi City Lord Li Xinda wanted to see him.

I haven't done anything lately, how can I alarm this big man? Besides, I've only met with that City Lord Li a few times, how can this be to the extent that I want to send a message to see me?

"Yes, it's Li Cheng who wants to see you. Xuanyuan Liuli confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his words, Ren Tianxiang was invited by the city lord Li Xinda of Hongyi City to go to Yixu, "Although I don't know why you were invited by the city lord Li, but the person who came to deliver the message from the city lord's mansion came with the seal of the city lord's mansion, and at the same time, I also received the news from my father using the special communication method of the Xuanyuan Palace, so naturally it will not be wrong." ”

While speaking, Xuanyuan Liuli also frowned and analyzed: "If you look at it this way, it is not only Li Xinda City Lord who may want to see you, my father may also want to see you." If it were my father, it would be easy to say, after all, you are a closed disciple of your grandfather, and you can also be regarded as a disciple of half of the Xuanyuan Palace, so naturally you want to meet your father, the master of the Xuanyuan Palace. ”

"Then I'll clean up. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and then sorted out his clothes in the mirror in the bathroom.

He had also learned the special communication method of Xuanyuan Hall from Xuanyuan Qingtian, so he understood very well that since it was Xuanyuan Liuli who was notified by Xuanyuan Hao, then there would be no problem with Li Xinda's invitation from the city lord, and it would be impossible for the hall master of Xuanyuan Hall to be idle and play with his nameless junior.

Poor Ren Tianxiang didn't know at this time, because of Xuanyuan Qingtian's status as a closed disciple, he was no longer a nameless junior now, strictly speaking. Since the beginning of the academy competition, all forces have begun to pay attention to his situation, especially the city lord Li Xinda of Hongyi City and the lord of Xuanyuan Hao Hall of Xuanyuan Palace, the two of them could see clearly on the rostrum at that time.

Xuanyuan Liuli also nodded on the side and said, "I don't know why City Lord Li invited you, but since you are going to him as a guest, you have to show the posture of a guest, don't be rude." I've heard from Qing'er that your Dragon Club is also trained in etiquette, so I don't need to say more about how to do it, right?"

"I understand, Sister Ruri. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

Unexpectedly, his attitude towards those nobles at the coming-of-age dinner was recorded by Xuanyuan Liuli. Originally, he didn't like the politeness of red tape, but he had to deal with those nobles at his own coming-of-age ceremony and celebration banquet, which made him very impatient. That's why he hid on the windowsill on the second floor and was secretly found by His Majesty Xingheng.

However, this time it is in the face of Li Xinda, the city lord of Hongyi City, Ren Tianxiang naturally will not have the same attitude as those nobles, although Li City Lord is also a hereditary marquis of the Star Emperor Kingdom, but with the previous battle of Changhe Pass, his impression of Li Xinda is not bad - the other party is indeed dedicated to managing Hongyi City, and under his leadership, the military strength of Hongyi City is also one of the strongest among the four border cities.

He cleaned up quickly, and after cleaning up, he followed Xuanyuan Liuli out of the bathroom, and then walked out of the Hongyi City school where they were stationed, and walked towards the city of Hongyi City.

Ren Tianxiang was very curious about why this Li City Lord suddenly invited him, obviously he hadn't done anything recently. Could it be ...... Is it really because he is a close disciple of Xuanyuan Qingtian? And Li Xinda suddenly talked about himself when he was chatting with Xuanyuan Hao, and then the two of them had the idea of wanting to see themselves?

The news that he was contacted was from the City Lord's Mansion and Xuanyuan Hao, and Ren Tianxiang suddenly felt that this guess was very reliable!

After having this very reliable guess, Ren Tianxiang is not afraid that what will happen to him when he goes to the City Lord's Mansion, after all, this is already the most reliable guess, just go and show those two big people to see, and there is a lot of meat. And after careful calculation, the hall master of the Xuanyuan Palace, who is the commander of the Xuanyuan Palace, can also be regarded as his own senior brother, and his own senior brother will not bully himself no matter what he says.

Because Hongyi City is a border city, most of the time the city implements militarized management, so there are many schools in Hongyi City, and it is not far from the city lord's mansion located in the center of Hongyi City. And the school field where the 32nd Army of the Dragon Regiment was stationed was the closest one to the City Lord's Mansion, and after passing through the streets and alleys where troops were constantly passing through, Xuanyuan Liuli finally took Ren Tianxiang to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and the total time was only a quarter of an hour.

The Hongyi City Lord's Mansion is the highest administrative organ of the three checkpoints of Changhe Pass, Hongyi City and Yumen Pass, and all the administrative and military orders of these three checkpoints are issued from this place, and then these orders will pass through the local management system of the Star Emperor State, and be lowered to the most basic executive personnel level by level.

