After the enthronement ceremony, Su Yonglin led his ministers back to the Zhongdu Palace, and then led them to hold the ensuing conferment conference.
The conferment conference will confer official positions, titles and honorary titles that have been previously determined or not determined, and will officially disclose all the information about the first ruling team of the newly established Ming Empire.
The news of his proclaiming the emperor will be quickly sent to Xixia and Goryeo, which are vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, to let them know the news, and change the publicly used era name in the country to the Hongwu era name, as a sign of their status as vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. symbol.
At the same time, this news will also be sent to the Southern Song Dynasty as an ally. After learning the news, the Southern Song Dynasty should send a high-level envoy to congratulate as usual and issue a joint statement to stabilize the alliance between the two parties.
Then came the traditional aspects of governing the country. The new Ming Empire had many things waiting for Su Yonglin to do, and Su Yonglin didn't have much free time.
There were too many things that he needed to do.
Therefore, what he did in the sealing process was relatively simple, and he reported some things that had been determined before.
The three management teams of administration, justice and military, headed by Pingzhang Zhengshi, the head of the administration in the traditional sense, took the lead in making the official announcement.
The head of the Shangshu Province, Pingzhang Political Affairs, is Zhao Zuoliang, the former leader of the Liberation Army. He is the general commander of the Shangshu Province and is fully responsible for all administrative affairs.
His two assistants, the left and right ministers of the Shangshu, were Yelu Chenghui and Huo Jianbai. They were responsible for assisting Zhao Zuoliang and taking charge of the four government affairs under him.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry are in charge of Yelu Chenghui, and the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Rites are in charge of Huo Jianbai.
The Shangshu Sheng directly interfaces with the emperor, takes over the emperor's orders and distributes them to the administrative departments, and is then responsible for supervising the implementation of the four ministries. If the four ministries fail to implement them, the Shangshu Sheng will also take the blame.
The four departments under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Province are the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.
The Minister of Rites is Kong Zheng, a descendant of Confucius, the left minister is Zhou Jiang from Shandong, and the right minister is Yelujin from the Khitan.
The minister of the Ministry of Industry was Su Yonglin's old subordinate Shi Zheng, the left minister was also Qiao Yunliang, the former minister of Su Yonglin, and the right minister was Hou Liangzhe, a Han native of Yanyun.
The minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Yelu Yuanyi, a Khitan, an old minister of the Jin Kingdom, the left minister is Chen Jichang, a Shandong native, and the right minister is Han Xianling, a Han native of Yanyun.
The Minister of Finance is Lin Jingchun, Su Yonglin's old minister, the left minister is Li Baocheng from Bohai, and the right minister is Cao Kai from Shandong.
Outside the administrative system is the independent judicial system, including the Ministry of Law, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
If Su Yonglin still cares about the balance of forces in the Shangshu Province, then among the three judicial departments, Su Yonglin has completely promoted his old department to a leading position.
The Minister of Law is Shen Ge, Su Yonglin's old ministry and the director of the Secretariat of the General Affairs Bureau. The left minister is also his old minister Zhou Lin. Only the right minister is Li Xiu from Bohai.
The minister of Dali Temple is Jiang Chengyue, Su Yonglin's old subordinate and former second-in-command of the Military Law Department of the Liberation Army.
The censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was Tian Guizi, Su Yonglin's absolute confidant, and the censor of the right capital was also Su Yonglin's confidant Kong Maojie.
In addition to the judicial system, there is the military system that Su Yonglin cannot touch.
The military system of the newly established Ming Empire was divided into two parts: the Privy Council and the General Staff Council. The Privy Council was responsible for the daily management and logistics of the army, and the General Staff Council was responsible for the specific command of the army.
The two houses were jointly responsible to Emperor Su Yonglin.
The privy envoy is Sun Ziyi, Su Yonglin's former ally and now his subordinate, and the deputy privy envoy is Mi Yuan, the Xiren general.
The chief of staff of the General Staff Council is Su Yonglin's important right-hand man Xin Qiji, and the two deputy chiefs of staff are also military generals Ma Weiying and Zhou Chong who were promoted from the Liberation Army.
