Any great empire, any empire that lasts for hundreds of years without decaying, must be guaranteed by two things:

A virtuous king of Zhongxing - it is not necessary that successive kings have the talent of the world, and there can be a few unscrupulous kings from time to time, but as long as there are people who are in trouble.

Unobstructed surveillance system - Many large empires have ended up in the hands of corrupt officials, so it is necessary to have an intelligence surveillance system that can desilt the imperial bureaucracy and warlord system.

In the early days of the War of the Gods, the Redstone Emperor had the most complete state system in this regard. The Amy Empire has a total of five intelligence systems that are directly and indirectly accountable to the king.

The Ministry of the Interior was directly accountable to the Imperial Prime Minister and had 16,000 intelligence-gathering personnel throughout the country, mainly to monitor the conduct of local officials.

The Ministry of Military Intelligence is directly accountable to the Minister of Military Affairs, and has 12,000 intelligence collectors throughout the army, who spy on the intelligence of various countries and also inspect the armies of the empire.

The Imperial Advisors system is the third largest system that is directly accountable to His Majesty the King, with a total of 12 advisors and about 30 subordinates each who directly monitor the various ministries of the Empire. Counselors eat by "slandering" people. If any official is targeted by several major officials, he will basically lose his skin if he does not die.

The chief of the palace guard also has a Jīng intelligence team of no more than 100 people, who is sent to patrol various places as civilians all year round, and if problems are found, they will bypass all intelligence departments and report directly to the king.

In order to prevent omissions in these four departments, the Red Stone Emperor, 11 years after his accession to the throne, ordered all civil and military officials in all provinces under the heavens, all civil and military officials above the rank of city guard (inclusive) and all military squadron captains (inclusive), to submit a memo directly to the king every season to impeach the officials. Redstone Lands will select 120 copies at a time to check them personally. These 120 Imperial Approval Medals were handed over to the Ministry of Officials as the most important comments of local officials.

The joint implementation of the five systems also ensured that the officials of the Red Stone Land were in power for 49 years, and the Qingming Dynasty was well prepared.

- The Legend of the Redstone Emperor

Chapter 11: The King's Birthday

On January 6, the 5th year of the magic calendar, a light snow fluttered and fell after winter, and Chi Aotian and Daqingshan led the 7000 Colorful Dragon Knights and the Praetorian Guards to arrive at the outskirts of Fantao City by stepping on the ice and snow that had just condensed. At this time, outside Fantao City, Bai Sè's barracks had already been connected.

The staff officer of the Gyeonggi Defense Region handed over the military power, and the two black-clothed young men from the 1st Division entered the commander's tent side by side.

It was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the tent was densely packed with officers, who swept over at a glance, at least with the rank of squadron leader or above. There were two people sitting in the center, the first was Chi Hanfeng, and the first was Viscount Fan. Chi Hanfeng raised his eyes and looked at the two teenagers, did not speak, and continued to read the letter in his hand. Viscount Fan was more enthusiastic, and motioned for the guards to add two chairs. Most of the high-ranking officers in the Gyeonggi Defense Region and the chief officer of the small mercenary group are acquaintances, and they are often encountered in the Duke's Palace, and the small mercenary group has taken the important city of Hamburg City in one fell swoop this time, and if it weren't for the general's uncertain look at the letter, most people would have come up to say hello to the two teenagers.

After reading the last page, the Marquis read it again, his brows tightly knit together. At this time, both Chi Aotian and Daqingshan noticed that the letter cover was stamped with the royal seal.

Chi Hanfeng handed the letter to Viscount Fan: "Lord Viscount, you can also take a look." ”

Viscount Fan quickly saw the last page, and his face also showed doubt.

"Your Majesty has learned of the successful recovery of the city of Hamburg, and has commended our soldiers on this expedition. Chi Hanfeng stood up and announced: "On the 29th of this month, it is the 40th birthday of His Majesty the King, and 20 days before and after, the dìdū will be open to all the inhabitants of the empire again according to custom, and during this period, the kingdoms of the pan-continental range will send birthday officials to dìdū. Therefore, the Emperor's ** Ministry transferred me back to Dìdū to maintain order, and the command of the front line will be handed over to Viscount Fan. ”

Hum—, the officers in the tent whispered. His Majesty's 10th birthday was the largest in imperial court etiquette, and in previous years the kingdoms would send a large number of envoys, even causing the population of dìdū to skyrocket by 10% during this period. This is also a big deal for the soldiers in the Gyeonggi Theater of Operations, there are too many people in the dìdū for a month or so, and maybe a bull-headed and horse-faced person is actually the power center of a certain empire, and all the soldiers on duty are trembling and cautious, for fear that something big will happen.

After all, there are less than 10,000 regular troops stationed in Gyeonggi, and more than 100,000 imperial people will come to visit during this period.

"Daqingshan, how many soldiers are you bringing here?"

"General, 1,200 soldiers of the 3rd Squadron of the Heavy Infantry Brigade of the Colorful Dragon Knights, 2200 soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the Praetorian Guard, 3400 soldiers of the 3rd and 4th Swordsmen Battalions of the Gyeonggi Theater, a total of 6,800 soldiers. All have been handed over and are going through the procedures for entering the camp. On formal occasions, Daqingshan has a lot of respect for Chi Hanfeng.

"Oh, this way, Chinese staff officer, immediately order the 3rd and 4th Squadrons of the 2nd Brigade of the Praetorian Guards to return to Beijing with me and set off at 4:00 p.m. Da Qingshan and Chi Aotian accompanied them. His Excellency Marquis Toyoda, led the First Heavy Knights Brigade of the Knights of the Colorful Dragon, and the First and Second Light Knights Brigade set off tomorrow daylight to rush back to Dìdū. ”

"Honorable Order!"

Seeing that several jīng sharp troops were transferred, Viscount Fan was not very worried, Flood City must be a siege battle, and the role played by the knight troops, especially the heavy knight troops, was not as effective as the swordsman troops. And with nearly 40,000 sharp soldiers in his hands, it is still relatively certain to take a small Wave City, for Viscount Fan, the most difficult thing to do now is how to annihilate the enemy like a small mercenary group and give a big gift to His Majesty the Emperor's birthday.

It can be seen that Chi Hanfeng is quite cautious about this matter, and if he follows the standard itinerary from Pantao City to Dìdū, it will take at least 10 days to return. Lord Marquis led 2,000 soldiers on a starry night, and three of them missed the post station and had to camp in the snow, compressing the 10-day journey to 7 days.

Before entering the city, it was already clearly felt that the whole city was in a revelry. From a distance, I saw that the colorful dragon flag symbolizing the royal family was hung on the city wall, and the red lanterns were hung on all the enemy towers on the city wall, and the Praetorian Guards on duty outside the city gate were dressed in ceremonial clothes.

The general frowned, and subconsciously said, "What a big show." ”

"Uncle Chi, I guess it's because of the endless war in the past year, everyone in the empire, whether it is the army or civilians, is very tight, and the people yearn for stability. Perhaps, His Majesty hoped that through this large-scale celebration, the people would feel that His Majesty had full confidence in the war situation and ease the people's feelings. Daqingshan knew that his master liked to pick his nose and eyes at the Redstone Emperor, and casually said his thoughts.

Chi Hanfeng glanced at his apprentice, snorted in his nose, and urged the horse to enter the dìdū.

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