sweeping the world

Chapter 888 The protagonist who reappeared after nearly a hundred chapters

"Where are they?"

"Back to the king, we have arrived at Mianchi."

The place where Liu Yan was standing was on the balcony on the top floor of the tallest building in Miyagi, where he could overlook the end of the new Chang'an City.

This building is tower-shaped, with a total of thirteen floors. Counting the lightning rod at the top of the tower, the total height exceeds 45 meters.

The higher you go, the stronger the wind becomes, and since it's winter now, it still feels quite cold. Liu Yan can bear it only by wearing a fur coat, and the others are also wearing coats that are thick enough or can block the wind.

They are now standing facing the south side. In addition to seeing Miyagi and the neatly arranged residential areas outside, they can also see the Qinling Mountains in the distance.

When the land is sufficient, there are only two purposes for building tall buildings, one is for military use, and the other is to stand tall and see far.

As a ruler, Liu Yan didn't know when he also fell in love with climbing high and looking far away, to see what kind of scenery the country under his rule is.

The whole of New Chang'an was shrouded in a blanket of white snow. It was a heavy snowfall last night.

This year's snow season came very timely. Before the snow, there was a rainy season, which heralded the end of the drought and the return of the climate to normal.

In the palace city, people cleaning up the snow can be seen everywhere. Inside the harem, the maids are working under the command of the female officer, and outside the harem, the soldiers of the imperial guards are working.

After all, Liu Yan still committed the disease that all time travelers suffer from, which is to refuse the existence of eunuchs.

It is an eunuch, but not an eunuch. An eunuch is an eunuch, but an eunuch is not necessarily an eunuch.

For example, the pre-Qin CRRC Fu Ling (equivalent to the chief executive of the Great Nei) was not an eunuch, which can explain why Zhao Gao had a biological daughter.

There were also eunuchs in Liu Yan's harem, but it was a female official who was Li Kuang's wife Zhuo Xiang, who also served as Linzi Ling.

In fact, it is not appropriate to let the wife of a minister take up the official position in the harem. The emperor is afraid of being cuckolded, so don't the ministers worry about being cuckolded?It's just that the current situation is special, and only the capable Zhuo Xiang can serve as the eunuch. After a period of time, unmarried female officials will be reselected.

Inside the city, snow was being cleared on all the streets, and the slaves were doing the work.

There are slaves who wear handcuffs and those who don't. The people who supervise their work come from the government office, and the army does not do this kind of work.

The snow on the roof and the like is cleaned by the owners of the buildings themselves, or it can be done by several families working together.

Because it is winter, and there have been several snowfalls recently, there are not many tourists in the parks and squares in the city, and the lively scenes in spring, summer and autumn are no longer visible.

People in parks and squares are usually fathers or mothers with children, or making snowmen, or chasing and frolicking.

At the same time, there are also sentimental people who get straw mats to watch the snow and drink in squares or parks, and occasionally chant poems and Fu aloud, or dance a set of swordsmanship for viewing when they are interested.

If you write some original good poems or good fu, if you drink a few cups happily by yourself, the people around will also applaud, but the most popular and favorite is Wujian.

Liu Yan likes to watch the people under his rule play leisurely, and every time he climbs up to look far, he will order people to set up the telescopic equipment in advance.Looking at the various life postures of the people under his rule will make him feel that all his efforts and efforts have their due value.

The palace city is not all flat land. In fact, according to the ancient requirements, some mountainous lands are deliberately covered, especially if some buildings such as halls are not built on the top of the mountain, they will deliberately pile up high foundations before building the palace.

The higher the terrain, the more majestic the building looks, and the second is to prevent waterlogging.This is why even if there is no natural terrain, choosing to build a palace complex will artificially raise the foundation.

The size of the entire palace city accounts for about one-tenth of the new Chang'an city. In addition to the palace complex, pavilions, and Zhangtai, there are also necessary supporting facilities such as forest gardens, gardens, and soup pools.

Leisure places accounted for three to four out of ten of Miyagi, and the next two to three out of ten were actually office areas, necessary garrisons and martial arts venues, and then the harem area, and the ancestral temple area was naturally indispensable.

The so-called harem is not a place specially used by Liu Yan to pretend to be women. It includes the main bedroom hall and side halls for various purposes, the residences of various princes and princesses, the main hall of the queen, the pavilions and terraces of the concubines and the lower ranks .

That's right, apart from Liu Yan and Cui Wan who are eligible to live in palaces, people including princes, princesses and concubines, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, Jing'e, Ronghua, etc. can only live in pavilions or chapter halls. Taiwan, another person who is qualified to live in the palace is the prince.

Since Liu Yan had no elders, the palace for the elders was built in a state of being sealed up. It would not be reopened until he was willing to abdicate or die, and Cui Wan was still alive.

