Jiang Zhengyi did not proclaim himself the crown prince, but directly ascended the throne. His edict stated that his mother-in-law had ordered him to ascend the throne immediately and officially ceded his throne to him.
Jiang Yao became more and more puzzled. Concubine Silkworm Yao was the master of Jiuyan, and Jiang Zhengyi was just the young master. For such a big event as the founding of a country, shouldn't we wait for Concubine Silkworm Yao to come back?
You must know that Concubine Canyao has a high prestige in Jiujiang. She can be said to be the leader of the order for eternity, not just a decoration.
Even if Concubine Can Yao is involved in something important and cannot come back, then as the son of a human being, Jiang Zhengyi should respect Concubine Can Yao as the emperor and himself as the prince, right?
But Jiang Zhengyi succeeded to the throne directly. Moreover, the ministers of Jiujiang had no objection.
Jiang Zhengyi's character seems to be that if he doesn't do something, he will do it, and if he does something, he will do it. He did not call himself King of Chu or King of Qi like Pan Ding and Haiyun Chi, but directly proclaimed himself emperor and emperor!
The young master of Jiujiang, Lord Qing, suddenly transformed into the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!
As a result, Jiang Zhengyi became the only "Son of Heaven" and "Emperor" in the real world today.
Although this supreme position is only recognized by Jiu Jin, he is the only one currently.
For Jiang Zhengyi to do this, he obviously understands history better than Pan. Of course, he did this to seize the opportunity of orthodoxy.
Considering the current situation, whoever proclaims himself emperor first may really gain the upper hand.
The opening chapter of the imperial edict he published emphasized: "The world has been divided for a long time, the turbid waves are overwhelming the sky, the poisonous flames are burning the earth, and the love is the Qing Dynasty..."
This is very interesting.
He totally spoke of being the savior of the world, thinking that destiny was his own, so the reign was named "Destiny".
What made Jiang Yao even more uneasy was that the content of Jiang Zhengyi's founding edict included a lot of detail on the system of "our Qing Dynasty" and seemed relatively complete.
It was different from the Chu State, which had a simple system and a simple change of soup. Judging from Jiang Zhengcheng's "Edict on the Founding of the People's Republic of China", the system of "I, the Qing Dynasty" was relatively more refined.
And the minister who assisted in drafting the "Great Edict" turned out to be Qinglu!
Qinglu is familiar with Jiang Gong's reforms.
First of all, Jiang Zhengyi made it clear that the emperor and the way of heaven came into being, and he was the emperor. The emperor was appointed by the way of heaven and was supreme, and he was in the ninth position.
He emphasized the sacred status of the emperor from a legal perspective. In terms of throne design, he was superior to the King of Chu and King Qi.
Secondly, the "Great Edict" clarified the official and military systems of the Qing Dynasty. Like the Ming Dynasty, it also formulated a nine-rank official system.
The central government established a government forum and selected eight powerful ministers from among the twelve nobles. The government forum became the highest central organization in the Qing Dynasty and was directly responsible to the emperor.
The function of the political forum is called the political forum meeting, and the emperor personally presides over it.
By appointing and dismissing ministers, Jiang Zhengheng could firmly control the council meeting. The imperial power was further concentrated. At the same time, a gap was opened in the natural unity of the great nobles when facing the monarch.
The minister of political affairs is the Congyipin, and the Zhengyipin is not established for the time being.
Under the political forum, there are nine offices. They are Sima, Li, Fu, Xing, Yao, Zhen, Fu, Qi, and Cha.
The two officers of the Nine Prefectures are called the Left and Right Prefects, and they are the second rank.
In addition, more than a dozen small institutions have been set up to serve as auxiliaries to the central high-level institutions.
One platform and nine offices were the central government system of the "Qing Dynasty".
The emperor himself also had an imperial agency called Shiyufu, which was actually Jiang Zhengyi's personal adviser. The "Great Imperial Edict" said that officials from the Shiyufu were on standby to prepare for the emperor's advice.
It seems that it does not have much power, and cannot be compared with the political forum.
