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Ouyang Shuo solemnly took out the jade seal of the country, and finally read the three holy decrees, and saw that there were no omissions, so he personally stamped the jade seal. In this way, the decree becomes a law and cannot be changed.

When Tsing Yi saw it, he brought a brocade box and carefully put the holy decree into the brocade box.

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

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

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At eight o'clock in the morning, the main hall of the summer palace.

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

Ouyang Shuo looked at the civil and military officials standing in the hall, and said intently: "The new dynasty has just been established, and it must not be uncontrolled. When this king ascends the throne, he should break the chaos, determine the system, and set the wilderness, so as to show the world. ”

Baiguan bowed down and said, "Your Majesty the King! ”

Ouyang Shuo said: "Summoned! ”

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

Bai Nanpu is the old man next to Ouyang Shuo, who is doing things safely, although he is placed in the Secret Pavilion, he plays a role similar to that of the "chief eunuch", and is specifically responsible for reading the holy decree.

For Bai Nanpu, it is already a great grace.

The first thing to be read out was 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, whether they were soldiers, merchants, scholars, craftsmen, or poor people, as long as they made meritorious contributions in their respective fields and made achievements, they could be knighted.

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

Since it is meritorious, it deserves to be sealed.

The knighthood is dominated by the lowest baron, so the third-class baron is subdivided again, and it is divided into the ninth class, the first class is the highest, and the ninth class is the secondary. For each profession, detailed criteria for knighthood are developed.

The knighthood of the dynasty is only an honorary title, which has nothing to do with it and cannot be hereditary; However, those who have a knighthood have a higher status than the commoners, and the people need to be respectful when they see it.

In this way, the greatest respect is given to the meritorious person.

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

This time, according to Ouyang Shuo's requirements, the rank is not determined by official position, but purely defined by contribution to the Great Xia Dynasty. Therefore, the more territorial retainers, the higher the title will be granted.

Like Xu Shuda, director of the Department of Culture of the Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health of the Executive Yuan, he worked hard and was awarded the title of third-class earl at once. However, the new officials, even if they were immediately ranked in the center, were only crowned with a viscount, such as Kou Zhun, Di Renjie and Wei Zheng, who were only symbolically crowned as third-class viscounts.

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

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After the announcement of the list of knights, the next step was to read out the organizational changes and the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Great Xia Dynasty.

In addition to upgrading and adjusting the original institutions, the current dynasty restructuring also learned from each other's strengths and complemented each other's weaknesses according to the example of the previous dynasty, and added more than 20 auxiliary institutions in one go, so that the dynasty system became complete at once.

The auxiliary institutions set up this time include the Tai Hospital, the Hanlin Temple, the Taichang Temple in charge of sacrifices, the Guanglu Temple in charge of birthday banquets, the General Administration Department in charge of delivering official documents, the Pedestrian Department in charge of issuing edicts to the local authorities, the Qin Tianjian in charge of astrological observations, and the Shanglin Yuan Supervisor in charge of the Imperial Garden, livestock farms, and vegetable gardens.

In the summer palace, the eunuchs were replaced by the female official system, and the 12 inner eunuchs were set up on the basis of the original internal affairs department, namely the ceremonial supervisor, the inner palace supervisor, the imperial eunuch, the secretary set up the eunuch, the imperial horse eunuch, the divine palace supervisor, the Shangshan supervisor, the Shangbao supervisor, the seal silk supervisor, the Zhidian supervisor, the Shangyi supervisor, and the capital governor.

In addition, there are four divisions in the inner palace, namely the salary, the bell and drum, the treasure banknote and the mixed hall; The eight bureaus, namely Bing, Yinzuo, Huanyi, Scarf and Hat, Needlework, Inner Weaving and Dyeing, Wine and Vinegar Noodles and Si Yuan, are combined into the Twenty-four Yamen of the Inner Officials. The palace maids also have six bureaus, namely Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangshi, Shangyu, Shanggong, etc., and each bureau has four divisions.

It's just that there are only Ouyang Shuo and Song Jia living in the summer palace, as well as Bing'er, the eldest princess who is not yet an adult, and Ouyang Shuo doesn't like luxury, so he ordered the internal officials to be simple in everything.

Otherwise, the entire dynasty could not be sustained.

Auxiliary institutions were set up one by one, and immediately presented a new atmosphere of the dynasty.

Of course, the core adjustment is still built with the team of the former Southern Xinjiang Protectorate as the core, and these institutions are the key to maintaining the operation of the dynasty, and they must not be sloppy at all.

Set up a cabinet, in charge of the dynasty should be in charge of government affairs, set up a first assistant, a number of secondary assistants. Jiang Shang was officially appointed as the first assistant of the cabinet, and Kou Zhun was appointed as the second assistant of the cabinet, assisting Ouyang Shuo in managing the court.

The Military Intelligence Department and the Operations Department under the former Privy Council, including the newly established Naval Command, were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department.

In this way, the Privy Council is in charge of the day-to-day work of the army and the logistics of the army, and the Military Aircraft Department is in charge of the command of the war.

The Military Aircraft Department shall have a Minister of Military Aircraft and several commanders.

Minister of Military Affairs Du Ruhui concurrently served as Minister of Military Aircraft, Zheng He, commander of the Navy, Huo Quai, commander of the Praetorian Guard, Bai Qi, commander of the Long Xiang Army, Sun Bin of the Tiger Army Legion, and Han Xin, commander of the Leopard Tao Army, were all members of the Military Aircraft Department.

The Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department were the highest military and political deliberative bodies of the Great Xia Dynasty, and except for the ad hoc institutions directly under Ouyang Shuo's direct jurisdiction, all the institutions of the dynasty were placed under the jurisdiction of these two major institutions.

The secretary's office was promoted to the secret cabinet, and the secretary was in charge, with one bachelor and two secretaries. Tsing Yi was appointed as the scholar of the Secret Pavilion, and Bai Nanpu was appointed as the secretary.

Set up the Senior Cabinet, in charge of the military and political consultation of the Xia Wang, responsible for drafting the chapter, set up one scholar, two bachelors, and four secretaries. Jia Xu was appointed as a Fellow of the Senior Cabinet and Chen Gong as a Bachelor of the Senior Minister.

Set up the Imperial History Terrace, supervise the road of words, set up a doctor of the Imperial History, a person in the Imperial History, and lead the Imperial History, serve the Imperial History in the palace and supervise the Imperial History. Wei Zheng was appointed as the imperial historian, and Feng Ting was appointed as the imperial historian.

The newly established Secret Pavilion, the Senior Pavilion, and the Imperial History Tower, plus the previously established Honglu Temple, Shanhaiwei and Black Snake Guard, are the six major institutions under the direct jurisdiction of Ouyang Shuo.

Under the cabinet, there are four major ministries including the Executive Yuan, the Home Affairs Yuan, the Finance Yuan and the Privy Council, as well as two special departments, the Industrial Administration and the Four Seas Money Bank.

The Executive Yuan, the Interior Yuan, the Finance Yuan, and the Privy Council shall have their respective departments, which shall be uniformly promoted to the rank of Agency, and shall remain as they shall be maintained for the time being and shall not be changed when officials are appointed.

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

According to the system, there are six levels of provinces, counties, prefectures, counties, towns, and villages, and the establishment of yamen at all levels has a fixed number, and it is not allowed to increase or decrease or adjust it without reason, otherwise it will be a great rebellion.

At the same time, it is stipulated that the provincial yamen shall be the highest level of the general office, the county guard yamen shall be the highest level of the department, the prefect yamen shall be the highest level, the county government shall be the highest level, and the towns and villages shall be the highest level of the department.

Sections, divisions, divisions, departments, the General Administration and the Institute together constitute a six-tier institutional establishment system.

In this way, the upper and lower levels are interconnected, and the system is complete, so as to keep the decrees of the imperial court unimpeded.

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The last decree that Bai Nanpu read was the nine-rank official system of the Great Xia Dynasty. Since a complete system has been established, it is necessary to have strict and clear grades, and to be based on the right and upper levels.

According to the system, the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty set up nine grades, one positive and one subordinate, a total of eighteen levels.

According to Ouyang Shuo's requirements, the Great Xia Dynasty did not set up any "Taishi, Taifu and Taibao" and other three public positions, the court civil officials were headed by the cabinet elders, and the military generals in the army were respected as the members of the military aircraft department.

Therefore, the first assistant of the cabinet, the second assistant of the cabinet and the senior members of the military aircraft department are all genuine; The four ministers in charge, the Minister of the Administration, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of the Exchequer, and the Minister of Military Affairs, are all subordinate ministers.

Du Ruhui is also the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Minister of Military Affairs, so he should be a good product or not. In the future, when the time is right, Ouyang Shuo will consider setting up a new Minister of Military Aircraft to take charge of the daily military affairs of the Military Aircraft Department.

Honglu Siqing and the Imperial Doctor are all positive and second-class products; The deputy ministers of the four courtyards and the county guards of Zhili are all from the second grade.

Taking this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo officially appointed the four vice ministers of the four courtyards. Zhang Tingyu was appointed vice minister of administration, Di Renjie was appointed vice minister of the interior, Cui Yingyu was appointed vice minister of finance, and Xiahoudun was appointed vice minister of military affairs.

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

The head of the local governors is placed above the provincial governor, and can be described as the "first governor".

The governor of the province, the scholar of the senior political pavilion, the commander of the mountain and sea guard, and the commander of the black snake guard are the three products, and the director of the four courtyards, the director of industry, and the minister of the palm seal of the four seas money village are all from the three products.

The Secret Pavilion Bachelor, Yushi Zhongcheng, etc. are the four products, and the secretary Lang and the deputy director of the four courtyards are all from the four products.

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

The three major institutions of the Senior Cabinet, Shanhaiwei and Black Snake Guard are second, but they are also at the same level as the provincial governors, which can be described as high power. Although the Secret Literature Pavilion was closest to Ouyang Shuo, the Xia King, Ouyang Shuo only gave the fourth grade.

Such an arrangement naturally has the meaning of restriction and constraint.

Further down, the directors of the four courtyards and the provincial governors and yamen are all five products, and the deputy directors of the county guard and the provincial governor yamen are all from the five products.

The directors of the four major administrations of the county guard are the six products, and the prefect is the six products; The four directors of the county order and the prefect's yamen are the seven products, and the rest of the loose officials are from the seven products. The four directors of the county government are the eight products, and the section chiefs are from the eight products.

The mayor of the town is the ninth product, the village is the first section chief of the town and the first level of the town, and the rest of the scattered officials are not in the product.

After the promulgation of the nine-grade and eighteen-level civil official group, all the officials of the dynasty were judged by their grades, and the rules were determined, so that there was a law and laid the foundation of the dynasty's governance.

A new dynasty has arrived!