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Chapter 346: Dukes, Lieutenants, Government Affairs Council Affairs

In addition to conferring Li Changwen the title of Marquis of Ruyang, Liu Sheng also formally appointed him as the General Counselor of the Da'ei Government Affairs Council, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Assistant Minister of Military Aircraft Affairs (this is a dispatch, and can also be called the Assistant Minister of Military Aircraft Affairs), and he was given the title of Shangzhuguo (literary). Xun)!

This appointment can be said to have completely established Li Changwen's status as the leader of civil servants.

In addition, Li Changwen also had another identity as "Guo Zhang", but Liu Sheng deliberately kept it vague and did not mention it in this ceremony, nor did he give any relevant awards.

In fact, in Liu Sheng's view, it was quite undesirable to directly ennoble foreign relatives as the Ming Dynasty did, as it would lower the level of the nobles of Damei.

From now on, Da'ei will mainly reward foreign relatives with gold and silver treasures or a few company shares.

Want to get a knighthood?

Whether they are princes, grandsons or relatives, they can only be obtained through merit.

Subsequently, Liu Sheng successively conferred titles on several other civil servants.

Qian Yunsheng, Li Yunzhong, Yan Ermei, and Song Xiance were all awarded the title of Viscount due to a series of meritorious services. Viscount Damei had no title, and his annual salary was not high, only a few hundred taels.

But it's still a title.

Yan Ermei performed well. Qian Yunsheng, Li Yunzhong, and Song Xiance were all excited beyond words when they received the order to express their gratitude.

Subsequently, Li Fuchang and Ma Jinliang, who are still the mayor and deputy mayor of Taiping Town (Dashuipingzhai), were both awarded barons.

After awarding these "pure civil servants", Liu Sheng next awarded awards to the top managers of the North American Ministry of Finance.

Although none of these people came, Liu Sheng still had their awards read out to the public in Fengtian Hall.

Liu Dachuan was awarded the title of Uncle Zhongyi, Yan Yuanshan and Guo Sanhai were awarded the title of viscount, and other mayors or camp managers such as Yang Minghe, Wang Kesheng and Luo Zonghuan were granted the title of baron, Yu Wanzhi, the general manager of the North American Craftsmanship Camp, Wang Shiyi, the general manager of Liujiazhai Iron Workshop, and The directors of the three arsenals in Queshan, Ruyang and Wuyang were also awarded the title of baron.

The awarding of military commanders became the highlight of the ceremony.

"Since I raised my army, Yang Heqing followed me from Minggang, and then led the army to Define Yang, march to Hubei, and then campaigned in Huainan, taking all of Zhejiang. His achievements should be the first among all the generals!

Now I canonize you as the Duke of Changxing County, with an annual salary of [-] taels! Another Jin rank is two-star general! "

Seal!

And not surprisingly, he is probably the only duke at this ceremony!

Understanding this, Yang Heqing was not only excited in his heart, but also overwhelmed with emotion. He went out to bow down and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yang Heqing, I accept the decree to express my gratitude!"

After Yang Heqing returned to the army, Liu Sheng continued to announce rewards to other generals, and sure enough, there was no longer a duke.

Peng Youyi was named Andonghou, Helianyue was named Yilinghou, and Li Dingguo was named Yongxinghou, all of whom were county princes.

Shen Wandeng was also the commander of the standing army, but his contribution was slightly less, and he was named Fanchenghou (Xianghou).

Then Liu Changhe, the commander of the Yangtze Navy Division, was granted the title of Longtan Marquis, Zhang Ao, the deputy commander of the [-]rd Division, was granted the title of Jianyang Marquis, and Wen You, the deputy commander of the [-]th Division, was granted the title of Luyang Marquis, all of whom were township marquises.

Huang Gan, commander of the [-]th Independent Brigade, was named Yongtaihou (Xianghou) for his contribution to the pacification of Jiangxi.

Four of the guards, Wang Xinwu, Li Niu, Huang Jie, and Ma Jinshui, were also granted the title of rural marquis.

The remaining three members of the Guards were Guo Hao, Zhou Xing, and Bai Xiaosheng, as well as the standing army Zhang Guying (Deputy Commander of the First Division), Lin Youhui (Deputy Commander of the Fifth Division), Zheng Erli, Liu Erhe, Shen Zhaoxian, Hu Dongliu, Yuan Shizhong and a group of brigade commanders were named counts.

In addition, Zhao Deyou, Cheng Song, and Li Guofan, who were full-time administrative officials at the division level, as well as Wang Dalu, An Jun, and Wang Wei who were in office, were all granted the title of viscount.

Finally, a large number of personal guards, standing army generals, and military and political officials were awarded barons.

At the same time, Liu Sheng's canonization of the harem was also announced to the world.

The queen is naturally the red lady, the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine are temporarily vacant. Li Xiangyun is named Shufei, Li Lingfei is named Zhuangfei, and Bai Taiwei is named Huifei.

Xu Wan, the daughter of the Xu family in Wu County, who was chosen by the Red Lady, was named Concubine Li.

As for the prince, he has not been canonized yet.

