"Your Majesty is here~"

With a long shout coming from the back hall, more than 200 civil and military people in the court quickly stood up to welcome them. With a sound of footsteps, Qin Shihuang walked out of the inner hall under the escort of the palace men and eunuchs. He walked to the dragon throne and sat down with his sleeves in a steady manner. Then his eyes swept across the entire hall, and his voice was as plain as ever: "My dear friends, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the sound of chairs colliding and moving, Li Simengyi and others saluted and sat down on their respective chairs.

"Jiang Mansion, please announce the imperial edict!" After the hall calmed down, Qin Shihuang said calmly.

"Here~" Jiang Heng slowly unfolded a long silk book in his hand, and then began to read aloud with ups and downs.

"The First Emperor ordered that from today on the positions of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, and to set up three provinces and six ministries. At the same time, the positions of officials in the world will be adjusted to one to nine ranks. Both civil and military officials will be the same. Those with official positions will be ranked, and those without official positions will only have titles..."

"Wow~~"

Almost as soon as Jiang Heng read the first sentence, a violent commotion suddenly broke out in the entire hall. In addition to Chen Xu, Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and some officials who were recruited into the palace to discuss, even Wang Ben and others exclaimed in surprise. Unexpectedly, what Chen Xu said was true.

The exclamations and noises in the court interrupted Jiang Heng's reading aloud, and Qin Shihuang's face became gloomy.

"Silent, noisy people are driven out of the hall!" The doctor ordered Shen Gongyan to stand up and look back at the noisy civil and military officials, his voice serious and cold.

Under the threat of Shen Gongyan, the noisy civil and military officials slowly calmed down.

"Please continue with the Jiang Mansion Order!" Qin Shihuang said lightly.

"The three provinces are the Secretariat, the Secretariat and the Supervision Province. The three provinces are led by three ministers. Li Si, the Prime Minister of the Secretariat, has a first-rank official position, a gold seal and a purple ribbon, and is in charge of the examination and imperial edicts. There are one person in the Secretariat, a second-rank, one person in the Secretariat, a second-rank, two persons in the Secretariat, two persons in the Secretariat, three persons in the Secretariat, four persons in the Secretariat, and four persons in the fourth-rank position. All officials in charge of the world's Secretariat, and are issued by the Emperor's Imperial Palace, and govern the government in the Ziying Hall of Xianyang Palace."

"Feng Quji, the Prime Minister of the Shangshu Province, has a first-rank official position, a gold seal and a purple ribbon, and is in charge of six ministries, including rituals, households, officials, soldiers, punishments, and labour. He has one Shangshu Ling, two Shangshu Cheng, three ranks, six Shangshu Pushe, and four ranks. He is in charge of six ministries managing the approval and issuance of the seal and memorials submitted by counties across the country, and is in charge of the Zihuan Hall of Xianyang Palace."

"Meng Yi, the chief censor of the Provincial Supervision Provincial Censor, has a first-rank official position, a gold seal and a purple ribbon. He is in charge of the censor supervising officials in the world. He has one censor, two second-rank, two third-rank, and the censor chief, and the fourth-rank. He is in charge of the government in Tai'an Hall of Zhangtai Palace."

"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of Zhao Gao, and he is the second rank of official positions, with silver seals and green ribbons. He is under the jurisdiction of Fengchang, Taipu, Zongzheng and Dianke. All of them are third rank official positions. Each department has a yamen and a fourth rank of official positions..."

"The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of Shen Gongyan, and he is the second rank of official positions, silver seal and green ribbons, and has a meritorious service, a meritorious service, a commissar, and a four-rank office of the Lang General. All are third-rank offices, and each office has a yamen and a fourth-rank office..."

"The Ministry of Revenue Order, Gao Teng, is in charge of the second rank of official positions, with silver seal and green ribbons, and has household registration, tax, stockholder, and the fourth rank of agriculture and serenity offices. They are all third-rank official positions, and each department has a branch of yamen, with four official positions..."

"The Ministry of War is in charge of Wei Liao, and he is the second-rank official position..."

"The Ministry of Works Order, Zai Hong, is in charge of the second rank of official positions..."

"The Ministry of Justice, Yin Wu is in charge, and the second official position is..."

"Shaofu Order, Zhao Wei, is in charge of the second rank of official position..."

"The Inner Historian, Qi Dang is in charge, and he is the second rank of official position..."

"County magistrate, third rank of official position..."

"County lieutenant, fourth rank of official position..."

"County magistrate, fourth rank of official position..."

