April, the enticing spring breeze has yet to dissipate, and the heat of summer is not yet upon us.
The once-every-twenty-five-years Imperial Banquet was entering its countdown.
At the same time, at the Cui Bai Dao Military Department, the officials of the Marshal's Cabinet were also at their busiest, as happens every five years.
"Has the list of violations of the Twenty-Seventh Army been recorded?"
"What about the investigation report on the Thirty-Sixth Army, don't delay any longer."
"The Forty-Seventh Army..."
Late into the night, on the first and second floors of the Cabinet, those chief clerks and civil servants were either engrossed in writing or hurriedly moving about; some even had sweat stains on their official hats.
Busy, oh so busy.
The source of this busyness was inevitably the commencement of the once-every-five-years military parade.
During this month-long peak crackdown period, the Military Department's tasks were extremely heavy.
