Zuo Menggeng simplified and unified the empire's reward system.
A series of messy names such as the names, titles, uniforms, ranks, and posthumous titles of civil and military officials were cancelled, and were unified into nobles.
In other words, all rewards in the empire are based on title as the sole criterion.
In order to avoid that the evaluation of civilian officials is not as clear as that of military commanders, detailed explanations are also provided.
The selection methods are complicated, but the threshold is clear at a glance.
All in all, in the field of science, industry, education and research, non-officials cannot be crowned king; in the civil service field, non-ministry ministers cannot be crowned prince or above; in the field of generals, non-group commanders or above cannot be crowned king.
These are just the thresholds. Whether you can be crowned king after reaching this level depends on the specific merits.
However, after the entire canonization ceremony, everyone was satisfied.
Although the founding ceremony was grand overall, it was not complicated, especially since there were not many huge projects invested in it.
The main buildings such as the Legislative Council, the Cabinet, and the General Headquarters were all completed in recent years. They are sufficient for use and there is no need for expansion.
Even the capital is a brand new city, not over capacity yet.
When the palace where the emperor Zuo Mengeng lived did not need to be expanded, the project cost was also saved.
Moreover, the original functional organizations at all levels are already very complete, and even the names do not need to be changed.
From the perspective of ordinary people, there is nothing unusual except participating in a founding ceremony.
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How to live, or how to live.
The Xia Kingdom has become a historical term, and from now on every common people is a citizen of China.
"Why didn't His Majesty canonize the princess and the prince?"
Hou Xun, on behalf of the officials, raised questions to Zuo Mengeng.
"The children are still young and don't know what their future achievements will be. Premature canonization is not conducive to spurring them."
Zuo Mengeng gave such an answer, which could only make everyone admire him.
In the past dynasties, the rewards given to the royal family were never generous enough. In addition to material things, there are many names.
Zuo Mengeng was cautious, but he was not as generous as he was to the hero.
Understanding his intentions put the officials at ease.
"The news of His Majesty's proclaimed emperor will definitely be known to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They are afraid that it will arouse alert and be detrimental to future actions."
Liu Yiyuan checked and filled in the gaps for Zuo Mengeng from a military perspective.
"It's inevitable."
Zuo Mengeng also thought of this and proposed a way to deal with it.
"How about I go on a tour in a few days?"
Everyone thought carefully and found that this strategy was very clever.
When the Ming Dynasty fell, all forces were rapidly expanding. Only the Xia Kingdom was content with the status quo and only used troops in the south of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, many people in the world have commented that the Xia Kingdom is stuck in its ways and will suffer the consequences sooner or later.
Because of this, after the Xia Kingdom and the Manchu Qing Dynasty signed the treaty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty felt confident and bold to pursue Li Zicheng.
If it were known that Zuo Menggeng had proclaimed himself emperor and established a country, I am afraid that the top management of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would be awakened and step up their defenses.
This is not conducive to future military operations.
If Zuo Menggeng could travel around at this time, it would make the Manchus feel that the empire was as usual and would still focus on Li Zicheng.
"It's okay to go on patrol, but we can't go to Nanyang and Jilin this time. Otherwise, if the situation changes, it will be difficult for Your Majesty to return and you will miss the opportunity."
Li Banghua quickly added.
This time Zuo Menggeng went on tour, the main purpose was to act, which was different from the last time.
The last time Zuo Menggeng traveled from south to north, it took a year and a half.
At a time when the world is changing rapidly, he, the commander-in-chief, must never leave the center.
Everyone's suggestions were very good, and Zuo Mengeng accepted them all.
"Then we will tour Lianghuai, Nandu and Songjiang Prefecture. I guess by then it will be time for us to fully mobilize."
Everyone agreed.
However, when Zuo Menggeng mentioned Nandu, Hou Xun was quite confused.
"Originally, Nandu was the seat of the provincial capital of Southern Zhili. This time it was promoted to the capital, but I don't know where the provincial capital of Southern Zhili should be located?"
This is related to administrative divisions, which he, the prime minister, is most concerned about.
Of course Zuo Mengeng had already thought about it.
"The original Southern Zhili area was too large to accommodate the location of Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral home, and it is actually very difficult to manage. I plan to separate Jiangsu and Anhui and establish provinces after the unified action begins in the future."
Zuo Menggeng planned to refer to the administrative division methods of Jiangsu and Anhui in later generations.
Although there are many complaints among the people about that kind of division, from the national perspective, it is actually very necessary.
Jiangsu Province, in particular, has fully considered the balance issue between the developed Jiangnan region and the backward Jiangbei region.
The original intention was to use the developed Jiangnan to drive the backward Jiangbei.
But I didn't expect that not only was the effect unsatisfactory, but it also turned Jiangsu into the Soviet Union. Nanjing, the provincial capital, has no majesty compared to other brother cities.
However, this time Nanjing was singled out and upgraded to the southern capital, so the Jiangsu provincial government needed to make other arrangements.
Zuo Mengeng had a plan.
"How about placing the provincial capital of Jiangsu Province in Yangzhou?"
Zuo Mengeng did not choose among several prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. Instead, he planned to place the provincial capital of Jiangsu Province in Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River.
"This arrangement is incredible."
Li Banghua smiled happily and was quite satisfied.
Others quickly reacted and praised him.
Since the Jiangbei region is economically backward, the weight of the Jiangbei region should be increased.
By placing the provincial capital in Jiangbei, more resources will inevitably be allocated here in the future, thus truly achieving balance.
Nowadays, Yangzhou is also a famous city in the world.
Both in terms of population and economy, it is higher than Suzhou, Zhenjiang, and Changzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. Even compared with Songjiang and Nanjing, it is not too much, and it is enough to serve as the provincial capital.
In the future, Anhui will be renamed Anhui, and the provincial capital will be placed in Luzhou.
Zuo Menggeng did not change the name of Luzhou, but decided to keep it.
After all, Luzhou sounds much better than Hefei.
In addition to the split of Southern Zhili, there is another problem in administrative division.
"Originally we only had Songjiang Prefecture in Jiangnan, so it was directly under the jurisdiction of the cabinet. Now that most of South Zhili has been annexed, what should be the status of Songjiang Prefecture?"
Regarding this issue, Zuo Mengeng made arrangements without even thinking about it.
"Songjiang Prefecture is now very economically developed. It covers all provinces in the country as one prefecture. It also occupies the estuary of the Yangtze River and has the convenience of communicating with the inside and outside. To attribute it to other provinces is to put the cart before the horse. It is better to maintain its independent status, even though it is called a prefecture. It is a provincial capital, but its standards are comparable to those of other provinces.”
When everyone heard this, they felt that this arrangement was quite good.
Since we talked about administrative divisions, Zuo Mengeng also told everyone a little more.
For example, in the future, splitting up Huguang, redrawing the boundaries of Shaanxi and Gansu, dividing Liaodong, the Mongolian issue, the Western Region issue, etc. can be considered as early preparations for the administration.
