The turmoil in the Forest of Demons also alarmed another authority of the Tianxiang Empire, the Central Council.

This is a well-known and fearless department, although the various departments of the Tianxiang Empire are very finely divided, and a specific department can be divided into a small matter, but the power organs are clearly divided, only three.

The military department, the black court and the central chamber, these are the three major power institutions of the Tianxiang Empire in addition to the throne, among which the black court is hidden in the shadows and does not participate in those power struggles on the surface, they are even more so, because they are the departments directly under the throne, and the allocation and use of resources are all decided by the throne alone.

But the War Department and the Central House are different, they both have a certain degree of independence and do not have to report to the throne in everything.

The military department is okay, although they have a certain amount of independent power, but the biggest military power is still in the hands of the throne, if the highest power in an empire can't control the military power, it is too ridiculous.

The Central Chamber is different, it is a complex structure of power, which is precisely and meticulously divided into many departments, so to speak, except for those related to the military, which are controlled by the military department, and the rest of the departments are all in the hands of the Central Council, from economics to politics to diplomacy and even education.

At the beginning, some people also raised this question, feeling that the central parliament has too many things under its control, and when most of the power is in the hands of one institution, it will breed a lot of corruption and destabilize the country.

Many people have suggested to the throne that they should change the role of the Central Council in the Tianxiang Empire's power, and at the same time further reduce the power held by the other party, otherwise the parliament may even cause a coup d'état, after all, they have infiltrated every aspect of the people's lives.

This concern is not unreasonable, but it was directly vetoed by the throne, and he just said a simple sentence and suppressed all doubts, a department that cannot control the army will never rebel, and it will not succeed if it rebels.

It is precisely because of the throne's statement that the voices against the Central House have gradually become quieter, but naturally there are some voices against the current throne, they think that the current throne is a soft egg, far from the iron fist of the previous throne, and this means of doing nothing will only lead to the defeat of the Tianxiang Empire.

Of course, these words are also circulated secretly, no one will be stupid enough to talk about these issues in public, after all, no one wants to live a few more years, although the Tianxiang Empire is not a country with a high-pressure policy, but it is very dangerous to talk about state affairs casually.

It is precisely because of this move of the throne that the Central Council has always been grateful, although politics is cold and ruthless, but people are not, as an institution used to check and balance the authority of the throne, they are now firmly on the side of the throne, not to mention rebellion, they are simply obedient to the throne.

Of course, it is impossible to convince the Central Council of the Central Council of the throne just by relying on such a sentence, but although people are curious about how the throne neatly obeys the Central Council, they still do not know the secret, and in the end they can only stop it.

At this moment, a figure dressed in official uniform quickly walked into the hall of the Central House, compared to the simplicity and remoteness of the military department, the Central House is in the center of the imperial capital, surrounded by bustling commercial streets and residential areas, and a huge square, in the middle of which is the entrance of the Central House.

Although the Central House controls many departments, most of these departments have their own independent office areas, so the Central House does not occupy a large area, a staff courtyard, the upper and lower houses of the courtyard, the adjudication hall and a small garden are all the buildings of the Central House.

At this time, a somewhat disheveled figure hurried towards the adjudication office, which was the most special department of the Central Council, and its courtyard sat in a hidden corner, surrounded by a large number of towering trees, and the shade covered it, so that the adjudication office was shrouded in shadow.

It was a small old house, the walls looked quite old, the paint on them had long since peeled, there were some fine cracks carved into it, and a layer of creepers growing lush towards the sun.

Not far from the adjudication hall is a bluestone path, which extends from the garden of the central chamber and extends to the entrance of the adjudication office, the porch is not large, and it seems that only two people can pass side by side at the same time, and there is a wooden plaque hanging above the wooden door, the handwriting on it has been blurred, and you can only vaguely see the three big characters "adjudication office" written there.

The figure in official uniform hurried into the dilapidated wooden door of the court and quickly ascended the stairs, his clothes already scattered, some even dragging to the ground, but he didn't care about these things at all, and ran towards the innermost wooden door on the second floor.

He hurriedly ran to him, but immediately stopped, hurriedly arranging his clothes, and at the same time quickly adjusting his breathing, and when he had done all this, he slowly stretched out two fingers and gently clicked on the wooden door.

"Come in. A low voice full of vicissitudes came from inside, and the man in the official uniform quietly pushed open the wooden door and walked in.

