In the imperial capital of Chang'an, no matter whether you enter the Taiji Palace in the imperial city of the imperial capital through any of the Guangyun Gate, Chengtian Gate, Changle Gate, and Jiafu Gate, you pass through the steel city gate that is dozens of meters thick.
The core of today's power and government is in the Tai Chi Palace.
There are also corresponding administrative buildings in Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace, but they are not the most important places for administrative affairs and ceremonies.
Taiji Palace is a huge palace complex, including Taiji Palace, Hanyuan Palace, Xuanzheng Palace, Zichen Palace, Jinluan Palace, Linde Palace, Liangyi Palace and many other palaces with different purposes.
Today's world advocates efficiency and does not like to be pragmatic.
The weekly Umrah meeting, which should have been attended by two to three hundred people, was reduced to less than twenty people, and the location was often chosen in the imperial study room next to the Xuanzheng Hall.
In a small conference room in the Imperial Study Room, Emperor Ji Tianlong was sitting happily at the head of the palace.
His Majesty the Emperor does not wear formal attire unless it is a major court meeting, a grand celebration or a big sacrifice. His robe is very simple, black robe, embroidered with a large dragon in gold thread, and his expression is calm and majestic.
The entire imperial capital is already covered in winter snow and the sky is freezing cold, but at this moment, the imperial study is as warm as spring.
Those attending the meeting included Imperial Taiwei Wang Kujiu, Prime Minister Xie Xinyi, Yushi Li Jubai, thirteen ministers (yushi), and ministers from various ministries who had important matters that must be reported to the emperor.
For such a serious regular meeting, the number of members is less than thirty.
This is Ji Tianlong's habit. He doesn't ask about any specific or detailed matters, only asking the top officials.
Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor also has a habit, which is a continuation of the military habit of the past. There are no twists and turns or small talk during the meeting.
He likes to be straightforward and speak out when he has something to say. Even if it involves disputes over the interests of the powerful families below, he still wants to explain things clearly in front of the emperor.
This habit, in the early days of the empire, was extremely offensive to major families and interest groups. Once something came to the table, it would not look good.
This kind of thing happens all the time, and most of the time the result is that both parties are disgraced, do not benefit, and make others laugh.
After decades of working together, the spokesmen of high-level officials and powerful families in the court have become accustomed to making quick decisions in private and discussing their interests below. As long as it does not endanger the interests of the empire or the royal family, His Majesty generally does not care about such nonsense. For things, just look at the results.
As a result, such high-efficiency governance has become a typical label for today's emperors. They are not pragmatic and focus on practical results. Sometimes they don't even attach much importance to the basic rituals of maintaining the status of emperor.
But the more this happened, the respect the noble family had for the emperor grew day by day.
Throughout the history of Daxia, it is difficult to have such a harmonious and clear political environment.
The meeting was already halfway through.
Regarding the aftermath of Murong's separation from the empire, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Commerce jointly formulated detailed regulations. Each ministry had no objections, and His Majesty also nodded and approved with a smile;
Regarding Murong's negotiation with the Ministry of Military Affairs to purchase and exchange for military supplies, the newly released Minister of the Ministry of War, General Yang Duanduo, took the lead. With the assistance of the two ministers on the left and right, he reported every major item and sub-item data in detail, and Forecast future needs and report on the imperial strategy negotiated by the Ministry of War.
Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry have some doubts, mainly regarding the evaluation of Murong's purchasing power, the calculation of the other party's repayment ability after prepayment of materials, the empire's important material reserves, and the exchange of important materials. To be discussed.
Regarding the report of the Murong clan's war, Shen Songjie, the Censor of the Chabu Censor, and Xiao Jingmo, the Minister of Counselor, combined with other war status information shared by various powerful families, jointly provided His Majesty with a comprehensive statement of information.
Regarding the issue of the Xixuan Federation forming a volunteer mage corps to enter the Dongri Kingdom to assist in the war, His Majesty still approved the suggestions of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Supervision.
The empire can issue an imperial edict. Your Majesty has no objection to the citizens of the empire. Based on humanitarian assistance to the ethnic groups of Daxia, he assists in the war in his own name. He orders the Ministry of Rites to issue detailed rules and his Majesty signs them with his seal.
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Important matters are placed at the very beginning of the imperial meeting, with a ten-minute break in the middle.
Those who should drink water went to drink water, and the waiters brought hot ginger syrup to all the adults.