It can be said that this is the core of the entire Hongyi City defense line, and once this place is paralyzed, the Hongyi City defense line will exist in name only.

In fact, no matter where the city is, the city lord's mansion is the highest administrative organ in a city, in which the city lord and the military commander are the supreme commanders of the city lord's mansion, the former leads the civil officials to handle the affairs of a city, and the latter commands the military attache to manage the military affairs of a city.

Generally speaking, the lord of the city is directly appointed by the imperial court's prime minister's office, while the military commander is appointed by the imperial court's military department, and the military and government affairs of a city are firmly controlled by the imperial court.

Even in the capital of a province, the governor's palace and the city lord's palace are managed separately, and the governor's palace manages the affairs of the entire province and does not interfere too much in the capital city.

However, due to the special reasons of the border, the specific affairs of the military department in Hongyi City are also in charge of the city lord's mansion, and a city lord's mansion will control all the matters of these three checkpoints. In other words, in the four cities on the border, in order to improve administrative efficiency, the military and the government were not managed separately.

What's even more special is that the City Lord's Mansion of Hongyi City is not under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of Beirong Province, which belongs to it, but is directly responsible to the Imperial Court of the Star Emperor State, and the specific matters are handled by the Prime Minister's Mansion.

It's just that this is all a relationship on the surface, in fact, this Hongyi City has been divided to the ancestors of the Li family at that time more than 700 years ago, and it has been the territory of the Li family until now, which is naturally different from other cities.

At the beginning of the Troubled Dragon Era, Li Hongtu, the ancestor of the Li family, was awarded the title of hereditary marquis because of his meritorious work in slaying the dragon, and the fief was this Hongyi City. It was from that time that the Li family began to infiltrate the bureaucratic system of Hongyi City, and by now, Hongyi City has almost become the private land of the Li family.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to give these hereditary marquis the right to form private armies, and all the armies of the empire belong to the military department, and will never obey only private orders.

Moreover, Hongyi City is not so much the private land of the Li family, but rather the Li family's voice in Hongyi City is very high.

First of all, the Li family has guarded Hongyi City for generations, and its prestige is naturally nothing to say, and the people of Hongyi City are convinced by the Li family. Secondly, through the operation of Hongyi City for more than 700 years, the official rate of the children of the Li family in the three checkpoints of Changhe Pass, Hongyi City and Yumen Pass has exceeded sixty percent, except for the necessary administrative officials and supervisory officials sent by the imperial court, the other officials are either the children of the Li family, or the officials with foreign surnames who are close to the Li family.

It can be said that those officials here, if they don't have the support of the imperial court behind them, they won't be able to get along without being attached to the Li family.

This is the current situation of Hongyi City, and even the current situation of the three cities on the border except for Mingde City.

There is no way to do this, although the Star Emperor State has a perfect bureaucratic system, but the Star Emperor State still has an aristocratic system, as long as there is an aristocratic system, family politics is impossible to eliminate.

Besides, the children of the family do get much more resources than ordinary people, and the bureaucracy of the Star Emperor Kingdom does not have a reason why talents are not used because they are the children of a big family. Therefore, after so many years of development, the bureaucratic system and aristocratic system of the Star Emperor Kingdom have been able to reach an astonishing thirty percent of the share of the children of the nobles in the imperial court.

In the final analysis, the coexistence of bureaucrats and aristocrats in the Star Imperial Kingdom was nothing more than a political compromise, and the Imperial Court of the Star Imperial Kingdom was able to maintain strong administrative capacity all the time, thanks to the fact that the private academies and nobles continued to provide officials for the imperial court.

The system of one government, three ministries and twelve divisions inherited by the Star Emperor has gone through countless times of baptism, and in order to fit the national conditions of the Star Emperor in different time periods, there are bound to be some compromises. It's just that some of these compromises will become a thorn in the side of the current emperor if they are put into the present.

In fact, since the previous emperor, the plan to suppress the great nobles on the border has already been implemented. This is not a secret thing, from the previous emperor Xingyao suppressed the Mingde City royal family by thunderous means and personally appointed four city lords and made his own brother His Royal Highness Xingmang as the Mingde King to guard the border, the whole empire knew that the imperial court was ready to take action against the border nobles, as for when to do it, it all depends on how the imperial court planned.

At this time, Xuanyuan Liuli and Ren Tianxiang were standing in front of the City Lord's Mansion, looking through the gate, looking at the busy scene inside, no matter what, they couldn't imagine that this was an administrative organ that had almost been controlled by the Li family.

When a guard saw the two of them, he stepped forward and asked, "The two of you are Miss Xuanyuan and Mr. Ren, right?" The city lord ordered, please come in as soon as you come to the city lord's mansion, please come here, I will send someone to take you to see the city lord." ”

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