Countless people, surrounded by the south of the altar, covered the mountains and fields, and the black pressure was innumerable.

In the north, the soldiers with strict military appearance are divided into countless phalanxes, densely arranged, and the momentum covers the sky and the sun, and the families and relatives of hundreds of officials are also here, respectfully looking up.

Tian Feng presided over the entire sacrifice, placing the prepared sacrifices and sacrificial utensils one by one, and the complicated rituals and processes were dazzling.

For these, Wang Xu didn't understand at all, and he never even cared about it, his mood at the moment was very peaceful, but there was an indescribable happiness, which was not easy to describe in words.

After most of the hour, the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens ended, and Fu Zhu took the stage to read the holy decree, his voice was excited, and he almost lost his temper in public.

Subsequently, Wang Cang took the stage and began to read out the text of the Feng Wang Bang, which was beautifully written, sprinkled with dozens of articles, but it was not boring to listen to at all, not only reflected Wang Xu's meritorious achievements since the Yellow Turban one by one, but also secretly degraded other princes in the world to extremely bad, exceeding everyone's expectations.

After he finished reading, the onlookers roared with joy, and the momentum was so great that the heavens and the earth seemed to be roaring.

"King Chu!"

"King Chu!"

In the cheers, Xiaoyu, Xiaomin, Xiaozhen, Xiaorong, and Xiaoling, the five personal maids who have followed Wang Xu for many years, quickly carried flower petals and spread them on the red carpet.

According to etiquette, Wang Xu was in front and Xu Shu was on the side, half a step behind, bathing in the petals together, and slowly walked up to the altar!

Yan Ming and Sun Shangxiang, as side rooms, were five steps behind, following the two!

Nine steps later, Diao Chan, Cai Yan, Zhao Yu, Zhu Rong, and Ling Wanqing are all in parallel!

All the women are dressed in full costume today, and they are already beautiful and outstanding, and they have their own characteristics. Dressed up now. It is also a national color. Alluring the country and the city, it is amazing and enviable!

At this moment, the hundred officials stood facing the altar, and the civil and military were lined up on both sides, looking at this scene quite strictly, but even with their concentration, they couldn't help but look at the women a few more times.

Wang Xu walked to the center of the altar and took several deep breaths before calming down the agitation in his heart. Then he smiled at Xu Shu and knelt on the ground.

Seeing this, Tian Feng took the holy decree, bowed down and presented it to him, and shouted in a long voice: "Wang Xu, the general of the Great Han Guard, accept the decree and accept the seal!" ”

"Your subordinate Wang Xu, thank the Son of Heaven for his grace!" Wang Xu did not hesitate, and quickly dragged the holy decree with both hands and shook it in his hands.

Tian Feng smiled, but instantly straightened his face again. Quietly stepped aside.

At the same time, Xiao Min slowly approached with the gold plate in his hand. The crowns and phoenix crowns on the gold plate are bright and dazzling!

Frustrated, he bowed solemnly and gently put the crown and the phoenix crown on the heads of Wang Xu and Xu Shu respectively.

When Wang Xu took Xu Shu's hand and stood up from the ground, in an instant, all the civil and military officials knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "The ministers meet the King of Chu!" ”

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The families and daughters of civil and military officials, and the soldiers of various ministries knelt on the ground.

"Meet the King of Chu!"

Immediately afterwards, the people all over the sky knelt down one after another, and the sound of bowing was endless.

"The grass people meet the king of Chu!"

"Meet the King of Chu!"

At this moment, Wang Xu, who was standing on the altar, had a calm face, standing proudly in the face of the worship of countless people.

Looking at the civil and military officials, the excellent soldiers, and the people who worshipped, his chest rose with unprecedented self-confidence!

The spring breeze blew, blowing the nine strings on the crown, making a "pop" sound, and the sound seemed to tell something to heaven and earth......

The ceremony of sealing the king slowly ended, and the plaque of the General's Mansion that had followed Wang Xu for more than ten years was finally completely removed, and he was not willing to throw it away, so he kept it in his own collection room and hung it high forever.

Ji Cao selected a large number of skilled craftsmen, rushed to the new plaque for more than 20 days, and then hung out, which was cast with gold and copper, carved with a variety of exquisite patterns, "Chu Palace" three big characters are from the hands of the master, majestic sù Mu, at a glance, there is a faint sense of oppression.

The roof where the decree had been placed earlier was not in a hurry to be removed, and the decree was placed on it again, and it was expected to be placed for three months.

Of course, the intention is to let more people admire, so as to achieve the purpose of being known to all.