But Jiang Yao, who was well versed in ancient Chinese politics, knew that the Shiyu Mansion was actually like Kang Mazi's early Shangnan Study Room and Yongzheng's early Military Aircraft Department.
One day, this Imperial Palace will replace the political forum controlled by the twelve great nobles.
It can be seen from this that Jiang Zhengyi is very sophisticated. Among them, Qinglu must have had many ideas.
At the local level, Jiang Zhengyi, like the Chu State, changed the situation without changing the medicine, and only established nominal local government offices, such as county governors and county magistrates.
These local officials were also held concurrently by the original local nobles.
In Jiang Yao's view, the central system of the Qing Dynasty was relatively complete, but it mainly lacked the Ministry of Rites, which was in charge of ethics and scientific examinations.
However, at the local level, "We, the Qing Dynasty" were still governed by clan politics, and the tribal aristocrats' monopoly on local resources and power had not fundamentally changed.
This point is like the aftermath of the Later Jin Dynasty before the Manchu Qing entered the Pass.
Jiang Zhengyi did this mostly on purpose. He had no intention of shaking the ruling foundation of the Wu family aristocracy, and he had no intention of promoting the interests of the poorer class.
Jiang Yao can see from Jiang Zhengyi's "Great Edict" that Jiang Zhengyi is still a reactionary ruler. What he wants is to unify the world at the lowest cost, not to fight against the martial arts families in the world.
Militaryly, the "Great Edict" clarified the mixed military system of the Four Banners Army and the tribal army. The Four Banners Army was incorporated into the Qing Forbidden Army and became the first main force of the Qing Army, commanded by the Qing Emperor himself.
The tribal soldiers were led by major nobles, and were awarded new general military titles, such as governor, general, commander, etc., and were nominally under the jurisdiction of the military commander's office.
The core of the military system is the flag soldier system.
Each banner only has 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the four banners only have a total of 160,000 soldiers, which doesn't seem like much. But the problem is that all the soldiers are veterans with Jindan (Wuzong) or above! Even the commanders are Nascent Soul monks.
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Generals with holy level cultivation can all be assigned to the Wan Chang level, and the flag owners are all great saints!
With a large-scale army with such a high average cultivation level, the Four Banners Soldiers that are about to be formed may be the only ones in the entire True Realm.
The banner masters of the four banners are all served by important ministers who have attained the level of the Great Sage. Under the banner masters are the four arrow masters of the east, south, west and north. Each arrow master is served by a saint-level powerhouse.
According to this configuration, there are actually 20 saint-level powerhouses among the mere 160,000 soldiers of the Four Banners, including four great saints!
By doing this, Jiang Zhengyi was able to incorporate half of the elite soldiers and generals of Jiujiang into the Four Banners Army. He was confident in commanding such powerful soldiers and horses, and it was obvious that his own cultivation was also very strong.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to operate the military seal.
The "Edict of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" strengthened the emperor's military power through the four-banner military system. In order to appease the nobles of various tribes, a title system was introduced.
Jiang Zhengyi created the fifth-class title for male princes and uncles, and prepared to reward them generously, in an attempt to use the title to calm the dissatisfaction of the twelve major families and win people's hearts.
After Jiang Yao read the long "Edict on the Founding of the People's Republic of China", his expression changed unpredictably.
If the Qing army suddenly entered the Witch Territory from the Jiujiang exit and stabbed the Chu army in the back, Panchu would definitely suffer a big loss.
When will the Qing army "leave the border"? And where will the attack be?
Is there only one exit in Jiuyan’s small world that Nioni knows about?
More importantly, is the "Wanxiang Gu Jing" still in the Qing Dynasty? Tiangong? Has it been taken away by Concubine Silkworm Yao?
Thinking of Concubine Silkworm Yao, Jiang Yao felt itchy with hatred.
Jiang Yao was thinking about this when suddenly a palace official entered the Yinming Leng Palace and reported: "Lord Du, His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty invites Lord Du to attend the enthronement night banquet. The palace has specially prepared ghost food for you."
The big ghost smiled evilly and said: "Okay, I finally have blood food to enjoy."