···

After dark, Qian Qianyi returned to his residence exhausted.

Liu Rushi came up to greet him. Seeing that Qian Qianyi's tired expression seemed to be a little lost, he couldn't help asking: "We are so happy today, why are you so unhappy?"

Qian Qianyi did not hide his thoughts and said: "Speaking of which, although I was once an official, I was not a surrendered minister. After taking the initiative to surrender, I first helped His Majesty write the "Ming Ming Xi", and then selected the year of Qianyuan for him. Make a note.

I thought that with these merits, I could be awarded a knighthood during this ceremony, but I never thought that I would only be awarded the title of a first-class civil and honorary doctor. Alas~"

Liu Rushi said a little speechlessly: "It is an honor to be conferred a first-class civil service title. Why are you not satisfied yet? Among the civil servants awarded today, Qian Yunsheng, Li Yunzhong, Yan Ermei and Song Xiance, who have not followed His Majesty for a long time? ? Why should I compare with them?"

After hearing this, Qian Qianyi felt much happier and nodded: "You are right - among the ministers who have served your Majesty since he came to Nanjing, I have the highest level of civil service."

"exactly."

When Qian Qianyi changed into home clothes, washed his face, and sat down to drink ginseng tea, he said again: "Confucian scholar, where do you think I should start if I want to make meritorious deeds again?"

Liu Rushi thought for a while and said: "The master is now the Minister of Rites. In addition to etiquette and sacrifice matters, he is also in charge of the imperial examination.

Since the founding of the country, there are many wastes waiting to be revitalized. I may suggest that your Majesty reopen the imperial examination as soon as possible, so as to win over the hearts of scholars from all over the world. "

Qian Qianyi's eyes lit up after hearing this, "What a great idea! Confucian scholars are really my wise helpers!"

The next day.

The first day of July.

Qian Qianyi got up after dawn, washed up slowly, and had breakfast with Liu Rushi.

At this time, he couldn't help but sigh, "Speaking of which, Your Majesty is really considerate of our ministers - he set the major and regular court meetings after half past eight o'clock, and the regular court meetings are only held in the middle and end of the month.

On weekdays, all departments work in their respective yamen, and they only need to go to and from get off work on time. "

After hearing this, Liu Rushi asked curiously: "What should I do if there is an emergency?"

Qian Qianyi smiled and said: "If there is an urgent matter that requires His Majesty to summon important ministers to discuss, he will naturally send a bodyguard to summon him."

After breakfast, Qian Qianyi rinsed his mouth with tea again, then got into the carriage and headed to the imperial city.

He was originally used to riding in a sedan - in his opinion, the sedan was safer and more comfortable.

But ever since he learned that Liu Sheng hated people riding in sedan chairs and believed that riding in sedan chairs was suspected of treating people as animals, he never sat in sedan chairs again.

If he hadn't been too old and feared he would become paraplegic from a fall, he might even learn to ride a horse.

Qian Qianyi got off the carriage outside the Meridian Gate and asked his servant to park the carriage in a special "parking lot" before entering the Forbidden City.

The offices of the nine departments of the Government Affairs Council are mainly located in the southeast corner of the Forbidden City, namely the Wenhua Hall and some surrounding buildings.

Previously, many palaces in the Forbidden City in Nanjing collapsed and were damaged. However, since Liu Sheng took over Nanjing, he summoned craftsmen to carry out simple repairs on some palaces. Although they could not be restored to their original appearance, they could be used for living and working.

Qian Qianyi first went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Etiquette to order the knot, and then went to the Wenhua Hall to prepare for today's internal dynasty.

Inner court and listening to politics are what they, who were officials in the Ming Dynasty, call them. According to Liu Sheng, they are actually meetings.

The buildings surrounding the Wenhua Hall are the nine ministries of the Government Affairs Council, and the Wenhua Hall is the meeting place of the Government Affairs Council - whether it is Liu Sheng convening meetings with ministers from various departments of the Government Affairs Council, or meetings of the General Counselor and Political Councilors, they are all held here.

Qian Qianyi came to the front hall of Wenhua Hall and saw Qian Yunsheng, Li Yunzhong and Zhang Youyu already sitting and waiting here, drinking morning tea. He couldn't help but feel ashamed - he thought he was the first to arrive, but he didn't expect that he was only the third in line. Four.

Before half a hour, all the nine ministers and ministers arrived. Of course, several departments now do not have all the ministers on the right and left, so there are actually only about [-] people.

Immediately, amidst the shouts of the eunuchs, the officials entered the main hall of Wenhua Palace. Liu Sheng then entered the main hall from the back hall and sat on the dragon chair in the hall.

"Long live my emperor!"

"Everyone is flat!"

After everyone got up, Liu Sheng said again: "Take a seat."

Tables and chairs have already been set up in the main hall.

Qian Qianyi and others were used to Liu Sheng's way of asking ministers to sit down for meetings, so they were not surprised, so they all sat upright.

Later, Liu Sheng got straight to the point: "Today's Government Affairs Council meeting will first announce the appointments of several other political participants and divide the work of each political participant."

　First more.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)