Except for one Xi Ren Mi Yuan, all the main leaders of the two houses were subordinates led by Su Yonglin. Even Xi Ren Mi Yuan had fought with Su Yonglin, so they were all loyal to Su Yonglin, ensuring Su Yonglin's military success. The right to speak unequivocally.
Su Yonglin designed a political system that was absolutely conducive to his own control of the overall situation, and also corrected and improved many problems of the previous dynasty. It is conceivable that a new country operating according to such a system would be difficult for the bureaucrats It must be unfriendly.
But at this moment, they are not willing to consider this issue.
As senior officials of the new dynasty, they couldn't wait to enjoy the glory and respect of being senior officials. They couldn't wait to enjoy this wonderful moment with the emperor.
Everything else can be considered after today. At least at this moment, they want to indulge in this glory.
What a pleasure it is to witness the establishment of a country, personally participate in it, and gain glory and power?
So on this day, many people were drunk, very drunk.
But Su Yonglin was not drunk at all. He had a good drinking capacity, which he had accumulated when he was a private salt dealer. In order to deal with those fat-minded officials and colleagues with ulterior motives, he forced himself to develop a good drinking capacity.
Later, when he was able to make his own decisions, he didn't want to drink at all. He drank so much that he felt like vomiting.
Until now, no one can force him to drink, so unless there are important occasions that require him to drink, he will always drink tea instead of wine.
Even on this day, except when he used cattle and wine to sacrifice the heroes' souls, he drank a little, and he did not drink at the banquet after the enthronement ceremony.
The ministers toasted to him, and he responded with tea instead of wine, always maintaining his demeanor. So when many of the ministers were slightly tipsy and were being helped back, Su Yonglin was still sober.
He knew that the times were different from this moment on, and he would lead the Ming Empire on a completely different path. This path required a calm and sober leader.
Therefore, he cannot get drunk no matter when or where he is.
After the banquet, although it was not too late, Su Yonglin did not choose to deal with government affairs for a while, but returned to the palace, intending to rest early.
He was too tired after working hard for several days without taking a good rest. He really wanted to have a good sleep and wait for the start of his new career as emperor tomorrow.
When he returned to the dormitory, Zhao Xirui was still awake and was reading a book. When he saw Su Yonglin coming, he happily went up to him and took off Su Yonglin's coat.
"Tired?"
"I'm so tired that I'm almost exhausted. I wanted to come back and rest a long time ago, but I can't. I have to wait until the end and accept the worship of the ministers again before I can leave. Hey, everyone walks in vain, but when worshiping, it's called a standard posture. , I don’t know how long I have been practicing in private, my mind is no longer clear, but my body still remembers it.”
Su Yonglin complained helplessly: "Fortunately, it's only once, there will be no next time."
"You are the emperor after all, how can you do anything easily?"
Zhao Xirui hung Su Yonglin's coat on the hanger, and then poured him a glass of water.
"Starting tomorrow, you will officially become the emperor and rule the world. How do you feel?"
Zhao Xirui sat next to Su Yonglin with a smile and hugged his arm.
"How do you feel? I don't feel anything. I just feel that I will be more tired in the future than now, and I will face more and more complicated things. For me, it is really not a simple matter."
Su Yonglin sighed, then looked at Zhao Xirui with a smile and said, "Compared to me, how about you? How does it feel to be a queen?"
"It's no different. Apart from having more people to serve, and having the title of queen, there's nothing else... By the way, Yuting, let me ask you something. I'm the only one in the inner palace now, but in the future, will you accept Concubine?"
Zhao Xirui looked at Su Yonglin seriously.
Su Yonglin shook his head.
"I don't have that plan. Don't worry, I won't have a second woman. All my energy will only be divided into two parts, one part for the Ming Dynasty and the other part for you."
Su Yonglin reached out and stroked Zhao Xirui's cheek: "Don't listen to what others say, just look at me and see what I do."
"I trust you."
Zhao Xirui was very happy to get Su Yonglin's promise and gave him a big hug.
Su Yonglin smiled and was hugged by her for a while, feeling really sleepy.
"Okay, okay, I want to sleep. I'm really too sleepy. I have to get up early to prepare for the court meeting tomorrow."
Zhao Xirui let go of Su Yonglin, stared at him and smiled.
"I have something to tell you."
"whats the matter?"
Su Yonglin arranged his pillow and planned to lie down.
"I'm pregnant, it's been two months."
