The sixteen-day court meeting is almost coming to an end, and the next stage is the biggest event, which is about the preliminary formulation of the ceremonial system and the reward of meritorious personnel.

The etiquette system is very complicated, and in modern terms, it is a matter of the state system, which will determine the basic system within a country. At present, Confucian personnel such as Shusun Tong have only completed the formulation of official clothing and determined the basic courtesies of monarchs and ministers.

In fact, there has long been a set of clothing rules for officials, such as what kind of identity can be used for what utensils, what kind of level of officials should wear what colors, etc., there is a very strict set of clothing regulations in the Qin State, if you do not reach the corresponding level to wear the clothing that crosses the level is a sinful act.

Lu Zhe knew very well that it was not advisable to stipulate what people could wear and what they could not wear, which would greatly restrict the freedom of life and even hit some manufacturing industries. However, whether it was the Qin State or the previous Zhou Dynasty, there were corresponding considerations for formulating such a set of administrative laws, first of all, to distinguish the hierarchy from the wearing of clothing, to stimulate a desire called to make people distribute upward, and at the same time, to cultivate a sense of honor.

It's hard to say whether it's good or bad to restrict clothing, but judging from the trend of historical development, restricting clothing may be able to achieve some upward desire, but it is not a good way to do it at all.

The modern means of cultivating a sense of honor is to issue medals with special meanings, and Lu Zhe believes that it is better to start by limiting what should and cannot be worn, and then establish a set of systems in the rank and corresponding benefits of medals.

Those Confucian scholars who almost completely copied the Qin State's restrictions on clothing originally wanted to insist on it, but when they heard Lu Zhe talk about the theory of limiting productivity and so on, they immediately looked like "although I don't know what I'm talking about, it seems to be very powerful". The Confucian scholars, who had always liked to obey the will of the king, no longer insisted on the steps they received from the birth ladle.

The medal system is a new thing, and Lu Zhe just proposed a concept and asked the craftsmen below to design the style. However, what kind of medals, what privileges, and what benefits still depend on Confucianism.

Not restricting clothing does not mean giving up on formulating special clothing for officials, and what style and color of clothes should be worn by officials of what rank will still be implemented, but Lu Zhe took out the concept of regular clothes and dresses, and deliberately emphasized that when designing official dresses, the style must be gorgeous.

Confucianism is still good at the etiquette system, but how to design dresses is a bit amateurish, so no matter how much Confucianism rejects communicating with craftsmen from all walks of life, he has to pinch his nose to communicate.

Facts have proved that for the Confucian scholars who live in their bones and want to be officials, it is a matter of whether they can have a place in this new regime, and how can they not do their best. Under that sense of urgency to "see this time" and the highest instructions from the king. The Confucian scholars actually showed a desperate attitude, and in just ten days, they cooperated with all kinds of craftsmen, not only to discuss the design of official clothes and dresses, but also to make models for the corresponding grades of clothing.

When Lu Zhe was looking at the sample clothes, he admired those Confucian scholars in his heart for a moment, and in ten days, he was able to formulate the costumes from the county level to the central officials, and it seemed that both the regular clothes and the formal clothes were all presentable.

Regular clothes are usually worn clothes, so naturally they don't need to be gorgeous, they are generally how comfortable they are. Confucian scholars also deliberately added some government elements when designing. It is not only to design on the pattern of the garment, but also to have a pattern that is specially represented by what kind of grade.

For the dress, Lu Zhe's concept is the official dress that needs to be worn on some solemn occasions, which is the clothing used in the court or when dealing with official affairs and even sacrifices. Needless to say, in the last dynasty, handling official business refers to sitting in the government. Sacrifices were solemn and important occasions in all times. Under the requirements of the required atmosphere for these specific occasions, the dresses negotiated by Confucian scholars and various craftsmen fully showed a unique design genius side, and how gorgeous it really was, and there were differences in different grades of gorgeous Cheng dù.

When a piece of silk is worn on a specially selected hanger (model) and walks into the council hall. Lu Zhe, who had already seen it, still showed a "amazing" expression, not to mention how much those characters who came from humble backgrounds and are now important ministers will appreciate it.

In fact, there is still a choice of color to start with, for example, the color of the county-level officials is green in both regular and formal dresses. The first level of the county is all scarlet except for the county guard, and the county guard and the central management department are purple. There are also more detailed divisions, for example, the county six cao is also green, and the official clothing of the central is not the first management department, which is crimson, red, and green. There is a strict division among them.

The nine-rank Zhongzheng system has not yet been produced, so it can only be divided according to the chief official, auxiliary official, and servant, but Lu Zhe still saw a strict division of grades.