Because this holy decree is very important, Wang Xu even ordered the Praetorian Guards, Dragon Tiger Guard, and the Spy Department to be jointly responsible for guarding it, and the three generals Dian Wei, Yan Liang, and Xu Sheng were also alone for a day, not leaving an inch.

Ten days later, congratulatory words from all parties in the world came one after another, Jiangdong Sun Jian, Xiliang Ma Teng, Han Sui, Bingzhou Gaogan, Yuan Shang in the west of Youzhou, Liaodong Gongsun Kang, and even Cao Cao and all the Taishou subordinates of all parties, and those ministers of the imperial court, all sent congratulatory letters one after another.

This is one of the benefits of the edict issued by the Son of Heaven and spreading the list to the Quartet, no matter what everyone actually thinks, they will always make an innocuous face and recognize the reasonableness of the throne.

The land of the three states, the individual areas that were not very stable, also calmed down, and those who were disgruntled or had bad intentions lost their excuses and could no longer agitate.

However, not all people in the world are not unclear about the situation, and many people still understand in their hearts that in a short period of time, those who believe that Wang Xu has been anti-minded by the Han die-hard family, or those who have ulterior motives, have sent dead soldiers, or assassinated, or intended to snatch away the holy decree, in short, they are not very peaceful.

For this qiē, of course, it was a thunderous blow.

The three groups of Dragon Tiger Guard showed their own magical powers, and no matter what tricks those dead soldiers used, no one could escape their eyes.

As for the location of the holy decree, then there is no need to think about it, no one can meet it at all, the Praetorian Guard is on the periphery, the Butterfly Shadow Department is in the middle of the periphery, the Dragon and Tiger Guard is inside, and there are any one of Dian Wei, Xu Sheng, and Yan Liang guarding next to the holy decree, except for being able to watch it in an orderly manner during the day, he can't even get close.

Wang Xu has never cared about these little things since he handed them over to everyone, he doesn't believe that anyone can be so powerful.

Most of the time, he was in the inner palace, constantly checking the merit book, and seriously thinking about the talent bias of each person, because after he was crowned king, Jingxiang Jiujun officially became a feudal state, and various official positions in the general's mansion were abolished, and the official position of the feudal state was almost the same as the imperial court, it was a shrunken imperial court, of course he needed to be cautious.

Of course. It is precisely because the power of the feudal country is so great. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang made the determination of "not the emperor and not the king". Quickly wiped out the powerful kings with different surnames, such as Han Xin and others, and even after many generations of emperors, all the military and political rights of the king were gradually withdrawn, leaving only the right to collect taxes, and the military and political affairs were managed by the minister appointed by the imperial court.

The small court under the command of the king has since been useless and has no real rights. It is only for these feudal kings to entertain themselves, and in the later feudal kings, the fief is at most a county, and it may even be removed at will, to put it bluntly, that is, the royal clan who takes money and enjoys luxury.

But in the current situation, Wang Xu will not think that the official position is fictitious, and the power is in his hands, will the imperial court send him a minister of state? The key is who dares to come alone and take power?

After half a month of cleaning and thinking, he made the ministers more adaptable. There was no rush to reform the official name, but the actual power was adjusted. It seems to be no different from the Han Dynasty, but in fact, the entire military and political system is based on the centralized system that has gradually been formed as the core.

On the ninth day of April 204 AD, the first court meeting of the Chu Palace, Wang Xu divided the main official positions.

With Guo Jia as the lieutenant, he is in charge of the military, but not the army, and also leads the supervision of the army.

His three secretaries: Guanglu Xun Wang Fei, who is in charge of the national capital Xiangyang City Guard, and has the power to supervise the armies.

Guard Captain Wang Mastiff, in charge of the Praetorian Guard, responsible for the defense of the Chu Palace, managing the carriages, war horses and other things of the Chu Palace, and managing various affairs such as travel and inspection of the Chu Palace.

Xu Shu, the servant, is in charge of the research and development, manufacturing, inventory and storage of various armaments such as weapons, armor, and war horses.

With Tian Feng as Situ, he is in charge of civil affairs such as land, household registration, taxation, currency, official income, fiscal revenue and expenditure, as well as civil engineering, water conservancy and transportation construction matters;

His three secretaries: Chen Deng, the executive of Jinwu, was in charge of 2,000 cavalry, and was in charge of the arsenal and the treasury of money, food, materials, taxes, and currency-related matters.

Dasi Nong Kuailiang, in charge of households, land, agriculture, and commercial affairs.

Zongzheng Zhang Song is in charge of civil engineering, water conservancy, and transportation construction.

With frustration as the commonplace, he is in charge of law, criminal prisons, diplomacy, rules and regulations, rituals, civil and military institutes, scientific research and other affairs!

His three secretaries: Yanwei Yi, in charge of law, prison, arrest and crime!