"The Censor, the fifth official position"

"Chief, fifth rank of official position..."

"Shi Shi, chief clerk, sixth rank in official position..."

"County magistrate, seventh rank in official position..."

"County lieutenant, eighth rank in official position..."

"County magistrate, eighth rank in official position..."

"The ninth rank is an alternate official, with a rank of the same rank, and the official has no rank, and the rank remains unchanged..."

"The Lord of the Military Affairs Office remains unchanged for the time being. The evaluation of in-service soldiers will be agreed upon by the Ministry of War and handed over to the two prime ministers..."

"This order will be issued within one month by the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat that the counties and counties across the country shall not be delayed, and the 29th year of the First Emperor will be the day of the Chou month and Dingwu!"

A long edict was worth thousands of words. After Jiang Heng finished reading it word by word, the whole court was silent and there was no sound at all. However, all the officials had different expressions, some were excited, some were silent, and some were as if they were lost.

"My Great Qin took over Zhou and replaced him, and he held the destiny of heaven to rest in the world, and he held the virtue of water to control China. All my dear friends are diligent for the stability of our great Qin. Although this is the case, our great Qin is different from the previous Zhou. The changes in the system of three provinces and six ministries and the formulation of the ninth rank official positions have made the government offices more responsibilities and power clear. This policy was created by the Hou of Qinghe, and all the officials in charge of the three provinces and six ministries participated in the discussion. It was not my momentary thought. I also asked you to work diligently and diligently for the prosperity of our great Qin. Please Prime Minister Li accept the order!" Qin Shihuang looked down at the entire hall. Although his voice was calm, his face was serious and fierce and domineering.

Jiang Heng walked down the nine steps and respectfully handed the edict to Li Si: "Prime Minister Li, please accept the order!"

"I must repay Your Majesty with all my heart!" Li Si took the edict with both hands, and his serious and serious voice echoed throughout the hall.

...

This is an unprecedented reform.

But some people are happy and some are worried.

Chen Xu, who came out of the court, naturally understood why Li Si, Feng Quji and Meng Yisan were the Shangqing today, had such a very ambiguous attitude towards him.

Whether it is the system of Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, or the system of Three Provinces and Six Ministrys, there is no loss for the three Supreme Courts. Instead, the rights in their hands have increased a lot. This increased rights come from sharing the things that the emperor should have been worried about.

In the past, under the suppression of Li Si, Feng Quji's role in the court was a bit dispensable, because although both were prime ministers and were both under the command of civil and military officials, the so-called "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. Because Qin Shihuang trusted Li Si too much, Feng Quji's role was greatly weakened, and his voice was very small, and he basically belonged to a subordinate position. Although Feng Quji was low-key and indifferent, he reached this position of more than ten thousand people below one person, and no one was willing to be the second son for the rest of his life.

After the restructuring of these three provinces and six ministries, Feng Quji served as the prime minister of the Secretariat. Although his status seemed to have not changed, his power in his hands could be said to have increased by more than a hundred times. After taking charge of the six ministries, the people and officials of the world were all under his control, and he alone held the power to deal with the seals and memorials of the officials of the world. Although these seals and memorials were finally delivered to the Secretariat, which was under the jurisdiction of Li Si for review, as long as the Secretariat was handled by the Secretariat, Li Si had no reason to reject it. This disguisedly gave the Secretariat a lot of space to operate independently and would not be suppressed by Li Si in many things.

Li Si, who became the prime minister of the Secretariat, seemed to have lost the right to command civil and military officials, leaving only the two items of "secret review" and "issuance of imperial edicts" in his hands. However, it was these two items that allowed him to firmly control everything in the world, and could understand the emperor from the top and control the official edicts of officials from the bottom. If he was satisfied, he would let him go, and if he was not satisfied, he would reject it. Although it was reasonable and moderate, the authority of this degree was very great, because these rights were the emperor before, but now they fell on him.

As for the censor Meng Yi, who is still in charge of the censors and supervises officials in the world as usual, no matter how powerful Li Si and Feng Quji are, once they find that they have transcended their authority and laws, they can still grab the braid and step on it hard, because his rights are not weakened at all.

The biggest beneficiary of the reform of the three provinces and six ministries system is the emperor. This three provinces and division system will save him time dealing with many trivial matters and instead devote his main energy to dealing with major military and political affairs. The kind of thing that requires one stone to be reviewed every day is almost impossible to happen again. Moreover, the three provinces and six ministries have not carried out military power reforms, which means that he decided in the military. As an emperor, as long as he firmly controls military power, the world will still be his world, and no one can shake it.

