It was just dawn.
The capital of Dongling State - Guangling.
In the center of it lies an imperial city, which is much larger than Qingxi Town.
It was time to attend the morning court. Sedan chairs stopped in an orderly manner outside the high red walls of the imperial city. Officials who were attending the morning court got out of the sedan chairs one by one and went into the imperial city in an orderly manner according to their rank.
Among them, Zhu Yunxi, who was wearing the uniform of a third-rank military officer, walked in a row of military officers in dark brown uniforms, while on the other side was a row of civil officials in dark red uniforms.
The number of people on both sides formed a sharp contrast.
This is because the number of military attachés has increased in the past two years. In the past years, the number of military attachés was even pitifully small.
The Dongling Kingdom followed the system of the previous dynasty, emphasizing civil officials over military officials. The obvious difference can be seen from the manifestation of the powers of officials. There are more civil officials and they are in charge of more power.
A third-rank military officer like Zhu Yunxi actually has no real power at all, it's just a title.
The power held by a third-rank civil servant is enormous, and he can be considered a high-ranking official.
Not to mention the two first-rank civil officials, the left and right prime ministers, who are second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
Of course, in addition to these officials, there were also princes with different official titles attending the court. Led by the crown prince, they wore light yellow court robes and walked in the middle of the civil and military officials.
The current emperor is in good health and has many children, including thirty princes. However, only fifteen are still alive, and six are old enough to attend court. The top six princes are ranked by age, with the crown prince being the oldest.
The prince was appointed as the crown prince on the day he was born. When he was ten years old, the current emperor allowed him to live in the Eastern Palace. Now he is twenty-five years old, and he still sits firmly on the throne of the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, enjoying the emperor's continued grace.
Some people say that it is because the current emperor and the queen are very affectionate, so he treats the queen's only biological son with extra love and care.
Some people also said that the queen's family was powerful in the court, her father was the left prime minister, and her uncle was the right prime minister, so it was natural for the prince to be favored.
Others say that the prince has been intelligent since childhood, is most similar to the emperor when he was young, has the deepest feelings for the emperor, and understands the emperor's thoughts best, which is why the emperor's grace continues to last.
today.
The prince did another great thing for the emperor. He actually dug up the treasures from the previous dynasty. The richness of the treasures amazed all the officials!
There are countless gold, silver and jewelry, hundreds of boxes in total. Even if they are all placed in the imperial hall, they cannot be placed flat and have to be stacked up!
Therefore, the prince only took the ten most valuable boxes, all of which were rare treasures, which made the emperor very happy. He immediately rewarded half of them to the prince.
He also praised the crown prince highly, and criticized and disdained the other princes, asking them to learn from the crown prince.
"Your Majesty, the third-rank military officer Zhu Yunxi has made an invaluable contribution to this treasure hunt. He is my capable subordinate. Please reward him together with me!" The prince asked the emperor for instructions, and Zhu Yunxi also stepped out and knelt.
This was something the prince had agreed upon with him long ago, so he had to get it when he met the emperor this time. Otherwise, who would the emperor reward him if he agreed?
Zhu Yunxi, with scars all over his face, knelt there with his head bowed. He stood up only after hearing the emperor ask him to stand up, his eyebrows still lowered and he was very respectful.
"Since the Crown Prince personally recommended you, I will promote you to the rank of Second Rank General and reward you with ten thousand taels of gold!"
Zhu Yunxi knelt down again and thanked loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"
Then he could quietly retreat and return to his seat, and that was the end of what he had to do in court today.
Listening to the civil servants speaking to each other and arguing with each other, Zhu Yunxi's mind had already drifted to Qingxi Town.
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