It is easier to conquer the world than to conquer the world. After taking control of Dadu, Song Xuan directly issued an order to rename Dadu as the imperial capital.
He also asked Li Shanchang and others to arrange the follow-up matters of Jinling City and lead the Ministry of Interior officers and troops to the imperial capital as soon as possible.
The meaning of this move is self-evident, that is, the new dynasty was established and Dadu was to be its capital.
This order naturally attracted the attention of many people, and even Xu Da Lanyu and others sent letters to persuade Marshal Song to reconsider it.
They are all considered southerners, and they all have land and property in Jinling. Naturally, they don't want to leave the prosperous place of Jinling and settle in the north.
But Song Xuan's will was extremely firm, and no one could change his decision.
Ten days later, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen led a group of civil servants in Jinling City, hurriedly and slowly, and finally arrived at the imperial capital.
As soon as they arrived in the imperial capital, the two of them didn't even think about resting, so they hurried to the imperial city to meet their lord Song Xuan.
In the Imperial Study Room, Song Xuan had a long conversation with the two most dependent civil servants. In the end, the two of them still failed to convince the founding ancestor of his determination to establish the imperial capital.
The next morning, Song Xuan changed into a black dragon robe under the service of the chamberlain, and then arrived at the Daming Palace.
Daming Hall was rarely used during the Yuan Dynasty. Only during major ceremonies or important decisions, court meetings would be held here.
When we arrived at the Daming Hall, we were already filled with civil and military officials on both sides.
This was the first time Song Xuan formally held a court meeting after taking over the imperial capital.
It stands to reason that Song Xuan had not officially ascended the throne, so he immediately started wearing dragon robes, which was inappropriate for etiquette.
But Song Xuan doesn't care about this. The whole world has been conquered. He can wear whatever he wants. Who dares to object?
Under the awed and enthusiastic gazes of the civil and military officials in the palace, Song Xuan wore a dragon robe and sat on the dragon chair, looking around at everyone in the palace.
The next moment, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, the two leaders, started to kowtow directly.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
The civil and military officials then knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor!"
Amid the shouts of long live the mountains, the first major meeting of the new dynasty officially began.
Then, the first topic of the great court meeting was not to confer titles or generals and reward meritorious officials, but to discuss the title of the country.
The Jinling regime conquered the world so quickly that before Li Shanchang and others even had time to think about the title of their country, their lord had already sat on the throne.
Then, the hall suddenly became lively.
All kinds of messy country names were recommended, and even the country names such as Divine Dynasty and Celestial Dynasty were mentioned. Song Xuan looked at them with great interest and was quite interesting.
In the end, he, the emperor of the new dynasty, with the expectations of all civil and military officials, acted decisively and chose the word "武" as the name of his country.
In this regard, Baiguan didn't have much opinion.
Just like Zhang Wuji started his career as a Ming sect and took Ming as the name of his country after establishing his country, it is not surprising that Song Xuan was born in the Wudang sect and took Wu as his country's name.
Of course, the civil servants were still somewhat unhappy.
This national title made them feel that they were inferior to military attachés.
After the country's name was determined and the Wu Dynasty was established, the next step was naturally to discuss matters such as enthronement.
The emperor's ascension to the throne is a top priority. Only after the new emperor ascends the throne can the founding heroes of the country be rewarded.
The matter of enthroning the throne was very complicated. Some civil servants in the Ministry of Interior explained a lot of etiquette for enthroning the throne, citing scriptures. After hearing this, Song Xuan even began to feel sleepy and impatient.
In the end, with a wave of his sleeves, Gan Gang made his decision and canceled all the messy and complicated rituals, leaving only the most important ritual of worshiping the heaven.
As for the date of his accession to the throne, it was set on the first day of January of the following year, the day when all things were renewed.
When the Wu Dynasty was first established, the civil and military teams naturally needed to be rebuilt.
In the Great Court Meeting, Song Xuan did not establish six ministries like previous dynasties, but split the Ministry of Interior into three departments.
Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice.
As for the military attachés, Emperor Wu Song Xuan established a military department to take charge of the military.
The four major departments are relatively independent, and the chief officials of the departments are all first-class officials and are directly responsible to the emperor!
As for the chief officials of the four major departments, Song Xuan immediately made appointments in the court.
The chief official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Li Shanchang, who is considered the head of the hundred officials. Although he does not have the title of prime minister, he has the actual status of prime minister.
For the position of chief official of the Ministry of Finance, Song Xuan assigned Hu Qian, the first Congzhilong minister, to the position.
He has already given him the treatment he deserves. As for whether Hu Qian, a speculator, can secure his position, it all depends on his own ability.
As for the Ministry of Justice, which had the power to supervise officials and make legislation, Song Xuan naturally handed it over to Liu Bowen.
When Song Xuan appointed these three civil servants, there was no sound at all in the court. The qualifications and achievements of these three people were all there, and no one dared to say anything.
However, when the chief military officer was appointed, the hundreds of officials in the court were divided.
In terms of military merit, Lan Yu and Xu Da were naturally the highest, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Chang Yuchun were equally generous. For a while, it was still unclear who should take the position of chief military officer.
Even though these four people are all from Fengyang County and have a close relationship, the generals and officers under their command don't care about this. Who doesn't want their leader to be the number one person in the military?
In the end, it was Song Xuan who made the decision and Zhu Yuanzhang took charge.
After all, he was the Ming Taizu in the original history, so he certainly had abilities. There is no doubt about this.
If Song Xuan can only stay in this world for one year, this person will naturally be the first person he wants to deal with.
But the situation is different now. He can easily survive the civil and military affairs of the dynasty until death, and there is no such thing as being superior to his master.
The four major departments in the court were established, and the civil and military officials discussed the local administrative system.
The civil servants unanimously believed that the reason for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was not only the brutality of its own rule, but also the fact that local management was too loose.
They didn't care whether the people lived or died. As long as taxes were paid on time, the court didn't care at all what the local gentry, powerful, or even ordinary people liked to do.
In other dynasties, the imperial power did not reach the countryside, but during the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial power could not even reach the county level.
Imperial officials lacked real power, and most of their power was in the hands of local gentry and powerful people, and was not controlled by local governments at all.
Li Shanchang and other civil officials unanimously believed that it was particularly important for the imperial power to go to the countryside to organize households and people, and various decrees from the imperial court must be clearly issued to the township level.
Song Xuan recognized their views and divided local administrative levels into five levels: province, prefecture, county, township and village.
The establishment of an inspection station in each township was actually similar to the township police station in later generations. The director was a ninth-grade official, which could greatly strengthen the court's control over local villages.
As a newly established dynasty, the system and other things are bound to be impossible to perfect, and there will always be various flaws.
But Song Xuan didn't care, as long as he lived long enough, he would have plenty of time to perfect it little by little.