At present, there are 47 permanent residents who have obtained the new Chang'an household registration. Including the garrison, floating population and slaves, the population exceeds 150 million, but it still only fills about 60.00% of the entire city. Many urban areas are either simply reserved. The open space that came out, or the building was only built with a frame.

Speaking of which, the number of slaves staying in New Chang'an is a bit large, reaching 67.They will be transferred to other places to continue working after finishing the work they should do.

In order to take care of as many as 67 slaves, there are as many as 16 troops stationed in New Chang'an, 16 of which are not the imperial guards. Including the imperial guards, the entire city of Chang'an has nearly 30 troops.

Ten years after Yuanshuo, Liu Yan expanded the Imperial Guards, no longer limited to the system army, and would select suitable candidates from the standing army. After repeated expansions, the number of Imperial Guards has increased to 13.

The imperial guards stationed in Xinchang'an are not only responsible for the security of Miyagi, but also responsible for the defense of the capital, and will go out when necessary.

"What is the Taiwei's plan for Huan Wen to put down the war and return to the country?" Liu Yan heard the footsteps, and he could tell that it was Xu Zheng: "What's the new news about the war on Gupta's side?"

The person who came was Xu Zheng. He wasn't dressed in full armor. He was also dressed in fur. He was also made of polar bear fur gifted by Liu Yan. From different angles, he could be all white or faint yellow.

In fact, the polar bear's fur is "colorless". Simply put, its hair is actually a small transparent tube. As for the human eye, the polar bear's fur will appear "white" because the inner surface of the fur is rough. It is uneven, refracting the light very messy, and it looks white when it is in a world of ice and snow.And each hair can scatter the incoming sunlight.

So a very messy question arises. The fur of polar bears actually reflects different colors depending on the environment, and even the colors are different depending on the angle of gazing.

How come Liu Yan has polar bear fur?Hasn’t he been sending fleets to explore the Bering Strait?
He was serious about finding Liu Yan on the North American continent, and there were many things that came out of it. Harvesting fur from polar bears was one of them. More importantly, he discovered the island named Guam in modern times.

Xu Zheng was formulating words in his mind.

If following the normal procedures, Huan Wen returned home privately without the order of the central government, it would depend on how Huan Wen returned home.

The first one was that Huan Wen brought the army back to the country. No matter what the reason was, as long as he brought more soldiers than the personal guard limit, he would undoubtedly be regarded as a rebel.

If Huan Wen was alone or with only personal guards who adhered to the quantity limit, no matter what the reason was, he would not be able to escape the definition of dereliction of duty.But there is something to say here, such as this time.

"Your Majesty, General Zhengnan has basically wiped out Gupta, only some insignificant finishing touches are left." Xu Zheng couldn't figure out what Liu Yan was thinking, so he continued to say at the risk: "General Zhengnan is returning home this time. , with only ten personal guards, and the rest are soldiers of the expeditionary force who have won special merit, the number is 62."

What Liu Yan asked seems to be how the Taiwei Department should deal with it?
"I just happened to get news from Gupta." Xu Zheng kept staring at Liu Yan's heels while speaking: "Vagathaga took the initiative to retreat from the occupied land and withdrew the army back to the country. The two satraps sent people Going to Huashi City, looking for Yuan Changshi to discuss the matter of withdrawing troops, the main reason is to get other...compensation?"

Liu Yan has already speculated on the fact that Vaja Toga and the two Satraps will take the initiative to withdraw their troops.

Liu Yan admired Vaja Toga's understanding of current affairs, and even more appreciated the courage of the two Satraps to bargain for benefits.

"How to ensure the complete acquisition of the territory of the Gupta Dynasty is a matter for the Taiwei Department." Liu Yan's voice did not sound ups and downs, and he couldn't tell whether he was in a happy mood or in a bad mood: "How to deal with the follow-up matters is The responsibilities of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Honglu Pavilion."

Xu Zhengming knew that Liu Yan didn't have eyes in the back of his head and still saluted, so he relaxed and said: "Speaking of the Honglu Hall, they have been very busy recently."

"Yeah..." Liu Yan's mouth curled up: "There are tens of thousands of people from far away..."

Liu Yan didn't go to mention those prisoners of war in the three continents. At that time, he will only be responsible for watching the prisoner offering ceremony. Someone will introduce every prisoner who is qualified to be introduced to him, including the country, status, and name. ...wait for what you need to know.

The relevant affiliates of the Honglu Pavilion have been busy for a long time, mainly because of the ceremony of proclaiming the emperor. This matter alone is worthy of their utmost energy. Not only will they prevent any accidents, but they will also get things done. As good as it gets.

"Big men don't have the custom of treating foreign guests with thousands of times of hospitality when they come." Liu Yan knows the customs of modern countries treating official diplomats, such as how much money is given according to different specifications: "Tens of thousands of people have come, Chang'an Merchants will be delighted."

Of course Xu Zheng knew that what Liu Yan said was right. He had already heard that those foreign visitors started shopping as soon as they landed, and they also bought all the way when they set out to New Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)