Until the beginning of the dynasty, the emperor did not have any special actions, and even rewarded the clan according to the practice of previous years.

This made those princes of the clan who had gone against their will feel a little relieved.

It seems that Your Majesty is also thundering and raining, just for show, no matter what, he still cares about the feelings of the same clan.

Liu Zhi was in the harem every day, and he didn't take care of political affairs, and he took advantage of his leisure to ask Zhang Rang about the concubines who were sent out of the palace to pray for blessings, how are they arranged now.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slaves have been secretly sent back to their hometowns a year ago in accordance with Your Majesty's orders.

Each of them prepared some belongings, and they also brought out their own jewelry, money, and so on. ”

As long as it is arranged, it can be regarded as a matter of concern, Liu Zhi nodded, "Did they say anything before they left?" ”

"All the ladies are very grateful for Your Majesty's great kindness and are willing to pray for Your Majesty at home for the rest of your life."

Liu Zhi shook his head and smiled, "That's not necessary, if you let people pass a message to their family, just say that I have already released them, and they will marry freely in the future, and there is no need to have any taboos." ”

Most of these women's families are middle-class families, and one of them is the daughter of King Annan, who was captured that year, and her identity is a little embarrassing.

Originally, it was the rule of the Han Dynasty that as long as the concubines were returned, they were all married twice, but Liu Zhi's authority is now much higher than that of the emperors of previous dynasties.

Coupled with his iron-fisted methods in some aspects, they didn't dare to arrange their future easily, for fear that Liu Zhi would change his mind in the future and settle accounts after the autumn.

With his personal promise, they have no scruples, and the future of these women is guaranteed.

"Yes, it's all Your Majesty's mercy."

Zhang Rang smiled and took the order.

Taking advantage of the leisure of the past few days, Liu Zhi took out the ship's drawings and analyzed them carefully, although now there is a building ship that combines steel and wood.

But it was mainly used in the bow of ships, and steam engine power was also used, but due to the high cost, the number of equipment was not much.

The zoning function of the hull is very close to that of modern times, and basic tools such as compasses and telescopes are also equipped.

Such a ship has been able to support ocean-going missions, and moreover, there are many years of sailing experience of Deng Yan, as well as the routes they have traveled with countless blood and time.

But what Liu Zhi wants is a super ship with sufficient cargo loading capacity and corresponding military strength to withstand ordinary wind and waves, and to be able to sail at sea for a long time.

This is not possible for today's ships, and the fuel of the steam engine alone cannot support long voyages.

Even with the newly developed generator, it will encounter the same problem, and can only use dual power, and the old sail equipment is still indispensable.

Sails can be sailed when the fuel is exhausted and cannot be replenished, as well as when the wind is good and the weather and course conditions are good.

To this end, Liu Zhi also summoned some professionals to inquire, and he sent someone to Nanyang for the final design drawings.

There are the largest shipyards in the country, they are very experienced, and in order to save time, he asked for the existing building ships to be retrofitted.

After finishing this matter, it soon came to the sixteenth day of the first month, and on the first day of the opening of the dynasty, the civil and military officials arrived extremely neatly.

The Ministry of Officials submitted a list of all retired officials below the fifth grade, and the number was not large, and some of them were recommended to stay in office, and it seems that during this annual leave, the various departments of the imperial court were not idle.

Liu Zhi glanced at it slightly, and then approved, he didn't interfere much in this kind of small matter now, and then he was to fill the vacant places.

Twenty people have retired above the fifth grade, and only seven have been retained, which means that thirteen middle and high-level positions have been vacant, and there are even first-class people like the scholars of the Hanlin Academy.

Of course, according to the tradition of the Han Dynasty, when high-ranking officials leave office, they will write to recommend successors.

Back then, Hu Guang was strongly recommended by Liang Budo, so before a few years ago, Liu Zhi had already received your recommendations.

Everyone wants to let someone from the same force take over after they leave, or there are also impartial recommendations, just leave an incense.

The candidate recommended by Hu Guang this time is Taichang Peng Yue, who is too learned, although he is only in his fifties and has enough knowledge, Liu Zhi is not satisfied.

This person is a faithful spokesperson of feudal Confucianism, and during the reign of Empress Dowager Liang, she attached great importance to Taixue, and the enrollment scale reached an unprecedented 30,000 people.

Later, Liu Zhi founded the four major colleges and Yucai School, etc., and the scale of Taixue was smaller than before, and now it is still maintained at about 10,000 people.

Before the establishment of the Ministry of Education, Taixue was also in charge of state and county government schools across the country, as well as several other large schools in the capital, such as Yongtang and Mingtang.

Although Taixue also added some new disciplines at Liu Zhi's request, in general, it was still dominated by Confucianism.

And the position of a scholar of the Hanlin Academy is not only responsible for cultural inheritance, but also the emperor's political adviser, and it is impossible for him to let a conservative person take the position.

Otherwise, if he bothered to invite Hu Guang out, there would be no point.

Therefore, Liu Zhi simply appointed Dong Ban as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and Lu Zhilai took over the secretary of the Ministry of Education.

Over the years, Lu Zhi has been committed to the education of the Han Dynasty, and his achievements are outstanding, which is also obvious to all, and he deserves to be the secretary of the Ministry of Education.

The rest of the second, third and fourth officials all discussed the choice in the recommended quota, and this court meeting was very important, and this item alone was discussed all morning.

At noon, the imperial court provided a light working meal, and after a short rest, the new project continued in the afternoon.

At this time, Liu Zhi finally announced the long-awaited list of cabinet ministers.

Yuan Xu was the first assistant, Li Ying, Chen Fan, Dong Ban, Wang Lang, and Zheng Xuan were members of the cabinet, and a total of seven people formed the first Han cabinet.

Most of this list was expected by everyone, but Xun Shuang, who was deeply favored by the emperor, was not selected, but entered the Dong class.

However, Xun Shuang's age is indeed very young, and now he is only in his forties, and Dong Ban is already close to the age of sixties, in terms of seniority, he really has to wait.

As for Zheng Xuan, because he is a Taifu, although he is not usually involved in politics, he has a transcendent grade and sufficient qualifications.

The dust has settled on the cabinet candidates, which can be regarded as the biggest event at the beginning of the year, and the next step is the formation of the parliament.

This time there was no direct determination of personnel, but Liu Zhi instructed that the parliament be divided into senators and chambers, and that the list of senators must be approved by the emperor, and there can be anywhere from thirty to fifty people.

The Chamber of Deputies includes local and industry representatives, as well as representatives of middle and lower-level officials in the imperial court, and can have more than 100 people, who are screened by the cabinet and submitted to the emperor for review.

As for the selection mechanism, it will be discussed separately by the cabinet and the emperor......

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