The tenth year of Han.
The political center of the great Han Empire had moved from Luoyang to Guanzhong. Built by Luo Yi, this city was not yet three years old, brimming with vigorous vitality, just like the newborn Han Empire itself.
The most magnificent buildings in the city were naturally Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace, but constrained by the devastated economy, they fell far short of the palaces of the former Qin dynasty.
Luo Yi quietly entered the palace. After the move to Chang'an in the eighth year of Han, Liu Bang had rewarded his great service in building the city by adding five hundred households to his fief. He had also appointed Xiao He as left chancellor and Luo Yi as right chancellor.
But everyone knew that Luo Yi's actual standing was higher than Xiao He's, because Luo Yi was a close minister who attended Liu Bang, and could enter and leave the palace relatively freely. Whenever Liu Bang had business to discuss, he consulted Luo Yi first, only summoning Xiao He and the others once they had worked out a rough outline.
After the incident in Luoyang Palace in which the King of Qi was demoted to duke, the other Kings of Different Surnames naturally lived in constant dread. Frightened, the King of Changsha submitted a petition asking to have his rank reduced. He had little strength to begin with, so Liu Bang agreed outright and invested him as Marquis of Changsha with ten thousand households.
Luo Yi reached the hall, removed his shoes, unfastened his blade, and quietly entered. Liu Bang was sitting with an easy sprawl. Seeing Luo Yi enter, he smiled. "Ziyu, this is news from Ying Bu's State that just arrived."
Luo Yi took it and looked. There were only a few brief