Chapter 852 The Empire Sets Sail

In the royal study.

Ouyang Shuo solemnly took out the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, read the three imperial decrees for the last time, and saw that there were no omissions, so he personally affixed the Jade Seal. In this way, the imperial decree becomes a law and cannot be changed.

Seeing him, Tsing Yi brought a brocade box and carefully put the imperial decree into the brocade box.

At this moment, the female official came to report: "Report to Your Majesty, the time has come!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded, smiled and said to Tsing Yi and Jia Xu, "Let's go, court!"

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At eight o'clock in the morning, the main hall of the Summer Palace.

The auspicious time has come, Ouyang Shuo ascended the throne and started the first court meeting of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo looked at the civil and military officials standing under the hall, and said with concentration: "The new dynasty has just been established, and there must be no control. When this king ascends the throne, he should break the chaos, establish the system, establish the tripod and the wilderness, and make it known to the world."

All the officials bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Ouyang Shuo said, "Xuan Zhao!"

Secretary Lang Bai Nanpu had been standing not far from Ouyang Shuo's side. Hearing the edict, he respectfully held out the brocade box and began to read out the edict one by one.

Bai Nanpu is an old man close to Ouyang Shuo. He handles affairs safely. Although he is placed in the Miwen Pavilion, he plays a role similar to "Chief Eunuch" and is responsible for announcing the imperial decree.

For Bai Nanpu, it is the mighty grace of the emperor.

The first thing to read is the title system of the Great Xia Dynasty.

According to the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, all the people of the Great Xia Dynasty, no matter whether they are soldiers, businessmen, scholars, or craftsmen, regardless of their origins, as long as they have made meritorious achievements in their respective fields, they can all be awarded titles.

As far as the dynasty is concerned, it is meritorious service for soldiers to behead and kill enemies on the battlefield, meritorious service for merchants to pay taxes and open up trade routes, meritorious service for scholars to teach and educate people, meritorious service for craftsmen to invent and create, and meritorious service for officials to govern for the people...

Since it is meritorious, it should be granted.

The barons of the lowest rank are mainly conferred, so the third rank of baron is subdivided into nine ranks, with the first rank being the top and the ninth rank being the lowest. For each profession, detailed standards for conferring knighthoods have been formulated.

The imperial conferment is only an honorary title, which has nothing to do with salary, nor can it be hereditary; however, those who have titles have a higher status than ordinary people, and the common people need to treat them with respect when they see them.

This gives the greatest respect to those who have made merit.

After reading the knighthood system, Bai Nanpu read out the first batch of knighthood lists. In addition to the marquis and a small number of first-class earls conferred at the enthronement ceremony, all the civil and military officials present were conferred one by one.

According to Ouyang Shuo's request, this conferment of titles was not based on official position, but purely based on contribution to the Great Xia Dynasty. Therefore, the more the former minister of the territory, the higher the title awarded.

For example, Xu Shuda, Director of Culture of the Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health of the Executive Yuan, worked hard and made great achievements, and was immediately conferred the title of third-class earl. On the contrary, the new officials, even if they are immediately ranked at the center, are only conferred a viscount. For example, Kou Zhun, Di Renjie, and Wei Zheng were only conferred as third-class viscounts symbolically.

In this way, it not only compensated the old ministers, but also put pressure on the latecomers to serve the court wholeheartedly.

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After announcing the list of conferred titles, the next step is to announce the changes in the organization of the Great Xia Dynasty and the appointment and dismissal of officials.

In this dynasty restructuring, in addition to upgrading and adjusting the original institutions, it also added more than 20 auxiliary institutions in one go, making the dynasty system complete at once, based on the previous example.

The auxiliary institutions set up this time include Taiyuan Hospital, Hanlin Academy, Taichang Temple in charge of sacrifices, Guanglu Temple in charge of birthday banquets, the Secretary of General Administration in charge of delivering official documents, the Department of Pedestrians in charge of issuing edicts to local governments, and observing astrology. Qin Tianjian, who is in charge of the imperial garden, livestock farms and vegetable gardens, Shanglin Yuanjian, etc.

