In this canonization, although Luo Zhixue did not say anything about it, there is another rule that was implemented specifically, that is, the duke will not be conferred unless he has military merit.
Among the eight marquises, they were all generals and not a single civil servant!
In the civil service system, even Guo Quanshu, the head of the civil service and the Minister of Civil Affairs, only received the title of earl.
This is also a reflection of the importance attached to military personnel in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
However, the titles conferred by Luo Zhixue are different from those in the Ming Dynasty. That is, the titles in the Ming Dynasty are basically hereditary titles.
However, the titles awarded by Luo Zhixue are all reduced-level inherited titles.
In order to avoid misunderstanding among the courtiers, even the word hereditary was used very cautiously, and the word inheritance was used instead.
Because there is no hereditary title in the true sense, Luo Zhixue does not intend to award such a title.
The titles of the Baoxiang Army are all inherited titles at reduced levels.
However, there are two types of reduced-level inheritance.
At present, the highest level is 'reduced inheritance and succession'. The detailed explanation is that after inheriting to the lowest baron, the baron title is hereditary and retired with the country.
This hereditary title in the true sense only needs to be reduced to a baron before it can be hereditary.
There is also the ordinary reduction and inheritance.
This is to reduce the rank and reduce the title after inheriting the baron.
However, in order to appease the founding heroes, Luo Zhixue specifically allowed some of them to inherit their original titles for three generations.
That is to say, after the original title has been inherited for three generations, the inheritance can be reduced or the title can be reduced.
It is a small opening, but it is only used as an unconventional means, which also allows Luo Zhixue to have higher discretion.
At present, the eight marquises have all obtained special decrees and can inherit the title for three generations before carrying out the inheritance at a reduced level.
Among them, the titles of two people were specially inherited for three generations at reduced levels.
They are Wang Xiazi and Huang Dingquan.
The reason why there are only these two people is not because of their great contributions. To be able to be awarded the title of Marquis or even to broadcast a TV series, their contribution is not small.
It was other circumstances that earned them this distinction.
On Wang Xiazi's side, the main reason was that when Sun Chengli passed away, Wang Xiazi, as an important general with cavalry power in the Baoxiang Army at that time, did not choose to compete with Luo Zhixue, but took the initiative to submit to Luo Zhixue and become his subordinate. Wang Xiazi's original initiative Loyalty to Luo Zhixue directly prevented the split of the Baoxiang Army.
Although Wang Xiazi had his own considerations at the time, Luo Zhixue had to remember this matter, so this time he gave Wang Xiazi a special decree to allow the original lord to inherit the third generation with reduced rank and inheritance.
As for Huang Dingquan, it was a pure reward for loyalty. Although this man looked like an honest man, he was actually Luo Zhixue's most valued confidant.
Otherwise, how could he be put in the position of commander of the Northern Route Army, in charge of an army of 20,000 people?
Through these two people, Luo Zhixue wants to tell others openly and honestly: You can't go wrong by following me, and you will get high-ranking officials and generous salaries!
Middle- and high-level civil and military officials have obtained titles, and other middle- and low-level civil and military officials who have not been able to obtain titles for the time being also have their own benefits.
For example, getting promoted!
As for the military, the Baoxiang Army is preparing to build the fourth division. At the same time, the second and third divisions are also continuing to expand. Both divisions need a large number of officers.
Army expansion means more job vacancies, and these job vacancies need to be filled by the existing officers.
In today's Baoxiangjun system, even people with little merit can still get promoted if they get along step by step.
If you have merit or talent, you will be promoted very quickly.
If he has merit and talent, a person with both will be promoted as fast as a rocket. He might have been a battalion commander a few months ago, but he can become a division commander a few months later.
The same is true for civil servants. Maybe he is only a seventh-rank magistrate now, but after a few months, there are many examples of magistrates who will be promoted to a fourth-rank magistrate.
In addition to promotions, there will be no shortage of material rewards. One of the biggest measures is that all officers and soldiers in the army will receive a subsidy equivalent to three months in September.
Regardless of whether they are the main force or the garrison, whether they are officers or soldiers, or even new recruits who have just joined the camp or soldiers who have just joined the army, they can all receive a three-month subsidy at once in September.
It is said to be a half-year subsidy, but in fact it is not much, because the Baoxiang Army is different from the traditional dynasty army in that there is no such thing as salary.
As long as the soldiers join the army, the army will cover their food, drink and clothing. They will not give you a few taels of silver in name like other armies, but they will deduct it in the name of food, clothing, etc.
The Baoxiangjun's measure is to directly cover the whole situation and then issue subsidies as pocket money.
The amount of this subsidy has also gradually increased. It was only two to three hundred cash at the beginning, but now it has increased several times.
At present, the standard monthly pocket money for a first-class soldier in the Baoxiang Army is one tael of silver. This one tael of silver is at the sole discretion of the soldiers. They can spend it themselves or entrust the army to help send it home.
Now that you can get a three-month subsidy reward at once, that's three taels of silver.
It seems that there are not many people, but now the total strength of the Hometown Protection Army is nearly 100,000, and just distributing current rewards costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
However, this mere few hundred thousand taels of silver is not a big burden on the current finances of the Baoxiang Army.
