"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The officials bowed in unison.
The court meeting was the highest standard in the Empire and had the strictest etiquette. It was only held once a year. Every time it was held, it was to announce something of great importance to the Empire.
Thus, no one dared to be disrespectful in such an occasion.
Once discovered by the officials of the Imperial Censorate, they would immediately be impeached. A light punishment would be a fine, while a heavy punishment would be demoted.
Ouyang Shuo sat down on the throne after receiving the greetings.
"I have summoned all of you here today because I have something important to announce." What needed to be discussed, Ouyang Shuo had already discussed it with the ministers alone. The current imperial court meeting was just a formality.
Ouyang Shuo did not say much and gestured for Bai Nanpu to summon them one by one.
Bai Nanpu understood and stood on the right side. A female official followed behind him, holding a tray with a stack of imperial edicts on it. It was obvious that there was more than one edict to be announced.
Bai Nanpu picked up the top scroll and slowly unfurled it. "The King of Chu receives the edict!"
Hearing this, Bing'er slowly walked to the center and bowed respectfully.
Ouyang Shuo gave her an encouraging gaze as he gazed at the woman who bowed slowly. His gaze was filled with anticipation, gratification, admonishment, and other complicated emotions.
This was a historic moment for the Empire.
"His Majesty the Emperor has decreed: I am about to go on a long journey. The Empire cannot be without a ruler for a single day. While I am away, the King of Chu, Ouyang Bing, will act as regent. She will be in charge of the political affairs of the Empire and inherit the legitimacy of the Empire.
After becoming regent, Bing'er would step down from all her previous duties. The only change was that she would still be the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi war zone. She would be the first commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi war zone.
Ouyang Shuo would continue to be the honorary commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi war zone.
This was the foundation to ensure that Bing'er could successfully become regent.
After Bing'er left, Bai Nanpu continued to summon. "Protector-General of Africa, Mu Lanyue, receive the edict!"
Mu Lanyue stepped forward.
"His Majesty the Emperor has decreed: Protector-General of Africa, Mu Lanyue, a meritorious official of the Empire, has been promoted to the title of Princess, hereditary. His Majesty the Emperor!"
After Bai Nanpu's announcement, there was a stir in the court.
Before the court meeting, even Mu Lanyue herself did not know that His Majesty the Emperor would grant her the title of Duke, and that it would be hereditary.
The meaning behind it was simply too shocking.
Before this, there were as many as seven people in the Great Xia who held the title of King. However, there was only one person who held the title of King, and that was King Chu, Ouyang Bing.
Without a doubt, Mulan Yue was the first Empress of the Empire with a different surname.
Seeing that Mu Lanyue was still in a daze, Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "Mu Lanqing, this is what you deserve. We have said before that the empire will not forget meritorious subjects. Accept the decree!"
Only then did Mu Lanyue step forward respectfully to accept the decree and express her thanks.
Next, Bai Hua, Feng Qiuhuang, Siege Lion, and Suan Ni were conferred the title of Kings with different surnames. The title of Duke was also the name of their previous territory.
For example, Bai Hua was conferred the title of Duke Lingxi, or Lingxi King for short.
According to the system, single-word titles like King Chu and King Qin were at the level of princes, while double-word titles like King Mulan and King Lingxi were at the level of princes.
Even so, it was still a great favor from the emperor.
This arrangement was both a way to rope in and comfort the five Great Protector-Generals, and also a reminder that they could not forget their roots, much less who it was that had raised them from lowly lords to their current high positions.
The summons continued.
Just as the outside world expected, Zhang Tingyu entered the Cabinet and was promoted to the Vice Minister of the Cabinet.
Not only that, Zhang Tingyu took over the position of the second-ranked Cabinet Elder, Kou Zhun. He was in charge of human resources and his position was second only to the Cabinet Elder.
Zhang Tingyu was previously in charge of the Personnel Bureau, so there were no obstacles for him to be in charge of human resources.
Without a doubt, Zhang Tingyu was one of the ministers that Ouyang Shuo had selected. He was also the minister that Bing'er could rely on the most in the Cabinet.
