A few days later, the court meeting hall.
"I will see you, Your Majesty. I will be king for ten thousand years -"
All the ministers knelt down and worshiped. Xiao Yuan was wearing royal robes and a royal crown. After taking his seat on the throne, he waved his hand casually: "Let's all get down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty—" People shouted in unison again, and then stood up one after another, standing on the left and right.
On the left side, stood a group of military attachés, ranging from generals to generals and lieutenants. They were full of people.
On the right side are a group of civil servants.
As for this investiture ceremony, it had not been long since Xiao Yuan took the throne, so the local officials had not returned yet. At this time, there were too many officials in the palace, and some of the lower-ranking ones were almost squeezed out of the palace. .
Everyone was feeling a little nervous, and many people had their hearts in their throats, because everyone knew that today's meeting would be the conferment ceremony.
After glancing at all the officials in the palace, Xiao Yuan said directly without too much nonsense: "Shangguan Wenruo, please declare the edict."
"Yes." The latter responded quickly, then walked to the king's case, bowed slightly, raised his hands high, and took the king's edict respectfully.
Everyone became more and more nervous.
Shangguan Wenruo coughed slightly, then unfolded the royal edict and read aloud:
"The king has issued an edict. The reason why the Qin Kingdom exists today is not due to my own fault. It is all due to the support of the ministers. In order to show the merits of all the ministers, I have specially issued the king's edict to confer hundreds of officials..."
"Ren, Liu Yuzhi will be the prime minister of the Qin State. He will receive the title of Marquis, the title of Marquis of Xingguo, the officer in charge of hundreds of officials, and the assistant Wanji..."
"Your Majesty, please accept the order and thank me!" Liu Yuzhi quickly came out of the queue and knelt on the ground.
"Ren, Xu Hu will be appointed as General Huwei, and he will be given the title of Huhou..."
"Your Majesty, please accept the order and thank me!"
"Ren, Su Yi will be General Zhenyuan, receive the title of earl, and receive the salary of a general..."
"Ren, Zhao Mu will be General Dingyuan, receive the title of earldom, and receive the salary of a general..."
"Ren, Peng Shuang is the vanguard of the Qin army, holds the title of earldom, and has the salary of a general..."
"Ren, Lian Xiao will be General Long Xiao, receive the title of earl, and receive the salary of a general..."
"Ren, Shangguan Wenruo will be the imperial censor, and he will receive the title of earldom."
After reading this, Shangguan Wenruo quickly knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "My lord, thank you for your kindness!"
After saluting, he stood up again, cleared his throat again, and then read:
"Ren, Lin Chu is General Yangwu and holds the title of earldom..."
"Ren, Xia Ping is General Fenwei and takes the title of earl..."
Hearing this, many people couldn't help but look sideways. Unexpectedly, he was right. Xia Ping, on the other hand, hurriedly walked out of the queue, knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, , thank you for your kindness!"
"Ren, Guan Kui will be appointed lieutenant general and receive the title of viscount..."
"Ren, Goldman Sachs will be the Cavalry General and receive the title of Viscount..."
"Ren, Zhang Dashan is a former general and holds the title of viscount..."
"Ren, Liang was originally the envoy of the Imperial Guard and received the title of Viscount..."
"Ren, Liu Changqing will be the prime minister and receive the title of viscount..."
"Ren, Jiang Yi is the Shaofu Order and receives the title of Viscount..."
"…………"
Of course, the conferment of the title could not be completed in one edict, but was divided into several times. At the end, almost all the officials in the palace knelt down.
Liu Changqing and Jiang Yi were originally appointed as local county guards, but the court had been established and Xiao Yuan needed these two people to enter the court, so they were transferred back.
Some of the county magistrates in other places who had good political performance were promoted to the governorship of those two places.
Later, Xiao Yuan made certain reforms in the Qin official system. He followed the three provinces and six ministries system of the previous feudal dynasty, but he did not establish three provinces. The six ministries only used the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry. , abolished the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of performance evaluation of officials, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the national household registration population, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of sacrificial rituals and diplomatic affairs, and the Ministry of Work is in charge of national water and land projects. Each division of labor is clear, and there is no mutual blame-shifting.
This was a very complete system in the feudal dynasty, which greatly strengthened the centralization of power and effectively divided the power of the prime minister, so that the prime minister no longer monopolized the government affairs, and played a certain role in checking and balancing it.
The chief officials of these four departments are ministers, and the officials are subordinate to the second rank. For example, Yan Ming, the minister of rites, was the former Shangqing of Shu. Huang Songyuan was once thrown into death row by Huang Songyuan because of his direct advice. This man was a talented man in Sichuan, Xiao Yuande After Shu, he was released, had a long talk with him, and conducted in-depth research and inspection of him. He was just able to make the best use of his talents in the position of the Ministry of Rites.
This time, only two people were awarded the title of marquis, one was Liu Yuzhi and the other was Xu Hu.
Although there are a few earls, they are all outstanding military exploits, but if they have titles, they are all high-ranking generals.
As for the first-rank ministers, in addition to the prime minister, there is also Shangguan Wenruo, a censor, Su Yi and Zhao Mu. These two are more like commanders of an army and have commanded many battles, so they have a higher status.
Judging from the scene, not only the grade of the civil officials who were awarded the title was relatively low, but the military generals were different. There were a lot of generals, several earls, and even more viscounts.
It is not difficult to see from this that Xiao Yuan, the king, somewhat valued military affairs over literature.
Next, he made certain changes in the matter of military power.
In peacetime, no general is allowed to mobilize troops without his royal decree. In wartime, if he mobilizes more than 100,000 troops, he must obtain his royal decree and tiger talisman.
The official positions at all levels were temporarily assigned so that officials from each ministry could perform their duties. Xiao Yuan firmly held the military and political power. After Shangguan Ruo finished reading, he stood up, stretched out his hand and said:
"My dear ministers, you are all heroes in the founding of the country. In terms of merit, these are the rewards you deserve. I hope that all your ministers can work together in the future to think about the country and the country!"
"I respectfully follow the teachings of the king..." After people stood up, they all said in unison.
"Okay, that's all for today's court meeting. Let's get over it!" After Xiao Yuan finished speaking, he waved his hand and stepped off the throne.
After he left, the ministers dispersed and began to walk out of the palace gate and outside the palace.
Along the way, people naturally gathered in twos and threes and began to whisper and discuss.
Everyone was quite satisfied with this conferment. Jiang Yi, the young master, immediately came to Liu Yuzhi's side. With a shy smile, he couldn't help but cup his hands and say: "Oh, Mr. Xiangguo, congratulations." …”
Not only him, there are countless officials around Liu Yuzhi who come to flatter him!
The latter could only respond with a wry smile. In the officialdom, he could only put on a smile and return the favor with everyone. Otherwise, it would be true and he was said to be arrogant.
Xia Ping, on the other hand, was walking with several generals, laughing from time to time while talking.
"This general has long said that based on my military exploits, I will definitely be ranked as an earl when I am awarded this title. How about that!"
He reiterated it again, showing off his arrogance.
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