The city of Emperor City ushered in the first snow of the year.

On the post road outside the imperial capital, the snow has been cleared, and the whole post road looks a little black against the background of the snow, leading straight to the wharf of the Grand Canal.

Every year, there are 20,000 boats that sail here from the imperial court and the government alone. Towards the end of the year, the heavy snow arrived early, and the flow of people on the wharf who came to pick up the goods was even more noisy. However, this pier is not the end of the Grand Canal, there is also a section of canal that connects to the moat of the imperial capital, and after passing through the gate, you can directly enter the Taiji Lake located in the city, but this is a treatment only for royal tribute.

The so-called Grand Canal, is in the ancestral dragon has not yet dominated the world, Wu for the Northern Expedition Qi State to dominate the Central Plains, in the vicinity of Jinling Mansion dug a canal that leads the water of the big river, known as Hangou, the following dynasties on this basis continue to develop to the north to the south, extend, especially after the two large-scale expansion and renovation of the Great Jin Dynasty, to the previous dynasty, basically connected Jiangnan and the imperial capital, called the Grand Canal.

The Grand Canal traverses four states, eleven prefectures, and twenty-three counties, about 3,600 miles long, and the grain production in the south of the Yangtze River accounts for two-thirds of the world.

It is said that Ruixue is a good year, and it seems that next year will be a good omen, not only the officials of Qin Tianjian breathed a sigh of relief, but the chief officials of the cabinet, the household department, and the military department also had some smiling faces.

There is only one yamen who can't laugh, that is, Caoyun Yamen, not only can't laugh, but also a little panicked, the population of the imperial capital is million, all rely on this Grand Canal supply, the last few batches of grain and silver transported to the imperial capital, as well as all kinds of tributes to supply the palace expenses must be rushed before the winter solstice, otherwise the river will freeze, it is a mistake to make a big mistake.

Therefore, in the past few days, the river channel that has entered the territory of Zhili is full of boats, which has caused the phenomenon of river congestion.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the sky is full of rivers.

The distance between the boats is a little farther, and it is impossible to see the situation on the other side, at this time there are many boats on the canal, and it is inevitable to bump and bump, but at this time, most of the people who are still rushing to sail are officials who are on errands for the yamen.

Although a serious official will not escort the ship in person, some people are just a small official, and they have already practiced a great official authority, their eyes are empty, they are in the eight extremes, and they spray contempt in their nostrils.

I only heard the shouting and scolding.

At this moment, a big ship came from the wind and snow, and a huge lantern was hung on the ship, on which were written the three big characters "Qingluanwei". The black banner of "Qingluanwei" was waving in the wind in the snow, and the hunting sounded.

All the boats scrambled to avoid both sides of the river.

Qingluanwei's big ship occupies the middle of the canal in the heavy snow, and it has the posture of breaking through the snow with a cloak.

A figure walked out of the cabin and stood on the board, it was Zhao Guangji, the palm print of the Thousand Households in Luzhou, who was the one who planned the affairs of Fengtai County with Jiang Beiyun.

Zhao Guangji looked at the direction of Dijing from afar through the wind and snow, and was worried.

A Qingluan Wei Baihu came to Zhao Guangji's side and reported softly: "My lord, the Duwei Mansion has already sent someone to urge, let us rush to the Duwei Mansion today." ”

The full name of Qingluanwei is "Qingluan Pro-Army Command Envoy", formerly known as "Pro-Army Governor's Mansion", and was later promoted to "Qingluanwei Governor's Mansion" by Emperor Taizong of the Great Wei Dynasty. After the Daxuan Imperial Court became the lord of the world, Qingluanwei was demoted to the "Qingluan Pro-Army Command Envoy", and the title of "Governor's Mansion" was removed, and the old name of "Pro-Army Governor's Mansion" was still used in his office.

Zhao Guangji nodded: "Got it." ”

Qingluanwei Baihu didn't dare to say more, and slowly retreated.