I followed the palace people to the Yuanqing Palace in the Qing Dynasty Palace. The palace was already filled with drums and music, and everyone could see the nobles of the "Qing Dynasty".
The palace was splendid and magnificent, surrounded by fairy clouds. High-end wines and delicacies were placed on the table, the atmosphere was solemn and warm, and the palace banquet was grand and orderly.
As for the person who served as the master of ceremonies at the palace banquet, it was Qing Lu.
Ginger medicine was led to the front position. There was no fine wine or food on the table, only a few cold clay pots, which contained the high-level souls that ghosts loved to eat, waiting for the fate of being devoured by ghosts.
In the eyes of ghosts, these souls are all high-end and delicious, and they are considered good ghost food.
It's really not a bad treatment.
Amidst the sound of bells and cauldrons, Jiang Zhengyi, wearing a green dragon robe and a Liuheyi unified crown, stepped onto the throne.
What's ridiculous is that even though Jiang Zhengyi has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he still wears a mask.
Wearing a mask to be the emperor, Jiang Zhengyi has been through the ages!
Jiang Zhengyi wore an ancient and gorgeous blood-red ring on his hand. When Jiang Yao saw this ring, he suddenly felt a little familiar.
Hmm? This ring...
He thought for a moment and suddenly remembered the origin of the ring.
It turned out to be the ring on the human skin in the Immortal Burial Lake in Daogu Mountain.
That is the ring of the Six-fingered Immortal!
However, Jiang Yao clearly remembered that the Immortal Burial Slough was snatched away from Yiyi's hands by Yu Kuan.
Logically speaking, this ring should be in Yu Yan's hand.
But why was it worn on Jiang Zhengyi’s hand?
Could it be that Jiang Zhengyi snatched it away from Kuner again?
When Jiang Yao saw the ring, she felt extremely dazzling and worried.
He didn't know that it was Pan Kang who snatched the Immortal Burial Slaughter from Yu Kan, and then Jiang Zhengheng snatched it from Pan Kang.
At this time, Qinglu, the master of ceremonies at the palace banquet, said loudly: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, and all the ministers kneel down to welcome him!"
What? Kneel down to welcome him?
The faces of saint-level experts, especially the great saints, are hard to look at.
Yes, since Queen Yao Fei succeeded to the throne, the royal power has indeed become much more powerful. Even the saint-level ministers will kneel down to welcome the queen.
But the problem is that His Majesty, the newly enthroned Emperor, is also a saint-level cultivator like them, and is not yet a great saint. Why should they kneel down to greet him?
Jiang Zhengyi raised his hand and said, "No kneeling, no courtesy."
Jiang Yao sneered in his heart when he saw this. Jiang Zhengyi knew that the saint-level experts were unwilling to kneel down, but he deliberately asked Qinglu to kneel down to greet them, and then said he would not kneel down. This was of course also a strategy.
Over and over again, someone will always accept the "kneel down to greet", which is like boiling a frog in warm water.
This person is really good at playing with people's hearts.
Jiang Yao thought about it, and according to the routine used by emperors, instead of having a banquet directly, he would announce the reward first, and then everyone would be happy, and then the emperor and his ministers would enjoy it together.
Sure enough, just as Jiang Yao thought of this, Qing Lu stood up and said: "The emperor has a decree to establish the Qing Dynasty... and to confer officials and titles..."
Then, a large number of officials and titles were conferred. The powerful men at the level of the Great Sage were all Dukes; the Saints below the Great Sage were almost all Marquises. The Quasi-Saints were granted the title of earl...
Although Qinglu was only a martial arts immortal and a new minister, he himself was granted the title of Uncle Ruizhong, and was also awarded the title of Shiyu Fufu.
member.
Jiang Yao really admired him. Qinglu was the only person in the Qing Dynasty who could be awarded a second-grade official with the rank of Wuxian.
The other second-grade officials are almost all Saints, and a very few are quasi-Saints.
Then, Jiang Zhengyi also named Mi Yiyi and four other ladies as noble concubines, and also named a bunch of other concubines. But the youngest concubine was a witch god.
They are all powerful people with genius qualifications, they are not just flowers, and their backgrounds are not bad.