The room is not big, it is very tidy, the decoration in the house is also very simple, in the center is a small coffee table, there is a tea set on it, the room is on both sides of the bookcase, which is full of all kinds of books, an old man with a white beard and a black robe sits in front of the coffee table, holding a cup of tea in his hand, he is tasting slowly, and he hears someone entering the house, and he does not raise his head.

The old man drank tea while flipping through the books on the coffee table, which were quite old in the past, and there were some things written on them in dense ancient characters, but ordinary people couldn't read them at all, because the words couldn't be understood.

The man in official uniform respectfully knelt not far from the old man, carefully took out a scroll from his bosom, placed it in front of the old man in a gentle manner, and said softly: "The direct order of the throne, please look at the presiding judge." ”

Hearing the word "throne", the old man raised his eyebrows slightly, slowly raised his head, looked at the scroll in front of him, stretched out a dry palm to pick up the scroll, and slowly spread it out to look at it.

The man had been waiting respectfully, quietly waiting for the old man in front of him to read the entire scroll.

The order of the throne was actually very short, but the old man looked at it for a long time, and then he slowly spoke: "This matter should not have been brought by the ruling, why did you find me?"

The man hurriedly replied, "I don't know, little one. ”

"It's okay, I'm just talking to myself. The old man whispered, "I know about this, so go down." ”

The man immediately got up and saluted the old man respectfully, immediately withdrew, and quietly closed the door, as soon as he left, the figure of the old man sitting in front of the coffee table suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

In the next moment, the old man came to the door of a room, knocked on the door and walked straight in, muttering, "Is the old guy here?"

"What are you doing? you don't knock every time?" an angry voice came from inside, "Can you fix this stinky problem?" ”

"It's okay, little things. The old man laughed: "Have you seen this thing?" After speaking, he casually threw the scroll in his hand on the table.

This room is much more luxurious than the old man's room, with wine cabinets, bookcases, and various fluorescent decorations, white jade teacups, antique pen and ink, and an incense burner wafting wisps of green smoke, with fragrance.

Behind the table sat an old man in a white robe, whose beard was already extremely pale, but his face was ruddy like a child's, and the wrinkles on his face were not obvious, and he looked like he was only in his early forties.

"What is this?" the white-robed old man pouted and said, "The order of the throne? I know this, isn't it just a trivial matter in the Forest of Powerful Ghosts, I suggested it to the throne, and this matter will be done with the fact that you can send someone to the town and town at will." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. The black-robed old man sat down, picked up the teapot in front of him and poured two sips, how could he have the demeanor of the fairy wind bones before.

The white-robed old man looked at it and glared: "You save me a little, it's very expensive." ”

The black-robed old man waved his hand disapprerovingly: "Don't worry, I've left you two mouthfuls." ”

After hearing this, the white-robed old man only felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost closed his breath, and said weakly: "If you have something to say, hurry up and get out of my house after speaking, don't spoil my good tea." ”

The black-robed old man restrained the casual expression on his face and became solemn: "You need to determine the bottom line first, otherwise I won't be able to operate." ”

"You say. The white-robed old man said softly.

"What is the relationship with the military department?" asked the old man in the black robe the first question.

"Try not to tear your face. The white-robed old man hesitated for a moment and made a decision.

The black-robed old man nodded: "Where does that child belong?"

A fine light flashed in the eyes of the white-robed old man, extremely powerful, and there was cold frost in his words: "If you can take it away, take it away, and if you can't take it away, erase it." ”

"That's probably a conflict with the Black Court. The black-robed old man's dissatisfied, wrinkled cheeks trembled slightly, "Are you ready to go to war?"

"If you go out in person, who can stop you?" said the white-robed old man helplessly, "Don't send those people under your command this time, you can run away yourself." ”

The black-robed old man shook his head: "I don't want to go against the general. ”

"Will the military department produce a general-level character?" the white-robed old man was startled, his face changed slightly, and his eyes were cloudy and uncertain.

"Nine times out of ten. The black-robed old man said lightly, "What do you think?

The white-robed old man was silent for a long time, and finally said in a cold voice: "No need, if the general is to block it, you can take any means you want." ”

The black-robed old man nodded: "Understood." With that, his form slowly vanished.

The white-robed old man stood up, walked lightly to the window, put his hands behind his back and looked at the scenery outside the window, and muttered softly.

"Throne, you've really played a good game. ”

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