Zhao Guangji's mood was very gloomy.

Something went wrong in Fengtai County, and he was recalled to the imperial capital by Lord Tongzhi, nominally to report on his work, but in fact to be accountable.

This matter was planned by him and Jiang Beiyun, but the reason why he and Jiang Beiyun met and worked together was because of the above.

Could it be that the Taiping Road side put pressure on the Governor's Mansion?

Looking down from above, the entire Imperial Capital City is like a "convex" character. It is divided into four parts, the upper part of the character "convex" is the inner city, the inner city has the imperial city, the imperial city has the palace city, and the lower part of the character "convex" is the outer city.

In general, Miyagi is in the center, with four square layers of arches, the main seat facing south, the central axis protruding, and the two wings are balanced and symmetrical.

Miyagi is the smallest and is where the emperor lives, which is the so-called "palace", and the main gate is the "noon gate".

The imperial city includes the palace city, the main gate is the gate of Chengtian, the meaning of "inheriting the heavens, being ordered by the sky", after the Chengtian gate is a huge white jade square surrounded by walls on three sides, there is a gate at the southernmost end of the square, this gate is called "the big Xuanmen", also known as "the first gate of the imperial city", with the same name as the country, it is a symbol of the national gate, this gate and other idlers can not pass, only when the ceremony of the country, the emperor Luan will pass through this gate, as for the queen, only when the big wedding can enter the imperial city from this gate.

The big Xuanmen is magnificent, the south to the five thresholds is in the middle of the three, the single eaves rest the mountain, the eaves are heavy ridges and the dark color tile roof, there are stone lions on both sides of the door, one under the horse tablet, the front of the door is the royal road, the left of the royal road is "the heavenly street", the shape is like a chessboard, there is the meaning of "the emperor is rich and noble a game of chess, and finally there is a game of dispersion when the situation is lost", the right side of the royal road is "a thousand steps corridor", because there are one hundred and ten rooms in Langfang in the east and west on the left and right.

Outside the thousand-step corridor surrounds the palace wall that is as high as two zhang, most of the yamen of the imperial court are concentrated on both sides of the wall, outside the east wall is the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Zongren Mansion, the Qintianjian, outside the west wall is the Yamen of the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate Yuan, Dali Temple and other three law divisions, the pro-army Duwei Mansion of Qingluanwei is within the Great Xuanmen, outside the Chengtian Gate, and there is a door between the Yamen of the Six Ministries.

Of the many yamen, only two are exceptions, and they are within the palace. One is the cabinet, which is located in the Wenyuan Pavilion inside the noon gate. The other is the Taiping Temple, which is located on the former site of the former celebrant supervisor.

In the previous Wei Dynasty, the inner court set up 24 yamen, headed by the celebrant eunuch, the chief eunuch of the master of ceremonies was respectfully called the "internal minister", and the cabinet chief assistant of the outer court was honored as the "foreign minister", and the two people exercised the power and responsibility of the prime minister.

This is also the most criticized eunuch interference in the Great Wei court.

When Daxuan seized the world, he not only deposed the guard system and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but also deposed the 24 Yamen of the Inner Court headed by the celebrant supervisor, and returned all power to the cabinet, and the cabinet chief assistant became a "minister" in the true sense of the word, and could sit and discuss with the emperor.

However, the Great Xuan Imperial Court did not completely abolish the eunuch system that had lasted for thousands of years, one was because of the huge power of inertia, and the other was because the Great Wei left behind 100,000 eunuchs in the previous dynasty, and there were many masters among these 100,000 people.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, in order to defend the royal family, Qingluanwei and the Inner Court 24 Yamen were set up, Qingluanwei had thirteen Taibao, recruiting strange people for their own use, and the eunuchs were cultivated by the royal family themselves since childhood, and they were awarded the secret books of Buddhism and Taoism compiled by a Confucian master, which was the legendary 'master of the inner house' in the people of the rivers and lakes, and the eunuchs were also taught by master and apprentice, passed down from generation to generation, and the sect was no different.