Jiang Yao even suspected that Jiang Zheng might be using this method to expand his core team by accepting so many women and making so many concubines.
It can be seen that his cultivation and qualifications are not enough, and he has no reputation in either the former dynasty or the harem.
Those who were awarded titles and concubines came out to pay their respects to the Qing Emperor. People with cultivation levels below the saint level, such as Qinglu, paid homage and knelt down to express their gratitude.
Qinglu even knelt three times and kowtowed and said: "Slave Qinglu, thank the emperor for his grace, long live!"
Under the influence of Qinglu, many ministers who respected Jiang Zhengyi and wanted to please changed their names and called themselves slaves.
As for the important ministers with holy level cultivation, they just call themselves ministers and hand over their hands in thanks.
"Haha, Your Majesty, you servant... you are really the Qing Dynasty." Jiang Yao felt very contemptuous in his heart.
"Everyone of you, the ministers, return to their seats and sit down for the banquet. I will be drunk with you all today," Jiang Zhengyi said.
The ministers actually didn't know what the self-proclaimed "I" meant. They just thought it was unusual and sounded domineering.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the officials of the Qing Dynasty raised their glasses together, and for a while they drank and drank. The orioles sang and danced, the drums and harps played, and the hall was full of joy and excitement.
Jiang Zhengyi specifically looked at Jiang Yao: "Die Zhidu Zun, this is the Yuanhun ghost food I specially prepared for you. You are welcome, please."
"I, I, I am a dog-footed person." Jiang Yao secretly scorned him and said with a ghostly look on his face: "Then I'll thank the Qing Emperor."
He looked at the high-grade ghost food on the table, and the joy in his eyes flashed away, but he said with a sullen face: "Your Majesty, I have been in the palace for several days, and your Qing Kingdom has been established.
But what’s your reply to the Ghost Emperor?”
"I would like to declare first that if there is no exchange of equally high-level treasure scriptures, the Ghost Emperor will definitely not give the "Great Wilderness Ghost Scripture"."
Jiang Zhengdi smiled and said: "Don't worry. I, the Qing Dynasty, have my own treasured scriptures that can be exchanged. Well, I can let you enter the treasured scripture pavilion and let you see the list yourself. Which treasured scriptures you think can be exchanged, choose which one
Book."
It was obvious that he did not want to offend the Ghost Emperor and wanted to take advantage of him.
"Okay." Jiang Yao nodded with secret joy, "However, it is not me who has the final say as to which book can be exchanged, but the Ghost Emperor. If the Ghost Emperor doesn't like any book, then it cannot be exchanged.
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Jiang Zhengdi said: "This is natural. As long as the Ghost Emperor can pass on the "Great Wilderness Ghost Sutra" to me, I will treat him as a teacher and be named Taixuan Guoshi."
Hearing this, Jiang Yao breathed a sigh of relief. At least, he would soon know if the Baojing Pavilion in the palace contained the "Wan Xiang Gu Jing".
Then, Jiang Yao grabbed a soul from the clay pot and swallowed it alive, really like a ghost.
Of course he couldn't reveal his secret.
Moreover, he is now in a ghost body and has a soul thought from the ghost master Jin Hui, so he can completely devour the remaining souls.
Jiang Zhengyi saw the ghosts enjoying ghost food naturally, and the only trace of doubt in his heart finally dissipated.
After three rounds of drinking, a minister suddenly entered the palace in a hurry, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, I just received the news that the Demon Clan's Nightwing tribe has established a nation!"
"Well, I guess it will only be in these few days." Jiang Zhengdi put down his wine glass, "What about the country name and era name? Who is the leader of the country?"
The courtier reported back: "The country is named Great Liang, the reign is named Zhenyun, and the country's leader, Ye Yi Xingkong, calls himself the King of Liang."
Jiang Zhengyi asked: "Is there no civil war among the demons?"
The other party reported: "No at the moment. The Nightwing Tribe has only integrated the small tribes affiliated with it. It has not used troops against the Biluo Tribe and the Tongshan Tribe, and has no intention of sending troops."
