This had been the dream of the Ying family for generations – to bring the State of Qin back to this world. Today, Zhao Fu had accomplished this, fulfilling their dream.
After receiving Qin's Legacy, Zhao Fu had gradually accepted his identity as Qin's Legatee and accepted Qin's bloodline. Even though Zhao Fu only had a collateral bloodline, which was quite different from the Ying family's main bloodline, it was not pure enough.
However, after receiving the Legacy, Zhao Fu's Qin bloodline became incredibly pure, and Zhao Fu acknowledged his identity as a member of the Ying family.
Today, Qin had been reborn in Zhao Fu's hands. Zhao Fu not only wanted to bring it back to its former glory, but he also wanted to create an even more glorious Qin. His blade would sweep through the world, and his sword would sweep through the world. He wanted the entire Heaven Awaken World to know the name of Qin.
Zhao Fu smiled as he walked down from the Heaven Prayer Platform. Below, whether it was the Ministers or commoners, they all respectfully knelt, looks of excitement and joy on their faces.
"You may all rise!"
Zhao Fu smiled as he looked at everyone.
Everyone else got up and bowed to Zhao Fu with smiles on their faces as they said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on becoming the true King of Qin!"
Zhao Fu lightly nodded and brought them back to the Qin Palace. Now, Zhao Fu had two tasks: conferring titles to his Ministers and establishing a Corps.
Within a vast and heavy palace, Zhao Fu was wearing a black robe with a Golden Dragon on it and a crown on his head. He gave off a dignified aura as he sat on his throne, and there was an exquisite black and gold screen behind him. Below him, people were lined up in rows.
Now, as the officials of the Qin State, they also wore the court uniform, which was mainly black, with auspicious beasts embroidered on it to distinguish their ranks.
Li Si stood beside Zhao Fu, holding a long scroll in his hand. This scroll was black in color, and was made from a type of Black Golden Dragon cloth. This was only the outer cover of the scroll. Inside the scroll, there was a high-quality piece of paper with blood-red ink on it. Names and official positions were written on the paper.
"Bai Qi! Ever since the Heaven Awaken World descended, you have been by His Majesty's side and have contributed greatly to Qin City's current accomplishments. You are rewarded with a Marquis General Seal, the title of Protector of the Kingdom, five million gold coins, a large residence in the western part of Qin City, and many servants … "
Li Si's voice was loud and clear. One by one, the people stepped forward to receive the order. One by one, the seals flashed with white light and appeared in the air, landing in their hands.
The State and County System was actually the Heaven Awaken World's official system. Regions were divided into Counties and had County Lords, and they were also divided into States, which had State Lords and Marquises.
However, this was not enough to create a complicated bureaucratic system. For example, Qin City's various departments and the Ministers and Generals of the Royal Court all had corresponding official positions and were responsible for the various organizations in Qin City.
Evidently, the Heaven Awaken World's bureaucratic system was not suitable, so Zhao Fu copied the ancient system and split the official positions into nine grades. Each grade was divided into Principal and Subordinate, for a total of 18 grades.
Zhao Fu set up corresponding official positions according to their duties and how important they were to Qin City, and he gave them titles. For example, Bai Qi was a Principal Rank 1 Protector of the Kingdom, and Subordinate was a Deputy General.
They also had Official Seals, but they did not have much power and only had the authority to manage things. For example, managing a City or a region required a City Lord Seal, and the authority given to them meant that they could control things without using a City Lord Seal.
In actuality, Zhao Fu wanted to follow the ancient bureaucratic system and not the Heaven Awaken World's bureaucratic system. This was something that he could choose to do, and it would allow each Official Seal to have great power.
However, as a Level 5 Barony, it only had so much power, which was the sum of General Seals and Official Seals. Now that Zhao Fu had adopted a bureaucratic system, there would be more Official Seals, and the power would be distributed.
When that time came, a minor Rank 9 Official Seal might not even have Stage 1 power. Now that Qin City had just established a Kingdom and was facing all sorts of dangers, Zhao Fu could not completely use the ancient bureaucratic system.
Only a Large Kingdom could have its own independent bureaucratic system, as it already had great power. Right now, Qin City did not have that power, so even though Zhao Fu wanted to follow the ancient bureaucratic system, he did not distribute power and only gave authority.
There were still many powerful Official Seals in Qin City, and there had not been any changes.
Right now, Zhao Fu was only conferring Rank 3 Official Seals, and future Official Seals would be conferred through Imperial Edicts. Otherwise, with so many Official Seals, Li Si would not be able to read them all in an entire day.
As the Official Seals were conferred, all of Qin City fell into a celebratory mood. Everyone was brimming with smiles as they held banquets in their homes to receive guests from all over.
Zhao Fu also held a banquet in the palace to celebrate the establishment of the Qin Empire and the conferment of the Official Seals. Even though Zhao Fu did not like to drink, he stayed at the banquet until midnight, and he reeked of alcohol.
By now, many people had fallen to the ground drunk, and some people were still drinking. The scene was quite messy, but it could be seen how excited everyone was. Becoming an Official was indeed a joyous thing in life, and it was something that countless people dreamed of.
Luckily, Zhao Fu had long since made preparations to select talents to be the Official Seals of Qin City. If he had waited until the establishment of the Empire, he would have been incredibly busy.
Seeing that there were still people drinking at the banquet, Zhao Fu did not disturb them and quietly left. Even though Zhao Fu had drunk a lot today, it did not affect Zhao Fu's powerful constitution at all. As such, Zhao Fu wanted to take this time to take a look at the Corps.
Now, Zhao Fu had 13 orbs of light in his hands, which were given to Zhao Fu by the Corps Cores after the establishment of the Empire.
Zhao Fu first went to Qin City's City Hall. Qin City's City Heart was an Epic grade item, and it was the core item of Qin City and could be used as a vessel for Corps Cores.
In actuality, many Kingdoms used their capitals as vessels for Corps. These Corps were the Royal Corps of a Kingdom and were often the most powerful Corps of a Kingdom, and they were personally controlled by the Emperor.
After coming to the City Hall, Zhao Fu looked at the Rubik's Cube floating in the air, giving off a black light. There were also nine savage-looking black dragons around it, and Zhao Fu took out a Corps Core and placed it into the City Heart.
Qin City's City Heart and Corps Core were extremely compatible, and they instantly fused together, causing a powerful aura to burst forth.
Countless rays of black light exploded out, instantly piercing through the entire City Hall. Heaven and Earth Essence Qi madly gathered, and a black dragon gradually formed in front of Zhao Fu, giving off a powerful dragon's might.
"Roar!"
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