On March 3rd, the three kings entered the capital.

The foundation of the dynasty is forever solid, and endless achievements lie here.

Tai'anjing City has been the capital of Liyang since the Spring and Autumn Period, located on the dragon vein. Therefore, it is located relatively north. The two Liao and three states, as well as 250,000 elite troops on the eastern front are just thousands of miles away.

The imperial guards of the capital are divided into four camps in the east, west, south and north, each with 70,000 to 80,000 people. In recent years, their combat effectiveness has declined seriously. General Gu Jiantang led two camps to the south. The court officials unanimously believed that the situation might improve if they returned in the future.

The layout of the capital city is rigorous, secretly in line with the hexagrams and reflecting the stars. The government offices in the imperial city symbolize the Purple Palace surrounding the North Star, and the outer city symbolizes the stars circling to the north. There are one million people in the city, with a total of 108 districts, with Suzaku Avenue running across the north-south central axis. Therefore, the south gate of the imperial palace is also named Suzaku Gate. The overall distribution of the districts is regular, divided into square areas horizontally and vertically, like a black and white chessboard.

The main gate of the capital.

Prince Ji'an led the way on horseback, wearing a dark blue python robe. He was very young, and had a blank expression on his face despite the crowded and noisy scene. Behind him followed a carriage, with eighteen riders on both sides.

He learned martial arts and joined the army at the age of sixteen, and became the new Emperor Wu at the age of seventeen, and was crowned king for his meritorious service.

He came to the fore in the Jibei National War, and starting from Lanshui County, he destroyed the Hongxiang cavalry and tens of thousands of troops, rode alone into Beimang, and traveled across the north and south courtyards, making a name for himself as an invincible cavalry. When he patrolled the border on behalf of the emperor, he turned the tide, destroyed the city alone, and broke through the world's most powerful city, Xiangyang, while beheading the rebellious Prince of Guangling and his son, saving the southeast from crisis. It is rumored that in the imperial edict conferring the title of king, the emperor especially praised Prince Ji'an for his great contribution in killing the "thief who had been separatist for sixty years."

Of course, in the underworld and among the people, people are more willing to regard Wang Xianzhi’s death as a simple battle between the peak of martial arts, rather than a mess of things like orthodoxy and separatism.

There are meaningless noises everywhere in my ears, coming from men, women, young and old, with complex emotions such as envy, jealousy, respect and admiration continuing to boil. Most of them have no clue and just come to watch the fun.

Jiang Yuan felt that he had no obligation to respond. The white-scaled horse he got from Old Man Pei would occasionally shake its head. If it weren't for the fact that its master was too steady, the horse, as a top-notch first-class warhorse, was known for being unruly and difficult to control. Faced with such a large number of "enemy troops", it would have already started charging instinctively.

Li Yang generally continued the system of three provinces and six ministries before the Spring and Autumn Period, with three provinces, six ministries and twenty-four departments, the noble Huangmen Lang, the Imperial Observatory, the spy Zhao Gou, the three dukes and three teachers, the eunuch group, and the generals' families.

There is a relatively exaggerated saying among the people that in the Tai'an capital city, which is located under the feet of the emperor, a stream of water can hit a series of nobles.

On the streets, the Ministry of War mobilized 3,000 men under the command of the Tiger Guard Captain to maintain order, and every corner was filled with men in golden armor holding swords.

Four large camps guarded the outside, while the defense of the capital was in the charge of eight colonels and the Praetorian Guards, who were the emperor's personal troops.

The eight imperial guards have a total of 24,000 people, all of whom are elite soldiers selected from all over the world. For example, the Shesheng Army, each of them is a tiger-power archer who can shoot a bow of one stone and two buckets. The middle-level officers can shoot a bow of two stones, and if they are placed in the local area, they can be directly promoted to deputy lieutenant. The leading Shesheng captain often uses a five-stone bow, which can kill Vajra realm within a hundred steps.

There are only 3,000 Praefectus Guards, but they are the elite among the elite. After the fall of the Forbidden City Villa, Beiliang Tingchao Pavilion and Liyang Palace became martial arts holy places in the true sense. The Huishan Xuanyuan Family is inevitably inferior in comparison. These 3,000 people all have the qualifications to practice martial arts, or in other words, they are worthy of joining the team because of their qualifications.

The eight captains are all second-rank junior masters.

The three Praefectus Guards have reached the Vajra Realm.