Other than that, there were also a series of changes in the Cabinet.
The Cabinet Elder, Jiang Shang, and the Vice Minister, Zhang Liang, retired one after another and no longer held any position in the Imperial Court. Obviously, the two of them would follow Ouyang Shuo to Planet Hope to develop the land.
Kou Zhun was promoted to the Cabinet Elder.
The position of Zhang Liang as the Cabinet Elder was taken over by Old Chen, who had just been appointed as the empire's special advisor. No matter what Old Chen's intentions were, he would not be able to find out if he was not placed in an important position.
There was also a practical reason for Old Chen to be in charge of the Cabinet Elder, which was that the Grand Scholar of the Cabinet Elder, Jia Xu, had to retire and the Cabinet Elder, Ju Shu, would be promoted to a Grand Scholar.
In other words, the Cabinet Elder was going to undergo a major change.
The principle that Ouyang Shuo set was that those who were selected to go to Planet Hope could no longer hold any position in the empire to prevent chaos between the two worlds.
There was only one person who could affect the two worlds at the same time, and that was Ouyang Shuo himself.
In the future, whenever Ouyang Shuo transferred a batch of talents from the game world to Planet Hope, the Xia Empire in the game world would have an empty quota to give the newcomers a chance to shine.
This formed a positive interaction, and basically solved the problem of blocking the promotion channels for the officials.
It was like killing two birds with one stone.
To put it bluntly, the Xia Empire in the game world was the talent cultivation base for Planet Hope.
Other than the Cabinet, there were also a batch of officials who were "removed" from their positions and entered the list of people going to Planet Hope.
The two most important ones were the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wei Yang, and the Minister of Finance, Fan Li. Their successors were the two Deputy Ministers, Di Renjie and Cui Yingyou. It was considered a smooth transition.
As for the Minister of Administration, Xiao He, and the Minister of Military Affairs, Du Ruhui, they continued to stay behind in Great Xia.
The Planet Hope Pioneering would probably be the same as the first year of Gaia. It would start from the lowest level of development, so there was naturally no need to transfer too many famous officials at once.
Firstly, it would be a waste of talent. Secondly, famous officials might not be able to do the basic work well if they were squeezed together. Therefore, the main force of the Pioneering team was still the basic officials who were in charge of specific matters.
After numerous tests and layers of selection, those who were chosen were all loyal to the empire and Ouyang Shuo. They were also talented and could be molded.
If not, Ouyang Shuo would not have spent so much money to conjure them one by one.
Among the generals, Ouyang Shuo chose two out of the eight war zone commanders to bring to Planet Hope. One was God of Slaughter, Bai Qi, and the other was Immortal Soldier, Han Xin. The other six were temporarily left untouched.
The position of commander of the African war zone left behind by Bai Qi was given to the commander of the Covetous Wolf Army, West Garrison General Meng Tian. Meng Tian and Bai Qi were both from Qin, so they could be considered a kind of inheritance.
Moreover, Meng Tian was a first-rate general, so he could also support the African war zone.
The position of commander of the Covetous Wolf Army was given to Commander of the Fourth Dragon Stallion Army, Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin had served in the Dragon Stallion Army for a long time and had received Bai Qi's teachings. It was the right time for him to lead the Covetous Wolf Army.
The position of commander of the American war zone left behind by Han Xin was given to Cheji General Xu Da of the Imperial Forest Army. Xu Da was originally a Divine General, so he had no problem controlling the American war zone.
The position of commander of the Imperial Forest Army was given to Deputy Commander Xie Siyun.
In addition to Bai Qi and Han Xin, Ouyang Shuo also selected four top generals, collectively known as the Four Ferocious, to go to Planet Hope. The reason was simple: they would be the backbone of the resistance against the top-class Vicious Beasts.
The Four Ferocious were Commander of the South Asian Army Ran Min, Commander of the Military Transport Division E Lai, Commander of the North American Army Xue Rengui, and Commander of the North African Army Chang Yuchun.
Their vacancies were given to Wei Zhang, Lin Jing, Cao Hong, and Pei Xingjian.
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