The second half of the regular meeting in front of the imperial court is not a particularly important matter as usual.
Only when decisions involving many departments or that will have greater impact on the future must be approved by His Majesty, will they be brought to the regular meeting of the imperial court for discussion.
At the beginning of the second half of the regular meeting, the Minister of Industry reported the progress of the "Qianlong Project", a key project of the empire. It is expected that in one year, there will be a super optical cable system with the imperial capital as the center among the nine major counties of the empire, from underground Once connected, imperial communications will not rely on satellites in the sky at all.
Immediately afterwards, the newly minted Xuanbu Shangshu, Tang Wangchun, reported on the work involving the world's warlocks.
These nine ministries, namely the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Xuan, the Ministry of Resources and Industry, and the Ministry of Commerce, were all separated from the former Prime Minister's Office.
The ministers of various ministries were still responsible for the prime minister's normal work reports. Therefore, when Tang Wangchun was reporting, he subconsciously glanced at Xie Xinyi and Xiao Jingmo.
Needless to say, Mr. Xie is the Prime Minister of the Empire, and Mr. Xiao used to be the Prime Minister with a long history. Although he has now become the Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and has the same status as Tang Wangchun, Old Tang is a little unsure.
Immediately, Old Tang saw the encouraging smiles of the Prime Minister and Mr. Xiao, and couldn't help but secretly laugh at himself for worrying about gains and losses, and almost losing his etiquette before you:
"Your Majesty, Tang Wangchun, Secretary of the Xuanbu Department, is reporting to the Imperial Warlocks on their investigation.
At the beginning of the establishment of Xuanbu, the original intention of the empire to manage warlocks and natural persons separately was to impose stricter requirements on warlocks. Xuanbu’s work of separately registering and filing warlocks received strong support from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Ministry of Education... …
After systematic classification screening and filing statistics, I have great news to report to Your Majesty. According to the analysis during this period, the empire’s warlock divine enlightenment ratio has reached 5‰, which is a very worthy of celebration..."
His Majesty the Emperor, who had always had a relatively calm face, looked obviously happy when he heard this information and nodded frequently.
All the senior executives were also a little excited.
The ratio of divine enlightenment is just the ratio of warlocks among all citizens.
The ratio of warlocks in the empire has actually reached 5 per thousand. The empire has 150 million citizens. Based on the ratio of 5‰, there are about 750,000 warlocks in the empire.
This is a very large number of data. Even if many warlocks have abilities that are relatively useless or have no practical significance, the proportion should not be too high.
As far as the need to handle government affairs is concerned, if wisdom warlocks account for 5% of all warlocks, there are about 37,000 people. This data is indeed worthy of celebration!
Tang Shangshu also felt the relief of His Majesty and everyone, and continued to report the information with a smile:
"According to His Majesty's decree and the decision made some time ago, Xuanbu established the Sou Shan Division, and each major county also assigned dedicated personnel to investigate the powerful mutated beasts in the empire and attempt to establish records and manage them.
Coincidentally, Wei Ling, the censor of the Procuratorate and Procuratorate, also reported that he had two students, a clouded leopard and a dolphin, both of whom had successfully refined their bodies and transformed into human forms. They reported it to the Empire for record, hoping that the empire would establish records and manage it as warlocks... …”
Tang Shangshu's information immediately aroused the interest of many high-level officials, and even His Majesty also communicated privately with the three ministers.
Censor Zhongcheng Shen Songjie also immediately added the information about the Hai Clan in the information reported by Wei Ling.
The meeting immediately entered discussion mode, which is also His Majesty’s favorite decision-making method.
"Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate. How can a beast that eats hair and drinks blood be on par with human warlocks!"
"Your Majesty, I believe that if mutant beasts transcend the shackles of their original race and learn to practice, they cannot be treated as beasts. They can be given a certain social status, but they cannot be equated with human warlocks."
"Your Majesty, I think that Wei Ling's view is reasonable. These mutated beasts have transformed into human forms. From a certain angle, they are more threatening than human monks. If left unchecked, they will cause hidden dangers."
"..."
For a while, there were mixed opinions, and His Majesty was also somewhat silent:
"Wangchun, have you calculated the results? How many powerful mutant beasts are there in the empire at present? How many are likely to naturally follow the path of monks?"