In addition, the eunuch group in the palace is headed by Han Shengxuan, the human cat, the qigong practitioners of the Imperial Observatory can ask the heavenly ancestor for help, and the secret spy Zhao Gou is investigating the world. The five major leaders are all at the first-grade realm.

In secret, there are also the gatekeeper Liu Haoshi, the national teacher of two dynasties Yang Taisui, and the ancestor of the celestial eunuchs.

The orthodox capital city is home to many hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and it attracts 30% of the entire Li Yang's martial arts, making it a new "martial arts holy land".

King Ji'an's troops moved forward.

When they reached the gate of Suzaku, a yellow gateman came out to announce the decree. Jiang Yuan reined in his horse. It was nothing more than an insignificant title of General of the Cavalry and Supreme State, which sounded good. A military official and a nominal position were far less real than a cavalry.

"… Three days later, Prince Ji'an will enter the palace with his sword and shoes. I decree this."

After the imperial edict was announced, Da Huangmenlang was already covered in cold sweat, and the young eunuch next to him took the imperial edict and stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, your majesty's grace is as great as a mountain."

After saying this, the young eunuch seemed to have amused himself and signaled the other party to put the things away quickly.

He fought with Wang Xianzhi to the end, and even if his body was destroyed, his ambition to reach the top of the martial arts world was definitely at its peak. As long as he had a way to retreat, he would never fight with the new Martial Emperor. After all, his destiny was integrated with the destiny of Liyang. If he died, his national fortune would be reduced by half, and his life's hard work would be wasted.

The imperial edict went into the sleeve without any bulge. The effect of the world in the sleeve depended on three points. The first was the level of realm, or in the words of the real world, the attainment of space. The second was the quality of the sleeve. The third was the amount of qi or spiritual energy.

Behind someone on the left side, Han Shengxuan first greeted his master, then extended his hand to lead the prince to the Ji'an Palace.

Jiang Yuan reined in his horse. The young eunuch was at the Heavenly Man Realm, half of the realm was from Li Yangguo's Zada, half of the realm was from the right time, and half of the realm was from the right place. Even if he was a Qigong practitioner with weaker combat power among those at the same level, he could fight on equal terms with Wang Xianzhi, who had achieved the perfection of Heavenly Man, at home. Moreover, there would probably be some Taoist formation to help at the critical moment.

In the fairyland, the right time and place are things that must be taken into consideration when fighting in the mountains, as well as the mountain protection formation and the water transport at the foot of the mountain. The increases and decreases that can be caused by these four factors should not be underestimated.

"I heard that the old man of the Han family is the Minister of Rites." Jiang Yuan said.

Han Shengxuan, who was accompanying him, pondered at first, then realized, and then found it a little unbelievable. The annihilation of the Jibei Han family seemed to have happened when the other party had just emerged. How could he still remember it!
"Your Majesty should be happy that you won't have to wear a sword when you go to court tomorrow," Jiang Yuan said.

Han Shengxuan nodded secretly. The Minister of Rites was suspected of murdering the prince, and this assistant minister could not escape the involvement. If Prince Ji'an was willing to show a cooperative attitude at the grand court meeting, whether from the perspective of a vassal king of a state or the number one in the world, it would have great significance for the current turbulent court. He felt that he was not losing out by buying an attitude with a head, and His Majesty might even think it was a great profit.

"Your Majesty, you are loyal to your country."

A group of people came to the Ji'an Palace. After the king was crowned, the Beiliang King's villa in the capital was cleaned out and tidy up in preparation for the new master. Tomorrow, the news of the discord between the two kings will spread in the streets, and some will even exaggerate the situation and make up completely different reasons.

"Is it really that boring?"

Seventy-two courtyards, thirty-six landscapes, twenty-four flower gardens, the luxury of the Beiliang King's villa in the capital is known to the world. Tracing back to the source, it was a gift from the previous emperor, and its price cannot be estimated.

Jiang Yuan casually broke the plaque of King Ji'an. He himself didn't care about being on bad terms with Beiliang, but that didn't mean the royal palace felt they could just play along.

"Go to Minister Cui's house. That place belongs to me. And as for that old man Han, let's hang his head on your neck. Since the imperial edict has said so, let's go to the palace with swords and shoes. His Majesty's order comes first."

Han Shengxuan smiled awkwardly. He guessed that the nobles all thought that the new Emperor Wu was not very sensitive to soft knives.

"Your Majesty, please."

(End of this chapter)

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