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Chapter 210 Purple Que Pavilion

The king of Donghan was not worried about the so-called "disruptive government by powerful ministers", and he rest assured to hand over power to Prime Minister Wen, and vigorously promoted business and education in the Central Plains.

Prime Minister Wen lived up to the entrustment. After 20 years of hard work, the entire economy of Eastern Han Dynasty has been increased by three times.

The people of Eastern Han Dynasty have also changed from nearly everyone being illiterate to being able to read a hundred characters.

Even in recent years, the imperial examination system in the Central Plains has been implemented one after another, which has once again shaken Donghan, which originally admired military achievements and fiefdoms.

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The Eastern Han Palace has more than [-] buildings, less than half of the imperial palace of the dynasty.

The most famous ones are the Golden Palace and the Zique Pavilion.

The Golden Palace is modeled after the Central Plains Jinluan Palace, and it is the place where the Eastern Han King handles the affairs of state.

Since the king of the dynasty Chu Buxiu came to the throne, under the suggestion of the prime minister Wen Jiang, the court was changed from three days to one court every day. Although officials do not have to wear court clothes and hold court wats, they must also abide by the rules and must not be absent when they go to court on time. .

Some people didn't care at first, thinking that this was just a red tape of the Central Plains. If they obeyed obediently, wouldn't they be the same as the sissies of the Central Plains court?
But under heavy punishments one after another, this group of Donghan officials who boasted of being strong and strong had no choice but to give in, and became the "sissy" they most despised.

The Golden Palace represents the power of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zique Pavilion, which is second only to it in name, is naturally an important place.

Zique Pavilion is an attic with nine floors.

Ten years ago, it was just a place for the royal family to display rare treasures.

Afterwards, it was refurbished, and the display racks became bookshelves, and the display tables became desks. All the rare treasures were removed and replaced by various book files.

It has transformed itself into a library.

The library is from the first floor to the top floor, and as the floor increases, the importance also increases.

From the first floor to the third floor, there are state chronicles of various places in Donghan, where officials can work.

The fourth to sixth floors are where the "literati" stay. These literati are literati who entered the court through the imperial examination.

The officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty were mainly military officers, and they were in a serious mood for writing. Even if these literati passed the imperial examinations, they would be hindered and unable to enter the court as officials.

General Wen knew that this matter should not be rushed for a while, and he retreated as an advance, and let them enter the Zique Pavilion, which was enough to stop the officials of the DPRK and China.

But even so, the three floors of the Zique Pavilion are still the most yearned-for place for the literati in Eastern Han Dynasty.

On the seventh floor of Zique Pavilion, there are various important files, including royal secrets and border defense layout.It is guarded by special personnel, and no one can enter unless there is a warrant from the king.

As for what terrifying secrets are hidden in the last two layers, outsiders don't know.

At this time, a man in purple and gold luxurious clothes appeared outside Zique Pavilion.

The man was in his early fifties, wearing a majestic purple-gold boa robe, with a rare golden fox fur on the cuffs and collar, even in Eastern Han.

It is this fox fur border that makes it completely different from the Central Plains python robe.

The soldiers guarding the attic knelt down as soon as they saw the man, but the man didn't care and went straight into the attic.

As soon as the distinguished man stepped into the first floor of the attic, he couldn't help frowning. The huge floor was empty and there was no one there.

The man didn't stop, and went up the steps directly to the second floor. There were people on the second floor, but there were only two or three.

When the two or three people saw him, they were all shocked, and they were about to go up to pay homage, but he waved his hand to stop them, and went directly to the third floor.

On the third floor, there were still a few scattered people. The man's frowning brows couldn't help but relax after seeing them.

Those people all had white hair, and they were sitting on the chairs with their heads bowed, correcting the documents.

After hearing the movement, several of them raised their heads. They were all shocked when they saw the person coming, and then they got up to pay homage.

The noble man waved his hand as before, indicating that there is no need to be polite.Then he went straight to an old man who hadn't looked up from the beginning to the end, and stood there quietly.

The older the older, the blind and deaf old man raised his head as if feeling something, and seemed a little excited when he saw the person coming.

"Your Majesty..."

As he spoke, he stood up tremblingly and asked for obeisance.

The man known as the king smiled, pushed the old man back to the seat, and said:
"You don't have to be polite, old general."

"I don't know that the king is coming..."

"It's okay, I'll just go for a stroll, the old general is old, please don't work too hard, just take care of your health."

"Thank you for your concern, the old minister is willing to fight for Donghan for another ten years."

These words come from such an old man who is getting older, if others listen to them, they will only find it ridiculous.

But Chu Buxiu didn't think it was ridiculous at all. The old man in front of him had been a soldier for more than [-] years, and he had made countless contributions to the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, there are fewer and fewer courtiers of this kind in Eastern Han Dynasty.

After saying some words of concern, Chu Buxiu left the third floor and stepped up the steps to the fourth floor.

The liveliness of the fourth floor was in stark contrast to the desolation of the three floors below.

There were 30 to [-] people gathered here, everyone was looking down at the scrolls, and very few people noticed Chu Buxiu's arrival.

Some people who were near the stairs first spotted him, and after only looking up, they lowered their heads and continued to work.

It's not that these people are so rebellious, but that they don't even know that the person in front of them is the king.

These scribes achieved good results in the imperial examinations, but they did not have the opportunity to become officials. Instead, they were directly transferred to Zique Pavilion. They had never met the king from the beginning to the end, and they did not think they would have the opportunity to the King.

Chu Buxiu didn't intend to stay here any longer, he just glanced at it briefly and then continued to walk up.

The same is true for the fifth and sixth floors.

There are 23 literati on each floor, but none of them can see his identity.

Although the Great King of Eastern Han was wearing a python robe, the hierarchy and rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty were not as strict as those of the dynasty. In addition, the python robes originally originated from the Central Plains.

Donghan believes in the white wolf, and only the king can wear the white wolf robe and the white wolf headdress.

In addition, even if you walk around wearing a dragon robe and a crown, no one will care about you.

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He came to the stairs leading to the seventh floor from the sixth floor in one breath. The guard guard recognized him and knelt down to salute him.

Chu Buxiu directly skipped the seventh floor and went up to the eighth floor.

On the eighth floor of Zique Pavilion, a middle-aged man with graying temples was studying a game of chess with his head bowed.

The man was wearing a literati gown that is rare in Donghan, and various files were neatly placed in front of the case.

These dossiers include not only paper linear books that are common in the Central Plains, but also animal skin picture books from Donghan. There are even a few scrolls of bamboo slips that are not commonly seen at the corners of the table.

This man who bowed his head and played chess alone was the one who, by his own strength, assisted the current king to sit on the throne, and then introduced a series of reforms, changing the entire pattern of Eastern Han.

(End of this chapter)