The division of official uniforms in the Qin State is also related to the color, purple is also the most noble color below the king, and gray is the color worn by people with low status in the Qin State, and people without any status wear white, which is how the so-called "white body" comes from.

Since Lu Zhe has approved the system of official uniforms, of course, no one has raised objections. As for the system of medals, it was not so fast, and now only three sets have been formulated.

The first set is two inches long and one inch wide, and is shown in the shape of a shield, with a sword standing in the center, and a red ribbon, divided into gold, silver, and bronze. The name of this set of medals is called the Imperial Merit Medal, which is difficult to obtain unless there is a special outstanding military meritor, and each piece is engraved with the year when it is issued.

The second set is one and a half inches long and wide, the whole is round, two ears of wheat are curved around the outside, and a city wall is carved in the middle, which is still divided into gold, silver, and copper. The medal can be obtained for both civil and military achievements, but it requires a certain level of military merit or political achievement, which will also be the year at the time of promulgation.

The third set is also gold, silver, and bronze, but the object of promulgation is military personnel, and the main body of the medal will have at least five series, and the main body is oval-shaped, which depends on what kind of military the medal winner has and has different patterns.

The variety of medals will definitely increase in the future, and the current three sets are just an immature trial attempt.

In addition, Lu Zhe thought about it carefully and thought about it again, the system of the twentieth rank of Qin was not suitable for his own rule. It is more complicated to come to such a conclusion, first of all, their administrative system is different from that of the Qin State, secondly, there are too many people from the Six Kingdoms, and it is easy to resist, and finally, Lu Zhe does not have a complete version of the Qin State's promotion reward regulations.

After many discussions, Lü Zhe finally decided to implement a title system similar to that of the Zhou Dynasty, which is the five levels of duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male, and at the same time, each title is divided into first and second grades...... A small grade of five levels. The rank of the five titles seems to be extremely simple, but in some ways it does not meet the needs, and finally a kind of honorary title is added, which is the Lord, but the Lord is no longer divided into five levels of small ranks.

In addition to the division of the five titles and lords in the general framework, the civil system and the military system should also be adjusted.

The nascent system was the establishment of a non-commissioned officer system, and the weight of "non-commissioned officers" in Chinese history was very large. On the clerk's side, the word "scholar" and "celebrity" is a title to improve status as long as there is the word "scholar". In the early days, not everyone could join the army, for example, "samurai" and "soldiers" were some small nobles of the noble class, that is, people who had fiefs under the "Ida system" were eligible to join the army and serve the country. It was only during the Warring States period that the status of "scholars" was weakened, for example, scribes no longer needed to be certified by the state, and the army was no longer just recruiting small nobles, and samurai who generally did not need to work but trained in fighting skills.

The institutional planning of the "non-soldier" class has not yet been determined, after all, the non-commissioned officer system of the military is easy to manage, and it is not so easy to define when it involves the non-military non-military non-military class.

The army's non-commissioned officer system has now been tried out in the forbidden army, and it is aimed at the kind of grassroots officers who cannot be literate or promoted to more than 500 officers. The simple thing is that Lu Zhe's army already has the type of military salary, and it will only grant land when it is for special combat exploits, so there is no upper limit for non-commissioned officers...... It is only the level of non-commissioned officers from one level to countless levels that can be implemented, and it is nothing more than an increase in the amount of military salaries.

In the battle of the Southern Expedition, Sima Xin, Ji Bu, and Luo Shao were all generals who had the merit of expanding the territory, and among them, Ji Bu and Luo Shao were all meritorious men who seized a county for the country, and Sima Xin had not completely taken Lingnan yet, but the land area occupied was not less than that of Ji Bu and Luo Shao, so Lu Zhe must have been rewarded by everyone.

Although Lü Zhe had already seized most of the land in the south, the Central Plains and Qin, and the Chu state included more southwestern locations...... In short, the world is too big, and it is definitely impossible to have a supreme reward because the three of them have taken an average of about 121,300 square kilometers of land, after all, there are still so many places that have not been occupied, and they will be crowned dukes at once, so what will they do if they make meritorious contributions in the future?

Of course, expanding the territory is a merit worthy of rewarding the special merchants, and if the reward is too low, it will not only appear stingy but also disappointing, so a quota is needed.

Lu Zhe came up with a plan to reward Sima Xin as a first-class viscount, Ji Bu and Luo Yao as first-class barons, and each of them was rewarded with wealth and acres according to their actual merits.

In addition to Sima Xin, Ji Bu, and Luo Shao, many people are also listed as members of this reward...... (To be continued......)