Passing through the statue is the main hall.

It is also the place where ministers are gathered to discuss state affairs.

At this moment, there were actually many people standing in the hall.

They are all ministers from various departments of the Chi Kingdom. There are not many, but there are quite a few. There are new faces and old faces among them.

Seeing them, Governor Xizhou suddenly smiled brightly on his face, as if the spring breeze turned into rain, and said with a smile: "I have kept you all waiting for a long time."

All the ministers hurriedly saluted in unison: "See you, Your Majesty."

As a result, the smile on Governor Xizhou's face became even brighter.

He strode to the emperor's throne, took a deep breath, turned around, sat in the dragon chair, and waved his hand with great pride:

"My lords, you don't have to be so formal. I've been in Daxizhou for decades and I'm not used to the etiquette of Kyoto, and I don't like to talk nonsense.

The war has been decided, and the next step is to bring peace to the people.

I invite you all here today to discuss how to restore stability to the world as soon as possible..."

…

In the palace, the proceedings were carried out step by step.

The so-called agreement by the Governor of Xizhou is more appropriately called a notification. The whole process is probably that he unilaterally issued orders to the heads of various departments.

The army was guarding outside the palace, thousands of rifles were aimed at it, and everything went smoothly.

So, next, I saw officials coming out of the palace from time to time, crossing the square with fear.

…

When the sun rose and dispersed the cold air in the palace, apart from the Governor of Xizhou, there was only the last person left in the hall.

That is a somewhat special "official":

The vice president of the Kyoto Research Institute and a top scientist in the empire.

On the day when the city was destroyed, the principal dean committed suicide by taking poison to die for the old dynasty.

According to the order of ranking, he is now the top scholar in the empire.

Compared with other ministers, the governor of the Western Zhou Dynasty obviously valued him more.

He stood up in person and kindly took the chief scholar to chat for a while, then slowly said:

"The old dynasty was powerful because of science. I also know the importance of science. I raised troops from Xizhou and came here all the way. I killed many people along the way, but I never killed any scholar."

"Your Majesty is merciful."

The Governor of Xizhou smiled even more when he heard this, and made another promise, probably asking him to continue serving the new dynasty.

Finally, he remembered something and asked about the strange state of a group of rebels in the front and back halls.

He didn't know why, but he felt that the person in front of him might know something.

Hearing this, the chief scientist was stunned for a moment, with a momentary hesitation on his face, and finally sighed:

"Replying to your Majesty, I do know about this... At that time, they should have activated the 'Secret Seal'."

"Secret Seal?"

"Yes. That is the result of a scientific research project with the highest confidentiality level in the country."

After a pause, he added:

"The same 'machine' that can control people's hearts."

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Chapter completed!