"Your Majesty, according to the current statistics of major counties, as well as the records of high-level warlocks dispatched by Sou Shan Division, there are a total of more than 100,000 mutant beasts that pose a certain threat in forests, swamps, mountains, wastelands and other areas in the empire. , this threat is relative to junior warlocks, and the proportion of those with cultivation qualities is not large, no more than 10%."
A group of high-level officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The number was not large and the threat was within control.
General Yang, the Minister of War, said:
"Your Majesty, I believe that these relatively powerful mutated beasts can be dispatched by the Ministry of War to patrol various parts of the empire to collect them."
"Your Majesty, I think that the general's opinion can indeed solve the problem, but it is not in line with morality. The laws of heaven are cyclical and all living beings are equal. However, today's fortunes have changed. In recent years, the number of changes in the mother planet and the sun has been monitored much more than in the old times. .
Since the age of divine revelation, a small number of wise men among mankind have broken through their shackles and embarked on the path of monks. We call this the will of God.
But if birds and beasts also become monks, it does not necessarily mean that it is not the will of heaven!
There is an ancient sage in Daxia who once said that there is no class without education. If you can educate mutant beasts, it will undoubtedly add more power to the empire. "
This opinion is undoubtedly the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Academic Department.
The views of the Minister of Academic Affairs naturally aroused some good-natured laughter. Who has such leisure to teach a bunch of hairy, horned, wet-born and egg-transformed people to practice?
Tang Wangchun, the Minister of Xuanbu, looked a little strange. He suppressed his smile and threw out the message:
"Your Majesty, didn't I just say that Wei Ling, the censor of the Ministry of Supervision, has two students? He successfully taught a clouded leopard to learn the cultural traditions, ethics, etiquette and other knowledge of Daxia..."
Xie Xinyi, Li Jubai, and Xiao Jingmo couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It's not surprising that this kid would do such a thing.
"Wangchun, what's your opinion?"
Ji Tianlong, like other senior officials, noticed that Tang Wangchun had some thoughts and was a little curious.
"Your Majesty, according to the statistical results of Sou Shansi, several more distinctive mutant beasts have been discovered in the northwest and southwest of Yaxi. Two of them are already on the verge of transformation. You can even use the official language of the empire and Sou Shansi's The warlocks communicated and considered themselves to be warlocks of the empire, and they no longer considered themselves to be beasts...
According to them, they all considered themselves to be Wei Ling's disciples again, and they all learned the practice method taught by Yunbao's acting teacher. "
"Hahaha……"
Tang Shangshu's words caused a burst of laughter.
It's rare for a group of senior executives to be in such a happy mood.
"Your Majesty, based on this, I have discussed with my colleagues from the Academic Department and the Household Department whether we can establish a system specifically for heterogeneous practice, adhering to the principle of who teaches and who is responsible. On the one hand, it is an effective use of resources. Increase the power of the empire.
At the same time, there will be no future crises caused by someone arrogantly teaching the practice method but not taking care of the consequences.
Such a strategy not only demonstrates the humanity of the empire, but also does not violate morality. Killing without permission and punishing without teaching is against the tradition of the empire. "
Xuanbu Shangshu's opinion aroused the thinking of many senior officials.
It would undoubtedly be a good thing to add tens of thousands of warlocks with special talents to the empire, but it would also be a troublesome task to guide and instruct these alternative warlocks to follow the customs of the empire and accept its management.
Relatively speaking, the principle of "whoever teaches is responsible" is indeed feasible.
It can be deduced from this that a powerful family will most likely round up some mutant beasts with potential and strength, and provide systematic instruction, hoping that they will refine their beast bodies and cultivate their human bodies, thereby increasing the power of the family.
Ji Tianlong discussed with the senior officials for a while, approved Tang Wangchun's suggestion, and proposed that more detailed regulations should be available for operation.
For example, coordinate the academic department and the mysterious department, simplify the empire's cultural inheritance system, eliminate the unnecessary and retain the essential, and organize more methods suitable for the practice of mutant beasts.
Formulate a punishment system for alien warlocks who violate the laws of the empire, formulate reward and punishment rules for warlocks who teach alien practices, etc., and make this knowledge into a systematic infusion knowledge package to prepare for the needs of the empire.
After the meeting, His Majesty retired from the court, and all the senior officials returned to their respective ministries.
Wei Ling, who was far away in the endless ocean, had no idea that he was already responsible for endorsing some aliens.
