After the ministers left, some eunuchs and palace maids were still there, and Hu Zining said, "You should also step down." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xiao Dezhang, the chief eunuch, knelt down to Hu Zining and said, "Your Majesty, the slave has something to start." ”

Hu Zining said, "What's the matter with you? ”

"Your Majesty, you just said that you want to abolish the eunuchs and palace maids, if it is to abolish the palace maids, it would be fine, eunuchs like slaves, if they go out of the palace and have no means of livelihood, they must starve to death, beg the emperor to let the eunuchs stay and serve the emperor and the ladies."

Hu Zining was already very disgusted with castrating as a eunuch, and he knew that Xiao Dezhang had done a lot of things that harmed others and sought personal gain, so he didn't want to keep such a person by his side.

"It turns out that you are worried about making a living in the future, you can rest assured, I will arrange for them to work in the handicraft workshop, it is not difficult to learn things in this handicraft workshop, and there is a salary every month, so as to ensure that you will not go hungry in the future."

Xiao Dezhang heard that the emperor meant to drive him away, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Hu Zining just planned to arrange most of the eunuchs to work in those light industry factories, and for some handicrafts that were not very technically complicated, the eunuchs could also be competent.

In various dynasties, the number of eunuchs and palace maids was more or less, reaching more than 10,000 at the peak, and there were about 1,500 in the late Qing Dynasty, with eunuchs and palace maids accounting for half each.

Hu Zining left 100 eunuchs behind, and arranged all the rest to work in the factory. As for those palace maids, the palace maids of the Qing Dynasty were selected from Shangsanqi Baoyi, who entered the palace at the age of about 10 and could leave the palace at the age of 25 to join their families or marry, but there were many who did not leave the palace for the rest of their lives. Hu Zining plans to arrange for those who are older and extra to work in factories, mainly textile factories. Those under 25 can later be rewarded to meritorious soldiers, or organized blind dates for them.

After Xiao Dezhang left, Hu Zining asked Zhang Qiqi: "Qiqi, why hasn't the system been upgraded?" ”

Kiki said: "Master, one of the two conditions required by the system has not yet been met, look at your anxious appearance, you just became the emperor today, how many people in the world know." ”

Hu Zining said: "That's too, I'm too anxious." ”

At this time, the communications soldier said that Minos from Chengdu had called.

"It's Minos, is everything done?"

"Oh, Commander Hu, you are now His Majesty the Emperor, I have already shipped all the machinery and equipment you want to Chengdu and you are now in Beijing, how will we hand them over?"

"Mr. Minos, this is going to bother you to transport to Beijing, my country has now changed the dynasty, I hope you Germany will recognize me as the emperor as soon as possible, I hope you can serve as the ambassador of the German Consulate General in China."

"Your Majesty, I have just reported to China, and I believe that we in Germany will be happy to associate with His Majesty the Emperor."

On the 24th, Feng Guozhang, who was in Wuchang, telegraphed Hu Zining to express his allegiance.

On February 27, the entire city of Beijing was heavily guarded, and in the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, the Chinese Emperor Hu Zining held an enthronement ceremony here.

After the eunuch read out the edict of Emperor Xuantong, Hu Zining, who wore a newly designed and cut new dragon robe, was worshiped by hundreds of officials in the Taihe Palace.

Next, the important matters of the founding of the country were announced, and the first was to determine the emperor's era name: "Fuxing", which means to lead the Chinese nation to achieve great rejuvenation. The next step was to clearly stipulate that the Chinese Empire's form of government was a constitutional monarchy, and that the emperor was the supreme commander of the army.

The next step was to announce the new officials: Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi, Associate Minister Xu Shichang, Foreign Minister Liang Dunyan, Minister of the Interior Zhao Bingjun, Minister of Finance Yan Xiu, Minister of Education Tang Jingchong, Minister of War Wang Shizhen, Minister of Navy Sa Zhenbing, Minister of Justice Shen Jiaben, Minister of Agriculture and Industry Zhang Jian, Minister of Communications Yang Shiqi, Minister of Culture Liang Qichao, Chief of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force Duan Qirui, Deputy Chief of General Staff Yu Pengfei, Commander of the Praetorian Guard Yu Pengfei, President of the Supervision Yuan and Director of the General Political Department are all Zhang Qiqi. Yang Du, the dean of the Examination Institute (equivalent to the Ministry of Officials).

