"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the first emperor collapsed, returned to the five elements, I am still young, resulting in the traitorous generation of the turbulent way, now there is the king of the northwest into the king of Beijing Qin, to get rid of the traitor, the merit is great, and the internal and external civil and military ministers are persuaded to advance, so Xiao Yu was canonized as the regent prince, the prime minister. Chin this. ”

Sun Shilin stood on top of the platform, holding the Ming Huang Holy Decree, and his shrill voice echoed in the silent hall.

Xiao Yu did not kneel, but stood to receive the holy decree, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Yu is incompetent, he should not take on this great responsibility, but his majesty has conferred the title, and there are ministers under him to persuade him to enter. Thinking deeply about the weight of entrustment, earnest and conscientious, but His Majesty the Emperor, fortune and prosperity, industry and prosperity, I want to prosper and govern, and we must reform the old and make the new. Everything is based on the old chapter, and it is also based on the ancestors. Since he is only virtuous, he still relies on his relatives and sages, and he plans to rule the new country with the correct dynasty outline, so as to live up to His Majesty's trust. ”

The ministers in the palace knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Meet His Royal Highness the Regent." ”

At this moment, the long-planned and more than half a year of taking over the Eastern Capital finally came to an end, and Xiao Yu finally got his wish, and was officially canonized as the regent by the little emperor Qin Xian, taking over the military and political power, becoming the de facto ruler of the Eastern Capital, and taking the Eastern Capital and most of the Jiangbei into the bag, plus the five northwestern states and Shuzhou behind him, Xiao Yu is now sitting on half of the country.

Looking at the world, now only the three states in the northeast and the states in the south of the Yangtze River have not yet been unified, Xiao Yu has said to Lin Yinping more than once that the day the world is unified is when I Xiao ascends the throne and becomes the emperor.

There is no owner in the world, only the virtuous live.

At this time, everyone had to admit that today was a day that would go down in history, when the Dazheng royal family, who had ruled the world for 276 years, lost all rights and was replaced by a new regime headed by Xiao Yu in the northwest.

After retiring from the dynasty, Xiao Yu, who was wearing a python robe, took the lead in walking out of the main hall, and a northwest general in a military attache robe followed him, and his boots, which were used to stepping on the cold and hard ground in the northwest, stepped on the gold bricks, making a heavy sound, and everyone was in high spirits, because they were the ones who were about to master the world.

Xiao Yu walked in the imperial city and sighed to Lan Yu on the left: "Last time I came and went in a hurry, I didn't have time to take a closer look. ”

Lan Yu said with a smile: "There will be opportunities in the future, but I am afraid that the prince will get tired of seeing it." ”

Xiao Yu stopped and said softly: "How can you get tired of it? However, I will not enter the imperial city for the time being, nor will I enter the Eastern Capital, and the Anguo Mansion will be left to Xiao Lie for the elderly, and I myself still live in Wanshouyuan. ”

Xiao Jin, who was walking on Xiao Yu's right hand, suddenly said: "I once heard Elena say that she can take a photograph and store the image on paper.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then stroked his palms and smiled: "Huaiyu is very kind, go and find the king's Viscount Ai, and then move a few chairs over, this king will take a photo with you in front of the Jinluan Palace today." ”

On this day, the civil and military ministers who were retiring from the dynasty saw a scene that will never be forgotten.

On the wide square under His Majesty Dan, a group of high-ranking civil and military officials of the northwest warlords lined up in two rows, sitting in the front row and standing in the back.

Xiao Yu, who was the leader, sat in the center position, and the chair under the seat was obviously a cut above everyone on the left and right, and he was held by the stars.

A woman with colored eyes stood three feet away from these high-ranking officials in the northwest, holding a strange "crutch" studded with gems in her hand.

With a blinding flash of light, a total of nineteen images remained.

Xiao Yu, Lan Yu, Xiao Jin, Lin Han, Wei Ban, Min Xing, Ming Chen, Li Chen, Qu Cang, Li Rusong, Tang Chunyu, Han Xuan, Xu Yan, Duanmu Ruisheng, Bonu, Chen Han, Xiao Gongyu, Sun Ligong, Zhang Haijiu.

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The day after Xiao Yu came to power, he took advantage of this opportunity to "stand up after breaking down" and began to vigorously promote his new policy, which was to achieve his goal of integration and unification, and it was also different from the previous Xiao Lie regime.