Not to mention the previous ones, the amount of cash confiscated during the trip south to Anlu, Hanyang, De'an, Jingzhou, and Huangzhou Prefectures amounted to several million taels of silver.
Giving hundreds of thousands taels of rewards to the entire army would not affect the financial operations of the new Chu Empire, but it would greatly improve the morale of the entire army.
Not only the military, but also civilian officials also received additional cash rewards.
Middle- and high-ranking officials were promoted to titles, while middle- and lower-ranking officials, as well as ordinary officers and soldiers, were given direct payments.
This large-scale reward given by Luo Zhixue was shared by everyone, and no one was left behind. Even the young men in the transportation camp, construction camp, and settlement camp who were under militarized management also received extra meals.
Luo Zhixue's idea is very simple. Rebellion is just like starting a business.
In the early days of starting a business, everyone tightened their belts and put their heads in their belts to follow Luo Zhi.
This business can barely be considered a success. Although it has not yet reached the level of Fortune 500, it can still be considered a public listing.
The listing of startup companies will create a large number of millionaires, and even ordinary employees can receive some bonuses and more year-end bonuses.
When they, the rebels, founded the country, they naturally needed to give generous salaries to the core high-ranking officials and cash rewards to the ordinary officials and soldiers.
Everyone benefits and everyone is happy!
While everyone was happy, Luo Zhixue also took this opportunity to promote a new official system. This new official system has more new institutions, more complete institutional settings and distribution of powers.
But none of this matters.
The most important thing is that in this new official system, Luo Zhixue further concentrated the central imperial power.
In the new Chu Empire, the principle of separation of military and political affairs will be clarified, and a "Military Affairs Academy" will be established for this purpose, which will be directly managed by Luo Zhixue. There are five departments and two directors in total.
The above-mentioned five ministers and two directors will serve as the top military generals to assist Luo Zhixue in handling various military affairs.
In terms of government agencies, a total of nine departments and six independent departments and bureaus were subordinated to the former General's Office: the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Taxation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Ethical Education, and the Patrol Department. It was put under the jurisdiction of the newly established Government Affairs Council, and each ministry was established as a minister of the second rank and a minister of the second rank.
The Government Affairs Council also does not have chief positions such as dean, and is directly managed by Luo Zhixue.
Regarding the ministries within the Government Affairs Council, Luo Zhixue will continue to make adjustments based on the actual situation. For example, Luo Zhixue is preparing to make adjustments in the future. The current Ministry of Commerce and Trade is simply responsible for doing business with the outside world, but Luo Zhixue is preparing to do business with the outside world. Let this department assume more responsibilities, otherwise, there will be no need for a ministerial-level agency to do business with the outside world.
At the same time, Luo Zhixue also plans to continue to split administrative ministries to prevent one ministry from having too much power. Among them, the Ministry of Industry will be the focus of subsequent splits.
The Military Affairs Council and the Government Affairs Council have divided most of the original agencies under the General's Office, but they are still not all.
There are also some institutions that have been separated.
Among them, the Legal Department and the Supervision Department were separated. The Legal Department was not only independent, but also split and reorganized.
The legal department's part can only be revoked.
Part of its supervision and management could only be merged into the Supervision Department, and then the Supervision Department was upgraded to the Grand Supervisory Office.
The Grand Procuratorate is headed by the second-rank "Du Censor", and the second-rank deputies are in charge. This court specializes in criminal prosecutions, supervising hundreds of officials, managing prisons and other judicial affairs, and vertically manages the Procuratorate in various places.
The Judgment Department in the Ministry of Justice was expanded into the 'Grand Trial Court', with a second-grade Grand Inquisitor, and from the second-grade to the left and right judges. This court specializes in trials, judicial interpretation and other matters, and vertically manages various judicial courts.
After the split, only a few institutional agencies were left in the Ministry of Justice, namely the Civil Law Department, the Criminal Law Department, the Political and Legal Affairs Department, etc. The Ministry of Justice was subsequently upgraded to the Judicial Council, which is responsible for various law-making matters.
After adjustments, the newly born Chu Empire formed a complete judicial system with the Legal Council responsible for legislation, the Supervisory Office responsible for supervision, the Ministry of Punishment/Tax Investigation Department responsible for law enforcement, and the Trial Court responsible for trials.
The above-mentioned Military Affairs Council, Government Affairs Council, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Grand Tribunal, and Legal Affairs Council, together with a very special position, the Hanlin Academy, which was reformed purely as the staff department of Luo Zhixue's personal secretarial agency, together constituted the new Dabao The high political structure of the empire.
Covers all aspects of military, administration, justice, legislation, etc.
In addition to these agencies, there are also more than a dozen independent agencies, such as the Internal Affairs Office responsible for Luo Zhixue's personal life affairs and the Guard's Office responsible for Luo Zhixue's personal security. There will be no changes for the time being and they will still perform their respective duties.
Luo Zhixue took advantage of the opportunity of founding the country to implement a complete new official system. However, there was an obvious problem in this new official system: Luo Zhixue directly managed too many institutions!
However, Luo Zhixue's time and energy are limited. It is impossible for him to fully manage so many organizations by himself. He can't do it even if he works twenty-four hours a day without taking a break every day.
And this also involves another system that Luo Zhixue has been planning for a long time: the participation system!
