After the Prime Minister made a round in the Secretariat, he entered a more inner meeting room.
Since the Secretariat is an administrative institution, there certainly must be distinctions between superiors and subordinates.
In the past, when the Secretariat could still fulfill its duties, the highest authority of the Secretariat was called the "Elder."
There was also a period when the Secretariat was referred to as the "Senate," implying that the institution was the territory of the "Elders," and everything had to be according to them.
Beneath the Elders were the "Elders," and the method of distinguishing between them was quite simple. At that time, nobles weren't as particular about their appearance as they are now.
Back then, it was popular among the nobility to wear linen robes, so the Elders' robes would have golden barley spikes, while the Elders' robes had silver wheat spikes to distinguish their status.