Dahonglu Wang Kai, in charge of foreign edicts, foreign ministers came to the capital, responsible for receiving and settling, recording the division of the title, and dealing with foreign and diplomatic affairs!

Too often Xiang Lang, sorting out the affairs of the past Cao, medical Cao, and technical Cao! He also leads ceremonies, scientific examinations, sacrifices, rules and regulations, royal ceremonial guards, temple guards and other matters.

In addition, Shangshutai was established to be in charge of the appointment and promotion of civil and military officials, responsible for decision-making and planning of important domestic matters, and supervising all subordinate officials except military generals.

The post of Shang Shuling is temporarily vacant, and the three princes and nine secretaries are all in charge of Shang Shu.

It can be said that most of the positions of the three princes and nine secretaries have changed, but this change is within the scope of acceptance, and no one opposes it, as for the officials at all levels below the nine secretaries, they still need to be decided by the court after the court meeting, and Shang Shutai makes joint decisions, Wang Xu alone cannot even appoint low-level officials alone, he doesn't want to die of exhaustion.

Wang Xu originally wanted to divide the so-called harem into two classes in name, because he treated all women equally, but he didn't expect the ministers to rush to admonish on the spot, spitting and criticizing his ideas to the end.

As a king, doing so is tantamount to disturbing the distinction between respect and inferiority, which will lead to chaos, and even say, will there be no distinction between courtiers and lords in the future, regardless of respect and inferiority, and not etiquette?

In the end, Wang Xu ran out of options, thinking of the limitations of the times, and in the end he could only divide them into four classes, queen, concubine, concubine, and beauty!

Originally, the construction of the ministers was divided into eight grades, but he really didn't have that heart, so how many women did he need to fill it? I'm afraid that if I seal some out, I haven't paid attention to it in my life, and I will harm others and myself, so why bother? So in the end, stick to a maximum of four classes!

There was a precedent for being divided into four classes, and when the ministers saw that they insisted, they no longer admonished.

Eventually, after consulting with the ministers.

Xu Shu was naturally crowned queen, and the ministers all thought that she had the highest merit, was virtuous and virtuous, had a good family, and was Wang Xu's wife, so she should be in charge of the harem.

Yan Ming and Sun Shangxiang were originally side rooms, but now they are sealed, and according to the etiquette, they should be slightly higher than other concubines, so they are named Wang Guifei.

For Cai Yan, Diao Chan, Zhao Yu, Ling Wanqing, Zhu Rong and other women, the ministers also wanted to give advice and divide again, but Wang Xu refused to agree.

As a result, the ministers played again, saying that there were too few concubines in the harem, which damaged the prestige of the palace and made Wang Xu very helpless.

Now he finally understood what the state of those courtiers in history was because of the division of the harem.

He suspected that if he was unwilling to compromise properly, the ministers would probably kneel outside the hall and not be able to afford to die.

After careful consideration, he thought of a few personal maids who were well-behaved, familiar with him, and had followed them for many years, so he finally had some feelings, plus when they served on weekdays, they saw what they should have seen and what they shouldn't have seen, even when he was drunk, it was not once or twice to bathe him.

Therefore, he also took advantage of the situation to canonize the five maids as beauties, and finally made the ministers shut their mouths about it.

As for the final discussion of the establishment of eunuchs, Wang Xu had a cold chill and decisively refused.

It's easy to find an excuse for this matter, and just one sentence made the ministers have no opinion.

"Have you forgotten that if it weren't for the eunuchs who blinded the public, there would be no troubled times today? I don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, in the future, in the palace, except for the palace maids, there will only be female officials! If they do the affairs of the palace on their behalf, it will be difficult for the people in the palace to control the authority. ”

After the end of the court meeting, Shangshutai, which currently only has three princes and nine secretaries, immediately gathered together to urgently discuss the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials at all levels in the court.

Fortunately, there is no need to change the positions of the generals of the various ministries for the time being, and they are not considered, otherwise it will be more troublesome.

A few days later, a large number of appointments and dismissals came out, and the former general's mansion finally transitioned to the small court of the feudal state.

On the other side, the palace of the king of Chu also began large-scale demolition and expansion on the basis of the original general's mansion.

Situ Tianfeng, Zongzheng Zhang Song personally supervised, requisitioned a large number of conscripts and skilled craftsmen, and started construction in a hurry, which was expected to be ten times the size of the original, and it would take several years to repair, which really scared Wang Xu a lot, and finally he forced the rectification and construction plan, and controlled it at about five times, and the projects that could be reduced were reduced, and strive to be completed within two to three years!

ps: This volume is over, a new volume is here, I'm so tired of writing, please support the kings! (To be continued......)