As for some of the accumulated problems that may arise after the reform, as well as the shirking and procrastination between the three provinces and six ministries and government agencies, there will naturally be some problems, but after the responsibilities and powers are clear, such things will become very few and will never be as chaotic as before.

The restructuring of the three provinces and six ministries will inevitably make many people angry and depressed. For example, the four noble positions of Dianke, Taipu, Zong Zheng and Fengchang were all included in the second-level department of the Ministry of Rites, and their official positions were also dropped to the third-rank. Their rights and status were naturally incomparable to those before.

In addition to the two prime ministers Li Si and Feng Quji who benefited from this reform, the Taifu Zhao Gao, who was ranked as the Minister of Rites and was second only to the three provinces. His status seemed to have not changed, but his power suddenly increased several times. He controlled all the four nine ministers in his hands, so that he could firmly control the four nine ministers of the past. After a long time of hard work, he had a large group of officials standing by his side, so that countless subordinates who shook flags and shouted for him would appear in the court.

"Congratulations to the Ministry of Rites, please give me some advice in the future!"

"Congratulations to Lord Zhao, I will definitely follow the leader of the horse in the future!"

In the square outside the prose hall, countless officials bowed to Zhao Gao, who was walking out with great swagger, including Zong Zheng, Feng Chang, Dian Ke and others with a bitter face.

"Haha, we are happy together, please don't give me any gifts!" Zhao Gao also bowed his hands with excitement on his face, and the pride on his face was beyond words.

Since the last time he assassinated Shang Tu by Chen Xu, Zhao Gao was still worried for a while, but later he found that Chen Xu had no movement after so many days. Therefore, he guessed that his subordinates had indeed killed Shang Tu. As long as Shang Tu died, no one would know about the conspiracy between him and Shang Tu Aoping. Therefore, during this period, he returned to his usual appearance, especially today, becoming the four ministers in the Ministry of Rites, which made him inexplicably excited.

"Haha~" Chen Xu stood at the door of the Chaogong Hall, watching Zhao Gao leave proudly surrounded by a group of ministers, and couldn't help but sneer a few times.

"Why is Qinghe Hou laughing?" Meng Yi, who walked out of the hall and slowly put on his shoes, couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, it turns out it's Lord Meng, I'm rude!" Chen Xu rumbled at Meng Yi randomly, and then smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao Gao seems to be very excited today?"

"It is inevitable that excitement. He used to be the Grand Duke, but now he is in the position of the Ministry of Rites and serves as the Four Ministers. It can be seen that His Majesty's kindness to him remains unabated. However, I heard that the Hou Qinghe didn't mean that!" Meng Yi casually inserted the tablet on his belt, and said with a calm expression on his beard.

"What does it mean doesn't matter. What's important is that the court restructuring has finally succeeded. Is Lord Meng interested in having a drink to celebrate together? Qinghe wine!" Chen Xu seduced.

Meng Yi's eyes lit up, then nodded and said, "Marquis of Qinghe invites you, I will naturally not be able to ask for it, let's go!"

Meng Yi almost couldn't wait to hold Chen Xu's hand and often walked in the square.

"Mr. Meng, please don't be anxious. Xu is also preparing to call Prime Minister Li of the Secretariat..."

"What's the point of asking him to do? Is there so much Qinghe wine in your house that you can't finish it? Last time I invited Li Si to a banquet, he actually drank three bottles by himself. I still feel heartbroken..."

"It's just three bottles, Xu can still ask..."

"I know you must have something to ask for. It's better to ask me if you want him. You and me are three bottles... Well, three boxes of Qinghe wine, I will definitely help you with it..."

Well, money-greedy people have always been easier to deal with, and Chen Xu felt that his little thoughts could no longer be put on the table in front of an old fox like Meng Yi, so he had to take the bus to leave.

Li Si and Feng Quji finally came out of the Chaogong Hall and stood at the door of the hall together, watching the carriages of civil and military officials leaving under the 99-step steps in the square.

"Li Xiang, Feng will not disturb you today. Please give me more advice in the future so that you can live up to your Majesty's kindness!" Feng Quji bowed and said.

"Feng Xiang asked for help. The three provinces and six ministries have a lot of restructuring. They serve His Majesty together and should not give advice!" Li Si also bowed and said.

"Goodbye!" Feng Quji bowed again and then strode away. His gray-white hair and beard swayed in the cold wind, and the overhaul was a little relaxed.
Chapter completed!