In the summer palace, the eunuchs were replaced by the system of female officials. Based on the former Department of Internal Affairs, twelve internal prisons were established, namely, the Ritual Supervisor, the Inner Palace Supervisor, the Imperial Supervisor, the Divisional Supervisor, the Royal Horse Supervisor, the Shrine Supervisor, and the Shangshan Supervisor. Supervisor, Shangbao Supervisor, Yinshou Supervisor, Zhidian Supervisor, Shangyi Supervisor, Duzhi Supervisor.

In addition, there are four departments in the inner palace, namely Xixin, Bell and Drum, Baochao and Huntang; And Siyuan, together as the twenty-four yamen of the internal officials. There are also six bureaus for palace ladies, namely Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangshi, Shangzhu, Shanggong, etc., and each bureau has four divisions.

It's just that only Ouyang Shuo, Song Jia, and Bing'er, the underage eldest princess lived in the summer palace, and Ouyang Shuo didn't like luxury, so he ordered the internal officials to keep everything simple in the twenty-four yamen.

Otherwise, the operation of the entire dynasty cannot be maintained.

Auxiliary institutions were established one by one, immediately showing a new look of the dynasty.

Of course, the most core adjustments were built with the team of the former Southern Border Protectorate as the core. These institutions are the key to maintaining the operation of the dynasty, and there must be no sloppy in the slightest.

Set up a cabinet, take charge of the government affairs of the dynasty, set up one chief assistant, and several second assistants. Officially appointed Jiang Shang as the first assistant of the cabinet, and Kou Zhun as the second assistant of the cabinet, assisting Ouyang Shuo in managing the court.

The Military Aircraft Department was set up to take charge of the military affairs of the dynasty. The Military Information Department and the Operations Department under the former Privy Council, including the newly established Navy Command, were all transferred to the Military Aircraft Department.

In this way, the Privy Council is in charge of the army's daily and logistics support, and the Military Aircraft Department is in charge of combat command. The two organizations are not only interconnected, but also operate independently of each other.

There is one Minister of Military Aircraft in the Military Aircraft Department, who is in charge of several.

Du Ruhui, Minister of Military Affairs, is also the Minister of Military Aircraft, Zheng He, Commander of the Navy, Huo Qubing, Commander of the Imperial Guards, Bai Qi, Commander of the Longxiang Army, Sun Bin of the Huben Army Corps, and Han Xin, Commander of the Baotao Army, all members of the Military Aircraft Division.

The Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department are the highest military and political deliberative institutions of the Great Xia Dynasty. Except for the special institutions directly under the jurisdiction of Ouyang Shuo, all the institutions of the dynasty are under the jurisdiction of these two institutions.

The secretary's office was promoted to the Miwen Pavilion, where secretaries were required to hold the phone, and there was one bachelor and two secretaries. Appoint Tsing Yi as the Bachelor of Biwenge, and Bai Nanpu as Secretary Lang.

The Zizheng Pavilion was set up, in charge of the military and political consultation of King Xia, and was responsible for drafting memorials. There were one bachelor, two bachelors, and four secretaries. Jia Xu was appointed as a Bachelor of Zizhengge, and Chen Gong was appointed as a Bachelor of Zizhengge.

Set up the censor platform to supervise the speech road, set up a doctor censor, a censor Zhongcheng, lead the censor, serve the censor in the palace, and supervise the censor. Appoint Wei Zheng as Yushi doctor and Feng Ting as Yushi Zhongcheng.

The newly established Miwen Pavilion, Zizheng Pavilion, and Yushitai, together with the previously established Honglu Temple, Shanhaiwei, and Black Snake Guard, are the six major institutions under Ouyang Shuo's direct jurisdiction.

Under the cabinet, there are four major courts: the Executive Yuan, the Interior Yuan, the Finance Yuan, and the Privy Council, as well as the two special departments of the Industry Administration and the Universal Bank.

The Executive Yuan, the Internal Affairs Yuan, the Finance Yuan, and the Privy Council have various divisions, which are unified and promoted to the Department. Once officials are appointed, they will temporarily maintain their original status and will not be changed.