The first step is to depose the Zhongshu and prime minister system restored by Xiao Lie, reset the cabinet system, and still take Wenyuan Pavilion as the cabinet location, giving the cabinet the right to draft votes, and the cabinet has a total of four scholars, located above the six books, and the cabinet chief assistant once again has the reality of the prime minister, and Xiao Yu himself, as the regent, has taken the power to approve the red from the hands of the celebrant and the emperor, and has the reality of the emperor.

Then Xiao Yu appointed Sun Shiwu as the first assistant of the cabinet and conferred the title of scholar of the Middle Pole Palace; Lan Yu as the second assistant of the cabinet and conferred the scholar of the Jian Ji Temple; Zhou Jingchao as the second assistant of the original cabinet and ranked third among the group of assistants and conferred the fellowship of Wu Yingdian University; and Ming Chen, as the representative of the Taoist sect entering the WTO, was also one of the group assistants and conferred the fellowship of the East Pavilion University. In addition, Han Xuan, Xu Yan, and Duanmu Ruisheng served as the secretary of the cabinet and awarded the cabinet bachelor.

Under the cabinet, the six Shangshu are respected, of which the official department is the head of the six, known as the "heavenly official", Xiao Yu appointed Lan Yu and the position of the secretary of the ministry, and the household department is second only to the official department, known as the "local official", and Xiao Jin is the appointment. Xiao Gongyu served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Haijiu served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, Li Chen served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Sun Ligong served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

In general, it is said that there are three old and three new, the three old are Xiao Gongyu, Zhang Haijiu, and Sun Ligong, all three of whom are Xiao Lie's former ministers, and Xiao Yu has given the Manchu Dynasty civil and military a reassurance, indicating that he will not purge on a large scale, even if it is an old minister, he will reuse it. And the three new ones are Lan Yu, Xiao Jin, and Li Chen, all of whom say that once a son of heaven and a courtier, after Xiao Yu ascended to the throne, he naturally would not only use the old man, and it was inevitable that his own people would take the position.

Although the six ministries are nominally equal, but the size of the authority is very different, among which the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are the three departments of real power, and the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment will inevitably have some authority on the table, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment are okay, they do not raise their heads in the east, and there is still a bit of majesty in the locality, and the Ministry of Industry is even more heavy, but the Ministry of Rites is more miserable, nominally the third department after the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, but in fact it is regarded as the pension yamen by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

As the head of the three ministries of real power, Lan Yu, the No. 2 person in the northwest, concurrently serves as the secretary of Shangshu, and no one has any objections, so that Lan Yu, the second assistant, can overpower Sun Shiwu, the empty shelf first assistant, and become the real speaker of the cabinet. Secondly, Xiao Jin was in charge of the Northwest Finance and Military Food Transportation, and it was reasonable to take over the Household Department. However, the military department was unexpected by everyone, but it was reasonable. It is only because in the process of Xiao Yu's entry into the Eastern Capital that Xiao Gongyu was the first to surrender to Cheng, and he also made great efforts, and more importantly, he was also surnamed Xiao, so he was able to take over the real power of the Ministry of War.

As for the other three, the Criminal Department is the official hat that Xiao Yu personally promised when he recruited Zhang Haijiu, and at this time, it can be regarded as fulfilling the original promise. Although Sun Ligong also served Xiao Yu, after all, he was Xiao Lie's confidant, and Xiao Yu was not easy to reuse, so he was placed in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, a high-ranking pension with no real power. The last Li Chen is considered to be a "self-family" from the northwest, but the pattern is not big, and he does not have the bearing of the prime minister.

The first is to abolish the Privy Council and re-establish the Metropolitan Governor's Office, with Xu Lin serving as the Metropolitan Governor, and the Governor of the Five Armies, Lin Han as the Governor of the Central Army, Wei Ban as the Governor of the Left Army, the Governor of the Right Army of Fujian, Zhuge Gong as the Governor of the Former Army, Han Xiong as the Governor of the Later Army, and Zheng Jing, Li Ruchun, and Liu Yi as the Governor, and Shi Le as the Governor of the Governor.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that whether it is the cabinet or the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the first assistant and the metropolitan governor are just decorations, and it is the original few people who really hold the real power, and these people are all Xiao Yu's confidants.

This change can't be said to be insignificant, but under the eyes of hundreds of thousands of Northwest Iron Horsemen, no one really dares to say half a word, if there is, Xiao Yu will never mind killing a hundred at this time.

This change in the military and political pattern starts directly from the top level, from top to bottom, and can be called a quick knife to cut through the mess, but the next change in the local pattern must be simmered slowly.