After the central officials were read, the next step was the provincial governors, the provincial governors were only responsible for the administrative affairs of a province, the armed forces were under the unified management of the central government, the Supervision Yuan was equivalent to the department supervising hundreds of officials, equivalent to the modern ******, and the General Political Department was equivalent to the Propaganda Department. The Minister of War only has the right to manage the armed forces, but does not have the right to command the troops in combat. The General Staff, the Supervisory Yuan, the Examination Yuan, and the Political Department were all directly accountable to the Emperor and were not part of the Cabinet.

After reading out all the officials, they invited talents from all over the country and abroad to serve the country in the edict, and some of them read their names in the edict, such as: Cai Yi, Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun, Xu Shuzheng, Feng Ru, Cai Yuanpei, Gu Weijun and so on.

Next, in the edict, it was announced that all ethnic groups in the land of China were equal, the emperor was the common leader of the whole nation, and all ethnic groups together were collectively called the Chinese nation, of which the Han nationality was the most dominant ethnic group in the Chinese nation, and the Hanfu represented the national costume of the Chinese Empire.

Eventually, the edict revoked the wanted warrants for the members of the League, invited them to serve as government officials, and sent a message to Sun Wen and Huang Xing, inviting them to come to Beijing to discuss state affairs with the emperor.

On the afternoon of the day when Hu Zining held the enthronement ceremony, Germany sent a telegram to the outside world, recognizing the Chinese Empire as the sole legitimate regime, and Hu Zining was the monarch of the Chinese Empire.

In the evening, Hu Zining and Zhang Qiqi were doing the joy of fish and water in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when they were halfway through, Qiqi said: "Master, I just received instructions from the system, you have completed the fourth task, and the system has been upgraded to the fifth level. Starting tomorrow, the number of troops that can be summoned by the master in a day is 192, and every month a total of 4 junior administrative personnel, 1 intermediate and senior administrative personnel, 2 junior and intermediate technical personnel and 1 senior technical personnel of the army, 2 junior and intermediate technical personnel, 2 military personnel and 1 senior technical personnel of the Navy and Air Force, and 1 senior technical and military personnel will be recruited every month.

Later, after the master summoned a division of soldiers, the artillery directly under the division headquarters was equipped with 80 cannons, of which 40 were French Schneider M1927 85mm howitzers, and the other 40 were 210mm howitzers, with a range of 16.7 km. ”

The day after Hu Zining ascended the throne, he held a state funeral for Yuan Shikai, looking sad and crying all the way, looking very good.

On the third day after Hu Zining officially ascended the throne, Sun Wen, who was in Japan, published an article in the newspaper, saying that changing the dynasty could not change the essence of the feudal imperial system, and called on the people of the whole country to take action and continue to struggle for the overthrow of the feudal **** system.

On March 4, the Chinese Empire began to implement the system of official ranks and military ranks, which were divided into: general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant, and soldiers were divided into first-class privates, second-class soldiers, and third-class soldiers. The 13-level system is implemented in both the civilian and military ranks.

Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang have the rank of lieutenant general, Cao Kun and others have the rank of major general, and Zhu Zhizhen, Yu Pengfei and other military attaches have the rank of colonel.

Among the civil officials, Tang Shaoyi and Xu Shichang are the second ranks, Zhang Qiqi and the ministers of various ministries are the third ranks, Yang Du and other deputy ministers are the fourth ranks, and the governors of the provinces are either the third or the fourth ranks.

On March 5, Britain officially recognized that Huaxia had replaced Qing as the legitimate government, but demanded that Huaxia recognize all the treaties signed between the Manchus and Britain and all British rights and interests in the late Qing Dynasty, and other powers made similar demands.

Now that the Huaxia Kingdom has just been established, Hu Zining can't offend so many countries at the same time, so he has to endure it first, and building his own country well first is the last word. In a few years, the First World War will break out, and then the time will take the opportunity to gradually recover the rights and interests that have been usurped by the foreign powers.

Within half a month of Hu Zining's accession to the throne, basically all provinces in the country declared their submission to the imperial court and obedience to the central government. The only exception was Mongolia, which, in the revolution a few months earlier, had declared independence with the southern provinces at the instigation of Tsarist Russia, which considered itself a protector and refused to submit to the central government after the establishment of the central government in China. Historically, Outer Mongolia was recovered by Xu Shuzheng in 1919 and soon declared independence with the support of Tsarist Russia.