After the change of the imperial court, the local yamen must also be adjusted one by one.

According to the system, there are six levels of provinces, counties, prefectures, counties, towns, and villages in the local area. There are fixed numbers of yamen at all levels, and they must not be increased or decreased without reason, otherwise it will be a big rebellion.

At the same time, it is stipulated that the highest level of the provincial government is the general administration, the highest level of the county government is the department, the highest level of the magistrate's office is the division, the highest level of the county government is the division, and the highest level of the township and village is the department.

Sections, divisions, divisions, administrations, general administrations, and institutes together constitute a six-tier organization system.

In this way, the upper and lower levels communicate with each other and the system is complete, so that the government's decrees can be kept unimpeded.

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The imperial decree that Bai Nanpu read out last was the nine-rank official system of the Great Xia Dynasty. Now that a complete system has been established, it is necessary to have strict and clear grades, so as to be the foundation of the top and bottom.

According to the system, the officials of the Daxia Dynasty set up nine grades, one for the official and one for the subordinate, a total of eighteen grades.

According to Ouyang Shuo's request, the Great Xia Dynasty did not set up any vain positions such as "Grand Master, Tai Tuo, and Tai Bao".

Therefore, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the second assistant of the cabinet, and the senior members of the military aircraft department are all of the first rank; the four ministers in charge of the administration, the minister of the interior, the minister of finance, and the minister of military affairs are all of the first rank.

Du Ruhui is both the minister of military aircraft and the minister of military affairs, so he should be regarded as a high-ranking official. At a suitable time in the future, Ouyang Shuo will consider setting up a new Minister of Military Aircraft to be in charge of the daily military affairs of the Military Aircraft Department.

The Minister of Honglu Temple and the doctor of imperial history are both the second rank; the deputy ministers of the four courtyards and the governor of Zhili are both the second rank.

Taking this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo formally appointed four vice ministers of the Four Courts. Appoint Zhang Tingyu as Deputy Minister of Administration, Di Renjie as Deputy Minister of the Interior, Cui Yingyou as Deputy Minister of Finance, and Xia Houdun as Deputy Minister of Military Affairs.

Zhao Kuo, the former deputy director of the General Administration of Military Affairs, was transferred to the Military Aircraft Division along with the Operations Division.

Zhili prefect is the head of the local governor, placed above the provincial governor, and can be called the "first governor".

The governor of the province, the senior scholar of the Zizhengge, the commander of Shanhaiwei, and the commander of the Black Snake Guard are the third rank.

The Bachelor of Miwen Pavilion, Yushi Zhongcheng, etc. are the fourth rank, and the secretary Lang and the deputy director of the four courtyards are all the fourth rank.

Among the six directly affiliated institutions, Honglu Temple is in charge of diplomacy, and Yushitai is in charge of speech, both of which are central and key departments, so they have the highest rank, second only to the four courtyards.

The three major institutions of the Senior Advisory Council, Shanhaiwei, and Black Snake Guard are next, but they are also on the same level as the governor of the province, so it can be said that they have high positions and weights. Although the Miwen Pavilion is the closest to Ouyang Shuo, the King of Xia, Ouyang Shuo only gave him the fourth rank.

Such an arrangement is naturally intended to limit and restrict.

Further down, the directors of the four courtyards and the directors of the four general administrations of the provincial governor's office are all five-rank, and the county guards and deputy directors of the provincial governor's office are all subordinate five-rank.

The directors of the four major bureaus of the prefectural government are the sixth rank, the magistrates are the sixth rank; the county magistrates and the magistrates' four chiefs are the seventh rank, and the rest of the scattered officials are the seventh rank. The four directors of the county government are Zhengbapin, and the section chiefs are Congbapin.

The mayor of the town is of the ninth rank, the village chief and the first-level section chief of the town are all of the ninth rank, and the rest of the scattered officials are not admitted.

After the promulgation of the nine ranks and eighteen ranks of the civil official group, all officials of the dynasty were judged by their ranks and their salaries were determined. In this way, there were laws and regulations, which laid the foundation for the governance of the dynasty.

A new dynasty has arrived!