Jiang Zhengdi looked around at the ministers, tapped his fingers on the imperial desk and said:
"This is strange. If Panchu wants to unify the witchland, and Haiqi wants to unify the monsterland, they must use troops internally. But Xiliang, although it has established a country and established a title, has no intention of using troops against the eastern tribes. It's weird. It's weird.
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Qinglu stood up and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty, the Nightwing Tribe is the overlord of the Demon Realm. Now they don't need troops to unify the Demon Clan. From what I can see, this may be because the war in the north is tense and the Charming Tapir Khan has gone south. The Tongshan Tribe is under the greatest pressure, and Yeyi Xingkong does not dare to use troops against it.
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The ministers nodded. This statement is tenable. The Qishan tribe is currently under tremendous pressure from the Charming Tapir Army. It is the barrier of the Demon Realm and an important cornerstone of the Demon Clan's camp.
If Xiliang sends troops to unify the demon territory and launch a civil war, it will destroy the Great Wall and split the demon camp, and the charm tapir army will take advantage of the situation and move south.
Although the northern part of the Demon Clan is also under pressure from the Charming Tapir, the Demon Clan's main territory is on the sea, so the Demon Clan can have a civil war. However, the Demon Clan and the Shenzhou Human Race cannot have a large-scale civil war.
Jiang Zhengyi shook his head and said in a lazy but determined tone:
"You are wrong. Yeyi Xingkong is definitely not afraid of the demon clan's civil war. He did not send troops to Biluo and Kongshan because he was not afraid of destroying the Great Wall. Anyway, there is Shenzhou to share the pressure of Charming Tapir."
"Even if Charming Tapir invades the northeastern part of the Demon Realm, Yeyi Xingkong will not suffer any loss. That is not his territory in Xiliang. He can even add insult to injury and take the opportunity to divide the Qishan region with Charming Tapir."
"Xiliang's refusal to send troops must be because he is restrained by a mysterious force. He is very afraid of this force and does not dare to use troops externally."
Yeyi Xingkong was restrained? By whom? Was it by Pan Chu?
But although Panchu borders the Demon Clan, it is separated by the Demonic Poison Forest, which is insurmountable for large armies, and it is difficult to contain Xiliang.
Qing Lu said: "The emperor has a clever plan and can see thousands of miles away, but the servants are absolutely inferior. I dare to ask the emperor, is there any power in the Demon Realm that can contain the tyrannical Xiliang?"
This time, he didn't say minions, but "minions", representing all the ministers present.
However, Jiang Yao felt a chill in her heart and said secretly: "Jiang Zhengyi must know about the existence of the ancient Yang clan."
Sure enough, Jiang Zhengyi said directly without any concealment: "The people who contain Xiliang should be the ancient tribe of the Demon Realm headed by the Yang family. They are similar to us and belong to the remnants of the ancient Sui Dynasty."
"Their population is small. But they are very powerful and have a great influence on the demon clan. The Nightwing clan has always been afraid of those ancient survivors."
"That's fine. With the Yang family to contain Xiliang, we can delay Xiliang's unification of the demonic realm, which will be more advantageous for the Qing Dynasty."
The newly appointed political minister Chu Zongdao said: "In that case, please ask the emperor to inspect the troops and prepare for the expedition."
"Yes." Jiang Zhengyi ordered: "According to my decree, within five days, the troops and horses of the Four Banners will be fully selected. On the ninth day of March, I will review the army of the Four Banners."
"The Commander-in-Chief ordered the commander-in-chief of the Four Flags to be refined as soon as possible..."
One decree after another was promulgated, and the newly born Qing Dynasty immediately began preparations for all-out war!
Jiang Yao carefully analyzed all the decrees announced by Jiang Zhengyi. He concluded that Jiang Zhengyi was very sophisticated in politics and a very clever ruler.
This person should be the Red Dust Fairy.
PS: I spent more than two thousand words describing the political and military systems of Chu and Qing, and took everyone to understand the institutional differences between Chu and Qing. This is actually necessary. Because these two countries are both new regimes, and they are
Of course, important forces in the book need to be introduced. Good night, Crab!