In addition, there are also Confucian people who "learned literature, martial arts, and the emperor's family", so that the addition of the three made the Great Wei court suppress the Taoist and Buddhist doors for more than 200 years.

The inheritance of eunuchs is not among the five immortal inheritances, and is specially used for people with incomplete bodies, although they can also get a glimpse of the secret of immortality after cultivating to the extreme, and it is said that they can also understand the essence of the incarnation of heaven and man and the growth of all things, but before cultivation, they have to go to the palace. If a man or a woman practice, the yin and yang will be reversed, and the man will become a woman, and the woman will become a man, which is very weird.

With the fall of the Great Wei Dynasty, this inheritance also fell into the hands of the Great Xuan Court.

The Daxuan court called it a "yin and yang person".

The Taiping Temple, as the name suggests, has a great relationship with the Taiping Road. If it is a national teacher, that is, a great true person of Taiping Dao, who comes to the imperial capital, he will stay here and sit down with His Majesty the Emperor to discuss the Tao. Because the Daxuan royal family is in the Tao, so in the Taoist system, the previous emperors of the past dynasties also have honorific titles, and His Majesty the Emperor of this generation has the honorific title of "the total palm of yin and yang gong over the purple great real person", nominally above the three deputy masters of the great real people, and the general of the great real people of the palm of the teaching, the same super product.

However, ordinary people in the Taoist sect do not regard His Majesty the Emperor as a Taoist, so the only super-grade Taoist priest is still the Great Palm.

There are special Taiping Dao disciples in charge of the Taiping Temple on weekdays, and ordinary people, whether they are palace maids, eunuchs, guards, courtiers, or princes, are not allowed to enter for half a step.

As for the original 24 yamen of the inner court, it was streamlined into the Xuanhui Yuan, with two courtyards in the south and the north, and there were various divisions under it, with eunuchs serving as Xuanhui envoys and deputy envoys, and the two envoys were divided into signing rooms, and the Xuanhui envoy was in charge of the southern courtyard, which was in charge of the internal divisions and the three classes of internal servants, and the ceremonies of the suburbs, court meetings, banquets, and all internal and external offerings were examined and inspected. The deputy envoy is in charge of the North Courtyard, who is in charge of the Yin and Yang people, has the responsibility of guarding the inner court, and only listens to the orders of the emperor alone.

The biggest difference between the North Courtyard and Qingluanwei is that Qingluanwei can leave the imperial capital and has the duty of investigating the world, while the northern courtyard will not leave the imperial capital unless there is the emperor's will.

At this time, in a duty room in the Governor's Mansion of the Pro-Army Commander, a brass brazier was burned red, and the warmth was melting.

Today is Qingluanwei's commander Tongzhi Yunluo on duty.

She is the only woman among the three officials of Qingluanwei, just from the appearance, she looks like she is about thirty years old, but her actual age is rarely known.

Over the years, she has been in charge of the Nanzhen Fusi, living in a simple house, rarely showing up, in the eyes of outsiders, it is the Tongzhi who holds the seal of the Beizhen Fusi who is more prestigious, but within Qingluanwei, it is this Yun Tongzhi who is even more terrifying.

Yun Luo came to the threshold of the duty room, lifted the heavy cotton curtain, but did not step over the high threshold, and looked out, the snow particles mixed with the wind rushed to his face.

Yun Luo's mood was a little gloomy, just like the weather in front of him, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Qingwei Zhenren is going to Beijing in a few days, nominally by the edict of His Majesty the Emperor of "General Charge of Yin and Yang Gong Purple Greatness Zhenren" to enter Beijing, to make a Luo Tian Dajiao for His Majesty the Emperor, and come with a question.

Thinking of this, Yun Luo's already very gloomy mood became a little more gloomy.