Dominating Martial King

Chapter 1821 - 597: Imperial Harem

Chu Xisheng definitely aims to conquer the Heluo Two States, thereby unifying the world.It is estimated that within a year, this ’Qinhuai County’ will become the southern capital of the New Dynasty.

Therefore, this Imperial Palace was built according to the specifications of an Imperial Palace, with a very compact area. Of course, although the palace is small, it contains everything necessary.

However, Jian Cangfeng has completed all the preparatory work, but there are some things he cannot do on behalf of Chu Xisheng.

Founding a dynasty is no simple task.

First, they must decide the name of the country.

Chu Xisheng’s associates, along with the scholars and literati he summoned, debated in the Gathering Hall for half a day.

Finally, Chu Xisheng made the decision and established the country name ’Law’, henceforth known as the Dalv Dynasty.

This represents his state governance philosophy, prioritizing the law and ruling the country by law.

They also needed to decide on the era name.

Chu Xisheng was unwilling to listen to their debates any longer, as they were giving him a headache, and he directly decided on the era name ’Primordial’.

After formally becoming emperor, he would be known as the Primordial Emperor.

This era name doesn’t hold any special meaning, merely aimed at simplicity.

Next up was the clarification of the governance structure.

Daning Dynasty’s governance structure is actually already quite mature and only needs minor tweaks.

Chu Xisheng merely further optimized the Cabinet system and abolished Daning’s Five Armies Commander’s Office, establishing the Secretariat.

He also clarified the responsibilities and terms of office of the Cabinet Ministers and Privy Council Envoys, unlike the previous unclear system.

Then, the Six Ministries were divided, expanded into thirteen departments, adding a Finance Ministry, Ministry of Education, Water Department, Communication Department, Ministry of Mines, Industry Ministry, and Medical Department.

Among them, the Ministry of Education oversees all educational and tribute matters.

Chu Xisheng believed that industry and healthcare also need emphasis, so he established the Industry Ministry and Medical Department.

The Industry Ministry manages the factories and ’industry’ across the regions, while the Medical Department is responsible for healthcare and sanitation.

Moreover, the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites, and Ministry of Industry had too many functions, so it is better to separate them to have specialized responsibilities.

This was also to strengthen the power and authority of the Cabinet.

Chu Xisheng anticipated that he wouldn’t be Human Emperor for long.

He himself doesn’t have much time to engage in governance.

In the future, his role as Emperor is essentially symbolic.

Therefore, he reduced the constraints on the Cabinet and lowered the status of each department’s Ministers to facilitate Cabinet governance.

However, the Secretariat reports directly to the Emperor, and the Ministry of War is overseen by the Secretariat.

The appointment power of the Ministers and Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of Rites must also rest in the Emperor’s hands.

The Cabinet has the right to recommend, but the final decision must be made by the Emperor.

Chu Xisheng knows that the governance, finance, personnel, and military power of a country are most crucial; as long as these three points are tightly held, problems should be minimal.

Chu Xisheng himself has no interest in governance and doesn’t care much for secular powers.

Previously, he took over the Iron Banner Gang in order to complete the Chaos Secret Ceremony.

Now establishing the Dalv Dynasty is to enhance the Twelve Dragon God Heavenly Guardian to counter All Gods.

Chu Xisheng is actually extremely tired of the tedious paperwork.

However, if he has descendants who are ambitious in governance, they can easily gain real power through this structure.

Chu Xisheng also improved the Inspection Bureau by adding personnel within it, establishing various levels of Imperial Censors, and delineating their powers and duties by law.

Unlike the Inspection Bureau of Daning Dynasty, where Imperial Censors supervise everything but achieve little, and often entangle politics into a mess.

He also established an ’Audit Bureau’, specializing in auditing the financial expenditures of major departments and local counties.

However, Chu Xisheng doesn’t actually hold much hope for oversight institutions like the Inspection Bureau and Audit Bureau.

These institutions work well at the founding of a dynasty when people desire stability and politics are straightforward.

But once a long time passes, under the erosion of wealth, money, desires, and power, problems inevitably arise.

Chu Xisheng now can only hope that strict systems can extend the time it takes for officials of Dalv Dynasty to become rotten.

He never hoped for the dynasty he established to last forever or the country to remain eternally secure.

Additionally, he centralized power from the local levels, transferring all criminal matters to the Inspector General’s Office at the higher level.

Next is the appointment of officials at various levels, generals at various levels, assignment of defense zones, local defenders, and so on.

And the rewards for those ministers who have contributed merit.

Chu Xisheng adopted the five-grade noble rank system of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron, with each grade divided into three classes.

For instance, Barons are divided into Village Man, County Marquis, and County Marquis; Dukes are also divided into County Duke, Duke, and Duke.

There are different treatments for hereditary succession and succession by degradation.

Chu Xisheng was rather generous in granting military merits.

However, the founding of Dalv Dynasty was extremely smooth, with few setbacks, largely relying on the efforts of Chu Xisheng and his wife, resulting in only very few dukes among victorious generals, and even rarer were those with perpetual inheritance.

Only Iron Madman and Tie Xiaosheng brothers each obtained a Duke position, reduced by six grades in inheritance.

In the future, it is impossible for them to lead troops in battle, and this is likely their final noble rank.

After Chu Xisheng finished sorting all this out, nine days had passed.

Nine days later, Chu Xisheng led the court’s ministers and generals, and the twenty thousand imperial guards reorganized from the six War Halls of the Iron Banner Gang, with great momentum, towards Qinhuai County.

On the next day after they arrived at Qinhuai County, it was an auspicious day suitable for businesses, weddings, and sacrifices.

Chu Xisheng ascended to establish his dynasty on this day, amidst the rendering and worship of numerous forces, and proclaimed himself as Emperor.

At this moment, among all ministers, most soldiers were full of excitement and flushed with enthusiasm.